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01:19:26 * electrohead waves and things
01:36:38 * Ysjoelfir puts a flag into electrohead
01:37:11 <electrohead> wooooo
01:37:31 <K> shshssss! this is a library!
01:37:42 <electrohead> no, this is library!
01:37:44 <K> be silent in your missery
01:42:03 <arch> how do you do, fellow strippers?
01:45:10 <Ysjoelfir> freezing
01:45:17 * K throws a 3 dollar bill at electrohead
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01:51:45 * electrohead strips for arch
01:52:22 <arch> finally got the city to send me over a list of all qualified electricians licensed presently
01:52:41 <electrohead> pfft, lucky you, I'm still awaiting on someone to come out
01:52:43 <electrohead> :/
01:52:48 <arch> took a while... now, i just need to run quick background checks on these fellas before i ask for quotes
01:53:21 <arch> i think it's no wonder that half the houses in upstate ny appear to be in shambles, especially the older houses, because of all the red tape
01:53:36 <arch> there should be just ONE electrician standard: the state's electrical license exam
01:53:43 <electrohead> good luck with that, heh
01:53:46 <arch> they need to do away with city/town/village specific licenses
01:54:21 <arch> NY...NY never changes [ with the red tape / corruption ]
01:54:30 <Ampera> NY's electrical licensing is busted
01:54:33 <Ampera> on purpose probably
01:54:47 <Ampera> hey arch how are you doing
01:55:06 <arch> considering these fuckers did away with Regents exams and SATs, i wouldn't be surprised if they toned down the electrician exams
01:55:15 <arch> i had to study my ass off to pass those
01:55:37 <arch> im doing ok Ampera
01:55:38 <arch> hbu?
01:55:41 * electrohead hugs Ampera
01:55:47 <Ampera> Alright, had a busy weekend
01:56:03 <Ampera> date this saturday was kinda weird, and I didn't end up liking the guy that much
01:56:14 <Ampera> first time I've ever had to write a rejection letter, lol...
01:56:20 <arch> what...
01:56:28 <Ampera> I have another date this sunday though, and this guy seems way nicer
01:56:29 <arch> WHO the fuck writes letters, of ANY kind, in 2024?
01:56:37 <Ampera> a discord letter you dipwit
01:56:40 <arch> ahh
01:56:44 <Ampera> a "letter"
01:56:45 <arch> carry on, citizen
01:57:02 <Ampera> I don't care about the person /that/ much to do it in writing
01:57:13 <Ampera> but I also don't feel right ghosting people who didn't do anything wrong
01:57:18 <Ampera> I'm just not interested
01:57:52 <arch> i just wish employers did not ghost me when i submitted custom written CVs. fuckers
01:59:25 <Ampera> maybe become a woman
01:59:28 <Ampera> worked for me
01:59:58 <arch> nah, i'll just tickmark the "gay" checkmark box and wear a jojo outfit and be all set
02:00:33 <Ampera> speaking of jojo
02:00:35 <Ampera> my jojo blurays came in
02:00:44 <Ampera> ripped them, just need to splice and store in jellyfin for when I eventually watch it
02:18:29 <DHess_US> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rM6bt8AXG3Q
02:18:29 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Accommodations for “time blindness?” | 59s | Channel: Nick Freitas | 3,833,099 views | 2023-08-02 - 20:18:43 UTC
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02:32:09 <arch> electrohead, what ya need an electrician for?
02:32:55 <electrohead> running the 220 V line for my server room
02:36:50 <arch> that's easy to do though?
02:36:54 <arch> cant you do it yourself?
02:37:38 <electrohead> regardless if I do it myself, it needs to be inspected and everything; I rent this house
02:37:52 <electrohead> so it's better just to get someone to come in and do it
02:37:54 <arch> ah
02:38:14 <electrohead> plus, apparently there's code for running lines in a "manufactured" home like this, it's a double wide
02:48:08 <rust_collector2> I would look for a triple narrow. it sounds much more less
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02:51:17 <electrohead> https://0xznc01.pw:2600/public/2024-02-05-104843_1920x1080_scrot.png
02:51:24 <electrohead> Alright, first initial test with the rotary phone
02:51:29 * electrohead crosses his fingers
02:52:54 <arch> lol
02:54:03 <electrohead> Holy shit, I got it 100%
02:55:57 <rust_collector> 100% crossed? awesome!
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02:58:45 <electrohead> just made a video, uploading in a few
03:03:46 <MrMobodies> Hello
03:04:02 <electrohead> Ahhh, such a good feeling to restore shit from the 1930's, lol
03:04:05 <electrohead> hey MrMobodies
03:04:19 <MrMobodies> Electrohead, do you think it is wrong for the government to have realtime access to your energy usage?
03:05:01 <MrMobodies> I was assured in 2022 by Octopus energy that that wasn't the case after readin their terms and conditions
03:05:30 <MrMobodies> for instance
03:05:35 <MrMobodies> https://www.lancs.live/news/cost-of-living/furious-channel-5-viewers-vow-28548913
03:05:36 <EEVBot> [url] Furious Channel 5 viewers vow 'never' to get a smart meter after 'spying' claims - LancsLive | www.lancs.live
03:05:48 <MrMobodies> "Alexis then went on to add that in October 2022, the Tory government announced it was going to collect data from energy meters 'to help identify fraud'."
03:06:13 <rust_collector> they can not identity fraud well enough without that data?
03:06:14 <MrMobodies> Should they have business looking into people's private lives?
03:06:18 <K> oh no the gubbirmint
03:06:50 <K> crackpots thing the gubirmint produces and sells electricity
03:06:51 <MrMobodies> "The programme 'Smart Meters: .... talked about how these meters can tell energy companies and the government about your usage."
03:07:06 <rust_collector> well, you can always make your own power, and not have any issues. If you want power, you can at least let them know how much you use
03:07:13 <MrMobodies> it is collected by a company setup by the government DDC owned by capita
03:07:26 <electrohead> lol..
03:07:27 <MrMobodies> I think that is to do with the SMETV2 meters
03:07:35 <electrohead> MrMobodies: my man, you are thinking too much about this, you're fine
03:07:55 <electrohead> also: https://0xznc01.pw:2600/public/rotary_test01.mp4
03:07:55 <MrMobodies> oh sorry, I always think about things too much...
03:08:15 <MrMobodies> they were discussing it a couple of days ago on a Channl 5 program
03:08:37 <MrMobodies> and I felt lied to in 2022, but I didn't go with their offer to have one installed
03:08:49 <MrMobodies> oooj video
03:08:52 <rust_collector> you do not have to always make a problem out of anything that maybe can become an issue, if some very specific things happen.
03:09:20 <MrMobodies> my suspicions look this they had been right about 2 years down the line
03:10:36 <MrMobodies> oooh Grandstream VOIP
03:11:12 <MrMobodies> Is that table from the 1960's era?
03:11:38 <MrMobodies> noticing how the legs are at an angle
03:13:51 <rust_collector> what is the sound like, in that old phone?
03:13:59 <MrMobodies> K, I heard one reason was to do with wholesale prices, by putting customers on tarrifs without price protection where price per KWH could suddently go up and down to lower the overhead cost of buying gas.
03:14:13 <coppice> That video looks phoney
03:15:03 <K> i have hard time believeing company can "put customer on a tarrif" without their consent
03:16:20 <rust_collector> but they can stop providing their services, if customer does not consent?
03:16:47 <K> umm dunno, here customer is protected quite a bit
03:16:54 <K> takes some work for company to cut ppl off from electriicty
03:17:03 <electrohead> coppice: Lol
03:17:16 <electrohead> rust_collector: Surprisingly, it sounds really good. I didn't even have to mess with any gain settings
03:17:26 <rust_collector> yep. but he said it had something to do with capita, and they do not need to follow laws and such
03:17:51 <K> yeat i am out of my depth on that
03:18:04 <rust_collector> cool. but, is this a digitalline, that the box converts to analog sound, or?
03:18:06 <arch> electrohead, https://media1.tenor.com/m/YZ0l90mJsF0AAAAC/homer-simson-the-simpsons.gif
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03:19:19 <MrMobodies> K, what I mean is they entice people on them
03:20:03 <K> oh.
03:20:05 <MrMobodies> Smart meter ->Data Communications Company -> Capita -> Government -> Supplier
03:20:26 <MrMobodies> They have adverts with Albert Einstein knitting
03:20:32 <MrMobodies> saying to get a smart meter
03:20:46 <MrMobodies> which I find quite disgraceful using his image
03:21:01 <MrMobodies> if they replaced that with god sticking his finger down the sky would they believe it?
03:21:29 <DHess_US> lol, Atari 800. I had one of those.
03:21:57 <MrMobodies> I use to have an Atari STE, I regret binning it in 2010
03:22:07 <MrMobodies> it was falling to bits though
03:22:11 <arch> rust_collector, afaik, POTS is analog
03:22:19 <MrMobodies> aaah found it
03:22:23 <MrMobodies> in Ireland
03:22:24 <MrMobodies> https://www.bordgaisenergy.ie/home/residential-smart-meters
03:22:25 <EEVBot> [url] Smart Energy Plans | Bord Gáis Energy | www.bordgaisenergy.ie
03:22:47 <MrMobodies> "if you are an existing Bord Gáis Energy customer and move to a smart tariff, it’s not possible to revert back to a non-smart tariff"
03:22:49 <rust_collector> ok, I think analog phones had better sound, somehow
03:23:46 <MrMobodies> I heard other providers in Ireland are doing this sort of thing and I hope it don't England don't follow
03:23:53 <MrMobodies> oh yes they do
03:24:06 <MrMobodies> I regret getting rid of my analogue line
03:24:32 <MrMobodies> due to be replaced this year by fibre but I'd imagine it keep on going until they cut it off
03:24:40 <rust_collector> I am pretty happy about getting rid of it, mostly because I do not like talking on the phone
03:25:21 <MrMobodies> the problem is, where I am paying £5 now £10 or so after contract ends, I was paying nearly £200 for it
03:25:37 <MrMobodies> in my area the services are quite limited
03:26:39 <MrMobodies> XLN does time limited deals then the price goes up and want to sell me more things, Xen and carephone utilities want their pound of flesh from start to beginning.
03:27:05 <rust_collector> and after that?
03:27:06 <MrMobodies> and they charge by pence per call that last time I checked wth them
03:27:30 <MrMobodies> well it is rolling but that'd cost me three times more than XLN
03:28:07 <MrMobodies> BT wanted £160 for the same package with Talktalkbusiness £105 before I moved
03:28:17 <MrMobodies> Talktalkbusiness don't operate around here
03:28:48 <MrMobodies> only their residential network which includes Sky broadband
03:29:22 <MrMobodies> but hopefully CityFibre announced they are going to fibre up soon and BT
03:29:42 <MrMobodies> and hopefully I'll have more choice then
03:32:30 <rust_collector> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKH4VJq4hUs
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03:47:10 <electrohead> > arch : rust_collector, afaik, POTS is analog
03:47:14 <electrohead> yup, that's analog
03:56:18 <MrMobodies> Sounds like a really nice tune
03:56:36 <electrohead> well, wait - true POTS is analog. nowadays, almost everything is VoIP
03:56:42 <MrMobodies> sound quality like off a cassette or tape recorder
03:57:19 <MrMobodies> My lines were switched to SOGEA (naked DSL) in 2022
03:57:29 <MrMobodies> from a wholesaler network to BT by XLN
03:57:43 <MrMobodies> to bring down my bill
03:58:00 <MrMobodies> so instead of £180 a month due to go up to over £200
03:58:12 <MrMobodies> it was just £106 for about 16 months
03:58:37 <MrMobodies> £5 voice ip license for a Cisco SPA
03:58:51 <MrMobodies> oops I mean VOIP seat
03:58:58 <MrMobodies> the service is BT centrix
03:59:38 <MrMobodies> which I found was a lot better than their are other YeaLink £15 per handset a month, after the contract I had to return it
04:00:19 <MrMobodies> they had an arrangement where it was provisioned and controlled in China and AWS as the transport which is a big nono
04:01:04 <MrMobodies> with this arrange with BT Centrix last time I checked it was routed to BT networks in this country not outside of it
04:02:02 <MrMobodies> Do you think I am right to be concerned of a telephone system, provisioned, controlled and managed in China?
04:02:20 <electrohead> arch: no you're a nerd
04:02:23 <MrMobodies> I don't mean the YeaLinks that are managed inhouse like BT
04:03:00 <electrohead> MrMobodies: this is why I get ATA's that I can fully configure myself
04:03:01 <MrMobodies> the agreement between XLN and YeaLink in China sounded a bit dodgy to me.
04:03:39 <MrMobodies> that is one downside to BT Centrix, it auto provisions where things are remotely controlled through their portal
04:04:00 <MrMobodies> and they refuse to fix the 3 second dial timeout
04:04:12 <MrMobodies> but me and my mum just dial the numbers manually anyway
04:04:25 <MrMobodies> It bothers my dad though
04:05:10 <MrMobodies> Speeddial -> Phone engages -> 4 seconds it started dialing and SPA is set to times out
04:05:36 <MrMobodies> so I must start dialing my number within 3 seconds
04:06:02 <MrMobodies> but I remember most of my telephone numbers anyway
04:06:16 <steve30> electrohead, yay telephones
04:07:18 <steve30> electrohead, I do like the ringtone on the Cisco phones. I have a Cisco phone but I don't really use it, I prefer my Snom, although the ringtones aren't as good.
04:08:21 <electrohead> If I'm not mistaken, that can totally be edited?
04:08:45 <electrohead> Also, yay telephones lol. I'm beyond excited I got that working 100%
04:09:36 <steve30> What PBX are you using?
04:10:09 <electrohead> Asterisk/FreePBX
04:10:27 <electrohead> Technically, I used the IncrediblePBX image for the raspberry pi 4, but then edited the fuck out of it
04:10:48 <MrMobodies> I have seen one of those as an appliance in 2013 with some Polycom phones
04:10:58 <MrMobodies> gave them absolutely no problems
04:11:13 <MrMobodies> in a bathroom warehouse
04:11:27 <electrohead> I already have a fully working CID spoofer, in my extensions_custom.conf, took only like 15 lines to make it happen
04:15:55 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/nCvuHYT.jpeg
04:16:09 <MrMobodies> Xorcom that one
04:18:08 <MrMobodies> as soon as they switched it and their Nortel one to this Avaya highlighted in red
04:18:09 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/C1PJWc8.jpeg
04:18:15 <MrMobodies> they had nothing but problems with it
04:19:39 <MrMobodies> and it costs them about 4 thousand pound for this thing I think with the licenses
04:20:19 <MrMobodies> The sd card use to fail with affected the auto attendant and some other stuff
04:21:39 <MrMobodies> Electrohead, when you edited yours what was it didn't you like?
04:35:43 <electrohead> what do you mean?
04:36:16 <rust_collector> <electrohead>Technically, I used the IncrediblePBX image for the raspberry pi 4, but then edited the fuck out of it
04:37:07 <electrohead> Ahh
04:37:20 <electrohead> Yeah I'm a bit scatter-brained today
04:38:12 <electrohead> So, apparently google analytics was embedded in a few places - grep, sed, and awk, came to the rescue. Removed all analytics, regardless of "turning it off" via settings
04:38:35 <electrohead> Custom extensions and such I do manually - just easier for me, really
04:38:50 <electrohead> I used incrediblePBX because it was a *known working* initial configuration
04:39:24 <electrohead> Yes, I could have just run up asterisk and be done, but then .. the configuration, editing, and just getting everything to work nicely together, that's a different story
04:40:48 <electrohead> I also like using AMI, for grabbing general stats of the trunks, along with voicemail counts, at my fingertips
04:41:01 <electrohead> The API of asterisk is quite nice, I must say
04:42:03 <electrohead> MrMobodies: me and you should have a wall of text battle <3
04:42:41 <rust_collector> good luck
04:43:22 <electrohead> Who are you saying that to? lol
04:43:37 <rust_collector> I am not telling. we will see...
04:43:56 <electrohead> :P
04:44:00 <rust_collector> I try to keep an open .
04:50:45 <MrMobodies> That's not very nice... Google spying on your through the phone system.
04:51:49 <MrMobodies> oh electrohead, I realised I did it again. The wall of words. Sorry about that. I'll reduce correspondance.
04:52:19 <MrMobodies> Sorry I forget
04:52:22 <electrohead> MrMobodies: It was analytics for the person who made incrediblePBX
04:52:33 <electrohead> And, you're good my man, it was a good joke
04:52:35 <electrohead> :)
04:52:57 <electrohead> If I *really* wanted to, I know for a fact I could totallly out-type everyone here. heh. I just control it :p
04:52:58 <MrMobodies> oh okay as long as I am not annoying anyone, sorry Arch.
04:53:08 * Ampera hugs electrohead
04:53:09 <Ampera> how are you doing?
04:53:46 * electrohead explodes into nerd goop, it gets into the 302 phone
04:53:53 <MrMobodies> electrohead, what do you think incrediblePBX get out oF it?
04:54:13 <electrohead> maybe money? no idea, don't care, I deleted that shit lol
04:54:20 * electrohead squeezes Ampera
04:54:27 * Ampera squeaks
04:54:59 <MrMobodies> maybe you could to the same to the SMET2 smart meters in Britain so it don't talk to the government
04:55:09 <MrMobodies> that's a joke
04:55:14 <Ampera> I'm looking forward to an exciting weekend
04:55:41 <Ampera> going to dinner with my uncle who I haven't seen in a while on friday, going to probably hit up the asian market in west hartford, and on sunday I have a date with a really cool guy that I'm feeling optimistic about
04:55:44 <electrohead> MrMobodies: serious: smart meters are the least of your worries.
04:56:13 <electrohead> Ampera: oh nice, I hope you have fun, and everything works out <3
04:56:19 <Ampera> thx <3
04:56:25 <MrMobodies> yes, there are so many other things broken in this country
04:56:53 <MrMobodies> that's nice Ampera
04:56:57 <MrMobodies> I am looking forward to having the whole house to myself without hearing any bicking or misery.
04:57:02 <MrMobodies> for 4 days
04:57:14 <MrMobodies> my mum and dad are going away on holiday
04:57:46 <MrMobodies> Why don't you think I go to sleep in the day when I can.
04:58:21 <MrMobodies> they bicker and quarrel you see
04:58:41 <MrMobodies> so I when I am asleep I don't hear it
04:59:07 <MrMobodies> at night when they are sleeping that is my peace and quiet
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05:19:24 <MrMobodies> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StNAkYIdz7s
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05:20:44 <MrMobodies> 5:09 "on their website here it is and according to this page she is the chairman of the largest Chinese owned law firm in the UK..."
05:21:18 <MrMobodies> Wow so the Chinese has also infiltrated the British legal system.
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05:37:18 <MrMobodies> That's Christine Lee
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05:39:09 <MrMobodies> "5:49 APG which was chaired by labor MP Barry Garder who had received a large sums of donation from from Lee uh lee son also worked uh in uh Barry's office" Stinks of corruption to me.
05:39:59 <MrMobodies> apparently he received £500,000 from her
05:41:46 <coppice> In a world where nuclear weapons have made hot wars between nuclear powers a bit fraught, expect endless cold wars for all time
05:50:47 <MrMobodies> I see so they stick to the cold wars to avoid a nulcear breakout
05:50:51 <MrMobodies> he employed Christina son as his diary manager Joke: gateway to parliment
05:54:33 <MrMobodies> so had he refused the influenced and money, her connections and that law firm, that piano incident would have never happened. Those lot would have been standng in some alley in that tube station, keeping their head low and minding their own business.
05:57:58 <MrMobodies> 6:13 Christin Lee founded and chaired an organization called the *British Chinese* getting into politics... Just no. Sounds to me like these MP's/ministers are not done selling the British out.
05:59:03 <MrMobodies> There was this case, with some British tourist in China suspected of having drugs smuggled into his back without him knowing.
05:59:26 <MrMobodies> When the British intervened, they accused Britain of interferring with politics
06:01:30 <MrMobodies> https://www.france24.com/en/20091229-china-executes-british-national-accused-drug-trafficking
06:01:31 <EEVBot> [url] China executes British national accused of drug trafficking | www.france24.com
06:01:44 <MrMobodies> actually he could have been guily
06:03:19 <MrMobodies> yet they come here and interfere in a busy tube station
06:05:27 <MrMobodies> 7:03 she formed close relations to David Cameron
06:06:07 <MrMobodies> Theresa May gave her an award in 2017... for her contributions...
06:06:42 <MrMobodies> So in other words they brought their way in British society with cash for access to MP's
06:07:14 <MrMobodies> and politics and now the law
06:08:20 <MrMobodies> 7:28 groom upand cominging politicians before reaching their political stardom........ groom them with money
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06:18:15 <MrMobodies> Has anyone seen Perma plugs before?
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06:19:52 <MrMobodies> I have noticed the designed has a changed a little where there are plastic restrictions are larger that catches onto the cables coming in, and a plastic post near the live pin it harder to go in.
06:20:35 <rust_collector> there seems to be many things called perma plugs.
06:21:19 * electrohead plugs rust_collector
06:21:29 <rust_collector> oops
06:22:21 <MrMobodies> I am prettu sure it use to be so easy to wire with up lots of room for wires to spread and no plastic posts in the way. I'll see if I can find on old PDU I wired up in 2018 when I used quite a few.
06:36:51 <MrMobodies> 8.54 "Lee... sued MI5... by labeling her an agent of the communist state" I thought that was her title back at home and as a communist should be proud. It's just like the Piano incident when Brandon called the Chinese flag a communist flag, they said it wasn't any a simple search on Wikipedia detailing it's history that one of the stars represents the communism.
06:37:35 <MrMobodies> I wonder, is it because they are ashamed of it or have a lot to hide.
07:07:00 <rust_collector> Kleingarten!!!!
07:07:18 <electrohead> no u
07:10:19 <rust_collector> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lcn5MUwZvo
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07:20:46 <MrMobodies> Demonic/witchcraft cult music.
07:21:27 <MrMobodies> In Guyana I heard of this type of whtch called a fireball
07:22:23 <MrMobodies> I was told by my Guyanese family that this witch would leave their skin at night and they'd fly out and appear as a firewall
07:22:47 <MrMobodies> and if they suspected them and found their skin, the way to kill them is to put salt in there
07:22:52 <MrMobodies> more like a fairy tale
07:23:42 <MrMobodies> aah there is an article about it
07:23:43 <MrMobodies> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soucouyant
07:23:44 <EEVBot> [wikipedia] Soucouyant | "A soucouyant, among other names, is a kind of shape-shifting, blood-sucking hag present in Caribbean folklore."
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07:44:29 <MrMobodies> talking of witches that lady in the video looks to me like she has teeth of a vampire
07:44:35 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/gy58I0W.png
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08:05:44 <MrMobodies> accordin gto that Chinese lady, filming by foreign governments should be subject to reporting and disclosure for affiliations
08:06:02 <MrMobodies> it should have been them if anyone who needed some sort of a permit to film
08:06:33 <MrMobodies> 19:15 in the video
08:07:03 <MrMobodies> and the platforms, youtube and X must fully dislose any affiliations, so they lied
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09:00:33 <MrMobodies> Unusual temperatures in the middle of winter
09:00:35 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/tBx8FFK.png
09:04:51 <MrMobodies> Ambient temperature: 17.5c Battery temp 13c Inverter temp 27.2c
09:25:21 <Halcyon> Morning grape seeds
09:25:54 <MrMobodies> Hello
09:26:01 <MrMobodies> very warm weather today
09:27:15 <MrMobodies> Joke: What happened when they kicked him out of the party? The dismembered him... (no longer a member of a political party)
09:28:00 <Halcyon> Heh
09:28:06 <Halcyon> It's too early for dad jokes
09:29:13 <MrMobodies> oh, okay, looking for not a dad joke... what are energy companies trying to do with their smart tariffs, wholesale based that don't offer pricing protection?
09:29:33 <MrMobodies> remove their capacitance
09:29:56 <MrMobodies> so they don't have to buy a lot to store it.
09:31:21 <MrMobodies> that's the lovely thing about flat rate, no games to play, less messing about and certainity.
09:32:00 <Halcyon> I actually just switched my house a few years ago from a flat rate to a time-of-use tariff. Worked out to be MUCH cheaper
09:32:27 <Halcyon> (Obviously if you don't have solar/batteries, probably won't make as much of a difference, but you can still choose to use more energy when it's cheap and less when it's more expensive).
09:33:22 <MrMobodies> I calculate that one deal would work but we'd need about 20kwh worth for our usage
09:33:50 <MrMobodies> chare for 4 hours in the mornings for 4p a kwh unit
09:34:04 <Halcyon> About 95% of my usage is during the off-peak hours, when it's cheap. Unless I use the oven or air conditioning, my peak usage is almost nothing.
09:34:36 <MrMobodies> seems like you made your home self sustainable
09:34:57 <MrMobodies> the off peak hours in this deal was I think 1 to 4 or 5 am
09:35:06 <Halcyon> It's not quite. The batteries will keep it going through the peak period, but usually run out somewhere late at night/early morning
09:35:08 <MrMobodies> other times 50 to 7p per kwh
09:35:12 <MrMobodies> *70p
09:35:12 <Halcyon> But by the time it's off-peak again anyway
09:35:55 <MrMobodies> I remembered being told in the 70 to mide 90's that off peak was like 9 hours
09:36:01 <Halcyon> Wow, that's incredibly expensive
09:36:07 <MrMobodies> then it got reduced to 7 and then 5
09:36:17 <Halcyon> My peak is only between 1600-2000hrs Monday to Friday
09:36:22 <Halcyon> All other times are off-peak
09:37:01 <MrMobodies> at the moment on flat rate we are paying 30p kwh
09:37:19 <MrMobodies> it went down by 6p last November
09:37:44 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/gy58I0W.png
09:37:59 <MrMobodies> Don't you think she has vampire teeth for teeth?
09:38:19 <Halcyon> It costs me AUD$0.25 per kWh off-peak and $0.32/kWh winter peak, and $0.53 kWh summer peak.
09:39:36 <MrMobodies> so AUS 0.53 to gb is 0.27p
09:39:54 <Halcyon> Something like that
09:41:30 <Halcyon> I thought our electricity was expensive
09:41:34 <Halcyon> Seems it's not too bad
09:42:31 <MrMobodies> I know a few folks during the lockdown who were trapped on 50p kwh rates
09:42:39 <MrMobodies> when their energy company went bust and got taken over
09:43:53 <MrMobodies> Halycon, would it bother you if you government and 3rd party companies had realtime access to your energy usage? where they'd use it to check up on fraud and illegal activities etc?
09:44:46 <MrMobodies> but I suppose it may not as you probably have nothing to hide.
09:45:46 <MrMobodies> but still the intrusion does make me feel uncomfortable unless they are required to obtain a court order first.
09:46:04 <MrMobodies> to where I'd at least know about it
09:46:40 <MrMobodies> going to have the house to myself for 4 days from tomorrow
09:47:01 <MrMobodies> my parents are going on holiday, than means no bickering or quarreling or misery
09:47:11 <Halcyon> MrMobodies: No it wouldn't bother me, but I believe that they do anyway
09:47:11 <MrMobodies> they bicker and quarrel a lot
09:47:14 <Halcyon> I know the Police do anyway
09:47:46 <MrMobodies> in fact that could make things safer to keep the drug culturists away
09:47:59 <Halcyon> I've done search warrants on drug houses where some of the intelligence came from their electricity supply (or lack thereof since they usually bypass the metering)
09:48:01 <MrMobodies> if they haven't bypassed the meter
09:48:32 <Halcyon> It's obviously not the only telltale sign, there are several factors involved before we went kicking in doors.
09:49:36 * Ampera hugs Halcyon
09:49:37 <MrMobodies> I'd imagine helicopters too looking for heat signature
09:49:37 <Ampera> <3
09:49:44 <Halcyon> That's part of it MrMobodies
09:49:47 <Halcyon> Hey Ampera :-)
09:49:57 <Ampera> how are you doing Halcyon?
09:50:05 <Halcyon> Tired. Storm woke me up at 0330
09:50:09 <Halcyon> How's you?
09:50:22 <Ampera> doing video collection cleanup stuff
09:50:30 <Ampera> normalizing titles and wrappers
09:50:35 <Halcyon> Fun
09:50:54 <Halcyon> I do that as soon as I download stuff because I know I won't do it later
09:51:13 <MrMobodies> I a thinking of doing one, a mix, David Bowies China girl.
09:51:24 <MrMobodies> you know the scene at the station witht he pianist
09:51:41 <MrMobodies> "You can't say it like that, you can' say it like this..." when she got sworn at by someone
09:51:45 <Ampera> Halcyon, my collection is old, long before I actually cared about or knew to do such things
09:51:54 <Ampera> I've also changed my mind as to how I want to organize things plenty of times
09:52:22 <Halcyon> Ah I see
09:52:35 <Halcyon> I've always stuck with Title - S00E00 - Episode Name
09:52:42 <MrMobodies> Ampera, I find it is a pleasure go it back to my old things over the years and rearrange them.
09:52:53 <Halcyon> All the scapers etc... I use automatically recognise that from TVDB/IMDB
09:53:08 <Ampera> Yeah I've used a different format before I knew that was really the standard one
09:53:16 <Ampera> I used to use # - Episode name
09:53:22 <Ampera> inside a season dir, inside a show dir
09:53:40 <Ampera> then I would set a metadata title that was Show Name - Season # - Episode # - Episode Name
09:53:56 <Halcyon> I deliberately wanted the files to stand-alone so you can still identify them if they were dumped into one big folder (for whatever reason)
09:54:03 <Halcyon> (or if I was doing a search)
09:54:25 <Ampera> I wanted shorter filenames for easier dealing with on a terminal, and just to look neater
09:56:19 <Halcyon> For the folders, I use the TVDB reference so even if the scraper can't match exactly based off filename, it can by being given the exact series. i.e.: /The Office {TVDB-73244}
09:56:47 <Ampera> TVDB can be kinda shitty for some anime
09:57:10 <Ampera> so I'd prefer not to reference directly to one DB, instead allowing jellyfin to pick from a variety of different ones
09:57:37 <Halcyon> Yeah that's why I started including the series ID. Some obscure shows didn't match properly, so I just started doing it for everything. On a few occasions, I've had to add shows that were missing, but that's pretty easy.
09:58:03 <Halcyon> Yeah I get that Ampera, but usually they will track across different DBs, like IMDB for example.
09:58:05 <Ampera> no I mean TVDB itself didn't have good metadata for the entire series
09:58:23 <Ampera> I also just don't want an ugly number in the folder name
09:58:39 <Halcyon> I didn't either, but it was also the simplest way to make sure I had the right data.
09:58:55 <Ampera> but like, if TVDB doesn't even /have/ your series or episodes
09:59:02 <Halcyon> Then I add it
09:59:13 <Ampera> or it has it, but it's mostly incomplete and shitty
09:59:13 <Halcyon> Or I fall back to IMDB
09:59:24 <Ampera> I don't think Jellyfin can pull from IMDB
09:59:25 <Halcyon> Then I fix it if it's shitty
09:59:36 <Ampera> but
09:59:38 <Ampera> I don't wanna
09:59:40 <Ampera> so there
09:59:41 <Ampera> >:(
09:59:46 <Halcyon> Haha sounds like a you problem
09:59:54 <Ampera> no u
10:00:15 <Halcyon> I need to poop and shower, back soon
10:47:57 * Halcyon throws noodles at Ampera
10:48:54 * Ampera throws shade at Halcyon
10:49:00 <Halcyon> Bitch
10:49:14 <Ampera> all this time spend modifying all this metadata could've been spent actually watching any of this stuff
10:49:24 <Halcyon> You could do both?
10:49:59 <Ampera> eh
10:50:12 <Ampera> it'd have to be something I don't care about not focusing too much on, and also something I'm not currently stepping on renaming :)
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11:39:33 <Halcyon> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6UEhixcpXM
11:39:34 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Porchetta Your Friends Won’t Believe You Cooked | 19m 46s | Channel: Andy Cooks | 168,229 views | 2024-02-03 - 14:15:01 UTC
11:39:37 <Halcyon> Mmm pork
11:39:44 <Halcyon> I might try this one day. Looks simple enough
11:48:13 <steve30> o/
12:00:32 <Halcyon> Hey Steve
13:02:12 * steve30 has steak and kidney pie
13:02:33 <Halcyon> Yummy. That just reminded me, I have steak I need to use in the fridge
13:23:08 * Halcyon throws Windows/386 at Ampera
13:32:27 * Ampera throws a fatal exception at Halcyon, and then jumps off a cliff and dies
13:36:08 <Halcyon> Watching this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNFqsvK20mQ
13:36:08 <EEVBot> [YouTube] The Rise of Microsoft Windows Part 2: Windows 2x | 2h 3m 4s | Channel: Another Boring Topic | 11,802 views | 2024-02-04 - 15:09:25 UTC
13:36:21 <Halcyon> I was watching it in bed last night but got about an hour in and felt sleepy
13:36:27 <Halcyon> His voice is soothing
13:41:30 <Ampera> his documentaries are so good
13:41:34 <Ampera> although they meander quite a bit
13:44:08 <Halcyon> I'm OK with that
13:44:12 <Halcyon> I like long-form videos
14:50:07 * steve30 meows at Halcyon
14:54:37 <Halcyon> Hi Steve :-)
14:54:41 * Halcyon offers tuna fish
14:55:05 <steve30> :P
14:55:06 <steve30> mmm
14:56:17 <Halcyon> I buy these small cans and one of the flavours is caramelised onion
14:56:27 <Halcyon> It's soooo good, especially on a cheese toastie
16:14:30 * electrohead pokes Halcyon
16:25:50 <Halcyon> Hey electrohead
16:25:51 <Halcyon> :-)
16:28:58 <electrohead> Hey mate
16:29:02 <Halcyon> Supppp
16:29:21 <electrohead> Nothing much. I fell asleep early, so .. awake early :p
16:34:33 <Halcyon> So, standard.
16:36:57 <electrohead> Yerps
16:37:01 <Halcyon> Heh
16:37:21 <electrohead> I started drinking ar around 1000 yesterday, made dinner around .. 1400?
16:38:02 <Halcyon> Seems early
16:38:43 <electrohead> I'm far from bored - just, getting shit done makes me happy, so I crack one open and eat, lol.
16:39:48 <electrohead> That said, though, I'm awaiting either phone calls or emails back from a few people, the VA, and companies
16:41:51 <Halcyon> I have steaks I need to cook up later
16:41:59 <electrohead> Yum
16:43:23 <electrohead> Doing onions and mushrooms?
16:44:34 <Halcyon> Just onions, not sure how good the mushrooms are anymore, I'd have to check.
16:44:40 <Halcyon> So maybe?
16:47:46 <electrohead> I just had to throw away some mushrooms the other day
16:47:54 <electrohead> They were nasty, lol
16:53:16 <Halcyon> You're nasty
16:53:30 <electrohead> No you're a towel
18:05:16 <K> hello fucking snow again
18:26:48 <electrohead> how much snow is on the ground right now?
18:29:05 <K> 1cm
18:31:29 <electrohead> that's it? lol
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19:33:33 * Ysjoelfir enjoys his Käselaugenstange in the meantime
19:34:14 <watcher> Nice Ysjoelfir
19:35:33 * watcher slaps watcher with the power of greyskull
19:38:56 * Ysjoelfir adds a laser shooting dinosaur for good measure
19:39:12 <Ysjoelfir> and some Grailknights in general on top
21:40:13 <Ampera> mooorning
21:43:56 * electrohead films
21:44:06 <Ampera> electrohead, you're up early
21:45:21 <Ampera> I think chinese-american buffet is going to end up being in the cards later
21:45:27 <Ampera> tomorrow is beef stroganov
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