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04:27:09 <K> hello doodad collectors
05:25:01 <rust_collector> yes
05:29:23 * electrohead throws chicken patties at everyone
05:29:37 * K offers rust_collector a sugary drink with 7 weeks over best before date
05:30:05 <rust_collector> as long as it is not tea with all the sugar
05:30:16 <rust_collector> and especially not cow juice
05:31:52 <K> it is some sort of malt-based one
05:35:57 <rust_collector> hmmm
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05:43:48 <rc-garage> ok, i will take 2
06:29:29 <electrohead> malta goya?
06:29:34 <electrohead> I'm having one of those right now
06:50:09 <K> https://imgur.com/a/4cG7fPu
06:51:35 <electrohead> Oh noms
06:52:53 <rc-garage> I might try that
06:53:08 <electrohead> I'm now onto coconut water
06:53:35 <rc-garage> you __________ coconut _____ _____ mr head
07:05:05 <K> seaguls!
09:02:59 <damian> good morning friends!
09:04:05 <damian> would any of you like to be a bit of a beta tester for an imgur/pastebin replacement i've been working on? it's not social, and it's not public posts, but it takes a lot more type of upload than just img/txt
09:30:38 <spyda> damian: Ive got about 30min if you still need a beta tester
09:39:52 <damian> you can test forever! point out all of the flaws, anything you might change where it doesn't flow. ill notice you the url, sign u9p and i'll bump you up to have all features
10:26:40 <damian> thanks spyda! let me know how it goes. it's still in very much dev, but all feedback is good
10:44:46 <DogWomble> i'd happily test a few things out :)
10:55:43 <damian> thanks!
11:17:55 <DogWomble> well i've thrown a PHP, C++ and plain text file at it and it seems to be handling it so far
11:18:40 <damian> i've put processing in for around 40 different common-ish filetypes, with a few that aren't so common but i use all the time, bahaha
11:18:48 <damian> coding filetypes, that is
11:19:40 <DogWomble> yeah, i suspected that would be the fase :) always good to see it working
11:20:54 <DogWomble> i'm throwing a few image types at it as well just to see if i can get it to fall over :)
11:21:28 <damian> that is something i havent tested too much, older formats in particular
11:21:40 <damian> same with video, my brother goes 'it doesnt support 3gp' im like dude, we living in the 90s?!
11:23:41 <ibiza> damian u got a stinky bum
11:23:49 <damian> sup ibiza
11:23:51 <DogWomble> haha :D well i probably have some old 3GP video floating around somewhere
11:24:14 <DogWomble> having said that, i did just throw a ~19mb MKV file at it - it worked, but it took a moment to think about it
11:24:22 <damian> yeah, his point was that he was sharing his motorbike accident, that happened in 2005. im like, fair
11:24:33 <DogWomble> it might be worth if it's easy to just throw some sort of progress bar at it, jsut so people don't think it's frozen?
11:24:57 <damian> where are you based geographically?
11:25:05 <DogWomble> i'm in Australia
11:25:16 <DogWomble> so Canberra, though i suspect i'm conencted to my ISP's POp in SYDNEY
11:25:27 <damian> ah yeah nice. so it was laggy on upload, but it played fine?
11:25:31 <ibiza> damian; nudda brudda
11:26:09 <DogWomble> yeah, it played fine when it uploaded, it just took a moment to upload - long enough that i wasn't sure whether it was workng or not
11:26:31 <damian> fantastic, thanks!
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11:30:45 <DogWomble> otherwise seems to be handling everything i throw at it
11:31:58 <damian> does anything look out of place or not natural
11:32:29 <DogWomble> the only thing i'd suggest is maybe make the links at the bottom a little lighter in dark mode
11:33:16 <damian> that's on the list, on my windows machine everything looks good, when i move to another machine it looks very washed out. i'm just thinking of plastering them as white instead of grey
11:33:25 <damian> it's the same if you log into the system and have the other buttons
11:33:50 <DogWomble> so it sounds liek it's being tweaked then :)
11:33:55 <damian> https://dropd.link/p/qOeAeM5w
11:33:56 <EEVBot> [url] Untitled Image - dropd. | dropd.link
11:33:57 <DogWomble> but yeah, otherwise everything looks fairly good so far
11:34:11 <damian> great to hear, thanks!
11:34:48 <DogWomble> the only reason i brought up the links was i was going to enquire about how you were handling DMCA requets, then noticed you had a link at the bottom that i'd missed :P
11:34:59 <damian> hahaha
11:35:41 <damian> yeah, i thought about the tos/aup/tos quite a bit. mainly about outages and things like that, i got a comment about 'what if we use the qr code for high level marketing and the site is down?!'
11:36:00 <damian> im like dude, its a pasting site, dont use it for high level marketing *add to tos - not to be used for marketing*
11:36:22 <DogWomble> yeah, i was gonna say, if you're using a pasting site to host marketing material, you sh ould probably rethink your marketing strategy :)
11:36:30 <damian> yeah, exactly right
11:37:01 <damian> the reason i made it was to capture all kinds of media for irc consumption, 'cause going to imgur for iamges, pastebin for text, and rando video upload for videos is annoying
11:37:32 <damian> then bro (graphic / web design) was like owah, i can just paste and get claude to use it so i dont have to upload to ftp to host images and things for prototyping!
11:38:17 <DogWomble> yeah, having a site that supports multiple different formats makes things convenient
11:41:18 <DogWomble> the only otehr thing, and i've just realised this, is it might be worth adding a "purge this link immediately" link once it's created - with the appropriate safeguards to stop people deleting other people's links - just so that if someobdy realises they've done a boo boo and posted the wrong thing with sensitive info or something in it, they can delete it
12:22:33 <damian> that is available .......... if you create an account, so we can steal all of your data!
12:23:07 <damian> but i dont think it's necessarily required, first because the links are all private (unlike imgur/pastebin), they are NEVER public, so if you accidentally post, it will disappear in 24hrs and wont share with anyone
12:23:14 <damian> and second, that there is the login feature, which allows you to manage all posts you make
12:23:14 <DogWomble> aaah, that would be why, i was doing it without an account :)
12:23:20 <damian> (no, we dont steal any data)
12:23:42 <DogWomble> but yeah, that's a fair point
12:25:14 <Halcyon> Afternoon all
12:25:23 <DogWomble> it's a Halcyon :)
12:26:39 <Halcyon> Indeed
12:28:39 <DogWomble> Happy friday and other such shenanigans
12:28:40 <damian> sup Halcyon
12:29:54 <Halcyon> Not much, just busy at work. How's everyone?
12:30:13 <DogWomble> yeah going ok :)
12:30:22 <DogWomble> have to work over the weekend, then have two weeks off
12:30:52 <Halcyon> Weeee \o/
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13:49:26 <MrMobodies> https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2026/07/02/glue-traps-banned/
13:49:26 <EEVBot> [url] Glue traps banned in Scotland. So why is England trailing behind? | www.thecanary.co
13:49:35 <MrMobodies> I remember in a plumbing college in 2010
13:50:19 <MrMobodies> There were rats running around and jumping off the false ceilings. Pest control wanted to put those down and told us that once they are down just forget about it.
13:50:28 <MrMobodies> The reception refused
13:50:56 <MrMobodies> I agreed and said, when they start rotting up there and that is not something you can forget
13:51:17 <MrMobodies> I didn't think it was a good idea
13:51:41 <MrMobodies> I suggested they put up proper traps down, mark where they are and come back about every week.
13:52:48 <MrMobodies> posion isn't great either, the rat could eat that and go in places not reachable and die there and they can smell the place out for years.
13:53:30 <MrMobodies> it'd be nice for a trap or container thing that traps the rats but don't kill them.
13:53:52 <MrMobodies> then they can set them free in some forest somewhere
13:53:57 <MrMobodies> for snakes to feed on
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15:57:17 <K> hello slices of slightly burnt toast
15:59:47 <DogWomble> hellow fellow day of the slightly square plink plonk
16:02:46 <K> suspicious, even.
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