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ali1234what happens if you write "01 01 * * *" in cron?02:25
ali1234specifically the leading zeros?02:25
penguin42would have assumed they didn't make any difference02:28
ali1234me too02:31
ali1234however i've got a report of a cronjob hammering another server, and it has those leading zeros02:31
penguin42did the hammering only start last Sunday morning?02:32
ali1234possibly02:32
ali1234hmm02:33
ali1234yes i see :)02:33
ali1234hmm, no, it was before that02:33
penguin42damn, was a fun guess02:33
knightwisemorning07:07
SebthreeBQM10HDyeah morning07:13
brobostigonmorning boys and girls.08:03
knightwisehey brobostigon08:15
brobostigonmorning knightwise08:17
SebthreeBQM10HDbrobostigon, morning green blob08:25
brobostigoni am a red blob today, :)08:26
zmoylan-piso today, people are on the blob? ::whistles nonchantly::08:57
brobostigonnot on the blob, are blobs. lol.08:58
JamesTaitGood morning all! Happy Wednesday, and happy Stress Awareness Day! πŸ˜ƒ09:32
zmoylan-piand i haven't prepared for it, oh no, the stress!!09:33
JamesTaitzmoylan-pi, you're now aware of stress. Relax and enjoy it. πŸ˜‰09:37
knightwisehmm09:58
knightwiseWorking on a Raspberry pi project at home09:59
knightwiseGot it to display chromium fullscreen and cycle through a bunch fo tabs with sites09:59
knightwisebut i would like to have it display a different set of tabs depending on the time of day09:59
knightwiseI think I can do that with a cronjob , right now i have a startup script that launches chromium fullscreen with a set of tabs10:02
BigRedScan't you just kill chromium and relaunch it with the new tabs?10:07
BigRedScrude and blunt...10:08
SuperMattor write your own plugin10:08
knightwiseyep , i think that would be the best wauy10:12
knightwisekill and relaunch with a different set10:12
ikoniaSebthreeBQM10HD: how did your "event" go  ?11:58
SebthreeBQM10HDikonia, yeah it went alright, but Canonical messed up a bit, got a load of Ubuntu USB's in the end,  with other things.  apparnatly woudn't get usbs since logistics issue, but did get, however they were blank, so much for pre installed ubuntu 16.0412:00
SebthreeBQM10HDikonia, got about 30 visitors I think, so a good turn out for an event like that,12:01
ikonia30's not bad12:02
SebthreeBQM10HDok may have really been more like 20, but still :D12:02
SebthreeBQM10HDthat's just visitors, not including any helpers etc12:03
ikonianot a bad number though12:03
SebthreeBQM10HDyeah it's hard to get people to come along to things like that,12:03
ikoniayes, you got a bigger number than I thought you would, so kudos12:03
SebthreeBQM10HDmost came in from Facebook I  think,  since ran a paid advert for like two weeks on  there12:04
SebthreeBQM10HDhow many did you think would get?12:04
ikoniawell done12:04
ikoniaI thought you'd be lucky to get 8 - 912:04
SebthreeBQM10HDwill do this again next year, twice next year I think,  plus someoen else wants to do another type of event a bigger one, with well speeches and so on, I don't really have the details  of what he want to do quite, but athat should be intersting12:05
SebthreeBQM10HDsince what that lug is like in general, it would actsaully be quite impressive if there were three events next year!12:05
ikoniavery12:05
SebthreeBQM10HDindeed12:05
ikoniakudos to you, you excceeded my expectations12:06
SebthreeBQM10HDikonia, maybe get some new ones at  the next lug meeting as well,12:08
ikoniathat would be a nice spill over effect12:09
SebthreeBQM10HDindeed12:09
SebthreeBQM10HDI think going to get one or two at the next one from event12:09
SebthreeBQM10HDmaybe more12:10
SebthreeBQM10HDcould do with new people there in genreal, we aren't muc hof a group anymore12:10
SebthreeBQM10HDabout five people at most usaully, but sometimes it's so bad only like well two of us hmm, been there on on own once or twice before even,  in four years12:11
SebthreeBQM10HDikonia, when did you last go to one? years and years ago I guess12:12
ikoniaat least, I more socialise with individual members outside of meetings12:17
SebthreeBQM10HD yeah Alex I guess, but whom else?12:19
ikoniaAlex, Dave, Shevek,12:19
SebthreeBQM10HDwhich Dave?12:19
ikoniaseen Matt very sparing lee12:19
ikoniahodge12:19
SebthreeBQM10HDok al old members that don't really come to meetings anymore it seems12:20
ikoniayeah, none of that lot do12:20
SebthreeBQM10HDso don't know them12:20
ikoniaahhh12:20
SebthreeBQM10HDwhy did Alex stop going ?12:20
ikoniasimilar reasons to me I believe12:20
SebthreeBQM10HDI have mett Alex there a few times before, but been over a year now12:20
SebthreeBQM10HDit's like theri are three groups12:21
SebthreeBQM10HDthose who come to meetings,  those who just stay on the list, and those who hang around on  perl irc netework12:21
SebthreeBQM10HDso it's a rather split LUG12:22
ikoniathats not unreasonable, but you'll find it used to be more together, but it became pointless12:22
SebthreeBQM10HDbecame pointless how ?12:22
ikoniaas it was clear nothing was going on apart from pointless meetings to talk about how to install linux12:22
SebthreeBQM10HDwell it' not really about installs now, just general chat stuff yeah12:22
SebthreeBQM10HDshow some devices maybe, well I do :D12:23
ikoniabut the core older members are gone now12:23
SebthreeBQM10HDwell some who are stll there, who go back quite a few years12:23
SebthreeBQM10HDPeter for example12:23
ikoniaPeter ?12:23
SebthreeBQM10HDnot sure how long he's really bene there, but over five years I think12:23
SebthreeBQM10HDover six even12:23
ikoniacan't picture him12:24
SebthreeBQM10HDbut yeah even David Smith doesn't really come to meetings anymore hmm12:24
SebthreeBQM10HDso as you were saying core older members12:24
ikoniaahh I know who you mean by Peter12:25
SebthreeBQM10HDbut there is stil a group of some sort, I guess it will just have to change with the times a bit12:25
SebthreeBQM10HDhave event for example, but aimed at public etc12:25
SebthreeBQM10HDtry and get  some newer people in like that etc12:25
ikoniayou still don't really do anything though12:25
ikoniathere is no real content or stuff going on12:25
SebthreeBQM10HDin general it's jst meeting at a pub yeah, so nothing that special, indeed12:25
ikoniaright, so why bother12:26
SebthreeBQM10HDyep  actsual open source events are better12:26
SebthreeBQM10HDFOSDEM etc12:26
SebthreeBQM10HDever been to FOSEM?12:26
SebthreeBQM10HDthats coming up12:26
SebthreeBQM10HDagain12:26
ikoniathats not really the same thing12:27
ikoniaa lug is not an open source event12:27
ikoniait's supposed to be a group of people doing things and supporting each other as a group and sharing info and stuff like that12:27
SebthreeBQM10HDikonia, I guess some of us like going to a meeting with fellow geeks more so than others,   don't know what you do, but I guess if you work with them like al the time, then that's not going to be the same12:27
ikoniayeah, but even when you meet up it's not really anything of interest of value12:28
ikoniacertainly the last time I attended it wasn't12:28
SebthreeBQM10HDwell Linux mostly just works now etc, so what info is there to sahre really?12:28
SebthreeBQM10HDexcetp for newbies12:28
ikoniaexactly, it's more than installing liniux12:28
ikoniathis is more whole point - if you're just meeting up to discuss installing linux, thats just a waste12:29
SebthreeBQM10HDwe arent meeting to discuss instaling LInux12:29
SebthreeBQM10HDwe are  meeting as fellow people who use Linux, for social12:29
ikoniaand thats why no-one turns up really12:29
SebthreeBQM10HDbut yeah not really learing anything new or as such, from meetings, if that's what you mean12:29
ikonianot even learning12:30
ikoniayou look at all the rich technology and data thats available in the local area, and nothing is done with it, nothing to aid linux, nothing to aid the locals, nothing to work as a group togheter on, nothing to actually "do" anything12:30
popeyLUGs in the UK are dying out in favour of makerspaces12:30
ikoniajust sit in a pub saying "I don't like fedora, I love suse though"12:30
popeyand amusingly some makerspaces now have LUG 'chapters' inside them!12:30
SebthreeBQM10HDMakerspaces is diffenret though  wel12:31
ikoniaI just think (especially ours) has lost it's way12:31
ikoniasome are still thriving12:31
SebthreeBQM10HDthe maker movmentent is  another hting12:31
SebthreeBQM10HDikonia, how do you think our one should be like ideally?  altough I think I am understanding you more from what you were saying12:31
ikoniabasically how it used to be, where people talked about stuff, actual content, people did something to prove something worked/didn't work, fed that back, aided people, helped people, a community, rather than just noise12:32
SebthreeBQM10HDso you would  want people getting support at those meetings ?12:33
ikoniaif they need it12:33
ikoniahelping someone out is a valid part of working together12:33
SebthreeBQM10HDwell we haven't really had any newbies turning up there recently...12:33
SebthreeBQM10HDbut hey events may change that a bit12:33
ikoniaddoens't have to be "new"12:33
ikoniaexperienced people will require help12:33
SebthreeBQM10HDyes  I undertand what you mean in genreal12:33
SebthreeBQM10HDnot just newbies12:33
SebthreeBQM10HDanyone who needs help12:33
SebthreeBQM10HDseems most of the LUG support is done on the mailing list for now12:34
SebthreeBQM10HDpopey, LUGs dying out in favour of makerspaces hmm, how so  in your opinion ?12:37
popeyeh?12:40
popeyjust an observation12:40
SebthreeBQM10HDoh ok12:40
popeythere's a combination of people moving away from desktop linux12:40
popeyand for other people desktop linux just working12:40
SebthreeBQM10HDto embeedded ?12:40
popeyand people not having spare time for hobby stuff12:41
popeyno, to macs or windows12:41
SebthreeBQM10HDand ubuntu tablets :p :D h eh12:41
SebthreeBQM10HDdesktop linux mostly works, well when sticking to distros such as ubuntu,  mint, mageia, o pen suse, pc linux os etc even fedora I suppouse12:42
SebthreeBQM10HDso less support issues  at lug meetings12:42
SebthreeBQM10HDplus most people have good Internet now henc e channels such as ubuntu being so popular12:42
foobarryi would expect LUGs and mailing lists to die out tbh12:42
foobarryand irc chans12:43
SebthreeBQM10HDmailing lists are used by projects etc to12:43
SebthreeBQM10HDmailing lists won't just die out  used by other type of groups to12:43
foobarrydecreasingly so12:43
SebthreeBQM10HDand irc won't jst die chat rooms still used12:43
foobarrybecause mailing lists suck12:43
SebthreeBQM10HDirc is one of the oldest technologies that's still used to12:43
foobarrylike forums12:43
SebthreeBQM10HDI am not that keen on forums12:44
SebthreeBQM10HDand mailing lists can be ok12:44
zmoylan-pislack would love that usage...12:44
SebthreeBQM10HDslackware /12:44
popeywell, if you look at the replies to my recent tweet about slack vs irc...12:44
SebthreeBQM10HDwhat's slack12:44
popeyyou'll see a lot of people have the opinion that slack > irc12:44
foobarryirc for hipsters12:44
* SebthreeBQM10HD doesn't really use Twitter has an account, but...12:44
penguin42yeh lots of people like slack12:44
popeyweb based proprietary irc12:44
zmoylan-pislack is the new shiny centralised for profit irc12:44
SebthreeBQM10HDoh12:44
SebthreeBQM10HDoh12:44
popeyit's incredibly popular12:44
SebthreeBQM10HDthere was something on some wehre hte other day maybe12:44
SebthreeBQM10HDlink ?12:44
penguin42it's why I'm trying to help out Matrix which is one of the open alternatives12:45
foobarryi heard someone say they used slack because there are git webhooks. although irc had it for years12:45
penguin42one problem is irc is really bad on intermittent connectivity like a phone12:45
foobarryi joined a slack channel yesterday because nobody was using the irc chan12:45
SebthreeBQM10HDgot  a link for slack ?12:45
foobarryslack does the message history like when you have a bouncer12:45
zmoylan-pipopey said it best :-)  RE https://twitter.com/popey/status/79339900346351616012:45
popeythat tweet blew up a little12:46
zmoylan-piyou hit a nerve...12:47
popeyi think so12:47
SebthreeBQM10HDthat link didn't work12:47
popeywfm12:47
SebthreeBQM10HDoh12:47
SebthreeBQM10HD0 not on it12:47
popey101K impressions of that tweet :S12:47
foobarryi have 1 chan oopen and it doesn't work well on firefox12:48
foobarryi used to subscribe to linux magazine for years12:49
SebthreeBQM10HDso how to get on a slack12:49
SebthreeBQM10HDchannel  /12:49
foobarryu need an invite12:49
popeyyou have to be invited12:49
SebthreeBQM10HDso it's some propritary thing12:49
popeysome projects have a link which do that12:49
popeyyes12:49
SebthreeBQM10HDby some compnany ??12:49
popey12:44 < popey> web based proprietary irc12:49
popeyyes, slack12:49
popeyinc12:49
SebthreeBQM10HDwho owns slack ?12:49
SebthreeBQM10HDoh12:49
SebthreeBQM10HDslack inc12:49
SebthreeBQM10HDwhoever that is12:49
foobarrythen i realised that they recycled their content every 3 months pretty much. a bit like the daily express. i realised i was reading the mag anymore12:49
SebthreeBQM10HDweb based hmm, so a website not a program ?12:50
SebthreeBQM10HDslack is popular?12:50
foobarryamong the hip kids12:50
SebthreeBQM10HDthats ntohing new some new chat app etc coming along12:50
SebthreeBQM10HDthat's propritary12:50
foobarrylike zsh.12:50
SebthreeBQM10HDand gains a market12:50
SebthreeBQM10HDwe had skype12:50
SebthreeBQM10HDwe had whatsapp etc12:50
SebthreeBQM10HDseems I  don't need to use whatever slack is for now12:51
foobarrypopey: want to read something horrific written by stallman?12:51
foobarryyou might not sleep again. or want to use gnu12:52
SebthreeBQM10HDok waht is it12:52
* SebthreeBQM10HD isn't scared of reading stallmsans things :D12:52
foobarryyou will be12:52
popeyagain?12:52
foobarryworse12:52
foobarryhttps://www.reddit.com/search?q=stallman+apologist12:52
* SebthreeBQM10HD saw him do a talk three years ago in Bath, talked to him breifly after12:52
foobarryindirect link due to avoidance of keywords12:52
foobarryshould contain one result12:52
popeyoh yeah, seen that before12:52
foobarryi saw it in another form before12:53
popeyrms and esr are basically terrible people12:53
foobarryhe mentioned it regarding some other incident12:53
SebthreeBQM10HDpopey, who's esr?12:54
foobarryeric s raymond12:55
foobarryi'm unaware of esr unpalatable view12:55
SebthreeBQM10HDpopey, foobarry there's always some rubbish about RMS here and there, since he is differnet in cerain ways, from most other people12:55
foobarryfor sure. i know lots of aspies and ASD people12:55
foobarrythey can be blunt and myopic12:55
SebthreeBQM10HDprobably most geeks are a t least slightly aspie12:56
foobarrybut this is clearly wrong, in no way is this redeemable12:56
SebthreeBQM10HDpopey seems normal enough h eh, but there must be something secret about him, to that isn't so normal. h eh12:56
BigRedSfoobarry: he's a bit of a gun nut12:56
* SebthreeBQM10HD has things to do bye12:57
SebthreeBQM10HDbye12:57
popeyo/12:57
foobarryhe's rather racist as well it seems12:58
foobarryesr12:58
foobarryactually the racism tag needs revisiting after reading his article more carefully13:01
foobarrybut it looks like he can't help himself from "going there" with taboo articles13:03
foobarryfrom rms website:13:05
foobarry I'm looking for people to…13:05
foobarrywrite a recipe for how to connect to the WiFi in a Mcdonalds without running its nonfree Javascript code. The recipe could include a free Javascript program I could run, or it could consist of instructions for what I would type into IceCat (our variant of Firefox). It doesn't have't be super convenient, it just has to work.13:05
penguin42what does their JS do?13:07
foobarrynot sure if all JS is evil, or just some13:08
LaneyPresumably you can't modify or redistribute it, thus it is non-free software13:14
foobarryhttp://i.imgur.com/5fEuORU.jpg13:23
foobarryalmost NSFW13:23
zmoylan-pistill better than bill gates doing same in 70s13:23
zmoylan-pihttp://images.dailytech.com/nimage/8511_8043_billgates.jpg13:24
zmoylan-pi*80s13:24
foobarrybut you can't see his guy poking out from gates' shirt13:25
foobarrygut*13:25
zmoylan-pii wouldn't trust the code from a gutless programmer.... :-P13:26
knightwisezmoylan-pi: that sounded very klingon :)13:33
penguin42hmm should have dropped the cache times on my dns yesterday13:35
zmoylan-piwell there is the klingon code meme... http://www.klingon.org/resources/klingon_code.html13:36
knightwiseHA!13:38
diddledanI like this one: Klingons do not "release" software. Klingon software escapes, leaving a bloody trail of design engineers and quality assurance people in its path.14:25
foobarryis there a way to disable ublock origin globally without disabling the add-on14:29
foobarryclicking the power symbol seems to do on a page basis only14:29
foobarryhttps://blog.lastpass.com/2016/11/get-lastpass-everywhere-multi-device-access-is-now-free.html/14:43
diddledanlooks like their putting ads in the freebie version?15:05
diddledanthey're**15:05
diddledandamn, it's rare I get a there, they're, their wrong15:05
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daftykins15% off the Dell XPS 13 9350 on the Dell Outlet right now until midnight Friday, though none are in stock right now21:14
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popeythey run out of stock super fast21:18
zmoylan-piyou'd think that would encourage them to make more21:19
popeythey do!21:19
daftykinsyip used and watched it for years, myself21:21
daftykinswhen someone needs a machine anyway21:21
daftykinshttp://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/11/02/207860694/bill-murray-gave-random-cubs-fan-ticket-to-game-6-and-let-her-sit-next-to-him23:14
daftykinsBill Murray, all around cool guy23:14
m0nkey_OK, lets talk password managers. I need something to replace LastPass. I like the sync, browser and android integration. Any ideas on what I can use that has a similar feature set?23:23
daftykinsnever touched 'em23:24

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