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00:11:00 <steve30> !coffee
00:11:00 * EEVBot slides a cup of joe to steve30
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01:22:44 * watcher_ says Ni
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01:52:14 <rc-garage> NI!
01:52:42 <watcher> what are you doing rc-garage
01:53:11 <rc-garage> reeplacing handbrake cables on a fiesta, and picking junk out of my eye, about 50/50
01:53:28 <watcher> Seems nice
01:54:04 <rc-garage> well, it is a thing to do on a weekend, I guess
01:54:24 <watcher> yes, it is a relly nice weekend project
01:54:26 <rc-garage> wife says she is making baked potatoes, so I think this will be an ok day
01:54:35 <watcher> So the fiesta can drive after the weekend
01:55:12 <rc-garage> nah. it needs to go for its test, and the owner is on vacation, I think. at least there is no one home there
01:55:46 <rc-garage> but, it will be nice to be done with it, and get it away from here
01:56:53 <watcher> The last car project I did was installing that android auto radio. After that I did not do a car project.
01:57:11 <rc-garage> that is also a good thing, lol.
01:57:17 <rc-garage> how did that go?
01:57:23 <watcher> I asked that dude if we could mod his car more with sick speakers
01:58:00 <watcher> but he told me I want it but if we do it he has not a a buddy to call if we made a mistake
01:58:30 <watcher> rc-garage: We only took 1 hour more than the pro shop would do it where we bought the stuff.
01:59:21 <rc-garage> but it works ok? I see a lot of weird stereo things, that look nice, when they are done starting up, but are almost unusable.
01:59:24 <watcher> We splitted the work in 2 mornings and we need to go to the hardwarestore to buy rubber grommets and connecters
02:00:25 <watcher> I works great like facorty only we did not install some kind of plastic tray/pocket back. It needed a new hole for the usb cable.
02:01:12 <watcher> We drilled it but never installed it. The owner told be this week that it well only be installed when he sell the car to a new owner and not a scrapyard.
02:03:31 <watcher> And you cann't watch YouTube on it will driving but that is a andriod auto thing. You need external hardware for that. We also did not bought that (yet)
02:05:03 <watcher> I also asked if we could place buggy suspension over the shock breakers. I think you yet coil-overs than. And install a .50 call on the roof. But his military background tells him it is not a good idea.
02:06:30 <watcher> Part of the story whas as that you could use it for transporting more building supply's at ones and machineguns and RPG lancher when I joins the geurrila movement. But still not convinced
02:08:02 <watcher> Also not convinced to install active ground effect fans to be the fastes at the traffic light. But that was because you need to squeze the dempers fully and more to get the qashqai that low to get a good ground effect.
02:15:41 <rc-garage> qashqai is the weirdest "car" and it would be good to have a bmg on the roof. But then you need to put an actual roof on it, so it does not just rip the top off it
02:19:44 <watcher> rc-garage: I will send him a screen shot of this chat
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02:24:40 <watcher> rc-garage: Laptop battery dead at the moment that I wanted to make the screenshot and the log file dose not contian that part can you send a screenshot?
02:29:53 <rc-garage> https://imgur.com/IBadhbK
02:56:48 <watcher> rc-garage: Thanks
02:58:42 <rc-garage> I need a cup of ethanol and dish soap, to get this terrible food looking stuff out of my mouth.
03:00:37 <watcher> rc-garage: Is hexchat not end of life now?
03:00:49 <rc-garage> I have no idea
03:01:28 <watcher> rc-garage: The final release is from: 09 Feb 2024
03:01:37 <watcher> source: https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html
03:01:37 <EEVBot> [url] 2.16.2, The Final Release – HexChat | hexchat.github.io
03:01:47 <watcher> So I think it is EOL
03:01:59 <rc-garage> eh, whatever. what do you want updated in it?
03:02:48 <watcher> Halloy KVirc depends if it is winslop or pingiun or fruity OS
03:03:21 <watcher> or Mirc if you like paying for a desktop client
03:03:42 <rc-garage> the what? but I use loonix
03:07:00 <watcher> Than Halloy or kirc or weechat or the best and only options for a desktop client that I know of that are still maintaind
03:07:19 <watcher> and kirc is the least maintaind of them
03:08:47 <watcher> or pidgin but that is a golden oldy from the time you needed 10 chat clients to contact every one
03:09:35 <rc-garage> I might go back to irssi. that was ok.
03:09:44 <rc-garage> but, for now, it works.
03:10:59 <watcher> rc-garage: If you compile from source it is maintaind the latest release is from Oct 3, 2023
03:12:02 <rc-garage> ok, but what has changed in irc in the last few years?
03:13:34 <watcher> Nothing really only ircv3 that AFIAK no server uses because only mIRC and halloy support it fully.
03:14:34 <rc-garage> yeah, i think i will just use this for a bit longer
03:16:00 <rc-garage> but, it is satyrday, have some tunes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aembqcrcHuc
03:16:00 <EEVBot> Temporary error talking to YouTube: [SYS] unknown error (_ssl.c:2638)
03:17:25 <watcher> rc-garage: I am listing know pretty heavy stuff
03:20:55 <rc-garage> I dunno, it is fairly pop like, for what it is.
03:27:48 <watcher> rc-garage: I dont really listen to music and most poeple around me listen pop so it is heavy for me pretty quick,
03:28:20 <rc-garage> not even that techno like stuff they do down there?
03:28:45 <watcher> The owner of the qashqai came back to me. three happy tire drop emoijs
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03:29:39 <watcher> No not really techno. the young kids would listen do drill rap and the older poeple just to older pop music. I try to convince poeple to jazz for no reason.
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03:30:13 <watcher> rc-garage: Also asked the qashqai owner when we will give his car a real roof.
03:31:24 <rc-garage> when I was in the military, we were not allowed to use the roof mounted bmg on the trucks, as they always cracked the windscreen.
03:32:39 <watcher> rc-garage: That was kind of the answer for the qashqai owner.
03:33:26 <rc-garage> yep. i am just saying things
03:33:36 <watcher> Here when we did have military duty you where not allowed to shoot with you automatic wapen on automatic because that used to much bullets
03:33:45 <rc-garage> is that the 1.5 diesel thing?
03:33:57 <watcher> the qashqai?
03:34:00 <rc-garage> yep
03:34:16 <watcher> no I think just a petrol one
03:34:19 <rc-garage> ok
03:34:29 <rc-garage> sounds better, somehow
03:35:16 <rc-garage> I fired 22 rounds, in the time I was there. that is what we had to.
03:36:57 <watcher> Now it is better but we dont have real duty any more it is only the payroll poeple. They must shoot on each other with real bullets in training.
03:37:25 <watcher> You must shoot presice but not kill the other person because you will end up in jail for life.
03:37:37 <rc-garage> I did discover, that the...uh. cant remember the name of them, but it was like a telescopic tube, rocket launcher thing... those fit perfectly on the downpipe things from the rain gutters, when we ripped those off, by clearing snow. super handy, just stick it in there, and telescope it into place
03:37:56 <watcher> ones for killing on the civilian law and than for killing for the militairy law
03:39:24 <rc-garage> and now, I am too old to get called in, unless there is an actual war, so... meh.
03:40:07 <watcher> rc-garage: I need to go now lost of stuff that needs to be done next week. Have a nice weekend
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04:11:54 * xstevia waves
04:14:24 * rc-garage flails arms around
04:33:27 <xstevia> Im sat on some dry grass
04:33:48 <rc-garage> make sure it is not an ant hill
04:34:14 <xstevia> Well, it is a hill
04:34:19 <xstevia> But no ants
04:34:42 <rc-garage> if it also does not taste like ants, it is probably not an ant hill then
04:34:51 <xstevia> Ive got a nice view of rotherham, sheffield etc
04:35:50 <xstevia> Just conducting reconnaissance for wednesdays solar eclipse
04:36:23 <rc-garage> yeah, ok. makes sense. it is good to know where you are, when they turn off the light
04:36:23 <xstevia> Hopefully it wont be as cloudy as it is tonight
04:38:14 <rc-garage> at what time is that?
04:38:40 <xstevia> 1910 wednesday apparently
04:39:41 <rc-garage> oh. maybe I will get some ice cream
04:40:39 <rc-garage> even if that is more of a weather event thing for me. I think I can allow a solar eclipse also
04:58:36 <xstevia> Its forecast hot and sunny for wednesday
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05:17:08 <steve30> !coffee
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07:20:49 <steve30> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/08/99/eclipse_wallpaper/default.stm
07:20:49 <EEVBot> [url] BBC News | Eclipse Wallpaper | news.bbc.co.uk
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11:09:53 <MrMobodies> Utter scum!
11:09:54 <MrMobodies> https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/no-new-smart-motorways-cards-34425483.amp
11:10:29 <MrMobodies> This bit: "t the latest analysis published by National Highways continues to show that, overall, smart motorways are safer than conventional motorways in terms of deaths and serious injuries"
11:10:34 <MrMobodies> They are missing the POINT
11:11:37 <MrMobodies> It maybe safer in other ways but when someone's car is breaking down they have less places to go with refuse area's far and few between.
11:12:53 <MrMobodies> It can leave vulnerable motorists in more danger.
11:15:22 <MrMobodies> If it was safe they wouldn't have changed the law in 2006 to exclude themselves from liability of deaths due to motorway design something I read last in year a court case that couldn't hold Highway Agency's liable.
12:02:22 <Halcyon> People asking about you T3sl4 on the forum. Seems like you are missed. https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/whatever-happened-to-t3sl4co1ltim/
12:02:23 <EEVBot> [url] Whatever happened to T3sl4co1l/Tim - Page 1 | www.eevblog.com
12:05:18 <T3sl4> Halcyon: there was one particular icing-on-the-cake element i would point to, specifically disrespect from the owner
12:05:36 <Halcyon> Clearly I missed something
12:05:37 <T3sl4> sad that he had fallen down the twitterverse, but so it goes
12:06:04 <T3sl4> subtle, it wouldn't catch anyones' eye, it was also in the members thread i think
12:06:13 <Halcyon> At least you're still here *ruffles hair*
12:06:33 <Halcyon> I mean, I'm sure you have your reasons, I'm not going to get involved in "politics".
12:06:39 * T3sl4 punches Halcyon in the shoulder (mildly)
12:06:48 <T3sl4> why not? coward
12:07:12 <Halcyon> Because it always ends in a shit fight and people getting upset. No one wins.
12:07:38 <Halcyon> The only winning move is not to play.
12:07:42 <T3sl4> you're a moderator. demonstrate to the people what good faith means, and what the consequence of bad faith is
12:08:01 <T3sl4> but then, that requires buy-in from the rest of the team, up to admin, and that's never going to be consistent
12:08:12 <Halcyon> T3sl4 I have tried on so many occasions and whilst largely I'm supported, I'm still the bad guy apparently.
12:08:16 <T3sl4> so we can never have nice things
12:08:38 <Halcyon> But if you'd like me to look into your particular issue, I shall.
12:08:45 <Halcyon> I literally know nothing of it
12:10:13 <T3sl4> if you insist, https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/hack-a-day-comment-censorship/msg5689995/#msg5689995
12:10:14 <EEVBot> [url] Hack-A-Day Comment Censorship - Page 5 | www.eevblog.com
12:11:04 <T3sl4> he could've responded in good faith. i see no reason to continue benefiting his empire
12:12:21 <T3sl4> this, on top of the general lack of respect / good faith / interest to learn, across the community
12:12:48 <Halcyon> Mmmmm I'll have a look when I get back, I'm being told to hurry up and put my shoes on
12:13:21 <T3sl4> few people understand, can see on the face, what a well reasoned argument is, or recognize that a person might respond reasonably to factual pushback, but not give a fuck about feels or vibes or other unsupported statements
12:14:08 <T3sl4> and those that do, are almost equally likely to aggregate into a loose fanboi "yeah! you show em!" crowd
12:36:30 <MrMobodies> Politics seems to have gotten in so many things these days, even FIFA it seems and secret sell offs with politicial figures involved.
12:36:34 <MrMobodies> oops scroll stuck
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12:36:43 <T3sl4> never hasn't been
12:36:44 <MrMobodies> and full of it in hte newspaper
12:37:17 <T3sl4> what you're noticing is the corruption is more out in the open now. they hardly have to hide it
12:37:51 <MrMobodies> I remember last year was it, I was watching the news and Trump was saying things and I couldn't tell if I was asleep or awake with the things he was saying. I think it was to do with him negotiating or Ukraine something like that.
12:38:06 <MrMobodies> I am not into football and have no interest but yes I am starting to notice
12:39:10 <MrMobodies> I KNEW on Wednesday when it as announced that England was playing against Argentina that there was going to be problems with the Falkland Islands. And that Fifa president who seems biased towards them was just the tip of the Iceberg
12:39:16 <MrMobodies> I mean 3 weeks ago
12:39:28 <MrMobodies> when they were letting them get away with things
12:39:51 <MrMobodies> T3S14, I found this
12:39:55 <MrMobodies> https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12098/11484571/donald-trump-meets-fifa-president-gianni-infantino-at-white-house
12:39:57 <EEVBot> [url] Donald Trump meets FIFA president Gianni Infantino at White House | Football News | Sky Sports | www.skysports.com
12:40:13 <T3sl4> if i had to guess, FIFA succeeds where others fail, because they work to bring together so many nations -- including, you will note, many of notable and substantial corruption. grease some palms here, a little tit for tat there, schmooze the dictator, stroke all the egos, set aside local or global conflicts for a moment of potential international glory
12:40:13 <MrMobodies> In 2018, NOT the 2022 world up but why the 2026 world cup?
12:40:33 <MrMobodies> I think they were up to a planned sell off
12:41:10 <MrMobodies> In exchange for more short term revenue
12:42:18 <T3sl4> there's probably not much of trump's head left at this point, but as long as you emit some words that validate his ego, you can get anything from him, at least until his handlers convince him of something else, and so on
12:42:19 <MrMobodies> It didn't take much to know the Argentinians will be fighting with rage and anger
12:42:43 <MrMobodies> look what they did to Jeremy Clarkson's car as they were being escorted out of their countyr in 2014
12:43:05 <MrMobodies> it reminded me like a scene out of Mad Max when they were throwing petrol bombs? at them as they were leaving
12:43:11 <T3sl4> you mean the team? or the hooligans in attendance
12:43:20 <T3sl4> ah, yeah
12:43:34 <MrMobodies> they had that number plate i982 FLK
12:44:05 <MrMobodies> it got noticed and the authorities were trying to get them out of the country
12:44:31 <T3sl4> lol, couldn't've happened to a better car i guess
12:44:39 <MrMobodies> that was like 30 years ago before that and that tiny reference or coincidence set them off
12:45:06 <T3sl4> not that that justifies anything. but if they were going to target anything, why paint a bullseye on your car
12:45:39 <MrMobodies> it seems they all denied it whether it was deliberate
12:45:42 <T3sl4> i don't get sports fanatacism. but then, i carefully avoid all that mob mentality bullshit. so many people do so many bad things by going along with the crowd
12:46:41 <MrMobodies> I saw apetition, 70,000 Argentinians want a rerun of the world cup, and 26 million don't want the Argentinians to play in the next world cup
12:47:37 <MrMobodies> How it looked to me: Gianna, Argentina lost, "I feel their pain" I don' want Fifa anymore so Trump and his amily can have it, then Trump unbans his player.
12:48:09 <MrMobodies> ticked prices go high and it becomes a rich man's viewing but time will tell
12:48:25 <MrMobodies> or they'll rename it if there is a boycott
12:48:41 <MrMobodies> but never know what's round the corner
12:55:10 <Halcyon> Yeah I get your point T3sl4. I don't know the details about that Twitter stuff, but if indeed it contained personal information, it should be removed. But that being said, you and I know there is a deeper reason, doxxing is just a part of it
12:55:43 <Halcyon> Ultimately, I see it as Musk flexing whatever little power he has.
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13:03:46 <arch> :o no updates on your site in a year T3sl4? how are noobs like me supposed to learn now? from claude?
13:04:41 <DogWomble> * T3sl4 is now known as ClaudeeAI
13:04:45 <arch> whatchu working on btw?
13:04:54 <T3sl4> ick
13:05:28 <T3sl4> had some article ideas but nothing that's gone to publishing
13:06:01 <arch> didnt you have a TL494 based pure sine wave inverter in the works a ways long ago?
13:06:26 <T3sl4> among other controllers, but yes
13:08:17 <arch> im doing some small bit of local sysadmin stuff on my htpc atm. messing with my docker compose setup
13:08:53 <arch> adding some extra services
14:00:50 <MrMobodies> I found on old tune I lost in 2011 shortly after looking for something on some old hard drives.
14:00:54 <MrMobodies> Quite pleased to find it
14:01:34 <MrMobodies> It seems I have to make a video out of it so I thought I'd add the the midi keyboard and synthesizer
14:02:12 <MrMobodies> How does this sound?
14:02:14 <MrMobodies> https://streamable.com/fkyhmh
14:02:14 <EEVBot> [url] Watch 2 | Streamable | streamable.com
14:03:01 <MrMobodies> oops thats the one without the picture
14:03:09 <MrMobodies> https://streamable.com/gk0prc
14:03:09 <EEVBot> [url] Watch WingsOfABlackBird | Streamable | streamable.com
14:05:52 <MrMobodies> It was something out of this 1969 film I saw on Channel 4 in late 1999 at the ending with the credits in the early hours of the morning. I couldn't find anything about this tune other than it read Wings of a blackbird and it was so peaceful, it had this car driving down this hill or mountain which was circular
15:35:16 <T3sl4> aye, pleasant
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15:57:51 <electrohead> aye, caramba
16:02:18 <DogWomble> a character from the simpsons exclaims and demans a chaacter from south park do a dance. Aye Caramba, Ike! A Rhumba!
16:03:09 <T3sl4> are, the Roomba
16:05:57 <T3sl4> relevant clip from special interest game https://www.twitch.tv/rainworldevents/clip/TubularGoldenAardvarkNerfRedBlaster-unwDfXOp_EHAi0kG
16:05:57 <EEVBot> [url] [Moxie] Gotta nuke something - RainWorldEvents on Twitch | www.twitch.tv
16:06:34 <T3sl4> (top left player)
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