Root Access

12:06 AM

Had to edit that guys ActionshareLock question... If it made it to SO how it looked when asked it would've been immediately closed. Now it stands a chance!

Burgi

?

link?

Michael Frank

> stackoverflow.com/questions/37516096/…

> superuser.com/questions/1081019/…

Bob

12:32 AM

Backlight options: "Low", "Medium", "High", "Blinding"

Journeyman Geek

lol

Michael Frank

@Bob My wife's cheap Android has three options: Auto, High, Low. There is no slider.

Bob

1:25 AM

Michael Frank

Coconut tree cast Meteor.

Ben N

Eh, this lollipop will protect me

Journeyman Geek

1:42 AM

ugh

I'm trying to remember the name of a sci fi book series

Its an entire culture that is military and wears some kinda mechanised armour, protoganist and writer are female, and the series is a trilogy with (something) and chess pieces as names

ahh

paradox!

gandalf3

2:01 AM

Pardon me.. Can anyone tell me if this question would be on-topic here?

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Q: Mark render as Photosphere/equirectangular in cycles so Google Photos knows it's a Photosphere

I have a space scene made in Blender & Cycles, and I have rendered it as a 360(equirectangular) image, and it worked. But when I try to upload it to Google Photos it doesn't know it's a Photosphere. My question is: How do I tell Google Photos that it is 360? Is it some value stored in the image ...

I see you have a google-photos tag, but as it has only 11 questions I thought I should check

Michael Frank

@gandalf3 I don't think it'll be on-topic here. Perhaps WebApps.SE?

gandalf3

ah, that looks more promising

Thanks

Michael Frank

No problem. :)

Canadian Luke

2:28 AM

So, I just found out something kinda awesome... A USB Battery Pack I got from DX.com is able to power my Raspberry Pi! It's now truly portable!

Edity

4:00 AM

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4:02 AM

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4:36 AM

@CanadianLuke Did it take 6 months arrive?

Bob

@ThatBrazilianGuy He's not in Brazil :P

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That Brazilian Guy

Happened twice to me.

I'm trying to figure out if the problem is DX or the mail.

Damn, who am I trying to fool? OF COURSE it's the mail!

Who else takes 8 years to deliver a package? The Brazilian mail, of course!

Canadian Luke

4:57 AM

I don't know, I think it was 4-6 weeks. It's slow going to Canada, unless you pay for the "express" shipping that is 6-8 weeks....

HackToHell

In india, it never comes.

Canadian Luke

Love their uh... Motivation? No, that's not it... Definition of express? Yea, that must be it!

Bed time, I'll chat later guys

That Brazilian Guy

@CanadianLuke Wait, what? Is that a typo?

Canadian Luke

I wish...

It's going really slow right now though

I hooked it up with a phone charger battery pack and a USB cable

That Brazilian Guy

@CanadianLuke 2am here, and after a ~~4day holiday~~ 1 day holiday extended into the weekend, I have to go back to work

Journeyman Geek

5:01 AM

my desktop has crashed a lot today

Canadian Luke

4 hours ahead of me... Got it

That Brazilian Guy

G'night folks

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianGuy dx tracked is usually fast

That Brazilian Guy

It's been a few years since I last bought at DX. I always used their free shipping service. It was tracked, and it was pretty fast... until it arrived in Brazil, that is.

After that, it was delivered by the Woody Woodpecker Cartography Corporation

Canadian Luke

My Pi is running so slow getting updates now... Grrr

Journeyman Geek

5:04 AM

ahh

2

their local delivery contractor is ok

Canadian Luke

Stuck unpacking wolfram alpha

Journeyman Geek

5:33 AM

erf

looks like I need to do an offline restore

my desktop's crashed about a dozen times today

hopefully this dosen't crash when I make a restore disk T T

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek Wait... you're waiting until your computer starts to crash to make a restore disk? :P

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank couldn't find the one I made before ;p

Made

now it was working fine yesterday so I'll roll back to 2 days ago and see what happens

Bob

5:54 AM

"The art of diplomacy is saying 'good doggy' until you can find a big enough stick."

@JourneymanGeek o.O what kind of crashes?

@MichaelFrank Wait, you keep restore disks? :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob apparently something to do with clfs

however I was messing around with a canon driver a few days ago so

rolling back to before it feels like a good idea

Bob

6:12 AM

@JourneymanGeek what on earth is clfs

as usual, google is utterly useless when searching for any filename

Journeyman Geek

common log file system driver

which makes no sense

lots of cargo cult suggestions (run chkdisk, sfc scannow and so on)

Or "Its ram corruption"

plausible but less likely

Bob

@JourneymanGeek event logs?

@JourneymanGeek ...gotta love cargo cult suggestions

Journeyman Geek

@Bob er. I'm in the middle of restoring ;p

Bob

though tbf this isn't something normally touched

botched update aside, perhaps HDD corruption was the cause :\

Journeyman Geek

But I figured the only thing I installed between then and now was canon printer drivers

Bob

6:16 AM

@JourneymanGeek I meant, is CLFS related to event logs? :P

Journeyman Geek

in theory, yes

but should that cause a system to BSOD? ;p

Bob

you tried safe mode, yea?

@JourneymanGeek well, it's a kernel-mode driver... so, yes

Journeyman Geek

er, no ;p

guess I cargo culted too ;p

but I wanted to remove that variable

OH

I also installed that windows system state analyser thing

which MIGHT tie into event logs

Michael Frank

6:37 AM

@bob No, I don't keep restore disks.

Also cool! My Windows 10 lockscreen picture was a tree from NZ.

google.co.nz/…

Journeyman Geek

erf

restore is going to take a while

since apparently my 'nearer' second level backup's not up to date

(oops)

Journeyman Geek

7:51 AM

heh

Turns out my stream's audio output is pretty noisy

I wasn't going to use it as a music player anyway...

also, beats got replaced by some DTS thing

which of course sounds terrible

but you can turn it off

Journeyman Geek

8:29 AM

hm, looks like the noise was being picked up by audio cable

its clear directly plugged in.

Rahul Basu

9:11 AM

Guess which is the world's largest rubber tire producer?

Michael Frank

@RahulBasu LEGO

Rahul Basu

Yep...

Rahul Basu

9:42 AM

howtogeek.com/trivia/…

Rahul Basu

10:03 AM

howtogeek.com/trivia/…

DavidPostill

11:12 AM

@MichaelFrank I've been there :p

Michael Frank

11:30 AM

@DavidPostill Lucky!

Burgi

they do need to make it easier to find information on those lock screen pics

what the....

superuser.com/review/low-quality-posts/538858

> Eventually I used chlorine bleach!

DavidPostill

@MichaelFrank Yes, indeed. I've been to NZ 6 times and enjoyed every trip. One of my best memories is walking the Milford Track :p

Burgi

11:47 AM

can we get this question locked?

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Q: Run an application only compatible with 32-bit on 64-bit machine

Title's pretty explanatory. I have an application(Second Life) that isn't compatible with 64-bit windows 7. It says that it is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, and 7 but only the 32-bit version of 7. I need to know if it's possible for me to download something to make the application compatible...

64-bit 32-bit compatibility

DavidPostill

@Burgi You mean "protected"? or Something else?

Burgi

yes

thats what i meant

DavidPostill

@Burgi Done. At least 10 rep is now required to add an answer. That should help a little (I saw your comment).

Burgi

thankies

it came up on 1st post review

its also a poor answer but i'm hesitant to flag as NAA or VLQ as i tend to get them wrong and told off for flagging "wrong answers" :/

Journeyman Geek

lol

if not sure, you can custom flagged

and we rarely "tell off" >_>

DavidPostill

11:55 AM

@Burgi lol. I just clicked "delete" as answer was on -1

Burgi

> declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer

Journeyman Geek

ahh

that's different from 'telling off' ._.

its in red!

It is?

yes

11:58 AM

also, I need to take a screenshot when I get exactly 50 more rep.

@Burgi I suppose it might be.

but in cases like this mentioning it on chat helps too ;p

DavidPostill

Burgi

Journeyman Geek

ahh

I've not seen the consumer end of the flag queue in a while

Burgi

red ink everywhere!

Journeyman Geek

I think that's a "hi vis" ~~orange~~ ~~grey~~ red rather than a "BAD DOG" red

Burgi

12:00 PM

its like being back in school... ;)

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek 50 more rep?

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill then I have 88 888 rep

exactly

ah

Its a cool number ;p

Hm.

12:01 PM

Lol

Journeyman Geek

I think I screenshotted me getting 66 666

Bob

Looking for a lightweight ~13" laptop for my brother.

Burgi

does it mean you are 5 times as lucky in chinese?

Bob

@qwertyuiop, you mentioned the Core M was decent?

Rahul Basu

Spectre?

Bob

12:01 PM

I've not used one :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob how lightweight?

Bob

Been looking at this: binglee.com.au/asus-ux305ca-dq060t-zenbook-ux305ca

Journeyman Geek

what's he using it for?

Burgi

@Bob macbook

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ~1-1.5kg, school/uni (word processing, web)

Rahul Basu

12:02 PM

X1 carbon

Bob

Max of 1.7kg

Journeyman Geek

@Bob cherry trail!

Bob

Budget... probably under $1500 (AUD)

Burgi

macbook will get him chicks

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Nah, we're looking at Core M minimum. Mostly cause Atom isn't really smooth for larger webpages.

Rahul Basu

12:02 PM

@Burgi Lol

Bob

@Burgi He's not an Apple user. Thank god.

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Rahul Basu

:p

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi then dowdy is better. Gotta focus on school ;p

Bob

Anyway, software-wise, Windows will serve him better.

Burgi

i can't take my macbook anywhere these days. i look like a hipster :(

Rahul Basu

12:04 PM

Seriously?

What's wrong in looking hip?

Burgi

um... yeah

i'm 33

qwertyuiop

@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere It's a kitty with kitty eyes

Pot Noodle Kebablab Dance

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Bob

@RahulBasu Out of the budget, unfortunately.

Rahul Basu

@qwertyuiop lol

Bob

I'll try to get him into some of the local stores to play around on some.

But the UX305 (Core m3/8GB RAM) looks like the best fit at the moment.

Anyone here actually used Core M?

Burgi

12:06 PM

@RahulBasu i have had the same style for the last 17 years and now it is suddenly "cool"

qwertyuiop

33? I thought you were 13

Or was that someone else

Burgi

i said all guys stop aging at 13

Bob

@RahulBasu Spectre... the x360 is a maaaaybe.

Rahul Basu

@qwertyuiop I'm 15 :D

DavidPostill

@Burgi I wish. I would still have my hair :p

qwertyuiop

12:08 PM

Pot Noodle - Kebablab

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@Bob It can be

Bob

@qwertyuiop That's not very reassuring!

qwertyuiop

@Bob I quite like the HP 360's. No dGPU though

Bob

@qwertyuiop Yea, he's not gaming on this thing.

iGPUs are more than enough these days. I hope, anyway.

If it fails to render 1080p video I'm sending it back.

@Bob It maaayy

lol

12:10 PM

i remember taking my 2nd hand ibook to a coffee shop and playing black and white

Bob

True... I've had a modern-ish Atom (w/ on-die GPU) struggle with Flash-based video.

qwertyuiop

POT NOODLE - BACK WITH NO APPETITE

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@Bob I believe the Broadwell (maybe Haswell?) based Core M's were lacking hardware acceleration for some Youtube videos which made them pretty sloppy for that

Skylake ones are fine though

Bob

@qwertyuiop Oh. Urk.

qwertyuiop

@Bob Well, funny enough frequent access is something they excell at.

Bob

m3-6Y30 should be Skylake, yea?

qwertyuiop

12:14 PM

Yes. Although it is also an M3

Bob

:\

Double urk.

Can't be worse than Atom. I hope.

qwertyuiop

Basically as with all Core M's, burst speed is fine, and equals any laptop with a core i3/i5/i7

It's just sustained performance can be an issue if the laptop has passive cooling

With good active cooling designs they'll sustain 2Ghz+ turbo indefinitely

Bob

@qwertyuiop Yea... I'm hoping he's not gonna need to do anything that requires sustained performance.

The burst should get it over the initial webpage loading and then scrolling through should be minimal.

Video is mostly GPU-accelerated (or should be).

Word processing is negligible.

Sounds like it should be fine.

qwertyuiop

Architecture/IPC/efficiency wise it is literally just a core i7 with the TDP turned down

If you're real smart and lucky you can hack the TDP back up

Bob

Heh, no need for that, thankfully.

Rahul Basu

12:18 PM

@Bob Most school students end up playing games at some point out another...

Bob

I don't really want to be responsible for keeping this thing working :P

Burgi

if you pre-order CIV6 you get 40% off a steam controller...

Bob

@RahulBasu He's got another laptop and a desktop for games.

qwertyuiop

lol

Burgi

store.steampowered.com/bundle/353

qwertyuiop

12:19 PM

You can simulate its performance by getting a regular laptop and setting the long-duration turbo boost to 5w cap too

But anyway

Bob

@qwertyuiop At the cost of a heavier/bulkier device, sure :P

Or more expensive.

Or all three.

@qwertyuiop o.o

Good luck!

Burgi

er.... you realise that it is a bank holiday @qwertyuiop

qwertyuiop

@Bob I meant if you wanted to get a feel for how a Core M performs, you can use an existing laptop and replicate the characteristics

Bob

@qwertyuiop Or do you mean for testing? Hm, there's an idea, actually.

qwertyuiop

@Burgi Yes, although I usually don't observe bank holidays at my company and neither do these guys apparently

Bob

12:20 PM

I have absolutely no idea how to do it, but I'll look into that this weekend if I remember :D

Thanks.

qwertyuiop

Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility

Burgi

how strange

Bob

Fiddling with CPU power (along with over/underclocking) hasn't really been my thing. Eh, good time to start.

@qwertyuiop Thanks.

qwertyuiop

Lets you set turbo boost ratios and TDPs and stuff. Mostly for unlocked K/X series CPUs, but on mobile parts you can tweak the TDPs between the existing limits

Bob

Only got Haswell here, but if that works then Skylake should be fine.

qwertyuiop

12:22 PM

On a K series part you can set the TDP to 4000w if you feel like it -_-

On my Skylake-U mobile chip (15w) I could set the TDP to anywhere from 0w to 25w.

(25w being the factory limit short-duration turbo boost, 15w being the nominal long-duration turbo boost)

What does 0 W do? :P

Crash.

lol

Should I wear a condom during this interview?

Burgi

i thought you said you were a woman

Bob

12:25 PM

Depends what kind of message you want to send!

qwertyuiop

Well it's a telephone interview

Bob

Also, the battery life on this phone is amazing.

qwertyuiop

It supposedly enhances intimacy between you and your partner for a more connected, sharing experience

Apparently that was a problem during my last distance interview.

Bob

Isn't that if you don't wear one?

qwertyuiop

They just weren't feeling the "connection" enough

DavidPostill

12:27 PM

@qwertyuiop If you have to ask a question like that you are probably too out of it to even think about an interview.

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Bob

Did you try blowing in the phone jacks?

Might be some dust stuck in there.

qwertyuiop

@Bob It was Skype

Bob

Ethernet jacks then.

qwertyuiop

Maybe it was the antivirus interrupting the flow? Like how it did to crash a heart machine in a hospital?

> Smartphone Antivirus Concept Stock Photo

WTF

Journeyman Geek

I wouldn't be suprised if that got flagged ...

It is almost funny

LGR - Installing an 8-bit EGA Card on an IBM 5154

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qwertyuiop

12:34 PM

I was more like WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?

Journeyman Geek

Damn, those oldschool cards are looooong

qwertyuiop

Modern high-end graphics cards are just as long tbh

Journeyman Geek

quite a bit of that is heatsink?

qwertyuiop

But yeah the condom isn't even protecting the port, and WTF is the SD card doing there? It doesn't even go NEAR the phone

Journeyman Geek

@qwertyuiop done by the same sort of people who hold solderign irons by the tip

qwertyuiop

12:35 PM

@JourneymanGeek That explains a lot

Journeyman Geek

hm. Granted, ven if its cheating?

qwertyuiop

Journeyman Geek

That card looks bigger

prolly cause of all those ICs

qwertyuiop

Yeah I'm not sure what the dimensions are compared to modern ones

Modern ones are thicker and wider too though, with 2-3 slot coolers, so the perspective can distort it a bit

Journeyman Geek

yup

qwertyuiop

12:41 PM

Actually I'm pretty sure the longest cards these days probably adhere to the same slot length specifications as the old ISA ones

Journeyman Geek

those cards predate ATX tho

so different specifications

qwertyuiop

Though I think AMD are the only ones that still make use of the maximum lengths available, whereas NVidia stick to shorter/newer length specs

Journeyman Geek

AMD does dual processor cards

nvidia hasn't yet.

qwertyuiop

I'm pretty sure that says NVidia on it

Journeyman Geek

0_0

So it does

I have no idea what that is tho

That Brazilian Guy

12:52 PM

@Burgi If he feels like a woman, then he is a woman! You sexist...

qwertyuiop

GTX Titan Z

!!s/he/she

ChatBot John Cavil

@qwertyuiop That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

qwertyuiop

wtf

That Brazilian Guy

See? Jon agrees.

Journeyman Geek

ahh

I didn't realise titans were dual processor

qwertyuiop

12:53 PM

Only the Z

AFAIK the X isn't. Very confusiong

Maybe I shsould do so meth so I'm sober for this interview

4

Or just tea

Journeyman Geek

Tea

Its a hell of a drug

I mean the british traded opium for it

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek That's surprisingly accurate now that you mention... O.o

Walter White should have become a tea maker instead.

(NO SPOILERS PLEASE, I am still on season 4)

Journeyman Geek

I didn't manage to get past the first two episodes

That Brazilian Guy

Didn't like it?

qwertyuiop

Who the hell is walter white

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