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Michael Frank

03:17

redhat.com/en/blog/…

So basically, they are now "Carmen Sandiego: The OS"

barlop

03:44

@Mathematics re why is ffmpeg so difficult, ffmpeg must have been written by difficult people!

@bwDraco Is there a term for the screen that comes up when you hit F2/escape/etc prior to loading of any bootloader from boot disk? Is BIOS and UEFI basically the same at that stage?

And also, that screen aside, I can accept that BIOS and UEFI are very different, but since the term BIOS is so common and BIOS is outdated, it seems surprising to me that they didn't call UEFI "BIOS 2" i.e. reuse the term BIOS.

Michael Frank

It's not really Basic any more though.

bwDraco

@barlop Firmware setup utility.

I still remember the days when it was called "CMOS setup utility", when the coin cell on the motherboard maintained the CMOS memory used by the BIOS...

(today, said coin cell is generally only used for the real-time clock)

barlop

04:15

Hah, no wonder people struggle so much with BIOS <cough> UEFI passwords these days!

Michael Frank

I've had a short an eeeprom to wipe a BIOS password before. It's a pain in the backside.

bwDraco

04:56

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Q: How is the BIOS used by a modern OS?

What's the function of the BIOS in a modern OS? Is it still used after booting? And is there some kind of BIOS API?

barlop

But how modern is 2010? I notice no answers mention UEFI, like, where the BIOS ends and the UEFI begins, considering that according to that accepted answer, the BIOS is still used

Burgi

08:00

morning

djsmiley2k

08:24

Morning

i'm hum de dum at work hum de duming

nothing really to work on, i guess I should go back to my various projects...

rahuldottech

@JourneymanGeek oh, cool

Burgi

@rahuldottech whipper snapper

hmmm....

Burgi

08:56

postcodes for the IOM return null in their longitude and latitude...

djsmiley2k

they all live in the sea.

IM postcode area

Postcodes were introduced in the Isle of Man in 1993, with the island becoming the IM postcode area. Each town or area is associated with one or more postal districts, assigned by Isle of Man Post Office. Outside the larger towns, the postal districts are further broken down and each postal sector is assigned to a number of villages and settlements. == Coverage == The approximate coverage of the postal districts (and sectors, where relevant): == See also == Postcode Address File List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom == References == == External links == Royal Mail's Postcode ...

Looks like they litterally refer to the nearest town/city.

or are you testing the PO Box ones, which may not even have a location?

Burgi

no

geocode.xyz - this site somehow has the co-ords

and google maps manages to put them in the right location

Manx Parliment Address:
6 Finch Rd, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 2PU, Isle of Man

{
    "status": 200,
    "result": {
        "postcode": "IM1 2PU",
        "quality": 9,
        "eastings": null,
        "northings": null,
        "country": "Isle of Man",
        "nhs_ha": "Isle of Man",
        "longitude": null,
        "latitude": null,
        "european_electoral_region": null,
        "primary_care_trust": "Isle of Man",
        "region": null,
        "lsoa": null,
        "msoa": null,
        "incode": "2PU",
        "outcode": "IM1",
        "parliamentary_constituency": null,

Michael Frank

is 0º 0º in the core of the planet?

Burgi

null island :P

ok figured it out

if you enter the postcode without a space, google freaks out

now that mystrey is solved i have to go back to writing this dull requirements document

djsmiley2k

09:33

> "postcode": "IM1 2PU",

you have a space tho...

Burgi

09:49

yeah don't worry about it

rahuldottech

10:24

Guys

rahuldottech

10:50

So I'm staying with this family today

At the border before going back to India

And it turns out they run one of the biggest corporate ISPs in Bhutan

Burgi

get an internship?

rahuldottech

@Burgi yeah, talked about that

Later this year perhaps

Moacir

13:15

Hello everyone

Is superuser a place to ask about specific brand software and hardware?

In my case, the interaction between two Redragon keyboards

Journeyman Geek

hm. What do you mean?

It does seem possible but more information would be nice'

Moacir

I have a Redragon Kala (Which is like the Kama but with Brazil standards) and it comes with software which you can configure the keys.

I was considering getting a Redragon Diti that I suppose will also come with software for specific configuration

Journeyman Geek

ahhh

Moacir

But since both have the letter Q, I wonder if messing with Diti key will also mess with Kala key

Journeyman Geek

Can't promise an answer, but yeah, would be on topic

Moacir

13:20

Ok then, will post

Can I link the Redragon website or is that bad manners?

Journeyman Geek

Also depends on the software - the stuff my razers come with will let you configure things 'per' device

Moacir

I have two redragon things too. But it is a mouse and a keyboard

Journeyman Geek

You absolutely should include any useful information - and in this case linking to the redragon website would be very useful

Moacir

I dont know about having two of the same

Ok, thanks!

Journeyman Geek

The only 'issue' I see is the only people who can answer would 'need' to have the same brand of hardware

but that's endemic to anything that isn't a standard/built in thinggamagig

Moacir

13:23

I know about luamacros and autohotkeys, where you can program that each device works in a way

But if I am to get a new one, its better that it works easily, right?

Journeyman Geek

yeah

XKCD

15:15

"So their universe wouldn't have the iconic photo of a screaming Truman being hoisted aloft by the newspaper-printing machinery..."

Blog bot

15:26

How Expensify Engineers Save Hours Each Week With Stack Overflow For Teams

Ben Popper on May 13, 2019

Burgi

15:37

people use teams????

Bob

@Burgi are you talking ms teams or so teams? :P

Burgi

SO teams initially

but i did magically gain MS teams in the last O365 update

Bob

ms teams is decent

much better than lync

make sure you're set to islands, not skype only

Burgi

does it work on macs?

Journeyman Geek

16:12

@Burgi apparently yes

bwDraco

17:21

@Moacir It's always okay to link to a product manufacturer's website as a reference. It's only a problem if you're spamming.

bertieb

18:13

Jerry Seinfeld voice So what's the deal with using a Microsoft account to sign into Windows?

Does it do anything functionality-wise?

Canadian Luke

@bertieb Yea, it lets them track you

yode

The error about "Invalid characters in path" torture me, please help..@BenN

$string="https://pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/00609226-733e-4843-a91c-2636d0785b7f/000001.jpg
pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/…
pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/…
pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/…
pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/…
"
$files=[regex]::Split($string,"\n")

Sorry the private url cannot post public post..

Canadian Luke

Where is it saying the error is?

yode

18:29

The red character mean there is some invalid character here:

Invoke-WebRequest $file -OutFile ((pwd).Path +  "\" + ([regex ...

It is a confusion error. It cost my one hour to find almost...

Canadian Luke

OK, so comment out the Invoke-WebRequest, and replace with Out-Host $file. What appears then?

yode

It will prompt Out-Host cannot accept a url parameter

djsmiley2k

19:01

@bertieb stops you having no password. Backs up the windows 'cd key' to your ms account.... hmmmm not sure what else

oh spams you with hotmail notifications xD

CowperKettle

Canadian Luke

OK, but you're splitting it as a string... Why would it care if it's a url type or not? How about $file.ToString instead?

yode

@CanadianLuke Same error. :)

djsmiley2k

GoT time

yode

19:19

Actually,this command can run normally:

Invoke-WebRequest "https://pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/00609226-733e-4843-a91c-2636d0785b7f/000001.jpg" -OutFile ((pwd).Path + "\" + ([regex]::Match("https://pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/00609226-733e-4843-a91c-2636d0785b7f/000001.jpg","(?<=/)[^/]+$").value))

But this cannot:

Invoke-WebRequest "https://pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/00609226-733e-4843-a91c-2636d0785b7f/000001.jpg" -OutFile ((pwd).Path + "\" + ([regex]::Match($files[0],"(?<=/)[^/]+$").value))

Actually this two command is same excatly....

Canadian Luke

OK, so testing it out, the first thing to do is remove that last blank line in the $string variable

yode

Oh, I know what you mean

Invoke-WebRequest $files[0].Trim() -OutFile ((pwd).Path +  "\" + ([regex]::Match($files[0].Trim(),"(?<=/)[^/]+$").value))

Canadian Luke

OK, use Join-Path in there

yode

This command work finally...

Crazy brank..

Canadian Luke

Join-Path -Path (pwd).Path -ChildPath ([regex]::Match($file,"(?<=/)[^/]+$").value)

yode

19:28

Can we show the string with "" in powershell?

Canadian Luke

Just type the variable on its own line:

$files

yode

But I cannot see anything difference:

Canadian Luke

Join-Path creates the string that is ready to be used as a path, without worrying about RegEx

OK, I got it, and refactored your code

You have Windows new-line endings - \r\n. You're only splitting on \n, so the \r is still part of the web request

$string="https://pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/00609226-733e-4843-a91c-2636d0785b7f/000001.jpg
https://pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/00609226-733e-4843-a91c-2636d0785b7f/000003.jpg
https://pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/03f6c818-b4f9-4deb-854d-1aa01767e7be/000045.jpg
https://pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/03f6c818-b4f9-4deb-854d-1aa01767e7be/000047.jpg
https://pek3a.qingstor.com/ecourse/marking/03f6c818-b4f9-4deb-854d-1aa01767e7be/000049.jpg"
$files = $string.Split([string[]]"`r`n", [StringSplitOptions]::None)

Also, since the only use of that if was to see if the folder existed, I just made that its own check, then run the download

bertieb

19:45

@CanadianLuke Subscribes me to their newsletter, you say...

@djsmiley2k That second one seems... semi-useful?

Canadian Luke

@bertieb That's a side effect, not the cause :P

The other benefit is that you can keep your settings synced with you, no matter where you log in (if allowed)

bertieb

What kind of settings? Theme-related?

Canadian Luke

Themes, layouts, Edge preferences....

Mostly, for Apps

bertieb

Edge, what's that??

;-P

Canadian Luke

If they could save settings for regular programs as well, that would be spectacular

It's the edge of what we accept from Microsoft

bertieb

19:47

Touché :D

Canadian Luke

I use it on my Surface Pro from Work... It keeps my background, settings, and my Apps in sync. I don't use the Mail or Calendar or People apps, though

My org doesn't fully embrace things in the cloud though, so I can't test too much at a time

yode

@CanadianLuke It will prompt that $dir is a empty string there?

Canadian Luke

It shouldn't... It should be seeing that if $dir does not exist as a path, then create it. Then, download the files

yode

My god..

djsmiley2k

it's full of stars.

Canadian Luke

19:56

That's not what I posted

What I posted, works

yode

That mean $dir is a empty string. Actually the powershell have creat the directory

Canadian Luke

pastebin.com/zPBcgWKs

SE elipse'd some lines. I copied it into a Pastebin for you

yode

It work well this time..

Thanks..

Canadian Luke

20:31

You're welcome

Joe Stavitsky

22:48

Howdy folks. I'm trying to make WinPE media using adk and CopyDandI succeeds but MakeWinPEMedia returns "working directory is not valid". I tried two different folders (two different CopyDandI runs) but it still doesn't work. Any hints?

Holy toledo you resurrected clippy. You are l33t necromancers.

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