[00:00] <zxmpi> happy new year 
[00:00] <davef> Happy New Year, folks.
[00:00] <penguin42> lets try for a better one
[00:00] <diddledani> wait, new year?! :-o
[00:00] <daftykins> HNY
[00:00] <zxmpi> well... 2020 mk 3
[00:01] <davef> It's officially March 669th 2020.
[00:01] <zxmpi> a blursday
[00:01] <zxmpi> i could never get the hand of blursday
[00:01] <zxmpi> *hang
[00:01] <daftykins> all i can think about is the work email i got sent today :<
[00:02]  * penguin42 has read his once over the holidays and nothing to worry about
[00:24] <diddledani> ... so it's still March 2020 🙄
[00:40] <davef> March 669th
[00:43] <daftykins> it just brought me more work, so i've nothing negative to say about it for the most part
[00:45] <penguin42> anything interesting?
[00:46] <daftykins> i think i shared that small finance biz that i single-handedly dragged kicking and screaming into this century, the one that was running in-house small biz server 2011, in-house MS Exchange
[00:47] <daftykins> the work i do for my pal in Exeter's biz is pretty fun, running XCP-ng
[00:48] <daftykins> i think i'm feeling support burnout though lately, pretty tired of being people's contact when they've got personal emergencies going on
[00:48] <penguin42> yeh that's hard
[00:49] <daftykins> a guy on my pool team says his biz uses some kind of service to handle the first line
[00:50] <penguin42> what a ticket system?
[00:50] <daftykins> possibly phone as well, not sure
[00:50] <penguin42> I think there are systems that will take messages and page a hunt group of people
[00:51] <daftykins> oh not like that but basically an MSP they subscribe to that must handle all the basic queries like password resets
[00:51] <davef> And that emergency alert, broke some cable TV .. https://twitter.com/Videotron/status/1477072552799440898
[00:51] <penguin42> oh ok
[00:51] <penguin42> davef: good test of it :-)
[00:52] <diddledani> htf does an emergency cellular alert kill the tv?!
[00:52] <davef> the emergency system is tied into the cable networks
[00:52] <penguin42> diddledani: I assume they have a sim in for doing auth/payment and no one ever dealt with an incoming alert message
[00:52] <daftykins> ooh videotron are the folks my aunt in Canada emails from an address of
[01:03] <davef> I'm technically on Videotron's cable network, but I use an IISP. I'd rather give money to the little guy.
[01:03] <daftykins> heh Louis the Apple repair guy is streaming drunk, i think he's telling more stories than he should
[01:06] <davef> so many people steaming tonight, hard to chose who to watch.
[01:06] <daftykins> hehe
[01:08] <davef> omg, I see what you mean. soap, water and dry. lol
[01:08] <daftykins> xD
[01:13] <daftykins> so that's why he doesn't touch coffee
[01:14] <daftykins> lol read tickets online
[01:18] <daftykins> davef: this is gold xD
[01:18] <davef> I have a 2017 surface LOL
[01:19] <daftykins> "wee-kee"
[01:22] <daftykins> we don't seem to be able to use youtube's paid features here else i might ask him if an article on his repair wiki about how to deal with cat urine laptops would make it a wee-ki
[05:06] <davef> fuck, here we go again.
[05:07] <davef> please excuse my poor choice of language. I was supposed to direct that to another channel. 
[05:07] <davef> happy new year
[07:56] <zxmpi> o/
[07:56] <zxmpi> we've now switched to cst https://covidstandardtime.com/
[13:57] <penguin42> daftykins: You say you got rid of an exchange user in the last year; https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/rt91z6/exchange_2019_antimalware_bad_update/
[14:01] <zxmpi> was following that on twitter. what a doozy :-)
[14:09] <penguin42> yeh; I can't quite figure out the 'long' argument, it still seems off by 10 or so, but hey it's a good one if it is
[16:28] <davef> greetings
[16:29] <zxmpi> how's canadian new year going?
[16:29] <davef> what's this new year people keep talking about? it's March 670th 2020
[16:30] <zxmpi> it's the old calander used by the old fogeys
[17:24] <davef> Huh, looks like while I was drunk last night, I ordered a Raspberry Pi
[17:25] <davef> But I'm perplexed as to why drunk me ordered the 4GB version and not the 8GB one.
[17:26] <zxmpi> 8gb might be on backorder?
[17:26] <davef> it's in stock 
[17:27] <zxmpi> drunk you wanted to save a penny?
[17:27] <davef> no idea
[17:28] <davef> it's cool, i was thinking about getting one for a project lol
[17:28] <zxmpi> maudlin drunk you thought of all those 4gb pi going unsold now that the 8gb is available? :-P
[17:31] <zxmpi> i was thinking of getting one and using it as a desktop
[17:33] <davef> i've been considering a home automation project, i found something called Home Assistant recently and been poking at it. so far it works with most of my devices.
[17:34] <davef> i was also thinking of getting one for OctoPi to drive the 3d printer
[17:34] <davef> but for that I might get the Pi 400(?) and use it as my bench computer/3d printer controller
[17:35] <zxmpi> i bought 2 of the rasp pi keyboards but one got broken. very sensitive to dust and you can't pop the keys to clean underneath
[17:36] <zxmpi> i /think/ they use the same scissors mechanism as the pi 400 jobbie for the keyboard
[19:44] <daftykins> penguin42: oh they weren't even that up to date :D
[20:00] <davef> hmm, i thinking i might get my ham license this year for a giggle.
[20:03] <davef> I used to use HAM in the UK, under the callsign G4LJS .. long john silver.. never did get my license back then.
[20:23] <penguin42> davef: I've been inactive for years, de G7FHJ
[20:23] <penguin42> davef: My dad is active though, and has a big tower in the back garden
[20:24] <daftykins> you'll have to dust some gear off and have a chat!
[20:24] <davef> let me get my license first
[21:50] <daftykins> well ok then!
[21:51] <daftykins> davef: did the Canadian TV provider(s) resolve the issue before midnight in the end? :D
[21:51] <davef> no idea. i don't subscribe to any cable TV service
[21:52] <daftykins> judging what i'm currently enduring my folks watching for a second night, it'd be an improved evening for most xD
[21:54] <davef> lol
[21:59] <daftykins> check it out, i'm helping save them from unhealthy snacks - doing honest work... also at the bottom you can see the mischievous panther-kittens (or one anyway) attacking the blinds https://imgur.com/a/GFJYwK3
[22:00] <zxmpi> we've sent men to the moon and we still can't invent a blind that a cat won't destroy
[22:01] <daftykins> the old man hoisted it up about a foot and a half to avoid this, but the cat promptly went for the guide lines at the sides instead
[22:01] <daftykins> nice and chewy they are
[22:02] <zxmpi> mind it took 20 years after the moon landings before someone added wheels to suitcases :-D
[22:03] <daftykins> i was impressed when a client had a kid riding a toy in an airport with his own gear in
[22:03] <zxmpi> yeah, there are even scooter versions for adults
[22:04] <zxmpi> https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HLB19WeiaNrvK1RjSszeq6yObFXaL/2-In-1-Suitcase-Scooter-3-Wheel-Electric-Suitcase-Scooter-Polyester-Luggage-Aluminum-Alloy-Frame-30L.jpg
[22:05] <daftykins> oh no *facepalm*
[22:05] <daftykins> soon they'll be able to fight to the death with the food delivery service people
[22:06] <zxmpi> well some airports are huge and if you are trying to make a connection anything that shaves time can help
[22:07] <zxmpi> i think electric scooters are here to stay but some sort of standard slower safer version will have to be settled on PLUS protocols as to where you can and cannot use them
[22:07] <daftykins> to be immediately disregarded xD
[22:07] <daftykins> always odd when you see some kids scraping them through supermarkets
[22:08] <zxmpi> probably a registration system and if it's not registered here's your massive fine
[22:09] <zxmpi> norway had a free for all ecooter for hire systems that was chaos that they stopped and are now slowly reintroducing with much stricter rules
[22:09] <daftykins> hrmm