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brobostigonmorning boys and girls.06:18
MooDoomorning all06:56
brobostigonmorning MooDoo06:59
bashrcmorning06:59
brobostigonmorning bashrc07:00
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selinuxiummorning o/07:46
MooDoohello selinuxium07:47
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daftykinshuzzah! Amazon FireTV stick arrived08:42
daftykinsalready enabled adb and pushing Kodi onto it \o/08:42
JamesTaitGood morning all; happy Tuesday, and happy Lindy Hop Day! 😃09:13
SuperMattAh yes, it is09:15
SuperMattand as a semi pro lindy hopper, I can talk all about it :D09:16
SuperMattToday we celebrate Frankie Manning's birthday - the guy who brought Lindy Hop to the world09:16
daftykinswhat even is it o009:16
SuperMattoh, I can point you to a video of my doing the lindy hop on the paul o'grady show09:16
SuperMatthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3KESRFkidM09:17
SuperMatthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeUmn5ZIA-c09:17
daftykinsyou personally on TV? :)09:17
SuperMattthe second video is about as fast as it gets09:17
SuperMattme personally on tv09:17
MartijnVdSwhich one are you?09:18
daftykins^09:18
SuperMattfar left09:18
MartijnVdSthe one with the glasses?09:19
SuperMattyup09:19
daftykinsneat :D09:21
zmoylan-pii thought the first rule of lindy club was not to talk about lindy club??09:21
JamesTaitBrilliant, SuperMatt!09:22
SuperMattthank you09:22
davmor2JamesTait: 1 2 3 O'clock 4 O'clock ROCK!09:23
SuperMattI can be found dancing with my girlfriend/dance partner on many an occasion around London, and sometimes around the country. If you want to see more, just let me know09:23
SuperMattor if you want to learn09:23
zmoylan-pi#LinuxLindyMeetup :-)09:24
SuperMatthah!09:25
SuperMattyou make it sound implausible, but as many lindy ladies will attest, most of the guys they meet are geeks09:25
SuperMattwithout trying to be sexist, it's very uncommon for men to talk to men, and women to talk to women, through virtue of never being face to face for long enough09:25
daftykinsnow for the real question, were the ladies in wigs? :D09:26
SuperMattyes, they were09:26
* JamesTait feels he has adequately catalysed social intercourse this morning. ☺ 09:26
SuperMattbecause they can be styled considerably faster when you're going out live/recorded as live09:26
daftykins=]09:26
SuperMattThis reminds me, I really need to update the Dance page of my site09:30
ujjain[2015-05-26 09:26:42,986] < what could this 986 number be?09:34
daftykinslines maybe?09:34
directhexcontext?09:34
ujjainJetty logging, Java server.09:39
intrbizujjain: it'll be milliseconds probably, Log4J default time pattern is: HH:mm:ss,SSS09:46
directhexgood catch, intrbiz09:46
daftykinscomma makes more sense now09:51
ujjainah, could be that yeah09:52
ujjainit's always less than 1000 yeah09:52
intrbizujjain: what is your logging config?09:52
ujjainI don't know, just was curious about the 3-characters after seconds09:53
talvhey guys how do you know how much swap space to allocate for a machine10:04
talvis there like a general rule of thumb?10:04
Myrttidepends on if you're using SSD or not10:04
Myrttiand how much RAM you've got10:05
daftykinsif it's a laptop and you want to sleep or hibernate, it must match your RAM10:05
zmoylan-piis it wasted if you make it bigger?10:05
daftykinsno reason not to put swap on an SSD - i'd say if the above isn't true typically a max of 4GB really - depends what you do10:05
talvwhat about a server10:05
zmoylan-pi /random question from curious watcher10:06
daftykinsthen it depends on what its' typical memory footprint is10:06
daftykinsand what it'll be running10:06
talvi was always told to match the ram but that was a number of years ago wondered if things had changed since then10:06
daftykinsyeah that stopping being true once we hit 4GB RAM10:06
shaunowe used to say twice the ram.  but most users's machines have no shortage of ram anymore10:07
daftykinsif you went to 8GB i'd say half, then no reason to go above 4GB really10:07
talvexcellent thank you :D10:07
BigRedSIf you're not suspending I don't really see the point in swap10:12
BigRedSram is so cheap that it's best to make it the case that if you've run out of it then something's gone very wrong and so OOM killer kicking in doesn't add horrendously to your list of problems anyway10:13
intrbizi see little point in swap these days, especially on servers, a server swapping heavily is usually a worse outcome than the process using the memory being killed10:15
BigRedSyeah, exactly10:16
shaunoI treat swap like a gravel trap.  it's nice to have it so you know when you hit it & know to do something about it10:16
intrbizbut you need to think about the OOM Killer, set OOM ADJ on important stuff, and possibly vm.overcommit=210:16
daftykinsbut then we've also had people come in here who allocated no swap and then they wonder why their entire DE freezes10:16
shaunoinstead of everything just going wrong10:16
TwistedLucidityujjain: That's deffo millis. Max value is 999 and then it rolls over to the next second.10:18
intrbizpresumably millis can hit 1000 when the leap second happens10:19
zmoylan-pior just show 000 a little longer? :-)10:20
ujjainright, makes sense10:20
TwistedLucidityMyrtti: What's the big deal about swap on a modern SSD?10:21
daftykinsthose that have read an article or two have latched onto the basic concept of "ZOMG minimise writes to your SSD!" but sadly it's spun out to the point where they all try to avoid even writing to them at all10:22
MyrttiTwistedLucidity: there would have been a followup question if it had been an SSD about what SSD it was, but as it wasn't...10:23
TwistedLucidityOn *old* SSDs...yeah, might be a point there. And I am pretty sure you could kill an SSD if you were doing a bazillion minor writes for hours on end. But Average user with Average Use Case? Meh, no big.10:23
Myrttianyway back to IKEA puzzles10:23
Myrtti(bookcase this time)10:23
directhexi am expecting an ikea delivery in 20 mins10:25
directhexfull of exciting furniture10:25
directhexFSVO "exciting"10:25
zmoylan-piall those years of airfix kits and lego is going to pay off :-D10:26
MyrttiI finally managed to unpack all my clothes into a wardrobe after living out of a suitcase and vacuum bags for years10:26
Myrttiit's an amazing feeling10:26
Myrttiwith the new bookcase I might be able to unpack my books from the moving boxes. They've been in for over a year now10:26
zmoylan-pithen you'll just have an empty box crying out for more books10:27
BigRedSHaha, I've sort of got used to all my books being elsewhere and in boxes10:29
BigRedSI've sort-of accepted I don't really need them, but I'm a long way from deciding to actually stop owning them10:29
zmoylan-pielectronic books are just not the same10:30
daftykinsit's really tough hitting Ctrl+F in a book i find10:31
shaunoI'd feel pretty ripped off if they were the same10:31
zmoylan-pii play d&d, we all have tablets with the pdf manuals.  we all have paper copies of the books as they are faster to flick through10:31
BigRedSno, but most of my books are non-fiction, so the stuff in them is generally way more accessible via google/wikipedia10:31
BigRedSbut when you've a reference book I prefer paper to ctrl-Fing in a PDF reader or something. It falls open easily on the answers to questions I repeatedly forget10:32
zmoylan-piit's been able to jump instantly in a paper copy between index and/or multiple pages that ebooks don't do well at10:33
TwistedLucidityE-books need away to let you flick to another section (e.g. character list, contents, whatever) and then flick back to wherever you were reading.10:33
zmoylan-pi^this10:33
* TwistedLucidity does not own an E-reader, but has to listen to the grumbles10:33
TwistedLucidityLike pop/pushd for the CLI10:33
zmoylan-pithey're better than nothing but i prefer a paper copy10:33
shaunohorses for courses.10:34
TwistedLucidityThe batteries of dead-tree tech last longer. But 1,000 dead-tree books is an arse to carry. :-)10:34
TwistedLucidityAlso, leanding of e-books is hard/illegal. Paper is easy.10:34
shaunolending of e-books is easy, paper is difficult :)10:35
BigRedSebooks get a lot of things wrong, too, especially when they're converted from dead-tree. Things like having all the maps or figures in a section at the front of the book10:35
daftykinswith how people treat things they're loaned? hell no :D10:35
zmoylan-piat the d&d sessions people carry 20 heavy hard back books with them because ereaders can't be as handy yet10:35
TwistedLuciditySo yeah, you swap one set of problems for a different set. Pick whichever set is the least bother.10:35
BigRedSI'd like my kindle to have a 'show pertinent figure' button that I can always use to pop that up10:35
daftykinstwenty!10:35
zmoylan-pi2010:35
TwistedLucidityI want an e-reader that is mine after purchase and not Amazon's/Kobo's/etc10:35
daftykinsi'm sure i had a Pratchett Discworld novel on Kindle that had links on *'s that jumped to and fro10:36
zmoylan-piand only 1-2 will be used usually.  and the person who hosts the game also has those books10:36
Myrttiaby tablet will do that with an ebook reader app10:36
zmoylan-pimy discworld books has all the * at end of the book which ruins the flow of the comedy10:36
daftykinsit was pretty annoying, how'd the print ones handle that?10:37
zmoylan-pithey were at the bottom of the page with the *10:37
daftykinsah i see10:39
zmoylan-pithe really long ones were at bottom of 2-3 pages. but always just there by the text to which they were relevent10:40
shaunoanyone familiar with "DOSarrest" ?11:25
Laneybah11:43
zmoylan-pihumbug11:45
Laneyjust got a letter telling me my isa is going to pay 2.15% instead of 2.50%11:46
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knightwisehey everyone12:09
zmoylan-pio/12:11
knightwisehey zmoylan-pi how are you dude :)12:11
zmoylan-piwell, yourself?12:12
knightwisefighting Ubuntu 15.04 ,12:13
knightwisewont install anymore on my mac mini(neither will 14.04) keep getting the error i8042 no controller found12:14
zmoylan-piwhich version of macmini12:14
knightwiseerm I think a late 2013 model12:15
knightwiseI7 , 16 gig , 256 SSD12:15
MartijnVdSI just bought one of those IKEA wireless (QI) chargers12:15
knightwisezmoylan-pi: according to a thread on the forums it does work if you burn it to a dvd12:15
MartijnVdSit works! :)12:15
knightwiseMartijnVdS: i was thinking of getting one of those :) looks spiffy12:18
* knightwise resorted to BURNING a DVD to install Ubuntu ...12:21
knightwisehow primitive12:21
zmoylan-pione day you'll show your kids what a dvd looks like and they'll be amazed that it held so little...12:23
zmoylan-pionly 4+gb...12:23
knightwiseWasting a Dual Layer dvd on this little stunt ..12:23
knightwise*harrumphs*12:24
zmoylan-picould have found a cd based network installer? :-)12:25
knightwisezmoylan-pi: damn12:25
knightwisei didn't think about that.12:25
awilkinsI just dd the ISO to a USB stick now12:26
zmoylan-pii mean it's a cd... you'd expect to install from floppy next :-)12:26
knightwiseanyway. I'll be giving elementary a try first . .if that doesnt work i'll pick 'vanalla" ubuntu12:26
* awilkins wouldn't mind 'Valhalla' Ubuntu12:26
knightwiseawilkins: thats just it , then i get the error code I8042 no controler found12:26
knightwiseHa12:26
knightwisewife is cleaning out her desk12:27
knightwisek12:27
knightwisejust walked up to me with a zip drive12:27
zmoylan-pi100 or 250mb?12:27
knightwisea zip DISK to be precise12:27
knightwise100 mb12:27
zmoylan-pii wish there was a medium like that still around.  even minidisc at 60mb would be useful for sneakernet and other tasks12:28
knightwisezmoylan-pi: erm .. thumbdrives ? ?12:28
zmoylan-pithumb drives are often more bulky and not as slim as even zip disks12:28
knightwiseSometimes i think they are just too small12:29
knightwiseand thats why we keep losing them12:29
zmoylan-piyou could stick floppies, cds and dvds in books and mags to transport store12:29
zmoylan-piand thumbdrives have the whole 3rd time lucky plugging them in :-D12:30
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zmoylan-pithough i do have a blurred pic around here somewhere of a zip disk that has been inserted into a zip drive backwards12:46
popeyMorning12:49
knightwiseBelieve it or not .. but booting from the CD works12:51
zmoylan-pithe mac mini is so confused by the cd that it works \o/12:53
knightwiseyep , i'm starting to think that that is the issue12:54
Bunny_hello12:55
knightwisehey Bunny_12:56
Bunny_hey12:56
knightwiseGood thing I kept my Usb cd around when I redid my office12:57
knightwisezmoylan-pi: I loved the size of the 3.5 inch floppies :)12:58
zmoylan-piit was designed to fit in a shirt pocket.  a really handy size that stored a lot for it's time.  something similar now with a few gb would be handy13:06
zmoylan-pisame size and shape even13:06
shaunolike an oversized flash drive?13:08
knightwisedid you know that the datadisks they used in star trek (original series) are the exact same size as a 3.5 inch floppy13:08
zmoylan-pithere's a size and shape that fits handily into the hand...13:09
zmoylan-pii remember when some music studio thought of distributing music on memory cards... you'd need a tweezers and magnifying glass to handle your collection :-)13:10
ujjainhow do I make the timestamp of a file old?13:10
ujjain touch -t hello-this-is-an-old-file 200510071138 did not work13:10
ujjainhmm, other way around13:10
ujjainfirst number13:10
zmoylan-picollege switches to ubuntu 63% fewer problems... https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=http://www.muylinux.com/2015/05/12/entrevista-migracion-ubuntu-colegio-fernando-lanero#Web0.00113:32
knightwiseI"ve got a Dell xps13 on the wishlist for my company investments for this year13:36
knightwisegonna take the ubuntu version13:36
knightwiseHargh ! Poodoo !!! Now the ubuntu install won't even boot (black screen)13:41
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ali1234does anyone know an easy way to search my conversations on reddit?14:55
davmor2ali1234: google?14:56
ali1234i want to find a specific comment that someone posted in reply to me14:57
davmor2ali1234: site:reddit.com <subject to search for>14:58
ali1234i don't remember the subject or what subreddit it was14:58
ali1234i do however remember the user who replied14:59
ali1234i need to search for all the times that person has replied to my comments, which is probably like 5 times in total14:59
davmor2ali1234: so search for the your nick and their nick maybe?14:59
ali1234nope, turns out we post in a lot of the same threads15:03
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)15:03
ali1234oh hang on i think i found it15:03
MartijnVdSali1234: click your name, see all of your comments?15:09
ali1234i have thousands15:09
ali1234i found it anyway, it was from 201315:09
MartijnVdSI have a 900-point response from yesterday somehow.. "Han shot first"15:10
davmor2ali1234: now favourite it if you need it now you may need it again :D15:10
ali1234how?15:10
davmor2ali1234: the star in the browser ;)15:10
ali1234oh you mean a bookmark15:11
ali1234stop using IE :)15:11
davmor2ali1234: it's a bit crap that you can't do it in reddit to be honest, but failing that you can just copy the permalink to somewhere you can access it15:18
ali1234you can actually, "saved" under a comment15:19
ali1234but i mean i didn't know i would need this post until i needed it 18 months later15:20
davmor2ali1234: that's normally what happens15:21
intrbizbigcalm: morning15:49
bigcalmo/15:54
bigcalmI want to stay late and get the network switch set-up. Annoyingly I have to leave early today instead15:55
bigcalmNot at all a workaholic, am I?15:55
intrbizhehe15:56
intrbizi can understand wanting to scratch an itch15:56
bashrc_yes15:56
bigcalmIf openvpn works on Mac and Windows (as well as Linux), then I'm going to use it in the office here15:57
intrbizopenvpn rocks15:57
bigcalmI thought you might like that15:57
intrbizi use openvpn alot, got quite a few terminated and setup here15:58
bigcalmThinking that we'll have ipsec site to site for a couple of clients and then openvpn for coworkers to log into the office network15:59
intrbizyeh15:59
bigcalmCan I use virtual nics on a server or do I have to have physical nics and separate network cables?16:03
intrbizbigcalm: what for?16:03
bigcalmVPN termination16:03
bigcalmI think I may have confused myself at some point16:03
intrbizmost VPNs present as tun (or tap) interfaces16:04
intrbizwhich you can route and firewall between16:04
bigcalmThe managed switch should then allow me to set-up static routes. So that workstations in the office can connect to remote servers without each having to have static routes rules added16:06
intrbizbigcalm: if it's a L2 managed switch it'll have no concept of routing16:06
bigcalmintrbiz: I'm sure I saw static routing in the web interface when I had it running at home16:08
bigcalmOnly information available about the switch http://www.buycom108.com/PDF/MSW-2402T_ds_english.pdf16:10
bigcalmThat said, there is help information within the web interface. Handy16:10
intrbizbigcalm: I suspect the routes will be purely for the admin interface, unless you can define IP interfaces on the switch etc16:12
* bigcalm resists the urge to mess with the switch while other people in the office still require a network connection16:14
intrbizhehe16:14
bigcalm:|16:21
intrbiz?16:24
bigcalmw/w16:26
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diddledan_animé ftw. even if it is windows. http://nichegamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/windows-10-05-25-15-1.png18:20
daftykinsdiddledan_: what's the date for?18:24
diddledan_not sure18:24
daftykinsah18:25
daftykinsi'm a bit too excited for 10 now, i need to relax and wait for a couple of months before inflicting it upon people i think :>18:26
diddledan_lol18:26
daftykinsobviously won't be a standard 'SP1'18:26
diddledan_for towel day yesterday: https://www.facebook.com/ESASamanthaCristoforetti/videos/vb.326719157533529/389673374571440/?type=2&theater18:38
daftykinsi.. is she a scot 0o18:42
diddledan_lol18:42
diddledan_italian18:43
daftykinswow.18:45
knightwiseyo peeps20:36
marshmnfor driving an external display from a laptop, am I likely to have better luck with display port or HDMI?21:40
marshmnlaptop has Intel HD on board, and Nvidia 750M discrete21:41
marshmnI assume that the display port and HDMI are linked to the Nvidia? (just an assumption on my part)21:41
daftykinsyou'll need to check it directly, i know nvidia's settings control panel shows me what mine are attached via in Windows21:48
daftykinsi don't think you'll see much difference in support between the two connection types21:48
daftykinsmarshmn: do you know what resolution panel you intend to connect?21:49
marshmndaftykins: no, not really - nothing really hi res - it's just for the occasional need to connect to an external projector or something like that21:56
marshmnso probably something like 1080p at most21:56
marshmnI wasn't sure if Linux supported one better than the other that's all really21:56
marshmnI guess I'll have a play21:57
daftykinsoh so hot plug21:57
marshmnyes21:58
marshmndoes that make a difference?21:58
daftykinsi've seen people have the odd quirk, but if you're on a new release you might be ok21:58
marshmnok21:58
marshmnand still no preference between the two?21:58
daftykinsnope i don't think so21:59
marshmnok, thanks21:59
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AzelphurHmm, anyone here familiar with Motion? I'm wanting to set it up so that it does motion detection, but only when I'm not home.23:49
AzelphurI can detect if I'm home easy (if my phone is connected to the lan) the question is how to incorporate that into motion somehow.23:49

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