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