Ask Ubuntu General Room

Videonauth

6:01 PM

you can aswell brute force the solutions but takes forever to calculate

Serg

Well , we don't want to brute force it , we want intelligent , recursive solution

Videonauth

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Q: The Timestamping inside Ubuntu turns out to be controlled by US and Foreign Patents - how do we deal with this?

I have a problem - turns out all timestamping inside all UBUNTU systems violates a US Patent for which there is an illegally filed and abandoned instance in the EU. It creates a criminal fraud from using any timestamping in any Operating System in the EU. In Britain for instance the British Con...

lts

Serg

what on earth that guy is rambling about ?

Videonauth

i have no clue lol

for sure i want nothing of his weed

must be bad shit

xD

kos

6:33 PM

Boy, can a mod around please purge this? meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15338/…

Byte Commander

Hey guys.

Having trouble installing Ubuntu... :/

jokerdino

@kos edited

Videonauth

@ByteCommander what problems ?

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Wifi and Ethernet unclaimed on ubuntu-based linux

I'm trying to finish the installation of elementaryOS (an Ubuntu-based distribution) on a Thinkpad E460. However, I can't neither have Ethernet nor Wifi. In fact, lshw -c network -sanitize shows both devices as UNCLAIMED. I explain this by the version of the distribution which is based on Ubuntu...

ubuntu wifi ethernet thinkpad

kos

@jokerdino Looks better, thanks

Byte Commander

6:39 PM

@Videonauth I can't get into GRUB.

The installer ran fine, but I can't see any way to let it boot to GRUB instead of Win 10's boot manager.

Videonauth

@ByteCommander again someone mentioning the w-word .....

jokerdino

Windows has been a word before it was trademarked.

Byte Commander

Yes, GRUB is installed in EFI mode to the boot record of my SSD (sdb), but the W-word is still dominating it.

Videonauth

ah EFI mode well my hardware is able to use EFI but i still prefer legacy

Serg

Same here - my Ubuntu uses legacy bios

Videonauth

6:43 PM

on the other side side by side with the w-word doesnt leave you much choice or ?

chaskes

@terdon "pestilential hamburger", followed by a Benjamin Franklin allusion! Awesome answer.

Byte Commander

@chaskes Indeed, gave him a +, especially for criticizing the new Gedit! :)

jokerdino

Do the 10k+ reppers use the delete queue?

Byte Commander

It's not really a queue, is it?

And I have to admit that I probably was less than 10 times on that page since I became able to...

jokerdino

OK, call it delete list.

If 5 of you go through it once in a while, our queue will be a lot less. ;)

Videonauth

6:55 PM

@ByteCommanderi have something for you if you get buntu running :) paste.ubuntu.com/16242973 this will purge the ugly gedit

Byte Commander

@jokerdino Most of the links are greyed out for me and say I don't have permission to VTD there. :/

So I probably need 20k first?

jokerdino

Let me check the privs.

Byte Commander

@Videonauth Thanks, I'll probably check that out later, but currently I'm struggling with W10's boot manager.

jokerdino

Looks like 20k can VTD answers while 10K can VTD closed questions.

Byte Commander

I even ran boot-repair from the live CD to no avail. And it recommend to run the Win command 'bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi' but that did not change anything either...

@jokerdino Yes, I could VTD on the single question that's currently in the list, all others are answers. But exactly with this one I disagree actually.

jokerdino

7:00 PM

MariaDB is already in Ubuntu, right?

Byte Commander

Can't test because Win is not letting me boot it... :(

But why delete a question that has score +3 and an accepted answer with score +2? Closing (which it is) would be enough IMO.

jokerdino

The delete votes would fade away.

Can you get your back to 20k?

Byte Commander

missing 105 points up to that...

And a working Ubuntu on my laptop.

Checking if askubuntu.com/questions/666631/… contains anything helpful...

jokerdino

I installed Linux on an external because I didnt want to mess up the default bootloader.

I only upvoted once. O.o

Byte Commander

You really want somebody to delete stuff for you, don't you? o.O

jokerdino

7:09 PM

Not me. I swear.

I hit that 24 vote answer on terminal.

Someone else is playing goofball here.

Byte Commander

Not that I would complain, but...

jokerdino

Didn't know goofball is a real word.

@ByteCommander it will get reversed and the person apprehended.

Byte Commander

I just got 115 points in two minutes! O.O

jokerdino

you will lose it in 24 hours. Tough luck.

Byte Commander

Aww....

jokerdino

7:12 PM

Who exactly would that be though?

Byte Commander

So 1 day of trusted user tools for me now until you take them away again?

jokerdino

Yeah maybe.

Videonauth

why will he loose it in 24 hours ?

jokerdino

because I am booting the guy who voted him.

Videonauth

ah ?

Byte Commander

7:14 PM

@jokerdino I guess you have more ways to find that out, but I guess we can narrow the list of suspects to the people currently in this room.

jokerdino

Can you screenshot it and upload here?

Byte Commander

From... Windows?

Videonauth

well i was voting on some answers of him i have read but stil the tab open and they where helpfull for me so is that wrong ?

jokerdino

yeah, whichever one that works

we have found him

Videonauth

yeah then do your thing

jokerdino

7:16 PM

@Videonauth you don't go on a voting spree on a person. That's just wrong.

Videonauth

ok and now ?

Byte Commander

jokerdino

@Videonauth the system will automatically reverse any such voting patterns.

user139252

What happened?

Byte Commander

So you know who it was? How many + were from that same person?

Nathan Osman

7:18 PM

@Fabby aw, I missed it :(

jokerdino

@ByteCommander All but one from videonauth

user139252

Does anyone want to write a 3-5 page paper on the movie Stand and Deliver for me?

Byte Commander

You can really see every vote by all of us?

Seth

no

Serg

YESH,my code is twerking !! Wooo!!

Byte Commander

7:19 PM

I thought that would be hidden, even for mods usually...

jokerdino

@ByteCommander I can't tell you.

But he just admitted to have voted for you.

user139252

What are we (not) voting on?

Serg

@TheBrownOne If that's double spaces, I could do that

user139252

@Serg I really need to do my own homework :P

user139252

I was just complaining.

user139252

7:22 PM

Choose a popular movie that illustrates an exemplary teacher (i.e Stand and Deliver, Dead Poet’s Society…)  Watch the movie in its entirety – do not rely on your memory having watched it previously since this assignment demands you use a different lens than just simple entertainment.
Read through the following carefully so you know what to watch for…then prepare an 3-5 page essay that includes the following.
Describe and analyze the teacher’s dramatic success in preparing students.
What kind of a teacher is he/she?

Serg

I used to like writing essays a lot. Even wanted to be an English major at some point

Videonauth

@jokerdino ???

Byte Commander

@TheBrownOne Watch "Fack You Göhte" - if there's an English translation... ;D

@TheBrownOne I just received 115 points within two minutes, after I discussed with jokerdino that 20k are required to cast delete votes on answers and that I would have needed 105 more points to reach those...

user139252

Ah, so it was suspicious.

Serg

Well , as of now my python code communicates with microcontroller alright, i can read potentiometer value or toggle LEDs . . . need one more idea

Byte Commander

7:35 PM

rebooting, hoping I get to see GRUB this time...

user139252

@Serg How many LEDs are available for toggling?

Serg

@TheBrownOne 8, but the LED 1 doesn't work for some reason, so . . . 7

user139252

Darn. I was going to suggest making something that uses the LEDs to make letters to spell out messages :P

Serg

Well , I have LCD for that, I can print stuff there , but that's . . . simple

user139252

That's why I was going to suggest LEDs

user139252

7:39 PM

You would have to figure out which LEDs to turn on to form which characters, decide how long each character should be seen, etc.

user139252

How many potentiometers are on there?

Serg

1

user139252

darn, nevermind.

user139252

I was going to say you could make a game that requires tuning each potentiometer exactly to turn on lights. Like, have it read the level from each one and if it matches a value, turn on a light

user139252

But, if you change another potentiometer, it might turn off the light you just turned on

user139252

7:44 PM

So you have to work to find out at which level each one needs to be at to turn on all the lights

user139252

Wait a second.... GUYS I TOTALLY JUST REMEMBERED THAT CIVIL WAR PREMIERS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT!

user139252

I wonder if there are still tickets at my local theater...

Serg

It's OK , I can come up some other idea later . Time for the last lecture in CS2

user139252

Darn, sold out :(

Serg

T__T I'm seriously gonna miss this professor and the class overall was interesting

chaskes

7:50 PM

@ByteCommander Yeah, I like the clean look but I also hate the Mystery Menus that seem to be everywhere now. On a phone UI is one thing, but to have to guess what's behind a box with 3 lines on a big screen is crazy.

Videonauth

pestilential hamburger menu

love that

user139252

Hey @chaskes!

chaskes

hey

user139252

What did you need a VPS for?

chaskes

nothing specific yet. maybe learn how to set up a website and wordpress from scratch

StackExchange

7:54 PM

Heads up: we will be testing http://stackoverflow.com behind a different proxy provider in a few moments. Shout if you see anything crazy.

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on May 5, 2016 at 7:41 PM

user139252

Alright, go ahead and make a user here

user139252

Once you do, just tell me the username you picked. I'll add you to the www-data group so that you can do a little hosting stuff.

chaskes

ok, thanks. I'm working so I'll do that later tonight.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: How to install linux-gpib Python bindings?

I'm working on developing Python code to control GPIB devices, and am realizing the more I learn the less I know. So here's my question: I believe I've installed linux-gpib properly, and I have installed PyVISA + PyVISA-py. According to pyvisa-py.rtfd.org, when I run python -m visa info I shou...

linux ubuntu python

Videonauth

8:09 PM

ergs how can i output all possible variables in terminal

Serg

env command

or set

Videonauth

( set -o posix ; set ) | less

Serg

Output the current environment.
          $ env | LC_ALL=C sort
          EDITOR=emacs
          LOGNAME=rms
          PATH=.:/gnubin:/hacks

from info env

Byte Commander

Hey!

Running Ubuntu now \o/

user139252

Ho!

Videonauth

8:19 PM

\o/

Terrance

@ByteCommander Does this mean you solved the GRUB problem with Arch?

Byte Commander

Huh? No, that was my desktop.

Terrance

Ah, OK

Byte Commander

I solved the problem with Windows 10 dominating GRUB on my laptop.

Terrance

Ah, very good! \o/

user136984

8:21 PM

@Serg: I am assuming that the 'AskUbuntu gang' has disassembled by now? :P

Byte Commander

Actually I think that now my UEFI loads the Windows Boot Manager which is configured to load GRUB as primary option...

Terrance

Cool!

Byte Commander

But now GRUB has a hell lot of entries where I don't know what they're good for

Terrance

Unfortunately, I don't have any thing that is UEFI. Grrrrrrr. I am still on older BIOS booting MBs.

Videonauth

@ParanoidPanda partially yes :p

Byte Commander

8:23 PM

@Terrance Me too until last Saturday.

Now I have an acer notebook, but its UEFI menu still looks like a BIOS one.

And you can count the tweakable options in there with your fingers :(

Serg

@ParanoidPanda yeah, sort of . . . Fabby is leaving for some time . . . .others are probably sleeping

Byte Commander

Also, isn't it hilarious that you have to set a Supervisor password to unlock the Secure Boot setting, but when you disabled it, you can clear the password again?

Doing a quick reboot after the initial updates etc, hoping it now uses the nvidia driver... BRB

Terrance

@ByteCommander Interesting.

@ByteCommander I have an old MSI MB in my system right now, and it seems to work fine.

Byte Commander

Yay, I love SSDs, they boot so fast :D

Serg

@ByteCommander virtual SSD high five, insert your drive here

Byte Commander

8:32 PM

Ugh! Bug in add-apt-repository found!

It throws tracebacks when the user entered a non-existing PPA.

Serg

Isn't that what's supposed to happen ?

Besides , add-apt-repository is in python

Byte Commander

I see it is Python, but it should not throw tracebacks but only print the available PPAs of the entered user (which it does below the tracebacks):

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/ppa
[sudo] password for bytecommander:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/ppa.py", line 102, in _get_https_content_py3
    lp_page = urllib.request.urlopen(request, cafile=LAUNCHPAD_PPA_CERT)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 162, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/urllib/request.py", line 471, in open
    response = meth(req, response)

Serg

@ByteCommander

$ sudo -E add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/ppa
[sudo] password for xieerqi:
Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:fossfreedom/ppa'.
Please check that the PPA name or format is correct.

Preserve your environment

That was one of the questions asked today on the site

Byte Commander

Hum?

What OS?

Serg

Ubuntu of course , 14.04

Byte Commander

8:39 PM

You're still on Trusty, I'm on Xenial.

Serg

OK , lemme start my VM

Byte Commander

time to ubuntu-bug add-apt-repository...

Terrance

Running my Xenial here now too! :)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Unable to mount New Volume

When I plug in my encrypted USB drive, I get this message: Anyone know how this can be corrected? It was working fine yesterday.

debian ubuntu usb encryption

Serg

@ByteCommander got the same error :/

Byte Commander

8:46 PM

bug confirmed.

Thanks.

Terrance

@ByteCommander sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/rhythmbox

That one works.

Interesting though.

Byte Commander

@Terrance Yes, it works normally. but he has no PPA called /ppa.

It only throws that double-exception when the entered PPA does not exist for the selected launchpad user.

Terrance

@ByteCommander Makes sense.

Byte Commander

But below the exception, it lists the available ppas of that user.

Using nvidia 361.42 driver now \o/

Terrance

361.42 works great! I have been using that for a while now on my GTX560Ti.

Seen too many issues with 364

Serg

8:50 PM

@ByteCommander well , isn't that supposed to be part of stderr ? user can redirect it out if they wanna

Terrance

@ByteCommander Looks like fossfreedom doesn't have Xenial release files yet anyway.

E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.

Byte Commander

@Serg It is printed on STDERR, but the useful part is there as well (list of existing PPAs).

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fossfreedom/ppa 2> /dev/null
Error: 'ppa:fossfreedom/ppa' invalid

Serg

@ByteCommander yeah, i saw that . . . OK . . . let's file a bug

Byte Commander

@Terrance I can install it though.

deb ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/indicator-sysmonitor/ubuntu xenial main

You probably need "main" instead of "Release".

Terrance

Let me try

"deb ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/rhythmbox/ubuntu xenial main"

GAH

Still fails

It installs, but I wonder if that is from the normal repos

Byte Commander

8:57 PM

Oh, you're using the rhythmbox one...

Terrance

Yeah

Byte Commander

I wanted his indicator - sorry, that'S a different one.

user136984

@cl-netbox: A shame we missed each other today but we will probably see each other tomorrow! :)

Terrance

The indicator-sysmonitor does not give the missing release file.

@ByteCommander Yep, that one works fine and does not give the no release file message.

Videonauth

${vString/@@d/$vTipo} mhmmm does the @ not to be escaped ?

user136984

9:05 PM

@ByteCommander: Do you have any idea by the way when Powerwolf will release a new album as it's been a while since they last released one? :)

user139252

@ParanoidPanda Never, they decided to stop making music because they realized they all wanted to become professional cat wrestlers.

2

user136984

:D

Zacharee1

9:48 PM

who here knows Arduino/C++?

Seth

Zacharee1

@AskUbuntuMeta Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

@Seth do they do code optimizations?

Seth

@Zacharee1 that'd be Code Review.

Zacharee1

gah, the +100 scared me again....

Seth

gah, I can't type.

Zacharee1

9:51 PM

:p

user136984

Oh, I just read that Fabby's leaving... That's sad... :(

user136984

But good he has a new job and I wish him all the best in that. :)

Seth

indeed :(

user136984

I hope he can, even if rarely, pop in at least just to say hello.

user136984

It's going to be sad here without him...

user139252

9:58 PM

Wait, he's leaving? I knew he was getting a job, but I thought he was still going to be coming in here

user136984

@TheBrownOne: Look at his Meta post.

Zacharee1

Well, here's the question

@TheBrownOne if he can

user139252

D=

user139252

In the meantime, rebuilding the DH parameters for my VPN server

user139252

It'll probably be done by the time Fabby returns :P

user136984

10:03 PM

Oh dear, have you guys heard about the new major "ImageTragick" (in ImageMagick) vulnerability?

Zacharee1

@ParanoidPanda go on

(no)

user136984

@Zacharee1: Have a look at this.

user136984

That should explain it in short, and is better than I can do.

Zacharee1

@ParanoidPanda can I have an even shorter TL;DR?

user136984

It also links to the CVE and news about it elsewhere.

Zacharee1

10:05 PM

just what the vulnerability is and does

(so pretty much everything ;P)

user136984

@Zacharee1: As far as I understand when one uploads an image to a website which processes user uploaded images with the ImageMagick library (most websites do) one can upload a specially crafted image which exploits a vulnerability allow it to execute any code it likes server-side so that the server can become compromised.

Zacharee1

ooh sounds fun

:p

Thanks

user136984

They haven't released a patch yet though.

Zacharee1

I read up to that part

But there is a workaround, isn't there?

user136984

There is something temporary, but I don't know what it is, I didn't go to the link explaining that.

Zacharee1

10:09 PM

neither did I :p

I don't care very much though. I don't think I use CMS

user136984

Yeah, I'm not so worried about my website, nor anything I'm hosting, I'm more worried about all the sites I go to (including SE) getting hacked which could possibly result in a mass data leak or malware being placed on the sites, possibly both.

Zacharee1

hooray

But does SE use ImageMagick?

Videonauth

can we agree on that going through unanswered questions is pretty pointless?

Zacharee1

@Videonauth yes

user136984

I'm not sure, you'd have to ask, but apparently a "countless" amount of sites use it.

user136984

10:11 PM

Anyway, goodnight! :)

Zacharee1

KILL THEM WITH FIRE!!!

(the unanswered questions)

Terrance

@ParanoidPanda That work around is on this page access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2296071 Under the Resolve tab

Zacharee1

no one link to the Meta Q&A; it was a joke

Seth

Apple Stole My Music. No, Seriously.

5

Zacharee1

@Seth Christ...

Abhishek Bhatia

10:19 PM

hey guys!

Zacharee1

'ello

Abhishek Bhatia

I have been forever stuck at this question askubuntu.com/questions/766258/…

any suggestions?

I also tried to get input from the device and check what it looks like http://codepad.org/t3jpvZNj
But can't figure out the data received

Zacharee1

I know nothing about drivers, but I do know that SE does not like cross-posting

Your question was marked offtopic on Unix & Linux because:

> "This question has been posted on multiple sites. Cross-posting is strongly discouraged; see the help center and community FAQ for more information." – cas, cuonglm, Scott, garethTheRed, jimmij

The was stated

@AbhishekBhatia Accordng to my school firewall, that site contains malware

Abhishek Bhatia

the codepad link?

Zacharee1

But VirusTotal sees nothing, so I don't know why

yeah

Terrance

10:27 PM

@Seth That is just another reason for me to really add to my dislike of that horrible company named ....... Apple. I have a hard time even thinking about all the garbage they have pulled over the years!

Seth

indeed. Only good thing they've done in a while is fight the FBI.

Videonauth

beware another vinocs editor is comming :p askubuntu.com/questions/768202/terminal-as-file-editor

Terrance

@Seth That is the only good thing they have done lately.

Fabby

@NathanOsman You missed what?

Abhishek Bhatia

is there any way I can migrate this question to my already posted linux question and transfer the bounty?

Videonauth

10:34 PM

@ fabby he missed you saying goodbye

my guess

Fabby

:D That's why I posted the meta question!

Terrance

@Fabby Good luck on your new job! :)

user139252

@Fabby Don't leave!

Seth

that ^

user139252

If you do, you need to pay us all severance pay!

Terrance

10:41 PM

:D

Fabby

@TheBrownOne Sorry: Haven't installed sound yet...

Was busy on another screen...

@TheBrownOne I've just added you to tox again...

user139252

Yay :D

Mateo

@Fabby its been fun

Fabby

@Mateo :)

@Mateo Do you have tox?

Mateo

you have ways of finding me ;)

Fabby

10:50 PM

:D

Mateo

I'm not on tox

Fabby

I can come over! ;-)

(if ever I'm in the neighbourhood)

Zacharee1

He lives!

Fabby

July 18th I should be in Seattle for a global meeting.

Zacharee1

Online at least

Mateo

10:50 PM

well, to my parents house now, but yeah, they would be able to direct you

Zacharee1

@Fabby you can visit @Seth

user139252

You can visit here in California

Abhishek Bhatia

Hi guys, I had posted a question on ubuntu, and later realised it belonged to linux and posted it there. My doubt is there any way I can migrate this question to my already posted linux question and transfer the bounty?

Fabby

@Zacharee1 He's in Seattle?

Zacharee1

He's in Washington somewhere I think

Fabby

10:52 PM

@AbhishekBhatia AFAIK, bounty is gone forever...

@AbhishekBhatia but you can refer to the AU bounty question here on AU to the guys on U&L and some might be interested in getting a bit more rep here...

Good night all: I have a plane to catch early in the morning...

Videonauth

@Fabby good night, ill send you a mail the next days from my orginal mail adress just keep an eye out for it

Terrance

@Fabby Goodnight! And Good Luck!

Seth

hi

we're talking about me?

Zacharee1

11:09 PM

@Seth and how you're such a tyrannical mod, never giving us a single moment of peace :p

Seth

@Zacharee1 oh that. I try ;)

Zacharee1

lol

I'm in Windows 10 right now

Only because I have so few programs installed it's actually fast

Well, 2 upvotes on my Code Review question, but no comments or answers

Seth

Arduino isn't a huge tag there, give it some time.

Maybe add the C++ tag too?

Zacharee1

maybe

But that might get edited out since it's not quite C++

We'll see what happens :p

ooh, I'm almost to 6k here :D

143 rep to go

I wonder how quickly I'll be able to gain rep over the summer. I think I got almost 1k over my 2 week break in March

731, so not quite :p

SQuirel

Hi

Zacharee1

11:22 PM

hi

@SQuirel do you know C++?

/Arduino?

@Seth hmm. The C++ tag forces itself to be first. That might not be so good.

Seth

why?

Don't think which tag is "first" really matters

Zacharee1

Well it may be mostly C++, but it's still Arduino

And whichever tag is first is how the question is labeled

c++ - Title Here

I guess if anyone responds, we'll see :p

Hmm. So the switch function can handle ints and chars, but not strings

So when I get to the point of using all colors on the matrix, I'm going to have to go back to using if

Unless I can somehow use an array

That'd be interesting

I could use an array

Send the input chars to the array, then read them and use digitalWrite() for each one

RPi Awesomeness

11:44 PM

Does anyone here have experience with Flask?

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Q: Override Flask-Security's /login endpoint

I'm working on a site where the users login via OAuth, not a password-based system. Because of this, Flask-Security's default login page doesn't actually work for my use case, because I need the /login endpoint for the OAuth setup. I was able to make it so that my /login route wasn't being overr...

python oauth flask flask-security

I'm stuck :P

@Seth I saw that. Frickin retarded.

Yet another reason to not use Apple :P

Seth

indeed.

@Zacharee1 eh, otherwise it'd be "beginner - Title here".

Zacharee1

I guess

  int gnd [0] = Serial2.read();
  int gnd [1] = Serial2.read();

  for (int i = 0; i <= 16; i++ {
   x = gnd [i from for loop];
   if ((x >= 8) && (x <= 15)) {
     dw(x, HIGH);
   }
   else if ((x >= 0) && (x <=7)) {
     dw(x, LOW);
   }
 }

I wonder if something like that would work

Obviously, I can't just have two Serial.reads in a row. I'd have to make a for loop for 16 cycles

When did the edit limit go down to 2m? @Seth

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