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12:00 AM
Hey, I have an idea...
What ISP is supplying Internet to government offices... >:)
 
Even better question, who's Trump's ISP ?
Maybe he'll veto the bill if his ISP starts selling his info ?
 
They are probably using something a bit more secure for the White House.
 
Hi, I have a favor to ask... Could a moderator help me to recover a deleted answer?
 
@Seth ---^
 
@lydias which answer ? post link
 
12:03 AM
@lydias hi
 
When Congress passes spying laws they put in exemption against members of congress.
 
I'm sorry for intruding the chat...
 
By "deleted", do you mean you clicked "delete" or you were composing an answer and lost the draft?
 
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Q: Derive an Approximation for Random Walk Problem

lydiasI have a problem that I'm unsure how to solve with a method suggested by the question hint. Problem A particle takes a random walk on the integers, starting at 0. At each step it advances to the next integer (move to the right) with probability 1/4 or goes back to the previous integer (mov...

 
Oh.
This is on Math.SE.
 
12:03 AM
@lydias You can undelete your own answer
 
@lydias you need a mod there
 
This --^
 
Us mods have no power outside our own sites + chat
 
An user deleted his answer after providing the right solution
 
So this isn't your answer?
 
12:04 AM
Ping the user and tell him he's right and to undelete.
 
yes
I do not remember his name
 
Then you are going to have an even harder time, I'm afraid.
 
@lydias this is the wrong place to ask
 
But you should talk to a math mod.
 
Go find a math mod somewhere.
 
12:05 AM
Ask the question in Math Meta... if there is such a beast.
 
right, I'm sorry I was looking at Nathan's profile, and saw he is a moderator
 
After 12x12.... like 12 x 14 I get lost.
 
@lydias but where
 
I guess there are different types
 
Nathan moderates the tea cup collectors chat room.
haha....j/k!!!!
 
12:06 AM
I'm an SU moderator. I can't do anything moddy on AU outside pinging a local mod
 
> If S.J.Res. 34 were presented to the President, his advisors would recommend that he sign the bill into law.
 
okay.... I guess I have to try harder.. Have no idea why would the user delete his answer lol
 
@lydias alternately, find a 10K + reputation user.
 
what does SU stand for again???
 
I been busy lol, what's with me being pinged all the time
@WinEunuuchs2Unix the SE site called Super User?
 
12:07 AM
oh windows right?
 
DO YOU NOT KNOW OF GLORIOUS UNION OF SUPER USERS? ARE YOU BOUGIOUS DECADANT LACKY OF CAPITALIST STACKOVERFLOW?
 
 
Oh I have a stack overflow account... even posted one answer.
Oh look I have 101 points on SuperUser and 5 bronze metals :)
Forgot all about it :p
 
@JourneymanGeek hands @JourneymanGeek some soothing tea
 
TEA IMPERIALIST! COFFEE PEOPLE'S DRINK.
 
12:11 AM
To the left of the letter A is a key labeled "Caps Lock".
heheh
I think my SU account is going to be banned :p
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix my caps lock is disabled on every PC I use
I actually hold down shift when I type allcaps
 
I'm going to get a t-shirt printed tomorrow "Window's Mods prefer Ask Ubuntu chat rooms".
 
I suppose I could re-map it to something else.
 
I like my caps lock key.... it's handy.
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix I'm on a bunch of chatrooms ;p
 
12:13 AM
Maybe you can make a hot key....Alt + Caps Lock to turn on caps lock.....LOL
 
I probably could drop a few ...
I even have an software audio switcher hacked into my macrokeys
 
I was just kidding... it's great to have you around here... giving advise.
not sure what audio switcher is but I have all kinds of patches installed to switch sound to HDMI TV.
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix it lets me switch what my output is
 
@JourneymanGeek caps:swapescape ftw
 
since my headphones are connected to a USB sound card I can essentially press one key, and my (windows) PC will go "Audio Set to Speakers", and switch to speakers, and so on
 
12:16 AM
The problem in Ubuntu 16.04 is during suspend it switches automatically back to laptop. Pulse Audio 8 bug.
 
Its a rediculously convoluted thing.
I have a custom applcation that fires up nircmd to do those things without popping up a console window.
 
I use udev hot plug for some stuff...
For example when HDMI TV is unplugged sound switches to laptop, when plugged in sounds switches to TV.
Has anyone setup a bash script to email results of a job?
nvm found the answer in AU: askubuntu.com/questions/522431/…
 
gosh, i wish i could just stop time so i can take a nap or drink coffee or finish homework . . . or all together
 
You're trying to accomplish too many different things all at once... if you overload you'll do poorly in all areas I'm afraid.
I'm lagging badly with NIC....gotta reboot :(
awww...much better :)
 
12:35 AM
I doubt i can write a proper module for that lab in less than an hour, but at least i have all the necessary expressions and k-maps now.
i wonder if the software we're using can convert a circuit schematic to verilog code. That'd be cool
 
oh, @ThomasWard is here.
 
and even cooler would be for my damn FPGA board to finally arrive. I've paid 200$ for that shiz
 
@KazWolfe i am now yes
 
hello
 
^^^ Programmable logic technologies, such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), are an essential component of any modern circuit designer's toolkit. ... Basys 3 Artix-7 FPGA Trainer Board: Recommended for Introductory Users. ... Nexys 4 DDR Artix-7 FPGA: Trainer Board Recommended for ECE ...
 
12:40 AM
@KazWolfe greetings.
 
hi there
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix yes . . . except we're using a different board. If you're curious, here it is
DE1-soc with Altera's cyclone 5 chip
so . . . usb 2.0 for programming, micro usb, uart, sd card slot ( which you apparently can use to run Linux ), bunch of LED and switches and buttons
The software for programming it was a bit of PITA and isn't documented properly by Altera . . . but at least it works ok
well at least the setup isn't documented well. And mostly what they have is for RHEL 5 i think
 
.... RHEL 5? 0_0
Well, not that old
 
Looks daunting ^^^ My only experience with silicone gate arrays were for light organs when I was 13.... a channel for bass, one for mid and one for high that controlled 120 VAC light string (Christmas lights in a box)
 
hm... @Serg, I have another indicator idea for you.
 
12:54 AM
@JourneymanGeek well, it says RHEL 5 or above on the site
@KazWolfe yesh ?
 
I'm not really a hardware guy or network topology.... too many things to check... I like software side.
 
@Serg a lot of those instructions should translate
 
@Serg Something I can use to see how many bars of service I have on my phone if I'm using my hotspot.
 
@KazWolfe hmmm . . . i imagine that would require having a client on the phone itself . . . cool idea but I've no idea hiw to approach this
*how
 
@Serg it would, but cool-ish idea.
 
1:02 AM
@Serg Dude. That is a big board.
 
Does AU or SE have a policy on web scraping or data mining? My latest project qualifies.
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix iirc scraping is okay, but what are you doing that you can't do through the API?
 
I'm grabbing the answers I've written in AU and comparing them to the original bash scripts on my drive.
Later on I"ll email myself if there are differences but for the time being they just appear in a big scroll box.
 
Use the API.
 
I'm trying to learn bash and do as much as I can with it.
 
1:15 AM
Perlin' my way downtown, walkin' fast and I'm script bound . . . ta-da-ta-da-da . . .
 
Scraping is resource-intensive and inefficient when you can just pull the data right from the system.
 
I use wget to grab the answer and parse it in bash.
 
tosses @WinEunuuchs2Unix into /dev/null
the API is better :P
 
I'd use the API and parse it in the same way.
 
It's already working except the diff command parameters which I have to figure out
 
1:17 AM
Scraping should be avoided wherever possible.
 
Well, anywho . . . smoke and time to go to class
 
I don't think the API works in bash does it? Sounds like a C thing... I'm not doing C for a year or two
 
API just returns text.
 
^ that
and it's just a web socket call
 
JSON, more accurately.
 
1:17 AM
yep
 
JSON is Java... I'm not using Java.
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix pythonify your script, it works better
... uhm...
 
......
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix wherever you heard JSON == Java...
 
I'm not using Python
 
1:18 AM
JSON is not java.
 
you need to beat them in the head
 
JSON barely counts as Javascript.
 
it's not JAVA, it's a structured response from the server
basically, it's a text representation of all data
 
@KazWolfe or IS it? >_>
 
@KazWolfe what EVER made you think that's Java?
 
1:18 AM
it's just a way of representing data in a very efficient and clean (imo) format.
 
seriously.
 
@ThomasWard wrong user.
 
hue
 
whatever
i'm tired
 
but probably because of the "J"
 
1:19 AM
we all are
no excuses
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix What EVER made you think it's Java?
 
@ThomasWard You're always tired.
 
ok JSON is a bash / terminal command... I'll look at it.
 
Java may have been the first to HAVE it, but it's not Java specific anymore
 
no...
JSON is a way of formatting data.
 
1:19 AM
In computing, JSON (canonically pronounced /ˈdʒeɪsən/ JAY-sən; sometimes JavaScript Object Notation) is an open-standard format that uses human-readable text to transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs. It is the most common data format used for asynchronous browser/server communication, largely replacing XML, and is used by AJAX. JSON is a language-independent data format. It was derived from JavaScript, but as of 2017 many programming languages include code to generate and parse JSON-format data. The official Internet media type for JSON is application/json. JSON filenames use...
@WinEunuuchs2Unix you need to read ^ that
 
so that flagged ESChatSO message that said "This man is a disaster" was deletd
 
^^^ it says JSON is java script :)
 
which has nothing to do with Java
 
it was made for javascript as a way to transmit data in such a way javascript can easily parse.
 
besides the name
 
1:20 AM
turns out any language can parse it very easily.
 
"parse" is such a fun word
 
ok you want me to use bash to call json....
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix it USED to be JavaScript based, but it's no longer - it's independent of language.
at this point i'm going to go walk away before I do something evil...
(i'm real tired)
 
JSON is for storing stuff. It's not a programming language in and of itself.
 
323
Q: Parsing JSON with Unix tools

auserI'm trying to parse JSON returned from a curl request, like so: curl 'http://twitter.com/users/username.json' | sed -e 's/[{}]/''/g' | awk -v k="text" '{n=split($0,a,","); for (i=1; i<=n; i++) print a[i]}' The above splits the JSON into fields, for example: % ... "geo_enabled":false ...

 
1:22 AM
I've already got bash working to scrape the AU answers. I'll look at adding JSON support via BASH later.
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix there is a command-line tool for that actually, jq if im not mistaken.
I'd do it in Python though. Python has json module by default
 
The bash script gets the question upvotes and answer upvotes. It finds the bash script within the answer and writes it to a file for the diff command to compare to the hard drive version. I assume JSON does the same?
 
@Serg ding
 
ugh . . .dong ?
i also use that json module for all my indicators
 
Well you already know I use bash for my indicators :)
 
1:25 AM
so my old computer fan was rattling around constantly. Bought a new one, replaced it, new one broke completely, went back to the old one, no problems at all now
computers...
 
too much dust on one fan blade before maybe?
 
nope
no dust at all
I made sure of that
 
don't know....my laptop fan has a mind of it's own but installed TLP or something and no problems since then.
 
> "Remember. In the ongoing battle between the Earth and aircraft arriving in other than controlled conditions, the Earth has yet to lose."
LOL
 
The earth regrows and replenishes all the time.
a miracle we can all witness
and yet they want to get salvation on mars sighs
afk
 
1:37 AM
what is my laptop hinge doing?
it's like completely loose
 
Dell?
 
-____________________- i am so boned
 
2:20 AM
@NathanOsman MSI
generic plastic
yay
 
@Zacharee1 My Dell has a plastic piece that broke off.
Only one hinge works now.
 
well the hinge still works
it's just really loose
 
Oh.
The spring whatever-it-is-that-provides-tension broke?
 
like I can lift the monitor up a bit
it kind of feels like the plastic rod broke or something
and it's just the wires keeping it there
wait no
the bar itself is loose in the casing
that's probably my fault
 
Tsk tsk tsk.
You should use it as a chopping block for vegetables.
 
2:24 AM
hue
ugh I really love EmotionOS, but I use the second screen too much to give it up right now :(
@NathanOsman you up for some (tons) of Java?
 
Oh?
What's this about coffee?
 
getting the second screen working on AOSP on the V20 :p
we get to play with the kernel and libsurfaceflinger, and then recreate the entire SignBoard app suite
 
Can't. Don't have a V20.
 
sounds fun, right?
@NathanOsman you don't need a V20 to develop for one
I developed a bit for the G5 with testers
 
Theoretically, no.
Practically, yes.
 
2:30 AM
no
 
How am I going to debug hardware drivers for a device I don't even have?
That's like parallel parking a car with your eyes closed.
 
@NathanOsman emulators maybe ?
 
hardware emulation is annoying.
 
@Serg Yes, but I don't think LG has anything that emulates their second display.
 
er.... i think android studio might have something?
It seems sort of odd that LG would provide a tool/feature with no way of testing on dev.
Having to build an APK or similar for minor changes seems extremely inefficient.
 
2:43 AM
Meanwhile, I'm having whole lotta fun with syntax errors . . . and I'm not even close to writing the most of the module
 
hm... does anyone here actually use KDE connect?
or, more accurately, does anyone at all use KDE connect?
 
cringes
 
also, how much you wanna bet that the FCC will give ISPs the right to demand CA certs be installed on their customers' devices?
 
@KazWolfe I've used it before, but the Unity panel indicator was too buggy.
 
@Seth there are.... so many.... things wrong.
:36352730 "In order to ensure full access to your internet, you need to install the AT&T Web Security Tool on your computer. Please download and run to set up and ensure your internet connectivity is not interrupted."
 
2:49 AM
@KazWolfe In that case, I need to get a passport. But I'll do it in person, thanks.
 
(which, unbeknownst to everyone's grandmother, installs a nice CA cert allowing AT&T to pull off deep-packet inspection for all of that sweet sweet ad money.
@Seth Where can you go, though?
 
@KazWolfe I dunno. Switzerland?
 
Well, I do hope if that happens that Google, Mozilla, et al. will riot and effectively shut down the internet.
It'll be SOPA/PIPA all over again, but this time, servers are actually gonna be going offline.
 
If only..
 
I mean, apparently Chrome is going to block access to non-HTTPS sites entirely soon.
(rip all those old sites that weren't even touched since 1999)
 
2:57 AM
Apple did a good job last year with the iPhone fiasco.
I'm pretty sure "don't be evil" means "don't let companies force you to install malware".
(And yes, deep packet inspection for the purpose of exploiting privacy is malware in my books.)
@Seth We don't have that stupid law... yet...
So you could come here.
 
@NathanOsman You will.
Canada follows Britain's lead.
 
I certainly won't allow that to happen here.
They can force-install their CA over my cold, dead body.
 

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