// #eevblog — 2025-10-19
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00:42:00 <MrMobodies> I read this in the newspaper yesterday
00:42:01 <MrMobodies> https://www.thebookseller.com/news/government-to-bring-in-mandatory-reading-test-for-13-year-olds
00:42:03 <EEVBot> [url] Government to bring in mandatory reading test for 13 year olds | www.thebookseller.com
00:42:12 <MrMobodies> I thought that was the whole point of schools
00:42:59 <MrMobodies> and not only do they OVER TEST and in many cases instead of teaching the contents properly in quite a few I have been too
00:43:02 <MrMobodies> there is the 11+
00:44:03 <MrMobodies> when I was about 5 they were teaching how to read and write basic, what primary school is suppose to be for.
00:44:29 <MrMobodies> ooh sorry clickbait sign in it was the I newspaper I found it in
00:56:27 <steve30> just bought some Sony earphones from Argos witha TRRS connector and a control button
00:57:04 <steve30> Works nicely on a walkman but sounds funny on the computer unless you hold the button in
00:58:46 <rc-garage> that sounds like the old nokia earbuds with a cable, I think I had to short out the button on that, to use them as regular earbuds
00:59:15 <steve30> yeah
00:59:26 <steve30> but its fine on the walkman which is what i got it for
01:04:29 * Vampera pets steve30
01:04:59 * steve30 pokes Vampera with TR(R)S jacks
01:05:16 * Vampera snaps a couple off and glues them to her teeth as fangs
01:15:04 <electrohead> !film
01:24:52 <arch> electrohead, you should make that command for eevbot. and it should randomly pull out different types of cameras, from ancient ones to modern dslrs to iphones lol
01:26:41 * steve30 winds some betacam tape around Vampera's fangs
01:41:48 <electrohead> how would that be done? like, just in text? links to pictures? lol
01:42:39 <steve30> I guess something like *eevbot films electrohead with an iPhone, or *eevbot films arch on Betacam SP
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02:04:49 <steve30> kitty :) https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/1o9sjxn/hes_locked_in/
02:05:29 <arch> exactly steve30
02:07:12 <arch> that is a behemoth: https://www.redsharknews.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Betacam-side-1.jpg
02:08:11 <K> that would make dinosaurs extinct
02:08:22 <arch> hmm.. that brings up an interesting thought: has any film studio seriously tried using your run of the mill smartphone to shoot a TV episode, for the sake of science?
02:08:56 <arch> i guess in post processing, they could easily add a grainy effect to make it more "authentic" to film camera captures
02:09:13 <steve30> don't see why not
02:09:21 <steve30> they already use them for news here
02:09:25 <arch> oh
02:14:13 <MrMobodies> Just found this:
02:14:15 <MrMobodies> https://www.limesolicitors.co.uk/media-hub/nhs-set-harsher-restrictions-inguinal-hernia-surgery/
02:14:15 <EEVBot> [url] NHS set “Harsher Restrictions for Inguinal Hernia Surgery” | Lime Solicitors | www.limesolicitors.co.uk
02:14:44 <MrMobodies> 28/11/2023: "It has been reported that patients at Kent and Medway Trust are “having to show their hernia has grown larger or become “incarcerated” to access operations”."
02:15:29 <MrMobodies> which reminded me of this article 25/02/2024
02:15:31 <MrMobodies> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-68022017
02:15:32 <EEVBot> [url] Kent and Sussex GP staff facing abuse on a daily basis, surgery says - BBC News | www.bbc.co.uk
02:15:48 <MrMobodies> Goes to show that there is "no smoke without fire"
02:19:49 <MrMobodies> behaviour as to one's medical suffering in pain to a point or can't manage their condition where they require treatment but are not being treated that they either become violent or end up on A&E on the operating table or life changing injuries or dead. Then they go and spent £600,000 on CCTV and where did they find the money to do that and not the operations I wonder?
02:22:14 <MrMobodies> It worries me a bit because I have one too (not protruding) and they may fob me off. I
03:55:10 * steve30 passes the channel some AI cat toy adverts
03:55:14 <steve30> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGZe-clfCc4
03:55:14 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Top 5 Best Cardboard Cat Scatchers in 2023 | 5m 30s | Channel: Tx Experts TZ | 31 views | 2023-02-08 - 05:57:09 UTC
04:17:08 <steve30> lol
04:17:22 <steve30> Roel Van de Paar has a knock off :D
04:17:23 <steve30> https://www.youtube.com/@peterschneiderQandA/videos
04:17:24 <EEVBot> [url] Peter Schneider - YouTube | www.youtube.com
04:19:20 <steve30> I wonder if Sophia Wagner is Peter Schneider's girlfriend?
04:19:21 <steve30> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lncfo3E2QU
04:19:22 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Why does C++ compilation for named return value optimization fail when the copy or move construct... | 1m 47s | Channel: Sophia Wagner | 4,903 views | 2023-12-17 - 16:00:42 UTC
04:36:39 <arch> https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fthis-card-game-would-be-lit-v0-b6h2fvwsyrvf1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1024%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D78a44fac0ae5621f9280affc367657a22bdcea2d
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11:05:00 <flyback> https://www.serialtool.com/_en/serial-port-serial-tool-screenshots
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13:47:38 <MrMobodies> https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-new-video-player-ui-test-web-3547254/
13:47:38 <EEVBot> [url] YouTube is testing a new video player UI, and users aren't liking it | www.androidauthority.com
13:48:21 <MrMobodies> Do you like YouTube's new video player UI on the web?
13:48:21 <MrMobodies> 12684 votes
13:48:21 <MrMobodies> Yes, I like the new UI. 41%
13:48:21 <MrMobodies> No, I don't like the new UI. 59%
13:48:59 <MrMobodies> I don't like the size as it is a bit larger (possible to make touch easier with phones and tablets)
13:49:13 <MrMobodies> but they got rid of the most HATED thing I can't stand
13:49:18 <MrMobodies> the gradients
13:52:04 <MrMobodies> "Seemingly, you can no longer hover on the volume slider and scroll or even use the up/down keys to adjust the audio, which would be a significant feature regression if it indeed is the case."
13:52:10 <MrMobodies> How ODD, I can
13:52:29 <MrMobodies> maybe they tested it before and added that functionality
13:52:56 <MrMobodies> I can do all the things that i could do before with it
13:53:42 <MrMobodies> unless they mean this one
13:53:44 <MrMobodies> https://mashable.com/article/youtube-video-player-changes-redesign
13:53:44 <EEVBot> [url] YouTube’s video player looks different. Here’s what changed. | Mashable | mashable.com
13:57:12 <MrMobodies> I mean look at the stupid effect that gradient, that was suppose to cover the very small control player bar has abot half of the picture.
13:57:19 <MrMobodies> https://i.postimg.cc/15SDFGQn/image.png
13:57:20 <EEVBot> [url] Image — Postimages | i.postimg.cc
13:58:02 <MrMobodies> I hid that with Adblock, fortunately that was the child element of the player seek bar. Not isn't that stupid to make the gradient that size?
13:58:09 <MrMobodies> oops *now not no
14:20:54 <arch> this is what happens when a company has obscene amounts of money to blow. if it aint broke, don't fix it.
14:40:57 <MrMobodies> in the previous design all they had to do is not use the gradients
14:41:24 <MrMobodies> the one they set interferes and obscures half the picture... the stupidity
14:42:37 <MrMobodies> I just hope it becomes "modern web standards" to end this stupid practice with the gradients put over things.
14:44:05 <MrMobodies> This is where I couldn't care less, if the buttons are round, square as long as it doesn't distract or interfere with my viewing and concentration and whilst seeking.
16:08:30 <MrMobodies> but yes, if someone is paid to do something, even if it doesn't need to me changed, I'd rather the not make it worse than before and I see they had a history of that, look at Google news. Used that since what was it 2002? and they totally wrecked it in late 2017. They put their MASSIVE big fixed headers in there, lots of white spaces and zooming out didn't seem to do much good.
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16:11:22 <MrMobodies> https://web.archive.org/web/20100208082021/http://news.google.com/
16:11:27 <MrMobodies> https://web.archive.org/web/20140531001438/http://news.google.com/
16:11:30 <EEVBot> [url] Google News | web.archive.org
16:11:33 <EEVBot> [url] Google News | web.archive.org
16:11:37 <MrMobodies> Been through many many changes.
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16:12:00 <MrMobodies> but that one in 2017 and I stopped using it
16:12:17 <MrMobodies> Massive big toolbar rammed in yer face
16:12:42 <MrMobodies> aaah the later 2017 don't seem to load with archive.org
16:14:10 <MrMobodies> https://teleread.org/2017/07/19/google-newss-new-look-sucks-please-let-us-revert-if-we-want/
16:14:11 <EEVBot> [url] Google News’s new look sucks. Please—let us revert if we want. | teleread.org
16:14:53 <MrMobodies> that bar took up over 1/4 of my screen area.
16:15:22 <MrMobodies> aaah this works : https://web.archive.org/web/20180216011903/https://news.google.com/news/?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en
16:15:24 <EEVBot> [url] Google News | web.archive.org
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20:06:58 <steve30> apparently electric surf boards are a thing
22:49:01 <MrMobodies> Do they have wheels on them?
22:49:46 <MrMobodies> oh the things they use on glide on the sea bed.
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