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=== JanC_ is now known as JanC
EriC^^"the upgrader won't work, i only have a dozen saucy, precise, and debian jessie ppa's"05:46
EriC^^:D05:46
OerHeksit is all our fault.05:49
EriC^^of course05:49
EriC^^ubuntu sucks05:49
EriC^^not friendly05:49
EriC^^windows is way better05:49
OerHeks'other rooms don't answer'05:49
EriC^^or i'm a leet linux user and arch linux is great05:50
OerHeksnow, tell me all about <package>05:50
ducassemorning!06:35
EriC^^morning ducasse06:46
ducassehi EriC^^ - how are you?06:51
EriC^^good thanks, you?06:51
ducassestill waking up :)06:52
EriC^^:)06:52
ducassestarted working on some scripts late last night, and lost track of time :)06:53
EriC^^:)06:54
EriC^^my sleep cycle has been a little off, woke up at like 5am then slept some more06:55
EriC^^the a/c went off cause of the electricity switching (government to local) and i woke up cause it was so hot06:55
ducasseby now it's already starting to cool down here, last night i actually had to turn on a heater...06:59
EriC^^which country?07:03
ducassemorway.07:03
ducassenorway :)07:03
ducasseugh. bloody laptop keyboard.07:03
EriC^^aha :)07:03
EriC^^i used to have a friend from norway ages ago07:04
EriC^^his name was Anders07:04
EriC^^he used to tell me in norway lots of people have a lot of money07:05
ducassei love it here, but then again i don't like heat..07:05
EriC^^like most people are really wealthy or something07:05
ducasseon average the population is pretty well off, i guess, but i woulddn't say they're rich. depends on what you compare with.07:06
ducasseliving here is extremely expensive.07:07
EriC^^aha07:07
ducasseoslo is supposed to be one of the most expensive cities in the world, according to what i've heard. food, rent, entertainment - everything.07:08
OerHeksBut Norway got green-energy ( waterpower and such)07:10
ducasseyes, over 90% of our energy is hydro.07:11
EriC^^nice07:11
OerHeksLife in NL is expensive too, but i manage with 1000 euro's/ month07:16
ducassea little less than what i have, but in the same ballpark :) i'd guess nl and no are pretty much the same in many ways, but i've never been there.07:19
OerHeksit is flat.07:20
OerHekswe call a hill of 100 feet a mountain07:21
ducasse:)07:22
ducasseflaatest place i've ever been was denmark, if i'm not mistaken the highest point in the country is less than 200m.07:23
ducasse*flattest07:23
OerHeksdenmark is more like germany.07:23
lordievaderGood morning.07:52
EriC^^morning lordievader08:01
lordievaderHey EriC^^08:33
BluesKaj'Morning folks11:11
OerHeksheya BluesKaj11:12
BluesKajHi OerHeks11:14
BluesKajgonna be 33C here today ...hottest day so far this summer ..relief from the heat tomorrow , only 27 :-)11:16
OerHeksfix that timemachine please11:18
pauljw_vmHi everyone13:15
BluesKaj_Hi pauljw_vm , how goes it /13:47
pauljw_vmhi BluesKaj_ , doing fine, you?13:49
BluesKaj_good here, just fooling around with the rpi ...kind of fun to have a new toy :-)13:50
pauljw_vm:)13:50
BluesKaj_especially being stuck in the house in this heat the last couple days...not used 90F temps here13:52
pauljw_vmyeah, it's been hot.  we've at least gotten some rain, hope you have too.13:53
BluesKaj_not for a week or so ...starting to dry up again, might get some t-storms tomorrow13:54
pauljw_vmso what are your plans for the rpi?13:58
BluesKaj_right now iḿ experimenting with kodi (XBMC)14:00
BluesKaj_I can understand why some people buy those android boxes for so called ¨free tv¨ with kodi installed on them.14:00
ducassekodi! <314:03
BluesKaj_cable and sattelite tv service is quite expensive here so some people are dumping their cable a sat services in favour of one of the android boxes , but I find the software somewhat clunky14:03
pauljw_vmyeah, but aren't they kinda shady?  yep, sat tv runs me about $140/mo here.  would love to come up with a cheaper legal solution.  part of the problems of living in the country.14:04
pauljw_vmthe upside of country living... my wife and got to watch twin fawns in the yard for about an hour this morning. :)14:06
pauljw_vmand I*14:06
BluesKaj_I cut my sat service back from 125/mos to 60 ..and I don´t miss many of the channels we dropped14:07
pauljw_vm:)14:07
BluesKaj_the kodi defaul tv channels is legal,  the áddons' which use servers that contain pirated tv chans are illegal14:10
pauljw_vmok, i thought i read where some of the free tv boxes were doing some things that weren't as they should be...14:11
daftykinsyeah you'd have a full time job updating those addons to keep working with newer streams as they gut shut down, that's ignoring the fact you'd have to morally be ok with breaking the law14:12
daftykinsand all the copyright infringement that goes with it14:12
BluesKaj_pauljw_vm,  kodi is basically internet tv wrapped up in a comprehensive package with a video and audio player14:12
daftykinsoh - and you're paying money to someone who's profiting from an open source project via naughty scams14:12
pauljw_vm:)14:14
BluesKaj_yeah , the courts here have shut down some distrubutors advertising free tv boxes , so now they don advert as freetv  :-)14:15
daftykinsheh14:15
BluesKaj_thatś here in Canada, dunno about other countries14:15
daftykinsi see the BBC are closing the loophole where i didn't have to pay for a TV license to watch their on-demand content (only live TV was restricted to license ownership)14:16
daftykinsso soon i won't be able to use anything but their website i think14:16
daftykinsalthough i don't really use them anyway...14:16
daftykinsas good as local news reporting always was - "a fish was stolen today..."14:17
pauljw_vmlol14:18
ducasse"cat has kittens"14:19
daftykinsaww ducasse i didn't watch todays ;)14:20
ducassei get the local paper for free, it's full of stories like that :)14:21
daftykinshehe14:21
ducassemore heartwarming than global news, though :)14:21
BluesKaj_text color in hexchat14:22
daftykinsabsolutely, i can complain but it's nice to have non-news than killings, bombings or disappearing planes14:22
BluesKaj_oops14:22
ducassestumbled across this today, don't know if you've seen it before: http://thejh.net/misc/website-terminal-copy-paste14:26
pauljw_vmi've considered getting one of the hdtv antennas to see what is available here for free in the air stuff...  i can remember having just 4 channels in black and white, could probably live like that again.14:26
daftykinshonestly i never copy and paste commands because it's lazy :(14:27
pauljw_vmit's a dangerous world out there...14:30
* daftykins remembers those printed BASIC computer game books14:30
daftykinsline 11,503 PRINT ...14:31
daftykins:D14:31
pauljw_vmme too14:31
ducasse11504 data 4a bf 00 ae...14:31
BluesKaj_pauljw_vm,  some friends near large cities 40mi away or so get OTA HDTV reception with simple digital antennas which are much smaller than the old analog monstrosities of yesteryear14:34
BluesKaj_one thing about digital signals over the air, you either get a decent picture or no picture at all14:36
pauljw_vmyeah, our walmart sells them and has antennas installed so you can buy the hdtv antenna that will reach from home to walmart. :)  might try it.14:36
BluesKaj_no snow etc14:36
daftykinsi dunno about that, i've seen a lot of artefacting due to low bitrate streams and also compression artefacting like a bad jpeg14:36
pauljw_vmewwww14:36
daftykinsthe worst case scenario for video quality? falling confetti... that happens at the end of some game shows, the picture turns into some kind of abstract art :)14:37
pauljw_vmheheh14:37
BluesKaj_never seen that but I visiit there for only 2 days ...here in the boonies weŕe too far from any digital OTA tv signals. The conversion to digital here was only forced on channels in cities with over 250K . The rest were allowed to keep their analog transmitters14:40
daftykinsah har14:41
BluesKaj_250K population that is14:41
daftykinsmmm analog got the chop quite early here14:42
BluesKaj_well, we have a large land mass here with a small population...digital isn prcactical from an economic pov14:43
BluesKaj_in the boonies14:43
BluesKaj_in short, all the large cities are enjoying free OTA HDTV, the rest of us have to settle for paid sat or cable service14:46
daftykinsinteresting, over here you can get a box for the free satellite channels too14:46
daftykinsso it's freeview (DVB-T2 aerial) or freesat (DVB-S(2))14:47
daftykinsthough i'm glad to use no service whatsoever :D14:47
BluesKaj_well, Iḿ looking at cutting the satellite cord, ...not sure I can convince the wife tho, she not to impressed with kodi so far14:50
ducassecable is embedded in my rent, unfortunately, so i pay for it whether i want it or not. on the plus side, that means i get cheaper broadband :)14:50
BluesKaj_too impressed14:50
pauljw_vmyeah, my wife is a tv addict and whatever i replace directv with is going to have meet here requirements.14:51
pauljw_vmher14:53
pauljw_vmi must learn to type...14:53
BluesKaj_well, 60 bucks a month is pretty cheap and wife is happy with the Bell TV sat servce as is.14:53
pauljw_vmthat's not bad, i'd love to get tv down to $6014:53
BluesKaj_Iḿ having probs with this new wireless KB , maybe I´ḿ too far from the rpi14:54
BluesKaj_pauljw_vm,  we get all the big networks , no specialty movie chans or stuff like History and Discovery etc14:56
pauljw_vm:)14:57
daftykinsKodi is great when you use it for what it's supposed to be used for15:09
daftykinsstart using illegal addons? gonna have a bad time.15:09
pauljw_vmbiab... need to get the yard mowed before it rains today.  :(15:38
* daftykins puts the raindance on hold15:39
daftykinsmy soldering gear dispatched this morning \o/15:39
* ducasse wonders if daftykins will have any working electronics left by next weekend15:49
daftykinsnone in sight!15:49
daftykinsyou'll have to watch for * daftykins has quit (busy soldering all the things to all the other things)15:49
DJonesI wonder if daftykins will have any fingers left by next weekend, thats my bad experience of soldering15:50
DJonesBurnt fingers due to lack of precise control15:50
daftykinshttps://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61ansaEaRvL._SL1000_.jpg15:52
daftykinsthere's definitely some length from hand grip to tip15:52
BluesKaj_daftykins,  kodi is ok for internet tv, but I dont like software that tries to take over all your media15:54
daftykinstake over?15:54
daftykinsyou point it to a folder of Films or TV series, tell it that it's full of Film/TV then it gets info from online15:55
daftykinsit leaves the files alone other than to allow them to be launched15:55
BluesKaj_for my movie files I like VLC due to itś DD and DTS audio capabilities , and mpv for difficult video that corrupts on vlc and dragon player15:59
daftykinsKodi can handle passthrough audio too (DD and DTS)15:59
daftykinsplus all the newer formats16:00
BluesKaj_yes kodi has settings for passthru which I use but i have no hdmi on my audio receiver so I run run it thru my panasonic tv which for some reason converts most DD  and DTS to pcm stereo16:09
daftykinsare you still running HDMI to the TV, then using optical from the TV to the receiver?16:09
BluesKaj_yes16:10
daftykinsyeah sounds like the TV is negotiating itself as a 2.0 only device, i've seen that with mine too16:11
daftykinsmight still be able to bitstream but my guess is the TV ignores it and doesn't pass it on down the optical?16:11
BluesKaj_daftykins,  I have seen some DD signals successfully pass thru the tv to the receiver, but rarely16:12
daftykinstime for a lovely modern AVR :D16:13
BluesKaj_yeah , but my trusty old HK is difficult to part with . iĺl settle for VLC and mpv for movies16:15
daftykins:)16:15
daftykinsi'm still eyeing up this NAD stereo amplifier and a pair of Wharfedale Diamond 9.1 speakers on a local trade site, but the guy is proving very bad at communication16:16
BluesKaj_NAD, still in business? I had one of heir FM tuners, it was a real station grabber, probly the best FM reception I ever had in my area16:18
daftykinsneat :D it definitely seems very well received16:18
daftykinshttp://nadelectronics.com/products/hifi-amplifiers/C-315BEE-Stereo-Integrated-Amplifier16:19
BluesKaj_it even picked up the neighbour´s baby monitor:-)16:19
daftykinshahaha16:19
daftykinsthought you tuned into a baby radio program at first, eh? :D16:20
BluesKaj_hehe16:21
daftykinsseriously though, to put up an ad and say "80 each" then in an email ask for £170 for the two, very cheeky16:21
BluesKaj_hmm, bad math16:21
daftykinsmy first email asked 5 questions too, guy replied a week later "yes it's still available" - nice16:23
* daftykins facepalms16:23
daftykinsit's like i was back in #ubuntu ;)16:23
BluesKaj_the NAD seems like a nice amp tho, their products have always received good bench test and listening reviews, especially for the price16:26
daftykinsmmm i think i'd be foolish to miss out on a deal like this - just a shame this guy has to be so awkward16:27
BluesKaj_I liked the sound of wharfdales as well , but that was along time ago16:29
daftykinsthere seems to be a lot of variation in comments on them, some say they lack mid-range, others that they lack low end, but i just want high quality low volume listening really16:31
BluesKaj_I have mixmatch type of HT speaker setup , Paradigm 5semk3 L&R, daulquist center . boston acoustics A40s for L&R surround and a Dahlquist sub that can almost compete with more expensive subs at 3 times itś price16:39
BluesKaj_the sound is quite good mostly altho at my age maybe a crisper center channel speaker might help voice clarity16:41
daftykins:D16:47
DJonesVarious people were talking about snap's yesterday/today, does this answer anything you handn't identified http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/command-sudo-snap-find-error-not-a-bug17:25
* nacc can also help answer snap questions sort of, if there are more questions17:26
ducasseturns out that was a bug in the man page, where keywords were said to be optional - they no longer are, and there is no other way to list all available snaps.17:35
pauljw_vmbiab, thunderstorm approaching...18:06
daftykinsd'aww paul's kryptonite18:06
daftykins!info kodi-pvr-mythtv22:54
ubot5kodi-pvr-mythtv (source: kodi-pvr-mythtv): MythTV PVR Addon for Kodi. In component universe, is extra. Version 2.8.0+git20151119-1 (xenial), package size 404 kB, installed size 1502 kB22:55

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