Root Access

allquixotic

17:00

@Dog I want to live in a place that has the political will to consider the Internet to be a public utility like that

Dog

Here networks are actually doing something, because they're getting big favours from the government in return.

allquixotic

instead of having our Presidential cabinet stacked with CEOs

Dog

@allquixotic The EU/ECJ/E-something considered the internet to be a basic human right a while back

@allquixotic I want to live in a place that is already like that, and doesn't then decide to leave it in a hissy fit because (terrorists|immigrants|economy) is in a lul

> The Intel modem [..] lacks support for EVS, DL-256QAM/UL-64QAM, 4×4 MIMO. Ironically, mobile operators such as T-Mobile USA and Telstra which have been offering these advanced LTE features, are being supplied with the iPhone 7 with the Intel modem.

Wait whaaaa, there's U.S. carriers running 4x4 MIMO? Or maybe they're referring to EVS/DL-256QAM

Heck we have none of the above

allquixotic

2

let's go to Germany?

Dog

@allquixotic And hope they don't have another nationalist revolution? :-/

allquixotic

17:05

@Dog unlikely at this point

Dog

I do hear the nationalists/protectionists/right-wing zealots are getting quite popular over there as well as a result of Merkel's decision to be a decent human being

bwDraco

@allquixotic, your thoughts on IoT devices like this new Samsung fridge?

allquixotic

<...15 years later...>

Sabaton - Wolfpack

►

Dog

@allquixotic This photo is so apt.

Ginger and white being your avatar, grey and black being... well how I dress all the time

allquixotic

lol

also our chat 1-liner profiles are similar now

except for you still woofing

Dog

17:08

:D

bwDraco

I'm still a dragon, roar

Dog

I really hope CellularInsights has some awesome information about the S7 I haven't discovered yet

(Like detailed RFE tests)

allquixotic

@bwDraco lame, overpriced, unreliable, unhackable/uncustomizable, bug-ridden, gimmicky, and rife with security concerns. oh and did I mention zero control over their resource usage (e.g. bandwidth)?

Dog

Brain orgasm.

bwDraco

@allquixotic Yeah. I was wondering how I'm going to lock it down...

allquixotic

17:11

oh also, mostly redundant

Dog

Oooooooh

They tested 4xRX on the S7 :-o

Ooooooooooooh

I've not even seen one other tech site that realizes it exists

<3 u @allquixotic

2

Second article on their homepage...

... multiple orgasm time?

allquixotic

@Dog 4x4 MUOR?

Burgi

@Dog can cats do that?

allquixotic

Dog isn't a cat; dog's a dog

Dog

@Burgi When it's in the brain anybody can

> Between -110dBm and -114dBm, where most devices typically begin to struggle, the Galaxy S7 Edge managed to achieve over 100Mbps. This is where Qualcomm’s X12 modem really gets to shine, working in sync with RF360 Front End, closed loop antenna tuner, antenna switch diversity (ASDiv), and the new diversified antenna design.
Even at -120dBm, where most devices would generally fail and lose a connection, we’ve observed 63Mbps on Galaxy S7 Edge. At -130dBm, 11Mbps was achieved using QPSK scheme, and the lowest TBSI.

Oddly enough I've found similar results on my Exynos based S7 (they're testing the Qualcomm S7e), I wonder if it can actually keep up

Also my RSRP readings aren't calibrated to theirs so I dunno how comparable the results are

Burgi

17:18

@bwDraco i had you down as a grumpy gecko

Ben N

Aw :(

Burgi

grumpy gecko is also the least successful ubuntu distro

Dog

> Milan M.P. • 3 months ago
We will do a direct comparison in our full review.

I don't see an S7 full review yet :-(

Burgi

Dog

cellularinsights.com/5g

So much agree. I don't know who this guy is but I want to marry him.

allquixotic

17:23

> more relaxed projection involving a fixed broadband solution targeted for 2018.

Ben N

@allquixotic In reference to PS array unrolling, my strategy is to follow normal .NET typing rules to minimize "magic"

allquixotic

as in what, exactly?!

Dog

@allquixotic Magic!

Ben N

I try to only employ duck typing when necessary, like when dealing with COM and WMI

Dog

Bah need to stop putting off stuff I need to do:
1) Find somewhere to live
2) Buy a gaming laptop
3) Talk to people

I've being doing a lot of 3 lately, mainly as a form of procrastination to avoid 1) and 2)

allquixotic

17:27

what goal does 3 lead you closer to?

Burgi

@Dog 4) get a job?

Dog

@allquixotic Less depressing life?

djsmiley2k

!!orly

ChatBot John Cavil

Burgi

!!YARLY

ChatBot John Cavil

17:31

@Burgi That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

Burgi

fail

5

djsmiley2k

get on it

you need to provide ur own photo tho

or want me to look through my collection for you~?

dear god

forgetting my medication for 2 days wasn't clever at all

Dog

17:53

Alright so now I can relax for another week

Well, six days because I booked for the wrong day.

Also had to hack their website to get my discount because new booking system is broken.

@djsmiley2k Welcome to my life

djsmiley2k

lol

well then it took 3 tries of going to the kitchen til i remembered why i was there and didnt get distracted

Canadian Luke

Morning all

Ben N

Hi!

CausingUnderflowsEverywhere

18:19

@Bob , overclocking your hard drive until it fails?! Now that's even sillier than me lacking a page file!

Ben N

Heh, that was probably a joke in reference to a different overclocking mishap ;)

Dog

@djsmiley2k Because of missing your meds or in order to take your meds?

CausingUnderflowsEverywhere

;)

Dog

Right, that's me accomodated (sorta) till February, time to buy a gaming laptop

Oh yeah 3) above should be get a doctors appointment instead of talking to people but meh

Can't edit the message now ;)

CausingUnderflowsEverywhere

Dog I have never tried powershell. What is it I am missing out on?

Dog

18:22

On the plus side, after two years of searching, I've finally found a decent tablet/convertible that I want. Still not perfect but ticks 9/10 boxes. Except it's not out yet.

CausingUnderflowsEverywhere

why don't you build your own SoC?

And I just thought of an evil plan on how to!

Do you care to listen?

wow well while I get the silent treatment from dog.

Burgi

@djsmiley2k if you like

allquixotic

18:41

hihi

annoying: I "tap" the non-moving surface of the Dell Latitude touchpad; I "click" the non-moving surface of the MBP (force feedback)... no consistency of UX

Dog

Well you could tap the mac as well...

Tapping and clicking having been entirely different things until Apple decided to go tap only

Course Apple simulating a click rather than just going to actual tap only is what makes the inconsistent ux necessary

allquixotic

18:56

@Dog tapping the Mac trackpad in a way that isn't hard enough to generate a "click" feedback does not actually perform a click

I prefer it; it makes palm rejection much better

Burgi

@allquixotic i have noticed that

Dog

Eh, presumably you can change that in software no? IIRC standard Apple trackpads don't have tap to click enabled by default but you have to manually turn it on

Burgi

@Dog not that i have found

Dog

So they took it out completely huh? Like the headphone jack...

Ballsy.

allquixotic

@Dog another thing I approve of

Dog

19:06

I probably disapprove

I've not really used it enough to say but any time I come across any computer, Mac or otherwise that doesn't have tap to click I get annoyed, because the vast majority of the time I tap rather than click on any computer

I already dislike click pads

Hennes

I rarely used tap to click. But I mostly use a mouse.
Esp on my mothers laptop where it is more 'hit with a hammer to click'

Dog

Yeah, just about any serious use out comes the mouse

But for casual situations/walking around/too lazy to reach for the mouse the touchpad is useful

Bear in mind though I rarely have access to a table, so mouse positioning is... awkward

Hennes

Yeah, same.

A wireless mouse can be put on the laptop next to the touchpad.

Even with the lack of space I still prefer that over used the touchpad.

Dog

I would quite like it if they put a trackball back into these things but I guess it wouldn't work with the modern design philosophy of "moar thinness"

There are laptops with detachable/convertible number pads/touchpads but I don't think any turn into a mouse

Dog

19:37

@Bob Woof

@Bob Oh lol

Biiiiit too late

But what JMG said. The Intel "ports" are using the Alpine Ridge thunderbolt controller, usually used by mobo manufacturers who want to add, well, thunderbolt. The onboard/chipset USB 3 ports on Intel don't support Gen 2 10Gbps. The ASMedia controller is used for mobo manufacturers wanting to add Gen 2 (10Gbps) without needing TB3

@Bob This is why I simply stick to the Asus Z170-A

@Bob I wonder if it'll take a 3dxpoint drive

@djsmiley2k Had some snow that didn't stay and some ice that did

djsmiley2k

is the ice still around?

one of the kittens jumped in the (full) bath

Dog

support.google.com/business/answer/6263531/?hl=en-GB

Ahaha

Google's using real-time tracking of how many people are in your shop.

djsmiley2k

19:59

tap to click is horrific

Dog

Laptop laptop laptop

Need me a laptop

papermag.com/…

NSFW

Alan Watch

There's actually a TOR onion site which stores leaked database information of thousands of internet users. Now I don't remember its address and trying to find out if it exists anymore.

arda

@Dog I love the word of bamboozle

allquixotic

@Dog lol :D I love that mentality but when I walked out of the Apple Store with a top-end 13" 2016 MBP I was like "aw yeah, my burning need for a laptop is sated"

and I played Elder Scrolls Online's native 64-bit Mac port last night on high detail and it was great

djsmiley2k

20:15

@AlanWatch this is funny

leaked database infomation?

so like all the leaks?

Animesh Ashish

That awkward moment when your country has 10 lappys better than MacBook Air in the same range.. -.-

Hennes

20:49

Tor has some free ebooks atm.
URL: http://giveaway.tor.com/
They do ask for an email address, but https://www.guerrillamail.com does work.

Animesh Ashish

Best website as far as I know is libgen.io

Hennes

www.libgen.io The connection was reset

failed 3 times in a row. Overloaded site?

Animesh Ashish

not a wwww

*www

Hennes

I did not add it. Firesucks did so without asking me :(

Animesh Ashish

just type libgen.io in address bar..

@Hennes : Did it fail again?

Hennes

20:53

Best guess is that libgen.io fails and that ff gets creative and clippy style helpfull.

@AnimeshAshish uhm, that is what I did. Several times

Animesh Ashish

search for libgen on google..

bwDraco

Dec 24 '16 at 7:41, by bwDraco

headdesk Firefox sometimes fails to copy text to the clipboard!

Dec 21 '16 at 22:52, by bwDraco

I'm on 100/10 Charter Spectrum (formerly Time Warner Cable) and for day-to-day web browsing, I'm limited by Firefox's poor performance.

Nov 22 '16 at 1:06, by bwDraco

Mobile Firefox (stable release) has been extremely unstable the last few days as well. It's crashing regularly with even moderately intensive browsing (10-15 tabs).

Hennes

Hmm, works from uni with w3m

bwDraco

Oct 4 '16 at 4:48, by bwDraco

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

Sep 24 '16 at 14:52, by bwDraco

Firefox is eating your SSD – here is how to fix it

Sep 17 '16 at 4:36, by bwDraco

This is why people are not using Firefox any more. Not only is it slower than the competition, it's an outright battery hog compared to Edge or even Chrome (which made substantial strides over the last several months).

Sep 17 '16 at 3:57, by bwDraco

Did a quick test on my machine with several complex websites, including DPReview, AnandTech, and Tom's Hardware. In each case, Edge renders the page quickly and doesn't hog the CPU for any extended period of time, while Firefox takes its sweet time and hogs a CPU core for several seconds.

Sep 10 '16 at 21:25, by bwDraco

Firefox is an absolute battery hog.

Summary: I've had all sorts of issues with Firefox. I'm stuck with it because it provides specific functionality that I require.

Hennes

Hmm, I had not yet set browser.urlbar.trimURLs.trimURLs to false

Burgi

21:07

firefox mobile performs better for me than chrome does

Burgi

21:25

obviously android only as apple doesn't allow anyone elses java libraries to run on their mobile devices

NotAdmin Dave

Have I mentioned that i'm freeking awesome at db migrations?

Well hello there buddy @DavidPostill

DavidPostill

@NotAdminDave o/

Bob

@bwDraco If it's causing you this much grief, just stop using it.

Hennes

Hello RootDave ?

NotAdmin Dave

user is not a member of sudoers file. :(

Hey though

Bob

21:31

@Dog So it's either USB 3.1 Gen2 10Gbps, or Thunderbolt 3 40Gbps, and not both at the same time? Faiiiiil.

Burgi

wait.... is nvidia making a self driving car?

Bob

@Dog So, yea. Motherboard arrived. Like 2 mins ago :P

NotAdmin Dave

@Hennes: Next time my name will be 'wheel' dave

;P

Hennes

Or worse.
USB 3,1 gen 2, or Thunderbolt at cablespeeds of up to 40Gbit/sec

Yes Dave. Should we su - toor ?

NotAdmin Dave

or toor!

Hennes

21:33

I am already toor.

Cablespeeds as in the chip might have two PCI-e lanes leading to it (so it will not sustain 40Gbit/sec)

NotAdmin Dave

You know back in the late 90's it used to be 'w00t' (when hackers would break into systems and get root they generally would say w00t in the rooms as a victory chant)

these days w00t has different meaning

sigh

ol' irc networks

Hennes

In ye old day you just telnetted to the printer port on shiny purple machines and got a root prompt.

NotAdmin Dave

ahah yeah pretty much

Hennes

At least in some indy and friends default installs.

NotAdmin Dave

port 9100

William

21:35

would the opoposite question of the following superuser.com/questions/714804/… be acceptable here?

Bob

I feel like I need to userscript @NotAdminDave's avatar back

Hennes

Wait, indy was the nice blue box. Indigo was pruple (IIRC, it has been a while)

William

it wasn't kindly accepted here video.stackexchange.com/questions/20439/…

NotAdmin Dave

Ill bring my ol avatar back next month I promise @Bob

Unless @JourneymanGeek enforces me to have to change it earlier.

Burgi

@NotAdminDave you can do @Dog's trick....

NotAdmin Dave

21:37

change my name to noitsnotbecky and use her avatar

:]

Burgi

something like that

djsmiley2k

xD

now, what's wrong with Sherlock @Burgi?

Burgi

its got too far away from the original premise

djsmiley2k

solving crimes?

Burgi

exactly

i don't want to see james bond style raids on secret islands

djsmiley2k

21:42

Is your problem just with that episode?

Burgi

no the last two seasons

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k The whole of the last season was like that.

djsmiley2k

hmmm

is that hte one that ended with the plane episode?

William

bump on my question

DavidPostill

I haven't seen the previous season.

Burgi

21:43

since the weird episode where he was stoned on the plane

djsmiley2k

i remember that episode was weird, i don't really remember the rest

William

@djsmiley2k I can't sleep w/o my medication

Hennes

Wow. Either I just got lured into fake news or the sentence of Chelsea Manning (who the US has been torturing for years now) has been adjusted to 5 months

djsmiley2k

@Hennes the bridge are duscissing it

so it seems legit

discussing*

The interesting bit is that means Assange might come out..

Hennes

That is a nice last (or near last) act from bama

djsmiley2k

21:44

I'll do the same joke I did there

You could say, he pulled a Trump card..

Burgi

assange needs to go stand trial in sweden

djsmiley2k

boom tish

Assange is an ass, I don't think it's any more than that

But yes, he should

Burgi

if he didn't rape those women he has nothing to fear

djsmiley2k

however America wants to talk to him now

So, back to Sherlock, you basically don't like the whole Moriarity storyline @Burgi ?

Burgi

sweden doesn't have an extradition treaty with the USA

djsmiley2k

21:46

orly?

heh

Burgi

that was season 2

that was great

but they realised that they had killed moriarity off too soon

this season has been classic moffat

weird, disjointed inexplicable episodes

djsmiley2k

I didn't get on with the last season

which ended with the plane thing

but i liked this season..

though it really really annoys me about the girl on the plane

Burgi

episode 2 was fantastic

djsmiley2k

and i can't say anymore unless we go to my special chatroom again XD

Burgi

HOWEVER

djsmiley2k

21:48

there was 4 in total right?

so AGRA?>

Michael Frank

The Manning news is hitting local news sites now, so I guess it's probably true.

Burgi

3

they did not explain how sherlock figured out it was that guy

Hennes

nytijes, local dutch sites, mud channels (even from people who usually verify).
so, yeah.

djsmiley2k

which guy?

Burgi

the hospital guy

djsmiley2k

21:49

oh right

yeah he posted the blog

the letter was real

Burgi

Meanwhile in Canada. https://t.co/g2mowWBVka

Tweeted by AwardsDarwin on January 17, 2017 at 6:33 PM

seasons 1 and 2 were a masterclass in how to refresh sherlock holmes

season 3 was like one of those weird alternate reality stories

djsmiley2k

I always figured it'd be revealed that Moriarty wasn't dead

Burgi

then the one off special last year from the plane

but he is

blew his brains out

djsmiley2k

Do you think they'll do another season?

Burgi

yeah but not for another year, maybe 2

NotAdmin Dave

21:56

yum guacamole.incubator.apache.org

Hennes

Season 5: Zombie Moriarty

Burgi

they've realised they pushed it too far from the source material

Bob

floof

where's the rain I was promised :(

Hennes

I think ti is over here.

Rain, and sub zero (C) temps

Burgi

@Bob here in manchester

djsmiley2k

21:57

prob outside here too, i've not checked

Burgi

we have had heavy drizzle all day

NotAdmin Dave

djsmiley2k

I'm weird, I like rain

Hennes

Meh, liking rain is not weird.

Burgi

it is a proper Mancunian day today

djsmiley2k

21:58

as long as my shoes and coat are waterproof.

I'm never happier than when stood out in the rain for some odd reason

Hennes

Warm weather and rain is not bad.
Ice cold weather + anything wet (rain, wet snow, ... whatever)..I do not like that.

Bob

I'll swap with you guys

it's 35.7 and heating up with a max of 37 today

and it's not even 9am yet

djsmiley2k

ouch

where r u bob?

i'm presuming 35.7c?

Burgi

one of the directors at our company is aussie. over xmas he went home to adelaide he said it was 41C on christmas day

Bob

@djsmiley2k ya

@djsmiley2k sydney

djsmiley2k

22:00

youbxch

ah

well that's what you get for the land of killer animals :P

Heh, so we used to export prisioners to the us, before we started using aus.

Bob

at least it's not humid right now

Burgi

he came back to manchester from +37 to -3

he was suffering

Bob

@Burgi yea, christmas week was pretty hot

Burgi

he disappeared into his office and put the AC on to heating mode

Bob

> UV Index: Extreme

welp, guess I'm staying in today

> Frost Risk: Nil

lol

djsmiley2k

22:02

:D

Burgi

i think australia is made up to keep us adventurous brits at home and happy in the rain

the people with the weird accents are all just actors

Bob

@Burgi nah, that's Singapore. @JourneymanGeek's in 80-90% rel. humidity O_O

Burgi

in terry pratchett's "the last continent" there is a scene where death goes into his library and asks "A LIST OF DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN TERRA INCOGNITO" and is then buried in a mountain of book so he then asks "CAN I HAVE A LIST OF NON-DANGEROUS ANIMALS?" and a single page flutters to him saying "some of the sheep"

i tried to do the voice but i don't have the bones for it

wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/XXXX

> "it's spelt XXXX because Queenslanders don't know how to spell BEER"

Dog

@Bob no it is both at the same time.

Bob

@Dog Ah.

Yea, Asus doesn't seem to use it anywhere :(

maybe I should've gone with the Gigabyte board. bleh.

Dog

22:15

That's one thing that annoys me about tech sites that call it USB-C port [yadda yadda yadda] does/doesn't have thunderbolt functionality

It's the other way round. Thunderbolt is necessarily a superset of USB-C 3.1 G2. USB-C 10Gbps is mandatory for all Thunderbolt 3 ports.

10Gbps Ethernet is also mandatory for hosts I believe

@Bob last year when Skylake came out Gigabyte had an exclusive on the Intel alpine ridge chips for a while. Asus announced an optional add-on that never came

@allquixotic I'm not sure if my burning need is actually for a laptop or just a decent screen to play games on because my existing one plain sucks.

Bob

:\

@Dog It was a bit of a toss-up between Gigabyte with TB3 (and cheaper) and Asus with more USB (Type-A) ports on the back (and more expensive)

Dog

Tbh Thunderbolt is much less of a necessity on a desktop anyway, unless 10GbE is on your radar

Bob

...I went with Asus

@Dog Yea, more USB ports was more immediately useful for me :P

could probably get a PCIe card if I really want TB3 at some point

Dog

Laptops... can seriously benefit from external GPU docks, and fast storage, and universal displayport outputs and whatever. The vast majority of which a desktop houses internally anyway.

Hennes

Maybe you can, at least now.
A few months ago I could find TB1 and TB2 add in cards, but not TB3

Dog

22:21

I wonder if anyone other than Intel can actually make them.

That Brazilian Guy

Say hello to the newest student of RA :D

Dog

Oh and laptops don't really have any other practical way of getting 10GbE. Yet. Maybe if 10Gb 3.1 Gen 2 USB adapters came out...

But you'd still need thunderbolt to get benefit out of multiport 10GbE adapters

@ThatBrazilianGuy hello?

Bob

@Hennes I'm assuming the Asus card works on their Z270 boards

Dog

Maybe I'm confused and what I'm really after isn't a new laptop. Maybe what I'm really after is just a GTX 1070 + an i7 and the gaming laptop business is just an excuse

> President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning's sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010

On nearly his last day in office.... Good guy Obama

Michael Frank

Cut it down to ending May 17th apparently.

Bob

22:32

specs page empty? asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-MAXIMUS-IX-EXTREME/specifications

or just me

Ben N

Seems empty here too

Bob

currently smells like only that one has TB3 :\

Michael Frank

Yea, empty here.

Dog

That Brazilian Guy

@Dog Hello! Is it me that you're looking for?

Dog

22:39

Lol. Not even in office yet and his approval ratings are lower than ever.

That Brazilian Guy

@Hennes That's cool! Thanks!

NotAdmin Dave

23:03

@Dog: should have seen the polls related to the election outcome.. 5% trump 95% clinton as the expected winner.. its all fake.

Low participation rate and oversampling.. That's all it is..

"We know college people hate trump... lets reach out to them as a majority for this poll.. And the people that actually like him and think hes doing a great job.. lets only call 2 of those guys..."

I hate polls

Thats why I dont provide any personal information about myself if i ever decide to opt into one.

That Brazilian Guy

I hate Pöls

Pöls

Pöls is a former municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Pöls-Oberkurzheim. == References... ==

NotAdmin Dave

lmfao

bwDraco

...back to Skyrim. (Running the legacy version of the game for better compatibility with mods; I'd rather not break things. I have a level 75 High Elf with close to 300 hours on her, yet I haven't finished the main questline.)

Michael Frank

My copy of Skyrim Special Edition would end up crashing before I finished the cart ride at the beginning. :(

allquixotic

23:20

!!learn darmokandjaladontheocean <>https://i.sstatic.net/MGEiI.jpg

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic Command darmokandjaladontheocean learned

Bob

I'm itching to begin assembly, but I don't have a case yet :(

Michael Frank

@allquixotic wat

Bob

@MichaelFrank darmokandjaladontheocean

Michael Frank

but why

Bob

23:22

@MichaelFrank ~~http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Tamarian_language~~ darmokandjaladontheocean

allquixotic

> "Darmok and Jalad on the ocean" - new friendship and understanding gained through a shared challenge

Michael Frank

Ahh, cool.

bwDraco

@MichaelFrank Yuck. Before you even get to the character creation screen?

Michael Frank

23:41

@bwDraco Yea. From memory, it through some weird DLL error related to audio drivers or something. I didn't look into it too deeply at the time though.

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