| brobostigon | morning boys and girls. | 08:30 |
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| davmor2_ | Morning all something to make you groan https://www.buzzfeed.com/stephenlaconte/jokes-that-will-make-you-say-i-hate-myself-for-laughing?bffbmain&ref=bffbmain&utm_term=.jbLZvG77l#.udYMzVXXl | 08:55 |
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| marshmn | what is it with USB (wired) network dongles? they just seem to stop working after a period of time | 18:01 |
| marshmn | I've gone through about 3 in the last year | 18:01 |
| marshmn | anyone have a recommended brand? | 18:01 |
| zmoylan-pi | is it perhaps something you are doing to them, tugging the cable, putting pressure on the usb connection like the weight of the cable? | 18:03 |
| marshmn | I thought that - but one of them has been sat in a cupboard where it's connected and doesn't move at all | 18:03 |
| marshmn | it might be the case with one of them that gets carried in my bag | 18:04 |
| zmoylan-pi | that would eliminate those ideas, unless it's an outlier and failed for some other random reason... | 18:04 |
| marshmn | the cables on them don't feel especially flexible, so that sort of thing is always a worry | 18:04 |
| marshmn | but I've not really found any that feel better quality than others TBH | 18:05 |
| zmoylan-pi | just that if i have 1 item fail, it's me, 2 and it's suspicious and 3.... something wacky is happening | 18:05 |
| marshmn | yeah | 18:05 |
| daftykins | tried startech? | 18:05 |
| marshmn | daftykins: yeah, the first one that broke was one of those :( | 18:06 |
| marshmn | the one that seems to still be working the longest after I've bought it is a U-Green one | 18:07 |
| marshmn | maybe I'll get another of those | 18:07 |
| marshmn | just wondered what other people's experiences are | 18:07 |
| zmoylan-pi | maybe try some strain relief seperate from the gizmo to hold the cables weight and keep it steady? | 18:07 |
| daftykins | open one up to see if something simple is happening like the connector detaching? | 18:07 |
| marshmn | yeah, both ideas worth trying | 18:08 |
| marshmn | wonder how easy they are to get apart :) | 18:08 |
| zmoylan-pi | you have 3 to experiment on... :-P | 18:08 |
| marshmn | indeed :) | 18:09 |
| * zmoylan-pi passes the 1kg lump hammer for delicate work... | 18:10 | |
| marshmn | oh I see the problem with it - it's been smashed by a lump hammer | 18:11 |
| daftykins | my my | 18:13 |
| zmoylan-pi | i played with a new nokia 2017 today. it does run other apps... has a link to opera shop for nokia 3310 apps. | 18:14 |
| zmoylan-pi | https://twitter.com/angryearthling/status/904770204277903360 | 18:17 |
| daftykins | :) | 18:26 |
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| zmoylan-pi | my dentist bought one for his daughter who's heading stateside and needs a backup phone in case of emergencies like fending off bears, muggers or terminators... :-P | 18:33 |
| daftykins | my my, but who for a telco? | 18:35 |
| marshmn | bears usually want the 7110 | 18:35 |
| diddledan | lxd is silly: Starting snapcraft-balmily-uniniquitous-gaylord | 18:41 |
| diddledan | yey for random names | 18:41 |
| daftykins | ooh-err | 18:42 |
| diddledan | I'd say that was a spell well-cast: https://twitter.com/picturecats/status/904848811020996610 | 23:30 |
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