Root Access

Bob

00:21

> Tabbed Console starts here

@BenN ^

also

> Copy and Paste arrives for Linux/WSL Consoles

Michael Frank

01:04

@Bob That's handy. Do you think it'll allow multiple credential sessions to be open??

bwDraco

01:49

photographylife.com/m-2-nvme-drive-overheating-failure

That is rather worrying.

> You have backups, right?

Michael Frank

Anyone else starting to feel like "You have backups, right?" is the equivalent of "LOL YOU DUMMY"

bwDraco

Thermal cycling is probably the biggest factor here. On Astaroth, the M.2 SSD is placed under a large heatsink integral to the motherboard, which is cooled by the intake fans. This prevent the SSD from reaching unsafe temperatures. (Yes, I have software which continuously monitors disk temperatures.)

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco With SSDs backups feel like a no brainer

they're typically relatively small and fast after all

Bob

@JourneymanGeek TWSS?

bwDraco

...had a bit of a glitch where FFXV kept thinking I was using a generic gamepad (as indicated by button prompts shown by the game) rather than an Xbox One Controller. Had to unplug and reconnect the wireless dongle in the back of the machine to fix the problem.

Journeyman Geek

01:57

cough

@Bob In this case though, small and fast is better than big and slow...

Michael Frank

@bwDraco Ugh... another game I keep meaning to continue. Currently playing Horizon: Zero Dawn at the moment though.

bwDraco

(my Xbox One Controller was purchased with a special wireless adapter which provides full native Xbox One Wireless functionality)

Michael Frank

I have been very interested in Children of Morta recently, although it's only available to Kickstarter backers at the moment. :(

Journeyman Geek

ugh

I have a backlog of everything

but kinda not been in the mood for visual media

(TV shows, games etc)

Michael Frank

Tell me about it! I recently upgraded the HDD in my PS4, and now I have too many games installed.

Journeyman Geek

02:12

0_0

allquixotic

support.apple.com/en-us/HT204793 @Bob basically when you "hi" spam me, this should reduce the number of required "hi"s by 80%

I tested it and holy crap is it "prominent" when you turn that on @_@

in a good way

Bob

@JourneymanGeek At this point I'm convinced his goal is along the lines of "just how ridiculous can I make my plans sound?"

Journeyman Geek

@Bob and then he does it ;p

Bob

@allquixotic o.O

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic don't most smartwatches do that?

and .... er....

(I just realised you probably use the iphone app)

which kinda had a little more development and polish than the android one

allquixotic

02:46

@Bob all this time I had "prominent haptic" disabled so that's probably why you had trouble waking me up with texts

Bob

@allquixotic heh, part of that is probably because I don't really want to wake you too early

else I could just call...

Journeyman Geek

lol

OH

Michael Frank

03:02

When your company has another site that uses the same 3 letter abbreviation for the city you work in...

> Title: AKL SITE - ALL SERVERS ARE DOWN DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE IN SERVER ROOM

Journeyman Geek

03:20

@Bob @bwDraco youtube.com/watch?v=2jf3lbhQR6I

Bob

@MichaelFrank Translation: "Server room on fire. Send help."

@JourneymanGeek at work, will (forget to) watch later

Journeyman Geek

lol

bwDraco

@MichaelFrank HVAC failed? This should never happen. Datacenters should have redundant cooling.

lol

Michael Frank

@bwDraco Not a data center, a server room.

bwDraco

I guess it's one of your company's internal server rooms. It's not necessarily going to have redundant cooling. If the HVAC system fails... business grinds to a screeching halt.

ChatBot John Cavil

03:23

HAMMERZEIT!

HackToHell

04:25

codecapsule.com/2014/02/12/…

user226528

05:12

Did you know Stop Error 0xDEADDEAD is for "manually initiated crash"?

user226528

The decimal stop error code is 3735936685.

user226528

05:38

@rahuldottech Do I? I come to this page see a message on the wall that reads "I **** hate people" from you. That clearly fits the bill for "a violent demonstration of rage or frustration", also known as throwing a fit.

user226528

@rahuldottech If a person you love is being beaten, you have a decision to make: Is it "assault and battery" or not? If yes, go to her aid, beat back the attacker. If not, show restraint. It is a very hard decision to make, and needs focus, so coming here and moping about it won't help.

user226528

And let me make one thing very clear: It was anything BUT funny.

Journeyman Geek

@FleetCommand well I think he was really looking for a little sympathy more than anything else.

Rather than, well, snark or bad advice

user226528

@JourneymanGeek Well, I wasn't being snarky for sure. As for bad advice, that's subjective and I am open to criticism. But did write a personalized message about the value of restraint.

Journeyman Geek

@FleetCommand I do believe he saw it as such

user226528

05:48

@JourneymanGeek "As such" refers to what?

user226528

And please don't answer with "yes". This is serious.

Journeyman Geek

Well, as being snarky

user226528

Serenity Prayer

The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer written by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971). The best-known form is: Niebuhr, who first wrote the prayer for a sermon at Heath Evangelical Union Church in Heath, Massachusetts, used it widely in sermons as early as 1934 and first published it in 1951 in a magazine column. The prayer spread both through Niebuhr's sermons and church groups in the 1930s and 1940s and was later adopted and popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs. == Versions == The prayer has appeared in many versions. Reinhold Niebuhr...

Journeyman Geek

Its worth considering the effect your words have on others.

user226528

I did consider. But I am no mind reader. In the end, it is ultimately impossible to know for sure the reaction of very young people.

Journeyman Geek

05:50

that's worth taking into account too.

Bob

Now that's just patronising.

Journeyman Geek

But "I'm sorry to hear that" or even "dude, bummer!" would be an excellent and very humane response.

user226528

Oh! Well, for the record I hate those.

Journeyman Geek

Or just silence!

user226528

A much better advice.

Journeyman Geek

05:51

I often ask myself "Does what I say make this a better place?"

Which saves me soooooo many arguements.

user226528

@JourneymanGeek I always ask myself that. But then again, future is a mystery.

allquixotic

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (QZ8501/AWQ8501) was a scheduled international passenger flight, operated by AirAsia Group affiliate Indonesia AirAsia, from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore. On 28 December 2014, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A320-216, registered as PK-AXC, msn: 3648, crashed into the Java Sea during bad weather, killing all 155 passengers and seven crew on board. Two days after the crash, debris from the aircraft and human remains were found floating in the Java Sea. Searchers located wreckage on the sea floor beginning on 3 January 2015, and the flight data recorder...

@FMLCat is that similar to the French one?

user226528

@JourneymanGeek You know, I used to contribute to a horrible horrible horrible place, where asking that question was the secret of survival.

Bob

@allquixotic Huh. Didn't even hear about that one. Or just forgot.

Journeyman Geek

Well, if you keep getting one or more people complaining, some caliberation would be nice

user226528

05:53

Duly noted.

allquixotic

Air France Flight 447

Air France Flight 447 (AF447/AFR447) was a scheduled passenger international flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, which crashed on 1 June 2009. The Airbus A330, operated by Air France, entered an aerodynamic stall, from which it did not recover and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean at 02:14 UTC, killing all 228 passengers, aircrew and cabin crew aboard the aircraft. The Brazilian Navy removed the first major wreckage and two bodies from the sea within five days of the accident, but the initial investigation by France's Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation...

447 was an A330, 8501 was an A320

Bob

@allquixotic Yea, 447 was big news.

Somehow didn't hear about 8501.

Might've been the whole MH370 thing overshadowing it...

Journeyman Geek

0_0

Probably

allquixotic

> It was the third deadliest plane crash in 2014.

2014 wasn't a great year for aviation then

user226528

????

user226528

05:59

I suppose it wasn't. It really, really, really wasn't a great year for aviation.

user226528

Also, it looks like the world leaders are surprised as to why terrorists haven't started shooting down passenger planes using cheap Chinese shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles.

user226528

Well, I am just happy. One bad thing that hasn't happened cannot possibly be bad.

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic I'm under the impression there have been no jet aircrashes last year

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek there were zero deaths in scheduled passenger aviation in 2017 :)

maybe idiots flying experimental planes in "general aviation" etc, but no airliners crashed

people who fly home-built or experimental planes might have an inspiring spirit, but they're effectively doing with their life the equivalent of running a nightly build of Fedora

kernel panic on your desktop is one thing; crashing your plane is another

in flying terms I only fly on a fully patched RHEL6 :P

allquixotic

06:34

amazon.com/Deadly-Solution/dp/B078TKFGFW

God damn it. A problem that Louis Rossmann could've fixed contributed to that plane crash

Cracked solder joint on the RTLU

Journeyman Geek

lol

@allquixotic finding it is the hard part

Your iphone is complex but.... you're slightly less likely to die with everyone around you if it fails.

allquixotic

yeah but the maintenance crew just kept resetting it, like, 23 times instead of actually fixing the root cause

anyone who's even vaguely familiar with computers would recognize that a problem that occurs 23 times over the course of a few months points to a potential hardware/software problem that needs to be root caused, not just reboot and ignore

Journeyman Geek

yup

But that's also cause a computer being down rarely costs you thousands

allquixotic

unless you're @Bob and his huge GB pagefile because of that kernel memory leak

Journeyman Geek

ugh

Journeyman Geek

07:05

wait will that kill everyone in the area or cost him thousands? ;p

user226528

Are there any Internet connectivity insurance companies?

Journeyman Geek

Like they make good losses if your internet goes down?

user226528

That's not how my colleague puts it. He talked about companies that provide Internet connectivity but aren't ISPs themselves. Instead, they get Internet connectivity from various ISPs and insure the customer's connectivity.

Journeyman Geek

oh

That's slightly odd.

user226528

Since these ICIs have many customers, ISPs treat them seriously as large customers.

Journeyman Geek

07:16

Nope, never heard of such a thing

tho here the actual physical network's owned by one company and the ISPs lease bandwidth from them

user226528

Why?

Journeyman Geek

hmm

The government funded the initial rollout

then spun off the company

Its cheaper/simpler to have them run the physical infrastructure

now, the problem with your model is, it helps when an ISP has catastrophic issues but not the last mile

and you'd be better off just getting two connections and balancing that at your firewall

user226528

By the way, I have to get myself updated about blocking p*** and stuff that company doesn't want at firewall.

user226528

I feel my knowledge is getting dated.

user226528

And at my current job, this isn't what I do. ISP handles that. But if I change job, I have to do a refresher about content filtering.

Journeyman Geek

07:26

ah

Would that be at the firewall?

I think when you really could be bothered you'd have a dedicated appliance for that.

user226528

Content filtering? Yes. At the network edge, to be accurate. Doesn't have to be on, before or after firewall.

Journeyman Geek

If you wanted to play with a simple, easy to set up DNS based block - pihole isn't bad

user226528

Thanks. You know, I actually have a Microsoft 70-351 certificate? That's how I got into the business.

user226528

Like I said, outdated.

user226528

@JourneymanGeek By the way, what was the last time you saw a network DMZ?

Journeyman Geek

07:35

hm

Most of my jobs have either had wide open networks or totally closed off ones.

user226528

Lots of people say that.

djsmiley2k

Sigh

no matter how many times i repeat that the documentation we have is out of date

and the only correct system is what's assigned ON the system itself

people still try and follow what the docuemntation says

user226528

Wait. Are you saying your problem is "Don't read the damn documentation" instead of "read the damn documentation"? That's new.

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand only because it's wrong.

Basically, 'start from a clean slate' rather than presume any knowledge

as we're moving everything to new systems, we can simply check the existing settings and replicate them

user226528

We stamp such documentations with a huge red stamp that reads "DEPRECATED".

djsmiley2k

07:49

rather than going off old out of date documentation.

@FleetCommand nod, cept, thats already done

and still they continue to look at it, get confused, and make a mess

/me screams

user226528

Confiscate them.

djsmiley2k

they've just said 'Our records must be wrong then!'

me: ..... YES!!!!

/me screams some more

you know when someone thinks "This thing couldn't possibly be wrong"

and it is

and it causes trouble

user226528

Hell, yes.

djsmiley2k

Reminds me of that russian railway line

with the bumps in it, from the tsar's fingers hanging over the edge of the ruler he used

(unsure if true, but the point is valid).

user226528

No idea what you're talking about.

djsmiley2k

07:55

bigthink.com/strange-maps/580-the-legend-of-the-tsars-finger

that explains it nicely

user226528

08:11

Nice urban legend but I still don't see how it relates to you.

user226528

I still think you should either confiscate the documentation or convince the management to do it.

user226528

Of course, I am assuming you are right here. I just don't know better.

Burgi

08:41

morning

djsmiley2k

09:11

@FleetCommand it's about blindly following instruction because 'higher up said so'

of course, in the military, that's a good thing.

@FleetCommand Oh I'm right, management has already said 'check with each end user, don't go off the documentation'

but.... people don't 'get it' sometimes :/

Burgi

09:23

surely this is bullshit?

> An industry-leading SLA with 100% network uptime guarantee.

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi or they're happy to pay you....

Burgi

ugh... not sure who is worse at the moment, recruiters or landlords....

djsmiley2k

09:39

jahhaha

All depends on the SLA terms and conditions

I offer a 100% refund on all downtime, to all my customers ;)

All 0 of them :(

Burgi

ok so the boiler broke on friday night. called the OOH repairs line, they said an engineer would call me to arrange a time and to gain access to the flat.

i had a wedding to go to in the afternoon so insisted they call me in the morning

djsmiley2k

they didn't call at all

/me knows how this goes

basically they'll just call up a local repair company and tell em to contact you

Burgi

well the engineer claims to have attended site at 1030 AM

djsmiley2k

lul

Burgi

and they didn't call me

user226528

09:45

@djsmiley2k Wasn't SLA the name of the antagonists in Command and Conquer: Generals?

djsmiley2k

hmmmm, i didn't really play generals

Burgi

so i called again yesterday and they said someone would be out today

Michael Frank

Wow I completely forgot I had done that! Yes, that fixed it! — GM 180 2 hours ago

facepalm

(read through for the reason)

Journeyman Geek

hah

djsmiley2k

backups, he had them!

STARS NAO>

8 hours ago, by Michael Frank

Anyone else starting to feel like "You have backups, right?" is the equivalent of "LOL YOU DUMMY"

err

:D

Also means 'Y U DO DIS?!'

Michael Frank

09:47

Yes yes...

The instructions he followed called for "exporting the registry" in one of the steps, I just guessed that he had backed up ha

djsmiley2k

:D

You should put that as an actual answer

'if you followed all the steps you linked, you will have created a .reg file'. Simply double click the file to restore the previous settings.

Michael Frank

Fine!

djsmiley2k

boom

Michael Frank

Done.

This better not HNQ

Journeyman Geek

rofl

I had one post where basically the config file was misnamed, and it was what the error message

turns out ... they were using an outdated manual

Burgi

09:55

also my sister is being an idiot

she things the local government elections have something to do with the central government

djsmiley2k

yeah, only very slightly...

They aren't a general election.

Burgi

the NHS are mothballing a local hospital here and my sister thinks that voting for labour will mean that they will reopen the hospital because that is totally a thing local councils do...

djsmiley2k

10:47

Yeaaaaaaah :/

and when it doesn't happen, she'll never vote labour again?

because those guys suck?

Burgi

11:05

idk

user226528

AFK

Burgi

she sees government and the like from a "little guy on ground looking up" point of view. looking upwards, its all government

does that make sense?

djsmiley2k

Yup. perfectly

@Burgi I understand her completely. It's just sad that she won't listen to you

Burgi

meh i'm used to being ignored

djsmiley2k

lol

But, how is she meant to know?

I mean, it's hardly taught in schools.

I only know because.... well I guess I googled it. ;D

Burgi

11:14

ignorance isn't a defence

also, we don't have a two party system

Michael Frank

@Burgi Looking up like that, all I would see is assholes. :P

Burgi

there are other options beyond the two big parties and at local level the smaller parties tend to do better

bertieb

@Burgi National parties love to conflate the two too, to be fair; local elections are spun as a barometer for what people think of the national party

Burgi

@MichaelFrank same as with management... ;)

bertieb

So because they are interpreted as that, (some) people then vote accordingly

djsmiley2k

11:17

@Burgi cept when we do ;)

oh yeah locally there is better/more options

Burgi

i'm voting lib dem because i enjoy the futility of it all

djsmiley2k

@bertieb but sadly this causes problems such as seen here

bertieb

With devolution of more powers recently to regions people might treat local stuff as local tho?

djsmiley2k

In Coventry, we have a labour council

Guess who's getting the least funding for everything?

Burgi

in my borough they have a tory council but a labour MP

my sister shut up when i pointed that out

also the NHS isn't funded from local councils, its a national/devolved government issue

just had an argument with a delivery driver

no-one else is in, he has insisted that i take the parcels

Michael Frank

11:24

@Burgi just write his name on the signature panel

Burgi

i refused to sign it

bertieb

Harrumph

Postage on a replacement power dealie is almost as much as the dealie itself

Burgi

i'm just going to go leave the parcels outside the persons door because i'm going out later and the odds are that we will keep missing each other

bertieb

Is there a list of standard sizes for the, uh, round bit that plugs into things to power them?

Burgi

the prongy bit?

bertieb

11:29

Aye!

Burgi

no idea

bertieb

Aw :(

Burgi

but i think you should ask it on Super User as i was also wondering the same

you are talking about laptop/router power leads right?

bertieb

SBC power lead

Burgi

SBC?

bertieb

11:31

Odroid C...1?

Single Board Computer

odroid.co.uk/odroid-uk-power-supply

Burgi

ah yeah those plugs

dude i have been thinking about asking a question on how to identify those prongy things for ages

bertieb

Well, if it counts as computer hardware...

Burgi

basically if you don't ask it, i will

so you might as well get the HNQ goodness

bertieb

Hah

Closed as cross-network dupe:

54

Q: How can I tell the size of a barrel power connector?

Spring cleaning, and I'm trying to get power supplies for all my devices with missing power supplies. They're all the typical barrel power connector, and I'm having a dickens of a time trying to figure out the pin/hole diameter. I ordered the power supplies I needed based on outside diameter ...

Burgi

its computer related... ask it on here

Journeyman Geek

11:39

hm

I'm kinda mixed on that

Unless you can couch it in terms of a laptop, then broaden it into something community FAQ style

and do remember polarity

bertieb

@JourneymanGeek Mixed, in a "what's are favourite foods for a programmer" sense?

Journeyman Geek

kinda

Burgi

the accepted answer on the electronics one is a bit rubbish

Michael Frank

@djsmiley2k I made the answer a little bit more helpful.

user226528

12:04

user226528

This image just appeared on my lock screen, provided by Windows Spotlight.

user226528

But I think I've seen this location in Final Fantasy X and X-2.

djsmiley2k

12:21

@FleetCommand The cliffs from Besaid?

it does look very familular, but not the same viewpoint as X and X-2 iirc

it reminds me of wookey hole tho

user226528

@djsmiley2k Wookey what?

djsmiley2k

Wookey hole is a place in the UK

Tho this image ^^ is breacon

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k Duuuude THINK OF THE CHILDREN.... ;p

user226528

I see. I thought you were talking about Star Wars.

user226528

@djsmiley2k In the shooting minigame in X-2, there a location with similar railings and a similar waterfall where Yuna can ambush VolleyShot-carrying creatures and score big.

Burgi

12:27

my microwave pasta pot has exploded all over the microwave :(

Journeyman Geek

0_0

user226528

0_0

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi that sounds like it might suck

That Brazilian Guy

@JourneymanGeek The kids seem to be having fun

Burgi

Journeyman Geek

12:33

oh

You're supposed to open it a crack, no?

Burgi

it was

allquixotic

what a mess

Burgi

there was a loud bang and my lunch is now oozing across the kitchen

djsmiley2k

lul

@Burgi right now

user226528

@djsmiley2k Is that Peter Parker?

Bob

12:40

@Burgi Time for a new microwave!

Burgi

nah, i'll just clean it

Journeyman Geek

@Bob heh

Our last one...

someone forgot something in it

and it was filled with maggots

Burgi

"someone" = @JourneymanGeek? ;)

Journeyman Geek

protip. It is impossible to get maggots out of all of a microwave

2

@Burgi naw

I own my mistakes

djsmiley2k

;D

Journeyman Geek

12:45

"Mom, I borrowed your seam ripper, and it broke. Oh, and I also have the tip embedded in my finger. Help please!"

Burgi

lol

djsmiley2k

It could be worse

bertieb

:(

Journeyman Geek

0_0

djsmiley2k

Check star list. True story. :/

Journeyman Geek

12:46

@djsmiley2k ugh, no dead baby jokes.

djsmiley2k

(It's true that google suggested it to me, not that it happened).

Burgi

rebooting in safe mode to try to fix something weird

djsmiley2k

nuke it.

bertieb

I saw it before, but I don't think more dead baby jokes/refs are needed :-/

djsmiley2k

Wait, can you nuke a microwave, surely that's gonna rip a hole in space and time and kill us all.

@bertieb it was my way of dealing with the horror of that appearing, appologies.

user226528

12:47

Does anyone here know where the "Mark as not spam" button can be found in Outlook for iPhone?

bertieb

@djsmiley2k NP

(=P? scurries off to mathoverflow)

djsmiley2k

D:

Journeyman Geek

(I spent 2 days. Canned air, vinigar, brush....)

I think I gave up cause it smelled too damned bad ;p

(We don't really use our microwave much, maybe once every 2 weeks?)

bertieb

@JourneymanGeek All that just for a seam ripper ? (I keed, I keed)

Journeyman Geek

lol

naw

also ended up using a pocket knife. Wanted to remove the vinyl bits from a guitar strap cause it was rotted so I could repurpose it

bertieb

12:53

Come to think of it @djsmiley2k can't "inappropriate autocomplete suggestions" be reported these days?

ISTR Google doing something about some autocomplete offending a public figure

N'arg

My scales are useless at measuring weight

user226528

^0_0^
Sounds like they were kevlar bits instead of vinyl bits.

bertieb

Me: <stands on scales> Scales: X kg Me: <shifts scales slightly> Scales: "Wait, X+1.8kg" Me: <shifts scales a fraction again> Scales: "No, X+3.5kg" Me: <rant in RA...>

djsmiley2k

@bertieb Hmmm,

@bertieb Nah nah

the 2nd time you move back to the original position, and it STILL goes up

Then you get off completely, get back on, up even more

bertieb

@djsmiley2k Hah, probably!

I mean, these positions are all within a few cm of each other

And on wooden floor

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