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Is this a good comment to leave under a short answer: "Could you please elaborate on this answer? Explain what it does and why it might help the OP."?

Bharadwaj Raju

5:52 PM

Link to said answer?

Zacharee1

yes

if the answer doesn't really have anything besides code, leave the comment

Bharadwaj Raju

Although it is a good comment

grooveplex

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A: how to find the path for libcudart.so?

On terminal type: sudo ldconfig /usr/local/cuda/lib64 If this don't work try: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/cuda/bin

Bharadwaj Raju

You can edit it yourself a bit, maybe

Zacharee1

no

don't add content

Bharadwaj Raju

5:56 PM

why not

grooveplex

@Zacharee1 why?

Zacharee1

Because then you're changing the answer, maybe against what the OP was trying to say

You're speaking for them without knowing what they might say

Videonauth

@BharadwajRaju @grooveplex if you can rally add to an answer, you can as well post an own one, but not changing the intentions of the answerer by editing his answer to a point it isnt his anymore

Bharadwaj Raju

I don't think that (for example) "setting the PATH will tell bash to search for executables in ..." would hurt

Although it's still a suggested edit, OP can reject

Then a comment might be best, I think

Zacharee1

Oh right, you guys don't have instant edits

Bharadwaj Raju

5:58 PM

I do

Zacharee1

you do?

you do!

There's no harm in suggesting then @grooveplex

@BharadwajRaju thought you were in your 1ks

Bharadwaj Raju

Yep. 2.2k

Zacharee1

And terdon's at 404

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@TheBrownOne how goes it

user139252

Cloning from Git.

Zacharee1

cloning Scales?

user139252

6:00 PM

I had to get the static IP set-up. The box is running Lubuntu, and I had to adjust.

user139252

No, cloning Spigot.

Zacharee1

ah

oh

user139252

Running the build tools

Zacharee1

When you set up Scales, tell me the port you choose (443 or 8443 are best if you can)

user139252

Well, it for sure won't be 443 :P

Zacharee1

6:01 PM

Also, self-signed certs will work fine, but you can try using Let's Encrypt

@TheBrownOne using that already? :p

user139252

Yeah, for apache.

Zacharee1

ahh

then use 8443

and do you want this connection to be over the VPN or over the web?

if it's over VPN, you can use 443

if it's not, you don't have to give me access to your internal network ;p

@Serg still holding that 5th place

Byte Commander

@Zacharee1 I'm at only 149, with @Tim sitting in my neck.

user139252

@Zacharee1 Web is fine

user139252

I'm not letting you near any of my VPNs :P

user139252

6:12 PM

Maybe the one I let coworkers use to get around the web filter at work.

Severus Tux

How do you guys make sure a question is not a "Home work" question?
There are many such suspicious questions lately.

Mateo

insights.ubuntu.com/2016/06/14/… Snaps are getting used more and more! Multiple distros coming out with them

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chaskes

It doesn't really matter if it's homework

Mateo

usually the understanding and way they post - signals that they don't understand and want a problem done for them

Seth

wow

Severus Tux

6:18 PM

@chaskes Thats true. but if we start answering all test and homework questions, its encouraging them to post all their HW question

Mateo

aka, "how do I make a foo in bar"

sometimrs it reads like a text book...

chaskes

@SeverusTux If it's a bad question, we deal with it. If it's a good question, we answer it. Why the OP needs the answer is OT, so to speak. This is how I see it.

This is not to say that obvious HW questions aren't frustrating.

Mateo

but with editing one actually made a good queastion on a misunderstanding the text book was worng on

user136984

Yep, looks like I'm not going to get past the primaries phase...

Severus Tux

What about this question and this question ? It seems like HW questions.

chaskes

6:23 PM

Yes, they are. But I don't see anything wrong with them other than bad wording.

This is not directed to any individual but I wish we would all focus a little bit more on answering unanswered questions and a little less on what's a bad question.

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Rinzwind

@BharadwajRaju plenty of people

@Serg yes sir

Videonauth

@chaskes thats starworthy

chaskes

:)

Zacharee1

@TheBrownOne well, it'd need access to the server

jokerdino

@chaskes That sounds like what Oli usually says.

Videonauth

6:29 PM

its the same i expressed lately as we had the discussion already if a homework question is OT ot not

and instead of discussing i answered it and got berated for :p

Zacharee1

@TheBrownOne so I've made an account for you on pp.x-p-w.tk. Right now, it's your Gmail for the login and TheBrown1 for the password. You can change that when you login. You aren't an admin right now, but I can change that.

I need a hostname that points to your external IP, and the port you want to use

Severus Tux

@Videonauth yes, Its risky to answer such questions...

Byte Commander

@Zacharee1 Ya changed your colorfulness?

Zacharee1

Yesh

Severus Tux

as all the users don't have a common opinion.

Videonauth

6:32 PM

no it isn't they are valid questions, but most long term users on the site are more busy with looking for a link to dupe close a question as providing answers first then looking for dupes

Byte Commander

I liked the previous one more. It had more intense colors.

Zacharee1

@ByteCommander I like abstracts, which @grooveplex reminded me of

Byte Commander

ARGV. Typing is hard today... :P

Zacharee1

Es hat

Byte Commander

He has had a hat.

brb

Zacharee1

6:33 PM

sigh

Tim

I have more up votes than byte commander, but also more down

Zacharee1

@Tim I saw that. Thomas and Jacob have something similar

Seth

that's usually how it works.

Zacharee1

you're more liked and more hated

Tim

Yes

I'm not surprised

chaskes

6:35 PM

@jokerdino I suppose so, but it's how I've felt for a long time. I got into this when Jono Bacon said the best way to start helping Ubuntu is to go to AU and answer unanswered questions. I've always agreed this is way more important then pouncing on some innocent with an bad question.

Zacharee1

Apparently you can never go over the speed limit when passing cars in PA, which makes no sense

Rinzwind

finding a dupe take mere seconds.
heck almost all the times I -know- there is a dupe since I remember the dupe ;)

Tim

In the UK I think you might be able to go up to 75 to overtake

Essentially if you have to go faster, it's not safe. But some people say you must stay on the speed limit

Videonauth

@Rinzwind I mostly know the dupes as well meanwhile, still im more for providing an answer first and then check for dupes

what more worries me is that in fact 99% of all asked questions are dupes meanwhile

Severus Tux

One doubt : are questions closed as "duplicate" considered as unanswered ??

if they were marked as dupe with no answers

Zacharee1

6:38 PM

idk if the counter takes in closed questions

Severus Tux

why would it count closed questions ? They are closed ... But I am not sure how it works

Bharadwaj Raju

It probably doesn't take closed questions.

Zacharee1

@SeverusTux dupe questions are closed questions

@TheBrownOne hello?

Tim

Google says no speeding in the UK, but you can in spain

Bharadwaj Raju

Are there any Ubuntu projects that need Python coding? I'd like to help

Zacharee1

6:43 PM

@Tim that's certainly helpful for you

@BharadwajRaju all of them?

Bharadwaj Raju

I haven't seen any active projects on that

user139252

@Zacharee1 Sorry, also doing homework.

user139252

What do you need?

Zacharee1

how could you? :p

I need the hostname you want this thing to connect to and the port you want to use

user139252

mc.browntech.space:8443

Zacharee1

6:45 PM

thx

user139252

It's not set-up yet, though.

user139252

Build tools is still running.

Zacharee1

That's fine

I also need a port for SFTP

21?

user139252

Why do you need SFTP?

user139252

You didn't tell me I'd also have to set-up one of those D=

Thomas W.

6:47 PM

SFTP is usually over SSH

Zacharee1

Scales will make its own SFTP server for you

Thomas W.

@Zacharee1 ^

Bharadwaj Raju

Default SFTP port is 22, if I remember

Zacharee1

@ThomasW. yeah, but she already has SSH stuff on 22

Bharadwaj Raju

Both can be used at the same time

If you have an SSH server, you also have an SFTP server

Zacharee1

6:48 PM

@TheBrownOne PP will let me give you an auto-deplay script, which will install Scales with the proper config, including SFTP and comm port

GUYS

STOP IT WITH THE SSH

I know the default port

Bharadwaj Raju

what?

Zacharee1

I cannot use the default port

Thomas W.

@Zacharee1 cool it dude

geez, no need to get angry

Zacharee1

1 min ago, by Zacharee1

@ThomasW. yeah, but she already has SSH stuff on 22

Thomas W.

17 secs ago, by Thomas W.

geez, no need to get angry

^ always applies

Zacharee1

6:49 PM

@ThomasW. Obviously, using normal letters had no effect

Bharadwaj Raju

Then they also, by definition, have an SFTP server

user139252

My Minecraft server is on a different machine than the one that port 22 is forwarded too

Thomas W.

@Zacharee1 and caps lock rage almost made me flag it

but only a little

Bharadwaj Raju

SSH server = SFTP server

user139252

(I can talk for myself, even if I'm busy)

Zacharee1

6:49 PM

@ThomasW. well what else could I do? You weren't listening

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