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gertvdijk
gertvdijk
12:01 AM
This guy just undoes my (imo valid) tag improvements on his question!? askubuntu.com/posts/248469/revisions
 
Ask Ubuntu Meta
Ask Ubuntu Meta
12:36 AM
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Q: Can we reopen the question about restarting the Tor browser?

Eliah KaganThis is a question about how to restart the Tor browser: Restart Tor Browser after closing The OP's motivation for wanting to do so is a bug. This question, however, is not a bug report. The bug is not that the browser won't restart. Answers to this question would help anyone who wants to res...

discussion close-reasons closed-questions scope
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
12:58 AM
@lazyPower - I heard new blue stahli wat wat?
Also, for someone wanting to get in to arduino as a hobby this site gives people a good idea of what people want out of them: jobs.arduinoexperts.com
 
psusi
psusi
how do you escape actual backticks in a command you are trying to backtick quote?
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
idk. i'ld just indent it by 4 and call it a day
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
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Q: How do I escape backticks in a backticks command?

BuZZ-dEEI found: "How do I escape backticks in a comment?", but I want to escape backticks, if I use backticks to format code in an answer. The following doesn't work: `sudo update-initramfs -v -u -k \`uname -r\`` The result is this: sudo update-initramfs -v -u -k \uname -r`` Desired goal, but with...

discussion support answer-format markdown formatting
^-- this what you're looking for?
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
yes. i think it is.
 
psusi
psusi
yea, thanks... can't indent by 4 in a comment
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
1:14 AM
also about comments when you can't indent-by-four:
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Q: How do I escape backticks in a comment?

ændrükI want to be able to post this as a comment: FYI, code formatting is done with backticks, e.g. `sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst`. But as you can see, it doesn't come out quite right...

support comments markdown
anyway... BBT. :)
 
George Edison
George Edison
o/
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
hi GE
 
user19161
Hey guys, Matt Damon is here.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
:():
it's an indifferent spider staring at you
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
@gertvdijk That's not a replacement for indenting by four. That's not about making backticks appear inside a code block, it's about making them appear outside a code block.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
1:37 AM
@EliahKagan - that comment is def pure epic
the starred one, not the one you just made
 
jrg
jrg
@AbrahamVanHelpsing did you see the EVE online buzz?
about the largest battle EVER.
and how they destroyed about 24K USD in online equipment?
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
no. i don't get to be in gamershpere atm
linkify it plz
 
jrg
jrg
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
@AbrahamVanHelpsing This one? Yes. It is.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
meowderated. made me smile even though i shouldn't have.
@jrg we ALL know that reddit always wins...but yeah
 
jrg
jrg
1:41 AM
Estimated ISK (EVE’s in-game currency) cost in damages are still being calculated, but early totals reach beyond 700 billion for both sides combined.
That’s around $24,000, depending on the value of ISK at any given time,
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
See, that's why I don't trade in game currency. It can inflate as quickly as US currency.
 
jrg
jrg
yeah
 
George Edison
George Edison
I wanted to be smart and keep Qt 5.0 installed in my home directory... but it looks like I'll have to install it to /usr/local.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
you mean you don't have a bajillion chroots on your system?
guffaws ;)
 
jrg
jrg
i've never been able to get a clean chroot setup jussstttt right.
i know a guy who did lxc containers
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
1:47 AM
i sort of gave up on that and used vm snapshot forking. just easier
now if only i could get cross-building working perfectly for the raspi
@EliahKagan i do wonder if how many people notice the black cat in the gravatar has glowy eyes
 
jrg
jrg
2:07 AM
oh, @AbrahamVanHelpsing. did my first potentially-a-security-problem disclosure today.
found a way to grant myself infinite karma on a reddit-like site.
feels good man, feels good. ;P
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
@jrg i'm a no more free bugs kind of guy, but i take your point
 
jrg
jrg
@AbrahamVanHelpsing true, but it was still fun.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
definitely. i want to get in to hardware...badly. i think firmware is a fig leaf that needs to go away.
can't find a good "progression" to get there though. you either got an EE degree for programming ICs and your goal is to write software on a locked platform or you're at the other end. seems to me there should be a progression.
also the comment over there -->
by obfoss needs moar stars
 
 
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mateo_salta
mateo_salta
3:54 AM
@gertvdijk And he is not using a supported distribution help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuSecureRemix
 
mateo_salta
mateo_salta
4:08 AM
hm, although it is just a "remix"... interesting that the page had a prominent "not supported" message.
 
Seth
Seth
4:29 AM
@TheLordofTime speaking of ponies...
 
 
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The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
5:46 AM
@Seth speaking of ponies, its technically officialish that i've been converted to bronyism :/
THIS IS A SIGN OF THE ENDING!
 
vasa1
vasa1
6:02 AM
Guys, someone needs help here: askubuntu.com/questions/249255/…
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
@vasa1 Everyone who asks a question "needs help"
no need to announce that here.
also, chat's usually dead around this hour
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
@TheLordofTime Announcing a question that you're wondering if anyone can help with is generally fine. (Unless you join chat, drop the link, and then leave right after, of course.)
@vasa1 I'm not sure anyone can help until the OP addresses your comment. The command gcompris should exist if the package is installed.
 
vasa1
vasa1
@EliahKagan, I've never used "make", etc as OP seems to have done. Is it possible that the system isn't "seeing" the program because the apt-get route wasn't taken? As I said, I don't know the technical aspects.
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
6:17 AM
@vasa1 Oh. Yes. The OP did build from source. Let's see...
I have commented.
 
vasa1
vasa1
@EliahKagan, thanks! Saw that.
 
 
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gertvdijk
gertvdijk
12:36 PM
WTF. I had a very nice answer posted and now the user removed his Question... answer GONE!?
"This question was voluntarily removed by its author."
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
its back with a comment
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
@fossfreedom yeah I see it, thanks.
 
AbrahamVanHelpsing
AbrahamVanHelpsing
I think they deleted it because sed isn't the tool they need and they realized it. They wanted to replace lines containing strings, not strings as they occur according to the question.
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
good hypothesis - lets see what the OP says.
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
12:52 PM
I'm working on a script that automatically configures and installs lamp so I need to uncomment two lines in phpmyadmin conf file to accept nopasswd login via the web interface. — pyn 3 mins ago
@pyn Consider using tools designed specifically for deploying applications instead: Puppet, Juju, Chef, etc. Writing your own scripts to deploy applications is usually reinventing wheels and/or axles. — gertvdijk 2 mins ago
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
neither do I - but its his call if he wishes to delete this again.
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
I'm doing this for learning purposes, to get familiar with bash scripting ( CLI ). — pyn 29 secs ago
@fossfreedom but it's rude to delete Questions already answered, right?
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
rude is rather strong ... its rather rare to do - but not exceptional. Go with the flow.
 
smartboyhw
smartboyhw
1:37 PM
@jrg clearly I am NOT on your work list yesterday (LOL). Don't worry, just write one before 19th Feb.
 
pyn
pyn
2:24 PM
Sorry for any inconvenience caused but I'm new to stack exchange network
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
@pyn No problem. I had just posted my answer, thought I'd help you quite a lot, then was very disappointed to see you chose to delete your question along with my answer.
Glad you undeleted it :)
 
pyn
pyn
2:41 PM
Hmm, I didn't clicked that button.I had to edit posts several times ( pretty bad at writing english ) and maybe this is the reason you have seen them deleted.
 
FEichinger
FEichinger
2:54 PM
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
@pyn Then it's a mystery as to why it appeared deleted. Maybe a moderator mis-clicked the button and @fossfreedom restored this action then. Editing your post is not a reason for it to be deleted.
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
3:15 PM
What do we do with Bounty question being an exact duplicate?
close as dupe and have the bounty refunded by a mod?
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
@gertvdijk huh? no the OP deleted that Q.
@gertvdijk yes - we can do that - the OP needs to agreed its a dupe first though.
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
37 mins ago, by pyn
Hmm, I didn't clicked that button.I had to edit posts several times ( pretty bad at writing english ) and maybe this is the reason you have seen them deleted.
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
lets see what the bounty person says.
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
@Eliah at around 2AM Eastern US, its not really... useful... to post a question for attention in the chat.
@EliahKagan since almost nobody's here.
anyways, good morning.
although not that it really is a good morning... why do we even use that phrase anyways?
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
Bloody rep cap again :X
 
fossfreedom
fossfreedom
3:27 PM
@gertvdijk if you keep bumping into that ... suggest take a long walk and enjoy the fresh air.
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gertvdijk
gertvdijk
@fossfreedom hehe yeah :) I should!
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
3:38 PM
@fossfreedom this
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
@TheLordofTime It worked. :) But I agree it is not generally effective.
And good morning!
(And I don't know why we use it... I'd say to ask on English.SE but this might be more of the anthropology side of linguistics... :)
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
:P
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
3:53 PM
Interesting race condition in edit by @jdthood and reject by "Community": askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/77859
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
4:05 PM
@Rinzwind - Hi buddy
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
@LuisAlvarado Why are you posting the same answer as I posted in this q? askubuntu.com/q/249427/88802
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
I actually did not see you posted that until you mentioned it. I left the page open since I was waiting for OP to answer my question
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
ah okay. OP now accepted yours I see. He may have expected to be able to accept two answers and didn't mean to unaccept mine
 
Luis Alvarado
Luis Alvarado
AND just so that lol. Then simply add to your answer "Hope it helps buddy". Maybe he will accept yours again hehe
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
appears
 
Joshua
Joshua
4:25 PM
runs for his life
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
It's no use!
 
Joshua
Joshua
preforms seppuku to avoid capture
 
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Ask Ubuntu Meta
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Q: Can we copy externally hosted screenshots into our answers?

FlimmIf you look at this suggested edit, a user has simply copied the screenshots provided in the linked post, and included them in the answer. The answer is better for it, IMO. However, is this a copyright violation? Or is there no reason to worry about copyright, since these screenshots could very ...

discussion copyright
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
uses chaos heal and restores @Joshua, taking blade away
 
Joshua
Joshua
Why did you bring me back just to kill me again?
 
Amith KK
Amith KK
4:48 PM
BBT
Good Night
 
Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
5:12 PM
I'm pretty sure we have a question we can dupe this to. Does anyone know?
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Q: How to remove grub2 in favor of another linux installation grub

dhampirI'm using Arch Linux Windows 7 And Ubuntu on the same machine, I installed first Windows 7 Then Arch Linux and Then Ubuntu. The problem is that the grub 2 on Ubuntu is not recognizing my arch Linux installation, and I can't make it look like the arch Linux grub. My arch Linux installation has a...

12.10 grub2 dual-boot archlinux
 
Oyibo
Oyibo
5:41 PM
@Seth you there? I just tried your solution and I'd need to ask you a few more questions, the way I've tried it, doesn't seem to be working :'(
 
Seth
Seth
Yeah, I'm here
 
Oyibo
Oyibo
@Seth well firstly to be polite: "hello hope you're having a good day and all" :) but otherwise, the file I need to create is .xmodmap right? Not .xmodmap : touch .xmodmap?
 
Seth
Seth
@Oyibo Yeah. I was wondering if I needed to clarify that
you use touch .xmodmap to create the file.
 
Oyibo
Oyibo
@Seth always clarify with me, I'm not that knowledgeable, sorry XD
yeah I guessed that's all it did, I just created it in Nautilus the graphical way
 
Seth
Seth
touch creates files, and files with begining . are hidden.
@Oyibo ah, OK. I will try to edit it better
 
Oyibo
Oyibo
5:46 PM
yeah no worries, although I feel bad for you, your answer is so researched and good, but it just doesn't seem to be working on my hardware :(
 
Seth
Seth
Well, I've never used that program before. Let me research it some more. I might have made a typo.
 
Oyibo
Oyibo
If you want I'll bounty the question once you've updated your answer to give you at least some sort of credit for your dedicated work
 
Seth
Seth
I'll look into it a little later. I've gotta run now.
 
Oyibo
Oyibo
Also sorry about not trying it out for ages, was on holiday until yesterday
 
Seth
Seth
no worries :)
 
Oyibo
Oyibo
5:47 PM
@Seth bb have a nice day :)
 
Seth
Seth
← 16 messages moved from Ubuntu Regulators
 
Oyibo
Oyibo
@Seth but thanks :)
 
 
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Eliah Kagan
Eliah Kagan
6:59 PM
This is off-topic for meta, but also (in its current form) off-topic for main. Where's the best place to refer this person?
 
Seth
Seth
certainly doesn't belong here...
 
Ask Ubuntu Meta
Ask Ubuntu Meta
7:19 PM
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Q: I don't like the one.ubuntu.com refferal Process - Not getting Credit and Bad User Flow

KlanestroI lot of people have not used ubuntu and Ubuntu one may be there first experience since it is available on mac/win Firslty, I helped a non-geek to use one.ubuntu I used my Refferal ID (on her machine) and signed her up. downloaded the client and backed up her files. I got no Credit for it. Dur...

feature-request bug
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Q: Has the old-style notification bar returned for some purposes?

Eliah KaganFor the first time in a very long while, I saw the old-style notification banner! For quite some time, I've seen more discreet notifications of new answers, appearing within the page itself, just above where I compose my answer. This harkens back to many months ago. Is this intended behavior...

support user-interface answered-questions notifications features
 
Seth
Seth
7:55 PM
@jokerdino UTT works great so far. The only thing I couldn't get working was "Restore Defaults" under "Cursor". It seems to work fine in other categories though.
 
guntbert
guntbert
8:46 PM
0
Q: Why did wlan0 device disappear?

user127361After a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04 my WLAN would not connect. I guess I messed around too much trying to get it to work, in any case now wlan0 is not listed anymore when doing iwlist scan. ifconfig wlan0 up returns an error device not found lspci shows that the computer has a Realtek RT...

wireless internet internet-connection connection
question about tags - I wanted to remove seemingly superfluous tags from this post but realized that they had been added recently by an "editor". I don't want to quarrel but get my bearings - are they necessary in your opinion?
 
Jorge Castro
Jorge Castro
8:58 PM
those tags are terrible
I'll fix it
 
guntbert
guntbert
@JorgeCastro thx, I could have done it myself too, but that might have led to some kind of "edit battle"
 
Jorge Castro
Jorge Castro
at least the tags should be combined
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
9:38 PM
randomly appears
okay, so my system is no longer dead, but...
now i have to reconfigure everything :/
new ssh keys...
new PGP keys...
the whole shebang.
 
Seth
Seth
:(
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
also someone turned me into a pony apparently, which just adds to my everlasting shame rage :/
bleh, how do you do a strikethrough?
 
Seth
Seth
apparently?
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
yes, apparently.
'twas not me.
 
Seth
Seth
@TheLordofTime three dash's on either end.
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
9:40 PM
thanks
i knew it was dashes i forgot how many though
 
Seth
Seth
:)
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
so, new 750GB drive. ubuntu's installing upgrading updating...
and apparently i mistyped my username so i'm (hazardously) logged in as linux in a restricted firewall subnet :/
updating ubuntu
and changing my username/usergroup and renaming things
since otherwise all things have died.
 
Seth
Seth
Well, I could use my Alien powers and un-ponyfy you...
@TheLordofTime :O
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
don't bother, it'll happen one day regardless of whether i want it to or not
being around fans of my little pony who are constantly exposing you to it... takes its toll
wheee kernel updates
FUN! shoots self
 
Seth
Seth
sigh, human beings...
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
9:44 PM
This unfortunately is what they made me into. They posted this on tumblr saying "I turned my friend into this! I think it captures their evil personality." 25.media.tumblr.com/4b2f255a6a10e5f3c9bceffcbb35de27/…
3
and apparently someone made a blog for that pony, probably the same person.
 
Seth
Seth
heh...
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
shamelessly states that he's put a script on their computer that plays screamo music as long as their computer is turned on
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Seth
Seth
loool
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
and it runs as root...
they can't disable it because its on a system they don't ahve sudo on
wait... does that mean... that... i'm... EVIL?
 
Seth
Seth
hmmm
let me consult my manuals...
well, not exactly...
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
9:47 PM
oh, and the fun thing about the script, it plays at max volume
even if they have muted their audio
 
Seth
Seth
for a time lord anyway...
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
heh
 
Seth
Seth
;)
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
problem is i can't cross my own timestream, so... :P
i do that, and all things die.
what's that lens thing that is in unity that has an amazon tracked aspect?
i want to disable it with fire.
 
Seth
Seth
eh, I forgot how I did it...
You can use Unity Tweak Tool though
it's not in the repos however
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
9:51 PM
link or [SNIP]
 
Seth
Seth
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
E: No dist called "Precise" in ppa
 
Seth
Seth
eh, who uses Precise?
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
glares at @Seth
pulls out a sword
goes to kill a zombie
 
Seth
Seth
snaps fingers, @TheLordofTime 's sword disappears
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
9:55 PM
causes time to rupture by crossing his own timestream
and there's nothing you can do to stop that one >:)
BEHOLD, THE END OF TIME HAS COME!
watches as time and space begin to unravel
 
Seth
Seth
uh, that won't kill me.
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
lets not RP okay?
IN ANY CASE
i'm tired beyond reason
i'm on Precise
so, solutions?
short of me removing lenses.
 
Seth
Seth
@TheLordofTime don't ruin the party :(
I'll go find out how I did it.
erh, maybe I killed the whole lens...
@TheLordofTime yeah, I just killed the whole lens. Why can't you do that?
 
The Lord of Time
The Lord of Time
what's its package
i'll do that :p
... after configuring zsh :p
 
Seth
Seth
unity-lens-shopping
Q (Star Trek)
Q is a fictional character who appears in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, as well as in related products. In all of these programs, he is played by John de Lancie. The name "Q" also applies to all other individuals of the Q Continuum. Q is said to be omnipotent, and is continually evasive regarding his motivations. His home, the Q Continuum, is accessible to the Q and their guests, and the true nature of it is said to be beyond the comprehension of "lesser beings" such as humans so it is only shown to humans in w...
(for reference (next time :P))
BBL
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
10:25 PM
Oh I hate this. Put time and effort in reviewing (was really needed), but someone pressed "No action needed" and I can't get the review credit anymore!
 
Seth
Seth
eh?
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
@Seth yeah, happens to me quite often actually
 
Seth
Seth
I don't understand.
 
gertvdijk
gertvdijk
Just after I finished editing... can't press "I'm Done" anymore
 
Seth
Seth
ah, I see.
 

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