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2:00 AM
I feel like we should give +5 rep to every user who completes the CV queue
that'd keep it down
 
go suggest that on MSE
 
@Seth what do you think of changing a Ubuntu 14.04 question to say it applies to future versions (14.04 to 16.10), but yet the accepted answers on file still refer to Ubuntu 14.04 only?
 
and prepare for -20 in one minute
 
@Zacharee1 it would also cause sloppy reviewing. we already have too much of that.
 
@Seth up the audits? ;p
 
2:01 AM
But there is no review queue on a user changing his own question.
 
or just stricter bans?
 
@Zacharee1 audits only catch the most obvious abuse and even those doing it right on occasion.
 
I often change the title on my own questions to make them more meaningful... in this case it was to make the question meaningless.
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix referring to 14.04 means nothing. unless it can be shown to no longer work why assume it doesn't? (if I am understanding your question correctly)
oftentimes versions themselves are meaningless. What works in one version works in most others I'd say 90% of the time.
 
@Seth A function disappeared in 14.04 which was the reason for the question and answers back then. As the program matured the question was massaged but the answers never were.
 
2:04 AM
@WinEunuuchs2Unix did the answer change?
 
That's my point there should have been new answers but there never were.
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix perfect opportunity.
 
@Seth what if we could do a test-drive thing?
 
although from what I can tell the only thing that changed was the icon on the button. Probably not enough for a whole new answer. There is this feature called editing that exists for small changes ;)
 
@Seth this is entirely new info
 
2:05 AM
@Zacharee1 how are you going to make it scale for the other ~130 sites in the network?
 
@Seth would it not be possible for it to happen on just this site?
 
@Zacharee1 looks the same. same app, same final result, same menu choice...?
 
@Seth I was sarcastically referring to editing ;P
 
@Edity eh, nothing to worry about. It's just my daily existence.
 
@Zacharee1 anything is possible.
sometimes it's just very very small.
 
2:07 AM
@Seth so what is your opinion on a test drive on AU?
 
@Seth what do we do with askubuntu.com/questions/868163/…?
 
Regardless of what I do, my father is not going to be happy, so his opinion by now is irrelevant. It's just annoying to listen to his crap day to day
 
and if it works, maybe it could become an opt-in thing for all sites or something
@muru eat it
nom nom
@Serg Find an apartment somewhere, then stand up to him
 
@Zacharee1 would prefer something sweet for breakfast
 
@Zacharee1 bad idea. I already said that.
 
2:08 AM
@Seth test drive though, to see if it works
because how do we know?
 
robo reviewing is caused simply by a few badges and a number next to your name. Imagine if rep were added?!
 
@muru put some syrup on it
@Seth but you need at least 3k for CVs
 
@Zacharee1 your point being?
I've seen >100k users that don't have the slightest idea how the site works
 
I don't think 3kers are the ones robo-reviewing
@Seth but do they robo review for badges?
 
I did 600 up-votes for a gold badge :p
 
2:10 AM
@Zacharee1 should I go get an SO mod and ask them right now?
 
@Seth we aren't SO
 
I don't have any 100k user examples for robo reviewing specifically, but I've seen plenty of high rep users.
 
@Seth Can we just bring down hammers from the sky instead?
it's more fun that way :p
 
pls
 
Or large composite fiber poles...
2
 
2:11 AM
@Zacharee1 that changes nothing..?
 
@NathanOsman hammers, for today.
 
@ThomasWard wouldn't last long enough.
 
Composite fiber hammers?
 
@NathanOsman the tungsten-carbide poles of death are reserved for evil
 
Fair enough.
 
2:11 AM
@Seth larger communities make for larger issues
I personally think that if someone has the maturity, experience and knowledge to gather 3000 rep points, they probably have the capability to review with integrity
 
@muru well that's an interesting case.
@Zacharee1 well unfortunately you're wrong..
 
@Seth gimme examples with as much @WinEunuuchs2Unix as possible
 
leaving my name out of examples preferrably :p
 
@Zacharee1 you might be one of the examples XD
 
@Zacharee1 I don't have a text file filled with examples of every random fact I've learned over the years, but I do have 5 years experience on SE.
 
2:13 AM
@edwinksl I review how I think best
 
lol @Zacharee1 HAMMERS FROM SKYFALL
 
@Seth even general examples; have you ever actually noticed that happen?
 
3 of those as a moderator.
@Zacharee1 yes.
 
@Zacharee1 If I find apartment ( hopefully when i actually have a job with which i can afford an apartment ), I simply won't come back. I'm not a confrontational type of character.
 
@Seth how often?
 
2:14 AM
even handled it personally a few times.
 
@Serg you need to tell him how he makes you feel
@Seth hmm :/
what if it was unannounced?
 
@Zacharee1 i don't think he cares
 
@Serg try and see, but have a backup house
 
@Zacharee1 that only delays the problem?
 
sigh
 
2:16 AM
Generally speaking though... when people hit 3k and go into CV's they are bound to make mistakes and generally speaking overtime they make less mistakes.
 
why can't people be good
 
@Zacharee1 often enough. 1 bad review is too many.
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix I'm not talking about mistakes. We're discussing robo-reviewing; ie Leave Open, Leave Open, Leave Open...
 
@Zacharee1 i sort of have a backup. I could ask my friend's sister in law to stay in her basemen. Her son loves me and I've helped writing her papers tons of times, so i could bug out there for a month or so maybe
 
@Seth Shooting Star
 
2:17 AM
wait, what happened?
 
@KazWolfe ur mum
 
reported.
 
leel
@Serg I'd find a more permanent option first.
because if it goes badly
 
@Zacharee1 Oh my.... well that is bad. Is it only leave open that is the issue? I think mine are less than 1%.
 
@muru what's the reference question for that again?
 
2:18 AM
well, i've no permanent option due to budget so far
 
so, seriously, what's going on?
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix I just chose a random example
 
or do i need to manually go into all the queues and find out myself?
 
24
Q: How can I set up a password for the 'rm' command?

aswinMy friends keep deleting my files using the terminal. So please help me out by explaining how to make a password for rm command.

 
@muru I'm working on my answer on that thread stiil!
 
2:19 AM
@KazWolfe I was thinking about what would happen if we added a +5 rep per 20 CV queue or something. Long story short, I have too much faith in people :/
 
CES 2017 keynote, don't miss it ustream.tv/nvidia
starting in 10 mins
 
@Zacharee1 don't worry, you'll be as jaded as me someday.
:p
 
that hasn't started yet? @edwinksl
 
keynote at 630 seth time apparently
 
ASUS has announced 2 phones, LG 5, Blackberry/TCL 1 and the event hasn't even begun?
 
2:20 AM
@Zacharee1 besides +5 rep for 20 CV's why not +5 for 10 edits? You used to get +2 for each edit <2k.
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix maybe +1 or something
 
CES 2017?!
NVIDIA SHIELD 2 BABY!
 
@KazWolfe lolz
 
@Zacharee1 SOLD!
 
+1 rep probably wouldn't be incentive enough for someone who'd only be doing it for the rep, but it might get people who are hesitant to do them
@Seth ^?
 
2:23 AM
@Zacharee1 that's a little bit better, but I'm not convinced. Like I said, people are already doing it for a badge. Or even just the shiny number they can point to and say "Look how many reviews I've done!".
I know there's a meta.se post on this somewhere, but I'm too busy to find it.
 
@Seth I'm doing it for the number :p
but I'm doing it legit
(I don't really care tbh)
 
Well you do get a gold badge for 1,000 edits or something like that.
But a thousand points does sound nicer :D
 
there'd be a limit :p
 
Blocking rm or password-protecting it is pointless. You block that, I'll use find -delete. You block find command, I'll use python. And when you block python, I'll use C or Perl, or whatever else available. And you can't block many of those tools, since OS relies on them, many apps rely on them. As long as there's access to computer altogether, there is 1001 ways to delete everything. Get better friends and start taking your security seriously. — Serg 39 secs ago
Just sayin'
 
is tru
 
2:26 AM
No one I know even knows the "rm" command in the first place.
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix just run around shouting "RM RM RM RM!"
 
besides it was the dd command that fried my 500GB HD never had a problem with rm
 
@WinEunuuchs2Unix your friends probably are Windows users
 
Yes I don't know anyone who uses Linux.
 
aww yiss
THE FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE EATER
 
2:28 AM
Guy at work just got two 300 page books from Amazon today in order to fix his Windows Laptop... I'm thinking "why didn't you just ask me for help?"...LOL
 
I feel like we should close this askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/661829
@WinEunuuchs2Unix who buys books??
 
@Zacharee1 someone from work who's Windows Laptop is broken and he needs to fix it!
I mean he can't google it right? :p
BBL
 
Windows, pshh opens the start menu and runs IE
 
@muru why did you protect that question though? It doesn't meet any of the guidelines.
 
4 teh lolz
 
2:33 AM
@Zacharee1 is that your sock
 
@edwinksl uwotm8
 
@Zacharee1 teh chromez.
 
@NathanOsman hlel
 
IE IN 2017 LUL
 
Hue.
 
2:33 AM
IE doesn't use much RAM, but that's because it's never open
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@Seth well
> This question is protected to prevent "thanks!", "me too!", or spam answers by new users.
so technically, he's just taking preventative measures :D
 
@Zacharee1 that's not how it's supposed to be used.
otherwise it'd be done automatically and/or by default.
 
:p
 
@ThomasWard was that your answer? askubuntu.com/questions/868163/…
 
@Seth hot question, three answers by 101 rep users (one deleted, one saying this doesn't exactly answer your question) you could see crap answers coming from a mile away
 
2:40 AM
What'd I tell ya?
 
@Seth No, I recommended the separate user accounts methods.
That still needs sniped though as bad
 
@ThomasWard snaped
 
And I did block one comment-answer, so there's that
 
@muru again, not what protection is meant to block.
@muru it's not preemptive
@ThomasWard just trying to figure out what to do with it
 
@Seth it did turn out useful in this case though
maybe shouldn't be done in the future
but here it worked out
 
2:43 AM
@Zacharee1 considering if he had posted it on the other Q I could have just converted it to a comment...
 
isn't it too long for a comment?
 
@Zacharee1 now it is, but without the excess explanation it probably would be close enough
 
by 247 chars
 
and it wouldn't likely have the excess explanation if it weren't for the protection ;)
 
that's true
and
> By using sudo chmod 711 /bin/rm; chown root:root /bin/rm that hole is plugged.
so yeah I guess it can be commented :p
but
 
2:46 AM
@Seth oh it would have - that load about 35 years and all would have still been there, but this time about not being able to post comments
 
there's still the rest, which probably would have been kept
> One of the answers suggested that a /bin/rm shell script be used, but pointed out that th script could be visible to anybody. By using sudo chmod 711 /bin/rm; chown root:root /bin/rm that hole is plugged. I tried to put this in as a comment, but was blocked by....
> MURU's premature blockage. I hope someone with enough "reputation" (I am only a 1, though I've been dealing with unix, then linux, for more than 35 years) will copy this into the original user's question, and I thank them for doing so. I think the reputation system is flawed, since it fails to take into account one's experience in the field. Incidentally, I can provide references for the 35-year claim.
 
Anybody use a VPN on 16.04 LTS?
 
that actually does fit o_O
just not in chat
@Conor not me, but why?
 
If I have a VPN enabled on the 16.04 device, how can allow other devices on the LAN to connect to it? IPTable Rules for exceptions?
 
I don't think that's possible to do
unless the Ubuntu machine is your router?
 
2:49 AM
Hmm, right
Well I had it working at one point.
 
wait, is this a VPN server on the Ubuntu machine?
 
all traffic on the Ubuntu machine is routed through the VPN client
 
how to setup Ubuntu as a router for other devices: askubuntu.com/questions/590920/…
Note to Seth: Setup upvotes in AU Chat General Room where you get 3 points
LOL...j/k
 
This is not what I'm wanting
I know I just made some allow rules within the local LAN range and it worked
 
3:09 AM
Sorry I thought it might help you... I kind of gave up on networking after IBM System/36 Token Ring back in 1989.
I just stick to application software now.
 
No prob. I'm a software dev but a wannabe sysadmin.
 
Even software dev has become too big these days... I focus my interests on ERP.
 
3:22 AM
@Conor me too.
 
@NathanOsman 👍
 
@terdon flagged as NAA, is it convertible to a comment ? unix.stackexchange.com/a/334953/85039
 
3:38 AM
lol u&l moderation in AU chat
 
3:48 AM
Is Terdon a U&L mod?... I've seen his years old answers across other SE sites
 
Yep, he is. He's mod on both sites
 
Hmmm cross-modding :)
Don't know how these guys can handle the work load
Well time to watch the classic movie "TRON" which if I remember correctly is a BASIC command for "TRace ON".... something bash could use sometimes I think... night all :)
 
4:03 AM
good evening
 
4:37 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] URL-only title, bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title, repeated URL at end of long post: quicksupplementfact.com/natural-slim-life/ by numipec on askubuntu.com
 
refreshed PC, time to reinstall vmac
 
5:01 AM
anyone else having trouble connecting to freenode?
weird, it's just my client.
 
pls
 
0
Q: make an answered question

KainRecently I answered this question I explain a step-by-step "guide" for grub install and grub boot error since askubuntu doesn't have a documentation like stackoverflow I was interested in making an answered-question , it will be helpful in future ? if yes make the question as a Community Wiki...

 
5:35 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in answer: Ubuntu Mobile OS by Imran520 on askubuntu.com
 
Their is a big nexus running in my neighborhood may be a world threat
cars of diff states roaming freq
bump these person's out i don't have any contacts with indian govt.
 
sounds like a mess
 
No
I live isolated with my bipolar mom and working sis(Govt of India)
she is schizo
people used to bribe here we don't have 911
 
6:33 AM
@jokerdino you all so good channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/…
 
RjV
6:58 AM
@MuditKapil good decision to live separate
 
@Serg why NAA?
 
7:21 AM
hello... anyone has any soluttion for this: askubuntu.com/questions/868233/…
@Zanna Hi.. can you answer this question mine please: askubuntu.com/questions/868233/…
 
0
Q: What is an 'Association Bonus'?

ChristianF97I just went to a Stack Exchange website and saw that my reputation had gone up by over 600 - a question I asked on one of them got a ton of upvotes, and all 5 got a +100 'Association Bonus' - What does it mean?

 
7:48 AM
@JafferWilson I have no idea how to answer that. My first thought is "can't be done" but very often I think that, and someone turns up and shows how it can
 
8:25 AM
@Zanna Because they don't provide a solution. Just a few bash lines to "try".
 
oh nice i get to use a rare flag
 
oooo
 
gone
 
poof
 
8:41 AM
Well, my mind is made up. Engineering is about to be deprioritized
 
@Serg what next?
 
@Edity what next . . . is IT , hopefully I'll have better chance there
 
@Serg good luck bud
 
Or fail miserably. I'm failure right now anyway, so doesn't scare me that much.
 
lol
 
9:00 AM
@edwinksl what flag? on what?
 
offensive flag
the post is long gone though
 
oh well
 
@Zanna you can see it here askubuntu.com/questions/162700/…
 
@Serg shrug looks pretty answery to me, given the question says "how can I find out what this is?"
 
@Zanna Well, I don't wanna say " as Yoda said" ,but really " try this thingy" isn't appropriate. Answers have to be definitive.
 
9:06 AM
@Serg have you seen this post with answers from terdon and me? meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16525/…
 
@Zanna saw it. I stand by my opinion - answers should be definitive.
 
@Serg Um. Don't see anything wrong with it, really. It's giving some good suggestions as far as I can tell.
 
@edwinksl what possessed me to click? normally I never click... that reminded me why I never click!
 
ooooooops
that should be sufficient eye bleach
 
@edwinksl thanks, that fixed it xxx
 
9:15 AM
:D
 
heh I didn't star that!
 
@terdon As the mod wishes. Side question, do you know anything about .desktop files ?
 
@Serg A little, why?
 
@terdon Please see discussion in comments here: askubuntu.com/a/831629/295286 Might be necessary to move it to chat, but Jacob isn't convinced that .desktop files need chmod +x if .desktop is in user's home folder.
 
@Serg That does seem plausible:
$ find . -maxdepth 3 -type f  -name '*desktop' -ls | grep -v x
  1836241      4 -rw-r--r--   1  terdon   terdon       1024 Oct 24  2015 ./.emacs-lisp/.emacs.desktop
  1837740      4 -rw-r--r--   1  terdon   terdon       1063 Oct 24  2015 ./.emacs-lisp/emacs-color-theme-solarized/.emacs.desktop
  2359623      4 -rw-r--r--   1  terdon   terdon        124 Dec 12  2015 ./.config/shortcuts/mintmenu.desktop
  2359372      4 -rw-r--r--   1  terdon   terdon        163 Dec 12  2015 ./.config/autostart/tint.desktop
At least, I have several that aren't +x
 
9:22 AM
I do too
 
emacs lol
 
$ stat -c "%n %a" ~/.local/share/applications/*.desktop
/home/zanna/.local/share/applications/emacs24-term.desktop 644
/home/zanna/.local/share/applications/telegramdesktop.desktop 644
 
@edwinksl shhh, your ignorance is showing.
 
Too bad you don't have Unity. Ubuntu's security policy is such that it requires executable bit set.
 
@terdon i am editor-agnostic. i am a fan of "use whatever the f you want"
3
 
9:24 AM
:P
 
why would MATE have a different security policy to vanilla Ubuntu?
 
@terdon that said, emacs should be listed on distrowatch one day :p
 
@Zanna I doubt it is different. Can you add any of those apps to mate panel ? Or at least launch them ?
 
@Serg yes
 
@Serg I think you're misreading the policy:
> Applications, including desktops and shells, must not run executable code from files when they are both:
lacking the executable bit
located in a user's home directory or temporary directory.
> This includes *.desktop, *.jar, and *.exe files.
I read that to mean that .desktop files will not run executable code from non-exec files. Not that the .desktop files themselves need the execute bit set.
 
9:34 AM
Totally true ^
 
@terdon For code to run, it must first be interpreted right ? How do you suppose .desktop file interprets perl code inside .desktop , regardless permissions ? It doesn't. .desktop files adhere to specific format. Also, I've discussed this before with other users. The consensus is that .desktop files have to be executable, when in user's home directory. Plus, once you try to double click on .desktop which is located in user's home folder, it throws error "Untrusted application".
There's literally tons and tons of questions related to "Untrusted application". Plus, this is not just rhetoric. I've tested this , with my own launchers. What doesn't have executable permissions set AND is in user's home folder, doesn't stick to launcher.
 
@Serg, and so it does in ~/usr/share/applications on double click (and not executable)
 
@JacobVlijm Again, I repeat : Ubuntu's security policy requires to have what's in user's home folder , to have +X bit set. /usr/share/applications is not user's home.
 
good morning
 
hey @IanC how are you?
 
9:43 AM
hey @Zanna! All good, though I had some big plot twist on my plans yesterday :p
 
@Serg, I am sorry, but see @terdon's post. Please let's end this. If you are happy with thinking it needs to be executable. I am fine with that, As long as you are fine with the fact that I am sure it doesn't. Please don't try to convince me of something that clashes with what I see, practice and use in an application for many years without a single bug report.
 
@JacobVlijm It's not about being happy or not. We're programmers, no ? It's supposed to either work, or not.
 
I was about to start taking the steps on closing the deal in a really small flat, when a friend of mine said I was about to do a big mistake.. That I'd be sharing the building with some bad elements, and probably wouldn't have much peace there, so now I'm thinking if I give the seller some excuse or just throw it out that a friend told me that place sucks hahaha @Zanna
 
@Serg I can live with the fact that you think differently, I still love you :)
 
@JacobVlijm Well, I've been practicing things for a while too, and with 1370 answers on AU , I think I'm pretty confident in the knowledge of Ubuntu I have
@JacobVlijm I respect you as well, but that doesn't mean I agree :)
 
9:49 AM
@Serg and you should (confident in the knowledge of Ubuntu I have). But I am too on what I consider my field of experience. We'll get back to it once no doubt.
 
@IanC oh... friends are great :) Hope things work out well (eventually)
 
@Zanna It was the best (like having a friend warning me instead of finding out that I don't enjoy the place after having the mortgage to deal with), but I can't help feeling like I've been thrown a bucket of cold water hahaha
 
yeah I can imagine!
 
Ouch, my laptop just died... A constant high beep isn't exactly normal, right?
 
@JacobVlijm :(
 
10:01 AM
@Zanna, yeah, it was a very old one though...
 
@JacobVlijm my old netbook died back in August 2015, just pressed the button one morning and nothing happened. Then I made the leap to the Linux side :D
 
Haha, I just installed Mate on it to find out the correct answer to this one: askubuntu.com/questions/861138/… I guess it'll jave to wait...
 
TBH, MATE is quite appealing. Seems like quite light and stable desktop environment. Although I'm addicted to Unity by now.
 
@JacobVlijm I've got MATE (16.10 though) - let me know if I can test stuff for you
or look for stuff... or anything... if I can help, I am willing
 
@Zanna Wow, thanks!
 
10:11 AM
heh it's what I like doing :)
 
@Zacharee1 @ParanoidPanda @NathanOsman horror story for you guys: PHP malicions code in picture uploads
 
@Serg I don't really have an opinion one way or the other. I almost never use desktop files. I was just interpreting the specification you linked to and I don't think that states they need execute permissions. After all, there is no code inside .desktop files, they are just shortcuts to code. Also, scripts don't need to be executable unless you want to run them via the shebang.
Also, @Serg this seems to imply that executable permissions are optional for unity launchers, they just make the .desktop file take icon and name:
> One last thing to add is that by setting executable rights to your .desktop file, it automatically takes the specified Icon and Name (specified in the corresponding fields), as it should be. Be careful though, the filename doesn't really change, it still remains 'launcher_name_here.desktop' and not 'Name_field_here', the system chooses to display it like 'Name_field_here' because it's nicer without the .desktop extension.
It is followed by an example of a .desktop file with and without exec permissions. That would strongly suggest they're not essential.
And further down, in the "Adding a .desktop file to the Unity Launcher" section:
> Once the file validates correctly, install it to the default location (probably /usr/share/applications) using the desktop-file-install program. This step may require superuser privileges. The desktop-file-install program may add some lines of its own to your .desktop file. There is no need to have the .desktop file be executable by anyone.
(emphasis mine)
 
@terdon /usr/share/applications is not user's home folder. That's the important bit
What's under user's home, needs +x bit set.
 
@Serg That's where I think you've misunderstood the previous specs. It really looks like it means that the target needs +x, not the .desktop file. Should be simple enough to check though.
 
@terdon Google "askubuntu .desktop untrusted application launcher". There's ton's of questions related to that. And it is simple enough to check. I did way way way before commenting and posting answer.
 
10:22 AM
@Serg Yeah, I saw. But, apparently, so did Jacob and you can't both be right.
 
well, give me a minute
What you see is spaceview.desktop, launcher to Jacob's application
( and yes, i do use some of his things )
 
So Unity has some sort of silly restriction?
 
@terdon please wait
This is me dragging same application to launcher. It doesn't stick
 
@Serg I'm really a newbie at webdev, but I think even with my lack of knowledge I'd not use JS to enforce any security, that's like the old story of authentication on user-side but with another face :p
 
@Serg But what is your argument, exactly? That it doesn't work? That it can't be added to the launcher? That unity throws a warning?
 
10:27 AM
@terdon yes, that unless file has executable permissions, it cannot be added to launcher
Unless, I'm doing something wrong
 
@Serg please see this
Crap, Dropbox is playing tricks, wait...
 
@terdon Hello, can you help with the fastest library of Python for curl?
@terdon Let me know if the PyCurl is faster or not... Many thanks.
 
@JafferWilson No, I have no idea.
 
@JafferWilson what are you trying to do ?
 
Jacob or Serg might know.
 
@terdon Actually I am just trying to find out the HTTP status of the website URLs. That I have. The file size is around 10 GB right now. So I was looking for the fastest python curl library or any other faster mechanism that will give me a faster result
@terdon whether a website exists or not. Can you introduce me to Serg or Jacob?
 
<------- SERG
 
@edwinksl hmmm thanks for that... I don't know what to do... the question seems valid, just maybe too broad? But I don't know about Semicode.. maybe if I find a link to it that will make it clearer?
 
@JacobVlijm well, I don't know then. Although . . . I did find something interesting . . .
 
10:41 AM
@JafferWilson Um, they're right here :)
 
@JacobVlijm Hello Jacob, can you help me please with python?can you help with the fastest library of Python for curl?
Let me know if the PyCurl is faster or not... Many thanks.
@JacobVlijm Actually I am just trying to find out the HTTP status of the website URLs. That I have. The file size is around 10 GB right now. So I was looking for the fastest python curl library or any other faster mechanism that will give me a faster result. Whether the website exists or not.
 
@Zanna yeah probably too broad but is it worth it to find 10 votes to change the reason for closing it?
 
@JafferWilson would you might giving the URL for testing ?
 
@JafferWilson Serg might be more familiar with that area :)
 
@edwinksl I want to find an answer instead
I found the website... I think I could make a CW
 
10:46 AM
@JacobVlijm Thank you. i will talk to Serg then. ;)
 
may as well answer it?
 
@JafferWilson I find it very unlikely that there will be significant differences in speed between the different libraries. Just use one.
 
@JafferWilson I think he already pinged you :)
 
@Serg is now wondering if he is visible at all at chat lol
 
@Zanna I don't see how that can be salvaged. Not unless the OP explains precisely what features they need and, based on their question, they don't really understand enough to know what they need.
 
10:47 AM
@JacobVlijm OK, I think you might be right. It does seem to work, but I still cannot launch some of the .desktop files which have rw---- permisions.
 
@terdon actually looking at the website it's not very informative
 
@Serg Hello yes, I can give you a small chunk. Right now the 10 GB is not available but a small file is there. Let me share with you.
 
I'm going to post a comment...
 
@Serg https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQ6rtO2VN95c0YzclhySVZYNDQ/view?usp=sharing
this is the small chunk of the file
 
@Serg I have to run shortly, will be back...
 
10:49 AM
@JafferWilson I actually already have a small script to check status of HTTP request. I just need to test it. I've never used it with anything over gigabyte
 
@Serg can you share with me the script. Actually, I am looking for a faster mechanism.
@Serg The Giga Byte file is not currently with me. But I know the size of it.
 
@JafferWilson took me 0.63 seconds. How's this ?
$ time ./check_response.py drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQ6rtO2VN95c0YzclhySVZYNDQ/view
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow, nosnippet
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: Mon, 01 Jan 1990 00:00:00 GMT
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2017 10:51:03 GMT
P3P: CP="This is not a P3P policy! See support.google.com/accounts/answer/151657?hl=en for more info."
P3P: CP="This is not a P3P policy! See support.google.com/accounts/answer/151657?hl=en for more info."
 
@Serg Hope this helps.. Can you show me the script?
@Serg Hope this works
 
Well, anyway, here's the script:
#!/usr/bin/env python3

import urllib.request
import sys
import os
def main():
    url = sys.argv[1]
    save = url.split('/')[-1]
    buffer_size=512
    try:
        with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response, open(save,'wb') as out_file:
            print(response.info())
    except Exception as e:
        print('\n>>> Something went wrong')
        print(str(e))



if __name__ == '__main__': main()
It's part of larger script that I use for downloading things. I just cut out the actual part where it saves stuff
 
Hi, sorry we haven't been able to help you with what you wanted to do here. I think the trouble is probably that you are a pioneer! I don't think anyone here has tried to do what you are doing, and I think the only way to find out how to do it is to do it! Looking at the Semicode OS website I can see that you have already installed most of the software they mention as features. You can install many popular programming languages and IDEs from Ubuntu repositories - I recommend adding things as you find you want them - we can help with one thing at a time. — Zanna 47 secs ago
 
10:57 AM
@Zanna OP appears to be angry
 
I see that :(
 
@Serg I am concern about making curl multithreaded and with only header download without downloading the complete HTML
 
@JafferWilson hang on, 10G? What in the world are you doing? Why would you need to check so many URLs?
 

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