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Nathan Osman

12:00 AM

Most of these people seem to me like:

Serg

video removed by the user

Nathan Osman

Odd.

Zacharee1

@NathanOsman i can tho

Nathan Osman

Cool.

Zacharee1

adf.ly is getting ridiculous

Serg

12:35 AM

i like to mv it mv it . . .

i like to mv it mv it

edwinksl

lol

Serg

sudo !

Ya original king tux pon ya desktop man

edwinksl

??????????

Serg

SUSE YouTube channel really should make a remix of that song.

edwinksl

serg high or what

Serg

12:38 AM

@edwinksl that's text from that song

" Ya original King Julian pon ya case mon "

I'm actually watching something else right now, just heard that song somewhere outside

Watching 英雄 with jet li . I can't count how many times i watched it. it's like 200th time or something

edwinksl

that's a good show

xieerqi is honorary chinese

Serg

Nah, I'm just another 老外

edwinksl

or yang gui zi xD

Serg

Yeah, probably that kek.

In Cantonese I'd be gwei lo

edwinksl

yup

chinese men be like "y u steal mah gurl"

Serg

12:52 AM

I think i made quite a few folks jelly already :p

edwinksl

:D

i wonder if there are good movies about the chinese civil war

Serg

Um . . . you mean guo ming tang vs mao ?

My chromium went stoopid for a second, couldn't click on any links

Founding of the Party should be good en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Founding_of_a_Party

Basically , a movie made with whole bunch of stars and for the 60th aniversary ( or 65th ? ) of the formation of PRC

Em . . . what else . . ."Farewell my concubine" is also good

though it covers broader range of time than just the civil war

Mateo

@Seth haven't heard anything from him

Seth

:(

Mateo

last message 23rd of june

Serg

1:08 AM

everybody is busy with something

Mateo

yeah, i'm busy on vacation ;)

Nathan Osman

RobotHumans, derpyville

18.9k 2 48 85

Last seen 1 minute ago, so...

Serg

I like his location : derpyville

Mateo

me, Ive been floating around on pomme de terre lake

Serg

I . . . totally know where that is . . . . ( hides his F- grade in geography )

joking - it was C-

Mateo

1:23 AM

cool

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1:35 AM

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Seth

lol I completely forgot I answered this

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It got an upvote and so I was re-reading it and I was like:

Serg

yeah, happens time to time. When I have one of my answers from before upvoted , i am like "I bet i would approach this differently today"

edwinksl

same feeling as when i read my old code xD

Seth

@edwinksl hahahaha, yes xD

edwinksl

@Seth i think i might choose to burninate my old code than read them and cringe :D

Seth

1:45 AM

lol

Serg

Serg has ideaz for new indicatorz . . . salivating

Mateo

TuxHunter has been published!

just have to wait on uappexplorer to get links

Seth

A childhood spent walking while reading books has prepared me unexpectedly well for today's world.

Serg

odd - i have an html file that doesn't show up on desktop, yet shows up if i move it to some other directory

7.\ Input\ and\ Output\ —\ Python\ 3.5.2\ documentation.html

Python lists it as '7. Input and Output \xe2\x80\x94 Python 3.5.2 documentation_files'

Seth

2:28 AM

@NathanOsman you're resistance in ingress right?

Nathan Osman

Correct.

edwinksl

that's a lot of downvotes meta.stackoverflow.com/a/329919/486919

Zacharee1

2:56 AM

o-O

good thing Meta doesn't affect rep

Serg

@NathanOsman and @edwinksl do you guys have json library for python ? did it come by default ?

edwinksl

yeah i have it

Nathan Osman

@Serg Python 2.6+ ships with one built-in.

edwinksl

$ python3 -c 'import json; print(json.__version__)'
2.0.9

Serg

nice

Nathan Osman

2:59 AM

So you don't need a third-party library.

edwinksl

the only thing that python doesn't have in the standard library is cure for cancer

Nathan Osman

from __future__ import cure_for_cancer

edwinksl

$ python3 -c 'import cure_for_cancer'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named 'cure_for_cancer'

Serg

@edwinksl it's probably reserved for python 4.5

;)

edwinksl

it would probably take 50 years for devs to move from python 3 to python 4...

Nathan Osman

3:05 AM

Yup.

Serg

Rome wasn't built in a day

And neither was python

And neither will be my new indicator.

Seth

@Serg import antigravity

that was actually implemented ^

edwinksl

>>> import antigravity
>>> [1:1:0730/231614:ERROR:chrome_content_client.cc(335)] Failed to locate and load the component updated flash plugin.
[17616:17616:0730/231614:ERROR:chrome_content_client.cc(335)] Failed to locate and load the component updated flash plugin.
Created new window in existing browser session.

lol no flash plugin

Seth

ugh

my neighbors are playing rap really loud out of their car again.

don't they understand it's hot out and people have their windows open?

enter fan + noise cancelling headphones.

my word I'm an idiot.

might help if I actually import the library I'm trying to use -.-

oh wait, I did, I did. ok..

Serg

3:31 AM

@Seth I don't understand people who play music loudly , to the point where windows are shaking. Sure, it's their hearing and they can destroy it however they want, but it's annoying to others. People are stooped nowadays on multiple levels

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Seth

yeah..

Serg

If I pydoc antigravity , it redirects me to xkcd, lol

Seth

sometimes git can be so infuriating.

Serg

what's happening this time ?

Seth

it's probably me mostly not being a git guru

Serg

3:41 AM

Eh, nobody is git guru except Linus himself

Seth

I really need to set git up to use ssh

Nathan Osman

4:07 AM

What is this.

I never signed up for this.

Never even heard of it.

edwinksl

wut

Nathan Osman

Looks like a scam to me.

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

its a scam @NathanOsman

Nathan Osman

I reported it to MyWOT.

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

(woops)

CodeX

4:15 AM

scam

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

scammmm

good thing you blurred the left courner

Serg

@NathanOsman check the email original file, plain text with all the headers.

I am very mush tempted to buy this book amazon.com/New-HSK-Dictionary-Chinese-English-Vocabulary-ebook/…

HSK vocab for all tests 1 through 6

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

its a scam

100% verified

@Serg go for it

Serg

I have a feeling i may need skype . . .

sigh . . . here we go

Serg

4:42 AM

Why doesn't my Mate VM have gcc ??? O_o

I thought it comes preinstalled by default

Nathan Osman

GCC is rarely preinstalled.

edwinksl

average n00b doesn't need gcc i guess

Nathan Osman

5:01 AM

But they all have Perl.

:D

Anwar Shah

any mods here?

I wanted to start bounty on this askubuntu.com/questions/62729/how-do-i-set-up-a-service but to my bad, started on this one instead askubuntu.com/questions/803735/tightvncserver-autostart-boot

can anyone fix the bounty?

edwinksl

i think a mod can fix it but i haven't seen a mod in the past hour or so

you probably have to wait a bit

Serg

@Seth or @terdon chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/31392724#31392724

Nathan Osman

5:19 AM

I don't think mods can fix bounties like that.

edwinksl

so dark magic isn't that dark after all :D

Serg

@NathanOsman can they refund bounties ? I think they can

Meanwhile, I am confuzzd as to why my drag_n_drop isn't working for Mate VM , even though i have guest additions installed

Nathan Osman

Neither site that I'm a moderator on has an active bounty right now.

Otherwise, I could find out for you.

Serg

OK . . .that's KO . . .

Skype for Linux alpha successfully installed on my Mate VM

time to figure out what the heck is my skype password

edwinksl

the one from yesterday? xD

Serg

5:45 AM

whatever it was, i've reset it now

Well , skype installed quite well, i'm actually surprised there's no dependencies for it or anything like that. Was Seth right when he said it's just a web-wrapper ? O_o

Also . . . I need to allow my VM use microphone and webcam somehow

Nathan Osman

Anyone want to talk me out of turning George into a webcomic?

Serg

Hello, George. You seem to be . . . naked . . .without sweater . . .

edwinksl

talk you out?

hell no

Nathan Osman

:)

Well, that settles it then :D

You heard it here first.

Serg

. . . . And I approve this message ^

Anwar Shah

6:16 AM

sorry, had to go for a while. So, it seems I have no luck :)

CodeX

6:40 AM

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

woah, cussing

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Serg

@CodeX you might want to edit your post to turn it into a link. The mods might not like F-bombs :D

Zanna

6:56 AM

@Serg that's weird... gcc was definitely preinstalled in my MATE

Leaky Nun

@CodeX You just got flagged.

Serg

@Zanna may have been because it's VM. I had to install the build-essentials to get guest additions working . . . still Drag n Drop doesn't work

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

:O codex got flagged

Zanna

>_<

CodeX

7:10 AM

I dont see option to delete .. what does flagged means ?

Leaky Nun

@CodeX someone reported your message

edwinksl

come on people, a little f-bomb never harms anyone, chill out

terdon

7:29 AM

@AnwarShah I refunded your bounty. Next time, just flag the post with a custom flag. You're more likely to get a mod to see it that way.

Serg

7:43 AM

@terdon sorry for extra ping, i'll keep in mind flagging next time

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

im sleepy

Anwar Shah

@terdon Thank you. I'll do. glad to be part of some black magic :)

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

VTC, EOL: askubuntu.com/questions/803937/…

Anwar Shah

done

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

any mods want to slam the hammer ?

terdon

8:03 AM

@Serg nothing wrong with pinging, that's something that only a mod can do. It's just that flags work better since they're seen by all mods. I'm on holiday with patchy Internet access and only saw your ping by chance.

edwinksl

mods have holidays? that's news to me

Rinzwind

@terdon we dont care about your holiday >:-D

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sitting on a camping at Hockenheim

@Serg loud music releases endorphins :+D

@seth and he did it ->

LUKE AIKINS JUMP WORLD RECORD 7500M 25000FT WITHOUT PARACHUT HD

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Henry WH Hack v2.0

Why does AskUbuntu still have tags for old End of life ubuntu distros?

Rinzwind

@HenryWHHackv2.0 because the old questions are still valid ;)

Henry WH Hack v2.0

@Rinzwind That's scary.

Rinzwind

8:16 AM

sure is

ƎpᴉʇʎXD

IKR

Rinzwind

I am here sitting at a camping and I have **** goosebumps

ok time for some food and drinks :D bbl

Henry WH Hack v2.0

@Rinzwind Okay.

gansub

hello @Rinzwind

I have a window flashing

that says Ubuntu 16.04 LTS upgrade available

can I upgrade or do I have to backup and then upgrade ?

will my /home be safe ?

good evening @Serg

well silence is golden !

well I clicked not now since I did not get any answer ;-)

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ƎpᴉʇʎXD

8:48 AM

night everyone

CodeX

@LeakyNun I see.. thank

Thanks *

Leaky Nun

@CodeX welcome

David Foerster

9:04 AM

hi all!

Zanna

hello :)

edwinksl

alright people here we go askubuntu.com/questions/805170/…

Zanna

step-by-step guide:
#1 build a time machine
#2 go back to the day before yesterday
#3 RTFM
?

3

edwinksl

i like this guide

i suppose OP doesn't care about the data on it, so perhaps OP did the evil command for fun

grooveplex

9:44 AM

Are questions that boil down to 'I have problem X and I expect you to write a shell script to solve it' on topic?

I'd be tempted to downvote this, to say the least askubuntu.com/q/805176/530811

edwinksl

i think it is on-topic but i am not 100% sure what OP is asking for

grooveplex

On SO, questions without a clear problem statement are off-topic @edwinksl

I'm not saying we should do everything the same way, but that was my motivation

edwinksl

wouldn't they be either flagged as unclear or, more commonly, downvoted?

grooveplex

I did both

"I sometimes use language", hey, me too!

edwinksl

so it is still on-topic, just unclear and lacks effort

grooveplex

9:53 AM

Flag and downvote and carry on :)

Did I translate this error message correctly? askubuntu.com/q/805178/530811

user136984

@Seth Great! :)

user136984

@ByteCommander Great news! Will they be performing a new album then?

user136984

@Serg Yep, I will check it out in a moment. :)

edwinksl

panda!

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10:29 AM

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Q: Linux stock exchange trading softwares?

Linux is well known hackers box, but i am surprise i cant find a single tool for linux to use stock exchange trading softwares (robot, automated rules, doing forex stuff) Can anyone please advise?

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Byte Commander

11:01 AM

@ParanoidPanda Morning! I don't know, they don't talk about a new album on their website yet. Only the Metal Mass 7h DVD will soon come out. powerwolf.net

user136984

@ByteCommander: Well, will have to have a look at that then!

user136984

And morning to you too. ;)

Byte Commander

That DVD seems to contain 3 or 4 full live concerts plus some tour documentation.

Oh, and it already got released last Friday!

user136984

@ByteCommander: Will have to have a look at that then! How much is it?

Byte Commander

Dunno, there are various different formats. E.g. a nice big earbook with 2 DVDs and 1 CD that is limited to 1000 pieces.

You would have to hurry to get one as they were released last Friday, I think.

That limited edition will be 50€

emp.de/lis_powerwolf_bandbrand/…

I own this one since last summer, I got the very first one of my local shop. The employee was just about to put it onto the shelf and I grabbed it right away. :D emp.de/art_312791

Zacharee1

11:19 AM

so you know that password prank where people say "put in your password and chat filters it out: ********"

and then people do it and accidentally share their passwords?

edwinksl

^yup

Zacharee1

someone did it in a Minecraft chat for social security numbers

and it worked

there were like 5 numbers shared

edwinksl

faith in mankind = 0

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Zacharee1

and this was a YouTube video

Byte Commander

Wow, this hoodie looks great!

The back side is "Metal is religion". emp.de/art_323933

edwinksl

11:22 AM

@ByteCommander thanks to you i was listening to some powerwolf

Byte Commander

\m/ `(^_^)´ \m/

edwinksl

this chat's music preferences are way above average

Byte Commander

This T-shirt does also look nice:

Back side is "Army of the night" emp.de/art_335341

And all the artworks are made by themselves, IIRC it's done by one of the Greywolf brothers, just don't remember which one. No external design office.

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Q: Ububtu 16.04LTS got stuck in a login loop

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Henry WH Hack v2.0

11:45 AM

I suppose it's a crime then. — Akshay 8 mins ago

LOL! :D

Byte Commander

11:56 AM

@ParanoidPanda How do you want to view the SQLite database, what do you want to do with it? And GUI or CLI?

user136984

@ByteCommander: It seems as though my Firefox search history is stored among other things in a file in that format, I just want to properly be able to view the contents. CLI will do.

Byte Commander

GUI will be easier...

user136984

12:10 PM

@ByteCommander: Ok, I don't really mind too much.

Serg

12:30 PM

@ParanoidPanda sqlitebrowser

Byte Commander

@ParanoidPanda Posted an answer describing both the basics of sqlbrowser (GUI) and sqlite3 (CLI) askubuntu.com/a/805235/367990

What about a nice bounty to reward the effort? ;-)

Serg

@ParanoidPanda how do I get Anthy input method ?

user136984

12:56 PM

@Serg: What's your DE?

user136984

If you install Japanese it should come with it, depending on which version of Ubuntu you are using.

user136984

It's not installed on some DEs with 16.04, you could just try installing the anthy package.

user136984

I have to go now, but ping me and let me know how it goes. :)

Byte Commander

1:44 PM

Currently listening to: Arena - Ghost in the firewall

Arena 2011.Ghost In The Firewall

►

Serg

1:58 PM

@ByteCommander About this askubuntu.com/a/805247/295286 File selection dialog is separate from Nautilus. The date in nautilus doesn't change. But it does change zenity --file-selection dialog

Those two guys are not related

Byte Commander

@Serg But the show-hidden-files setting of Nautilus is overridden by the file-choser one.

Serg

@ByteCommander what's the gsettings schema ?

@ByteCommander nautilus has its own for that by the way org.gnome.nautilus.preferences show-hidden-files false I don't see how that can be overriden by FileChooser

Byte Commander

from dconf-editor

Serg

2:17 PM

@ByteCommander been toggling "Show Hidden Files" in nautilus for the past 5 minutes. Neither schema has changed its values

Byte Commander

:/

Henry WH Hack v2.0

NAA: askubuntu.com/a/805252/468313

Mateo

@NathanOsman TuxHunter is here uappexplorer.com/app/tuxhunter.mateo-salta

Serg

@ByteCommander wrote a script for that. Will be posting answer shortly :D

Zanna

2:35 PM

@ByteCommander very nice :)

Serg

Ah, carp . . .

OP wants it in columns . . .

Cristiana Nicolae

Hello ubuntian people!

Serg

\o hello

Cristiana Nicolae

:-)

Cristiana Nicolae

3:05 PM

I now have a brand new laptop. In fact, I am writing from it. Dell Inspiron 3551 with Ubuntu preinstalled on it. But before logging on, I had to do some hocus-pocus to change the default password. "Of course", the sells men haven't told me anything about its existence, and "of course" again, none of the passwords mentioned on web as being the default password worked in my case.

Now, I may be a newbye, but I did managed to solve the problem; but, I ask: what about others? What a complete newbye can do?! Sit in front of the locked screen and shout: "Wilmaaa!" ?! What if this is his first time when he "meets" Ubuntu? What if this is the first time when he learns about Linux? What does he learns? That Linux is some kind of weird OS who sells you the house but keeps the keys to itself?!

Of course, that buyer can ask a friend for help (if he is fortunate enough to have a friend knowledgeable in Linux), but you know what he will ask? "Get this this ugliness down and replace it with a real OS!" And I don't think I have to translate to you what "real OS" means to him.

The point is, if Ubuntu is a distro meant to be user-friendly and to attract Windows users towards Linux world, then why in the God's name, are these first essential steps, these first psychologically important moments of meeting , made to be so stressing, difficult and bitter for the complete newbie?!

Serg

@CristianaNicolae that's the seller's fault - they've installed Ubuntu, hence should have provided default username and password. It has nothing to do with Ubuntu or any other distro.

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OS itself is newbie-friendly enough. I mean, look at me - I survived up to now, has been 2 years or so already

Journeyman Geek

lol

its definately a lot esier than it used to be.

@CristianaNicolae they messed up - they should have done an OEM install and let you set it up

2

its no different from a windows or even android phone

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Serg

@NathanOsman or @ThomasWard does #-*- coding: utf-8 -*- in python ensure i can deal with non-english filenames or do I still have to use .decode() and .encode() for strings that contain file paths ?

huh, apparently it does !

#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import os
desktop = '/home/xieerqi/桌面'
if os.path.isdir(desktop):
   print 'YES'

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Seth

4:08 PM

@heemayl please don't recommend other sites unless you know for sure they will take the question (or add some kind of disclaimer). I don't think either of those two will want that question, but I will try. (askubuntu.com/questions/804966/…)

Thomas Ward

4:19 PM

@Serg if you are working in Unicode use Unicode strings instead. I haven't had to work with foreign file names yet so I can't give any better advice unfortunstely

so wait for Nathan

heemayl

@Seth Right, wasn't sure. Thanks for the heads up Seth.

Cristiana Nicolae

4:49 PM

@Serg @JourneymanGeek Thanks for your reply! I know that Ubuntu is user-friendly. And I've started learning Ubuntu about 3 years ago. And I like it. But there are a lot of Windows users around me, and when I try to evangelize Linux to them, I get all kinds of sceptic replies. Last thing I want to is to hear someone saying: " I bought a laptop with Ubuntu on it and I couldn't used it! That's it! This Linux you so glorify is just a nonsense!"

Of course, I can reply that it is only salesman's fault, but, I guess that you can easily imagine their argument: "What?! Salesman of Flanco? Such big store with expertise and they don't know what and when to tell you?! Give me a break! That's Ubuntu's fault! Look! I've been looking for solutions online - none of them worked! etc, etc" I can't beat an angry user.

I prefer it better to install it myself, anyway.

Nathan Osman

Found a bug in OxygenOS 3.2.2.

Despite having the alert slider set to "no notifications", it forgets the setting and beeps in my pocket anyway.

Cristiana Nicolae

OxygenOS is for mobiles? @NathanOsman

Nathan Osman

Yes, for OnePlus phones.

Zanna

That bug is very dangerous. How are you ever supposed to get anything done if you can't turn off notifications?!

Seth

lol

@NathanOsman With Cyanogenmod's fate hanging in the air, is OxygenOS good enough that I should try harder to get a OnePlus?

Mateo

5:03 PM

Er mobile, I tried to edit

if they aren't doing the OEM install they are doing it wrong and they are doing a diservice to ubuntu and their name report them here ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/…

Nathan Osman

@Seth It's basically vanilla Android with a few extra settings.

Not really all that much is different.

Cristiana Nicolae

@Mateo - I had no idea that what they're doing is illegal. This is not the first laptop having this kind of problem. Last year I think, a friend of mine bought a laptop with Ubuntu 14.04 on it. He was unable to use it and he kept asking me to install an OS on the device. I had to explain to him that the laptop does have an OS but it is passworded. He then had to make a call to the shop to ask them the password. And the password was communicated via phone. You can imagine what followed!

I had to make several different attempts changing capslock key in all the possible ways.

Nathan Osman

@Mateo Yeah, even the LiveCD can do an OEM install.

Cristiana Nicolae

And at the end, I still had to change the password in the "ugly way."

Mateo

5:19 PM

Are these second hand computers?

used/previous owners

Cristiana Nicolae

@NathanOsman Well, I got no liveCD from them. In fact, this laptop doesn't even have such thing. I can use only USB sticks on it.

And I know that it is good to have a stick with the exact version of the distro you've installed.

Mateo

Anyway you should avoid this place, who knows what the installed or changed.

Chan-Ho Suh

here's a challenge for you folks.... how much do you think this shirt goes for? cache.mrporter.com/images/products/651902/651902_mrp_in_l.jpg

don't cheat :)

Cristiana Nicolae

@Mateo No, my actual laptop is not a second-hand one. Although I had in mind this option. In the end, I opted for this one because it is new and had two years warranty. While second-hand laptops don't have always a warranty. And if you simply buy an used on from its previous owner, you may find yourself in nasty situations. Laptop can break exactly when you're... broke!

CodeX

@Chan-HoSuh $895.00

Mateo

5:28 PM

350 ;) I cheated

CodeX

mrporter.com/en-qa/mens/clothing/…

Chan-Ho Suh

@CodeX that's clearly a different one :D

@Mateo is correct, but he cheated ...

CodeX

oops

Chan-Ho Suh

man, 895... lol

CodeX

The Elder Statesman - Cutter Cashmere T-Shirt - Mr Porter

https://www.mrporter.com/mens/the_elder_statesman/cutter.../518065?...
$895.00
1536 × 1604 - Hand-crafted in the USA from sumptuous cashmere, The Elder Statesman's boxy T-shirt is aptly called 'Cutter', as its edges all have a freshly sheared, frayed ...

Chan-Ho Suh

5:30 PM

it's soldout too

Nathan Osman

That is obscene.

CodeX

yeah but it exist xD

Mateo

@CristianaNicolae at this point it dosnt sound like you can trust them to honor any warranty, if they cant even set it up proper how can they tell a hardware problem from software

Chan-Ho Suh

what I still find amusing although I know it's so common now as to not bear mentioning, but that 895 t-shirt is described as having the "effortless, laid-back appeal of a well-worn favourite"...

but it doesn't look old enough to really look like a well-worn shirt like one in my closet... so basically you see a guy with a really worn-out but still new looking shirt and it's like a signal, hey I spent a lot of money to get a shirt that looks worn

Serg

Don't you guys hate it when your script works like 10 minutes ago, you commit it to git, and then . . . it doesn't work . . .

Chan-Ho Suh

5:40 PM

never happens to me man, could never live down the shame and all the sneering and finger-pointing :p

CodeX

People have money to waste .. look at yo app and the app that says I am rich xD

Chan-Ho Suh

there's an app for saying you're rich?

CodeX

there was in apple's app store

Chan-Ho Suh

yeah, reading about it now... man, what a good idea :)

CodeX

I Am Rich

I Am Rich is an iOS application which was formerly distributed using the App Store, and developed by Armin Heinrich. When launched, the screen only contains a glowing red gem and an icon that, when pressed, displays the following mantra in large text: I am rich I deserv [sic] it I am good, healthy & successful The application is described as "a work of art with no hidden function at all", with its only purpose being to show other people that they were able to afford it, making it a Veblen good. I Am Rich was sold on the App Store for US$999.99, €799.99, and £599.99, the highest price Apple allows...

Serg

5:42 PM

/facepalm . . . . I changed name . . . . and then I am calling the usual if name == 'main' . . . .Dammit Serg . . . of course it wont work

NeosFox

Hi guys, I got a problem and it's knid of urgent. Can you help with this ? askubuntu.com/questions/805346/…

Serg

@NeosFox broadcom wireless card. There are a few people capable of troubleshooting these, but IMHO it's easier if you get rid of it, and get yourself astheros or realtek card. Those are always well supported and work mostly out of the box

NeosFox

@serg

Chan-Ho Suh

@NeosFox not familiar with this issue, but there's a lengthy posting here: askubuntu.com/questions/55868/…

@NeosFox take a look at this one in particular: askubuntu.com/a/126798/43660

NeosFox

@Serg Can you give me some link to download driver as I don't have internet on ubuntu Pc ?

Cristiana Nicolae

5:52 PM

@Mateo Well, this is not the first laptop I buy from that shop. But the first one was, in fact an Asus EEE netbook, had no actual OS on it, (just freeDos), and I had to make the installation myself. I was pleased with that. I had the chance to learn how to do this process on newer PC and I also kept the live stick with the original version. So, when I had any major problem with my OS, I just used my USB stick to fix it.

NeosFox

@Chan-HoSuh I already tried both, it's not solved my problem

CodeX

I am no expert but what if he tries previous kernel versions

Cristiana Nicolae

@Mateo But this time, Ubuntu was preinstalled, so I should have received the installation CD which didn't happened. Anyway, it would have been useless as my laptop doesn't have any DVD writer on it.

@Mateo So, I should have been given an USB stick then. But, this is where I think they turned Scrooge, because, you see, nowadays a CD is cheap while an USB stick is quite expensive. And can be reused. So, instead of giving me a free USB stick (functioning as install stick), they preferred to "forget" about it and keep silence about it.

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