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[04:06:03] <exec> welcome FatPhil: Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia, 14°C/58°F, 7:06 am GMT+3, Monday, 10 July 2017
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[05:35:42] <exec> welcome FatPhil: Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia, 17°C/62°F, 8:35 am GMT+3, Monday, 10 July 2017
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[12:29:00] <Bytram> ~join #fite
[12:33:07] <Bytram> whereto? http://feedproxy.google.com
[12:33:08] <upstart> ^ 03Original Petya Master Decryption Key Released | SecurityWeek.Com ( http://www.securityweek.com )
[12:35:36] <Bytram> !uid
[12:35:36] <Bender> The current maximum UID is 6637, owned by nospamboz
[12:36:36] <Bytram> coffee++
[12:36:36] <Bender> karma - coffee: 3534
[12:36:56] * Bytram likes symmetry
[12:36:59] <Bytram> coffee++
[12:36:59] <Bender> karma - coffee: 3535
[12:37:06] <Bytram> That's better! =)
[12:37:57] <boru> That's not symmetric!
[12:38:22] <Bytram> AA is symmetric, right? A == "35"! Ta Dah!
[12:38:28] <Bytram> =)
[12:38:49] <boru> Touché.
[12:38:52] * Bytram chuckles to himself
[12:38:59] <Bytram> how ya doing?
[12:39:12] <boru> Don't ask. You?
[12:39:21] <boru> I need a new job, and a long holiday.
[12:39:49] <Bytram> prolly want to take those in the reverse order?
[12:40:03] <Bytram> I'm okay. Me looks at his schedule
[12:40:31] <Bytram> had yesterday off, basically [tried to] just slack off
[12:40:44] <Bytram> spent too much time on this site, instead
[12:41:24] <Bytram> I work the next 3 days and then have Thurs off, then work 6 days in a row.
[12:45:58] <boru> Sporadic.
[12:46:03] <boru> At least it varies.
[12:49:02] <Bytram> not sure I understand... you mean your job does not vary?
[12:50:27] <boru> Yeah. I'd almost prefer more extended periods off.
[12:50:50] <boru> i.e. working N days for 4 consecutive days off etc.
[12:51:23] <boru> Do you happen to know when the next window for H1b is?
[12:51:29] <boru> IIRC, it closes in April, right?
[12:51:47] <boru> I wonder if that applies to internal transfers...
[12:51:56] <Bytram> there's a very old word: sabatical (same root as for sabbath) and I've fond that an extended break (month or two) does WONDERS for my attitude!
[12:52:50] <Bytram> I am not at all certain, but ISTR that it opens at the beginning of the year, and is usually over-and-done-with in a couple days. very much oversubscribed by the Major Indian tech firms, for the most part.
[12:52:59] <boru> Aye, there are very few companies that offer hiatus, though.
[12:53:11] <boru> There's one of them in this town that I know of, and that's only every 4 years./
[12:53:36] <boru> Ah, that is my understanding of the process.
[12:53:37] * Bytram spent several years as a consultant... had several times with a couple/three/more months between contracts.
[12:53:46] <Bytram> can only clean the house so much and take so many walks before I can't wait to get working again.
[12:54:04] <Bytram> and, having got everything else in my life all in order, I could really *focus* on new tasks.
[12:54:10] * boru nods.
[12:54:20] <Bytram> hmmm
[12:54:47] <boru> I really ought to see about finding a sponsor. I wouldn't mind trying the US for a bit.
[12:55:03] <boru> I'm not sure if it's different for an internal transfer, however.
[12:55:14] <boru> As in between a company's offices on another continent.
[12:55:25] <Bytram> I think it *is* different... H1B is for *getting* a job...
[12:55:59] <Bytram> if you already have a position waiting for you, then it should (IIUC) just be a matter of getting a work visa to go with along with your passport
[12:57:49] <boru> Hmm.
[12:57:50] <Bytram> you are prolly not the first person to have that idea -- Human Resources could help you... also, you could reach out to folks in the destination office to see if there is someone there who came over from outside of the US
[12:57:50] * Bytram has no idea how many US sites your company has?
[12:58:11] <boru> Somewhere around 10 of them.
[12:58:22] <boru> Since the merger, the CHQ is over there now in San Diego.
[12:58:23] <Bytram> and, with the current administration in place, you better hope you are not coming from a 'predominantly Muslim country' :P
[12:58:43] <Bytram> San Diego is a beautiful, albeit expensive, city.
[12:58:51] <boru> Heh, I'm as Irish as Irish can be, but I'm living in the UK at the moment.
[12:58:57] <Bytram> can get quite hot there, too.
[12:59:00] <Bytram> ahh, that helps.
[12:59:02] <boru> Aye, I wouldn't stay in California.
[12:59:18] <Bytram> do they have any sites in the Northeast US?
[12:59:23] <boru> I'd just sit tight there until I got a GC, then move to a more favourable location/climate.
[12:59:36] <boru> Yeah, I think they do.
[12:59:46] <Bytram> i think you would find the climate more compatible with your experience... though I don';t know how much experience you've had with snow?
[13:00:36] <boru> Oh, 80 offices in the US, apparently.
[13:00:54] <boru> I'm built for cold weather.
[13:01:06] <boru> But I'd like to experience the desert some time.
[13:01:27] <Bytram> nod nod
[13:01:41] <Bytram> beware that hot and dry is very much different than hot and humid
[13:02:07] <boru> Preferable, I'd imagine.
[13:02:10] <Bytram> how hot/cold does it get in the course of a year for you now?
[13:02:47] <boru> Here, hottest has been >30C, coldest ~-5C
[13:02:56] <boru> But I'm used to much colder.
[13:03:56] <Bytram> then the northeast US would prolly be fine for you.
[13:04:26] <boru> For country living?
[13:04:41] <Bytram> *extremes* here, I've seen as cold as -30C and 37C, but generally does not go THAT far
[13:04:52] <Bytram> more common temps range...
[13:05:41] <Bytram> more common temps range... 5C to 30C
[13:05:49] <Bytram> sorry for the delay... had to do some matchs
[13:05:54] <boru> I could manage that.
[13:05:54] <Bytram> *maths
[13:06:12] <Bytram> Oh, and about 5 feet of snow, give or take
[13:06:50] <boru> No problem. Now, other factors: number of clear nights a year? Gun laws?
[13:07:04] <Bytram> max I've seen in my area was about 10 feet in one winter
[13:07:29] <Bytram> clear nights? never much thought about it... you mean as in cloudless for star gazing?
[13:08:40] <Bytram> new england IS on the atlantic cost, but the prevailing winds come from the west... so we get a share of moisture from the greatplains and some from the great lakes, too.
[13:09:09] <Bytram> if you are talking about absolutely cloudless skies, those are rare...
[13:09:15] <boru> Boo.
[13:09:42] <Bytram> clear enough to see stars, prolly better than 50% (+/- 25%) -- that's a wild-a** guess
[13:10:10] <boru> Aye, we'd be talking 6+ hours of continuous cloudlessness in Winter.
[13:10:38] <Bytram> oh, exxcept for an actual snowstorm, there IS much better viewing in the winter, yes.
[13:11:05] <boru> Aye, snow is great for precipitating moisture out of the air; RH tends to be lower.
[13:11:15] <Bytram> exactly
[13:11:46] * Bytram checks the weather forecast... is supposed to rain on my day off.
[13:12:33] <Bytram> also depends on how close to the city you are whenit comes to night 'seeing' -- lightpolution IS a thing around the cities
[13:12:55] <boru> Aye, RH is also terrible for extending light domes from cities.
[13:13:04] <boru> The Eastern USA has this problem in general.
[13:13:27] <Bytram> from the sounds of things -- boston suburbs sound about right weather wise -- prolly aim to the north and west
[13:14:13] <Bytram> *outside* Rt 128 / Interstate 95, at a minimum, outside I 495 would be better
[13:14:13] <boru> I suppose if I could get there, it'd be temporary if I wanted it to be.
[13:14:24] <Bytram> NOW you're thinking!
[13:14:30] <boru> Tucson, for example, >350 clear nights a year.
[13:14:41] <Bytram> yeah, that IS a desert
[13:14:53] <boru> Ideally, I'd work all year, then take May off to go storm chasing.
[13:15:01] <boru> The US is great for that.
[13:15:23] <Bytram> from what I've read/heard, storm chasing would be a midwest US thing
[13:15:31] <boru> And be at a low enough latitude that astronomical twilight is near instant.
[13:15:33] <Bytram> aka fly-over country
[13:15:44] * Bytram has no first-hand experience
[13:16:00] <boru> Aye, but within driving distance. AIUI, NM/TX upwards, but more easterly.
[13:16:14] <Bytram> tornados are very rare here, but we've had some pretty impressive t-storms and blizzards
[13:16:16] <boru> Well, relative driving distance; the US is bloody massive, afterall...
[13:16:31] <boru> Sounds great. I'm a bit of a weather freak.
[13:16:34] <Bytram> that is a massivre understatement
[13:17:13] <Bytram> rare, but a few winters ago we had a single snow storm that dropped 30 inches of snow.
[13:17:26] <boru> Have you ever had snow lightning?
[13:17:41] <boru> That tends to be quite bizzare. I've only seen it once in my life, same with clear sky lightning.
[13:18:20] <Bytram> most max out in the 12-18" range.
[13:18:20] <Bytram> *while* it is snowing? Once or twice, IIRC
[13:18:20] <Bytram> maybe more
[13:18:20] <Bytram> still it is a rarity rather than a regular thing
[13:18:20] <Bytram> maybe once every 5(?) years or so.
[13:18:34] <boru> I've seen most types of lightning.
[13:18:39] <Bytram> ~convert 30 inches meters
[13:18:47] <boru> Twice is pretty phenomenal.
[13:19:14] <Bytram> clear sky lightning, never seen that.
[13:19:37] <Bytram> heads up, am expecting a phone call any moment now.
[13:19:39] <boru> Yeah, it's a weird one, especially at night. I've only seen it once, and it lasted for nearly an hour.
[13:19:43] <boru> Sure thing.
[13:19:48] <Bytram> WOW!
[13:19:55] * Bytram wishes he could have seen THAT!
[13:20:14] <boru> Yeah, I was driving out in the sticks and I just pulled over to watch it.
[13:20:27] <Bytram> I would have done the same thing!
[13:20:33] <boru> I thought it was OTH, but I couldn't see any sprites or elves.
[13:20:50] <Bytram> afore I have to go, you may already be aware of these, but here's a couple links I find interesting:L
[13:20:54] <Bytram> http://en.blitzortung.org
[13:20:55] <upstart> ^ 03Lightning Thunderstorms - USA, Canada, United States of America
[13:20:58] <boru> Then I saw arcs overhead, and couldn't believe my luck.
[13:21:02] <boru> Aye, I know that site well.
[13:21:05] <Bytram> https://earth.nullschool.net
[13:21:05] <upstart> ^ 03earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions ( https://earth.nullschool.net )
[13:21:15] <boru> I have more weather pr0n sites, one moment.
[13:21:56] <Bytram> there's another lightning site, but it is google-based and I avoid G like the plague -- they've hoovered up too much stuff about everyone already, amd not going to add to their coffers
[13:22:13] <Bytram> okay phone call.... really gtg
[13:22:14] <Bytram> laters
[13:22:28] <boru> USA live radar, live storm warnings, and streaming storm chasers: http://builder.zoomradar.net
[13:22:29] <upstart> ^ 03ZoomRadar Widget Builder
[13:22:47] <boru> And tornado warnings: http://www.tornadohq.com
[13:22:48] <upstart> ^ 03tornado hq - tornado tracker and current tornado warnings
[13:23:03] <boru> Anyway, catch you later; I'll tell you about other weird weather crap.
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[14:23:10] <Bytram> ~weather presq
[14:23:48] <Bytram> cmn32480: looks like exec has gone pining for the fjiords
[14:24:32] <Bytram> need to get ready for work... hope to check back in before I leave, but no promises.
[14:26:44] * AndyTheAbsurd is (occasionally) working on a bot, and hopes to add weather support soon - along with multi-server and multi-channel capabilities.
[14:27:36] <boru> Make sure you add spaceweather!
[14:27:49] <boru> Planetary K-index and proton flux are very important.
[14:27:55] <AndyTheAbsurd> heh
[14:28:11] <boru> FWIW, you can just scrape them from the SWPC.
[14:28:24] <boru> They're even in convenient text format on their FTP server.
[14:29:00] <AndyTheAbsurd> So: Seagate, WD, HGST, or Toshiba?
[14:29:01] <boru> I should resurrect my bot, some day. It mostly did astronomical stuff, so not immediately useful.
[14:29:19] <boru> I'm WD everywhere I have spinning metal.
[14:29:55] <boru> Caveat, no matter which you buy, or where: _always_ buy spinning metal from different places to ensure you get different batches.
[14:30:17] <boru> That way you don't end up with 50% DOA or other such fun.
[14:32:18] <AndyTheAbsurd> Yeah - when I built my desktop, I put a Hitachi and a Seagate drive in it (both 1TB). The Seagate drive is currently still functional but is reporting SMART errors so I'm looking to replace it.
[14:32:38] * boru nods.
[14:33:02] <boru> I'm in a similar position at the moment, though I'm using RAID-Z3, so no burning rush.
[14:35:40] <AndyTheAbsurd> Both drives have been in use since 2011...it's been long enough that I'm going to just replace both drives and get at least double the storage capacity.
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