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08:05:07 <MrMobodies> https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/energy-price-cap-october-bill-32419009
08:05:08 <EEVBot> [url] Energy price cap increase can be beaten with new fixed tariff ahead of bill hikes - Cheshire Live | www.cheshire-live.co.uk
08:06:31 <MrMobodies> "Priced at £1,715 for the year, Utility Warehouse's Fixed Start tariff is £40 below the new price cap, (MEASELY SAVINGS) making it one of the most affordable (?) fixed energy tariffs available - although a smart meter is necessary."
08:06:59 <MrMobodies> Sounds to me like bullshit with a measely offer.
08:07:00 <rc-garage> hey MrMobodies
08:07:09 <MrMobodies> Hello
08:07:19 <rc-garage> it is weekend!
08:07:21 <MrMobodies> No fixed tarrif should need remote meters to require that.
08:07:51 <MrMobodies> Octpuss tried that with me in late 2022 with a feed in fixed rate deal.
08:08:31 <MrMobodies> oh it reminds me of Ebay and the APP with the measely £5 offer WHEN you buy over £50 of things.
08:08:51 <MrMobodies> the dialogue with the dimming overlay
08:09:06 <rc-garage> you are lucky, I get something like 3 off, if I buy for 5000
08:09:33 <rc-garage> not that I buy a lot from ebay
08:09:43 <MrMobodies> $3?
08:10:40 <MrMobodies> I wouldn't mind but they are not luring me from a destop browser, where I am in control, to a stupid app, where they can ram toolbars and widgets in my face and more dimming overlay crap.
08:11:16 <MrMobodies> Spent my weekend setting up scripts to auto load things on the pub's tv screens
08:11:28 <MrMobodies> for up coming event, a bit of advertising (not paid advertising)
08:11:40 <rc-garage> why would they give me prices in dollars? it is euros, for some weird reason, as they still think I voted for hitler
08:11:42 <MrMobodies> drinks, food vans that turn up, upcoming events
08:12:56 <MrMobodies> Click batch file, powerpoint file downloads that is running to temporary folder and open's it in powerpoint, after saving and closing, pskill to kill powerpoint, copy new file, and run it using psexec. Quite simple even though they disagree withme
08:13:25 <MrMobodies> one or just pictures using Irfanview slide show
08:13:39 <MrMobodies> for funeral gatherings
08:14:11 <MrMobodies> and some templates of disco things during discos
08:14:13 <rc-garage> mmm, I miss going to funerals, that was good times
08:14:40 <rc-garage> best sandwiches,
08:15:16 <MrMobodies> not exactly, they have a caterer who provides them
08:15:35 <rc-garage> uh
08:15:39 <rc-garage> yes
08:15:40 <MrMobodies> some of his things are great and some of his stuff i am not keen long like the pork sausae rools and ham and egg thing
08:16:06 <MrMobodies> but he provided a lovely water boiler to make tea and coffee & after the event for anybody
08:17:09 <MrMobodies> I set something up so I don't need to be at the pub with the TV's on. THe barman brought his 5ghz hdmi transmitter stick and it seems to go far and work well in the cupboard
08:17:24 <MrMobodies> if I had my way I'd run cables
08:17:34 <MrMobodies> anywya it works
08:17:35 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/0B4qRO2.png
08:17:58 <MrMobodies> A vnc client for the console session I find easier than messing about with scripts and shadowing
08:18:09 <MrMobodies> just to preview the output
08:18:37 <MrMobodies> he brought one of these really old Vending machines with that tube thingy
08:20:11 <MrMobodies> from like the late 1990's, Polyvend. They use to have those in large secondary mainstreams schools The children use queue up at 11am break, stuff them selves silly with sweats and to go absolutely mad and disrupt the class after the break.
08:21:09 <MrMobodies> it brought on addiction to me on this day
08:21:25 <MrMobodies> can't have sweets in the house because I will never be satisfied until they are all gone
08:21:36 <MrMobodies> so I musn't know they are there
08:21:53 <rc-garage> get a bit of dementia, that will help
08:22:43 <MrMobodies> not necessary when you eat enough of those sweets, you become lethrgic and just malfunction for a while
08:23:17 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/h0qXsfW.png
08:23:21 <rc-garage> oh, so you do want to eat all of them, ok, I misunderstood
08:23:40 <MrMobodies> Sometimes the vans stop outside or they cook in the back room where the pool table is
08:24:38 <MrMobodies> a few disco's and events, I picked the shiny ones out
08:24:43 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/KdpcY2j.png
08:24:58 <rc-garage> I also like the shiny pool tables
08:25:45 <MrMobodies> those one's don't shine, they are green and just take your money in return for balls
08:26:14 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/6senx93.png
08:26:27 <MrMobodies> and some bands who may play there
08:26:36 <rc-garage> have you tried giving them your balls, and see if they give you money back?
08:27:09 <MrMobodies> yes, when they go in the holes but don't give anything back
08:27:17 <rc-garage> aww
08:27:26 <MrMobodies> than the illusion that someone has one over someone else
08:27:59 <MrMobodies> ooh Bondi, I forgot, a Guitarist, who brings like 6 different guitars
08:31:46 <MrMobodies> https://i.imgur.com/rEGglk7.png
08:31:54 <MrMobodies> that's the script nice and simple
08:33:15 <MrMobodies> I think I see a mistake the line under xcopy got to look at that
08:33:46 <MrMobodies> yep that shouldn't be there
08:36:51 <MrMobodies> oops wasn't thinking straight, that opens it, silly me
08:43:47 <rc-garage> in swedish sill is herring. so you are being herringy
08:56:10 <Ampera> some guy from sweden once told me I had herring loss, but I didn't really understand what he meant.
08:59:29 <rc-garage> hey tourist person
09:00:15 <rc-garage> or, ex tourist person, I guess
09:19:12 <rc-garage> this is weird, I can not find a picture of someone with herring aids
09:41:51 <Ampera> rc-garage, idk you have to find someone interested in fucking gay fish
09:42:32 <rc-garage> yeah, and it seems like the internet would be the place for that, I think. but I could not find any pics
09:42:59 <Ampera> rule 34 is such that if it exists, there is porn of it
09:43:21 <rc-garage> at least there are fewer herrings than insects with aids
09:44:05 <rc-garage> oh, sure. but I do not really have to me to watch all porn, right now
09:44:16 <rc-garage> time, not to me
09:44:17 <rc-garage> heh
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12:53:24 * Nothing\ sighs
12:53:54 <Nothing\> this world is fucked up in a fractal way
12:54:21 <Nothing\> ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
12:54:31 <Nothing\> the individual mirrors the whole
12:55:10 <Nothing\> if people weren't just consciousness simulators
13:26:07 <MrMobodies> Steve30
13:26:13 <MrMobodies> you here
13:26:20 <MrMobodies> what do you think of this?
13:26:21 <MrMobodies> https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/2079483/gb-news-ofcom-complaints-disabled-benefits
13:26:21 <EEVBot> [url] ERROR: The request could not be satisfied | www.express.co.uk
13:27:29 <MrMobodies> "Just starve them"
13:28:06 <MrMobodies> I understand they mean closing food banks and soup kitchens whatever the new term they are caled.
13:28:37 <MrMobodies> And "shoot them"...
13:29:05 <MrMobodies> reminds me a bit like Hitler.
13:29:23 <MrMobodies> And the Reich
13:30:08 <rc-garage> at least hitler gave them a free train ride
13:30:09 <MrMobodies> I hope it don't turn into that.
13:30:49 <MrMobodies> I heard he just wanted the Jews out but nowhere for them to go and other countries turned them away.
13:31:19 <MrMobodies> and they started setting up workhouses and murdering them
13:32:29 <MrMobodies> I find it frightening someone could say "Vote for me" and I'd kill off as many people who rely on our help.
13:32:46 <MrMobodies> I hope he never gets in
13:33:41 <MrMobodies> for me if that happens I'd be forced to emmigrate to Guyana, if I am lucky for a citizenship and I know I am going to hate it there due to change of climate
13:33:53 <MrMobodies> insects that follow you to bed
13:34:26 <MrMobodies> crabs that bite you in the sand all because you stepped on part where they happen to be sleeping
13:34:29 <MrMobodies> Hot weather
13:34:49 <MrMobodies> everything, like housrs made out of wood and then there are wildfires
13:35:31 <MrMobodies> Big pythons and crocodiles that roam in the forests there
13:35:55 <MrMobodies> George town I hear people rest like at 12 to 2pm, something like that due to the heat
13:36:27 <rc-garage> lots of places have a siesta...
13:36:42 <rc-garage> well, and wooden houses
13:40:24 <MrMobodies> lots of beaches and sand
13:40:36 <MrMobodies> and opportunities to catch diseases from things
13:40:54 <MrMobodies> when you get bitten I mean
13:44:58 <Nothing\> rc-garage, I was of the impression that the siesta was to give one a break from work during the hottest part of the day in tropical climes
13:45:19 <Nothing\> hence it being associated with Mexico. At least in North America.
13:45:35 <rc-garage> yeh
13:45:36 <Nothing\> and Americans associate the practice with laziness
13:46:23 <Nothing\> ironically, the Japanese revere a genuine hard worker who falls asleep at work as it shows a deep dedication to their work. It's a thing of honor, not shame as it is in Western Culture.
13:47:11 <rc-garage> well, they also die at work, so... meh
13:47:22 <Nothing\> I never got why falling asleep during something important is so bad, anyways. It's not like you have control over it after a point. We've all been there. You would think they would realize this instead of just saying they're being willfully lazy
13:47:24 <rc-garage> try to find a point in between
13:47:40 <Nothing\> well yeah, it depends what you do, obviously
13:48:18 <Nothing\> but if you fall asleep in an industrial job or one where lives or wellbeing of others are on the line if something goes wrong, that's the fault of your superiors for overworking you
13:49:07 <Nothing\> hah that reminds me, I read an amusing anecdote today about a guy who was in the Colombian Army (not sure when) and they handed out amphetamine tablets to be used in extreme circumstances when ordered to
13:49:09 <rc-garage> or maybe going to that rave last night was a bad idea, lol
13:50:15 <Nothing\> one day there was a major flood and they were called in for relief. They got the green light for the amphetamines because they were working like 3 days straight at a time. So, the army saved these people while tweaking on speed. lol
13:50:38 <Nothing\> rc-garage, i would think you're too old for that stuff
13:50:43 <Nothing\> but, if you're on your own, why not?
13:50:53 <rc-garage> I do not fall asleep at work either
13:51:11 <rc-garage> unless i want to
13:51:11 <Nothing\> man, I fall asleep playing video games
13:51:22 <Nothing\> i fall asleep involuntarily so badly i swear i have narcolepsy
13:51:59 <Nothing\> i can't count how many times i've fallen asleep in the middle of trying to take a piss and stumbled back and fell into my tub
13:52:25 <Nothing\> just last night i got another needle stick injury trying to do my insulin before bed
13:53:08 <Nothing\> falling asleep when I'm just about to put it in, holding the needle in my hand, and some lizard brain thing makes me try to take the cap off again only to stick myself
13:53:18 <Nothing\> which really isn't that bad. It just hurts.
13:53:42 <Nothing\> the doctors act like it's the worst thing that could happen, even though they're clean needles and everything
13:53:53 <Nothing\> and just 4mm at 32awg
13:54:05 <Nothing\> such tiny little things
13:54:29 <Nothing\> it's creepy when i stick it in my stomach, and it's like putting it into meringue
13:54:38 <rc-garage> heh, why would that be an issue? you are supposed to poke them in somewhere...
13:54:58 <Nothing\> it just goes through without resistance or pain or any sensation. I must get it between nerve endings.
13:55:35 <Nothing\> rc-garage, Usually it's not. But if you get one of those bastards under your fingernail, it can be a different story
13:55:50 <Nothing\> oh man i've got a needle stick story for you
13:56:33 <Nothing\> so i got a syringe with a needle on it like 10 years ago in my old place and I was cutting the needle part off so I could use it to irrigate my ears.
13:57:17 <Nothing\> I used scissors and when it came off, it shot away behind my computer, under my desk some place very dusty. I looked for it for a while and kept an eye out, but it never turned it.
13:57:36 <Nothing\> and this was a 1.5in 24g needle. Quite a lot larger.
13:57:47 <Nothing\> basically a thin nail
13:58:53 <Nothing\> anyways, i never did find it. Until I moved out. I'm moving my desk and step behind it to move it better. BAM friggin old dirty dusty needle from 3 years ago stuck in my big toe right to the hilt.
13:59:26 <Nothing\> i don't even think i cleaned it up. I was more worried with moving. And thankfully my immune system kicks ass. But holy hell, only me.
14:02:52 <rc-garage> I dont really worry much about such things. I did go and get the piece of wire brush out of my eye, but, that is it
14:03:55 <Nothing\> luckily i haven't had anything embed itself in me like that
14:04:25 <Nothing\> although for some reason i keep getting hair slivers in my foot. Which I didn't even realize was something that could happen.
14:05:06 <Nothing\> you step on a stray hair in just the right way that it embeds itself in your foot like a sliver/splinter and works its way deeper and deeper
14:05:32 <Nothing\> lucky these were long ones i could just pull out. But holy crap they hurt a lot for some reason.
14:05:57 <Nothing\> I guess barbers and pet groomers get them constantly
14:06:30 <rc-garage> i tried to get it out, but... I could not. oh well, it was sort of interesting, they dripped in some stuff, so i could not feel a thing, then they just scraped it out with some kind of blade. and the ceiling had those little square panels, and when they poked my eye, everything got bent and weird. it was sort of fun to look at
14:07:08 <Nothing\> oh i know. opthamological procedures can be trippy.
14:08:15 <Nothing\> I remember getting my eyes checked once and he had me look to the side while he shone a light in my eye at some exact angle that suddenly lit up all of my blood vessels and I could suddenly see the blood moving through blood vessels in my retina
14:08:36 <Nothing\> I really wish I knew how to recreate that because it was really cool
14:09:49 <Nothing\> rc-garage, funny story about poking your eye with sharp things to see trippy stuff. Apparently Isaac Newton was fascinated by how you see a light in your eye on the opposite side if you poke it hard enough.
14:10:21 <rc-garage> i only get a dark spot, on the other side?
14:10:31 <Nothing\> to the point where he would stick a hat pin between his eye and eyesocket next to his nose and poke at his eyeball with it to see trippy stuff
14:10:41 <Nothing\> rc-garage, yup that's exactly it
14:10:52 <Nothing\> and if you move your finger, the spot moves opposite to the motion
14:10:59 <Nothing\> you move down, spot moves up, etc
14:11:33 <Nothing\> i think it's something to do with how the image projected onto our retina is upside down and our brain corrects for this
14:11:51 <rc-garage> yep
14:11:57 <Nothing\> also mechanical stimulation of sensory neurons
14:12:08 <rc-garage> or maybe your brain just is equally backwards
14:12:20 <Nothing\> it's like if you bite your tongue gently, you can sorta taste this indistinguishable sensation
14:12:26 <Nothing\> it's not really a taste but it's something
14:13:03 <Nothing\> like if you press your tongue against your upper teeth. That seems to do it for me atm.
14:13:18 <Nothing\> or eigengrau, that's a perfect example
14:14:51 <Nothing\> in a pitch black room, once your eyes have gotten used to the dark, you still see this sort of "grey" but not grey "color" covering everything. It's not black, it's not white, but something wholly diiferent that forms into patterns and visions and weird stuff
15:09:42 <Halcyon> Afternoon mozzarella cheeses
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16:21:26 <watcher> Howdy dody partners?
16:30:52 <Halcyon> Hello watcher, doing alright
16:30:54 <Halcyon> How are you?
16:36:58 <watcher> good but bit tyerd
16:39:22 <Halcyon> What have you been up to?
16:40:15 <watcher> install qubes os on my new pc
16:40:24 <watcher> cannot get wifi working
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16:44:49 <Halcyon> *sigh* I suppose I should install this MacOS update I've been putting off for weeks.
16:46:07 <watcher> yeah install all the updates
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16:46:33 <gremlinz> or the next tme you walk past the bin :)
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17:07:24 <rust_collector> we had a vote, and agree with gremlinz
17:09:00 <Halcyon> Sure
17:09:05 <Halcyon> What are you voting?
17:11:01 <rust_collector> can not remember, but everyone agreed, except for the bin.
17:11:07 <Halcyon> Hooray1
17:11:08 <Halcyon> !
17:11:44 <rust_collector> hm, but, now.. uh, I actually should go vote today
17:21:29 <steve30> hi
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17:52:58 * steve30 needs more coffee
18:19:39 <K> !cofee steve30
18:32:32 * Halcyon flings beans at steve30
18:49:28 <K> dang
18:49:30 <K> !coffee steve30
18:49:31 * EEVBot throws screaming hot coffee at steve30
18:49:37 <steve30> :p
19:37:01 <gremlinz> Halcyon, made that move to Tassie yet
19:37:29 <Halcyon> Not yet. Still working things out.
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