| 00:07 |
vex |
hey cdd, how's it going mate? |
| 00:08 |
crtdaydreams |
vex man, not too bad, how about you? |
| 00:08 |
crtdaydreams |
I expect you've been on a little voyage past few weeks? |
| 00:08 |
vex |
yeah good. yer blog's looking good |
| 00:08 |
vex |
yeah put down the whiskey for a bit |
| 00:09 |
crtdaydreams |
thanks, I have a few ideas in the works |
| 00:09 |
crtdaydreams |
that's great mate, feeling better overall? |
| 00:10 |
vex |
yes, it's different |
| 00:10 |
crtdaydreams |
you back on mainland? |
| 00:11 |
vex |
I actually just went for a roadtrip |
| 00:11 |
crtdaydreams |
ah, righto |
| 00:11 |
crtdaydreams |
where to? |
| 00:13 |
vex |
Just swaggin around, got a motel in Longreach one night |
| 00:16 |
vex |
looking at the stars and riding straight past every pub |
| 00:16 |
crtdaydreams |
riding? you go on a 2-wheeler? |
| 00:16 |
vex |
yeah |
| 00:17 |
crtdaydreams |
can't imagine taking a car, now I think about it. too expensive to run. |
| 00:19 |
crtdaydreams |
where else did you go? |
| 00:20 |
vex |
I camped by a river one night, pretty fucking speccy, didn't look at the map much |
| 00:21 |
vex |
You'd just chuck a few drums of farm diesel on the back, wouldn't you? You'd get to Perth |
| 00:22 |
crtdaydreams |
yeah, actually the ute got cooked. |
| 00:22 |
crtdaydreams |
radiator hose blew out at the bottom |
| 00:22 |
vex |
didn't notice? |
| 00:22 |
crtdaydreams |
not until the engine light came on |
| 00:23 |
vex |
is it fucked? |
| 00:23 |
crtdaydreams |
nah, took her out wandoan way for a couple weeks helping a relly, no problems |
| 00:24 |
crtdaydreams |
then took her all the back to ippy for easter with some other rellys |
| 00:24 |
crtdaydreams |
I was driving home and it was misfiring |
| 00:24 |
vex |
yeah nice. |
| 00:25 |
crtdaydreams |
so got her towed back home, might be loosing water, can't really tell |
| 00:25 |
crtdaydreams |
s/loosing/losing/ |
| 00:29 |
vex |
just drive it into a hole and tell the boss you need a new cruiser |
| 00:32 |
crtdaydreams |
haha, nah we'll do some work on it |
| 00:33 |
crtdaydreams |
it's worth fixing |
| 00:33 |
vex |
yeah, there's somthin g to be said for a familiar machine |
| 00:35 |
crtdaydreams |
besides, I wouldn't want to touch any of this new crap anyway |
| 00:35 |
crtdaydreams |
pain in the behind to service, and everything's designed to break, be it electronic or wear. |
| 00:37 |
vex |
I was dreaming about a 40 series, then I looked at the prices |
| 00:37 |
crtdaydreams |
could easily get half a mil on the clock for some of these old engines, but you'd be lucky to get a quarter nowadays |
| 00:38 |
crtdaydreams |
yeah, the 40 series just keep going, but you do get injector pump troubles on 'em |
| 00:40 |
crtdaydreams |
I'd still be inclined to get one and do it up |
| 00:40 |
vex |
Any old rusty pile is worth coin |
| 00:40 |
crtdaydreams |
"One mans trash is anothers treasure" |
| 00:41 |
crtdaydreams |
Yeah, when you see what some of these ancient car resto guys pull off and work from. |
| 00:43 |
vex |
have you driven the recent v8 toyota? fuck they're nice when they're not in the shop |
| 00:43 |
crtdaydreams |
nah, I don't get to play with new stuff often |
| 00:44 |
crtdaydreams |
what's the trouble with 'em? |
| 00:44 |
vex |
just too complicated I think. don't know much about them |
| 00:46 |
crtdaydreams |
I imagine they also chew through fuel |
| 00:46 |
vex |
yeah, but they haul arse |
| 00:47 |
crtdaydreams |
430Nm torque @ 1,200 |
| 00:47 |
crtdaydreams |
bloody hell |
| 00:48 |
vex |
what's a silverado? |
| 00:48 |
crtdaydreams |
chevy? |
| 00:48 |
crtdaydreams |
6.6L |
| 00:49 |
crtdaydreams |
V8 |
| 00:49 |
vex |
it'd get wedged between the first two trees it saw tho |
| 00:49 |
crtdaydreams |
Bwahahahaha |
| 00:50 |
crtdaydreams |
I know a guy who got one of the new 2021 rangers, pretty flash, I don't think he's had much trouble with it _yet_ |
| 00:50 |
vex |
they look pretty nice |
| 00:51 |
crtdaydreams |
A beaut to ride in, I didn't get a chance to drive her. |
| 00:51 |
vex |
getting pretty popular, they must be okay |
| 00:52 |
crtdaydreams |
I don't like the tub though. |
| 00:52 |
vex |
why not? |
| 00:52 |
crtdaydreams |
It's too deep (which might be a boon for some) but it makes getting anything up the back hell. |
| 00:53 |
crtdaydreams |
It wouldn't be a problem if it was lower |
| 00:53 |
verisimilitude |
``if it were lower'' |
| 00:53 |
crtdaydreams |
But it's really designed for >=5'9" guys |
| 00:54 |
vex |
chuck a tufftray on it, they make an integrated ramp |
| 00:54 |
crtdaydreams |
It also comes with default support bars going up to the cab which just add to the nightmare. You can't reach anything. |
| 00:55 |
crtdaydreams |
Sides also don't come down, so don't count on storing your tools on the back. |
| 00:55 |
crtdaydreams |
Yep. But some of those trays go in the order of >$8000 bucks starting |
| 00:56 |
vex |
the truck ain't cheap to begin with |
| 00:56 |
crtdaydreams |
Yeah, but it's not like you can sell the default tub back to em. |
| 00:56 |
vex |
they don't sell em without? |
| 00:56 |
crtdaydreams |
mebbe, not sure. |
| 00:57 |
crtdaydreams |
I still wouldn't touch em. In the contract you're not allowed to sell it for ~3 years? |
| 00:58 |
vex |
dafuq? |
| 00:58 |
vex |
I heard toyota were trying something like that actually |
| 00:59 |
crtdaydreams |
ah it's 2022 edition. and for 1yr |
| 00:59 |
crtdaydreams |
supposed to stop scalpers |
| 01:00 |
crtdaydreams |
which is a pretty BS excuse imo |
| 01:01 |
vex |
I think I read that the contracts were more guidelines than actual rules |
| 01:02 |
crtdaydreams |
all fun and games until you're taken to court for selling your 2025 edition 2 years into your 5 year contract |
| 01:03 |
crtdaydreams |
might be more applicable to denizens of the USG though. not sure how well it'll fare over here |
| 01:03 |
vex |
toyota australia siad they won't sell you another cruiser if you onsell |
| 01:04 |
crtdaydreams |
that's a far more reasonable approach |
| 01:05 |
vex |
you're prolly gonna hodl it for 3 yrs anyway, but if you come with another 100k, I'm guessing you're good |
| 01:05 |
vex |
hey, you've got a fab shop, you should do trays |
| 01:05 |
crtdaydreams |
eh, you'd be surprised. I know people who use cars for a year or so, sell it while it's above exponential depreciation point and buy another |
| 01:07 |
crtdaydreams |
Steel's pretty hard going right now. |
| 01:07 |
vex |
8k sounds like a good deal |
| 01:09 |
crtdaydreams |
Yeah, I guess. Gotta be that market though. I know a few places around here that've filled it. |
| 01:10 |
vex |
what about styleside conversions? use all those wasted tubs |
| 01:11 |
crtdaydreams |
mind if I DM? |
| 01:11 |
vex |
dogbox for the poodle etc |
| 01:11 |
crtdaydreams |
I've seen some cool mods where the taillights are mounted on rollers and you've got your toolset in behind the taillight |
| 01:12 |
vex |
lol, you're right mate, no worries |
| 01:12 |
vex |
logs don't wanna hear 10 pages of ute talk |
| 01:12 |
crtdaydreams |
might be surprised |
| 01:13 |
vex |
phf will be creaming his jocks |
| 01:13 |
crtdaydreams |
bwahahaha |
| |
~ 33 minutes ~ |
| 01:46 |
crtdaydreams |
err how to segue into #a |
| 01:48 |
vex |
I'm thinging about fitting out a case with some new hardware |
| 01:48 |
crtdaydreams |
vex: what's your existing case form factor? |
| 01:49 |
vex |
its a mini itx I suppose but it'll fit a proper motherboard i think |
| 01:49 |
vex |
it can go in the bin |
| 01:50 |
crtdaydreams |
you got an acc with umart? |
| 01:50 |
vex |
are they good? |
| 01:51 |
vex |
i'm familiar with mwave, scorptech and msy |
| 01:51 |
crtdaydreams |
from my experience, yep. though compared to other places might be a little more expensive |
| 01:51 |
vex |
I like msy. for the soup nazi experience |
| 01:52 |
crtdaydreams |
never heard of msy til now |
| 01:53 |
vex |
they don't ship, you line up |
| 01:53 |
crtdaydreams |
well, what's your price range? |
| 01:53 |
crtdaydreams |
bwahahaha |
| 01:54 |
vex |
nothings ever in stock, so you need a 9 dimensional backup plan |
| 01:55 |
vex |
Ideally I don't wanna spend more than 500 aud |
| 02:00 |
vex |
you should experience msy |
| 02:01 |
vex |
they won't tell you whats compatible, and the overworked man at the counter has a `no refunds' face |
| 02:03 |
vex |
talk fast and know your shit, they'll start finding parts |
| 02:10 |
crtdaydreams |
sorry was soldering |
| 02:11 |
crtdaydreams |
lol |
| 02:11 |
crtdaydreams |
the one time I went to umart in brisbane, I rocked up at the place looking to buy an SSD |
| 02:11 |
vex |
is umart chinesey? |
| 02:12 |
crtdaydreams |
(the same nvme drive which I have not used since I brought it, awaiting a working gentoo build) |
| 02:12 |
crtdaydreams |
nah, its just fast |
| 02:12 |
crtdaydreams |
but I went to there place, and lo and behold, there's nothing |
| 02:12 |
crtdaydreams |
the store is an empty shell |
| 02:12 |
crtdaydreams |
apparently they no longer have a "store" as such, it's all online |
| 02:13 |
crtdaydreams |
the building is just a warehouse/dropoff point |
| 02:20 |
vex |
msy has shit on the shelves, gotta make friends with the checkout chang, or he won't look |
| 02:23 |
crtdaydreams |
lmfao |
| 02:23 |
crtdaydreams |
bet they got loads of ASRock stock |
| 02:23 |
vex |
nothing rong with some asrock |
| 02:24 |
vex |
cat fur, salt spray, that shit is built tuff |
| 02:24 |
crtdaydreams |
ye |
| 02:24 |
crtdaydreams |
got DOA board once |
| 02:24 |
crtdaydreams |
11th gen i7 |
| 02:25 |
crtdaydreams |
tiger lake or sumthin |
| 02:25 |
crtdaydreams |
mobo bios was bricked |
| 02:26 |
crtdaydreams |
new board of the same, and would freeze up windows |
| 02:26 |
crtdaydreams |
bios update fixed it |
| 02:26 |
crtdaydreams |
apparently run smooth eva since |
| 02:26 |
vex |
I haven't got one recently |
| 02:26 |
crtdaydreams |
not my pc btw, just one I put together for a folk |
| 02:28 |
crtdaydreams |
vex: what'd ya say yer case was? |
| 02:28 |
vex |
lemme look |
| 02:29 |
vex |
nope it's dusty as fuck, it going in the bin |
| 02:29 |
crtdaydreams |
not gonna grab out the compressor? |
| 02:30 |
crtdaydreams |
it's probably 1/5th of ya budget for a new case |
| 02:30 |
vex |
ok, it's a half height, I dunno how to describe |
| 02:30 |
crtdaydreams |
midget case, ok ok |
| 02:30 |
crtdaydreams |
well, er. depends if ya wanna upgrade in the near future |
| 02:31 |
vex |
probably, I don't wanna change everything everytime |
| 02:31 |
crtdaydreams |
aight, so worth splurging a little on the case |
| 02:32 |
vex |
i did see teenage engineering has a flatpack orange thing |
| 02:32 |
vex |
their motto is bend once |
| 02:33 |
vex |
the case doesn't matter, i'll bolt it to a bit of plywood if I need to |
| 02:34 |
crtdaydreams |
mebbe "fuck it" and throw it in a fishtank of mineral oil. no coolers, nothin' |
| 02:34 |
vex |
I do like quiet |
| 02:35 |
crtdaydreams |
does heat up over time, so rec to buy radiator and just circulate oil |
| 02:36 |
vex |
https://teenage.engineering/products/computer-1 can I fit 2 Xenons in this? |
| 02:37 |
crtdaydreams |
bwahahaha, if you made your own board stack it'd be possible |
| 02:38 |
crtdaydreams |
stick a block in the middle and bolt two boards with a bus together for m-atx form |
| 02:39 |
crtdaydreams |
vex: white or black |
| 02:40 |
vex |
black obvo, if orange isn' an oftion |
| 02:40 |
vex |
option |
| 02:41 |
vex |
I think we're gonna need more coin |
| 02:43 |
vex |
i think i've got a ryzen 5 and 64 gigs, just need a mobo |
| 02:46 |
crtdaydreams |
oh lol, why'd ya not say sooner |
| 02:47 |
crtdaydreams |
need to know specs for ryzen 5 && ram |
| 02:47 |
vex |
i pulled the stickers off and it won't boot. i forget |
| 02:48 |
vex |
ok, say money is no object and spec me out at machine |
| 02:49 |
vex |
how much memory can i run on an i7 for instance? |
| 02:52 |
crtdaydreams |
vex: that specsheet i mentioned is nomore |
| 02:52 |
crtdaydreams |
lost to bitrot |
| 02:52 |
vex |
perhaps I should bin the ram. if i recall its 2666 |
| 02:53 |
crtdaydreams |
woulda sent you that specsheet, I don't really have any more time to throw at it |
| 02:53 |
vex |
nevermind, i'll throw some cycles at it |
| 02:53 |
crtdaydreams |
righto, lemme know how it goes will ya |
| 02:53 |
crtdaydreams |
gotta head o/ |
| 02:54 |
vex |
will do |
| 02:55 |
vex |
verisimilitude, have you ever lined up at the chinese computer shop for a battle of wits? |
| 02:56 |
verisimilitude |
No. |
| 02:56 |
vex |
buy online? |
| 02:56 |
verisimilitude |
I do, rarely. |
| 03:04 |
vex |
do you smoke weed verisimilitude ? |
| 03:08 |
vex |
me niether |
| 03:11 |
vex |
http://logs.nosuchlabs.com/log/asciilifeform/2022-05-01#1099442 can you imagine getting corralled liek this. you'd need uncle vex |
| 03:11 |
dulapbot |
Logged on 2022-05-01 19:26:11 thimbronion: https://twitter.com/BosozokuTerKen/status/1520896928149491714 not actually spandrell but lol |
| 03:16 |
verisimilitude |
No. |
| 03:16 |
vex |
or uncle adlai; he's been to the drunk tank once or twice |
| 03:17 |
verisimilitude |
I prefer sobriety at all times, lest I do something foolish. |
| 03:18 |
vex |
a nobel endeavour in my book |
| 03:21 |
vex |
you'll never fight 4 cops |
| 03:25 |
vex |
you might get locked in a nuthouse forever tho; consider measured violence |
| 03:28 |
verisimilitude |
Okay. |
| 03:29 |
vex |
don't listen to me |
| 03:30 |
vex |
do get a speedball tho |
| 03:31 |
vex |
it's good work |
| 03:32 |
vex |
and the muscle moemory will bang a guy onn the nose so you can escape |
| 03:37 |
vex |
life is hard, dont be a victim |
| 03:40 |
vex |
MAYBE YOU'VE GOT A 45 IN YOUR POCKET |
| 03:40 |
vex |
accidental caps |
| 03:43 |
vex |
BingoBoingo, proof of life pls |
| 03:44 |
vex |
it's been too long. |
| 03:45 |
vex |
the sadness when you're getting off the bottle |
| 03:46 |
vex |
i hope he's not hanging from the rafters |
| 03:47 |
vex |
check the topic BingoBoingo |
| 03:49 |
vex |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bce0Lz7VRTk |
| 03:49 |
* |
asciilifeform tuned in but still hands full atm |
| 03:49 |
dulapbot |
Logged on 2022-04-29 10:52:26 asciilifeform: up to neck in commercial liquishit, will surface in day or 2 |
| 03:50 |
vex |
soz alfie |
| 03:51 |
verisimilitude |
Explain ``soz''. |
| 03:51 |
vex |
new speak for sorry |
| 03:51 |
vex |
sorry not sorry |
| 03:54 |
vex |
tv here is playing the fifth element 5 times on the fifth of may |
| 03:54 |
vex |
5 times in a row from midday |
| 03:55 |
vex |
I'm hoping BingoBoingo is spooked by the war, still alive |
| 03:56 |
vex |
I'm spooked too |
| |
~ 20 minutes ~ |
| 04:17 |
vex |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikJJX02G4Fk |
| |
~ 22 minutes ~ |
| 04:39 |
vex |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZJTM03UByU |
| |
~ 25 minutes ~ |
| 05:05 |
vex |
chicks don't know about the sambo |
| 05:06 |
vex |
police chief gets a liverpool nod |
| |
~ 28 minutes ~ |
| 05:35 |
vex |
big bada boom in the cab |
| |
~ 11 hours 53 minutes ~ |
| 17:28 |
* |
signpost still enjoying the crush-porn in the markets. |
| 17:30 |
signpost |
greatest comedy so far is the only thing performing well in the "portfolio" is my pressed-shitboard house, but I'm sure that'll catch... down, before long. |
| 17:31 |
signpost |
volatility bet's doing marginally ok. |
| |
~ 59 minutes ~ |
| 18:31 |
thimbronion |
my shack keeps going up too |
| |
~ 27 minutes ~ |
| 18:58 |
* |
signpost happy to let folks fleeing san francisco buy me acreage in NH. |
| 19:00 |
signpost |
austin might be held up by the immigration, who knows. |
| 19:00 |
signpost |
in a depression san francisco's only going to get more dangerous. |
| |
~ 31 minutes ~ |
| 19:32 |
asciilifeform |
signpost: hm wai would that be ? |
| |
~ 40 minutes ~ |
| 20:13 |
signpost |
asciilifeform: mega-tech has been relocating to austin for the last few years. |
| 20:13 |
signpost |
by immigration I mean of derps fleeing californistan |
| |
~ 58 minutes ~ |
| 21:11 |
verisimilitude |
I just came across something interesting. |
| 21:12 |
verisimilitude |
I've now seen someone mention a rumor: Chinese lockdowns may have nothing to do with any virus, but to hide dire food shortages instead. |
| 21:18 |
verisimilitude |
On the topic of China, I saw a Chinese food chain I'll reproduce here. |
| 21:19 |
verisimilitude |
rat -> bird -> cat -> dog; rat, bird, cat, dog, bat -> Chinaman; Chinaman -> escalator |
| 21:19 |
verisimilitude |
From this, we can conclude the escalator is the apex predator of this food chain. |
| |
~ 20 minutes ~ |
| 21:40 |
verisimilitude |
For some reason, eshell ate an asterisk I gave it; while I knew I'd typed it, C-h l solidified my certainty beyond any doubt. |
| 21:40 |
verisimilitude |
Every program should have something akin to C-h l. |
| |
~ 23 minutes ~ |
| 22:04 |
* |
signpost could 100% believe that the other soviet empires are doing as poorly as this one. |
| 22:04 |
signpost |
what else do adjacent failing empires do but go to war? |
| 22:04 |
verisimilitude |
They write novels, right? |
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