Root Access

XKCD

02:35

Ground-pole-ball-pole can be fun if you shake the first pole to get the second one whipping around dangerously, but the ball at the joint gets torn apart pretty fast.

MiG

04:50

@CanadianLuke this is just an initial test setup mind you :) I want to eventually link two NextCloud servers and sync a lot more... At that point I'll probably just deploy a couple of spare 8TBs (I'm thinking something mirrored) on both sides and regularly backup one of these to the big backup server

@JourneymanGeek lol

One of the things I came across browsing around the local raspberry pi webshop was a giant roll of picos for something like 1700 euro :x

MiG

08:37

payload got deleted, spam account is still there however: superuser.com/users/1702884/kart-butiken

Journeyman Geek

08:54

@MiG gimme a bit. I can take out two at once when I get home, and snitch to the SO mods 😁

Need to get home first

MiG

hehe, no hurry

Journeyman Geek

09:10

I suspect destroyed and recreated on SO

I've done the necessary on my sites

MiG

09:20

You're making it sound like a military mission :)

Tango down!

Journeyman Geek

09:35

lol

the spammer must have been smoking :D

MiG

tbh, the world would probably become a better place if the flagging process resulted in actual black ops types descending on the spammer and taking him out :P

"What's a thousand spammers at the bottom of the ocean?"

"A good start."

Journeyman Geek

lol

tbh, less the spammers and the folks running the whole show

MiG

got another one for ya btw: superuser.com/questions/1586468/…

account: superuser.com/users/1724486/edward-pattinson

@JourneymanGeek the folks running the show more, but everyone really :P

Journeyman Geek

snort I (unfortunately) have the spammer deletion key combo on muscle memory

MiG

lmao

At this point it's more like a video game for you isn't it? ;)

Journeyman Geek

09:42

Work gets boring sometimes :D

so I pick a keyword, go page by page to check through, and... nuke em all

MiG

hehehe

I've had bouts of that as well

These days it's usually cleaning up google maps (silly I know)

Journeyman Geek

Its a simple, mindless task that dosen't need that much attention

MiG

There'll be idiots posting photos of the Eiffel Tower in Berlin or something else thousands of kms away, that sort of thing annoys me

Journeyman Geek

lol

MiG

And student homes like to pretend they're absolutely anything, saw them tagged as 'swimming pool', 'zoo' and whatnot

"PLACE! IS! PRIVATE!" and they disappear

so then I'll click on the user account and I find it's a habit... so I flag all those as well (:

cleaned up my home town a few years ago that way, google maps has become a lot more useful now

Journeyman Geek

09:47

(I'll delete the message once you've seen it, for obvious reasons)

MiG

"Open style accommodation. All you can eat food provided. Situated in the heart of nowhere and surrounded by large greenery. Complimentary early check in and late check out provided. Definitely will come back again." :D :D :D

I don't mind funny reviews tbh :)

Journeyman Geek

Yeah, I figured

MiG

"Not a bad stay,booked this resort unintentionally in 2019, didn't realise i booked it for 2 whole years. Very enjoyable, met great people there, only issue is the early morning breakfast and the distance to go back to civilisation." :D

Journeyman Geek

(the last is true by the way)

there's literally ONE bus out

and no real way to walk out

MiG

I bet there's a ton of these kinds of reviews on camps everywhere :x

Journeyman Geek

09:49

lol

I needed directions (Its been a while, and I tend to be switched between camps depending on where we're training) and I was... dying laughing

MiG

So was there an actual chicken farm nearby? And did the smell reach the camp? :P

Journeyman Geek

hm

Not really

There probably is a chicken farm, but I don't remember there being a smell

MiG

"Quite a nice place, got free Air Show everyday and the refreshing smell of Chicken Farm produce. Free food and accommodation & even free fitness sessions done by enthusiastic trainers! Customer service could be better, but -1 star because there’s no wifi included in our hotel rooms 😕"

Journeyman Geek

Pretty sure I'd know the smell

MiG

Would be hilarious to apply actual hotel star requirements to these places and see where they end up :D

Journeyman Geek

09:52

I work inside a checkpoint and once had a chicken truck pass by when I was out on a case...

Smelt it through a solidly blocked nose

MiG

ew

took a ferry in Denmark once, we were passed by a pig trailer but they were surprisingly odourless at a few m distance

Or maybe the pigs in Denmark get better housing than conscripts in SG :P

Journeyman Geek

I don't think we have pig farms any more

MiG

heh, review at the facility bookmark complains about that bus of yours as well: "Travelling to this place is like hell. Can expect not many taxi or car riding services driver would want to come here. Basically, most people would take Bus 975 and its always crowded closed to book out time. Camp is closed to lodging for foreign workers, expect an influx of people getting into the bus after leaving the camp's proximity."

Why would foreign workers be at an army facility? o_O

Journeyman Geek

I love that bus

its close to - basically there's a whole bunch of uh...

dormitories is accurate .. between that place and the nearest civilisation

MiG

"The best place to re-appreciate life, once you enter you’ll realize." :D

"In this resort, I had the chance to clean up after a barber's haircut of approximately a hundred men alone. I wondered why it is not the barber's job as he had made money. Let's continue to patrol the resort. Sighted a pangolin once while doing that."

Journeyman Geek

09:58

I saw a wild boar when I was last there

MiG

Camp life is exciting I guess :D

Journeyman Geek

oh, and lots of feral dogs

lol

MiG

eek, do they try to attack you if you have food?

Journeyman Geek

lol

naw

they're friendly

people feed em

once we went on patrol with a few officer cadets and... apparently one of them paniced cause the dogs was parking

lol

Oh everyone knows its there

so the fun stuff is probably somewhere else

MiG

lol, good point

Journeyman Geek

10:02

lol

MiG

lol, are those actual vehicles or stationary objects?

I bet that building is camouflage school :D

Journeyman Geek

uh

Yes

(they're older vehicles parked for display. I don't think they are moving any time soon)

MiG

north of the helipad there's a couple of regular ones parked as well :)

Journeyman Geek

There's something really cool there but I can't talk about it :D

MiG

two on the lawn, those look like display models

Journeyman Geek

10:06

yup

lol

MiG

okay, the more I pan around the more twin vehicles I see parked in front of buildings... They do realise those things are expensive and can do more than stand still right? :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

Nope

they're obsolete

goo.gl/maps/XboEbRkDJegwGLNo8 is the chicken farm

MiG

j/k :)

Journeyman Geek

there used to be a tank in a park that my late dog was fond of :D

would go there and sit by it for some reason. Stopped wanting to go there after they removed the tank

MiG

@JourneymanGeek are battery farms still allowed in SG?

@JourneymanGeek I think you mentioned that yeah :D

Journeyman Geek

10:08

@MiG yes

straitstimes.com/life/arts/…

Same model, we obsoleted them so they're gate guardians mostly

I have no idea what we actually did with em

we had a ton

MiG

They're designs from the 60s, NL Army used the 105 variant iirc

AMX-13

The AMX-13 is a French light tank produced from 1952 to 1987. It served with the French Army, as the Char 13t-75 Modèle 51, and was exported to more than 26 other nations. Named after its initial weight of 13 tonnes, and featuring a tough and reliable chassis, it was fitted with an oscillating turret built by GIAT Industries (now Nexter) with revolver type magazines, which were also used on the Austrian SK-105 Kürassier. Including prototypes and export versions, over a hundred variants exist, including self-propelled guns, anti-aircraft systems, APCs, and ATGM versions. == Development == The tank...

Journeyman Geek

well, we basically got em cause they were cheap, and we didn't think bigger tanks were suited for the tropics

MiG

holy shit, what did SG want wit 340 tanks? o_O

Journeyman Geek

Then there's the centurions we never had

lol

MiG

if you park them nose to butt, you can probably defend the country by circling it :P

Journeyman Geek

10:11

We prepared for war, so no one would mess with us ;)

MiG

CIRCLE THE WAGONS

Journeyman Geek

naw

I think the idea was if anyone came by land... we'd rush them

MiG

340 is an insane number of tanks for a city state lol

zerg rush lol

Journeyman Geek

also I don't think they were all operational at once

but generally if there was a war, we have a ton of reservists

MiG

@JourneymanGeek Well... mostly surrounded by the sea and Malaysia, so not exactly anwhere else to go :P

I mean, during an invasion you could decide to stay home and watch the fireworks, but that could end badly so you might as well help out ;)

Journeyman Geek

10:15

basically our whole plan is to be a hard target, then hit them so hard they need to pull back

our navy and airforce is pretty strong too

MiG

@JourneymanGeek Good plan tbh, armed neutrality works better than trusting potential baddies... I mean, look at Ukraine

Journeyman Geek

lol

We could probably curbstomp anyone but the chinese in the region

MiG

ours is pretty boring in comparison: goo.gl/maps/1QoVcvkEq6oks4WA9

Journeyman Geek

Oh

this is a formation HQ

we have a bit of pride, and wierd traditions

MiG

dammit, can't delete the previous one as more than 4m passed

@JourneymanGeek all armed forces do tbh :P

Journeyman Geek

10:21

black berets for example

and officers do the whole opening champaign with a saber thing for special occations

MiG

kidding me, I can't delete any links now

Journeyman Geek

lol

MiG

@JourneymanGeek lmao, really?

My brother did that when he joined his current company lol

Journeyman Geek

Its an armour/cavalry tradition

MiG

Sandi's Champagne Sabre Skills | QI

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Journeyman Geek

10:23

there's also opening port with heated tongs

which is cool

MiG

@JourneymanGeek ...opening port with heated tongs? how?

Journeyman Geek

waffles

oops

Rare Video Heated Tongs Wine Opening Method

►

MiG

@JourneymanGeek That seems pretty laborious :)

Journeyman Geek

Its showing off

Port tongs

Port tongs (Portuguese: Tenaz) are a special set of tongs designed to open wine bottles that are sealed with a cork. The tongs are heated over an open flame and held against the neck of the wine bottle for 20–30 seconds. The heated section of bottle is then cooled with a damp cloth or ice water, causing the glass to fracture due to thermal expansion. The result is generally a clean, predictable break. Any possible shards of glass are strained out, along with any sediment, when pouring the wine into a decanter.The tongs are intended for use when the cork cannot be removed with a normal corkscrew...

and a way to deal with dried out corks

MiG

Also, this was applied to presumably a very old bottle so evaporation over time cleared the neck... But you can't do this with a more recent one... And that kinda makes it wasteful destroying a bottle that could have been sitting for a hundred years

@JourneymanGeek Ah, that makes more sense

Journeyman Geek

10:29

(I know waaaaaay too much about alcohol for a dedicated teetotaller)

MiG

"Any possible shards of glass are strained out, along with any sediment, when pouring the wine into a decanter.[1]" - so contrary to the sabre thing where sheer pressure forces out any shards, here you have to actively filter the port - which begs the question, why not remove the cork the regular way and filter out any cork bits instead?

@JourneymanGeek I'm guessing there was a before? ;)

Not a teetotaler here, but definitely not drinking anywhere near as much as a student anymore :x

Also a cheap drunk (slow alcohol metabolisation) and more interested in the good stuff, so yes I know my tawny ports ;)

Journeyman Geek

Glass won't affect the taste, it'll just kill ya

MiG

gf gave me a bottle of 30 year old Graham's for my bday this year :)

Journeyman Geek

and honestly

MiG

@JourneymanGeek not talking about the taste, just the killing ya part ;)

Journeyman Geek

10:32

A FEATHER?

You're showing off

MiG

Of course they are, look at them

suits and everything

Journeyman Geek

"Look at me, I'm too fancy to use a cockscrew"

MiG

"Can I have a glass of port please?" <procedure above ensues>

Journeyman Geek

Least with the sabers...

uh

French?

I mean that explains it all

MiG

@JourneymanGeek I imagine I'd probably get arrested if I walked around with a saber... "honestly officer, it's for the champagne!"

:D

vbnm

10:34

@forest You're missing some context, but the chats weren't on my sister's laptop, they were on this old windows 8 machine I'm refurbing

Journeyman Geek

uncivilised country. Everyone should have the right to walk around with a sword. :D

vbnm

@MiG Nope :)

MiG

@JourneymanGeek "every man has the right to bear arms"... Yes, arming the general population is a great idea :P

Journeyman Geek

@MiG swords

Guns are such a barbaric noisy invention

MiG

@vbnm :D Did you find anything embarrassing but don't want to share then? ;)

Journeyman Geek

10:36

pulls out a wombat

MiG

@JourneymanGeek we have a problem with kids arming themselves with kitchen knives here these days, I don't think swords for everyone will be a positive influence on healthcare and law enforcement

vbnm

@MiG ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

Journeyman Geek

@MiG ah

MiG

@JourneymanGeek The real question is... Where on(/in) your body did you hide that wombat? :P

Journeyman Geek

(I was being factious)

@MiG why else would one wear a trenchcoat?

pulls out a ant-eater, a tamandua, and a rather confused blue whale

MiG

10:37

These do tracksuits and hoodies I think, apparently still good enough

pulling a blue whale out of any orifice sounds kinda aua

Journeyman Geek

(singapore is pretty safe, and I sometimes forget other places have more knife and gun crime ._.)

vbnm

Man I'd totally forgotten the ping sound of this chatroom

So nostalgic

Journeyman Geek

lol

MiG

@JourneymanGeek despite a few groups of kitchen knife wielding teenagers the place is pretty safe, just a cause of concern for parents and police... but when it comes to arms of any kinds I can't help but think of school shootings in the US

heh

PING

Journeyman Geek

I refer it to as a THUMP

MiG

10:42

btw, that AMX-13 got me reading about Israel which apparently sold SG its vehicles, but before that deployed them in the six day war...

Journeyman Geek

or THUD

11

Q: Can we have a kinder, gentler *THUD*?

The current notification sound for the Super User chat, while rather effective can often quite startling, especially when you're doing something else, or just not expecting it. Could we have some way of choosing a less.. THUDdy sound, or volume control for it, for systems with no per-program volu...

@MiG pretty much

then we bought every one we could lay our hands on

leopards are the same pattern

our mark Is are lightly upgraded, nearly stock

in a decade or two, they'll probably upgrade them to a new pattern on the same chassis

MiG

"Israel's sweeping success was the result of a well-prepared and enacted strategy combined with the poor military and political leadership and strategy of the Arab coalition." - That reminds me of the russian invasion... UA is not exactly getting a 20 to 1 kill ratio, but they managed to change the russians' expectation of conquering the country in 3-4 days into a 6 month engagement in about 15% of UA's territory

Journeyman Geek

@MiG someone once said "Fighting to survive gives you an amazing amount of clarity"

the Ukranians know the ground

they just need to be able to reach out and hit things

there's a whole load of .... cigarette related incidents going on

+ other than that one airbase that's basically on the ukranian artillery favourites list

they're basically picking off russian logistics one by one

you can have 100 times the weapons... but without ammo and fuel they're basically scrap

The other thing is the ukranians have stratergic depth (its their country after all) and the russians seem to have no luck hitting anything other than civilians

MiG

@JourneymanGeek yeah :D :D :D

@JourneymanGeek They literally did a smashing job :)

Journeyman Geek

I lost track

they blew that one what.. 15, 16 times?

MiG

10:51

@JourneymanGeek I get the impression the russians are applying WW2 tactics of pounding absolutely everything to the ground before invading so the defenders have a hard time -they don't care about civilians

Journeyman Geek

@MiG well yes

MiG

@JourneymanGeek I don't know, but there were a lot of expensive spare parts on those photos :P

Journeyman Geek

but they just did an airstrike on a completely civilian train

Oh

I don't mean the Crimea one

MiG

That's the terror component, sway public opinion and the politicians move closer to surrender - not gonna happen here though I reckon

Journeyman Geek

which I will say, once the story can come out, some people really are owed lots of medals.

@MiG opposite here really

MiG

10:52

Probably already received them - I mean, even the CIA has its anonymous wall of stars

Journeyman Geek

Every able bodied person and their dog is going to be mad

MiG

@JourneymanGeek Yeah exactly, NL news followed a guy who was a driving instructor before the war, then immediately joined to help out (transport ammo, APCs and medical supplies) and in the mean time even finished training as an UAV operator

Journeyman Geek

(also how the heck did I end up in 3 tom clancy novels at once?)

this is literally red storm rising's plot

MiG

@JourneymanGeek The same news also made the point they will continue to need weapons supplies from abroad to be able to sustain their losses, the russians still have a lot more equipment and ammo to burn

Journeyman Geek

@MiG and as long as the weapons keep coming, the russians are gonna hurt

and well

if I was the military industrial complex...

lots of burning T-XXs is... a good thing

MiG

10:55

same as the pharma industry thanks to covid

except for the russians, apparently they have trouble getting resources to build replacement stuff

Journeyman Geek

yup

MiG

big country and lots of natural resources, but some things they need to get from abroad

Journeyman Geek

I believe the Baktyar company's now a household name

MiG

and there's a brain drain, lots of highly educated russians are leaving the country apparently

Journeyman Geek

and I think most nato allies are like "where can we get javalins!"

MiG

10:56

@JourneymanGeek the Ukrainians have a song about Baktyar now :D

Journeyman Geek

I know!

MiG

@JourneymanGeek yeah, they're supplying war stock now I think, so all that stuff has to be reordered

Journeyman Geek

@MiG basically lots of data, new tactics

both sides are basically doing amazing things with commercial grade drones

MiG

What did surprise me was that the russians introduced the next gen armata tank with a lot of fanfare, but apparently that regiment we saw at the parade was the only set they have... They didn't deploy any in Ukraine

Journeyman Geek

@MiG same as the SU 57

the goal is to drum up foreign partners and export sales

MiG

10:58

@JourneymanGeek Yeah, seen a lot of that come by - Ukrainians tieing grenades to commercial drones and dropping them on russians :x

Journeyman Geek

@MiG and dropping them with rediclous accuracy

they dropped one in a sunroof

MiG

@JourneymanGeek I don't think these would be offered for export just yet, that's their most advanced stuff, the things they export tend to be downgraded and slightly older models

Journeyman Geek

@MiG true

MiG

@JourneymanGeek to be fair, only the ones like these make it on the global news... probably plenty of misses as well

Journeyman Geek

But between their SU 35s getting shot down and russian tank memes...

@MiG ah, not always true

MiG

11:00

yeah, the russian army basically lost all of its fear factor :)

Journeyman Geek

the indian flankers are heavily upgraded

and I THINK the most advanced F16s are qatari

not sure about the F15s, and the israelis have done some additional upgrades to their F35s

MiG

India has an indigenous aerospace industry, and other countries/companies offer upgrade packages for airframes

Journeyman Geek

and tbh, russian tanks arn't advanced, they're cheap

MiG

Israel does this, if you have an older F-16 iirc you can purchase a glass cockpit off of them

Journeyman Geek

uh

MiG

11:01

@JourneymanGeek that's always been the soviet strategy, overwhelm with numbers

Journeyman Geek

I neither confirm nor deny rumours we have some of those

MiG

some of what?

russian tanks? lol

Journeyman Geek

oh, isreali upgraded F16s

MiG

Might want to get your money back given recent performance ;)

ah

Journeyman Geek

@MiG If I knew we had russian tanks I wouldn't tell you :D

MiG

11:03

if I knew you had russian tanks I would laugh :P

Journeyman Geek

But our neighbours have Twardys and the indonesians have leopard 2s with similar upgrades

MiG

Twardys are Polish upgraded T-72s right?

Journeyman Geek

so... if we happened to be able to uh borrow... an old russian tank or two for evaluation, I wouldn't be surprised

yup

MiG

hehe, like once again the Israelis

they captured, redeployed and eventually upgraded a ton of former soviet equipment

Journeyman Geek

@MiG if not for the end of the cold war...

we're historically close enough we'd probably be able to ask

MiG

11:05

Which was pretty damned hot in a lot of places

heh

Journeyman Geek

there's certain strange symmetry in some of the stuff we have

MiG

east meets west kinda symmetry?

Finland has the same I think, keep both sides friendly

until now of course (:

Journeyman Geek

Dolphin-class submarine

The Dolphin class (Hebrew: הצוללות מסדרת דולפין) is a diesel-electric submarine developed in Israel and constructed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) in Kiel, Germany, for the Israeli Navy. The first boats of the class were based on the export-only German 209-class submarines, but modified and enlarged. The Dolphin 1 sub-class is slightly larger than the German Navy Type 212 in length and displacement. The three newer air-independent propulsion (AIP) equipped boats are similar to the Type 212 vessels in underwater endurance, but are 12 metres (39 ft) longer, nearly 500 tonnes heavier in...

Invincible-class submarine

The Invincible-class submarines, formally classified as the Type 218SG submarines, is a class of conventionally-powered attack submarines, ordered by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) from German-based naval conglomerate ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). The Type 218SG is an extensively-customised derivative of the export-oriented Type 214 submarine, with specific design characteristics drawn from Type 212 submarines. They feature several capabilities - including a substantial level of automation, a significant payload capacity, enhanced underwater endurance and superlative ergonomics.Singapore...

I'd eat my hat if our navy didn't go "Hey! So, we're messing around with some swedish subs, could we take a look at yours?"

MiG

hehe

Journeyman Geek

then of course, the tin cans, I mean AMX 13s

MiG

11:07

funny coincidence btw, an earlier generation of NL subs was called Dolfijn class :)

Dolfijn-class submarine

The Dolfijn-class submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy are a class of four submarines; Dolfijn, Zeehond, Potvis and Tonijn. They were built in the late 1950s and the early 1960s. They were the first indigenous submarines built in the Netherlands and for the Royal Netherlands Navy after World War II. In the Netherlands they are also known as "three cylinder" submarines. == History == The Second World War had a big impact on the Royal Netherlands Navy and especially on the Royal Netherlands Navy Submarine Service. Many submarines were lost during the war and only eight were left of the twenty...

Journeyman Geek

they also helped our army set up

also funny story

we don't officially buy anything our neighbours don't have the capability for already

the malaysians bought a pair of scorpene submarines...

one of them... couldn't sink

MiG

13:13

@JourneymanGeek "one of them... couldn't sink"?

Journeyman Geek

defenseworld.net/2010/02/06/….

MiG

jeez, there's a pretty big distance in meaning between submerge and sink lol

Journeyman Geek

potato, potato.

I didn't say unsinkable!

MiG

So they basically bought a very expensive IP67 boat :P

Journeyman Geek

would that make it a surmarine?

well they fixed it

MiG

13:26

submerge is always intentional, sink usually isn't :P

Journeyman Geek

meanwhile we bought 4 swedish subs (well 5, but one was for parts) retired 2, bought 2 more, and bought 4 german subs

all of which submerge pretty well

MiG

@JourneymanGeek that sounds like a French literal translation of submarine... Sur marine :D

@JourneymanGeek I would hope so, again, the cost of that thing could build a lot of schools

@JourneymanGeek :D

Journeyman Geek

I'm not sure if/when we're retiring the swedes

we have a major naval upgrade planned

MiG

They'll probably perform secondary duties, or be training ships

@JourneymanGeek that's gotta be in direct response to China and its blue water program... They're on their, what now, third aircraft carrier?

Journeyman Geek

@MiG naw, incremental upgrades actually

MiG

13:29

I guess whatever's gonna happen will be in our lifetimes... I mean, Ukraine also happened :(

Looking forward to starting my own postapocalyptic cult :D

I have learned a lot from the realistic simulation series of programs called... Fallout :P

That reminds me, must stock up on water chips!

And Garden of Eden Creation Kits

Journeyman Geek

lol

Well - the 'workhorse" of our navy is our LSTs

I think we're replacing them with basically a baby F-35 carrier

and a drone carrier

We've never actually been in combat I think

MiG

13:51

Ah, you mean the republic... No, I assume the last one on your soil involved Japanese vs Brits :)

Nick

Have I stepped foot into this cave during a discussion about war machines, exactly how super must a super user be exactly.

Journeyman Geek

lol

not counting the confrontation and maybe the emergency, tho that was the Empire against indonesia and the malaysian communist party respectively

MiG

14:06

<Homer Simpson voice> Damned communists... shakes fist

@Nick The best super users have nukes ;)

Always this discussing of nuclear options... Imagine any issue involving an actual one!

"Janice from accounting keeps looking at me funny!" -> launch ICBM

It's the Skynet solution... Humans are waging war all the time -> remove humans -> peace in thy time

Michael

14:44

@MiG Who needs nukes when you possess the powers of the Admin Password?

Journeyman Geek

15:37

twitter.com/HeNeArXn/status/1562820482852089864

this is literally what I do for a living till the end of the week

MiG

@Michael no datacenter, no admin password... nuke still wins (:

@JourneymanGeek lolwut?

Journeyman Geek

@MiG a lot of my job is literally taking pictures of a screen :D

MiG

oh right, you mentioned the sort-of-airgapped situation :P

Journeyman Geek

yup

but I basically got fed up and uh

found a better way

and

MiG

allow me to roll my eyes violently at that situation

Journeyman Geek

15:49

my boss never noticed my screenshots were basically perfect

for 2 years

MiG

:D

Journeyman Geek

(I used a screen capture card, which I own like... 3 of ._.)

MiG

remind the class again why you own THREE screen capture cards? :x

you don't get more dimensions out of owning more screen capture cards!

Journeyman Geek

One at work, one's in my toolbag, one more was like 7 dollars, and I have it permanently on my windows jumpbox, and plugged into the linux box next to it cause I was having some issues with reboots after updates

MiG

ah, that's pretty cheap

I bought a GPS unit for that raspberry pi for the same reason

full disclosure: I do not own a boat

Journeyman Geek

15:51

I prefer the 30 something dollar passthrough ones tho

MiG

5 euro... okay, bought

Journeyman Geek

@MiG yet.

MiG

:D

DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUNNNN

Journeyman Geek

also useful for taking screenshots of BIOSes...

MiG

yeah true

although that happens so infrequently I'm fine with the phone

Journeyman Geek

15:53

5

A: How do I run the integrated video adaptor alongside the GPU on an intel?

Apparently the iGPU Multi-Monitor setting under advanced/system agent configuration/graphics configuration needs to be turned on. This is labelled for being for virtu but is necessary for the integrated GPU to be detectable by windows, even if you arn't running virtu. This setting is still around...

MiG

yes, it'll have shine, warped geometry and all that, but it's legible enough

Journeyman Geek

My boss expected it perfect

I used to edit them in paint,net and they were 'ok'

MiG

What kind of output does it produce? That looks like a compressed jpg

Journeyman Geek

actually?

its a "webcam"

so in theory you could also record whatever you're doing full motion

OMG witchcraft!

►

MiG

@JourneymanGeek lol, you can freak people out by playing that full screen on the right devices

Journeyman Geek

15:57

;)

With a bit of extra work - I can get better results, with less actual effort

MiG

tbh, I'm getting used to seeing BIOSes, Windows error messages and even full BSODs on cash registers, big ad screens in public places and whatnot these days

Journeyman Geek

lol

everything is a PC

or a rpi, but that's less common

MiG

Was pleasantly surprised to find out the cash register at my regular supermarket ran linux rather than Windows when they had to reboot it

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