Root Access

Tom Wijsman

2:00 PM

Probably I've just misread "... underline text. Even when I speak to people ..."

Guitar Shoe Dave

Some people use the quotations with their fingers.. I use underscores with my hands.. I guess that makes me odd.

Tom Wijsman

Nah, you should try swiping with your nose. It brings a whole new context to the word "Facebook"...

Guitar Shoe Dave

then again.. quotes are vulnerable... underscores are not. perhaps using underscores should be used more often.

Tom Wijsman

Eh, "quotes" don't change into italics, but underscores do...

Guitar Shoe Dave

There you go! underscore everything!

Tom Wijsman

2:04 PM

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allquixotic

man, I'm so tired.

That Brazilian Guy

27 mins ago, by Tom Wijsman

Hmm, no, I didn't tab complete the wrong guy, somehow names are just getting trimmed?!

26 mins ago, by Tom Wijsman

I thought you were that, but turns out that you are that Brazilian guy!

> Member for 6 years, 8 months

Well, you live and learn each day, the saying goes...

Tom Wijsman

2:33 PM

@ThatBrazilianGuy I've learned that it's not learning until I learned how to solve it.

At the very least; when you type multiple messages, I do get to see your full name. :-D

That Brazilian Guy

And netwrok-wide rep ;p

Tom Wijsman

But yeah, guess it is just the low resolution. Would be preferable if they took a bit of the message width for the user name so it wouldn't come to this level of confusion.

That Brazilian Guy

Ugh, no!

Tom Wijsman

Your "Ugh, no!" will still fit!

Bob

Poke

Inn statement still e

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I'm apparently still awake

Also, phone typing sucks

Caterina 'Catty' McCatface

2:44 PM

Are you sure?

Bob

I blame the edge

Might be sleep-chatting, who knows

That Brazilian Guy

At least you butt never texted anyone random words.

allquixotic

@Bob that's about how tired I am

Journeyman Geek

Interesting.

@Bob you're clearly programming for early PCs in your sleep ;p

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek Sleeping-Bob programs in BASIC.

Either that, or he's sleeping at an Inn

Rahul Basu

3:04 PM

!!xkcd 1172

ChatBot John Cavil

There are probably children out there holding down spacebar to stay warm in the winter! YOUR UPDATE MURDERS CHILDREN.

Bob

@allquixotic what happened?

allquixotic

3:20 PM

Battleborn happened.

Bob

o.o

allquixotic

also, Mr. "Inn statement still e", you should be asleep

Bob

Ow. Another new/$60 game :P

@allquixotic Yes. Yes I should.

allquixotic

!!tell Bob sleep

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic Command sleep does not exist. (note that /tell works on commands, it's not an echo.)

Burgi

3:22 PM

australians don't sleep in case the venomous sheep rise up and attack in the night

That Brazilian Guy

Burgi

i rest my case

Guitar Shoe Dave

nothing like validating implicit casts via joins on (char to integer fields) looking for numeric values only to discover that one of the values was a decimal..

10 minutes man 10 minutes.

brb jumping out window

im on the 4th floor

Burgi

3:39 PM

o.O

so there is a VLQ post up for review. in its current state it is only fit for deletion. However, it is also the users first post, i want to give them some time to rewrite it. what is the best option in these cases?

Guitar Shoe Dave

good question. I have no idea what VLQ is

Burgi

very low quality

Guitar Shoe Dave

Ask them to proof read it themselves to see if what they're saying is making any sense. If they have problems reading it.. then ask them to record it via cassette tape and listen to it.

Rahul Basu

Another one: rahul2001.com/weblog/verihash

I think I'm on a coding streak...

Tom Wijsman

For programming practice it can be useful, but ...

I use the Explorer one where I ALT+ENTER into the properties and go to the file hashes tab; it automatically reads the hash from clipboard, which makes it very fast to check a hash

One step faster would be a "confirm hash" entry in the right click context menu which computes and then compares the hash against clipboard and pops up right away whether okay

Ben Richards

3:56 PM

Kept meaning to post this but always was forgetting...

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A: How to update Cygwin from Cygwin's command line?

I felt this need too a while ago. I used to just keep the installer file downloaded so I could just run it to install, but occasionally as Cygwin would be updated, the installer file would become out of date. I ended up creating a Powershell script that auto-elevates, downloads the installer, and...

Caterina 'Catty' McCatface

4:06 PM

@ThatBrazilianGuy WTF

Ben Richards

@ThatBrazilianGuy imdb.com/title/tt0779982

Black Sheep Trailer

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That Brazilian Guy

4:58 PM

@Caterina'Catty'McCatface You have waken up the sheeple!

!!xkcd 1013

ChatBot John Cavil

You will be led to judgement like lambs to the slaughter--a simile whose existence, I might add, will not do your species any favors.

That Brazilian Guy

...turns out there's really a xkcd for everything. Even for murderous demon sheeps.

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Caterina 'Catty' McCatface

@ThatBrazilianGuy o_0

Rahul Basu

@ThatBrazilianGuy how do you remember the comic numbers?

That Brazilian Guy

I wonder if there is a xkcd for "there is a xkcd for everything".

@RahulBasu I have a really good memowhat was I saying again?

That Brazilian Guy

5:52 PM

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Q: Corrupted video drivers causing x to go insane

There's an extra, immobile mouse cursor stuck on the screen. CTRL + ALT + Fn doesn't work. The screen stops responding, but I can still type commands "in the dark" and they work. All the while, I keep seeing the screen as it was before pressing the key combo. If I press CTRL + ALT + F2, it comes...

Caterina 'Catty' McCatface

6:32 PM

!!xkcd everything

ChatBot John Cavil

@Caterina'Catty'McCatface Something went on fire; status 403

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Caterina 'Catty' McCatface

O_o

!!nonsense

ChatBot John Cavil

bwDraco

7:01 PM

HTTP 403. There must be a problem...

!!/xkcd everything

ChatBot John Cavil

@bwDraco Something went on fire; status 403

bwDraco

!!/xkcd sql

ChatBot John Cavil

@bwDraco Something went on fire; status 403

bwDraco

Hmm. Is the chatbot blocked from accessing XKCD?

@Bob, @allq, it seems we have a bit of an issue here...

!!/listcommands

ChatBot John Cavil

@bwDraco help, afk, awsm, ban, color, convert, define, die, doge, domain, eval, export, findcommand, forget, forgetseen, github, google, hang, imdb, import, info, inhistory, jquery, learn, listcommands, listen, live, mdn, meme, moustache, mustache, norris, nudge, parse, refresh, spec, stat, stats, tell, timer, todo, unban, undo, unonebox, user, weather, wiki, xkcd, youtube, zalgo, ;), ;p, \/s*, after5, ahh, areyoukidding, bababababat, baroo, beatingbloodoutofarockwithahalberd, bespecific
boberror, brainf__k, bunny, caaaat, caat, cancer, caniuse, caution, chihuahuaunravelinginsidearollofbubb…

bwDraco

7:05 PM

!!/xkcd 1000

ChatBot John Cavil

Thank you for making me feel less alone.

bwDraco

Seems to be a Google issue. @Bob, check that the bot isn't getting blocked by Google for automated queries.

!!/google foobar

...nothing happens. Cavil appears to be getting the "We're sorry" page.

See if you can get it to use the Google Custom Search API.

(Limited to 100 queries per day, though; this is probably enough for our use.)

bwDraco

7:58 PM

Just completed a CyanogenMod update for my phone. They align with Android monthly security updates, and these include updated vendor images (and often updated bootloader and baseband firmware), so I also need to download updated factory images to flash them. It's something I'm not really fond of doing because of the amount of time it takes.

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A: CM13 on Nexus 9: Any app that internally opens a webpage or otherwise uses System WebView crashes

The internal graphics driver was out of date. Updating the vendor image solved the problem. Updating also fixed a non-working camera. CyanogenMod ROMs do not provide updated device-specific drivers ("vendor"), baseband firmware ("radio"; for cellular devices only), or bootloaders. These are stor...

bwDraco

10:21 PM

!!/google foobar

Still blocked.

DavidPostill

!!google foobar

!!info

ChatBot John Cavil

@DavidPostill I awoke on Wed, 04 May 2016 00:00:06 GMT (that's about 22 hours ago), got invoked 19 times, learned 1 commands

bwDraco

10:53 PM

@allquixotic: Do you have access to the bot?

allquixotic

.

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I run the bot (on my dedi)

bwDraco

I thought it was Bob...

allquixotic

no, he just fixes the code :P

bwDraco

So what's going on? Blocked?

See if you can get a web browser open at the server and access Google from there.

Michael Frank

!!wat

ChatBot John Cavil

10:56 PM

SahibPrime

I feel that Ubuntu is giving me LESS memory than Windows

bwDraco

The bot is unable to access Google. It's getting 403s.

4 hours ago, by ChatBot John Cavil

@Caterina'Catty'McCatface Something went on fire; status 403

4 hours ago, by bwDraco

...nothing happens. Cavil appears to be getting the "We're sorry" page.

SahibPrime

!!/google check?

bwDraco

Everybody, stop using the !!/google command. The bot is currently blocked from accessing Google; continuing may make the problem worse. Also, don't use !!/xkcd with a non-numeric parameter because that uses Google to search for a relevant comic as well.

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(Of course, not you, @allquixotic.)