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00:41:15 * steve30 offers arch some super safe STEVEFIRE batteries :)
01:11:37 * arch offers steve30 some QueefKing batteries
01:56:59 * steve30 lols
01:57:00 <steve30> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlYa8NV5k-U
01:57:00 <EEVBot> [YouTube] Politician reads AI prompt during assembly | 1m 20s | Channel: news.com.au | 93,963 views | 2026-07-24 - 03:27:53 UTC
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06:06:23 <arch> man this T430 keeps chugging. what a gigachad of a machine. going on 12 or 13 years now
06:06:39 <arch> sure it's loud and ugly, but it works
06:07:37 <arch> i even have coreboot on it, so it'll go for few more decades as long as we don't get javascript infestation worse than what we have now on the internet
06:08:08 <arch> i7-3632QM 4 core 8 thread CPU, think ill be good for a good while yet
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07:35:25 <electrohead> that's a decent CPU
07:35:32 <electrohead> how much RAM?
07:36:21 <steve30> I've had my second (third?) hand T420 for 6 years now :o
07:37:57 <electrohead> I'm still rocking my precision laptops from many years ago, i7-6820HQ @ 2.7 GHz
07:38:25 <steve30> I still like my thinkpad A31 but I don't use it as much since I got the t420
07:42:58 <electrohead> oh 16 GB of RAM on the lab laptop, and 32 GB for the precision out in the TV room
08:23:01 <steve30> ooh, apparently there's a print server software for my teltonika router
08:29:38 <electrohead> browsing products under that name, these look industrial
08:30:36 <steve30> they are, but they also work well sat on my window sill.
08:34:03 <electrohead> xD
08:36:50 * steve30 fires 5G beams at electrohead
08:37:04 * electrohead now has covid
09:04:25 <arch> electrohead, maybe you know this one. have you seen anyone on youtube depot one of these bad boys? https://www.meanwellusa.com/upload/pdf/IRM-03/IRM-03-spec.pdf
09:04:41 <arch> i wonder what switching IC they use
09:05:05 <arch> do they use the ubiquitous uc28/38 series soic8, or are they making an inhouse IC
09:05:17 <arch> or maybe using a topswitch
09:11:50 <arch> electrohead, 16GB RAM. this badboy is maxed out. i even have the CDROM replaced with another SATA SSD, along with a mSATA SSD + main SSD slot: 3 in total SSDs. RAID1 config
09:20:33 <electrohead> oh nice
09:21:10 <electrohead> there's a massive chance I've replaced one or two of those in the past, when working for that industrial repair place
09:29:54 <electrohead> arch: do you have one of those laying around?
09:30:29 <arch> not at the moment. i do have one of the 5V variant that i made my Dash Tiny Reflow Oven
09:30:54 <arch> im pretty proud of that thing lol. stuffing a power supply inside the oven with a few mm to spare at most
09:31:04 <electrohead> lol
09:31:39 <electrohead> you know speaking of, I put together that reflow oven kit in the past, used it like once or twice, hasn't been used since lol
09:31:50 <arch> which reflow oven kit?
09:32:25 <electrohead> https://whizoo.com/products/controleo3-reflow-oven-build-kit
09:32:41 <electrohead> this one, I did this like 8-9 years ago or something
09:32:44 <electrohead> it's been a minute
09:33:26 <electrohead> oh my, that's upgraded nowadays for the esp32
09:33:28 <arch> ahh that. yep, i essentially forked his v2 variant onto copperclad, for my toaster oven reflow oven project. and same for the dash tiny reflow oven project
09:33:41 <electrohead> oh! I remember when you did that, now
09:33:48 <arch> oh yeah, sure, why not go ahead and put a Xeon 32 core CPU, why not
09:33:59 <arch> it's a fucking toaster oven, all you need is a 8 bit microcontroller ffs
09:34:47 <arch> speaking of which, as you can tell, my website has been down for ehh... 3 years now? i can't be assed lol
09:34:58 <electrohead> lol
09:35:08 <electrohead> and pfft, it deserves a xeon I say
09:35:15 <electrohead> more electrons == does a better job, right?
09:35:22 <electrohead> :p
09:35:31 <arch> you can use the Xeon cpu itself as the heating element! *taps forehead*
09:35:49 <electrohead> *insert big brain moment meme*
09:36:37 <electrohead> joking aside, the esp8266 or ep32 is a nice thing for stuff like that; would be neat to have proper logging and notifications of things
09:36:59 <electrohead> networked, rather; could then log everything, have pretty graphs, etc
09:37:02 <electrohead> I just like data, lol
09:37:26 <electrohead> mm, you ever fab a PCIe card yet?
09:37:26 <arch> yeah, next thing you know, a joker hacks your iot gizmo to put duty to 100% and makes your house burn down. pure genius
09:37:45 <electrohead> lol
09:38:01 <arch> im never gonna buy any smart: microwave ovens, air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, or dryers
09:38:07 <electrohead> total genius move to put everything on the internet
09:38:30 <arch> if my current washer and dryer breaks, ima go on craigslist and buy a 1980s speedqueen from the local crackhead for $135
09:38:41 <electrohead> lmao
09:39:18 <electrohead> see, this is where I have issues though; putting the asshole mentality aside since that's the true problem behind networked things nowadays - I enjoy the technology aspects of having things as such
09:39:21 <electrohead> *but*
09:39:33 <electrohead> .. keep it off a global network like the internet
09:39:46 <electrohead> the companies take shit too far nowadays, and it completely ruins shit
09:39:54 <electrohead> I'm with you on that, lol
09:40:28 <electrohead> especially this strange subscription based culture, whoever made that happen in the first place deserves a special place in hell
09:40:51 <electrohead> then the analytics, the spying .. guh
09:40:52 <arch> and since im getting my epa608 very very soon, i will be able to service my own refrigeration equipment...right after i spend another $1500 or so on hvac tools
09:41:05 <electrohead> nice!
09:41:18 <electrohead> so .. hyperspace pirate v2.0?
10:04:51 <electrohead> I actually started to study for that about two years ago
10:05:08 <electrohead> never fully dedicated myself to it, though
10:06:03 <arch> pfft. noob
10:11:59 <electrohead> lol
10:12:19 <electrohead> you probably missed my question earlier; you ever design/fab a pcie card?
10:12:47 <arch> nope
10:13:01 <arch> im too dumb for that. maybe PCI is the max i can realistically design
10:13:05 <arch> idk high speed design techniques
10:17:46 <electrohead> I'm tempted to dive in head first, lol
10:18:01 <electrohead> !twss
10:18:02 <EEVBot> That's what she said!
10:18:22 <electrohead> (you're far from dumb, btw)
10:19:11 <arch> \o/
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10:19:49 <electrohead> \o/
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16:12:36 <k> hello various meats
16:13:07 Nick: k is now known as K
17:24:10 <Halcyon> Hello K and specialty cereals
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21:20:37 * electrohead sticks a spoon into Halcyon, adds milk
21:20:50 <Halcyon> Oooer
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