Root Access

Journeyman Geek

00:10

Erf. This is not good.

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek Who what where

Journeyman Geek

3 of 4 of the newbies are out sick

including the guy I was helping.

That Brazilian Guy

Uh-oh. Viral outbreak?

Freedo

Sorry I didn't meant to be annoying. And I meant asking on the main site later

Journeyman Geek

Donno

And I need to pick up and process machines for scrapping, which is a 2 man job.

Freedo

00:30

However I've found a workaround, If anyone is interested.

That Brazilian Guy

@Freedo Sure! I am interested, I've used it in the past and might use again.

However, please ask a question and then answer it yourself with your workaround

That way, you can help more than just us here in this chatroom!

Journeyman Geek

01:16

@ThatBrazilianGuy beats me.

That Brazilian Guy

02:11

/me beats @JourneymanGeek wiht a large cucumber

Journeyman Geek

eats it

I'm just gonna go slow today.

That Brazilian Guy

11pm and I should go to sleep

In fact, I will. Now. Bye!

Journeyman Geek

Eh. While being able to check notifications on my watch is handy.... I've not yet had a damn, I really wish my smartwatch would do x moment...

CausingUnderflowsEverywhere

02:47

@DavidPostill SO CUTE I LINKED TO MY FRIEND !!!

@Burgi that is very clever of you!

ha good one psycogeek

Freedo

03:15

That's why I don't like to ask questions on the main site

I usually discover a workaround by myself and If I post it on my own question I probably look like a upvote whore

bwDraco

...and I am so leaning towards a business-class laptop to replace this system (after the desktop is built).

ThinkPad, or something else?

(This might be at least a year away.)

CausingUnderflowsEverywhere

LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT

there is hope in actionscript

bwDraco

03:41

Father wants a convertible laptop, and I really want to suggest the ThinkPad Yoga 260...

CausingUnderflowsEverywhere

no dont buy a laptop thats called a yoga

can the screen be laptop sized?

omg

no tablet sized *

bwDraco

04:06

12.5-inch.

That's still fine (@JourneymanGeek's HP Stream is 11.6-inch). Besides, it's a ThinkPad, with all the productivity and durability advantages it carries.

Journeyman Geek

I also have a x220

bwDraco

It also has pen input (a feature Father wants).

Journeyman Geek

I like the size. Just make sure it's better than 1366x768

bwDraco

1080p.

Journeyman Geek

That res needs to diaf

bwDraco

04:10

No more crappy 1366x768 displays on these sorts of laptops.

Aibobot

Thank goodness

bwDraco

I am adopting a professional, businessman-like approach to personal conduct effective tomorrow. It's a evolution of the old "gentleman" concept that was originally inspired by the Analects of Confucius.

Aibobot

ehhh. You're doing it again. By which I mean talking lots about what you're going to do

bwDraco

So, should I wait for the Kaby Lake refresh?

@Aibobot: is there anything official from Stack Exchange that prohibits you from using the full mod account in an untrusted environment?

Aibobot

@bwDraco no

bwDraco

04:20

(I hate that mobile chat sometimes duplicates rather than properly edits messages)

Aibobot

I quite literally think this computer is a complete piece of shit I do not trust and do not want to run my main account on it.

On the other hand, it has a keyboard

bwDraco

It's getting late here. Night.

arda

Haha nice I now have more rep on su than so

the dns answer really helped

I really didn't expect +8 as, like, one part is actually useful, one is a possibility along with a story and one only really helps people with security addiction :P

bwDraco

Well, should I wait for Kaby Lake before buying a new laptop?

Aibobot

04:35

I donno

I'm currently waiting for a more stable job, and my current stuff works fine

I consider computer gear a 5-6 year investment and the next model's always better

bwDraco

I'm working on the assumption that the machine needs to last at least five years (his current desktop is close to nine (!) years old and I want to see similar service life from a new system, hence a business laptop is preferred).

Aibobot

In that case I wouldn't really wait for kalby lake

bwDraco

Why?

Aibobot

I don't find that the performance difference between modern processors that great. The interesting upgrades are in storage and maybe ram

bwDraco

...and should I get Father to switch to Chrome or Edge?

Aibobot

04:47

If I wanted to wait, I'd actually wait for zen, since if its competitive, it should do interesting things to prices

hm. I donno. If he uses IE, hell yes

bwDraco

That's an interesting perspective.

He's on Firefox, which has horrendous power consumption.

Aibobot

Well, everything I see about zen looks interesting

Meh, that feels like nickle and diming on power

bwDraco

Sep 17 at 4:24, by bwDraco

Edge only briefly bursts the CPU in most cases, while Firefox puts a near-constant load on the CPU while rendering a page.

Aibobot

I've never seen that

bwDraco

On desktop or gaming laptops which aren't power-optimized the way modern low-power laptops are these days (with PMICs and aggressive power management of every major component), it's not a big deal.

It's an entirely different story on these new low-power machines.

arda

04:51

I'll switch to edge once it gets a script manager and stylish extension

bwDraco

I use Firefox because I have specific requirements but it's not the best choice in a mobile environment absent the need for features like Firefox Sync custom servers.

blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/09/15/…

Aibobot

@arda heh. My killer extention for firefox is oneliner

bwDraco

05:16

nn

Bob

06:26

ow.

Aibobot

06:38

ow?

djsmiley2k

07:11

Wooo my mdadm raid question got +25 upvotes

Aibobot

noice

Burgi

07:40

morning

DavidPostill

morning

Aibobot

arf

Burgi

08:01

hmmm... i think my cynicism is finally rubbing off on my minion

his greeting this morning was suspiciously lack lustre

Aibobot

hm. You broke him?

Burgi

not fully... we'll break him later

the office manager has some ultra hot sauce

my minion claims that hot sauce doesn't touch him

Aibobot

0_0

ooh, I can do screenshots on the smartwatch

Bob

08:32

@Aibobot ow.

splinters in inconvenient places and tetanus shots

Aibobot

@Bob shoot. Sounds like saturday night at safeword....

djsmiley2k

@Burgi MISSSSTAKEEEEE

My friend found some hot sauce from Mexico

It makes my face go numb.

Burgi

hehehe

djsmiley2k

I used to be quite a wuss with hot stuff, but we have a rule at our bbqs etc

what you put on a burger etc, you eat. No exceptions...

So one day I was trying to get a little bit of my friends ghost chilli sauce to try

and the bottle went 'BLOP' and a huge blub falls onto my burger

D:

Aibobot

08:48

I have no idea where my whole department is....

Burgi

"SURPRISE!"

Potato Cat

09:16

Huh, OVH was hit by a >1000Gbps DDoS just a few days ago? Bleurgh

DavidPostill

@Burgi lol

Aibobot

@PotatoCat yeah

Something about minecraft servers

Potato Cat

@Burgi Not having a job doesn't mean not having a life.

Burgi

fair enough, only trying to help :)

Aibobot

40 minutes to goooooooo

Potato Cat

09:27

Rahul2001

Hello

Aibobot

0_0

Aibobot

09:49

hm. I may have a quick software recs question later

I need something that will scan a barcode from an android phone and chuck it into a google docs sheet or csv...

Rahul2001

@Aibobot You can copy paste the URL/code into a doc

Aibobot

@Rahul2001 I need to do... a lot of systems

I really rather scan scan scan email...

then manipulate the data on another system

Rahul2001

@Aibobot play.google.com/store/apps/…

@Aibo That works for you?

Burgi

nice find

Rahul2001

@Psycogeek That's really old

@Burgi DuckDuckGo is awesome

Journeyman Geek

10:04

Prefer free :p

The alternative isn't that much more work

Rahul2001

cough... Have you guys heard of this ~~really awesome~~ illegal app called blackmart? cough

Journeyman Geek

Eh. I outgrew software piracy.

DavidPostill

@Rahul2001 You should really go and see a doctor about that cough ...

Rahul2001

:P

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek Can't you get your company to pay the UKP 1.99? ;P

Journeyman Geek

10:09

Nope.

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek So type it in by ~~hand~~ paw and then sue them for RSI :)

Journeyman Geek

Anyway I think barcode scanner does CSV. I'll try it... Quietly tomorrow...

@DavidPostill that is what we're doing

This is me being lazy.

And doing it solo sucks. We did more than 8x the work with 2 people.

Walked 5k at work today again

Rahul2001

10:29

Police Accountability: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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ypercubeᵀᴹ

@PotatoCat Nice. But probably a hoax

Burgi

@JourneymanGeek does your roomie miss you while you are at work?

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi yes

I get quite the welcome

djsmiley2k

11:55

/me wibbles

Burgi

12:07

with all these mega breaches that have been happening recently do you think the age of the password has come to and end?

Linus

12:26

mornin

djsmiley2k

I wish

but no.

Burgi

arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/09/…

#LongLivePhilae

Guitar Shoe Dave

12:49

I want one

My Pet The Giant Snail - Unusual Exotic Pets

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better video

thats got to be pretty therapeutic

DavidPostill

@GuitarShoeDave And slimy :(

Guitar Shoe Dave

Top #1 question to ask it "Would you like a saltine cracker?"

DavidPostill

Top #2 question to ask it "Do you like garlic?"

Guitar Shoe Dave

lol

djsmiley2k

I've got a mexican wood turtle

painted wood turtle

Burgi

12:54

apparently they are a pest in florida and carry a form of menigitis

just came across this old article

Guitar Shoe Dave

Never saw one when I lived down in the Keys, Delray, Ft lauderdale and Orlando.

Burgi

arstechnica.co.uk/security/2016/06/… @ThatBrazilianGuy any of your boxes on there for sale? ;)

Guitar Shoe Dave

:(

Then again, I tend to stay inside a lot, that's probably why.

djsmiley2k

Cool

the turtles or the snails?

Guitar Shoe Dave

Snails

Burgi

12:57

washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/07/10/…

Guitar Shoe Dave

I saw turtles

Just not snails =\

Burgi

cbsnews.com/news/…

they have a hotline

Guitar Shoe Dave

Miami is like a 30 minute drive from Ft Lauderdale :/ I guess I just had bad luck.

Burgi

for a snail (even a big one) 30 miles is like you walking to russia

Guitar Shoe Dave

lmfao, good point.

I saw some pretty huge grasshoppers in florida though.

Literally almost foot sized

Have some pictures on my phone of some too.

Burgi

13:01

brb need to restart FF (4GB ram is killing me)

Guitar Shoe Dave

Grasshopprs like this: farm4.static.flickr.com/3613/3559858364_e4025cebcd_o.jpg

Burgi

back

Guitar Shoe Dave

Oh and if you step on them, they dont care the force of their jump will take your foot right off.

djsmiley2k

:O

Guitar Shoe Dave

:D

Burgi

13:07

we had homemade, organic smoothies a month ago for an internal event

we've just found one leftover...

home to a colony of fruit flies

Guitar Shoe Dave

gross lmao

djsmiley2k

wtf who leavs that kinda thing around D:

Burgi

they were pretty disgusting

Rahul2001

YEAH!

It's funny how the accounts of everyone in my school just get hacked

"Dude, I couldn't see your messages, my insta got hacked"

djsmiley2k

all the time, dem hax

everyones hacking

cue video of guy in a computer store 'hacking'

Burgi

13:19

@Rahul2001 tread carefully, you don't want the suspicion to fall on you especially after the arguments yesterday

Rahul2001

@Burgi Tread carefully IRL? or on chat?

djsmiley2k

@Rahul2001 IRL I believe

You been naughty in chat? :D

Rahul2001

Not as far as I know :P

Guitar Shoe Dave

superuser.com/questions/1131363/… <--- this isnt superuser.com material.

0

Q: What product does this logo belong to

I see it on many web pages. Googling didn't help.

webserver

Rahul2001

@Burgi I always do, ever since this

djsmiley2k

13:21

It's not, but it is answered lol

Guitar Shoe Dave

True lol

lol @ rahul2001's comment

Potato Cat

@Bob Yeah that's what tends to happen when I get banned.

Journeyman Geek

@GuitarShoeDave you shouldn't have answered it...

Bob

@PotatoCat :(

Rahul2001

@PotatoCat How long did you get banned for?

Journeyman Geek

13:24

@PotatoCat er dude(ette). I did not suspend your main account AFAIK

Guitar Shoe Dave

@JourneymanGeek: Im debating whether or not it should be classified as spam material by how the question was crafted.

Rahul2001

@GuitarShoeDave Nah, not spam

Although not expected from a user with 100+ rep

> In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.

True dat

Potato Cat

@Bob Good for wasting power, sure!

Rahul2001

stackoverflow.com/cv/whitewinterwolf

Potato Cat

@JourneymanGeek I was suspended by Nathan before you got here, hence why I had to use a sock to use the "send bitchy message to mods" button.

Bob

13:28

@PotatoCat Even better - power = powerful!

Journeyman Geek

ah, chat suspension

Potato Cat

Ironically, the main-site suspension on the sock didn't stop me being able to access chat with the sock -_-

Journeyman Geek

@PotatoCat That was very much a principle of the thing suspension

Potato Cat

@ThatBrazilianGuy Probably still faster than a 940M! :-P

Journeyman Geek

or a racoon?

(concious or otherwise)

Rahul2001

13:32

@GuitarShoeDave He is arguing now :/

Guitar Shoe Dave

Yeah, i doubt that icon is trademarked / copyrighted

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 didn't you link that a few hours back?

Hennes

Yes. 12:29

jokerdino

Yes

Rahul2001

Oh, I did? The URL was still in my text area, so I thought the message hadn't got sent

Sorry

Just came back to this PC

Hennes

13:36

Arh for UEFI programs (NOT A BIOS) with a version numbver starting with B I O S.

Journeyman Geek

no worries, just checking if I was senile.

jokerdino

You could still be.

Hennes

That happens early with dogs compared to human years.
On a same note: I just realised that my cat is 6.5 years old.

SHe is already at a third of her natural life and about to move to serior food.

And mom (on the phone) just mentioned this girl she spoke with.... 64 years old

I guess someone 10 years younger might be a girl in your age, but still. 64...

jokerdino

must have been a tortoise.

Rahul2001

> My hotel spent thousands on 25 pin iPhone docks just before Apple switched to lighting ports. A few months ago they finally retrofitted them all with these:

LMAO

"The distance between the headphone jack and the lightning port varies between the 6s, 6s plus, and SE, so this wouldn't have even worked for all of the iPhones before the 7 anyway, right?"

Hennes

13:41

Uhm, why provice that kind of stuff? If someone want music shouldn't they bring their own?

Rahul2001

@Hennes Hotels usually have music systems

Hennes

Maybe that is just me. A hotel is a place where you go to, shower, change to pyjama's. Sleep.
Then get up and leave.

I do not go to foreign countries just so I can hang around in hotel rooms.

Oh. I guess I never noticed them

Though I also ignore their TV sets, mini bars etc etc.

Rahul2001

@Hennes What if you want to listen to music while taking a shower/sleeping/changing clothes?

Hennes

Why would anyone do that?

Esp. when sleeping. It would keep me awake while I followed the song text.

Rahul2001

@Hennes Humans are weird

Hennes

13:46

Maybe it is just me, on two counts:
1) Vacation is 3-7 days where I want to do a lot. This does not include staying in an hotel room. I just want a clean bed, my own shower/toilet. And if possible working Internet (preferred wired but wireless will do in a pinch) and a water boiler tso I can make coffee.
No TV is a nice extra. PLease use that space for somethign I want. Ditto music, airco etc etc.
2) I usually do not have music on at home. When I do I sit in a chair to which the speakers are balanced and I listen to the music.

Background music/TV is tiring for me.

Burgi

@Rahul2001 IRL

Rahul2001

Cat vs. Disk drive: i.imgur.com/U0FYldv.gif (WARNING: LARGE GIF)

Hennes

Where is the disc drive? Below the CDROM ?

djsmiley2k

my phone plays music

Oliver Salzburg

@Hennes Some people go there to meet prostitutes, you know?

djsmiley2k

13:48

it even contains a speaker!

Hennes

I use an MP3 player for listing to audio books.
Normal USB mass storage device (no special drivers needed). A whopping 2GB storage, which is enough for multiple books.
and only Eur 15 :)

Rahul2001

@Hennes Disk Drive == CDROM

Da VInci's Devils is awesome!

Hennes

diskdrive is 160KB, or 180KB, or 320KB, or a whopping 360KB (still need one of those for my XT).

Rahul2001

Except for the dirty scenes

Journeyman Geek

@Bob ping

Bob

13:59

@JourneymanGeek pong

Journeyman Geek

good to go again?

Potato Cat

@GuitarShoeDave It's some domain parking clone-a-site's default logo it seems

Guitar Shoe Dave

yeah i just figured it out

Im actually updating my post

bwDraco

roar

Rahul2001

@bwDraco Angry roar or happy roar or sad roar?

Potato Cat

14:05

@Rahul2001 Bluetooth audio for anything built in the last ten years

djsmiley2k

I was going to say that about the link, it's a parked site, haha

@PotatoCat Air transmission for anything older? ;)

Rahul2001

Wait, windows supports transferring files using IR?

bwDraco

> domain parking clone-a-site

lol

Potato Cat

@Rahul2001 Everything that had IR did, until IR died

@Rahul2001 Damn large GIF still hasn't loaded

Rahul2001

@PotatoCat It'll be worth it :)

I remember these ancient robotics kits we used to use used IR to transfer programs

Hennes

14:10

I recently (1 or 2 years ago) bought and USB-IR receiver.
Cost me one (1) full eurp, including battery and came with an IR remote control

Plug in, press power button. PC (windows) shuts down.

Fun for pranks

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 he shoulda used the eject command :(

thedailywtf.com/articles/ITAPPMONROBOT

Rahul2001

@JourneymanGeek I love it!

Guitar Shoe Dave

1

A: What product does this logo belong to

Good point in comments below.. I've updated my comment. Its definately a logo for parked sites domains that recently expired. I was able to confirm this using internet archive by looking at the prior time when the domain was last updated within the whois database for the glassdoor.com domain......

@PotatoCat ^

Rahul2001

@GuitarShoeDave I actually remembered that it was a logo I'd seen on parked domains, but I rekoned that you knew better

Guitar Shoe Dave

Thankfully i was able to prove it. Ha ha =)

Rahul2001

14:24

> I've updated my comment.

s/comment/answer

Guitar Shoe Dave

lmfao

woops

too bad its been 5 minutes

^vote

Journeyman Geek

imma tempted to delete that

Guitar Shoe Dave

That's fine, no hard feelings if you delete anything.

Rahul2001

@GuitarShoeDave You can still edit it

bwDraco

23 hours ago, by Hennes

No, why throw money at it?

lol

Rahul2001

14:37

@Hennes DuckDuckGo, no 2 :P

djsmiley2k

Isn't it funny how much time gets spent on a question that shouldn't even be on the site ?! :D

Journeyman Geek

I'm for closing stuff like that ASAP ;p

Rahul2001

Tour of a fake Apple Store in China

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djsmiley2k

14:59

hmmmmmm

I have a keyboard shortcut with turns off my keyboard leds, locks my screen

I'd also like it to pause any playing youtube vids.... difficult

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