Root Access

Bob

12:05 AM

morning

Ben N

12:16 AM

Hi!

Avery

also I like how anyone didn't take that first message out of context.

Burgi

@ThatREDACTEDGuy aren't you meant to be on holiday?

Journeyman Geek

12:39 AM

.... another actor from b5 passed away - Stephen Furst. Maybe I care about the show too much but dang a LOT of actors from that show passed on

Journeyman Geek

2:53 AM

... there's a lecturer with the same first name as me here. This is gonna get confusing

I don't want to jinx it but things usually get busier by jow

Bob

@JourneymanGeek JourneymanProfessor? :P

Journeyman Geek

3:13 AM

Lol

Also. Internet was out in the main office. Walked in. Everything works.

.. clearly magic geek skills...

Rahul2001

@Avery lol

@ThatREDACTEDGuy BECAUSE I ALWAYS DO

@Avery ;p

Journeyman Geek

4:10 AM

and... I fixed someone's wireless keyboard by turning it of and on again....

Michael Frank

@JourneymanGeek I got a call out to a site 60km away yesterday for an EFTPOS terminal that was 'faulty'... Turns out it just needed to be plugged back into the wall.

4

Journeyman Geek

lol

Michael Frank

ended up being a 2 1/2 hour round trip.

Journeyman Geek

So far today, two intermittant network issues on the other side that fixed themselves and the keyboard

I;m only at 6km and 9.5K steps

Rahul2001

@JourneymanGeek how do you walk so much... Does your work span over several buildings or something?

Journeyman Geek

4:19 AM

yup

3 buildings about 10-15 minutes walk apart

Rahul2001

I dreamt about getting rep on SU last night... ihavenoidea

@JourneymanGeek ah, coool

Journeyman Geek

less dreaming, more doing

in theory its me and my boss. In practice, I'm often not at my desk

Rahul2001

39

Q: GitHub satanically messing with my README

My GitHub repository has nothing but a readme in it. In this readme, locally I wrote this: Factoids: - There are about six different ways to do everything in Forked. - There are actually six different ways to enter loops. - There are six directionals and six I/O commands. - 666. ha. Emphas...

Journeyman Geek

hm. How did my housekeys turn up in my pocket....

satibel

6:33 AM

hello

@JourneymanGeek A dog with pockets, how convenient.

That REDACTED Guy

6:46 AM

@Burgi Hmmm... No.

@Burgi Why would I be?

satibel

I realized "how convenient." sounds sarcastic, maybe I should've used another phrasing.

@ThatREDACTEDGuy he he "sex"

That REDACTED Guy

@satibel Yeah I found it funny... When I was eleven.

Journeyman Geek

hmm, not good

I set up stuff for one of the rented classrooms as usual and 1) its locked 2) with my equipment inside.

That REDACTED Guy

@JourneymanGeek No, spontaneously waking up at 3:40 AM is indeed NOT GOOD.

satibel

@JourneymanGeek 3)

Journeyman Geek

6:55 AM

tempting but no

That REDACTED Guy

What does a dentist has to do with anything? :P

Journeyman Geek

lock picking kit

I just got the keys from the cleaner and got them out.

satibel

7:23 AM

@JourneymanGeek no fun :p

Boris_yo

7:50 AM

Is there a silent mode or meeting mode?

On Android 5 I could select those. "Do not disturb until"...

Here I only see this mode.

I could enable only calls with vibration during meeting.

Could easily switch between silent mode and meeting mode.

satibel

I think you can set it via the callendar.

or get the top menu (swipe down from the top), and you should have a do not disturb button.

Boris_yo

Can't see it...

satibel

@Boris_yo the arrow on sound maybe?

Burgi

Morning

satibel

mine has it left to the phone status.

Boris_yo

8:02 AM

@satibel Yes, it's almost what I was looking for. I just hoped there is quick access to that. Widget would be good... In Android 5 you just press Volume Down and select mode you need.

user226528

Argh. Those guys on Ars Technica are dumb. They disagree with me when in fact, they have been agreeing with me all along.

Burgi

oh?

user226528

Oh!

user226528

Or maybe "oh?" means "give me a link"...

user226528

Anyway, Peter Bright wrote: "For desktop Windows, everyone is on the Semi-annual Channel except Software Assurance customers. They get access to Windows 10 LTSB builds." implying that enterprise customers don't have access to the semi-annual channel and don't get feature updates for Windows 10 twice per year.

user226528

8:12 AM

I commented that he is wrong; SA customers can install Windows 10 Enterprise, which does get the feature updates like Creators Update and such, and that I was behind one already.

user226528

Dumb guy. He says "I don't even begin to understand. I said that SA customers have access to LTSB builds. You quote from Microsoft some text saying that... SA customers get access to LTSB builds."

user226528

Well, hello! My disagreement wasn't over LTSB at all.

Bob

@FleetCommand Eh. I read that as "they get access to LTSB in additional to ..."

But even then the statement isn't quite right. "the semi-annual channel" is oversimplifying CB and CBB.

user226528

@Bob He wrote "except". That means they don't.

Bob

@FleetCommand I read that as "they're not guaranteed to be on "the semi-annual channel" unlike everyone else"

But I do see how it can be interpreted the other way.

user226528

8:17 AM

@Bob Well, that's even more wrong. Only SA and VDA licensors get to be on the CB or CBB.

Bob

@FleetCommand "Everyone must be on the semi-annual channel except SA who [additionally] have access to LTSB"?

*shrug*

(except in reality anyone not on Home can be on CBB)

user226528

I tend to read it as:
"For desktop Windows, everyone is on the Semi-annual Channel except Software Assurance customers. They get access to Windows 10 LTSB builds [instead]."

Bob

@FleetCommand Yea, I think the sentence is just vague enough to be interpreted either way. Can't say for sure which one the author intended.

Burgi

its soooooo hot

Boris_yo

@Burgi In UK?

Burgi

8:21 AM

yeah :(

user226528

@Bob Unlike you, Bright never even defended himself that way. He tried to erase the semi-annual matter from the question.

Burgi

bbc.co.uk/weather/2643123

user226528

The problem is moving to LTSB or away from it requires uninstalling one edition of Windows and installing another.

Boris_yo

@Burgi Why sad? Must be sunny there. Go walk outside. Go swim at the beach.

Journeyman Geek

hm, our master baker is walking around with a small bucket ._.

Burgi

8:28 AM

@Boris_yo stuck in work

also the beach is 60 miles away

england isn't built for insanely hot temperatures

Journeyman Geek

25 minutes to my official end of day

Bob

@FleetCommand ah

Rahul2001

8:44 AM

@Burgi 46 here, beat that

Boris_yo

@Burgi 26 is insanely hot? How about 35? Now that's insanely hot. No, insanely hot is in India.

^

@Rahul2001 Your endurance must be higher than Burgi's?

Burgi

its all relative

Boris_yo

Heat tolerance

Burgi

india and israel are both close to the equator and you expect them to be hot

you don't expect the UK to be in the high 20s

Rahul2001

@Burgi tropic of cancer passes through India, that's not "close to the equator", we just get affected worse by climate change

And climate change isn't localised

Burgi

8:49 AM

closer to the equator than say london

Rahul2001

But still halfway between the equator and the North pole

satibel

Moe anthropomorphism

Moe anthropomorphism (萌え擬人化, moe gijinka) is a form of anthropomorphism in anime and manga where moe qualities are given to non-human beings, objects, concepts, or phenomena. In addition to moe features, moe anthropomorphisms are also characterized by their accessories, which serve to emphasize their original forms before anthropomorphosis. The characters here, usually in a kind of cosplay, are drawn to represent an inanimate object or popular consumer product. Part of the humor of this personification comes from the personality ascribed to the character (often satirical) and the sheer arbitrariness...

Oliver Salzburg

@Rahul2001 As in °C?

Burgi

@satibel what?

Vogel612

Hi there, I think I could use some pointers...

satibel

8:54 AM

> you expect them to be hot

Oliver Salzburg

@Vogel612 👉👉👉👉👉

Vogel612

A server I'm administrating seems to be under attack right now...

Burgi

@Vogel612 the bars over there and its your round

Vogel612

In the logs there is a failed auth attempt every few seconds since 5AM yesterday

satibel

@Vogel612 int *

Burgi

8:55 AM

unplug it

Rahul2001

@OliverSalzburg yes

Vogel612

@Burgi not really an option :/

satibel

@Vogel612 fail2ban?

Oliver Salzburg

@Rahul2001 Wow. I will never complain about heat again :P

Vogel612

how do I implement that for Windows?

Rahul2001

8:55 AM

@OliverSalzburg yeah well. I'm sitting in a car (which is basically a greenhouse) without air conditioning and I think I'm going to melt into a puddle soon

Vogel612

btw. I love your clippy. How did that get into here?

Oliver Salzburg

@Vogel612 It's one of the chat easter eggs

Journeyman Geek

@Vogel612 easter egg added in by the devs

Burgi

24

Q: Does fail2ban do Windows?

Can anyone recommend a fail2ban-like tool for a Windows OS? I've got a couple of Windows Media servers that get hammered with brute force authentication attempts. I would like to plug these authentication failures into some kind of blocking tool.

windows security

Oliver Salzburg

@Rahul2001 :D

Journeyman Geek

8:57 AM

@Burgi I WAS ABOUT TO LINK THAT

we're hiveminding.

Burgi

you've taught me well, boss

Oliver Salzburg

@Vogel612 Are you even certain it's coming from outside? It might just as well be a budged scheduled task thingie

If you're certain it's from outside, then the way to prevent that on a Windows server is to block the suspect's IP address on your Linux-based firewall that you have in front of your Windows server ;P

Rahul2001

Man, I've been wanting a Raspberry Pi for like 4 years, but I can't even afford that wail

Oliver Salzburg

Alternatively, the Windows firewall

Burgi

i was about to suggest blocking the IP at the physical firewall level

Vogel612

9:02 AM

@OliverSalzburg no I'm not 100%, but I'm reasonably sure... The event log says the authentication comes over network. The usernames change, it's been going on since 5AM yesterday, ....

@OliverSalzburg for that I'd need to actually extract an IP address :/

Bob

@Vogel612 are they real usernames?

I'd also question why the server is publicly exposed on a port that accepts auth.

RDP?

Oliver Salzburg

@Vogel612 For remote logon events, I have a Network Information: section in the event

Vogel612

Administrator, User2, User1, Admin ...

it's guesses

@OliverSalzburg sure, unfortunately that's pretty empty

Rahul2001

@OliverSalzburg not fun, trust me

Bob

@Vogel612 so, just a random brute force attempt. ignore it. you have nice long passwords right?

Vogel612

9:06 AM

@Bob nice yes, long ... at least long-ish

Bob

random brute force attempts happen all the time

Oliver Salzburg

5

Q: Security Log in Event Viewer does not store IPs

I'd like to write a service that pulls Event Viewer records, specifically from the Security log. Of particular interest to me are things like event id 4625 (audit fail) messages. Ideally I'd like to store the IP of clients that cause audit fails more than n times in m seconds for some amount o...

windows security logging windows-event-log

Bob

if you want to be safer, don't publicly expose the RDP port. set up a VPN with client certificates for remote access.

trying to block these attempts is pointless

satibel

@Vogel612 I dunno, I just assumed that server's OS to be linux.

Vogel612

@Bob Well I don't control the network the server is in, soo ...

the joy of hosting contractors :)

Thanks for the help, all :)

Bob

9:09 AM

@Vogel612 eh. make sure your passwords are at least 12chars and aren't reused anywhere

Burgi

why is RDC/RDP open to all IPs?

Bob

you'll be fine

Vogel612

@Burgi because I can't put an IP onto expected clients

Bob

(password managers help here :))

Oliver Salzburg

@Vogel612 That question I just posted was meant for you

Vogel612

9:11 AM

they may change location and our ISP is free to change the IP as necessary

@OliverSalzburg I noticed, thanks :)

Bob

yea don't try blocking IPs

Burgi

ah no worries

Bob

if they're using botnets and you have dynamic IPs you might end up blocking yourself

satibel

port knocking is a pretty good deterrent to random attacks.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Serenity has performed with Within Temptation :P

satibel

9:17 AM

github.com/tumi8/sKnock

Rahul2001

An old laptop and a Raspberry Pi will be more or less at par as webservers? (Just for personal use)

satibel

@Rahul2001 depends how old.

laptop:
+native battery
+sata
+x86
- power consumption
- size

Rpi:
+gpio
+size
+power consumption
+screw mount
- no native sata
- might need a heatsink.

Bob

@Rahul2001 equally terrible, yes :P

if it's anything more than static files

laptop specs?

also, any reason you want to home-host?

Dreams of Sanity is an awesome band name

Boris_yo

@Rahul2001 I heard thousands of people die of heat because there is no sufficient air conditioning in India. True/False?

Burgi

i think it is the poor sanitation in india that is the bigger killer

Boris_yo

9:30 AM

@Burgi Heat melts my brain... It affects my mental capabilities... Can hardly focus...

Oliver Salzburg

9:40 AM

We should fight global warming with more air conditioning. Seems logical

satibel

9:52 AM

a laptop (upgraded with ssd and 8gb ram) works well enough for a small-medium site.

user226528

10:06 AM

I keep seeing software companies use the terms "Enterprise E5" and "Enterprise E3" in their product documentations. What are these?

Burgi

are they options on AWS?

user226528

Lots of Google results are for Windows and Office 365, so, it is more like Azure.

Burgi

they must be O365 sales options

@FleetCommand technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/…

satibel

EMS.

microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/enterprise-mobility-security

user226528

Okay, I think I was mistaken when I said "software companies". Intel has a CPU line called E3.

satibel

10:10 AM

@FleetCommand this has nothing to do with microsoft E5

user226528

@satibel No. It doesn't. I just learned that. But you gotta admit, there was no way to know this is a coincident.

satibel

also, E3

user226528

LOL

user226528

So, basically, it seems Intel just loves odd numbers, so its CPUs are E3, E5, E7, i3, i5, i7 and soon, i9.
But Microsoft did have E2 and E4 but they were dropped. And Microsoft has E1 too. These codes just mean "Enterprise, plan 1", etc.

Burgi

@FleetCommand isn't that a bmw?

Rahul2001

10:17 AM

@Bob 5th gen i5, 8gb ram, but the whole case/body is broken and a new one cannot be found... So I'm trying to find alternative uses for it

satibel

@Rahul2001 welcome to the club.

Burgi

ah no, its an i8

@Rahul2001 make a new case

Rahul2001

@Boris_yo not really true. More of malnutrition and stuff

@Burgi cannot, really

Burgi

why not?

Rahul2001

Because... No 3d printer

3d printing is also expensive here. And I don't really have much use for another laptop

@Bob why so?

Also... What if I was to... *cough* use it with a certain anonymous network who's name contains a terrible vegetable?

Bob

10:28 AM

@Rahul2001 should be fine as a webserver then

@Rahul2001 was thinking you meant early c2d-gen. also rpi CPU still sucks. most 'proper' webapps are both CPU and RAM hungry (moreso CPU for PHP and RAM for Java)

5th gen i5 isn't really old in my book

...heck, it's newer than my laptop

Burgi

8

Q: Help me find my girlfriend!

All right... I admit it, I'm not great at puzzles. Someone kidnapped my girlfriend, but they left me a ransom message. I obviously don't have a million dollars, and I'm scared.. You seem to know what you're doing, though... can you folks help? Please... I need your help. (The note is the only ...

cipher steganography

user226528

ROFLCOPTER!

Rahul2001

@Bob it's actually newer than my main laptop too ;p

@Bob on that note... I don't suppose I can swap out a laptop's and expect everything to work perfectly?

user226528

Does one million dollars fit in an envelope? I always thought one needs a marquee for it.

Oliver Salzburg

10:44 AM

@FleetCommand Depends on the country the dollars are from

Burgi

@Rahul2001 use wood

user226528

@OliverSalzburg Aha? Elucidate please.

Burgi

Zimbabwe has hyper-inflation, 1 million dollars is piddly small change

Oliver Salzburg

^ That

user226528

Clearly not the case here. The guy implied $1M in his case is big, big, big money.

Rahul2001

10:47 AM

@Burgi hah, I was thinking of doing so, but then I won't carry it around...

Oliver Salzburg

@FleetCommand Also, it's all fictional

Burgi

the largest denomination note in regular service in a sensible currency is the 500€ note

user226528

@OliverSalzburg (Sigh!) Alright. Correcting to: Clearly not the case here. The guy implied $1M in his fictional case is big, big, big money.

Burgi

i got paid in cash with a single €500 note for a freelance job once

user226528

Anyway, I have a bigger ghoti to fry.

Bob

10:56 AM

@Rahul2001 a laptop's what?

Rahul2001

@Bob CPU

Bob

@Rahul2001 oh. depends, really...

some laptops are socketed

most are soldered now

and even with the socketed ones, Intel changes the socket every other generation

(or is it just plain every gen? idk for laptops)

Rahul2001

@Bob :/

Bob

@Rahul2001 do you have a specific model number for those CPUs?

Rahul2001

@Bob I'll be able to tell you in a couple of days when I'm back home

Oliver Salzburg

11:13 AM

@Rahul2001 A broken one for a replacement or a different one altogether?

Rahul2001

@OliverSalzburg altogether, but never mind that

satibel

which model is it? (e.g. i5 3210m )

Rahul2001

11:34 AM

34 mins ago, by Rahul2001

@Bob I'll be able to tell you in a couple of days when I'm back home

DavidPostill

@ThatREDACTEDGuy Why do you use numbers for the days of the week in Brazil?

Burgi

11:46 AM

omg... just got a support email back from vaultpress

> Thanks for using Vaultpress, have a great day :)
--
Jamil
Happiness Engineer
Jetpack | Vaultpress | Akismet

> Happiness Engineer

wtf...

how do you engineer happiness?

Boris_yo

Samsung's support reply to my question on how to find out which Android version OTA update will update to:

Thank you for contacting Samsung Support Services; we are honored to have the opportunity of assisting you.

Regarding your query, you are kindly requested to go through the user manual to check the requested function, however if you still seek any further help then we would request you to kindly visit your nearest service center. You can call 0800-Samsung (72678) and ask them for the location and contact details of your nearest service center.

Useless...

Rahul2001

Hell yeah! I managed to straighten out bent USB 3 pins (The extra ones at the back of the male end) with just two bent safety pins!

Oliver Salzburg

> we are honored to have the opportunity of assisting you

That goes right into our service desk autoresponse template

DavidPostill

@Burgi I’m a Happiness Engineer!

Rahul2001

12:04 PM

Are frames in websites still frowned upon? ;p

Oliver Salzburg

@Rahul2001 Yes, iframes not so much though

Rahul2001

Meh, I'll just use backend includes ;p

Oliver Salzburg

I noticed the other day, that that Google notification menu is an iframe

That thing

DavidPostill

Hmm

60

Q: Why are iframes considered dangerous and a security risk?

Why are iframes considered dangerous and a security risk? Can someone describe an example of a case where it can be used maliciously?

html security iframe

@OliverSalzburg @Rahul2001

Rahul2001

@DavidPostill I'm just going to be using it to display content from my own domain...

> As soon as you're displaying content from another domain, you're basically trusting that domain not to serve-up malware.

> There's nothing wrong with iframes per se. If you control the content of the iframe, they're perfectly safe.

That sounds like an old wives tale. Your browser window is basically just one big iframe. — Bill Criswell Sep 2 '11 at 21:00

Oliver Salzburg

12:10 PM

@DavidPostill That is ancient information in web terms

DavidPostill

1

A: Can using an Iframe pose a security risk?

Although iFrames are, in theory, loaded securely in their own environment, there are several security issues with them including: They can be used for ClickJacking attacks. For example a site loads another website in an iframe and then floats username and password text boxes on top of the ifram...

Oliver Salzburg

iframe was revised in HTML5

DavidPostill

@OliverSalzburg That's just over half of all websites - what about the other half?

XKCD

Luckily for my interpretation, no precincts were won by the Green Party.

DavidPostill

w3techs.com/diagram/history_technology/ml-html5

Oliver Salzburg

12:16 PM

@DavidPostill I mean they changed how iframe works (or can work). People still think of it as "that bad think you should never use" from the past, when it actually is an excellent tool for isolation nowadays

It's just a topic you're likely to get bad information on

Rahul2001

@OliverSalzburg indeed

Rahul2001

12:33 PM

@XKCD NO NO NO I WANT THE GOOD XKCD COMICS BACK!

Burgi

bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40325237

all embedded youtube videos are iframes

Rahul2001

WTF IS THIS

The client I made the calculator for is mad at me for leaving a link to the open source project I used in an HTML comment

@Burgi Do you know how I can deal with this?

Burgi

12:48 PM

move the attribution link to the JS

Rahul2001

@Burgi Meh, I've removed it altogether. I'm not going to get into trouble, the client is

I tried to explain that "is how Open Source works" and that it is "Common programmer courtesy"

Burgi

other than that, shrug and move on. you got paid $10, did they expect a fully custom solution?

Rahul2001

@Burgi No, they haven't paid yet, that's the problem

Is there a workplace question on this?

Burgi

probably

i would have put it in the JS

don't sweat too much about it

Rahul2001

@Burgi hm, I just left an HTML comment at the top of the page

Burgi

12:53 PM

too obvious

should have put it in at the very bottom or put it in the JS somewhere

Rahul2001

@Burgi Yeah, understood ;p

Burgi

they are paying $10, walk away

Rahul2001

@Burgi I can't afford to get a terrible review on my first job on the site

*faceplam* they don't know how to use WYSIWIG

I sent them the HTML code, they're unable to embed it

Burgi

not your problem

they only asked for a calculator, which you delivered

they didn't ask for help integrating it into their website

Rahul2001

@Burgi They said in advance that it must be "embedable in shopify"

I checked and made sure that there's a widget to embed HTML

@Burgi How do you propose I say that to them?

Burgi

1:01 PM

"if you need help integrating it there is an additional $40 cost"

mate, they've paid $10 wtf did they expect?

arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2017/05/…

Boris_yo

World of difference...

Burgi

cooller than manchester

DavidPostill

24C where I am

Burgi

what a difference 60 miles makes...

Journeyman Geek

that's actually warm

Burgi

1:10 PM

its just gone up to 32C!

DavidPostill

@Burgi What link are you using for the weather?

Burgi

google weather

Bob

yea uh, that's actually reached a respectable temperature :P

Burgi

google.co.uk/search?q=weather+in+manchester

Bob

brb closing 100(0) tabs

DavidPostill

1:13 PM

Burgi

google says its 28 in liverpool

Bob

@JourneymanGeek have you considered a dedibox classic? :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob yes

Burgi

is crosby closer to the sea than the city centre?

satibel

here it's 34 degree outside, 24 inside, and blazing hot in the server room.

Bob

1:15 PM

@JourneymanGeek cost too much?

DavidPostill

@Burgi yes

Bob

Here's some hold music:

Francia Jazzline Orchestra - Sailboat for two (official video)

►

DavidPostill

Crosby is at the top.

Burgi

that'll explain why its a little cooler

DavidPostill

@Burgi The blue dot is me :)

Burgi

1:17 PM

are you going to pop out for an ice cream and a wander along the beach?

DavidPostill

@Burgi It's too hot :)

Burgi

@DavidPostill i can tell, its the same colour as your name and your shirt

satibel

- what would you like to buy?
- a bootle, mate.

tereško

Core i9 – Our Unbiased Review

►

:D

also, mornin

satibel

@tereško Regrettable acting, and more.

mor..vning

Journeyman Geek

1:29 PM

@Bob twice the cost, for little real benefit

Bob

@JourneymanGeek welllllllllll... :P

(The Atom is fun to play with, but noticeably slow with interactive stuff. runs mostly fine in the background though :P)

Boris_yo

"Requires more CPU processing to encapsulate data twice."

This is about L2TP versus PPTP

Is CPU processing on VPN provider's side or on my laptop?

I guess higher CPU processing will result in slower surfing anyway?

@tereško Unbiased review? Appears like 2 Intel agents are holding their guns to his head, forcing BIASED review...

satibel

@Boris_yo depends, if that means better compression, it won't. also, you're most likely limited by the client's connexion.

That REDACTED Guy

@DavidPostill We dont. What makes you think we do?

@DavidPostill I personally know two. AFAIK, they answer support tickets via email and chat.

DavidPostill

@ThatREDACTEDGuy First day, Second day ...

Boris_yo

1:45 PM

@satibel Compression of data?

That REDACTED Guy

@DavidPostill Oh, that

DavidPostill

@ThatREDACTEDGuy brazil-help.com/week.htm

> Portuguese is one of the few (if not the only) language in the world where the weekdays are numbered instead of named

That REDACTED Guy

> Saint Martin of Dumio (c. 520–580), archbishop of Braga, decided not to call days by pagan gods and to use ecclesiastic terminology to designate them. While the custom of numbering the days of the week was mostly prevalent in the Eastern Church, Portuguese and Galician, due to Martin's influence, are the only Romance languages in which the names of the days come from numbers rather than planetary names.

Well, one lives and learns.

DavidPostill

Ah

That REDACTED Guy

Interestingly enough, our week starts on "segunda-feira" (second... fair? whytf a fair? which fair? fair of what?), the second day is "terça feira" (3rd fair) and so on.

satibel

1:49 PM

@Boris_yo openvpn has comp-lzo. it uses a bit more cpu, but gains around 10% speed.

Boris_yo

@satibel I do not use OpenVPN. Either L2TP or PPTP

DavidPostill

@ThatREDACTEDGuy Hehe, that's to make sure Sex day is the start of the weekend :)

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That REDACTED Guy

Then we have "sábado" because Shabbat because jews because why not who needs to make sense. Then we have "domingo" because "dominical" because Jesus got jealous.

satibel

@Boris_yo that was just an example, on windows you have MPPC for PPTP.

DavidPostill

@ThatREDACTEDGuy Google translate says "feira" is "market" which kind of makes sense as the markets are not open on sundays.

That REDACTED Guy

1:53 PM

Not exactly a market:

Journeyman Geek

@Bob most of what that gets used for is ttrss, a blog almost no one reads and errrrr.

not much else

That REDACTED Guy

> "Feira" comes from feria, which, in Latin, means "day of rest". The term came to be used in the year 563, after a council of the Catholic Church in the Portuguese city of Braga - hence the explanation for the presence of the term only in the Portuguese language.

> At the time, Bishop Martin de Braga decided that the names of the days of the week used until then, in honor of pagan gods, should change. But wait there: if it's a day of rest, why do you use "feira" only on weekdays?

> This is because, at the beginning, the order of the bishop was only valid for the days of Holy Week (that which precedes Easter Sunday), in which every good Christian should rest. Later it was adopted for the whole year, but only by the Portuguese - in Spanish, French and Italian, the gods continued to rule day after day.

Bob

@JourneymanGeek lol. I'm still running ttrss on an oversized VM

speaking of. deb 9 should be out now

probably time to look at upgrading...

Journeyman Geek

(I'm still considering the xeon D)

Bob

@JourneymanGeek I wonder if you can't run your stuff on a glorified VPS :P

Journeyman Geek

1:59 PM

@Bob I totally could!

in fact I'm running all my stuff on a VM now... for reasons

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