Root Access

Michael Frank

12:03 AM

@Bob I heard of this game... A bit like Hatoful Boyfriend, isn't it?

Burgi

12:15 AM

has anyone been watching stranger things?

ToxicFrog

12:27 AM

@Burgi my partner and I just started watching it

Impression so far: it's Elfen Lied lightly cut with Prey and leaning much more heavily on the horror

Burgi

me and my GF watched it this past two weekends

our impression was ET mixed with silent hill (weird floaty bits) with a light sprinkle of general sci-fi or outer limits

Michael Frank

lol I can hear two of the guys here at work talking about mining bitcoins in the lunchroom. One of them is saying all you need is one of the little USB sticks things to get started.

Burgi

USB things...?

don't you need a crap ton of GPUs in parallel and free electricity?

does NZ have free electricity?

i'm thinking pacific ring of fire + challenging geography = free power

that or you have a horde of orcs on treadmills... wait a minute....

;)

Bob

12:45 AM

@Burgi ASICs

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi that's entirely how orthanc was funded

Burgi

@Bob do they suck up much of the other system resources? could you get (to take the example to its extreme) an early 2000s PC and fill the USB slots with these ASIC devices and be quids in?

@JourneymanGeek heh

Michael Frank

Speaking of USB mining... I saw these on AliExpress the other day...

Fits in an M.2 slot and has a USB plug.

How likely is it that this would work with a USB drive as a fast storage?

Journeyman Geek

1:01 AM

0_0

shouldn't there be a chip of some flavour there?

also, I have no idea where one of those would be useful ._.

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek On a M.2 slot, silly.

Journeyman Geek

smacks @ThatBrazilianGuy

no like why would you trade off an M.2 slot (which is fast) for a single USB 3.0?

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek ...with a large M.2 slot that has a USB plug?

Journeyman Geek

with a rolled up M.2 PCB with a USB plug... natch.

That Brazilian Guy

Whatcs a natch?

Burgi

1:07 AM

like a nacho, only crunchier

That Brazilian Guy

I thought it was when someone snatched your nachos

Journeyman Geek

thinks @ThatBrazilianGuy needs to go back to obedience school

natch = naturally

Bob

@MichaelFrank "USB drive as a fast storage" I'll just let you think about that for a second...

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek Your modship is giving you weird fetishes...

Michael Frank

@Bob .__.

Burgi

1:15 AM

@ThatBrazilianGuy grim....

That Brazilian Guy

I'm smacked and sent to a punishment institution and I'm in the wrong?!

Stop victim blaming!

Journeyman Geek

1:28 AM

anyway

bwDraco

1:39 AM

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Q: My PC hangs and the screen flashes once a month

My PC hangs and the screen flashes on average once a month at random times. Sometimes it happens when I do something, sometimes when I do nothing. I have to power off or reset to continue to work on my PC. It looks very artistic, like fireworks. I attached two videos that show how it looks. T...

Almost looks like RAM was removed from the computer while it was running.

Removing ram from a running computer

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Hence...

> Is your computer's memory properly seated?

Journeyman Geek

hm

bwDraco

Not quite the same as on the OP's videos, at some display content is visible (whereas all the screen content is gone on the videos I've linked to), but improperly seated memory cannot be ruled out.

Otherwise... it's probably the processor graphics.

(yes, we tend to call it "integrated graphics" or "IGP" but Intel officially refers to it as the "processor graphics" to distinguish it from motherboard- or chipset-integrated GPUs)

My gut tells me it's the processor graphics but the symptoms given mean that other causes need to be ruled out.

Michael Frank

Grr... For whatever reason, the work network won't allow me to download Apple Firmware updates, through iTunes or from the cdn... Does anyone know of a mirror for the .ipsw files?

bwDraco

1:55 AM

@MichaelFrank No. Please don't circumvent your employer's restrictions. If you have a problem, talk with your supervisor or open a support ticket.

allquixotic

> Eduard,

I've got some very unusual results to report that I can't explain in any way.

If you'll recall, my original problem was that the R9000 was stopping all network traffic after a fairly short uptime, and a reboot of the router temporarily fixed the problem.

I then switched from the R9000 back to the Verizon-supplied router for a while. But with that unit, I was getting frequent packet loss problems. It may have been an overheating or physical connection issue -- I still have no idea why it was so bad.

my latest email to Netgear support on a long-running ticket about the Nighthawk X10 R9000

bwDraco

hothardware.com/reviews/…

AMD Ryzen Mobile is off to a good start, but some optimization may still be needed - the bad battery life result would seem to be due to a lack of GPU video decode acceleration.

@allquixotic Well... my R7800 sometimes glitches with HTTPS traffic on my phone, but these issues are rare and brief.

Bob

2:12 AM

@MichaelFrank Any particular file you want? I can mirror one for you.

Michael Frank

@Bob Thanks for the offer. Turns out someone else in the team already has the files.

Bob

Cool.

bwDraco

Huh.

Michael Frank

I had a quick Google search as well, turns out most of the "mirror" sites, just link to the Apple CDN.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ooh, another guy arguing with fox

funfun

Journeyman Geek

2:20 AM

@Bob I'm certain the only reason he bothers with the android app is he uses/needs it

Michael Frank

@davidbak I think most of my mass came from chips, actually... — akaioi 21 hours ago

Bob

> We’ve started working on integrating haveibeenpwned.com warnings into Firefox, you can follow development here.

O_O

Journeyman Geek

@Bob and... 0 spam since I switched to modern HTTPs settings. 2 views since I set up google analytics.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek If you want accurate analytics you should probably self-host something :P

I think a lot of people block ga now

Journeyman Geek

@Bob suggestions? ;p

I suppose we could do something off ngnix logs

@Bob that said, I'm trying to figure out if anyone ever reads it sooooo

Bob

2:31 AM

@JourneymanGeek I've not actually tried anything, but Piwik looks nice

bwDraco

@allquixotic, found this gem looking back:

Jul 19 at 21:53, by allquixotic

oh, if you're buying Seasonic I don't think you could break your PSU even if you exceed its advertised wattage; they're virtually the highest-quality PSU maker on the planet

Jul 19 at 21:54, by allquixotic

they build their PSUs like Dover builds elevators: build in a ridiculous amount of over-engineering "just in case" 30 morbidly obese people try to squeeze inside at once :D

lol

tomshardware.com/reviews/…

> OPP: 1178.81W (138.7%)

> 138.7%

(this is the supply inside Astaroth, and the fan hardly ever runs in semi-passive mode)

I still remember that old Athlon XP Thoroughbred machine we had. The power supply was noisy as hell.

(custom built, a hand-me-down from my uncle, with a generic power supply)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek sooooo someone wants me to add ... arabic? support to GrowlToToast

Journeyman Geek

o0

@Bob not bad for something we assumed I'd be othe only one using? ;p

bwDraco

@JourneymanGeek Well, I used GoAccess quite a while back and it was pretty good. Had a chron script that regularly parsed the log and generated an HTML report.

Bob

and I still need to get back to TrickleEdit sometime

but I want to wait for webext to stabilise a bit more first... still some missing stuff I want

Journeyman Geek

2:40 AM

(Its worth remembering, I'm more curious to if anyone ever reads my blog than exact readership)

Its not like I make money off it

Bob

@bwDraco Access logs aren't a great substitute for a full analytics package.

There's usually a lot of noise in logs.

Most bots don't run JS though :)

bwDraco

@Bob Yeah. Lots of spammers hitting the site.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Eh, Piwik looks pretty easy and it'll probably be more accurate than Google if only because it won't be blocked :P

bwDraco

!!s/ch/c/

ChatBot John Cavil

@bwDraco @JourneymanGeek Well, I used GoAccess quite a while back and it was pretty good. Had a cron script that regularly parsed the log and generated an HTML report. (source)

Bob

2:41 AM

Hm. Unless you count NoScript-type blocking.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob I'm basing my lack of spam of akmiset and comments in queue

(but ya, I might get that set up over the afternoon)

Bob

3:39 AM

> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

bwDraco

4:15 AM

lol

roar

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Q: Origins of quote: "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

I've grown up loving the quote "Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup." and I've been searching around to find out where it came from (with only a small amount of luck). I discovered that it came from Suzanne McMinn, however, I have no references...

quote-identification

allquixotic

5:43 AM

@bwDraco nice

bwDraco

5:59 AM

Fixing 18V 2.4Ah Ryobi Lithium Power Tool Batteries

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At 2:39: I don't recall seeing a lithium-ion battery bubbling like this anywhere else.

bwDraco

6:12 AM

Battery Explode Samsung s3

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First time I've seen someone take a heat gun to a lithium-ion battery.

I see lots of puncture tests, but this is the first video I've seen where someone managed to make a battery catch fire by directly heating it.

Bob

erm

@JourneymanGeek does the growl thing still work on 1709?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob I'm still on 1703 ;p

no auto update yet, and I haven't quite felt like upgrading everything the other way

Bob

@JourneymanGeek same :P

but I'm doing this on my test machine

which is 1709

and... it doesn't seem to work o.O

Journeyman Geek

ahh

I er, haven't set up growl on the new download box rebuild either

Bob

6:29 AM

@JourneymanGeek just so I'm not imagining things... what happens if you run GrowlToToast.Toaster.exe?

Journeyman Geek

I'm brainfarting over where that's supposed to be

Bob

@JourneymanGeek uhh... %LocalAppData% someplace

\Growl\2.0.0.0\Displays\GrowlToToast\Toaster

Journeyman Geek

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Growl\2.0.0.0\Displays\GrowlToToast>Toaster
'Toaster' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Bob

it's a folder :P

actually never mind

cause I think you're still running the original version

which processes args differently

Journeyman Geek

oh ;p

Bob

7:24 AM

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

according to the docs I'm supposed to have a shortcut in the start menu for this to work at all o.O

O_O how did this ever work

This is so incredibly dodgy.

Boris_yo

^ Help?

1, 2 or 3?

3 is the last resort, right?

So either 1 or 2...

Another copy of file?

Bob

7:40 AM

@JourneymanGeek I'm so confused right now

Journeyman Geek

@Bob it was a heck of a hack job ;p

Bob

@Boris_yo E: none of the above

Boris_yo

There is no E. What would you do?

Use different PDF viewer?

I would but there is no F.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek but... but... it worked before!

Journeyman Geek

;p

Bob

7:44 AM

gah. I'm probably going to have to create an installer

annoying thing is it works on my dev vm on 1703 but not the test vm on 1709

Boris_yo

8:21 AM

I have boot CD of backup and recovery software that I can't identify. Is there a way to find out what software was used to create boot CD?

Could be Macrium or Comodo but I don't know.

Maybe they all have some configuration file with traces as to what program was used?

user226528

@Boris_yo Causes of the file not opening could be (1) corrupt file or (2) the file using a newer format that an older copy of Acrobat Reader does not support. So, both updating the app and requesting another copy of the file are valid options. Reinstalling the app is not a valid option.

Boris_yo

@FleetCommand These are both valid answers but there is only one choice.

Burgi

8:44 AM

morning

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