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12:00 AM
k
 
I'd get constantly interrupted before my usual slot, but in this case I think I can manage
 
Hello, folks. On mobile so can't do anything major right now.
 
Bob
Ah... I don't know how early I can be today
Three hours from now should be doable?
 
12:26 AM
@allquixotic: Got myself a new Bluetooth headset. I'm trying to reproduce the issues you had on Android, when and how often did you get dropouts?
Plantronics Marque 2 M165 headset, Nexus 5X running CyanogenMod 13 nightlies.
 
and heh
we're using the dog wash today \o/
ugh
damnit
@allquixotic @Bob my mom and dad suddenly decided to the drag me along to buy a new dining table
I might not be able to make it today.
Mom knows sunday after lunch is my gaming time. Dad... dosen't care
"hey dad, here's the map' 'Oh, we don't need it, you're coming with us' 'when?' 'after lunch'
Were I a teenager and didn't know better I'd complain loudly
 
@allquixotic: never mind. Not even CyanogenMod is free of these audio dropouts. Given a few minutes with the screen off, I get intermittent stuttering.
You are not alone, @allquixotic. I can reproduce your Android Bluetooth audio dropouts.
 
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12:46 AM
Your thoughts on the Bluetooth dropout issue, allq?
 
@bwDraco yep, it's endemic to the platform (for most people, perhaps only USAians)
 
@bwDraco same telco?
 
conspiracy theory: could be related to classified spying that only Apple knows how to bypass
far more likely: Verizon installs crapware on every Verizon phone that does this
 
AT&T. No carrier-specific software, just CyanogenMod.
It seems the phone lowers its Bluetooth power level with the screen off resulting in less reliable transmission.
 
1:30 AM
@allquixotic or Apple has better spy software
 
My phone's entirely free of any carrier-specific software. It was purchased off-contract and runs a custom OS.
 
Bob
2:01 AM
@bwDraco Well, that's a first.
I'm pretty sure no one else in this room has managed to.
Do we have any other American Android users here?
@JourneymanGeek urk.
Hm. So, what's the plan @allquixotic? :P
Assuming JMG doesn't manage to get away in time
 
The sound quality of this Plantronics headset is really good. If only Android didn't suffer from this silly dropout issue...
It's not even aptX.
 
@Bob doubtful:(
 
Bob
:S
 
One of the places is abt 30 min away
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek We could always start whenever you get back? Assuming it doesn't take more than an hour or two.
Could start a separate 2v2 map in the meantime... keep quix awake :P
 
2:06 AM
@Bob I guess. I have no idea
I have no clue what their plans are and/or if I'm being dragged along to dogsit
 
Okay. If my phone's screen is off, it hangs when I hold the call button on my headset and I tell Google Now to call someone, and I need to soft-reset the phone. Any ideas?
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek :\
Let us know when you get back?
@bwDraco There's something very weird here because I have zero BT problems with both the LG G4 and Galaxy S7.
 
2:21 AM
Okay. I've determined what's going on. It fails if the phone is in a closed case.
It works if the case is open or it is not in a case.
 
@bwDraco I don't have the same experience -- my Note 4, Galaxy S5 and Droid Maxx would do it even without a case
and my iPhone never does it even in an Otterbox Defender or now my battery case
I have to physically separate my headphones from the iPhone by at least 7 or 8 meters before I start to notice any problems -- as long as the phone is somewhere on my person it's fine
 
The phone eventually detects the hang and soft-reboots.
 
2:42 AM
I really wish NAA flags would be automatically canceled when the post is edited, I just got another declined flag from somebody fixing an answer between my flag and its review -_-
 
3:28 AM
welp. Old Anker power bank has one USB port shorted at low current so unit is stuck on with some heat (not a dangerous amount of heat, though) and will discharge itself. Guess it's time to retire it...
The failed port is reading 3.5V indicating an internal low-current short.
At least the power bank shuts down when charging...
 
3:43 AM
@BenN I fixed the answer, and rejected the flag
and I go poof again. Much like my plans for the day. >_>
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek well, quix did the same :P
 
@Bob oh?
 
Bob
though he said he'd be back around the same time as yesterday
 
Yeah, lunch is almost done.
 
Bob
so if you happen to be back by then...
 
3:48 AM
and I'm convinced I'll be sitting in the car for the further chunk of the trip
I mean seriously, what do I know about dining tables...
 
Bob
well
I think @allquixotic will be back... a little over an hour from now?
@JourneymanGeek You could always load the game on your desktop and remote in? :P
I wonder how well that'd work
Probably very poorly
Then again, if you're just going to end up sitting in the car...
But chat would be an issue
Ah well, we'll just wait :P
 
@Bob I wonder if it'll run on the steam
 
Bob
s/steam/stream/
It'd work but be laggy
zoomed out would be fine
zoomed in on a battle would kill your GPU :P
 
lol
tbh
I'm also wondering about storage
 
Bob
? o.O
3.4 GB
 
4:02 AM
the stream has a 32gb ssd. Its kinda tight
I could shove it on the SD card but...
 
Bob
heh
remote might actually end up working better
a whole 4 FPS
or that steam remote thing?
in-home streaming
over a VPN? :P
 
would still be over a phone
suggests it just might work
maybe
 
Bob
lol
you want to try it?
 
lol
Installing now
not sure if I'll have enough time tho
 
4:34 AM
NOOOOOO
WINDOWS 8 ENT WHY
 
4:50 AM
@Bob the game runs. With suprisingly decent quality
BUUUUT
I cannot play it with a trackpad
 
5:03 AM
YAY
 
Bob
o.O
Ok... so just gotta wait for @allquixotic to get back? :P
 
!!tell edity rconfused
 
......
what the hell is the r in confused
 
@Bob heh. looks like my dad will car/dogsit.
._.
 
5:11 AM
lol
 
New and interesting ways to waste my time? Oh yes, certainly.
 
Oh no, not for me I wouldnt be wasting your time
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek so... you're going to look at furniture? :S
 
seems so, yes
 
Can someone explain to me what a delegate is in voting?
 
5:22 AM
I just had a terrible tragedy at my home. hours & hours ago my landlord (and good friend) died in his sleep. he was recovering from a (second) knee operation.
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@Psycogeek Why?
D:
I'm sorry @Psycogeek
 
he was really old dude, but he was doing ok when he came back from the (kaiser) hospital, totally unexpected, and right there in my face as i tried to do CPR, brain explode.
 
like BOOM?
 
fire depart, ambulance and police , and them trying a resuscitate .
 
@Bob going to sleep. super-tired. sorries
 
5:30 AM
O_O
 
@Edity i mean my brain exploded, huge mental f---
 
@Psycogeek I'm really sorry, I'm literately am going to start tearing
 
Bob
@allquixotic Ah. 'night, then. Still want to try anything tomorrow?
 
his dog "Buddy" was sleeping there next to him, totally oblivious, and remained totally oblivios to what had happend..
 
Bob
ow.
 
5:41 AM
D;
My computer died.
 
After a lot of fisrt responders flooding the place, it was hours again untill the funeral home came by, this all lasting most of the day.
 
My childhood computer died.
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I feel really bad. Ow
 
his family is like 3000 miles away, putting me in layers of problems besides becomming eventually a homeless fool
 
D:
 
how do they say that, my life just changed in a second.
 
 
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7:00 AM
@Psycogeek My condolences ...
 
@Psycogeek I'm sorry...
 
Parents got a new dining table. I'll likely be taking the top off the old one
 
Okay why does this powershell keep hanging up
 
7:23 AM
@JourneymanGeek To replace your sagging desktop?
 
@DavidPostill yup
 
Might have to refinish it, which I've never done before
 
@JourneymanGeek As in sand/polish/varnish?
 
@DavidPostill yeah
shrug I think I have a power sander somewhere, and some sandpaper and I know a really good local hardware store
 
7:31 AM
@JourneymanGeek It's not difficult. Ask if you need advice or earn some rep on diy.stackexchange.com
 
Fun fact: hardware stores in India never even contain computer hardware :/
 
@Rahul2001 hardware stores anywhere don't
 
What?
So it's more like wood, and pipes, and ladders and all that stuff?
 
@Rahul2001 Yep. Same in the UK. Tools, paint, screws, garden furniture ... anything used for building or diy
 
Oh...
 
7:34 AM
mostly tools
I've never really found a place with wood like the ones in the US do
this specific one is tiny but the guy who runs it knows his shit
 
homebase.co.uk is one of the biggest chains in the UK. As you can see it is way more than just tools.
 
most local hardware stores are pretty small
 
You can buy everything you need to build your own house there.
@JourneymanGeek We used to have those as well. Small specialist shops. They mostly all went bust when the big boys came along with their lower prices and permanent "sales"
 
@DavidPostill there's one really good small store, and a pair of chains, still nothing's really big. Rumours are that there's places where you can get wood out in the industrial parks
 
@JourneymanGeek That's weird. You need wood for most many building / diy projects ...
 
7:41 AM
@DavidPostill most folks don't DIY it
 
@JourneymanGeek So ask a professional where he gets his wood ...
 
@DavidPostill heh. Prolly when I get a place of my own ;p
Small bits of wood, I get off of daiso
 
8:14 AM
I still haven't been able to get an air duster
How much do they typically cost?
 
@Rahul2001 10ish dollars here
 
Bob
8:32 AM
@JourneymanGeek they all have wood here -_-
maybe except that one smack bang in the middle of the CBD
speaking of which, why is there a hardware store in the middle of the CBD?
 
@Bob Singapore is mostly the CBD ;p
@Bob our awesome hardware store... is in the middle of the shopping district
 
Bob
@Rahul2001 usually around $10
hence my desire to find a good compressor
 
@Bob CBD??
Cannabidiol (CBD) is one of at least 113 active cannabinoids identified in cannabis. It is a major phytocannabinoid, accounting for up to 40% of the plant's extract. CBD is considered to have a wide scope of potential medical applications - due to clinical reports showing the lack of side effects, particularly a lack of psychoactivity (as is typically associated with ∆9-THC), and non-interference with several psychomotor learning and psychological functions. == Research == === Epilepsy === Dravet syndrome is a rare form of epilepsy that is difficult to treat. It is a catastrophic form o...
 
Bob
I'll never know why air dusters cost more than a (bigger) can of (anything)
@DavidPostill Central Business District
"downtown" to Americans
 
Bob
8:34 AM
dunno what you British call it
 
@DavidPostill Central business District.
 
Bob
The Sydney central business district (also Sydney CBD, and popularly referred to as "town" or "the City") is a suburb and the main commercial centre of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It extends southwards for about 3 km (2 mi) from Sydney Cove, the point of first European settlement in which the Sydney region was initially established. Due to its pivotal role in Australia's early history, it is one of the oldest established areas in the country. Geographically, its north–south axis runs from Circular Quay in the north to Central railway station in the south. Its east–west axis runs from a...
A Central Business District (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. In larger cities, it is often synonymous with the city's "financial district". Geographically, it often coincides with the "city centre" or "downtown", but the two concepts are separate: many cities have a central business district located away from its commercial or cultural city centre or downtown. Both the CBD and the city centre or downtown may also coincide with the central activities district. A city's CBD is usually typified by a concentration of retail and office buildings. The CBD usually has an urban density...
 
@Bob City Centre?
 
Bob
@DavidPostill According to wiki...
> The CBD is often also the "city centre" or "downtown", but this is also often not the case.
 
Here it used to be the place you needed pay to drive into
 
8:35 AM
Hmm "London's "city centre" is usually regarded as encompassing the historic City of London and the medieval City of Westminster, whereas the City of London and the transformed Docklands area are regarded as its two CBDs. "
I've never heard of CBD before :/
 
Bob
@DavidPostill yea, seems to be a bit of an APAC term
at least in common use
 
@Bob I suppose we would call it "Commercial District" assuming the location was large enough to have one ...
 
Bob
9:23 AM
@JourneymanGeek You busy tomorrow? :P
 
9:38 AM
@Bob I wish I knew
 
Bob
9:51 AM
@JourneymanGeek Ah... what are the chances of a 'typical' afternoon gaming session, perhaps a bit earlier like was planned for today?
 
ah
I don't think I have any plans ;p
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek So... unless something happens, you can be there? :P
Just gotta check with @allquixotic now
 
Prettty much
I'm feeling grumoy over all this
 
Bob
:\
 
Bob
10:27 AM
@JourneymanGeek I've just been trying to find things to do while procrastinating :P
 
I watched zootopia over 2 days ;p
 
Bob
For some reason, I just really want to play SoaSE these days, but it's also not nearly as good when single-player :P
I should get on that backlog of to-dos
 
ah ;p
apparently I was supposed to go to red man yesterday (Local baking goods shop), but no one told me
Also, I decided to get a new mouse
 
Bob
o.O
Which one?
 
A mamba TE
I like my taipan but its too narrow for my paws
 
Bob
10:34 AM
lol
my G602 is nice and wide
 
heh, my razer gear has been fine reliability wise ;p
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Peter David Carter-PoulsenI have been been banned from the Super User chatrooms for a reason that doesn't even make sense (I've been told this is some historical decision relating to a past ban from the English Language and Usage main site (not the chat portion)) which has now, for reasons unspecified, been extended to th...

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Bob
oh, it's not so much the reliability... I just like the shape :P
The MX Master is even wider
and now the G602 actually feels a bit narrow at times :P
I'm generally palm grip
 
@JourneymanGeek Yea... I just read that before. Strange.
 
Bob
@ArtOfCode I'm pretty sure he was talking in chat.SE just a day or two ago... don't know when the EL&U suspension happened. Maybe caching? — Bob 1 min ago
My answer for SE weirdness: always blame the caching.
I'd guess the EL&U ban was on June 6th, assuming 1 year ban..?
Alternatively, it was a 360-day suspension. Bleh.
 
@Bob caching is the lupus of SE?
 
Bob
10:46 AM
@JourneymanGeek It's always caching. Except when it's not.
 
I'm not sure I disagree with the suspension tho, especially in this case
 
There aren't many people who manage to get banned on 4 sites simultaneously without getting a network wide ban ...
 
4?
That's mighty impressive
 
EL&U, Workplace, Bhuddism, and RPG :)
 
ah
Buddhism? Maaan, he needs to let go of his attachments.
3
 
10:59 AM
@DavidPostill Is that the guy who was trying to make a game?
He was talking to Oded on meta.SE from two different accounts. It was funny.
 
@jokerdino Yes, it was
@jokerdino linky?
 
Deleted now, sorry.
 
Never mind :)
 
I don't think any of us have 10k+ there, do we?
 
Bob
> Yesterday, they opened the brand-new road from Ipanema and Copacabana to the Olympics.

Today, they closed the road due to massive potholes.

It's going to be an interesting Olympics.
 
11:11 AM
Is there a beach or something in Copacabana?
I distinctly remember that name, but can't tell why.
 
11:31 AM
@jokerdino I don't for sure.
@jokerdino It's one of the two main beaches in Rio de Janeiro
 
@jokerdino alas no
@jokerdino yeah, and he's gone wierd on us in the past
 
The other one is Ipanema
Copacabana (local and standard Portuguese pronunciation: [kɔpakɐˈbɐ̃nɐ] or [kɔpɐkaˈbɐ̃nɐ], (rarely [kɔpakaˈbɐ̃nɐ] and [kopɐkaˈbɐ̃nɐ] in other Brazilian dialects) is a bairro (neighbourhood) located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is known for its 4 km balneario beach or 2.5 miles , which is one of the most famous in the world. == History == The district was originally called Sacopenapã (translated from the Tupi language, it means "the way of the socós (a kind of bird)") until the mid-18th century. It was renamed after the construction of a chapel holding a replica of...
@jokerdino
Ipanema (Portuguese pronunciation: [ipaˈnẽmɐ]) is an affluent neighbourhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach at Ipanema became widely known by the song "The Girl from Ipanema" ("Garota de Ipanema"), written by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes. == Etymology == The word "Ipanema" comes from the Tupi language and possibly means "stinky lake", from upaba ("lake") and nem ("stinky") or "bad water; river without fish" from "y" (water) and "panema" (bad). == History == Most of the land that Ipanema consists of today once...
 
Bob
12:01 PM
> Difference between an engineer and a physicist? An engineer is what you need when you can't assume it's a sphere.
 
assuming a spherical cow...
 
12:22 PM
lol
@Oded You know what, the above rationale is total bollocks. I've figured out what it was. It's because people in Super User were teaching me about ethical hacking. The Super User chat is the same chat server. This has nothing to do with English Language and Usage whatsoever, at least not directly. — Peter David Carter-Poulsen 2 hours ago
@JourneymanGeek @jokerdino
He has lost his tin foil hat :)
 
@DavidPostill Since none of us actually suspended him, smart money's on letting him deal with it his way. Of course, if he goes wierd on here , do what you gotta do
 
@JourneymanGeek Don't worry I will. :)
 
@DavidPostill least he ain't recycle
 
@JourneymanGeek Thank god
 
12:55 PM
and heh
there's a lot more trouble in chat lately than it used to be
 
@JourneymanGeek Pirate raiders are on the loose!
we need some gauss cannons in here
 
@allquixotic pretty much ;p
That's what room owners are.
 
and diamond mods are starbases?
 
Yup ;p
And sometimes we're in the wrong place ;p
SOrry about today BTW
 
@DavidPostill oh now it makes sense
 
12:59 PM
I think @Bob is a hangar defense; he's never in the wrong place
 
My parents decided they needed a new kitchen table and mattress
 
yeah I heard
I don't think parents behave less randomly or less disruptively to gamers in Singapore compared to the US
 
@JourneymanGeek Your kitchen table needs a new mattress?
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same crap here
 
1:00 PM
@allquixotic mine are just too used to having me around to do stuff
On the bright side, I'm stealing the old table.
Probably removing the legs, reconfiguring it a bit, and using the table top with my current trestles.
 
@DavidPostill who got banned from 4 sites?
 
@Mokubai naw
We're odd but not that odd
 
@Rahul2001 Scroll up a bit and all is revealed.
 
speaking of which
@DavidPostill chat bans are wierd
You get chat banned suspended if your parent account is suspended, or someone does it manually
 
@JourneymanGeek I know :)
 
1:16 PM
hi @Nick
 
@JourneymanGeek Thank goodness my parents don't have an account here, then.
hi @JourneymanGeek :)
 
@Nick neither do I. Its clearly the best way to avoid being suspended.
 
Indeed.
 
!!rsauna
 
1:18 PM
This is a google form for a WhatsApp group. Is this an effective way to get people together?
http://goo.gl/forms/zTYSmsNrIGHyflxl2
 
hm
Ewww
@Nick what's wrong with web chat? :(
The problem with whatsapp for me is that its tied into your phone number
and building a community without an associated web presense is hard
 
Bob
Building a community without new blood is hard...
 
@JourneymanGeek I'm on dAmn, stackexchange, reddit, freenode and a ton of other places. For me, it's hard to keep connected. WA is dynamic and OTT is preferred over SMS in my side of the world. The hard part is getting interested people together.
 
@Nick I'm on 2 slack chatrooms and a gitter room which are overflow from here
bunch of IRC channels - most of which kinda are petering out since the websites they were assosiated with died
"The hard part is getting interested people together."
Exactly
and well
I think if you threw a cat in this channel, it'll likely mangle someone with the technical skills to actually set up stuff. The community building part is hard
How do you ensure discoverability, for example
 
1:26 PM
@JourneymanGeek I faced that issue with Google Spaces. Even though it's like, anyone with a link can get in, it's hard to actually get people.
and they have to migrate to using a new app or interface. It's like asking you guys to jump to Quora. lol xD
 
I didn't even know what google spaces was
@Nick I'm aware of quora. It dosen't appeal to me ;p
So I'd start with a community and a unfilled need over 'build it and they'll come'
 
It's a G+ community but it's like a private space for projects and stuff.
The app makes it good. It mostly aimed at link sharing. It's a closed garden, yeah.
 
@Nick Google dosen't get social networking (its ok) and MS dosen't get mobile (sorry all two people who use windows mobile) ;p
@Nick see "discoverability"
 
@JourneymanGeek goog actually hired 4chan's m00t to revive G+. I guess Spaces was his idea.
 
@Nick they keep tweaking it.
What would have been nice would have been to keep g-reader
and intellegently expanded it to G+
One click sharing of articles, why yes, good sir, that sounds brilliant.
 
1:30 PM
@JourneymanGeek Feedly falls short for some reason. I just don't use it as much as G Reader.
 
@Nick I run my own TTRSS instance now
 
@JourneymanGeek Nice. I should check if that's possible on Android.
 
now if I had a more reliable, self hosted replacement for page2rss, I wouldn't need to rely on anything external for RSS feeds
@Nick has a android client
not free as in beer, but I paid for it, cause the dev is an entertaining, snarky bastard.
 
@JourneymanGeek I guess I'll pay for it too then. Seems worth it.
 
@Nick you'd need to run a TTRSS instance somewhere first ;p
 
1:35 PM
@JourneymanGeek Ah, yes, baby steps.
 
@Nick its not hard
journeymangeek.com/index.php/… this is vaguely my setup
 
@JourneymanGeek I know, I've seen it done... it just takes some patience that I'm lacking in the present moment.
 
I don't remember if I use supervisord or systemd to run the update daemon tho
lol
@Nick rss feeds are kinda my lifeline, as far as the internet goes
who's got time to actually go check 200 sites?
 
@JourneymanGeek * blush *
 
yeah
;p
I used to do that
had a REALLY big set of bookmarks
 
1:40 PM
@JourneymanGeek i'm in that situation right now. More than 10 years of unfiltered bookmarks. Just can't bare to delete any of them.
Any tips on weeding through them?
 
@JourneymanGeek I just joined irc today... do you know any good irc channels?
 
@Rahul2001 which service? Freenode?
 
Or undernet
Or efnet
Preferable freenode though
 
You should hang out with my info sec nerds on our private irc network, most of my friends work for companies that study malware and work for security firms
 
@Nick Put them in a folder. If you don't read em in 6 months, back em up, then nuke em ;p
 
1:51 PM
super secret server that we've privately ran for years
 
@Rahul2001 as much as I love IRC, most of my spaces are kinda dead
 
Used to love efnet
Try #phrack on efnet
The network operators hated that room but it was a good room years ago
 
@GuitarShoeDave And look, it's the white rabbit xD
 
I only hung out in dark rooms to keep up with security
 
@GuitarShoeDave who's kimbo slice?
 
1:55 PM
Can't protect yourself from hackers if you don't know how to hack
 
I just joined the room
 
@JourneymanGeek We've devolved into the phone-age, man. IRC is hard to get into on android/iOS.
 
I love kimbo slice
 
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