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TheWanderer

12:16 AM

OH THOSE ARE THE CYBERMEN

edwinksl

who watches the cybermen

TRiG

I thought the software centre was supposed to be easier to use than apt in the Terminal. And yet a search for GIMP there found me nothing except some GIMP plugins, not GIMP itself. On the other hand, sudo apt install gimp worked fine.

TheWanderer

@edwinksl Dr Who dumdum

@TRiG which version of Ubuntu

edwinksl

not sure about software center... i have never really used it

TheWanderer

<_<

TRiG

12:29 AM

@TheWanderer 16.10. (It's been bugging me to upgrade to 17.04 for a while. I probably will tomorrow, when I'll finally have a cable internet connection instead of wifi.)

chaskes

12:43 AM

TheWanderer

>_>

chaskes

saw that on a car the other day. thought you might like it

edwinksl

:O

Nathan Osman

2:53 AM

@TheWanderer next week may yield some free time.

Fingers crossed.

:D

Meanwhile, want to know how hot is is here?

Kaz Wolfe

hm... cisco router or ubiquiti router.

that is the question.

Nathan Osman

3:31 AM

melt (from Kdenlive) uses an unbelievable amount of RAM.

Nathan Osman

4:21 AM

Who wants to get creeped out?

A monster red leech swallowing a giant blue worm in Borneo! (Video: @BBCTwo) https://t.co/RWyqBsJidA

Tweeted by Strange_Animals on June 2, 2017 at 1:39 PM

Kaz Wolfe

who wants to get creeped out? scp-wiki.net/scp-3000

Nathan Osman

4:38 AM

Wat.

Kdenlive doesn't do subpixel rendering?

Nathan Osman

4:53 AM

Should have used Blender :|

nutty about natty

7:51 AM

hello

upgrading BIOS on ootb x1carbon thinkpad

(no OS installed thus far)

at my disposal:

a dvd burner (and some blank cd's / dvd's)

usb sticks

from a first round of googling came across geteltorito aur.archlinux.org/packages/geteltorito

generally, who would advise to upgrade the BIOS via USB-Stick or USB-connected-optical-DVD/CD-drive?

geteltorito necessary / helpful in both cases?

the *.iso: pcsupport.lenovo.com/de/de/products/laptops-and-netbooks/…

and its readme: download.lenovo.com/pccbbs/mobiles/n1mur06w.txt

generally, who would advise to upgrade the BIOS via USB-Stick -vs- USB-connected-optical-DVD/CD-drive?

about (get-) El Torito: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Torito_(CD-ROM_standard)

n-e-1 ?

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Q: Write bootable BIOS update .ISO to USB stick

Lenovo distributes BIOS updates as .iso files (example) that are supposed to be burnt on a CD and booted. Burning it to a CD worked and booted correctly, but now I want to use a USB stick instead (because I don't trust my CD drive), how to create this USB stick using Ubuntu? There are many tutor...

c'mon guys, this is really fascinating stuff! wake up

:)

nutty about natty

9:56 AM

success!

might post a q-and-a later

user136984

10:29 AM

@nuttyaboutnatty: My you have a strange username! ;)

Benny

Just wondering if someone has run Android-CTS?

Hey everyone

user136984

Nope, sorry.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: How to change gtk file chooser style?

I use lxqt. And I noticed a strange thing. The save file dialog in chrome, firefox and geany are different! I create python script from GTK Documentation: Link: python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/dialogs.html#id2 Screenshot dialog from python script: Link: hsto.org/web/78d/...

ubuntu dialog gtk3 lxqt

Benny

11:06 AM

@AndroidDev, Hey man how are you? Do you know about Android CTS? have you done it before?

Jaz Brok

Hi everyone. I've got an issue with my Ethernet right now. I need help. I'm writing from my mobile phone and my English is so bad, sorry for that, especially for position.

So, I updated xubuntu 16.04 yesterday and I faced with no space for boot partition. I removed packages like linux linux headers and images. Yeah, it was pretty unclever,so I installed latest version and after successful boot my Wi-Fi and eth are not working. lshw displays both devices are unclaimed. Can I downloaded debs with drivers with my phone and install it using dpkg? How to find which package to download?

Benny

11:36 AM

removed packages? maybe the issue is because of this?

Jaz Brok

Absolutely. But how to find a package with driver?

user136984

This is just weird:

user136984

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A: Installation of Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Error AMD Graphics Card

Aha! A fine question! And one that I myself have pondered in my darkest times when soft where, the fine and feisty lady she may be evaded me. Good sir you need not but kneel down beside the moniter and whisper to it softly (NOT quietly) "The famine was harsh, but my love is harsher, gurthier, and...

user136984

:D

user136984

11:51 AM

user136984

Aww!

user136984

:D

user136984

New Giant Panda cubs have been born in Berlin! :)

cl-netbox

Hello :)

user136984

11:58 AM

@cl-netbox: Hi! :)

cl-netbox

@ParanoidPanda A warm welcome Meng Meng and Jiao Qing ! :)

user136984

:)

cl-netbox

@ParanoidPanda and a warm welcome to you as well of course ! :)

user136984

@cl-netbox: Thanks! :)

cl-netbox

@ParanoidPanda so you have two new buddies ... and they are sooo cute ! :)

user136984

12:01 PM

@cl-netbox: Indeed they are! :D

cl-netbox

@ParanoidPanda Something for the star wall -> zoo-berlin.de/en/news/panda-blog ! :)

user136984

:)

RonnieDroid

12:14 PM

I am lazy like Pandas, I just wish I was so cute too.

cl-netbox

@RonnieDroid who says you're not ? :D

RonnieDroid

@cl-netbox maybe :-D

cl-netbox

@RonnieDroid maybe not as cute as @ParanoidPanda ... :D

RonnieDroid

@ParanoidPanda you should celebrate their birth with a sweet cake

user136984

@RonnieDroid: You're right! I'll bake a cake! :D

RonnieDroid

12:17 PM

@cl-netbox I am sure not, he used to eat a lot of sugar, he must be cute :-P

@ParanoidPanda I'd be happy to bake you one, too bad I am far away.

user136984

This is a weird conversation! :D

user136984

@RonnieDroid Email ;)

RonnieDroid

@ParanoidPanda :-P

@ParanoidPanda goo.gl/photos/3BBkBAawu3dRcx5p6

cl-netbox

@RonnieDroid yes, you're right ... once upon a time his keyboard was unusable : covered completely with chocolate and cake ! :D right @ParanoidPanda ? :D

user136984

Yes, and I still haven't fixed the fan! :D

RonnieDroid

12:20 PM

Lol

Mine is covered with ashes and scotch

cl-netbox

@ParanoidPanda shake the machine upside down twenty times - that will fix it ! :D

RonnieDroid

Have you guys seen this YouTube channel "thenewboston" ?

cl-netbox

@RonnieDroid gin or vodka would do less harm ! :D

RonnieDroid

Python Programming Tutorial - 1 - Installing Python

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@cl-netbox it is too hot for Vodka

I started watching his tutorial on Python3 and I am curious if he is a good teacher or not

cl-netbox

@RonnieDroid Well, I don't like video tutorials much - I prefer written ones, right as @terdon ... :)

Bytey ! :)

RonnieDroid

12:27 PM

@cl-netbox well, I tried written ones, but I am not smart enough, I have to see to learn :-P

cl-netbox

@RonnieDroid that's absolutely okay ... everybody should learn things in a way that fits to his needs. :)

RonnieDroid

@cl-netbox yeah right, but I am not sure if he is teaching the good way (if you know what I mean) or not.

cl-netbox

@RonnieDroid when you understand it completely, he did a good job - if not, he failed ... simply as that ! :D

RonnieDroid

He is using Python 3.4 I am using 3.5, he is on Windows I am on Ubuntu, I don't know if that is something I have to worry about or not

@cl-netbox well, I am understanding, so I think that's a good sign.

cl-netbox

@RonnieDroid better search for a linux based tutorial ... maybe you find something useful here -> digitalocean.com/community :)

RonnieDroid

12:34 PM

@cl-netbox okay, thank you :-)

cl-netbox

@RonnieDroid You're welcome ! :)

RonnieDroid

This website is cool, thanks again :-)

edwinksl

DO generally has great tutorials

RonnieDroid

@edwinksl is it on YouTube?

cl-netbox

@RonnieDroid They have a channel -> youtube.com/user/DigitalOceanVideos

RonnieDroid

12:41 PM

Nice

Benny

@RonnieDroid Good point to start learning python is from https://www.coursera.org/
I'm really recommended.

RonnieDroid

@Benny I see it is good, too bad it is paid, can't pay for a course now, maybe in the future.

I think I'll stick with this guy "Bucky" for now, then I'll follow some written tutorial for python on Linux.

user136984

1:10 PM

@cl-netbox Yes, I had a real bad chocolate cake and custard addiction back then! :D

RonnieDroid

Lol theverge.com/2017/6/20/15837522/…

A question (I know I do that allot, be cool guys :-P) apps made with Python and GTK3 can run on OSX? Because I just saw that Gnome-Recipes has an OSX version.

Benny

1:29 PM

@RonnieDroid you have a lot of Python courses for free over there! search for Python and look for the free, I learned 4 Python free courses from there. and it's really good! guaranteed
Look here: https://www.coursera.org/courses?languages=en&query=Python
almost all the courses below the 2 first courses are free

RonnieDroid

@Benny oh I see, thank you buddy :-)

Benny

;) Welcome dude!

user136984

2:20 PM

@Seth I can tell you, you are very fortunate that auto-correct wasn't on when you wrote that! ;P

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

2:43 PM

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Q: Fifth Browser - how do I get the configure script to recognise a dependency?

I am trying to install Fifth Browser (website) (github link) on Xubuntu 16.04.2 LTS. I was able to get all of the dependencies via the official distro repositories, using Synaptic for installation. One of them as listed on fifth's homepage is called liburlmatch (github link). It appears to be a...

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TheWanderer

3:04 PM

Google why

Firebase notifications are broken again

Benny

I don

I got an Android App, you recommended using Firebase for me?

TheWanderer

unless you're doing notifications, nah

edwinksl

3:20 PM

hourly zach rants, here we go

2

TheWanderer

>_>

edwinksl

<_<

TheWanderer

3:33 PM

@AndroidDev OK I finally finished the fragment stuff

I can't test Firebase notifications, because those aren't working properly

edwinksl

Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken hyper-threading

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Q: Wrong grub after installing Kali over Ubuntu

I had Ubuntu 16.04. I created a Kali USB live. I boot on this USB and install Kali on an encrypted LVM. At the end of the install guide, I don't get the option to install Grub (as it is probably detecting the Grub from Ubuntu) Install goes ok but when I reboot I get the Grub command prompt. On...

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TheWanderer

3:50 PM

of course Google's documentation shows the non-functional method..

user136984

4:52 PM

The last message was posted 1 hour ago.

Jacob Vlijm

@SumeetDeshmukh Hi Sumeet, if I am correct, the issue should be fixed now. Also if I am correct, the solution was shockingly simple. Sorry for the delay, I should have done it sooner, but times have been incredibly busy lately. Please let me know if it works!

user136984

That's the message it has just now.

user136984

:D

Seth

5:15 PM

finally hit 100 silver badges

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TheWanderer

@NathanOsman so now that I've rewritten things to work with the factory, we need to figure out the cookies

Kaz Wolfe

fun reminder to Hue To You: StackExchange can change the chat API any time they want for any reason they want.

Undocumented APIs have that ...er... advantage. You don't need to worry about breaking clients

Byte Commander

@Seth I'm on 99...

19/99/184

Benny

1 5 21 :)

TheWanderer

@KazWolfe we're not using the API (I don't think..)

HTML scraping

Seth

5:23 PM

@KazWolfe The chat "API" (there is no such thing) is probably more stable than most stable APIs :P

Kaz Wolfe

why... are you... using scrapers...

@Seth There's still a series of documents as to how the hooks work.

edwinksl

isn't the chat "API" scraping anyway? i don't recall seeing an official API

Seth

There is no chat API.

@KazWolfe is there? Where's that?

edwinksl

right, so you gotta scrape it anyway

Kaz Wolfe

@Seth That's pretty much what ChatExchange is

TheWanderer

5:24 PM

@KazWolfe I'm not lol

Kaz Wolfe

It documents and exposes what you can get from the hooks (e.g. chat events) -- you still need to scrape for some things like user lists.

TheWanderer

we're loading the page with a headless client, then using Jerry and Jsoup to go through it and get the desired elements

Seth

@KazWolfe ChatExchange isn't official in any way..

@ByteCommander :D

Kaz Wolfe

never said official

user136984

@Seth Really? I got there ages ago... >:P

Rinzwind

5:28 PM

@Seth gratz!

Sumeet Deshmukh

@JacobVlijm thanks alot for that, I'll check it ASAP and Let you know! Thanks again

Kaz Wolfe

mod tools are the best thing ever.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

5:52 PM

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Q: Software centre has disappeared from my laptop. I am using Ubuntu 14.04. How to fix this issue?

I tried "sudo apt-get install software-center" using terminal but getting bellow response: Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package software-center is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or...

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I would like to request that the following tags: armv8 aarch64 be made synonyms of: arm64 The official name for the technology in question would by either ARMv8 (with the 64-bit platform being aarch64). In order to not confuse users and separate out questions too much, it would be benef...

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Jacob Vlijm

6:26 PM

@SumeetDeshmukh Thanks for being patient :)

TheWanderer

7:21 PM

0

Q: getIntent().getExtras() returns null FCM

I spent a few hours researching this with no luck, so I'm asking here. I've already checked these questions to no avail: How to get data sent from server using fcm if app is in background? Push notification not working with FCM Google FCM getIntent not returning expected data when app is in bac...

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thank

8:14 PM

@TheWanderer u be lerneng snek ?

TheWanderer

snek?

oh snek

hue

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@TheWanderer Python

TheWanderer

what's up with your avtar?

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

That's the same thing I wanted to ask

TheWanderer

>_>

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

8:15 PM

Whole chat seems broken

Everybody's avatar appears as if it didn't load

TheWanderer

Imgur is 503ing........................

AGAIN

EY

nope

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

Well, in other news: I found a new idea for a Python script project.

I wonder if I can go through with it though

TheWanderer

>_>

edwinksl

hmm

Seth

Iridium-2 Launch Webcast

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Thomas Ward

9:19 PM

is it my imagination or do we not have a canonical question/answer pair for "Why can't my VM on X host see wireless networks or see a connected wireless card" or similar?

i remember a question from 2015 where I answered this, and one recently where I answered similarly, and a handful of others that meet the same criterion

i'm tempted to create a new "Canonical Question/Answer" pair for this...

Seth

@ThomasWard feels like we should.. couldn't point you to it though.

Thomas Ward

@Seth the oldest I remember got my answer, and is this one but it's not exactly OS-version-agnostic IIRC

i created a diagram and everything for it lol

Kaz Wolfe

hey @ThomasWard can i borrow your laser?

edwinksl

whoa diagram

Seth

@ThomasWard oh that looks nice. I should read it sometime.

Kaz Wolfe

9:22 PM

my bank is 100% on my nerves right now

Seth

SpaceX deploying 10 satellites at once.

Thomas Ward

@KazWolfe for?

@Seth Thanks. It's specific to the question being asked though, and doesn't have an all-inclusive answer. Back in 2014, USB Passthrough on VBox was painful

so I never detailed the answer.

In a new canonical answer, I'd have diagrams and pictures for VBox and VMware, but not KVM (because passthrough there is a massive evil pain in the butt)

but meh

yawns

Kaz Wolfe

9:41 PM

18 mins ago, by Kaz Wolfe

my bank is 100% on my nerves right now

TheWanderer

what'd they do?

Thomas Ward

@KazWolfe sorry my lasers are not available right now

TheWanderer

<_<

#SelfishMods

SmokeDetector

10:05 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer: GUI for Docker like Kitematic by Data Pulley on askubuntu.com (@ThomasWard)

Kaz Wolfe

10:19 PM

@TheWanderer lock my account due to fraud because I bought something from Amazon

TheWanderer

lol

Kaz Wolfe

When 95% of my withdrawals are to Amazon

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