Root Access

When content quality standards are lower, you can make a game very cheaply these days, thanks to cheap and readily accessible development tools. That's why the indie segment is flourishing.

Journeyman Geek

1:13 AM

Its not about content quality

indie games are about gameplay

bwDraco

Exactly.

Journeyman Geek

AAA games are almost cinematic.

bwDraco

^ This.

Journeyman Geek

and a unfinished AAA game is a disaster - think Arkham Knight.

an unfinished indie game is... early release.

bwDraco

If you think I should link to the Twitter poll anyway, let me know.

Journeyman Geek

1:15 AM

There's exceptions of course

eh, do it

bwDraco

Would you be willing to pay $80 instead of $60 for a #videogame if it meant avoiding #microtransactions (MTX) and #lootboxes? #monetization

Tweeted by bwDraco on October 17, 2017 at 12:41 AM

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco you kinda do it with deluxe editions.

ODDLY, I'm happier paying for season passes than microtransactions and a dozen small cosmetic features

with AOM, I bought an agent pack but not say, skin packs.

So, PERSONALLY, I wouldn't spend money on microtransactions, lootboxes and "cheaty" things

I'd spend money on content

(yes, it is more nuanced than your poll ;p)

bwDraco

The Twitter Polls feature isn't as feature-rich as I'd like it to be. This is the first time I've used it.

If you can, spread the word, avoiding bias where possible - I'd really like to see the community at large weigh in.

In a world where consumer spending power is limited and AAA video games are costing more than ever to make, how do you make enough money to break even, let alone turn a profit? Video game monetization is a Hard Problem™.

Ben N

2:00 AM

Three years a Super User:

It's been a great three years :)

Journeyman Geek

\o/

@BenN were you anywhere before on the network?

Ben N

On Stack Overflow a tiny bit, but I really got into SE because of SU

TBH one of the main reasons I started getting involved in SU was that I was looking for more review queues to work :D

Haven't been doing supermuch reviewing lately, though; college takes a lot of time

Journeyman Geek

> I was looking for more review queues to work

0_0

whyyyyyy?

Ben N

Not sure; when I gained the review privilege on SO I would religiously do my 20 Triage every day

It was really fun for some reason

Journeyman Geek

ahh

oddly I consider review audits a turnoff

Ben N

2:07 AM

The poorly selected ones are kinda lame, yeah

Journeyman Geek

I basically do audits cause the number bothers me (which amusingly enough went away) and for badges (and I have all the easy ones)

rahuldottech

5:09 AM

Hello!

user226528

Hi

user226528

> We discovered serious weaknesses in WPA2, a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. An attacker within range of a victim can exploit these weaknesses using key reinstallation attacks (KRACKs). Concretely, attackers can use this novel attack technique to read information that was previously assumed to be safely encrypted. This can be abused to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, emails, photos, and so on.

user226528

Not if they are sent over HTTPS

user226528

5:42 AM

Microsoft has already fixed the Wi-Fi attack vulnerability

bwDraco

6:22 AM

All official 14.1 builds built after this tweet have been patched for KRACK.

Tweeted by LineageAndroid on October 17, 2017 at 4:26 AM

LineageOS has patched it out - will be taking the updates as soon as they come out.

Bob

*turns on VPN*

I should probably put the wireless network at home on a separate VLAN too

though apparently patching the AP is enough... but I don't really want to deal with a ddwrt update :\

then again, home is probably safe

@allquixotic You'll prolly see patches "in a few weeks" => apple.stackexchange.com/questions/302360/…

and I'm expecting it to be in the Nov patch level for Android... dammit gonna have to flash again

bwDraco

@Bob Already using SSH tunneling on the main laptop - might not do this everywhere.

Bob

6:39 AM

@bwDraco eh, I do that at work, but it's generally not great so I'm not gonna do it elsewhere

SOCKS doesn't really work with UDP

and AFAICT it doesn't cope too well with multiple streams/connections

bwDraco

Ya. It's generally only used as a stopgap.

All of my active devices are configured to allow for SOCKS through one of my servers but I don't like using it.

Bob

I have a VPN client on my phone, though that was mostly for public wifi

meh

most sites I visit run through HTTPS anyway

this is more likely to be used as part of a targeted attack, not general public scanning

Burgi

7:55 AM

morning

Journeyman Geek

also someone needs to be near enough to do it

djsmiley2k

o/

Burgi

8:51 AM

fracking IT company killed off all my tabs :(

djsmiley2k

:O

Journeyman Geek

Oo

Neil

9:28 AM

Anyone know where to find krack-all-zero-tk.py i need it to know if my 802.1X is affected by this

Journeyman Geek

Someone somewhere does.

djsmiley2k

did you google it?

user226528

10:00 AM

@Burgi How is that even possible?

Neil

@djsmiley2k yea can't find it anywhere i will assume my WPA2-EAP network is affected

djsmiley2k

it's a client side bug

so if you have an effected client, you are effected.

user226528

@Neil Did you say WPA2-EAP? Can EAP be affected?

user226528

I don't think so.

Neil

@FleetCommand says it right here. blog.mojonetworks.com/wpa2-vulnerability

Burgi

10:08 AM

@FleetCommand i had two browser windows open, they closed the one with all my tabs in it and reopened the single tab window multiple times, annihilating the previous session cache

Neil

@FleetCommand and on their site krackattacks.com

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi autoreopening tabs != bookmarks

Bob

@djsmiley2k It's a standards bug. If you have a standards-compliant client, you are affected.

Journeyman Geek

also, history?

Bob

Also, I've seen some people say that patching just the AP end is enough to prevent exploitation. Not sure how true it is.

user226528

10:11 AM

@Neil Yeah. That's where I read about it. But I don't find a mention of EAP there. Searching gives no results

Burgi

@JourneymanGeek history is intact but i can't remember all 900 tabs

user226528

@Burgi Nine hundred tabs?! I don't remember what was the last I opened nine.

Neil

@FleetCommand found my answer security.stackexchange.com/questions/171451/…

Burgi

@FleetCommand n00b ;)

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand people are weird

they think it helps them some how

Bob

10:13 AM

I should probably close some

djsmiley2k

I got 5 tabs plus 6 pinned

then another window with 3

user226528

Yeah. I don't pin tabs anymore. Bookmarking them is fine. But back when I did pin tabs, I put it up to 13 tabs open max.

djsmiley2k

i pin stuff I keep open, like this chat

gmail, hackaday,slashdot,bbc,el reg.

user226528

I mean i don't put my eggs in a basket that a power outage can tip over.

djsmiley2k

oh nothing in my browser is that important

Bob

10:16 AM

robust session restore :)

Burgi

@FleetCommand do you have an electric egg holder?

user226528

Well, in my browser, there are a lot of important things.

djsmiley2k

browsers are the wild west of computing

I don't trust em as far as I could throw em

user226528

@Burgi Of course I do. What kind rock do you think I am from?

Burgi

o.O

lol :)

djsmiley2k

10:17 AM

what is a electric egg holder?!

:D

user226528

You cook eggs and then put there until you want to eat it, so that is not cold and not smelly.

user226528

Cooked eggs tend to get smelly.

djsmiley2k

o_O

Well this got weird fast.

user226528

LOL. I am pulling your leg. ;)

user226528

Someone, please, ask about electric leg puller!

user226528

10:19 AM

ROFL!

djsmiley2k

:D

Bob

urk, I need a haircut

user226528

Also, cooked eggs are actually called "coddled eggs".

That Brazilian Guy

@FleetCommand Dear Fleet Command, are you ready to hear the word of our Lord and Savior, the Eletric Leg Puller?

user226528

Say one more creepy thing like that and I will put an ignore flag on you.

That Brazilian Guy

10:25 AM

"One more creepy thing like that"

user226528

LOL

djsmiley2k

lol why is one of the flags for cisco's NTP 'insane'

user226528

10:48 AM

It is the digital equivalent of a booby trap

djsmiley2k

AND IF THIS JUST KEEPS GOING THIS WAY I MIGHT, BREAK SOMETHING TONIGHT.

Neil

Any one know what windows update patches the krack exploit need an update file for windows 7

user226528

11:03 AM

@Neil I posted a link to a The Verge article above. I think it mentioned the patch name.

Neil

@FleetCommand can you relink it

user226528

Microsoft has already fixed the Wi-Fi attack vulnerability

Neil

@FleetCommand ghess this must be it stays nothing about a wifi vulnerability being fixed in it

support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4041678/…

djsmiley2k

11:22 AM

> Windows Wireless Networking,

That Brazilian Guy

12:07 PM

Someone grabbed an IT guy before writing this.

►

djsmiley2k

RSA Webtieir arughgh

> The hostname of this machine does not match the hostname the webtier package was generated for

help :/

user226528

12:25 PM

What? How is that even possible?

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand ?

user226528

Didn't YOU generate the webtier?

djsmiley2k

yes

and the hostname given on the package is the same as the machine it's generated for

the install is failing with the fact that the IP it resolves to...... is an ip

:/

or something about it not being equal to local host.

Blog bot

1:18 PM

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Julia Silge on October 17, 2017

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allquixotic

1:37 PM

1

Q: Cant find Thinkpad x230 keyboard layout

I bought the used x230, for cheap in Austria. After peeling of the keyboard stickers that came with the laptop, what I thought was a Swiss keyboard turned out to be something else I cannot find. It matches neither the French nor Belgian layouts too. Anybody with insight into the same?

boy that's weird

djsmiley2k

/me cries

a fun load of keyboard layouts

support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201794

allquixotic

yep, none of those match

djsmiley2k

weird

yode

1:59 PM

I always make my prefix to be this color in my linux

Then I can find my input in the black command window

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand we hacked it \o/

we had to add a entry to hosts file, using the fqdn :/

yode

But can we make a same color in my Powershell?

djsmiley2k

@yode i'd ask on main site, it's a good question

yode

Oh, where is the link?

I have not searched it just..

djsmiley2k

@yode SuperUser!

yode

2:03 PM

Sorry my English, I thought you have asked..

Ok, wait a monent

0

Q: How to colorize the Powershell prefix

I always make my prefix to be this color in my linux Then I can find my input in the black command window. But can we make a same color in my Powershell?

windows-10 command-line powershell-5.0

djsmiley2k

summoning @BenN ^

or should it be david, gah i forget

allquixotic

no, BenN is Mr. PowerShell

Bob

@allquixotic the N stands for PowerShell

yode

2:19 PM

I have no one question about PowerShell stuck he untill now..

My English too bad, too lack of book to learn PowerShell in our country now still

Hard to read your those English

Journeyman Geek

2:36 PM

@allquixotic Your answer is possibly wrong BTW ;p

Bob

0

A: How to colorize the Powershell prefix

PowerShell prompts What you want to do is customise the prompt. The default prompt in PowerShell 3.0 and newer is: function prompt { "PS $($executionContext.SessionState.Path.CurrentLocation)$('>' * ($nestedPromptLevel + 1)) " } Colour escape sequences Now, Windows 10 supports...

sorry @BenN :P

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek I'm sorry, but I downvoted your answer. I disagree. The "QWERTZ" is accurate, yes, but all the other special keys on the keyboard are in the wrong place or don't even exist in the German QWERTZ keyboard layouts (and the other QWERTZ based layouts; I already looked at them all) compared to the original screenshot.

It's like someone took a standard French AZERTY keyboard and moved the letters to be in the QWERTZ layout.

Bob

hm... only ~8 hours till UTC midnight

*prays for HNQ* :P

allquixotic

2:52 PM

Basically the keys (the actual symbols on each key) are 100% from the French AZERTY layout but the A-Z keys (as well as some of the punctuation) are arranged like the German QWERTZ layout. When he rearranged the keycaps to the AZERTY layout, it's literally the standard French keyboard.

Journeyman Geek

ah

djsmiley2k

3:11 PM

fun

Bob

nuf

allquixotic

unf

The Terrible Secret Of Space

►

Bob

@allquixotic wat

tereško

3:40 PM

1 min ago, by tereško

57 secs ago, by tereško

52 secs ago, by tereško

44 secs ago, by tereško

31 secs ago, by tereško

bug?

awesome

Burgi

intended

djsmiley2k

We used to have something simular to that in university

allquixotic

4:00 PM

OK this is fucked up

the American healthcare system is collapsing under its own weight

djsmiley2k

cept the indenting was so extreme.... and it had a stupid Facebook like 'single column layout' so within 2 quotes you couldn't read the text anymore.

allquixotic

this year our company's healthcare offerings are TWICE the cost of last year's

djsmiley2k

We're getting free flu jabs \o/ (I don't want it)

allquixotic

at a doubling year/year rate, healthcare will cost 100% of my salary in 3 years

Burgi

@allquixotic move to canada

allquixotic

4:05 PM

@djsmiley2k as someone who's overweight (but not choosing to be, of course) I find that extremely offensive and ignorant of the actual issues at hand; I'd recommend you watch this video starting at 38:42 (linked as such here) about the current healthcare crisis in the US and specifically about a recent executive order.

2

that said I'll disengage from this conversation to prevent it from becoming a flame war; but boy did that make me want to throw things

tereško

@allquixotic if you are referring to ACA, then that's how it wold seem to be intended

I think the plan was "ok, lets make it crash and then we will be able to actually make a good version"

bwDraco

@djsmiley2k That's not nice.

tereško

I have heard for few years now, that it would implode in 2018

:40598866 you mean the "fat acceptance" crazies?

Hakase

hello everyone!

bwDraco

It's under control.

Hakase

4:09 PM

so what's the story with 1800 tabs?

Burgi

why not 1800 tabs?

Hakase

it kills the ram

and swap file

maybe in chrome

@Hakase link?

6 hours ago, by Bob

4:16 PM

hmm ... @Bob is doing the internet wrong

Hakase

idk maybe he's the only one doing it right

Burgi

@tereško disagree

Hakase

if you do research, lots of tabs is the expected result

Burgi

its only chrome users that freak out with more than 3 tabs

tereško

sure, when it is 50-80, but not "almost 2000"

Burgi

4:18 PM

i had 800 before the IT company killed my tab session this morning

Hakase

maybe it was a wild outbreak of popup scam site forkbomb

tereško

... reminds me of highschool pranks

bwDraco

:P

Hakase

ye we didn't have computers in school powerful enough to tell if it was a prank or just normal operating mode

tereško

bullshit

I was doing shit like that on i486

Hakase

4:21 PM

there is apparently a very bad combination of hardware and windows xp

there was like 256mb ram and some refurbished no-name hard drive in each box

8-9 minutes booting time

and then it heats up for another 15 minutes when opening ms word

tereško

sounds like your school was lacking anyone who actually could install OS

Burgi

i never had that issue with XP

Hakase

it was weird going from a pentium 2 with win98 to that in school and feeling it was overall slower

That Brazilian Guy

@Burgi If they did it to me, there would be new openings in the IT team due to sand and unforeseen events.

Hakase

the computers were bought in bulk, from a lowest bidder, and you can imagine where they came from

Burgi

4:23 PM

@ThatBrazilianGuy i am devastated

That Brazilian Guy

@Burgi I have a backup file of my Firefox tabs. BECAUSE MAH TABS!!!

@Burgi If you use the tabgroups addon, you can recover them. That's what I did once.

Burgi

@ThatBrazilianGuy it was too late, they had refreshed the session about 5 times before i got my PC back

That Brazilian Guy

Oh, the memories.
I mean, I have memories of something similar. I just don't know where from or how, because I blocked it.

Burgi

@ThatBrazilianGuy i might set that up

bwDraco

Google Pixel 2 has custom image processor, but it's not ready for primetime

That Brazilian Guy

4:27 PM

@Burgi Unfortunately, the addon author abandoned the extension because "legacy addons bla blah blah"

djsmiley2k

4:44 PM

sorry you took it personally @allquixotic it wasn't meant to be so

i'm overweight too.

bwDraco

It's okay, but it's important to realize that obesity is widespread in the US and using this sort of language can very easily be read as offensive.

djsmiley2k

people need to grow thicker skin

something something and you all have guns o_O

bwDraco

lol

As much as I don't like flagging stuff, this one crossed the line when allq said it strongly offended him.

djsmiley2k

don't flag stuff because it offends someone else...

that's...... a silly path to walk down

bwDraco

I actually did feel a bit offended myself.

I first thought it was funny, then realized that it was insulting.

djsmiley2k

4:49 PM

i still think it was funny :/

Maybe it's a brit thing

bwDraco

Just be careful about what you say in the future. I have nothing against you.

djsmiley2k

meh

i don't get it

so i'll continue to be me :/

bwDraco

For the same reason @Avery insists on being referred to as female. We do not insult LGBT or other minorities here. We respect their wishes.

Alright then, got stuff to do.

djsmiley2k

So what do we refer to overweight people as? :/

Avery

@tereško body positivity is not craziness.

bwDraco

4:54 PM

rofl

djsmiley2k

there's a line

if you're healthy, then it's all good

I'm about 80% healthy

bwDraco

lol

allquixotic

@djsmiley2k I have to agree with that. I purposefully didn't flag it because I didn't think it deserved any sort of moderator handling, primarily because I don't think you intended to offend me. I took intent into account when deciding not to flag.

That Brazilian Guy

@allquixotic Move to Brazil and get free health care with just a few months of waiting time! \o/

allquixotic

@ThatBrazilianGuy that's not much longer than the 4 weeks (in excruciating pain and taking terrible drugs that barely took the edge off of it) that my mom had to wait to get life-saving neck surgery

The problem we're seeing here is that the "same" health services -- exact same procedures, same diagnosis, same tests, same quality of care -- is increasing in cost exponentially from the source of whoever sets the prices for the care.

So of course insurance premiums will balloon, because when you make a claim on your insurance and ask the insurance provider to pay, they have to pay ballooning costs.

That Brazilian Guy

5:05 PM

@allquixotic Yeah. Well. Months is just for a regular visit to the doctor. For surgery it could be even more or even a few years.

allquixotic

Combine that with stagnating wages and basically, everyone will be reserving half of their yearly income (or more) for healthcare in just a few short years, and living in hovels to compensate; or else they simply won't have healthcare and declare bankruptcy if they ever need serious treatment

That Brazilian Guy

> simply won't have healthcare

My current "strategy".

To be honest, years ago the private health sector was expensive but with much, much better quality.

Shiny new clinic rooms, almost no waiting time, you felt the difference. Nowadays it's more or less the same level of service.

allquixotic

What I don't understand is why are the same procedures increasing in cost in the US at about 10 times faster than the rate of inflation? Who or what is responsible? Where is the money going?

If it cost (to throw out a number) $3000 for gall bladder surgery in 2005, why would it now cost $15000 when per inflation it should only be about $3500? Who's keeping the remaining $11500?

That Brazilian Guy

Not that everything is falling apart. In fact, there is a good variation in the state of public health that I have experienced.

allquixotic

Is the surgery better? No. Are the doctors nicer? No. Is your chance of survival better No.

@ThatBrazilianGuy blah

That Brazilian Guy

5:13 PM

...speaking of the public sector falling apart: my mouse broke. I went to get a new one. "We have none".

You can buy generic, good-enough-for-general-use mice FOR TWO DOLLARS!

allquixotic

lol

my keyboard broke last night

That Brazilian Guy

So I have a mouse that clicks, but doesn't drag =/

allquixotic

MouseKeys?

That Brazilian Guy

!!google MouseKeys

Oh. API blocked. Right.

!!info

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That Brazilian Guy

5:15 PM

> teleported 22 goats

0.o

allquixotic

I think that might be the internal error counter

so about a 10% error rate, not bad :P

what's that, 1 sigma?

allquixotic

5:36 PM

Surface book 2 is out -- apparently it's the thinnest GTX 1060 out there, which is nice, and tempting, but mehhh

bwDraco

@allquixotic Yup, I saw that. Surprise announcement, too.

allquixotic

not that I can afford to buy anything over the next year with my healthcare costs skyrocketing

bwDraco

:(

Damn Trump.

Oct 13 at 17:40, by bwDraco

I'm getting sick and tired of President Trump trying to strong-arm Congress into doing his bidding.

tereško

@Avery what a marketing-friendly name for people who are campaigning to prevent doctors from saying, that obesity cases heart problems and other complications

allquixotic

Truth: cnbc.com/2017/08/10/…

Avery

5:47 PM

@tereško oh it's great to get people to hate who they are and how they look, that surely doesn't cause complications.

And thing is...

Think for yourself, not for others.

If someone is happier looking the way they are but looking that way will cause complications to them, and if they're aware of the complications but don't mind them, then just... stop.

ChatBot John Cavil

HAMMERTIME!

Avery

Stop thinking about that person.

tereško

that's not how it works - if there are crazy people petitioning governments and medical institutions, I am thinking for myself

if you weight 200kg, then it is a problem

and no amount of "beautiful at any size" will change it

and it is not just problem for the obese person, but for everyone else, who is paying in the shared health insurance pool

Avery

@tereško you might not enjoy that person's look, but they might, and their opinion matters more in that case.

Stop trying to help people who don't want (or maybe even need) to be helped.

tereško

I don't give a fuck about what they think

what I do care is that I (just like many others) am paying fore their bypass surgery

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