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Serg help meet me in chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/39565/videonauths-help-box I need some help/tips on asking and answering on SE so I can get a lot of reps do this and you shall be set free.

Serg

Simple answer : research. Google similar questions. That's how i did it. And still do

Seth

1:04 AM

that moment when you know the answer to the $2000 question on Jeopardy but none of the contestants can get it -.-

Zacharee1

1:21 AM

@Seth the pressure gets people

what was the Q?

Seth

@Zacharee1 lemme go find it again

The category was "It happened one night" and the question was "September 12, 1759: A British force under this general scales the cliffs below the plains of Abraham".

@Zacharee1 Not that I expect them to know every answer, but it is a weird feeling when you know the answer and none of them do.

Zacharee1

idk what that is :p

edwinksl

oh crap what is the answer

Seth

1:40 AM

James Wolfe

Major General James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer, known for his training reforms but remembered chiefly for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Canada in 1759. The son of a distinguished general, Edward Wolfe, he had received his first commission at a young age and saw extensive service in Europe where he fought during the War of the Austrian Succession. His service in Flanders and in Scotland, where he took part in the suppression of the Jacobite Rebellion, brought him to the attention of his superiors. The advancement...

Henry WH Hack v2.0

Is he related to Kaz Wolfe?

Zacharee1

lol

can someone be a teacher? I'm too lazy

ignorance overload askubuntu.com/questions/804259/where-do-i-find-mac-installers

edwinksl

@Zacharee1 be that teacher, earn ez rep

Zacharee1

fineeee

:p

Zacharee1

2:03 AM

This is new

usually it's a thing on the page, not a banner on the top

@edwinksl posted askubuntu.com/a/804276/274320

Zacharee1

2:18 AM

I wanna go to an Apple keynote and film some of it with an Android tablet

filming with tablets is offensive enough, but with an Android tablet to boot...

Seth

you'd get booted

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: kvm ubuntu 14.04 host cannot console to 16.04 guest

I am unable to virsh console ubuntu-guest It remains hung at Escape character is ^] I am not able to ssh or connect via gui so those options are out. I have created the /etc/init/ttyS0.conf file on the host and have mounted the lvm volume of the guest on the host and made sure the ttyS0.con...

edwinksl

2:38 AM

@Zacharee1 markdown fail askubuntu.com/questions/804283/… :D

Zacharee1

woops

@Seth can you fix that?

Seth

no

Zacharee1

you can't?

Seth

you didn't say please.

Zacharee1

wow

we have a petty mod

edwinksl

2:40 AM

he still did it :P

Zacharee1

I know :p

I was gonna copy, delete, and readd

Seth

3

Zacharee1

and then it was magically better

@Seth who's there?!

Seth

not me.

edwinksl

alright it was me

Zacharee1

2:42 AM

silent killer

@edwinksl lol

edwinksl

:P

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

3:30 AM

wow. 15.10 is eol. how time flies

Here lies willy the werewolf, in a ground sure to rot. Once a great version, recycled like rm -rf / .

Seth

3:47 AM

It's wily.

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

sorry:P

Henry WH Hack v2.0

I "accidently" thought this was a spam LOL! :D

Wait hold up it is!

is it?

@Seth Is this askubuntu.com/questions/804301/… spam?

Seth

4:09 AM

I don't think so.

Henry WH Hack v2.0

Thanks! :)

SmokeDetector

5:01 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: BCAA's really are a bit different from a great by saudill on askubuntu.com …

Henry WH Hack v2.0

5:26 AM

4

Q: Can you use two hardware firewalls?

There is a rule that says "don't use/install more than one firewalls on one computer " (software firewalls to be exact) which means if you have a network and it has five computers you can only install/use one firewall on each computer in the network. Or to break it down simpler don't use comodo a...

network privacy firewalls virus router

^ This is why I'm scared to ask a question on SE! ^

CodeX

why ?

Henry WH Hack v2.0

@CodeX My questions always gets flagged,downvoted and delete so I made a vow and say I will never ask a question again only edit "untill".

CodeX

5:41 AM

@HenryWHHackv2.0 happens xD ..I think you can't use two software firewall because they will talk to the same hardware .. but this is my guess .. multiple hardware firewall is fine

Henry WH Hack v2.0

@CodeX I figured that one out a long time ago.

CodeX

cool

0

Q: Is it a good idea to use two antivirus?

I read a "no two anti-virus" rule and I also read about how you can use two anti-virus programs, but you need to do some configuration. Is it worth it to run two anti-virus programs on one system and do some configuration, or is an anti-virus and an anti-malware better than using an antivirus wit...

antivirus antimalware

xD

Henry WH Hack v2.0

XD vs :D

CodeX

there are devices which do have multiple anti virus running .. but all in separate Vm

like this one fortinet.com/products-services/products/…

BRB

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] URL-only title, bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title: nuvieskincareserum.com/fitcrew-usa-xtreme-testrone-reviews/ by ahomosoawaludi on askubuntu.com …

Nathan Osman

5:50 AM

This is useful:

14

A: What does it mean "bash < <( curl http://rvm.io/releases/rvm-install-head )"

<(command) creates a named pipe with the output of the command (or uses an existing /dev/fd file), and substitutes the filename of that pipe into the command. < then redirects standard input from that given file. So yes, in this case, this is equivalent to curl http://rvm.io/releases/rvm-insta...

I never knew you could use <() to create a named pipe on-demand.

2

Serg

sort of, but named pipe is slightly different

this is process substitution

This stuff happens within the same command, so it happens relatively instantly. With named pipe, I can send something to pipe, walk away, smoke, drink a cup of coffe, come back and send everything to another process

edwinksl

editor war? askubuntu.com/a/804329/15003

Henry WH Hack v2.0

I think apt looks more pretty than apt-get in a way. :D

Why can't I use espeak in python any more?

edwinksl

6:09 AM

github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

2

Zanna

editor war... that is NAA right?

@edwinksl this is toooooo hilarious

edwinksl

apparently vim can view contents of tar.gz? and i think that guy is saying emacs can do that too

@Zanna put it into practice?

Zanna

yeah but on its own it doesn't mean anything - it should be a comment

and terdon already said that

I read the entire page!

Nathan Osman

6:46 AM

Digital Ocean is really having issues.

This is the second time I haven't been able to connect to a brand new server I spun up.

Zanna

:(

Nathan Osman

I switched datacenters. That doesn't really solve the problem but it lets me keep working.

Zanna

Here the [architecture] tag should be removed right? I know it's out of context, but is there a case for leaving it as others may make the same mistake? askubuntu.com/questions/803587/simple-architecture-program

Nathan Osman

Yes.

The architecture tag is intended for questions that deal with CPU architecture.

That particular question does not.

Zanna

of course, but is there a case for leaving it anyway even though it is out of context?

Nathan Osman

7:00 AM

No, not really.

Zanna

ok :) and it doesn't need the open-source tag either I think?

gansub

hi @Serg

you there ?

anybody help me with a scipy grid data question ?

or should I ask on SO ?

Nathan Osman

@gansub Probably best to ask on SO anyway so others can benefit in the future from the answer.

gansub

ok thanks

Nathan Osman

Wow. The Ubuntu LiveCD sure is fast when the root filesystem is copied to a ramdisk before being mounted.

Ask Ubuntu Meta

8:42 AM

0

Q: What should I do if someone bad edits my post?

I've been searching if this was already asked, sorry if its a duplciate, couldn't find an answer I had a tought on mind since some days, what should I do if someone bad edits my post? For example, I explain the steps to do something from a link, adding the link for further info, and my answer ...

discussion editing answers

Ask Ubuntu Meta

8:53 AM

0

Q: Ubuntu (Ubuntu GNOME Edition 16.04 64-bit) runnable but not installable on Microsoft Surface Pro 3

The Surface Pro 3 in question is a total blank, someone delete off Win 10 (or 8.1) but I have access to another Surface Pro 3 with fully functioning Win 10, same result. The blank let's call Device 1, and functioning Win 10 Device 2. Ubuntu Live does run well, but installation aborted with no ex...

support

Byte Commander

@AskUbuntuMeta Can this please be migrated to main Ask Ubuntu?

I thought there should have been a close reason "belongs to the main site", but there isn't one any more.

user136984

9:28 AM

@ByteCommander: Perhaps you should post on Meta about that! ;)

Rinzwind

@terdon grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

terdon

@Rinzwind ?

Rinzwind

^^^^^

user136984

Yes, I feel the same, I was about to give an answer to that question...

Rinzwind

naaa it has been asked before ;-)

@terdon are you on this? >:-D

0

Q: ZPanel ruined my whole VPS

So, I was to install it and everything worked fine, but now I can't access my files. It's just comes up with an Error 404 page even though the files are there and now I can't start my apache2. I have no idea how this happend. Anyone experienced this before?

14.04

terdon

9:37 AM

@Rinzwind Buhahahahaha!

Rinzwind

I am so posting a topic on META on banning you :+)

Byte Commander

@Rinzwind good luck xD

Rinzwind

Thanks!

terdon

@Rinzwind For?

This time?

Rinzwind

Being a pain >:-D

terdon

9:42 AM

@Rinzwind Oh man, if we banned all user's who can be pains, it would be very difficult for the four remaining users to answer all the questions.

Rinzwind

no just mods >:-D

Byte Commander

9:56 AM

The holy Ubunut is back again! askubuntu.com/questions/804403/make-cli-app-in-ubunut

user136984

If I throw an exception with a Java class, and then I use a try-catch statement, does throwing it before the try-cache override the try-cache or can I do both (I need to do both, one to get rid of an error where checks mean I don't need a try-cache, and then I do need a try-cache with the same exception for another part in the class)?

Byte Commander

What?

A try-catch only catches the exceptions specified for it that get thrown inside its try clause.

user136984

Yes, but if I have already thrown the exception to deal with a previous error where I didn't need the try-catch statement, the try-catch statement isn't ignored it something is it?

Byte Commander

You're speaking in riddles.

Example?

Rinzwind

@ByteCommander it is about Java so what did you expect? >:-D

spam! :+)

user136984

10:06 AM

@ByteCommander: When I declare the class I put a throws IOException at the end, but then within the class I need to have a try-catch statement which catches that exception because I have two places, one where I shouldn't have a try-catch statement and that's why I'm throwing it at the beginning, and then I have a bit where I do need the try-catch statement. So does throwing it affect a try-catch statement with it in any way later on?

Rinzwind

gone! >:-)

user136984

Actually, I think it's fine...

user136984

But I do have another question, I need to load something from a file, now my IDE is telling me that I need to use the FileInputStream, but shouldn't it be the FileOutputStream? Or is the Properties class just different in some way?

user136984

Whoops! Got it the wrong way round! Never mind! :D

Videonauth

16.04 point 1 is out with new fixes and improvements! Learn more > http://ubunt.eu/6TXgup https://t.co/SuBuzh4TiC

Tweeted by ubuntu on July 29, 2016 at 10:01 AM

user136984

10:11 AM

I misunderstood their names...

Byte Commander

@ParanoidPanda If you declare a class as "throws xyException", that just means that the compiler allows uncaught exceptions in this class.

user136984

@ByteCommander: Ah, that's fine then!

user136984

10:31 AM

I have a JPanel (though please suggest something else if it would be better for this), how can I put an image in it that I set giving its file path?

Byte Commander

10:44 AM

O.o

They're playing a metal version of "Last Christmas" on the webradio

Uhm...

5 months early

user136984

This song is so great! :D

user136984

【和楽器バンド】Wagakki Band 『Homura 焰』Official Live Video

►

user136984

I really love music! I'm actually going to start learning a musical instrument some time soon hopefully.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

11:12 AM

0

Q: System program problem detected

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS version. While using this system, I have observed a general pattern: - Whenever I try to copy/cut multiple files and move them to some different destination using GUI, the system hangs and the copy/cut operation never proceeds. Eventually, I have to use xkill to...

ubuntu

0

Q: extend ubuntu partition in VM

I have ubuntu as virtual machine guest hosted in esxi server. the ubuntu disk storage was 5 gb and i wanted to extend the disk upto 30 gb. I extended it via esxi client, and now i see this in ubuntu terminal root@linux:/temp# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1...

ubuntu virtual-machine gparted

terdon

11:25 AM

@UbuntuQuestionsonU&L Should I bring that over here? It sounds like it's probably a unity issue or an ubuntu-specific one somehow.

user136984

11:49 AM

@Serg: おいしいですからたべます。

Serg

12:37 PM

@ParanoidPanda you're eating something delicious ?

Serg

12:52 PM

我不懂

user136984

@Serg: はいおいしいです。

user136984

;)

Serg

那就好 ^_^ 慢慢吃 @ParanoidPanda

So funny. We should probably just talk like that - you in japanese, me in Chinese. @ParanoidPanda

from now on

user136984

Maybe :D

jokerdino

No

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

1:04 PM

0

Q: Missing eth0 connection in Ubuntu Virtualbox

I am not too sure where I went wrong. But first things first. I am using Debian on Beaglebone Black and Ubuntu 14.04 with a VirtualBox. I am doing Ethernet-over-usb with my Beaglebone Black. Internet Connection was working perfectly fine. I loaded g_ether, added usb0 to ifconfig and set up the d...

ubuntu ethernet ifconfig

Serg

@jokerdino don't worry, we won't do it too much , no need to be concerned

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

1:33 PM

0

Q: Getting SCSI Tape Usage Info

I have a SCSI tape (/dev/st0) and I would like to get information about how much of it is used. How can I do that, preferably with a command?

bash ubuntu scsi tape

Android Dev

@Serg - OT.

0

Q: What video card should I buy for Ubuntu 16.04?

I am posting this because - the same as every other time I've tried to run Ubuntu in the past - Ubuntu is currently crashing shortly after loading Unity, and it's because of my ATI Radeon HD 2900 (R600) video card. What video card should I buy to run Ubuntu 16.04 with a minimal headache? I am ve...

nvidia 16.04 gpu amd-graphics video-driver

user136984

How is this 'unclear' and why has it got two downvotes?

Stefano Palazzo

@ParanoidPanda I don't know!

Android Dev

@StefanoPalazzo OT: askubuntu.com/questions/804488/…

Stefano Palazzo

@AndroidDev Thanks but you don't need to ping a moderator for off topic questions. The community can deal with them just fine. It already has three close votes.

Android Dev

1:41 PM

@StefanoPalazzo I can't see close votes, so I wouldn't know.

Stefano Palazzo

Right :)

Of course

Well in any case. Mods really don't have to close questions. High reputation users do this.

Serg

Voted but like Stefano said there's no need for pinging , just leave it in the chat, and users will deal with it @AndroidDev

@ParanoidPanda your question went to 3 downvotes and back to 0 very quickly :p

Android Dev

@Serg OK.

Stefano Palazzo

@AndroidDev Also, between you and me, I don't mind if questions aren't closed right away. If a question gets answered before it's closed, I'm not gonna complain.

pokerface :|

Android Dev

@StefanoPalazzo Understood.

Serg

1:45 PM

@StefanoPalazzo it seems to me that close vote privillege is being over used, is it not ?

Stefano Palazzo

@Serg By mods you mean? Or by users?

Or in general

Serg

@StefanoPalazzo by high-rep users . Sometimes it seems like a stampede race just to close as many things as possible and argue all over in the process. Maybe it's just me but lately it seems it's been getting worse

user136984

Wow! So many comments on that question! :D

user136984

I am assuming that I can have both the old and the new version of Skype on the same machine running side-by-side (they come from different repos)?

Serg

This user, askubuntu.com/users/864/steve-beattie , oddly reminds me of my professor in college. Except that this guy is in portland

Coincidentally , both are security experts

Byte Commander

1:55 PM

@ParanoidPanda It's not their origin that matters but whether they're using the same files or package names or are marked as conflicting.

Serg

@ParanoidPanda em . . . at least according to that article, you probably can't, because you will be notified of upgrade, and upgrade will probably get rid of old skype and get you new and shiny one

@ParanoidPanda consider installing that skype in VM first . . . just to test out

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Why do some distros come with LAMP installed?

Ubuntu comes pre-installed with PHP, MySQL and Apache. OSX does also. Whats the reason for bundling them with the system?

linux ubuntu osx php

user136984

@Serg: Well, they are installed from different repos, so won't that make a difference unless what @ByteCommander says is true for this?

Byte Commander

Of course what I say is true.

Always.

How can you doubt this?

Serg

@ParanoidPanda what byte says is true - origin doesn't matter. There's different versions of packages from same ubuntu repositories. But they can get into conflict because they need different libraries installed.

in any case, you can keep old andnew skype , i think, but I could guess that the preinstall script in new skype's deb file will have lines that remove old skype

though i haven't looked at the package itself , that's just a guess

Byte Commander

2:05 PM

I don't think I would even want new skype.

After seeing the Windows 10 Skype, that makes me cry.

user136984

@ByteCommander: I meant true as in the boolean for this matter, that is whether it is the case or not for this matter. Not whether it is true or a lie in this matter. :)

Serg

@ByteCommander what's so terrible about it ?

user136984

@Serg: Is the new version using the same core as the other one or are they redesigning anything there? That is, because it is Alpha, should we expect any security issues or is it just feature lacking at the moment?

user136984

Also, do you think it will try to spy on our other activities at all? Like I hope with Windows 10's reputation it won't try to claw into my system and assert itself there.

Serg

@ParanoidPanda I am no skype enthusiast , but i think skype always spies on you. I heard there was something in wiki-leaks or Snowden's leaks about skype

user136984

2:12 PM

Really? I'd be interested to know more about that.

user136984

I don't really like Skype so much either, as you know I use Tox. But I may need Skype for business reasons some time soon so I'm just investigating if I can get a Skype which has more features but is not more likely to have security issues over the old one I currently have.

Byte Commander

@ParanoidPanda No idea what you're talking...

@Serg I haven't seen as many ads in a whole month as in a single hour of using Skype for Win 10.

user136984

@ByteCommander: I meant that I was talking about it being 'true' for the matter at hand rather than a question of you telling the truth. Just to avoid any confusion.

Byte Commander

That did not make it any clearer what you mean.

user136984

There are third-party adverts in Skype?

Serg

2:15 PM

@ByteCommander welcome to 21st century - everything relies on adds.

user136984

@ByteCommander: Well, what did you think I meant originally? Or do you not know? :D

Byte Commander

I have no idea. And the longer I try to think about it, the less do I care...

Zanna

@Serg just because that's the way it is doesn't mean we should accept it ;)

user136984

Ok, then just forget about it! :D

user136984

It is not important.

Byte Commander

2:16 PM

@ParanoidPanda There are. Tons. Let me screenshot.

Serg

@Zanna I am personally OK , with ads . True they are annoying sometimes, but i know this is the revenue that goes to app developers ( and i am talking about app devs in general, not Skype specifically ) . Also youtubers - lately i skip adds much less than before , because i do want to support my favorite youtubers

user136984

@ByteCommander: Well, maybe I will change my mind about getting the Alpha then... Are they present there too do you know? And is there no way to turn them off (I guess not)?

Zanna

well I'm totally OK with you being OK with it :) but I am not OK with it! ;)

Android Dev

@ByteCommander Could you recommend a good internal one?

user136984

Maybe if we complain enough they will change how they do it...

user136984

2:20 PM

Can't they just pretend to show adverts so that they get money but nobody actually has to see them? :P

user136984

Like perhaps they could get the bot inside Skype to look at them for you.

Byte Commander

And that ad in the right changes every 2 seconds.

Serg

at least it's some variety XD

user136984

Ok, that is not nice... And there is no way around it?

Seth

Don't use Skype.

6

Simple.

user136984

2:23 PM

Well, I'm going to need to use it for a little while so...

Byte Commander

I only know the windows one, and the only way to disable them is to set up the URLs they come from to localhost in your hosts file.

Seth

You guys realize, right, that the "new" Skype for Linux app is really just a webkit wrapper for their web app?

user136984

I think I'll just stick with the old version then... :D

Seth

@ByteCommander sneaky

Byte Commander

Oh, and I do not only get car ads.

user136984

2:24 PM

Are the ads at least based on what you type?

Byte Commander

I also get beauty products, vacations, etc - the full spectrum.

No.

user136984

Actually, that would be worse! :D

user136984

You don't get any inappropriate adverts though?

user136984

Ok, need to do my Japanese audio course now... :)

Serg

@Seth so they finally got that web-skype thing working huh ? I heard even chromebooks can use it now

Seth

2:26 PM

yeah

user136984

HTTPS is used to secure your connection, but there's something else you're meant to use as well, what's it called again (it's another acronym)?

Serg

Lovely. Maybe at some point i'll get myself a chromebook and use it as laptop for testing stuff or for working on stuff outside of house

Seth

@ParanoidPanda A VPN maybe?

user136984

No, it's a longer one with Hs, Ls, and Ts in it I think... It's to prevent some sort of attack that HTTPS doesn't cover.

user136984

I read about it somewhere in a few places recently... But I don't remember where...

Seth

2:30 PM

um.

user136984

Possibly one was on Google Help, but not sure where else and I could be wrong about that...

user136984

I ate a reasonably big lunch about 3 hours ago... How can I be so hungry already?

CodeX

sensor issue

Serg

2:47 PM

@Zanna @ByteCommander do you have any requests for me to fix my existing indicators or make new ones ?

Byte Commander

currently not, no :)

Zanna

sorry @Serg I may have missed updates on GitHub --- is there a new readme? The last version I got does exactly what I want - it only indicates caps-lock, and all I see is one red or green icon. I'm finding it extremely useful :)

Byte Commander

@ParanoidPanda Maybe you ate so much that the mass you accumulated now bends spacetime around you and you experience gravitational time dilatation...

Zanna

but I want to accept your answer to my question... is the indicator behaving in the expected way or does it still need refinement?

Serg

3:02 PM

@Zanna i will spin up my Mate VM and make sure it works, will add new screenshots. yea, i updated readme file. I haven't made any new changes to code so i would expect it works

Zanna

it works fabulously for me... I added it to my path and everything is glorious. But in your video it does some other things? And was I dreaming or were we supposed to pass some options to control it? like to tell it which keys not to indicate? Or does it just detect that I have no num or scroll lock keys?

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: simplescreenrecorder in ubuntu the sound output isn't clear

like this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEhOptc2Fg0&feature=youtu.be i'm used simplescreenrecorder in ubuntu 16.04 Xenial ?

ubuntu

user136984

3:27 PM

@ByteCommander Maybe :D

Jacob Vlijm

@Serg why don't you post one here as well? It's a nice challenge :) askubuntu.com/questions/803869/…

...had to stretch my skills for this one...

Zanna

@JacobVlijm that is a wonderful answer :)

Jacob Vlijm

@Zanna Thanks a lot!

Zanna

Gah! what have I done? I installed Portuguese... now everything thinks it is spelled wrongly although in Language Support English is at the top and Portugues seems not even alive... it's greyed out. Everything in env is en_GB I feel stupid

edwinksl

post a question? ;)

Serg

3:44 PM

Indeed interesting question . . . i might look into it

Zanna

my panel is so happy now :)

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