Root Access

TML Cat

00:00

@Bob Meh. It seems nomatter how many drugs I take, my subconscious mind can be totally wrecked and/or disabled but my neo-cortex seems immune to that shit and continues functioning normally.

It's like, I can be so fucked up I can't figure out how to stand up, but still able to reconfigure the wireless regulatory domains on my router over ssh

azlyrics.com/lyrics/paparoach/lastresort.html

Also I had this open to reply to JMG for some reason but can't remember why

Michael Frank

100% real fault description on a job I just received...

> same issue as last week. scanner not printer.

That's it.

How does this get through the call centre?!

Bob

@allquixotic that's because you asked about a smartwatch on a sub that prides themselves on traditional watches. try a smartwatch/samsung/gear/galaxy/note sub

reddit.com/r/GearS3

reddit.com/r/GalaxyGear

allquixotic

@Bob no, I asked about bands, which is a standard thing that applies to watches of any type

Bob

reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5ux96t/…

allquixotic

that's like saying, I asked about selecting good tires/tyres on a car forum but I didn't ask on a self-driving car forum, just because my car happens to be able to drive itself

Journeyman Geek

00:14

@allquixotic truth by omission?

Bob

@allquixotic if you were going with SE community rules, maybe

watch communities tend to be a bit snobby :P

allquixotic

nothing about my post requires the user to know what type of watch I have... in fact, I could have just said "my watch is black" without telling them what exact model, and the answers would be equally valid

I don't know why giving them that extra detail is worthy of downvotes without comments

Michael Frank

@allquixotic In that case, you failed to ask what kind of tyres the care wanted to wear.

Bob

@allquixotic say you ask a question on server fault ... and give them the extra detail of it being a nuc under your bed

allquixotic

@Bob that community might not like that, true, but I've asked questions on SF and mentioned it was a personal dedi, and that was fine, although maybe "it's hosted in a professional DC" was enough

also I don't think communities should care about that sort of thing in terms of topicality - that sort of artificial context limitation really sucks

TML Cat

00:18

@MichaelFrank Self driving cars need different tyres because they have different driving styles

Michael Frank

yes but its self driving so its smart enough to decide on its own

allquixotic

!! s/it's/its/

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic Yes, but its self driving, so it is smart enough to decide on it's own. (source)

allquixotic

oops

I guess if you're going to use it's / its wrong, might as well use it wrong consistently

correct => it's self driving, so it's smart enough to decide on its own

Michael Frank

no punctuation at all its

The its/it's rule is one of those pesky grammar rules I constantly try and work out in my head.

Journeyman Geek

00:36

I make that mistake enough people follow me around to fix it ;p

Journeyman Geek

00:54

inhabitat.com/how-to-grow-an-avocado-tree-from-an-avocado-pit

My mom accidentally grew one of those. In an apartment. Having done nothing but throw a pit into a flowerpot

Bob

01:39

hm

Michael Frank

02:17

@JourneymanGeek "This post is brought to you by Bing is for doing"

Journeyman Geek

ya, saw that ;p

I actually linked that here cause mom needs me to print the internet.

Michael Frank

A sample list of things you can do with Bing!

Journeyman Geek

"How do I google?"

allquixotic

02:35

@MichaelFrank mostly Microsoft product stuffs 🤣

Bob

spring boot's going to be the death of me

Journeyman Geek

spring boot?

Journeyman Geek

03:15

@Burgi - Applied for a CM role at SO Inc. So... You can stop asking ;p

bwDraco

@JourneymanGeek Much growth needed on my end...

At least I've learned how to not cause drama in most situations, but I still have a long road ahead.

Good luck, @JourneymanGeek.

Journeyman Geek

Thanks.

No matter who gets it though, I think everyone wins ;)

bwDraco

FWIW, I think I've seen myself grow a lot over the past few years, despite the relative lack of participation on the main site. Cat no longer blocks me. I'm much less likely to cause drama. Monologues are kept in check.

Journeyman Geek

... cat?

OH

HIM

bwDraco

And hopefully, I can get started with some serious learning, starting with Docker.

I've had a busy schedule and things will still be very busy over the next week, but I'll do as much learning as I can :)

(it does not help that I've been somewhat ill over the last several days)

Journeyman Geek

03:52

eh health comes first

bwDraco

It's clearing up – no need to worry about me.

Thanks, though.

Bob

3

Q: Accidentally deleted /tmp/systemd-private-015eb2a30-apache2.service-9h6i

I accidentally deleted systemd-private-015eb2e9f67b4eef862c68e99fe0ba30-apache2.service-9h6i08 from my /tmp folder: sudo rm -R /tmp/systemd-private-015eb2e9f67b4eef862c68e99fe0ba30-apache2.service-9h6i08 and didn't mean for it not to disappear permanently. I was sure it would get displayed bac...

"accidentally"

"I accidentally typed s u d o, followed by r m, followed by -R, ..."

Journeyman Geek

> and didn't mean for it not to disappear permanently. I was sure it would get displayed back again. This makes my code break since it's not finding the secured folder to write files to it.

._.

bwDraco

04:25

!!s/SO Inc\./Stack Exchange, Inc./

ChatBot John Cavil

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

@bwDraco @Burgi - Applied for a CM role at Stack Exchange, Inc. So... You can stop asking ;p (source)

bwDraco

:P

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco oddly the job is for stack overflow cm and the company trades as stack overflow

bwDraco

To be exact, it's "Stack Exchange Inc. dba Stack Overflow".

Journeyman Geek

Sure :p

djsmiley2k

07:12

Mornin

Journeyman Geek

hi

djsmiley2k

How goes it @JourneymanGeek ?

Journeyman Geek

good good

djsmiley2k

Soooooooooo came into work extra early to do a change

went to do it, everything was goin well

then we find someone else never finished up whatever change they were doing

and everything blew up

Journeyman Geek

0_0

(i'm mentally imaging everything blew up being literal...)

and @djsmiley2k running out, ava superimposted laughing man style, as a old brutalist concrete building explodes.

djsmiley2k

07:19

yup, me right now.

Nah, I hit cancel

it waited about 5 minutes, then it canceled and all was ok again

Journeyman Geek

ah ok

I am Groot deoneboxed cause some folks have limited bandwidth

djsmiley2k

those 5 minutes were a bit scary tho ;D

It's just annoying. The problem we encountered, I prob could of fixed, maybe

but maybe it would of taken one of our clients offline, and blew up the planet. Who knows?!

Journeyman Geek

(also I can't upload that, and paid too much for my phone bill last month :( )

djsmiley2k

07:44

D:

hmmm, does a constantly playing gif use a lotta b/w?

or is it just the file itself is huge?

Journeyman Geek

The latter

it is huge once

djsmiley2k

1Mb

D:

Journeyman Geek

that should upload 0_0

djsmiley2k

Damn, I rmemeber when gifs were small :/

Journeyman Geek

and is not that bad

lol

quite

djsmiley2k

07:45

yeah.

Journeyman Geek

but the quality has gotten better

djsmiley2k

yup

Bob

> I can’t speak English in English

Journeyman Geek

0_0

Bob

community.online.net/t/account-cannot-be-used/6344/3

Journeyman Geek

07:56

google translate?

ya

he's using translation tools

Burgi

@ChatBotJohnCavil why on earth would i do a crazy thing like that?

@JourneymanGeek good luck!

Journeyman Geek

rofl

Burgi

i was scrolling up! ;)

rahuldottech

@JourneymanGeek oh, they finally had a position open?

Journeyman Geek

@rahuldottech yup!

Burgi

08:06

also i didn't realise i was asking you to join SE so much...

rahuldottech

@JourneymanGeek woo hoo! Best of luck!

Journeyman Geek

stackoverflow.com/company/work-here/1161802?gh_jid=1161802

Burgi

applies

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi Its fine! Its @hacktohell 's fault I'm a mod

@Burgi Monica's standing.

She's kinda like the legendary small site mod.

Probably the nicest person on the network too

rahuldottech

> Great office w/ espresso bar, games, and free daily lunches

Journeyman Geek

08:07

@rahuldottech I'd work remote though

Burgi

FREE LUNCH????

rahuldottech

They'll let you buy that for yourself if you work remotely?

Journeyman Geek

lol

rahuldottech

@JourneymanGeek I figured

Journeyman Geek

I get a free lunch every day - Amma Villas ;)

Burgi

08:08

@rahuldottech they deliveroo it out to SG from NYC

Journeyman Geek

(ugh I think only @jokerdino and maybe @Zanna might get that one ;p)

@Burgi apparently the NY office has (had?) in house chefs.

rahuldottech

@JourneymanGeek we're all here to vouch for you if SO needs some extra persuation that you are the only right ~~man~~ dog for the job

Journeyman Geek

@rahuldottech ;p

@rahuldottech if it was an election I'd totally rally you lot ;p

Burgi

Make StackExchange Great Again!

shall we take bets to see if our dev shows up today?

Journeyman Geek

;p

Burgi

08:14

its bad when you hope he has had an accident because the alternative is that he is just a complete bastard

rahuldottech

Woman gives herself tumor to escape tormentous, senile millionaire husband!

Journeyman Geek

0_0

Burgi

what?

Journeyman Geek

@rahuldottech ugh, that title kinda crosses the line from "news" to "Dude, is that the national enquirer ?"

@Burgi or somewhere in between

rahuldottech

@JourneymanGeek I was kidding

djsmiley2k

08:18

maybe in 10 years I can be a cm ;D

Journeyman Geek

@rahuldottech ehh. ;p I was stating an opinion ;)

Michael Frank

grumble... My table must have a slight lean in the direction my monitor doesn't rotate.

Andy K

08:41

morning

quick one

djsmiley2k

no u.

Andy K

I'm trying to do a ssh from a linux box I have to a distant server

the distant server is also a linux

Burgi

are the firewall ports open?

Andy K

from the distant server?

yes

djsmiley2k

@AndyK @AndyK ok. seems sane so far.

Andy K

08:43

I did netstat -an

and the distant server says yes

Burgi

sorry do carry on...

Andy K

I'm doing a basic ssh

and it just hangs

nothing

until the timeout

from another box, I was able to login without any issues

I mention that I'm using a private key, alhtough it doesn't mean much for me as when I'm doing a ssh just that way ssh [email protected]

Burgi

any errors on the hanging?

Andy K

I have the following result

Permission denied (publickey).

@Burgi nope

djsmiley2k

use ssh -v

well then your public key either isn't on the remote server, or it's got the wrong permissions or it's broken in some other way (the remote servers sshd log will provide more info)

Andy K

08:51

Zanna

@JourneymanGeek haha your mum makes it

Andy K

@djsmiley2k I'm having a look with the log

thanks for the info guys

jokerdino

09:07

all the best @JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

@Zanna yup ;p

Zanna

lucky :)

Bob

@TMLCat ^

they seem to be upgrading the telstra backhaul

djsmiley2k

09:23

wtf

just got deputy badge on askUbuntu

not been on there in months o_O

jokerdino

@JourneymanGeek Does @Zanna get a free lunch from Amma Villas too?

@djsmiley2k congrats

Journeyman Geek

Different Amma? :P

jokerdino

maybe a different branch of same Villas

Zanna

haha I get lunch funded by that institution sometimes

djsmiley2k

:O

/me wants free lunch

Journeyman Geek

09:31

@djsmiley2k I think the french equivalent is Chez maman

djsmiley2k

I'm not french tho :P

How did friday's trip to Birmingham Sealife Centre, become a 3 day trip to scotland?

oh awesome

got an audit (tried to comment on it)

even knowing it was an audit, wasn't sure if i would leave it open.

jokerdino

@djsmiley2k is that a riddle?

djsmiley2k

@jokerdino lol

well it's confused me.

Zanna

sounds like an upgrade

Journeyman Geek

09:47

Isn't anything an upgrade from Birmingham?

Zanna

I'd say yes, but maybe not my hometown

djsmiley2k

;D

Oi, birmingham is quite good on a night out

not that I enjoy a night out, but yaknow.

Journeyman Geek

Its fun and games until you wake up in a tub of ice?

djsmiley2k

;D

Birmingham isn't the place i'd worry about that happening to me

bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44093618

wut

have they not heard 'I kissed a girl' by Katy Perry, or so many other songs?

Also dafaq

bertieb

AIUI, IKAG by KP was based on RL experience?

Whereas RO's.... wasn't?

djsmiley2k

09:57

@bertieb lol ok

we can only talk/sing about things we've experienced now?

bertieb

(Doing some wild-assed guessing here)

No, but I guess having some experience makes something more 'genuine', in the eyes of whoever

See also: rap ?

Zanna

@djsmiley2k the fact that someone already did it, doesn't make it ok for the next person to do it. In fact, makes it worse. Shoulda known better! Or do you mean Rita Ora should have known better?

bertieb

> "A song like this just fuels the male gaze while marginalising the idea of women loving women."

I dunno

People outraged because famous person did <thing>, film at 11

Zanna

@djsmiley2k ikr, Prince marries person of colour, everything changing here! it's only real when royals do it XD First IRR ever

djsmiley2k

@bertieb lul

Zanna

10:03

LGBTQIA* community got mad at KP too. That was a big deal at the time

djsmiley2k

@Zanna can we stop the world plz, i wanna get off

Zanna

why?

djsmiley2k

It's all gone weird

Zanna

in what way?

djsmiley2k

in every way. from this lgbtqia, to gender fluidity, to the media eating itself to this new thing of not being allowed to use things from other cultures, to snow flakes, to aurghggh

bertieb

10:09

Snowflakes, you say

Zanna

oooh you mean it's weird that cis white heterosexual dudes don't have a monopoly on the terms of every single public discourse?

yeah personally I call this a massive improvement

but I guess there's still a really really long way to go

djsmiley2k

@bertieb The expected turn, was the one in the road :O

@Zanna lol no.

Zanna

@bertieb haha I'm a teacher, so I'm always running into the terrible flaws in my own analogies

"the Earth's crust is similar to a Mars bar, in that... um..."

djsmiley2k

wow ok that broke

that'll have to do.

things sure are changing

bertieb

Who wore it better, you say

djsmiley2k

10:16

Sure it's changing.

Definately not dominated by white middle aged males anymore.

:/

bertieb

I'm 99% sure the one in from bottom-right is Alan Tudyk taking the place of some CEO... for capers

Also TIL "Lord" "Sugar" is a top CEO and/or business leader

Bob

I recognise nobody

djsmiley2k

@bertieb You didn't know?

:D

@djsmiley2k because I couldn't find a more recent picture D:

Andy K

@djsmiley2k thanks for your advice

I had a look at the auth log and checked for sshd. There was some weird issues with ip address

Zanna

@djsmiley2k exactly. But at least we get to make a little noise on Twitter

Andy K

10:22

the IP address of the wifi was breaking the connection

not sure why but I restarted the service

djsmiley2k

@AndyK oh ok

:)

Andy K

and now it works

djsmiley2k

weird, but glad you got it sorted :)

Andy K

very weird

I show you the log

djsmiley2k

sure

I'm interested to see

Andy K

10:23

May 15 08:39:16 jack-ost-01 sshd[6789]: Connection closed by 82.153.173.197 port 40955 [preauth]
May 15 08:39:25 jack-ost-01 sshd[6787]: Connection closed by 83.209.171.198 port 59754 [preauth]
May 15 08:39:34 jack-ost-01 sshd[6791]: Connection closed by 195.36.154.99 port 46574 [preauth]

djsmiley2k

why is the ip all over the place o_O

Andy K

it seems that connection is being closed by the wifi router

@djsmiley2k no idea

djsmiley2k

oh, not Wireless Isolation is it?

Andy K

@djsmiley2k what is wireless isolation?

djsmiley2k

it stops clients on wifi talking to each other.

And only out to the net isntead

instead*.

Andy K

10:28

@djsmiley2k first time I heard of that

djsmiley2k

yeah not every access point supports it

you normally only ever see it in use on public wifi networks

where clients generally wouldn't talk to each other.

Andy K

@djsmiley2k now that you are mentionning it, the ssh issue only happens when I did the test on work's network and on a public spot

djsmiley2k

well..... it maybe that work and the public wifi both blocking ssh, but not right away

it's weird, because it does see the client start connecting

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k ... lots of consumer wifi has that. Sometimes turned on by default

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek lots more, has no security at all, by default ;D

Andy K

10:31

the issue is fixed and I learnt a new thing

Journeyman Geek

quite

Zanna

@AndyK \o/

Andy K

@Zanna hey Zanna

Zanna

hey :)

Andy K

awesome

you're in the Root room too!

Zanna

10:35

yeah, I'm like some kind of many-headed mythical creature

:)

Journeyman Geek

;p

I'm in about 10

but about 3-4 are really quiet

Andy K

@Zanna +1

Zanna

@JourneymanGeek that's way more than me!

Journeyman Geek

(pets, security, Ubuntu, worldbuiilding, cooking and hardware recs main room, 1 room for users to talk to SU mods, and 2 more ;) )

But I am the third chattiest user (and the second chattiest canid) on the server

Zanna

hahaha wow

I thought of a question for the cooking site yesterday... but I seem to have forgotten what it was

doubtless I'll remember next time I'm trying to do whatever I was going to ask about

Journeyman Geek

10:41

Andy K

@Zanna that's a good idea. I'm going to cook as soon as I reached home. I wanted to eat outside but cooking is a brilliant idea

slowling getting to Paris

travelling by train is the best way to travel :)))

Zanna

@JourneymanGeek lol

@AndyK yeah trains are relaxing :) Paris is also nice!

Andy K

@Zanna yes

bertieb

!!shamelessplug

ChatBot John Cavil

bertieb

10:50

Anyone want to help me get Peer Pressure badge? I have an incorrect A which I am going to delete, worthy of another DV

I meant to delete it last night when it was at 0 but forgot and woke up to it being -2

Feels a shame to waste the opportunity :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

but but. targetting voting

You should link it here so people can decide if its properly terribad

bertieb

@JourneymanGeek Yeah, I know... in this case I think DVs are justified; it's a bad A

I'll link it here and delete it in a bit either way

(I debated whether to ask or not :P)

-2

A: Wide SATA? connector with no break in the middle

A custom connector (possibly SAS SFF-8482) From your edit and the additional photo, the connector looks different - quite possibly the SAS SFF-8482 as other answers note. Combo connectors are similar but slightly different Your laptop drive caddy seems to have a custom SATA connector, based o...

Journeyman Geek

THey should rename that the wooden spoon ;)

bertieb

That's what I get for not waiting for a better angle :P

Heh

Journeyman Geek

hah

Waiting and pouncing is a legitimate tactic

bertieb

10:57

Aye, for sure

But I often wait-and-forget

(Which is mildly frustrating when something later HNQs)

So I figure post now, let ~~God~~ the community sort 'em out

And the chips will fall where they may

Journeyman Geek

11:40

The Keyboard King Has 600 Keyboards | Show Me Your Nerd

►

djsmiley2k

12:16

omfg

> Technical Relationship Manager

lol

Journeyman Geek

hm?

djsmiley2k

yeah, guy who's annoying me.

He's neither technical, nor managing this relationship very well.

Burgi

there are some weird adverts on tv

Journeyman Geek

oh

djsmiley2k

Yes. The world is officially insane now.

I think maybe it started when RATM became christmas #1

Burgi

12:21

vic and bob are doing the lottery scratch cards

Journeyman Geek

he is?

Who is vic?

Burgi

Best of Shooting Stars - Season 02 Part 1/4

►

Journeyman Geek

0_0

djsmiley2k

lol

Journeyman Geek

.... The video changes, I'm still disturbed.

I'll put that at #5 on the charts.

Burgi

12:25

the dove from above

bertieb

Ulkree-kaa-kaa-kaa

djsmiley2k

\o\ \o\ /o/ /o/

                .-.
            ,  /6 6\  ,
            }\ \ V / /{
           }  \/   \/  {
          }___/     \___{
              \     /
               `|-|`
               // \\

lul.

Burgi

wtf hair style does lewis hamilton have?

djsmiley2k

isn't it just 'short'?

Burgi

note the weird ponytail

djsmiley2k

12:59

wtf is that XD

bertieb

I've lost my hummus D:

This time it's a... hipster emergency?

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