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allquixotic

12:15 AM

!!taytayboom

ChatBot John Cavil

allquixotic

12:49 AM

Dave's Catchprase Supercut

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@Bob can you explain "Bobby Desla" to me?

Journeyman Geek

Bobby dazzler.

allquixotic

OH

his accent is so heavy I couldn't tell what he was saying

That Brazilian Guy

@Burgi Depends on what time it is. It's monday night, not Friday / Saturday.

bwDraco

1:24 AM

What explains such a significant difference in noise levels for the last 20% of fan speed on my GPU? I'm getting 53 dBA at 100% but 48.5 dBA at 80%.

Journeyman Geek

2:44 AM

2

that's a fun/odd bug

(basically vivadi gets confused about scaling when the system comes out of sleep

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek in my head I hear broken up "boom"s like, B-- (m) OO -- (b) -- OOM -- BOO -- (m)

that's a bobby desla :P

Journeyman Geek

bobby desla sounds like a guy in a loud shirt and too much hair cream in a north indian backalley trying to sell you a watch in an bad australian accent

"I'm ya mate bobby desla, outta the streets of bobbopur, and Man have I got a steal for you!"

allquixotic

lol

Andy K

7:04 AM

morening

djsmiley2k

sup homies.

djsmiley2k

7:38 AM

wow the spam is strong this morning

user226528

8:03 AM

Hola, amigos!

user226528

What's up?

user226528

Also, what's with the woman in the animation? (Tay?) Is she proud of her skirt or is it another thing I am thinking of?

user226528

AFK. Be back in a bit.

djsmiley2k

10:31 AM

wibble

Seth

10:50 AM

I like the idea that she just wants to point out what a nice skirt it is.

user226528

@Seth LOL. I bet Sheldon Cooper would say the same thing.

Journeyman Geek

11:10 AM

sigh

called parents. They're lost on the way to a hotel in india

again

I just sent my mom a google maps link, co-ordinates and a screenshot

user226528

A hotel? Or the hotel?

Journeyman Geek

a specific one

but typically one looks these things up before leaving

not on the way

user226528

In India, yes.

user226528

And also in Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Russia, and Ukraine.

djsmiley2k

/me wibbles

user226528

11:21 AM

@Fabby Hi. :) Normally, I hate reviving dead discussion, but this is kind of important. What Windows 10 licensing loophole did you say was closed?

Fabby

I've deleted it from my bookmark links in the meantime.

user226528

I don't need a link. Just give me a gist of what it was.

Fabby

lemme look up the history here before I have to restore a backup to answer your question.

If you were doing development for accessibility, you could still get it last time I looked (Jan 2018)

@FleetCommand Why are you asking?

user226528

@Fabby I'm checking to see whether you were referring to the loophole that I know of, and last time I checked, was not closed.

user226528

And no, it was not the accessibility offer.

Fabby

11:24 AM

@FleetCommand :D

OK, cool. Keep it to yourself then! I don't need it!

Seth

I need to check MSDN Imagine or whatever it's called ...

user226528

Sure.

user226528

If it was sarcasm, though, your loss.

Fabby

MSDN should still have it

@FleetCommand I'm 95% of my time on Ubuntu anyway.

I only use Windows to take screenshots or to go through the exact menu options I need to post here.

(or to reprogram my keyboard backlights)

user226528

If it is a dual boot configuration, please be aware that your computer's clock can be seriously messed up...

Seth

11:26 AM

RGB can be such a pain.

Fabby

@FleetCommand I know: It's set to UTC.

user226528

You can tell Windows to set the firmware clock to UTC.

Fabby

(registry in Windows, standard in Ubuntu)

Seth

My current keyboard kind of supports setting up the RGB lighting options without having a special driver but it will also randomly forget what you set it up for.

user226528

Good. Someone who knows his stuff.

Fabby

11:27 AM

:-) :-) :-): Preaching to the choir.

i might not have much rep on SuperUser, but I've been using Windows since version 1

user226528

Nah. I am waiting for something and doing this is just better than fiddling with my fingers.

Fabby

(active development since Windows 286)

Stopped developing during Windows 2000 era

Windows is for work, Ubuntu is for spare time...

;-) :-) ;-)

user226528

You seem to have trouble making up your mind as to when you stopped developing for Windows.

Fabby

(and no, it wasn't meant to be sarcastic)

Yeah, well I still develop, but scripts only.

Last time I actually wrote C and compiled it myself was around that time.

compiling someone else's source code was 6 months ago...

user226528

Oh, I hate C and C++. Never wrote a single C or C++ app. But C# is my primary programming language now.

Seth

11:32 AM

One of my gripes when talking to other (young) system engineers and administrators "But I don't have to program as a sysadmin". If you don't know how to script - which is programming - you might have some catching up to do.

user226528

Yeah.

user226528

My primary scripting language is PowerShell.

djsmiley2k

For.... screenshots?!

that's the oddest reason I've heard for running windows :D

user226528

I can't imagine living without PowerShell.

djsmiley2k

I'm guessing it's screenshots of windows specific applications, but in which case I'd run em in a VM, or maybe even wine

user226528

11:33 AM

The administration task would be close to impossible without it.

djsmiley2k

@Seth i can write bash scripts with my butt

but don't consider myself able to program

allquixotic

@FleetCommand You can do anything!!!! with.... Power Shell. reference

djsmiley2k

I can also write html and css, php, json, xml, I don't consider myself a web designer either.

allquixotic

Welcome..... to Power Shell.

djsmiley2k

!!powershell

ChatBot John Cavil

11:35 AM

allquixotic

Welcome!!! to Power Shell!

With Power Shell, you can do anything.

Seth

But you do @djsmiley2k you're not a professional developer but you are someone that programs.

user226528

@allquixotic Seriously? An Adobe Flash link?

djsmiley2k

@Seth yah, maybe

but yeah, I know what you mean

sysadmins need to be inheritently lazy

and to seek the easiest way to get a chosen output

Fabby

@Seth Tell these kids that the difference between a Junior and a Senior is the ability to script so if they never ever want to make a promotion, they're fine where they are.

@djsmiley2k Yup, for posting Windows Screenshots to n00bs here on SuperUser...

/shrug

Michael Frank

11:42 AM

@FleetCommand Zombo.com is life.

user226528

Sure, dear.

djsmiley2k

@Fabby surely a vm would be easier?

Fabby

@djsmiley2k not the "go to your NIC settings and give me the same output as lspci is providing me in 1 second"

@djsmiley2k Meh, it was preinstalled, so that's where it still is: I don't need it.

it only takes 64GB on my first SSD. (rest is stil unallocated)

Second SSD is for Ubuntu.

djsmiley2k

wow umatrix hates that site.

lol fair enough

I just hated the reboot cycle :D

user226528

There two types of people: (1) Those who know how to make money from the competition between Windows and all the Linux OSes, and (2) those who don't.

djsmiley2k

11:47 AM

There's competition?

user226528

I am being polite.

Fabby

@allquixotic Can you change EFI boot parameters?

user226528

Also, being part of the first category means you must be able to make belief that there is.

djsmiley2k

heh

user226528

Let me tell you something about the second group: Meh.

djsmiley2k

11:48 AM

I use both

they had some advantages each

if i had a choice, windows would never existed, and linux would 'keep' evolving, but ahah

user226528

Meh

user226528

If I had a choice, Windows would have had 50% market share, Linux family 50% and Steve Jobs would have died in a gulag.

2

Fabby

They both have their use cases: Windows server is good for exchange, but to run Oracle or MySQL or SAP, I prefer Linux.

@FleetCommand :D :D :D

@FleetCommand Starred!

Journeyman Geek

@FleetCommand that's not a nice thing to say :(

user226528

@Fabby To run Oracle you don't need Linux; you need an MBA degree.

Journeyman Geek

11:50 AM

Even if the chap is dead

Fabby

@FleetCommand I have a B.Sc. in Chemistry.

But then, I've been using Oracle since 5.0.

Journeyman Geek

@FleetCommand the db is something special, sure

user226528

@JourneymanGeek No. But then again, I don't really mean it. It is not like I am going to rule the world in ... like, ever.

Seth

@Fabby I agree with you about the junior/senior thing. But in my country it's not (yet) that common to refer to positions in such a manner. So it's harder to get people to understand.

Fabby

Try running a HANA in-memory DB on Windows...

@Seth Who do you need to have understand the difference between Jr and Sr?

The boss? HR?

Journeyman Geek

11:53 AM

I use windows cause its a gaming platform and I have my audio setup dialled in on that

Seth

Those (young) engineers and sysadmins I'm talking to. :)

Journeyman Geek

more serious/long running stuff sits on linux

that said, I'd be happy if I could switch most of my stuff over to web UIs of various sorts

Fabby

@Seth A Junior SysAdmin who cannot write code is like a mechanic working on a car: they can do oil changes, and do normal maitenance.

Seth

The VSphere WebUI can be so horrible.

Journeyman Geek

@Fabby I kinda slightly disagree

you're maintaining and fixing as opposed to writing

Fabby

11:55 AM

@Seth A Senior SysAdmin who can write code is like an engine engineer who can keep the engine running even though parts of it aren't working.

Journeyman Geek

and least these days, I do think there's like a marked weakness in other technical skills

Fabby

@JourneymanGeek Which ones are you referring to?

Seth

Fullstack DevOps! ;D

Journeyman Geek

@Fabby hardware I suppose

Fabby

There's tons of skills missing in the industry.

Journeyman Geek

11:56 AM

every damned things get thrown on hosted services

Fabby

Well, I work for a Cloud Services company and we have people specialised in hardware.

Seth

Mitigate the risk of owning hardware to other businesses. Business people at work.

Fabby

the problem nowadays is no one knows everything any more...

I would be able to say: I know all the CP/M commands and all ASM instructions of the Z80 and know how to use them

That was still true for MS-DOS and the 8086

Journeyman Geek

Entirely unrelatedly

Fabby

80286 I switched to C

Journeyman Geek

11:58 AM

The Avengers Theme - Epic Bagpipe Version

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@Fabby you could program a keyboard?

Fabby

I still know a lot about, Hardware, Cabling, Compute, Storage, network, virtualisation, but I don't know everything any ,ore.

@JourneymanGeek I could read a keyboard in ASM.

I can now re-configure my own keyboard in Ubuntu still. (create a new keyboard layout from an existing one)

Seth

I think you don't need to know everything. It's fine to be a specialist. You just need a work environment where you can reliably trust your coworkers to complete tasks you delegate because their expertise is required.

djsmiley2k

There's too much knowledge in the world to memorise

I'd rather the ability to access what I need, when I need to

Journeyman Geek

@Seth more, you need to know who or where something is

and many many places suck at knowledge transfer

Seth

I was looking at it from a technical knowledge POV. It's true that in order to delegate the tasks you lack the expertise for you need to know who has expertise and how to reach them. Sadly I have to agree that this is often a problem while it really shouldn't be as much of an issue as it can be.

Fabby

12:09 PM

@Seth evil grin

@Seth Disclaimer: I'm a Project Manager now and am very good at doing that...

Seth

lol @Fabby I was debating whenever I should tell him that there have been cases where speakers can be used as microphones. ;)

Fabby

The 2nd best compliment I ever received in my entire career was a network engineer telling me: "Now that I've worked with you, I can see the value of a good Project Manager... " ;-)

@Seth Cool!! adding that!

djsmiley2k

Why are people downvoting spam but not flagging it o_O

Seth

Every flag is an automatic downvote?

Journeyman Geek

yup

but

djsmiley2k

12:13 PM

but there was no flags.

Journeyman Geek

YOU DID FLAG IT RIGHT?

djsmiley2k

Just downvotes.

Seth

Fabby you're a meanie. :P

djsmiley2k

yes, and it was immediately deleted.

@JourneymanGeek I flag all the (bad) things!

Fabby

@Seth Updated!

Journeyman Geek

12:13 PM

cause if its spam, it'll eventually either get curbstomped by smokey or us.

djsmiley2k

!!allthethings

ChatBot John Cavil

@djsmiley2k That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

djsmiley2k

:/

Fabby

Now the OP is going to have to rip out both his microphone and speakers

djsmiley2k

ZeFrank's back!

True Facts: Frog Fish

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user226528

12:16 PM

So, in advertisement, when you read "and much more", it means "and that's about it".

user226528

> Players will be able to manage their own economies, choose from over 30 weapons, 15 vehicles, and call in Nuclear Strikes, Ion Cannons, Airstrikes, and much more.

djsmiley2k

yup

'+1'

user226528

In this case, you should read this as "Players will be able to ... call in Nuclear Strikes, Ion Cannons, and Airstrikes."

Seth

30 weapons that handle about the same and 15 vehicles (5 sports cars, 5 pickups and 5 trucks).

user226528

Hmm... Yes. I most FPS, the 30 weapons all feel almost this same.

user226528

12:20 PM

Occasionally, there are games in which these weapons are like rifles, RPGs, grenade launchers, surface-to-air missiles, Ion cannons, and mines.

Seth

Sounds like Just Cause. :D

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek raises an interesting question, how come you don't seem to see many non-white male guitar players...

user226528

@Seth I made those up, but yeah. (Just Cause has ion cannons?)

djsmiley2k

and I love the sound of bagpipes :D

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k cause most popular music is by white folks?

ChatBot John Cavil

12:23 PM

@djsmiley2k That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

djsmiley2k

Shipping Up To Boston / Enter Sandman - Bagpipe Cover (Goddesses of Bagpipe)

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guitars tho

@JourneymanGeek hmmm maybe

are like so outta fashion in pop

Love this one too

shame the other two aren't on youtube

Seth

@FleetCommand not sure ... but at least there was some other fancy stuff. Ion cannons might actually be in C&C Renegade I guess?

Journeyman Geek

Also there's no real Indian pop scene. It's all music from movies

user226528

Actually, I was thinking Unreal 2. The ion cannon in C&C is fired from the space. Anyway, I meant that each of these have a completely different use. Instead, consider Max Payne: There are eight categories of weapons but you end up using assault rifles only (and occasionally, the sniper rifle). There are grenades but bullet-time is cooler.

user226528

But Renegade actually had more diverse weapons: Flamethrowers, repair beams and C4.

Seth

12:35 PM

True and with a lot of modern FPS it would be a bunch of assault rifles, a bunch of SMGs, a bunch of snipers. The rest would be an assortment of some big weapons (RPG, LMG, grenades) that's rarely used.

ToxicFrog

Modern FPSes have been (for the most part) extremely disappointing in both weapon and enemy design for quite a while now.

@Weapons knife, pistol, shotgun, SMG, AR, sniper rifle, grenades, RPG at plot mandated locations only. Enemies: human with pistol, human with shotgun, human with SMG, human sniper, human with grenades, attack dog.

user226528

Splinter Cell: Blacklist adds a very welcome complication: Whether you have to make noise or not. And whether your enemy has some kind or armor, or anti-gas mask.

Michael Frank

Are you talking realistic FPSes? 'cause Destiny has space magic

Journeyman Geek

heh. one screenshot, and a google maps link, and parents managed to make it to the hotel. Turns out they overshot it thrice.

user226528

\o/

user226528

12:46 PM

🎊

ToxicFrog

@MichaelFrank yeah, my objection is that the vast majority of FPSes these days are "realistic" FPSes and even the ones that aren't often have disappointing weapon and enemy design (c.f. Wolfenstein: The New Order)

Seth

Realistic while not being realistic. Ghost Recon: Wildlands was such a waste of money.

Michael Frank

I'm glad I checked out of that one during the beta.

user226528

@Seth Thanks for letting me know. I was about to buy it.

Michael Frank

My clan all got it, and nobody played for more than a month.

Seth

12:50 PM

NP FleetCommand. It can be quite fun with friends for a week or so but doing it solo gets boring quite fast and there isn't actually that much to do.

And they lost me with rainbow pooping unicorn motorcycle DLC.

user226528

Yeah. I am more of a lone wolf because of my job.

user226528

Unicorn DLC? :O

Seth

Just in case someone things I'm making this up: i.imgflip.com/1nregj.jpg

user226528

Ew.

Michael Frank

Brand new Windows 10 Pro installation.... 5 games preinstalled that I do not want. :|

user226528

12:53 PM

@MichaelFrank Sigh! Always install with the Internet connection offline! Never go online before you install a firewall!

Seth

The first DLC was basically a "fun" one where you have Monstertrucks and those bikes, stunt challenges and so on. It's more or less a separate game mode with a different story. But I quickly stopped following any development because this was so distant from what I expect from a Ghost Recon game.

user226528

Also, if the games are UWP apps, chances are they aren't fully installed yet. Right-click and select Uninstall.

user226528

@Seth ...well. At least they didn't release a scanty-dress type of DLC.

Michael Frank

The Division has clawed back into popularity with it's most recent patch.

user226528

Really? I guess every cloud has a silverlining, even though if that cloud has been the cause of a storm that killed 1,000,000 and injured more.

Seth

1:03 PM

Indeed they don't have that kind of DLC. On the other hand if you want to "cosplay" someone who is not an American solider you need to pay 2-3€ to unlock a single badge of another country. At least at the beginning it was like that. It could've been pretty good but they made so many small mistakes that it wasn't.

user226528

I am considering Beyond Good & Evil.

DavidPostill

Category:African-American guitarists

...

I'm sure you will be familiar with some of them ...

Seth

It's been a while with Beyond Good & Evil. From what I remember it has some dated graphics but was quite fun.

ToxicFrog

I quite enjoyed it back when I played it, but that was 15 years ago and I have no idea how well it holds up now.

Also, the ending is total cliffhanger sequelbait.

user226528

Really? And they're making a prequel! Fancy that.

djsmiley2k

1:43 PM

@DavidPostill oh yah

but the fact there's a list of wikipedia

shows how much of an oddity, it can be concidered :P

Burgi

ugh... i am so tired

between the noisy neighbour and 4am phone calls...

Journeyman Geek

!!therethere

ChatBot John Cavil

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill I think he meant the fact there was an actual indian guitarist

Burgi

home, food, fall asleep on the sofa

DavidPostill

1:54 PM

@JourneymanGeek Well there are many of those too :)

Burgi

@djsmiley2k PJ Harvey, that guy from Cornershop (also Indian iirc), Jimi Hendrix...

Journeyman Geek

wait

Jimi Hendrix is indian?

Burgi

he is not white

Journeyman Geek

.....

lots of people arn't

I was actually thinking more the lack of a guitar tradition in indian music over...

race

;p

Burgi

oh

sorry

well india has the sitar

Journeyman Geek

1:56 PM

I'm not offended or anything

fun fact. Norah Jones is half indian, and the daughter of Ravi Shankar...

who taught the beatles to play the sitar

Burgi

it was an ambiguous conversation that i didn't fully scroll back on

Journeyman Geek

or the lack of a proper pop or rock tradition

Burgi

nelly furtado

Journeyman Geek

0_0

Burgi

she is indian/canadian

i think

Journeyman Geek

1:57 PM

Portugese right? Also white person

;p

Burgi

my mistake

maybe i'm thinking of someone else

Journeyman Geek

Its ok

I'm trying to think of a famous, non classic music artist of my language and culture and...

DavidPostill

Great Indian Guitarists (In no particular order)

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Journeyman Geek

oh whatsherface.

M.I.A. (rapper)

Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (born 18 July 1975), better known by her stage name M.I.A. (pronounced as distinct initials), is a British rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and activist. She is of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. Her stage name M.I.A. is wordplay on her name as well as a reference to the abbreviation Missing in Action. Her compositions combine elements of alternative, dance, electronic, hip hop and world music. M.I.A. began her career in 2000 as a visual artist, filmmaker and designer in west London before beginning her recording career in 2002. Since rising to prominence in early...

Sri Lankan Tamil? CLOSE ENOUGH! My human's ID says he's one ;p

Burgi

there was a pop singer in the UK who was refused entry to the USA because her father was a tamil tiger

Journeyman Geek

2:00 PM

probably her

also he probably wasn't a tiger if he left

at worst, he donated money/raised funds in what was, to a large extent a gawdawful mess that could have resulted in ethnic cleansing.

Burgi

> The United States has restricted her access into and out of the country during her career since the release of her debut album

Journeyman Geek

The tamil tiger situation's a bit complicated anyway

Burgi

i thought it was ethnic cleansing

Journeyman Geek

Well yes

but there was also some forced conscription and other less nice things on the LTTE side

Burgi

didn't the sri lankan army execute them all on thje beach in the north a few years back?

Journeyman Geek

2:02 PM

naw

just the leader

and he apparently was betrayed by tamil politicians

and the central government at the time didn't quite get over Rajiv Ghandi's assasination

Burgi

Cornershop (band)

Cornershop are a British indie rock band best known for their 1998 UK number-one single "Brimful of Asha". The band were formed in 1991 by Wolverhampton-born Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and guitar), his brother Avtar Singh (bass guitar, vocals), David Chambers (drums) and Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), the first three having previously been members of Preston-based band General Havoc, who released one single (the "Fast Jaspal EP") in 1991. The band name originated from a stereotype referring to British Asians often owning corner shops. Their music is a fusion of Indian music...

Journeyman Geek

ah

never heard of em ;p

Burgi

you surprise me. their most famous song was about when you were in the UK

Journeyman Geek

;p

I had a lot on my mind then? ;p

Amusingly the few stories I can't really ever share in public ;p

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek Doesn't she believe the earth is flat tho?

or is that some other rapper

Journeyman Geek

2:12 PM

I hope not!

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek Well they have sitar, and other instruments?

Which made me wonder, is a guitar a typical white male instrument, and I realised I guess it is

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k we did kinda borrow a few

djsmiley2k

hense the question

awesome, can't get through to the doctors

Journeyman Geek

we have a varient of the violin (steel stringed IIRC)

the harmonium is german in origin

and lol. stereotypically the sitar's a woman's instrument

also from the north

Veena

The veena (Sanskrit: वीणा, IAST: vīṇā), also spelled as vina or beena or bina, comprises a family of chordophone instruments of the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps. The many regional designs have different names such as the Rudra veena, the Saraswati veena, the Vichitra veena and others. The North Indian design, that has been used in classical Hindustani music, is a stick zither. About 3.5 to 4 feet (1 to 1.2 meters) long to fit the measurements of the musician, it has a hollow body and two large resonating gourds...

is more common in the south

I think one of my aunts used to play it

(I mean, she still would, but she's dead.)

djsmiley2k

Ah ok

female and male instruments o_O

Journeyman Geek

2:29 PM

lol

Nothing wrong with men playing it

its just less common

I mean there's women who play ... what's that thing called

its like a 6 foot long wooden trumpet

needs rediclously strong lungs to play

djsmiley2k

oh yah

the Swiss one?

Oh, the horn?

metal one, or wood?

Journeyman Geek

Nadaswaram

The nadhaswaram, nagaswaram, nadhaswaram or nathaswaram is a double reed wind instrument. It is a traditional classical instrument used in Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala. This instrument is "among the world's loudest non-brass acoustic instruments". It is a wind instrument similar to the North Indian shehnai but much longer, with a hardwood body and a large flaring bell made of wood or metal. In Tamil culture, and Telugu culture,the nadaswaram is considered to be very auspicious, and it is a key musical instrument played in almost all Hindu weddings and temples of the South Indian...

djsmiley2k

That's not a horn

THIS IS A HORN