Root Access

Bob

2:00 PM

(though they'll only see an encrypted stream and the dest IP and SNI host with HTTPS)

That Brazilian Guy

Well, I'm not doing anything illegal. But I suppose they can terminate my account for not following TOS

Oh well. .__.

DragonLord

I'd recommend a VPS if you need to do this

A good VPS can be had for as little as US$5 a month

Check out DigitalOcean and Linode

(My website is currently hosted on a Linode 2048 VPS)

Bob

@DragonLord ...that's not little

little is the $8/yr ones :P

they're good enough for a single person using an SSH tunnel on them

DragonLord

The difference between even a high-quality shared hosting service and a cheap VPS is pretty significant

You're getting your own space in a VM set aside for you

That Brazilian Guy

@DragonLord I'm not yet sure if I really need it. I found out this secondary branch that I visit about once a week has a remote proxy blocking lots of non-standard ports. It only happened that yesterday I really had to use a cPanel web interface that uses some of those ports. But that's not very frquent, maybe it doesn't justify the costs.

But maybe I could rent a VPS just for the fun of learning to set it up :P

Bob

2:06 PM

@DragonLord the latter usually has higher contention, yes, but is sufficient for tunneling

especially if you have an ADSL connection locally

That Brazilian Guy

@Bob $8/yr O_o

Less than $1 / month

DragonLord

Yes, you're still sharing resources, but you actually have a guarantee as to the resources you're getting.

That Brazilian Guy

I once ages ago had to update a site for a client on a $1/ month hosting

Bob

@DragonLord But you're also paying more than 5x more.

That Brazilian Guy

Or was it $1 / year?

Bob

2:08 PM

If it's something that's really not necessary? Eh, why not.

That Brazilian Guy

After a few minutes trying to manage it I was like

!!no

ChatBot John Cavil

Bob

@DragonLord CPU, RAM and disk requirements (typically the biggest issues on oversold services) for tunneling are low enough that it really doesn't matter

network is the only thing to really worry about, and even the cheapest providers test out fine there

oh, and uptime - not normally an issue though

Journeyman Geek

heh

If I JUST needed to tunnel, I'd go with a 15 dollar a year one ;p

or whoever's cheapest

Bob

ya

that said, @JourneymanGeek has already offered his VPS

and I can also provide one, or a VM on my dedi if you want

not like I need the resources

Journeyman Geek

2:11 PM

and @ThatBrazilianGuy already used it ;p

That Brazilian Guy

You guys are really nice ^_^

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ozbargain.com.au/node/179181 o.O

That Brazilian Guy

Have any of you used DNS benchmark from Gibson Security to measure DNS server performance and pick a faster one? I had REALLY MASSIVE improvements at work and really noticeable improvements at home

Bob

o.O ozbargain.com.au/node/66136

Journeyman Geek

ugh.

Not a fan of gibson

I prefer namebench

lol

DragonLord

2:14 PM

@JourneymanGeek GRC's claims are a bit over-the-top

Bob

That flight to Singapore is cheaper than driving to Melbourne...

DragonLord

Sounds like a self-proclaimed expert more than anything else

Journeyman Geek

@DragonLord: He has one claim to fame basically

;p

(and I'm still not sure if spinrite is snake oil or magic. I think its the former, but some fairly trusty folk swear by it)

Bob

DragonLord

I know what SpinRite is and I understand it's a unique tool but I don't like Gibson's attitude

That Brazilian Guy

2:15 PM

Well, I never used SpinRite and it sounds a bit too snakeoily to me. But the services on his site (port scanning, etc) work fine and the text explanations are clear and nice

DragonLord

@Bob Love cute foxes, eh?

aww

Bob

@JourneymanGeek I feel like it worked on older HDDs, but far less likely to on newer ones.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: Yeah, he hasn't updated in... dog decades.

Bob

And even then "worked" is iffy.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: I rather not trust old drives after a point ;p

I PROLLY should have tried spinrite on DOID ;p

Bob

2:17 PM

@DragonLord See: all my gravatars :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

I prolly should change mine off the xmas one.

Bob

I still think this is one of the best ones, but it doesn't fit the fox theme

Journeyman Geek

lol

That Brazilian Guy

Journeyman Geek

;p

TIL DFS works on linux

Might try to do that on my next fileserver rebuild

That Brazilian Guy

2:29 PM

@DragonLord Well, who doesn't? (slightly NSFW)

Tom Wijsman

@DragonLord What is the reasoning behind the bullet list?

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek You mean this ?

Distributed File System (Microsoft)

Distributed File System (DFS) is a set of client and server services that allow an organization using Microsoft Windows servers to organize many distributed SMB file shares into a distributed file system. DFS provides location transparency and redundancy to improve data availability in the face of failure or heavy load by allowing shares in multiple different locations to be logically grouped under one folder, or DFS root. Microsoft's DFS is referred to interchangeably as 'DFS' and 'Dfs' by Microsoft and is unrelated to the DCE Distributed File System, which held the 'DFS' trademark but was...

Tom Wijsman

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Q: Overuse of bullet points

I collaborate with someone who insists on making every sentence (or two) in a business document into a bullet point, by prefacing it with a bullet. This is typically done across a multi-page document, which is divided into sections with section headings. Points which I consider real bullets th...

@DragonLord: ^ This might be worth a read.

Journeyman Geek

2:45 PM

yup

samba does it too

killermist

hehehe. superuser.com/help/badges/37/populist?userid=139040

My first gold badge, I think.

Journeyman Geek

yay

Journeyman Geek

3:10 PM

boingboing.net/2015/01/15/…

2

Oliver Salzburg

@JourneymanGeek On my machines that has the habit of taking hours to complete and then crash when I want to render the .html result

Journeyman Geek

0_0

Journeyman Geek

3:48 PM

ugh

The system converted a complete, short answer to a comment automatically ;p

DragonLord

4:13 PM

Just set up SSH tunneling, only plan to use it for limited purposes such as when I'm at the local Starbucks

Journeyman Geek

I tend to use it on the REALLY rare occation my ISP hickups, or I need to view something blocked ;p

DragonLord

For me, I only intend to use it to gain an encrypted connection when the WiFi is insecure

It's not for privacy as there is only a minimal benefit

It's for security

allquixotic

I use it constantly at work, because I know my work would be blocking sites and spying on my browsing habits otherwise

DragonLord

Currently enabled on my Firefox Developer Edition installation, not on my normal Firefox config

Journeyman Geek

(Unofficially? Our sysadmins won't care either.)

hm, they do officially care, to an extent

Oliver Salzburg

6:26 PM

@killermist Nice. Well done!

killermist

7:00 PM

@OliverSalzburg In the grand scheme of things, I think the actual arrow may be a little more ambiguous than the phrase "up arrow". Otherwise, I have no complaint with the edit.

Canadian Luke

This video was just sent by a co-worker as a "pick me up" to about 20 staff...

allquixotic

youtube's admins should hard-code watch?v=rickroll appropriately

DragonLord

7:15 PM

> This video does not exist.

> ---

> Sorry about that.

►

Hennes

Meh "youtube is broken"

Aka it no longer works with my combination of flash block, request policy, ghostery etc etc

allquixotic

7:29 PM

that made me laugh so hard my eyes watered

DragonLord

Let's talk about GPU overclocking.

My GTX 780M permits a maximum adjustment of +135 MHz on the core clock and appears to be stable at this maximum.

GPU memory overclocking is a different matter, allowing for a maximum adjustment of +5000 MHz effective (shown as +2500 MHz on NVIDIA Inspector), but artifacts become visible from about +1040 MHz effective

allquixotic

7:47 PM

@DragonLord the VRMs get ridiculously hot when pushing the RAM beyond factory clocks. while there's no solid proof that good VRMs will have a reduced lifespan because of this, it's still not a very good idea.

overclocking a laptop graphics processor is even more dangerous than overclocking a desktop one, because of the very restricted thermal profile it's running under.

and you're going to be able to achieve a lot less with OC on a laptop than on a desktop

there's also the danger that you'll experience excess heat buildup within the case that, while not hot enough to damage the GPU, could bleed over to other components with a lower tolerance for high temperatures, and damage them

DragonLord

Hard drive has tended to get hot during gaming

allquixotic

because the GPU is ridiculously jammed in the laptop chassis right next to other sensitive microelectronics, whereas on a desktop, the fan of the GPU is either pointing out the back of the case, or dumping air in a stream that's basically parallel to the surface of the motherboard and several inches away from it.

DragonLord

Now that I've switched to an SSD, this is less of an issue as the drive now spins down when not in use

Canadian Luke

9:21 PM

→ 11 messages moved to Discussion for DL and RH - CL mod

allquixotic

10:03 PM

amazon.com/review/R1P97UI8QT4OQM/…

DragonLord

10:49 PM

@allquixotic Nice review

Bob

> You can't just place a LISP book on top of an x86 chip and hope the hardware learns about lambda calculus by osmosis.

> When researchers talk about mobile computers, they use visionary, exciting terms like "fast", "scalable", and "this solution will definitely work in practice."

Ramhound

11:06 PM

Figures.

killermist

On another exchange, how appropriate is it to +1 a bunch of answers to taunt a -1 person?

Ramhound

I am home and somebody attempted to deliver my package, yet I didn't hear it because I was listening to my song ;$

Of course that assumes they even attempted knock on my door.

killermist

The -1 was obvious. So I feel don't feel bad +1ing answers that the responsible party provided.

Er, answers to questions that the -1ing person provided.

Ramhound

Don't you love it when the UPS guy says he attempted to delever the package, but because the office is closed, he just flags it as attempt 1 instead of actually knocking on the door?

:$

killermist

I don't think I +1'ed any answers that were -1 or less, but I may have been annoyed enough initially that I might have.

Arthur

11:10 PM

ups is the scourge.

I tell them to deliver to my work, i've never had them successfully deliver to my home.

Ramhound

Apparently was USPS; I had a relatively large package; whats funny is I saw the guy and I think i know the reason he didn't put it in the package drop :$

Arthur

why?

Ramhound

Because I had a different package that I was going to get but he was in the way to I ddn't both

* bother

Go figure;

Arthur

ah

I've never dealt with USPS. Canadian post is pretty good.

Ramhound

http://superuser.com/questions/865344/which-encryption-for-shared-dualboot-partition

I am just walking away from that post before I invent a monitor that allows me to put sticky notes on peoples foreheads.

* wonders the reason it the preview didn't work

Feel free to put that important information in the question itself. — Ramhound 5 hours ago

errr

That isn't what I meant to do

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Q: Which encryption for shared dualboot-partition?

I’m using my laptop with Windows 8.1 Pro and Linux (Fedora 21 atm) in Dualboot. To encrypt the device I am using BitLocker for Windows C: and LUKS for the Linux-Parititions. Furthermore I want to have an additional partition to share some data between the two Systems. According to this list on W...

linux windows disk-encryption

There we go!

Bob

11:16 PM

@killermist You should always vote on the merit of the post, not who posted it.

Also, serial upvotes also get detected and reversed.

In the case of serial downvoting, wait for auto-reversal (~24hrs), or if the downvoting pattern is obvious to a human but evades the detection script then you can contact the SE team about it.

No point trying to 'counteract' it with upvotes.

Canadian Luke

@Arthur What part of Canada are you in? CP sucks here in BC

Psycogeek

@JourneymanGeek (boingboing.net/2015/01/15/…) They just move it to the K-9 unit area and are all set.

Arthur

@CanadianLuke Toronto. It sucks

I want to move to halifax or winipeg.

wtf

Canadian Luke

Winterpeg had -70C one winter... Why would you move there? :P

Arthur

dropbox.com/s/3imwcemvz7wlvur/…

My brother, He's a phlebotomist.

we want to buy a house together.

I thought i was rid of clippy

this website needs a trigger warning

Ramhound

11:29 PM

hopefully I was able to salvage a below average answer. Something about just a link bugged me. superuser.com/questions/865335/…

0

A: Accessing earlier Windows restore points by restoring to the earliest date

According to this article, Windows removes restore points when it's assigned memory is full. System Restore might use between three and five percent of the space on each disk. As the amount of space fills up with restore points, it deletes older restore points to make room for new ones. ...