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03:02:16<fireonlive>https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/12/04/401-steve-jobs-check-expected-to-fetch-25000-at-auction
03:02:22<fireonlive>🤑
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05:53:53<nukke>https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1731856487280959722
05:53:54<eggdrop>nitter: https://nitter.net/bennyjohnson/status/1731856487280959722
05:58:14<thuban>nukke: crazy. has someone run his youtube channel? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCZA8Pe1U5fDqdbqJX_eZTA
05:59:02<nukke>is that the bomb guy's yt?
05:59:03<fireonlive>doing it now
05:59:34<fireonlive>was just pulling out the ID from the linkedin screenshot but you were faster haha
05:59:59<nicolas17>https://twitter.com/JordanSchachtel/status/1731868898830479411
05:59:59<eggdrop>nitter: https://nitter.net/JordanSchachtel/status/1731868898830479411
06:03:05<fireonlive>oh it's linked in the tweets too lol
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06:13:22<flashfire42>Ok so my current OS is on an SSD that is about 4 years old. I am wondering is it a good idea to transfer over to a new SSD and if so can I do that whilst keeping my current files, OS and all settings
06:13:40<pabs>which OS?
06:13:50<pabs>and is there any encryption?
06:14:27<flashfire42>Windows 11 so Like I dunno probably.....
06:14:33<pabs>Linux handles that fine, as long as your encryption keys aren't owned by the TPM
06:14:49<pabs>Windows I think the keys are always stored in the TPM
06:15:22<flashfire42>Yeah its a bane of existence windows 11 machine set up just the way I like it but like I said the SSD is 4-5 years old and I dunno the half life of these things
06:16:18<@JAA>There's no half life as such. My main machine has an 8-year-old SSD at this point.
06:16:31<nicolas17>pabs: on Linux I moved my root filesystem from HDD to SSD while still actively using the system :D
06:16:45<flashfire42>nicolas17 that is unbelievably cursed
06:16:55<@JAA>It's all about how much you write and how shitty an SSD you got.
06:16:57<nicolas17>the magic of LVM
06:17:11<@JAA>nicolas17: Please elaborate :-)
06:17:25<nicolas17>"man pvmove"
06:17:38<@JAA>Ah, TIL
06:18:40<@JAA>I know you can have mirrors at the lv level, but that seems awkward.
06:18:52<@JAA>Moving the PV is definitely more elegant. Neat!
06:19:45<nicolas17>I think pvmove is basically "create mirror, wait for it to sync, break mirror to remove old device"
06:19:51<flashfire42>INTEL SSDPEKNW010T8
06:20:25<nicolas17>and --atomic decides whether that's done for the whole volume or one segment at a time
06:20:54<flashfire42>Thats my SSD from my system information
06:22:00<flashfire42>Processor AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 6-Core Processor, 3800 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s)
06:22:01<flashfire42>Adapter Description NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
06:22:01<flashfire42>Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
06:22:01<flashfire42>Wasn't bad when I got it. Not sure how future proof it is now having had it a few years
06:23:22<@JAA>So that drive has ~200 writes endurance.
06:23:43<@JAA>I suppose you could look at the SMART data to get a sense of how much of that is left.
06:24:07<flashfire42>And because I am a tech noob how do I check that?
06:24:07<@JAA>But SSD failures are not very predictable. And they fail in 'fun' ways.
06:24:13<@JAA>So make sure you have a backup anyhow.
06:24:32<nicolas17>afaik it goes like this
06:24:35<nicolas17>have an HDD? do backups
06:24:40<nicolas17>have an SSD? OMG DO BACKUPS
06:24:42<fireonlive>https://crystalmark.info/en/download/ be sure to get the anime girl that most pleases you
06:25:05<@JAA>nicolas17: Yep, pretty much.
06:25:07<fireonlive>Aoi? Shizuku? Kurei Kei?
06:27:38<flashfire42>https://server8.kiska.pw/uploads/d4b4e889d225beaf/image.png Got it will copy to another external drive now
06:28:09<flashfire42>and thats like a third of my drive XD
06:28:21<fireonlive>did you copy all of your C drive
06:28:42<flashfire42>Did I just copy my c drive and then paste to the external drive. Yes. Yes I did
06:29:30<fireonlive>that's a strategy :p
06:29:54<flashfire42>I dont know if you have realised by now but I have been bumbling my way through using tech my entire life
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06:33:39<fireonlive>that's the way to learn :3
06:34:01<flashfire42>https://server8.kiska.pw/uploads/2a82d171444faff6/image.png update
06:34:55<fireonlive>the porn stash is populating
06:35:13<flashfire42>lies and slander that is already on the external drive
06:35:18<nukke>tax documents*
06:35:26<flashfire42>and one drive and google drive
06:35:35<fireonlive>:3
06:35:45<fireonlive>so my google email is...
06:36:04<flashfire42>Its probably not going to be to your liking my Phallus enjoying friend
06:36:35<nukke>Your pr0n doesn't have any peens??
06:36:42<@JAA>flashfire42 only likes the finest scat porn.
06:36:55<flashfire42>Fuck off JAA bloody swede
06:37:16<@JAA>Sorry for leaking that. :-|
06:37:18<fireonlive>:'(
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06:38:09<flashfire42>I am not into scat. STOP SENDING IT TO ME DAMN IT JAA I DONT WANT IT
06:38:42<thuban>you want us to stop forwarding that crap to you?
06:38:51<flashfire42>ok i will pay that thuban
06:39:44<fireonlive>https://i.redd.it/cmziv6phdcm51.jpg
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06:40:20<pabs>JAA: LVM RAID works fine on Linux, except if you mix HDD and SSD without setting writemostly, then you get weeeeiirrd problems
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06:42:54<@JAA>pabs: Good to know, and such a mixture sounds very ... adventurous anyway.
06:43:21<@JAA>I've been sticking to mdadm for RAID needs.
06:43:41<@JAA>Or md or whatever you want to call it. :-)
06:43:55<fireonlive>md'adm
06:45:23<nicolas17>mdamn
06:46:14<@JAA>Accurate
06:46:24<@JAA>But it does work very reliably.
06:46:37<pabs>yeah, this install started out on a single SATA HDD in a laptop, so I didn't do md RAID initially
06:48:18<pabs>do not look at the lvmraid manual page though (or other lvm2 docs), instead look at RedHat's docs
06:48:47pabs wishes RedHat would contribute their docs upstream
06:49:44<flashfire42>I think I have a really early red hat CD laying around here somewhere
06:57:05<flashfire42>https://server8.kiska.pw/uploads/9558d7b64b6942de/image.png
07:06:25<pabs>-rss/#hackernews- Rest in Peace, Optane: https://specbranch.com/posts/rip-optane/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38527437
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08:37:15<lindowsME>fireonlive: wasn't Kurei Kei one of the top visual studio themes?
08:37:49<lindowsME>https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jz5.pronama-chan-ide-2019
08:37:49<lindowsME>ah it's a NND thing
08:37:50<lindowsME>only 10k installs though. the actual top theme is "ClaudiaIDE" with 460k
08:37:50<lindowsME>sent from my emacs using erc.el
08:43:02<lindowsME>oh itaPC is totally a thing https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=%E7%97%9Bpc https://search.yahoo.co.jp/image/search?p=%E7%97%9B%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%97
08:43:02<lindowsME>huh, when did yahoo image search switch to using google's?
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13:59:11<nulldata>https://stateof.mozilla.org/
14:11:26<nulldata>FakeSpot and AI have significantly more mentions than Firefox.
14:12:17<nulldata>About the only time Firefox is mentioned is them wanting to integrate FakeSpot and more AI into Firefox.
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15:55:37<fireonlive>that’s sad
15:57:22<nukke>what's firefox?
16:00:25<fireonlive>somebody mozilla used to know
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18:34:58<fireonlive>https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1732104076278501536 "Microsoft’s fix for many many machines not supporting Win11, is to turn Win10 into a subscription to pay for ongoing support costs. Hm."
18:34:58<eggdrop>nitter: https://nitter.net/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1732104076278501536
18:34:59<fireonlive>wat
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18:56:02<that_lurker>Ohh cant wait for the 180 they will do if that subscription hits the bussiness version as well
18:58:06<@JAA>Isn't that what they've been doing for years? Ending support, but you can get a support contract beyond that, which many businesses and gov agencies etc. did.
18:58:43<@JAA>XP still had extended support until a couple years ago...
18:58:52<nicolas17>at my dad's workplace they tried to migrate SQL Server to a newer version, and stuff went wrong and they had to rollback
18:59:19<nicolas17>and then had to start paying Microsoft a shitload of money for a few more months of support while they planned for another migration attempt
19:00:41<@JAA>Ah, that wasn't regular XP, it was the Windows Embedded stuff, right.
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19:46:53<nulldata>Yeah basically this is just opening up who can buy ESU. For XP it was governments and high dollar clients. For 7 it was businesses or anyone who created for an O365 tenant for their 'business'. And now 10 sounds like it's anyone who has a Microsoft account.
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19:56:19<fireonlive>windows 11 hw requirements make for an angry fire
19:57:26<nukke>it's extra funny cause TPM on Ryzen is broken to hell and back
19:58:07<nukke>on that tangent, it's reminds me of how SSD manufacturers advertise OPAL hardware encryption which is also broken
19:59:33<fireonlive>:(
20:17:54<fireonlive>https://get.it.com/ https://us.com lol these are "TLD"s
20:18:01<fireonlive>it.com is apparently new
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20:20:04<that_lurker>ahh yes 49 dollars for a subdomain :P
20:20:49<fireonlive>xD yep
20:23:39<@JAA>And it's not even a good domain hack.
20:24:06<that_lurker>I wonder how much work would be need to first buy fist.it.com and then fucking up their search visibility
20:27:56<fireonlive>>:3
20:28:07<fireonlive>all gapes, all the times
20:53:11<fireonlive>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3uk7jU3RHo
20:53:16<fireonlive>TIL what the author of XKCD sounds like
21:00:45<anarcat>omg
21:00:50<anarcat>you have destroyed the rest of my day
21:01:09<nicolas17>why
21:01:10<fireonlive>xD
21:01:29<nicolas17>anarcat: because you're going to binge that entire YouTube channel? good news, it won't take you long!
21:01:43<anarcat>phew
21:10:42<nulldata>https://twitter.com/Dexerto/status/1732060552845832702
21:10:43<eggdrop>nitter: https://nitter.net/Dexerto/status/1732060552845832702
21:12:29<fireonlive>🤔
21:34:45<fireonlive>https://twitter.com/nearcyan/status/1732061376032690509
21:34:45<eggdrop>nitter: https://nitter.net/nearcyan/status/1732061376032690509
21:36:00<@JAA>Please drink verification can.
21:36:17<nulldata>*drinks verification can so this IRC channel doesn't get removed*
21:36:18<@JAA>Ah yeah, there it is in the reply. :-)
21:37:04<nulldata>https://nitter.net/pic/orig/media%2FGAmI_YZaMAAXPfm.png
21:40:05<that_lurker>https://lounge.kuhaon.fun/folder/898d391baebe8866/media_GAmE4iZakAA9nEI.jpg
21:40:16<that_lurker>https://lounge.kuhaon.fun/folder/766dd2a17e454a6b/media_GAmL28WWAAAr0Ao.png
21:46:06<fireonlive>:D
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22:58:47<nicolas17>Apple just released a firmware update for the 140W USB-C power brick
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23:04:47<Barto>let me rephrase that into a question. A firmware update for a power brick?
23:05:29<nicolas17>https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MLYU3AM/A/140w-usb-c-power-adapter
23:07:14<nicolas17>https://mesu.apple.com/assets/macos/com_apple_MobileAsset_UARP_A2452/com_apple_MobileAsset_UARP_A2452.xml
23:07:41<@JAA>Well, it has to do USB-C protocol stuff like PD negotiation.
23:08:40<that_lurker>Apple has a suprisingly much firmware on their charger and dongles
23:09:11<@JAA>The days of dumb transfomer+rectifier power bricks are long gone.
23:09:32<@JAA>These days, they're smort!
23:09:40<nicolas17>apparently magsafe chargers also have firmware updates
23:09:51<nicolas17>and piecing together information from different places
23:10:05<nicolas17>it seems like if you connect it to USB-C to a computer, it updates right away
23:10:29<nicolas17>transferring the firmware over USB
23:10:51<nicolas17>if you connect it to USB-C to a dumb charger and charge your phone, the phone transfers the firmware over the magsafe communication channel, which can take *days*
23:11:01<Barto>smort, #internetofshit
23:11:37<fireonlive>indeedy :p
23:12:51<that_lurker>#internetofshits could also fit as a channel :P
23:13:18<Barto>#shiternet
23:13:54<nicolas17>JAA: the Lightning to HDMI adapter was peak cursed though
23:14:36<that_lurker>Apples usb-c to hdmi and whatnot adapter was golden. One of the only adapters that just work with any computer without random issues
23:15:16<@JAA>Not to be confused with 'shitternet', the part of the internet you browse in the bathroom.
23:15:40<nicolas17>"USB-C to HDMI" works by telling the device to switch to displayport alt mode, and then converting displayport signals to hdmi, which is apparently not a big deal
23:16:30<Barto>JAA: i dont browse in the bathroom. i'm a man: i dont multitask
23:16:47<@JAA>My laptop's old enough to have a dedicated (Mini)DP port rather than needing dongles. :-)
23:16:53<Barto>also using your phone on the loo, ewww
23:16:55<fireonlive>probably for the best to keep the hemorrhoids away
23:17:18<@JAA>Hell, it has a VGA port even. lol
23:17:29<fireonlive>:o
23:17:35<@JAA>Barto: Yeah, neither do I, but many people do.
23:17:37<Barto>i spot an old lenovo laptop
23:17:44<@JAA>:-)
23:17:49<@JAA>T450s
23:17:52<fireonlive>i have deffo not talked to any of you whilst talking a poop before, nop
23:17:58<nicolas17>Lightning doesn't have the bandwidth for raw video, so the iPhone/iPad streams H.264 to the Lightning-to-HDMI adapter, and the adapter decodes the video stream and puts the image on HDMI
23:18:13<@JAA>lol
23:18:14<Barto>JAA: i still rock a t430 for my emails, but the battery barely holds a charge
23:18:25<nicolas17>it has a SoC with 256MB of RAM and it boots the XNU kernel (same as macOS/iOS/etc, though probably in a very minimal configuration)
23:18:59<nicolas17>no launchd or anything though, the "decode video and shove it into HDMI" process runs as PID 1
23:19:01<@JAA>Barto: Ah nice, that one can even run coreboot still I think. I only found that out about the T450s after buying it...
23:19:27<Barto>unfortunately it has that cursed nvidia chip, so that's a bit crap to use
23:19:35<@JAA>Right
23:19:35<that_lurker>I bought a new battery for my x230 its doing fine :P
23:19:41<Barto>minidp never worked because that stuff is wired through that chip
23:20:14<nicolas17>the good news is the iPhone 15 with USB-C supports displayport
23:20:26<fireonlive>https://dl.fireon.live/irc/7825b2d179a679e4/image.png
23:20:31<flashfire42>Oh we talking about old laptops. Where did I put the picture of my water damaged mouldy macbook?
23:20:34<nicolas17>despite not supporting USB 3 (which they left for the iPhone 15 Pro only)
23:20:43<fireonlive>"water damaged"
23:21:09<flashfire42>well if memory serves some of the damage may have been soup
23:21:16<fireonlive>"soup"
23:21:42<flashfire42>https://server8.kiska.pw/uploads/64cbc49b48f73cf9/image.png
23:21:42<that_lurker>https://lounge.kuhaon.fun/folder/b02f7201f8a7458b/m2-res_1080p.mp4
23:22:20<fireonlive>ooh, yummy
23:22:27<@JAA>The T450s just has Intel graphics, which are ... fine.
23:22:38<flashfire42>https://server8.kiska.pw/uploads/bc4c8a5e5606cd3a/image.png
23:22:51<flashfire42>also pretty sure those were burn marks on the case from when it caught fire that one time
23:22:57<fireonlive>that's some sus crust there
23:22:59<flashfire42>Much to the horror of the apple safety team
23:23:10<fireonlive>caught fire, very nice
23:23:14<@JAA>Or at least mine does, apparently there's a version with a GeForce 940M.
23:24:29<flashfire42>Yeah was on call to apple support about it turning on then turning straight off so they said do what they called an SMC reset. I did that the laptop zapped me and then a small line crackled up the screen and I said that and I heard the guy on the phone say "well um I will transfer you to the safety team now"
23:24:46<flashfire42>That was when the burning smell started
23:24:56<@JAA>lol
23:25:29<fireonlive>xD
23:26:07<flashfire42>It was a former library stock model from the school that I bought for year 11 I think. It was a 2011 macbook pro. It was apparently refurbished but I think they put a new storage device in it then sealed it back up and called it a day
23:28:09<nicolas17>flashfire42: I shared that on another chat and someone said "relevant username"
23:28:51<flashfire42>Yeah look I am a danger to technology. Did I ever tell you how I used to have to connect my desktop to the internet?
23:31:53<@JAA>Oh hey, on the topic of power bricks: apparently Lenovo is recalling a USB-C power brick due to risk of fires. :-)
23:32:29<flashfire42>My first desktop build didnt connect to the internet without ethernet cables and the router/modem was on the other side of the house. so I had to plug an ethernet cable into that old macbook which at this point didnt work without its charger plugged in. then I had to configure it to share wifi which I dont remember how I did it. then have the
23:32:29<flashfire42>ethernet cable plugged in on the other end to the desktop so that I could get wifi. All the while my macbook screamed at me for the sweet release of death. and it would just randomly shut down often while I was playing an online game and my desktop would disconnect from the internet
23:32:33<@JAA>Ah no, power bank, not brick.
23:35:47<flashfire42>I was a regular tester for my friends apps. Though one friend eventually asked me to stop testing a specific app because he could find no logical reason at all as to how I had caused the app to crash and he couldnt reproduce it no matter what he did
23:36:52<@JAA>Nice setup. I would've gotten a USB WiFi antenna, but that's just me. :-)
23:37:23<@JAA>Well, I *actually* would've run a wire across the house no matter what, but if that was somehow truly impossible, then... :-)