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djsmiley2k

1:00 PM

@JourneymanGeek get a turtle

mine would eat em

He's picky tho

eventually

bertieb

I could tolerate ±1kg (at a push) because trends are more important than absolute values for weight

But at the moment the scales are about as good as someone eyeballing me and estimating my weight

I would junk them if they didn't bluetooth and (claim to) measure muscle/fat/water content etc

If there was the space I'd keep them rooted (apologies Aussies) to the one spot

djsmiley2k

let me guess

/me thinks hard

185kg

I have no idea if that's even a 'sane' weight

it just sounds like the kinda weight I've heard thrown around for a person :D

bertieb

In my best R Lee Ermy (RIP) voice: "YOU EYEBALLIN' ME, PRIVATE?!"

@djsmiley2k 70kg is textbook 'standard average ~~vanilla~~ adult male'

grumbles off back to scales

user226528

@bertieb Sounds like you and the scales have a deep-rooted problem there. What's wrong?

bertieb

@FleetCommand Inconsistency of measurement

10 mins ago, by 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...>

user226528

1:09 PM

Yeah. Yeah. I get that. What's the deal with the measurement anyway?

bertieb

Other than being inconsistent?

user226528

Have you been given a drug whose dose is dependent on your weight?

bertieb

Not to my knowledge

user226528

So, this looks a run-of-the-mill kind of household problem. Am I right?

bertieb

Yup

Nothing life-or-death here

user226528

1:13 PM

Okay. Glad to have cleared that up. I thought there was a deep mystery there that needs computing skills to solve.

bertieb

Nah, just the daily bertieb rant

user226528

I, on the other hand, am dealing with a WSUS service problem.

bertieb

Welp, I know nothing about WSUS so I'm gonna wish you luck and duck out!

user226528

Sure. Sure.

user226528

Or maybe I should also do a FleetCommand-rant

user226528

1:18 PM

...

bertieb

Whatever floats your ~~boat~~ fleet!

djsmiley2k

you cna

can

we'll just laugh at you :P

user226528

1:40 PM

@djsmiley2k Tempting! :)

Burgi

user226528

1:55 PM

Someone once told me: "There are three types of people. Those who can count and those who cannot."

Burgi

meh, i prefer the binary version

Bob

@JourneymanGeek I mean... you could just run it for 5 mins :P

RogUE

@Burgi You mean the 'There are 10 types of people.....' version?

Burgi

@RogUE yeah

so.... i've getting a weird issue

i keep getting error messages about uxtheme.dll being missing. sfc is apparently clear, restored to a previous version of windows. any suggestions?

user226528

2:12 PM

Which process is throwing this error?

Burgi

GOG galaxy is the main one that i have noticed

office isn't loading either

user226528

Which version of Windows?

Burgi

10

user226528

Have you tried dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth?

Burgi

yeah

user226528

2:15 PM

Results?

Burgi

user226528

I see. Which version of Windows 10 is this?

user226528

(Use ver or winver to find out.)

Burgi

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.371]

user226528

I see. Your build number is a little higher than mine. I am at 309.

user226528

2:21 PM

Let me compare what I have here.

user226528

Alright. My computer is downloading an update right now. If my build number got up to 371 after that, I'll send you a copy of all my uxtheme-related files. See if that helps.

Burgi

tbh i might just wipe the machine and do a fresh install

user226528

Windows 10 has a "Reset this PC" for doing that.

Burgi

yeah, might try it in a sec

user226528

Of course, Windows Defender seems to be able to do a more nuke-like reset action called "Fresh Start".

user226528

2:28 PM

support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012986/…

XKCD

3:03 PM

Want to feel old? The 'want to feel old?' factoid meme dates back to around 2011, closer to the Bush/Kerry election than to today.

djsmiley2k

3:56 PM

yeah the wanna feel old thing is old :/

user226528

4:31 PM

Today, I got reputation change from a "User was removed" event.

Bob

wait, only 10 years?

djsmiley2k

4:59 PM

@FleetCommand their votes go away too

jokerdino

5:20 PM

@Bob yeah feel like people have been rick rolling since time immemorial

djsmiley2k

then we remember google is how old?

rahuldottech

@djsmiley2k older than me

djsmiley2k

here's a weird thing

Google is younger than netflix

tho maybe it's only weird because i'm in the UK

and we didn't have it here

bwDraco

@FleetCommand I'm getting the impression that this is simply an attempt to get attention. Is there something specific you're looking for? I'm trying to help here.

djsmiley2k

.¦m.

user226528

5:35 PM

@bwDraco It was for the benefit of Chatbot John Cavil. Notice how it has "Stop" in it.

bwDraco

FYI, it needs to be at the end of the message.

foobar foobar foobar STOP!

ChatBot John Cavil

HAMMERTIME!

user226528

I see. Hmm... So, it was that simple after all.

user226528

There are three streets before the last bus stop.

ChatBot John Cavil

HAMMERTIME!

user226528

5:38 PM

Hah!

user226528

7:17 PM

@Burgi A followup on our last discussion about Windows 10: So, I installed the KB4093112 update and my computer is FUBAR. I've been working for two hours on it so far. Somehow, a failed System Restore operation managed to bang some sense into it.

user226528

And God bless London Philharmonic Orchestra that kept me sane during this two hour.

Michael

@FleetCommand Just remove all non-Microsoft software from your computer. That's why Windows Updates fail, after all.

user226528

@Michael Non-Microsoft software is the only reason I have a computer. And Windows Update fails because it is low-quality.

user226528

At least, in Windows 10. In Windows 7, it was pretty solid.

Michael

I was being sarcastic. SO Chat needs "sarcasm" markup. xD

That's what Microsoft would claim.

user226528

7:27 PM

@Michael Oh! 😳 Well, you didn't come off as sarcastic at all.

user226528

Anyway, all systems are go now.

user226528

But I almost had a meltdown.

allquixotic

!! s/ m/ sm/

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic But I almost had a smeltdown. (source)

user226528

@allquixotic We don't have a smeltdown attack yet.

allquixotic

7:32 PM

let's make one

user226528

😱

DavidPostill

@allquixotic Hmm.

> 2017 was the safest year on record for commercial airlines, which had just two fatal crashes worldwide in 2017, accounting for a total of 13 deaths.

Commercial airlines had just two fatal crashes in 2017: Travel Weekly

rahuldottech

7:51 PM

@djsmiley2k wtf?

djsmiley2k

yah

wut

user226528

8:09 PM

Looks like Microsoft is deploying massive updates across all Windows Store apps ahead of Windows 10 v1803 general availability.

user226528

And it seems "Spring Creators Update" isn't the official nickname either. (Good thing too!)

user226528

I wish they called it "Destroyers Update".

FML Cat

@JourneymanGeek Somebody tell him 1st April was 15 days ago

Hennes

8:29 PM

They are a half year late for the FAlL update

rahuldottech

@Michael append a /s at the end of your message to signify sarcasm

Tom Wijsman

!! s/[aeoy]+/i/g

ChatBot John Cavil

@TomWijsman @Michiel append a /s at the end of your message to signify sarcasm (source)

@TomWijsman i@iMiiicihiili iipipiinidi ii i/isi iiti itihii iinidi iifi iiuiri imiisisiigii itii isiiiginiiifii isiiriciisimi (source)

@TomWijsman @Michil ippind i /s it thi ind if iur missigi ti signifi sircism (source)

Michael

8:44 PM

@rahuldottech I'll remember to do that next time. xD

Tom Wijsman

!! s/$.*$/\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1/

ChatBot John Cavil

@TomWijsman \1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1 (source)

@TomWijsman @TomWijsman @Michil ippind i /s it thi ind if iur missigi ti signifi sircism \1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1\1 (source)

Tom Wijsman

Hmm, someone messed up an array index ... it's taking the message before

!! s/./█/g

ChatBot John Cavil

@TomWijsman ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ (source)

allquixotic

!! s/TomWijsman/halt/g

ChatBot John Cavil

8:54 PM

@allquixotic @halt ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ (source) (source)

allquixotic

!!zalgo ██████████████

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic █̛̜̤̤̦̦̣̟͆̾ͣ█̧͇͓̩̍̏ͅ█̨̥̣̗ͪ͛ͫ͂̔̎ͪ█̵̢͙̟̫̮̻̣̻̣̪̆█̰̫͍̮̼͖͆͢█͔̤̮̭̤̼͊̉̅͟͜█̭͎̦̖͌ͦͤ̐̂̇̉͟͝‌̯͕̤ͅ█̪ͥͫ̍̎́█̵̨͕̻͈̳̪͓͚̌̓̄͜█̱̠̮̃͑ͬͯ̕█̢̠̜͚̭̣̼̇͋̑█̟̠̻͙͉̙ͧ̇͗ͬ͜͝█̬̩̤̱̬̻̮ͨ̍͊́̌ͮ̎̌͜█̑ͬ̅̉ͫ‌̷̨̣̰̦̱ͮ

Tom Wijsman

!! s/█/OK!/g

ChatBot John Cavil

@TomWijsman @allquixotic OK!̛̜̤̤̦̦̣̟͆̾ͣOK!̧͇͓̩̍̏ͅOK!̨̥̣̗ͪ͛ͫ͂̔̎ͪOK!̵̢͙̟̫̮̻̣̻̣̪̆OK!̰̫͍̮̼͖͆͢OK!͔̤̮̭̤̼͊̉̅͟͜OK‌!̭͎̦̖͌ͦͤ̐̂̇̉͟͝‌̯͕̤ͅOK!̪ͥͫ̍̎́OK!̵̨͕̻͈̳̪͓͚̌̓̄͜OK!̱̠̮̃͑ͬͯ̕OK!̢̠̜͚̭̣̼̇͋̑OK!̟̠̻ͧ̇͗ͬ͜͝‌͙͉̙OK!̬̩̤̱̬̻̮ͨ̍͊́̌ͮ̎̌͜OK!̑ͬ̅̉ͫ‌̷̨̣̰̦̱ͮ (source)

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allquixotic

lol, nice :D

Tom Wijsman

8:56 PM

!!taytaytay

ChatBot John Cavil

Tom Wijsman

Not much has changed :-)

allquixotic

😂̐̐̐̐̐̐̐😂̐̐̐̐̐̐̐😂̐̐̐̐̐̐̐😂̐̐̐̐̐̐̐😂̐̐̐̐̐̐̐

Michael Frank

emoji?! In my browser?!

allquixotic

👶⃠

~~‍‍👶⃠‍👶⃠‍‍👶⃠‍👶⃠‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍👶⃠‍‍‍‍‍👶⃠‍👶⃠‍👶⃠‍‍👶⃠‍~~

Tom Wijsman

9:03 PM

Chatroom be like 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 👩‍👩‍👦👩‍👩‍👧👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 👨‍👨‍👦👨‍👨‍👧👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 👩‍👦 👩‍👧 👩‍👧‍👦 👩‍👦‍👦 👩‍👧‍👧 👨‍👦 👨‍👧 👨‍👧‍👦 👨‍👦‍👦 👨‍👧‍👧 .

Pure art! <3

No emojis were harmed in ... 🤕

Burgi

9:17 PM

@FleetCommand lol sorry dude :)

i'm going to flatten mine this week

Burgi

9:33 PM

ugh parents

my mum has been shouting at me to send her some money for a birthday present for ages but she has been sending me the wrong bank details so the money has been bouncing back to me

bertieb

9:54 PM

@Burgi Could be an incompetent scammer impersonating your mum? :P

Does she/her bank have the send money via phone number (app?) dealie?

Some friends reimbursed me for pizza with that a wee while back

(not to complicate matters...)

Michael Frank

@Burgi cash it out in coins and dump it down her chimney.

Ramhound

11:13 PM

Don’t you love it when you delay pre-ordering a console bundle only to find out it’s sold out 4 days before its released, but were lucky enough to seamlying get the last one and ended up paying $60 for overnight delivery:-(

@FleetCommand It’s very likely 1803 will become 1804 if the RTM build isn’t released this week.

The RTM build is normally released 2 weeks before the general release

Bob

morn

Ben N

Hi!

So my university recently sent out a massive e-mail encouraging everyone (faculty and students of all levels) to enroll in their new 2FA system

My university also has a computer-based testing facility that's relatively locked down (physically and electronically) where many students take assessments

So inside the testing facility, students are not allowed to use their phones, and the login flow can't hit the appropriate 2FA endpoint from a testing workstation

The end result is that enabling 2FA makes it impossible to take exams at the CBTF :|

Also there's no way to unenroll oneself, it's only possible by e-mailing someone

!!starfissure

ChatBot John Cavil

Ave

11:49 PM

I'm having to create an archlinux chroot and this is less than fun

Ramhound

@BenN don’t you love it when “anti cheat” steps are counter to security:-)

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