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12:12 AM

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Journeyman Geek

2:57 AM

@Bob youtube recommended them before

donno. Didn't go and dl more ;p

3:08 AM

> This firmware solves the character randomly missing issue while consecutively input by keyboard folio case

@_@

3:22 AM

@Bob So... it just dropped keys when people typed?

@MichaelFrank Yup. That's been annoying me for a while.

Apparently there was a keyboard firmware update released October 2016

4:04 AM

lol

@Bob I found an Alienware 13 R3, 1080p60 non-G-Sync IPS display + GTX 1060 6 GB, 7700HQ, on sale at Best Buy and couldn't resist -_- got it for around $1600 US plus tax, after applying a promo code, gift card I'd earned from a prior purchase, and the up-front sale

Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.1 Gen2 ports, mDP, ethernet, plenty of I/O... a nice radiator/heatpipe setup in the back that isn't overpoweringly hot but keeps the modestly hungry GPU at reasonable thermals even when balancing the laptop on my knee while reclining in bed...

Definitely not a desktop replacement by any stretch, but more than suitable for ultra detail on last gen's games at 1080p or medium/high-ish on current gen's games, and should be fine for low-medium for next gen's games still at 1080p with decent (>30) FPS

RAM and storage both upgradable

2 x M.2 NVMe + 2 DDR4

4:18 AM

@allquixotic ooh, nice

@allquixotic How's the warranty? 1yr or 3yr?

I wonder how it compares to an outlet refurb :P

Definitely sounds like it'll perform well.

@JourneymanGeek did you manage to nab that dedibox? :P

I see it was available for about an hour about 12 hours ago :P

Hm. dotnet has been running for 4 days now... 3 GB virt but only 40 MB resident.

Maybe a memory leak o.O

Journeyman Geek

@Bob alas I missed it

and the 32gb xeon Ds are sold out too

I think I'm gonna make it log with timestamps

Counting cycles is annoying :P

Journeyman Geek

theverge.com/2017/6/21/15845378/…

I don't have a bad memory, my garbage collection is a little too efficient

4:51 AM

Bleh... Installed TeamViewer directly from the install share, but it didn't activate the license properly... So I did it correct way and installed it through the automated system and now all I have is TeamViewer Host. :|

5:29 AM

@OliverSalzburg It worked for me. Thank You!

5:49 AM

I have to go meet lawyers now. I hate lawyers...

##rangry

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> Despite the constant negative meta covfefe

lolo

6:12 AM

@JourneymanGeek brains also remove tragic or traumatic events. Those are not exactly 'unneeded'

erhm

do they?

because I clearly remember some tragic things

but maybe that's why my brain is so messed up, I dunno

hey

6:31 AM

hi

6:48 AM

Yyyyyyyawn

7:04 AM

nyaw.

Oliver Salzburg

@TGMCians What worked?

Journeyman Geek

@Avery well, in a sense, a part of you clearly felt the details were more harm than good. And I kinda was thinking the minor things, like where my keys are.

7:28 AM

@OliverSalzburg Permission denied issue

Do you remember ?

Oliver Salzburg

Ah, yeah. How did you solve it?

Actually I installed patch command manually gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm

It was not required

I have msys64

I went there

in /usr/bin

I installed patch using pacman

pacman -Syuu patch in msys64

It installed patch in the same environment

so things started to work

Oliver Salzburg

Sweet

Sounds like something that could be put in a good Q&A :)

Yeah

Oliver Salzburg

If you write one, please share it :)

7:45 AM

I will

morning

Oliver Salzburg

Hi

@Burgi rain yet?

a bit

:O

If rain runs down hill, why's it not all at the equator ;)

7:59 AM

@JourneymanGeek are you around?

@Avery unlikely, but i'll ask

No, he's vaguely dog shaped.

@djsmiley2k boo

@Bob ahh!

Oliver Salzburg

I really fell like renaming our primary AD domain right now

8:08 AM

erm... why?

just for the lulz?

Oliver Salzburg

A really long chain of migration tasks

rename it to something amusing at least

\\!1123#@$£&* should do.

Oliver Salzburg

I want to move us to O365 and our current on-premise AD still uses an ancient domain for the AD

We have an SBS on-premise and want to move to a DC-only deployment

@OliverSalzburg Just use your blog domain :D

Oliver Salzburg

:D

8:09 AM

do they still sell SBS?

Oliver Salzburg

@Burgi No. It's Essentials now IIRC

This one is from 2011

We've upgraded the hardware of the machine already and upgraded the host to Server 2016

Now come the next steps and I feel like I should rename our existing domain to make migration into the future setup easier

But I'm sure it will break everything

what sort of craziness will occur if you rename it?

Oliver Salzburg

I did that once, with a fresh domain, it hardly made any difference

is this better suited to a weekend of overtime with a legion of minions?

Oliver Salzburg

The thing is, this task has been delayed since forever

I think what I just outlined has been in progress for over a year

I want it done now :P

But key employees are not on-site and they should observe the migration at least for training purposes

8:13 AM

lol

is it just renaming it?

what happens to the clients o_O

Oliver Salzburg

So I thought, hey, let's just rename the domain to get us started

Journeyman Geek

@Bob vaguely

its a GP weekend, but... call the it dept in for a weekend

I'm interested to know what happens personally.

Oliver Salzburg

@djsmiley2k I think you have to reboot them 2-3 times and they work as usual

8:13 AM

like, will things using a static Username/pass using domain\user break?

@OliverSalzburg wow ok

all logged in people will have to reauthenticate

Journeyman Geek

GP weekend?

Oliver Salzburg

Domain\user is broken of course

@JourneymanGeek I need this weekend for myself

I'm thinking of powering through to Friday night

@JourneymanGeek grand prix

Oliver Salzburg

So: 1. Rename domain 2. Send everyone home because work is no longer possible. 3. ??? 4. Profit

2

8:15 AM

in Azerbaijan

@OliverSalzburg will you get fired?

Oliver Salzburg

@Burgi Unlikely

do it first thing monday then

then immediately go on holiday

Oliver Salzburg

:D

@djsmiley2k I found out that I forget more or less details depending on severity

on some events I remember most, on some... I only remember vaguely what happened and that it happened numerous times, but not the people or the count. Joy.

you remember negative events better than positive events

this is due to evolution

"i remember this lion eating me last week, lets not let that happen again"

INAEBOIAS

8:21 AM

well, the event I don't remember is one of the most serious things that ever happened to me, that is still giving me occasional ptsd attacks.

so...

brains are weird and putting them into rules will fail

I'm Not An Evolutionary Biologist Or Even A Scientist

Journeyman Geek

brains are wierd. I was making a joke about how forgetful I am tho :(

@Avery teh joys of your brain replaying an event to try and decide the best course of action next time...

i went to bed at 9pm last night

Can I please have no next time?

8:26 AM

but if there was a next time, would you react differently?

I had no control, I'd still have no control, I couldn't ask differently.

@Avery hopefully

but how does your brain know that? :(

@Avery hugs :(

i'll shut up now

a photo of 'things' - thanks user.

Bloody hell

8:28 AM

@Rahul2001 hey, how did the lawyer thingy go

This is too traumatic. Everytime that I speak with a lawyer I need to recall everything that I've buried in the past

And I breakdown badly

And I have no idea how I will manage in court tomorrow in front of my father and the judge

in the UK you'd be allowed to give your statement via videolink

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 do it not cause you want to, cause you have to. And if you do it right, its less likely you need to do it again.

@JourneymanGeek I don't know man. 12 different court cases.

I have no idea how we will manage

hugs

8:32 AM

I've subconsciously forgotten everything that I've been through. And I'm happy like that. But when it comes back it's terrible.

I'm lucky as in my brain has never made me relive the actual experiences, but instead I just get the mental trauma.

Journeyman Geek

.....12?

This smacks of vexatious litigation.

@Rahul2001 I feel you. In fact we were just talking about that.

i've never had any major traumatic experiences... at least none that i remember...

Point is, when you're done with this all, you'll be free

then you can forget it all

use your weaknesses in your favor

8:35 AM

@Avery but I don't know if I ever will. Not for at least a decade

hug

@JourneymanGeek those were all filed by my father against us. Now our lawyers are thinking of filing more in return

@Rahul2001 Been there... still am

makes me stronger.

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 no matter what, 12 is too many

@Avery I could seriously do with a few hugs

@JourneymanGeek ha. Indeed. But it looks like there will be more

8:37 AM

sending wifi hugs

Also, nothing wrong with breaking down

shows it's real.

Journeyman Geek

yup

:)

Shows how much of a cockwomble your dad is right now.

Also, that's part of how you deal with it too

@djsmiley2k he manipulates, and lies

He bribed our old lawyers so they made it harder for us to win

It's like I've been living a terrible dream all my life

:/

8:42 AM

I can see no way out of this.

Don't worry, the earth is going to blow up shortly.

vote giant meteor 2020

morning

@Rahul2001 1. he wins, or 2. you win, 3. no one wins but the lawyers get rich anyway.

4. @OliverSalzburg renames the domain, breaks the courts computer and everyone is sent home

@OliverSalzburg MY SAVIOUR COME RESCUE ME

;p

8:53 AM

steam sale tonight!

Oliver Salzburg

On it!

@djsmiley2k well, their password is "incorrect".

The courts use Ubuntu, strangely enough

(probably an old and insecure version)

probably still more secure than a windows offering of the same vintage

Yeah

8:57 AM

@Rahul2001 that damn bovine might be grimy.

@DavidPostill how do you stop Get-AdUser returning all the default properties along with the one you actually want?

@djsmiley2k is it a huge problem? just get the one you actually want and discard the rest.

ok, how @satibel ?

i'm just lookin over the shoulder of someone else and trying to learn :D

Okay, some PC building questions to distract myself with

@satibel You know that laptop with the broken body which I was thinking of using as a server?

pipe it, and use $_.value_you_want

@Rahul2001 yes?

9:06 AM

Can I leave it running in a cupboard without a body?

As in, it gets rainy sometimes

outside?

And there's moisture in the air

Oliver Salzburg

86

A: How to get an object's property's value by property name in PowerShell?

Sure write-host ($obj | Select -ExpandProperty "SomeProp") Or for that matter: $obj."SomeProp"

Does that help?

@satibel in a room that's... Kinda open

During monsoon there's quite a bit of moisture in the air

well, try putting some silicate gel thingy in the cupboard if you want to be sure, but it won't be much worse than in a case.

rice might be a low tech choice.

or salt.

9:10 AM

1

Q: Latency issues when inserting content to China

Background We have an app that will write into a postgres db hosted in Frankfurt datacenter. The app is installed in each of the 8 sites we have around the world, from China, Korea, India , Germany, France and Mexico. When connecting in Europe, to the Frankfurt database, the response times a...

postgresql architecture rds

@Burgi Probably not. Ubuntu LTS only gets five years of support.

but you can upgrade it easier

and it is free.

Oliver Salzburg

> as bidirectional replication is not allowed

10.04 hasn't been supported since 2015. Windows 7 is older and still in extended support.

Oliver Salzburg

By whom?

9:11 AM

@satibel huh. And should I cut holes in the sides of the cupboard and put fans for ventilation?

@OliverSalzburg I know

is it allowed ...?

one intake or exhaust fan should be enough.

but maybe not even necessary.

(no, I'm not trolling)

@AndyK the distance is a decisive factor.

make the world smaller?

Oliver Salzburg

@AndyK Your question is extremely broad. Explaining how to solve global data access issues is probably out of scope of Q&A

And I'm actually confused that this is somewhat catching you by surprise if you have an application that is globally deployed

9:13 AM

@OliverSalzburg tbh I'm not sure where to ask the question

its also off-topic for SO (better suited for SF or SU)

@satibel ah okay, thanks.

@Rahul2001 the moisure in the air is only a problem if the computer suddenly gets really cold

@Burgi

or the moisture actually collects somewhere (because something is cold).

9:14 AM

fair enough I will put that in SF

@Burgi

@Rahul2001 you Need that many fans: youtube.com/watch?v=GSllkFWVhJI

@AndyK you might need to find a chinese partner to host the server inside china.

^

the chinese have laws that mean western tech firms HAVE to use chinese tech support and suppliers

@Burgi the datas are small around 1mb per day

9:19 AM

doesn't matter

I do not see myself contracting a partner for that ...

its how china works

that sucks big time

you might need to approach the chinese embassy/consulate in paris to ask them how to go about doing business inside china

0

Q: Latency issues when inserting content to China

Background We have an app that will write into a postgres db hosted in Frankfurt datacenter. The app is installed in each of the 8 sites we have around the world, from China, Korea, India , Germany, France and Mexico. When connecting in Europe, to the Frankfurt database, the response times a...

postgresql rds architecture

we have 2 factories already in China

9:22 AM

then you should have an IT contractor already in china

time to dust off the passport and head to china

nod

don't take a computer with you :)

or take a fresh chromebook

if you do, use a burner machine

VPN the shit out of everything

vpn the vpn!

well, here is a good list: mricon.com/i/travel-laptop-setup.html

9:24 AM

I'm wodnering

saterlite comms outta china?

actual 2 way saterlite, not modem backbone

my vpns and proxies work

so is my storage host

and we totally didn't abuse that before.

@djsmiley2k why bother?

@Burgi no more great firewall?

I'm not saying it's sensible in this case

but..... it completely defeats the firewall no?

it would be super slow

i'm not sure if a single satellite can cover both china and europe

you only need it to get the data outta china

9:30 AM

wait... his issue is actually database mirroring not connectivity

so lol microsoft is asking for a list of stuff I made

<I made nothing>

I didn't take part in the xamarin stuff, I didn't organize events.

I didn't even use windows in the last couple months

Oliver Salzburg

Why can I start a 512 MB RAM Hyper-V guest if I have 2 GB RAM available? Tells me out of memory

@Burgi yeah.... maybe

but he says he can't replicate them (with no reason given)

and as replication of databases is generally a good thing...

the server in south korea is serving the app successfully but they can't mirror the data across the two servers for "reasons"

yah

1. Germany is too far from China

2. Can't replicate because 'reasons'

you can't move germany

so..... solve the 'reasons' instead.

Which we can't even approach, as we don't know what they are.

9:37 AM

@OliverSalzburg maybe there is a minimum ram needed for the server?

Oliver Salzburg

@satibel I bet. But this behavior seems to have changed when we moved from 2012 to 2016. The host OS seems to reserve far more memory

We used to run the single guest on that host with 10 GB of RAM. Now it won't start with anything more than 8

And the additional 512 MB guest also doesn't start

And I can't shut down the 8 GB SBS because everyone is relying on it which is why we're doing the whole migration in the first place

Argh!

you don't have a backup server?

@OliverSalzburg ....

what @satibel said!

imagine the host blew up

what do you do now?

Oliver Salzburg

Another success in the endless battle against desktop shortcut creation

@djsmiley2k That would speed up the migration process

we are supposed to have a backup server, but the contractor is lazy.

9:51 AM

There are lots of XY problems here. Why can't the read be easily accessed? I feel you would be having these issues even without the geography. — Burgi 8 secs ago

@OliverSalzburg nice

@OliverSalzburg lol. you should file a bug against innosetup to have it unchecked by default :P

@JourneymanGeek I just wanted to test that it could still send emails after I added a proper logger. Ended up testing against my own address :P

sigh stackoverflow.com/questions/44692047/…

how did that HNQ

one good answer (and it's not the accepted one), and a pile of "use this code" junk

Oliver Salzburg

@Bob I do not understand how so many developers on the planet roll installers and think "Hey, a desktop shortcut, what an amazing idea!"

@OliverSalzburg it's more "I'll just use the default options"

Oliver Salzburg

Yeah, but why?

10:06 AM

@OliverSalzburg because using not-default requires more thinking?

devs are lazy

<== example

Oliver Salzburg

It's not like creating any installer is a one-click operation. You have to spend considerable time on it. And you never realize that it is completely annoying to create that shortcut?

@OliverSalzburg uh, actually...

Oliver Salzburg

But, yeah, if that is the default in InnoSetup, I should file that bug

@OliverSalzburg I'd check, but ... one min

@OliverSalzburg actually, I have a software that just has a checkbox "create installer".

Oliver Salzburg

10:19 AM

@satibel What software is that?

@OliverSalzburg Baguette++

Oliver Salzburg

@satibel wtf is that O__o

That evokes very bad emotions

@OliverSalzburg "Program 10 times faster"

Oliver Salzburg

Don't tell me you're actually using that for anything?!

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just click the green button, and it uses the defaults.

10:26 AM

1

A: Change to use folder from terminal?

The ~ (Tilde) is a built in shortcut that autocompletes to the users 'Home' folder. Normally the home folder will be found under /home/ however it can infact be in almost any location on the system (including on network drives). This is defined in /etc/passwd. So cd ~/Downloads is actually runni...

I feel like the user is asking 'wtf is up with ~??'

@OliverSalzburg well, there's some legacy code on it. Also it's good for throwing together a tool.

and if you need advanced stuff you can use a .net dll.

though, I mostly dislike it.

Oliver Salzburg

@satibel Good :D

It reminds me of the days where I compiled Flash with 3rd party tools to make Windows desktop applications

but it's on par with winforms :p

loving trump's plan to put solar panels on the wall

@Burgi put them in the basement o/

10:34 AM

@Burgi so innotivate

he could then electrify the fences...

@satibel in which case... why not use actual winforms? :P

@Bob because we are using their proprietary db which is a pita to use with winforms.

and legacy code etc...

> proprietary db

nonononono

Oliver Salzburg

But it can connect to VPN and Linux!

wat

Oliver Salzburg

10:37 AM

Yes, I scrubbed through the brochure

though, it also has some merits for printing stickers quickly.

hm. I just did a dumb.

Oliver Salzburg

@satibel They love their stickers, don't they?

And barcodes apparently

Which leads me to believe, this product is used in industry a lot

note to self: after setting up x-forwarding, there's no need to install xrdp

Oliver Salzburg

And looking at their testimonials confirms that

10:38 AM

then again, x forwarding is likely to be painfully slow... maybe there's some merit in getting xrdp up? :P

@OliverSalzburg it's a tool to makes tools as a somewhat starting dev, for specific cases for in house use.

it's not great for big applications, but for a quick and somewhat good looking program it does it's job.

if you're anything but new to development, it will often make you cringe though.

Oliver Salzburg

Makes sense

@Bob also depends on use case

x forwarding wouldn't show you an error that was occuring, only on :0

@djsmiley2k nah. just tried both. xrdp still much much faster

nod

10:51 AM

doesn't help that this is a 300ms RTT link

x-forwarding doesn't do anything clever with the data, litterally just sends it as is

you can even setup a tunnel on :1 and push that out via netcat xD

@djsmiley2k that's what vnc does

where rdp is even smarter

no, x forwarding is worse than that

x forwarding uses a protocol possibly chattier than SMBv1, over the internet...

vnc has compression afaik

at least most clients do

xfree86 yaaaaasssssssssssss

@djsmiley2k hm?

hehe

it's likely still the same old code

as no one really uses it...

bet it's full of vulns too...

10:53 AM

@JourneymanGeek seems to like nomachine :P

I wonder.... if there's X-forwarding servers sitting out there on the web, (not via ssh).

@djsmiley2k "are there any rsh servers sitting out there?"

nmap -p 6000 –script x11-access 192.168.1.5

nmap, u so HAWT>

11:05 AM

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@OliverSalzburg ^ It's the Inno Script Studio wizard default.

Wait. It defaults as unchecked!

o.O

could've sworn it was the other way before... maybe not. hm.

11:23 AM

Mum calls HP support:
Mum: <explains issue>
HP: "Please restart your PC"
Mum: "Uh... My computer isn't giving me an option to restart, it's telling me to update first"
(They've been on the line for 10 minutes)

Oliver Salzburg

Well, I even heard from the Docker for Windows team that their installer solution flat out does not support making the desktop shortcut optional

#Windows10hijack

11:55 AM

@djsmiley2k wait... you can use scripts in nmap? goes down the rabbit hole

nmap.org/nsedoc/scripts/realvnc-auth-bypass.html humpf, I might want to test that with masscan.

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