Root Access

Michael Frank

01:01

Oh wow... The Windows 10 start menu doesn't have a Shift + Right Click "Run as different user..." menu...

rahuldottech

03:00

@CanadianLuke :D

rahuldottech

03:36

my star sign is: "has 34 browser tabs open and thinks this is fine"

Tweeted by iamdevloper on January 10, 2019 at 11:38 AM

@Bob

Nick

04:45

@rahuldottech I miss those days. I'm at 8 right now and believe 25 is my peak. There was a time when even a 100 was no problem.

@ThatBrazilianGuy Wait, Nazism is a leftist ideology. That's a true statement. Am I dumb? Did I miss something in history class? I'd be surprised if a worker's party was on the right.

rahuldottech

04:58

@Nick what

That Brazilian Guy

05:26

Vaccines, man. They're evil, they make the frogs autistic.

Nick

@rahuldottech Nazi stood for National Socialist.

Somewhere, I know that both the Socialists and Communists are left wing parties.

Am I wrong to think Stalin was a leftist?

rahuldottech

05:47

@Nick yeah so you are clearly out of touch with the modern political landscape

Nick

I never had feelings for politics in that way, I suppose.

Alex

06:56

Where is the best place to ask a question about software installation on a Mac?

rahuldottech

@Alex ask different

Alex

Oh right! Thanks for that, I did not see that before (i.e. that this is apple related)

allquixotic

07:27

insider.windows.com/en-us/get-insider-builds

> Co-create a better Windows

Lol I get the joke MS. CoCreateInstance()

djsmiley2k

07:49

@bwDraco This littereally happened to someone I know

Their house was flattened.

bertieb

08:31

Nazism is 'socialist' in the same way North Korea is a 'Democratic People's Republic'

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djsmiley2k

:D

Burgi

08:52

morning

@rahuldottech only 34? n00b...

djsmiley2k

12:49

This was an expensive motherboard. I think Asus. — Jama Djafarov 3 hours ago

hmmm k

Anyone elses thoughts on blue heatsinks?

allquixotic

13:09

@djsmiley2k blue is a good color, it makes it run cooler :D

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rahuldottech

amazon.in/Generic-Channel-Converter-Surround-Headphone/dp/…

The cheapest amplifier I could find

It doesn't even have a volume knob

Oh wow not even an amp

Great

allquixotic

13:22

you up Bob?

this is the non-ping of politeness

rahuldottech

14:03

Lol

Bob

@allquixotic ya

Journeyman Geek

14:35

@rahuldottech fiio isn't bad for cheap amps

or SMSL

Ramhound

15:46

Can anyone confirm that Unicode support is done through supported Fonts or would it be a Font itself?

I know there must be a reason that Unicode support in nearly every OS is directly connected to the OS itself

i.e. iOS and Windows adds support for newer Unicode revisions in updates.

djsmiley2k

16:01

@Ramhound I believe the font face is extended, so extra glyphs are added to a font's 'collection'. Of course the OS too must support addressing them, as it's far outside the asci and extended asci and whatever else is used prior to unicode addressing

Also unicode does combinations of codes, leading to further codes.

Ramhound

So the OS support is due to the addressing?

Trying to provide a reasonable answer, to the question,"can i added Unicode 11 support to 1803, if it was technically added, in 1809"

djsmiley2k

Add the support to windows? that'd be difficult I'd imagine

rahuldottech

@Ramhound if I understand correctly, yeah. While I guess it's technically possible, figuring out which files are responsible for Unicode support and copying them over should be... Complicated

Also, might break other stuff

Ramhound

There has to be reason every OS only provides Unicode which the OS itself is patched

So while you could install the Unicode font from say 1809 to 1803, 1803 wouldn't address the new characters so they wouldn't be usable.

Which is actually exactly what i plan to use in my answer ;-)

rahuldottech

@JourneymanGeek they appear to only sell headphone amps here amazon.in/gp/aw/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?k=fiio+amplifier

Journeyman Geek

16:10

@Ramhound to some extent.

@rahuldottech oh

try smsl

Ramhound

@JourneymanGeek - Would the following answer be a reasonable answer?

rahuldottech

@JourneymanGeek same, only mini amps

Ramhound

This would require Unicode 11 support, which is provided by the Unicode compatible Font, but also through OS support in order to address the characters added to the Unicode standard. It is important to point out that every operating that supports Unicode, updates it's Unicode support in a similar way, through updates to the OS itself.

I have an additional sentence that explains, while you could copy the Font, you wouldn't be able to use the additional characters without the OS support.

Trying to provide more then a "no" comment

(which was done on my way to work :$)

rahuldottech

> Over 80 government websites are down after TLS certificates expired and there's nobody on hand to renew them.

Journeyman Geek

@Ramhound I'd guess

Ramhound

16:19

@rahuldottech - The TLS certificates expiring has nothing to do with the shutdown, just poor timing, those certificates could have easily been renewed before the shutdown.

rahuldottech

\> politicians disagree
> Gov't shuts down
> Everything breaks
> Employees working without pay
> National Park destroyed
> Politicians still get paid

Ramhound

Let's not talk about the shutdown

rahuldottech

@Ramhound yeah, but they could be renewed right now, if the govt was functional

Ramhound

@rahuldottech - I guarantee there is somebody in the office that could do it they are simply choosing NOT to do it.

rahuldottech

Instead of... Y'know sites remaining down.

@Ramhound because they're not getting paid over some politicians' squabbles? I don't blame them.

Ramhound

16:21

Are they down, or is it the fact, the certificate has expired and know browsers are behaving as such?

rahuldottech

The more stuff that breaks, greater the pressure to end the shutdown

Journeyman Geek

> Politicians still get paid

that's part of the problem

rahuldottech

@Ramhound practically equivalent, because those protections are in place for a reason

Ramhound

None of those politicians need the money

rahuldottech

If the sites used HSTS, then the browsers rightly block access.

If they redirect to HTTPS, same thing

Ramhound

16:23

The trustworthiness of those certificate has not changed

rahuldottech

@Ramhound that's the point

@Ramhound go explain to browsers. Certs expire for a reason.

Ramhound

Anyways this is a touchy subject since I am one of those employees, but I am also required to show up to work and do my job.

rahuldottech

@Ramhound oh. I'm sorry, I didn't know

Uh, take care

@JourneymanGeek found one, but overpriced: amazon.in/SMSL-SA-36A-TPA3118D2-Amplifier-Black/dp/B017W13OR0/…

That Brazilian Guy

@rahuldottech He's sadly very in touch with it, actually.

Ramhound

@rahuldottech - Who is in touch with what?

allquixotic

16:34

looks like maybe the Cat5 indoor-rated cable that Verizon installed on the outside of our house to route from the ONT to my room is starting to fail

Ramhound

looks like a "image not found" to me :-)

allquixotic

huh? it renders for me

renders in incognito

bertieb

WOMM

(which I always read onomatopoetically, as if a big machine was spinning up)

rahuldottech

16:51

@Ramhound Nick and politics

@allquixotic renders for me on mobile

XKCD

17:14

CORRECTION: After careful evaluation, we have determined that the axis label on this chart was printed backward.

rahuldottech

18:46

> those who lacked funds to pay bills should hire personal attorneys to assist them

LMAO
#justUSAthings

> Lacked funds

> Hire

source

djsmiley2k

One of my cats got ran over :/

Canadian Luke

19:01

@djsmiley2k Your name isn't Schrodinger though, right?

var firstName

Hey all

I have a problem with this post being On Hold

It's perfectly clear what OP is asking if you're even remotely aware of the technology behind what they're trying to do.

djsmiley2k

lol

var firstName

Without specifying it, OP described trying to use a secondary PC as a network-attached display. In the most recent version of Windows (with the right hardware), this is possible.

Simply go to Action Center, Click Connect, and Connect to Secondary display.

Ramhound

@varfirstName - So answer the question instead of telling us it's "perfectly clear"

var firstName

But OP is having problems with this working.

@Ramhound can't bud. If a question is on hold then you can't post an answer.

Ramhound

19:09

<sic> We are not even sure what question your talking about (I am sure confused)

rahuldottech

@djsmiley2k :(

var firstName

@Ramhound I linked it here

4 mins ago, by var firstName

I have a problem with this post being On Hold

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Q: 2 laptops with community wifi want to make 2nd laptop as extended monitor

Windows 10 trying to have laptop 2 as a second monitor to laptop1. In the latest version of windows 10 there is the project display option with additional options to 'extend' the display to another network device. The 2nd laptop shows up on the network when selecting 'project' but looks like eit...

Ramhound

Odd, I see 2 lines in the chat, but you were able to permalink to 3 lines.

I see no link unless I click on the permalink

var firstName

19:39

@DavidPostill

Michael Frank

The question should be improved before it is reopened.

You might understand what is being asked, but obviously it was unclear to at least 3 reviewers.

DavidPostill

20:02

@XKCD So what happened to Chainsaw? Doesn't Chainsaw trump Hammer? 😈

@djsmiley2k :/ Sorry to hear that. Was it 1 life or all 9 lives?

djsmiley2k

All 9 :<

var firstName

What was their name, @djsmiley2k?

bertieb

:(

var firstName

Can yall offer some help to this dude(tte)?
https://superuser.com/questions/1393278/weird-phenomenon-computer-only-boot-if-i-plug-in-a-specific-usb-device-while-p

if last link is broken:

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Q: Weird phenomenon : computer only boot if I plug-in a specific USB device while pressing the power button, once in 10~20 tries

I've got my hands on a very, very weird issue. I spent months trying everything, and google had literally 0 similar problem to help me. To summarize, it's a computer I built myself 5 years ago. Since last year, pressing POWER doesn't boot the computer. There is still electrity since all the inte...

boot usb motherboard power-supply computer-building

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k Condolences. However, know this - another new master will shortly arrive to own you ;)

@varfirstName Please stop spamming this room (and interrupting ongoing conversations) to get responses to questions you feel attached to. 1/ If a question is closed there is a defined procedure to get it reopened. 2/ the second question was only asked 1 hour ago.

Consider this a warning.

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djsmiley2k

20:26

@DavidPostill there's already two others

plus a turtle, guinea pigs, fish

Journeyman Geek

stiil, sad to lose a member of the family :.

:/

djsmiley2k

yah

var firstName

@DavidPostill I haven't been spamming. Ramhound told me he couldn't see any of my links until I permalinked the post. And I just want to hear if you guys have any input on that specific post (because the issue is so alien to me).

I respect your authority and will not continue to bug you about reopening any questions.

Also while I offer my condolences, I feel like grieving is a more personal matter and since I've lost so many animals and have gone through that experience so many times, I try to avoid the topic whenever possible.

May Tim's former feline companion rest in peace.

Trouble Maker Chat Broom

21:22

Is this just my PC or does anyone else see this....

superuser.com/users

Is a GUI sort issue but out of order apparently. Just curious if others see this for the Month like I see per that screen shot. Perhaps it's my browser cache causing it from Chrome though.

Nevermind.... It must have been very short lived. Perhaps a sort GUI code waiting for rep calculation to add up behind the scenes of the system or something. I think it was timing related for those sort of reason and I jumped the gun

var firstName

same here

Trouble Maker Chat Broom

Jumping the Broom

var firstName

DavidPostill

It was originally jumping fire.

> Couples jumped the fire together to pledge themselves to each other.
...
> Another common element is 'jumping the broomstick' - this goes back to a time when two people who could not afford a church ceremony, or want one, would be accepted in the community as a married couple if they literally jumped over a broom laid on the floor. The broom marked a 'threshold', moving from an old life to a new one.

Beltane | The Goddess & The Green Man

var firstName

21:41

huh...

TIL

bwDraco

22:21

anandtech.com/show/13852/…

Interesting. No chiplet-based APUs are planned.

Any new desktop processors with integrated graphics will have a different design.

Hmm... more accurately, not with the Matisse layout. Chiplet APU still possible, but not with this design, and probably not until the second half of 2019.

That space on the package will permit a second CPU core die, though. 16-core processors for mainstream desktop platforms almost seem inevitable at this point.

AMD has a clear claim to the world's first 7nm desktop processor. Let's hope that actually translates to a real and significant advantage.

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