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01:16:21 * arch hires a thicc amazonian to crush electrohead's head in between her thighs
01:16:58 <electrohead> lol
01:17:12 * electrohead hires a male prostitute for arch
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01:40:41 <arch> \o/
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01:41:14 <arch> hmm. is a male prostitute also called a whore? or is there a different word for them?
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01:43:38 <rc-garage> so many words
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01:44:30 <arch> me think, why say lot word when few word do trick
01:45:20 <rc-garage> yep.
01:46:13 <arch> im thinking of getting the mac tools master tap and die set, but it'll cost me a whopping $400 in total. i think it's worth it though. i tire of these cheapass harbor freight junk
01:47:12 <rc-garage> who makes them for mac? but yes, a good set is a lot less annoying, and most of it will last "forever"
01:47:41 <arch> made in usa it says
01:48:21 <rc-garage> Mac Tools tap and die sets are manufactured by Irwin-Hanson (now part of Stanley Black & Decker). This production occurs at the Jackson, Tennessee facility, where Mac Tools, Irwin, and Snap-On tools are made using the same steel and manufacturing processes.
01:48:29 <arch> \o/
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01:49:01 <rc-garage> so, maybe look for that, so you dont have to pay for the mac sticker on the box
01:58:21 <rc-garage> a lot of mine are Gühring. they are good. just in case you find those somewhere
01:58:44 <arch> lol item im looking at is a palm nailer. one of the reviews: "looks great wife cant wait to use it Thanks!"
01:59:15 <rc-garage> then both of them can get something out of it. that is nice
02:03:31 <arch> "la dee daa, what a beautiful day to build a deck. wait a second, where'd all this ectoplasm come from? oh well, must have been the wind..."
02:08:38 <arch> https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-Pneumatic-3-1-2-in-Mini-Palm-Nailer-R350MPF/325211080
02:08:39 <EEVBot> [url] Access Denied | www.homedepot.com
02:09:34 <rc-garage> just wait until the wife asks for a sawsall, and other fun stuff
02:10:26 <arch> do not the sawsall
02:11:20 <arch> orbital sander should be safe though
02:12:03 <rc-garage> you can get some pretty cool attachments for a sawsall.
02:12:08 <arch> !lenny
02:12:08 <EEVBot> ಠ╭╮ಠ
02:12:11 <arch> HA!
02:12:21 <arch> lenny disapproves
02:12:23 <rc-garage> big black ones, sea creature shaped
02:12:35 <rc-garage> so many options
02:12:57 <arch> that explains why my neighbor upstairs is doing construction at 1am at night!
02:16:19 <arch> i need to sift some soil so i was thinking of making this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOoDXfuO67Y
02:16:20 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Dirt sifter made from 3/4" pipe and a reciprocating saw. | 46s | Channel: Albert Satterfield | 16,362 views | 2016-04-17 - 15:02:41 UTC
02:17:16 <rc-garage> yeah, sure
02:29:57 <K> OY YOU
02:36:55 <arch> K, yur under arrest! https://youtu.be/XLo1WTmld4o&t=133
02:36:55 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Mass Effect 3: Conrad Verner Death | 2m 56s | Channel: dutchess136 | 215,073 views | 2012-03-11 - 05:38:29 UTC
02:53:21 <K> nnnein!
02:53:50 <K> i have not played any of mass effect games
02:56:53 <Ysjoelfir> shame on you.
02:57:03 <Ysjoelfir> feel massively effected now, please.
02:57:27 * K falls over
02:58:51 <K> oh Ysjoelfir, imma write to you in the green app
02:59:01 <rust_collector2> oopsie doodles
03:00:27 <Ysjoelfir> O K, I'm ready!
03:00:33 * Ysjoelfir readies himself
03:02:43 <K> hnnnnggg
03:22:47 <rust_collector2> K, I will write a message to you now
03:22:57 <K> ok
03:23:12 <rust_collector2> on a post it note. a light blue one
03:23:28 <rust_collector2> ok
03:23:41 <rust_collector2> so, if you are in the area, you can come pick it up
03:24:45 Nick: rust_collector2 is now known as rust_collector
03:26:45 <K> put some rock on it, so it does not get blown away
03:27:13 <rust_collector> a bit of heavy metal
03:36:43 * Ysjoelfir watches rust_collector place a frame fragment of a train bridge onto said post it note
03:37:34 <rust_collector> hey. still stalking me, eh?
03:38:11 <Ysjoelfir> yes. thanks to the russian neighbor.
03:38:37 <rust_collector> ohyes. makes sense.
03:38:55 <rust_collector> well, a stalker is better than no one caring at all
03:45:42 <K> someone is stalking Ysjoelfir ?
04:12:28 <Ysjoelfir> besides from my ex, nah. but that is... more online stalking, she's too lazy to move her ass around. but, I'd suggest stalking rust_collector. he likes that. :P
04:14:46 * electrohead stalks Ysjoelfir
04:14:59 <rc-garage> and you will see many strange places
04:16:02 * Ysjoelfir has a sparking sensation in his head
04:16:05 * Ysjoelfir looks around
04:16:09 * Ysjoelfir feels watched
04:26:16 * arch is watching Ysjoelfir
04:26:36 * arch notices electrohead with his camera out, waiting in the corner
04:26:42 * Ysjoelfir feels even more watched
04:26:55 * Ysjoelfir wonders if watcher might be around
04:27:57 <K> hey Kuschelpony, maybe you know - is "liquid tin" gone for good (stuff like this - https://shop.bungard.de/index.php/de/chemikalien-vm/sur-tin_komplett-detail), and only way is making it by yourself?
04:27:58 <EEVBot> [url] Chemikalien: Chem. Tinning SUR-TIN | shop.bungard.de
04:28:19 <Kuschelpony> hello K
04:28:39 <Kuschelpony> hmm i do not know, letssee what this exactly is
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04:30:02 <electrohead> watcher comes and goes
04:30:27 * electrohead films arch doing things
04:31:30 <arch> you can make liquid tin yourself, for much cheaper
04:31:40 <arch> i assume you are wanting to coat your DIY copperclad pcbs?
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04:42:27 <Kuschelpony> ok, contains lots of Sulfuric acid and there is also mentioning of nitrates, so it might bot longer be legal to sell this to the public
04:42:51 <rc-garage> so.....be a compaany?
04:53:34 <Kuschelpony> probably neccesary
04:53:59 <K> arch, yeah, but chemistry is not my thing
04:54:14 <Kuschelpony> reminds me, i should try again to electroplate tin, in alkaline solution this should work without etching the copper
05:02:25 <arch> K, you will like this video. it shows the full process and its very easy. just make sure you brew the concoction once you are ready to tin. this stuff is much much cheaper than the industrial, does the same thing, but has a lower shelf lifetime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsw3lOnHaas
05:02:25 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Make PCB Tinning Solution ("Liquid Tin") by Redox Flipping | 5m 28s | Channel: NurdRage | 173,868 views | 2017-10-21 - 11:50:59 UTC
05:03:05 <K> Yeah, i saw that
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08:16:44 <Nothing\> i started experimenting growing microgreens just for a project to keep busy. I did my first attepmt with white kidney beans and... i honestly think they're some sort of GMO super bean
08:16:50 <Nothing\> https://i.ibb.co/4nbHH0hS/20260414-090458.jpg
08:17:40 <Nothing\> that's after just 6 days. They're not even supposed to sprout for 4, but these sprouted in 2. They're even getting their first leaves in and the one is over 8in long
08:17:51 <Nothing\> they're only supposed to be like 2in long at this point
08:18:59 <Nothing\> it's basically like where you put beans between two wet paper towels, but you use two trays and set the second tray inside the first with 4 or 5lbs of weight on it while they sprout
08:19:30 <Nothing\> within 4 days they were actually lifting the weight i put on top of them
08:20:11 <Nothing\> made me think i want to grow bamboo chutes and see what they'll pierce
08:21:20 <Nothing\> i wanna keep these guys alive, somehow though. I feel like if I could get a source of nitroget, phosphate and calcium i could give them everything they need. Like a hydroponic setup.
09:18:43 <Nothing\> so... i learned the programming language "Brainfuck" yesterday
09:19:28 <Nothing\> it involves a lot of counting character
09:20:12 <Nothing\> since you can't use literal values but only increment memory values that are initialized to 0 by default one by one by one
09:20:28 <Nothing\> ditto for addresses
09:21:04 <Nothing\> lol then someone went and made a variant of the language that uses nothing but whitespace characters to do this, so counting them is damn near impossible without highlighting
10:13:13 <MrMobodies> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/3720900/changing-main-drive-letter-from-c-to-a-risks
10:13:13 <EEVBot> [url] Changing Main drive letter from C to A risks - Microsoft Q&A | learn.microsoft.com
10:13:52 <MrMobodies> This bit: "You cannot change the C drive letter or Windows WILL NOT START. *All of the operating system files are hard coded to C* and not changeable. "
10:13:58 <MrMobodies> *UTTER BULLSHIT
10:14:37 <MrMobodies> I have been doing that over the years and also my workshop machines running off ccobbot
10:15:00 <MrMobodies> "HARD CODED" yeah right
10:15:14 <MrMobodies> "Windows WILL NOT START" nonsense
10:17:30 <MrMobodies> "May I ask why you rated my post unhelpful... even though I asked you to wait if you wanted me to continue helping you? **This affects my standing here for doing my very best to help you."... Quite rightly so unhelpful and What arrogance to demand ratings. *GOOD.
10:17:44 <MrMobodies> oops **good
10:18:28 <MrMobodies> "very best" to help him? "Oh it's built in" no effort.
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10:19:50 <MrMobodies> I remember when firefox started doing similar in about 2019 saying that the AD suggestions on the address bar were built in and couldn't be disabled when it could using some really old About:config parameters that still seem to work.
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10:21:48 <MrMobodies> "Hi Nojus. I'm Greg, an installation specialist, 10 years awarded Windows MVP" Not worth the paper it was printed on.
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10:23:15 <MrMobodies> Installation specialist... Sounds to me a lot more like qualifications they use to offer such as "Nail technican" and Sandwich Technican".
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10:23:51 <MrMobodies> Where apparently a NVQ level in food prepation was higher.
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10:29:45 <MrMobodies> but I would never choose A: for the drive letter myself.
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11:02:06 <Nothing\> MrMobodies, I don't know if it applies to previous versions, but I remember well running XP off of my E:\ drive because it was my SATA drive and there was already an IDE drive labeled C:\
11:28:35 <Nothing\> heh i remember back in the day using alcohol 120% to create like 30 virtual drives just to see what happens after Z:
11:29:07 <Nothing\> back then at least, it just rolled ovver to AA:\
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12:01:39 <steve30> I'm sure i've had windows running off D and E drives
12:01:52 <steve30> but then it might have re-lettered them to C, i can't remember
12:01:57 <steve30> But certainly not A or B
12:22:48 <MrMobodies> https://i.postimg.cc/pLGBj7VH/KVM2.jpg
12:23:21 <steve30> yeah, thought so
12:23:25 <MrMobodies> The reason I do that for those, I use CCboot
12:23:45 <steve30> But the person posting the question wanted it to be A: which is not possible as A is for floppies
12:23:52 <MrMobodies> In the past, I can't remember what it was but it caused problems
12:24:00 <MrMobodies> so I renamed the letters
12:24:17 <MrMobodies> I just leave A and B for those
12:24:28 <MrMobodies> I suppose i could try it
12:25:14 <MrMobodies> just change in registry in HLKM MountedDevices
12:25:22 <MrMobodies> and do a lot of mass editing
12:25:32 <MrMobodies> and rename maybe another time
12:26:09 <MrMobodies> it was the fact the poster said "can't do it because is is *HARD CODED*" bullshit....
12:26:14 <MrMobodies> I mean to change the letters
12:26:44 <MrMobodies> but he did have a point on the choice of letters A and mentioned about it being used for floppies
12:27:28 <MrMobodies> ah I remember now, if I load CCBOOT with a hard drive with windows on it conflicted
12:27:37 <MrMobodies> that's why I changed the letters
12:28:00 <MrMobodies> I use it for disk stuff and recovering things off old stuff
12:31:00 <MrMobodies> I am using an old copy of CCboot from 2010 when it allows 4 clients I think
12:31:04 <MrMobodies> free
12:33:28 <MrMobodies> I remembered in 2014 was it
12:33:55 <MrMobodies> actually could be 2015
12:34:19 <MrMobodies> ah yes they removed the option to disable suggestions
12:34:48 <MrMobodies> in 2017 they removed the URL parameter the option would trigger
12:35:04 <MrMobodies> in the Google forum "J pittam" Moderator "It's built in"
12:35:53 <MrMobodies> I thought well adblock hides things and never really used it before. I didn't know about the element picker (seperate with firefox at the time) or the rules to generate
12:36:31 <MrMobodies> In the adblock forum they showed me a few examples, and found they were named to something like "suggest lines" and 12 of them.
12:37:00 <MrMobodies> so went back and said to that J Pittam "I proved you wrong". It's built in and had a right go at him.
12:37:35 <MrMobodies> others came in and they were talking strangely, about the pigs and the bacon and revenue from these suggestions
12:37:51 <MrMobodies> a month later J pittam change his name
12:38:07 <MrMobodies> when I posted some more annoying things to hide
12:38:32 <MrMobodies> in 2017 they bloated out and ruined their lovely news section
12:39:16 <MrMobodies> with a massive big toolbar rammed in yer face and other fixed widgets with the usual white spaces
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