Chat Logs for Episode 566 — #Category5 on irc.freenode.net / cat5.tv/discord


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With 55 Posts:Garbee
With 35 Posts:TheFu
With 20 Posts:stormchaser3000
With 17 Posts:GWG
With 15 Posts:Solbu


Chat Logs:

7:00:20 PMGarbee Working
7:00:39 PMTheFu check
7:00:40 PMGarbee Jeff had to get the fart out first.
7:00:53 PMSolbu Alice Krige usually plays the Borg Queen. In two instances Susanna Thompson plays the queen in Voyager because Krige was unavailable at the time.
7:01:22 PMSkywriter64 WOW
7:02:01 PMJeffW_ sup world
7:02:29 PMGarbee oh you missed it.
7:02:44 PMGarbee JeffW_: My joke earlier when you were plugging up the mic was. "Jeff has to get that fart out first."
7:03:05 PMSolbu The news look, new.
7:03:06 PMTheFu Or LUKS dump.
7:03:43 PMGarbee haha
7:03:50 PMGarbee I forgot about LUKS dump.
7:04:06 PMSolbu Best episode ever. :-)
7:04:18 PMTheFu RAM is finally the same price it was 5 yrs ago. ;) Time to build a new system!
7:04:20 PMSolbu I still watch it sometimes. :-)
7:04:21 PMSkywriter64 JeffW I just cut off About 4" of my white beard
7:06:12 PMGarbee He put an air freshner in his pants.
7:06:31 PMGarbee Getting high tech there.
7:08:08 PMTheFu I'm not a fan of conman (r-pi network stuff). Give me the old scripts.
7:08:31 PMrevdjenk hey good evening!
7:10:43 PMstormchaser3000 hello
7:11:10 PMGWG I just remembered its Wednesday
7:11:13 PMGWG Better tune in
7:11:13 PMTheFu arp?
7:11:57 PMrevdjenk this sounds like the first time I booted Linux in 1999 ...
7:12:19 PMTheFu Non-standard router?
7:12:34 PMTheFu DHCP sometimes doesn't work with odd dhcp clients.
7:12:44 PMSolbu «Comming up, Jeff's PhantomPI»
7:12:50 PMGWG What did I miss?
7:12:58 PMrevdjenk Solbu: although its an odroid
7:13:17 PMGarbee JeffW_: nothing normal would cause that.
7:13:32 PMGarbee Robbie's grasping at ideas since he can't see it live yet.
7:13:48 PMstormchaser3000 i want to help but i haven't had this issue with any of my SBCs
7:14:05 PMTheFu Clearly, Jeff needs 3 more routers.
7:14:23 PMCee_128d If it has a wired ethernet jack plug it directly into the modem and bypass the router. Also try a USB Wireless dongle.
7:14:35 PMSolbu Garbee: But, he could ssh into jeff's network, provided it have an open port.
7:14:44 PMrevdjenk did it snake up on you, RobbieF
7:14:55 PMlichenx1 PYTHON FTW
7:15:13 PMstormchaser3000 my first programming language was scratch XD
7:15:20 PMSolbu Don't bash, uhm, bash.
7:15:20 PMGarbee HTML
7:15:25 PMTheFu FORTRAN66
7:15:29 PMGarbee Solbu: I bash all the time.
7:15:29 PMGWG Commodore 64 Basic
7:15:31 PMalpeck hi
7:15:34 PMGarbee Great for build step scripts.
7:15:37 PMGWG Took AP Pascal.
7:15:42 PMSolbu Garbee: Bash is an awsome shell.
7:15:51 PMGarbee Terrible language.
7:15:58 PMGarbee But, it works for running commands.
7:16:04 PMstormchaser3000 i am working on learning rust
7:16:15 PMCee_128d My first language was RPGII
7:16:52 PMSolbu My first was Basic.
7:16:56 PMrd_blair focal on digital pdp8s
7:17:07 PMlichenx1 we need more python talk on cat5! but can we pull him away from php? lol
7:17:30 PMGWG I use PHP
7:17:45 PMGarbee PHP 7 is amazing.
7:18:16 PMstormchaser3000 does buying old NES cartridges on amazon support the show?
7:18:54 PMrevdjenk hmmmmm
7:19:03 PMGarbee stormchaser3000: If you're in the US: https://amazon.com/?tag=cat5tv-20
7:19:06 PMGWG Garbee: I'm still on 5.2
7:19:09 PMJeffW_ yes it does stormchaser3000
7:19:15 PMstormchaser3000 ok cool :D
7:19:19 PMGarbee use that link with the tag when you visit and buy. Anything you buy contributes to the show.
7:19:28 PMGarbee I'm so sorry GWG.
7:19:34 PMGarbee I'll send flowers.
7:19:53 PMGWG Garbee: I run PHP7. But I work on WordPress, so I try to target 5.2-5.4
7:20:18 PMGarbee ugh. I despise it, but understandable.
7:20:27 PMGWG WordPress or PHP5?
7:20:31 PMCee_128d Crap. I forgot to check if Cat5 has a BH Photo affiliate link before I ordered my new phone today.
7:21:02 PMSolbu RobbieF: Put a camera on the caster, and a monitor in your view.
7:21:18 PMrevdjenk it's a tool, not a toy, JeffW_
7:21:41 PMGarbee The fact that Wordpress essentially encourages people to stay stale since they don't have a shorter life-span on PHP support.
7:21:51 PMrevdjenk JeffW_: that's how you explain why you need it
7:21:57 PMGarbee If WP cut their support time down, hosters would be more encouraged to upgrade sooner.
7:22:05 PMGarbee But instead, WP bends to the hosting companies.
7:22:11 PMGarbee And devs suffer for it.
7:22:33 PMGarbee And then users when their installs get hacked when patches were out but... hoster didn't apply it.
7:22:53 PMGarbee It's a whole self-consuming cycle I despise.
7:22:54 PMGWG Garbee: They are talking about it.
7:22:59 PMGWG Garbee: Look up Serve Happy
7:23:05 PMTheFu Sounds like a php issue.
7:23:06 PMGarbee Yah I know.
7:23:08 PMGarbee Talking.
7:23:14 PMGarbee But haven't put anything into action yet.
7:23:31 PMGarbee TheFu: Every language engine has issues.
7:23:34 PMGarbee Every one.
7:23:49 PMTheFu True.
7:24:08 PMGarbee No one is safe. PHP just has its flaws pointed out more.... because it's the big language for the web (besides JS) and everyone hates it because they've been told to without understanding why.
7:24:16 PMGarbee So they love to joke about how "bad" it is.
7:24:16 PMrevdjenk power loco
7:24:21 PMTheFu But it seems that php attracts more people unwilling to maintain their production code than others.
7:24:23 PMrevdjenk power locus
7:24:26 PMGarbee When in reality, it's just fine. Especially 7+ rocking it.
7:24:41 PMGarbee TheFu: I've seen that from literally every language.
7:24:50 PMGarbee Once something hits production, people get scared to touch it.
7:25:09 PMGarbee Unless you are in a very modern environment with loads of software testing in place.
7:25:51 PMGarbee The only reason most of Google's stuff gets maintained, is they have automated updates on API changes to internal projects.
7:25:52 PMTheFu The barrier to entry for php is so low that lots of noobs code stuff and release it onto the world. You don't see nearly as much fromother langs.
7:25:59 PMCee_128d Jeff's buying one of those decks just o play with at home.
7:26:16 PMGarbee That barrier being low is good though. Because you can build shit in it without knowing the universe. :P
7:26:43 PMGarbee There is a reason hacking challenges ban PHP from being used. It's so fast to build in they always blew away competitors.
7:26:47 PMJeffW_ you know it cee_128d
7:27:29 PMGarbee And if you know nothing and jump into other languages, you'll still build things and kill yourself. You'll just do it in a way that's harder to detect.
7:27:47 PMTheFu https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/
7:27:51 PMGarbee Normally, you can at least peer review most PHP code and have some idea of what's going on.
7:28:41 PMCee_128d Jeff, bring it into the studio and hook it up when Robbie isn't looking and play musical decks with him. See how long it takes to figure it out.
7:28:49 PMGarbee Yah, that course is general comp sci. Python is better suited to that.
7:28:55 PMTheFu RobbieF, how easy is it to update the firmware on those headphones?
7:29:09 PMGarbee Web Dev, PHP kinda blows the competition away (save JS now with Node. But it's still fairly infant.)
7:29:25 PMGarbee I know googler's who wish there stuff was mostly PHP instead of Python. they despise all the python.
7:33:25 PMTheFu BT has some security flaws announced this week. Firmware updates needed to correct across all devices.
7:34:33 PMGWG JeffW_: Not yet, but don't slack off
7:34:57 PMstormchaser3000_ ugh
7:35:03 PMstormchaser3000_ my connection messed up
7:36:35 PMstormchaser3000_ waiting for the other me to time out
7:36:36 PMstormchaser3000_ :/
7:37:00 PMGWG JeffW_: You asked if you were being replaced by a dummy head
7:37:27 PMTheFu huh? EDR?
7:37:28 PMCee_128d TheFu: That's the reason I don't use BT at all. The phone I have now get the BlueBourne patch until April of this year. One of the reasons I ordered a new phone today.
7:37:38 PMstormchaser3000_ i will just have to ghost the other me i guess
7:37:51 PMGWG JeffW_: Job abandonment
7:38:08 PMstormchaser3000 there
7:38:41 PMTheFu https://www.zdnet.com/article/bluetooth-security-flaw-could-allow-nearby-attacker-to-grab-your-private-data/
7:38:58 PMGWG Maybe the dummy head should take it
7:39:52 PMTheFu I just started using BT with a portable speaker on camping trips. I don't use it anywhere else, but I don't trust BT or wifi or GSM or LTE or ... any RF.
7:40:20 PMSkywriter64 I must be a real audiophile because I use Sennheiser 6XX(Massdrop Version of Sennheiser650)
7:40:43 PMGWG I have Sony MDR-7506
7:41:21 PMTheFu Still using Shure cans here. For travel, some $60 noise canceling that I don't mind losing.
7:42:01 PMGWG I'm trying to figure out how to do a dual monitor setup that's portable
7:42:04 PMABQTKY Whoa, just froze for some seconds. 8-(
7:42:24 PMABQTKY Fine again.
7:43:38 PMCee_128d I use a set of ATH-M50s with a set of M35s I carry when I travel.
7:44:04 PMTheFu ABQTKY, Schlotzsky's fan?
7:45:50 PMCee_128d I use a set of fairly rare Peavey HKS-8's as computer speakers.
7:46:17 PMABQTKY TheFu, nope.
7:47:20 PMTheFu ABQTKY, your handle is a sandwich they sell. ;)
7:48:06 PMGarbee Lol, why do distro's have "download updates while installing" as an option, when they download but don't install a thing.
7:48:16 PMGarbee Then when you're running. you have to re-download all of it and install.
7:48:22 PMABQTKY TheFu, they do have a couple of them out here in the desert southwest. (Yeah, they do have one with a suspiciously similar name.) 8-)
7:48:32 PMGarbee So you use double the bandwidth because their installers don't work as advertised.
7:49:09 PMstormchaser3000 what are your favorite Linux (or GNU+Linux or GNU/Linux or whatever you prefer to call it) distro?
7:49:13 PMstormchaser3000 distros*
7:49:22 PMTheFu Looks like you need a 20inch sub to go with those.
7:49:32 PMGarbee Elementary OS is mine right now.
7:49:38 PMCee_128d Knoppix
7:49:41 PMGarbee I don't like the way the dev team acts sometimes.
7:49:51 PMGarbee But the distro's desktop environment works well for my desires.
7:50:06 PMTheFu TrueOS or *buntu 16.04
7:50:20 PMSolbu Wow. I can hear the bass!
7:50:27 PMCee_128d Okay, which model of Edifier's are those? I need to order a set.
7:50:53 PMstormchaser3000 those sound like nice speakers
7:51:30 PMTheFu And stutter w/ the stream. 1st time here tonight.
7:52:46 PMSolbu What music is that? It sounds nice. .
7:53:10 PMTheFu I can never tell the quality of any speaker until I get them home and in my listening room.
7:53:43 PMSolbu And now we know shy RobbieF has no hair. :-)
7:53:46 PMSolbu *why
7:54:49 PMstormchaser3000 i should get those speakers for my desktop computer
7:55:01 PMstormchaser3000 i only have these small logitech speakers
7:55:20 PMstormchaser3000 then i could play all the classical music i want :D
7:56:18 PMSolbu RobbieF: I could actually hear some of the bass.
7:59:46 PMCee_128d Anybody else watch The Show Show that Robbie did on the Binaural (sp) Dummy Head way back then? Still waiting on episode 2 of TSS.
8:00:05 PMCee_128d then - when
8:02:10 PMTheFu If AI is so great, why don't they use it to solve room-temp fusion already?
8:03:48 PMTheFu And if you are 86% pregnant or 86% may have disease Y?
8:07:17 PMTheFu Which is why split tunneling of VPNs shouldn't be allowed into corporate networks.
8:10:33 PMTheFu When a client connects to a corporate network via VPN, all other network connections, even LAN, should be blocked. And clearly, device-based 2FA for VPN access is mandatory.
8:11:19 PMstormchaser3000 i am wondering what would happen if such institutions such as banks start storing their information on 3rd party cloud storage such as google cloud
8:11:44 PMGarbee stormchaser3000: in what context.
8:12:09 PMstormchaser3000 user logins or databases
8:12:18 PMstormchaser3000 account information
8:12:18 PMstormchaser3000 etc
8:12:46 PMGarbee As long as the bank doesn't configure it dumbly, it's probably safer than them hosting it.
8:13:09 PMGarbee If it is in MS Azure, Google Cloud, or Amazon's stuff.
8:13:27 PMTheFu That isn't how large enterprises do important things. Front-ends might be in a cloud, but it will be on dedicated, physical, systems for that 1 customer.
8:13:33 PMTheFu Bad security can happen anywhere.
8:19:40 PMTheFu So now instead of Google/Amazon listening to everything you say, it is watching you?
8:22:04 PMrevdjenk the whole crew
8:22:17 PMrevdjenk bye RobbieF JeffW_ great sound show
8:23:25 PMTheFu electrical tape solved laptop webcam.
8:24:38 PMTheFu The mic is slightly harder. Need a headphone adapter, that isn't connected to prevent listening.
8:27:03 PMRobbieF Hope you all had fun!!! thanks for being here!
8:27:07 PMRobbieF no freeze ups this week?
8:27:42 PMstormchaser3000 RobbieF: if by freeze up you are talking about the video stopping then i had an issue with that but it was on my end
8:27:47 PMABQTKY RobbieF, ahhh, three or four short freezeups. Sorry about that.
8:27:51 PMstormchaser3000 my connection messed up once
8:28:05 PMstormchaser3000 that was when i got disconnected from irc

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