Root Access

XKCD

05:10

The thrower started hitting the bats too much, so the king of the game told him to leave and brought out another thrower from thrower jail.

3

Journeyman Geek

05:27

@Clearquestionwithexamples I'd have worded that 'duplicate of (link)

Clear question with examples

05:42

Does community bump the same posts over and over???

It was already a duplicate superuser.com/questions/708753/… @JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

Yup. Community does.

Ahh. So its closed

So.... There's no need to do anything.

Clear question with examples

It still interferes with searching

Journeyman Geek

On the contrary. We keep dupes for easier searching.

HackToHell

Has anyone used anything like NewRelic but FOSS?

Munin seems to be nice

Clear question with examples

If the title serves as alternative phrasing

Journeyman Geek

05:50

So... Yeah. If its closed, don't bother flagging.

@HackToHell alerts?

Old job used sensu.

HackToHell

@JourneymanGeek Yeah, general monitoring with alerts

Journeyman Geek

Not too bad. Did a lot of stuff.

HackToHell

We used Kinbana and Logstash but it's not very good

Clear question with examples

I'm using uptimerobot but I doubt its foss

HackToHell

@JourneymanGeek Looks nice

@Clearquestionwithexamples None of the servers have HTTp servers on them

Clear question with examples

05:53

You don't need http

What about deleting the answer on the dup and downvoting the question

webmasters.stackexchange.com/a/24309 @HackToHell you saw that?

HackToHell

@Clearquestionwithexamples Something like that on the server site on se

Journeyman Geek

@HackToHell we also used logstah and kibana but that was for metrics

And, avengers swag acquired.

4

Q: Answers don't like hair

See the (higher quality) GIF As you can see I made an edit but it won't stick and gets deleted right away; another user with 20k rep also tried to make the same edit with no luck. This is the answer where it happened. Also I have copied it to the answers in this question; feel free to try and...

bug

Clear question with examples

06:16

I flagged that when I first saw it because it looked like spam

Journeyman Geek

The comments are hilarious

Clear question with examples

ha the mod edited their comment. before it said "hairy solution" and didn't make sense

Journeyman Geek

Iirc Anna's a dev. Used to be a cm.

HackToHell

@JourneymanGeek Yeah, I tried to add server stats into that

Didn't work very well

Journeyman Geek

06:41

@HackToHell yeah, and it broke lots.

Bob

08:38

@JourneymanGeek Can you use OneDrive on Win10 with a local account?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: no idea. Let me fire up artemis

mx372.net/index.php/2015/10/17/sony-laptop-experiment this seems somewhat... gratuitous

Bob

@JourneymanGeek thanks

I know you can in 8, can't in 8.1

rumors that you can in 10

but no one really comes out and says it

Journeyman Geek

(I'm still amused I can throw windows 10 onto a 2007 era laptop)

oh. k

Bob

?

Journeyman Geek

task manager is reporting 0.0/0mb of memory

(in the performance tab)

Leathe

08:45

infinite memory!

Journeyman Geek

(yeah, photo, screenshot tool was borked too)

Bob

o.O

Also,

> Then an idea came to me: why not use a CF-card as the boot drive, and use a small USB thumb drive as the primary storage medium? They are both solid-state, and theoretically should be faster than the HDD

!!no

ChatBot John Cavil

Bob

I really hate the "solid state is faster!" myth

SSD manufacturers have really sold it well

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: Did I say gratuitous?

Yes I did

Leathe

08:49

-1% memory

wat.

Journeyman Geek

I doubt a CF card would be faster than... well a sata drive

@Bob: It works

It'll ask you to link an account

and you can unlink if need be

Bob

@JourneymanGeek awesome

...*still delaying win10 upgrade*

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: This is probably the worst system I have functional

The fact that it runs at all is impressive

and its considerbly snappier than I remember 7 to be, or even a fresh XP install

Actually, I'm wondering how fast the SD card slot is compared to the hard drive

Bob

@JourneymanGeek unless it's UHS-I you're probably looking at some 15MB/s write, max

Journeyman Geek

@Bob: Its probably an older reader too

I believe this is the first generation of thinkpad to come with a SD card slot

hm

Bob

09:01

1MB/s? :P

Journeyman Geek

Considering its a 160gb hdd

70-80 dollars locally would get me a sandisk ssd...

Not that I'm seriously considering that

Bob

Next thing you know you'll have OS/2 on it

Journeyman Geek

>_>

I miiihgt have a better machine for that...

@Bob: ~ 13MB/sec on the SD card

its some random one

HDD is between 40 and 2

That's the HDD

Leathe

09:18

how old is that HDD?

I mean how long has it been in use

because that's a looot of jitter for a hdd

Journeyman Geek

@Leathe: hm. Original disk for an R61

Its probably well over 5 years?

Leathe

not too old, then

or well, if by well over 5 you mean from 5-10, then it is :P

Journeyman Geek

Its a 2007 model

so around that age

Leathe

kay

Journeyman Geek

The model was vista era, but I opted for XP. Upgraded to 7, then 10.

Leathe

09:22

@Bob I'm delaying windows 10 upgrade as well, not that I really have a reason to :P

Journeyman Geek

Oh, on this one? I just had the time, and its a spare box

I've gotten my stream, desktop and x220 upgraded already

Old desktop's next but the monitor on that is dead

Leathe

I should probably upgrade and format

got a lot of stuff on my C: that I don't need

Journeyman Geek

@Leathe: You can do a clean install out of a current install

I did that with 2 of my systems

Leathe

yeah

is W10 smaller in size than W7 I wonder

I bought a too small SSD as a system drive

80GB isn't really enough anymore

or was it a 60GB...

can't even remember

Just really annoying to have only 1-2GB free space on that drive

should've moved my Appdata right away when I installed

but oh well. Time for lunch now

Journeyman Geek

@Leathe: I can check, my installs are tiny

@Leathe: ~16gb used including the hibernation file and pagefile on a system with 2gb of ram

32gb storage

Ramhound

09:51

windows 10 and windows 8.1 both can be made into smaller installs then Windows 7 ever could. Of course you have to remove some major features if you want that to happen but its an option. What I can't recall without research is if those installs can be made by the end user or if they were only offered by OEMs on 32GB based devices.

Journeyman Geek

@Ramhound: Even stock, windows 10 is smaller than windows 8

Ramhound

Aye

Journeyman Geek

the OEM adjustments on the smaller devices was doable by a poweruser, but was wierd.

Ramhound

But I specifically recall this being a new feature though that was introduced

Journeyman Geek

You basically ended up up storing part of the OS in the recovery partition to save space.

Windows 10 dosen't need that at all.

technet.microsoft.com/en-sg/library/…

Ramhound

09:56

Indeed. I just saw the question.

Journeyman Geek

Upgrading to windows 10 was pretty trivial. Went for a clean install, and that even redid the partiions for me.

DragonLord

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Q: "hair" at the beginning of an answer is automatically deleted

See the (higher quality) GIF As you can see I made an edit but it won't stick and gets deleted right away; another user with 20k rep also tried to make the same edit with no luck. This is the answer where it happened. Also I have copied it to the answers in this question; feel free to try and...

bug edits automatic-edits noise-reduction

Edited title and tags.

Journeyman Geek

Oh god those puns.

Leathe

@JourneymanGeek Alright, thanks. I'll look up on that w10 installation when I get home

tbh that notification that keeps popping up all the time starts to get annoying

which I assume is kind of the point ;P

Journeyman Geek

@Leathe: That typically never works right for me

I use the media creation tool for that

DragonLord

10:06

@DragonLord: I have no grievance. He is just tends to be repeatedly incorrect. I have a problem with misleading information being posted and I tell anyone who posts incorrect information that it is incorrect. — qasdfdsaq 2 mins ago

Can we bring this under control?

Leathe

@JourneymanGeek media creation tool?

DragonLord

Now that I have a black mark on my record (the mod message), what should I do next?

Leathe

black mark? o.O

DragonLord

@JourneymanGeek: How do I demonstrate that I've learned to moderate calmly and fairly? I would hate to set a bad example for the community.

What are the next steps?

8 hours ago, by Journeyman Geek

So here's the thing. I'm mad at you. I'm not going to consider suspending you till I'm not mad at you.

I guess one thing I need to do is to not make decisions in haste or in emotionally charged situations. This is what's been causing all these issues lately. I've been way too rash.

Journeyman Geek

@Leathe windows.microsoft.com/en-sg/windows-10/…

Leathe

10:20

oh I see

DragonLord

8 hours ago, by Journeyman Geek

(I've on occasion told another mod "hey, I'm pissed at this guy, I need a cooler head, could you take a look?")

Journeyman Geek

@DragonLord: In situations like this? Don't jump in. Flag it

its easier for us to deal with two people mad at each other than three.

DavidPostill

Sigh. People are downvoting spam instead of flagging it.

@JourneymanGeek Currently -10 but not community deleted. How many spam flags does it need? I'm sure it't not 10 ...

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill: There is no spam, only zuuuuul

DragonLord

It's already gone.

Journeyman Geek

10:26

@DavidPostill: was gone when I saw it

nuked the user too

DragonLord

6 flags is what's needed to delete a spam post.

DavidPostill

@DragonLord And every flag also is a downvote. So 4 people downvoted instead of flagging ...

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill: There's no way to track down who downvoted and to smack them on the nose with a rolled up newspaper.

(so @Ramhound @DragonLord if it happens, custom flag, and I'll deal with it)

DragonLord

To the community: I tend to lose my temper easily and to allow myself to act on emotion. The right thing to do in situations like this is to cool down first and to not act until that's happened. As a result of my failure to do so, I have made several erroneous decisions while reviewing and moderating content on this site and set a poor example for the community to follow. I hereby apologize for doing so, and will take steps to ensure that I moderate calmly and patiently at all times.

To reaffirm this commitment:

8 hours ago, by DragonLord

Effective immediately, I'm going to be making major changes aimed at addressing self-control issues that have repeatedly cropped in this chat room. My focus will be on being a calm and stoic person at all times, never losing control of myself, so that I can always act in a constructive and controlled manner even under the difficult conditions. I will not let anything like this happen again.

I think a public apology is in order for this conduct. I should not be setting a bad example for the community to follow.

I'm a high-rep user and should never be doing this.

Aug 16 at 0:53, by DragonLord

> Bill has been the archetype for what a moderator on Stack Exchange should be. His patient, fair and calm demeanor even in the face of criticism is legendary; his diligence and skill in handling the numerous difficult problems that face Stack Overflow users are inspiring. For the past 6 years, Bill has been an example for new moderators to follow, his impressive record a lofty goal to strive for.

I'm committed to making myself a calmer, more emotionally stable person so that I always contribute constructively. I will not allow this to happen again.

qasdfdsaq

10:50

Hello folks

I see some people are concerned about my er... "grievance" with Ramhound

Journeyman Geek

Heya @qasdfdsaq

@qasdfdsaq: quite.

I figured I'd keep an eye on it first, but... welll...

So, I've noticed you've commented a lot on ramhound's posts. It seems a wee bit agressive.

passive agressive? Maybe. Anyway, ramhound's a tiny bit uncomfortable about it.

qasdfdsaq

Honestly, I go down the list of most recently active questions, and a few times he's posted comments on all of them. I don't follow him around to do it. But then again, he's previously commented on a lot of my posts (and deleted his comments shortly thereafter)

Journeyman Geek

Yeah, that happens

and he comments more than he should!

(I tell him post to post answers)

Anyway, as long as you're aware that people think is the case, its cool.

I don't see the need to jump down anyone's throat about this, personally

qasdfdsaq

In the case you're referring to though, I find it's black and white: he says there's no migration, I know there is. I try to keep things non personal and non-emotional, but I don't always have time to post a full answer at the time.

Yeah I probably should keep my mouth shut more often.

Unfortunately I'm basically the archetype of this person: powersthatbeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo.jpg

Journeyman Geek

Oh, I've cleaned up another thread

but well...

I'm hitting 30/40 flags a day some days so sorry but I can't remember where that was

qasdfdsaq

10:55

Well, sorry for causing the trouble. I'll try to reign it in a bit.

DragonLord

@JourneymanGeek: I've issued a public apology for my tendency to lose my temper and to make decisions on emotion instead of keeping a cool head and making decisions calmly, patiently, and fairly as a good moderator would. I've learned my lesson. This will never happen again.

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq: actually, I consider it a completely minor issue

I'd probably would have ended up sending you both a mod message (without a suspension) if I felt a bucket of cold water was needed.

qasdfdsaq

Someone else already has >_>

Journeyman Geek

Oh?

I mean a proper mod message

Oh see?

qasdfdsaq

I got a mod message from Mokubai 5 days ago, for "rudeness". It's an issue for me as I'm on the autistic spectrum and need to re-learn what "rude" is once in a while. It might be minor for most people but I have to work harder at it if you know what I mean

Journeyman Geek

10:58

System works as designed!

>_>

No worries

DragonLord

@qasdfdsaq I have a similar issue myself which has been causing issues of a much greater magnitude. As a high-rep user, this is a bad example to set. I'm sorry I threatened you with a suspension in a few earlier comments.

qasdfdsaq

You threatened me with suspension? :( I actually didn't notice

DragonLord

@qasdfdsaq The comments were removed by a moderator.

qasdfdsaq

Ah. See, system works as designed! :-P

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq yeah, and I yelled at him for it.

(A mod will NEVER threaten to suspend you. We'll explain why we did ;p)

DragonLord

11:02

For context, see the transcript starting here; this led to a lot of drama and ultimately an official warning.

I wound up issuing a public apology for this. A good moderator will never act on emotion. I won't let myself do the same again.

qasdfdsaq

@DragonLord I had a look at your profile earlier and the fact you had ""I take the accuracy and correctness of my contributions very seriously." in your profile already put you above most people in my books.

DragonLord

23 mins ago, by DragonLord

To the community: I tend to lose my temper easily and to allow myself to act on emotion. The right thing to do in situations like this is to cool down first and to not act until that's happened. As a result of my failure to do so, I have made several erroneous decisions while reviewing and moderating content on this site and set a poor example for the community to follow. I hereby apologize for doing so, and will take steps to ensure that I moderate calmly and patiently at all times.

qasdfdsaq

@DragonLord As I say, I never saw it originally to be honest, so no need to apologise to me.

Oliver Salzburg

Purchasing on Steam and paying via PayPal no longer requires any confirmation. This is kind of confusing. At first I thought I was getting free games :P

Actually, this is kind of frightening

DragonLord

9 hours ago, by Journeyman Geek

however choosing not to act at the heat of the moment is good

9 hours ago, by Journeyman Geek

So here's the thing. I'm mad at you. I'm not going to consider suspending you till I'm not mad at you.

Now that I understand what I've been doing wrong, I will follow @JourneymanGeek's example and ensure I never act on emotion. Please see the public apology above.

Oliver Salzburg

11:15

@DragonLord There's really not need for this kind of public display. If you want to adjust your behavior, just do it.

Journeyman Geek

Yeah, that, but I've said this a few times

Actions speak louder than words

DragonLord

Alright, let's get started.

Due to the nature of the changes in question, I may not be able to demonstrate them in an obvious or visible fashion immediately. I'm always open to feedback; please let me know if I'm doing things wrong.

Back to the review queues.

Leathe

@OliverSalzburg Do you mean like basic paypal confirmation or confirmation through steam to make sure whose paypal you're using?

Journeyman Geek

@Leathe: steam used to kick you into a paypal page and back.

Leathe

ah

Oliver Salzburg

11:33

Exactly. It no longer does that

I click "Purchase", then the button changes to "Working" and then I get sent to the "Thanks for your purchase" page and I have a payment receipt from PayPal in my inbox

It just doesn't seem right :P

qasdfdsaq

Eh. Quite a few Paypal sites have implemented "single-sign-on" integration like that.

Amazon I find funnier, you don't need to type your password to purchase items but you do need to in order to cancel or return items.

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq: Amazon dosen't support cic numbers

which means I can't buy stuff from them with my debit card

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek What's a CIC number again?

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq: the 3 digit number at the back of your card for visa cards

mastercard does the same I think

unless I completely misremembered the name...

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek Ah. We seem to call them CVC codes here.

Journeyman Geek

11:38

@qasdfdsaq: I misremembered the name.

qasdfdsaq

And by CVC code I mean RAS Syndrome.

Journeyman Geek

Card security code

A card security code (CSC), (also called card verification data, card verification number, card verification value, card verification value code, card verification code, verification code (V-code or V code), card code verification, or signature panel code (SPC) are different terms for a security feature for "card not present" payment card transactions instituted to reduce the incidence of credit card fraud. The CSC is in addition to the bank card number which is embossed or printed on the card. The CSC is used as a security feature, in situations where a PIN cannot be used. The PIN is not printed...

redundant acronym syndrome syndrome? ;p

qasdfdsaq

Yeah. My cards all have CVCs but still work on Amazon without them...

I guess some card vendors are more strict?

Journeyman Geek

My bank won't authorise payments on debit cards without em

and I didn't make enough for a credit card on my last job

qasdfdsaq

Credit card laws are awfully lax here. They used to basically drown students with no income with credit cards.

Oliver Salzburg

11:41

@qasdfdsaq I'm not really sure where the sign-on happened though :P

qasdfdsaq

@OliverSalzburg Presumably, when you linked your Steam account to your Paypal account

Oliver Salzburg

And I also don't recall ever giving Steam any kind of PayPal permission/access to just be able to automatically make transactions

qasdfdsaq

Much like Ebay doesn't require you to sign in to Paypal to complete a purchase once you've "saved" your acount.

Oliver Salzburg

I wonder where I can administer that. It seems like I would find a reference to Steam somewhere in my PayPal account

I see a reference to eBay, but not to Steam

qasdfdsaq

So I just tried it out, adding a Paypal payment to my steam account. On the add payment method page, there's a pre-ticked box: "Save my payment information so checkout is easy next time".

On the Paypal payment page, after I log in to Paypal: "By clicking the 'Agree and Continue' button, you agree and consent to use PayPal for future payments to WWW.Steampowered.com and that these payments will be made in accordance with the terms of the User Agreement applicable to "pre-approved payments". Payments will be made with your default payment source unless you select a preferred payment source."

grawity

11:48

paypal.com/cgi-bin/customerprofileweb?cmd=_manage-paylist

Oliver Salzburg

Yeah, but it has been like that for ages. Not having to confirm the purchase is new

qasdfdsaq

Well, it seems you gave them permission "for ages", they just didn't use it :-P

Oliver Salzburg

@grawity A-ha!

@qasdfdsaq Possibly

grawity

It's under "Profile → My money → My preapproved payments", at least on this ancient layout I'm still stuck with

Oliver Salzburg

@grawity I'm constantly switching between the old and the new layout, depending on which links I click :D

Journeyman Geek

11:50

So...

its just like windows 10?

qasdfdsaq

Lol

Oliver Salzburg

Also, that "preapproved payments" list is fucking scary :P

qasdfdsaq

I only have Godaddy and Ebay on mine. Not sure why Godaddy is there, I paid by credit card directly.

Oliver Salzburg

Linden Research Inc. is in there...

qasdfdsaq

I'm guessing you use Paypal on more sites than me. I prefer not to where possible.

Journeyman Geek

11:52

@qasdfdsaq: I shouldn't judge, but you need a less evil domain registar.

qasdfdsaq

Godaddy are evil? Explain?

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq: amongst other things, they supported SOPA

qasdfdsaq

Oh. Hmm...

My defence to that is I don't remember why I chose them but it was before SOPA existed

Journeyman Geek

No worries ;p

As long as you're aware.

qasdfdsaq

My other domains are registered elsewhere though, so it's not as if I have anything like brand loyalty. Maybe worth a change.

Journeyman Geek

11:55

I currently use namecheap

qasdfdsaq

is-scotland-an-independent-country-yet.uk probably gets more hits these days than qasdfdsaq.com

Yeah, heard of them but the name just sounds... cheap!

Hurrdurr.

Journeyman Geek

am thinking of using them for my mail stuff as well

since I'm kinda not really in the mood to beat postfix into working, and at least one of my leads seems to think my resume would be better with one in some circles

@qasdfdsaq: scottish?

DragonLord

10 hours ago, by Journeyman Geek

however choosing not to act at the heat of the moment is good

Please pin this.

Oliver Salzburg

@qasdfdsaq I prefer to use PayPal over giving sites my CC info. And usually all other payment options aren't instant. But I'll definitely be more attentive in the future ;P

DragonLord

I need a reminder not to do this again. I can't risk getting myself suspended.

qasdfdsaq

11:57

@JourneymanGeek Sorta. British, live in Scotland.

Oliver Salzburg

@DragonLord Then write it on a sticky note and attach it to your screen

Journeyman Geek

@DragonLord: eyelid tattos are good,

@qasdfdsaq: ahh. I was temporarily bristolian. Had a friend who lived in scotland tho.

qasdfdsaq

@OliverSalzburg I prefer the other way round. Here, legally, there's joint liability and better protection if you purchase on a credit card.

Paypal has historically wrangled their way out of credit card disputes by saying "The product you purchased from us was a money transfer service. We transferred your money to the other party, therefore fulfilled our obligations."

DragonLord

@qasdfdsaq We have liability limits on credit card fraud as long as you report incidents promptly.

Journeyman Geek

lol

qasdfdsaq

12:00

I'm not referring to fraud but seller non-performance. Like you buy something, they don't deliver.

I believe Paypal's legal stance has softened recently, but I prefer my rights being concrete as per the consumer credit act.

(It's basically a lot easier to sue over faulty products if Paypal isn't involved)

DragonLord

So much to change...

Any ideas for practice?

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq: I essentially stick to retailers I trust so... I've not had that happen so far

DavidPostill

@DragonLord Yes. Don't respond to anything immediately if you are feeling stressed/worried/hot headed. Write things down but don't send them. When you feel calmer some time later, reread what you wrote. Change it as necessary. Then and only then send it.

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek I trust no-one.

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq well, essentially ;p

(I do take the rare risk, but I do some homework first)

DavidPostill

12:06

@DragonLord Take regular breaks. Learn to meditate and do so during those breaks.

qasdfdsaq

Or perhaps I only trust people I can sue. Oh god I'm becoming Americanized.

Journeyman Geek

lol

DavidPostill

Just because you have received a notification/email/text message doesn't mean you have to respond immediately. Our current internet/smartphone always on technology is partly to blame for this. In the good old days of old fashioned letters through the post we had more time to communicate in a more thoughful manner.

Journeyman Geek

yup

DragonLord

I'm changing the way I behave and handle my emotions to prevent incidents of this sort from happening again. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheStoic

Journeyman Geek

12:11

Amusingly...

I need to get my paws on a windows 8 box

Guess who has none left?

DragonLord

@DavidPostill, thanks for the advice.

To all those who were here during this incident, I owe you a really big debt. My behavior has been a life-long issue for me and I can't thank you enough for your help.

DavidPostill

@DragonLord Don't bottle up your emotions (some believe that can cause physical illness). Instead learn to express them in a safe way. Emotion can be thought of as E-Motion or Energy in Motion. When energy gets stuck bad things happen.

If you feel anger, express it by shouting (preferably somewhere where you will not disturb everyone else) or by otherwise dissipating it (buy a punch bag and hit it as hard as you can until you are exhausted/punch a soft pillow is an alternative).

If you feel sadness allow yourself to cry. Hug yourself.

DragonLord

@DavidPostill Emotional stability is and will always be one of my major goals. For those times where letting it out not avoidable, I'll be sure to do it safely.

Don't get me wrong. In the few times I've managed to get myself to be stoic, the difference was like night and day.

DavidPostill

Identify the emotion you’re feeling. Identifying a specific emotion can be more difficult than you think. If you are struggling, start with the four basic categories: anxiety, sadness, anger, or happiness. **By simply identifying exactly what you’re feeling, you can begin taking the power away from the emotion as you work through what’s causing it.** Though your feelings may vary in intensity, most fall into one of these broad categories.

Anxiety often takes the shape of “what if” questions. What if they don’t like me? What if I’m not accepted? Etc.

More at wikihow.com/Deal-With-Your-Emotions

DragonLord

Being stoic all the time would be a gamechanger for me.

Jun 2 at 23:08, by DragonLord

@allquixotic I'm starting a massive personal project to overhaul my personal conduct and personality, just as if I was rewriting a major software application. It is my intention that the "DragonLord" you'll see a few months from now will be an entirely different person than the "DragonLord" you're seeing today.

Stanford marshmallow experiment

The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a series of studies on delayed gratification in the late 1960s and early 1970s led by psychologist Walter Mischel, then a professor at Stanford University. In these studies, a child was offered a choice between one small reward provided immediately or two small rewards if they waited for a short period, approximately 15 minutes, during which the tester left the room and then returned. (The reward was sometimes a marshmallow, but often a cookie or a pretzel.) In follow-up studies, the researchers found that children who were able to wait longer for the preferred...

That's why it matters so much to me.

DavidPostill

12:25

@DragonLord You are missing my whole point. Being stoic all the time is blocking your emotions. Emotions are there for a reason. You need to express them. Only robots are emotionless. Poeple are feeling beings.

DragonLord

It's about not letting the emotions appear in the first place.

...or not letting them impact my behavior in any visible fashion.

Self-control is still my end goal and my experience has shown that it's better to try to keep emotions under control and be calm at all times. It's when you can't control your emotions that things like this happen.

The point is control, not completely suppressing them.

DavidPostill

Perhaps taking up a martial art or tai chi would be good for you then.

I did Kyokushin en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyokushin for many years. That teaches you control. To be good at it you have to learn to keep emotions under control and be calm (especially when sparring).

Journeyman Geek

lol

>_>

I tend to play video games to calm down

Especially sniping at folk ;p

Breath in, breath out. BOOM HEADSHOT.

Recycle Bin

recycle bin is sleeping, hold down shift then hit 'del' instead

video games stress me out personally

Journeyman Geek

@RecycleBin: I play single player

And well

I occationally take a break when I get stuck.

I once stopped playing a game for 3-4 days forgot about it, and figured out how to finish the last scene... in a dream ;p

Recycle Bin

12:37

yeah, online play always has cheaters

but technically video games are cheaty by desigh, so called 'intellegence or difficilty'

Journeyman Geek

Oh, I play single player

Recycle Bin

I like gran turismo, spyro, etc

used to bash tony hawks like 24/7 at one point

Journeyman Geek

(or answer questions on SU. Tip. The more sarcastic the answer is, either the more stressed or the sicker I am ;p)

Recycle Bin

online play has some creepy people!

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek I used to play the Doom series a lot (a long time ago). I don't play games much any more.

Journeyman Geek

12:46

@DavidPostill: I tend to play the occational AAA title

the current game I'm playing is free with my GPU ;p

and I tend to pick up games on bundles

besides, how else would I explain wanting better hardware? ;)

Recycle Bin

I kinda like games that are more about freeplay sort of like minecraft but to a greater extent

building stuff in game, no opponents etc

as long as it doesnt get mundane in what can be done

Journeyman Geek

engadget.com/2015/10/21/western-digital-sandisk-acquisition

DavidPostill

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Q: How to list ALL available CLI commands in Linux or in Windows XP/7/8/8.1/10

First of all, sorry if this question is dumb, I'm a noob, don't be too harsh on me. :) I will edit this question to clarify or narrow what I'm talking about if the question is deemed too vague or too broad. How can I list ALL available CLI commands in Linux or in Windows XP/7/8/8.1/10? I'm hopin...

linux windows command-line shell bash-scripting

How's that for a too broad question ;)

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