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m0nkey_High score: http://i.imgur.com/bo1Ivge.jpg00:39
daftykins:)00:41
daftykinsthey really don't work those things00:41
daftykinshttp://betanews.com/2016/04/27/windows-10-interrupts-live-tv-broadcast/00:52
daftykinsg'mornin' folks06:38
Myrtti10/10 can recommend finding your wallet from underneath the sofa after three days of searching06:46
Myrttihelps sleeping considerably06:46
daftykins\o/06:46
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/ceiwnpktzfgs3yu/VID_20160428_071110.mp4?dl=006:46
daftykinsbonus cat video to celebrate your success!06:47
Myrtti\o/06:48
MooDoomorning all07:07
knightwisehey MooDoo , how are you doing today07:10
MooDooknightwise: yeah I'm good thanks :)07:12
MooDooyou?07:12
popey*yawn*07:20
popeymorning07:20
brmbrmcarMorning...07:22
bittinmorning07:30
SuperMattmorning all07:44
awilkinsHas the backup program changed for Xenial?07:52
awilkinsThe backup wizard keeps popping up and failing, and lo, duplicity is not installed07:52
awilkinsThis is an old home folder with my old settings, so are they directing xenial to use a different backup program when the default has changed?07:53
awilkinsAha : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Python/FoundationsXPythonVersions07:54
awilkinsLooks like it's been demoted from the install media for being written in Python 2.7 not 307:55
awilkinsYet deja-dup (which depends on it to work) remains.07:55
awilkinsPresumably it prompts you to install it when you configure your first backup07:56
popeyawilkins: interesting. I'll ask the desktop team (who are sat next to me) if they're aware of this.07:58
popeyactually i can test this. i am on a clean 16.04 install here07:59
awilkinsI guess an upgrade would work07:59
awilkinsOr they implemented that prompt and it does it when you configure 1st backup07:59
MyrttiI upgraded and I've got duplicity installed.07:59
Myrttiprobably a worthless observation, but08:00
popeyhttp://imgur.com/gvkwydA yes, it prompts08:00
popeythat's quite nice08:00
awilkinsI am a bit of an edge case : fresh install with restored home folder08:01
awilkinsAh, now getting "BackendException : could not initialise backend: No module named gi.repository"08:02
popeyi dont think thats an edge case08:04
popeythats the exact same clean install i have :)08:04
popeyhttps://answers.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+question/27674508:05
knightwisepopey: would you do an inplace upgrade from 14.04 now or wait for 16.04.1 ?08:05
davmor2Morning all08:05
popeyseems maybe python-gi is missing?08:05
popeyknightwise: up to you :)08:05
awilkinspython-gi is present for python3 but not the python that Duplicity uses08:05
daftykinsknightwise: i'd ask myself if i really need anything in the new, other than the shiny feel of being on current ;)08:05
knightwiseI have the xps13 , and i'm using it at work so ... i'm kinda carefull.08:05
popeyawilkins: if you could file a bug I'd appreciate it08:06
awilkinsOne for each problem?08:06
daftykins<3 XPS 13 935008:06
awilkinsThe duplicity package clearly is missing a dep08:06
knightwiseLove this machine :)08:06
awilkinsI had a play with the XPS13, didn't like the keyboard08:07
popeyi have the duplicity author here too, who i can poke08:07
popeyso any detail you have would be super08:07
awilkinsVery happy with a T460s right now08:07
knightwiseAnd check out my lid cover https://www.dropbox.com/s/4rikj0o1lbe9i9f/20160426_090115.jpg?dl=008:07
popeyI <3 my T45008:07
popeyHot-swap dual battery ftw :)08:08
knightwisepopey: that IS cool08:08
awilkinsAh, the battery isn't hotswappable on this08:08
awilkinsBut I think it has about a 9 hour life08:08
knightwiseand if you put the laptop on its side it can act as a stand-in for a stonehenge block08:08
MyrttiI can't remember which XPS13 I've got08:08
awilkinsTwin batteries, one LiPo one Li-IOn08:08
Myrttican't easily check from the label either because I've got a case on08:08
popey9 hours is acceptable08:08
daftykinsknightwise: haha, where'd you get that from?08:09
knightwisehttp://www.bambooti.be/08:09
daftykinsMyrtti: dmidecode, but i think you got a 934308:09
knightwisethey make curtom lids08:09
daftykinsit'll be a 9343 if it's broadwell, 5000 series from "grep -i model /proc/cpuinfo"08:10
Myrttiahha Product Name: XPS13 933308:11
daftykinsooh even earlier08:11
Myrttiyeah we got this from eBay refurbisher 18 months ago or so08:12
daftykins*nod* after you linked i checked them out quite often :D08:13
Myrtti(with Dell onsite warranty and all)08:13
daftykinseventually i found mine on the Dell outlet though \o/08:13
Myrttiit was funny when the onsite came to repair the 'broken' speaker08:13
Myrttiand it turns out it wasn't broken, it wasn't hooked in08:13
* awilkins planning to get a T420 for the offspring as a refurb from eBay08:14
Myrttianyway, I should go get dressed, I came downstairs to prep a bacon sarnie for the hubby and just stayed to watch some youtubes08:14
popeyi saw two X220's in CEX at the weekend08:15
popeyone was 170 quid, one was 16008:15
daftykinshehe apparently CEX are selling some stolen copies of an unreleased Playstation 4 title08:15
daftykinsi got an X240 for a client 2 years ago (hence the 4) but now we replaced his backup machine with an XPS13 9350 he seems keen to use the Dell as his daily, although it doesn't have built in mobile broadband so that kinda kills it08:17
popeyyeah, i only recently figured out the middle digit was the year08:18
Myrttiaw crap, that reminds me of other things I haven't done today. BRB.08:18
daftykinspopey: me too!08:18
JamesTaitGood morning all!  Happy Thank You Thursday! 😃 ❤08:18
daftykinsi was all "hey waiddaminute the 2015 was x250 and we bought the x240 in 2014..."08:19
popeyexactly08:19
popey"when did I buy the x220... and the new one is x260... waaaaaaitaminute!"08:19
SuperMattI don't understand why they don't call it the x201508:19
SuperMattmakes it a hell of a lot easier for people to understand what they're buying08:20
popeybecause that gives it away a bit too much08:20
popey"Oh, that's old"08:20
popeyafter 6 months08:20
awilkinsMakes it harder to sell older models?08:20
awilkinsLenovo have a bargain area where they sell older models08:20
daftykinsyeah i think a direct marker of time like that would send alarm bells to most08:20
awilkinsWhich is annoying08:21
awilkinsBecause they have different specs to the new ones :-Z08:21
awilkinsLike last years X1 Carbon is different. Annoying.08:21
zmoylan-pithey have to convince people to buy older models of thinkpad?? :-)08:22
awilkinsWell, older models that THEY have in stock08:23
awilkinsBecause they're newer-ish models08:23
* popey hugs his 10 year old T4308:24
popeyand his slightly less old X6108:24
popeyand his slightly newer X20008:25
popey*X22008:25
davmor2JamesTait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TO48Cnl66w08:25
popeyand the T45008:25
popeySurprised how well the T43 runs Ubuntu MATE08:25
knightwisepopey: you put an SSD in that i presume08:28
daftykinsi've got a couple of the premium older Sony ultraportables retired from a clients now, first was a core 2 duo ultra low voltage with 2GB RAM - second is the same with 4GB RAM and a samsung SSD - they both run xubuntu quite well08:28
popeyknightwise: in the T43, not yet08:30
popeyIt's PATA so I don't have any compatible SSDs lying around08:30
popeyI only ever had one Sony laptop. The little portable thing the size of a Toshiba Libretto08:31
popeyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Vaio_C1_series#/media/File:Sony_vaio-_Pcg-c1x_2013-08-16_23-31.jpg08:32
popey\o/ nipple08:32
JamesTaitdavmor2, my wedding song!08:32
popeyblimey, for an old laptop they still command decent money on fleabay08:32
zmoylan-pimy one sony laptop was killed by dublin bus in freak accident. i thought having 2" of protection underneath, 1" on sides and .5" on top was enough protection for public transport08:33
daftykinsbit of violent braking saw it take off?08:35
zmoylan-pibraking and swerving when i was at top of stairs threw me down the stairs. caught myself luckily but pitched forward caught top corner of laptop a whack which hairline fractured the motherboard. would never accept a hard drive after that08:36
zmoylan-pibooted off puppy linux fine for a year after that mind till it booted no more08:37
daftykins:D08:37
zmoylan-piso now i want netbook sized of smaller that i can put more protection around08:40
zmoylan-pis/of/or08:40
zmoylan-pipity the thinkpad butterfly keyboard never lasted08:42
zmoylan-piproper keyboard in small package http://i.imgur.com/ohB4y2j.gif08:44
daftykinsaww an extra specially vigorous enter key stab and it'd pancake off out the bus window though :)08:46
zmoylan-pino no you use vim and ctrl m all the way... :-)08:46
daftykins*gasp*08:50
knightwiseugly but functional08:52
popeyhehe, now co-workers around me (with their W520's) are eyeing up my T450 and looking at upgrade options08:53
daftykinsXD08:53
popeySo many thinkpads and Dell XPS's in one room08:53
daftykinsthe client that wants to make use of mobile broadband with the XPS13, i'm thinking the ugly USB dongle from the likes of ZTE is the best bet :/08:54
popeyI'd get a mifi08:56
popeymeans you can put it where you get the best reception08:56
popeynot tethered to the usb port08:56
DJonesDoes anybody here use corebird, if so have you found a way to pin the app to the unity bar so you can click on it to start it? Every time I try, it pins my twitter nick, but when clicked, the app never opens a window08:57
daftykinspopey: mmm he's getting on a bit now though so another battery to charge is a no go really09:01
daftykinsmostly his trips are down to his apartment in Spain where it's not really moving so much as setting up in one spot09:01
popeyI wasn't thinking him moving, but moving the device so it gets the best 3g/4g signal09:01
popeyI used to work in an office where I used a usb dongle and only had one sweet spot where it worked well, had to blue-tak the usb dongle to the wall and run a long usb cable  😃09:02
popeymaybe not an issue for him :)09:02
daftykinsXD09:02
popeyDJones: what's corebird?09:02
daftykinsnah it could be, his apartment is a lower floor in a block - might require a trial run09:03
zmoylan-pior a hat with the dongle glued on with a usb leading to the laptop... :-D09:03
DJonespopey: twitter client09:03
DJonesOne of the few for Ubuntu since polly & hottot stopped being supported09:04
brobostigonmorning boys and girls.09:07
daftykins\o09:08
daftykinssure wish these docks for the XPS13 didn't cost an arm and two legs - http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&sku=452-BCDJ09:09
daftykinsthat's the cheaper one :|09:09
daftykinsknightwise: have you been tempted? :)09:09
knightwisedaftykins: tempted to ... ?09:19
daftykinsknightwise: immediate lines above, the linked WD15 Dell dock and the more expensive Thunderbolt 3 based TB1509:20
daftykinsfor the dream scenario of a single cable for external displays, gigabit LAN, audio and so on :D09:21
daftykinsoh and charging09:21
knightwiseVERY nice :)09:21
knightwiselove the fact that its also a charger09:22
daftykinsi just hope the prices come down09:22
knightwisei have 3 cables right now, power usb and displayport09:22
knightwiseMan , no wonder twitter stock is going down. Aside from website newsfeeds and media outlets , my timeline is dead09:23
popeyyou dont follow enough people :)09:28
popeyalso, lists ftw09:28
knightwiseprobably09:28
zmoylan-piwell they broke the timeline by shoving the while you were away and non chronological silliness in09:33
popeyawilkins: any progress with deja-dup?09:33
awilkinsIt stopped complaining09:33
popeyI use tweetdeck so don't have that issue09:33
popeyok09:33
awilkinsI guess it was just a periodic check failing or something09:33
* awilkins checks backup schedule09:34
awilkinsScheduled for today09:34
daftykinsoh hello Firefox 46!09:34
awilkinsAh, running nowe09:34
awilkinsMust have prodded the sleeping beast09:34
awilkinsMy other pet peeve with deja-dup is the verification step09:35
awilkinsWhen it needs an encryption password it prompts for it at the END09:35
daftykins:S09:35
awilkinsWhich often means that you miss noticing it and your connection to your NAS times out09:35
awilkinsAnd then the verification check fails09:36
knightwiseI hardly have any local data that isnt synced to my NAS or the cloud on any of my machines09:36
awilkinsFirefox 46 has system themed menus and stuff now09:36
Myrttiah, so it does09:37
awilkinsI may give it another chance to be my main browser09:37
awilkinsIt kept browning out09:38
awilkinsSo I'm on Chromium on my desktop nopw09:38
daftykinsclean profile?09:39
awilkinsOn firefox?09:40
awilkinsIt was clean as of 15.1009:40
daftykinsnever hurts to nuke and try again09:40
awilkinsAs clean as you can get when you sync09:40
knightwiseis the new calendar app in 16.04 worth it ?09:40
awilkinsThere's a new calendar app09:40
awilkins?09:40
* awilkins just uses Lightning09:40
knightwisedoes it sync with google  ?09:41
awilkinsHuh, 16.04 has stopped syncing with Google calendar09:41
davmor2knightwise: it does09:41
awilkinsMust have to feed it my account again09:41
knightwisehmm.. wonder if I can install it on 140409:41
davmor2knightwise: it's a bit meh to be honest, It's good that is it so simple but it might be too basic for some users, just depends on your needs I guess09:42
* brobostigon is struggling with writing the new story for the next D&D game with his friends.09:43
zmoylan-pihave it as a quest to install os/2 :-)09:44
brobostigonlolz.09:44
zmoylan-pinavigating the phone tree of ibm support...09:44
awilkinsYOU NEED THE HOLY DISKS09:44
brobostigonlolz v0.209:44
awilkinsYOU HAVE FOUND DISK 4 of 1509:44
zmoylan-piand the sacred scrolls of faq09:44
awilkinsYOUR QUEST CONTINUES09:44
brobostigon:)09:45
awilkinsDISK 7 IS...... !!! CORRUPT !!!09:45
awilkins<druids casts protection against corruption>09:45
zmoylan-pii knew the adventure was over when ibm started phoning me for os/2 support...09:45
zmoylan-pibut dnd is great fun... you learn valuable lessons... https://twitter.com/angryearthling/status/724330546709561345/photo/109:47
brobostigon:)09:47
zmoylan-piwe were all in exactly the wrong position for that attack09:48
zmoylan-pitanks/fighters at the back, range/magic users at the front09:48
daftykinszmoylan-pi: catnip one is great :D09:53
zmoylan-piyou can't go wrong on the internet with cat memes...09:56
daftykinsunless perhaps it's a dog owners forum10:00
zmoylan-pinah a lot of dog owners don't mind a good cat meme10:00
foobarryjust noticed something about Arial font10:03
foobarrywrite the word Tokyo10:04
foobarryit looks really bad10:04
popeyooh, i dont have arial installed10:05
* popey installs10:05
* zmoylan-pi just realises i don't have arial installed as i have been using times new roman and monospaced font for everything...10:06
foobarryneed to check calibri instead if i can find it10:07
foobarrythere's no digital signature on fonts is there? you don't know if you are getting a ripoff or not10:08
popeythere is on the debian package10:09
foobarrystrangely libreoffice has given me marginally bigger bullet points than another section of the doc even though everything seems to be the same (bullet size, font, spacing, text body, etc)10:10
DJonesfoobarry: Speaking of poor choices for a font, saw this the other day on twitter https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BZnofBvIYAAfzOK.jpg10:16
foobarryoof10:16
foobarryprobably quite a popular card10:16
zmoylan-pii have an aunt i'd like to give that card too...10:18
foobarryhmm10:23
foobarryintranet looks bad in calibri10:23
foobarryet is eww. think i'll try arial again10:24
awilkinspopey, The debian package just downloads the font self-extractors from MS and unpacks them : does it check the signatures of the contents?10:26
popeyawilkins: dunno10:38
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knightwiseHmm, went from Gnome 3 to mate on 14.04 and I gotta say .. man its fast12:37
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foobarrywhy does my browser never remember my google 2fa settings?13:58
zmoylan-piso google always has your phone number? :-)14:00
diddledan_morning14:37
diddledan_open.xamarin.com <-- the mobile sdk is finally opensource14:51
diddledan_mmm, sauce14:52
* diddledan_ wanders-off to find some bbqsauce14:52
MacroMan_mysql: [ERROR] unknown variable 'sql-mode=ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION'15:21
Myrtti"ok"15:28
diddledan_I was thinking about that exact error too15:28
diddledan_I mean what are the chances that a random idiot will utter the exact random gibberish that I was thinking out which has zero relationship to anything real15:29
diddledan_about*15:29
m0nkey_I'm thinking about pizza15:32
diddledan_good plan15:32
diddledan_now I'm thinking about pizza15:33
* diddledan_ drools15:33
Myrttipizza ♥15:34
Myrttibest thing about the barbecue season is the pizzas15:34
Myrttihm, maybe pizzabases could be something for me to make and freeze next15:35
m0nkey_Heh, the old BBQ pizza oven, huh?15:42
m0nkey_I've just realised I've not had my car insurance certificate in the car since August. Good job I haven't been stopped :)15:43
foobarryin the car?15:43
foobarryi don't even know where mine is15:43
m0nkey_It's a weird Quebec thing15:43
foobarryoh15:43
foobarryphew15:43
m0nkey_Both registration and proof of insurance must be with the car at all times.15:44
m0nkey_In the UK, Rozzers typically look up the reg number.15:44
gpdupgraded to my server to 16.04 from 15.10 last night - all seemed to be ok after some glitches in the install - but today everything seemes to have fallen over (courier-authdaemon, mysql, apache2) mysteriously during the day. nothing obvious in the logs. very weird.16:25
m0nkey_Pizza ready!16:28
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=== alan_g is now known as alan_g|EOD
foobarrygpd: "fallen over" how?17:19
foobarryisn't 16.04 systemd now?17:19
awilkins_I like this PC that looks like the Tet from Oblivion : https://twitter.com/Alienware/status/72574594176495616218:07
knightwiseanyone know any good themes for mate ?  i"m on 14.04 and would like to spice it up a little19:13

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