// #eevblog — 2019-12-23
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01:17:37 <rust_collector> heh, yeah. they were part of the cost savings program, I think
01:20:45 <rust_collector> ok, so that was one rusted out parking brake motor, in a plastic case, disabled
01:26:49 <rust_collector> I think I have had 2 vectras, and none of them made it out on the road.
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06:23:10 <rust_collector> merry sunday! or next week, for you other people
07:07:11 <Halcyon> Morning all
07:07:33 <steve30> hi Halcyon
07:07:47 <Halcyon> Hey Steve
07:07:47 <Halcyon> :)
07:08:23 <steve30> Halcyon, I bought a Draytek 2926n off ebay
07:08:38 <Halcyon> Ah nice :)
07:09:51 <Halcyon> I'm staying home today, I'm not feeling well. Didn't sleep well either :(
07:10:02 <Halcyon> I've been up since about 0300 this morning
07:10:12 <steve30> aww
07:10:15 * steve30 pets Halcyon
07:10:37 <steve30> I had to get up this morning as I went to have dinner with family. I was rather nice and cosy in bed :)
07:15:51 <Halcyon> :)
07:15:54 <Halcyon> It's cold here today
07:16:01 <Halcyon> I would rather be in bed, but I can't sleep
07:20:10 <steve30> I'm looking forward to bed time
07:23:58 * steve30 curls up on Halcyon's lap and purrs
07:25:23 <Halcyon> :)
07:25:32 <Halcyon> There was a dead bird in my front lawn yesterday :(
07:25:35 <Halcyon> I was a pretty one too
07:25:48 <Halcyon> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosella
07:25:50 <Halcyon> One of those
07:32:10 <steve30> aww
07:32:19 <Halcyon> And no, you can't eat it
07:32:24 <steve30> they look nicely coloured
07:32:43 <steve30> On that subject, how's Jerry?
07:32:44 <Halcyon> Yeh they are nice. We are so lucky where we are, plenty of really colourful birds.
07:32:56 <Halcyon> Jerry is good, he was chirping at me just before, I think he wants out.
07:34:33 <steve30> I think my uncle's dogs fancied having me for dinner earlier
07:34:53 <Halcyon> Awww I love dogs. What kind does he have?
07:35:08 <steve30> Ones that woof loudly.
07:35:12 <Halcyon> Hah
07:35:26 * steve30 doesn't know anything about dogs
07:36:25 <steve30> I'm going to go to bed and see if I can sleep. I have a bit of a headache.
07:36:33 <Halcyon> Alright
07:58:55 <T3sl4> mornin
08:33:05 <AndrevS> hi
08:33:15 <Halcyon> *waves*
08:34:32 <T3sl4> o/
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09:28:33 <orbii> mmm the roads sure were dead on the way itno work today.
09:28:44 <orbii> carpark was still mostly full tho
09:33:50 * T3sl4 waves a miniature flag at orbii
09:36:21 <AndrevS> I'm off to bed, bye bye
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09:40:50 <orbii> hi T3sl4
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10:27:45 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: EEVblog #1273 – EMC Near Field vs Far Field Explained https://t.co/zuAaVlQj67
10:30:57 * Ampera sneezes on Halcyon
11:13:47 * ThunderSqueak hands Halcyon a wet wipe and a paper towel.
11:13:51 <ThunderSqueak> hi Ampera
11:14:00 <Ampera> hi ThunderSqueak
11:14:02 <Ampera> how are you
11:14:16 <ThunderSqueak> good, mild soreness when eating, but good
11:14:24 <Ampera> My infernal machine is broken.
11:14:35 <ThunderSqueak> was considering taking a nap... it is like -14C outside
11:14:58 <ThunderSqueak> infernal machine? which one is that?
11:15:00 <Ampera> It's 26F out
11:15:21 <ThunderSqueak> we are supposed to hit -8F
11:15:22 <Ampera> The infernal machine.
11:15:47 <Ampera> Muh furnace ain't furnacing.
11:16:02 <ThunderSqueak> that sucks
11:16:46 <ThunderSqueak> I was considering going to the craft store, but tbh... I am so tired right now I almost cannot be bothered too XD
11:16:57 <Ampera> I tried to fix it by replacing the ignition coil
11:17:04 <Ampera> but it's not doing the fire thingy
11:18:14 <Ampera> I might have to turn my nvidia/AMD space heater
11:18:23 <ThunderSqueak> heh
11:18:30 <ThunderSqueak> no small emergency space heater
11:18:31 <Ampera> dual 7800GTX with an Athlon 64 X2
11:18:34 <ThunderSqueak> ?
11:18:39 <Ampera> GTX 512s*
11:21:57 * orbii wrinkles nose
11:22:16 * Ampera wrinkles orbii's neck
11:27:26 <orbii> ur face is
11:46:15 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: Lab aircon fixed. Turns out it wasn't a water pipe blockage, a fan capacitor (not motor start cap) had failed and the condensation built up in the drip tray until it overflowed.
11:52:51 <Halcyon> Hey Ampera, ThunderSqueak
11:52:58 <Halcyon> I went back to bed after I got up this morning
11:53:20 <ThunderSqueak> ah
12:00:24 <orbii> Halcyon: i went to work after i got up this morning
12:00:41 <Halcyon> I was supposed to, but I wasn't feeling well
12:00:55 <orbii> fair enough
12:00:59 <orbii> i kinda wish i'd taken friday off
12:01:21 <Halcyon> Friday is my RLD :D
12:01:28 <Halcyon> I'm not back until next Monday
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12:04:24 <orbii> lucky
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12:07:17 <orbii> a 5 day weekend would have been nice.
12:07:21 <orbii> i havent had a break in a really long time
12:07:37 <orbii> and soon i get to move house .. which again, wont be a break
12:07:54 <steve30> o/
12:07:56 <Halcyon> Oh joy
12:09:17 <orbii> hopefully our rental application we put in on friday is approved
12:09:33 <orbii> another 2-3 years and we can buy another place and not have to worry about renting again
12:10:44 <Halcyon> It's a good feeling
12:10:50 <orbii> ugh, all the shit i'll need to have updated with a new address >:|
12:11:09 <orbii> well, i still own a place, but i'm not selling it when renting it out pays the mortgage
12:11:18 <Halcyon> *nod*
12:11:26 <Halcyon> But yeh I know what you mean changing everything
12:13:09 <Halcyon> That reminds me, I need to check my super strategy
12:13:41 <orbii> i was reading some super evals recently released, and i reckon i can do a better business .. but not sure i cbf moving :/
12:13:53 <orbii> it's not *bad* .. but tehre are better ones
12:13:59 <Halcyon> Mine isn't too bad.
12:14:15 <Halcyon> As long as I have more coming in than fees and insurance going out, meh
12:15:21 <Halcyon> Same with my mortgage, if I shopped around, I could get less than 3.18% but Mortgage House have been excellent and nothing is every a drama with them.
12:15:31 <Halcyon> I don't mind paying a little more for good service
12:22:34 * orbii nods
12:22:47 <orbii> mine is a little higher than that, but it's classed as investment, so you always pay more
12:24:26 <Halcyon> Yup
12:33:49 <orzel> Curious, where is that all ? US ?
12:35:14 <Halcyon> I'm in AU
12:35:52 <orzel> Here, in France, we have a real estate frenzy, because those rates have been very low for years, and keep on decreasing. Currently around 1%. As a results, real estate prices skyrock..
12:36:12 <orbii> real estate prices here (Australia) are already some of the highest in the world
12:36:38 <Halcyon> orbii, very true, but it doesn't stop people buying.
12:36:54 <orzel> oh ? Weird, it's not like you lack ... surface ?
12:37:40 <Halcyon> orzel, no, we don't, but people already travel 1 hour or more to get to work from the suburbs. Most people want to live near major city centres.
12:37:47 <Halcyon> I live 80 kilometers from work
12:39:27 * Ampera M1 Sneezy guns Halcyon
12:39:34 <Ampera> I think I may go plug in my space heater
12:39:48 <Halcyon> Heh
12:40:44 <Ampera> can't find an IEC connector
12:41:44 <Halcyon> I have a whole box full but the type I plug won't help you
12:42:48 <Ampera> Halcyon, alright my space heater is booting up
12:42:57 <Halcyon> Heh
12:43:39 <Ampera> It's an Athlon64 X2 with two nvidia GeForce 7800GTX 512MBed's in it
12:43:46 <Ampera> also four hard drives
12:44:00 <Halcyon> Ah yes, makes sense
12:44:02 <Ampera> it legit heats up the room
12:46:36 * Halcyon returns to his budget
12:46:51 <Halcyon> I spent say too much on gifts this month
12:47:13 <Ampera> rip
12:47:30 <Halcyon> *way
12:48:51 <orbii> <3 not celebrating xmas, so much cheaper
12:49:01 <Halcyon> I wish I had that option
12:49:30 <Halcyon> Ampera, do you guys swap gifts at Thanksgiving? Maybe I can do that instead
12:49:30 <orbii> hasnt been a part of my life in nearly 25 years
12:49:42 <orbii> not something i miss
12:49:51 <orbii> i feel sorry for all the people i see every year who rush around
12:50:46 <Halcyon> Oh I avoid the major shops completely. Mainly because it would take me 40 minutes to drive to one, but another 40 minutes just to get in/out of the car park... no thanks.
12:50:46 <Ampera> Halcyon, it's very rare to do that.
12:50:56 <Ampera> Gifts are usually for birthdays, easter, and christmas
12:50:58 <Halcyon> Right, Thanksgiving next year then :D
12:51:04 <Halcyon> In lieu of Christmas
12:51:39 <Ampera> It's an excellent holiday, but second to Christmas.
12:52:53 <orbii> so glad we dont do thanksgiving
12:53:08 <Halcyon> Christmas is fine when you're a kid, not when you're an adult. Too expensive.
12:53:32 <orbii> they've all progressively turned into capitalistic bullshit ways to sell shit
12:54:02 <Ampera> The only thing better than getting gifts is being able to use your money to buy them for others.
12:54:26 <Halcyon> Yehhh that loses its lustre pretty quickly. Particularly when paying a mortgage.
12:56:44 <orbii> sad thing is, with where i live now - it'll be at least $4k/mo on a mortgage (2800usd/mo) .. sucks
12:56:54 <Halcyon> Ouch!
12:57:01 <orbii> and they'll want at least $100-150k deposit.
12:57:07 <Halcyon> I think I pay about $2500/month
13:06:35 <Ampera> I think we pay around 700/mo
13:06:41 <Ampera> for a 3 story two family house
13:12:31 <orbii> lol
13:15:54 <orbii> for amusement sake, i'm paying USD2400/mo just in rent right now ;)
13:46:58 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: David's last day. The EEVblog is a one man band again. https://t.co/fOL6jWF8j8
13:51:07 <orbii> huh. wonder why he's leaving
15:13:17 <coppice_> he loves venison, so he's after the big bucks
15:16:53 <Halcyon> Fuck me dead orbii, where the hell do you live?
15:18:01 <Halcyon> orbii: I think Dave prefers to work by himself (not to say David hasn't been very useful, he has). But David is also after bigger, better things.
15:18:09 <Halcyon> It's a bit of a win-win situation.
16:11:11 <Halcyon> I see Caltex is renaming itself back to Ampol in Australia
16:30:35 <orbii> huh, interesting
16:33:41 <T3sl4> not Ampola?
16:37:22 <Halcyon> Heh
16:37:31 <Halcyon> Yeh just got an email from them orbii
16:38:11 * orbii nods
16:38:19 <orbii> and yeah, rent is expensive in the big cities :(
16:45:05 * Ampera caaschoos Halcyon
16:46:11 <Halcyon> :P
16:59:21 <Halcyon> I'm going to water the lawn. Golf when I come back Ampera?
16:59:29 <Halcyon> Even T3sl4 played last night AND got on Discord :)
16:59:30 <Ampera> sure
16:59:36 <Ampera> we can hit our balls together
16:59:47 <Halcyon> My balls rubbed against T3sl4's several times
17:00:04 * T3sl4 hugs Ampera
17:00:13 <Halcyon> Give me about 15 minutes or so
17:00:21 * Ampera hugs T3sl4
17:01:39 <T3sl4> not that there's any ball collision, of course
17:12:31 <Ampera> It's 49F outside my room and 65F inside it
17:12:34 <Ampera> my space heater works
17:19:25 <orbii> 31c/88f here
17:19:34 <Ampera> Pathetic.
17:19:39 <orbii> cool day, thankfully
17:19:49 <Ampera> Pathetic
17:20:23 <orbii> it's supposed to be 40C/104F on the weekend
17:20:31 <orbii> but still, nothing too crazy
17:20:43 <Ampera> Come back to me when you have -20F/-30C weather.
17:20:57 <orbii> never.
17:21:11 <orbii> come ba ck to me when you have 45C/113f weather.
17:21:14 <Ampera> December is just the practice round, January is where it gets cold
17:21:26 <Ampera> That's about 10 degrees above local record high.
17:21:28 <orbii> December is where it just gets warm, January is when it gets hot.
17:21:44 <orbii> would you believe it does still snow here on occasion?
17:22:08 <orbii> it did a few months ago
17:22:14 <Ampera> I would believe that everyone in the land down syndrome had down syndrome.
17:22:23 <orbii> seems legit
17:24:25 <Ampera> That's some fucking yard you're watering Halcyon.
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18:11:09 <Halcyon> So that took longer than expected
18:11:23 <Halcyon> I ended up doing next doors garden too. She doesn't have tank water so her grass is dying
18:11:34 * Halcyon licks Ampera
18:11:47 * Ampera sneezes Halcyon
18:11:54 <Halcyon> Meh
18:12:00 <Halcyon> I've had worse on me
18:12:49 <Halcyon> T3sl4, you around?
18:13:09 <T3sl4> depends, you asquare?
18:13:13 <Halcyon> Discordy?
18:13:22 <T3sl4> nah, playing a game rn
18:13:27 <Halcyon> Well fuck ya then
18:13:29 <T3sl4> maybe later :)
18:13:31 <Halcyon> And not in the good way
18:13:36 <Halcyon> Okies
18:13:37 <T3sl4> oi cunt
18:13:38 * Ampera fucks T3sl4 in a good way
18:13:43 <T3sl4> <3
18:13:45 <Halcyon> Hahaha
18:14:11 <Halcyon> DogWomble, you around?
18:14:17 <T3sl4> i'm playing the novelty "festive" version of ALTTPR
18:14:37 <DogWomble> i've jsut got home
18:14:41 <Halcyon> Golf?
18:14:51 <DogWomble> sure, one moment
18:14:54 <DogWomble> you hosting or me?
18:14:59 <Halcyon> Ampera
18:46:40 <EEVBlog> New EEVBlog Tweet: If you see some reviews of a thermal camera that looks like this soon you'll know most likely the reviewer was paid $2k. They are looking for 10 "influencers" I and other content creators get these kinds of emails almost daily. https://t.co/O4cp4fFh6V
19:07:15 <Halcyon> Good game
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21:03:56 <Halcyon> Ampera, T3sl4, DogWomble... golf?
21:04:07 <Halcyon> Or Cards?
21:04:10 <DogWomble> sure give me one moment
21:05:03 <DogWomble> eitehr workds for me\
21:05:09 <DogWomble> depends on whether we can get thethird person for cards
21:05:43 <Halcyon> Let's wait and see if anyone else is around, do you want to hit up your guys?
21:06:27 <DogWomble> seems most of mine are fk or offline
21:10:29 <DogWomble> i should have a game of goldf set up though
21:11:43 <Halcyon> Mark is going to join us
21:15:21 <Halcyon> I'm in voice
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21:55:38 * Halcyon mews at Ampera's window
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22:58:49 * Halcyon paws at steve30
22:58:56 <steve30> hello
22:59:05 <Halcyon> Oh you're awake
22:59:16 <Halcyon> I was just being bored
23:00:25 <steve30> I just got up
23:00:45 <Halcyon> :) Morning
23:06:30 <steve30> I had a nice cosy sleep :)
23:07:58 <Halcyon> It's almost my sleepy time
23:25:48 * steve30 pets Halcyon
23:26:06 <Halcyon> :)
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