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[00:00:06] <Runaway1956> Huh - sounds cool
[00:00:20] <Teckla> I'm surprised Apple allows it on their App Store.
[00:00:28] <Runaway1956> would be better if it had a few more bits
[00:00:52] * Runaway1956 searches retail outlets for 128-bit computer
[00:01:11] <Teckla> I don't think there are any general purpose 128-bit CPUs, are there?
[00:01:44] <Runaway1956> not that I'm aware of - maybe specialized stuff built by mainframe manufacturers
[00:01:58] <t3> I think I saw a 128 bit RISC-V core being developed recently
[00:02:07] <chromas> you just have to do everything as floats
[00:02:13] <Runaway1956> it seems that all the supercomputers are still 64-bit
[00:02:42] <Teckla> I'm sure there are 128-bit non-general purpose processors.
[00:09:31] <Runaway1956> The arguments against 128 bit aren't very convincing . . . .
[00:10:10] <Runaway1956> what we need are 5 128-bit CPUs with the central one programmed to run an AI that controls everything
[00:10:43] <Runaway1956> and 16 quantum qubits on each of the remaining CPUs
[00:12:07] <Runaway1956> put 4 of those into each CPU package, and 4 quantum sockets on the motherboard
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[00:26:15] <Runaway1956> Mmmm - comment moderation is beginning to look like it did with sock puppet mod squads again
[00:27:31] <Runaway1956> maybe a group of three moderating in coordination - the others look more typical
[00:30:27] <chromas> https://www.thingiverse.com
[00:30:28] <systemd> ^ 03TP Cloud Storage Shelf by Cisco_
[00:40:13] <Runaway1956> For all of my reading and tweaking, my virtual machines seem to be dragging -
[00:40:30] <Runaway1956> maybe I need to start over, and look at all the changes again
[00:55:29] <Bytram> Runaway1956: Hi! I was starting to wonder as your Folding@Home numbers seemed to drop lately... (1) team: https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com (2) yours: https://folding.extremeoverclocking.com
[00:55:30] <systemd> ^ 03SoylentNews.org Team Summary - Folding@Home Stats
[00:55:31] <systemd> ^ 03Runaway1956 User Summary - Folding@Home Stats
[00:55:45] <Bytram> good luck!
[00:56:36] <Runaway1956> Oh - it's been warmer, and the computer that my wife uses has been running warmer
[00:56:55] <Runaway1956> she tends to shut down the client when she notices high temps - then never restarts it
[00:57:55] <Runaway1956> That, and I'm not getting very many of those high credit work orders - I think one in the last five days.
[00:58:39] <Bytram> how about a cron job that wakes up after she it usually done and starts things up, if needed?
[00:59:09] <Bytram> s/it/is/
[00:59:09] <SedBot> <Bytram> how about a cron job that wakes up after she is usually done and starts things up, if needed?
[00:59:11] <Runaway1956> I don't think Windows has a cron - maybe it does
[00:59:55] <Bytram> windows? ISTR an "at" command
[01:00:30] <Runaway1956> I'll have to check into that. I could run it every hour, lol
[01:00:57] <Bytram> That was on Win 7 Pro -- who knows what they have now?!
[01:01:46] <Bytram> snack/meal time; biab
[01:01:54] <Runaway1956> Well, she runs Win7 Home - I've looked at that "anytime upgrade", not sure if it still works for 7
[01:03:00] <chromas> she needs windows 11
[01:03:12] <Runaway1956> Oh lord - NO!
[01:06:02] <Runaway1956> Thinking about it - another iteration or two of Windows, and 1 gig fiber will be a requirement to keep up with the advertising and surveillance
[01:11:43] <t3> I'm sure sooner or later they will manage to slip a cell modem into the cpu package, for your security of course
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[02:09:28] <Runaway1956> Just had a DERP moment
[02:09:58] <Runaway1956> Had to go into VMWare preferences, as root, and assign memory to be used by VMs
[02:10:25] <Runaway1956> I assigned lots of memory to each machine, but didn't assign enough memory for VMWare's use
[02:10:43] <Runaway1956> Lots of lag and drag with that setup
[02:12:52] <chromas> Do you have ballooning enabled?
[02:26:09] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Windows Subsystem for Linux Targeted by Malware - https://sylnt.us - Linux-security-Microsoft-style
[02:35:58] <Runaway1956> Balooning? What dat?
[02:36:48] <chromas> When a VM doesn't need all its memory, the balloon driver in the guest can allocate memory to itself, which frees it up to be use in other VMs
[02:37:10] <Runaway1956> Hmmm - reading about it now
[02:37:32] <chromas> You'll need a driver in each guest tho
[02:43:42] <Bytram> Here's one that should be about the right size: https://en.wikipedia.org
[02:43:43] <systemd> ^ 03Minnie Driver - Wikipedia
[02:46:33] <chromas> "When the whole power exceeds the rated power 1650W of monitor, LCD will display "OVERLOAD" with booming noise to warn the user"
[02:46:50] <chromas> Does that mean it explodes in a hi-tech fashion?
[02:47:33] <Runaway1956> OK, as I understand it, ballooning takes place automagically if VMWare tools are installed in the guest machines
[02:47:43] <chromas> oh cool
[02:47:51] <Runaway1956> there is nothing for me to set, or to install, or tweak
[02:48:18] <Runaway1956> Well, that's not quite right - I had to allocate all that memory as root, before ballooning could take place
[02:49:05] <Runaway1956> Currently, I have a small flock of VMs running that are allocated 48 gig of memory, but memory usage is well below 20 gig
[02:49:23] <chromas> sweet
[02:49:32] <chromas> overprovision like your isp
[02:49:41] <Runaway1956> Yeah buddy!
[02:51:04] <Runaway1956> so, ballooning works inside of VMWare just as shared memory works in the Linux Host -
[02:52:09] <Runaway1956> Minnie Driver born in 1970? Jeez, Louise, she's OLD!!
[02:52:40] <chromas> Soon she'll begin shrinking to Micro
[02:53:03] <Runaway1956> and then Nano
[02:53:16] <chromas> oh good. I thought type C was next
[02:54:52] <Runaway1956> Oh yeah - the final bit of awesome with my setup now, is heat issues have diminished to almost nil
[02:55:16] <chromas> still needs water cooling
[02:55:19] <Bytram> cool!
[02:55:22] <Runaway1956> CPU0 was running high temp all the time, CPU3 was medium, 2 and 4 were low
[02:55:32] <Runaway1956> now 0 is medium, all the others are low
[02:56:01] <Runaway1956> and 0 dips into low temps now and then
[02:56:52] <Runaway1956> So long as I never tell Dear Wife how much I've spent on this machine, things will be fine, LOL
[03:03:02] <chromas> Think of all the summer AC savings
[03:03:27] <Runaway1956> Oh hell, Minnie ain't all that mini - she's 5'10" and 140 pounds
[03:03:51] <Runaway1956> https://www.celebrityborn.com
[03:03:52] <systemd> ^ 03Minnie Driver (Actress) Biography, Age, Affairs, Husband, Children, Family, Wiki & More;
[03:04:10] <chromas> seems pretty mini for Hollywood
[03:04:16] <chromas> unless you're Tom Cruise
[03:04:17] <Runaway1956> I had to look her up, thinking she was 4'10" and 70 pounds
[03:29:21] <Bytram> https://en.wikipedia.org
[03:29:22] <systemd> ^ 03Minnie Driver - Wikipedia
[03:30:54] <Bytram> Minnie Driver height weight
[03:31:07] <Bytram> =g Minnie Driver height weight
[03:31:08] <systemd> https://mddailyrecord.com - Minnie Driver age, height, weight, net worth 2021, husband, kids ...
[03:32:59] <Bytram> height: 5′ 10″ weight: 141.1 lbs
[03:41:36] <Bytram> That's it for me. Have a great night everybody!
[05:06:56] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Part of the Universe's Missing Matter Found - https://sylnt.us - Oh!-THERE-it-is!
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[06:19:38] <c0lo> FatPhil, https://www.youtube.com
[06:19:40] <systemd> ^ 03Doctor Asks Physics Questions (ft @Medlife Crisis)
[06:19:54] <c0lo> Sabine ^^^
[06:43:37] <Runaway1956> Oh - Sabine. I was thinking Sabine River, Sabine County, Sabine Trucking
[06:43:40] <Runaway1956> https://en.wikipedia.org(Texas–Louisiana)
[06:43:40] <systemd> ^ 03Sabine River (Texas–Louisiana) - Wikipedia
[06:44:56] <Runaway1956> Well yeah, I've got immunological dark matter - I keep it in my wallet
[07:57:32] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Q&A with Co-Creator of the 6502 Processor - https://sylnt.us
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[08:40:47] <FatPhil> I disagree with Sabine's assertion that DM is something specific. It's not, it's fucknosewot that has specific properties, but that's different.
[09:20:41] <RunawayXXXX> Or, not.
[09:26:39] <FatPhil> found the idiot who can't tell the phenomonon from the noumenoon
[09:56:38] <RunawayXXXX> Nor the epiphenomenon. Spelling counts, at such high levels of abstraction.
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[10:56:34] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Israel Assassinated Iranian Nuclear Scientist Using a Remote-Controlled Machine Gun - https://sylnt.us
[11:02:28] <RunawayXXXX> Seems like regular soylentils are not welcome here. Good bye.
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[11:03:00] <Runaway1956> Ahhh, aristarchus is trying to be little me again
[11:04:15] <chromas> the cringelord himself
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[13:47:12] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Extreme Weather to Cost US Over $100B this Year - https://sylnt.us - discouraging-trend
[14:22:57] <chromas> Whatever. That's like $5 in '90s currency
[14:23:47] <FatPhil> or is it just the unpreparedness costing $100B?
[14:24:26] <FatPhil> If you look at the climate data, the weather events haven't been getting worse over the last century or so.
[14:24:34] <chromas> It's not like we have a hurricane every year or something
[14:24:37] <FatPhil> Pedantically, I think hurricanes are in a lull currently.
[14:25:27] <FatPhil> (but the downward trend line is so shallow it's less than a fraction of a sigma difference even end to end.
[14:25:48] <FatPhil> Oh, wait, I was supposed to be scared about something, wasn't I.
[14:25:56] * FatPhil panics
[14:26:03] <chromas> We need to spend quadrillions to prepare for the coming supervolcanoes
[14:26:36] <chromas> You still need to be scared of any unvaxxed because your vaxx doesn't work unless everyone else has it too
[14:26:53] <FatPhil> Fuck, I presume you've seen the revomitting of the megatsunami bullshit re. la palma in the last few days?
[14:26:57] * chromas covid farts in FatPhil's general direction
[14:27:07] <chromas> I haven't
[14:29:26] <FatPhil> OK, this looks shitty enough: https://electroverse.net
[14:29:26] <systemd> ^ 03Intensifying Seismic Crisis at La Palma Volcano: Mega-Tsunami Potential
[14:30:00] <FatPhil> ur underwater, mate
[14:30:19] <FatPhil> everywhere in the planet lower than the moon is drowned
[14:33:27] <FatPhil> Damn, global warming in the vicinity of my kettle has reached catastrophic levels - the waters are literally boiling!
[14:35:56] <chromas> "tea...t-time to leave?"
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[14:59:09] * Teckla visisted the same beach in Hawaii 20 years after his first visit, and was pretty shocked at how high the sea level had gotten.
[14:59:38] <Teckla> s/visisted/visited/
[14:59:38] <SedBot> <Teckla> visited the same beach in Hawaii 20 years after his first visit, and was pretty shocked at how high the sea level had gotten.
[15:36:25] <FatPhil> has anyone ever used the geogebra website? I'm having a spotta bovva creating an account. It seems to be pretending that it's shown me a captcha, but it hasn't, as account creation keeps failing with "the answer to the question was not right", and there was no question. :/
[15:38:34] <FatPhil> I've just come up with a pretty neato approximate angle trisection algorithm, and I tested it out on the site - it would be nice to be able to save/share it. Otherwise I have to do shit like write text describing it.
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[16:11:10] <FatPhil> =submit https://gizmodo.com
[16:11:12] <systemd> ✓ Sub-ccess! "03Smarter In-Car Cameras Can Detect Every Dumb Thing You're Doing While Driving" (1p) -> https://soylentnews.org
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[16:27:18] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Office 2021 Will be Available for Non-Microsoft 365 Subscribers on October 5 - https://sylnt.us - fleecing-the-populace
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[16:36:48] <Runaway1956> https://www.rt.com
[16:36:50] <systemd> ^ 03SIX KILLED after shooter opens fire at Russian university; shocking footage shows students jumping from windows in Perm (VIDEOS)
[16:37:08] <Runaway1956> Now Putin will be coming out against the Second Amendment!
[16:37:13] <Runaway1956> Oh, wait . . .
[16:38:21] <Runaway1956> Everyone on Crapya.tv.ru speaks some kind of gibberish that I can't understant.
[16:39:10] <AzumaHazuki> if only there were a good guy with a gun (TM)
[16:39:17] <AzumaHazuki> who could have shot the bad guy with a gun (tm)
[16:40:06] <Runaway1956> They should just start preemptively executing students - that would prevent students shooting up campuses!
[16:42:53] <Runaway1956> I notice very headline says "Russian University", with "Perm State University" buried paragraphs deep in the article
[17:06:39] <FatPhil> I'm sure there's some interesting logical puzzle about a good guy with a gun, a bad guy with a gun, and a random person with a gun, and you can only ask yes/no questions, ...
[17:09:32] <Runaway1956> No questions necessary, Comrade. You shoot them all, notify the Kremlin, who will give you the narrative.
[17:16:10] <FatPhil> But in the democratic republic of Smullyand, the penalty for killing a good guy with a gun is death.
[17:32:09] <AzumaHazuki> by gun? :v
[17:35:02] * Runaway1956 converts kilometers to miles and back again, repeatedly, to see which wears out first
[17:35:47] <Runaway1956> The object is to prove that miles are superior to kilometers.
[17:56:27] <requerdanos> I am pretty sure if a person's goal in life is "shoot up a university and kill semi-random people", I want that person not to have access to a gun to do it. Thoughts on that?
[17:56:44] <requerdanos> I personally, of course, want my access to guns unfettered.
[18:07:30] <Teckla> requerdanos: Freedom almost always has a cost. For example, freedom of speech means toxic people are able to spew toxic nonsense.
[18:07:56] <requerdanos> Well, toxic nonsense mostly doesn't kill people, so the comparison is apt but limited.
[18:08:03] <Teckla> requerdanos: I think "sometimes guns will be used by bad people for bad reasons" is one of those costs we pay for freedom.
[18:08:19] <Teckla> requerdanos: I disagree. I think freedom of speech ultimately kills more people.
[18:08:20] <requerdanos> I agree that it might be, but I am not sure about that.
[18:08:37] <requerdanos> freedom of speech certainly can and does kill, no argument there
[18:11:29] <Teckla> For example, look at all that free speech around anti-vax out there. That's probably killed hundreds of thousands.
[18:13:37] <requerdanos> nod.
[18:18:08] <Teckla> I'm personally afraid to water down the Bill of Rights *at all*.
[18:19:46] <requerdanos> It's admittedly a slippery slope.
[18:42:43] <Teckla> Water down the Amendments you don't like -- yay! Water down the ones you do like -- oops!
[19:20:58] <AzumaHazuki> the second really does need to be re-examined, on two fronts. first, it's fairly obvious the definition of "arms" has changed, and even nuts like Runaway acknowledge that; he doesn't seem to like the idea of civilians having nukes
[19:21:08] <AzumaHazuki> second, what was the motivation for "militias?"
[20:02:27] <Teckla> AzumaHazuki: The Second Amendment is too vague. Congress should replace it. They won't, but they should.
[20:15:06] <requerdanos> I am pretty sure "militia" does not mean "school shooter". I could be wrong.
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[20:17:36] <Runaway1956> Careful what you ask for Teckla - the moment they decide to have a Constitutional Congress the Bill of Rights goes out the window
[20:18:07] <t3> any editors around? the queue seems to be empty
[20:18:24] <Runaway1956> The Second isn't really vague at all - if people would just learn English.
[20:25:21] <chromas> Just ban them all. If it worked for drugs and alcohol, it can work for anything
[20:28:27] <Teckla> Runaway1956: That's a good point. We might be much better off living with a strong Bill of Rights, even if it's imperfect.
[20:28:32] <chromas> https://mars.nasa.gov
[20:28:32] <systemd> ^ 03Explore with Perseverance
[20:28:59] <requerdanos> The second amendment is vague, I'm afraid, even for people with advanced English degrees. "More English Learning" is not the answer.
[20:29:27] <requerdanos> It's great rhetoric, though, points for that
[20:29:33] <chromas> Don't be afraid...just carry a gun
[20:29:42] <Teckla> Runaway1956: "Arms" isn't well defined in the 2nd.
[20:32:25] <Runaway1956> "Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American.... [T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the
[20:32:26] <Runaway1956> people." (Tench Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.)
[20:32:57] <Runaway1956> Mr. Coxe stated it clearly Teckla
[20:33:51] <chromas> No, you have to define every single (and double) word in every document
[20:34:31] <Runaway1956> They did - it's not their fault that 200 years later illiterates can't understand what was clearly written.
[20:34:41] <chromas> "every other terrible implement of the soldier"...Biden better not be after my poop knife
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[20:35:04] <requerdanos> With all due respect, Mr. Coxe's words are not law, rather, his opinion, which may or may not be correct. And opinions don't have a great track record as such.
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[20:35:37] <Runaway1956> With all due respect, Thomas Jefferson and all the rest who wrote the words in the 2nd agreed with Coxe
[20:36:04] <Runaway1956> Words had meanings, even back in the prehistoric time of the 1700s
[20:36:15] <requerdanos> oh, you're back on the learn english thing.
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[20:36:37] <Runaway1956> No matter how it's spun, today's progressives want to change the meanings of English words
[20:37:23] <requerdanos> arguably, the need for a militia is met by the armed forces.
[20:37:25] <Runaway1956> When you start that game of parsing words, then Bill Clinton gets away with not understanding what sex is.
[20:37:53] <Runaway1956> The militia's purpose is at odds with the purpose of a standing army
[20:38:08] <requerdanos> And arms aren't restricted from them in any meaningful way.
[20:38:25] <requerdanos> Anything else may be just gravy.
[20:38:29] <Runaway1956> I am the militia
[20:38:58] <chromas> militias are for protecting your home. armed forces are for manipulating foreign nations
[20:39:11] <requerdanos> Ah, pardon.
[20:39:18] <requerdanos> arguably, the need for a militia is met by the *national guard.
[20:39:38] <requerdanos> And arms aren't restricted from them in any meaningful way.
[20:39:40] <requerdanos> Anything else may be just gravy.
[20:39:58] <Runaway1956> Yes, that is arguable since the various state governments have signed agreements that permit the federal government to use their militia
[20:40:38] <requerdanos> by which they do not mean, runaway and the staff of "thepropagandaaboutguns.com"
[20:40:42] <Runaway1956> In point of fact, no city, village, or county has their own officially recognized militia today
[20:41:26] <Runaway1956> Except, that is exactly what the 2nd was meant to protect -
[20:41:39] <requerdanos> oh, was it? that wasn't clear from the text
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[20:42:05] <Runaway1956> It is clear, if you bother to read the discussion among the authors
[20:42:21] <requerdanos> as the standing army and national guard are well-regulated, that's clear and from the text.
[20:42:34] <Runaway1956> Of course, it's easier to listen to the anti-gun propaganda crowd, since the media hangs on their every word
[20:43:14] <Runaway1956> well regulated isn't a conditional, it's an explanatory
[20:43:29] <requerdanos> frankly, the anti-gun folks have much less standing, as no part of the second amendment can be construed to be anti-gun
[20:43:42] <Runaway1956> Bingo
[20:44:55] <Runaway1956> If/when the gun grabbers have their way, a State Police can be dispatched to execute an 'extremist' in front of a crowd of 500 witnesses, and those witnesses can do nothing about it
[20:45:08] <chromas> Maybe instead of moar gun control, what we need is less standing military
[20:45:20] <Runaway1956> Substitute state police with any officer of the governmetn as you wish
[20:45:30] <requerdanos> where, indeed, now people in the crowd could cheerfully shoot the police or other government officers?
[20:45:43] <Runaway1956> Yes, that.
[20:45:43] <Bender> [SoylentNews] - Jupiter Just got Smacked by a Space Rock and an Amateur Astronomer Caught it on Camera - https://sylnt.us - flash-of-light-in-space
[20:45:55] <chromas> no they just take cell phone video and post it on the internet
[20:46:05] <requerdanos> I predict that to also end badly, I'm afraid.
[20:46:06] <Runaway1956> When government fears the people, you have freedom
[20:46:15] <Runaway1956> when the people fear government you have tyranny
[20:46:29] <requerdanos> The government doesn't fear the people. Rhetoric is not persuasive argument.
[20:47:03] <Runaway1956> Nancy Pelosi certainly fears the people, she demonstrated as much on 1/6/21
[20:47:27] <Runaway1956> "Send me 20 divisions, the people are getting noisey!"
[20:47:38] <requerdanos> fearing a person is not quite the same as fearing the people, and pelosi is an odd place to start such an argument anyway
[20:47:52] <Runaway1956> ROFLMAO
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[21:21:32] <Runaway1956> Oh Jesus - the tech support phone line doesn't connect - beep beep BOUIE this call cannot be completed
[21:21:53] <Runaway1956> so I look online between disconnects, and I get a link to click on
[21:22:03] <Runaway1956> they want me to install team viewer!
[21:23:59] <requerdanos> seems legit.
[21:26:35] <Runaway1956> LOLOL teamviewer hangs up on the fact that Wine isn't installed
[21:29:24] <Runaway1956> I guess this is why I have virtual machines -
[21:31:08] <Runaway1956> Need better naming conventions for virtual machines - it's hard to remember which Win11 has what stuff on it, ditto for Win10
[21:32:08] <Runaway1956> Don't want to give my ISP access to all my Mossad operative top sekrit information
[21:37:05] <requerdanos> speaking of which, looks like your israeli auto-gun-robot story got accepted
[21:39:26] <FatPhil> roboguns is tech, I had no issues about pushing it.
[21:39:51] <FatPhil> which in Aristardus's eyes probably makes me a right-wing gun nut.
[21:40:01] <FatPhil> ain't that right, Ari? I know you're watching...
[21:42:00] <requerdanos> I guess I am probably a right-wing gunner myself
[21:44:00] <Runaway1956> I think that robokiller story might have been merged with the assassintion story - but it may have been too much work to mesh them
[21:45:05] <requerdanos> each has its own focus, I personally think it's better with the separate (do with opinions what you will, of course)
[21:45:22] * Runaway1956 thinks FatPhil may be a nut, but is unsure what kind of nut
[21:53:43] <chromas> duh, beer nut
[21:54:12] <Runaway1956> probably some kiind of hybrid between macadamia and hops
[21:54:35] <chromas> he is quite the macademic
[21:56:33] <chromas> ooh, amazon's got its own brand off covid19 testes
[21:56:52] <Runaway1956> Lots of people need testes
[22:01:17] <FatPhil> some would be better with more, some would be better with fewer.
[22:01:52] <chromas> time to redistribute
[22:10:47] <Runaway1956> "We are sorry, but your Nigerian Princess is taking other Teamviwer calls at this time, please wait."
[22:26:42] <FatPhil> Dunno what Teamviewer is, but wondering if I should opt for a helpdesk operator from Zoombabwe
[22:28:17] <Runaway1956> All I know for sure is, none of the phone numbers I've used in the past work, and this Teamviewer just sits there telling me that it's waiting for a tech to connect
[22:28:43] <Runaway1956> So, not much different from the old talk-to-an-Indian-on-the-phone routine
[22:29:27] <Runaway1956> The little browser app actually looks kinda legit, no matter that it's stupid as fok
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[23:30:33] <AzumaHazuki> i owned a little .22 peashooter in Erie. Never used it thank God
[23:36:15] <chromas> Should at least get in a few practice sessions
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