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2:04 PM
It's clickbait. Remember that they have a business to run; they need to be able to put food on the table. "'WT1190F' Safely Reenters Earth's Atmosphere" isn't going to attract many readers; "Mysterious Space Debris Hit Earth" will.
As much as I hate this practice, it's really the only way to survive in today's economy.
Media has had a very hard time making money with the decline of print and falling ad revenue (thanks to lower consumer spending).
 
@PowershellforLinux WTF 9/11? ALIENS CONFIRMED!
 
So...
Sep 16 at 11:45, by Journeyman Geek
@bwDraco Clearly the don't want my thieving, adblocking self reading their content. I try to give sites I love that ask nicely 10 minutes to convince me their ads arn't annoying, but most don't make the bar
So why set the bar high? Security?
I realize I've been criticized before for not blocking most ads but your thoughts?
 
@bwDraco simple annoyance
 
Remember that I personally believe that webmasters have a right to run reasonable ads on their websites.
 
And you're welcome to it.
 
2:15 PM
The bar is set pretty low for me; as long as they don't actively interfere with reading the content (think Bounce Exchange), they don't get blocked.
 
Point is being tho, if there's going to be an ad-block arms race. At some time the best way to win is not to play
That said one simple feature would make me permanently add a site to my adblock lists. Let me turn off and on ads
Or have a simple way for me to add/remove your ads with one click
Dosen't even have to be persistant.
 
Or... just don't have ads in the first place
Although I realize that isn't very viable
 
@Rahul2001 well, websites do need to make money
 
13 mins ago, by bwDraco
It's clickbait. Remember that they have a business to run; they need to be able to put food on the table. "'WT1190F' Safely Reenters Earth's Atmosphere" isn't going to attract many readers; "Mysterious Space Debris Hit Earth" will.
 
Buuuuut some sites manage
Tested has MOST of its content open, and some (pretty interesting) subscriber only content
 
2:18 PM
@JourneymanGeek Do you prefer sponsored links?
 
@Rahul2001 I think the minimum is to reduce the amount of friction for me to unadblock you to give you a chance
and not annoy me
google's old text ads were fine.
gifs verge on annoying
Autoplaying video ads... I'd like to use some words that would make me want to suspend me.
 
So, is it to reduce distraction?
 
DIAF clippy
@bwDraco pretty much
 
Is my decision costing me productivity?
 
@bwDraco yes
But I understand and respect your decision
 
2:22 PM
Stepping out: "let it out" is not appropriate (attempt to induce disallowed conduct!)
 
Here's the thing tho. This specific case was a website that had totally blocked users with adblock
@bwDraco I wouldn't. And indicating intent was good enough to make my point
So, here's my thing. What does the website lose from a user that's not making them any money not reading an article they didn't want them to read? ;p
 
I let them through, even if it winds up taking an extra five minutes per article due to the distraction.
Heck, even 15 minutes lost, I don't care about.
...and this is why I'm having trouble finding a job.
 
(times... several hundred articles.... for me)
Granted I skim through a good chunk of them
0_0
 
This needs a serious discussion. Why on Earth am I knowingly and willfully wasting time?
 
Why not?
I don't even waste time about thinking about how much time I save skipping ads ;p
 
2:27 PM
@bwDraco because you are not your future you
 
I've lost probably thousands of hours of usable time with this decision.
 
@bwDraco and?
 
I honestly don't want to block ads but I let them distract me.
It's my fault.
So, your thoughts on how to formally address this?
 
Just cause I choose to do so dosen't mean everyone else needs to
 
Now I've wound up leaving 30 minutes later than expected for an appointment. I doubt I'll make it on time.
I'm easily distracted and it's the wrong choice to make.
Alright, then. See ya in a bit.
This attitude that time doesn't matter and can be freely wasted on unproductive activity is not acceptable.
 
2:34 PM
But if you're spending time and energy worrying about it...
 
I'm hoping to prevent this in the future.
Got to go.
 
this was on my way home ;p
 
Urgh fucking great
Five days on a 200Mb+ fibre connection, Windows doesn't bother downloading the anniversary update
 
The day I move onto a <4Mbps shitty ADSL... Now it decides to start downloading!
Meanwhile overloading the router and basically making the entire building's internet unusable
Seeing as the router is like, 20 years old or something :-/
 
2:43 PM
or a dlink
 
Is it just my luck or is Microsoft really out to get me?
@JourneymanGeek Zyxel
Switch is a TP-Link, APs are D-Link
 
who knew that tcp packets can fly in out of order
 
Funny enough my own AP which I er... hacked into the network to "Upgrade" their wifi is also a d-link and works perfectly fine
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere I did I did! Do I get a prize?
 
@JourneymanGeek that is beautiful
 
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere Its an old, overgrown rail/freight yard
 
2:44 PM
no you don't get a prize. you're Powershell for Linux everyone knows you know everything.
you hacked into the network to upgrade their wifi?! dang they musta thought the opposie
"Dang our network is so much better now, someone must've been hacking it this whole time and just stopped now!"
 
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere That is not how hacking works
 
hmm so if my server is a repeater, re-organizing received packets to the right order before sending them off to the finaly destination would be futile
 
you need at least two people on a keyboard and 7 proxies...
 
no not 7
an unknown number of proxies which is greater than 9 at all times
if you dont know what proxies you used then no one can know!
don't need a keyboard with voice recognition
I need 1 more reputation on SO to comment on all questions and I really wanna ask this guy if his dbexec is thread safe cause sounds like he has no clue about thread safety
all this time I thought atomic operations are faster and better for performance but in fact they just block?
 
sigh
 
2:55 PM
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere 7 proxies.
 
so you think 7 is a lucky number because they use it in gambling huh
 
nope.
kids these days....
 
can you teach me something today?
 
google "7 proxies" ;p
 
is it because there are 7 days in a week and having 8 proxies would cause an overflow which if handled would result in day 1/7 and thus it would take only 1 day to solve instead of 7?
 
2:57 PM
then watch this google.com.sg/…
...
 
then watch this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8qgehH3kEQ&usg=AFQjCNF8vhiBDHVyZq8OfXiflhdCvSc3YA&sig2=3xddzzGOz_et9cHX_PWdHA
 
the number of proxies is 7. and of proxies a hacker is behind, the number is 7. Not 6, except on the way to 7, and not 8, cause that's far too many
 
@JourneymanGeek hehehehehehehehhehehehehhehehe
 
she was met with the response: “I WENT THROUGH 7 PROXIES GOOD LUCK"

Ah see IT IS about LUCK which gambling tends to be
 
CAT VIDEOS!!!
 
3:00 PM
O SHET A RAT SYNCHED TO MAIN SERVER
 
Also, it says C:/Users/Haley... Epic fail dude, Windows uses backslashes
And don't you need admin rights to do all that awesome stuff?
 
omg their IP address is being tracked. and the firewalls are being cracked and there's a progress bar and the system calling out the progress isnt shutting down the progress because it was programmed so poorly that it was programmed to allow it to get hacked because this video is full of poop
oh right a cyber nuke. you know you coulda just unplugged the network card and then restored a backup image ya durrrrrr
unless they hacked your firmware you're screwed
 
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere What firmware?
 
HD firmware, bios firmware, who knows what else lets you flash the firmware
gaming mice firmware
I know a virus that survived formats probably infected the HD firmware
or perhaps proper term overwrited
 
I have an exam tomorrow, I should study now...
 
3:14 PM
@Rahul2001 no and that makes it look cooler
 
@arda Yeah
I referred to you as "an online friend"... hope that's okay :P
 
Bob
3:28 PM
 
3:43 PM
!!TELL 32487328 DOUBLEFACEPALM
 
!!learn quadruplefacepalm <>http://i.stack.imgur.com/9Eu8v.jpg
 
@Rahul2001 Command quadruplefacepalm learned
 
!!quadruplefacepalm
 
3:53 PM
 
@Rahul2001 set "prompt= C:/Users/Hayley$_$G$S"
 
Bob
!! trout Rahul2001
 
slaps Rahul2001 around a bit with a large trout!
 
@DavidPostill What does the $_$G$S$ do?
 
$_ Carriage return and linefeed
$G > (greater-than sign)
$S (space)
@Rahul2001
 
4:00 PM
ah, thanks
 
4:12 PM
@Rahul2001 its ok
 
:)
 
4:26 PM
I wonder if this is true. If it is then it is a nice story:
 
@Rahul2001 That is pretty lame
 
@PowershellforLinux Eh, found it on the internet... what did you expect?
 
Cat pictures?
 
@Rahul2001 We found YOU on the internet... oh... wait
 
@Hennes lol... linky?
 
4:28 PM
FFS guys. https://t.co/Z0stBWkxwJ
 
@JourneymanGeek superuser.com/users/644145/king-user multiple spam answers
Potential Darwin Award Winner
-2
Q: What specs do I have to check, before replacing laptop battery dead cell?

Mahesh PipliyaCan I replace cells of an old working laptop battery to a new laptop battery which is dead? I have no knowledge about electronics, that's why I am worried. Specs which are mentioned on battery packs are: old battery- 6 cells, having an overall rating of 10.8V, 4400mAh, 47.5Wh. new battery- 4 cell...

 
I recommend licking the contacts to make sure that they are live.
Make sure to compare it with the wall socket.
To bad I do not dare post that. Just in case not everyone recognises humour.
 
We are BACK from summer break, and what an article to kick us off with. @jesslynnrose & friends take down The Sun http://www.gadgette.com/2016/09/22/dear-the-sun-we-need-to-talk-about-open-source/
 
4:56 PM
o/
 
@DavidPostill The things you see when you haven't got a decent length of two-by-four to hand...
 
Hello to all!
 
hi
 
Hi everybody!
 
@Mokubai chat isn't letting me say hi
hi
 
4:58 PM
1 min ago, by Rahul2001
hi
 
Ah, okay it let me now
 
It let you the first time :/
 
@Mokubai didn't let me say it the second time :/
 
Double-post message filter maybe?
Fnarf
 
hi
 
4:59 PM
Oh wow, double post message filter
 
@Mokubai yep... just tried it again
hi
 
The second message gets nuked
 
Exactly, didn't know about this
pretty amazing
 
TIL chat has a double post message filter.
Neato.
 
urgh, puberty is weird and awkward...
2
 
5:02 PM
:O
:OO
teegee]
 
@Rahul2001 Well yeah, how else are you going to learn what not to do and become an adult?
 
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Q: PLEASE HELP, desperate for answers!!! sudden/random clean shutdowns!! :/

Chilly VanillyI have bought myself a "new" Desktop PC, with Win7 Ultim8 x64 (ORIG.! xD) on it, almost plai without any upd8s but was used n dont rly know wut was the previous owner doing, so...Im assuming stuff. Since the community here is thankfully rly filled with professionals too, I AM BEGGING for help. ...

@Mokubai I was talking about the sudden hair growth part :P
 
Win7 Ultim8 x64 (ORIG.! xD) << ?_?
 
lol
Movies about hacking are always hilarious to watch
 
@Rahul2001 From experience the hair you get during puberty isn't the weirdest place you get them. I have some hairs coming out of my ears. :/
 
5:06 PM
@Mokubai O_O
@Mokubai Also, I was talking about body hair in general... xD
 
Body hair is awesome, for example without a decent amount of facial hair you can't do a convincing pirate cosplay...
 
@Rahul2001 Don't worry. Later you will have the reverse problem :)
2
 
@DavidPostill xD
 
@Mokubai i semi-regularly get a spot forming in the middle of my knee cap, does that count?
 
@Mokubai I have hairs growing from the tops of my ears - they grow faster than anywhere else ...
 
5:10 PM
@djsmiley2k Is it an oddly thick/thin patch compared to surroundings? If so then probably does count.
 
Welcome to Root Access @JoshdeKock... Current topics include puberty and body hair
 
@Rahul2001 And Taylor Swift and cucumbers... can't forget the cucumbers.
 
@Mokubai Haven't discussed those for a while...
 
Well does the topic need to change then?
Outlaw Taylor Swift? Or the cucumbers?
 
@Mokubai Both :)
 
5:14 PM
Incidentally, I got really annoyed today because all the cucumbers we've gotten recently have tasted bitter
Also, my English teacher striked of the word "gotten" from my essay, claiming that it is slang :/
 
@Mokubai nope, a single spot
 
Ell
Hi guys
 
And I just bit my tongue
 
Ell
I have a quick question
 
@Ell Go ahead
 
Ell
5:17 PM
can I do:
Router --- (ethernet) ---> DSL filter --- (phone cable) --> DSL filter upstairs --- (ethernet) ---> Computer
alternatively: "Are DSL filters directional?"
 
I've never used a DSL filter...
 
@Rahul2001 I don't know where she could have gotten that impression.
 
Ell
Oh
What do you connect to your router? fiber?
 
("gotten" isn't a real word imo tho)
Ah, North 'Merkin for "got" according to Google
 
ethernet generally wont plug into a dsl filter
 
I never saw a DSL filter with an Ethernet plug. All I saw had phone plugs.
 
Ell
oh dang I'm a fool.
 
rj-45 that is
 
Ell
I just realised
What a stupid mistake >.<
 
and phone cable is horribad quality generally
@Ell good try tho
 
Ell
5:20 PM
Ah I just realised
I could use powerline ethernet
 
muvch better
 
Aye. But before you buy that, realise that 500Mbit powerline will yield less than 500Mbit. In a way is is rather similar to wireless.
 
Ell
I pay for 50Mbps anyway
so hopefully that will do better than wifi, on which I'm currently getting 2Mbps
 
@Hennes show me a gigabit ethernet that does 1gig
 
2 Mbps should be beatable. L)
 
5:23 PM
@Rahul2001 As I said, North 'Merkin-isms. You haven't "gotten" things, you "got" them.
 
Uhm, never tested Gbit card.
I got 1100+kbps/ from an ISA NE2000 to another ISA NE2000. Coax. Linux to BSD. Near max speed,
And about 80% speed from two 10Gbit NICs (no switch)
 
@Mokubai "I had gotten a car" sounds better then "I had got a car"
 
Never tested the 100Mbit ort 1000Mbit performqnces
 
i get ~70-85mbps on my ethernet over power in very old house electric (100Mbit)
 
Hmm, wait. 11MB/sec over Gbit NIC to a darn slow NAS.
 
Ell
5:24 PM
@Mokubai you can have "gotten" them
IMO
it implies that the process of getting has occurred
 
I think I have for-gotten that.
 
Ell
rather than having had them
gotten ~= acquired
 
hi
@Ell False
oh, sorry, I was in Ruby interpreter mode
 
Ell
ahaha
 
@Ell 7!
Sorry, PHP mode
 
Ell
5:27 PM
I think actually in ruby it would be a syntax error
for testing regices it's =~
 
oh right the characters are backwards
 
@djsmiley2k Not PHP mode. PHP would just have accepted things and crashed later.
 
haha
@Hennes Error: 7 is not a number
 
If "a" +1 is "b",
then "1+"a" = 66 ?
 
@Hennes PHP would have spoken to you in Hebrew
PAAMAYIM NEKUDOTAYIM!
 
5:38 PM
@allquicatic lol
 
@Ell You "got" a playstation, you don't "gotten" one. Urgh. it's an ugly unnecessary word.
 
@Mokubai How would you phrase that sentence in past tense?
 
@Rahul2001 I got a playstation (from someone)
 
@Mokubai So, "When I had finally got a playstation..."?
 
"Look at this X I've gotten" is the only way I can see that word being used and it sounds lazy and bad phrasing
@Rahul2001 exactly
 
5:47 PM
@Rahul2001 yup
 
It might be an American word, but English it isn't.
 
Anyone here with a link to a known safe windows 8 with bing (OEM) iso ?
 
5:50 PM
@Rahul2001 It's not Queens English :)
 
I really need to study now... bye
 
Only yanks use gotten
 
Ah, I won't use it any more
 
@Rahul2001 where are you from out of curiousity?
 
5:51 PM
@Mokubai India
 
Ah, you've probably been exposed to both via films and media...
 
yep
bye
 
NO RAHUL YOU ARE NOT 15 !!
I thought you're in uni
 
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere his name literally says 2001 lol
 
so what my name says blank doesn't mean I was born in blank
@rahul2001 but is your wlan card capable of being an AP then?
cool that guy has windows 7 ultimeight. I always wanted one of those. I have a crappy ultimate
I love USer Chilly Vanilli
@djsmiley2k ha nice comment!
Hennes!!!!!!!!! hehe
what would happen if I posted a troll answer, can I get banned from super user?
 
6:12 PM
Yes
You likely would get a warning on the first time and get the answer deleted, but it is just too much of a pita to do that. I posted a semi-troll answer before and it severely impacted me when I ran for mod.
 
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere As a minimum punishment you would probably get lots of downvotes ...
@arda Really?
 
okay Ill do it
 
@DavidPostill yeah people brought that up
 
@arda I don't think @CausingUnderflowsEverywhere will ever run for mod ...
 
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere Trolling can lead to downvotes and deleted answers which in turn can lead to you hitting the quality ban system.
 
6:15 PM
@DavidPostill you never know :) Just pointing that out if he wants to
 
what if it's a troll sarcastic post with valuable information and an effrot made to help and answer the question
 
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere that should be ok
see zalgo answer on SO
 
what if I am making fun of a large company will they come after me
 
If you are in doubt, then just don't
 
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere Unlikely I would have thought. But I'm neither a large company or a lawyer ...
 
6:20 PM
are you a gamer on steam leaving bad reviews?
;)]
 
see: the company who sued 100 gamers for 18m
digital homicide
 
u mean suicide right?
 
@djsmiley2k Probably both, the company committed suicide but the people who took money for good reviews got crucified...
 
hmmmmm i though 'synergy' kvm software was free
 
6:31 PM
 
6:44 PM
what do you think is it an acceptable joke?

http://superuser.com/a/1127287/596755
oops I typod apologize
awww dang I got downvoted
 
I guess that is because it lacked an image of clippy
 
clippy :(
dang you guys are all young people into programming :(
 
@CausingUnderflowsEverywhere "You did not contact Microsoft Support and I am not a Microsoft Support engineer. " too late; reported as scam
 
not actually, but keep this link in mind if they ever call you: microsoft.com/en-us/reportascam
 
6:57 PM
yay someone upvoted LOL
 
Why. cuz it is mikeysoft sports!
 
I remember I had people call like that twice
I led them on pretending I was actually doing what they were telling me to
until they hung up
OH MY GOODNESS THEY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT ME!!!
 
M/D/Y? Grah!
 
did you notice the funny?
 
Nope. I am immune to fun.
 
7:06 PM
but you
were angered by his l33tsp3@k ?
sorry !337sp3@k
hah I wrote disclamer instead of disclaimer
 
Angered? No.
annoyed: F- yes!
 
what you say fudging retard cant hit the right letters on the keyboard and that makes him e-leet , me thinks that makes him creativly obnoxious?
 
you should be like fuqin yes
methinks
 
7:26 PM
ahh these games, everything is a maze. Then I went to the developers office, and asked where the bathroom was? It is easy, Right right right left down 2 doors, then a right left left right.
 
And when you got there there was a label on the door. "Yes, the badroom was here. We since moved it to location right right up down up up down down left left" ?
 
yeaa but that was only found in the chest.
 
Installing windows 8 for the first time....
(so far used windows 7 and windows 10).
And damn that installation is SLOW compared to win7
 
6 hours ago, by Journeyman Geek
I spent a good chunk of the day moving computer equipment off a table, letting them replace the table with what looked like an identical table... then moving it back
JMG's boss: "We need to improve our IT. Oh, I know! Let's hire the top 6 SU user of all time, and use all his knowledge to move tables".
JMG's boss' boss: "Amazing idea! You get a raise!"
 
Well, aty least who know how do drop tables :)
 
7:35 PM
LOL
"When my card was declined, I rang the bank and had to go through more security questions than usual. I was then told my account had been closed because I'd recently died.

The bank had written to me at an old address and the occupant had written 'Dead: Return to sender' on the envelope. Based on this unreliable information, the bank killed my account."
2
UK banking complaint.
 
I should have known that. I spent years (literally) getting rid of old bank statement from previous occupants.
But I tried it the sane way "NAME no longer lives here. Address invaluid". "address not valid" "Grah, NOT VALID NOT VALID, stop sending"
As well as phoning etc
 
In NL we used to get post for the previous occupant (who actually was deceased). Writing "overlijden" and returning to sender made no difference at all. After some while they went in the shredder ...
 
I have a stamp that says "return postage guarenteed" I used that on the spam that i was returning, slowed the spam down a lot.
i believe it causes the item to be held at the post office till someone comes down to get it (pays), which ends up spamming thier box with USPS requests.
 
I've never managed to get them stop sending their mail.
I could change the address though (which I changed the their own main office).
That finally stopped me from receiving it
 
7:51 PM
@Hennes lol
 
I would have preferred to change it to a correct address, bit after almost 1.5 years I was out of patience
 

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