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djsmiley2k

12:00 AM

@DavidPostill arugh I've forgotten, when using call, the variable is passed to the new script as %1 ?

omfg this is glorious

I'm actually getting kinda good at this crap D:

djsmiley2k

12:43 AM

yey all hell is breaking loose

Bob

12:57 AM

@Burgi that was quick

bwDraco

1:48 AM

sigh

Broke a CFL (13W, 60W equiv, A15 type) while replacing it with a larger one (23W, 100W equiv, A21 type). Had to ventilate the room. epa.gov/cfl/cleaning-broken-cfl

Thankfully, this was the garage and not a living space.

Mendeleev

@bwDraco I never knew about that

As a kid, my parents just vacuumed up glass from CFLs. Never ventilated the room or anything

bwDraco

Fluorescent lamps contain mercury. While the amount released is typically very low, prolonged exposure can cause adverse effects.

In our case, it was on the building foundation itself (since it happened in the garage) so the amount of mercury that would persist in the ground is probably low.

2:05 AM

@bwDraco elemental mercury is pretty meh, and easy to clean up

djsmiley2k

worse stuff in cooker cleaner

or flea spray

djsmiley2k

2:31 AM

time to do the robocopy of doom

the same one that blew up the server yesterday :/

robocopy /eta /z \\ip\c$\path\dir %destPath% *.*

robocopy will create the destination dir right?

It's nearly time to run this script... I'm kinda scared.

OMG OMG OMG IT WORKS \o/ \o/ \o/

Journeyman Geek

3:32 AM

eww CFLs

we went all LED a few years ago

Journeyman Geek

3:59 AM

One hour left

djsmiley2k

2 here

Rahul2001

Okay wtf

I don't like this at all

Fucking hell

My grandmother opened my cupboard when I told her not to, found my savings and spent it

That was for emergencies, I'd been saving up for years

Journeyman Geek

4:16 AM

0_0

allquixotic

@Rahul2001 that's just twisted evil

were you keeping it a secret from your parents though?

Rahul2001

My mum knew that I saved pocket money up, she didn't have to know the amount

Journeyman Geek

might I suggest a bank account in future?

Or at least a lock?

Rahul2001

Yeah I'm going to the bank today

And getting mum to fix the damn lock on the cupboard

I don't get why I need to seek validation and beg for every small thing I want

She's been refusing to buy me a decent cabinet that I can lock

Journeyman Geek

cause parents

Rahul2001

4:25 AM

They get mad if I spend my savings

Journeyman Geek

Mine kinda used to do that.

Then I just got older and fed up and just did it

Rahul2001

Don't give me the money that others give me on my birthday

@JourneymanGeek huh

djsmiley2k

wtf

Why would your grandma think it's ok to take your money o_O

if you took her money...

jokerdino

4:45 AM

O.o

Journeyman Geek

5:07 AM

@Rahul2001 I don't ask for permission. I go 'oh I got the things'

Rahul2001

@JourneymanGeek yep, am going to do that now

Luckily it appears that bank accounts are cheap

Journeyman Geek

Lol

They should be free?

Mendeleev

@JourneymanGeek same

@Rahul2001 Wait, they cost money?

@Rahul2001 Why though

Rahul2001

@Mendeleev apparently there is some sort of service charge

Mendeleev

@Rahul2001 Where is this?

Journeyman Geek

5:10 AM

Oo

Rahul2001

Idk much about banking tbh, current account is managed by mum, but it's time for me to learn

@Mendeleev India

Service charge appears to be some 5USD a year or something, so heh

djsmiley2k

still wut

Journeyman Geek

See if there is a student or young person account option

Also find another bank.

Rahul2001

@JourneymanGeek there's another problem: I don't have my original identification documents, only copies

And I don't know if they'll accept those

Journeyman Geek

Ask?

djsmiley2k

5:12 AM

^^

Rahul2001

In class right now, going right after...

djsmiley2k

get orf RA while in class!

Journeyman Geek

Lol Yeah. Drives me nuts when my students do it.

Rahul2001

Class hasn't started yet...

@djsmiley2k I'm offline when we're being taught

Okay, class starting, bye

Mendeleev

@JourneymanGeek Your students go on RA?

Journeyman Geek

5:21 AM

Naw, they're on their phones and I don't teach, I do IT

Michael Frank

wut... Namecheap is sending me in an auth loop.

I log in, it asks for my 2FA and then tells me I'm already logged in...

bwDraco

5:50 AM

I was checking my Twitter feed when this came up:

How does Dual Lane make your #OnePlus5 speedy fast? https://onepl.us/5#experience https://t.co/Xl9BtVcNEK

Tweeted by oneplus on July 7, 2017 at 3:00 PM

Why is this important? Because this is probably the first time a smartphone manufacturer other than Apple has decided to take storage performance seriously.

As I've said several times before, Apple's total vertical integration gives them an advantage that is virtually impossible for others to replicate. Consider that they have NVMe storage onboard the iPhone.

Ramhound

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Q: Poor FPS on Minecraft with RX 570

I've looked around many forums, and most of them blame poor FPS in Minecraft due to a weak processor. I get around 90-120FPS on Minecraft, which isn't really a huge complaint, but occasionally it will dip below 75, which is noticeable to me with my refresh rate of 75hz. The main thing that is b...

Can a moderator find the users original question, while I can see deleted questions, I can't view a list of a user's deleted questions:$

bwDraco

NVMe storage is expensive. An SoC manufacturer would have to implement an NVMe storage controller on the chip, a feature that adds significant cost and would not be used by many OEMs. Apple can get away with this because they have total vertical integration: they don't have to worry about whether OEMs will use all features on the chip because they design their own chips and can put exactly what they need and nothing more on the silicon.

Ramhound

i know I saw that exact question yesterday

bwDraco

As a result, everyone else is stuck with eMMC or UFS. We are finally seeing signs that an Android device manufacturer truly understands the importance of storage performance and has decided to implement the fastest storage technology they are able to use.

Ramhound

Found it: superuser.com/questions/1226524/…

bwDraco

5:57 AM

So, your thoughts on smartphone storage performance?

djsmiley2k

... I don't store stuff on my phone.

:D

I got the 3Gb ram model of the G5, and it's awesome how apps are kept in ram

People don't buy the iphoen because it's got nvme on it.

bwDraco

Aug 31 '16 at 0:58, by bwDraco

I just wish premium hardware didn't have to form part of a closed platform.

@djsmiley2k Because it impacts application responsiveness.

At Apple, UX is #1 priority.

Same issue in the PC world:

Jun 16 at 14:35, by bwDraco

@allquixotic I just wish more PC manufacturers (who are not Microsoft, the Surface family is fantastic) paid more attention to hardware quality and UX.

Apple has been successful primarily because user experience is their top priority.

Historically, to the average non-technical consumer, Android had been almost unusable when compared to iOS until the introduction of Material Design in Android 5.0.

An outdated forum post of mine sums up these problems: pentaxforums.com/forums/14-general-talk/…

Ramhound

-1

Q: media feature pack in windows 10 pro n in dell inspiron 3521 15 32 bit can,t working

i have installed windows media feature pack (KB3010081) but anything using media feature pack is not working.After that i have installed KB3099229,3133719,it is also not working please give me solution ast because i have so many important work

windows-10-v1607

anyoe agree the previous question I answered also answers this question?

bwDraco

6:12 AM

These days, Android is much better, but it still has a bit of the poor usability/responsiveness stigma that once seriously plagued the platform.

@allquixotic and @Bob, mind if you chip in on smartphone storage performance and UX?

Bob

meh

You're operating under false assumptions.

bwDraco

Care to explain?

Bob

31 mins ago, by bwDraco

Why is this important? Because this is probably the first time a smartphone manufacturer other than Apple has decided to take storage performance seriously.

wut.

*cough* UFS 2.1 *cough*

bwDraco

Well, I was exaggerating here.

My point is that it's taken this long for an Android phone manufacturer to catch up to Apple in this area.

Rahul2001

On my way to that bank!

money money money... 🎵🎶🎵🎶

2

bwDraco

6:26 AM

Granted, the storage on the OnePlus 3T is very competitive. It's just that Apple uses vastly faster NAND than everybody else.

Bob

"stuck with UFS" uh no, UFS 2.0/2.1 isn't something you're "stuck with"

@bwDraco Still a !!no.

bwDraco

Well, I guess I was just basing this on old information :(

...okay. Am I losing your trust by consistently failing to check facts?

This has happened way too many times.

Bob

@bwDraco On one hand, it kinda depends which device you check. On the other, it does kinda make sense to compare flagship to flagship.

bwDraco

I think this was another uncaught attempt to draw attention.

Bob

That said, it took a hell of a long time to find a benchmark.

(and the S7 is ... far behind in I/O. still, meh, I've never been bottlenecked by it AFAICT)

Amusingly, some Huawei flagships stand out more in storage performance than the more mainstream Samsung/LG/Sony/etc. stuff

Funnily enough? That "dual-lane" thing OnePlus is promoting?

The S8 has it already...

(Not that it's mentioned anywhere, but UFS 2.1 only does 600 MB/s per lane, so that benchmark result implies it has at least two lanes.)

More disappointingly, UFS 2.0 has been available since 2014, but it did take up till 2016 before more android phones got onto the I/O bandwagon.

Then again, as a practical matter - I really don't notice the difference.

@bwDraco Eh. I'm happy to talk technical stuff, right or wrong :P

Maybe everything I've said is wrong too, you never know.

bwDraco

6:40 AM

Bob

(don't take the delays between my first few messages as meaning anything; I was busy opening a dozen tabs to find the damn benchmark :P)

bwDraco

(OnePlus 3T, 64GB UFS 2.0 with F2FS. Encryption enabled.)

Bob

hm, now you have me curious

one sec while I test my S7

bwDraco

Not sure why the write performance is so slow, since encryption is supposed to be hardware-accelerated...

Bob

@bwDraco Probably because optimising write isn't a priority on a phone.

bwDraco

6:43 AM

anandtech.com/show/10836/the-oneplus-3t-mini-review/4

Bob

S7

bwDraco

Compare results - this could be an issue related to the ROM I'm running.

Bob

@bwDraco Apparently anandtech customises their androbench config

bwDraco

Hmm. AnandTech is using 256 KB. The AndroBench default is 32 MB; this could be distorting results.

Bob

Xperia X Performance

Still good enough :P

bwDraco

6:46 AM

Rerunning the benchmarks...

...well, not better:

Bob

@bwDraco Curious graphs. Perhaps the S820 S7 is worse, cause mine certainly does not get only 10 MB/s on random read...

Try 7x higher :\

bwDraco

Rahul2001

Bank is closed

:(

Mendeleev

@bwDraco what. why is it necessary?

bwDraco

(also, AnandTech is testing the 128GB model, and my phone may be throttling a bit, and I'm running a custom ROM whose kernel parameters may not have been tuned appropriately)

Mendeleev

6:54 AM

@Bob device?

Bob

@bwDraco I'm also amused by the talk of vertical integration :P *cough*Samsung*cough*

@Mendeleev Exynos S8 benchmark grabbed off XDA-Dev

Mendeleev

@Bob OK

bwDraco

Samsung still uses Snapdragon in North America.

Mendeleev

I'm planning to get a OP5

@bwDraco Which is better?

Bob

@bwDraco I'm not in North America :P

bwDraco

6:58 AM

@Bob I assume you're using the default settings?

androidmodguide.blogspot.com/p/io-schedulers.html

Switched to the noop scheduler. It was bfq by default for some reason (LineageOS 14.1, default kernel).

Once more, with default settings:

Bob

@bwDraco ya

bwDraco

No real difference.

That's that. I'll probably just use noop (my Nexus 5X used it by default).

Night.

bwDraco

7:29 AM

Couldn't resist doing this once more after rebooting - sequential write results noticeably improved but random read dropped:

Rahul2001

hellllloooooo

Mendeleev

@bwDraco bfq is better.

@Rahul2001 Hey

jokerdino

7:44 AM

Hey, I liked your table @Mendeleev.. but it's a little too long.

can you size it down a little?

Rahul2001

@jokerdino table as in the periodic table in his gravatar?

Mendeleev

@jokerdino ?

Rahul2001

8:26 AM

TSA "saw" Bitcoin in my bag and wanted to count it.

►

Bob

9:42 AM

@bwDraco ^ ZTE Blade S7 (T920), cost under 200USD, perf honestly not bad

Rahul2001

10:17 AM

[-_-]"

Rahul2001

11:28 AM

"[-_-]

Journeyman Geek

11:39 AM

/o\

feedproxy.google.com/~r/ZooBorns/~3/R43vf8EZzCM/…

Rahul2001

12:06 PM

My friends and I were supposed to meet up in a cafe for gaming

Except that this one idiot didn't turn up

DavidPostill

12:20 PM

@Rahul2001 Can't you play with one less ~~idiot~~ person?

Boris_yo

Check out quadcopter drone gifs here: meh.com/deals/odyssey-toys-x-7-microlite-drone

Rahul2001

@DavidPostill we were three on total

Went and fetched the dude from his house

Had his phone turned off

Avery

12:45 PM

@Rahul2001 gaming?

Rahul2001

@Avery yep

Avery

what gaming

Burgi

@Bob we had limited applicants and the temporary freelancer was expensive and had a couple of quality issues

Rahul2001

@ave

Avery

ah

so halo lan party.

Rahul2001

12:51 PM

Indeed

Avery

We had a dota one a couple years ago. lan parties are fun.

jokerdino

Dota2 masterrace

Avery

I don't like dota

neither do I like lol

or mobas in general

jokerdino

Playing with friends, so it is bearable.

Avery

naah

it's just too complex in general

jokerdino

12:54 PM

lol

that's part of the fun.

Avery

for some.

jokerdino

yeah, it's probably not for casual gamers

the learning curve is too much

Rahul2001

2:02 PM

I NEED FOOD

DavidPostill

djsmiley2k

2:21 PM

yessssssssssss

managed actual sleep \o/ \o/

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k I'm thinking of having a snooze. SE is about to go read only ...

djsmiley2k

@DavidPostill you can stay up all night like me \o/

Does that include chat? :/

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k I think so.

stackstatus.net/post/162645665344/…

Yes. Includes chat

Steven Vascellaro

Oh hey, chat is alive again

Rahul2001

3:14 PM

That was funnnnn

djsmiley2k

3:44 PM

o/

bwDraco

3:55 PM

roar

HackToHell

4:15 PM

@jokerdino you still play ?

jokerdino

yeah

you evil basket

HackToHell

runs away

djsmiley2k

:O

did you just presume @HackToHell's form?

Rahul2001

4:59 PM

Apparently YouTube just introduced a preview-in-thumbnail feature previously only seen on p*rn websites

Avery

my god finally

is it like the old style random frames thing or is it like the trailer style thing that shows a second of clips from random parts of video that most of such sites use nowadays?

Rahul2001

@Avery shows a time lapse of a 10 second or so clip in a couple as far as I can tell

Avery

ooh nifty

bwDraco

5:29 PM

Just fixed the ceiling fan in my bedroom. It was rather noisy at high speed. Removed the fan blades, cleaned them, tightened all bolts, and reattached the blades.

The bolts were looser than expected, perhaps due to this thing not having been maintained for years.

One thing I can't get over is the material used for the blades themselves: particleboard.

headdesk

Bob

¿

Rahul2001

@bwDraco wait... wood?

bwDraco

@Rahul2001 Cheap, engineered wood product.

google.com/search?q=%22i+hate+particle+board%22

Burgi

6:31 PM

wtf...

Ramhound

?

Burgi

i just got home and my washing machine has moved across the kitchen out of its cupboard

Ramhound

ghosts

Burgi

or cheap lightweight washing machines

Ramhound

Call bill murray

:-)

Burgi

6:34 PM

its never done that before....

Ramhound

I am telling you it's a ghost

Burgi

we don't have ghosts in the UK

brb, girlfriend

Rahul2001

6:55 PM

👻 👻 👻👻👻👻👻👻

ghosts...

Plot twist: @Burgi's girlfriend is a ghost.

djsmiley2k

8:25 PM

@Burgi ? :O

Outlawed by the EU?

DavidPostill

8:57 PM

I once deliberately chose to stay a week in a haunted room in a hotel in Cirencestor. I didn't see the ghost but I did wake up in the middle of the night and the room was freezing cold (in the middle of summer). The ghost apparently walks where there used to be a corridor that ran through the middle of two of the attic rooms.

> This ghostly monk has reportedly scared one member of staff into quitting her job, and has upset several members of the public with inopportune manifestation and subsequent disappearing. Another ghost, a cavalier, has also been seen by staff members.

bwDraco

9:20 PM

Heh.

djsmiley2k

ANnnnnnnnndat work.

@DavidPostill Here there is a guild hall, which Mary Queen of Scots stayed in, which is appently haunted

we nearly had our wedding there, anyway, there's a story from one of the guys who works there, about how they'd setup a room once, with this huge 40 seater big oak table, seats, etc all done ready

they all left the room ready for the guests, awhile later the fire alarm went off in this room

they went back in, and the table was upside down in the middle of the room

they had to get about 10 extra people to help flip it back the right way up

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k Weird :)

djsmiley2k

The scariest hotel I stayed in was in manchester

I don't know how/why it was built the way it was, but it was a litteral cube shape

meaning there was rooms in the 'center' of the cube, with no daylight at all.

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k You saw a @burgi ghost?

djsmiley2k