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Kilosevening superfly 05:00
Kilosmorning za05:00
andrewlsdMorning za05:39
andrewlsdMorning Kilos05:39
andrewlsdNight-night superfly05:39
nsnzeromorning all05:45
andrewlsd\o nsnzero 05:51
andrewlsdwere you nasanzero last night?05:51
nsnzerohi andrewlsd 05:51
nsnzeroyes andrewlsd 05:51
magellanicgreets05:54
nsnzerohi magellanic 05:54
andrewlsdo/ magellanic06:04
* andrewlsd will probably not be _here_ much today. Meetings.06:04
Kiloshi andrewlsd nsnzero and other za peeps06:11
Kiloshi magellanic too06:11
inetprogoeiemore almal06:23
nsnzeromore inetpro 06:26
Kiloslo pro06:38
Kiloscellc called and they sending a technician out to see what the prob is06:38
Kilosso heres hoping06:39
nsnzeromorning Kilos 06:46
paddatrappermorning Kilos andrewlsd nsnzero magellanic inetpro 06:51
Kiloshi paddatrapper 06:51
Kiloshi g0d355__ 06:52
Kiloshmm... lmao guy06:52
* nsnzero is thinking of switching to quassel07:03
andrewlsdhi paddatrapper07:04
paddatrapperso according to my lecturer cat simple prints a file to the screen...07:10
chesedomorning all07:15
chesedopaddatrapper: what else can it do?07:16
paddatrapperchesedo: concatinate files, format the resulting output. and the example he's using doesn't require cat at all... cat file.txt | sort | uniq07:17
paddatrappercould just be sort file.txt | uniq07:18
chesedooh i see ty paddatrapper07:19
* chesedo reading cat's man page07:20
paddatrapperchesedo: it is a nice and sort man page too :)07:23
nsnzeromost linux app do 1 thing and only 1 thing and do it well  - its the unix philosophy 07:27
Kiloshi chesedo 07:27
nsnzeromorning chesedo 07:29
MaNIthat used to be true, the unix era is over though, over the last decade people seem to have forgotten that philosophy more and more07:29
nsnzeroyou use quassel ? 07:29
nsnzeromorning mani07:29
andrewlsdnsnzero: theblazehen and andrewlsd use Quassel with a quassel-core.07:30
andrewlsdHi g0d355__  didn't notice you there earlier.07:31
theblazehenmorning all07:32
paddatrappernsnzero: systemd? :P07:33
Kilosnot keen on that nick07:33
Kiloswho knows bot trigger commands07:34
Kilosbot07:34
Kilos!07:34
nsnzeroi dont know much about the init system paddatrapper - but i do know that systemd wasnt accepted with open arms07:42
paddatrappernsnzero: yeah, it receives much hate for not following the unix philosophy07:46
KilosMaaz ping 41.57.103.17107:49
MaazKilos: 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4006ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 185.314/185.448/185.754/0.567 ms07:49
theblazehenYeah. Dunno why people use GNU though, if they complain about stuff not following the unix philosophy, Rather use a BSD then07:49
andrewlsdg0d355__: are you a bot?07:53
Kilosthere are bot triggers but only clever peeps remember them07:54
MaNIyou make it sound like it's such an easy choice "oh a few parts of the system are no longer following a philosophy I like, let me completely uproot all of my stuff, disrupt my entire life and move to a new OS that can't do half the things I need it to do"07:56
MaNIit's really not that simple07:56
Kilospropagandhi is another one i think07:56
andrewlsdyou can check out #botmonitoring07:56
MaNIcompletely valid for people to keep using 'GNU' while also complaining about aspects of it07:56
Kilosgoes straight to that one07:57
Kiloshmm07:57
Kilos...07:57
Kilosinetpro kill it07:57
Kilosdoesnt accept die command like ibid08:00
nsnzerothere is more bot traffic on the net than actual human traffice now days - this is the beginning of skynet 08:02
Kilosand arnie isnt here08:03
theblazehenMaNI It's more the fact that I hear more people complaining about systemd than GNU, where the reason that they're complaining about systemd also applies to GNU08:03
MaNI[propagandhi] (~propagand@41.57.103.171): Jason Rogena   -   https://nairobilug.or.ke/author/jason-rogena.html - IP also matches kenya. Is it normal for bots to take on real identities? Seems more likely it's just a user who isn't currently active08:05
Kilosoh maybe there with the symmetria crowd08:06
nsnzerosystemd uses binary logs vs text logs 08:14
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theblazehennsnzero:  Any reason why you don't like that? You can still do your greppying / sedding etc by piping journalctl08:17
paddatrappertheblazehen: it requires systemd to be installed to read them, but even that is hardly a concern now as most recent distros are running it by default08:18
nsnzerotheblazehen: no its no problem for me - i starting using linux when systemd was the default init system08:19
MaNIthe fact that they corrupt easier is another common complaint I believe08:20
MaNIand also just a general disgust that it insists on handling something it shouldn't - there is already a system log for logging, there is a long history of people being able to choose the system log app that suits them, if they want binary logs they can choose a binary system log app, why can't it use that? etc.08:21
paddatrapperMaNI: I'm actually pretty impressed as to how robust it is for a binary log.08:22
MaNIhttps://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1y6q0l/systemds_binary_logs_and_corruption/ < that guy isn't, though granted it was 3 years ago.08:23
MaNIanyway, just pointing out some of the problems people have with it08:23
MaNIwhen lots of people complain there are usually some valid core reasons08:23
* andrewlsd is going to be disconnected fora while. migrating quassel-core to a new server08:25
paddatrapperI certainly agree that the complaints are valid, but feels like they're fighting a losing battle08:26
MaNIFor now maybe, when the pendulum swings the other way who knows :)08:28
chesedonsnzero: inetpro superfly and myself also uses quassel-core08:29
Kilosas long as it keeps my pc working im happy08:29
chesedoand i thinks paddatrapper too08:29
chesedoMaNI: the unix philosophy seems to be making a come-back though08:30
paddatrapperchesedo: I use weechat08:30
paddatrapperIt's just sitting on a VPS running 24/708:30
* chesedo no longer thinks08:30
MaNII don't even have a personal opinion on systemd yet, my main box still runs perfectly happily without it and I plan to keep it that way as long as possible, I've no compelling reason to switch to it on my gentoo box as long as gentoo keep offering me the option of not switching to it08:30
MaNIand just like kilos - my pc keeps working ;)08:31
Kiloslol08:31
chesedolol08:31
Kilosthats what is most important08:31
paddatrapperI just use it because it's default. I quite like the way units are written, but if Debian did not have it default, I wouldn08:31
theblazehenMaNI: What's your uptime?08:31
paddatrapperwouldn't install it. Not very phased either way08:32
MaNImy uptime isn't great - 14 days - my mother in law tripped the power while I was overseas, hehe08:33
MaNIbut this is a desktop/development machine so uptime isn't really a big thing08:33
Kiloshaha08:33
theblazehenHeh, alright. Mine not too great either, but having a quassel core in a lxd container means you can reboot a server without disconnecting from irc08:33
MaNIthis gentoo install is 13 years old, though the hardware in the machine has changed several times during that time period, and my uprecord is 149 days - we have various ubuntu/debian servers with uptime measured in years though08:36
MaNIbut servers just sit there running one or two programs with very little change, while development machines have to take constant abuse :p08:36
paddatrapperMaNI: Don't you every apply kernel updates?08:37
paddatrappers/every/ever08:38
paddatrapperThough looking at the server I'm running weechat on, it has 134 days uptime...08:38
MaNIon this box, relatively frequently, on servers when necessary08:39
nsnzerobrb09:25
theblazehenhttps://linx.li/mvzc9gvx.txt Guess I gotta upgrade my storage then09:35
theblazehenI guess 32 gigabit fiber channel could work09:37
theblazehenAh wait. Double the speed.  Either 128 gbit fiber channel, or perhaps AoE / iSCSI or something could work on 40 gbit ethernet09:38
theblazehenThen I need storage that can deliver 37 gbit/s09:38
theblazehen4.62 GB/s09:39
* theblazehen wonders how much 1 TiB of DDR3 would cost09:39
theblazehenWait, no. Would require networking for each box then09:39
theblazehenAh, I'll just deal with it. Calculating 100 billion digits of pi09:51
theblazehenOr lets make it 15 billion. Then I can do it all in ram09:53
theblazehenEh, scratch that. Made server unbearably slow. Never knew the impact of accessing memory across NUMA nodes were that severe... `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null bs=1G` with calculation gives 516 MB/s read, without 6.6 GB/s10:14
nsnzerodoes ubuntu server use a another type of firewall - or does ufw work ?11:04
theblazehennsnzero: Afaik ufw should work, but ufw is just a fancy iptables wrapper11:07
nsnzerothanks theblazehen 11:25
nsnzeronow i wonder if telkom blocks access to  port 22 11:37
nsnzerotheblazehen: on system with dual ethernet ports does ufw configure both interfaces ?11:39
theblazehennsnzero:  I dunno :/ Check what iptables rule it creates11:51
nsnzerohave a good afternoon everyone12:20
MaNIwhich sites do you guys think are best to advertise on to find people for tech positions in za these days?12:57
thatgraemeguyI guess its a good sign that I can say for the first time in a long time... "I have NO clue"13:02
thatgraemeguy3.5 years here now and haven't the foggiest idea which job sites are popular these days13:03
thatgraemeguyhaven't the need, at all13:03
MaNIyou're talking from an employee perspective I guess - rather than an employer one13:03
MaNII mean I've had the same job for 11 years thats why I have to ask for external insight here, I also have no idea13:04
thatgraemeguysurely they're the same thing, would an employer want to advertise on the sites considered useless by potential candidates?13:04
MaNIyeah they are the same of course IMO in that regard, I meant regarding your remark that you don't need to know13:05
thatgraemeguyin fact my current job I found via the CLUG-work mailing list, and my previous job, AT A JOB WEBSITE, I found via a recruiter randomly matching me to the requirements13:06
MaNII need to hire at least one new person, so I do sadly need to know :p13:06
thatgraemeguyso I guess my answer is that from my perspective job sites are all equally irrelevant13:06
thatgraemeguymy experience is not representative of course ;-)13:06
MaNII found mine on mybroadband, but only because somebody on IRC showed it to me, it definitely wasn't the main place I was looking for jobs13:06
MaNIso also probably not representative of where the best place is, and also 11 years out of date13:07
thatgraemeguywhat is the position13:07
thatgraemeguyand based where13:07
MaNII'm still deciding on the exact position, depends what I can find I guess :/ We are a C++ development company, but we also do a bunch of Lua, PHP web dev, andoid, iOS. Ideally we need a PHP developer who is possibly interested in also learning to do some C++, or a C++ developer who doesn't mind doing some PHP and Lua.13:09
MaNICompany is in Gordons Bay.13:10
thatgraemeguyyou can try the clug-work list13:10
MaNIanyone used offerzen before?13:26
thatgraemeguynot used it but it seems to be the new hotness13:27
vulcanThey're pretty awesome MaNi13:28
MaNIwhat do you like about them, and are you talking from an employee or employer perspective?13:28
vulcanMore from an employee, from an employer perspective they do a ton of work in clearing through all the crap applicants for you13:31
vulcanBut it is a very different model to normal recruitment places13:32
vulcanStill the best way imo though is word of mouth via communities13:32
vulcanMani, just so happens that I'm unemployed :D What kindof PHP work :P13:33
vulcanSidenote - I also really like how OZ have a presence in ZATech. Some really cool people there who care less about their own commission and more about the people (at least it seems that way)13:33
MaNIhttp://longman-hat.co.za/?r=63 < things like the language portal shown there13:35
MaNIon the PHP side13:35
MaNIthough possibly other stuff thats quite different as well - we have some quite varied work at times. Though if we go for a PHP person we would probably want someone who is interested/capable in trying out some of the C++ and other development as well - not sure if theres room for someone who just does PHP and nothing else. Though honestly I need to think about it a bit more, hehe13:38
thatgraemeguylogin over plain HTTP?13:40
thatgraemeguyin 2017?13:40
thatgraemeguyscandalous!13:40
thatgraemeguy:-p13:40
vulcan:D13:41
MaNIthat part of the site is not controlled by us - just for the record13:41
thatgraemeguyI want solutions, not excuses!13:42
thatgraemeguy:D13:42
MaNIpfft, anyway 13:42
* andrewlsd is back :-)13:43
vulcanBut yeah MaNI. I find people will generally go with something they hear first. Then something like OZ. Normal recruitment agencies spamming everyone get's far more dirt than diamonds, and often misses out of all the decent devs who don't want anything to do with that style of recruitment.13:44
vulcanThere was a huge amount of chatter with regards to this in ZATech #jobposting-discussion. Also a fair amount in #offerzen13:45
vulcanThings I'd recommend: Give an incenetive for current employees to get their friends in etc. At my old job we had a 5k hiring bonus, and another 5k if they stayed after the 3 month probation. Second to that I'd recommend using OfferZen (y)13:46
MaNIokay, thanks for the data point 13:49
vulcan:) Posting something in ZATech #jobpostings or #freelancing is also a super easy way to get decent people. If you get anyone keen that is :)13:52
MaNIassuming any of them want to live in the helderberg :p14:00
chesedoMaNI: you know that we will be having a section for for open positions in mini meeting tonight?14:01
MaNIno I didn't, but I anyway am not quite ready yet at that point, I still need to discuss what exactly we want internally and try write the jobs specs etc., at the moment just trying to do some "market research", thanks though14:03
Kilosbig storm brewing here15:55
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nsnzeroevening all 17:36
theblazehenhi all18:20
nsnzerohi theblazehen 18:22
chesedoevening nsnzero theblazehen18:22
theblazehenHi nsnzero, chesedo 18:23
nsnzerohi there chesedo 18:23
chesedotheblazehen: are you ready?18:24
theblazehenchesedo:  Eh, still need to find some things :/ Doesn't seem like too much interesting has been happening very recently, and been quite busy18:25
chesedoMaaz: announce Mini meeting starts in 10 minutes18:25
MaazHear ye, hear ye! Mini meeting starts in 10 minutes18:25
chesedotheblazehen: np, you can just share anything interesting that you may have read about in the last while18:26
theblazehenAlright. I got some stuff then I guess18:26
chesedoothers can pitch in too maybe...18:26
chesedotheblazehen: ~5 items is good... unless if you more18:27
theblazehenchesedo:  alright, cool18:27
chesedoMaaz: start meeting about Ubuntu Mini Meeting - March 201718:30
* Maaz gets out his memo-pad and cracks his knuckles18:30
chesedoWelcome all and welcome to the first mini meeting18:31
chesedofeel free to introduce yourself to maaz using 'Maaz: I am <first last name>'18:31
chesedoMaaz: I am Pieter Engelbrecht18:31
Maazchesedo: Yessir18:31
chesedoWe do not have an official agenda, so there is none to review...18:32
theblazehenMaaz I am Jeandre Le Roux18:32
Maaztheblazehen: Righto18:32
chesedoBut our three topics are "Latest and greatest news", "Local openings" and "Education Project"18:32
chesedoMaaz: topic Latest and Greatest news18:33
MaazCurrent Topic: Latest and Greatest news18:33
chesedotheblazehen: over to you18:33
theblazehenAlright, I don't know about the _latest_ news, but some pretty cool things I found (and some news)18:34
nsnzeroMaaz:i am  nasan zero 18:34
Maaznsnzero: Yessir18:34
theblazehenhttps://blog.exploitee.rs/2017/hacking_wd_mycloud/ was hacked, so if you're running a WD cloud NAS patch it or something18:34
theblazehenI found https://www.cronweekly.com/ which is a weekly newsletter of interesting stuff18:35
theblazehenhttp://www.linusakesson.net/programming/tty/ if you ever wanted to know how terminals barely work18:35
theblazehenAnd, really old school, but really impressive: https://trixter.oldskool.org/2015/04/07/8088-mph-we-break-all-your-emulators/. Worth following the links as well18:36
theblazehenYeah, that's pretty much it18:36
theblazehenhttp://rentes.github.io/unix/utilities/2015/07/27/moreutils-package/ some great tools18:36
chesedogreat thanks theblazehen18:36
chesedoMaaz: topic Local Openings18:37
MaazCurrent Topic: Local Openings18:37
chesedoIf any knows of any local openings then please share...18:37
chesedoor those at your work place18:37
theblazehenhttp://www.lsd.co.za/careers some positions open here18:38
chesedofor the record they are:18:39
chesedo- Senior Linux Administrator -> http://www.lsd.co.za/senior-linux-administrator--linux-archi18:39
chesedoDBA Guru -> http://www.lsd.co.za/dba-guru18:39
theblazehenRight. Thanks chesedo  for posting them18:39
chesedoSenior JAVA Developer with Middleware Experience -> http://www.lsd.co.za/senior-java-developer-with-middleware-ex18:39
chesedoJava Middleware Magician ->http://www.lsd.co.za/java-middleware-magician18:40
chesedoand thanks for sharing theblazehen18:40
chesedoMaaz: topic Education Project18:40
MaazCurrent Topic: Education Project18:40
chesedomy update here would be the same as yesterday...18:41
* chesedo had a hectic day so have not looked at getting the sass issue solved yet...18:41
chesedowilliamk: do you have a specific update?18:42
chesedoor maybe found another software to consider?18:42
chesedoalso my 2 cents for only office, it looks great too but might be more of a general office suite...18:43
williamkHi Chesedo, same as yesterday, Booktype, Pubsweet or OnlyOffice18:43
chesedoalthough it has project planning build in18:43
williamkOnly Office, from what I read can do collab editing18:43
chesedowilliamk: and that...18:43
chesedowilliamk: i guess our next step is to try and get an instance of each up to test which will work best?18:44
williamkhttps://helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/onlyoffice-editors/onlyoffice-document-editor/helpfulhints/collaborativeediting.aspx18:45
chesedowow, quite powerful18:46
chesedooh, chat and comments are only features of the paid version...18:48
chesedoany else anyone wants to add?18:48
williamkPubsweet is still being worked on, don't know when final release will happen https://gitlab.coko.foundation/pubsweet/pubsweet18:49
chesedowilliamk: yip, thu it looks promising18:50
chesedoit is the one that i am having sass issue with currently...18:50
chesedoand for booktype, i have to figure why it is not serving css and js files...18:50
williamkI have installed Booktype locally ( access with IP, but could not get the export to PDF working18:51
williamkcould not get Pubsweet working18:52
chesedooh yeah, that too18:52
* chesedo hopes that won't be a big issue on his side too...18:52
chesedohmm... that seems to be all then...18:53
chesedothank you all for joining...18:54
chesedoMaaz: end meeting18:54
MaazMeeting Ended18:54
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williamkI got OnlyOffice community server and Document  server installed, but could not get them to link together, will try again sometime18:54
chesedoi see pubsweet will also need some linking18:55
nsnzerois this the weekly meetings chesedo ?18:55
chesedonsnzero: it is biweekly (test drive) for now...18:56
chesedoin the future it might be quicker though18:56
nsnzerogood start - i like the news and job openings 18:57
chesedonsnzero: awesome18:57
chesedotheblazehen: ^^18:57
chesedooh and great job theblazehen18:57
chesedonsnzero: hopefully the job openings will be more active/full in the future18:58
nsnzeromaybe also a help wanted section - where members can ask for extra assistance like volunteers for testing software projects , etc 18:59
chesedonsnzero: we could try that19:00
superflySorry I missed the meeting, I was getting my driver's sorted out19:02
nsnzerohi superfly 19:03
chesedohi superfly19:03
superflyI know have a US learner's license, and I'll be doing my driver's this afternoon19:03
superfly*now19:03
superflyI'm allowed to drive on my ZA license, but apparently I don't know how to drive -_-19:03
chesedolol19:03
chesedoif you are driving ON it then you won't have much space to drive on any way19:04
nsnzerowhat do they think we do here ? drive on the pavement and walk on the road ?19:04
superflywho knows19:05
* chesedo is off to bed19:05
nsnzerogood luck superfly 19:05
chesedonight all19:06
nsnzeronight chesedo 19:06
nsnzeroi am off as well - need my beauty sleep 19:06
theblazehenty chesedo 19:07
williamkNight all19:08
nsnzerotake care guys19:11

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