Root Access

allquixotic

12:30 AM

Why the Blue Yeti Sucks

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Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic everything about that guy annoys me.

Trump too ;p

allquixotic

Well he repeatedly makes the misstatement that USB audio devices use the motherboard's onboard soundcard as an ADC

or something like that, not sure exactly what he was saying the soundcard's involvement is, but in reality it's none whatsoever

Journeyman Geek

lol

and the abuse of word/clip art

yup

and well, its mainly for voice

you don't need an insanely good mic for that

just something that dosen't sound like a washing machine is falling down the stairs

Bob

1:32 AM

@JourneymanGeek *cough*

Journeyman Geek

Lol

African Networks

2:02 AM

Hi guise! can I ask a "superuser.com" related question here?

Avery

@AfricanNetworks depends, ask away, someone will either answer or tell you to ask on main site.

African Networks

I see "https://superuser.com/questions/405257/what-type-of-file-is-file" is modified 2 hours ago Fkmck. How is that possible, with no edits visible and user being on the lowest level?

Avery

@AfricanNetworks it seems to point to this:

superuser.com/questions/405257/what-type-of-file-is-file/…

which is very likely a deleted answre

I can't see it on metasmoke so it didn't get flagged as spam, so it's very likely a self-delete

African Networks

2:17 AM

Ok, maybe that interenet thing, cookies and stuff...thx :)

Journeyman Geek

2:58 AM

Yeadmh. Deleted non answer answer

bwDraco

Close voters - are you sure this question is too broad? The problem at hand is well-defined and can be answered objectively. — bwDraco 11 mins ago

Journeyman Geek

3:28 AM

@bwDraco that does seem kinda potentially broad and general to me

Rahul2001

4:21 AM

Good morning!

@allquixotic I saw that video a few days ago, and although I don't know much about audio and stuff, that guy seemed pretty obnoxious

Journeyman Geek

hm

Rahul2001

I'm not sure if my pain has lessened

Journeyman Geek

go see a doctor

Seriously duuuuude

you got hit by a car

now is not the time to play tough guy

bwDraco

@Rahul2001 What's the nature of the injury?

...nvm, looking through transcript.

Rahul2001

@JourneymanGeek hm, okay, will do

bwDraco

4:36 AM

Near the end of last year, I dropped a door from a cabinet while moving it and badly injured my left little toe, resulting in what was probably a partial fracture. The toe has since fully healed, but I had to dress and buddy-tape the injured digit for some two weeks.

Dec 31 '16 at 1:49, by bwDraco

Add me to the list of medically afflicted. Dropped a door from a damaged cabinet while it was being moved, fell on my bare left little toe. I'm not sure as to the extent of the damage, but I must assume that a fracture had occurred (even if minor) to avoid further complications.

Rahul2001

Ow

bwDraco

I was out of work for about a month as a result. (I'm a sports photographer by trade, working part-time; the job requires me to be on my feet almost continuously.)

Journeyman Geek

4:50 AM

My fedora system seems to be broken...

joy

ah semi fixed

looks like my storage drive blew up

Journeyman Geek

5:23 AM

fixed the drive for now, but oddddd

Bob

@JourneymanGeek you available?

Journeyman Geek

5:39 AM

now I am

Boris_yo

6:36 AM

Who uses AquaSnap?

Rahul2001

6:49 AM

I AM GROOT

Journeyman Geek

8:24 AM

@Rahul2001 I AM GROOT

DavidPostill

8:45 AM

HODOR

Rahul2001

8:59 AM

FOOD

Michael Frank

9:11 AM

@Boris_yo Some of those features of Aquasnap are built into Windows 10

Michael Frank

9:41 AM

@bwDraco You're a fan of Roguelike games, right? You should give Wayward a try, it's only a few dollars on Steam at the moment, and is quite fun.

bwDraco

To be honest, I'm not really a huge roguelike fan, mainly because they tend to require a huge investment of time and effort to play well, so not really in the market.

Many emphasize learning obscure game mechanics, which I don't really like.

Rahul2001

9:57 AM

Does anyone here know how to harden Styrofoam?

user226528

With Styropoxy.

user226528

@DavidPostill Okay, that post has a frightening comment.

DavidPostill

@FleetCommand Oh, so it does :(

user226528

From Wikipedia:
> Toxicity
> While some isocyanides (e.g., cyclohexyl isocyanide) are toxic, others "exhibit no appreciable toxicity for mammals". Referring to ethyl isocyanide, toxicological studies in the 1960s at Bayer showed that "oral and subcutaneous doses of 500-5000 mg/kg can be tolerated by mice".

user226528

I don't know what "subcutaneous" means.

DavidPostill

10:11 AM

@FleetCommand "injected into the fatty tissue just below the skin"

Rahul2001

@DavidPostill what are you guys talking about?

DavidPostill

@Rahul2001 I posted ehow.com/how_5028531_make-styrofoam-hard.html but there is a worrying comment posted

> With any polyurethane two-part coatings, there is a risk of exposure to isocyanides when the coating is applied. Isocyanides cause permanent, irreversible damage to the brain and nervous system. It is essential to use approved an NIOSH mask or ventilation system!

user226528

@Rahul2001 I'll give you the bottom line: When you spray your Styrofoam, use both mask and proper ventilation. (Both of these hard to find in India.)

Rahul2001

Indeed, so I'm just covering it with masking tape for some support

@DavidPostill :o

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 harden from what?

Rahul2001

10:30 AM

@JourneymanGeek I'm building a model using styrofoam, and since I'm using thin, long strips, they're just breaking apart

But masking tape does the job perfectly

Bob

@Rahul2001 have you considered other materials?

what kind of scale are we talking here?

Michael Frank

Wooo! Got my network up and running through a powerline system... yay!

Rahul2001

Uh, need to build a model of the stonehenge

Not too big

Bob

balsa wood is a traditional favourite

Michael Frank

Just get some rocks...

Bob

10:32 AM

but not so great if you want to bend it a lot

anotehr option is sticks of mdf held together with hot-melt glue

Journeyman Geek

10:49 AM

ah. Uhu might work

Bob

@JourneymanGeek uhu? as in... paper/craft glue sticks?

Journeyman Geek

the stuff in the tube will melt/harden styrofoam

Michael Frank

Most solvents will melt styrofoam though...

Journeyman Geek

that's part of the idea here

also indian syrofoam is typically really bad/cheap/dodgy

Michael Frank

Picked up my new desk yesterday, and finally set up my desktop after two weeks of being in the new place.

Bob

10:59 AM

@JourneymanGeek ...it's pretty solid. unless you mean the contact adhesive? or the 2-part epoxy?

uhu makes lots of stuff

Journeyman Geek

the clear snot like stuff that dries rubbery

uhu.com/en/products/all-purpose-adhesives.html

Bob

@JourneymanGeek this is what uhu brings to mind first :P

Michael Frank

Oh... well that's not going to melt anything.... Except maybe itself when it's placed outside in the sun for too long.

DavidPostill

Papier-mâché

Papier-mâché (UK: , US: ; French: [papje mɑʃe], literally "chewed paper") is a composite material consisting of paper pieces or pulp, sometimes reinforced with textiles, bound with an adhesive, such as glue, starch, or wallpaper paste. == Preparation methods == Two main methods are used to prepare papier-mâché; one makes use of paper strips glued together with adhesive, and the other uses paper pulp obtained by soaking or boiling paper to which glue is then added. With the first method, a form for support is needed on which to glue the paper strips. With the second method, it is possible to shape...

After school+Stonehenge duck tape project~jackie😸

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Journeyman Geek

actually paper mache might not be a bad idea here

DavidPostill

11:12 AM

Clonehenge A blog about Stonehenge Replicas

user226528

Why would anyone replicate Stonehenge? Does a couple of stone slabs need replicating?

DavidPostill

@FleetCommand Stage plays?

user226528

O.o

Journeyman Geek

school projects can be dumb

user226528

What kind of play would need to take place in Stonehenge?

user226528

11:19 AM

Okay, I just heard something dumber. Someone said "RepSec". What the hell would it mean? Reputation security?

user226528

Although, "Rep" could stand for "report", as in "sitrep".

Journeyman Geek

hm. sauce?

user226528

Excuse me?

Journeyman Geek

Can't really tell what he means without context

user226528

Me neither. Factory talk. Machines and machinery and stuff.

Journeyman Geek

11:21 AM

ah

user226528

Oh, I recently learned something great about machinery. You see how people who have a broken computer say "I didn't do anything" and they mean it mustn't have been broken? Well, you can't say that about machinery, because not doing anything breaks most machines, which need maintenance.

Rahul2001

@FleetCommand It's a geometry project, actually

user226528

@Rahul2001 Oh, thanks God. That was a flood of pure sense!

djsmiley2k

@MichaelFrank the ikea one

and it's like 30inch deep?

Michael Frank

Nah, it's actually an ex-office desk.

djsmiley2k

11:32 AM

31 to be exact, I just measured it?

ohj, meh

looks very much like my ikea one, down to the choice of legs.

Michael Frank

Yea, I dunno what the brand of this is... It's a good size though.

Basically one of these: directoffice.co.nz/product/desks-workstations/…

djsmiley2k

4 Chords | Music Videos | The Axis Of Awesome

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Rahul2001

12:11 PM

Okay, I have a few Windows licensing questions

If I have a laptop which has been upgraded to Windows 10, I can install Windows 8.1 back from a USB drive and safely use the license key right?

Also, can a Windows 8.1 license be used with Windows 7?

djsmiley2k

ask on the main site, tho i think they've all bveen answered?

Why would you go back to 8.1 tho?

Journeyman Geek

12:57 PM

@Rahul2001 In theory no but it might work

@Rahul2001 no

Rahul2001

@JourneymanGeek might?

Uh. Has anyone tried it?

@djsmiley2k want to run a server, and Windows 10 is messed up

djsmiley2k

windows servers on 8.1???????????

Rahul2001

> Even if it’s been more than a month, you should be able to reinstall the version of Windows that came with your PC using fresh installation media and its product key.

@djsmiley2k not http, for an intranet kinda thingy

djsmiley2k

still, 8.1?

Rahul2001

@djsmiley2k anything wrong with that?

djsmiley2k

1:08 PM

its windows...... non server version?

Rahul2001

@djsmiley2k soooooo?

I don't require server version, and cannot afford it anyway

djsmiley2k

just hurts my feelings lol

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 the SLP key might get picked up and it might activate

Mokubai

@Rahul2001 I think it'd be better to figure out just why Win10 is "messed up" rather than resorting to using the bafflement that is Win8.1

Rahul2001

@Mokubai random updates. Plus the whole universal app integration crap.

But eh, I'm keeping windows 10 for now

Mokubai

1:16 PM

@Rahul2001 Sounds like Windows 8

Rahul2001

@Mokubai you can safely disable automatic updates and reboots in Windows 8

Mokubai

@Rahul2001 You can reasonably delay updates in Win10Pro...

Rahul2001

@Mokubai cannot afford pro ;p

Mokubai

Ah. Your Win8 upgrade was home?

Journeyman Geek

I wonder if the notepad trick still works....

Rahul2001

1:25 PM

@Mokubai yes

@JourneymanGeek which one?

Journeyman Geek

@Rahul2001 a unsaved notepad instance with stuff on it will almost always keep windows from rebooting for some reason

Mokubai

I assume leave a copy of notepad running with some changes in the editor, then Win doesn't shut down because it blocks shutdown...

Yeah, that is borderline annoying

djsmiley2k

thats lol

Mokubai

I clicked shutdown for a reason. I don't care about what is running any more. Just fecking kill notepad or whatever it is!

Bob

@JourneymanGeek The key only works if you have the correct OEM certificate. You'd need to use an OEM installer (or DIY one). At least for Win7. idk 8+

Mokubai

1:28 PM

Have several programs at work that block shutdown

Journeyman Geek

@Bob all the mights are there for a reason

Bob

lol

djsmiley2k

1111111111

]0

.2033~918

0032#

Journeyman Geek

catlike typing detected

djsmiley2k

2.1 attack

Rahul2001

1:30 PM

@JourneymanGeek whoa!

Journeyman Geek

lol

I have no clue if it works with the mandatory update reboots tho

djsmiley2k

5555555555555

++

MathCubes

2:33 PM

What's wrong with my batch file. Trying to make the clock on Windows keep going up in time

set hour=1
set min=1

for /L %n in (0,1,60) do set /A min=min+1 & time %hour%:%min%:0

Rahul2001

2:48 PM

@DavidPostill ^

I had a surprisingly not-so-bad breakup just now

bwDraco

3:02 PM

@MathCubes I believe this requires elevation...

allquixotic

gneurshk

DavidPostill

@MathCubes In a batch file you need to use %%n

You also need delayed expansion and ! instead of % inside the for loop

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set hour=1
set min=1
for /L %%n in (0,1,60) do (
  set /A min=min+1
  time !hour!:!min!:0
  )
endlocal

Burgi

hey hey

Rahul2001

@Burgi hi!

26 mins ago, by Rahul2001

I had a surprisingly not-so-bad breakup just now

Mostly mutual (I was slightly reluctant, but eh)

Burgi

3:21 PM

i thought you broke up last week?

Rahul2001

@Burgi Didn't happen, it was weird

very weird

Burgi

o.O

allquixotic

@Rahul2001 practices DevOps Dating: Continuous Integration and Continuous Breakups

CI/CB

Burgi

lol

Rahul2001

time to update Casanova

allquixotic

3:31 PM

you need a script from your CI/CB server that automatically updates Casanova

Rahul2001

@allquixotic I was actually thinking of creating an API ;p

MathCubes

@DavidPostill still not working... It's a problem on how I am using a the time command

C:\Users\Main>time %a%:%t%
A required privilege is not held by the client.

C:\Users\Main>time !a!:!t!
The system cannot accept the time entered.
Enter the new time:

allquixotic

gneurshk covfefe

MathCubes

C:\Windows\system32>set time %a%:%q%
Environment variable time 1:5 not defined

I have no idea why it isn't working?

Unless the time command can't take any variables but that wouldn't make any sence

DavidPostill

@MathCubes Your for loop needs to use delayed expansion. Instead of running the commands at the command line use the batch I gave you. And you need to be an administrator to change the time.

MathCubes

3:41 PM

Ah okay

Rahul2001

@allquixotic github.com/rahuldottech/casanova/blob/master/README.md ;P

This is how utterly obnoxious Indian newspaper matrimonial advertisements are

allquixotic

4:00 PM

@Rahul2001 I don't understand what a "matrimonial advertisement" is

also I'm the same age and height and I haven't even thought to put out an ad in the newspaper

DavidPostill

And in other news:

Virgin Media tells 800,000 users to change passwords over hub hacking risk

Rahul2001

@allquixotic Hah, india

DavidPostill

> Virgin Media said the risk to customers with a Super Hub 2 router was small, but advised them to change both their network and router passwords if they were still set as the default shown on the attached sticker.

Passions flare as Turkey excludes evolution from textbooks

Rahul2001

@DavidPostill -.-

Rahul2001

4:32 PM

Okay, free cPanel alternatives to install on my server?

(cc @Bob)

Ben N

Do you have to use a panel?

allquixotic

webmin

Ben N

If you have the option to not, I would avoid them

Rahul2001

Yes, a panel is necessary, others will require it

@allquixotic Yeah, am considering it

allquixotic

l2admin

if someone needs to use a panel they don't know enough to be using one

if they don't need to use a panel then they should have an SSH account

Rahul2001

4:34 PM

@allquixotic Meh, school students

Ben N

What will they be doing on the server?

Rahul2001

@allquixotic linky?

@BenN Hosting their own content, adding their own domains, etc.

ispconfig.org seems cool

Ben N

That seems doable with SSH - have them start learning :)

Bob

@Rahul2001 ssh

Rahul2001

4:53 PM

@BenN I will, but after august, need something to work till then

Bob

@Rahul2001 think about what permissions you're planning to give them, exactly

Rahul2001

@Bob Will do.

Bob

if it's just uploading php files you can trivially set up a ftp server

you probably don't need a full blown "control panel"

Rahul2001

@Bob Yeah, probably not

Honestly, a minimalistic basic panel is something that I'm looking for, and cannot find...

Not Dog

5:46 PM

Umm wow, Microsoft decided to make it impossible to stop the windows update downloader service

So now if it starts obnoxiously downloading a 2GB+ update on a metered connection you can't even stop it by stopping the service

You have to actually forcefully kill svchost.exe entirely

Ben N

It's using a different service

Not Dog

FUCK YOU MICROSOFT

Ben N

Delivery Optimization, I think

Not Dog

@BenN Yes, it's the different service that cannot be disabled or stopped

Ben N

Does it not let you stop it?

When I tried it, the service stopped as normal

Not Dog

5:47 PM

Nope

Ben N

sc stop dosvc

Not Dog

> C:\WINDOWS\system32>sc stop dosvc
[SC] ControlService FAILED 1052:

The requested control is not valid for this service.

Ben N

Huh, interesting. What Windows build is this?

Not Dog

10

Professional

Ben N

1703?

Not Dog

5:52 PM

No, the one before 1703

1703 is the 2GB update it's trying to download and refusing to stop

I Am A Bot

HAMMERTIME!

Ben N

1607. Weird, I worked with a machine that was trying to 1703 itself but I stopped it with that command

Not Dog

##trout itself

I Am A Bot

slaps itself around a bit with a large trout!

Ben N

If you sc query dosvc what does it say?

Not Dog

5:55 PM

Good question, I'll have to un-disable it and see

Wow

Windows has given up on using delivery optimization after I killed it too many times, so it's switched to downloading updates using the BITS service instead

Microsoft is getting extremely desperate...

Of course by ignoring my preferences and forcefully trying to update Microsoft has basically achieved the exact opposite of what they were hoping to achieve, forcing me to completely disable Windows Update entirely rather than just deferring like I told it to

> C:\WINDOWS\system32>sc query dosvc

SERVICE_NAME: dosvc
TYPE : 20 WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS
STATE : 1 STOPPED
WIN32_EXIT_CODE : 1067 (0x42b)
SERVICE_EXIT_CODE : 0 (0x0)
CHECKPOINT : 0x0
WAIT_HINT : 0x0

Bearing in mind that's after I killed it and disabled it

Ben N

Yep, that makes sense

Not Dog

> STATE : 4 RUNNING
(NOT_STOPPABLE, NOT_PAUSABLE, IGNORES_SHUTDOWN)

Ben N

Huh, I didn't know running services could be NOT_STOPPABLE

All services go through that state when they're START_PENDING, but wow

Not Dog

But you don't get that on 1607?

Weird

Ben N

Nope, for me it stopped just fine

djsmiley2k

6:28 PM

how far do they need to go, before you decide enough is enough

and stop using windows

Just asking

I don't expect an answer btw

but I can imagine the world over, people have likely spent enough time on this by now, to have written their own OS xD

at the rate things are going in a few years they could of replicated win10, but without the auto updates xD

Michael Frank

7:20 PM

That's pretty terrible if they're forcing an update over a metered connection...

Not Dog

7:33 PM

@djsmiley2k Most games I play only run on Windows so, :-(

@MichaelFrank It's more if you set a connection to metered, it doesn't apply straight away, and it also ignores VPN connections which you can't set as metered

djsmiley2k

8:06 PM

@NotDog buy console \o/

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the 10 satellites for Iridium Communications is scheduled to liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:25 p.m. PDT (4:25 p.m. EDT/2025 GMT).

Think maybe the year is wrong? XD

space.com/17933-nasa-television-webcasts-live-space-tv.html

Live now, anyway

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k Haha. It should be 20:25 GMT

djsmiley2k

hehe yeah i figured after xD

Iridium-2 Launch Webcast

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direct youtube url

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k Thanks. That's a bigger size to watch :)

djsmiley2k

T-7min

T-3.5min

lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/06/msg00308.html

errrrr thats borken

TL;DR: unfixed Skylake and Kaby Lake processors could, in some
situations, dangerously misbehave when hyper-threading is enabled.
Disable hyper-threading immediately in BIOS/UEFI to work around the
problem. Read this advisory for instructions about an Intel-provided
fix.

why won't it boxen

something something microcode update now.

DavidPostill

8:35 PM

@djsmiley2k Only a few sites are set up to onebox.

Maybe out of date, but ...

42

A: Which links and sites are handled specially in chat?

The current list of integrated (we call this onebox, or oneboxing, ala search engines) sites is: Stack Exchange sites: Questions / Answers / Users / Comments Stack Exchange Chat: Messages / Rooms / Bookmarked conversations Area 51 proposals Posts from the Stack Exchange blog, the Server Fault b...

djsmiley2k

Ok so does any nice OS exist for a S4?

Or is it just the kinda outta dated cyanogen mod i have right now?

Avery

check xda?

djsmiley2k

@Avery unsure how

S4 is really old btw

I guess I'd think of it like win7 now

Avery

@djsmiley2k forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4

check out GENERAL, ANDROID DEVELOPMENT and UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT

djsmiley2k

8:52 PM

urgh

the hax are clearly out in CoD:IW atm

bwDraco

lol @ "hax"

djsmiley2k

guy does a random 360 in mid air

then immediately does another 180, hits me exactly with every bullet of a high recoil gun

goes 41 for 5 on score (next best player went 21 for 18)

I can accept a good player

but that was incredibly impossibly ffast

oh ffs

and they're all running the nuke gun to instantly end a match once they get 25 kills

urgh

allquixotic

TRWTF is spending any time, energy or thought playing Call of Duty, the most fail game to ever be failed

bwDraco

What platform?

djsmiley2k

9:09 PM

PS4

@allquixotic it's more fun than trying to block windows 10 updates?

bwDraco

There are ways to report cheaters or hackers post-match. If possible, record the session.

djsmiley2k

yup, i did so

but don't know if anything will happen

it's either that, or they've seriously over buffged that gun for some reaosn, but that doesn't explain his amazing pin point accuracy, on people who they couldn't yet See

bwDraco

(some devs, like Ubisoft, want to see video evidence of the offending conduct; not sure about Activision)

djsmiley2k

yeah

which is fair enough

but i can't be bothered to take a clip of 30 min and cut it down

bwDraco

An unlisted YouTube video might be a good idea; it gives you a link to refer to when contacting ATVI support while letting you limit who sees it.

Also, I kinda think they have ways of detecting and automatically flagging anomalous match results like the totally one-sided score you just experienced so that they can be readily investigated.

djsmiley2k

9:24 PM

Indeed

if they care

i noticed it a few days ago

and then my friend confirmed that some cheaters had been found

going back to 5 minute captures for youtube, if I see anymore I'll post em xD

(Not here, just online)

I used to run a lan gaming center, when CS was 1.3.... steam was new (and at one point didn't even exist)

Lots of experience seeing cheaters :D

Avery

we used to play non-steam patched 1.6

deagle + ak + de_dust2 = you're set for a day

that is until someone finds a hack that works through sxe (points at own face)

and then configures it to be invisible.

djsmiley2k

console

gravity to 1

lol as everyone who jumps goes into orbit

set gravity back to 100

Avery

stepsize to 9999

djsmiley2k

laujgh as they all die

Avery

you're a noob.

You could set gravity to minus.

djsmiley2k

9:33 PM

that crushes em?

I don't care, was lols

as the 'boss' i could do wtf i liked

we did let one guy install the wallhack thing at the time

was funny to see him instantly kill the entire other team, from the spawn

in one second

infact screw cod

going back to FF

do any of you guys know why my ps4 eject button doesn't work sometimes? like now

Michael Frank

9:55 PM

@bwDraco They might... but think about how many matches per day are played. I don't think they could afford to pay enough people to positively impact the backlog of matches to be reviewed.

Avery

@djsmiley2k it makes them fly upwards

setting it very high makes game crash

Michael Frank

@djsmiley2k You can eject a disk through the XMB.

djsmiley2k

10:11 PM

@MichaelFrank This is what I'm doing

I'm just wondering why infact it doesn't work right now

Burgi

10:52 PM

store.steampowered.com/app/504210/SHENZHEN_IO

wtf...

i can see @bwDraco loving this

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