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10:00

Not very wizardly ;)

Rinzwind

my wizard hat is for storing and retrieving items

edwinksl

@Zanna brb hacking into OP's computer to find their ISO

Zanna

@edwinksl I'm sure they will appreciate that

Rinzwind

hehehehehe askubuntu.com/questions/832508/…

Zanna

10:17

:)

Rinzwind

10:28

damn I was wrong :(

terdon

@Rinzwind Mark the date everybody, that doesn't happen often! :P

Rinzwind

@terdon true :=) 1st time in my lifetime >:-D

terdon

First in living memory, even! :P

Rinzwind

I was too sure on this one. I normally always make it an option or idea >:-D and then you can't go wrong.

Zacharee1

terdon

10:58

→ 2 messages moved to Discussion between terdon and Nitha

@Nitha I created a room for us to discuss this. Please join me there: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/46242/…

Anwar

@edwinksl Thank you. I thought that one can't be a bug. but it seems it was I who was wrong actually! :facepalm:

edwinksl

@Anwar lol i already retracted. so nothing more i can do :/

Anwar

I was working against light reflected display. it was hardly visible. but when I saw it from mobile i saw the line

but I can think of another reason for this issue

Edity

11:57

The movefoward () is stuck in my brain

edwinksl

12:21

@Zanna huh, odd android.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/154945

Zanna

lol!

It feels funny when you have powerz in one place and then on another site you are just a noob

Edity

LOLZ

Zanna

I did comment on the post, to say thanks, so I can't be accused of not being able to find the comment button, really...

edwinksl

he has rejected so many edits

Zanna

haha

edwinksl

12:27

i am guessing he has a ridiculous bar for what makes a good edit

Zanna

he rejected more than approved

edwinksl

which reminds me

peter mortensen has casted an overwhelming number of downvotes

all time by type
114 up 6,219 question
6,270 down 165 answer

is that normal?

Edity

Nope

not normal to Edity tm

Zanna

@edwinksl he's probably voting solely on grammar

Edity

@edwinksl DOWNVOTE ABUSER

edwinksl

12:30

and on SO

all time by type month week
4,212 up 37,402 question 71 41
39,980 down 6,790 answer

lol wth

down is up for this guy

Edity

Does he get negative rep?

try upvoting. That's downvoting. XD

jokerdino

downvotes a lot of questions for reasons.

edwinksl

@Edity not really, he is a >10k user on SO

Edity

O-o

does he provide reasons?

if your downvoting, your doing it wrong!

if your upvoting, yes you are doing it correctly

Zanna

lol @Edity guess we better get rid of that useless downvote button...

wonder why the silly devs put that in there to confuse us all

edwinksl

12:33

i don't think i can be IRL friends with peter mortensen

Edity

Let's think of a good Opposite Day prank.

jokerdino

@Edity he would totally downvote you for that.

Edity

meh

Zanna

lol you better put some apostrophes in quick

Edity

/|\

@Zanna lolz

edwinksl

12:36

Favorite editor
UltraEdit

ok i lost all respect for mortensen

Zanna

I just remembered that one of my students is on holiday this week - I just gained 2 hours of free time :)

edwinksl

need to get that 2k on AE :p

Zanna

haha that's gonna take me 2 decades

edwinksl

well then better get started :)

Edity

I dream of getting 10 billion reputation

If there is a thing...

edwinksl

12:44

@Edity don't let dreams be dreams

Edity

Just do it! :P

Rinzwind

do ubuntu phones use unity 8? :P

Edity

I wish there was a iPad Air Ubuntu touch

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

13:03

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Q: Ubuntu 16.04 TLS Can Not Connect To Windows 7 Or XP Shares, But Windows 7 And XP PCs Can Connect To Ubuntu Share

Installed Ubuntu 16.04 TLS on my laptop. Have Windows 7 Professional PC and several Windows XP PCs. Never had an issue accessing any Windows share on any Windows PC from any other Windows PC. Using basic network--workgroup, no domain, no Active Directory. I installed SAMBA on Ubuntu and created...

Seth

13:25

twitter.com/eevee/status/782630085383696384?s=09

y u no onebox

terdon

@Seth https?

THEY USED A HASH They used a SHA1 hash A SHA1 HASH Implemented in Flash A SHA1 HASH It was easy to smash A SHA1 HASH Now I got all your cash

Tweeted by eevee on October 2, 2016 at 5:15 PM

Yep

What's the song supposed to be?

Serg

1696 on U&L , yay

@terdon monster bash

no, monster mash

Zanna

@Serg shell-brain

Serg

@Zanna yes, my brain literally in shells right now

all the ksh and bash and mksh shells

and dash

and rainbow dash

ou, wait . . . wrong dash

terdon

@Serg ??? This thing?

Zanna

13:36

#!/bin/serg
please make me a cup of tea

Serg

@terdon yes. it's an old song, like from 1950s , but it's considered a Halloween classic

terdon

OK

I don't really see how those lyrics would fit the rhythm but OK

Serg

@Zanna /bin/serg error: no tea found, we only have coffee

Zanna

@Serg haha I'm get my own then, coffee gives me the shakes, although I like it

Serg

By the way, it's Monday again. And i have exam. So , prepare thyself for le serg-rant

@Zanna If I'm ever in England , which if i remember correctly is your location on the globe, I'll sure bring you some authentic Chinese tea. Coffee has sort of weird effect on me. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

edwinksl

13:47

@terdon dat animation doe

DK Bose

Help!

I think I messed up http://askubuntu.com/questions/832576/how-to-get-rid-of-the-title-bar by trying to edit it. Can someone please fix it?

Thanks!

Zanna

:) yes correct, I'm in London. The nearest city to my home town has an amazing tea shop. I drink herbal tea all day long, and maybe a little green tea (matcha latte!!), and when I am home with my mummy, I drink one tiny cup of fresh coffee with loads of almond milk because she doesn't like to drink it by herself

DK Bose

@Zanna, Thanks!

Zanna

@DKBose any time :D

Serg

god i hate Mondays

and exams

and Mondays with exams

Somebody please hire me to write Python all day, so i don't have to deal with homework and exams no more

Zanna

13:56

I would if I could...

jokerdino

Done

terdon

@Serg I'd be happy to as long as you don't require remuneration.

edwinksl

spamspamspam askubuntu.com/a/832584/15003

terdon

@edwinksl Gonegonegone

Serg

@terdon define remuneration ? also op said : top of the window has this long title because of the title of the webpage. I think it's clear they don't care about meta characters but about length of the title

terdon

14:01

@Serg Remuneration: salary, you know, being paid for stuff.

And yeah, dunno, I guess I thought that was nonsensical: "The title of the page I'm looking at is long, please fix". Of course it's long, that's the title!

What's the point of fixing that?

Serg

having pretty colors in title instead of lengthy text ?

also, i do need money, at least enough to pay for going to China

terdon

Can't help you there then, sorry. :P

Serg

well, at least spread the word out that there is desperate Ukrainian trying to get foot in the door by writing ton of Unity indicators

god i hate Mondays

Rinzwind

14:20

argh

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Q: How to make python3.4 as a default version in ubuntu box and un-install default 2.x python from it

Greetings !! Could you please help me here like how to make python3.4 as a default version in ubuntu box and un-install default 2.x python from it. Will be grateful to you. Thanks, R. Singh

python-2.7

really who told him that that was a good idea?

GeoMint

Hello guys :)

Rinzwind

Hello Minty

GeoMint

I was wondering what will happend if i install xinit on windows 10 ubuntu bash shell

:P

Rinzwind

The only Mint we support is GeoMint! :=)

GeoMint

hahahaha

Rinzwind

14:22

@GeoMint wont work I bet :D

GeoMint

hmm

Rinzwind

or maybe :P reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/4ea4w4/…

boxy!

cl-netbox

Hello ! :)

Rinzwind

ahum

AHUM!

cl-netbox

muha

!MUHA

GeoMint

14:24

"*It's quite funny too. It used to be "you can run Windows software on Linux!". Now it's slowly going the other way too."*

cl-netbox

@Rinzwind Good afternoon ! :)

Rinzwind

yeah that thread is full of funny quotes :D

@cl-netbox ahum

@GeoMint another one "we need to call it gnu/nt" _O- Stallman will have a heart attack. Or 2.

GeoMint

hahahaha

Rinzwind

"It's "LINE". It's exactly like WINE, but Linux on Windows instead of Windows on Linux." O

GeoMint

hahahahaha :P

Rinzwind

14:27

it is even more obnoxious than systemd :X

I am waiting for the 1st user to go:
"I used rm and now my windows is gone"

GeoMint

i did "sudo apt install xinit"

:P

Rinzwind

cool

and? ...

cl-netbox

@ParanoidPanda Hi ! :) Well, there is no official tox repo at all ... both are hosted on 3rd party repos : qtox on opensuse and utox on debian ... I checked utox - the latest available version is still in alpha stage, so I think qtox is way more stable and has more features though ! But I still have not decided whether to drop tox at all ...

GeoMint

installing

Zacharee1

welp askubuntu.com/questions/820531/…

GeoMint

14:32

@Zacharee1 my friend

Zacharee1

gasp :p

Wow, haven't seen you in forever

GeoMint

@Rinzwind on startx i get server error: cannot open /dev/tty0

Rinzwind

create it >:-D

GeoMint

it exists

@Zacharee1 how your zach tech tips going?

Zacharee1

site down

GeoMint

14:35

:/

terdon

Hey GeoMint, long time no see.

GeoMint

hey :)

@terdon i had no time with my university

Rinzwind

like I said before:
The only Mint we support is GeoMint

GeoMint

:D

Rinzwind

it really is n00b q day today :X

funny -> askubuntu.com/questions/832591/iamwheel-script-without-gui

2

Zanna

14:43

Lol you are having a field day with the comments

Rinzwind

yeah my flags on comments are going up >:-D

GeoMint

Rinzwind

now all you need is a mouse :P

GeoMint

hahahahaha

Rinzwind

yeah you got your cheese and a trap set :)

GeoMint

14:51

HAHAHAHA

time for a mouse (xfce) :P

Rinzwind

oh damn: omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/10/windows-10-linux-subsystem-ubuntu-16-04

GeoMint

@Rinzwind imgur.com/a/1ZsOF

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: Is this not an incomplete answer? (low quality review)

I would expect it to also mention how to check folder permissions and, if required, to modify them. Perhaps I should not have recommended deletion, but modify it or add a comment. Yet, the system tells me I should have selected "Looks good", when in my view it does not. In any case, regardles...

discussion review

GeoMint

@Rinzwind insider preview only

Rinzwind

@GeoMint sure but I was hoping it would die after 1 Ubuntu release :-P

cl-netbox

14:58

@Rinzwind who cares ??? :D :D :D

Rinzwind

@cl-netbox me! all q's related to that are valid on AU :P

they hurt my eyes and make me go ballistic :=D

cl-netbox

@Rinzwind oh yes ... sorry - forgot about this aspect ! :)

GeoMint

windows 10 sucks though :P i am planning to format my desktop and go for ArchLinux

cl-netbox

@Rinzwind suggestion : whenever you see the word "Microsoft" or "Windows", simply ignore it and move on to another post or something else ... :)

6

@GeoMint You are right - I agree : I dropped Windows completely for about two years now ! :)

Zanna

@GeoMint nice :)

Rinzwind

15:06

windows xp was my last windows personally.
I need w7 at work for mostly VPNs.

cl-netbox

@Zanna Nice ??? TRUE !!! Hello and good afternoon :)

GeoMint

@Rinzwind win10 has built-in vpn client

cl-netbox

@Rinzwind My was Vista, I started dual booting with ubuntu gutsy, later I had Win 7 / 8 and Server 2012 installed in VMs ... but Windows 10 is a "no-go" for me ...

Zanna

@cl-netbox good afternoon to you :)

cl-netbox

@Zanna Thanks :)

Severus Tux

15:19

Hi all :D

GeoMint

@SeverusTux nice name

Severus Tux

thanks :)

@cl-netbox . Hello :)

GeoMint

@Rinzwind my profile says " Member for 2 years, 9 months" :o

Severus Tux

@GeoMint I was wondering the same. never saw you here :P

GeoMint

i have been in idle for couple of months

cl-netbox

15:22

@SeverusTux Hello my friend ! :)

Severus Tux

:D

I know nobody here uses xmonad. but still with some hope of getting help.... could someone help me here : unix.stackexchange.com/q/314052/155386 please ?

cl-netbox

@SeverusTux I really would love to do so, but unfortunately I don't have any experience with xmonad ... sorry :)

GeoMint

@SeverusTux same here. i am searching if i can find something useful

Severus Tux

thanks :)

Rinzwind

@GeoMint not for the vpn our clients enforce

GeoMint

15:33

lol, ok

Zanna

15:56

FINALLY my edit was approved! @edwinksl

Serg

16:14

so . ... i hope i passed the exam

i got TCP and UDP part alright, i think

but delay calculations sucked

i think i failed that part

Zanna

Best not to think about it...

GeoMint

What do your think? unix.stackexchange.com/a/314065/93461

You can edit my answer. I will be back in an hour so i can't make it better.

for now

edwinksl

@Zanna :):):)

Serg

@GeoMint good enough for user's needs

Also, there may be extension for C/C++ for LO

I'm not sure if i should stay up and maybe code, or go take a nap. I_hate_mondays_counter++

edwinksl

@Zanna now let's see how long my edit takes

Zanna

16:24

@edwinksl you suggested one to the same post?

edwinksl

@Zanna nope a different post that i saw on the front page :D

Zanna

@edwinksl heh keep me up to date

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Systemd Synergy Unit File

i have a problem with systemd in generally and Unit files. I am using Ubuntu 16.04 Gnome Edition and i want to start up the application "synergy" after i logged in. After my research, i've learned that user unit files are stored in ~/.config/systemd/user/. I have created an ~/.config/systemd...

linux ubuntu systemd startup

Serg

is there any scripting questions ? if I'm going to stay up, it better be for something fun

Severus Tux

@cl-netbox @GeoMint I got the answer :) People in that IRC are really friendly : #xmonad @ chat.freenode.org . waiting for one of them to write the answer :D

terdon

16:44

@GeoMint That's what LaTeX is for!

You can make pretty PDF documents of syntax-highlighted source-code:

0

A: Text editor for printing C++ code

Well, if you want to go the extra mile, do it in LaTeX and provide a professional level PDF file. You haven't mentioned your distribution so I'll give instructions for Debian based systems. The same basic idea can be done on any Linux though. Install a LaTeX system and necessary packages sudo...

edwinksl

@Serg not scripting, but easy for you to answer :p askubuntu.com/questions/832568/…

terdon

Sounds like the OP's teacher is a geek, so they should appreciate a LaTeX approach!

edwinksl

@terdon yeah latex is definitely the way to go here

Severus Tux

17:02

@terdon you know sooo much!

IanC

17:15

good afternoon

Severus Tux

@IanC good afternoon to you :)

IanC

how are you doing @SeverusTux?

Severus Tux

I am doing good :) thanks. About to have dinner :P . wbu ?

IanC

good, trying to make good use of my "day off" and studying a bit haha

Piotr Kowalski

17:43

Hello. I have a quick question. I've tried to switch to console mode (ctrl+alt+F1) but got just black screen with no text. After switching back to graphical a lot of programs display letters in strange way: i.imgur.com/xj1q6zM.png Rebooting will probably fix it but I'm running ddrescue so I don't want to do this. Opening new terminal doesn't help. (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS)

Is it possible to fix it without reboot?

Severus Tux

bye all :)

IanC

see you later @SeverusTux

Severus Tux

:)

Zanna

Bye @SeverusTux :)

IanC

the black screen seems similar to my issue, I think it has something to do with the resolution set in the virtual terminal @PiotrKowalski

I didn't solve the issue yet, but this link has an answer askubuntu.com/questions/162535/…

you would have to edit the GRUB config file I think

user136984

17:49

@cl-netbox No, I mean the official Tox one, not uTox or qTox one. This one: https://pkg.tox.chat/

IanC

about getting the graphical back to normal, I don't know how to do it without at least restarting lightdm, which would kill your ddrescue

Serg

There's no spots in the quiet room

there's not enough places to sleep on this campus

Piotr Kowalski

@IanC thanks, I'll do it later. Right now gedit looks just like terminal on that screen. :/

Serg

awful

GeoMint

@terdon That is the best answer :D

Piotr Kowalski

17:51

@IanC I tried restarting Unity (just Alt+F2 and typing unity) but it didn't help. Firefox and Chromium got closed. Other programs not.

IanC

@PiotrKowalski no problem! I wish I knew some way to fix graphics issues on lightdm without restarting it, sometimes changing user causes some of those bugs and I have to close everything and restart the service

maybe restarting compiz could work?

Piotr Kowalski

@IanC like in here?

IanC

I think so, I saw an answer suggesting that compiz was restarted here

I never did it though

Piotr Kowalski

No luck. :/ I guess I'll wait untill ddrescue finishes and just reboot.

At least webbrowsers render fonts right. :)

IanC

I'm not sure why lightdm is so sensitive when it comes to fonts rendering

in my computer simply changing users a few times could trigger those bugs in the fonts

Piotr Kowalski

18:01

@IanC I can open files to read in web browser. Is there any way to copy output from console? ddrescue edits those lines all the time so it unselects...

IanC

Ctrl+shift+C copies text from terminal

or you could right-click and choose copy, if you don't want to risk typing Ctrl+C :p

Piotr Kowalski

@IanC I know, but I can't select it. ddrescue changes 3 lines and automatically deselects...

IanC

it's because ddrescue is clearing and writing everytime, to keep the output in a single place instead of logging everything in the screen

I'm not how to copy it, maybe being quick or pausing the process?

I'm not sure if pausing ddrescue is a good idea though

you would need the PID of ddrescue, then kill -STOP <pid> -> Copy the terminal output (hoping you didn't pause it exactly when it cleared it) -> kill -CONT <pid>

Piotr Kowalski

Ugh, can't catch it on screenshot, but when I select text in one line and don't jump to another, the text in selection displays just right.

IanC

it sounds really sketchy though, specially since ddrescue is using the disk, so I'm not sure if it's ok to pause it

but considering kill is just sending a signal to ddrescue, it probably does whatever it has left to do before actually pausing it, might be safe

Piotr Kowalski

18:10

When I try to select multiple lines (drag down instead of right) rest of the line displays wrong but everything I select on right in next line displays right...

ddrescue is not using disk Ubuntu is on.

IanC

I guess it's because the selected text is rendered with a different font

Piotr Kowalski

But new terminal still displays glitched font...

I guess I'll just wait.

IanC

could you just click on edit->select all when you need to read the output until it's over?

Piotr Kowalski

I don't know where is "select all". ;D Glitched in context menu too.

Serg

it's one of those days when i have the time, but have no energy

edwinksl

18:30

@Zanna heh got approved by OP

Zanna

Nice :)

We are both 2 points closer to 2k hahaha

David Cole - Grammar Police

18:54

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Q: Shortcut Key Conflict Minecraft

When I use ctrl to sprint in Minecraft, and try to use 2 or 7 to switch between hotbar slots, nothing happens. However as soon as I release ctrl, the keys work again. This does not happen on Windows or MAC - using the same keyboard and computer. Does Ubuntu have a key shortcut that is causing th...

shortcut-keys minecraft

D:

Zanna

19:46

at last an answerable MATE question!

IanC

hey @Zanna! how was your weekend on your parents? :)

Zanna

hey @IanC it was lovely thanks :) aww it's nice that you remembered - you're a thoughtful person

did you have a good weekend?

IanC

it was good too, I was working this weekend so it was a bit slow paced, but it was good!

Zanna

:)

IanC

I might go see my parents next weekend too, but I'm not sure yet, I was thinking about paying a visit to my aunt that I don't see in a while

I'm a bit divided haha

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