[01:54] <linearain> hi
[04:27] <Bashing-om> Nighty nite good folks
[07:25] <ducasse> good morning all
[12:49] <BluesKaj> Hi all
[13:05] <ducasse> good morning BluesKaj - how are things?
[13:06] <BluesKaj> hi ducasse, ok here, and you?
[13:07] <ducasse> good, thanks. ready for the holidays :) reading the capsman docs before getting into setup, but i hate wifi :-/
[13:38] <daftykins> o0
[13:41] <ducasse> \o daftykins
[13:42] <daftykins> good afty
[13:42] <daftykins> what's this wifi hatred caused by? :) i mean it's a pretty default state for all, but specifically today? :D
[13:43] <ducasse> i think it's mainly because i just quit smoking - it's certainly not helping :)
[13:43] <daftykins> ooh congrats
[13:44] <ducasse> thanks, it had to be done sooner or later.
[13:44] <ducasse> i like capsman, i just don't like the underlying tech. wired ftw.
[13:45] <daftykins> ah i had to look that up, surely that's only relevant to a corporate setup
[13:46] <ducasse> i'm just using it to learn it, since i've got two mikrotik devices anyway.
[13:46] <daftykins> *nod*
[13:46] <daftykins> i just heard a radio discussion program about the UK government finding £440 million spare and deciding to help rural folks get broadband with it
[13:47] <ducasse> oooh, nice!
[13:47] <daftykins> one person called in and said their village dug a trench themselves for their fiber line, then a company 'b4rn' came in and laid it - sounds kinda neat
[13:48] <daftykins> https://b4rn.org.uk/ funky
[13:49] <ducasse> i read about a guy near bergen who laid his own fiber, got a spool from china and paid a local isp to hook him up.
[13:49] <daftykins> :D
[13:49] <daftykins> that'd be tempting, but i remember TJ said there's a lot of regulations involved plus i'd imagine having to ask every person for permission to dig on their land would get old quick
[13:51] <ducasse> this was his land -> public -> pole -> isp iirc
[13:51] <ducasse> he had to talk to the council, that was about it.
[13:52] <daftykins> mmm that's handy
[13:52] <ducasse> transport on a full spool of fiber from china was not cheap, though, and it was a lot of work.
[13:53] <daftykins> i wonder if the island by me has repaired their fiber links yet...
[13:54] <daftykins> can't even look it up as all results speak of New Jersey
[13:54] <ducasse> my mother just signed up for fiber, maybe i should rollback 25 years and move into her basement :)
[13:57] <daftykins> :D
[13:57] <daftykins> or just put a box there you control ;)
[13:58] <ducasse> seedbox? :)
[13:58] <daftykins> anything!
[13:58] <daftykins> are you close enough that regular visits are feasible? :P
[14:00] <ducasse> about 40km. but i've got more bandwidth than she's likely to go for, i just got upgraded to 250mbps because changed pricing.
[14:01] <ducasse> what happened to the island near you that broke their fiber?
[14:04] <daftykins> well everything here carried on as normal but they lost all their links to England - had to shift them all to their routes to France i imagine
[14:06] <ducasse> hmm. big or small island? smaller often uses microwave, don't they?
[14:08] <daftykins> Jersey's a bit bigger than the one i'm on
[14:11] <ducasse> i've been looking for a new desk, want to fit another screen. found a nice, solid slab of a desk that i'm hoping to pick up next week. just need to organize transport, i don't drive...
[14:12] <daftykins> have you seen those brackets that clamp to one spot on the back of the desk... then arms reach out that have VESA mountings?
[14:12] <daftykins> that'd be nice to avoid the requirement for desk stands
[14:13] <ducasse> i've thought about those, but only one of my current screens has a vesa mount.
[14:15] <daftykins> ah drat!
[14:15] <daftykins> ooh there's a good channel shuffle, 5 removed
[14:16] <ducasse> it would be nice, as it would be easier to line screens up edge to edge, but both of my current ones have controls on the right side...
[15:48] <nicomachus> http://i.imgur.com/48LLlss.jpg
[15:54] <DArqueBishop> nicomachus: I kinda want that shirt now.
[16:04] <daftykins> me too :o
[16:06] <ducasse> nice :)
[16:07] <daftykins> aaah i am muchly bored until work is available again :P
[16:07] <daftykins> i think i need to redevelop the ability to enjoy downtime!
[16:09] <nicomachus> daftykins: my entire office is basically just waiting for Christmas to get here. I've barely done anything productive this week.
[16:09] <daftykins> hehe
[16:09] <nicomachus> here's the shirt: https://www.redbubble.com/people/cosmogorilla/works/21144265-obey-sudo?grid_pos=50&p=t-shirt&style=mens
[16:10] <daftykins> ooh good man
[16:10] <nicomachus> $24.80, not bad.
[16:10] <nicomachus> and lots of colors.
[16:10] <DArqueBishop> Interesting.
[16:10] <DArqueBishop> I was on Redbubble yesterday because on a whim I was looking for Neuromancer-themed laptop bags.
[16:10] <DArqueBishop> I saw some laptop skins that made me wish my laptop wasn't a company-provided one.
[16:11] <nicomachus> oh wow, you can even get it in a hoodie, long-sleeve, graphic, whatever...
[16:11] <nicomachus> I like this one: https://www.redbubble.com/people/cosmogorilla/works/21144265-obey-sudo?p=mens-graphic-t-shirt&style=mens-graphic-t-shirt&body_color=black
[18:23] <pauljw> Hi everyone