Root Access

12:07 AM

chentiangemalc.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/…

A 7 year old article helped me out today!

@Bob There's a spike at 30, 50, and 70

> Firefox is way better at this than Chrome. I sat next to someone who had nothing but triangles as their tab bar in Chrome. How did they cope?

I cope by using multiple windows once the tab bar fills up to unusability

allquixotic

I just close tabs I'm done with like a normal person

that's about typical for me, unless I'm coding, then double that until I solve the problem I'm currently stumped on

bertieb

12:30 AM

> I just close tabs I'm done with

What is this "done with", of which you speak?

Burgi

had a weird thought earlier, you know how gelatine is made from cow bones and isn't halal? well dynamite is also made from gelantine, is that halal? can you get halal gelatine?

and on that note... bedtime

Bob

@FMLCat I'd need about 200 windows

Michael Frank

@allquixotic That's about what I have as well.

bertieb

@Burgi Nitroglycerine perhaps? Not sure about gelatine in TNT

I could be wrong tho!

!!s/TNT/dynamite/

ChatBot John Cavil

@bertieb That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

@bertieb @Burgi Nitroglycerine perhaps? Not sure about gelatine in dynamite (source)

Journeyman Geek

12:41 AM

@Burgi cows are halal. You mean pigs.

and gelatine's probably made off hooves.

also you're thinking of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelignite

Michael Frank

2:01 AM

Those load times are pretty poor, right?

Bob

2:22 AM

blogs.technet.microsoft.com/secguide/2017/05/29/…

> The Windows operating system includes many system services that provide important functionality. ... These defaults were chosen carefully for each service to balance performance, functionality and security for typical customers.

> We recommend that customers disable the following services and their respective scheduled tasks on Windows Server 2016 with Desktop Experience:

Services:

Xbox Live Auth Manager
Xbox Live Game Save

Scheduled tasks:

\Microsoft\XblGameSave\XblGameSaveTask
\Microsoft\XblGameSave\XblGameSaveTaskLogon

Because their "typical customers" for Windows Server want Xbox Live on it...

Michael Frank

Why are they even an option? o.O

Bob

Also that MapsBroker and OneSyncSvc that aren't just installed but are also autostart (and fail, leading to a nice red 2 by default)

Michael Frank

Although, I suppose what else are you gonna run an XBL server on?

Bob

@MichaelFrank Sorry, did you say XBL server?

Michael Frank

XBL... service?

Bob

2:25 AM

nono, those services are if you want to log in to XBL, and if you want to record gameplay

Michael Frank

Oh.

Bob

just in case you want to play games on your server, y'know

Michael Frank

Yea, nah.

So I guess my original comment still stands. Why are they even an option?

Bob

@MichaelFrank because ... reasons

It's weird how SwiftOnSecurity has somehow evolved from a joke account to ... something actually serious and useful

FML Cat

2:49 AM

@Bob, got any cute fox pictures today?

Bob

or flickr.com/photos/alexwitt/39402913244/sizes/h

FML Cat

3:19 AM

Ooh urban foxes. Been running into those a lot lately

bwDraco

3:57 AM

On the graphics card shortage... prices are still extremely high, with Radeon Vega cards selling for twice their MSRP, but it looks like limited stock is becoming available. Perhaps Newegg et al. could do what Micro Center is doing and apply discounts on the otherwise highly inflated price when bundled with other PC components?

(there was previously virtually no stock available at all, regardless of price)

Folks looking for midrange NVIDIA GeForce cards (GTX 1050, 1050 Ti, 1060) are less severely impacted, but 1050-class cards are still seeing ~50% markup from MSRP.

Radeon RX cards (both Vega and 500 series) are currently selling at about 200-300% of MSRP.

rahuldottech

4:57 AM

@bwDraco darn miners

Bob

5:33 AM

hi

RogUE

@bwDraco I read that 'Foxes looking for midrange NVIDIA..........', with an image just above.

bwDraco

lol

allquixotic

@bwDraco I think I'm keeping the PXC 550... markedly worse range than the Beats Solo3, but better than the BeoPlay H8 -- only rarely drops out in my usual torture test, pretty much only if I put my hand in front of the Bluetooth cup, but it can handle the wall just fine

comfort is superb, zero ear pain wearing them

ANC is great, and sound quality is great, and durability is great

bwDraco

Congrats.

Well, 10 mW isn't going to give you exactly great range, but it's certainly better than class 2.

allquixotic

yeah, only problem with them is the worse range, but I almost never use them outside the range they're reliable in

the Beats Solo3 must tx at something higher than 10 mW

but the BeoPlay H8 must tx at something lower :P

Bob

5:39 AM

*cough*plantronics*cough*

that reminds me, I still need to get around to doing that range test sometime

it's probably even worse :S

also, was looking for a laptop bag today at officeworks

they had the backbeat pro 2 right next to the solo3, same price o.O

@allquixotic can you grab the FCC ID of your solo3?

@allquixotic @bwDraco PXC550 should be 3 mW: fccid.io/DMOSCBT5

odd.

I can't seem to find the solo3

BackBeats are at 7.66 mW: fccid.io/AL8-SPRO16

I thiiiiink these are the Solo3? fccid.io/COW81000012

2.8 mW

Wait. No.

Aha! fccid.io/BCG-A1914

either 12 mW or 7 mW

so rough guess for range is solo3 > backbeat > pxc

most likely solo3 ~= backbeat assuming they reduced power for the second application to for easier approval

hm, no, they submitted both apps on the same day o.O

hmmmmm the lower power one might be for BLE

in which case BT proper is probably at 12 mW

so, yea. beats @ 12 mW, plantronics @ 7.66 mW, sennheiser @ 3 mW

@allquixotic @bwDraco ^

@allquixotic packaging, or possibly printed on the headphones themselves

bwDraco

6:02 AM

Odd. That's not what the manual says

Bob

but I'm pretty sure I've found the right one

@bwDraco PXC550 manual says "max" 10 mW

bwDraco

en-ca.sennheiser.com/global-downloads/file/6983/… page 48

Bob

I'd take the FCC certification tests over a vague spec in the manual, tbh

@bwDraco yea, "10 mW (max)"

I suppose the tests could have been conducted differently

I'd hope that at least the numbers are comparable across the FCC database

hmmmmmmmm

allquixotic

fccid.io/TTUBEOPLAYH8/Test-Report/Test-report-2477135#pf15

Bob

reading the actual test documents it's possible that the 7.66 for the Plantronics is only a calculated max under which a SAR test wasn't required

allquixotic

6:08 AM

need to convert dBm to mW

how to? :S

the absolute peak of the BeoPlay H8 was 2.6 mW

Journeyman Geek

google it? ;p

allquixotic

significantly lower average, and also lower peaks for other frequencies

Bob

@allquixotic calculator I used got 3.2 mW EIRP

depending on modulation mode, peak power

average is much lower

backbeats, section 9, page 61: fccid.io/AL8-SPRO16/Test-Report/…

measured ~7-8.5 dBm

where the beoplay h8 measured ~2-5 dBm

pxc550 measures 3-5 dBm: fccid.io/DMOSCBT5/Test-Report/Test-Report-2894980.pdf

page 36

allquixotic

hm

the backbeats do LL, ANC and decent range, huh?

Bob

solo3 measures 7-10 dBm: fccid.io/BCG-A1914/Test-Report/…

page 20, 21

generally the lower end for the higher (2Mbps) modulation and the higher end for the lower (1Mbps) modulation, I think?

@allquixotic the only real questions are the subjective ones, whether you like the ear cup, sound quality, etc. If you're happy with the PXC550, range and all, then it's probably best to stick with them.

Personally, I found the BB range alright but not great, but that's in a house where the range of everything is terrible, and I don't have the others to do a comparative test. They do beat my matrix2, etc., by far though

going purely by peak output power, it should be solo3 > bb > pxc

user226528

6:22 AM

Hello, guys.

user226528

Fun fact: Right now, I am the only user in this room with an avatar that is not an animal.

Michael Frank

Wrong!

user226528

@MichaelFrank Why? Isn't your avatar an owl's eye?

Bob

@allquixotic can you find the AF62 (meelec) on the fcc list? I can't :\

user226528

What kind of idiot releases Silverlight for Windows Server on Windows Update? (Hint: Microsoft)

Michael Frank

6:25 AM

Bob

... ... ...

Michael Frank

Actually, it's that one there.

But, totally not an owl eye.

Bob

uhhhh

@allquixotic is it just me, or do these look suspiciously like the matrix2? fccid.io/Z63-001AONI/Users-Manual/Users-Manual-1580242

Z63 is also the grantee for the AF52, so they're at the very least the OEM for one meelec pair

o_O fccid.io/Z63-AONI30402

~2 dBm on the matrix2

Michael Frank

@Bob You never played WoW, did you?

Bob

which is somewhat below the beoplay h8

@MichaelFrank played? no. been curious and wiki-dived? yes :P

Michael Frank

6:31 AM

Okay, just going through some old screenshots, and turns out we had an Aussie guildie called Elusive, wondered if there was some sort of long lost connection ha

user226528

Hmm... It seem gpupdate did the trick.

user226528

I mustn't lose hope in myself.

Bob

@MichaelFrank ...not that I know of, though come to think of it you're not the first to ask

I need to find this guy :P

Michael Frank

Perhaps!

user226528

Does "Accessory Output Bin" look like proper English to you guys?

user226528

6:36 AM

...unless an accessory can have output...

user226528

6:46 AM

Dilemma: Must I forbid deploying printer objects using Print Management snap-in and tell admins to use Group Policy Management only?

user226528

Yes. I absolutely must.

Bob

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A: Affiliate Ads Are Coming To The Network

Why only graduated sites? Not enough traffic? I am a member of Woodworking (which is in beta), and a few tasteful ads for tools would be fine. (I don't have a tool problem, I can stop buying them any time I want; I just don't want to.) OTOH, I find it hard to think of acceptable adverts on th...

> I don't have a tool problem, I can stop buying them any time I want; I just don't want to.

@JourneymanGeek @allquixotic ^ :D

s/tool/headphone/ for @allquixotic :P

Journeyman Geek

lol

allquixotic

lol

user226528

Someone visited me 'cause he had trouble running Memu on his computer. It turns out he had Windows Defender Application Guard enabled.

Bob

7:04 AM

@JourneymanGeek Adding AusCERT to my feeds was a bad idea :P

There's lke two every hour, and it's scary :(

> ESB-2018.0415 - [RedHat] kernel: Access privileged data - Existing account

> ESB-2018.0416 - [Debian] mailman: Cross-site scripting - Remote with user interaction

> ESB-2018.0417 - [Win][UNIX/Linux][Debian] ruby-omniauth: Access confidential data - Remote/unauthenticated

> ESB-2018.0418 - [UNIX/Linux][Debian] exim4: Execute arbitrary code/commands - Remote/unauthenticated

oof, I should probably check on that last one

user226528

Try adding US-CERT. 😉

Bob

@FleetCommand US-CERT is much quieter, strangely enough

I added them at the same time

Journeyman Geek

@Bob @allquixotic heh, might want to pop into gitter if you want some fresh personal drama ;p

bwDraco

@allquixotic What's the maximum range you've gotten? I got about 120 ft.

allquixotic

@bwDraco about 10-12 ft through a wall

bwDraco

7:14 AM

What kind of wall?

allquixotic

wood

bwDraco

Ah. Drywall is much more forgiving.

Bob

@allquixotic wait, single wall? o.O

user226528

There is something incredibly pleasant about updating a graphics driver on a server computer and not having to restart it.

bwDraco

If it's solid wood several inches thick, it will attenuate the signal heavily.

This isn't common in modern construction, though.

So... have you seen the RGB lighting I've added to my desktop?

user226528

7:30 AM

@bwDraco Show us! 😊

bwDraco

flickr.com/photos/57993471@N06/40207131841

14 hours ago, by bwDraco

In the dark... it looks really eerie. But that's precisely what I was trying to achieve.

/r/pcmasterrace really liked it: reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/7wubgr/pcmr_meet_astaroth

user226528

Why do you call it "RGB lighting"?

bwDraco

Because it can be set to arbitrary colors. It's just configured as #e010ff right now.

Journeyman Geek

cause p lighting sounds like something else.

user226528

Well, until today, I thought "bw" in your username stands for "black and white".

Bob

7:35 AM

@FleetCommand he could call it BGR lighting if he were a little endian

bwDraco

lol

user226528

It sounds like "a little Indian".

user226528

Wasn't that nursery rhyme? Something about ten little Indians?

Journeyman Geek

7:48 AM

@Bob heh, parentals are like "get a new phone" ._.

I kinda wanta op5T

not sure if I should get the base model or the 8gb/128gb version

Bob

@JourneymanGeek wait why?

Journeyman Geek

@Bob my op3 broke again

I mentioned this ;p

Bob

...again?

I must've missed it

Journeyman Geek

ya

Bob

when was this?

Journeyman Geek

7:52 AM

yesterday!

Ash accidentally bounced on it ._.

Bob

O_O

bwDraco

yesterday, by Journeyman Geek

.... my phone screen broke again.

Bob

I totally skimmed past that :P

allquixotic

MRE Military Ration Review RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Food Packet Survival 1959 Oldest Ever Eaten

►

his reactions lol

Bob

8:14 AM

@allquixotic @bwDraco measured. S7E to BB Pro 2, ~35m is where the first few stutters happen (once every ~10m but stabilises if I stop walking), ~60-65m is where it becomes unlistenable, ~65-70m is where it more or less drops (the audio stream, not the BT signal).

That's in a Wi-Fi heavy area (down the street in front of houses) and almost line-of-sight (sitting on a brick wall but slightly blocked by a couple of shrubs).

Comparison, inside the house through a doorway and down a hallway around brick walls is like 10m to first stuttering and prety bad at 15-20m ... and just about drops outside the metal screen doors (of course).

But that comparison is with the desktop. I should try with my phone indoors sometime.

Now we just need @allquixotic to do an open field test of the Beats ones :P

Journeyman Geek

8:31 AM

@Bob erf. The place I nearly ordered a phone from dies nor deliver...

Bob

8:58 AM

o.O

@JourneymanGeek sure you want the OP again? :P

Journeyman Geek

Ya

Lol. It was a good phone!

I was gonna wait for a 6

I'll put a case on it

Otherwise I donno. I don't want a Samsung

Moto?

Would likely still be a downgrade

FML Cat

How do I Elon Musk

Journeyman Geek

Or wipe my mom's old xiomi 1s...

FML Cat

Oh funny enough my Bluetooth has more range than my WiFi

Also humanity is broken

Why do we live?

Way are we here?

What is life for?

!! Taytaytaycatconfirmed

ChatBot John Cavil

Bob

9:12 AM

@FMLCat yea that's also what my test told me :P

FML Cat

I don't understand words

I think I took too much ketamine

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This is bad

But why

Oh god I definitely took too much

Why are girls

People

SHEEPLE!

Ouch

Bob

@FMLCat :<

FML Cat

I laughed so hard I coughed. You

Can someone kick me please I'm broken

Thanks

Journeyman Geek

@FMLCat kick

FML Cat

I meant from the channel

Why can't I start myself

I love you guys

Brains are silly.

Burgi

9:20 AM

morning

FML Cat

Hey Bob. My computer is sideways. I feel like I should come to Australia and marry you.

Burgi

@FMLCat you know that rots you bladder, right?

FML Cat

@Burgi what the what huh means words broken

Why haven't I been kicked yet.

Come on this is like the only time I'd not feel bad about it

allquixotic

FML Cat

Because its totally deserved

I've broken myself and I'm breaking chat

@allquixotic your wide-screen looks wide

Am I hallucinating that I'm still alive?

!! Dog

ChatBot John Cavil

9:28 AM

@FMLCat That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

FML Cat

:-(

sudo rm -rf /fmlcat

dd if=/dev/null of=/dev/fmlcat bs=allquixotic

OK guys I'm really sorry about this, I'm going to turn off my phone now and come back tomorrow once I've sobered up.

4

Journeyman Geek

That's a great idea

take care!

Michael Frank

9:46 AM

Have... fun?

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.... nano can't save changes under ssh for Windows beta. o.O

Burgi

11:36 AM

last night my girlfriend wanted to play limbo because "it looks cute"

she played until the first spider, screamed and threw the controller at me

bertieb

Lol

Oh, I meant to ask last night, off the back of website-y Wordpress-y stuff; recs does anyone have a recommendation for a personal website info/portfoilio (maybe one page) type dealie?

I mean Googling reasonable terms throws up a lot of "top 10/15/42 best website themes" (or variations on that)

But a lot of them seem to be aimed at commercial/vlogger/photo portfoilio/etc

I don't have a particular need for one thing in particular - not a pro photographer, not affiliated with any big projects, not looking for work so don't need a CV website - so really it's a vanity thing I guess...

Journeyman Geek

11:51 AM

@bertieb it's kinda super n00bish but Wix isn't bad

bertieb

@JourneymanGeek Thanks, will take a look :)

Bob

@bertieb blog or just profile?

bertieb

@Bob Just profile really, I have a WP blog dealie but would like to keep this separate

Bob

ah

jekyll?

jekyllrb.com

bertieb

cocks eyebrow

(or I would if I could do that)

That looks interesting

Bob

11:55 AM

it does static sites

makes it very easy to host

reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/63kl2q/…

bertieb

That looks like it might win the (unannounced) bonus points for being easy to change theme (like Wordpress) on a whim

Bob

idk, I've never used it

djsmiley2k

mny problem with all these web framework thingys

is.. i setup a site

i come back in 3 months iwth no clue wtf it is

nuke it, start again xD

I.... what?

-1

A: Powerline adapters intermittently prevent device network availability when connected to a switch

I think you are getting interference on your powerline adapters from the network of your neighbor(s). You should check the electrical network situation as regarding fuse boxes. I assume the transmission power of the router is more than that of the switch, especially as the switch is pushing sign...

I was wtf'ing at this answer before I noticed who it was

Journeyman Geek

12:35 PM

@djsmiley2k heh

Burgi

he nuked his answer

djsmiley2k

12:51 PM

heh

he almost had a point but then it went off the rails some how

Journeyman Geek

1:02 PM

powerline interference will not take out your whole network

djsmiley2k

you'd hope not

rahuldottech

If a USB hdd is giving me clicking sounds when I first plug it in, it probably means that I should take a backup immediately, right?

djsmiley2k

u should have a backup anyway

rahuldottech

This is an ancient 80GB drive

@djsmiley2k This used to be a backup drive

Was my dad's

Copying data to new/reliable drive

Wow, 5mbps read speeds

856kbps now

Journeyman Geek

hah

bertieb

1:31 PM

ddrescue to the... rescue?

rahuldottech

@bertieb whazzatdo

bertieb

@rahuldottech Does its best to read a potentially damaged drive- reads everything it can without errors first, then retries sectors which caused problems

rahuldottech

@bertieb I just use GetDataBack, but thanks :)

bertieb

Can also resume partial rescues if they were done with a logfile

> Price $79

Fair enough :P

rahuldottech

@bertieb I... may have not paid

Someone else did

bertieb

1:36 PM

Heh, I'm not going to judge