3:38 PMsansidianice drawing! who's that character?
3:39 PMsiannadrawsthank you! it's an oc of mine
3:40 PMIscaRedspiderhi!)
3:40 PMsansidiahey there!
3:40 PMsiannadrawsyour drawing looks pretty awesome already too tho
3:40 PMsiannadrawshello!
3:40 PMsansidia@siannadraws thank you <3
3:46 PMDavid_Joffehi
3:46 PMIscaRedspiderhello!)
3:48 PMsansidiahey there
3:48 PMsiannadrawshello!
3:50 PMsansidiahi sina
3:52 PMDavid_Joffemy power just went off and my UPS kicked in
3:52 PMsansidiaouch! I hope it comes back soon
3:53 PMDavid_Joffei probably forgot to buy the prepaid thing
3:53 PMDavid_Joffefortunately i have a decent battery UPS system, i can run probably 8 hours off battery
3:53 PMDavid_Joffethe country's power is too unreliable so i had to install that
3:53 PMsansidiamust've cost a lot of money then
3:53 PMDavid_JoffeSouth Africa i mean, yeah it cost an arm & a leg
3:54 PMDavid_Joffebut it's been worth it due to the regularlity of power interruptions
3:54 PMsansidiahopefully it wans't your main arm :))
3:56 PMDavid_Joffehm it looks like it's the town's power that's off or something
3:56 PMDavid_Joffedoesn't seem to be that i just haven't paid
3:56 PMsansidiait happens I guess
3:57 PMDavid_Joffeif my battery pack runs out, i have a further backup system - an inverter that i can run my computers off my car
3:57 PMDavid_Joffethat was necessary as in parts of South Africa they steal the electricity cables so often, i wasn't able to work without that
4:15 PMsansidia@IscaRedspider I love those curls <3
4:17 PMIscaRedspiderthanks)
4:28 PMsansidiait was nice seeing you, goodbye all!
6:15 PMDavid_Joffe@jay, that looks nice
6:43 PMPaburoVIIIHello!
7:26 PMadambiszewskihello :)
9:19 PMDavid_Joffehi
9:23 PMDavid_Joffewell my power's back on
9:23 PMDavid_Joffethis has been a stream by candlelight
9:23 PMDavid_Joffesome big new functionality for our software :) .. will probably take a break soon
9:23 PMojibwe_northwestwhat happened?
9:24 PMDavid_Joffenot sure, but the power in South Africa here is not very reliable, we have relatively frequent outages
9:24 PMDavid_JoffeAlso depending where you are, electricity cables get stolen regularly
9:24 PMojibwe_northwestreally
9:25 PMDavid_JoffeA few years ago I set up a big battery pack UPS system to get me through most outages, batteries can keep my computers going maybe 8 hours or so
9:25 PMDavid_JoffeIf the batteries run out, I have a car inverter and can switch to running my computers off my car :)
9:25 PMojibwe_northwestthats dedication
9:26 PMDavid_Joffe:D
9:27 PMDavid_JoffeI got the inverter in 2015 or so I had big important deadlines for a specific important client, and where i was staying they kept stealing the cables about every other night
9:27 PMojibwe_northwestthis happens regularly
9:27 PMDavid_Joffeso i had to .. but it has been useful, the other day we had an almost 2-day outage here due to a fire, so I had to use it again
9:27 PMDavid_Joffeyeah
9:28 PMojibwe_northwesthow is the internet over there|?
9:28 PMDavid_Joffeit's cool though as i can travel and run my computers off the car in the middle of nowhere if i wanted to
9:28 PMDavid_JoffeThe internet is generally bad, but if you are rich and live in one fo the areas with fibre you can get fiber which is good
9:28 PMDavid_JoffeI don't .. I have DSL .. it's slow, max about 700Kbps upload speed
9:28 PMojibwe_northwestouch
9:29 PMDavid_JoffeIf I'm on the road I use 3G, sometimes the speeds are good, sometimes bad, depending where one is
9:30 PMojibwe_northwestwow internet dont sound so good there
9:31 PMDavid_Joffeyeah, but it's not so much because the economy can't afford it, it's because the government (presumably got bribed) and handed 3 big telcos a protected cartel
9:32 PMDavid_Joffe+ a landline monopoly protected and segmented artificially to prevent competition
9:32 PMDavid_Joffeso the government basically mandates that there be no competition
9:32 PMDavid_JoffeSo, no competition between suppliers = price collusion
9:32 PMDavid_Joffeand high prices for low speeds etc.
9:32 PMDavid_Joffethere are other poorer African countries with better internet than south africa ... because, competition
9:33 PMojibwe_northwestthats harsh
9:33 PMDavid_JoffeIt's all frustrating, to be honest, now i have been installing water tanks too because the water supply is becoming unreliable here
9:33 PMDavid_Joffeto be honest i'm fed up, i want to move overseas somewhere
9:34 PMDavid_JoffeYou may have heard in the news that Cape Town may run out of water in a few months
9:34 PMDavid_JoffeThat's about 50% due to drought, and 50% due to government incompetence and malmanagement
9:34 PMojibwe_northwestyep heard of that that sucks
9:34 PMDavid_Joffei am more than fed up
9:35 PMojibwe_northwestbest time to get out of country before water dries up
9:35 PMDavid_Joffeadvertising a spot for a green card wife convenience marriage :D
9:36 PMDavid_Joffeonly half-joking
9:36 PMojibwe_northwestlol
9:37 PMDavid_Joffegot 2 kids also, had to make sure theyhave water, so it cost me an arm and a leg to install the water tank but at least my family will be sorted if they have to shut the taps off
9:38 PMojibwe_northwestyep have to do whats right for the children
9:51 PMDavid_Joffegot to run to make some dinner ... chat later .. happy streaming
