[07:37]  * daftykins yawns
[07:38] <daftykins> this... this is a morning from the conventional side, eh
[07:43] <zxm-pi> morning people will try and tell you how wonderful it is. 
[07:44] <daftykins> different breed, those
[07:45] <daftykins> glad to hear my pal's spare little AMD CPU made it to penguin HQ yesterday intact \o/ that means he can get diagnosing his machine on Friday
[07:45] <zxm-pi> nice
[08:01] <daftykins> i wonder if it will turn out to be CPU death
[08:02] <daftykins> good morn bigcalm \o
[08:05] <bigcalm> Hey ho
[08:41] <bigcalm> So Virgin Media didn't get any better from last night. Still using 4G today
[08:48] <zxm-pi> amazing how comapnies can sell a wonky service and get away with it
[09:13]  * bigcalm_ shakes fist
[09:13] <bigcalm_> VM are great when they work. They just have occasional upsets
[09:14] <bigcalm_> As I've worked from home for the last 13 years, and need to have a 'net connection all the time, I have a router with 4G fail over.
[09:15] <bigcalm_> So I stay online, but get to grumble about it
[09:15] <bigcalm_> Oh, new kernel - time to reboot
[09:41] <bigcalm> Is there a way to have hexchat auto regain a nick after reconnecting?
[09:49] <bigcalm> Alternative would be to have irssi running on my home server, have it use the keepnick.pl script, and use it as a proxy for hexchat
[11:10] <daftykins> some pals have moved to trying out "thelounge" for a self hosted IRC that you can still use a GUI client to connect into, but also has a web frontend for when you're on other devices as i understand it
[11:13] <zxm-pi> u wot? you don't use a java app on your dumb phone to connect to irc?! :-)
[11:13] <daftykins> xD
[11:14] <daftykins> oi put the nokia away, it's barely afternoon!
[11:18] <zxm-pi> nokia battery laughs at your measurments of time less than weeks
 noooo, my one weakness!
[11:20] <zxm-pi> nokia chuckles and leaps off a tall building and plummets to the ground destroying pavement
[11:25] <daftykins> :D
[11:26] <zxm-pi> of course being an elderly 9 year old nokia the back pops off and the battery falls out but is fine once it's put back in and turned on
[11:36] <daftykins> well worth the price of admission! it just wants to worry you, so you'll value its' life
[11:57] <zxm-pi> this was a phone sold to me with a 30 day warranty from a grey importer. like it could be damaged :-P
[11:57] <zxm-pi> no wait, 90 days
[12:16]  * bigcalm_ shakes fist at Three
[12:16] <bigcalm_> Connections don't last long, do they?
[12:18] <bigcalm_> VM's fix estimate is for 3pm
[12:18]  * bigcalm_ keeps fingers crossed
[12:18] <zxm-pi> fingers crossed 
[12:18] <bigcalm_> Which will make eating lunch somewhat tricky
[12:19] <daftykins> surely you're not using Lunch over IP? ;)
[12:19] <daftykins> Lunch as a Service
[12:20] <bigcalm_> Has anybody's NHS dentist started doing appointments again? Mine haven't, which is annoying me somewhat
[12:20] <zxm-pi> cooking the pigeons meant for rfc2549 ip over avian
[12:21] <zxm-pi> i know my dentist mate here in ireland never closed, just doing emergency work though for last year. probably opening up again soon by irish rules
[12:23] <diddledan> I'm a teapot
[12:23] <daftykins> i had heard rumours
[12:23] <daftykins> ;D
[12:23] <daftykins> diddledan: happy hump day!
[12:23]  * diddledan humps
[12:24]  * diddledan been fixing packages.u.c: Parse Ubuntu Ports more completely
[12:24] <diddledan> err https://salsa.debian.org/webmaster-team/packages/-/merge_requests/19
[12:24] <lubotu> Merge 19 in webmaster-team/packages "Parse Ubuntu Ports more completely" [Opened]
[12:24] <diddledan> bad copy-pasta, bad!
[12:25] <daftykins> * copy-pasta twists into fusilli and runs away
[12:30] <diddledan> spot the difference:
[12:30] <diddledan> packages.u.c: https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/Ev53PK1c/image.png
[12:30] <diddledan> my copy: https://usercontent.irccloud-cdn.com/file/NWjjArkl/image.png
[12:32] <daftykins> ooh you're taking java and infecting more archs with it D:
[12:32] <diddledan> :-p
[12:32] <daftykins> can't tell if i should congratulate or condemn!
[12:32] <daftykins> ;D
[12:33] <diddledan> the non-x86 arches weren't indexed properly
[12:34] <daftykins> so they're on there but unusable?
[12:34] <diddledan> nah, the packages were usable, but packages.u.c didn't show them
[12:35] <daftykins> ah i see
[12:35] <diddledan> openjdk is just the one that prompted me to fix it
[12:35] <diddledan> .. 'cos it confused someone asking for help
[12:39] <daftykins> ooh
[13:06] <diddledan> Netflix is totally jumping the shark at this point: https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1407669844594642948
[13:08] <zxm-pi> the joke is the prosthetics make them look more human :-)
[13:09] <daftykins> you're not wrong there
[13:10] <zxm-pi> didn't just hit every branch falling out of the ugly tree but climbed back up a few times to go again :-P
[13:11] <diddledan> "weeee"
[13:11] <diddledan> or rather "wee-ow. wee-ow"
[13:13] <diddledan> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57583363
[13:15] <daftykins> it's the wrong sea, gromit!
[13:18] <zxm-pi> launch wensleydale interceptor!
[13:24] <daftykins> :D
[13:31] <daftykins> wow Sonic is 30 today
[13:44] <bigcalm__> 15 minutes until the 3pm fix estimate gets here
[13:45]  * bigcalm__ drums fingers
[13:47] <daftykins> heh VM are the worst
[13:47] <zxm-pi> is that 3pm allowing for tea breaks? :-P
[13:47] <daftykins> client just had a potential buyer enquire about his Spain apartment, the lady asked what the internet connection speed was like due to her 'super important Zoom calls'
[13:48] <daftykins> i replied to the estate agent and said it's symmetric fiber up to gigabit, not gonna have much trouble!
[13:48] <zxm-pi> the listing with pics of all the rooms didn't have a jpg of speedtest.com showing internet connection? :-P
[13:48] <bigcalm__> Fibre would be nice :)
[13:48] <daftykins> hehe
[13:49] <zxm-pi> assuming when the occupant sells up and new person moves can get the fibre if it hasn't been reallocated in the local cabinet
[13:49] <daftykins> well amusingly his setup has been down for months and the remote hands lad we know down there never replied with results when i asked him to pop in
[13:49] <bigcalm__> s/Fibre/Fiber
[13:50] <daftykins> i've notice both used so much i can't commit to one or the other
[13:50] <daftykins> *noticed
[13:50] <zxm-pi> bran muffins for everyone \o/
[13:50] <daftykins> well, i always write fiber but others seem to mix it up
[13:50] <bigcalm__> Google has me confused as to the correct spelling
[13:50]  * bigcalm__ hands out prunes
[13:51] <zxm-pi> prune juice. a drink for warrirs. - because he's worf it
[13:53] <daftykins> :D
[14:44] <bigcalm_> Is this getting boring for anybody else, or just me?
[14:45] <Myrtti> hm?
[14:48] <bigcalm_> My connection dropping every hour because I'm stuck on Three 4G for the time being
[14:48] <bigcalm_> VM have updated their fix estimate from 3pm to 11.40pm
[14:50] <Myrtti> oh, that
[14:51] <bigcalm_> The hourly drop reminds me of dial-up days
[14:51] <bigcalm_> Where local phone calls were free for up to 1 hour
[14:51] <daftykins> don't mind - not your fault :)
[14:51] <bigcalm_> So your ISP would drop you after 59 minutes
[14:51] <bigcalm_> Fair do. Sorry for the quit/join spam
[14:52] <daftykins> a pal in Lebanon imitates a lady of the nights drawers - now that gets on the nerves :D
[14:52] <bigcalm_> Interesting comparison
[14:54] <daftykins> i toned down the phrasing slightly from the common one xD
[15:17] <bigcalm> Yesterday I saw mince pies on sale in Aldi. What's that all about?
[15:18] <rbasak> "Due to Covid"
[15:18] <bigcalm> That's the answer to everything
[15:22] <daftykins> lol
[15:23] <daftykins> ooh nice, (ex-MS employee) Dave Plummer's Oxford talk is up \o/ https://youtu.be/KclSIRRuBIE mostly recap but seems good so far
[15:58] <bigcalm> VM being down for the day reminds me of how pants 4G is here (not the worst, just pants for the job I do). Now considering putting a directional 4G antenna on my roof
[15:59] <daftykins> :( what does your spot look like on ofcom's coverage maps?
[16:00] <daftykins> i used those recently to check a client's home options
[16:06] <Myrtti> I HATE ALLERGIES SO MUCH
[16:11] <bigcalm> If I could get up to my TV antenna, I could see if I have enough elevation to the local EE cell tower. I just don't have 1. a head for heights, 2. a long enough ladder
[16:14] <rbasak> Stick a webcam on a stick.
[16:27] <bigcalm> Well, I can get onto my garage's flat roof. So that might be possible - if I can find a long enough stick
[16:28] <bigcalm> It's just the thought of going from the garage roof to the house roof that causes a puddle under my chair
[17:20] <bigcalm> I worked out how to get HexChat to auto-regain my nick
[18:09] <popey> That's good news, right?
[18:10] <daftykins> yup
[18:11] <daftykins> popey: what's new, all well?
[18:11] <popey> Hullo! Yes, all is well.
[18:11] <popey> How's the islands?
[18:12] <daftykins> pretty good ta :D wee bit sunnier today than the last few
[18:12] <daftykins> also i'm working on a pizza, so \o/
[18:13] <popey> Perfect
[18:15] <bigcalm> I like that I auto-regain my nick, but I wouldn't say that it's perfect ;)
[18:36] <daftykins> now you just need to find Hexchat's feature to light a fire under Virgin Media employees :)