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Journeyman Geek

12:23 AM

lol

YOU HAVE TWO THUMBS. PLAY TWO AT ONCE!

Michael Frank

12:53 AM

BUT ONLY ONE PHONE

Journeyman Geek

1:05 AM

Clearly this is suboptimal ;p

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bbc.com/news/magazine-29950843

Michael Frank

1:50 AM

Not suprising...

Michael Frank

2:19 AM

wow... pushd and popd are super handy!

Journeyman Geek

Yeah, they are.

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HackToHell

4:11 AM

Worry about people catching a glimpse of your PIN code strokes? Check out Scramble PIN Layout feature on Cyanogen OS http://ow.ly/i/7voh9

Tweeted by CyanogenInc on November 10, 2014 at 6:31 PM

ekaj

5:34 AM

If I were to build a PC, go with the 2011-v3 for futureproof?

DragonLord

@ekaj The Intel HEDT platform is very expensive to work with and is intended for computer enthusiasts rather than ordinary gamers.

Why not start with Intel Z97 (LGA1150) and an i5-4690K or i7-4790K instead?

The Z97 chipset will take future 5th generation Broadwell processors as well.

Journeyman Geek

6:18 AM

@ekaj I'd go for z series and a core I 7 unless I went multi gpu

Never underestimate mid ranged systems.

Bob

7:09 AM

@JourneymanGeek wat

that first paragraph (after the bolded one)...

Journeyman Geek

The BBC link?

Bob

7:28 AM

ya

Journeyman Geek

7:38 AM

My reaction exactly

Bob

O_O

I really should keep up with news more.

Apparently Skylake is planned to come quite soon - not too long after Broadwell.

HackToHell

7:58 AM

> Skylake will initially be released on a 14 nm manufacturing process

whoa much :P

Stack Exchange

8:23 AM

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Q: Can we convert older (question body format) duplicate notices to the new, not editable duplicate format?

Duplicates used to be handled by the system putting some markup in the question body, like so: > **Possible Duplicate:** > [Title of the Duplicate Question](http://superuser.com/)  Obviously this is handled differently now, but a lot of these ques...

Bob

@HackToHell Broadwell is already 14nm

Broadwell is the die shrink. Skylake is the new microarchitecture

Psycogeek

8:39 AM

superuser.com/questions/838440/… Is now a bit messy. one of the answers is a good comment to one of the answers that although 100% true , is a bit ranty. It is ranty because the person should have read the Warrenty info. (even though WD deserves to be sworan at up and down for this policy)

HackToHell

9:05 AM

@Bob Ohh, so broadwell will be haswell's shrink

I thought Haswell was the shrink of Ivy Bridge

Hmm Sandy -> Ivy Bridge

Has -> Broad well ;p

Bob

@HackToHell Skylake, Cannonlake.

HackToHell

At this rate, moore's law will be done for soon.

Intel will probably pour money into a working quantum computer then ;p

Bob

@HackToHell Moore's guess that was used as a guideline by the semiconductor industry and taken as a "law".

I need an extension for my research project because I spent all month trying to figure out whether learning Dvorak would help me type it faster.

@allquixotic ^ I spend at least half my time doing that :P

HackToHell

9:23 AM

@Bob yeah

Journeyman Geek

10:09 AM

We call those potato peelers here ;p chat.stackexchange.com/…

Journeyman Geek

10:20 AM

wierdly I've never found any case of @OliverSalzburg actually mentioning potato peelers o0

Oliver Salzburg

Weird

I talk about those all the time!

Journeyman Geek

Exactly!

Oliver Salzburg

10:37 AM

Yesterday I was tackling an interesting problem, I wanted the screen on a Windows 8 device to turn on when power was connected

Screen turns off 1minute after AC is lost, I want it to turn back on when AC is restored

The worst part is, sometimes the screen will turn on when power is restored, and then it turns right back off! That's without me having even messed with the system yet

And then there is the fucking lockscreen, which drives me seriously mad

This whole project is driving me nuts >:(

Psycogeek

If software called home with the thoughts of the User sent back, the incomming stream would be stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid

The programmer would class it all as spam, and proceed to add 3 more features to the software.

Bob

11:05 AM

@OliverSalzburg language?

@OliverSalzburg I assume you're checking for the PBT_APMPOWERSTATUSCHANGE message?

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob C# preferred

@Bob No, currently using a loop to query Win32_Battery, detecting the state isn't the problem, turning on the screen is

Bob

@OliverSalzburg ...why would you do that

@OliverSalzburg From .NET, check PowerLineStatus: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob Because that's not the problem?

Bob

As far as turning on the screen, you'll probably need to use P/Invoke

Oliver Salzburg

…and I like to solve my problem first before I solve my non-problem

Bob

11:08 AM

@OliverSalzburg Maybe not the current problem, but still a rather convoluted way of doing it

I remember doing the opposite recently :P

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A: Pitch dark (Earth Hour remembrance)

C# 175 171 167 class P{static void Main(){SendMessage(65535,274,61808,2);}[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32")]static extern int SendMessage(int a,int b,int c,int d);} A lot of the answers here don't actually make the screen black: on an LCD screen, the backlight remains on and ...

Oliver Salzburg

I'm already through 2 suggestions, one is WM_SYSCOMMAND SC_MONITORPOWER -1 which has no effect, the other is mouse_event MOUSEEVENTF_MOVE which has no effect either

Next up is SetThreadExecutionState

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek So this is the lamp:

This says that no less than 60% of its full brightness shall it not be dimmed:
http://www.standardpro.com/product-information/halogen/faqs#4

Oliver Salzburg

@OliverSalzburg Neat, that worked

Boris_yo

Maybe that cracking sounds, look and smell explained it with me having it dimmed 40-50%...

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob I'll look into that now

Bob

11:16 AM

@OliverSalzburg Catch that message, then check PowerLineStatus for the actual status

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo that is a good halogen, any dimmer should work just fine and at any level.

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob I think for the ease of receiving window messages, I'll convert to a WinForms application real quick ;D

Bob

@OliverSalzburg You using display or system required?

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo does the socket and bulb work fine at full level ?

Bob

For display:

> Windows 8: This flag can only keep a display turned on, it can't turn on a display that's currently off.

:S

Boris_yo

11:18 AM

Yes this is recent I bough and going to use. Osram has good reputation here.

The previous light is "Mitsushi" has saying "German Technology"

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob Both

Bob

Looks like display itself won't actually do anything on Win8 in your scenario.

Oliver Salzburg

But I'm testing on Windows 7 right now. Deploying to the tablet is annoying

Argh, let me test that real quick

Boris_yo

How do you know it's dimmable? @Psycogeek

This is what I tried installing yesterday and called neighbor who succeded but with elbow grease:

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo because all filiment bulbs are dimmable, even with nasty methods. plus I use about 16 of this type of bulbs in video lighting stuff, 1/2 of them have x10 type dimmers modded into them.

Boris_yo

11:25 AM

@WilliamHilsum Hey how's life buddy?

William Hilsum

@Boris_yo a lot of stress at work... other than that, fine! You?

Boris_yo

@WilliamHilsum Oh I am fine. Thanks. Wanna meet?

William Hilsum

@Boris_yo lol, that sounded like I joined the wrong sort of chat room here! haha

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo is that the dimmer? strange and old looking. looks like it might be the oldest style, a fat resistive potentiometer?

Boris_yo

@WilliamHilsum Hahah tell me about it. Let alone spam messages I receive that sound alike... "Honey wanna meet?"

@Psycogeek potentiometer - impotentiometer... Made in Bulgaria it says.

Psycogeek

11:30 AM

@Boris_yo So which one is the "update" you putting a 160W fixture and bulb into a old setup with dimmer designed for 100W max? or finding a dimmer in a junkyard or on a china discount site and putting it on a powerfull light ?

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek 100W max? Where? It's 500W max if I recall correctly. And new bulb is Osram.

Psycogeek

All that wiring and box is so Un-american :-) so unfamiliar looking.

Boris_yo

So with this new 500W dimmer old bulb was already cracking a bit, inside of it looked like something exploded and you could not see through glass it was tained with something inside. Then after installing new dimmer it started making stronger buzzing and cracking noises until started emitting smell which I didn't enjoy much of and then next time I tried to turn it on it didn't.

Journeyman Geek

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THE MAGIC SMOKE ESCAPED!

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo Ya know, you cannot Touch the quartz on a halogen bulb, the human skin oils will land on it, and make variations in properties and temperatures, the bulb could even pop when powered up after humans touch it.

You should get the dog or cat to install it :-)

Journeyman Geek

11:38 AM

How many cats does it take to screw a lightbulb?

None. It merely stares at your pitiful efforts and plots your demise.

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek Yes, I use cleaning gloves from rubber. Would using latex be okay too?

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo I do not know what all effects it. I use paper towel, and hope that it doesnt have softeners or chemicals that would react.

Boris_yo

I have also telekinesis scroll here which I can't read but it wouldn't make sense to use it on something like this. It was passed through generations of family bloodline to me and I keep it for one day when I will be in Amsterdam's museum. I will use to to steal The Chi Diamond which grants intrinsic powers activating 12 Helix DNA inside me from DNA of 12 races that were used in creation of human mankind.

William Hilsum

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Q: Why is a pin missing on 2x12 PSU cables?

I just noticed that finally entry model PSUs are now giving 2x12 power leads rather than needing to use a 2x10 in addition to a snap on 2x2. For the first time I actually looked at one and I thought I had a broken one, or one with a weird/wrong connection... It looked like a pin was missing in t...

power-supply computer-building

got a -1!

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek I will use latex I think. I could also use polybag.

William Hilsum

11:44 AM

Is it that bad what I wrote?

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo many plastics have softeners , all plastics are made from crude oil?

William Hilsum

I am seriously curious as to why it is that way, but, guess I'll delete the question if it is silly :/

Journeyman Geek

@WilliamHilsum: The current answer is correct ;p

pinouts.ru/Power/atx_v2_pinout.shtml

Also, I got ninjaed by a MUCH better answer a few moments after I posted. Awesome ;)

William Hilsum

ahh, version 2! Nice

pinouts - nice site!

Bookmarked that!

Journeyman Geek

@WilliamHilsum: If it makes you feel better, I didn't even notice that on my last few builds ;p

William Hilsum

11:50 AM

heh, neither did I! Just building a few for a customer and never noticed before - this one just feels "unlucky"... the backplate wouldn't go in, the psu screws didn't line up and just is giving me bad vibes, then I noticed that and just thought "can my luck get any worse"...

Psycogeek

@WilliamHilsum backplates are always a beech, turn the PSU right side up :-) it isnt luck, and it Will get worse :-)

William Hilsum

@Psycogeek its actually a nice case... it can go in either way, I just couldn't get it to go far enough back...

Psycogeek

when all else fails, put new screw holes in. Right after making the new screw holes, you will spot what was off, and . . . your all set :-)

William Hilsum

but, I put in two screws and that brought the others far enough forward

i say its a nice case... i take that back...

tool free ard drive sledges, but, only go in with the cable side too close to the panel :( so, probably need to use screws after all

Psycogeek

Drive sledges? Bet that works better than the hammer i use :-)

William Hilsum

12:04 PM

haha

chrome bug :/ clicked upload - file browse popup box came, I tried to drag and drop a picture to the file name line as I didn't want to try to browse through the mess... it made the picture open full screen with box still there... I clicked cancel, clicked back and chat reloaded... now clicking upload then browse doesn't bring the dialog box up :/

restarting chrome...

Boris_yo

MEIZU MX4 smartphone - what's all the fuss about?

Hennes

Just for the record: 24 pins PSU's have been the norm for a long long time.

Last I saw 20 pins used was P4 era (20 pins plus a 2x2 block for extra power to the CPU)

Hmm

Ponders ansering this:

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Q: Why is Wine not seeing that I have mono 3 installed?

I'm using ubuntu 13.10 64bit. Does anyone have an idea why the following might be happening? # wine --version wine-1.4.1 # mono --version Mono JIT compiler version 3.0.6 (Debian 3.0.6+dfsg-1~exp1~pre1) Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Novell, Inc, Xamarin Inc and Contributors. www.mono-project.com ...

ubuntu wine mono-framework

Just to get it out of unanswered state.

And if I am readly nasty I should exit the post to mention "thank you for reading this on superuser". Since it seems to be copied to at least three other sites.
(I search so I could give a better answer)

William Hilsum

12:21 PM

Psycogeek

12:34 PM

when a hardware manufactures (update) server pulls a fast 5KB/s one must wonder if they really want thier hardware. It obviously doesnt work well for them :-)

Gol darn thing, only the "updater" has the update. The updated software is not available on the site. Because the software ( fan control for MB) is buggy, i need it. what do i have to dissasemble the updater and reach through the web and get the dang thing.

Eventually i will give up, knowing for a fact that the bug is not fixed anyfreaking way. It is just hope at the end of a long thin straw. yea it sucks.

Hennes

I know it is old, but I am surprised this answer had no upvotes:

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Q: Windows 8.1 UEFI x64 & Windows XP x64 Dual-Boot

I want to add option to boot in XP into the Win8.1 boot menu. So I have 2 drives: On the first one I have installed Windows 8.1 x64 UEFI; And on the second - Windows XP x64. Following is what I tried to do: I created a new boot entry from bcdedit tool with the partition where XP is installed

windows-xp windows-8 64-bit multi-boot uefi

It is the kind of thing I would google for with a 'site:superuser.com' part.

Psycogeek

seems overcomplicated to me. legasy boot, and the uefis own boot menu? I can hop into a win98 usb without re-writing the bcd ?? ahh methods.

Having more than one disk item, i have always thought that bootloaders software is just trouble too. aim it back at the hardware and shoot, no mixing up stuff that is going to break eachother.

Bob

12:59 PM

@JourneymanGeek If you happen to be wondering about any sudden upvotes on an old answer... reddit.com/r/talesfromtechsupport/comments/2ltla5/…

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek It works and shines.

Psycogeek

@Boris_yo without the dimmer?

Psycogeek

1:14 PM

also what good is a backup or alternate OS running on the same computer if it ends up needing parts and pieces from any other aspect, or partition, of the other system or disk? That ends up being 2 systems down when one gets messed up, instead of having the other no mater how badly the first one is messed up.

Hennes

I guess the alternate is just for testing (though I really thing a VM might do better)'

Boris_yo

@Psycogeek With new dimmer and here's how burned looks like:

Psycogeek

Looks like an air leak, a touch would more likely frost the bulb some on the outside.

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