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06:46 <@Dolemite> mr0ning, be0tches and h0ez!
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08:34 <@Dagmar> Oh damn
08:34 <@Dagmar> At one of our centers with two connections, apparently one of the ISPs people came out and basically burgled the coax run through the building that the other ISP was using to provide service
08:34 <@Dagmar> That's a new level of douchebaggery right there
10:09 < Evilpig> heh.  dave foley guest starred on night court last night
10:28 <@Dolemite> Fucking Windows 11 updates.   Seems every time it updates my Smoothieware based laser stops communicating until I wrestle with removing the drivers, rebooting, etc, over and over until it finally works.  Fuck that.  Just ordered a 15' usb a-to-b cable so that I can run it from my Windows 10 laptop, which will become an Ubuntu laptop fairly soon.
10:43 <@Mirage> You're running Win11?  Ewwwww
10:57 <@Mirage> Evilpig: The end needed a "wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more, say no more...eh" from the beefeater
11:06 < Evilpig> 100% 
11:11 <@Mirage> Yeah, this is EXACTLY what I was wondering about... https://www.npr.org/2024/03/20/1239529315/cicadas-pee-urination-jets-new-research-microfluidics-3d-printing-experiments
11:11 < PigBot> As cicada emergence approaches, scientists learn more about how they pee : NPR (at www.npr.org) https://tinyurl.com/yvxquxc6
12:01 <@Mirage> Do these f'n idiots realize that only a relatively small area will be effected at a time?  https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/20/april-2024-eclipse-will-briefly-affect-solar-power-what-to-know/73028067007/
12:01 < PigBot> How the eclipse will impact solar power: April 2024 eclipse news (at www.usatoday.com) https://tinyurl.com/ymtpxk72
12:01 <@Mirage> "The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has predicted the eclipse will reduce solar generation's maximum output to less than 10% of what it would be capable of if the sky was clear"
12:09 < Synx_> I really want to travel to be in the path of totality, but thankfully i was able to see it a few years back in Nashville
12:10 < Synx_> Truly nothing like it
12:10 < Synx_> Does not compare to partial eclipse
12:14 <@Mirage> Supposed to be a bit over 3.5min totality here at the house.  I should talk one of the guys on my team into having a cookout that day for us because where he lives is in the direct center of the shadow.  Of course Ennis, TX is supposed to be hosting a bunch of eclipse related stuff and predicting at least 10x the city's population to visit since they are in the center w/ almost 4.5min totality.
12:17 < Synx_> Mirage, if you didn't get to see the last one, buy some binoculars, during totality you can look at the corona and its breath taking
12:20 <@Mirage> I already got a filter for my camera as well as glasses and other filters.
12:21 < Synx_> Awesome
12:26 <@Mirage> Damn, the eclipse is gonna miss Oak Island, so we won't get to see any crackpot theories about how it will reveal the big secret.
12:28 < Synx_> lol
12:38 <@Mirage> Figured wgile I was thinking about it that I should verify that the filter actually fits, and it does.  Batteries are 100% dead, though.  
12:44 < Synx_> make sure to get good shots of the corona, you can look at it with naked eye only during totality but i was able to see flares in my binoculars
13:17 <@Mirage> huh, I wouldn't have expected this: "
13:17 <@Mirage> With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E10, the total movie shooting time
13:17 <@Mirage> will be as follows: approx. 1 hr. 15 min"
13:18 <@Mirage> So, assuming the weather cooperates, I should be golden w/ just one battery to get the "meat" of the eclipse. 
13:19 <@Mirage> Of course this old T5 records in .mov @1080, so I need to figure out how much storage it'll eat if I try to record it
13:26 <@Mirage> blah.. "Due to the file system, movie shooting will stop automatically if the
13:26 <@Mirage> file size of a single movie clip reaches 4 GB."
13:28 <@Mirage> manual says 1080 is ~330 MB/min.  That's a bit over 12min.  Guess based on that I'll only be getting the "meat" of the eclipse, but that's ok.
14:38 <@Mirage> hehe... bad pun/reference warning:  http://www.heardmuseum.org/event/total-solar-eclipse-celebration/
14:38 < PigBot>  Total Eclipse of the Heard - Heard Museum  (at www.heardmuseum.org) https://tinyurl.com/2955jm3h
14:38 <@Mirage> "Turn around, bright eyes! Get ready for an unforgettable experience..."
17:26 <@Mirage> I seem to recall this having been taught in school, not sure why it's news now.. "Scientists discover massive solid metal ball inside Earth's core"
18:39 < Evilpig> I was thinking the core was molten, likely nickel
18:40 < Synx_> didn't they teach us it was an solid iron core, but now that i think about it how could it be solid its mega fuck ton hot shouldn't it be molten
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