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12:34 AM
@William there's also an apple site
@ThatBrazilianGuy actually no
AU is a lot more popular and a lot more accessible
U&L is great for those wierd, hard, technical neckbeardy questions
 
> I mean mac is unix should it be on unix.SE solely?
yeah that is what I meant mac has an apple.se site
 
@rahuldottech Use real numbers like a sane person!
@rahuldottech Wait. Wait wait wait wait wait wait waaaaaaaaaaaait... 70F = 21C.
Are you telling me
There are living humans
Who consider 21C to be melting?
@rahuldottech 120 F = 48,88C. I find that... Unlikely.
 
We've got dupes. Would you like one for SuperUser?
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Q: Bad Effects of Coiling Electrical Cables

Lost_In_LibraryI have desktop computer and a lot of external hard disk cases. I coiled all cables to make them organized/easy to clean. But an electrition told me; if you are using a cable, coiling (wrapping) cables is wrong. It could damage your computer, electronic devices etc. You should un-wrap cables of de...

 
Bob
12:56 AM
@rahuldottech South US?
North maybe, but southern USA is ... pretty hot.
@bertieb :D
 
1:28 AM
@ThatBrazilianGuy I meant 42, not 48. My bad.
@Bob that's what I read? Dunno man, I know nothing about US geography
@ThatBrazilianGuy YES
 
Bob
2:17 AM
@rahuldottech Erm. That's not what you read.
Or at least that's not what's written at the linked page.
> Like, I don’t even mean extreme heat; an inescapable 75 F is enough to cause a flare-up.
"75 is enough to trigger my medical condition" ok, that's not 'weird'
> I live in the Southeast US, so it gets really hot in the summer.
Yup, separate statement.
Not saying 75 is extremely hot. But it does get extremely hot, i.e. far over 75, which means, if 75 is already bad for said medical condition, 'extremely hot' is much worse.
> For comparison, my parents have kept our house between 68 and 70 degrees my whole life; I’m accustomed to life in a walk-in fridge, basically.
read: "I'm aware 70 is cold but that's what I'm used to and also what helps me cope with my condition best"
 
@Bob actually it being the us
THE south
 
Bob
I'm not entirely sure how, from all that, you got "finding 70°F to be gah, melllltinggg"
They specifically say "70 is cold", "75 is my limit even though it's not actually extremely hot" and "it gets hotter than that here"
 
I have lived in Chicgo
 
Bob
Heck, there's even:
 
and deep south
 
Bob
2:21 AM
> his folks don’t really turn on the AC until it gets like, 90 degrees out
which, at 32 C, is definitely into uncomfortably hot territory
 
and their summers get just as bad in my opinion
I prefer the South because the entire year has a theme if you want to call it that
the North its like crazy cold and then crazy hot
crazy cold crazy hot. The south is at least pretty hot year around except for a month or 2 where it is just slightly cold
 
 
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5:07 AM
I see a SU logo there ;)
 
5:25 AM
LOL dba's logo is wrapped in a bow
 
5:37 AM
Hello everyone, can you help me with uninstalling WSL?
In elevated command prompt, I tried with lxrun /uninstall /full
But it gives Error: 0x80070002
 
Bob
@daya How did you install it initially? What version of Windows are you running?
 
Let me check
I am using Windows 10 version 1803
 
Bob
@daya Did you install it from the Store or from a separate package or migrate it from beta (whe it was just Bash on Ubuntu on Windows)?
 
And I installed WSL initially by following kali.org/tutorials/kali-on-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux
And downloaded kali from Windows store
 
Bob
(oh god why is it always kali)
@daya Ok, since you installed from the Store you should use the Settings => Apps menu to uninstall it.
 
5:48 AM
Oh come on I was just tried to test WSL
 
Bob
Notice lxrun only applies to the beta BoUoW installs:
> Warning: lxrun.exe is only used to configure the legacy Windows Subsystem for Linux distribution.
Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:
You don't have a legacy install. Therefore lxrun is not applicable.
The Store one is uninstalled just like any other program.
@daya It's become a bit of a running joke around here that too many people pick kali as their first ever linux experience :P
 
In Settings => Apps I didn't found kali
 
Bob
@daya Did you actually follow that tutorial or did you install from Store?
> Update : This post is outdated. For a better way of getting Kali Linux on Windows 10, install Kali Linux from the App store.
This is important: did you install from Store, or did you install via lxrun
What does wslconfig /list say?
 
Sorry, this is what I exactly did while installing kali.org/news/kali-linux-in-the-windows-app-store
 
Bob
Then, yea, lxrun is not for you. It should be in the Apps list.
Alternatively you cna probably right click Kali in the start menu and select Uninstall
 
5:55 AM
eww instructions as videos.
Damnit people, teach your n00bs right.
 
Well, Indeed! Kali was my first linux distro and while using it I never realised it while using that it is NOT intended for beginners
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek Hey, at least they have a text version
 
@daya I'd like to introduce you to my plastic assed counterpart...
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A: Why is Kali Linux so hard to set up? Why won't people help me?

AibobotKali Linux is not meant as a general purpose OS. It's meant to be a standardised platform for deploying specific scripts to do various tasks. It's one of these: Very good at what it does. Just not what you need when you want to go grocery shopping. Kali Linux has a few quirks – being designe...

 
Bob
@daya TBH I'm not entirely sure who it's intended for
 
I have read it before @JourneymanGeek
 
5:57 AM
@Bob its useful for people who need a very much standard platform for pentesting.
 
Bob
It's certainly not suited for beginners. But at the same time I suspect most truly experienced people prefer to set up their own environments.
@JourneymanGeek Oh, so checklistditors?
 
@daya too late ;)
@Bob Yes.
 
Yeah
 
Bob
Sigh.
 
@Bob kali is really not in my installled apps
 
Bob
5:58 AM
@daya Is it in your start menu?
 
No
 
Bob
o_O
how are you sure it's even installed?
how do you run it?
wslconfig /list
 
Yeah, it was installed before
I used to run in cmd by typing bash
Because on typing kali in cmd it used to throw a error so..
 
Bob
@daya ^ run that command and give me the result
 
`Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.
Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:
https://aka.ms/wslstore`
 
Bob
6:01 AM
but yea, somewhy, somehow, you've managed to end up with a weirdly broken system
...are you sure you installed via the store?
this stinks of a legacy installation
wslconfig /list /all
 
Bob
^ run that second wslconfig command
and tell me the result
 
Windows Subsystem for Linux has no installed distributions.
Distributions can be installed by visiting the Microsoft Store:
https://aka.ms/wslstore
It clearly shows there is no installed distros
but however whenever i tries to run kali from cmd it just shows there is no installed distros available
And due to this broken system I can't install other distros :(
 
Bob
@daya Even when you include the /all?
 
yeah
 
Bob
6:06 AM
...huh
for kicks, wslconfig /unregister Kali
I'm not expecting that to work but it (probably) won't hurt
 
In elevated cmd?
 
Bob
yea
failing that, just remove the WSL feature entirely, reboot, enable it again, reboot
 
There is no distribution with the supplied name
after running wslconfig /unregister Kali
 
Bob
try removing WSL
 
You mean disable it in windows features?
I can't remove because there is nothing in WSL
I will disable and then reboot
Thank you @Bob for all help
 
Bob
6:15 AM
@daya yea, disable, reboot, enable, reboot, hope it's clean
if not, might have to try an in-place upgrade
 
@Bob Not sure I understand "in-place" upgrade
 
Bob
6:29 AM
@daya try the feature reinstall first and hope you don't have to worry about that that means :P
 
6:55 AM
HELLOOO
EXAMS ARE OVER
FOR NOW
HELL YEAH
 
Bob
@rahuldottech picoctf.com
:P
@rahuldottech think of a team name?
 
7:18 AM
@Bob w31rd0z ;p
 
Bob
@rahuldottech you on matrix?
 
7:43 AM
@Bob Yeah! fixed that
Thanks again!
This time I installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS :P
 
That's a better distro to learn with ;)
 
Well, I already have many distros installed in Virtualbox for learning
The only reason was to play with WSL
 
Bob
@daya \o/
 
morning
 
Bob
'lo
 
8:02 AM
That's an odd youtube recommendation youtu.be/9TkHpvaO09c?list=RDMMz6PYAkXO-bU
hm, could someone ping journeymangeek.com?
I seem to have lost my connection to my server.
 
works for me
 
seems back
must be my ISP
 
8:19 AM
 
8:42 AM
i'm judging the company cake competition what should i judge the cakes on?
i've got: Presentation Taste Texture
 
Bob
8:59 AM
@JourneymanGeek not bad :P
 
@Burgi "Is the cake a lie?"
 
9:19 AM
heh
i think i'll be the only person to get that joke
 
9:43 AM
has anyone ever bought the ifixit repair kit?
 
ya
Its pretty good
 
i want to fix my nexus
 
Ya
You may also need the heating tool
@Dog might be more useful here
 
10:03 AM
its cheaper on amazon
and i can get it tomorrow
and i can use my gift cards
 
 
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11:30 AM
fracking safari!
its worse than IE ever was
at least in IE the bugs were consistent and easily replicated across devices
 
@Burgi apparently safari causes SE headaches too
so not just you ;)
 
Bob
11:45 AM
@Burgi ayup
 
@Burgi linky?
 
£5 cheaper than off the official ifixit website
 
ty
I feel likeit's over priced
but there's so much crap at the other end of the scale :/
 
@djsmiley2k well, the screwdrivers are moce. tje case keeps stuff from getting lost...
 
12:06 PM
Moce - I like that typo of nice
 
Ya.
Lol
I am having a terrible day
Started with a sore eye, now have a sprained ankle and the thing I am talking about on matrix ;p
 
:<
Derp/
 
 
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2:26 PM
 
2:45 PM
@XKCD i don't get it
 
@Burgi Stanislav Petrov was a soviet radar operator(?) who saw an alert of a massive ICBM launch from the US against Russia. He correctly concluded that it was a false alarm caused by malfunctioning equipment and declined to launch a retaliatory strike.
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в; 7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who became known as "the man who single-handedly saved the world from nuclear war" for his role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, just three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by...
 
there was the russian guy during the bay of pigs incident that refused to launch his missiles at the american fleet
A nuclear close call is an incident that could lead to, or could have led to, at least one unintended nuclear detonation/explosion. These incidents typically involve a perceived imminent threat to a nuclear-armed country which could lead to retaliatory strikes against the perceived aggressor. The damage caused by international nuclear exchange is not necessarily limited to the participating countries, as the hypothesized rapid climate change associated with even small-scale regional nuclear war could threaten food production worldwide—a scenario known as nuclear famine.Despite a reduction in global...
there is a terrifyingly large number of these...
> The perceived threat was due to a coincidental combination of events, including a wedge of swans over Turkey.
 
Bob
3:26 PM
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o_O
 
@Bob that is, like, the quintessential Bob comic; I love it!
 
Bob
3:43 PM
@allquixotic New gravatar :D
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4:15 PM
roar
 
5:02 PM
Morning all
 
5:30 PM
good evening
 
6:27 PM
ughhhhh the sound quality of the Avantree DG59 is horrific
Avantree themselves have a support article that says FastStream sounds way worse than aptX
it's way worse than the "enhanced" high bitrate SBC that Windows 10 natively supports with my Beats Solo3, or maybe those just have better drivers
 
@Bob I see, you changed it to "shh" because you're really sneaky!
 
 
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9:26 PM
@allquixotic welp. Is there a simple, low-cost, battery-powered Bluetooth transmitter with aptX support? It would make my standalone MP3 player much more useful.
Hmm...
 
What's aptX?
A few Android updates ago my headset started saying it was "powered by Qualcomm aptX" or somesuch
(Also I don't think my matrix homeserver is syncing :s )
Hmm, hopefully that's jolted it to life
 
 
1 hour later…
10:50 PM
lol
AMD aiming to leverage Intel's 14nm shortage to push the new Athlon chips to corporate customers and OEMs.
(refresher: Athlon 200GE: 2C/4T Raven Ridge (Zen) @ 3.2 GHz; 4 MB L3$, 1 MB L2$; Radeon Vega Graphics with 3 CUs; Socket AM4; 35W TDP.)
 
11:11 PM
@bwDraco tons of them, anything with a modern CSR codec, though some have FastStream support, some don't; some have aptX Low Latency and some don't; and some have aptX HD and some don't
@bertieb it's a proprietary Qualcomm codec for Bluetooth A2DP profile that more or less only works with very specific headphones and very specific Bluetooth audio adapters; it isn't typically available natively on general purpose OSes as it usually requires a Qualcomm chipset (Qualcomm bought CSR, the previous owner of the aptX IP)
both the transmitter and the headphones have to support it, or it'll fall back to some other codec
and there are variants like aptX low latency and aptX HD
there's also FastStream that Avantree and Creative use, which is basically wideband SBC with the low latency of aptX LL + a back channel for audio capture simultaneously (mic)
and LDAC which only Sony kit uses
so the Bluetooth codecs are
SBC: specified by the standard; only sounds good at higher bitrates (e.g. recent Win10 supports this with high bitrates)
aptX: proprietary, the "original" codec of the aptX family; high latency but sounds better than SBC (especially low bitrate SBC)
aptX Low Latency: same as aptX but 1/3 the latency
aptX HD: high latency but even higher quality sound than aptX
FastStream: proprietary hack based on SBC that allows bidirectional audio with stereo output; extremely limited hardware support (just Creative/Avantree AFAICT)
all of them except mSBC and FastStream support playback only (not capture from a mic); mSBC is HSP, mono, and supports bidirectional; FastStream is A2DP and (uniquely) supports capture
 

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