[06:01] morning all [06:08] mornings [06:12] mornings all [06:56] good mornings [08:40] morning everyone [08:40] and inetpro [08:40] 'lo [09:09] so does anyone think we might have rain today? [09:09] * pieter2627 hopes so [10:50] Hope so too. This rm commands been running like 27 hours now... [10:54] Ola [10:54] sup Vlekkie [10:55] Not much, just sad, wbu? [10:55] I'm alright [10:57] Everyone else sleeping or something? [10:58] Been quiet last few days [10:59] But IRC seems a bit dead compared to a few years back [10:59] Yeah [11:02] everybody too busy trying to stay afloat in our shitty economy, no time for luxuries like IRC anymore [11:02] Allot of people don't know what IRC is nowadays, so not surprised tho lol [11:03] True ^ [11:03] Mani: hows it going? [11:04] generally okay, november always the worst month of the year [11:04] you? [11:05] Fine thanks [11:50] Kilos: have you had rain yet? [11:51] here in town we had some coming down nicely for a few minutes then suddenly all gone again [12:30] ola [12:31] it rained here last noght [12:31] night [12:31] East London [12:31] seems to me, we're not bad hit by this "lack of water" thingie [12:31] or mayb its me im so ignorant , i dont know [13:11] not yet inetpro just the cold [13:11] just woke up shivvering [13:29] * who_da_fly jumps on Kilos [13:31] Yeesh, I go away and everyone disappears. [13:31] ohi who_da_fly [13:32] sorry was outside checking the weather [13:33] Kilos: I'm in Mozambique now. [13:33] oh y [13:33] m [13:33] my [13:33] for how long who_da_fly [13:33] just business hey [13:34] i saw the boys with the braai [13:34] well sitting under the umbrella [13:34] Till Saturday. Yes, we literally went straight from the airport to their office, sat down and started working :-( [13:34] yeah, they were so cute. [13:35] ya [13:35] this stupid laptop gives weak sounds with alerts [13:36] even bell.ogg is feeble [13:36] so i sleep past most things [13:36] its busy trying to storm here, so power might go [13:37] OK. We had a storm last night. Lots of lightning and HUGE rain drops [13:42] do you understand portugese [13:42] hehe [13:42] no, not at all [13:42] been fun trying to buy coffee [13:43] hahaha [13:43] I threw one back at them... I spoke in Afrikaans [13:43] their seafood used to be very cheap [13:43] hahaha [13:45] are you alone there who_da_fly [13:46] or did you go in a business group [13:56] Kilos: I'm here with 2 colleagues [13:57] thats better [14:09] Kilos: how much does a 500meg data bundle cost? [14:10] sec ill check [14:10] R69 [14:12] Kilos: which SP? [14:12] network [14:12] telkom mobile [14:12] do they have it there? [14:13] No. They have Vodacom. Vodacom SA is R100 for a 500 meg bundle. [14:14] ouch [14:14] telkom is 1g for R99 [14:15] Here in Mozambique, it's R32 for 500 megs [14:15] nice [14:17] who_da_fly: how much for 1GB there? [14:22] R32 for 500MB (6c per MB) is not bad [14:23] Kilos: have you checked the time based data bundles of Telkom yet? [14:23] nope inetpro [14:23] you can get 1GB for R59 [14:23] it doesnt show on the online thing' [14:23] sadly just valid over a weekend [14:24] what kinda time base [14:24] haha [14:24] weekend [14:24] im hoping to leave for aus before my data runs out' [14:24] or R39 for 500MB [14:25] waiting for online visa app to be approved [14:25] wow! [14:25] the for 3 months ill chat to you from 9 hours ahead of you [14:25] then [14:27] weekend only bundles are kinda pointless i think [14:27] to me anyway [14:28] could be useful to download an ISO [14:31] oh ya [14:31] my next iso download is 16.04 [14:31] inetpro: 200MT, so R64 [14:32] interesting [14:40] oh but hang on who_da_fly, it looks like those prepaid plans for 512MB and 1GB are just valid for 7 days [14:40] somewhere is gonna get some rain i think [14:40] lotsa clouds and thunder [14:41] who_da_fly: good enough for you on your short trip but rather costly if you had to live on it like Kilos does [14:41] inetpro: I don't need it longer [14:41] who_da_fly: true [14:42] ya [14:42] gah. referencing myself. how silly [14:42] hahaha [14:42] old age [14:42] anyway, don't think oom Kilos or any one of us would want to relocate to MZ any time soon :-) [14:43] nope [14:44] at one time i actually thought of going there and running a forklift repair business [14:44] apparently the docks are full of broke ones [14:44] broken [15:03] Kilos: it's almost always warm here [15:03] ya that place is more tropical [15:05] even more so than durbs [15:06] mangoes and pawpaws used to be dirt cheap there [15:06] and avos i think [15:06] many years ago [15:07] hi Audio [15:07] you a noisy kinda person? [15:07] or musical [15:07] rain starting inetpro [15:08] you gona get wet [15:12] Kilos: yes, mangoes grow everywhere here [15:12] and there's a papaya tree in the yard behind the office [16:13] tower got such a shock when it started raining it dropped signal [16:13] sigh [16:14] you wet inetpro [16:14] or did you get wet [16:35] Kilos-: I got wet but I survived [16:35] yay [16:35] weve had 2mm [16:35] luckily just got through before the big hailstorm now [16:35] wow [16:39] poor Loerie (Kwêvoël/go-away-bird) even landed in the swimming pool with the stones from above [16:40] eiah [16:40] eiah [16:40] ai! [16:40] eish [16:48] hope it survives after drying it up a bit and releasing it again [16:49] shame man [17:08] Kilos-: 20mm [17:17] wow [17:18] we had 7mm [17:38] Audioburn feel frre to say hi to us [17:38] free [17:40] good evening [17:40] hi magespawn [18:00] hey Kilos- === Kilos- is now known as Kilos [18:01] I noticed something nice about current MineTest - new V6 areas come with iced over water and layers of snow. [18:15] Selecting best server based on latency... [18:15] Hosted by Pocketinet Communications (Walla Walla, WA) [98.03 km]: 15.835 ms [18:15] Testing download speed........................................ [18:15] Download: 527.77 Mbit/s [18:15] Testing upload speed.................................................. [18:15] Upload: 163.16 Mbit/s [18:16] brb [18:17] better [18:17] nice speed hey [18:18] jsable yeah [18:18] usable [18:19] now that would be nice if that was my local speed [18:19] either im getting blinder or my fingers are getting stupider [18:19] fingers can be very stupid some days [18:19] haha [18:23] we ned to do this here as well [18:23] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UCADay [18:24] need [18:24] amazing, connecting through vodacom i get temporary failure in name resolution, through cellc everything works fine [18:25] every night between 8 and 10 [18:25] magespawn what speedtest is that? [18:30] my internet is very slow tonight [18:32] from my amazon server [18:33] there seems to be something going, i wish i knew what it was [18:35] weird [19:10] night all. sleep tight [20:31] bed time, good night all [20:35] Cheers magespawn [20:48] yo [20:48] Hey kulelu88 [20:49] hey gremble my man [20:49] How are you kulelu88 [20:51] fekked man. this work is soul-draining. hows you? [20:52] Finished my first exam and got a question wrong I knew I knew before hand :P [20:52] But I think I did fine [20:53] I recently took one of those bloomberg aptitute tests. got a dismal score because I couldn't finish two sections, I did however, achieve quite high on everything else. Now I got my first CV request from a company. Quite surprised at it [20:54] via the bloomberg aptitude thing? [20:59] Yup [21:00] it must be quant firms [21:00] I scored in the top 95% for investment banking. I've never investement banked shit. XD [21:01] reverse that score. top 5% [21:01] I also took it and only got 1 CV request. never bothered [21:01] 95th percentile. I can't math [21:01] I need a job [21:01] I will take this cv request [21:01] company name? [21:02] Don't know until I open the request [21:02] I don't have a CV yet so I have to make one before I open the request [21:03] must be a phishing expedition (unless they are confirmed local) [21:04] It is local. Campus based apparently [21:05] for a quant gig, I'd only go with JPMorgan, Meryll Lynch/Linch or GS [21:05] and get a transfer to New York after 12 months [21:05] I'm still at university after 12 months [21:05] :P [21:08] they still protesting? [21:08] I always knew de la rey was a bitch though [21:10] No, we've stopped for like 2 weeks now [21:10] After the Friay at the union buildings we were done [21:11] Monday she had a meeting with us, Tuesday we were back in class :P [21:14] At least they kept it classy and didn't go mad like the TUT students [21:15] Yup. TUT has been striking. But the management at TUT is lackadaisical at best, simply apathetic at best [21:15] So their frustration is understandable [21:16] UP was quick to mobilise and listen [21:18] those jews and afrikaaners running Tuks dont waste time. they probably mobilized their billions to qualm the students [21:18] I hear that some info came out that the endowment is +50 billion? [21:20] Yes. A metric shit ton of money appeared. It was magical. It means that I might still get to get my degree ;P [21:21] I still hate the way they run it. As most alumni have said of local varsities, get in, get the degree and get out [21:24] I want to do Hons at Wits or UCT [21:25] UCT = just too expensive for regular people [21:25] I'm have to get a bursary [21:25] :P [21:25] Going to probably apply for both mathematics and philosophy and see which one I get for [21:26] bursaries don't cover accommodation afaik [21:27] I will live in the library [21:27] Shower in the sprinklers [21:28] Like Stallman? [21:28] Stall-man sounds like a shitty superhero [21:29] A female who studied at UCT told me that UCTs library is popular for sexual intercourse, if you are a rugby player, etc. [21:29] Search for Richard Stallman. I'm surprised you don't know who he is [21:29] I know how he is. I just felt like making a poop joke [21:30] oh hahaha [21:30] I did really snigger there [21:32] at least when they start having sex in the lib, you can say "STOP, that's my dining room!!!" [21:33] "STOP! Hammer time" [21:34] "STOP! Collaborate and listen!" [21:35] I'm so bored that I am even contemplating taking a pay cut just to get something more interesting to do [21:35] Why is that? [21:36] What are you currently doing? [21:37] I currently make sure sites are working properly [21:39] Hmm I can understand the slight tedium involved. Why not learn a new skill and get another job? [21:40] jobs are hard to come by it seems. sending a CV is like entering into the abyss [21:40] oh yeah, make sure your CV isn't too long [21:41] they won't spend more than 30 seconds looking at it [21:44] Luckily I don't have that much to put on [21:44] :P [21:44] if you do 2 pages, that's a solid start [21:44] 3 pages and you're average [21:44] 4 or more GTFO [21:45] I don't think I have enough shit for more than 1.5 :< [21:45] I've sort of just been existing most of my life XD [21:46] I've seen school-leavers load their CVs with accolades enough to fill 6 pages and its like >.< [21:49] Ya. My school accolades are pretty much that I finished school with marks to get into university [21:50] no sports? [21:50] math olympiads? [21:51] Nope. Lived too far so didn't want my mother to drive extra. Didn't want her to pay extra for sport stuff, cause we're poor. [21:54] Pretoria has too many wealthy white people, so saying you're poor is quite strange [21:56] Hahaha I wouldn't suggest it though. [21:56] Being poor that it is [21:57] there's a sad difference to being white poor and black poor though [21:58] Yes. There is. I have running water and a house [21:58] And a car [21:59] But the struggle is still real. I've went to sleep hungry at times.. [22:00] because the food being served for supper wasn't edible? [22:01] Ha. [22:03] Do you feel obligated to look after your folks in their old age? [22:04] She won't be able to afford being old. [22:04] I'll have to [22:04] My mother recently got her first job paying more than R10k p/m [22:05] She has a degree in Occupational Therapy but worked as a temp secretary because she was "over qualified" for more permanent admin positions and couldn't get an OT job. [22:05] She's working as an OT now though, so I am glad. [22:06] you have any brothers? [22:06] Yup. A brother and a sibling [22:06] I mean sister [22:07] Both younger. He is working as an Earthmoving Mechanic [22:07] She's busy with matric exams [22:07] aah so there's 2 of you then [22:08] don't end up as 'those' guys who let their mom stay with the sister in old age [22:08] I'll try. [22:09] Don't plan to. Would prefer she have her own place/autonomy [22:10] what's your exam schedule like? [22:11] Not bad. Wrote today. Write friday and then next week Thursday. Then I am done [22:11] Unless I have a supp (which I doubt) [22:12] then 2 months holiday [22:13] Yup. Get some interesting work done. I have formal logic to get through that I have been slacking off with this semester and I have writing to do xD [22:15] if you have the capacity, try building a startup in those 2 months. Biggest chance of your life to be your own boss from the day you graduate [22:15] I've thought about doing something like that, but idea's are scarce. [22:16] I've thought about doing some aerodynamics to build commercial drones, because we currently import those from Europe [22:16] ideas are cheap. find something people need [22:16] that's too capital intensive [22:18] Yup. And skills intensive. I can work with the materials, and I have the skills to prototype, but not managing the software/hardware [22:19] sell some stuff via e-commerce [22:20] your sister is a teen, find some thing teens need and sell it online [22:20] custom jewellery or something [22:22] That is also pretty capital intensive. Stock and such. Perhaps... hmm. I'll put my head together after thursday. I'm sure I could conjure up something interesting. [22:24] dont waste time thinking too much. Just brainstorm 10 ideas, draft an MVP for 5 of them, and the most lucrative is the 1 you pursue. I swear you will not regret wasting those 2 months if it works out [22:24] MVP? Most valuable player? [22:27] Minimum Viable Product [22:27] Ah [22:31] aim global if you can [22:32] Have you tried to startup? [22:34] I want to [22:35] I'm not sure whether to try now or try it part-time (although I'm so drained after work each day that I don't even want to code anything) [22:37] :/ [22:44] So, interesting fact, I just found a way to work with relational databases in terms of linear algebra [22:44] Now just to see if I can make any interesting transformations :o === gremble_ is now known as gremble