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6:00 PM
@AndroidDev To be honest, I can't see a big problem ... 20 seconds is not much. :)
 
it's the average Windows boot time, after all.
OH WAIT
I thought you said 200 seconds
nevermind :P
200 seconds is Windows
 
@ThomasWard he says 20 seconds :)
 
@cl-netbox it's faster than Windows
which is important :P\
 
@ThomasWard MUCH faster ! :D
 
me without coffee is weird
I'm far more evil without coffee than with it
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6:04 PM
hahaha
 
I can get Windows to boot in less than 20 seconds with my SSD.
 
@Seth Windows 3.1 ? :D
 
I haven't booted Ubuntu on this computer in a while because of school, so I can't speak for Ubuntu's boot time on it.
@cl-netbox 8.1
 
@Seth was a joke ! :)
 
@Seth Windows 7 boots in 17 seconds, soooooo.....
 
6:05 PM
@AndroidDev then I'm not really sure what your issue is? 3 seconds is not much difference. Took me more than 3 seconds to write this.
@cl-netbox ;)
 
@RobotHumans That's nothing, I once read a page of Brainf*ck, and summoned Cthulu, Zalgo, Jörmungandr, a Dark Archangel, Satan, myself, and an interdimensional fissure all into existence on the same exact spot. It was chaos and disorder.
 
@ThomasWard "myself" LOL xD
I like it.
 
@Seth this is how I became the Dark Chaotic Evil person I am now :P
 
xD
@ThomasWard How does one pronounce brainfuck code?
 
@ByteCommander I imagine you stare at it for a few hours and then utter the second half of its name.
 
6:11 PM
Maybe we can pronounce it by converting the code to Blablafuck first?
Ooh, there's a language called ByteByteJump... starts hopping around
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@ByteCommander Some progress with your screen lock issue ?
 
It is really cold this morning and there are storm warnings. Fun.
 
@Serg top kek
 
@ByteCommander Evilly.
@ByteCommander We actually convert it to Evil first, then pronounce the Evil.
 
6:27 PM
@Zacharee1 bottom hue
 
@cl-netbox no. Haven't got any reactions.
 
@ByteCommander ACTUALLY, we convert it to Magic. Then Spirits do our bidding.
and then we don't pronounce a thing.
or even more evilly...
 
@ByteCommander what exactly is the issue ?
 
convert it to Ook! and then go insane
 
Ook! Ook?
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Q: Ubuntu host is unable to lock screen if a VM (virt-viewer/KVM) has input focus

Byte CommanderI run Ubuntu 16.04 and some QEmu/KVM virtual machines with virt-manager. Whenever one of my VMs has input focus and I leave my computer alone for enough time to trigger the host's automatic screen locking, nothing happens. I still see the VM window and the other Ubuntu windows, desktop etc and c...

 
6:38 PM
@ByteCommander does it have the same keyboard shortcut as Virtual Box for switching keyboard focus (right ctrl ) ?
 
@Serg I have set my host key to Right-Ctrl + AltGr
@ByteCommander test2
Aah... Now my ping sound works again.
 
7:12 PM
Oh, I just noticed that yesterday I wrote my 666th answer!
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It was the one with the find-ception, so it actually was a pretty evil one... Had to update it several times and not even accepted yet.
And I also hit 31k yesterday, which makes me all-time rank 39.
sorry for showing off... just feeling proud
 
@ByteCommander I'm proud of you as well , buddy :D Still waiting for you to shorten the 10k gap between us
 
@ByteCommander Hey, bragging about meaningless internet points is what chat is for!
We've all done it :) And congratulations!
Grr. I'm still #20 site-wide. It's Rinzwind's fault.
4th on U&L though and considering that Gilles and Stéphane are 1 & 2, that essentially counts as 2nd.
 
throws a stick at @terdon
 
Meanwhile , I'm at 42k here and almost at 4k on U&L
 
7:27 PM
-.-
 
@Serg Yeah, well done, by the way!
 
now, am I mistaken, or have certain people taken to calling me the darkest most evil moderator, when in reality i'm not :P
looks in @cl-netbox's general direction
 
 
@ThomasWard then who is? :P
 
@Seth we don't speak his name, because he's far above us in evil
 
7:28 PM
hah
 
to speak his name is to summon him
 
@Serg Disturbing, really disturbing
 
to summon him is to bring destruction
 
When did being evil become a good thing? Did I miss a meeting?
 
therefore we don't speak his name because his name brings destruction
@terdon you've missed 50
 
7:28 PM
Oh, you mean Bob. Nobody's eviler than Bob. Stupid Bob.
 
@terdon @cl-netbox and a few others started calling me evil because I keep bringing up Chaos and Darkness. They're not far off actually
but i'm still not an "evil" moderator
or i wouldn't have a diamond
 
@terdon Thanks. I actually enjoy U&L quite a lot now. In the past it seemed a little too tough and strict for my taste.
 
@ThomasWard Yeah, I've noticed a pattern.
@Serg You have grown, my son!
:P
 
@terdon it sucks I'm now a dark chaos mage in a D&D campaign now.
well not really, but that's the source of it
 
That explains a lot, actually.
 
7:30 PM
yes, it does.
 
@JacobVlijm Meh, what's there to be disturbed about ? You're still in the lead by like 5k :p
 
@Serg You just want to rock me into sleep, so you can silently get passed :) No, but congratulation!
Oh, and @ByteCommander too of course :)
 
@JacobVlijm Thanks. If only I wasn't too busy this spring, I'd put more effort , but unfortunately I can't
 
7:48 PM
Such an appealing title for a question:
vgaarb: this pci device is not a vga device in dsegfault at 40 ip 0000000000000040 sp 00007fff1f7f8b78 error 14 in sddm[400000+6f000]mesg
 
Screwdriver arrived!
\o/
 
8:20 PM
Surgery is in progress.
 
A round maintenance opening? WTF Apple.
 
@ByteCommander its a mac mini...
 
All apples in my house were organically grown on trees.
 
@NathanOsman get this, and you will never wait for a screwdriver again:
 
I think I've got what I need now.
I've got the fan off now. Next up is... the logic board, IIRC.
 
8:33 PM
This tool also looks suitable for opening up apple devices... once:
 
@ByteCommander, well yes that would work to...If you never want to use it again!
 
You don't
 
The saw joke is getting old.
 
@TheXed What makes you assume that this is not the case?
 
@ByteCommander because I know @NathanOsman better then that...
 
8:36 PM
@NathanOsman Therefore I decided on a hammer today.
Such variety. Much wow.
 
@ByteCommander speaking of variety (and thanks for the topic transition)....
 
Every time I take a package to the post office they ask me a different set of questions...all seeming random...last week it was "any knives, bombs, guns, or other weapons of mass destruction?"
 
Wat!?
 
Today, "Any fire hazards such as lithium ion batteries, or perfume?"
 
8:39 PM
@ThomasWard Are you visiting the same post office as @TheXed maybe? o.O
They seem to have bad experiences...
 
@ByteCommander yeah it was the same post office...
 
I guess some people think I fit the profile or a terrorist, and some people think I fit the profile of a IT person?
 
cyberterrorist.
 
but the perfume...
 
8:41 PM
Speaking of that, I need to finish my presentation about Stuxnet.
 
maybe she was hinting that I smelled good...I don't know...
 
@TheXed "No sir, just some Uranium-235 and Plutonium-238."
 
@NathanOsman men do not work at the front counter of the post office...
 
@NathanOsman That again fits Stuxnet.
 
I don't know why, but I have never gone to a post office with a man running the front counter...
 
8:43 PM
I guess this is a clear hint I should get productive now.
 
@TheXed There are plenty where I live.
 
You live in Canada though?
 
Yes.
The logic board is stuck in there pretty good.
 
and he who must not be named is not your president...
 
@NathanOsman In Canada? o.O
 
8:45 PM
@NathanOsman yeah they are hard as hell to wrangle out of there...
 
How do you know?
You've had to open one up?
 
@NathanOsman I have opened a few up.
 
Okay, fair enough.
I don't want to break it.
 
When I worked for a computer repair shop.
 
I could give you another hint on how to loosen it a bit, but...
 
8:46 PM
It says to insert screwdrivers into the two holes and pull forward.
But it won't give at all.
 
@ByteCommander Vaseline is not going to help...
 
I think his idea was a tad more destructive...
 
@NathanOsman hmm... I would say apply more tension, but like you I don't want you to break it...
@NathanOsman but you can always use systemd.
 
Nopenopenope.
 
8:49 PM
@NathanOsman have you watched video on youtube to see if you can tell how much force people have to actually use?
 
Good idea.
 
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Q: Contributing as a new member in this mature StackExchange site

O8h7wSo, I am relatively new to Ubuntu (a couple years) and completely new to this site as a registered user. I have found lots of good information here before, but just now did I find something to contribute. Hence I create an account and login. But in order to put small contributions into comments ...

 
@NathanOsman I have one every now and again.
 
Aha!
I got it.
You can do it with one screwdriver if you slowly alternate between the two holes.
 
@Seth You're right... Edited comment and removed CV meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16710/…
 
8:56 PM
whole goddamn schedule is messed up
On one hand , registrar's office doesn't put on the schedule some of the folks who reserve labs, but then on the other - my coworker didn't write down complete schedule on the board, so I have to apologize to people walking in thinking lab is open, but then it's not
 
@NathanOsman great.
 
Welp, seems like it's the dead afternoon time. Not too many questions that I can tackle on AU or U&L
I guess I can study now . . .
 
I've got the hard drive caddy out now.
 
@Serg I guess being late evening in Europe has a larger impact than afternoon in the US...
 
What exactly are you doing anyways?
@ByteCommander that is because the US doesn't sleep...
 
9:06 PM
...Use his brand new drive-screwer
 
@TheXed replacing the hard drive with an SSD.
 
@NathanOsman not just replacing, upgrading :-D
 
@TheXed or sleeps all day
 
@ByteCommander nope, we think so highly of ourselves that we are incapable of sleep, we have to much to do...the rest of the world needs us...
 
and the Mexicans pay for it... ikr
 
9:10 PM
@TheXed Whatever it is, I'm doing it.
 
@NathanOsman, so when building a computer that small there are two problems that have to be solved...1. How do you get all the pieces in that amount of space, and for it to function as desired. and 2. How do you get the damn thing apart... I don't ever want to be the person tasked with solving the second problem.
 
I didn't realize the bay had two screws one each side.
I almost broke the two on the other side.
Noticed what was happening just in time.
 
whoops...
 
The short memory of the audit system: getting a post I myself voted to close :-)
 
Drive is out!
 
9:13 PM
Sweet!
 
Hard to believe that small thing can store 4 trillion bits of information on a rotating disc.
 
Good job, now put all those non-standardized cables back where you found them :-P
To be completely fair though...when you look at circuit boards, particularly anything designed by Apple, they truly are pieces of art...
@NathanOsman go ahead, take a moment to admire it...
 
@guntbert I failed an audit on a spam post which had a comment by me under it saying "this is spam, please flag" so my memory is even shorter than the audit system's XD
 
It's more frightening to take a picture of the workspace...
Screws. Screws everywhere...
 
9:20 PM
@Zanna :-)
 
@NathanOsman that is well organized compared to my typical workspace...
 
It's a makeshift workspace so that's why it looks so clean :P
 
@ThomasWard nice
 
9:38 PM
Getting the logic board back in is proving as difficult as it was to get out.
 
Uh oh...
 
Got it - just had to do the reverse of what I did earlier.
Putting the fan back together.
And... done.
Now to see if the thing boots...
It boots!
Now. Let's see how much faster it is.
 
10:12 PM
BENCHMARKS!!! WE WANT BENCHMARKS!
 
@NathanOsman all that work to change a HDD?
 
@Seth not change, upgrade.
 
10:27 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with email in answer: Mutt message: "Alarm Clock" by R. Lambert on askubuntu.com
 
@TheXed same thing
 
@Seth no it isn't, a replacement is a lateral move, no increase in performance or storage space. A upgrade is a upward move, either in performance, or storage space, or both.
Although I guess you can call a change an upgrade, but it doesn't usually imply that...
 
@TheXed pretty sure he replaced a HDD with an SSD.
 
because I change my socks every day, but at the end of the day they still smell like sweety feet...
@Seth no he upgraded his HDD with an SSD.
 
upgrade is a change ;)
what I was really trying to say.
 
10:34 PM
but change isn't always an upgrade.
 
I never said that.
 
but it is implied.
 
no..
 
yes.
 
lets say your disk died and you need to replace it. you still have to go through all those steps. that's a change, not an upgrade.
So how was I implying an upgrade when I said "change"?
 
10:36 PM
because changing doesn't answer why.
 
but why is not the point. the point is how hard it is.
 
but if you said someone upgraded their HDD to an SSD, then we probably can ascertain why without any further information...
 
sure, but again, that is not the point. The point is how hard it is to change the physical disk. Whether that is an upgrade or not.
why you are changing it irrelevant.
 
but the question, was "you did all that to change a HDD?" which in itself seems silly, but to say someone went through all that to upgrade their HDD to an SSD is not as silly.
@Seth because the meaning of words matter.
 
@TheXed but the point is not what Nathan chose to go through, but what Apple designed it to make you go through.
 
10:44 PM
That was also @NathanOsman choice when he decided he wanted a faster storage medium.
 
What have I gotten myself into this time?
@Seth Wait until I finish uploading all the pictures...
 
I was saying it's ridiculous how hard it is to replace the disk, and @TheXed is now arguing with me about the technicality of the word "change", "upgrade", and "replace". He's probably technically correct but I don't understand his point considering all I was thinking about was the difficulty of doing something so simple. Regardless of the motive or intent.
 
Help
So much work
 
We're probably talking past each other ;p
 
@NathanOsman better don't screw it up then...
(late joke, I know)
 
10:49 PM
@Zacharee1 talk to me about work. This is the first day I've had the energy to concentrate on school in 2 weeks. I'm so behind now I'll probably lose the entire quarter if I can't start feeling immensely better very soon.
 
My point is, that we should use the proper words for the proper meaning....proper tool for the job so to speak.. However, I digress.
 
@Seth You're still not fully restored? At least you feel better though, glad to hear you're making progress.
 
I now have a bunch of extra screwdrivers...
 
@NathanOsman open a Mac Mini HDD "change" side business...
 
That's good. At least better than extra screws after having put everything together again.
 
10:53 PM
@ByteCommander yeah. you can't tell over chat but I've just been going from bed -> couch -> bed for the last 2 weeks. I started some nutritional supplements and natural stuff and I now have the energy to at least move around the house, but the doctors still have no clue what's going on.
@NathanOsman not a bad problem to have, all things considered.
 
Wat. OS X recovery can't mount SMB shares?
Lame.
 
Oh... Not knowing what's wrong must be horrible.
 
user image
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It's for compatibility with these ^
 
Or maybe with this ?
 
10:56 PM
works.
 
Well, there's always...
 
awww @Serg I made a really complicated answer to that question which I now see was pointless XD
I didn't know find could do that
 
@Zanna lol , sorry
You could still post it. What does that involve ? @Zanna
@NathanOsman It's hard to take GLaDOS seriously as murderous AI , when she's in that form :3 but I still like her voice
 
I did it like this
if [[ $UID == $(stat -c %u .) ]] && [[ -n $(stat -c %a . | grep -o '7[0-7][0-7]$') ]]; then
    echo "you have permission, continuing"
    elif [[ -n $(id -G| grep -ow $(stat -c %g .)) ]] && [[ -n $(stat -c %a . | grep -o '7[0-7]$') ]]; then
    echo "you have permission, continuing"
    elif [[ -n $(stat -c %a . | grep -o '7$') ]]; then
    echo "you have permission, continuing"; else
    echo "You do not have permission, please move to another directory"
    exit 1
fi
haha the star wall is hilarious
 
um . . yeah. . .that might slightly be too complex ^_^'''
 
11:07 PM
hahahaha
 
can people think of questions you know of that have different answers for different versions of ubuntu? Need some good examples for a meta post.
e.g. "can I move the unity launcher" is one I thought of. "no" for anything pre 16.04 and "a little bit" anything 16.04 and after. I know there are other cases like this.
 
@Serg kind of like the hideous sed answer I posted on U&L this morning
@Seth systemd vs upstart?
there's also no /etc/rc.local in 16.10
 
@Zanna ooh, good one. Do we have a question like that? Maybe how to enable/disable services? I don't recall a generic question about that off the top of my head (maybe we need one)
 
yeah there are loads of questions... erm idk if I can find an awesome one but I can find a few
 
@Seth suspending is kind of up there. you can use systemctl suspend in 15.04 and onwards, but before that you'd have to use dbus only. dbus is still usable in newer versions,too. Network Manager has changed as well. Some options are different ( I'd need to see my older answers for specifics ) and nm-tool is now gone
 
11:10 PM
I need actual questions guys, not just places in the system (although that gives me ideas where to look for questions, so still somewhat helpful)
 
oh that one is way better haha
 
@Zanna oh that's good.
 
muru has some good answers about it I think...
 
11:12 PM
for the curious, I'm taking a look at how AU handles version changes re this MSE post:
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Q: How should software related SE sites handle drastic version changes?

mpdonadioA situation has come up on Drupal Answers that I wanted to bring to the larger SE audience. I am not asking for how to solve our particular problem, but how this type of problem should be handled on SE in general. For those that don't know Drupal Answers, is the SE site dedicated to an open-sou...

@Zanna also obligatory eww systemd taking over things it has no business in :(
 
haha yeah
hmm I didn't realise how late it was... that useless script took like an hour to figure out hahahaha
muru even has a question that might help askubuntu.com/questions/492871/…
sleep time, later all :)
 
11:29 PM
good evening!
 
@Zanna last night we discovered that @Muru is a secret Japanese Scientific Research Vessel (aka: Japanese Whaling Ship)
but then we discovered the Japanese Whaling Ship is actually the Maru...
so we let him live and didn't feed him to sharks...
 
11:46 PM
is there a place I can donate my macbook/computer so they can be used to do testing on live cds and the operating system? Ping me thanks
 
@William sure...I know of a place...
 
@TheXed other then your address?
 
OP better not say "But I wanted bash" askubuntu.com/a/880247/295286 I can certainly write that in bash, but seriously python way is easier
 
@William no I am serious, the School District I work at will never turn down a donation.
 
@TheXed address? I will think about it
 
11:53 PM
Okay I am getting supper ready I will send it to you in a bit.
 
on 2nd thought I am not paying shipping for an old laptop like this
does anyone know of a linux distro that will live cd boot on a 2009 macbook?
 

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