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| 02:18.10 | aeryndunham | Evening! |
| 02:18.33 | spangborn | hi |
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| 18:08.11 | youtah | ~youtah |
| 18:08.12 | infobot | Mmmm Bacon |
| 18:10.48 | klys | ~slashdot |
| 18:13.29 | frostyfrog | eyes youtah's bacon. |
| 18:14.04 | frostyfrog | wait... it's lunch time.... |
| 18:14.09 | frostyfrog | runs to get lunch. |
| 18:15.28 | programmerq | HP did it when I worked there, but it wasn't per hour or anything. our group just did internal contracts with other groups that said we'd do different things. |
| 18:15.44 | programmerq | woah, I was *way* scrolled up |
| 18:15.47 | programmerq | disregard that ^^ |
| 18:15.53 | programmerq | like days ago |
| 18:16.42 | frostyfrog | Don't you love that x3 |
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| 18:25.11 | frostyfrog | Psst, kim27. Passed the exam. |
| 18:29.16 | TodPunk | nice |
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| 18:48.53 | aeryndunham | I just signed up to foster cats and dogs with the local shelter! |
| 18:51.38 | youtah | frostyfrog, what exam did kim27 pass? |
| 18:52.11 | youtah | btw, frostyfrog you planning on taking your tech exam at the Provo testing session? |
| 18:56.33 | frostyfrog | Oh, sorry about that youtah. I was informing kim27 that I had passed. |
| 18:57.14 | frostyfrog | youtah: I took the tech exam this last saturday and passed. |
| 19:03.29 | youtah | What?!?!? I had no idea |
| 19:03.36 | youtah | like as in 3 days ago Saturday? |
| 19:04.05 | youtah | Congrats!!! |
| 19:09.32 | jholtom | you did it! |
| 19:11.25 | TodPunk | you blew it all up! |
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| 19:15.16 | frostyfrog | Yes, like 3 days ago Saturday. x3 You commented on my facebook post. I haven't gotten back to replying to any of the comments on it yet, however. :/ |
| 19:15.47 | TodPunk | youtah's memory is not... long-lasting |
| 19:15.56 | TodPunk | he probably doesn't know who you are on Facebook |
| 19:16.05 | jima | haha |
| 19:16.10 | TodPunk | though neither do I |
| 19:16.19 | frostyfrog | xD Good point. |
| 19:16.41 | jima | we've stumbled upon the dirty secret...youtah in #utah is not the youtah from facebook. |
| 19:17.02 | TodPunk | They're all youtah's little helpers |
| 19:17.19 | TodPunk | youtah: buy my KVM thingy! |
| 19:17.25 | aeryndunham | frostyfrog, what exam did you pass? congrats! |
| 19:18.59 | frostyfrog | aeryndunham: HAM Radio Technician Exam for my Technician license. I plan on taking part in the Utah Mesh WiFi network and I needed a license. I may communicate over the radio as well. I'm seriously considering it. |
| 19:19.42 | frostyfrog | Sadly, I did not pass the General license exam. I gave it a shot though :D |
| 19:26.41 | youtah | Oh, lol, oops! I did comment on it! |
| 19:26.46 | youtah | Sorry, I am really busy atm |
| 19:26.47 | youtah | lol |
| 19:27.13 | youtah | jima you know youtah on Facebook is the same Youtah on Twitter though |
| 19:27.18 | youtah | thanks to Keybase |
| 19:27.29 | youtah | but IRC doesn't have a Keybase authenticator |
| 19:27.39 | youtah | BUWA HA HA HA |
| 19:28.26 | jima | see? I KNEW IT |
| 19:28.51 | youtah | btw frostyfrog the UV5R's on Amazon are like $26 for a fully functioning 70cm and 2m radio |
| 19:29.07 | jima | youtah: technically the youtah from facebook and the youtah from twitter could be different people, just in cahoots. |
| 19:29.52 | youtah | you have no idea how deep and wide the youtah network really expands |
| 19:30.07 | jima | i have my suspicions, but i'd need a ham license to know for sure |
| 19:30.16 | youtah | we can fix that |
| 19:30.24 | jima | youtah: dang, how far can that thing go? |
| 19:30.31 | youtah | that's what she said |
| 19:30.38 | jima | hawt |
| 19:30.49 | youtah | btw, you guys StarCraft fans? |
| 19:30.59 | youtah | I have started playing again. I forgot how much I enjoyed the game. |
| 19:31.05 | youtah | My oldest is now playing with me. |
| 19:32.01 | youtah | Oh, frostyfrog you know Greyson? |
| 19:32.18 | TodPunk | youtah: Starcraft, or Starcraft II? |
| 19:32.23 | TodPunk | and I see you conveniently ignoring my nag |
| 19:32.32 | youtah | SCII |
| 19:33.00 | youtah | yeah TodPunk I am thinking he is probably not going to get it if he hasn't contacted you yet |
| 19:33.58 | TodPunk | Foolish samurai! |
| 19:34.06 | unum | I stil don't even own star craft II |
| 19:39.25 | TodPunk | I did install the trial, but you can't play the trial with friends, so I didn't even care |
| 19:40.09 | TodPunk | It looks fun, just not $80 fun |
| 19:40.15 | youtah | Amazon |
| 19:40.20 | youtah | $8 |
| 19:41.21 | TodPunk | I suppose the current version is only $40 now |
| 19:41.34 | youtah | Oh |
| 19:41.37 | TodPunk | Amazon isn't going to sell the entire game for $8 |
| 19:41.39 | youtah | looks like it is $12 |
| 19:41.51 | TodPunk | you MIGHT get the Wings of Liberty portion |
| 19:41.57 | youtah | https://www.amazon.com/StarCraft-II-Wings-Liberty/dp/B000ZKA0J6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1490038883&sr=8-4&keywords=starcraft+ii |
| 19:42.00 | TodPunk | so 1/3rd of the game |
| 19:42.05 | youtah | If you have Wings of Liberty |
| 19:42.17 | youtah | but you play online with someoen else who has the others |
| 19:42.22 | youtah | then you get the other 2/3rds |
| 19:42.44 | TodPunk | So you can both go through the whole campaign? |
| 19:42.45 | youtah | So I could add you into my Hearts of the Swarm game online |
| 19:42.47 | jholtom | the baofengs are so obnoxious though lol |
| 19:42.57 | youtah | jholtom, yes, yes they are |
| 19:43.02 | youtah | TodPunk, I don't do campaigns |
| 19:43.06 | jholtom | get expensive radios! |
| 19:43.07 | TodPunk | pfft |
| 19:43.07 | jholtom | its more fun |
| 19:43.22 | youtah | jholtom, like my Kenwood TS-850S? |
| 19:43.26 | TodPunk | wouldn't play competitive starcraft II if you paid him |
| 19:43.36 | youtah | or my Yaesu FT-857D |
| 19:43.44 | jholtom | sure :P |
| 19:43.47 | youtah | TodPunk, what if you're on my team and we're only playing AI? |
| 19:43.52 | jholtom | I really like my USPR B210 |
| 19:43.55 | youtah | and we set the AI to easy? |
| 19:43.56 | jholtom | USRP |
| 19:44.26 | TodPunk | I have like 5 legit copies of Starcraft 1, I don't need SC II for any reason |
| 19:44.36 | youtah | I think my next rig will be the Yaseu FT-991A or the Kenwood TM-V71A |
| 19:44.42 | jholtom | SC1 is a much better game imo |
| 19:44.50 | TodPunk | SC II: It's SC1 with prettier graphics and way less balance care |
| 19:44.54 | youtah | Yeah, SC1 was pretty dang awesome |
| 19:45.11 | youtah | they and then BW blew my mind |
| 19:45.19 | jholtom | man, I love brood war |
| 19:45.26 | youtah | Lurkers with some seige tanks |
| 19:45.28 | TodPunk | Yeah, it's not complete without brood war |
| 19:45.34 | jholtom | memories of just playing that shit with friends on LAN for hours upon hours |
| 19:45.51 | TodPunk | I remember going to an actual LAN center to play Warcraft II |
| 19:45.55 | youtah | I missed my High School graduating class picture because I had stayed up until 6am playing SC |
| 19:45.57 | jholtom | hehe |
| 19:45.59 | TodPunk | IPX/SPX! |
| 19:46.04 | youtah | lol |
| 19:46.04 | youtah | yes |
| 19:46.04 | jholtom | oh man |
| 19:46.13 | youtah | Which is why I loved Win98SE |
| 19:46.19 | youtah | because it was so easy and fast to change |
| 19:46.34 | youtah | and then XP moved everything around |
| 19:47.25 | youtah | now people just grab a laptop and go... I remember having to buckle my tower into the seat with a seat belt |
| 19:47.35 | youtah | and the monitors |
| 19:48.16 | jholtom | lol |
| 19:48.29 | TodPunk | I remember they came out with cases with big handles just for LAN parties |
| 19:48.44 | TodPunk | I always thought that was weird because the monitors were the harder bit go move around |
| 19:52.05 | romanovic | still has his SC1 cd key memorised, having installed and reinstalled the game so many times in the 90s |
| 19:52.21 | youtah | Remember how they allowed the "Guest" |
| 19:52.30 | youtah | so you could install it on other computers so they could play with you? |
| 19:52.51 | TodPunk | yes |
| 19:52.58 | TodPunk | which I badly wanted with SC II |
| 19:53.06 | youtah | :( |
| 19:53.17 | TodPunk | Lorna and I played through Diablo III though, which was fun |
| 19:53.23 | romanovic | I had the same complaints about SC2, when I couldn't play locally on a LAN with friends I just lost interest in the game. I bought it, but I don't think I ever played it multiplayer |
| 19:53.27 | youtah | I never played Diablo III |
| 19:53.29 | TodPunk | I hear it's even more fun since they updated it to get rid of the auction house nonsense |
| 19:53.31 | youtah | only Diablo II |
| 19:53.58 | youtah | Remember WarCraft II BNE? |
| 19:54.00 | youtah | That was awesome |
| 19:54.10 | youtah | (not World of WarCraft) |
| 19:54.27 | TodPunk | Blizzard has this tendency to create awesome worlds with stories that are compelling and then they just can't seem to carry them far and they devolve into soap opera nonsense level twists to continue |
| 19:55.08 | TodPunk | They didn't even bother with Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm or Overwatch |
| 19:55.23 | TodPunk | just "here's some loosely thrown together plot stuff, do things now" |
| 19:55.24 | youtah | I literally haven't even bothered playing those |
| 19:55.37 | TodPunk | Hearthstone is ok casually speaking |
| 19:55.47 | TodPunk | Overwatch is TF2 but Blizzard |
| 19:56.02 | TodPunk | Heroes of the Storm has some interesting ideas but is still just another MOBA |
| 19:56.53 | TodPunk | WoW was actually really nice as a casual, even though some people hated you for it |
| 19:57.12 | TodPunk | but I never felt my time was well spent, that's for sure, even when I was only playing with my dad |
| 19:57.41 | youtah | What about EverQuest or Myst? |
| 19:58.12 | youtah | I never got too much into EverQuest |
| 19:58.16 | youtah | but I LOVED Myst |
| 19:58.43 | youtah | Total Annihilation, Age of Empires and Serf City |
| 19:59.17 | TodPunk | Myst like, the Cyan game? |
| 19:59.23 | TodPunk | because those are... not equivalent at all |
| 19:59.29 | youtah | yeah |
| 19:59.39 | youtah | reminiscing about older games |
| 19:59.39 | TodPunk | I have all the Myst games |
| 19:59.46 | TodPunk | GoG is awesome |
| 19:59.52 | TodPunk | Ultima, same thing |
| 20:11.50 | frostyfrog | youtah: Yeah, Greyson was in one of my computer classes in Highschool. |
| 20:11.55 | aeryndunham | I keep meaning to get some of those old games |
| 20:12.13 | aeryndunham | has just been playing World of Warcraft these days |
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| 20:23.37 | frostyfrog | If you have a CD key for either warcraft 3 or starcraft, you can add it to your battle.net account and download them whenever you want to, which is nice. |
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| 20:58.49 | unum | anyone know how to prevent the microphone volume from being turned up beyond a certain level |
| 20:59.10 | unum | with pulseaudio or alsamixer type magic |
| 21:02.15 | youtah | Revisiting... any suggestions for some quality headphones? |
| 21:03.09 | TodPunk | narrow down the kind |
| 21:03.18 | TodPunk | earbuds, circumaural, wireless? |
| 21:03.47 | TodPunk | blatantly ignores unum's harder question |
| 21:04.19 | youtah | Quality, but not nessicarily Audiophile. Regular headphones. $50~$200 range. Wireless optional. Android/Linux interface. |
| 21:09.49 | unum | I'm dealing with jabber headsets which are quite nice |
| 21:09.53 | unum | about $100 |
| 21:10.35 | unum | jabra evolve |
| 21:13.41 | youtah | are they the "80's"? |
| 21:14.00 | youtah | Oh yes, and Noise Cancelling is required |
| 21:14.30 | TodPunk | just uses some cheap skullcandy earbuds for his phone |
| 21:14.56 | TodPunk | and I have an adaptor for mic/headphone jacks on my linux desktop at work |
| 21:15.26 | levi | youtah: I'm partial to AKG K701 for open-back and K553 Pro for closed-back. Neither are noise-cancelling, but the K553 Pro is pretty good at passively blocking sound. |
| 21:16.13 | youtah | Oh, interesting. Great reviews on Amazon |
| 21:16.14 | unum | ya we have the 80's |
| 21:17.28 | romanovic | It is delightfully overcast today! |
| 21:17.58 | romanovic | with a bit of rain! |
| 21:18.12 | levi | The JBL Everest Elite 700s are supposed to be pretty good; they've got BT and noise cancellation. |
| 21:18.54 | romanovic | mood forecast *= 1.5 |
| 21:20.10 | youtah | Hmmmmmm |
| 21:20.27 | levi | AKG and JBL are brands of the company I work for, so I get them at a company discount, but on the other hand they're amazing headphones and I've heard a lot of opinions from coworkers. |
| 21:23.38 | youtah | Ah okay, very nice |
| 21:23.53 | youtah | yeah, they're $300 |
| 21:27.52 | frostyfrog | Not quite noise cancelling, but I've got the Turtle Beach PX22s. I really like 'em. |
| 21:29.21 | youtah | you guys rock |
| 21:29.28 | levi | The one to beat for effective noise cancelling is apparently Bose, as pained as I am to say it. |
| 21:30.33 | youtah | typically when I ask a question in general, people blurt out "BOSE" because they want to contribute to the conversation, however know nothing about the topic. Where as you guys are actually giving me quality feedback as to *why* ... so I appreciate that. |
| 21:30.34 | levi | The Bose QC35 is >$300 too, though. |
| 21:32.22 | levi | Really, there's sort of a huge variety of "good enough" headphones that aren't super expensive, and the most important differentiator between them is comfort while you're wearing them. But if you want really good sound or really effective noise cancellation, then it gets trickier and more expensive. |
| 21:32.54 | youtah | yeah, that is what I am finding |
| 21:33.13 | youtah | and going off of Amazon Reviews, plus their filtering, I have narrowed it down to only 122 headphones now |
| 21:33.14 | youtah | lol |
| 21:33.35 | levi | This is a really killer deal for excellent headphones: https://www.walmart.com/ip/AKG-K553-Pro-Closed-Back-Studio-Headphones/199618353?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=5700&adid=22222222227040088681&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=60364366418&wl4=aud-273067695102:pla-98458386578&wl5=9029749&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=115064323&wl11=online&wl12=199618353&wl13=&veh=sem |
| 21:34.39 | levi | I have a pair at work and a pair at home, I love them so much. Mine are the K550, but the K553 Pro is essentially basically a new number on the same design. |
| 21:35.47 | frostyfrog | unum: This is the closest answer that I could find that looks like it might work. I've never tried it though. Hope it helps! https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/145a10/how_do_i_reduce_the_maximum_possible_volume_level/ |
| 21:38.19 | frostyfrog | levi: Do those sit on the ear, or around the ear? |
| 21:38.42 | levi | One thing I've come to appreciate about really good headphones is how they can clearly reproduce high frequencies without them becoming shrill and grating. |
| 21:39.05 | levi | The K550s fit around the ear. The earcups are HUGE. |
| 21:40.40 | frostyfrog | Nice :) That's one thing (sitting on the ear) that generally turns me away from most headphones. Causes pain after many hours of continuous use. |
| 21:41.11 | RyanE | me too. |
| 21:41.32 | RyanE | hard to find ones large enough for my head and ears. |
| 21:42.29 | levi | Both the K553 Pro and Q701 are worth checking out. The Q 701 is even slightly bigger, but it's open-backed so it lets in ambient sound more. |
| 21:42.55 | RyanE | I'm moving cubicles in a week or few, to somewhere likley more noisy. |
| 21:42.58 | RyanE | I may have to splurge. |
| 21:43.35 | levi | I'm kind of partial to the retro AKG style of the Q701, but the look isn't appealing to everyone. |
| 21:44.53 | frostyfrog | Just posting what I have... https://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Beach-Universal-Amplified-Playstation-3/dp/B00E5UHSYW |
| 21:46.46 | frostyfrog | Not studio quality, but fairly comfy and nice to have for gaming. Definitely not as portable (it has a long cord so that it could work across the living room and connect to your console) |
| 22:08.07 | TodPunk | I used to have a pair of Turtle Beach surround sound headphones. They were easily the best headphones I've ever had just for that experience of actual surround sound in a headset |
| 22:51.40 | frostyfrog | Speaking of which, I've considered this in the past. https://www.amazon.com/Force-Channel-Dolby-Surround-Sound-Processor/dp/B003O0KICS/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1490050157&sr=8-3&keywords=turtle+beach+dss2 |
| 23:03.01 | romanovic | Is anyone else experiencing a Comcast outage today? In Herriman, "There is currently an Internet and TV and voice outage in your area" |
| 23:19.21 | TodPunk | Work in Alpine is fine |
| 23:20.04 | youtah | Draper is fine |
| 23:26.34 | frostyfrog | I haven't gotten a barrage of emails, so I think Lehi is fine. |
| 23:34.04 | frostyfrog | ... |
| 23:34.20 | frostyfrog | Wait... I'd be disconnected from IRC if Lehi wasn't... |