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7:00 PM

Yikes

7:16 PM

It is even more yikes when you learn this by experience

I really need to seal my damn telco customer box.

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WAT

That's the first time I see semicolons and curly braces aligned in one far right column...

@ByteCommander I see from your profile you play chess. Take a look at Chesstime for the smart phone and tablet. If you're up for a game start one with ApolloTheThird.

I do not play on the smartphone.

@KazWolfe Python user trapped in Java?

@ByteCommander I mean it looks nice and actually really readable, but it's just weird.

7:29 PM

But you can find me on lichess.org

hey does anybody know a bit about ISP network scaling? need to ask a few questions

i'm having some issues setting things up for clients

I noticed from your profile. I'll study what that is about. Chesstime is multiplayer. It's much different from any chess application I have ever seen. It's unfortunate that there isn't a PC version. But I believe if you checked that particular program out, it might add a dimension to your chess experience.

Maybe there are others, but it's the only program I know where you can make a move at your leisure... when it's convenient. I usually have between 5 an 8 games going at the same time. I make moves during breaks.

...from work.

i play video games at work lol

(though that is my job so.... yeah?)

@L.D.James lichess works from your browser - either as guest or after signing up with your email. And it's an open source site. It does not only support standard chess in various timings (from unlimited or days per move to half a minute games) but also chess variants like Atomic Chess, Antichess, King Of The Hill, etc.

seriously though, i do need to talk to someone with more networking experience than me.

7:36 PM

However, I'm not a correspondence player. I'm far too impatient to wait minutes or even longer for a move. I mostly play Blitz timings with 3-5 minutes per side and game.

Thanks.

askubuntu.com/help/badges/22/great-question?userid=367990

@ByteCommander

@jokerdino haha <3 I didn't look in here... that video was even shorter than that last one

@KazWolfe hi there, what did you wanna talk about ?

@Serg Three words. Wolves are awesome.

7:41 PM

K . . . we didn't really need a private room for that did we ? ^_^

private rooms are for spamming of all the wolf images.

All of them.

O_o

Lol.

I've come to conclusion that sometimes throwing in a simple answer is more attractive to people that extensive one with alternatives

good example was from yesterday. as soon as i added python script, upvoting stopped AND someone questioned why i added python script

Also . . . this:

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User tries to run your script with sudo, which is not supposed to run with sudo . . . . le facepalm

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7:55 PM

@KazWolfe Yup, seen that. On +104 now.

I stand corrected, +105.

On 200 points today again. \o/

user136984

Well, I just failed to do an upgrade to 16.10 because apparently the one kernel in /boot is too much for it as that directory's capacity is too small. What on earth do I do?

Stay at 16.04 :P

Grow /boot or merge it with /.

Or clean it up.

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"I'm BASHMAN"

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user136984

@ByteCommander: There's nothing that I can remove in there, only current kernel.

8:07 PM

@Serg Looked like @SeverusTux to me at first sight.

anyone familiar with yum, beyond "played with it in a VM"?

NANANANANANA BASHMAN

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Other than it is now dnr?

@Terrance yeah.

@Seth access.redhat.com/articles/yum-cheat-sheet

might be useful :)

8:08 PM

My exact question is: if I ask yum to install package x and y, but package y does not exist, will it install package x still? I know apt will error out before anything is installed.

Why not for loop through it ?

I was helping out someone at school earlier with their linux homework and it seemed yum installed kde-desktop for him and then errored out about xorg-xserver, even though he asked for both at once.

for package in packages: subprocess.Popen(['yum','install',package])

no . . .that needs try . . . except part though . . .

@Seth As far as I know it does them as individual packaging

@Seth YUM does do dependency checks.

@Serg I'm not sure how that would help?

@Terrance well of course

8:11 PM

@Serg for p in package1 package2 package3 ; do sudo yum install "$p" ; done

@Seth Unfortunately, I have not experienced that at my job yet.

Use Bash for what Bash was made for.

@Terrance so if I asked for x and y, but y was unavailable it would still install x, correct?

@Seth it would still install at one package, but if there's error about the other one, you'd able to see which one

@ByteCommander i wanted to do that, but originally wanted to write it as bash array . . . but python lists are simpler

right. but not like apt which errors out if y doesn't exist before installing anything.

8:13 PM

why array?

overcomplicating stuff...

@Seth I get what you're saying. APT kills is some of the list are missing, then you remove those from the list and try again. I asked another tech here with me, and he can't remember either if it will install x and not y or if it will just fail.

@ByteCommander you want me to write 125 packages on same line ?

Then read from file or stdin.

still no need for arrays

File can be done,too. That would change it to write loop

while read line ; do yum install "$line" ; done < file.txt

@Terrance hm, I might have to download a VM and find out then. Thanks!

8:15 PM

@Seth I've CentOS in VM. do you want me to spin it up and test something ?

@Serg sure! If you have a minute.

@Seth Yep. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful, they usually want us to install specific packages on the servers here that they have available.

@Seth free until 6 pm

@Serg lucky duck :p

@Terrance hey no problem! that was still helpful :)

(technically 6 -1 , because i need 1 hour to commute to college )

I've work at 6 , which ain't that bad

8:19 PM

@Serg something simple should do the trick. yum install lynx idonotexist. I just need to know if it installs lynx and then tells you idonotexist does not exist, or if it errors out without installing anything (like apt does)

6 - 1 is 5 Serg.

we should call you evalBot.

@KazWolfe let's just write it in python

while current_time != work_time - 1 : return True

@Seth Mkay, logging in, will bring up terminal in a second

thanks man!

@chili555 - Another one for you: askubuntu.com/questions/838916/…

8:22 PM

@Seth package noexist wasn't found, but it is installing lynx

awesome. thanks!

Hey, remember how George used to be able to do math?

it failed with mirrors though

"no more mirrors to try"

Everyone bring their chatbots in at once!

BRIGADE THE ROOM

T_T CentOS default mirrors don't have lynx . . .

8:24 PM

lol wat

I checked that the package existed..

@Serg I run into that problem every time I try to use redhat.

so, if i add !!/wolf to WolfBot, which returns a random wolf image, how badly could it go?

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@Seth my bad , my centos has network down for whatever reason . . .brb

@Serg oh haha

so... not bad?

brb let's try it

8:29 PM

There we go ! Now we're cooking with gas . . .or should i say ethernet . . .because VM thinks it's ethernet

@Serg Di you say... BEES?

I now haz lynx , yay

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Q: How can I install Open Office on my Ubuntu 16.04 computer?

I've followed this guide right from the beginning to the end (including removing Libre): http://tecadmin.net/install-apache-openoffice-on-ubuntu-debian/# When I get to the latter part of step 3 (desktop integration), I get the following error: jdave@eng-tp06-l:~/en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration$ ...

dpkg openoffice.org

@KazWolfe no, I said . . . .

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@chili555 - Uhh... what? askubuntu.com/questions/838916/…

8:33 PM

Makes me wonder why on earth my network is not enabled by default on CentOS

@chili555 - How did you close it if you're not a mod?

@AndroidDev gold badge

I have the gold.

Person with gold badge of any tag that's in the question, can single-handedly close or dupe-vote questions

@AndroidDev He doesn't have the correct driver for his Broadcom 4313...yet.

8:34 PM

@chili555 I don't see it listed at askubuntu.com/help/badges

I haz command-line gold , by the way $_$ . . . my preshuz

*-network
       description: Network controller
       product: BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter

lshw output from OP

I dunno why it isn't listed. I may be the only one! Sort of a Typhoid Mary thing.

Earn at least 1000 total score for at least 200 non-community wiki answers in the wireless tag. These users can single-handedly mark wireless questions as duplicates and reopen them as needed.

Awarded 1 time
Awarded Apr 29 at 4:00 to

chili555

I guess I am the only one.

I should start digging through network questions again . . .

Welcome! I need all the help I can get!

He , I've always though pros like you , chili, don't need help and can solve everything and anything related to networking

8:44 PM

lol

meanwhile , as soon as I see words broadcom, i run in the opposite direction

LOL!

Interesting reading : security.stackexchange.com/a/140067/121824 95 % of spam is in English

Broadcom are pretty straightforward these days. Usually problems are mis-configuration, like setting Network Manager to ad-hoc when you really want to be infra, etc., or, the wrong driver.

I tried myself with a few realtek questions, because that's what i had myself, but as far as other chipsets go I don't feel as confident

8:49 PM

@chili555 - Can you tell me how to install the driver for a Bus 001 Device 002: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adapter

Get rtlwifi-new from Pilot6 PPA, get rid of TKIP and you are probably all set. @Serg

@chili555 - Another one for you maybe? askubuntu.com/questions/838928/…

@AndroidDev The driver rt2800usb already covers it, but it's usually pretty flaky. Is that the case for you?

@chili555 Exactly.

@AndroidDev I worked on a case on ubuntuforums where the solution turned out to be to turn off 802.11N at the router. Is that something you could try?

A, B and G only.

8:53 PM

owl-right-y then :D

Please let me know because I learn more about all this every day...err, hour, actually.

@chili555 I could try it. It wouldn't be optimal for speed purposes, but I'll try it temporarily and see if it keeps bugging out on me.

There might be a couple of other things to try, but I'd love to now your result first.

*know

@chili555 Okay, well give me a few days to test, and I'll report back.

Certainly.

8:57 PM

Green text is the default? Since when?

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Q: Reset terminal directory to what it was at install

I'm new to Ubuntu. While exploring I set my default directory for the terminal to something other than the original green username@something. How can I get the terminal to look the same way as when I first installed it, with the green text and proper directory and have it stay like that for each ...

command-line 16.04 directory default reset

Would anyone care to close this little gem? askubuntu.com/questions/838896/…

9:29 PM

PayPal balance still zero T.T

9:42 PM

@PhilipKirkbride are you chrashtimer?

Anyone out here?

hi

We are here.

@TheXed everyone in here , not out here . . .

And yes, everybody is asquare, not around

i am here now

brushing giant dogs is a pain

@KazWolfe ever tried brushing dog's teeth ? It's kind of close

Especially if the dog is turning head left and right and keeps licking off the toothpaste

9:52 PM

Anyone want to hear a funny story about my trip home from work?

sure, we can hear it if you record it and link the sound recording here, but we can only read it in chat :)

Fine...read it then... :=P

So I left work and on my way I stopped at the gas station on my way home to pick up some sweet tea...

and I went to swipe my debit card...and there was about 3 very loud beeps...

and then the credit card scanning machine restarted...

lemme guess, it runs Linux ?

So I watched it boot back up...

and this image popped up

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called it

9:55 PM

I wasn't sure what was more ironic...that it crashed on me...

or that it crashed and had Linux...

or that it just crashed...and I couldn't buy my sweet tea

Nah, even Linux crashes time to time. It just makes me happy to see Linux is out there

I'd just love to know what distro it was

Philip Kirkbride

@thexe what is chrashtimer?

It didn't say the next screen I saw was the standard "swipe your card now"

@PhilipKirkbride some person on my steam account that I don't remember seeing before...

Philip Kirkbride

no I never got your request

I sent it to someone...

Philip Kirkbride

9:59 PM

what is your name

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Huh. According to GRC's Shields Up! port scanner my router is replying to ICMP traffic, although I explicitly set it up to drop ICMP traffic, and when I ping my router from a remote VM I get time outs...

Philip Kirkbride

ah I am kirkins with an s

got it

Cool...

There are a lot of Kirkin/s

I was guessing...

Mkay, i think it's time to get ready and go to work

Maybe at least this time i'll manage to do some homework

10:10 PM

@Serg you better lower your expectations...

user136984

Well...

user136984

Goodnight folks! :)

In Javascript:

Array(8).join("hi" - 1) + " BASHMAN!"

NaN?

Anyway, got to sleep. Night all.

┌─[15:18:11]─[kazwolfe@BlackHawk]
└──> Desktop $ jsc
>>> Array(8).join("hi" - 1) + " BASHMAN!"
NaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaNNaN BASHMAN!

10:33 PM

That is both wrong and awesome on so many levels.

@NathanOsman Javascript.

I'm in the process of migrating a bunch of Git repositories from GitLab to Gogs.

so... the annoying thing is adding a new core feature to an established project

That's always fun.

and then replacing the old instance in a sub-project with the new version

11:23 PM

@NathanOsman Gogs ? that's something new ? and why are you migrating ? is Gog better ?

@Serg gogs.io

And yes, it has a nicer interface.

@KazWolfe writing BASHMAN in javascript ? hmmm . . . I'd assume you wanna write that in bash if you're a true BASHMAN

GUYS CV

CMON

Nah, I'd rather do CVS

at least there's python module for that

11:40 PM

@Serg here's a mirror for the NitroShare source code running on Gogs: git.quickmediasolutions.com/nitroshare/nitroshare-desktop

That should give you some idea of what it's like.

for i in `seq 0 10`; do echo -n "NaN"; done; echo " BASHMAN!" @Serg

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Zacharee1 teach me how to do a CV?

get 3k

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Just did :)

o_O

well congrats!

WinEunuuchs2Unix

11:41 PM

TY, Byte gets all the credit

@IanC A+, you pass

go to the review button and click on the Close Vote queue

WinEunuuchs2Unix

and then?

what is this CV/CVS you're talking about?

@WinEunuuchs2Unix review

WinEunuuchs2Unix

11:41 PM

any tips?

@Serg I made a mistake first, trying to do for i in [0..10], maybe B-? :P

@WinEunuuchs2Unix do it carefully

read the question. Only close if you think it should be

otherwise, Leave Open

@IanC I'll let it pass, since final answer was correct :p

WinEunuuchs2Unix

how many are open?

you see the number to review

you tell me

WinEunuuchs2Unix

11:43 PM

I only approve a few edits a day... I'm kind of busy learning stuff still and answering questions when I can.

But I guess I don't have to approve edits anymore, just CVs right?

you should still review edits if you can

but CVs get the priority

do 20 a day

any tips on where to keep the LKS passphrase? I've been postponing getting it forever because I don't know where to keep it, it would be quite stupid to keep it on a file :p

maybe tattoing it?

if you do 20 in the next 15 minutes, you can do another 20 right away

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Naaa... when I started approving edits, I stopped doing first posts and late answer reviews.

How many voters does it take to close a question anyway?

4

4

WinEunuuchs2Unix

11:45 PM

so 8 then

LOL

@Serg 5...

Only if the network glitched

If you have gold badge in any of the tags that the question has, you can close by yourself

WinEunuuchs2Unix

there's 106 pending CV's.

yep

Example, I've command-line gold, so i can close any command line question

WinEunuuchs2Unix

11:46 PM

So you're the guy that closed my CLI questions...LOL

may have been

i don't keep in memory every single question

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Zacharee1 I don't have to leave open, there is a skip button which would be better for me.

that'll work too

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Serg... I was just kidding about closing my questions... .they were crap and software forced me to ask something to get a badge.

but if you ever think the question should stay open, then leave it open, since enough of those will remove it from the queue

WinEunuuchs2Unix

11:49 PM

@Zacharee1 No I know most should be closed or left open... some stuff I'm clueless about like servers and wifi so I skip.

Smartphone problem : the keyboard is too large so cant see half the browser window

WinEunuuchs2Unix

get a floating smartphone screen.... long press to scroll everything.

lolz

well , ill try a few other keyboard apps. Maybe I'll find something

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Haha my first CV I'm emotionally attached to... it's from monika: and serg commented on it too.

askubuntu.com/review/close/631922

That's easy LEAVE IT OPEN.

ok I'm done now :)

11:52 PM

nope, do 20

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Why is everyone voting to close questions I've answered and got lots of points (for me) on?

it's not like you'll lose the points

we judge answers based on the quality of the answers, not the questions

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Zacharee1 I promised a guy I would spend 2 hours setting up my 2014 VGA to HDMI adapter and writing an answer: askubuntu.com/questions/838892/…

I know I won't loose my answer points, but the question becomes closed and people tend to skip it as garbage.

don't avoid closing questions because you want to get more rep

close the question if it's invalid

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I should create new badge category as Feature Request for most answers to closed questions... I could get my first gold badge LOL

@Zacharee1 you see that is a tip!!!!

You always have great tips AFTER I screw up :p

@NathanOsman How's that Raspberry Pie Christmas Tree coming along?

11:57 PM

Well, I haven't started on this year's display yet. It's a little early to be putting up the Christmas tree :D I bought some NEMA 1-15P plugs at Rona the other day.

(You'd be amazed at how hard those are to get for a decent price.)

practice with orange lights for Halloween

WinEunuuchs2Unix

A halloween tree I love it!

We don't have orange lights :P

get them

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Programmable LED's have 16 million colours Nathan.

So I'll have a Hallowe'en tree October-Nov1, Xmas Tree Nov 2-Jan 31 then Easter Tree Feb1 - May, then put Air Conditioner back in :)

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