--- Log opened Wed Feb 21 00:00:58 2024
06:15 <@Dolemite> mr0ning, be0tches and h0ez!
06:16  * aestetix hugs Dolemite 
06:17 <@Dolemite> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHjVJBB26AM
06:17 < PigBot> Insufferable 19-Year-Old Has Never Been Told 'No' - YouTube (at www.youtube.com) http://tinyurl.com/2b4gqy5h
06:18 <@Dolemite> "I feel like you aren't listening to me"
06:19 <@Dolemite> Her parents got all the crunchy granola child rearing books
06:22 < aestetix> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-qwwF_FC1c
06:22 < aestetix> this is cool
06:22 < PigBot> Fixing Pokemon Stadium - YouTube (at www.youtube.com) http://tinyurl.com/24t5xyct
06:28 < aestetix> Dolemite: wow. I just hit that part of the video
06:28 <@Dolemite> That part?   She keeps repeating it.
06:28 < aestetix> well I am 3 minutes in
06:28 < aestetix> And I already hate her
06:37 <@Dolemite> Florida is the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to entitled people going to jail
06:37 < aestetix> "I don't feel like getting arrested" hahaha
06:39 < aestetix> Dolemite: I think she learned her social skills on twitter and instagram
06:39 <@Dolemite> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G27kYq0oI4U
06:39 < PigBot> Drunk and Stubborn: Girl Turns into a Maniac once She's Cuffed - YouTube (at www.youtube.com) http://tinyurl.com/279q9wgd
06:42 <@Dolemite> "This isn't your world, dear"
06:42 <@Dolemite> Quote of the Month
10:03 <@xray> I would never make it as a cop. I don't have the patience needed to deal with this kind of behaviour.
10:16 <@Dolemite> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeSrpvZV5iw
10:16 < PigBot> Drunken Chaos: Woman's Unbelievable Tirade Unleashed on Police - YouTube (at www.youtube.com) http://tinyurl.com/2ynmubzh
10:16 <@Dolemite> FLurrida wimmenz be crazy
10:16 < Evilpig> don't need any more insane women in my life right now
10:17 < Evilpig> my quota is beyond capacity
10:18 <@Dolemite> Dude you exceeded your quota years ago
10:18 < Evilpig> not entirely false
10:49 <@Mirage> Haven't read it yet, but the headline screamed 'The Onion' when I saw it.. https://apnews.com/article/treatmentresistant-depression-dbs-deep-brain-stimulation-26383d6e5f9eb797485b7bc277cac59c
10:49 < PigBot> A pacemaker that helped a woman with depression may soon be available widely | AP News (at apnews.com) 
10:51 <@Mirage> Synx_: Given the state of things, esp here in TX, I'll likely be voting straight Democrat again.   The crazy has permeated the GOP entirely too much
10:56 < Synx_> Mirage, ya i feel ya. What a sorry state this country is in.
11:00 < Synx_> gmail search fucking blows
11:23 < Synx_> Anybody heard of VIVO, im picking up a 25u open frame rack and this VIVO is $80 cheaper than StarTech and looks like an exact copy with some extra cable management. https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-Network-Rolling-Computer-Equipment/dp/B00O6GNLQE https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BFJKX5XB
11:23 < PigBot> Amazon.com: StarTech.com 4-Post 25U Mobile Open Frame Server Rack, 19in Network Rack with Wheels, Rolling Rack for Computer/AV/Data/IT Equipment - Casters, Leveling Feet or Floor Mounting (4POSTRACK25U) : Electronics (at www.amazon.com) 
11:23 < PigBot> Amazon.com: VIVO 25U Freestanding Open Frame Server Rack, 22 to 40 inch Adjustable Depth, Mobile Cart for Servers and Networking AV Equipment, Black, CART-SR25U : Everything Else (at www.amazon.com) http://tinyurl.com/26x6hr6z
11:24 < Synx_> Its time to retire my IKEA Lack tables as racks haha
11:29 <@opticron> booo, lackrack forever
11:38 < Synx_> haha
11:39 < Synx_> mines a double stack lack and the legs aint holding up my 4u 20bay zfs array too well
11:44 < Evilpig> I'm still using an old computer cart
11:44 < Evilpig> has a nice little shelf on the bottom where you're supposed to be able to put the printer to slide in and out
11:47 < Evilpig> btw the ups batteries I ordered from osi the other day just showed up. that was speedy
11:49 < Synx_> i need to replace mine, the smartups decided that since the batteries were dead it was going to interrupt power during each auto test cycle
11:49 <@Dolemite> Oh BTW I'm having to deal with DHL/USPS losing another shipment of my drugs from Express Scripts
11:50 <@Dolemite> This time DHL tracking says they handed it off to USPS
11:50 <@Dolemite> USPS says they received the tracking info and are waiting on the package from DHL
11:50 <@Dolemite> Been that way for 10 days
11:50 <@Dolemite> Express Scripts says that can't file a claim with the shipper until it's 30+ days out, so I'm having to get a "Lost Medication Override" to have it filled at Walgreen's
11:51 < Synx_> :(
11:51 <@Dolemite> Good thing it's not lifesaving.   Just my testosterone shots.
12:06 < Evilpig> oh ffs
12:26 <@Mirage> I use telephony racks and just call it good.
12:28 <@Mirage> Synx_: My APC started bitching about batteries a couple years ago.  Replaced them.  Error came back within a couple hrs.  Decided fuck it and it'd been running like that since.  Just the one for my desktop, so I'm not overly concerned.  Got it for cheap from Batteries+ one time when I was getting batteries for my CyberPower's because it was old and the batteries in it were 'expired'
13:46 < Synx_> holy fuck $40 to ship 4 fucking batteries on top of the $70 for the batteries
13:47 <@Mirage> Sounds about right.  Fine one that's Amazon Prime shipped. 
13:47 <@Mirage> er, Find
13:47 < Synx_> all the ones on amazon are way more expensive :(
13:47 < Synx_> this is from refurbups.com
13:48 < Synx_> honestly id much rather replace with with lifepo4 with a sensible BMS to protect them from float charging
13:49 < Synx_> prob a bad idea for my home insurance 
14:57 < Evilpig> getting records proving I was a primary caregiver of sabrina is proving to be a giant pain int he ass
14:57 < Evilpig> called metro schools and they sent her entire physical record to the new school in virginia and have nothing here
14:57 < Evilpig> went by her counselor and they won't give me the records because the release they have on file for me is expired
14:58 < Evilpig> only wayt to get those records now is to have a valid custody order signed by a judge, which I can't get without those records to prove I was a caregivier
15:53 < Evilpig> bah.  I need to fill out this foia request for metro
15:55 <@Dagmar> Man am I propped up on antihistamines today
15:56 <@Dagmar> I can't feel my lips but at least my nose has stopped running
16:24 < Evilpig> awww hell yeah.  you can request body cam footage from metro
16:50 <@Mirage> OK, so if you were working a help line for an app and somsone called in telling you that they were having an issue getting it to connect to their product from 2 different phones and 2 different tablets, then expanded that by stating that their product was not being successfully discovered when performing the bluetooth search from any of those devices would you talk to the person like they were a complete 
16:50 <@Mirage> idiot or would you possibly jump to wanting to troubleshoot the device and not the app?
16:52 < Synx_> i gots to read from my script or i dont know what to do
16:53 <@Mirage> Yeah... I made a comment about that and he claimed that he wasn't following a script...which he obviously was
16:56 <@Mirage> I also tried to help him at one point of his script by pointing out that the app would *not* even allow performing a bluetooth scan if you didn't select 'precise location' when given the pop-up to allow rights to the app.  Instead of saying something like, "that's good information to know.  I'll make note of that and pass that along."  He argued with me about not cooperating with him and then just kept 
16:56 <@Mirage> acting like a butt-hurt 4 yr old.
16:57 < Synx_> lol
16:57 < Synx_> every day that goes by is a day closer to idiocracy 
16:57 < Synx_> not sure i spelled that correctly, but it proves my point
16:58 <@Mirage> I got frustrated with his stupidity and got a little saucy with him, which he came back with "this is a professional call...blah, blah, blah" and me pointing out that HE was one one that kept being argumentative and escalating.
16:58 < Synx_> what company is this? im just curious
16:59 <@Mirage> Once he finally got through his script he decided that *maybe* it could be an issue with their hardware. 
16:59 <@Mirage> Pit Boss.  Was doing initial setup and burnoff on my new smoker.
16:59 < Synx_> ahh nice
17:00 <@Mirage> Decided, what the hell, and was gonna connect the thing to my phone and play with it a bit while that was going on.
17:01 <@Mirage> They're supposed to ship me out a new control board for it as it was finally determined by him that bluetooth wasn't working on it.
17:01 < Synx_> at least you didn't have to jump through 3 levels of support to get that :)
17:05 <@Mirage> I'd have preferred getting shifted off to someone else.  In fact, I asked to talk to someone else and he said he couldn't do that.
17:07 < Synx_> :(
17:07 <@Mirage> I guess I'm too used to calling in and talking to engineers vs low-level monkeys.  Typically I get on the phone w/ them and to save time give them the rundown of the issue, how to reproduce the issue, and everything I already did to troubleshoot.   It normally saves a ton of time.
17:07 < Synx_> i loathe speaking to support, not because they are all incompetent but because i've already done the majority of the troubleshooting for them and i don't care to do it all again
17:07 <@Mirage> And hassle
17:09 < Synx_> i dont get some people on ebay. reasonable price for item then shit like $50 for shipping. wtf, ill just buy it new on amazon
17:10 <@Dagmar> eBay doesn't check that it actually cost them X to ship
17:10 <@Dagmar> ...but eBay _does_ take a cut of the price of the item.
17:10 < Synx_> im trying to buy a bios locked sff optiplex and the cost + shipping + tax makes its value higher than buying a good condition with all the parts
17:10 < Synx_> it just doesn't make sense to purchase then
17:20 <@Dagmar> That's why you're still seeing it listed on ebay
17:20 <@Dagmar> Keep in mind it's an auction site with a lot of "buy it now" options
17:20 <@Dagmar> If something's there it's generally because it's still priced too high
17:20 <@Dagmar> Don't make the mistake of thinking it's actually worth the asking price
17:20 < Synx_> haha ya
17:21 < Synx_> they wanted $125, i offered $50
17:21 <@Dagmar> ...especially when it's someone who is clearly trying to shave some off of eBay's cut
17:37 < Evilpig> alright!  we have battery charge again.  https://blueboy.wilpig.org/mrtg/cps1500lcd.batterycharge.html
17:37 < PigBot> CPS1500LCD UPS Status - Virthost (at blueboy.wilpig.org) http://tinyurl.com/26wtecqf
17:55 <@Mirage> Synx_: I like the car parts that are listed for like $20 + $250 for shipping, which puts the total cost up about the same as competing items when combined.  You'd think that ebay would scan prices vs shipping and ban them or something
17:56 < Evilpig> you could have a $20 part that weighs 500lbs and has to be freighted.  it could happen
17:56 < Evilpig> but you're right that it would likely turn up more folks scamming the pricing than legit situations
17:56 <@Mirage> Like back when VU was trying to get rid of the old vax
18:29 <@Mirage> lol.. https://www.maximumeffort.com/aboot
18:29 < PigBot> Aboot — Home (at www.maximumeffort.com) http://tinyurl.com/2yyaw2ek
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