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4:18 PM

@anonymous2 so 99th is either really bad or good, right? ;-)

@Ghanima Supposed to be really good... at least, that's what they say.

Ok, fine then

It's funny, there's a course out there which is supposed to guarantee an increase of 150 points on the test. I'm thinking of contacting them, because I made just 70 points from the theoretical top without taking the course. I wonder what they would do with that...

4:36 PM

We've almost hit question number 300 (by the Area 51 counter)

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6:07 PM

OMG Did someone got suspended from the chats?

OMG This room is over ran by mods.

6:20 PM

@HenryWHHackv2.0 No... Why would you think that?

Well @anonymous2 said "hammers fly". hammers = suspend/ban hammer

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@HenryWHHackv2.0 I generally save my hammer for the main site

@Aurora0001 ᱾᱾᱾🔨

6:30 PM

@anonymous2 Better keep the tradition going and launch a star

@Aurora0001 ★★🔨

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@anonymous2 what's that course about?

@HenryWHHackv2.0, how about this one: 🐺

@Ghanima It's a test-prep course. Helps you get into the mentality of the test.

6:36 PM

Omg

I thought we learn for live not for tests

@Ghanima Yes, I know. But some people honestly have such a hard time with the test and so much want to get into university that they'll pay for courses of that sort. And, where there is money, there will be businessmen.

Personally, those aren't the students I would want to have in my university, but anyhow.

It's not my lookout, fortunately. :)

For myself, I figured if I wasn't a good enough student to make it without prep courses, it wasn't worth my while going into university.

Yeah

Just take a job as a mechanic or an agricultural assistant or something. And if you still can't make it, then go into politics.

;)

BTW, not referring to anyone in particular, in case you start trying to find out who on earth I'm talking about. :)

Rumor has it that degrees get you better paying jobs

So people want to go to university

Well, according to US news, "The average holder of a bachelor's degree earns about $51,000 a year."

Not tough to make that much a year.

6:42 PM

Not tough with or w/o a degree

If you count the opportunity cost (in time) of being at university plus tuition costs plus boarding while on campus plus the cost of all those "necessary" extracurriculars, you're probably better off not going unless you have a reason in mind.

We've got about 150 gallons of maple syrup made so far.

@anonymous2 that earns you probably less than 50k

@Ghanima Lol, yes, but the season's not yet done.

That's only about a sixth of what we're supposed to make.

@anonymous2 I would always advice to study or not depending on one owns inclination but whole generations have been told otherwise

@Ghanima Study or not... based on what your goals are. And if you don't have a goal, just get a job somewhere till you've had the time to make one.

6:55 PM

Well my goal is now to go to dinner

;-)

BTW I had a few offers last year that were all paying less than 50k (US $ equivalent) and I have a masters degree and 10 years of experience, but it is not the US so things are different

ubuntu@nmap~$ sudo nmap -sS -sV -O -p 22 192.168.1.1/24

I think you're lost... This isn't a terminal ;)

Oh that's why my scan wasn't working. ;D

DevOps.SE coming soon!

HenryWHHack ♦

My laptop battery icon was saying the battery is about 18% charge and in just 5 seconds that number went down to 7%

7:24 PM

Battery prediction is more of an art than a science; it's usually inaccurate

I know.

First time this happened to me.

I heard people talking about doing something like charging the battery fully leaving it too run down fully then recharging it again fully. (To help make the battery more accurate I don't know much about it.)

It's probably best to check the device manual, I think that works well for some batteries but damages others

What S.M.A.R.T tool do you use:
The S.M.A.R.T CMD/Terminal command for you're OS
CrystalDiskInfo
HDTune

I've not tried any, but I'm sure there'll be a SE question about it somewhere

You can open CMD and type:
wmic and then type diskdrive get status to check your S.M.A.R.T in Windows.

See^

7:42 PM

@HenryWHHackv2.0 Is that all the readout you can get from S.M.A.R.T in Windows? I can get a good bit more than that in Ubuntu. At least, unless I'm mistaken. :)

Go Ubuntu! :)

How do you check S.M.A.R.T in Ubuntu?

Go to the disk utility.

No the terminal.

Q: How can I check the SMART status of a drive on Ubuntu 14.04 through 16.10?

How can I check the SMART status of a drive under 14.04 and beyond? I've seen Checking HD SMART status on a fresh install but it doesn't seem to apply under 14.04 and later.

A: How can I check the SMART status of a drive on Ubuntu 14.04 through 16.10?

For a commandline version, you need to install the smartmontools package. Do this by running: sudo apt-get install smartmontools You will then be able to get information on SMART by running sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda in the terminal. Edits from Comments Postfix is installed by default with...

FUN fact: You know how Linux new comers are more scared of the terminal than the GUI? (Well for me I'm more scared of the GUI than the Terminal in Linux.)

Been using Linux for a year and a few months now.

So I'm not really a new comer to Linux.

I'm also not that advanced in Linux.

@Aurora0001 What do you make of this?

9 mins ago, by Henry WH Hack v2.0

FUN fact: You know how Linux new comers are more scared of the terminal than the GUI? (Well for me I'm more scared of the GUI than the Terminal in Linux.)

No comments?

8:02 PM

Well, the terminal has its advantages once you understand it

Yes but why am I more scared of the GUI than the terminal?

I hardly do anything in the GUI on Linux.

8:26 PM

@HenryWHHackv2.0 There's your explanation. :)

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