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cmaloneyDo those headphones work for other people?01:29
cmaloneylike aim them directionally? :)01:30
rick_h_hah01:31
cmaloneyhttps://plus.google.com/+PedroHenriqueKopper/posts/XZD2QhqmGce01:44
rick_h_makes sense to me01:46
cmaloneyhello google02:07
cmaloneyhttp://www.ianbicking.org/blog/2014/02/saying-goodbye-to-python.html02:47
cmaloney:(02:47
rick_h_it's only been that way for 4yrs02:47
rick_h_he should have written that long ago02:47
rick_h_instead of going silent as everyone tried to use his libs he abandoned02:47
cmaloneyYeah02:48
cmaloneyBut still, feels like Javascript is getting the interesting folks02:48
rick_h_mozilla is02:48
cmaloneyAh, true02:48
jrwrenthat site isn't working for me :(02:48
jrwrenFirefox can't find the server at blog.ianbicking.org.&f=regular02:49
rick_h_but yea, I do like his post. It affirms what I've thought as well re: JS community and such02:49
rick_h_http://r.bmark.us/u/eb9ef47914589c02:49
rick_h_:)02:49
jrwrenwhy the hel would you leave the py community for js03:00
jrwrenpython rules.03:01
cmaloneyjrwren: I guess when you've been there for a while there's a bit of wander-lust03:13
cmaloneyGood morning12:06
rick_h_morning12:31
rick_h_brousch: thanks for the link12:39
brouschrick_h_: Are you trying to get in under the PSF?12:41
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rick_h_google voice watch out? http://r.bmark.us/u/74e3b507ad663b14:33
rick_h_oh right, it's BB...nvm14:33
brouschHm. I had to use Eclipse this morning and it irritated me. Then Komodo Edit (which I've been doing most Python dev in) also irritated me. Vim is the only one that hasn't irritated me today14:41
rick_h_come to the dark side14:41
brouschAll ssh work is in vim14:41
mathomastech_Anyone ever use pyGTK with glade for a cross platform app?14:42
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brouschmathomastech: About 4 years ago I toyed with it14:48
brouschKivy is my cross-platform GUI framework now14:49
mathomastechbrousch: Neat, supports IOS and Android as well. I don't think GTK+ has that.14:53
brouschIt does not14:53
brouschGTK does not, that is14:54
brouschrick_h_: oooooooooh http://pytennessee.tumblr.com/post/76468750603/pytn-profiles-chris-mcdonough-and-simon-solutions14:57
rick_h_brousch: yea, cool stuff. pyTN is going to be a good conf14:58
brouschAre you going?14:59
cmaloneyI know I don't have any plans at the moment to go to TN15:00
cmaloneybrousch: You going?15:00
rick_h_no, but I wish I had gone. I underestimated how good it would be in a first year conf15:01
brouschI'm not going. I thought I'd be going to PyCon so I skipped it. PyTN is doing a bang-up job it looks like15:01
brouschSold out!15:02
cmaloneywow15:06
cmaloneyhttp://m.aux.tv/news/100455-7-royalty-cheques-that-ll-make-you-lose-your-faith-in-the-music-industry15:53
cmaloneySome more royalty checks.15:53
jrwrenas if anyone has faith in the music industry.15:57
jrwrenwhat idiot titled that.15:57
cmaloneyWell, I'm sure someone out there thinks musicians all make tons of money15:57
cmaloneywhen the reality is a few big acts make most of the money15:58
jrwrenI have no sympathy of these artists.15:59
jrwrenthey sold out when they signed with a big label.15:59
jrwrenthe big label licensed the music to these streaming companies.15:59
jrwrenits been 30 years since Subpop was founded.15:59
jrwrenWhen will kids learn?15:59
jrwrenYou don't sign with a label. PERIOD15:59
cmaloneyjrwren: No argument here16:00
jrwrenthe only name in that entire article tha I know is Cracker16:00
cmaloneybut then on the flip side if you sell on a site like bandcamp or what-not you still get your music torrented16:00
jrwrenand missing from teh article is how mch $$$$ Cracker made in 1993-4 when that song was all over major radio and MTV16:00
jrwrencmaloney: how is that flip side? all music gets torrented.16:01
cmaloneyhad a conversation with a band about how their new album won't be CC licensed because they want to recoup their cost.16:01
cmaloneyand they were miffed that their album was torrented / on filesharing sites16:01
jrwrenlol16:01
jrwrenthey can't do anything about that. That poor band. They need some reeducation.16:02
cmaloneyand I said that they were going to get that, CC-license or not16:02
cmaloneyYeah16:02
cmaloneyI wish folks didn't have the attitude that artists shouldn't be paid16:02
jrwrenI'd also like to point out, again about Cracker - Low - that was 20 years ago. Well outside of the 14yr default copyright of Copyright Act of 1790.  :)16:02
cmaloneybut unfortunately there are a lot of great bands and plenty of gristle for labels to take advantage16:03
jrwrenI wish artists didn't have attitude that they should be payed for use.16:03
cmaloneyjrwren: I'm on the fence about that16:03
cmaloneyI want artists to be paid for their music16:03
jrwrenme too, its called performance.16:03
cmaloneyI don't feel corporations should own that performance16:04
jrwrenand hell, in our culture its done via branding and merch.16:04
jrwrenI don't feel corporations should own that performance either.16:04
jrwreni'm getting angry just thinking about that article :)16:05
cmaloneyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_Global_Mobile#Business_aims16:05
jrwren"9 time grammy award winner..."  as if that matters at all16:05
cmaloneyI love the quote that Fripp wrote. It's on all of the King Crimson releases from DGM.16:06
cmaloney"The phonographic copyright in these performances is operated by Discipline Global Mobile on behalf of the artists, with whom it resides, contrary to common practice in the record industry. Discipline accepts no reason for artists to assign the copyright interests in their work to either record company or management by virtue of a 'common practice' which was always questionable, often improper, and is16:06
cmaloneynow indefensible."16:06
jrwrenfor a sec I thought it was David Geffin and I thought WTF?16:06
cmaloneyYeah, not quite16:07
cmaloneythat's DGC16:07
jrwrenI do like hte mission statement and business aims.16:07
cmaloneyYeah, but they too ran into business problems16:08
jrwrenits a good example of a corporation that exists to not just make money.16:08
mrgoodcathello all, just thought you might want to know the CHC link in the topic is broken.17:04
rick_h_mrgoodcat: ah, good call17:04
rick_h_cmaloney: or greg-g can you update to http://royaloak.coffeehousecoders.com/ or a short of that?17:04
mrgoodcatalso so is the All About Us link17:04
mrgoodcatit links to http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-michigan/ when it should link to http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-us-mi/17:06
mrgoodcatalso the michigan repository mirror appears down right now17:09
=== greg-g changed the topic of #ubuntu-us-mi to: Michigan LoCo | All About Us: http://ur1.ca/413j6 | Check out MUG: http://www.mug.org and CHC: http://ur1.ca/gmfcz | Michigan Repository Mirror at OU: http://ubuntu.secs.oakland.edu/ | This channel is now logged at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ | What time are we? http://everytimezone.com/
=== greg-g changed the topic of #ubuntu-us-mi to: Michigan LoCo | All About Us: http://ur1.ca/gikdc | Check out MUG: http://www.mug.org and CHC: http://ur1.ca/gmfcz | Michigan Repository Mirror at OU: http://ubuntu.secs.oakland.edu/ | This channel is now logged at http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/ | What time are we? http://everytimezone.com/
mrgoodcatgreg-g: the All About Us link is also broken17:11
greg-ggot it17:11
mrgoodcatlol nm17:11
mrgoodcatI just decided to try to get involved in the LoCo group and all the topic links were broken lol17:11
greg-ghah, oops17:12
mrgoodcatnbd. i found the relevant websites anyways. I also joined the mailing list. perhaps that should be in the topic as well?17:12
cmaloneywelcome. :)17:13
wolfgergood afternoon, peeps17:14
greg-gand yeah, welcome to the nicest free software irc channel around :)17:16
mrgoodcatthe only irc channels i have frequented have been the WMU computer club channels and some ruby and Go dev channels17:17
mrgoodcatso I have very little precedent17:17
wolfgerjust take greg-g's word for it. :-)17:18
mrgoodcatI meant to attend CHC last night but I had too much to do. oh well, there's always next week17:20
rick_h_yep, good think about CHC is there's always another one < 7 days away17:20
mrgoodcathow did chc get started?17:21
wolfgeranybody here familiar with miracast or WiDi?17:21
rick_h_mrgoodcat: ann arbor started one but it was too far for me to drive with a kid17:21
rick_h_mrgoodcat: and theirs isn't that regular and I wanted weekly hack time set aside17:21
rick_h_so there goes CHC, 4 years later...17:21
rick_h_wolfger: nope, not messed with it17:22
mrgoodcatwolfger: i've used samsung's AllShare Cast17:22
wolfgermrgoodcat:  which I gather is one particular implementation of miracast...17:23
mrgoodcatyes17:23
wolfgerI just started investigating these things today, and I think "mess" is a good term to associate with it.17:23
wolfgerwhat are your experiences?17:24
mrgoodcatAllShare Cast, SmartShare, Screen Mirroring, and Display Mirroring are all implementations of miracast17:24
wolfgergood, bad, ugly?17:24
mrgoodcatwell i've only used the samsung one (allshare) using my s4 and a samsung tv so it went pretty smoothly17:24
mrgoodcatbut I know they have struggled gettting different implementations of miracast to play well together17:24
wolfgeryeah... :-p17:25
wolfgerHow would I even know if my Toshiba laptop has mc/widi support?17:25
mrgoodcatalso, it isn't a very well integrated experience, essentially just an exact display mirror17:25
mrgoodcatif you don't know, it probably doesn't17:25
wolfgerwell then, any further questions would be a moot point :-p17:26
mrgoodcathttp://i.imgur.com/I2QmeZe.jpeg17:26
wolfgerchromecast seems nice, but doesn't quite do everything I want (i.e. full-fledged screen share)17:26
mrgoodcatI love my chromecast17:27
mrgoodcatafter owning it for 2 months I couldn't imagine ever going back17:27
* rick_h_ is using his right now17:28
mrgoodcatI use it for google play movies and tv. it owns netflix in terms of ease of use and user experience17:28
wolfgerMy other issue with chromecast is that it's an hdmi dongle.... necessitating a TV with HDMI input17:29
wolfgerfine at home, but less fine at hotels17:29
mrgoodcatit doesn't travel well anyways17:29
wolfgerbut for $35, it sounds like an awesome value17:29
mrgoodcatchanging to new wifi networks is a nightmare17:30
mrgoodcatonce you get it set up at home i promise you won't want to move it17:30
mrgoodcatrick_h_: have you had any problems with the sound on yours?17:30
rick_h_mrgoodcat: no, I've got 3 and no issues17:30
mrgoodcatwhat brand tv?17:30
mrgoodcatmust not have lg17:30
rick_h_no, all samsung of various ages/sizes17:31
mrgoodcatmine is having audio issues with my lg tv, but other people i've talked to with similar problems have almost exclusively lg tvs... seems to be an issue with LG's implementation of the HDMI standard and chromecast doesn't handle the discrepencies well17:32
mrgoodcatdoes anybody here run on the ubuntu devel branch?17:40
greg-gI run Debian Unstable, if that counts ;)17:41
mrgoodcati've thought about making the switch before, but if I was going to switch away from unity i'd rather go with arch17:42
rick_h_mrgoodcat: yea, I'm on trusty atm17:42
greg-gheh, interstingly phrased17:42
mrgoodcati run arch on a couple of my machines and really like the rolling release model and from what i've heard running the devel branch is a little closer to being rolling release17:43
mrgoodcatgreg-g: because i said unity not ubuntu?17:43
greg-gyeah :)17:43
mrgoodcatthe only reason i stick with ubuntu is because it runs unity the best17:43
rick_h_well there's not really a devel on ubuntu17:43
cmaloneypet shop boys "opportunities (lets make lots of money)" earworm: worst thing ever or best thing ever?17:43
greg-gmrgoodcat: also, Unstable is rolling, until it gets close to Debian Release time, where it slows down a little bit17:44
mrgoodcatyes there is, I assume you use the trusy repos? there are also devel17:44
greg-gmrgoodcat: then it gets way more stable and then, BAM, back to rolling17:44
* wolfger doesn't recognize that song and is looking it up on youtube... probably a bad idea....17:45
cmaloneywolfger: Your funeral17:46
wolfgerIs that lead singer like 12 years old or what?17:46
cmaloneyIt was 1986. Everyone looked younger17:46
mrgoodcatrick_h_: http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/devel17:46
rick_h_mrgoodcat: yea, never looked at that. Curious how ppas and such work with that where you have to pick a series17:47
wolfgerOK, first off, it's definitely not the best thing ever. Second, how did that ever achieve earworm status? I now know why it didn't click until I looked it up....l utterly forgettable.17:48
greg-grick_h_: they just work, the info that those look at is updated correctly, it doesn't say "Ubuntu Devel" it says "Ubuntu Trusty" like yours17:48
rick_h_greg-g: ah interesting17:48
cmaloneywolfger: Just take my word for it. It's insidious17:48
mrgoodcatrick_h_: in order to switch to the devel branch you just have to change the animal name to devel in /etc/apt/sources.list17:48
rick_h_learn something new17:48
greg-gyeah17:48
greg-gTrusty is basically a symlink to devel17:49
mrgoodcatit says saucy though if you use devel17:49
greg-g...17:49
greg-gwhat says saucy?17:49
mrgoodcathttp://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/devel/Release17:49
mrgoodcatlines 3 and 417:49
greg-ghuh17:50
greg-gok, I might be wrong17:50
mrgoodcatit uses the most updated package but the release name is the most recently released. when trusty is released the devel branch will start using that name17:50
mrgoodcatit uses the trusty packages17:50
wolfgerI'm so far behind the times... I don't even know what release names are post-Precise Pangolin17:51
mrgoodcatquantal quentsdflkjhas17:51
mrgoodcatraring ringtail17:51
mrgoodcatsaucy salamander17:51
mrgoodcattruty tahr17:51
wolfgerDid they accept my suggestion for Raunchy Raccoon? No? :-p17:51
cmaloneyThen it'll be Urinating Unicorn17:51
mrgoodcatha YES17:51
cmaloneyVoluptuous Velociraptor17:52
cmaloneyWhinging Whale17:52
cmaloneyXenochromatic Xenomorph17:52
cmaloneyYodeling Y-named animal17:52
wolfgerYodeling Yeti!17:52
wolfgerYes!17:52
cmaloneyand Zoot-Suuited Zebra17:53
greg-ggood one, yeti, I was stumped17:53
cmaloneythen we'll start with greek letters.17:53
cmaloneylike Tornado season.17:53
cmaloneyAlpha Alpha RC117:53
cmaloney;)17:54
wolfgerfraternity-themed releases?17:55
mrgoodcatjust start back at a and use new animals? that could get confusing17:55
wolfgerWake me when they get to Tappa Kegga Brew17:55
greg-gkappa kappa kangaroo17:55
cmaloneykarma kameleon17:55
greg-gcmaloney: EAR WORM17:56
cmaloney;)17:56
mrgoodcatgo with final fantasy naming. Ubuntu XXIVIVXI chapter XIIVI17:56
mrgoodcat_did I just time out on this channel?18:09
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brouschwolfger: I have a couple of miracast dongles in use, and chromecast18:11
mrgoodcatthe administrators rebooted the server i was running irssi on18:12
mrgoodcatapparently nobody on the admin team knows what is going on.... our ubuntu server is crashing hard though....18:17
jrwrencmaloney: i just realized I'm wearing  wcd tshirt and sweatshirt today. Its representative of our (C) conversation :)18:20
mrgoodcatwcd or wdc?18:29
jrwrenwcd18:43
cmaloneyjrwren: Hurray Women Corporate Directors!19:56
cmaloney(what is WCD?)19:56
jrwrenwhatcd20:01
cmaloneyheh20:03
brouschThat's what he's asking! What CD?20:08
wolfgerwhat's on second20:19
greg-gyay!23:11
greg-g"Hello!23:11
greg-gIf you are receiving this email you have been approved to travel to Zurich23:11
greg-gfor the hackthon"23:11
rick_h_woot23:12
wolfgerawesomesauce23:18

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