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bwDraco

01:27

By golly, I need new mouse pads.

Just ordered a couple of SteelSeries QcK pads (one small, one medium), and a Sony MRW-S1 SD card reader (because Stolas only has a microSD card slot and not a full-size SD card slot).

I miss having a built-in full-size SD card slot on my main laptop. A compact SD card reader that plugs straight into a USB port and supports UHS-II is the next best thing.

Now I can leave the multi-card media reader at home and just keep the Sony card reader in my bag.

The mouse pad at the Astaroth station (Razer Kabuto) is also overdue for replacement, but limited desk area means very limited options. I'm hoping to get a Corsair MM1000 to match my Dark Core, but I need a larger desk...

The two QcK pads are going to be used elsewhere.

Journeyman Geek

01:46

bleh

apparently ikea sells NFC drawer locks

they sound fun but they don't sell it online or at my 'local' ikea

Bob

02:12

@bwDraco ehm, you're talking write, not read

bwDraco

02:39

Teardown of a faulty Samsung lithium 18650 cell. (2200mAh)

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TIL when a lithium-ion cell fails due to overdischarge or reverse charging, galvanic corrosion is involved.

(bigclivedotcom)

Journeyman Geek

@Bob what was your home network setup again?

bwDraco

And that's how these cells get internally shorted.

Journeyman Geek

03:00

(we're talking home networks on the TCR replacement and your network seems similar to what cole wants)

also

remember this ? github.com/nokia/intel-nuc-router

Bob

03:39

@JourneymanGeek er-x router, two wired unifi aps, managed switch, guest wlan on guest vlan, isolated vlan for shared use with others

Journeyman Geek

right

bwDraco

04:00

TOTAL teardown of a lithium phone battery.

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At 4:57...

!!/thisisfine

ChatBot John Cavil

Journeyman Geek

04:12

@Bob how do you test speeds between ports ?

hack2hell was asking about that

stick boxen with iperf on two bridged switches and just run?

(getting a pair of NUCs should be trivial)

Bob

04:30

@JourneymanGeek yea, skip the switches though

Journeyman Geek

... I meant ports

lol

I need to replace the power strip there

its too small and falling apart

(since I have 2 linux NUC type machines, and hopefully their NICs can handle it. They're probably realtek tho ._.)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek oh. on that case you might be testing the speed of the cpu

software bridges are wonky

Journeyman Geek

@Bob oh, I can probably monitor the cpu load too

and ya, I want to see how wonky it is

and how it compares to a few other setups (using the ports on the AP, using a proper switch...)

I have a spare (unmanaged) gigabit capable switch

I guess a big thing is that my network isn't struggling with my backups, so its already performing better than my asus

Journeyman Geek

05:41

also ugh

I need to throw all my notes into something more usable

and Idk how I should do it still

cause I quite literally ... did it the right way and read through the settings file most of the time, then monkeypunched stuff until they worked

bwDraco

06:09

What's inside Eneloop and LIDL NiMh cells (fire, apparently)

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TIL the guts of an NiMH cell can spontaneously combust in air.

Journeyman Geek

06:24

I need a better theme.

apparently the one I use dosen't show codeblocks

Journeyman Geek

06:37

journeymangeek.com/?p=196

right....

its really long

XKCD

07:22

I'm like a prisoner in Plato's Cave, seeing only the shade you throw on the wall.

Michael Frank

@bwDraco youtube.com/channel/UC0pBauLp63yzf6sVdEOIUbA This guy does a lot of work with 18650s and ends up building a DIY powerwall out of them.

micsthepick

07:37

I am trying to set up my windows 10 machine as a router

I have set up the network, so Windows should be sharing the internet connection through an ad hoc network

so I have enabled "internet sharing"

do I need to set up a dhcp server, or does "internet sharing" supposedly handle that?

Journeyman Geek

ICS should include a DHCP server

its been years since I had to do that

I didn't do it wirelessly tho

also when I did it ... and that was XP era, it only let you use 192.168.1.x as a IP range

are you having any specific issues? ._.

micsthepick

well, nothing seems to want to connect

Journeyman Geek

would help to be more precise

micsthepick

my phone just sits there with the spinning wheel of death next to the connection

Journeyman Geek

"spinning wheel of death" ?

ah. I never did ICS with wireless.

micsthepick

07:42

it never fully connects

Journeyman Geek

micsthepick

I know that it is communicating with my computer though

Journeyman Geek

how?

micsthepick

the dhcp script shows dhcp requests

Journeyman Geek

feels like there's missing information ._.

ok. android or apple?

If its apple I can't really help ;p

micsthepick

07:45

apple phone

Journeyman Geek

I don't have an apple device on hand

Michael Frank

Wireshark it.

Journeyman Geek

is there a way to check if you have an ip address?

micsthepick

on the phone?

Journeyman Geek

yup

micsthepick

07:45

you can set a manual ip

Journeyman Geek

not a good idea for wireless.

unless its an unsecured connection

micsthepick

you can see the ip

Journeyman Geek

which is a terrible idea

a manual IP ... dosen't necessarily mean there's a connection

micsthepick

but that is only once you are connected

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djsmiley2k

08:57

@XKCD This, so much this.

3 hours later…

djsmiley2k

12:11

@DavidPostill yup, the one out two weeks ago.

Horn OK Please

12:26

cbsnews.com/news/…

@Bob ^^ Pitot tubes and dumb pilots strike again? Is this an Air France repeat? :(

bwDraco

rahuldottech

My exam today went well

That's not something which usually happens

Nick

@rahuldottech Good to hear.

I've got tests tomorrow too.

What a coincidence.

rahuldottech

13:20

@Nick good luck

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bwDraco

18:44

Turns out the small QcK mouse pad is just the right size.

That old Roccat Sense mouse pad (used at one of my other computer stations) is just too large and it's really filthy so I really want to throw it out...

djsmiley2k

19:39

The world has lost a superhero.

RIP Stan Lee.

> marking the first crash involving the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. The "black box" data recorder from the jet shows its airspeed indicator malfunctioned on its last four flights, investigators said Monday.

wut

Are they flying aircraft deemed to be unsafe? :/

Also

Another bit came out!! \o/

Horn OK Please

@djsmiley2k flying with one, two, sometimes dozens of minor maintenance issues while still being ultimately deemed "airworthy" by some definition is a very common cost-saving tactic for cheap airlines, especially in poorer countries

djsmiley2k

Yikes.

Horn OK Please

they often field aircraft with a broken APU

like, one of its literal turbines just totally busted

there's less regulation about that sort of thing in poorer countries, too

the developed world generally has more stringent standards airlines are required to follow

Aaron Hall

@djsmiley2k excelsior...

djsmiley2k

@AaronHall ??

djsmiley2k

20:05

arigj there's ewven more stuff in my gum DS:

djsmiley2k

20:37

and ... urgh it hurts :(

rahuldottech

@djsmiley2k fuck

bwDraco

20:55

Ow.

noitsbecky

21:22

!!caaaat

ChatBot John Cavil

noitsbecky

@djsmiley2k You need a better dentist

djsmiley2k

lol

woo it's out

maybe this'll finally b e it

and it can heal properly

that badboy was spiky.

DavidPostill

So @djsmiley2k makes medical history. Has a tooth removed. Then bits of tooth left behind travel to his finger and somehow get extruded from his finger tip ...

djsmiley2k