| davef | Do I want a PS5? | 15:26 |
|---|---|---|
| zxmpi | can you get one without paying a scalper? | 15:27 |
| davef | Yes | 15:27 |
| zxmpi | then yes | 15:27 |
| zxmpi | otherwise no | 15:27 |
| davef | I'm wondering if I'll actually play any games on it | 15:27 |
| davef | Might as well anyway | 15:27 |
| zxmpi | there'll be at least 2-3 very very good games that will be worth it | 15:28 |
| zxmpi | if you like big screen games | 15:28 |
| zxmpi | ms seems to have screwed the pooch with halo on xbox reading the disappointed fans comments online. | 15:29 |
| davef | For games that run on xbox will be available on Windows, so no need for an xbox. | 15:30 |
| zxmpi | and then that raises a whole pile of problems where pc gamers whip the xbox weenies | 15:30 |
| davef | Plus I have access to rent games for free. | 15:30 |
| daftykins | not when they can't buy graphics cards they don't | 15:30 |
| zxmpi | not the graphic cards that help them win. usually it's the better keyboard and joystick option | 15:31 |
| davef | I still got my launch day 2080 .. I recently replaced the thermal pads and repasted it, good as new. | 15:31 |
| daftykins | i've been playing a touch of the new Halo on PC, if the market weren't a mess i'd probably like an upgrade | 15:32 |
| davef | and wooo! my one and only meeting of the day has been cancelled. | 15:33 |
| daftykins | \o/ | 15:34 |
| zxmpi | lack of interest or someone eventually realised it could be an email? :-P | 15:35 |
| daftykins | it can never be an email, people don't read them xD | 15:36 |
| davef | No, it devolved into a Teams chat | 15:40 |
| daftykins | nasty | 15:47 |
| davef | and it's been confirmed that we're patched for log4j.. providing no more CVEs come out | 15:49 |
| daftykins | guaranteed xD | 15:52 |
| zxmpi | european section in usa supermarket. not a jaffacake to be had. :-/ https://teddit.net/pics/w:null_8pn5wq61zs681.jpg | 16:03 |
| daftykins | nor hobnobs! | 16:07 |
| zxmpi | at least the jammie dodgers are on the top shelf out of the reach of kids | 16:08 |
| zxmpi | oh wow, jaffa cakes beside them upside down | 16:08 |
| zxmpi | jacobs version which i prefer as they are more common brand here | 16:09 |
| davef | so I'm passing on the PS5, the store wanted to bundle it in with a ton of stuff I don't want. Pushing the price up significantly. I can wait. | 16:49 |
| daftykins | ah yeah i heard one of the US chains is doing that | 16:49 |
| davef | This was gamestop | 16:49 |
| daftykins | that's the one :D | 16:49 |
| davef | Just let me buy the damn console, I don't want a bundle. | 16:50 |
| daftykins | they're trying desperately to pad their bottom line | 16:50 |
| davef | Of course | 16:50 |
| davef | Problem is, my friends have them now and I don't. So I'll be left behind for a short while. | 16:51 |
| daftykins | i ordered an nvidia shield TV pro from scan.co.uk today :D it'll be a great HTPC capable of playing HDR content on the TV with Kodi | 16:51 |
| daftykins | ah i see | 16:51 |
| daftykins | why don't you get it anyway and sell the bundle jazz? | 16:51 |
| davef | it's bundled with games and stuff nobody wants | 16:51 |
| daftykins | i always intended to do that with the xbox one x i picked up a couple of years back, but it didn't seem worth trying to sell the Forza Motorsport 4 key | 16:51 |
| daftykins | i was going to gift it to a pal but he's been too lazy to assemble his gaming PC o0 | 16:56 |
| davef | About to experience freedom in the first time for 10 days. Isolation is over! | 17:18 |
| zxmpi | run be free. in a mask, socially distanced and stay safe :-P | 17:18 |
| davef | I've just recovered for the 'rona, so the science says I'm safe for a few weeks. | 17:19 |
| davef | *from the | 17:19 |
| penguin42 | the rates in London are high enough that we'll soon get news stories when they find someone who doesn't have it | 18:27 |
| zxmpi | 2/3s of irelands cases today (5200) are believed to be omicron | 18:30 |
| penguin42 | there still doesn't seem to be any idea if it's adding to Delta or replacing it though or the hospital implications | 18:38 |
| davef | I'm starting to wonder if this is the one last hurrah before the end of the pandemic. | 18:43 |
| davef | It's ripping through through the population, eventually it'll run out of hosts to infect and die off. | 18:44 |
| davef | And tbh, after having it, it wasn't as bad as they said it was. I'm not in great physical condition either. | 18:45 |
| zxmpi | you had a vaccine? | 18:46 |
| davef | Yes | 18:46 |
| zxmpi | then it did it's job | 18:46 |
| zxmpi | gave your immune system a head start | 18:46 |
| davef | Exactly | 18:46 |
| daftykins | clearly the jaffa cakes helped | 18:47 |
| penguin42 | right; new shelving unit done: https://mastodon.org.uk/system/media_attachments/files/107/486/359/630/474/325/original/594753aef73fda5a.jpeg | 18:47 |
| zxmpi | meanwhile hospitals are running at 100% for last 21 months filled to capacity stopping normal medical treatments | 18:47 |
| davef | Indeed, the amazing healing power of the jaffa cake! | 18:47 |
| daftykins | davef: have you thought back over your UK trip and pondered where you might have been exposed? | 18:47 |
| davef | daftykins: I have, but I don't believe I was exposed anywhere. | 18:48 |
| penguin42 | daftykins: Anywhere in the UK? | 18:48 |
| davef | Everyone on-board the plane to Canada had to show proof of negative PCR test | 18:48 |
| davef | I then didn't see anyone for almost a week after a returning | 18:49 |
| daftykins | hrmm | 18:49 |
| davef | I then go to the studio for the day, and bam, two days later I'm sick. | 18:49 |
| daftykins | penguin42: ooh lots o' beige :D i like the trick machine that suggests not to press power or reset to reboot | 18:49 |
| penguin42 | :-) | 18:53 |
| penguin42 | that's a Mac that came out of a CS dept lab | 18:53 |
| daftykins | hrmm i encountered a challenge today, one of the batch of TVs a client bought has a DVB-S2 tuner, but doesn't have a license for freesat, meaning the channel list is a stack of over 700 channels - every one of the regional variants of e.g. BBC, ITV, Channel 4... plus encrypted stuff | 20:40 |
| daftykins | it doesn't appear to have an import/export feature so muggins here may have to pick through and rearrange the list manually | 20:41 |
| penguin42 | oh that's painful; you'd think there would be a way to do that for something like hotels | 21:18 |
| zxmpi | i think you ring the manufacturer, tell them you're ordering a 1000 and an intern has the most boring weekend ever :-P | 21:20 |
| daftykins | hehe | 22:08 |
| zxmpi | i've spent many an afternoon opening a box of network cards and configuring the whole box to option 0 irq 5 base 320h for novell 10 base t network | 22:49 |
| * penguin42 runs off with zxmpi's terminator | 22:55 | |
| daftykins | "I need your crimper, your 8P8Cs... and your cat6 reel" | 22:56 |
| zxmpi | hah, forgot to steal by bucket of jumpers | 22:57 |
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