Root Access

Nick

12:18 AM

@bwDraco woo, how did you get spectral vision?

bwDraco

@Nick grainger.com/product/SEEK-THERMAL-Infrared-Camera-49ZA23

Seek RevealPRO thermal imager.

Nick

cool. That's a hot product.

bwDraco

Thermal imagers traditionally aren't cheap; they used to routinely cost thousands, if not tens of thousands, of dollars. Seek Thermal makes some great thermal imaging devices that are affordably priced. It's not as fully-featured as a FLIR camera, but you can't beat the price.

It still costs a few thousand dollars to get a good FLIR model.

Bob

> you can't beat the price

China: hold my beer

bwDraco

lol

Seek's products are American-made.

Bob

12:30 AM

btw, @bwDraco, see bonus chatter at blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180719-00/?p=99285

> When a thread is ready to be scheduled, the scheduler will try to put it back on the processor that it had been running on most recently. But if that processor is not available, then the scheduler will move it to another processor.

That was the same explanation for the cross-numa threads on zen

bwDraco

Basic thermal imagers that connect to your phone cost as little as $200 but they don't have anywhere near this kind of resolution. The Seek RevealPRO has a 320x240 sensor while the FLIR ONE does 80x60. (To be fair, the FLIR ONE does have what's called MSX, which uses a visible camera to outline details that may be hard to see in a pure thermal image.)

@Bob Interesting.

Bob

The theory being that waiting for the same core to free up is almost always worse than just using a different core even taking the numa hit

zen just happened to expose that scheduling to the consumer space

bwDraco

blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180713-00/?p=99235

lol

> When generating a random password, the result must still be a valid string

Believe it or not, this new HP laptop is actually lighter than my cheapie Lenovo.

By less than two ounces.

RegularGDPR

12:46 AM

Eek

CTIL using overlapping LTE 2100 and WCDMA 2100 transmitters in the same area, and it's causing... strange behaviour.

Granted it's a progressive rollout and they're partway through, but it's interesting nonetheless. They usually don't get this desperate.

Bob

@bwDraco That is not necessarily a good thing :P

bwDraco

It's all-aluminum construction.

The HP system is also much thinner, at 15mm. The Lenovo Flex 4-1130 is 20.9mm thick.

Yet another BIOS update. Wat.

Bob

1:09 AM

@RegularGDPR Apparently the Note8 and S9 encrypted the CSCs :S

RegularGDPR

@Bob WTF Samsung

Bob

I mean there's gotta be a decryption key hanging around somewhere... but that's a pain.

RegularGDPR

Seriously what on earth has happened to them lately

Bob

forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s9-plus/help/…

RegularGDPR

Saw a decent offer for an S8 recently. Was almost tempted.

If the S8 is just the S9 without retarded firmware restrictions...

Bob

1:11 AM

Eh... camera and fingerprint sensor location, mainly.

RegularGDPR

Shrug. Still happy with my S7 camera. Might give up on the fingerprint sensor.

Doesn't it have like iris recognition or some shit

Bob

It does. I've not used it yet.

bwDraco

2:37 AM

...and I just came to a stark realization with NVMe boot drives.

When I tried to restart Stolas into safe mode, it blue-screened on me with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. Apparently, the NVMe driver does not function in safe mode.

Bob

o_O

bwDraco

I have never tried to start Astaroth in safe mode, which is why I've never encountered this before.

Bob

uhh

it should work

bwDraco

Yeah, that was unexpected.

Bob

like, the driver should work

bwDraco

2:41 AM

I would expect StorNVMe.sys to be available.

Bob

something is wrong with your specific system

bwDraco

3:37 AM

Jul 16 at 0:23, by RegularGDPR

Processors will happily run at 95'c for years on end, it's not ideal because of the potential for thermal throttling, but there's close to no chance of it dying from temps alone during its warranty period. Only reason you'd get anything more than the stock cooler is a) More than mild overclocking and/or b) reduced noise. Or the c) odd occasion when it doesn't come with a stock cooler.

bwDraco

3:52 AM

...and it turns out TJunctionMax on Ryzen Mobile is a whopping 105 °C.

XKCD

4:11 AM

For a long time, people thought maybe Usain Bolt was the one for running, until the 2090s and the incredible dominance of Derek Legs.

3

RegularGDPR

6:28 AM

God dammit I don't know which network to choose. One's got 40Mhz LTE2300 coming up the other's got 40Mhz LTE2600 coming up, but the latter's got a history of taking six years to deploy anything and I don't know when they're gonna bloody do it.

But there's enough evidence they're planning on doing it soon, cause they've released plans to refit masts with up to 6 LTE bands, guess I gotta wait until I run into an engineer wiring up the masts to see who's getting what

I feel like it's time to dust off my good ol' DSLR with the uber zoom lens to read the labelling on the mast cables but I've not used that thing since Australia.

Bob

6:49 AM

@RegularGDPR Dual-SIM :D

djsmiley2k

7:40 AM

vmware

is in my dreams

Bob

9:35 AM

djsmiley2k

lol

Burgi

9:57 AM

i just found a website that is straight up stealing SO content

there is no attribution or indication that it from SO

djsmiley2k

One of many.

Burgi

should i report it?

djsmiley2k

That, I don't know :/

Burgi

This: exceptionshub.com/use-the_posts_pagination-without-title.html is stolen from here: stackoverflow.com/questions/29863234/…

Bob

10:14 AM

@Burgi yes, report it

Burgi

where and how?

Bob

354

Q: A site (or scraper) is copying content from Stack Exchange. What should I do?

Since day one of Stack Overflow, all content posted on Stack Exchange sites by their users (i.e. you wonderful people) has been provided to the whole universe under the CC BY-SA license. For my fellow non-lawyers, that license basically means: Anyone can use any Stack Exchange posts at any time...

Burgi

ty

Bob

looooooooool the Add menu up the top

how half-arsed can you get

Burgi

i know

bwDraco

10:39 AM

oooooooooo

Burgi

10:55 AM

the_posts_pagination() is a truly terrible function

the older paginate_links() worked so much better

Burgi

11:43 AM

well feck

£650 for my service

djsmiley2k

:O

Burgi

buckled rear wheel,
worn front pads,
leaking rear shock absorber

Journeyman Geek

o0

bertieb

12:16 PM

Ouch :-\

At least the front pads aren't too expensive (if you were to change them yourself)

In other news, I hear Dr Bumbum was apprehended

And there was a massive Singaporean data breach?

Oh, and WhatsApp are changing things in response to the mob killings in India after all

Journeyman Geek

@bertieb and not mangle your fingers in the process.

> The data of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, including information on his outpatient dispensed medicines, was "specifically and repeatedly targeted". Mr Lee has survived cancer twice.

bertieb

@JourneymanGeek Hah! :P In my defence (ish), I was cleaning the bike, not repairing it...

Journeyman Geek

Which I'd guess was the goal

@bertieb just ban reshares kthx

bertieb

@JourneymanGeek So they were after him specifically and got quite a lot of other folks' records?

Journeyman Geek

@bertieb I'd guess that's plausible.

Not sire what's the goal though, they're trying to push through leadership renewal and the fact he's had cancer is no secret

djsmiley2k

12:24 PM

bertieb

Looks like WA are limiting reshares?

> A WhatsApp spokesperson for India told the BBC that this means a single person would be able to forward one message only five times.

djsmiley2k

\o/

bertieb

Er, WHIT

Google Photos no

(friendlyneighbourhoodcatnumbertwo got duplicated)

Journeyman Geek

I was going to say

the fur patterns were identical

bertieb

Glitch in the Matrix spotted

Illuminati confirmed

etc

I mean, I was hoping the Google Photos 'Assistant' would do something with the shots

Was hoping for an animation tho...

djsmiley2k

12:29 PM

lol

djsmiley2k

12:59 PM

@bertieb I think you can manually make an animation...

bertieb

@djsmiley2k I did but I prefer the autocreated ones, which seem better somehow (?)

djsmiley2k

@bertieb I've not tried a manual one tbh.

bertieb

I just tried it via the web interface

It seemed to create a restricted FOV compared to the app one (?)

Blegh

Burgi

1:29 PM

@bertieb glitch in the matrix

bertieb

@Burgi Yup!

Burgi

@bertieb i'm not competent enough to change them myself

i know this guy on the internet that nearly sliced his hand off while.... wait.... ;)

bertieb

Ah fair enough

I have changed car brakes before without any damage to my fingers :P

All you need is a Haynes manual (or internet I guess, there must be videos/howtos)

And some tools

Burgi

also its already on their forecourt, they won't let me drive off

bertieb

Easier than it looks

Huh

Well, there's that

Bob

1:42 PM

Reading backwards was so weird

"let's see... changing car brakes ... "I just tried it via the web interface" wait what?"

djsmiley2k

@Burgi Wut, unless it's a MOT they can't stop you

@Bob lol

but I agree

Brakes are one thing I'd be wary of touching

If you mess your throttle up, you're going no where

Mess your brakes up...

Burgi

@djsmiley2k i'm having the MOT done and yes they can if the parts are dangerous or illegal

djsmiley2k

They that bad? D:

Burgi

apparently

djsmiley2k

Sigh

was told yesterday we'd hopefully be finishing around now

we're on Slide 42, of.... 60+

(started at 1 this morning)

bertieb

1:51 PM

@djsmiley2k Aye, it's important to test what you've done

That said, I had a friend whose brakes failed after a service in a garage and got into a (thankfully minor) accident

djsmiley2k

Youch

I hate the 'check your wheel nuts at 10, 1000, 10,000 mile things your told when you get new tyres

how on earth am I meant to measure the force of the nut that's attached?

Obviously if it's loose I'm not gonna drive it

but other than going 'nope, that looks solid' I can't actually tell.

Burgi

@djsmiley2k i've never heard that

djsmiley2k

> Re-torque

Following the fitment of your new tyres we advise that you regularly check the position of your wheel nuts for any movement or loosening. While we ensure that all wheels are safely re-fitted to the vehicle manufacturer's torque settings, threaded wheel nuts can potentially loosen as a result of relaxation in the clamping force (known as ‘settlement’). As a result, in line with advice from the UK road safety charity BRAKE, we recommend that you regularly perform checks to determine if wheel nuts have become loose. An initial check following a wheel refit should take place after …

Something along those lines.

> Most reputable tyre companies (I use Costco Mitchelin) and its always on their invoice to check wheel bolt torque after 100 miles which you sign a disclaimer for after the job is completed . Mostly I do check the torque but not always .The torque figures that they have been tightened to are always on the invoice as well and they never use an air gun , always done by hand.

>
After the Fitting
After your tyres have been fitted, it is strongly recommended that your wheel nuts are checked after approximately 50 miles. This is to ensure they have settled correctly and have remained at the correct torque setting.
Check the air pressure of your tyres once a fortnight. To find out what the correct pressure is for your vehicle, check your Owner’s Manual.

That's random site 1., Mercades forum, and blackcircles.co.uk

It's very much a thing.

bertieb

@djsmiley2k Never been told that either

I guess you could loosen and re-tighten with a torque wrench tho

djsmiley2k

Ur all gonna have ur wheels fall off :D

bertieb

2:00 PM

Well yea

I use pretty disreputable tyre places in any case

From around the time I bought 4 (hopefully) new tyres earlier this year:

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-43960381

djsmiley2k

lol

There's a place near here that's really good

bertieb

(The new tyres it made the drive down to Cornwall a lot more pleasant)

djsmiley2k

they genuinely seem honest,

bertieb

Aye, finding a good and honest place is useful

djsmiley2k

You get told o n a service/mot that you're tyres need changing

then go there, and they'll tell you exactly what's up with them (if anything at all)( and what to do

including swapping to the back and retracking

My wife's seat came with one last prepaid service.

We took it in, they told her she needed new brakes, new tyres, etc

(3yr old car, 5k miles on the clock)

so unlikely but...

bertieb

2:08 PM

Depends on the kind of driving she does I guess

And the state of the roads (if they're anything like up here)

Wasn't there some report this year that said there was a billion quid's worth of repairs needed?

Judging from my local commuting, I think £900 million of that was in Glasgow...

djsmiley2k

@bertieb lol she is a maniac

but the car was fine

bertieb

Well, shall we say enthusiastic driving can cause extra wear (especially on brakes and tyres)

But some places will try these things on

Because everyone (rightly) thinks "don't mess / cheap out with anything between you and the road, or that helps you stop"

djsmiley2k

yeah

they were just taking the biscuit

oooooooooo looks like it may rain

bertieb

It's been raining up here

(after I washed my car yesterday, natch)

Since we're on the subject

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic boingboing.net/2018/07/20/… might want to patch yer cop(ies) of conan exiles

djsmiley2k

2:24 PM

@bertieb haaaaaaa

Never wash your car \o/

bertieb

I usually don't! :P BUt it was sunny and I thought "well..."

djsmiley2k

104

Q: How can I address being paid less than my male colleagues with similar or lesser roles in my company?

I am a female developer that has been working at a company for two years. Last November I asked for a £3500 pay rise which I believe will put me inline for what I should be paid for my role. I was promised that the pay rise would come in January with the annual pay reviews, it never happened. I ...

salary united-kingdom gender

wants 3.5k pay raise after 2 years?

allquixotic

2:38 PM

@djsmiley2k 3.5k isn't a whole lot.

djsmiley2k

Hmm ok

After 1 year, on a service desk, I got 1k.

allquixotic

@RegularGDPR all else being equal, get the network with the lowest MHz bands; better building penetration and less SNR loss due to rain, trees, etc.

personally I use a network called "Bom" that has a 1 Hz band... the maximum Nyquist throughput isn't great, but it can penetrate solid earth for miles

djsmiley2k

hmmm

to shutdown now and change the fan

or later D:

Bob

2:57 PM

Jesus. That's memory leak #1 (cc @allquixotic)

15 million handles leaked. Hooooooly.

and maybe memory leak #2?

The next oen down is System at 8k, then Outlook at 8k

200,000 is ... insane. Not 15 million insane, but still insane.

RegularGDPR

3:49 PM

@Bob wouldn't help, as this is choosing which network to use for my second sim as it is!

allquixotic

@RegularGDPR clearly you need a 16-sim phone :D

RegularGDPR

@allquixotic they're both equal. They share the same infrastructure but there's some burecratic/commercial Bollocks going on about who gets to use which CA bands in which regions

allquixotic

alibaba.com/product-detail/…

RegularGDPR

@allquixotic tbh 4 would be enough, we only have that many operators here. Two dual sim phones might work, but there don't seem to be dual sim versions of the Xperia compact range.

Bob

@allquixotic wtf. is it literally made of sim slots?

also that's a really weird proprietary charger

RegularGDPR

3:52 PM

@Bob software based e-sims!

Bob

@RegularGDPR let's take everything good about SIMs (namely, easy portability between devices) and apply good ol' American restrictions to it

It's like CDMA but with a prettier name!

RegularGDPR

@Bob it's probably micro-usb with magnetic contacts

allquixotic

I hit 30k after being at 29.9k for like 6 months \o/

RegularGDPR

@Bob Well, if it weren't for the Americans trying to lock it down it would be let's take everything useful about sims and make them no longer restricted to physical form - network sign in and portability using a username and password instead of an ancient and obsolete hardware token

Trouble Maker Chat Broom

What I think about GDRP—Yes, you have my consent!! j/k You don't.... j/k

RegularGDPR

3:55 PM

Multiple sims on one device... Switch between them in a menu. New sim or operator or temporary sim for foreign roaming, just tap it over NFC and now its loaded into your phone/account.

Lost sim/left phone at home? Sign in on another device.

allquixotic

@RegularGDPR and Apple will be able to reclaim that little tiny volume of space for the sim card to use it for moar ICs

or put old ICs in that space and make the phone thinner

because why not

Bob

@RegularGDPR ha. AU telcos are doing a good job of ... discouraging ... dual-SIM phones

34 day uptime... buh-bye, time to reboot :P

RegularGDPR

@Bob UK telos all refuse to sell any

@Bob UK telcos all refuse to sell any

@allquixotic nah use it as an excuse to remove the headphone socket. I mean the new one.

RegularGDPR

4:34 PM

Yeah we need to make it even thinner so we're getting rid of the power jack. Wireless charging only!

Or for just $50 buy an adapter that converts your existing iPhone chargers into this proprietary new port that charges the phone via microscopic pins hidden inside the speaker grille!

Zachiel

4:50 PM

@bwDraco I got to listen at some clicks of death on the office's PC. It does not sound like what I got.

Time to write a question!

RegularGDPR

@Bob I suspect my computer is going to reboot itself any day now

Windows seems to have found some way of giving itself more free space.

55 days on my server VMs... meh

Bob

@RegularGDPR Oh they certainly won't sell any but they also seem to have convinced Samsung to not release any either.

RegularGDPR

@Bob o_0

Bob

@RegularGDPR What speaker? That was removed in the prev version. ~~Bluetooth~~ Beats®™ speakers now!

RegularGDPR

@Bob Ah yeah you'll have to carry a speaker adapter around to be able to hear your phone ringing!

Hmm, looks like Samsung advertise a "Hybrid SIM" version on their website which is selected as default but not available to buy online. Regardless, it's generally always been hard to get dual-SIM phones via any retailer in the UK (even the independants). The only ones that have any are usually Ebay, and large scale grey importers like Amazon. Or import it yourself.

SE Asia seems to be where they're most popular, UK and AU seem to be fairly rare, and the US pretty much makes them useless

Bob

5:01 PM

@RegularGDPR Yea, they're only available as grey import here.

No AU model is dual-SIM.

The first major dual-SIM was the Moto G4

whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones/Guides/…

RegularGDPR

Seems only one or two manufaturers do official dual-SIM UK models, and Samsung for example doesn't sell them in the online store.

Bob

Apparently LG and Sony have joined the party.

But not Samsung. Bleh.

RegularGDPR

Wonder which is the oldest dual-SIM phones have dual-active LTE

Or at least dual-standby-LTE dual-active LTE+WCDMA

Bob

@RegularGDPR whirlpool.net.au/wiki/dual_sim_4g3g_phones

If you go back in that wiki history... whirlpool.net.au/wiki/…

Unfortunately the article started late so there's quite the list.

Hakase

yo

do you guys have any idea how I can check if my monitor is updating at 67 fps?

Bob

5:09 PM

@Hakase What phone do you have?

Hakase

uhh htc 626g+ but I don't think that's relevant

I wanna get redmi 6a

Bob

@Hakase I ask because some phones can record high-FPS video.

Hakase

oh

I'm only interested in low budget tier phones so those might not get the hardware you expect

oh you're not asking for statistics

no I don't think my phone can record high fps vids

Bob

@Hakase Can you borrow one off a friend?

Quite a few phones can now record at least 120 FPS. Some can do 240, even 960.

Hakase

sorry don't have friends

2

Bob

5:15 PM

Samsung Galaxy S7 or newer. iPhone X. OnePlus 5T. Moto Z2. Xiaomi Mi A1. Huamei Mate 10 Pro. HTC U11+. Pixel 2. Xperia XZ1. etc.

Oh, LG V30 as well. And possibly others.

Hakase

6:03 PM

yea I can't figure this out without a camera

I tried making an app which draws rectangles on a grid every frame, so the corresponding one would light up but I couldn't even draw a proper grid or figure out the division remainder maths >.<

allquixotic

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@RegularGDPR > I'm a. Cat a meow. I'm girls cat a. Cat cat I'm I'm, I'm dog cat a a cat LTE, LTE. Cat a cat a LTE cat dog meow I'm meow LTE cat dog. I'm girls woof LTE dog cat dog cat I'm cat cat. Meow I'm. Cat. Fml cat. I'm. Cat LTE meow cat, cat cat a LTE girls. I'm. Meow dog cat cat cat cat. A I'm. Cat a I'm cat. Cat, cat cat dog, cat cat, meow cat meow cat I'm cat. Lte I'm meow a cat I'm girls cat I'm cat I'm I'm I'm. Lte LTE. Cat.

2

RegularGDPR

OK who broke @allquixotic

@Bob Ooooorrrrr you could use MagicLantern firmware on a Canon DSLR and force custom recording framerates and shutter speeds

allquixotic

geex = [ { word: "cat", weight: 0.8 }, { word: "LTE", weight: 0.2 }, { word: "girls", weight: 0.1 }, { word: "dog", weight: 0.1 }, { word: "woof", weight: 0.08 }, { word: "meow", weight: 0.2 }, { word: "FML", weight: 0.05 }, { word: "I'm", weight: 0.3 }, { word: "a", weight: 0.3 }]
total = geex.inject(0) {|sum, hash| sum + hash[:weight]}
curr = 0.0
geex.each do |word|
word[:range] = curr..curr+word[:weight]
curr += word[:weight]
end
rnd = Random.new
output = "@allquixotic "
startSentence = true

RegularGDPR

@allquixotic You forgot LTE Cat and Mhz and RRU

Also drugs and lube and chmod

Speaking of which there must be some script one could write in SE analytics to list the most common words a user uses?

allquixotic

@RegularGDPR there must be, because flackoverstow

RegularGDPR

6:16 PM

@allquixotic I remember someone posting a link to some SE data querying/analytics tool a while back that did something like that but I can't remember the specifics

IOW I don't know what it is, where it is, or how to use it, but only that it exists.

allquixotic

@RegularGDPR data.stackexchange.com

RegularGDPR

I think whoever used it just reported chat messages per day or something

:-o Mathematics.se has overtaken SU? :-o

By that much? o_0

In fact we're not even 50% bigger than SF or AskUbuntu anymore

Dammit I scared everyone off. Or Ramhound did, with all his nonsense comments-that-should-be-answers-but-get-posted-as-comments

> How many upvotes do I have for each tag?
windows-10 76
hard-drive 53
windows 51
windows-7 39
task-manager 37
networking 34
bluetooth 32
cpu 28
ssd 28

Hmm, moral of that... focus on Windows 10 and bluetooth questions. Mostly because I've only ever posted one answer for bluetooth and it's been giving me a steady trickle of rep for several years

ZFS is joint second last at 2 upvotes

RegularGDPR

6:38 PM

Hmm, 46% accepted answer rate. I should try harder.

bwDraco

7:06 PM

lol

rahuldottech

7:49 PM

Someone please recommend a simple and free email client for windows

bwDraco

Thunderbird. It's what I've used for many years, and I always have it open on my desktop.

rahuldottech

@bwDraco tbh, the UI seems too complicated for me

I need something super simple

bwDraco

Not familiar with it, but... Claws Mail?

rahuldottech

@bwDraco I just tried it

It's... too messy to set up

I'm just gonna try thunderbird

bwDraco

Thunderbird auto-detects the correct server settings most of the time if you're using a common free mail service like Yahoo Mail or Gmail.

(have three Yahoo accounts, setup was painless in every case)

rahuldottech

8:01 PM

@bwDraco Using my own server. I like thunderbird!

(Auto detect worked, btw)

bwDraco

Huh.

Great. Enjoy!

rahuldottech

8:19 PM

GUYS MY LAPTOP IS RUNNING SO WELL WITH THE SSD MAN LIKE WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

@bwDraco This has got to be the most worthwhile purchase I've made in a loooooooong time

bwDraco

:)

Ben N

:D

bwDraco

The older value-class SSDs are generally a good choice. The newer cheap ones are typically DRAMless, which takes a big toll on performance and endurance.

rahuldottech

@Bob My Lenovo Z2 plus can too, surprisingly

bwDraco

(DRAM is very expensive right now; look at how expensive PC memory modules are and you'll understand why SSD manufacturers are foregoing the DRAM buffer)

rahuldottech

8:26 PM

@bwDraco Yeah, I looked it up

But DRAM performance > DRAMless performance (mostly?)

bwDraco

Big difference especially with random-write workloads

Also, the SSD has to store its mapping tables somewhere. (Mapping tables are used by the drive's controller to keep track of the location of data, which it needs to move around and spread out to prevent uneven wear on the NAND.) Without DRAM, it needs to be kept in the NAND itself, which can greatly reduce endurance.

Jun 16 '17 at 4:10, by bwDraco

> [...] one SSD vendor told us about an OEM 2D TLC SSD that will burn through the rated endurance in a little over a year. The SSD has to last a year because of the notebook's one-year warranty, but anything beyond a year's worth of use is up to the user to fix. Tactics like that are the driving forces behind putting cheap DRAMless SSDs in $500 notebooks.

tomshardware.com/reviews/dramless-ssd-roundup,4833.html

rahuldottech

A FleetCommand was spotted in the wild...

(blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180713-00/?p=99235)

Being his usual self, of course

Anyway. It's wayyy past my bedtime. See ya'll l8r

bwDraco

'night.

djsmiley2k

9:11 PM

IT's ALIVE \o/

bwDraco

9:22 PM

...welp. It looks like I am getting a job offer after that interview a couple of weeks ago.

3

That Brazilian Guy

9:37 PM

@bwDraco Congratulations!

Get everything in writing

Journeyman Geek

10:48 PM

Yay

@MichaelFrank erm. While I dislike the op as much as anyone erm

... that feels a bit inappropriate

Amusingly I told off OP for far less so let's set a better example should he decide that for some obscure reason he wants to stick his head in here again

djsmiley2k

11:13 PM

Aurgh this shoulder pain is bad :/

bwDraco

11:56 PM

It's fun to see the keyboard backlight turn on or off when I rotate this laptop.

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