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SmokeDetector

01:18

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: eCryptfs - Cannot decrypt filenames by toliveira on askubuntu.com

RPi_Awesomeness

@SmokeDetector Uh....okay. Nice try

Fabby

:D

Anyone still awake here and wiling to lend me a hand?

(And estimated 6 clicks) >:)

RPi_Awesomeness

@Fabby Depends on what I'm doing?

If it's pr0n related, I'm out :D

Fabby

01:33

Have a look at: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/247169/…

And upvote if you agree even slightly.

(both question and answer)

as it's something that Oli and Chili555 and me came up with

and we're in desperate need of help...

Oh and you should at least read the last comment on the Question!

I think I've outdone myself there!

(big hug)

(not an offer for more!!!) :D >:)

RPi_Awesomeness

Upvoted - I agree with you

Fabby

Good man!

@psusi still gnawing his nails monitoring the RAID?

@RPi_Awesomeness: did you have a laugh at the last comment?

RPi_Awesomeness

@Fabby :)

Fabby

I actually expected the guy to be even more livid afterwards!

(and mentally prepared such a polite answer it would have been totally insulting!)

;-)

hbdgaf

01:53

@Fabby ^^ you asked what my desktop looked like

chili555

Upvoted, @Fabby

Fabby

@chili555: Thanks! (again)

@hbdgaf: Wow!

chili555

Any time, mon ami!

Fabby

So that's not Unity, then?

hbdgaf

Yes, I like an interface neat and clean. It's XFCE.

Fabby

01:55

@hbdgaf: Have you voted yet today???

Like Lubuntu?

hbdgaf

yes, on a couple of things.

Fabby

But Lubuntu's on the bottom, so like a sister (or just config)

And now for the important question: have you voted on the question that Chili, Oli and me came up with on meta.stackexchange?

hbdgaf

yes

Fabby

@chili555: I only realised when I was going to bed,

hbdgaf

@Fabby You can move it in lubu, and lubu now will be different from lubu next lts. it will also be different from what i run since it uses openbox instead of kwin, but i on my other login session run lxqt on kwin... so i can get real compositing.

Fabby

01:57

Thanks!

chili555

Vote early and vote often!

Fabby

:D

@chili555 But did I wake you up in the middle of the night by me constantly mentioning you

yesterday?

chili555

Not at all.

Fabby

Oli told me:

Whew!

No logged-in phone on the

Nightstand?

what do you call the little cupboard next to a bed?

chili555

LOL! Nope, but an iPad.

Fabby

02:01

Ah... :/

chili555

nightstand but some in the USA south call it 'gun cabinet.'

Fabby

@hbdgaf: so whqt's the architecture of these UIs?

:D

like "gun rack" in a pick-up truck?

hbdgaf

a gun cabinet is not a nightstand.

Fabby

Please explain the fine difference

@chili555: was it a play on words?

chili555

gun rack in pickup is for long guns, deer rifle, etc. Nightstand is for hand guns.

Fabby

02:03

(difficult to understand for a foreigner)

And what's a gun cabinet then?

a safe where you keep bullets separate from the rifles/handguns?

(like a cupboard specifically designed for (hand)guns?)

hbdgaf

nightstand is just there while you sleep. it's not for a handgun. you could keep one there i guess, but it is not purpose related. a gun cabinet looks like this: images1.americanlisted.com/nlarge/… but comes in various sizes, finishes, glass or not, and locks or not.

chili555

I think @hbdgaf was implying that the nightstand, next to your precious loved ones, is no place to keep a gun

Fabby

OK, so yours was a play on words...

@hbdgaf: 500 internal server error, but I'll google it!

chili555

When seconds count, the sheriff is minutes away

Fabby

Wow!

hbdgaf

02:07

@chili555 Only if you have a "safety ring". That magnetic thing that operates an internal safety so your child can't get it and shoot themselves in the face.

Fabby

:D

Most of those would be illegal in the country I was born...

chili555

My youngest child is about Fabby's age!

Fabby

There it's not impossible to get guns, but the restrictions are

quite severe:

hbdgaf

@chili555 stereotypically i mean.

Fabby

they need to be in what you'd put in a bank!

a kind of safe

hbdgaf

02:08

@Fabby ;) americans and their guns i guess.

Fabby

with separate sections for bullets and guns

Actually, the language itself says a lot:

Locked and loaded

hbdgaf

and yes, they recommend gun safes here too and/or storing ammo separately from the weapon(s) and keeping them unloaded.

chili555

in which case they are useless

Fabby

but it's nor required and the police doesn't show up TO CHECK you have the safe installed before you get your first license!

hbdgaf

@chili555 again, the ring safety. you're not listening to the point. you're harping on an old and alone guns everywhere thing.

Fabby

02:10

what's a ring safety?

is it on the cabinet?

or on the gun?

(clueless foreigner)

RPi_Awesomeness

ARGH! I CAN. NOT. STAND the new Wordpress Editor. It's horrible!

terdon

@Fabby your meta question is very unclear. Why don't you take the examples from your answer and put them in the question? You ask about 112 more characters but never explain what you actually want to do with them,

Fabby

@RPi_Awesomeness vim and HTML,

my friend!

hbdgaf

@Fabby it's internal to the gun. it won't fire without the ring in proximity to the gun. so, if the weapon is taken, lost, or attempted to be used by someone without that ring on - it won't fire.

terdon

The question should contain everything needed for the discussion. An answer should only be answering the question. Not extending it.

Fabby

02:12

so incorporate into?

RPi_Awesomeness

@Fabby If I could, I would :P

Fabby

Now?

terdon

Also, Jaydles will not see your answer (he won't get your ping since he hasn't interacted with the answer.

Fabby

BRB. copy-paste!

hbdgaf

@Fabby officer.com/product/10046371/…

Fabby

02:17

Question edited

@hbdgaf= never seen anything like it before (and I've been in the military)

hbdgaf

It's new-ish and really niche.

chili555

Neither have I although I must admit it's a good idea.

Fabby

but you can turn it off!

hbdgaf

It can't get adopted by the military or police, because then everyone would just wear magnetic rings. As a personal thing though, it's great.

Fabby

there's no code?

no RFID?

hbdgaf

02:19

Nope. It's just a magnet.

Fabby

Just a magnet?

OK... security through obscurity then...

hbdgaf

No batteries or chips to fail. Just a metal leaf that is pulled back or not. So, it depends on criminals not walking around with magnets in their pockets or on their hands.

Fabby

A Colt1911 has 3 safeties anyway nowadays...

RPi_Awesomeness

o.O

3?

Dang

Fabby

If I would be a criminal, It's the first thing I would get

(ok: second after a police scanner!)

RPi_Awesomeness

02:21

@Mateo_ sudo'd - How to install Ubuntu MATE Remix on a PowerPC Computer

Fabby

Far cry from a Judge Dredd gun!

hbdgaf

@Fabby They have it for non-1911s that was just the first google result that showed it off. I prefer a ruger sr series. It's not standard issue here, so chances are you would never run in to one. Nobody ever credited criminals with being prepared.

RPi_Awesomeness

My writeup is complete! Took a bit longer than I had intended, but it worked.

Fabby

(But 1 step closer!)

RPi_Awesomeness

Tell me if you spot anything off grammar/spelling/code/formatting-wise :)

chili555

02:23

As a matter of fact, I own and sometimes carry a Ruger SR9c, @hbdgaf

Fabby

@RPi_Awesomeness: Want me to have a look too?

:D

hbdgaf

@chili555 great minds think alike i guess.

RPi_Awesomeness

@Fabby Sure :) The more publicity on my blog, the better, right? :)

terdon

@Fabby Much better, thanks!

Fabby

I would go for what I know: the GP

@terdon: thank you!

@RPi_Awesomeness: did you post a question on AU after wiping OSX? :D

RPi_Awesomeness

02:26

@Fabby Nah, I was cool with it being gone, nothing of worth on it anyways :)

Fabby

Hah! Disk Destroyer...

RPi_Awesomeness

;)

But it's so true!

Fabby

I actually tell users that that is what it means before giving them the command in a comment!

RPi_Awesomeness

@Fabby Eh? Where?

Fabby

Well, if I need someone on AU to use dd for something (wiping boot sector or so)

RPi_Awesomeness

02:30

Good point.

Fabby

I tell them that dd stands for "Disk Destroyer"

Funny read! Good stuff!

RPi_Awesomeness

@Fabby :) Thanks!

I try to keep my posts mildly engaging :)

Boring tech posts are the worst :P

Fabby

:)

Why "1024x768-32 (resolution?)"

If you take ppi

ictures from a screen, use a 15° angle left or right and up or down and turn off the flash and set low ligth sensitivity high

RPi_Awesomeness

@Fabby Yeah. Normally I'd set up the screen pics better, but I was just filming myself installing and used VLC to grab a frame snapshot.

@Fabby Because I actually have no clue what that does - my best guess is setting resolution.

Fabby

:D

High light sensitivity lowers resolution...

Canon is pretty good at this!

onwards...

RPi_Awesomeness

02:36

I actually have a T3i

5. This prize draw is not open to:
a.            Anyone below the age of 18 years;

Fabby

first mistake: apt-get update && sudo apt-get install b43-firmware-installer.

RPi_Awesomeness

YARGH!!!!

@Fabby Reload, I fixed that

Fabby

S&R: wifi WiFi

RPi_Awesomeness

fixed :)

Virusboy

Wine APPdb has the same feature @FAbby

Fabby

02:39

Done!

Huh?

@Virusboy: Me no understand, bwana

Virusboy

Your Meta question

Fabby

ah?

Virusboy

Wine AppDB has what you are asking for, so its not too hard

Fabby

looking...

RPi_Awesomeness

Anyways, g'night all. @Fabby thanks for the input.

\o

Fabby

02:40

(wave)

@virusboy: looked on Meta.askubuntu.com and on meta.stackexchange.com and still have no clue what you're talking about

Virusboy

meta.stackexchange.com/questions/247169/…

Fabby

The deleted answer?

Still lost (but I've been up 20 hours now, so a bit slow...)

I'm going to have a smoke first.

Pretend I'm 12...

Journeyman Geek

Ok. GO TO YOUR ROOM YOU ORRIBLE ORRIBLE LITTLE MAN!

AND YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO SMOKE.

Fabby

:D :D :D

@Virusboy: Windows API Emulators' application database has the answer to my question???

Virusboy

no it has a feature on what you are asking for

Fabby

02:53

I type like a drunk and I didn't have a single drop of C2H2OH

ah???

Which one?

Be more polite?? ;-)

Virusboy

That and detailed reason why your comment or data was deleted or added,

Fabby

registering....

Went through the FAQ and can still not see how this is going to help me...

(sorry to disappoint you)

I'm going to bed...

2

Virusboy

ok

Fabby

I'll have another look tomorrow.

Maybe sleep'll help!

Bye!

Seth

03:32

@RPi_Awesomeness hm, not that I am aware of. As long as you make it known what exactly you're doing.

Flagging it and asking a moderator to convert it works too though.

RPi_Awesomeness

@Seth k

Virusboy

@Seth. I wanna burn Mesa

Seth

Not surprised.

Virusboy

did an autohell patch for Mesa, and doesnt even act like it worked.

No Time

04:03

hello

Door Handle

rrrrrr

@seth i messed up

clicked "no action needed" when i meant to click "close"

Simon Kuang

04:38

I second this question: askubuntu.com/questions/556871/…

anybody else 14.10 experienced KDEnlive with silent export?

Door Handle

i tend to use windows for rendering

i should probably switch to linux tho.

Rinzwind

06:35

morning!

Door Handle

\o/

ByteCommander

07:08

good morning everybody out there!

@Fabby Hey, awake again? 4 hours of sleep seem a bit short to me!?

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: Moderators should be able to mark questions as answered

I know about similar requests, but after stumbling over this question (just an example; question poster answered himself using edits instead of an answer) I thought you should at least add an option in the flagging menu like "problem is solved in comments/edits". Then, moderators (or high-rep use...

ByteCommander

Hey, why did just pop my question up in here?

Journeyman Geek

cause you asked it on meta

meta questions usually have a feed to a site's main cha.

Ionică Bizău

07:40

@RPi_Awesomeness Yes, jumped from 0.48 to 0.91. Didn't have any problems with it yet.

Rinzwind

not bad IonicăBizău glad it worked out :-)

hope it gets a final release before 15.04 :D

and that they make it to a 1.00 release too :D

time for some gaming BBL

Ionică Bizău

:-)

@Rinzwind I created this with inkscape: github.com/IonicaBizau/Resources/blob/master/batjs/h.svg

ByteCommander

08:14

Hmm everybody still a bit asleep?

Ionică Bizău

I woke up. :-)

ByteCommander

@IonicăBizău Hey there! Sorry, connection got bad.

Ionică Bizău

Morning!

ByteCommander

Interesting profile. Still student, as well as me?

Ionică Bizău

Yes, and 50% developer too.. :-)

ByteCommander

08:20

I currently have few time for any programming. Have to prepare for a-levels etc

what projects are you on?

Ionică Bizău

I recommend you NodeJS. Checkout my GitHub profile.

github.com/IonicaBizau

ByteCommander

Some nice ideas. What's NodeJS? I'm more familiar with offline coding, except some tcp-stuff in java

Ionică Bizău

JS on server

nodejs.org

ByteCommander

hm, not my terrain. but I hope i can learn more about this all in the future, as soon as school's over

by the way, I'm just doing some RE homework I should already have finished yesterday.

Ionică Bizău

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A: How do I develop an Ubuntu application in HTML and JS?

I developed BAT, which is a tiny tool for building desktop applications with HTML, JS and CSS. I wrote an article about it on my blog. Installation BAT JavaScript API Examples Example index.html <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <style>...

@ByteCommander With bath you can build offline apps using web technologies. :-)

ByteCommander

08:30

you don't know a good modern (ca last 100 years) song about jesus I could easily interprete?

@IonicăBizău as I said: I should be busy with other things until the important school stuff is done in March

Ionică Bizău

youtube.com/user/IonicaBizau/videos

I have recorded some songs, but I like more the old songs. :-)

Few of my favorites are What a friend we have in Jesus, Will there be any stars...

ByteCommander

Hey, nice! But I need something with lyrics, so I would take this version youtube.com/watch?v=K0mvX6Jcp4c

@IonicăBizău But these are all more or less traditional church worship songs, aren't they?

Ionică Bizău

They are gospel songs I guess...

ByteCommander

I'm asked to write about modern music, such as pop, rock, rap etc...

But thank you anyway for trying to help me!

I posted a question related to that at Christianity.SE and received almost only comments and down votes

instead here in this chat people seem to be much more friendly.

btw, a nice keyboard you have there. I own one too, but it is about as cheap as bad I can play on it :/

Ionică Bizău

08:47

Cool! Thanks.

@ByteCommander If you like, upvote this answer. BTW, here is the NodeJS bridge.

ByteCommander

hm, maybe I can add this what a friend song and contrast gospel an pop...

Ionică Bizău

Yes

ByteCommander

yes, looks nice. I voted. But I prefer writing directly in java than html.

Ionică Bizău

But writing in HTML & JS is fancier. :p

ByteCommander

THIS is your opinion!

Ionică Bizău

08:54

Sure. :-)

ByteCommander

And I can start new projects at lest in march. No time to learn something else before.

I am only here because all that writing about jesus music is making me sick.

Not that I have anything against jesus, but this homework task is just annoying

Ionică Bizău

What do you study?

ByteCommander

Well, its still normal school (grade 12 = last year). You know the german school system?

Ionică Bizău

You're in the 4th (last) year of high school?

ByteCommander

Dont know about the british one.

We have 4 years of primary school starting at about 7

Ionică Bizău

08:58

Yes, in Romania too.

Then other 4 years and then other 4 years of high school.

ByteCommander

then we split mainly into Hauptschule, Realschule and Gymnasium

depending on how good somebody is. best go to "Gymnasium"

Ionică Bizău

Probably Gymnasium is the high school.

translate.google.com/#de/en/Gymnasium

ByteCommander

But isnt it like you start in primary school and then graduate to middle followed by high school and college?

Ionică Bizău

Exactly.

ByteCommander

Well, I'm at a german "gymnasium" which lasts 8 years (grades 5-12).

"realschule" has (I think) grades 5-10 at a lower level (corrected!)

Ionică Bizău

09:02

Ah, got it!

It's almost like in Romania.

ByteCommander

"hauptschule" would be about grade 5-9 at the lowest level

But after I finished my A-levels (final exams in grade 12, will be in march), I want to study IT

Ionică Bizău

Cool!

Journeyman Geek

is the main site(s) down for anyone else?

ByteCommander

But I'm not sure yet which university or course to take.

Ionică Bizău

@JourneymanGeek SO is down for me. AskUbuntu is working.

ByteCommander

09:05

@JourneymanGeek For me, askubunu works perfectly.

Journeyman Geek

wierd

both seem down for me

and SU

ahh AU is up

wierd

ByteCommander

@IonicăBizău So what are you studying then?

Ionică Bizău

When StackOverflow is down, productivity goes down. :-)

@ByteCommander Computer science

ByteCommander

And what do I have to think of, hearing this? What subjects/topics do you learn?

Ionică Bizău

Ugly mathematics, computer architecture etc.

github.com/IonicaBizau/arc-assembler

^ An ARC assembler and interpreter I created

ByteCommander

09:08

Hey, maths is the best and easiest subject ever. At least after IT.

Ionică Bizău

You will not say that after you are in the college. ;-)

Journeyman Geek

lol

ByteCommander

@IonicăBizău i would not bet on that. already had some preparing courses for university

Ionică Bizău

Ugly maths I will never use in the real world. If I ever need them, I will learn them then.

ByteCommander

things like matrix, proving, irreal numbers (those a+bi)

Ionică Bizău

09:12

@ByteCommander ...well unless you're a math geek. I am not.

Ah, they are fine. I also liked them.

What about integrals, derivates etc?

ByteCommander

it is not that i would study some fat math books every day or week. Not even month. But I have no problems understanding those things. Only probability seems to be a bit difficult this grade.

Integrals learned in grade 10 (standard for a-levels)

derivates (if this is like f'(x) or f''(x)) already in grade 8 or 9, I think

@IonicăBizău Still there?

Ionică Bizău

Yep. Well, then keep up the good work in maths. But I just don't like the mathematics I learn in college. :-)

ByteCommander

no problem!

I would maybe be interested in IT security for studying. That would mean legal hacking ;D

Ionică Bizău

That's interesting. :-)

ByteCommander

Maybe I can ask some older people in this forum about their careers. Would be interesting, don't you think?

Ionică Bizău

09:23

Yeah...

ByteCommander

Wait, I just call @Fabby. Used to chat with him yesterday. Maybe he comes over...

Or he is busy harvesting reputation or smoking on his balcony. Who knows...

Seems to be veeeerrrryyyy busy.

@IonicăBizău Anything left to talk about?

Ionică Bizău

I'm looking for some sponsors for this project: bloggify.org

Any ideas? :D

ByteCommander

So it is like a browser for creating webblogs or how do I have to understand it?

As I told you, I'm more an offline person.

Ionică Bizău

It's a platform for creating sites & blogs.

ByteCommander

And look what you wrote: "Themes are funny! As human, you can choose a theme you like. As developer, you can create a theme in few minutes." Developers aren't humans? ;D

I put a star to your sponsor request. Maybe it attracts some attention on the site...

Ionică Bizău

09:37

Thanks. There is an irony to make a difference between devs and humans. :-)

ByteCommander

Yes, sometimes you are right. I have a buddy that sometimes seems not to be really human...

Ionică Bizău

:-)

ByteCommander

e.g. he doesn't sense heat. At least not much.

I think he once told it was a gene defect with an unpronouncable name.

And his mobile seems alien too. He throws it on people, out of windows, into campfires, under water, but that damn thing still works!

Ionică Bizău

He he :-)

ByteCommander

Yes, that is him. But now I should maybe go back to RE for some time. May I leave you alone for an hour or so? ;-) I think you can find something to kill the time...

Ionică Bizău

09:44

I already have enough things to do. :-)

Have a nice day! Nice to meet you

ByteCommander

Fine. See you again sometimes. Bye!

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