[2025-08-28T00:33:47Z] <EliSoli> hi :3
[2025-08-28T00:33:54Z] <EliSoli> is @phoebos online?
[2025-08-28T10:32:45Z] <phoebos> with IRC, just ask your question
[2025-08-28T16:36:03Z] <dery> holy macaroni ZPAQ never ceases to amaze me
[2025-08-28T16:36:28Z] <dery> its `-m5` option takes _forever_ to compress but I swear it outperforms ANYTHING
[2025-08-28T16:46:46Z] <dery> I swear matt mahoney solved efficient data archival
[2025-08-28T17:00:49Z] <midfavila> oh my god 
[2025-08-28T17:00:51Z] <midfavila> i just learned
[2025-08-28T17:01:03Z] <midfavila> apparently international students can study in germany for free
[2025-08-28T17:01:05Z] <midfavila> that's insane
[2025-08-28T17:02:15Z] <midfavila> meanwhile in canada to go to a mediocre at *best* public university *just* tuition is like, over 10kCAD a year
[2025-08-28T17:02:18Z] <midfavila> dude...
[2025-08-28T17:02:51Z] <midfavila> maybe i should move to germany man
[2025-08-28T17:06:17Z] <midfavila> hrmmh...
[2025-08-28T17:09:51Z] <dery> holy based
[2025-08-28T17:10:37Z] <midfavila> the more i learn about other countries the more i realise how much canada sucks
[2025-08-28T17:10:40Z] <midfavila> it's crazy
[2025-08-28T17:10:43Z] <midfavila> qwq
[2025-08-28T17:11:31Z] <dery> remember that there's always the "the grass is always greener at the other side" bias
[2025-08-28T17:11:58Z] <midfavila> my bias is "can i afford food and education"
[2025-08-28T17:12:14Z] <dery> like germany has big issues with their trains I heard and the government either does this based stuff or reconsiders banning adblockers lol
[2025-08-28T17:12:34Z] <midfavila> you say that germany has issues with their trains, and my response is "holy shit germany has *TRAINS*?"
[2025-08-28T17:12:43Z] <dery> fair
[2025-08-28T17:13:01Z] <midfavila> yeah like 
[2025-08-28T17:13:04Z] <midfavila> you need to understand
[2025-08-28T17:13:10Z] <midfavila> if you want to go to the next city over in canada
[2025-08-28T17:13:16Z] <midfavila> you *need* a car or a plane ticket
[2025-08-28T17:13:27Z] <midfavila> those are the *only* options almost everywhere in the country
[2025-08-28T17:13:48Z] <midfavila> and even if our passenger rail runs, it can take literally over 24 hours to cover 500km or so
[2025-08-28T17:16:26Z] <midfavila> like if i could make enough money to cover minimal living costs in germany and then get accepted into a public uni and cover the cost of moving all my shit over, i would be *set*
[2025-08-28T17:21:46Z] <dery> yea it really sounds like it
[2025-08-28T17:26:05Z] <midfavila> maybe in a year we'll see
[2025-08-28T17:26:13Z] <midfavila> maybe...
[2025-08-28T17:29:42Z] <dery> wishing you all the best mid
[2025-08-28T19:50:44Z] <phoebos> deutsche bahn is infamous for being unreliable and running late
[2025-08-28T19:51:37Z] <phoebos> but uk trains are just as bad
[2025-08-28T20:16:56Z] <sad_plan> dery: oooh, I wasnt aware
[2025-08-28T20:40:53Z] <EliSoli> is there any free and open-source host for javascript frameworks websites?
[2025-08-28T20:41:06Z] <EliSoli> like, there's vercel, but it is a company
[2025-08-28T20:41:14Z] <EliSoli> where is the kiss website hosted at?
[2025-08-28T20:46:55Z] <phoebos> EliSoli: the community website is hosted on my VPS
[2025-08-28T20:47:18Z] <phoebos> Dylan's is github pages
[2025-08-28T21:05:08Z] <midfavila> phoebos: the uk has trains tho
[2025-08-28T21:05:18Z] <midfavila> i would take shitty trains that exist over shitty trains that don't exist
[2025-08-28T21:07:39Z] <phoebos> of course
[2025-08-28T21:08:14Z] <phoebos> it's crazy how little public transport north america seems to have
[2025-08-28T21:08:20Z] <phoebos> and how far apart things are
[2025-08-28T21:12:27Z] <phoebos> but with uk trains, you book a ticket for like £100 (!) and then it or other trains are delayed so there's more passengers than seats so you're standing for hours. then there's a lack of staff so the train terminates before your stop and you wait another hour for the next one
[2025-08-28T21:19:20Z] <midfavila> phoebos the worst part is that if you try to walk anywhere you're going to be turned into a fine red mist
[2025-08-28T21:19:55Z] <midfavila> if i could at least run to the shops without either a) needing a car or b) playing super suv dodger gaiden i'd be much happier
[2025-08-28T21:19:58Z] <midfavila> :|
[2025-08-28T21:20:26Z] <midfavila> also that still sounds better than the transit system we have, even intracity busses
[2025-08-28T21:20:43Z] <midfavila> not to be playing one-uppance or whatever
[2025-08-28T21:20:55Z] <midfavila> but like in the winter for example it's not uncommon for busses to just
[2025-08-28T21:20:56Z] <midfavila> >not show up
[2025-08-28T21:21:01Z] <midfavila> for hours and hours on end
[2025-08-28T21:21:19Z] <midfavila> i think the record for me is waiting two hours in -50 for a bus last winter
[2025-08-28T21:21:25Z] <midfavila> that fucking sucked
[2025-08-28T21:21:37Z] <midfavila> made me really glad i bought a cloak instead of just a parka 
[2025-08-28T21:22:15Z] <midfavila> i just don't understand how it's so dysfunctional. i mean, i do, but it's foolish.
[2025-08-28T21:23:00Z] <EliSoli> i wanna found a small group of devs just like suckless did, but i need a place to host our website, for now it is on vercel.
[2025-08-28T21:27:19Z] <phoebos> midfavila: woof that's bad
[2025-08-28T21:27:22Z] <sad_plan> midfavila phoebos the tube works pretty well though. although its only in london, so cant speak too much of the rest of the UK
[2025-08-28T21:27:41Z] <sad_plan> havent had much complaints about it anyhow, appart from the tube being overly crowded at rush hours....
[2025-08-28T21:27:50Z] <midfavila> phoebos: you have no idea :D
[2025-08-28T21:27:54Z] <midfavila> every day i spend in canada is pain
[2025-08-28T21:28:04Z] <sad_plan> to the extent that if you fall, or you leave your kids in the crowd, consider them gone :p
[2025-08-28T21:28:08Z] <midfavila> please smuggle me into australia
[2025-08-28T21:28:26Z] <midfavila> https://n55.dk/MANUALS/SPACEFRAMEVEHICLES/XYZCARGO.html
[2025-08-28T21:28:27Z] <midfavila> also
[2025-08-28T21:28:28Z] <midfavila> unrelated
[2025-08-28T21:28:28Z] <sad_plan> EliSoli: perhaps find devs first, then website?
[2025-08-28T21:28:32Z] <midfavila> open source bike
[2025-08-28T21:28:49Z] <midfavila> made of extruded aluminium tubing
[2025-08-28T21:29:02Z] <phoebos> it's so ugly I love it
[2025-08-28T21:29:12Z] <midfavila> i mean it's very open source-coded
[2025-08-28T21:29:13Z] <midfavila> :P
[2025-08-28T21:29:21Z] <sad_plan> I like when open source makes it way into other aspects of our life :p
[2025-08-28T21:29:44Z] <midfavila> i'm trying to learn more hands-on skills so i can build things from CC'd or CERN schematics 
[2025-08-28T21:29:52Z] <midfavila> because frankly at this point it's cheaper in the long run
[2025-08-28T21:29:57Z] <midfavila> than buying things
[2025-08-28T21:30:45Z] <midfavila> also it's nice to be able to build useful things
[2025-08-28T21:30:50Z] <midfavila> even if it's just from a kit
[2025-08-28T21:31:03Z] <midfavila> i guess that's the ikea effect 
[2025-08-28T21:31:38Z] <midfavila> hmm
[2025-08-28T23:01:29Z] <EliSoli> sad_plan: yeah there's already me and a friend, we're looking for devs but it's hard to find good devs with free time, we're looking mainly for beginners rn but we can't find good ones