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> Donald Trump has said the United States will "solve" the nuclear threat from North Korea, with or without China's help.
"If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you,"

facepalm world war 3 anyone?

I should invest in bomb shelter stocks

allquixotic

just got 2 x Samsung "J3-V" (late 2015 Samsung J3, branded with Verizon, and 16 gigs of NAND instead of 8) with a Spreadtrum SC9830, for a total of $239 for two phones, unlocked and no contract, for swapping the hotspots' SIMs into temporarily when we go to the verizon store to upgrade one of our lines to the new unlimited

they freak out if you have hotspots on your smartphone data plans

Powershell for Linux

3:20 AM

:-o

You actually bought $239 of phones just to show shop staff while getting an upgrade? Or do you trade them in or something

Journeyman Geek

o0

I didn't realise samsung used spreadtrum.

also, do you have any other use for the phones after that or...? ;p

Bob

@JourneymanGeek answer added. that took a while

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A: Unable to do release update on ubuntu 14.04

What you have there is the upgrade script itself tripping over invalid data somewhere. You need to find and remove the invalid data. In this case, it was the package veeamsnap. Removing that package should fix it. But because this is different for each case, I'll describe the steps taken to reac...

CausingUnderflowsEverywhere

only 30 mins good job

Bob

I wonder if anyone has an easier way :P

@PowershellforLinux can't really check for 4G+ right now cause I've got a shitty signal here :\

well, no, it's a great ("full") signal. except it's still only 15/17

@allquixotic feels like you could've gotten cheaper phones if it's just for that :P

@JourneymanGeek I'm off the server, if you want to delete the account

Journeyman Geek

@Bob yeah

Welcome to Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-71-generic x86_64)

* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
New release '16.04.2 LTS' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it.

*** System restart required ***

That's not quite right ;p

Bob

3:36 AM

o.O

Journeyman Geek

and man this is so scary.

I'm a bit worried about postgres updating to a new major version mainly

Bob

flopf

@JourneymanGeek the bug report you linked has a much more efficient way of arriving at the same conclusion -_-

Journeyman Geek

tried that

didn't find it

Bob

O_O

it's... not much different from what I did

last line printed before the crash?

Journeyman Geek

something about metapackages

Bob

3:47 AM

*shrug* might be useful info in your question then :P

Journeyman Geek

;p

I don't remember what it was exactly

Powershell for Linux

4:08 AM

m.ebay.co.uk/itm/…

I wonder if they have this stuff in Daiso

@Bob floppy floof?

Bleh my server is still on 14.04.1

Bob

@JourneymanGeek how's the ticwatch going? :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob so far so good

I'd guess it might do a day or two on battery

@PowershellforLinux not that likely

Bob

cause I've started looking at watches (again)

Android Wear 2.0 is just out...

but yea I'm mostly interested in battery life and maybe water resistance

Powershell for Linux

@JourneymanGeek but I have to import it from Japan :-(

Journeyman Geek

@PowershellforLinux there's no daisos in UK

Powershell for Linux

4:21 AM

Seems like they're zero UK sellers but a dozen or so posting direct from Japan

@JourneymanGeek yet

Bob

Apple Watch is a no-go as a non-iPhone user :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob eh. I like it for what I paid, and I'm half certain they chamfered the glass now

Bob

Pebble is dead

Samsung Gear is a maybe but waiting on S4

As far as Android Wear... options LG, Moto, Sony... actually Sony might be a good choice. It's cheap at least :P

Huh. 4x Cortex-A7. That's ... more powerful than some of those tablets

urk, <2 day battery life. nawp.

@JourneymanGeek how's the software support? :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob ok, other than the screen (it chipped then cracked on the first one) build quality on the tickwatch is good. Screen is actually quite nice otherwise. The non android watch android is odd.

It has its own appstore. In theory you can enable android ware compat mode, but most things don't work that way

I guess its work in progress

Bob

@JourneymanGeek your ubuntu question HNQ'd o.O

Journeyman Geek

4:26 AM

In your case though, you can write stuff

0_0

whaaaaat?

Nice!

Bob

it's not even a particularly HNQ-worthy title :P

"Release upgrade on Ubuntu 14.04 gives me a Unicode error" maybe? idk :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

I was going to throw you a bounty from aibobot ;p

Bob

btw, @JourneymanGeek, you a word in the first sentence :P

@JourneymanGeek :S

not much point in that?

@fyrepenguin I didn't understand your warning. Now, after two hours of reading various pages on that website, I do. — Andrea Lazzarotto Mar 29 at 15:40

Powershell for Linux

4:51 AM

Does my international LTE-A S4 really only support Australian CA combinations?!

Powershell for Linux

5:06 AM

anandtech.com/Author/127

I wonder what happened to this guy

Bob

5:18 AM

@PowershellforLinux o.O

@PowershellforLinux forums.anandtech.com/threads/brian-klug.2385843

Journeyman Geek

5:38 AM

._.

supervisor is broken

we're good otherwise I think

Bob

@JourneymanGeek ...that's odd

Journeyman Geek

@Bob supervisor apparently uses a patched version in ubuntu that's broken

and moving this to systemd is a planned thing

Journeyman Geek

5:54 AM

ola!

That was remarkably simple

Journeyman Geek

6:13 AM

right

lets see if we broke everything

Bob

lol

@JourneymanGeek I suppose it's time for me to set up my AU server too...

hm

Egyptian or Norse mythology?

Journeyman Geek

lol

Freya sounds like a badass name for a server.

Bob

I feel calling a server loki would just be asking for trouble :P

@JourneymanGeek that it does

@JourneymanGeek Your q is now 7th on the HNQ list o.O

Journeyman Geek

0_0

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IT IS!

Bob

must be a slow day...

AllTheFish

6:17 AM

Hi guys

Bob

Hi Fish

Journeyman Geek

hi

that's clearly a Dolphin

Bob

So... they want AllTheFish? *shrug*

AllTheFish

I am a mammal

Journeyman Geek

... no respect for the classics.

AllTheFish

6:19 AM

No we are thanking for all the fish

Journeyman Geek

(H2G2 reference)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek lol

AllTheFish

guys I have a question to ask

maybe you can help

I have a windows scheduled task which runs a .but file

this bat-file triggers a nodejs instance to run, which means that the task is never finished until I stop it, as long as the website is running.

is there a way to make the task fnish as soon as the batch file is executetd?

Journeyman Geek

hm, have something spawn the task, then die?

tbh, this probably would be a better fit for the main site, especially since we'd need to see your batch file.

AllTheFish

yup I mean right now it opens the prompt and the prompt has to remain open in order for the website to keep running

Journeyman Geek

6:23 AM

OH

lol

Bob

oh, just stick a start in front of your nodejs call :P

start nodejs blah

Journeyman Geek

^ that

Bob

that'll make it launch a separate instance and let the parent close

Journeyman Geek

as long as you don't mind the prompt coming up and vanishing

AllTheFish

I do not

thanks

Journeyman Geek

6:24 AM

@Bob I was totally thinking my talking sound switcher hack.

well, there you go.

AllTheFish

for all the fish

XKCD

6:41 AM

Every year I make out my bracket at the season, and every year it's busted before the first game when I find out which teams are playing.

Journeyman Geek

6:51 AM

compete.kotaku.com/…

Bob

7:14 AM

@JourneymanGeek OVH AU uses HGST drives :P

HUS726020

yay

7200 RPM SAS 2TB

ooh, the good stuff

that's pretty big for a SAS drive...

Journeyman Geek

Nearline I guess

Bob

7:16 AM

I think it's these hgst.com/products/hard-drives/ultrastar-7k2

no it's not

ah these hgst.com/products/hard-drives/ultrastar-7k6000

@JourneymanGeek what exactly makes a drive NL anyway?

ah it's these hgst.com/products/hard-drives/ultrastar-7k6000

Journeyman Geek

@Bob essentially "desktop" drives with SAS are nearline

so 3.5 inch, regular sized..

Rahul2001

Hm

My two closest friends are not getting science in 11th grade as their streams :(

Rahul2001

7:43 AM

This sucks.

Journeyman Geek

In the "I won't be in the same class as them" way?

Rahul2001

Yes

Also, they cannot pursue Computers with Humanities

One of them is really into 3D and the other into robotics

Journeyman Geek

eh. maybe

3d is mostly art folk

I've worked in the industry. Most 3d artists are not that technical

Rahul2001

Well, that's good to hear.

And he isn't the history and geography type

But he isn't taking painting either

Journeyman Geek

the comments are hilariously bad

Rahul2001

7:46 AM

Also, girlfriend's mum said to her "He looks so thin and fragile" about me. I'm positively annoyed at this.

Journeyman Geek

Also, its not quite the workers, its the companies, and somewhat predatory contract practices

satibel

hello

Rahul2001

hi

@JourneymanGeek Uhhhh. Is the "MORE FROM THE TIMES OF INDIA" section the same for you? (all about sex?)

satibel

@Rahul2001 she's Portuguese?

Journeyman Geek

No?

Rahul2001

7:50 AM

@satibel Nope

satibel

a friend of mine is, and she said that to me once x)

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 that seems adblocked for me

I'll take down the link

Sorry

Rahul2001

I don't expect sensibility from Indian news organisations anyway :P

satibel

:36458800 instead of Pednekar, I read Pedobear XD

Journeyman Geek

I thought the times was fairly reputable?

Rahul2001

7:53 AM

Literally the only sources I trust are John Oliver and vox.com

@JourneymanGeek Indeed, but their city-sections are filled with crap, and their website is super slow and buggy

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 the only other source I have is in tamil

djsmiley2k

o/

satibel

@Rahul2001 you can also trust fox and RT ... to be biased.

Rahul2001

lol

Oh, and Stephen Colbert is cool

satibel

though together they are good sources, because you get 2 opposite points of view.

Rahul2001

7:58 AM

@satibel One unbiased source is always better than two conflicting unbiased sources

satibel

I never trust any source to be completely unbiased.

even if I was at the source, I'd still probably be biased.

user226528

Anybody up for laughing hard? Look at this question: superuser.com/questions/147524/…

user226528

And of course, to the answers that so many users have given. And to my answer!

Journeyman Geek

hmm

user226528

@JourneymanGeek Wrong! You should write "LOL" not "Hmmm"!

Journeyman Geek

8:08 AM

@FleetCommand actually I'm surprised no one thought of it before

satibel

@FleetCommand your answer is false.

user226528

@satibel Is not! Is not!

user226528

@satibel Test it right now: Create a new folder in one of your long-untouched folders. And then notice its Last Modified Date change.

satibel

counter example :
my download folder has been modified 28/03/2017
the last file is from the 23/03/2017

Rahul2001

lol

user226528

8:12 AM

@satibel Probably because you downloaded it on 28 not 23.

user226528

@satibel Somehow you read my answer as: The last modified date of a folder is always that of the LMD of last modified file in it.

satibel

@FleetCommand try deleting the folder after that, the long-untouched folder's date doesn't go back.

user226528

@satibel Why should it? The last file in was placed there on 28 March 2017. That is still a fact.

satibel

yes, but it is not a perfect answer to the question. ^^

Rahul2001

@FleetCommand Your answer appears to be false

I have a folder from the 27th. I just created a new file in it, and edited an old one. The LMD did not change

Wait...

user226528

8:16 AM

@satibel That's exactly what the OP wants. So, perfect or not...

Rahul2001

How do you check the LMD of a folder anyway?

satibel

@FleetCommand he wants to change it to a file in the folder, if the file isn't there anymore, your answer is false.

user226528

@satibel He wants to update it not postdate it.

Rahul2001

@satibel Well, if a file is being deleted from it, technically, the folder is being modified

user226528

@Rahul2001 @satibel I just tried. Deleting a file on Windows 10 does update the folder date.

satibel

8:23 AM

@FleetCommand but it doesn't update it with "the date of a folder with the latest modified date of any of its files"

though, that might be semantics, for me update doesn't always mean moving the date up.

it means making "up to date" so even if "up to date" is with a date before the current one, it's still an update.

user226528

@satibel I have studied pragmatics in collage. When people say "update it", they are afraid it might be left behind the time. If he meant what you mean, he'd have said "change it to match that of" or "synchronize with".

satibel

though, I'm nitpicking but some people might look that answer and it might not fit their need. ^^

and if you copy a file with an old modified date, it will update with the current date, not the date of the file.

also, it doesn't work recursively

at least on 7

\1\2\3

Run5k

@FleetCommand, I thought this might be a better arena to discuss your last comment. You don't think that's a bit harsh? I understand that you adamantly disagree with the Close Vote decision, but just because people don't share your point of view doesn't make them incompetent.

satibel

1 and 2 are from 2016

I've pasted 3 which is from 2003

result:
1 is still in 2016
2 is in 2017
3 is in 2003.

Bob

9:20 AM

@JourneymanGeek so, trick to hnq is lots of pictures? :P

Journeyman Geek

I might have dropped a link in AUGR

Other than that donno

user226528

@Run5k Not sharing my point of view isn't what concerns me. Not sharing their own point of view is. Pretend the other question never existed and this question was the first. Now, try this: Copy and paste answers from that non-existent question into this question. What's the likelihood of them being flagged as "Not an answer"? I'd say close to 99%.

user226528

The fact, however, remains that to close a question, the vote of five hypothetical idiots overrules the vote of one million savants. So, when you say such and such person has voted many times, it beckons the question: To which category does this person belong: Hypothetical idiots or hypothetical savants? Or some interim category?

DavidPostill

@FleetCommand If you want to disagree with the close votes and want to discuss reopening the question then the correct place to raise your concerns would be a question on meta.su.

user226528

@DavidPostill And if my concern is the absence of meritocracy and faultiness of democracy? Where do I discuss that?

Journeyman Geek

9:35 AM

@FleetCommand also meta

user226528

Technically, the answer is "Meta meta" which doesn't exist. Also, Meta isn't discussion friendly. The format simply doesn't promote a discussion.

Journeyman Geek

Meta.se is meta meta.

Or here, post walkies

user226528

Err... Meta.su and Meta.se are Russian!