15:39 |
awt |
Logged on to pay CCSS this morning only to find the payment option disaparecido. Account manager says there's some problem with CCSS's system and will inform me when it's fixed. Then I see this: https://qcostarica.com/hacking-of-the-ccss-hospitals-cant-turn-on-computers/ |
15:40 |
awt |
CCSS is CR's obummercare fyi |
15:43 |
awt |
attack "exceptionally violent"!!! |
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15:58 |
shinohai |
LMAO, a++ lulz awt |
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17:48 |
u0_a280 |
testing blatta 9977 |
17:48 |
shinohai |
Nice work awt, nick shows up perfect now! |
17:51 |
u0_a280 |
$ticker btc usd |
17:51 |
busybot |
Current BTC price in USD: $30139.97 |
17:53 |
u0_a280 |
Well *that* is strange though - I see bot's response from deskyop but not here. |
17:53 |
u0_a280 |
*desktop |
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18:22 |
u0_a280 |
>.> |
18:25 |
* |
signpost anticipates the weeping and gnashing of teeth in BTC soon. |
18:29 |
awt |
signpost: summer/fall of pain incoming |
18:32 |
awt |
shinohai: cool good to hear |
18:32 |
awt |
pestbot: ping |
18:33 |
pestbot |
pong |
18:37 |
u0_a280 |
$uptime |
18:37 |
busybot |
The bot has been up for: 40 days 2 hours 15 minutes and 20 seconds |
18:38 |
awt |
Interesting fed response to Russia and China being cut off from the US. |
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18:38 |
u0_a280 |
Nice to see that a shitty lil arm processor handles blatta just fine ^_^ |
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19:05 |
awt |
Real estate perhaps starting to turn. We shall see. |
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21:20 |
asciilifeform |
signpost: cheapcoinz when! |
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21:31 |
billymg |
awt: what was the news here? |
21:31 |
bitbot |
Logged on 2022-06-01 18:38:17 awt[asciilifeform|billymg]: Interesting fed response to Russia and China being cut off from the US. |
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22:23 |
awt |
billymg: No recent news. But not clear raising interest rates will help with inflation caused by deglobalization. |
22:25 |
billymg |
awt: right, what does raising interest rates do in the face of russia and china dumping dollars |
22:27 |
awt |
Also - more expensive to make antibiotics in North/South America, Cars, Electronics, etc. |
22:28 |
billymg |
this is anecdotal, but those new macbook pros are unobtainium right now |
22:29 |
billymg |
they first came out october last year |
22:32 |
awt |
billymg: 2500 for the 16" on apple's site |
22:39 |
billymg |
with shipping times into august already, for the non-customized version |
22:41 |
* |
awt went through episode in which old mbpro battery swelled - "repair" took a month, mbpro with sufficient horsepower unavailable for weeks. |
22:43 |
billymg |
an excerpt from a recent dmitry orlov article |
22:44 |
billymg |
"So sorry, problem at container port, must wait for product!" |
22:45 |
billymg |
i wonder if when CPI is calculated they use MSRP or the price you pay scalpers to actually get the thing you want |
22:52 |
awt |
It's hard to believe they even released the fake 8.5% number |
23:01 |
asciilifeform |
billymg: after 2 'official' batteries, started doing'em w/ own hands, turns out only takes hr or so |
23:01 |
asciilifeform |
chinesium spares are ~fiddybux |
23:02 |
asciilifeform |
( need eye dropper & a few ml of 99+% ethyl , and new battery naturally ) |
23:02 |
asciilifeform |
+ plastic spudger. |
23:04 |
awt |
asciilifeform: neat. may give it a shot next time. currently only use one for music production. |
23:10 |
asciilifeform |
awt: you gotta do it before it balloons to the pt where keyboard bends/breaks tho (crapple's repair depot included the latter , but afaik there's nowhere you can readily buy that part) |
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23:25 |
billymg |
asciilifeform: i did an iphone battery replacement myself once, wasn't bad. believe it or not my current 10yr old macbook pro battery not yet dead |
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23:41 |
shinohai |
My previous lappy was an HP, battery swelled in little over a year of use. Simply tossed it since for around a hundy more than the battery cost I could simply buy new lappy. |