[12:06] <diddledan> allo allo
[12:21] <brobostigon> afternoon boys and girls.
[12:24] <TwistedLucidity> Time appropriate salutations
[12:46] <brobostigon> :)
[12:48] <diddledan> do people still buy sound cards? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcAicGVHNUU
[12:49] <diddledan> the video is "Is the SoundBlasterX AE-5 Creative's best Sound Blaster?"
[17:37] <m0nkey_> diddledan: I need your regex skillz
[17:38] <diddledan> REGEX MAN!
[17:38]  * diddledan flies-in
[17:38] <m0nkey_> I need to identify a SNMP OID
[17:38] <m0nkey_> Should be an easy one
[17:38] <m0nkey_> .1.3.6.1.2.1.1.5
[17:38] <m0nkey_> That's what an OID looks like
[17:38] <daftykins> o0
[17:38] <m0nkey_> but it can be any length of numbers
[17:38] <m0nkey_> always seperated by a period
[17:39] <m0nkey_> So far, I have this and it appears to work, but perl doesn't match it
[17:39] <m0nkey_> ^\.[1-9+].+\d
[17:39] <diddledan> try \d+(\.\d+){7}
[17:39] <m0nkey_> that's limiting to 7
[17:40] <m0nkey_> an OID can span many more
[17:40] <diddledan> oh
[17:40] <diddledan> is there a minimum?
[17:40] <m0nkey_> .1.3.6.1.2.1 is the minimum
[17:40] <m0nkey_> but
[17:40] <diddledan> what about maximum?
[17:40] <m0nkey_> let me check the snmp spec
[17:41] <diddledan> and does it always start with a dot or is there a number before the first dot or is it optional to have a number first?
[17:41] <m0nkey_> up to 128 fields
[17:41] <m0nkey_> and yes, always starts with a .
[17:42] <diddledan> try (\.\d+){,128}
[17:42] <diddledan> might want {1,128} depending on implementation
[17:43] <m0nkey_> ok
[17:43] <diddledan> the curlies are {repeat-minimum,repeat-maximum}
[17:44] <diddledan> so we're matching . and then any number of decimal numbers all wrapped in a repear at most 128 times
[17:44] <m0nkey_> slightly modified it
[17:44] <m0nkey_> ^(\.\d+){1,128}$
[17:44] <m0nkey_> that way if anything else is there, it doesn't match
[17:45] <m0nkey_> so you can't do .1.2.3.a.b.c.4.5.6
[17:45] <diddledan> nice :-)
[17:46] <m0nkey_> that works nicely
[17:46] <diddledan> \o/
[17:46] <m0nkey_> so it ignores alphas, only picks up numerical and period
[17:46] <m0nkey_> thanks diddledan
[19:26] <NET||abuse> boy oh boy, i'm trying to research the intel release schedule and decide on when i should schedule a laptop purchase,
[19:27] <daftykins> stuff should be getting 8th gen chips right now
[19:27] <NET||abuse> i'm on a near 2 year old xps 15 9550, skylake, and i'm wondering what the relative advantage of the next xps 15 chip update vs just going with the current 9560 will be.
[19:27] <daftykins> with such a new system you'd have to be wealthy or a fool to upgrade
[19:27] <NET||abuse> daftykins: yeh, so that is the coffee lake as far as I understand,
[19:28] <daftykins> yip
[19:28] <daftykins> i have the xps 13 9350 skylake model
[19:29] <NET||abuse> well, this is my main contracting laptop, and hoestly i'm beginning to worry about it's stability, probably had about 500 working days solid usage since i got it
[19:29] <daftykins> and what's unstable?
[19:29] <daftykins> always good to have a secondary machine if you depend on it heavily, mmm
[19:29] <NET||abuse> just finding it's hard powered off on a number occassions, if i use the gpu at all, after a short while it will completely overheat and hard power off.
[19:30] <daftykins> ooh-err, sure it's heat related? o0
[19:31] <NET||abuse> i'm not a serious gamer, but i'm finding the occasion to play a game has become really hard due to the limited performance of the nvidia 950m that is in it and perhaps it's lackof heat management int he frame
[19:31] <daftykins> i'd be more willing to bet you've sucked in some muck and blocked it up
[19:31] <daftykins> the latest gen are bound to have nvidia 10 series chips now though which will be a massive difference
[19:31] <NET||abuse> hmm, well perhaps that's part of it, but i've also read a large number of reports on line of the 9550 just flaking out due to gpu heat
[19:32] <daftykins> if you work with these machines though, i'm a tad surprised you would mix business with pleasure - i'd keep gaming to a separate machine i don't depend on
[19:32] <daftykins> i think they come apart pretty easily to re-do thermal paste (TIM) and clean out the vents
[19:32] <NET||abuse> yeh, well maybe that's just my lazyness and slight dependence on a good machine for work meaning i can't afford a second good machine that can power games ;)
[19:33] <NET||abuse> but yes, i'll definatley do a maintenance job this weekend,
[19:33] <NET||abuse> i've a new contract starting on Tuesday, so might be a good opportunity to service the beaty
[19:33] <NET||abuse> beasty
[19:33] <daftykins> backup first :D
[19:34] <NET||abuse> ;) already syncthing'd everything to my nas
[19:34] <daftykins> interesting, the XPS 15 hasn't been updated on the Dell UK site yet - so those must be taking longer as usual - though the nvidia 10 series chips are in
[19:34] <daftykins> http://www.dell.com/en-uk/shop/laptop-and-2-in-1-pcs/xps-15/spd/xps-15-9560-laptop
[19:35] <NET||abuse> anyway, i'm pretty sure i'd like a new laptop for the sake of rolling forward spec /chipset wise and to retire this one to the backup work machine role
[19:35] <daftykins> mmm 9 to 10 series nvidia changes are meant to be in the order of 2x performance for the same power
[19:35] <NET||abuse> woah, really, 9560 has 10xx nvidia's?
[19:35]  * NET||abuse looks at the link
[19:36] <NET||abuse> obviously i'm also a linux only user on these machines.
[19:36] <daftykins> yeah
[19:37] <NET||abuse> so i'm in a place where i really trust the linux support on the xps range, mixed with the sheer quality of the machines ... other than my current complaints :) rather than looking elsewhere so much
[19:37] <NET||abuse> i couldn't live with fat bezels again ... hurk...
[19:37] <daftykins> :D i hear that
[19:37] <daftykins> i liked avoiding hybrid graphics tech this time though, sticking to intel only with the 13
[19:37] <NET||abuse> oh,, hah, Up to £115.00 back
[19:38] <daftykins> i often buy from the Dell Outlet since you can get great deals on there if you keep checking back
[19:38] <NET||abuse> yeh, but you really can't run anything decent from the steam catalogue on that
[19:38] <daftykins> i don't expect to use laptops for gaming
[19:39] <NET||abuse> yeh, fair enough, i would consider just going with the new 13 and it's 8th gen setup if i could get the crazy 32GB ram allotment :) i run very large test suits/vms' for work
[19:40] <daftykins> wow still limted to 8GB, that was the only point where i felt i was going against my preferences with buying this model
[19:41] <daftykins> oh no i wasn't on the top end of configurations, 16GB with ubuntu there
[19:41] <NET||abuse> yeh, there's those, just looking at the 11 variants,, hehe, that's a few isn't it
[19:42] <daftykins> good to see you don't have to go off to the hidden page of the developer edition model anymore to find the ubuntu ones