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Kiloshi nlsthzn magespawn kulelu88 inetpro paddatrapper chesedo- and all other early birds06:05
kulelu88yo Oom Kilos 06:06
Kiloskoud ne06:06
kulelu88you must be missing the coast in winter oom06:07
Kilosdefinitely06:07
Kilos10°c there is worst winter nights, here it is just the beginning06:08
kulelu88dit wil lekker wees om die heel jaar sommer to wees06:10
Kilosja tropiese eiland beter ek dink06:10
Kilosnet tsunamis wat pla06:11
kulelu88there's no tsunamis in the Indian ocean (that often).06:13
Kiloslol06:13
Kiloshurricanes and storms06:14
kulelu88not on north coast06:14
kulelu88you saw gremble yesterday? Kilos 06:47
Kilosyes he was here06:47
magespawngood morning 07:01
Kilosi go repair fences and stuff inna cold07:37
Kiloslater all of ya07:37
LangjanHi there all the geeks08:55
Langjanhoe gaan  dit?08:55
paddatrapperhey almal09:38
Kilosai!10:10
Kiloswas  working outside10:10
superflygood evening10:29
superflypaddatrapper: did you see the thunderstorm and the hail last night?10:29
paddatrapperI heard the first bit of it as I was falling asleep10:30
paddatrapperIt was cool!10:30
mazalHi10:48
theblazehenhi mazal. How are you?10:57
Kiloshi mazal theblazehen 10:57
theblazehenhi Kilos11:00
KilosYenrabbit hi14:30
paddatrapperHey Yenrabbit 15:05
paddatrapperAnyone had any experience with TLP power management with Ubuntu?15:08
Kiloswhat is that15:08
Kilostlp15:08
paddatrapperPower management software mainly to help prolong battery life on laptops15:10
Kiloswhew someone told me about that about a year ago15:10
Kilosgoogle how to prolong laptop battery life on ubntu15:11
Kilosubuntu15:11
paddatrapperYeah, I have. Now going to play with it15:11
Kilosbots are broken so cant ask tem15:11
Kilosmy battery is totally broken so runs only when chargers plugged in15:12
paddatrapperMy battery is still fairly new, but would like to have it last a full day of lectures and general work instead of the 4 hours I'm currently getting15:15
Kilossjoe15:15
magespawnfour hours is not too bad in my experience15:17
paddatrapperI known, just want to see if I can push it longer15:18
magespawni see15:19
Kilosminimise all gui stuff15:19
Kilosmin lighting etc15:19
paddatrapperYup. And I have noticed that a more bloated system is more of a battery drain (as expected)15:20
Kilosyou using kde hey?15:21
paddatrapperYup, but compared to no desktop enviroment and only i3 as the WM before there is a hit on battery15:21
Kilosbig diffs?15:22
paddatrapper15-30 minutes, not too much15:22
Kilosnow how does one go lighter and keep kde15:23
Kilosi know bento is much lighter but the you use openbox15:23
Kilosthen15:23
Kilosai! how to have your cake and eat it15:24
paddatrapperI'm fine with it as it is, though I'm curious to see what TLP does with it15:24
Kilosgood luck15:24
Kilosif it works then tell me how when i get a new battery15:25
paddatrapperWill do15:25
paddatrapperApparently it is simply install and forget, but we shall see15:25
Kilossjoe15:25
Kilosmaybe inetpro or superfly will know how to save max15:26
Kilos4 hours is actually min you know15:28
magespawnfor a working day15:29
paddatrapperThat's running terminal (quite a few), ssh, firefox, kmail15:31
Kilosyou use kmail?15:32
Kilosand it works?15:32
Kilosi gave up with it15:32
YenrabbitSup all :) 15:35
YenrabbitI played around with some battery saving stuff ages ago. The only problem is that I never bothered to see what works, so I have no idea which methods gave results :p15:35
Kilospaddatrapper cant you sneak a charger into some classes or are there no power plugs along the walls15:46
paddatrapperI usually do charge in between when I can, especially when I'm working in the library, but in actual lecture theatres there tend not to be plugs15:47
Kilosai!15:47
Kilosonly way then i think is to piggy back an extra battery15:48
Kilosthat will give you 8 hours15:48
YenrabbitThere is an obvious solution - carry around a car battery and inverter! 15:48
Kiloslol15:48
theblazehenYenrabbit: Exactly what I was thinking15:48
theblazehensome laptops take 12V in I think :)15:48
theblazehenPitty about the DRM in the chargers15:48
Kilosya no inverter needed15:49
Kilosoh i see to run the charger15:49
magespawnif ypu can work out the correct voltage and supply that the there is not need for the charger15:52
magespawns/not/no15:52
magespawnthe two i am currently using take 19v @ 32.a15:53
paddatrapperLol perfect!15:53
magespawnsorry 3.2A15:53
Kilosai!15:53
magespawnand generally it would be a good idea to use a deep cycle battery rather than a normal car battery15:54
theblazehenmagespawn: No, DRM :/ the charger and laptop often need to authenticate each other15:55
magespawnso put 2 -4 batteries in a special cart with an inverter and take every where, you could then fit solar panels to the top to charge the batteries15:56
Kilosrofl15:56
YenrabbitOnly on newer laptops. Also, the lecturers control panel has a few unused outlets. On balance, asking permission to use those might be easier than explaining your charging system to people... 15:56
magespawntheblazehen: mine are all old, iswitch and play around with the chargers all the time15:57
magespawnwith only the minor problem of lugging kgs of equipment everywhere15:58
magespawntheblazehen: i have not had a problem even with some of the newer lenovo laptops in company, with using aftermarket chargers15:59
magespawnon the slightly more practical side i did see some solar battery charges for laptops16:01
magespawnand portable batteries similar to the ones for cell phones16:02
Kilosis it not cheaper and easier to get a second laptop battery and swop when one dies16:03
paddatrapperWhere's the fun in that?16:04
Kiloseeekk you want fun as well16:04
Kilossjoe16:04
theblazehenhttps://media.blackhat.com/bh-us-11/Miller/BH_US_11_Miller_Battery_Firmware_Public_WP.pdf some more info16:07
magespawnthanks for that theblazehen 16:53
paddatrappertheblazehen: That paper is actually quite interesting. Had never really thought about it before17:57
pavlushkaHello every one!18:03
pavlushkahi paddatrapper !18:03
pavlushkahow are you?18:03
paddatrapperHey pavlushka. I'm goof thanks. You?18:05
Kiloshaha18:05
Kilosgoof18:05
pavlushkaI am good too, thanks!18:05
Kilosi enjoy it when its not only me making typos18:05
pavlushkalol18:06
paddatrapperLol, only realised now...18:31
Kilosnght all. sleep tight19:09
Kilosnight as wel19:09
Kilosl19:09
Kilossjoe19:09
grembleGood evening19:32

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