[06:56] good morning everyone [07:49] o/ [08:02] heyhey [08:25] playin with ncspot today [08:25] listening to spotify from dah commandline [08:29] never got into command line audio for some reason. [08:56] i love it . Stream me some soma fm via curl and stuff [08:58] not sure if it's that i can and do use android or an fm radio with nice physical buttons instead [09:16] the audio quality on this old imac isnt great though [09:16] but hooking up speakers to my rasp pi 4 isnt going to be ideal either [09:35] * zxmpi grew up with am/fm radio and is satisfied with... less :-P [09:36] I hate radio these days [09:36] started listening to podcasts in 2005, never went back [09:41] half my podcasts are radio shows [14:29] Hi-de-Hi! [14:29] hi-de-ho [14:29] *bing* *bong* *dink* [14:30] Don't tell Miss Cathcart! [14:36] https://store.steampowered.com/app/1859290/Crypto_Miner_Tycoon_Simulator/ [14:40] that is just... wrong? :-P [14:44] * davef mumbles something about crypto and goes back to his basement [19:08] hey everyone [19:09] o/ [19:09] heyhey [19:09] been mucking about with an old laptop this evening [19:10] how old is old? [19:10] managed to revive an old panasonic toughbook [19:10] its a cf 53 with a windows 8 pro sticker [19:10] always liked the toughbooks but way way out of my price range [19:10] so .. i'm thinking about 7 years ? [19:10] yeah , they are pricey when new [19:11] what if they made a laptop that would survive what a nokia 3310 would survive :-) [19:11] yeap I'm pretty sure that i can smack somebody to death with this thing [19:11] (it has a handle) [19:12] the screen is not the highest resolution, but the keyboard is nice and responsive [19:12] and NOT reflective :) [19:12] that's so if you forget your riot shield you can use it instead [19:12] indeed [19:12] + it has a serial port :) [19:12] when you positively absolutely have to get data in AND out of a device [19:13] yeah , i'm probably gonna use it for when we do live stream productions on the road [19:13] i need to do site visits to check the bandwidth [19:14] so its perfect for that [19:14] don't have to treat it like a normal fragile laptop [19:15] yep , kinda what it around a little and stuff [19:15] I'm pretty carefull with my other devices :) [19:17] i have used nokia phones as a hammer :-) [19:17] hahah :) indeed [19:17] I've been running budgie linux on it. [19:18] turning out to be my favorite mate alternative [19:18] never heard of it, looks interesting though [19:19] I'm not a big gnome fan, and i've always been looking for something simpler yet elegant [19:20] i started a long time ago with xubuntu and have stuck with it mostly since then. would take a lot to move me to something else but it will happen someday [19:21] xubuntu is pretty nice too. [19:21] chosen because it's 'lite' [19:21] i"ve never gotten around to KDE , just too 'much' for my taste i guess [19:21] i usually have bottem end of the spec list hardware [19:22] tried kde back in red hat 5.2 days. was nice, didn't go back [19:22] I"ve installed it on a old imac too [19:23] my sister in law wanted to throw it out. This way it still gets a second lease on life [19:30] but the speakers are not that good under the linux drivers [19:30] too bad actually since a mac has awesome sounding hardware [19:32] in 80s and 90s i used to spend so much times getting sound working on pcs for games. now i care very little. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't and i blame crappy web pages blasing audio and video [19:51] yeah [19:52] i've hardly played games the last couple of years. Recently reinstalled Duke nukem and return to castle wolfenstein [19:52] i don't have speakers attached to my desktop pc anymore. just a cheap eurostore headset. and a bt speaker near by if i want to listen to a podcast on them. otherwise no sound [19:52] I played the new wolfenstein but these days games are just "too much" [19:52] Same here. Jabra bluetooth headset and thats it [19:53] its been YEARS since I hooked up pc speakers [19:53] i split my gaming between android shattered pixel dungeon and dumb nokia sodoku and boggle [19:54] nokia soduku ? on what machine ? [19:54] on my nokia 3310 (2017 version) [19:54] awesome [19:55] just found a whole box of old blackberries at work [19:55] damn i miss those things [19:55] good for a 2-3 minute game and also helps me to spot when my brain isn't working right and it takes twice as long to finish simple puzzle [19:55] I medidate in the morning (i try to [19:56] that helps me focus these days [19:56] work at one of the clients can be a liiiitle stressfull [19:56] unihertz pocket titan if you want qwerty android https://www.unihertz.com/products/titan-pocket [19:56] yeah i read about them [19:56] but they are pretty pricey [19:57] mid range phones 300 shekels last i looked [19:57] hmmm. doable [19:58] sometimes i didnt even carry a phone in the weekend [19:58] but now we need to show our covid pass app on our phone when we want to grab a bite to eat [19:58] well... when i'm carrying my nokia 3310 technically it's a hammer :-P [20:00] it could carry the covid pass as a pdf but might not work displaying qr code on screen so small [20:01] but it has games, ereader, a notepad, mini spreadsheet, fm radio, mp3 player and holds appointments and alarms well enough [20:01] true. mostly all you need [20:01] and a battery life of days on a 5 year old phone that has seen a lot of usage [20:01] i've ditched social media apps from my phone months ago [20:02] and no wifi so you're not tempted to just browse the web for ages. [20:02] also have google maps and street view working on it. or did a few years back. [20:02] even if phone has no gps so you have to tell it where it is [20:03] yeah , i've been watching out for those endless scrolling traps that eat up your time [20:04] very basic, very cheap, highly recommend [20:05] i'm working on a little project where I try to use command line apps and make some flashcards with the right keybindings [20:05] index cards are super handy for that [20:06] that way i'll try to commit some of those commands in memory