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Nathan Osman

00:13

@Seth Seems do-able with an app.

Seth

@NathanOsman yeah several have, but twitters intense API limits sunk most of them iirc

Nathan Osman

Hmm... yeah.

The limits can be restrictive sometimes.

Unless it ran continuously.

Surely you aren't favoriting tweets faster than it can fetch them from the API :P

Seth

@NathanOsman that's not the kind of API limits I was referring to :/

but does anyone remember that video? I feel like the only one that saw it..

Nathan Osman

Which one?

Oh.

No, I didn't see that one.

Seth

:/

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

00:26

So . . . I am really drowsy right now . . . mostly because I've quit coffee, smoking, and started wearing those blue-screen clip ons

i might get grumpy as well . . . just saying

Nathan Osman

I am woefully short of sleep as well.

Seth

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy It can take a while to get over coffee. Try replacing it with something. Green smoothies maybe.

Nathan Osman

I feel your pain :D

I just can't get to sleep and then end up sleeping in and not feeling rested.

(On the days that I can sleep in.)

Seth

Casey Neistat posited the idea that you can replace limited amount of sleep with exercise. I think he might be right.

Nathan Osman

I am trying to see if getting more exercise will help.

Lol. Good timing :P

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

00:29

@Seth I've been chugging gallons of jasmine tea and peppermint tea. It might help, but . . . it's not the same. I really miss the flavor

Nathan Osman

I'm also cutting back on eating before bed and drinking more.

Seth

May 29 at 18:39, by Seth

@Zanna you should try this then http://teeccino.com/. My mom got me to try it, and I think I will try drinking it for a bit (I don't drink coffee). It's an herbal blend designed to replace coffee.

Nathan Osman

We'll see if that helps.

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@NathanOsman might wanna do that as well. I've been eating instant noodles in the middle of the night just out of boredom lately

chaskes

00:41

@Seth @NathanOsman Install instructions for the Brave browser: github.com/brave/browser-laptop/blob/master/docs/…

Nathan Osman

Cool.

Does it do better with memory than Chrome?

I imagine the adblocking indirectly helps with that :P

chaskes

I just installed it but haven't used it yet. I'm expecting good things, though.

Seth

I use it on Android. Should really start using it on desktop too.

In fact, I think I have the installer around here somehwere..

chaskes

Android, eh? I'll need to install that.

Nathan Osman

Same. I use it on Android almost exclusively now.

Seth

00:44

Yep. Only thing I use Chrome on android for anymore is GitHub lol.

chaskes

The desktop instructions above were perfect on Ubuntu (except curl is not already installed by default)

Seth

Someone should package it.

Or snap it.

Although last time I tried snaps they were pretty awful.

chaskes

(cough) @NathanOsman (cough)

Back from within Brave. Very, very fast on the desktop

Nathan Osman

I'm pretty busy...

chaskes

;)

TheXed

01:12

hi

TheWanderer

eek

TheXed

kee...

TheWanderer

hey who wants to try out our Chat Exchange app so we can ~~spy on you~~ get some feedback and testers

TheXed

There is a chat exchange app?

TheWanderer

we're makin one

TheXed

01:14

and how does one test it?

TheWanderer

one asks me to post the link

which I will do in just a minute

TheXed

lol...

60

59

58

TheWanderer

pls

TheXed

55

TheWanderer

o_O

TheXed

01:15

54

52

51

Seth

75

TheXed

damn spam protection...

TheWanderer

I've gotta wait for Google to actually roll out the latest version

@TheXed xD

hmm

I guess I might as well share the opt in link play.google.com/apps/testing/com.huetoyou.chatexchange

TheXed

its not available to in my country...

TheWanderer

the US???

TheXed

01:26

Good ol' Murica...

TheWanderer

I'm in the US

TheXed

I am just saying what it says....

TheWanderer

here drive.google.com/file/d/0B-mjmplK3CyJSWpPbFUzdlBYSXM/…

just install it manually...

it'll update from the Play Store in the future

TheXed

whoops...I need to plug my phone in...apparently it is dead...

TheWanderer

lol

TheXed

01:34

@TheWanderer so it isn't available on IOS?

TheWanderer

no lol

it's not even functional on Android yet

TheXed

Then why am I installing it again?

TheWanderer

so you can find where it crashes

4 funzies

TheXed

Well I can't even log in, because I use Google Oauth or whatever it is...

TheWanderer

@TheXed yeah I had to set up an SE password too

TheXed

01:37

How do I do that?

TheWanderer

lemme figure it out lol

ok go to stackexchange.com click your username, click My Logins, click Add Login, add an SE login

TheXed

Do I have to create a SE login first?

TheWanderer

that's how you create it

TheXed

This is a lot of work to log into an app that doesn't even function :-:

TheWanderer

well it does everything except read and send messages lol

you can add chats, see the current users, see their info, etc

TheXed

02:16

Sorry back...

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

I chose very wrong time for doing the cold turkey stuff

TheXed

I like cold turkey sandwiches...

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

mmm, sandwiches

TheXed

Anyways what are you trying to quit?

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

Well, the base goal is no smoking, no coffee, and since today no sugar for whole June. And then we'll see

TheXed

02:26

But...coffee has so many benefits as long as you drink it black...

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

But I'm kind of regretting it right now. I've work 1 pm to 9 pm. So far lasting till 6 and then starting to get drowsy

And next week I've classes starting

TheXed

It is 0 calories, 0 fat, and full of nutrients....

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: error in mounting drive on Ubuntu Mate terminal

I am trying to access files in the partition named "Envision" from the Ubuntu Mate terminal. The output of df -h is as follows Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 855M 0 855M 0% /dev tmpfs 175M 5.9M 169M 4% /run /dev/sda2 96G 28G ...

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

frankly, I've no idea what I'm doing

TheXed

02:45

lol...you need a wife...she will be happy to tell you what you are doing...

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@TheXed i have. Problemnis that she's in China, miles away.

TheXed

I am sure she would still be happy to tell you...

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

ha

MathCubes

03:10

Some people I don't get

Found this while looking though my local craglisting

stlouis.craigslist.org/sys/6102182723.html

Who would pay that is beyound me

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

shrug, maybe some one would, who really needs MS word

MathCubes

Too outdated plus you can download a copy

YOu could even download trail

Better yet, Libraoffice or WPS

Seth

That's.. actually a good price.

MathCubes

@Seth You are crazy. It's too outdated. I have used it before just like a month before to try it out again form when it was new in 2006. I pick that vision because I remember ribbon being new. It doesn't even read newer doc files that well anymore and saving to them would just most likely break them.

I just thew away my copy of MS office 2010 just a few days ago.

Seth

docx was released with 2007, not 2010.

Also plugins. Also $25.

Office 2010 is currently ~$99 on ebay. So, like I said, good price.

MathCubes

03:21

@Seth I tried 2007. I downloaded it.

I used MS 2016 or 2013 in Wine or a VM

I had no reason to keep 2010. Had no use for it and was quite outdated

Those people are crazy, no one would paid ~100 for 2010.

That has a tech mind

Seth

...

MathCubes

Anyways how much do you think I can get for my Nvidia 745 3ddr gb ram card?

Seth

I used 2010 for years. Worked great, very stable. Also gets a gold rating in WINE.

MathCubes

That's true

Scam? stlouis.craigslist.org/sys/6130239443.html

@Seth How much do you think I can get for my nvidia geforce gtx 745 4gb ddr3 card?

Seth

no idea

all my machines run intel graphics... :(

MathCubes

03:31

I don't think there are a market for it

Nathan Osman

04:56

Saw this on the way home from an early morning trip. https://t.co/CgU0inTq1X

Tweeted by nathanosman_dev on June 2, 2017 at 1:40 AM

...and that was a very busy street.

Kaz Wolfe

SmokeDetector

05:57

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported question: How to Download Youtube videos With Firefox in Any Format by Qammar Iqbal on askubuntu.com

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

06:37

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Q: Problem with display while running ubuntu mate

The output of lsb_release -a is No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 16.10 Release: 16.10 Codename: yakkety I am facing a strange problem from some 2 months or so. The system display goes off all of a sudden and then I am left with no option than ...

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Takkat

Can anybody comment a link to ubuntu-manual.org/?lang=en_US and to help.ubuntu.com to help this guy: askubuntu.com/questions/921325/… - my comment capabilities are still broken due to that MS ads.

Kaz Wolfe

not on it

> deleted by jokerdino♦ 7 secs ago

Takkat

Ah good then. No place for rants is always the best!

But that MS-ad-bug is a real show stopper here.

Kaz Wolfe

@Takkat github.com/gorhill/uBlock

wait, how is it hijacking the entire site? that seems weird

Takkat

It's a company machine where I can't install any ad blocker.

First I thought it is our admins that block any kinds of redirects. But it only occurs on AU, and only when that Azure campaign is displayed in the ad section.

jokerdino

06:50

@Takkat OK

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Shell script to set password for samba user

I would like to set a password for setting up samba share directory using a shell script. I wrote the following script test.sh: #!/bin/bash pass=123456 (echo "$pass"; echo "$pass") | smbpasswd -s -a $(whoami) This prints the following: When run by root: smbpasswd [options] [username] oth...

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Fabby

08:38

@Mateo Yeah, there is a WebApp... Maybe I should go back to Ubuntu touch...

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Q: Ubuntu 16.04 - GUI freezes on login start page

I am unable to enter anything at the login screen it just freezes directly after the page shows. The cursor inside the login form blinks about 10 times then it stops. I cant move the mouse or use the keyboard. I already entered the secure mode and triggered update, upgrade and dist-upgrade via t...

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H3R3T1K

09:20

Hi guys. Do you know of a way to test RAM other than memtest86? It's too much of a hassle to physically remove the module not being tested. I read that "stress" can test ram but I don't know the proper syntax... I just got a used Dell PC from 2009-ish and I wanna make sure the RAM is fine

Byte Commander

@H3R3T1K You can type man stress to read the manual page of the command

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website in body: Small box/window flashing in middle of screen momentarily? by johnnyhenderson on askubuntu.com

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10:45

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Q: Installing Docker on Ubuntu, failure to update

I'm struggling to use "sudo apt-get update" on: Description: Ubuntu 15.04 Release: 15.04 Codename: vivid I'm working through a virtual machine on Illumina Basespace which could be part of the problem (except the whole point of basespace is to use docker so I feel like it should ...

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Byte Commander

13:20

Great! curl -s -L http://bit.ly/10hA8iC | bash

TheWanderer

14:09

in Android on Stack Overflow Chat, 2 hours ago, by Cold Fire

Byte Commander

s/IE/Win/

TheWanderer

websites work fine on Windows if you use Chrome

terdon

Or firefox or opera or anything other than IE

But isn't IE OK these days? I thought they've been standard compliant for a few releases now.

TheWanderer

IE has been discontinued

Byte Commander

So many competing browser standards... We should make a new unified one to replace them all...

terdon

14:12

Edge or whatever it's called these days

@ByteCommander Before you post the xkcd link, there aren't actually competing standards

It's just that IE (and maybe edge) don't follow the standard.

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Q: Debian PXE boot from ISO and preseeding configuration file

I'm trying to automate a custom Debian (OS) Installation using PXE boot from ISO and preseeding the configuration file. Steps I've done so far is: Installed DHCP and TFTP server including syslinux (memdisk) to load the iso. Configured Label in the pxelinux.cfg/default file to autostart the ISO...

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14:32

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Q: Mark copy id on PDF printout

I have invoices being sent to our system as PDF files. From there I have a script that periodically checks directory for files and prints them to CUPS attached network printers (HP LJ 400) via ipp. Every invoice needs to have 4 copies, so the command used is: lpr -P invoiceprint -# 4 invoice.pd...

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terdon

I would suggest that you completely remove your Nvidia GPU and install only using the Intel graphics, and then reinsert your GPU after the install is done. — Android Dev 2 mins ago

@AndroidDev um. Not really a viable suggestion for someone who's not a dedicated hardware geek :)

How many of your non-technical friends have ever opened their computers?

Byte Commander

@terdon "implementations" better? or "interpretations of the standard"?

Android Dev

@terdon He/she's got a 4790k (overclocking edition CPU) and a non-oem motherboard, so I assumed that he/she know their way around a computer

terdon

@AndroidDev Fair enough

TheWanderer

"they"

much easier to use

Android Dev

14:51

True. Either that or OP

cl-netbox

Hello :)

Android Dev

Hi :)

cl-netbox

@AndroidDev Hi :) Nice to see you :) Everything fine ? :)

Android Dev

15:06

I'm a little tired, but other than that yeah :)

Just pushed a bug fix for ChatExchange. Although that only half fixes the problem...

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

15:17

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Q: Is add-apt-repository safe against a malicious network ("MITM")?

Its output appears somewhat concerning # add-apt-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp85zwje4_/secring.gpg' created gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp85zwje4_/pubring.gpg' created gpg: requesting key 7BB9C367 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com gpg: /tmp/tmp85zwje4_/trustdb.gpg: trustdb ...

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Android Dev

15:27

jokerdino

\o/

You are the enbugger.

3

cl-netbox

@jokerdino :D :D :D Hi ! :)

Android Dev

Context --^

jokerdino

@cl-netbox hey

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Q: SSH connection immediately closed without explanation in the log

Summary of my problem: SSH connection to Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS server immediately closed after successful login, either from PuTTY/KiTTY or Linux terminal. Possibly caused due to missing rights on the machine I wanted to access but I am not sure. The whole case: I wanted to access a Ubuntu Server...

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David Foerster

16:14

@SumeetDeshmukh: Hi, just a quick reality check for both of us: can you explain what led you to recommend the deletion on askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/717984?

I voted to keep it because it addresses a potential source of error in the exposition of the question with a straight-forward solution.

Thomas Ward

16:51

appears randomly, before crumpling into nothing more than a shapeless blob on the floor of the room

blurgh i had a crap night... >.>

anyways greetings to you all

@DavidFoerster Probably Pilot6's "This doesn't answer the question" comment.

David Foerster

@ThomasWard That only appeared a few minutes ago

Thomas Ward

well its got a comment on it now

points at the diamond

David Foerster

Ok, thanks for the support! Gotta go play Gloomhaven. :-]

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

17:24

walks into the room, sipping virtual coffee, because can't drink real one . . . hey chat, how's it going

Kaz Wolfe

YOUR VIRTUAL COFFEE IS TRASH

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@KazWolfe for once we agree on something

throws virtual coffee out of the window . . . screams heard down below

Thomas Ward

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy shleps across the floor in shapeless-blob form, stops next to you, blob forms a tentacle and slaps you for wasting coffee in any form, then slides back to the corner and disappears into the shadows

Kaz Wolfe

@ThomasWard It's perfectly acceptable to waste bad coffee.

cl-netbox

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy Hey Sergiy, it's going well ! :D How's it going for you ? :)

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

17:26

Jokes on you Thomas, I'm into tentacle stuff . . . What , too much info ?

Thomas Ward

@KazWolfe no. you take the bad coffee, dump it into a plant, plant grows better.

Kaz Wolfe

That wasn't coffee anyways. It was dark water that tasted sorta like beans.

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@cl-netbox Horribly. I'm on a month of "cleansing" myself. So no coffee, smoking, or sugar

Thomas Ward

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy TMI... slaps in reality, and then tosses you into the space between dimensions

cl-netbox

@KazWolfe true ! :) Hi Kaz ! :)

Kaz Wolfe

17:27

hi.

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy ugh. do we all need to share now?

cl-netbox

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy and that works ??? :D :D :D

Thomas Ward

@KazWolfe lol

cl-netbox

Hi @ThomasWard ! :)

Thomas Ward

@cl-netbox greetings to thee.

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@cl-netbox eh, kinda. It pisses me off, but at least I cough less

cl-netbox

17:29

@ThomasWard Thanks ! :) How's evil and darkness today ? :D

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

also, i got myself one of those screen protecting clip-ons for the glasses

They make me drowsy though

Thomas Ward

@cl-netbox all-consuming. at least for today

cl-netbox

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy I know how it feels ... once I tried stopping to smoke - one week of horror ... for me and for all persons around me ... so I dropped that attempt ! :D

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Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@cl-netbox haha, indeed a horror. But hey, trying to make my loved ones happy. That's what it's all about

cl-netbox

17:32

@ThomasWard okay then we'll have to wait and look forward to tomorrow ... :D

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

Anything interesting I've missed yesterday ? I kinda passed out after 11

cl-netbox

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy not to be misunderstood : what you do is an extremely good thing - I wish you good luck and best success ! :)

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy yes you did ! I wrote a new answer ... didn't you see it ? :D

Kaz Wolfe

@ThomasWard i volunteer you to share first.

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@cl-netbox Will check it out later today.

@cl-netbox thank you for the good wishes. I mean. I kinda want to make my loved ones happy, but also I want to make myself happy. So eventually I'll need to find balance between my bad habits, health, and family

ohai, AoC

cl-netbox

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy I think you will find the balance, I'm quite sure. :)

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

17:42

On an unrelated note, I hate it when I find highly voted question, and there's like 3 posts of the same thing . . .and no, not posted within minutes of each other - within months. Originality, people !!! Where's originality ???

Zanna

I think I got this now (after much head scratching, tinkering around, and multiple attempts to edit)

cl-netbox

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy nice :)

Zanna

18:05

"Weird behaviour in Ubuntu" <-- another title that brilliantly specifies the exact problem

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@Zanna Make that title "covfefe in Ubuntu" it'll clarify everything

Zanna

did you see the codegolf post David F mentioned? It's on the starwall -->

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

Yup, I did.

Zanna

so good :D

Sumeet Deshmukh

18:21

@DavidFoerster sorry for being late, it was a valid answer, but op said "maybe" and that triggered the deleting call from my end I guess.

Kaz Wolfe

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy why is there coffee on my linux install?

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@KazWolfe That's a new feature, added by Linus. He's had enough of Nvidia not supplying drivers for his coffee maker

Kaz Wolfe

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy i don't have /dev/coffee yet :(

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

$ apt-cache search -n coffee
coffeescript - interpreter and compiler for the CoffeeScript language
coffeescript-doc - documentation for the CoffeeScript language
latex-coffee-stains - Add a coffee stain to your LaTeX documents
libjs-coffeescript - client-side interpreter for the CoffeeScript language
node-coffeeify - browserify plugin for coffee-script
ruby-coffee-rails - Coffee Script adapter for the Rails asset pipeline
ruby-coffee-script - Ruby CoffeeScript Compiler
ruby-coffee-script-source - CoffeeScript Compiler - Ruby integration

mmmmm . . . coffee

You guys are gonna make me break my June resolution

Also, excuse my french, but coffeescript looks so much better than javascript

# Array comprehensions:
cubes = (math.cube num for num in list)

Versus

cubes = (function() {
  var i, len, results;
  results = [];
  for (i = 0, len = list.length; i < len; i++) {
    num = list[i];
    results.push(math.cube(num));
  }
  return results;
})();

pokes @NathanOsman output boredom

Nathan Osman

18:40

wat

I've always wondered about CoffeeScript.

I've heard both good and bad things about it.

Sidenote: my ARM builder is painfully slow. I should switch it to Clang and add an x86 builder.

Clang is orders of magnitude faster than GCC for some strange reason.

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@NathanOsman so what can one do with JavaScript or CoffeScript or Node on desktop ? I mean, I know it's mostly a web framework . . . But what can I do with it ?

Aside from making bloated websites that will eat up user's RAM ?

Nathan Osman

Node is... interesting.

I'm not sure it has all that much use on a desktop.

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

Interesting . . . electron can do that

Nathan Osman

Oh yeah, I forgot about Electron.

Android Dev

@NathanOsman chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/37836317#37836317

Nathan Osman

18:56

@AndroidDev Oh? What happens?

And are you referring to the desktop app or Android app?

Android Dev

@NathanOsman The Android app.

It's pretty easy to fix actually

But the bug is this:

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