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Journeyman Geek

12:18 AM

Morning

Ben N

Hi!

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi we kinda got told CW's are a bit of a failed experiment

Journeyman Geek

12:51 AM

before I go (employee orientation!) edgeup.asus.com/2016/08/23/…

Bob

> If one person tells you you have a tail, ignore them; if a hundred people tell you that, look behind you

ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ

Question: How do I create a mock X11 instance for testing I/O of another program?

It's not exactly easy to Google

Bob

@ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ Xvfb?

@ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ ?

"How do I create a ..." => "Xvfb?"

ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ

@Bob s/How do I create a.*X.*/Xvfb?/g?

Bob

@ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ Presumably by installing Xvfb and reading the rather straightforward documentation. After you confirm that it does what you need.

ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ

1:01 AM

thx, trying to figure out how vim's I/O works

Bob

Here, I'll even paste the relevant snippet:

> DESCRIPTION

Xvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware and no physical input devices. It emulates a dumb framebuffer using virtual memory.

The primary use of this server was intended to be server testing. The fb code for any depth can be exercised with this server without the need for real hardware that supports the desired depths. The X community has found many other novel uses for Xvfb, including testing clients against unusual depths and screen configurations, doing batch processing with Xvfb as a background rendering engine, load testing, as an aid to port…

If you specifically want to intercept/log X commands, there's probably some verbose logging mode. And you'd probably want an interactive X server, not Xvfb.

ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ

@Bob mostly just to simulate keyboard input

Bob

Eh, probably something like xdotool then.

I don't exactly have a ready-made solution for you - Linux GUIs aren't really my thing. And your request wasn't particularly specific. But these should at least give you a starting point for your searches.

See also: $DISPLAY environment variable.

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Q: What is $DISPLAY environment variable

I am new to shell scripting.I do NOT understand what is $DISPLAY environmental variable. I have Ubuntu 13.10 and I use /bin/bash shell. I have two monitors. Questions: 1.Command echo $DISPLAY will print :0.0 on my machine(on Both monitors). What this means? In which case $DISPLAY variable wi...

environment-variables

Journeyman Geek

1:24 AM

!!s/look behind you/try wagging it/

ChatBot John Cavil

@JourneymanGeek If one person tells you you have a tail, ignore them; if a hundred people tell you that, try wagging it (source)

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@ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ something like expect?

ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ

@JourneymanGeek small project of mine, looking for a programmatic method (not scripting) to send keystrokes to an external program

Bob

WELL THEN.

Journeyman Geek

1:41 AM

@ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ hm. At this point I'd suggest refining your question. Feels like something for software recommendations.se

ΛεγίωνΜάμμαλϠΨΠʹ

@JourneymanGeek Yeah, the problem is the lack of C libs for anything...

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I believe libraries are on topic there... :P

Bob

2:17 AM

Oh I give up. No docs. No search results o.O

Oooh.

Gigabyte laptop with a GTX 1070 in it.

Though, rather bulky at 17"

Journeyman Geek

I suspect they probably sized it taking the cooling it needs into account....

No cherry browns ? :P

Mistimed and half an hour early for the hr briefing. Ooops.

Bob

2:35 AM

O_O

github.com/wishstudio/flinux

github.com/wishstudio/flinux/wiki/Comparison

> Foreign LINUX serves as a low level emulator (LLE) unlike WINE or cygwin which is an HLE (high level emulator). We only implement kernel system calls and use the original unmodified system libraries to provide common ABIs.

Journeyman Geek

So it's bouow?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Seems similar, yea.

@JourneymanGeek More technically, WSL

Journeyman Geek

Yeah but zat unwieldy acronym....

bwDraco

3:12 AM

ChatBot John Cavil

@bwDraco Command css learned

bwDraco

!!/forget css

ChatBot John Cavil

@bwDraco Command css forgotten.

bwDraco

!!/learn css <>http://i.stack.imgur.com/M6JkD.gif

ChatBot John Cavil

@bwDraco Command css learned

Bob

3:30 AM

Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 vs. Ubuntu Bash On Windows 10 Anniversary Performance

MS POSIX subsystem => SFU => SUA => WSL...

Gone full circle? :P

arda

bash on windows is slowest prob

Bob

@arda Congrats on making assumptions without reading.

It falls behind on FS access, but is competitive with (and occasionally wins!) in memory/CPU-intensive tasks.

arda

3:46 AM

seems like it varies

I heard many people complain about it and I think that it is a bit slow, hence I made that assumption

Bob

Which makes sense with the additional emulation required on the FS, while CPU-bound tasks would only be affected by the CPU scheduler and is otherwise basically bare-metal.

arda

my only issue is with upload atm

I can't test upload speeds on speedtest-cli or use stuff like ping

Bob

I don't think they've benchmarked network access.

arda

I wonder if there is a question about these in SU or AU

Bob

Probably. I need to install the thing first.

Don't have a local copy of 1607 at work, so it's gonna have to be on Azure

That Brazilian Guy

3:57 AM

Hello. I am not a toilet and I don't want to punch anyone or anything.

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arda

github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/18

Needs admin apparently

Bob

@arda That would've been my first guess :P "Permission denied"

Bah, the 1607 VM is still installing updates.

arda

@Bob mine was using sudo

that worked

Bob

@arda Does that put you in a Windows high integrity level?

arda

nope

but imo it should pop up UAC dialog

Bob

4:01 AM

Not if the *nix system keeps a separate dir structure

arda

other stuff that needs icmp still doesnt work though

(yes my internet is terrible)

XKCD

Next, let's assume the decision of whether to take the Axiom of Choice is made by a deterministic process ...

Journeyman Geek

4:19 AM

@ThatBrazilianGuy you might be missing out.

Also giant floppy adult toys, chainsaws and bad Russian accents.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Also dolls.

Also "escort" missions. Especially "tiger escorts". Not sure if better or worse than "cougar" ones...

Journeyman Geek

Lol.

@Bob oh. SR4 has no Russian voice.

I played it with French. Southern would likely be my pick for a replay.

@Bob you rarely get to use one as a weapon tho.

arda

sigh

you made me want to redownload sr4

Journeyman Geek

4:48 AM

@arda SR3 is my favourite of the series

Bob

5:23 AM

@arda ^

Those are both BoUoW

Journeyman Geek

I'd like to say, its really wierd sometimes to be a non mod on another site ;p

Bob

For comparison on Windows proper

O_O github.com/Microsoft/CommandLine-Documentation

djsmiley2k

6:36 AM

lol this place

so handed in my notice

come in after a few days off with my son in hospital

and my collegue is just outright ignoring me

Bob

7:07 AM

I love worldbuilding.se

> Throwing large rocks at the problem is a popular and time honor tradition.

Hennes

Morning

Hmm, that does not show the image, just the link :(

Journeyman Geek

lol

Hennes

When you lie on your resume but still get the job

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Hennes

That tail rocks

Journeyman Geek

7:22 AM

yup

it is floof

Bob

7:56 AM

floof?

morning

woof

morning

@Bob Floof

we were locked out of the building until my line manager got in 5 minutes ago

Journeyman Geek

8:03 AM

0_0

(I'm occationally tempted to say arf-ternoon, but that seems undignified)

Boris_yo

Once in a while I hear how someone hits lottery. At one period there were several hits one after another which raised suspicion in me. I do not believe people are hitting lottery as claimed. I think this is all part of a fraud agenda.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek How'd the job thing go?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob it went. No real information other than that some of the other guys are on longer contracts.

My guess is the first day on the job's the real orientation

Bob

8:19 AM

O.o

This all sounds very dodgy :P

Don't accept any drinks! :P

Journeyman Geek

Loool

It's basically a whole load of hr people who companies outsource stuff to.

djsmiley2k

@Boris_yo ?_?

Boris_yo

@djsmiley2k You think lottery is legit or a colluded fraud?

Journeyman Geek

8:44 AM

@Boris_yo as with any form of gamling, the odds are always in the house's favour

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek That I know but it angers me that they employ strategy of fake winnings to artificially stimulate their sales.

While they easily handing out winnings how many of population does it take to offest losses from winnings?

And with frequency they did that at one period, I would not believe they can do that without stimulation of sales.

That's BS dream selling served on a silver platter to people who believe in fairy tales who lost touch with reality.

Rahul2001

9:28 AM

Hi!

Journeyman Geek

9:48 AM

lo

Rahul2001

How did pink become a girly color?

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Burgi

i'm having a senior moment. why would a spambot fill out a web form? what is the owners reasoning for it?

Rahul2001

@Burgi Uh... spam?

Journeyman Geek

10:06 AM

@Burgi I think they just fill anything fillable

Burgi

@JourneymanGeek for what goal?

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi in case its publically posted. its just less intellegence needed

DavidPostill

Hennes

What a nice round number.

DavidPostill

@Hennes Congrats.

Bob

10:20 AM

Nice.

Journeyman Geek

0_0

Most impressive ;p

Burgi

10:32 AM

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Q: Why do 'hackers' setup bots repeatedly fill out web forms?

There is something I don't get, one of my web apps has a small form that allows you to enter you name and email address to "subscribe" to a user list for a site I maintain. The site is very low traffic, and only useful to a very small number of people that live in a very small town..it would be o...