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08:26 <@Mirage> Sam Rockwell ALWAYS has to work in dancing somewhere in his movies..
08:29 <@Dagmar> oooo... You didn't _know_ about that mess yet
08:29 <@Dagmar> Yeah, you can't really trust any "teensy wifi antenna connectors" to be any given thing
08:31 <@Dagmar> ...although most are RP SMA when it comes to cell phones and laptops, there's two other sizes I've seen at that "scale"
08:31 < aestetix> is inflation still a big problem in the US?
08:31 < aestetix> (it is in germany, very much)
08:31 <@Dagmar> Is fire still hot in Germany?
08:31 < aestetix> ok so yes it is a problem in the US
08:31 <@Dagmar> Most of our inflation at the moment is mainly caused by corporate greed
08:32 < aestetix> sounds about right
08:35 <@Mirage> The whole thing isn't really making any sense to me, though.  Stock market and such is solid but "the economy is bad", unemployment is low,  and we're still dealing with inflation/shrinkflation.  Why?!  All I can say is that the corp types are taking full advantage of the GOP rhetoric and cashing in.
08:36 <@Mirage> So yeah, what Dag said while I wasn't paying attention
08:37 <@Mirage> Watching Argylle... 
08:38 <@Mirage> Of course the GOP couldn't give a shit less because it just feeds their fire and puts more $$ in the pockets of the ones who fill their coffers
08:39 < aestetix> well
08:39 <@Dagmar> Mainly the GOP is talking shit about the economy to make Biden look bad and try and scare people into voting for them
08:39 < aestetix> I think Biden is trying to pretend the economy is good so he can get re-elected
08:39 < aestetix> but everyone who is not a rich asshole sees through that
08:39 <@Dagmar> No, the economy is actually doing fairly well
08:40 < aestetix> interesting, then why do I keep seeing reports of layoffs?
08:40 <@Dagmar> It's just that whether or not the economy is doing well as a whole isn't in any way affected by how over half the country can't actually afford rent and is slowly draining their savings
08:40 < aestetix> ahhh ok
08:41 < aestetix> so the issue is not "the economy" but the fact that it doesn't really reflect what you just said
08:41 <@Dagmar> This business of all the rental companies raising rates by X every year where X is substantially higher than people's incomes increase for almost thirty years has now become a major problem
08:41 < aestetix> yep
08:42 <@Dagmar> "The economy" is producing goods and services
08:43 < aestetix> which nobody can afford to buy
08:43 < aestetix> like ok how about this one
08:43 < aestetix> what the fuck did apple think putting out a VR headset for $3500
08:43 < aestetix> I don't know anyone who can afford that
08:43 <@Dagmar> What the fuck do they ever think pricing a new gadget at 2-3x everyone else?
08:44 <@Dagmar> "Dipshits will pay it"
08:44 < aestetix> Even the dipshits were complaining about the price
08:44 <@Dagmar> Unfortunately they're making the case for literally everyone to buy a Meta 3 instead
08:45 < aestetix> and yeah, I have heard an argument that "companies are raising wages to reflect inflation" and my response is bullshit
08:46 < aestetix> I think companies are working to get employees as cheaply as they can
08:50 <@Dagmar> Yeah another thing that's not helping is people like Fox are still spinning details about everything into a bizarro-world narrative as fast as they can so there's always "controversy" about this shit that's essentially basic math
08:50 <@Dagmar> ...which the GOP is capitalizing on to use as a smokescreen to do more dumb shit
08:50 < aestetix> oh man
08:50 < aestetix> I used to read fox news just to get their view
08:50 < aestetix> but it's really hard to read it without having a very negative emotional reaction
08:51 < aestetix> they deliberately run stories and headlines that piss people off
08:51 <@Dagmar> That's because they're completely embracing "lying for our corporate masters"
08:51 <@Mirage> I still do.  Of course I've never been the 'trust the media' type.  I try to get my news from as many sources as possible and then make my own opinion.
08:51 <@Dagmar> I keep having to remind Audra that this whole Roe vs Wade rollback has not one damn thing to do with reproductive rights
08:51 <@Dagmar> It's entirely and 100% performative GOP bullshit
08:52 < aestetix> Mirage: yeah, but I'm used to europe, which is way less sensationalized. Fox News is.... it's like this blaring siren you can't turn off
08:52 <@Dagmar> The entire goal is to _look_ like they believe they're doing something their voters want, while simultaneously making everyone get mad at _each other_ about it
08:52 <@Dagmar> You've seen me carp about this pattern before
08:53 <@Mirage> I visited a friend over the weekend and his parents had NewsMax on.  It was agonizing..
08:53 < aestetix> I imagine similar is true for CNN, but I can't read it anymore
08:53 < aestetix> I guess if I routed by browser through a proxy....
08:54 <@Dagmar> Everyone stays busy yelling at each other about fetsuses, and the government rolls out a school voucher program with no provision to make sure the schools getting the money are actually schools at all
08:54 <@Mirage> If only there was some free VPN service or something you could use..  
08:55 <@Dagmar> Everyone stays busy yelling at each other about IVF, and the government steamrolls in some zoning changes allowing single person homes to be torn down and replaced with pairs of shotgun homes which will rent for the same price, while claiming they're making housing more affordable
08:55 <@Dagmar> Both of those things are going on in TN right the fuck now
08:57 <@Dagmar> I've seen a few people trying to wave it all away saying "Well, the government has always been doing this" and those people are fucking idiots
08:57 <@Dagmar> There has been a distinct change in the last 8 years
08:57 <@Dagmar> Growing up shit was _never_ this brazen
08:58 <@Dagmar> Corrupt politicians did not generally work together except by accident
08:58 <@Dagmar> Occasionally there would be a party-oriented goal they'd all get together on and try to bully the other out of any say about
08:59 <@Dagmar> This current shit is organized and bereft of subtlety or morality
08:59 <@Dagmar> What the GOP are claiming to represent is about 5% of the population
08:59 <@Dagmar> ...and mainly, they're only representing an entirely different 1%
09:00 <@Dagmar> That's one of the ways you can tell it's performative bullshit.  There's no way they're so stupid they think more than a sliver of the population wants this kind of birth control or anti-abortion shit
09:00 <@Dagmar> None.
09:03 <@Dagmar> Audra complains that they're stupid because they won't listen to reason
09:03 <@Dagmar> I have to keep reminding her that their decision-making wasn't based on reason.  It's a position that was chosen to keep people distracted.
09:05 <@Dagmar> You can't use logic and reason to sway them because they didn't use logic and reason to _decide_ to do these things.  Some think tank came up with them as hot button interests that would cause the most arguing so people wouldn't have time to focus on that the GOP are no longer serving anyone's interests but their own
09:06 <@Dagmar> Folks need to stop engaging with that and go ahead and burn some politicians to death
09:09 <@Dagmar> Those guys have spent the better part of hte last two decades changing the rules of the system to where they can keep their jobs no matter what as long as they can avoid getting caught on camera sodomizing baby, and now they're making use of that 
09:10 <@Dagmar> Expect riots this fall
09:20 <@Mirage> Given how the trailers made it appear vs how it actually is, I can see why Argylle didn't do as well as expected in theatres
09:21 < Evilpig> I saw that come in this morning but havne't looked at i tyet
09:21 <@Dagmar> I don't care how it "does" in theatres
09:21 <@Dagmar> I wanna watch it
09:21 <@Dagmar> That's what counts
09:22 <@Mirage> Yeah.  Do yourself a favor and forget expectations of the plot line, etc when you start watching it
09:22 <@Dagmar> ...and it doesn't really matter if a movie does well or not, because various news agencies are going to *say* it did well or not depending on their whim
09:31 < Evilpig> weird. i've been logged out of facebook and it says my password is wrong
09:31 <@Dagmar> uh oh
09:32 < Evilpig> and more weird, when I went to update the password it said "something went wrong"
09:32 < Evilpig> this feels like my account has been banned or somethign
09:32 <@Mirage> I was on a bit ago and now has me logged out.
09:33 < Evilpig> okay so it's not just me
09:33 < Evilpig> facebook outage.  lol
09:33 < Evilpig> oh yeah
09:33 < Evilpig> https://downdetector.com/
09:33 < PigBot> 403 <!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en-US"><head><title>Just a moment...< (at downdetector.com) 
09:34 <@Mirage> LOL.. I was about to link the same thing
09:39 < Evilpig> odd that google spiked up at the same time there
09:52 <@Mirage> Yeah, once you get past expectations, Argylle is pretty good.
09:52 <@Mirage> Couple little twists at the end are fun.
09:53 <@Dagmar> Evilpig: People suddenly Googling "is the world ending" and "how to run in circles"
10:11 < Evilpig> it was things like gmail and the play store showing a rise too
10:40 <@Mirage> Snagged a 'renewed' Optiplex 7050 and low-profile Quadro T600.  Should make for a fun little workstation.
12:20 < Synx_> nice
12:22 < Synx_> i've got a 3070 and a 3000 on my workbench right now awaiting a few fixes and then hopefully back out to ebay to sell
12:28 < Synx_> Anybody know how i can check what version of Windows is licensed in the BIOS/UEFI? Win 11 or 10, Pro or Home?
12:28 < Synx_> id rather not do a full install just to find that out
12:35 < Evilpig> nope
12:36 < Evilpig> but if it has the license stored in the bios via uefi odds are it's 11
15:29 < Evilpig> god damn ups
15:29 < Evilpig> usps
15:30 < Evilpig> fucker had a registered letter for me.  drove out here, turned around and drove back off 45 seconds later.  marked it as delivered to individual
15:30 < Evilpig> I pulled the camera up and saw him drive past, and then back out so I had the exact times
15:30 < Evilpig> called the post office to find out who it was delivered to since it wasn't me, and the lady ended up calling me back telling me it was still on his truck and he'll be bringing it back
15:31 < Evilpig> that was at 2
15:32 < Evilpig> so this clown fake delivered it at 11:40, I saw it say delivered at 1:30, called the post office and was knocking on all my neighbor's doors by 1:35
16:47 < Synx_> I hate the surveillance state we live in but without doorbell or cameras I'm not sure we'd ever get out mail
16:49 < Synx_> I fucked up and have to tell a customer in 10min that I've been sitting on the results of a root cause analysis since feb 14 and only telling them now ugh 
17:10 < Synx_> well that went over well
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