Root Access

Journeyman Geek

00:40

Er. No.

You monster.

XKCD

04:08

Asimov's Cosmic AC was created by linking all datacenters through hyperspace, which explains a lot. It didn't reverse entropy--it just discarded the universe when it reached end-of-life and ordered a new one.

Bob

07:26

zzz

@allquicatic Allo is available now :P

DavidPostill

Mornin'

Bob

@DavidPostill 'lo

DavidPostill

Hi @Ferrybig

Ferrybig

@DavidPostill o/

DavidPostill

08:01

It's a miracle. A spammer just deleted their own spam!

HackToHell

08:39

yahoo.tumblr.com/post/150781911849/…

500m :O

Powershell for Linux

I'm dying.... cough cough spew splutter

Bob

09:04

huh. just got one of the new $5 notes. it's... weird

@PowershellforLinux O_O

Journeyman Geek

09:25

@Bob deja Vue.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek hm?

yea I know a pic was posted here

I just have one in my hand (well, wallet) now :P

Journeyman Geek

09:43

Ah.

@DavidPostill o0 and nary a sarcastic comment.

And today

lots of decommissioning....

And more removing and reinstalling PCs . Maaaan

Bob

10:15

Waiiiiiiiiit.

Verizon bought Yahoo?!

Journeyman Geek

yup

jokerdino

that happened quite a while ago, didn't it?

Rahul2001

10:39

@DavidPostill 0_0

Funny how Google ads always show iPhones... youtube.com/watch?v=F0vg4HUEIyk

Today we were supposed to writer a short story in our exam. I have no idea why, but I put a kissing scene in it just for fun...

Journeyman Geek

11:15

0_0

Bob

11:47

@JourneymanGeek SR?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob sure

gimme 5

One does not pause ghost love score.

Bob

Hm. Dammit, can't remember what else I wanted.

None of those ship to AU, so this is gonna be one of those rare parcel forwarding orders -_-

Journeyman Geek

@Bob gtg. Mumble?

Boris_yo

12:18

I cleaned laptop's keyboard yesterday.... Underneath!

What I found below...

Damn...

Oliver Salzburg

Was it a theme park?

DavidPostill

An Ant colony?

A Wasp nest?

Oliver Salzburg

The Amber Room?

DavidPostill

Elvis?

Oliver Salzburg

The suspense!

Boris_yo

12:23

4 hours of removing key by key with respective socket, using scotch tape, dust air blower.
I like tinkering with electronics, tech, computers and laptops but of all jobs this has to be the worst. The theme park ride in ant colony and wasp nest was the worst part of it.

I should be paid for such rides and compensated for its affects on my health!

DELL never mentioned I was supposed to work in hermetic lab suit!

Got 25 points in radiation and poison and I have no Rad X and antidotes.

But objective was completed and experienced gained.

Powershell for Linux

14:08

Powershell for Linux

14:20

bwDraco

Historic Yahoo breach from late 2014 discovered—conside‌r changing passwords if you haven't done so recently

3

(please pin)

Uh, wrong message...

Journeyman Geek

If its worth pinning someone will ;)

allquicatic

hi

Journeyman Geek

woof

allquicatic

@Bob cool, want me to add you?

bwDraco

14:36

People are panicking over this, saying "change passwords now!" when the breach happened two years ago. Hence, it's not an emergency; if you haven't changed it since, you should strongly consider doing so soon, but it isn't something to panic about.

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco amusingly, I'm not worried since my yahoo username is different, and I've not used the account in... maybe a decade?

and I erm

Don't remember what password I'd have used back then

actually... longer than that

daymn

@allquicatic if your current unlimited thing gets degrandfathered... boingboing.net/2016/09/22/i-have-found-a-secret-tunnel-t.html seems neat

bwDraco

He could considering suing Verizon for failure to deliver FiOS service as promised.

Journeyman Geek

"sueing"

annnd, they could outspend you.

bwDraco

A settlement would help a lot.

Journeyman Geek

"Hey, this seems cool, you should take a look and see if this floats your goat"

"He should sue his isp"

bwDraco

14:50

I also think allq has access to seven-figures money and is able to get some of the very best counsel.

Journeyman Geek

"whaaaaaaaaaat?"

Actually I'm pretty sure he's a middle class working stiff whose only vice is nice hardware

I can totally relate ;p

bwDraco

...and this goes to show I am still not qualified to be a mod or even a room owner.

Despite better behavior lately, I still tend to overreact, even if in more subtle ways.

Journeyman Geek

(lol. Was talking to a co-worker of how someone had remade model F keyboards, but how they were rediculously pricy)

and he was like 0_0

"But pretty happy with my normal clicky mechanical. I might hand it down to my nephew when he's old enough ;p

bwDraco

I have MX Brown in mine.

Then again, paid $170 for a flagship product...

Journeyman Geek

lol

That's a new jag. Nice, better than average, and classy.

The model F's an oldschool rolls, made from scratch by some maniac in a shed by hand ;p

(mine's an old lexus with dings all over maybe? I donno.)

bwDraco

14:54

...which I pre-ordered no less, at your advice

Journeyman Geek

I donno @allquicatic does the car anologies

My advice? ;p

bwDraco

Jan 24 at 6:28, by Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco do it. doooooo it ;p

Journeyman Geek

ahh ;p

bwDraco

It's not a decision I regret, but kinda wish I could find a better use for the per-key RGB.

Journeyman Geek

I was meaning mechnicals in general

all my chroma gear's either blue or off.

bwDraco

14:56

It's a very powerful feature, but I have yet to find a truly useful application for it.

Journeyman Geek

(actually my system's all blue backlit, other than the case fans)

toying with audio upgrades if I get a longer contract/alternate job

bwDraco

It also takes lots of work to configure.

Journeyman Geek

My keyboard's an oldschool razer blue. (which matches my head-amp, mouse bungeee...)

mouse and headphones are chroma. Headphone chroma is limited and pretty useless

bwDraco

#C000FF is what I have

The underlying concept is a sinister, demonic purple color.

Journeyman Geek

I don't have an underlying concept ;p

blue leds are cool.

But then again. what do dogs know about colour ;p

allquicatic

15:25

@JourneymanGeek that does look very tempting, but my specific area is fairly marginal on Sprint last time I tried them a few years ago... maybe they've expanded though. Can only hope

Boris_yo

Galaxy Note 7 recalled due to burn hazard? I am paranoid about all the smartphones and tablets I have. Should I put them on the floor when leaving home?

Journeyman Geek

._.

bwDraco

@Boris_yo Power down your Note7 now!

allquicatic

@Boris_yo That's like saying "Someone in my country got murdered? I am paranoid about all the people around me. Should I lock myself in a bulletproof safe?"

Journeyman Geek

then there may be a stepping and breakng and falling hazard.

Basically its one specific flagship phone with an issue

if you must be paranoid tho...

I donno.

allquicatic

15:28

and the issue appears to be closely related to bad chargers

bwDraco

Most folks have turned in the faulty devices.

allquicatic

PSA: don't buy cheap-ass phone chargers and charging cables; it's not worth the risk

Boris_yo

Don't batteries go on fire?

Journeyman Geek

not usually no

bwDraco

Sep 14 at 17:06, by bwDraco

> Based on our investigation, we learned that there was an issue with the battery cell. An overheating of the battery cell occurred when the anode-to-cathode came into contact which is a very rare manufacturing process error. We are working with multiple suppliers to ensure that a rigorous inspection process is conducted to ensure the quality of our replacement units and we do not anticipate any further battery issues.

Manufacturing error.

Journeyman Geek

15:29

Batteries catching fire is rarely an intended design feature

bwDraco

Basically some sort of internal short ("anode-to-cathode came into contact") causing batteries to overheat and go into thermal runaway.

hardwarezone.com.sg/…

> The Galaxy Note7 has a charging cutoff protection circuit which works when it reaches a certain temperature. In the reported incidents, it has been observed that an internal short circuit (ISC) occurred in a battery cell. Since this internal short circuit caused the overheating inside the battery, the protection circuit outside the battery could not prevent these incidents although it did cut off the charging or discharging externally.

Boris_yo

How do you respond to acquaintances asking you to come and install their new tech? Do you offer help, knowing that if anything happens to it, manufacturer will point fingers agt you and in acquaintances' eyes you will be liable?

Do you do it for free? Or you chargem knowing that it will be worth the stress?

Hennes

Must be amurican...

Win10 home: eur 30.50
Win10 pro: Eur 31.00

I think I'll go for pro.

Journeyman Geek

15:45

@Boris_yo I have a simple policy

My time is not free, and my clients pay me what they think its worth

However, if its less than what I think its worth...

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek What payment methods are in your policy?

Journeyman Geek

cash

paypal's ok sometimes

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek Less than it's worth? Example job?

Journeyman Geek

I donno

At least transport + an hourly rate

the advantage tho is I usually get paid more than what I expect

the point is really that your time isn't free

Boris_yo

Connecting HDTV. Would you do it for free, knowing that if anything, you can be blamed? Lightning strikes right at the time you plug in, you tilt too much HDTV and it falls, your static discharge damages HDTV etc.

Journeyman Geek

15:50

then no

But I wouldn't do it at all if I was that worried

Boris_yo

@JourneymanGeek Good point. I could not say no when was young and stupid and was used.

Journeyman Geek

you can always say no

Boris_yo

"We love you!" they said...

If you love someone, you are surely to value their time let alone not use them as a rug.

Hypocrites and they don't even know it.

Journeyman Geek

If its my home, sure

Boris_yo

If it's relatives?

Journeyman Geek

15:52

Even then at some points I just ignore things

Boris_yo

Mom, pop, bro, sis - 1st tier
Relatives - 2nd tier

But once they start telling others how good you are? That's plain impudent and abusive.

After honoring your relatives' requests for a while would you tell them suddenly your time is not free?

Journeyman Geek

yup

Boris_yo

Have to plant and grow some balls then if it's first time...

Someone will feel uncomfortable...

Journeyman Geek

"Hey, I don't have as much free time as I used to have, and I really can't afford to do it for free any more. As someone who's (what), I think I'd like to leave it up to you to decide what my time is worth."

Boris_yo

16:11

@JourneymanGeek Nods

tereško

16:27

@Hennes where can I buy it?

djsmiley2k

urg realitives

Powershell for Linux

17:29

@Hennes boob!

noob!*

bwDraco

18:35

Tablets desperately need faster charging. Wouldn't it be great if Android tablets had support for at least 12V/3A USB Power Delivery?

Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 is not enough, it still only delivers 18W.

Tablets often have 20+ Wh batteries, compared to about 8-12 Wh for phones.

Case in point: Google Pixel C battery is specified to have 34.2 Wh energy capacity.

Nexus 9 battery has 25.5 Wh capacity.

DavidPostill

Who knows? I am neither psychic or a mind reader and I don't like guessing. You don't tell us what your operating system is, or anything about your network setup, type of internet connection, whether you are wired or wireless, make and model of any modems or routers ... Please edit the question and include this essential information. — DavidPostill 32 secs ago

bwDraco

lol

DavidPostill

@bwDraco I was trying not to be grumpy in my comment :)

bwDraco

18:51

I am so not ready for a full transition to USB Type-C :(

So much new equipment needed. New chargers, new power banks, new cables :(

I'm just using a USB A-to-C cable to maintain compatibility with existing gear.

I'd have to spend at least $80-100 in name-brand (e.g. Anker) charging gear to fully equip myself for USB-C.

At least I have transitional gear on hand, including the aforementioned A-to-C cable (with a spare on hand) and a male C-to-female A adapter.

So, your thoughts on the USB Type-C transition? Even major charging equipment manufacturers like Anker have had trouble complying with the standards.

allquicatic

19:54

I'm already transitioned fully to Lightning and not really caring about USB-C lol

I just buy MFi certified accessories and bam

I don't think I own any USB-C devices or any cables using it

Paul Vargas

20:42

@djsmiley2k Why?

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k What are you referring to? In any case it's looking borderline offensive ...

bwDraco

@djsmiley2k Can you not post this sort of content?

Powershell for Linux

21:30

@allquicatic Just wait till you get a new Macbook...

DavidPostill

21:44

lol "Apple iOS 10 has changed the music app - and no one can find the shuffle button"

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3803733/…

bwDraco

!!/xkcd 1172

ChatBot John Cavil

There are probably children out there holding down spacebar to stay warm in the winter! YOUR UPDATE MURDERS CHILDREN.

DavidPostill

@tereško Please stop with the offensive comments

bwDraco

...only this time, it's not merely "someone's" workflow but a significant subset of users' workflow.

@tereško Please don't encourage this kind of talk here. Root Access needs to be safe for work.

tereško

@bwDraco now, that I can agree with

Powershell for Linux

21:58

@JourneymanGeek Very neat. Me want.

!!learn dying <>http://i.imgur.com/ooHUnRk.png

ChatBot John Cavil

@PowershellforLinux Command dying learned

DavidPostill

Reminder to all: Be Nice applies to chat as well as the main sites.

Powershell for Linux

!!forget dying

ChatBot John Cavil

@PowershellforLinux Command dying forgotten.

Powershell for Linux

!!learn imdying <>http://i.imgur.com/ooHUnRk.png

ChatBot John Cavil

21:58

@PowershellforLinux Command imdying learned

bwDraco

@DavidPostill "Return to sender - Moved"

DavidPostill

!!s/Moved/Moved Underground/

ChatBot John Cavil

@DavidPostill @DavidPostill "Return to sender - Moved Underground" (source)

DavidPostill

:)

bwDraco

@DavidPostill I've said similar things before:

Jun 4 at 22:54, by bwDraco

Everyone, please be nice. I don't want to summon the mods again.

tereško

22:03

@bwDraco yeah, those chickens are quite expensive to get

... also the bucket usually has to be carefully washed afterwards to remove all that blood

Hennes

@tereško The windows licence or the shirt?

tereško

shirt

Hennes

t-shirttoko.nl/shop/product/i-love-london

tereško

awesome

DavidPostill

22:23

@PowershellforLinux Please don't post NSFW images.

tereško

how is that NSFW

DavidPostill

@tereško I can image some bosses being upset to set the text at the bottom of the image on your screen during work.

tereško

then you should change your job

Powershell for Linux

arda

@tereško finding a job is not as easy as you think in other parts of the world

Powershell for Linux

22:31

So this is what foxes get up to in the snow

DavidPostill

@PowershellforLinux Well that just got flagged (not by me). If you ignore warnings ...

bwDraco

22:48

0

Q: How can I find out what the hijackers are doing/have done while in control of my router?

Recently, security cameras with livestreaming got installed around the house. The cameras are connected to the router and uploading to the company's servers, and then I can watch the streams live on my phone. The person who came to install the cameras changed a lot of the router settings (I thi...

Any ideas?

@PowershellforLinux Not too sure why that got flagged. I see no obvious reason to flag it.

tereško

@bwDraco well, David probably identifies as a fox

DavidPostill

@tereško I've already told you I didn't flag it.

tereško

:P

bwDraco

@PowershellforLinux: Your username changes are becoming very hard to keep track of. I strongly encourage you to stick with one username for as long as possible instead of constantly changing it. I had to check your profile to determine that you are in fact Catty.

tereško

wasn't the a limit of one-change-per-month?

or was that discarded to be more newbie-friendly

bwDraco

22:54

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Q: Name changing rate limit can be circumvented in chat by changing parent site

We in the Root Access chat room just noticed (ahem) that the rate limit on display name changes can be circumvented by changing the parent site. That is, a user can change names extremely quickly by doing something like this: Associate a new site account Modify the new per-site profile to have ...

discussion chat rate-limiting

DavidPostill

@tereško You can have as many names as the number of sites where you are registered ...

bwDraco

I'm particularly concerned that several of these username (and avatar) changes, including the most recent one, are to names that bear no relation whatsoever to any of the user's previous identities.

tereško

@DavidPostill I would have loved to sit in on a meeting where that was decided .... with a handy brick

bwDraco

Obviously, Catty wants attention, but someone needs to tell him to stop, and I can't because I'm ignored.

Except, perhaps, by proxy...

!!/tell 32517491 echo chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/32517693#32517693

ChatBot John Cavil

@bwDraco Command chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/32517693#32517693 does not exist. (note that /tell works on commands, it's not an echo.)

6 mins ago, by bwDraco

@PowershellforLinux: Your username changes are becoming very hard to keep track of. I strongly encourage you to stick with one username for as long as possible instead of constantly changing it. I had to check your profile to determine that you are in fact Catty.

Powershell for Linux

23:00

Reported for bot abuse.

DavidPostill

@bwDraco I believe I'm ignored as well. So they won't see any warnings issued by either of us ...

tereško

what is Catty?

bwDraco

I'm running out of choices. Obviously, Catty won't want to ignore the bot because he relies on it (e.g. for silly things like !!/caat), and he'll realize that this behavior is not going to get him anywhere.

!!/tell 32517751 echo A message from @bwDraco: I saw you change your username and avatar twice within the last few minutes. If you do this again, I will get a moderator to stop this abusive activity.

ChatBot John Cavil

@noitsbecky A message from @bwDraco: I saw you change your username and avatar twice within the last few minutes. If you do this again, I will get a moderator to stop this abusive activity.

noitsbecky

Reported for bot abuse, again.

And double blocked

Good riddance

DavidPostill

23:06

@tereško qwertyuiop / qasdfdsaq /dog / potato cat /noitsbecky / kerbalspacebecky / Caterina'Catty'McCatface / cat / ThatBrazilianImposter / ThatBrazilianCat / kerbalspacecat / JourneymanCat / PowershellforLinux are all the same person

2

tereško

don't you have an ability to kick and mute users?

bwDraco

I can't do that. @DavidPostill is a room owner and can, though.

Flagged. Enough is enough.

Third time in ten minutes.

DavidPostill

I don't think it's acceptable, if user abuse it too much, he/she should be chat suspended. — Shadow Wizard Sep 4 at 17:53

bwDraco

He's willfully ignoring warnings. This last username change crossed the line.

DavidPostill

11 mins ago, by DavidPostill

@bwDraco I believe I'm ignored as well. So they won't see any warnings issued by either of us ...

bwDraco

23:13

I was speaking through the chatbot (something I do not take lightly as it's tantamount to sockpuppeteering) in an attempt to force him between Scylla and Charybdis, so to speak, and he reacts defiantly by changing his username once more.

kerbalspacecat

Guess some people have nothing better to do than pandering to some hypocritical, lying, drama queen all day...

bwDraco

Mods: The user in question is @kerbalspacecat (the username was changed for the fourth time in 15 minutes).

Nathan Osman

I'm seeing a couple flags from this room.

Anything I can do to help?

bwDraco

@NathanOsman Had to use the chatbot as a proxy to reach the offending user as I'm ignored:

12 mins ago, by ChatBot John Cavil

@noitsbecky A message from @bwDraco: I saw you change your username and avatar twice within the last few minutes. If you do this again, I will get a moderator to stop this abusive activity.

DavidPostill

@NathanOsman We have a user who is changing their name every few minutes.

Nathan Osman

23:16

Have they disobeyed the final warning?

bwDraco

Yes.

Nathan Osman

Alright.

bwDraco

3 mins ago, by bwDraco

I was speaking through the chatbot (something I do not take lightly as it's tantamount to sockpuppeteering) in an attempt to force him between Scylla and Charybdis, so to speak, and he reacts defiantly by changing his username once more.

tereško

all hail the mod

Nathan Osman

They have been banned for 1 hour.

tereško

23:17

"they"?

Nathan Osman

The user in question.

I have suspended their chat account.

bwDraco

Thanks. Hopefully, JMG will see this when he comes in (which should be any minute).

tereško

they is plural ... unless you are referring to a queen

Cerberus

Ah, I see someone has done something.

bwDraco

lol

Cerberus

23:18

hides

Nathan Osman

@tereško [insert correct pronoun here] :D

DavidPostill

@tereško "They" can also refer to a person with multiple names ...

Nathan Osman

Flag again if the user causes more problems after the hour expires and I will suspend them for a longer period of time.

tereško

@DavidPostill you mean like this: youtube.com/watch?v=sSMEtfqAdmM

Nathan Osman

O_O

<--- looking over the user's flag history

tereško

23:20

:D

just dont look at mine :P

DavidPostill

@NathanOsman Interesting reading I'm sure :)

@NathanOsman The user is back in the room using another account

And just left again ... chat.stackexchange.com/users/192733/i-am-a-bot

Nathan Osman

@DavidPostill Which account?

DavidPostill

@NathanOsman chat.stackexchange.com/users/192733/i-am-a-bot

bwDraco

@IAmABot: Please stop sockpuppeting. If you persist in doing this, a moderator will suspend you.

Flag abuse.

DavidPostill

@NathanOsman And the user is flagging ... hit and run

Nathan Osman

23:30

My head is still spinning trying to figure out exactly what has happened.

bwDraco

User is abusing multiple identities (two different accounts, over a dozen usernames) to troll this chat room.

DavidPostill

@bwDraco Nathan is a CM

bwDraco

Whoops. Not familiar with him.

DavidPostill

Hi @undo

undo

Oy

Ben N

23:35

Hi!

bwDraco

@BenN We're in the midst of dealing with persistent trolling by that cat/dog/whatever here

Ben N

So I see :(

undo

Meh, small thing overall.

bwDraco

@BenN Start here: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/32517693#32517693

Got things to do, but will continue to monitor the situation.

Ben N

I'm sure we'll survive :)

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