Root Access

3:49 AM

At the highest stable overclock tested on this GTX 1080 Ti, this card is doing some 14.3 TFLOPS of compute. That is just... mind-blowing.

That Brazilian Guy

4:01 AM

@djsmiley2k That's a really weird thing to celebrate. And that's from a country where we have a week of celebration for no reason at all.

rahuldottech

5:03 AM

'loz

Bob

6:58 AM

hi

bwDraco

hi

DavidPostill

7:35 AM

@ThatBrazilianGuy No more weird than celebrating Christmas :)

And I noticed yesterday that Santa is an anagram of Satan ...

Bob

8:36 AM

@DavidPostill 🎶Satan Claus is coming to town🎶

DavidPostill

8:51 AM

lol

djsmiley2k

9:03 AM

@ThatBrazilianGuy it is, isn't it!!

Journeyman Geek

9:30 AM

@DavidPostill hail santa!

djsmiley2k

2.1 is attacking the tumbledrier :/

jokerdino

11:29 AM

@DavidPostill flagged

DavidPostill

@jokerdino lol. since when is stating a fact flaggable? ;)

jokerdino

that's offensive

DavidPostill

@jokerdino really?

jokerdino

lol

stop bringing facts in our argument.

DavidPostill

Santa eats mince pies, drinks sherry and is too fat to fit down my chimney.

jokerdino

11:36 AM

there is no tolerance in this world.

DavidPostill

I have no problem with skinny people trying to come down my chimney. However they should be aware that the gas fire is used to roast nuts at this time of year ...

Avery

12:01 PM

@rahuldottech pls

21 hours ago, by rahuldottech

@JourneymanGeek Why is it that I didn't get flagged for the poop emoji but got flagged for saying FART

you did get flagged.

whatever I'm back to RO so there's that.

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill might still happen

@rahuldottech so, apparently people get offended by the poop emoji. Now you know. Don't overuse it.

@Avery kinda odd people pick up on something like, yesterday

Avery

yeah.

Nog Shine

@Avery Now he did.

Erik the Outgolfer

wait were those flags abuse?

Journeyman Geek

anyway, flags invalidated (cause ehhhhh), user warned, and sorted, out

Nog Shine

12:04 PM

o/ @JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

@EriktheOutgolfer you can PROBABLY just tell @rahuldottech you found it offensive

Avery

@NogShine yes see my message below that

Journeyman Geek

We really try to handle stuff like that "in house" and just let users know not to do things like that.

Erik the Outgolfer

honestly flag abuse has raised lately :/

Journeyman Geek

Well, if you believe its flag abuse, just mark as invalid? ;p

(also, while I know who flagged, eh, you guys presumably had good intent. But yeah, it was handled)

Erik the Outgolfer

12:07 PM

@JourneymanGeek well I marked as valid because I didn't know how the flags originated

Journeyman Geek

@EriktheOutgolfer so.. what was offensive about the emoji?

I thought it was annoying and childish (and said so!) but...

if we have a problem with something, its useful to use it to teach/learn.

Nog Shine

That emoji is on starboard. :D

Journeyman Geek

yeaaah

Cause making fun of wordpress/apache/??? is what the cool kids do? ;p

Journeyman Geek

1:40 PM

Kinda busted my wrist today. Turns out ash has quite a paw swat.

(was trying to pull him out of a scuffle. He basically almost swatted a dog that was going too far in the face, and swatted my wrist instead)

user226528

I don't understand CloudFlare's error message.

Journeyman Geek

its a bit bruised/swollen

user226528

> This page is currently offline. However, because the site uses Cloudflare's Always Online™ technology you can continue to surf a snapshot of the site. We will keep checking in the background and, as soon as the site comes back, you will automatically be served the live version. Always Online™ is powered by Cloudflare | Hide this Alert

Journeyman Geek

@FleetCommand its cached.

user226528

Yeah, but how?

Journeyman Geek

1:42 PM

@FleetCommand that's kinda the point of cloudflare?

user226528

I don't see a link to the cached version.

Journeyman Geek

ahh

That's usually a banner over the page?

user226528

It is a banner but the main content is an error message.

user226528

It reads:

user226528

> Error 502 Ray ID: 3b90391388f46d12 • 2017-11-05 13:40:06 UTC
> Bad gateway

user226528

1:43 PM

> You
> Browser
> Working

user226528

> San Jose
> Cloudflare
> Working

user226528

> Host
> Error

Journeyman Geek

ooh

ya errr

someone might need to fix that

did they cache an error message?

Its possible ;p

user226528

LOL. Maybe.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek oof

user226528

1:48 PM

@Bob Is this one establishment or two?

Bob

@FleetCommand one. it's a local(ish) cafe :P

user226528

Huh. That full stop at the end frightens me.

user226528

Does anyone get the following joke? I don't.

Journeyman Geek

maybe its a udp joke...

user226528

> A copyeditor in charge of a computing document corrects all instance of "encryption key" into "cryptographic key", until he runs into the phrase "first unique encryption key".

user226528

1:56 PM

Must cryptographic keys be non-unique?

user226528

Or are they called encryption keys when they are unique?

user226528

I tried a Wikipedia search. Both "Cryptographic key" and "encryption key" lead to the same article.

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek said people need to get over themselves

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k ehh. Presumably ;p

I did feel it was something like the farts incident, but eh, no one was hurt or insulted, and I felt that flagging it after the fact was just trying to cause a wee bit o drama.

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand i don't get it either

the fact is that hte flags popup gives no context

and people seemingly approve/deny at random

Journeyman Geek

2:04 PM

@djsmiley2k more or less

user226528

@djsmiley2k Well, thanks. At least I know the joke is stupid and not dirty or racist, etc.

Journeyman Geek

@FleetCommand probably needs some inside context.

djsmiley2k

^^

user226528

I wish there was one. All I can say is either the joke implies that copyeditors are stupid, or there is something wrong with the resulting phrase when "encryption" is replaced with "cryptography". But both seem synonyms.

user226528

Alright then. Let's move on. Probably not worth wasting time on it.

rahuldottech

3:29 PM

@Avery :)

@Avery I don't even...

@JourneymanGeek Oww

Journeyman Geek

ya

DavidPostill

@Bob Hmm. "We're all about good coffee and good vibes. Every coffee and person is welcome."

I'd better not onebox the "2 Girls 1 Cup" wikipedia link ...

Journeyman Geek

@rahuldottech I got a photo

@DavidPostill good idea

rahuldottech

@DavidPostill yeah...

DavidPostill

3:48 PM

The answer should be self contained and answer the question for future visitors. Telling someone to generate a report doesn't fix the issue. — DavidPostill ♦ 43 secs ago

bwDraco

4:09 PM

There's no need to get safety out of the way first - let the OP assume all risk. — bwDraco 5 secs ago

Does this risk my getting suspended or a mod warning?

Ben N

IIRC that site has a very high emphasis on safety, so your comment might get deleted

Also, morning everyone

bwDraco

Hmm...

That might risk a mod warning because I'd be actively encouraging unsafe practices.

Comment deleted. I'm in a really grumpy mood this morning.

Ben N

:(

bwDraco

This should never have been posted in the first place. It's the sort of conduct that gets you in trouble.

For starters, it reads like trolling.

Yeah. I'm not sure why I posted that with the knowledge that it might wind up getting flagged.

Ben N

In other news, does the existence of any system file reliably tell apart Pro/Enterprise editions from Home editions?

bwDraco

4:16 PM

I'm not familiar with this topic.

Ben N

I was testing for secpol.msc, but people like to use a script that installs it on Home, which messes up my program :/

Hm, this might be a question for the main site

bwDraco

Ask away :P

msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/…

Ben N

I did find that, but there are a boatload of different editions, and they change by OS version :(

I might have to go with that though

Optimally there would be some way to just tell whether the machine can do Group Policy

djsmiley2k

hmmm

ffmpeg, how to convert the audio from Dolby AC3 to mpeg

DavidPostill

@BenN Why can't you just use wmic os get caption?

Ben N

4:31 PM

Hmm, that could work; I'm just a little leery of relying on strings designed for human consumption

DavidPostill

@BenN Or even (Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem).Caption ;)

rahuldottech

4:51 PM

Why the Google Pixel 2 is a disappointment (~45 secs)

Mokubai

@rahuldottech the Note 8 is awesome though.

rahuldottech

@Mokubai ... no

Basically S8 + stylus and they charge like $300 for it?

Mokubai

No it's not or no you're not going there. It is provably awesome though.

Expensive, yes.

But definitely worth it compared to Pixel

All the reviews I've seen make Pixel look cheap and crap and overpriced.

I mean honestly, powder/plastic coated folded sheet metal? How crap is that?

@rahuldottech There's a lot more to it, the stylus gets a lot more work on software integration. The device styling also looks sharper and more professional than the S8.

rahuldottech

@Mokubai Eh. I'm not a stylus guy. At all.

And the styling is... meh

Also, has a smaller battery than the s8

I never buy samsung because of all the boat

but s8>note8

Mokubai

@rahuldottech If it means I can stop the retarded link-preview shite in Chrome I'm all for a stylus.

DavidPostill

5:04 PM

@Mokubai Good job you didn't put an emoticon in that ^^^ ;)

Mokubai

@rahuldottech If that's you're only reason then you're missing out. Most of the "bloat" can be uninstalled, admittedly with a few exceptions, but there isn't really that much pure bloat these days. Samsung has done a great job optimising lately

rahuldottech

@Mokubai Also too expensive for me

Mokubai

There's been a few videos showing how "lag" and "jank" and stuttering is way down on the Note8 compared to the V30, almost close to "pure" Android.

@rahuldottech I can see that one though, it is expensive for what it is.

rahuldottech

@Mokubai I just buy moto g because for my budget that makes the most sense

Mokubai

But I've loved the Note series from the very beginning, when everyone was getting hot and bothered about how tiny we can make phones Samsung saw there was still a market for bigger better phones.

Boris_yo

5:08 PM

"FTC Settles With Microsoft Tech Support Scammers"

What? I thought these scammers are not reachable. Some guy hides under randomly generated scam number and calls you, representing himself as someone from Microsoft.

Mokubai

@DavidPostill Which emoticon would I use? :S

Boris_yo

There are so many of them. How can FTC reach them?

Mokubai

@Boris_yo Tactical nukes

And drone strikes

That Brazilian Guy

5 hours ago, by Avery

whatever I'm back to RO so there's that.

@Avery Yay! :D

Boris_yo

@Mokubai I did not know FTC has such authority...

Mokubai

5:10 PM

@ThatBrazilianGuy o.O

That Brazilian Guy

@Mokubai ...?

Mokubai

@Boris_yo They're in bed with Trump, all they have to do is Tweet him

@ThatBrazilianGuy Sorry, just read the convo before your link, which explained @DavidPostill's comment to me

user226528

Tactical nuke? Is there such a thing as non-tactical nuke?

Mokubai

@FleetCommand Well yeah. There's the clumsy, bashing-into-things-in-the dark, everyone-saw-it-coming non-tactical sort.

user226528

. . . . . .

Mokubai

5:13 PM

The sort that plays Checkers rather than Chess.

rahuldottech

@Mokubai I only know how to do the former :P

That Brazilian Guy

@DavidPostill A friend of a friend has an extremely religious mother. When such friend's friend was a teen, his mother thought anime was the devil's creation and wouldn't let him watch any. One day he turns the TV on to watch Dragon Ball and this was on screen.

Dragonball Z Hail Satan!

►

Mokubai

@rahuldottech So we just won't put you in charge of the tactical nukes. You can have the more conventional "in your face" ones.

user226528

The Japanese have no taste in naming films and video games.

rahuldottech

@Mokubai That works perfectly for me :P

482

A: What can we put in a question template to help people ask better questions?

How about a grab from the good old Microsoft bucket? Click in the text field to activate the assistant. $(document).ready(function(){ $('.wmd-input').one('focus',function() { clippy.load('Clippy', function (agent) { var animations = agent.animations(); $('.js-states')....

That Brazilian Guy

5:18 PM

@FleetCommand What do you mean? Names like Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo and Rururaruri Rurararirararururirirari Rirararururararururararirari sounds ~~like people having a stroke~~ perfectly normal!

rahuldottech

OMG THIS THIS THIS ^^

Boris_yo

@rahuldottech You should consider chess to upgrade intelligence for free. No implants needed.

That Brazilian Guy

@rahuldottech Yeash, anime is crazy right? [/s]

rahuldottech

@ThatBrazilianGuy No, it was for the SO post, not your message ;P

Anyway, three tests tomorrow

That Brazilian Guy

> [/s]

rahuldottech

5:21 PM

Goodnight

DavidPostill

2

user226528

6:07 PM

@DavidPostill The guy's having a bloody CRT monitor. Didn't anyone tell him not to install Windows 10 on a bloody 80286 33MHz machine?

DavidPostill

6:23 PM

lol

user226528

6:46 PM

@BenN Hi. I was wondering if I could have your opinion. So, PowerShell ISE is going to die. What would you use instead of it?

Ben N

VS Code is really great for PS

user226528

That's what I am using right now, but it is kind of low-performance and finicky.

Ben N

Hm, I'm not sure what to tell you then :/

Usually I just use Notepad++

user226528

Oh, well, I guess one can't expect anything better in the coming era.

Ben N

MS is putting a lot of work into VSC nowadays, though, so it might get better

user226528

6:50 PM

I hope so.

user226528

The thing is, PowerShell ISE doesn't need setup. You start it and it is as good to go as it'll ever get. VS Code needs setup. First thing of the bat, you need to install the PowerShell plug-in. Then, there are a couple of absolutely necessary JSON-based settings.

user226528

And with all the remoting goodies I am still a bit of nomad. Users want their admin, not just his administration, if you know what I mean. It's kind of like what Sameen was told in Person of Interest.

djsmiley2k

7:11 PM

tyawwwn

user226528

~!@#$%^&*()-_=+

CoderCat

7:47 PM

hey!!

symbolic links eliminate the need to remove left over uninstalled driver/app files

y u no think of this before micro$haft

DavidPostill

8:00 PM

@FleetCommand What makes you think it will die?

CoderCat

u look like jony ive

DavidPostill

@CoderCat If you are referring to me then you should go for an eye test ;)

Michael Frank

8:23 PM

Ugh... Why doesn't Airwatch have a bulk move org group feature? :(

It's like 5 clicks to move a single device from one group to another.

djsmiley2k

oh airwatch is terrible D:

Michael Frank

I don't find it that bad, but this seems like a feature they really should have implemented.

djsmiley2k

i think my problem was mostly terirble users ;D

Michael Frank

The users shouldn't be too much trouble, unless they're removing the agent or the MDM policy though?

djsmiley2k

you'd be supprised ;D

nah stuff like them using wrong email apps or whatever

we supported 3rd party companies who were using it

Bob

9:51 PM

morn

FML

10:44 PM

Bleh

@Bob remember that unusually reliable Samsung USB cable I told you about a while back? It's still alive. I've tried substituting about four other cables in its place over the last month and they've all died within three days under similar conditions.

Michael Frank

@FML Is it one of those white ones?

FML

11:04 PM

@MichaelFrank No, those are shit and last like 5 days

Bob

@FML my tronsmart cable of many months (heck, might even be a year by now) died last week

and by died I mean the clips stopped working. the cable itself still works :P

switched to one of the new ones

Michael Frank

@FML Oh.. I have one that's lasted me about 4 years.

FML

@MichaelFrank Jesus christ

I've never had a cable other than this Samsung one last more than a week with daily outdoor abuse. At home maybe some will last a few months

@Bob I've had one or two Tronsmart cables die :-/ I think I've lost more than I've broke though

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