[00:51] * zmoylan-pi rebuilds second wonkiest pc to replace main pc which barfed when i tried to remove 4gb of old kernels... [00:51] it barfed during kernel removal? [00:52] yup... took 10 hours and then got stuck in a loop trying and failing to remove some [00:53] zmoylan-pi: Oh, I've seen some of that - although not the barf [00:53] zmoylan-pi: Everytime dpkg removes a kernel it triggers the trigger that updates grub to regenerate the list of kernels [00:53] zmoylan-pi: Now, because you have zillions of kernels installed that takes ages [00:54] after a fsck it booted again but i'm pulling data off it to wipe and go with latest xubuntu [01:26] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NhVHMEbodI [01:26] http://en.blitzortung.org/live_lightning_maps.php?map=12 [01:26] just wow at the lightning over the Channel right now [01:29] we're due it tomorrow [01:32] lightning? in england? (ish) [01:33] that's rare lol [01:33] i did see heavy rain predicted for Sunday, so since i've only just kicked off my roof water leak insurance claim now i'll have to pop home and catch it dripping :P [01:34] acemastr: We do get it a few times a year [01:39] bonus points it'll rain fish so you arrive home to an indoor aquariam [01:41] there was another occurence of that happening in the news the other day [01:42] i think that was what made it spring to mind... i haven't seen a report in donkeys age [01:42] though there was that shark found inland last year i think [01:44] zmoylan-pi: had all those kernel packages made you hit an inode limit? :D [01:44] we just get aligators crossing the road [01:44] some guy ran over one on his motorcycle last week [01:45] we have an infestation of foxes... :-) https://twitter.com/angryearthling/status/866280440570814466/photo/1 [01:52] they are cute though :-) [08:43] morning boys and girls. [16:19] ripping out lath and plaster - things i hope to never do again [16:53] daftykins: Hot, sticky, bitty etc? [17:02] indeed! [17:02] black stuff coming out of the nose due to the dust, oy [17:26] Yikes [17:41] i think when you hit the asbestos it's all done... :-P [17:42] my Dad thinks i've been lucky not to find any XD [17:43] it was used _everywhere_ in the 60s... [17:43] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM7RHrwBQIo [17:44] that's my progress vid [17:51] you should be wearing a breathing mask to catch the particles though... cheap at any diy place... [17:51] yeah, no time for that though [17:52] all done and we move on :> [17:53] sez the diy enthusiast coughing up a lung... [17:55] oh i'm not that at all, i just know how much in the hole i am with the contractor already! [17:56] that's why they always charge an arm and a leg, they know how bad the internal organs will be... :-P [17:56] they're making the apprentice do it at £22/hr [17:57] how much do you charge per hour of i.t. work? [17:57] originally i was just going to have thermalboard thrown on top of what was there, but i said nah tear it down - and uncovered the roof leak [17:57] depends how awkward they are ;D [17:57] well naturally, but how much for custards? [17:59] £40/hr has been a long standing rate for old clients, up it for new work though [20:58] ooops theresa may was dragged into the british airways offshoring i.t. row last year... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/24/ba_job_offshoring_gmb_union_hand_delivered_letters/ [21:02] * penguin42 would like to know what actually went wrong before blaming them for offshoring it [21:03] but saying 'the root cause was a power supply issue' - people do have this thing where they get reliant on one data centre; you should always assume data centres will fail [21:07] I'm wondering if it's related to the capita datacentre failure [21:07] an entire DC went offline earlier in the week [21:08] British Airways didn't seem to do well today, claiming a PSU took down worldwide operations!? [21:08] daftykins: I think it's more claiming they lost power as opposed to a PSU [21:08] well it was like the storm problem in new york were they had the diesel generators for backup on a high story and had to hand cart the diesel fuel for a few days up umpteen flights of stairs... you only find the problems with your system when it really goes wrong [21:10] who knew the elevators would stop when the power went?! [21:10] could be, i kinda skipped past the heading just now reading some news [21:48] zmoylan-pi: Yeh or the Japanese Nuclear site at Fukushima where the new electric gates wouldn't allow them to get to the fire engines [21:51] it's really complicated... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7WHM2rchJ0 [22:05] damn that's neat [22:06] in our rush to replace things with new and shiny we abandon old working practical tech [22:13] but you wouldn't want it were kids might try and play on it... but i reckon that's frowned upon at a nuclear plant anyway... :-P [23:02] Hello. I wonder if anyone can assist. When I connect to my VPN using the network manager, the DNS lookups no longer work. /etc/resolv.conf specifies 127.0.1.1 as nameserver which is dnsmasq service. However, I need to manually add a nameserver of 192.168.1.1 which is my router before my VPN traffic will flow. [23:09] might as well use google's [23:10] not entirely sure what the question is though lol