The Official Status Thread
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@RaceProUK said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Trim a little off one leg. Check whether it's even. Nope, trimmed a little too much off. Trim other leg(s). Check if even. Nope, trimmed a little too much off. Trim first leg. Check if even. Nope. Repeat until all legs have len == 0.
That's how a junior developer would solve the problem. A senior developer, on the other hand, would optimise most of that away and simply remove one of the legs
FTFY. A 3-legged chair will sit flat regardless of whether they're exactly the same length.
True. However, a 3-legged chair is significantly more prone to tipping than a 4- or more-legged chair, especially if it is made 3-legged by removing one leg from a 4-legged chair.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@RaceProUK said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Trim a little off one leg. Check whether it's even. Nope, trimmed a little too much off. Trim other leg(s). Check if even. Nope, trimmed a little too much off. Trim first leg. Check if even. Nope. Repeat until all legs have len == 0.
That's how a junior developer would solve the problem. A senior developer, on the other hand, would optimise most of that away and simply remove one of the legs
FTFY. A 3-legged chair will sit flat regardless of whether they're exactly the same length.
True. However, a 3-legged chair is significantly more prone to tipping than a 4- or more-legged chair, especially if it is made 3-legged by removing one leg from a 4-legged chair.
So, is an infinite-leg (inb4 circles would be a one-leg) chair incapable of tipping?
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@anonymous234 Alright, I gave up and tried installing that first one manually.
Boy, this feels awfully familiar.
I finally gave up on that. I might reboot and try again sometime.
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Status: Finished eating a pack of mentos fruit.
It was pretty good.
Status Addendum: Wondering what I should eat next.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Finished eating a pack of mentos fruit.
It was pretty good.
Status Addendum: Wondering what I should eat next.
A whole bottle of Diet Coke.
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@anonymous234 Alright, I gave up and tried installing that first one manually.
Boy, this feels awfully familiar.
I finally gave up on that. I might reboot and try again sometime.
But for now,
wuauserv
is getting the finger... (because every time it starts up, it immediately starts consuming 100% CPU)
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Finished eating a pack of mentos fruit.
It was pretty good.
Status Addendum: Wondering what I should eat next.
A whole bottle of Diet Coke.
Currently not in inventories.
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Status: Bitch, please. I read 25k words a day on average... And that's not even my job!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Before the unfortunate... accident, I managed to (I kid you not) do this:
I played that on new year's!
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@bb36e said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Before the unfortunate... accident, I managed to (I kid you not) do this:
I played that on new year's!
I tried!
But the servers were having issues...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Bitch, please. I read 25k words a day on average... And that's not even my job!
I got that email this morning as well!! We're twins!!
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@bb36e said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Bitch, please. I read 25k words a day on average... And that's not even my job!
I got that email this morning as well!! We're twins!!
Sometimes. :D
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Status: thanks gmail, that's a very helpful view for the certificate.
FFS Chrome was more helpful than this!
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@anotherusername I actually had those exact same problems with a laptop I bought a couple days ago, including having the fix at the first link sit there with its thumb up its ass. The fix at the second link did finally take care of the shit for me.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
gmail
Why would the gmail app be accessing a server from some random web host? Are you being MITM'd?
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@ben_lubar said in The Official Status Thread:
Are you being MITM'd
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@ben_lubar said in The Official Status Thread:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
gmail
Why would the gmail app be accessing a server from some random web host? Are you being MITM'd?
Because you can tell it to check email from your imap/smtp accounts just as well?
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@anotherusername You probably have to reboot, disable the network connection and/or stop the Windows Update service to avoid that.
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@anonymous234 said in The Official Status Thread:
Alternatively, try more random fixes from Microsoft.
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/955/487/440.gif
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@lolwhat said in The Official Status Thread:
@anotherusername I actually had those exact same problems with a laptop I bought a couple days ago, including having the fix at the first link sit there with its thumb up its ass. The fix at the second link did finally take care of the shit for me.
I'm trying the hotfix from the second link now (KB3172605).
Is it working? Signs point to no...
edit: okay, after manually stopping the Windows Update service and then re-running the installer, it's actually installing now...
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@anotherusername Sorry man. Good luck finding a fix.
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
edit: okay, after manually stopping the Windows Update service and then re-running the installer, it's actually installing now...
Right, that successfully installed, and then KB3020369, KB3102810, and KB3138612 all said that they were already installed. Then I installed the Windows Update Agent update (7.6) successfully. Now trying to check for updates...
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
edit: okay, after manually stopping the Windows Update service and then re-running the installer, it's actually installing now...
Right, that successfully installed, and then KB3020369, KB3102810, and KB3138612 all said that they were already installed. Then I installed the Windows Update Agent update (7.6) successfully. Now trying to check for updates...
I just got a balloon notification "New updates are available, click here to install them with Windows Update". It's not done checking for updates yet...
On the plus side, the process that's running the
wuauserv
service isn't taking 100% CPU anymore...Hey, it finished!
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: 10 minutes to midnight on New Year's Eve, and I'm sitting in my room watching ST:TNG.
Heh, we caught up on Vikings episodes on the DVR. 2016 killed Ragnar Lothbrok!
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@RaceProUK said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Trim a little off one leg. Check whether it's even. Nope, trimmed a little too much off. Trim other leg(s). Check if even. Nope, trimmed a little too much off. Trim first leg. Check if even. Nope. Repeat until all legs have len == 0.
That's how a junior developer would solve the problem. A senior developer, on the other hand, would
optimise most of that away and simply remove the legsfold up some paper and put it under the leg. Works on my floor.
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@boomzilla said in The Official Status Thread:
Ragnar
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@HardwareGeek
I bet those could stay on the lawn
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@Dreikin said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Finally graduated from regexes in sublime text to a python script to parse Humble Bundle JSONs for the human readable names (to make folders) and checksums (to make sure downloads are intact).
Yes, I know using a regex to parse JSON is β why do you think I made it into a script instead?
Currently will:
- Output the checksums in the correct format to either the console or a file for two organizational schemes:
- Flat: all files in same directory
- Folders: each file in a directory named based on the
human_readable
name.
- Make all the necessary directories automatically based on the
human_readable
names.
Next up:
- Perform the checksum checks (currently done in Cygwin)
- Move the files into the right folders after making them (currently done manually).
Future:
- Download, organize, and check automatically? Have to learn how to log in, etc from a Python script. Currently downloading via a download manager, and the JSON is saved by updating a section of a special URL and saving the page returned.
All arguments implemented and tested for best-case (i.e., no exception checking or whatnot yet):
# Arguments Summary # ================= # filename: # positional, required; the name of the file containing the JSON data. # -f, --folders: # flag; Signals to use folder hierarchy instead of assuming all files are in the same directory. # -w, --write: # optional: Tells script to write checksums to a file instead of stdout. # -p, --print: # optional: Tells script to print checksums to screen. # -c, --check # flag; Tells script to verify files against checksums. # # Exclusive options: # -d, --mkdirs: # optional; Tells script to create directories for each product. # -a, --automove # optional, Tells script to move each file into its appropriate directory. # -m, --makemove # optional; Tells script to do --mkdirs then --automove.
Next up:
- Cleaning up git history (everything was done at the same time, so it's just one big commit right now).
- Error and Exception handling, as well as making sure not to run over already existing files and folders.
- Add some intelligence (don't require
-f
to see a file is in its folder instead of the top-level). - More I'm probably forgetting because it's bedtime and I really haven't gotten enough sleep this week.
- Output the checksums in the correct format to either the console or a file for two organizational schemes:
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Right now Venus, the Moon, and Mars are in an almost straight line, and the three brightest objects in the sky.
Status: Freezing my balls off because of course I had to stay out and look at them, and then bring the kids and the missus out so that they may look at them too.
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@ben_lubar Damn. I was so caught up in trying to avoid the "why can't you just go in if you want to see your family" that I completely missed the more obvious () turn.
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@Maciejasjmj What's really fun is the versioning used for files is different than the versioning using in MSI. (bits: exe:16.16.16.16, msi: 8.8.16.ignored)
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
What's really fun is the versioning used for files is different than the versioning using in MSI. (bits: exe:16.16.16.16, msi: 8.8.16.ignored)
So they've saved a few bits, but only at the cost of making something both truly horrible and also inconsistent. The restrictions in the executable metadata are silly (spending a few extra bytes really wouldn't have broken the bank, even way back in the day of Windows 3) and using something even more restrictive for the installerβ¦
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: 10 minutes to midnight on New Year's Eve, and I'm sitting in my room watching ST:TNG.
I wimped out and went to bed at 11:30.
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status Best commute ever. 18mi in 20min. Zero traffic. The only way to get here faster would be to speed. Significantly. (Today is not a holiday for our company - because they tossed us out last week - not complaining!) And since CalTrain is on holiday schedule, driving was the best option. Back to the train tomorrow.
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@dcon said in The Official Status Thread:
status Best commute ever. 18mi in 20min. Zero traffic. The only way to get here faster would be to speed. Significantly. (Today is not a holiday for our company - because they tossed us out last week - not complaining!) And since CalTrain is on holiday schedule, driving was the best option. Back to the train tomorrow.
All aboard the choo-choo train!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@RaceProUK said in The Official Status Thread:
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Status Thread:
Trim a little off one leg. Check whether it's even. Nope, trimmed a little too much off. Trim other leg(s). Check if even. Nope, trimmed a little too much off. Trim first leg. Check if even. Nope. Repeat until all legs have len == 0.
That's how a junior developer would solve the problem. A senior developer, on the other hand, would optimise most of that away and simply remove one of the legs
FTFY. A 3-legged chair will sit flat regardless of whether they're exactly the same length.
True. However, a 3-legged chair is significantly more prone to tipping than a 4- or more-legged chair, especially if it is made 3-legged by removing one leg from a 4-legged chair.
So, is an infinite-leg (inb4 circles would be a one-leg) chair incapable of tipping?
Don't see many chairs with cone/cylinder bases.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Little brother managed to pull off the brand-new gaming computer from the shelf it was sitting on, which apparently shocked it hard enough that it hard-locked and (upon trying to reboot it) no longer POSTs at all.
Status: Got it to POST. Seems everything is mostly OK, but now the spinner has a click of death.
It's still detected though in BIOS, so...Well, fuck.
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Status: WTF. I've never told it to do this, where can I tell it to not do this!?!?!
Edit: Found it. Just had to go through the wizard merry-go-round six times until it had the "custom actions" displayed.
What a piece of junk...
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Status: Today is my last day and I still have like
23 (just added another one now) coding tasks to do. Obviously there is no need to handover...
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Status: Holy crap I won an Internet!
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Status: Webdriver torso.
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Status: Wondering why installing a single update via Intune renders Visual Studio incapable of doing... well, anything.
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@RaceProUK said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Wondering why installing a single update via Intune renders Visual Studio incapable of doing... well, anything.
Update: Huh. Turns out it's not Intune that's at fault, but the fact that VS insists on doing... something with TFS (no idea what) when opening a file.
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@RaceProUK said in The Official Status Thread:
@RaceProUK said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: Wondering why installing a single update via Intune renders Visual Studio incapable of doing... well, anything.
Update: Huh. Turns out it's not Intune that's at fault, but the fact that VS insists on doing... something with TFS (no idea what) when opening a file.
UpUpdatedate: And now it's working again because raisins are an ingredient in a delicious fresh-baked fruitcake.
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Status
vacation is over!