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=== Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:09
MartijnVdS\o brobostigon09:13
brobostigonmorning MartijnVdS09:13
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)10:05
brobostigonmorning bigcalm10:09
bigcalmHola10:10
bigcalmWhat's happening?10:27
* MartijnVdS is playing with openvpn.. again10:35
brobostigon:)10:38
MartijnVdSalso, Jurassic Park soundtrack10:39
brobostigonMartijnVdS: i found openvpn absolute hell to setup, took me almost two months to get it setup right, working on it every day.10:52
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: I've done it before, and I have my own blogposts to guide me10:52
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: you might want to read them :)10:52
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: http://blog.vandestreek.net/2013/09/bridging-internet-with-openvpn.html + http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html help me all the time10:53
brobostigonMartijnVdS: that i will have to do, and make copies for future reference, :)10:53
MartijnVdS(the howto especially for the easyrsa/RSA key bits)10:53
brobostigonthan kyou,10:54
brobostigon:)10:54
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: note that my setup creates a layer 2 ("ethernet") VPN, not a layer 3 ("IP") one10:57
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: so you mess with bridges instead of routing tables :)10:57
MartijnVdS(it makes some things easier (running both v4 and v6, for instance), other things harder (firewalling, possibly))10:58
brobostigonMartijnVdS: ah, i see,11:00
brobostigonagreed, having working ipv6 over it, would be good aswell.11:00
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: it's not quite ethernet -- I don't think you can do 802.1q (VLANs) on it -- but you can just create multiple VPN connections (server/client pairs) if you need that11:01
MartijnVdSbrobostigon: but things like DHCP work fine across it (in the router/tun setup you need to be smart about that)11:04
brobostigonMartijnVdS: ah, interesting, i can envisidge some uses for that.11:04
brobostigonMartijnVdS: cool.11:05
=== jelmer_ is now known as jelmer
NET||abusethere are 2 things that annoy me about the current nautilus setup.  1. typing a few characters immediately performs a search, rather than jumping to files in the current view with those characters in them.  2. and this is both nautilus and other apps(eg libre office) alt+f doesn't open the file menu....11:58
NET||abusemaybe that second one is more a unity "feature"11:58
NET||abusealt+f opened the file menu in terminal though11:58
NET||abuseand the alt button being tied to a sort of quick comment menu, it's a bit annoying.11:59
penguin42NET||abuse: alt-f opens the file menu in libreoffice running under KDE12:03
NET||abusepenguin42: well :) KDE is it's own little torment :) It's so good yet, so not right for me to use.12:08
ali1234NET||abuse: you want Xfce, it does both the things you said12:12
* penguin42 wonders how in G+ you modify a post to share with more people12:19
MattJprint it out, post it in a public place12:21
penguin42Well I didn't want it public!12:22
Laneyi think you have to re-share it12:23
penguin42yeh looks like it, which is annoying given the circles I wanted to add overlap with the others and it means that the reshare won't have the comment trail12:24
brobostigonthe net, ch4.12:50
bigcalmKnickers12:51
bigcalmMicrowave packed up while cooking my lunch12:51
bigcalmLooks like Tesco will make an appearance in my life this afternoon12:52
brobostigon:(12:52
brobostigon'pants', also works.12:52
bigcalmPants will not cook my lunch12:53
brobostigonneither will knickers12:53
bigcalmIndeed12:53
bigcalmAnybody with microwave brand recommendations?12:54
* penguin42 admits to not remembering what ours is - it's been going for 15 years though with only mechanical wear on one of the buttons13:02
popeyI have never had a microwave pack up13:27
popeybut then I've only ever owned one13:27
popey13 years old13:27
penguin42ours has some wear on the stop button; it's basically a plastic moulding with a peg on the bottom that presses the conductive material, but the peg has warn down a bit13:29
popeythe bulb on ours is gone, never really been that bothered to replace it13:31
Myrttibigcalm: depends on what your budget is13:34
Myrttibigcalm: we bought an ex-display Panasonic Inverter one from Comet some years ago, it has all the bells and whistles, it was expensive-ish but I've always wanted an inverter microwave13:35
Myrttiwell worth the money we spent on it, might have been around 150 or so, not entirely sure to13:37
Myrttitho13:37
popeyinverter?13:37
Myrttiyeah, it regulates the amount of energy the magnetron blasts at the food instead of just having it blast full-blast for 30% of time when it's on 30% power setting13:39
penguin42ours is a Sharp13:40
penguin42Myrtti: Isn't that all the inverter is doing - just switching it quickly?13:40
Myrtti" In most ovens, the magnetron is driven by a linear transformer which can only feasibly be switched completely on or off. As such, the choice of power level does not affect the intensity of the microwave radiation; instead, the magnetron is turned on and off in duty cycles of several seconds at a time. Newer models have inverter power supplies which use pulse width modulation to provide effectively continuous heating at reduced power so that ...13:41
Myrtti... foods are heated more evenly at a given power level and can be heated more quickly without being damaged by uneven heating."13:41
Myrttiexcellent for defrosting or my second-best breakfast porridge13:42
ali1234there is nothing worse that when you try to microwave something and it just flubs all over the inside of the microwave13:42
Myrttiyup13:42
Myrttiand I used to do porridge a lot13:42
penguin42ali1234: It's amazing how stuff sticks to the roof....13:43
Myrttibut yeah, ours is a convection oven and a grill as well it actually gets a lot of use, easy to do fray bentos' and potatoes with13:46
=== dwatkins_ is now known as dwatkins
Myrttibigcalm: updates on what you ended up with, I'm interested :-P15:05
daftykinsRIP file server 500GB OS HDD - your sudden death last night has rendered me unable to complete my mission of catching up on Breaking Bad until i can replace you16:13
popeyoof16:15
daftykinsnot only did i lose the OS and lots of config, but everything i seed - like all the Linux distro images :(16:16
daftykins~400GB worth16:16
penguin42ouch, and the RAID pair?16:22
daftykinsah my 6 disk RAID 5 is fine :> just inaccessible for now16:28
daftykinshahaha16:28
daftykinsmy controller's driver is on the dead disk too 8D16:28
daftykinsoh what fun16:28
daftykinsnot a big deal of course, just kinda amusing16:28
penguin42so you've got a 6 disk RAID5 but not the OS?16:29
daftykinsyep16:29
daftykinsthe array is pure storage16:29
penguin42so you're going to replace it with a RAID pair now - right?16:29
daftykinshehe16:29
daftykinsnot sure how i want it to be, ideally the OS and downloads drive should be physically separate this time but i don't really want to consume the extra power16:30
daftykinsbiab16:30
daftykinsbetter start operating on this thing i guess17:06
penguin42daftykins: You can get some pretty small/cheap SSDs for OS these days17:34
daftykinsindeedy, a cheap ~60GBer might suffice17:35
daftykinsthen a 1 or 2TB storage disk17:35
popeyyeah, my server has a small SSD for root17:37
penguin42about #35 for the 60GB I used in my firewall17:38
AlanBellthere is bcache now too, which means your SSD is a cache for the spinning rust17:47
daftykinshmm17:48
AlanBellso you could have something like a 20GB root partition, and 40GB of bcache, and the rest of the disks off most of the time17:49
AlanBellif you can spin down raid disks17:49
daftykinsthat induces wear and reduces their lifespan17:49
AlanBelldepends how much time they spend not spinning17:50
penguin42thats very much a heauristic on how often17:50
AlanBellmy server runs off an SD card most of the day, but accepts backups to the spinning drive in the evening, so that is mostly not spinning during the day17:51
stgraberI'm also not sure I'd want to have data and a cache on the same SSD, sounds like this would lead to a lot more write cycles than standard usage, leading to it failing much earlier than usual. Which is perfectly fine if that's all it does (since you can just swap it for a new one), but a bit more annoying if there are data you care about on it too.17:51
daftykinsprogram/erase cycles really aren't that finite17:54
penguin42supposed to help if the drive is quite empty17:56
daftykinsyeah, depends on the specific drive for how much overprovision it was made with afaik17:59
daftykinswow my dead disk just got detected18:35
daftykinsmaybe it lives enough to get the data off :O18:36
* penguin42 keeps getting endorsed on linked in for Perl; my perl is really really shit18:39
shaunolinkedin is pretty scammy for that sort of stuff.  it'll prompt people to endorse things, but make it look like it's a message coming from you18:41
shaunoso you'll end up with all kinds of overinflated endorsements just because people like you too much to write the truth18:43
ali1234yeah i've been endorsed for mysql and project management on linkedin, two things i know almost nothing about18:45
ali1234oh and microsoft office18:45
shaunoit seems highly counterproductive to me, because the only sensible outcome is that it'll end up devaluing legitimate feedback18:47
daftykinsalrighty one dead disk removed18:51
daftykinsbest transplant it into my desktop to see what i can make of it =/18:51
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/0qjflygolvtm40m/IMG_20130929_200117.jpg19:02
daftykinsshe be stalling19:02
daftykinsah no eventually got by19:03
daftykinsnothing from fdisk from a LiveUSB19:05
penguin42has seen dieing drives that like to cool down - had one that I actually put in a fridge19:07
daftykinsi almost began to think of trying :>19:07
daftykinsit definitely was suffering thermally before the pop19:07
daftykinsBIOS detects it and just now said "SMART capable but command failed"19:08
daftykinsso i think the controller board might be kanck'd19:08
daftykins*knack'd19:08
daftykinsif fdisk can't see it there's probably not much hope is there?19:09
daftykinsi haven't got any zip lock bags to try the fridge :D19:19
shaunoand those wee bags of silica gel too.  I'm always nervous about condensation doing that19:35
daftykins:)19:38
daftykinsit definitely survives long enough to be detected when cold booting19:38
daftykinsbut it starts to flake out19:38
daftykinsi forgot i have two spare laptop HDDs so i'm trying a clean install to one now19:38
popeyI'd put it in a tupperware box with a small pile of instant coffee19:48
daftykins:D19:49
daftykinshmm i could temporarily use the bread box for that, that could work19:49
daftykinsso then - just give it a few minutes?19:49
popeyI'd look to get it below room temp19:49
popeyso probably 30 mins19:49
daftykinssounds good :)19:50
daftykinsfor now i'm getting an OS on another disk so i can at least get to Breaking Bad D:19:50
* popey hugs netflix ipad19:50
daftykinsheh19:51
daftykinsi don't like streaming content19:51
popeyI tend to watch BrBa on a Monday lunchtime19:51
daftykins:>19:51
popeywhich means I need to be offline soon until then19:51
popeybecause americans will start posting spoilers19:51
daftykins*nod*19:52
shaunoit can be annoying because my ipad doesn't have a remote.  but streaming's slightly more convenient than trying to duct-tape together the remains of a fileserver ;)19:52
daftykinsi'll have to avoid a few channels19:52
daftykinshah - well it's just the OS disk that went19:52
daftykinsand it's not like this happens often19:52
daftykinsthis system is from 200719:52
popeyannoying more than anything19:52
daftykinsyeah19:52
daftykinsi did have it freeze a couple of weekends in a row but couldn't pinpoint the issue19:53
daftykinsi should've added a fan since the OS HDD was getting hot but - i lived and learnt19:53
shaunoI'm waiting for the same thing to happen on mine.  hdd in my old appletv has started making fun noises.  but all the content's external19:54
daftykinshehe19:54
shaunoit sounds like someone's repeatedly picking up, and placing (not dropping) a glass marble.  I figure that's a death sentence, but I'm too lazy to do anything about it yet19:54
daftykinsi'm curious as to what this windows 7 install is going to do, it's been stalling majorly as it seems the disk was last used as GPT19:54
shaunoespecially since replacing the drive involves a spatula :/19:54
daftykinshehehe19:55
daftykinsgood opportunity to go solid state \o/19:55
shaunoI'm not sure actually .. I have a funny feeling these are still p-ata19:55
daftykinsthat can be done19:56
shaunoyeah. 2.5" ATA.  that'll be a pain to source19:57
daftykins:D19:58
daftykinsi got a proprietary connector SSD for an old PATA Sony ultraportable for a client some time ago19:58
popeygah, must stop watching GTA V videos!20:02
popeyAlmost bought it for XBox yesterday20:02
bigcalmpopey: I've only been watching the Hat Films 'Havin' a bash' vids of it. Most amusing20:03
popeyyeah, me too20:03
bigcalmLooks like great fun20:03
daftykinspopey: :D20:05
daftykinsit's definitely good20:05
daftykinsmy talk of it finally persuaded a mate to buy it, albeit he got the PS3 version :(20:05
bigcalmSomething silly, sweet dreams :) http://youtu.be/LwG-SAFWd-8?t=13m21:00
daftykinsone RAID volume back accessible \o/21:58
daftykinsalbeit with a clean empty OS atop it21:58
bigcalmOSs come and go, user data is important21:59
daftykinsyeah, lost all the Downloads drive contents though22:01
daftykinsso i'm now seeding... nothing D:22:01
daftykinsi'll have a go at retrieving it tomorrow maybe22:01
bigcalmPoop22:03
daftykinsyip :(22:05

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