Root Access

Bob

00:00

qwertyuiop

@Burgi the bed is 1.5 metres in the air so the monitor has to be attached to something

Journeyman Geek

@Bob what about the other core?

qwertyuiop

Unfortunately it turns out the wood isn't what's problematic

Bob

@JourneymanGeek It was already installed :P

qwertyuiop

The front of the monitor isn't attached to the back properly. Or at all. Except by some small plastic clips wtf

Journeyman Geek

00:05

did I say something about compression?

allquixotic

heh, interesting discussion since I left work

Bob

What, how qwertyuiop will probably die in bed from unexpected monitor-head interaction?

allquixotic

@Bob I think I pinged you (low priority) a few times earlier today just fyi

qwertyuiop

@Bob I actually thought of box attaching it to the ceiling but there is a drill embargo today so...

Journeyman Geek

considering how much we're talking aboiut it... would it be unexpected?

Bob

00:11

@allquixotic SoaSE? :P

qwertyuiop

@Bob I AM NOT GOING TO DIE FROM A COMPUTER MONITOR

And I have a simple easy solution to the front separating from the back problem, and it's called duck tape

If you can fix it in 30 seconds with duct tape, IT'S NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM

Now GTFO and let me die in peace, on my own terms

allquixotic

7 hours ago, by Rahul2001

I wanna play with you guys too!

@Bob regarding that, I told you, "Our capital ship's shields are down!"

Bob

@allquixotic I... I don't get the connection.

qwertyuiop

> 7 months ago, by qwertyuiop
> > I wanna play with you guys too!

Journeyman Geek

lol

qwertyuiop

00:16

The only way this thing is going to break is if a cat jumps on it

Ermm.... shit

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic I'd be good for battleborn on that list

I picked it up for 40% off from hb

only charecter I'm any good at is marquis tho ;p

allquixotic

@Bob I'm saying it's bad that Rahul wants to play with us :P

@JourneymanGeek I'm getting good with Miko

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic I'm only one mission in

I may play this afternoon ;p

(also sniping is my 'thing')

tho I might take montana for the second mission

he's probably better for area clearance

allquixotic

Montana is the Heavy Weapons Guy from TF2

Journeyman Geek

yup

playing solo though, he's got problems dealing with enemy snipers

allquixotic

00:20

so does Miko

@JourneymanGeek did you like ~~Jeff~~ Arachnis?

"I'm a SPIDER!"

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic that was fun

@allquixotic that sold the game for me

allquixotic

Me being forced to play a game with Rahul:

Official Video: Cat Bath Freak Out -Tigger the cat says 'NO!' to bath

►

Journeyman Geek

youtube.com/watch?v=CcZdwX4noCE (many references to bad language, but very pertinant to the folk in the chat)

Bob

@allquixotic o.o

Not completely sure I understand

brb getting more caffeine

allquixotic

00:40

Hearts of Iron IV looks like a fun game to play co-op, but maybe too complex for JMG

Journeyman Geek

00:50

@allquixotic yeah. ;p

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy Paulo Orlando from Brazil is a Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals and my home team is playing him right now. Just thought you'd be interested to know that one of your countrymen is up here playing in the big show

Journeyman Geek

I guess not being able to stuff for more than an hour at a shot ruins my attention span?

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek not being able to stuff?

you mean do stuff?

Journeyman Geek

do stuff

lol

allquixotic

ah... well, I'm pretty sure you can "do stuff" a few dozen times per hour at least in Hearts of Iron, etc.

should've been pretty busy in SoaSE too...

the build-up is kinda boring but once you get going it's constant and furious

plus all the attacks you have to fend off

Journeyman Geek

00:54

@allquixotic I mean IRL

my parents tend to demand my attention a lot

allquixotic

ahh

That Brazilian Guy

@allquixotic I appreciate you taking the time to mention that, but I really don't follow sports, even soccer, much less baseball. And I'm not really patriotic in that way. But, again, thanks

allquixotic

oh, not being able to do stuff, as in you can't constantly focus on the game

Journeyman Geek

yes!

allquixotic

I thought you were saying you couldn't do anything in the game for an hour :P

That Brazilian Guy

00:55

Sports-related, I just paid for an entire year of gym in advance.... +_+'

Journeyman Geek

the sunday gaming sessions are kinda pre-negotiated

and I still need to do the 5 o clock walk

That Brazilian Guy

It was almost 25% cheaper. I'll just have to behave differently from the last 3 times where I paid for a month and then disappeared for 6 months

You guys could play a game that doesn't cost BRL 55 on steam, so I could join!

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic I lost the second battleborn mission cause I timed out

cause my parents kept asking me to do stuff

That Brazilian Guy

/anyway, off to dinner then GoT then trying to continue being healthy by sleeping early

see you guys tomorrow

@JourneymanGeek That's what parents do. Ask you to do stuff. And them complain.

Journeyman Geek

yup

allquixotic

00:58

@JourneymanGeek aww that sucks

@ThatBrazilianGuy seeya!

Journeyman Geek

also they yell for me across the apartment (I randomly pretend I can't hear em ) or walk from the kitchen to my room to ask me to do some trivial task they could do quicker

Bob

@allquixotic I don't know if you saw where I pinged you a day or two ago, but I was thinking about playing a huge map on SoaSE :P

A dual-system map sounds kinda fun.

Journeyman Geek

Bob

Would also give @JourneymanGeek more time to build up before being attacked, hopefully.

Journeyman Geek

that would be good, yes

qwertyuiop

01:15

OK, the fact that you guys seem to think there is even the remotest chance of me dying from a monitor hitting my face tonight is both utterly hilarious and incomprehensibly offensive and condescending.

allquixotic

@Bob that would be awesome

of course, very high risk of running out of virtual address space

medium is safe, but huge? maybe not

large is pushing it

I could manually design a map where the AI starts in another star system and has to research long-range jumps before they can come get us

Bob

@qwertyuiop :( my last comment was supposed to be a joke

I did say earlier that it's probably fine, though a couple struts would help

Journeyman Geek

@qwertyuiop my dad and brother are a engineers. We once stuck a bolt in the ceiling to hang a baby cradle off of... and ended up load testing it. I'm just rediclously safety concious.

Bob

@allquixotic I think I'd rather play a random map where no one knows what's out there

That's half the fun! :P

Rikai

morning

Ben N

01:24

@Rikai Hi!

Rikai

hiya ben

allquixotic

@Bob even if I make a map, it's randomly generated where things are

I can just control what planets and the quantity

and I can control which star system they're in

Rikai

what game?

Journeyman Geek

01:40

Sins of a solar empire

Bob

hmm... some mildly NSFW images on there travel.stackexchange.com/questions/70827/…

Rikai

I read that and found it a bit surprising

Bob

> travel.stackexchange.com/a/70835

hmm... some mildly NSFW images on there actually

That Brazilian Guy

02:22

@Bob Oh FFS.

Bob

02:38

@ThatBrazilianGuy Sorry! I didn't see it myself until I scrolled down a bit more.

@JourneymanGeek Any chance you could edit in that warning to the oneboxes above?

That said, it does ask about bidets :P

Journeyman Geek

wha where?

I mean, anyone who actually reads the scroll would see that

random

Which one is the NSFW image?

Bob

@random There's one in an answer on that question.

Psycogeek

@Bob it's all water under the bridge :-)

Journeyman Geek

I would guess JoErNanO's answer

random

02:44

The one that's sprinkling?

Bob

The wikihow image.

And I did say mildly NSFW, depending on who sees it :P

random

Because it's of a woman?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob if someone new linked it, I prolly wouldn't have told him off

Bob

@random NSFW as in something one probably wouldn't want a boss or coworker seeing on their screen.

Sure, it's explainable. NSFW doesn't have to mean outright porn.

random

Why would you think it's porn?

Journeyman Geek

02:46

@Bob if you're familiar with travel, anything that starts with "we re all adults here" is about toilets

Bob

@random ...where did I say that?

I'm saying something can be NSFW without being porn.

Journeyman Geek

meh

random

How does a woman sitting down come close to NSFW?

Bob

Anyway. I had a warning. Someone complained. I asked if a mod could edit my message to put the warning before the post, since it was past the 2 min limit.

No big deal. Don't see why there's an argument over this.

@random It's something that would cause questions if seen on a screen at a glance. That's all.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob better?

I was quite literally asking "what's the issue" ._.

Bob

02:49

"a woman sitting down" is also completely ignoring the whole 'without pants' part, too... same issue if it were a drawing of a man.

Journeyman Geek

I'd just gotten my fuzzy rear whipped by the second mission boss on battleborn playing oscar mike ;p

random

How can you tell there are no pants?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Thanks.

Rikai

well they didn't draw anything too explicit

Bob

@random Why are you arguing semantics? At a glance on a screen this would be problematic in a workplace.

That's the point. That's what NSFW means.

I was asking for a minor edit to my own message, more so because someone else complained.

random

02:52

Sounds like they wanted to know what was NSFW in the first place

Bob

Whether it's a man, woman. whether it's actually an explicit image or not, doesn't really matter. The warning is a courtesy to others.

(That's also why I pinged JMG rather than mod-flagging it - it's not all that big of a deal worthy of notifying everyone...)

Psycogeek

@Bob you mean like "why are you looking at a question about toilets when your supposed to be working " ahh must be a mean boss :-)

Bob

@Psycogeek there is that, too :P

but generally images stand out far more than text

Journeyman Geek

03:13

7

A: I lost 3000+ rep as a reversal

This is in reaction to the issues raised in Exchange votes or favours As I wrote there, I've written a query to identify votes that were overlooked because of these flaws, and am currently running it against past voting data; 192 users were affected, most by only a few votes but some by hun...

ow

(and this is one reason I vote for questions/answers, not people)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek I occasionally kinda do that... the vote is for the post, but I might have only seen the post because I'm going through someone's top posts because they wrote an amazing answer and I want more (Jon Skeet, anyone? Eric Lippert? Our own Jamie Hanrahan?) :P

I feel they deserve the votes for said amazing answers, but I'll also avoid giving that vote in case it's considered serial upvoting. Bleh.

Psycogeek

@JourneymanGeek what does that say in english? they are tossing votes , or just some scripting error and they will be back?

Journeyman Geek

@Psycogeek essentially they're tweaking the serial vote system and its stricter

@Bob I suspect the system accounts for that

AU's got people who lost 20Kish rep 0_0

Psycogeek

03:34

geesh, sometimes i have upvoted someone because they "tried to help" , when otherwise there would be a big empty space there. I have also upvoted underserving questions based on they created the existance of a really good answer.

could be i need a spanking :-)

Rikai

i.imgur.com/V1GvfRQ.gifv

Psycogeek

when a politician, or a corporation gets caught breaking all the rules, they penalise them ~10% of the profit they gained from breaking them all (on average, when/if they actually get caught)

Rikai

and Joe Q Average gets stiffed

Psycogeek

as long as the taxes keep rolling in.

they could start applying an alogrythm to all them (lobbyist) donations , really mess up the whole thing :-)

Rahul2001

04:25

questionablecontent.net

Journeyman Geek

ahh you've caught up

Journeyman Geek

05:26

theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/6/6/11867922/…

0_0

NetworkKingPin

05:38

That is sweet

allquixotic

I bet it could do it with one USB 3.1 Type-C connector

Journeyman Geek

my guess is its what it uses

also could mean a 4k monitor that just needs a single USB port for everything 0_0

NetworkKingPin

That possibility is crazy!

allquixotic

I have a 1080p monitor that only needs a single Micro USB 3.0 (to USB-A) cable for everything

15.6" (laptop-sized)

you have to plug in two USB-A cables (Y cable) if you only have USB 2.0 due to it needing > 500 mA, but if the primary plug is plugged in over USB 3.0, it doesn't need the second plug

allquixotic

06:38

paste.fedoraproject.org/375661/14652814/raw

wine on SmartOS!

Psycogeek

superuser.com/questions/1086314/… <--- gone!

which version of windows do you use? There is probably no such a list published by Microsoft. Your best option to search the internet for single process names. — Máté Juhász 1 min ago

Lol, good luck with SEO that. there once was a day when that was not only possible but fruitfull

Rahul2001

Hola!

@JourneymanGeek I caught up a month ago...

Bob

@JourneymanGeek What was the battery life on your Stream?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob something like 8 hours

Bob

Hm. Pretty good.

Journeyman Geek

06:50

fairly light usage tho

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Heh, funny thing, that. Apparently watching a movie counts as lighter usage than general web browsing.

Journeyman Geek

0_0

Rahul2001

07:03

How should I clean a USB port which isn't working because it is clogged with dirt?

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 q-tip and iso

I'd blow it out too first

Rahul2001

I don't have commpressed air cans

Journeyman Geek

those are handy

Psycogeek

@Rahul2001 trained ants

Rahul2001

@Psycogeek you are not helping :/

NetworkKingPin

07:08

@Rahul2001 dont play in the sandbox anymore. q-tip and some alcohol should do it. Make sure it is off and let it dry.

Psycogeek

you could just wash it out, as long as you fully dry everything before powering. But if you dont have compressed air, then you probably dont have 91% (not proof) isoprople alcohol for drying.

Rahul2001

I fixed it!

Journeyman Geek

nail polish remover is acetone + a ton of stuff

acetone is bad for plastic

the other stuff may be bad for other things

NetworkKingPin

Very true it can eat it away.

Rahul2001

okey dokey

Psycogeek

07:11

so yea it works, but much more care, as in not unbiasedly recommnding it to people

Rahul2001

hm...

@Psycogeek Stuff like that isn't readily available in India

Psycogeek

remember the peops whos plastic insulater piece fell out of thier USB socket?

Rahul2001

?

Journeyman Geek

lol

@Psycogeek like me?

I superglued it back on, and its not broken off since

Psycogeek

oh you too?

Rahul2001

07:13

;p

Psycogeek

it should be ceramic :-) but well china

Rahul2001

How do I popularize my blog?

I always thought that clippy thing was a joke, didn't realize that It actually existed... :/

NetworkKingPin

07:28

@Rahul2001 haha you did!!!

Check it out and learn a little of the past. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant

Rahul2001

It didn't even help me... Now I know why everyone hated it

NetworkKingPin

Clippy needs to be revamped into some 2016-17 Memes.

Never mind they live already.

Psycogeek

@Rahul2001 content, usefull and extended content. Or there is say something really friggen stupid, on reddit or youtube, and link it :-)

Bob

Hm.

That reminds me. I need to find a good air compressor.

The cans are getting expensive.

Anyone here got a recommendation? :P

NetworkKingPin

Just dont blow off any components.

Journeyman Geek

07:38

@Rahul2001 it could be both

NetworkKingPin

@Bob what do you want to use it for?

Bob

The O2 Canless Air thing has... mixed reviews.

@NetworkKingPin ...blowing dust around the room, what else?

Isn't that what you were talking about a few mins ago? o.O

Psycogeek

even a bad air compressor is much more powerfull than the cans. cans here are cheap 3 for $3 ($1 a can), even though being a refrigerant california should have banned them not sold them by the pallet

Journeyman Geek

@Bob I was looking at that, but they don't ship it here

Bob

@Psycogeek $10 ea here :\

Journeyman Geek

07:40

I was looking at a small airbush compressor

but yeah, PAF + I don't want to buy stuff at the moment

Bob

PAF?

NetworkKingPin

Q Industries Superflow Air Compressor is small compact and very portable.

Journeyman Geek

parental acceptance factor

Bob

ah

"It's cheaper than buying lots of cans"

and if they complain about that, "it's cheaper than replacing failed components (from overheating)"

Journeyman Geek

@Bob said 1. I end up paying if its 2.

Psycogeek

07:42

they sell these cute little things everywhere for about that harborfreight.com/…

Bob

@NetworkKingPin 12 V :\

Also, those compressors designed for pumping tyres are a bit hit and miss.

Many of them are great at what they're designed for, but won't do much good at blowing dust - they don't put out all that much air at a time (flow rate).

But if you've actually used it for that purpose, I'll have to look into it more :P

Burgi

morning

did @qwertyuiop survive the night?

Psycogeek

A big fat bicycle hand pump a nossel and a friend

NetworkKingPin

@Bob going to do some research I wouldn't mind having one too. Hate buying those cans of air.

Bob

@NetworkKingPin Yea, unfortunately hard to find what PSI/kPa and CFM/LPM would be ideal :\

And lots of reviews of the O2 stuff say it's underpowered.

That's why I wanted to know if anyone here has personal experience with one :P

@Psycogeek Hm... again, I have no idea how that compares to a can. Have you used one?

Psycogeek

07:51

@Bob i have a full sized home compressor. a small one like that , for cleaning a single computer would take me 3-4 charges to finish.

other than a 5 foot sized 1hp type, it is all about the tank.

Bob

Hm.

Psycogeek

so mine even has an added tank on a smaller compressor.

Bob

Hm.

I'll have to see if the local hardware stores have something similar.

@Psycogeek How long does it take to charge?

NetworkKingPin

amazon.com/Metro-Vacuum-ED500-500-Watt-Electric/dp/B001J4ZOAW/… what about this

Bob

> 120 volt (not for use in 220 or 230-volt current).

dammit :P

Journeyman Geek

07:55

that would be an issue

Bob

that's a crazy high airflow though

70 CFM o.O

Psycogeek

@Bob minutes. I use massive pressure with a proper nozzel for air cleaning driveways type :-) so to get real cleaning power , i prefer it around 60psi not 40, so when it goes from 90 (cool) to 60 (wait for it).

Bob

@Psycogeek yea, about that... those run for $200 here, at the low end -_-

NetworkKingPin

All the reviews look great.

Bob

@Psycogeek I'll have to try to find one here :P

I was hoping for the ~$100 range

this is all I could find: bunnings.com.au/ryobi-airwave-50l-2-0hp-air-compressor_p6210594

though it's probably got enough power to blow an arm off O_O

NetworkKingPin

07:57

amazon.co.uk/DataVac-220-Electric-Duster-White/dp/B003BZCOKK

here you go.

Bob

ow

85 GBP/165 AUD

Psycogeek

@Bob that is about what i got here, had one just like that, died after 10+ years of improper maintance, the new one is the 2 tank type

lots of water in air, maintance means you gotta keep getting that (rusty mess) of water back out the bottom.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob and a little impractical unless you have other air powered tools

Bob

Hm. This looks good masters.com.au/product/100893977/…

Burgi

lol! 1k first posts!

Bob

08:02

hm... masters is quite far

I should just wait for the next time Aldi has one :P

Burgi

do you have aldi in australia?

Bob

offers.kd2.org/en/au/aldi/pFUo

@Burgi yea

Burgi

they are still quite new to the UK

5 or 6 years

Bob

about that long here too, I think

local one only opened maybe 5 years ago? not too sure

Thanks for the suggestions, @Psycogeek, @NetworkKingPin

NetworkKingPin

@Bob No problem I want one too. Would help out a lot Actually I thank you for bringing it up.

Psycogeek

08:06

@Bob weird PSI? Thats Not Metric :-)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek I've seen lots of air powered tools at Aldi and wanted some of them :P two birds with one stone and all that

@Psycogeek Yea, actually... I'm a tad worried about blowing water in

Could just operate without the tank if the flow is high enough, I suppose

Psycogeek

got neighbors? most garage compressors would get you kicked out of an apartment. I am always wary when firing it up at 2AM, when you can hear it (barely) 2 houses down, if thier windows are open.

Bob

House

Psycogeek

they generally are louder than a car, quieter than that guy with the big truck and obnoxious pipes on it.

Bob

Eh, we've had construction work in the back for over a month. If that wasn't a problem then a bit of motor noise won't hurt.

Journeyman Geek

08:24

@Burgi. I remember aldi from when I was there

Didn't realise it was a new thing

tereško

mornings

Ferrybig

Morning

Journeyman Geek

Woof

Sunmi

hi

Journeyman Geek

Lol. Woof can be apparently autocucumbered to aoooo

Rahul2001

08:36

Hey everybody!

Bob

That's a reddit post

That someone screenshotted

wtf

Rahul2001

@Bob yes it is

what so bad about it?

Bob

The fact that someone took a screenshot of a large block of text?

And now that's the version being shared... ugh

Rahul2001

:/

Journeyman Geek

Isn't there a recent xkcd about this?

Burgi

08:48

my connectivity is sooooo bad right now

Bob

09:28

Ã¢â¬ÅIf you can read this, congratulationsÃ¢â¬âthe archive youÃ¢â¬â¢re using still knows about the mouseover textÃ¢â¬Â!

@Rahul2001 Now that I'm at a computer, the original: reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/4m9m1s/…

jokerdino

nice touch on 9gag in the last frame

Rahul2001

@Bob I'm not eighteen... :(

Bob

Huh. That's a new one.

Burgi

@Rahul2001 just lie on the sign up form

Rahul2001

@Burgi That... never occurred to me...

jokerdino

09:40

lol you dont need to sign up.

Rahul2001

;p

Burgi

oh HNQ you have the clickbaitest of titles...

5

Q: How much wiggling for trees is too much?

I've heard wiggling is good for plants, because it promotes root spreading. Does artificial wiggling do the same thing? if so how much should I wiggle the tree artificially?