[07:03] <MooDoo> howdy
[07:10] <SuperMatt> orning
[07:35] <brobostigon> morning boys and girls.
[07:43] <MooDoo> hows everyone doing today?:
[07:47] <brobostigon> back to work after holiday, oh well.
[07:48] <MooDoo> yup
[07:53] <SuperMatt> doing well, thank you
[07:54] <SuperMatt> really getting in to writing in go
[08:01] <davmor2> Morning all
[08:17] <diplo> Morning all
[09:08] <JamesTait> Good morning all! Happy Tuesday, and happy Baby Day! 👶 🚼
[09:09] <zmoylan-pi> dammit, i forgot to get jelly babies yesterday...
[09:15] <davmor2> JamesTait: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384
[10:20] <foobarry> happy encode to mp3 day
[10:21] <foobarry> https://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en/ff/amm/prod/audiocodec/audiocodecs/mp3.html
[10:21] <zmoylan-pi> wav's day will come back :-P
[13:04] <diddledan> microsoft have a thing in 25 minutes - educationally focused maybe
[13:05] <diddledan> http://event.microsoft.com/MayEvent/
[13:05] <zmoylan-pi> prediction:they'll have some new exciting non netbooky name... :-)
[13:05] <diddledan> windows cloud
[13:06] <zmoylan-pi> it'll be their version of the chromebook using azuer as the backend
[13:06] <zmoylan-pi> it'll be dearer, worse and wonky...
[13:48] <diddledan> "Windows 10 S"
[13:49] <diddledan> "has a new desktop image"
[13:50] <diddledan> that's a headline feature right there
[13:53] <diddledan> only runs windows apps from the store
[13:54] <SuperMatt> I'm not surprised, it's not different from google play, or the apple app store
[13:55] <zmoylan-pi> well you can sideload apps on android
[13:56] <zmoylan-pi> the day google remove that i'll chuck all my android devices through their windows one by one... could take ages if i find all my ancient devices.... :-P
[14:13] <SuperEngineer> is it time to say "zzzzz" or "ssshhhhh" yet? [or maybe just a teensy weensy quick BOO!] ;-)
[14:18] <diddledan> "codebuilder for minecraft education edition"
[14:30] <foobarry> minecraft for minecraft, minecraft edition
[14:31] <SuperEngineer> Mnecraft for train spotters.... boring edition
[14:34] <diddledan> what really annoys me about the various minecraft versions is they don't interoperate
[14:34] <diddledan> and like the windows 10 edition doesn't support the same "mods" as the java version
[14:57] <diddledan> was there a split or did irccloud go down?
[14:58] <Azelphur> I got disconnected - not using IRCCloud
[14:59] <diddledan> surface laptop has 14.5 hours battery life?!
[15:00] <foobarry> is it ARM?
[15:00] <diddledan> nope, i5 or i7
[15:01] <foobarry> sounds like lies
[15:01] <diddledan> lighter and thinner than any mba or mbp. 50% faster than the air and "faster than the mbp"
[15:21] <zmoylan-pi> that sounds really cheap and accessible to school kids...
[15:21] <diddledan> $999
[15:22] <zmoylan-pi> that'll kill the chromebook market... :-P
[15:28] <zmoylan-pi> or if it runs linux well really boost the linux market :-)
[15:44] <zmoylan-pi> ah cheap ones for $189... https://liliputing.com/2017/05/microsoft-surface-laptop-designed-students.html
[15:46] <zmoylan-pi> but they all seem capable of been upgraded to full win10 so that suggests they'll run linux despite ms efforts to lock them down...
[15:47] <zmoylan-pi> so might be a better option for those who want netbooks than trying linux options on a chromebook
[15:47] <diddledan> 189 isn't for the ms device
[15:48] <diddledan> 189 is third-party crud
[15:49] <zmoylan-pi> that's more my end of the market... :-)
[15:49] <diddledan> the upgrade to win10pro is free
[16:11] <diddledan> modems in 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17zfz017s9A
[16:38] <zmoylan-pi> i wonder what % still use modems these days in areas without broadband....
[16:42]  * zmoylan-pi is tring to remember if the opera he is using is using server side compression to speed up things...
[16:42] <zmoylan-pi> ah the icon on the toolbar is turned off :-)
[16:43] <daftykins> i know a guy in the US on satellite, but also know a guy up in Michigan whose in-laws are on dial-up heh
[16:44] <daftykins> perpetually non-updated software
[16:45] <zmoylan-pi> yeah, when my brother was on dial up out in the sticks i had to replace his windows pc with a mac as he never let it download 4mb of av updates twice a week for some reason...
[16:45] <zmoylan-pi> the mac needed fewer updates and i could throw them on a cd once a month
[16:46] <zmoylan-pi> then he rang his phone company once a month till they got annoyed and gave him broadband...
[16:50] <daftykins> knowingly supplying a mac, nasty! :)
[16:51] <zmoylan-pi> at the time they were the best option... i'd happily install windows if it were the best option and if that level of crazy ever happens i'll let you know... :-D
[16:51] <daftykins> :>
[16:52] <daftykins> just taken my four legged friend to a local cattery today, her new digs whilst the insurance work goes on
[16:53] <zmoylan-pi> and when she gets back a great threat for when she misbehaves in future... :-P
[16:53] <zmoylan-pi> do you want to go back to moggy prison? do you? :-)
[16:54] <daftykins> ;)
[16:54] <daftykins> getting to be about time to power everything off here, electrician comes tomorrow i think
[16:54] <zmoylan-pi> will you be able to visit her while she is there? or is that discouraged?
[16:55] <daftykins> sounds like you can if you call and arrange ahead of time
[16:55] <daftykins> assuming she doesn't cause any trouble in the showers and the warden permits it...
[16:56] <zmoylan-pi> had a mate who's cat escaped from cattery while he was on holiday.  she climbed a smooth 12foot wall and crawled out a tiny hole as best as they could work out
[16:56] <daftykins> dedication!
[16:56] <zmoylan-pi> found a few months later living on a farm, wiping out rats to a farmers delight...
[16:56] <daftykins> bet the farmer didn't want to let her go back!
[16:57] <zmoylan-pi> he was disappointed to let her go but wanted what was best for her
[16:57] <zmoylan-pi> she would line up rat bodies in front of the barn... he was impressed with her neatness...
[16:58] <daftykins> O_O
[17:00] <daftykins> time to go, catch y'soon \o
[17:01] <diddledan> what daftykins doesn't know is I've been planning to raid his home to steal all the things while he's away
[17:02] <daftykins> :O
[17:02] <diddledan> :-p
[17:02] <zmoylan-pi> take care o/
[17:02] <daftykins> i'm glad i've moved it all into the office locked by another key ;)
[17:02] <diddledan> lol
[17:02] <diddledan> that's cheating!
[17:02] <daftykins> ooh yes, gotta cheat when builders are about
[17:02]  * zmoylan-pi hands diddledan a copy i made of the key...
[17:02] <daftykins> drat!
[17:03] <zmoylan-pi> right time for a late walk...
[17:03] <diddledan> tis dinner time!
[18:02] <diddledan> popey: thankyou for your blog post on getting a unity-like layout for gnome - I have followed most of your suggestions, but found I preferred a larger icon size for the dock (I can't remember whether I made any other tweaks)
[20:14] <diddledan> my duck is somewhat aromatic.
[20:14] <diddledan> and crispy
[20:15] <diddledan> and v. tasty