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@anotherusername don't forget you have a ⅔ chance of not getting the goat if you switch doors!
Some people want the goat though...
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What are you willing to do to remove ads?
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@timebandit said in WTF Bites:
What are you willing to do to remove ads?
I'm willing to download porn to remove ads.
Edit: Wait....
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@anotherusername don't forget you have a ⅔ chance of not getting the goat if you switch doors!
What are the odds of getting a goat simulator?
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Ok I miss Windows Phone too, but this is ridiculous:
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
Some people want the goat though...
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
I'm willing to download porn to remove ads.
I'm not seeing the downside here.
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@cursorkeys said in WTF Bites:
@cursorkeys said in WTF Bites:
@ixvedeusi said in WTF Bites:
Yes, we do. Since when is the signing key on the internet?
At least in our build setup, signing needs access to a time stamp server, which is on the internet.
That's not such a great idea, you should always run your own NTP server if possible, a stratum 3 setup is basically free.
Clocks can skew faster than you'd expect if you lose internet connectivity and then things like AD servers stop wanting to cooperate. Plus you get some skew between different services which can make logs less useful,
pool.ntp.org
andtime.windows.com
are currently 10 milliseconds apart for example./2p
A time stamp server is not an NTP server. It is a 3rd-party server that adds a signed timestamp to your artefact, certifying that it existed by given time. Since being 3rd-party is the point, it has to be in the internet.
TIL, thanks. Never heard of a signed timestamp before, that's interesting.
It's what allows signed executables to remain valid past the expiration of the signing cert - since it was verifiably signed when the cert was valid, it's basically valid forever.
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@sloosecannon said in WTF Bites:
@cursorkeys said in WTF Bites:
@cursorkeys said in WTF Bites:
@ixvedeusi said in WTF Bites:
Yes, we do. Since when is the signing key on the internet?
At least in our build setup, signing needs access to a time stamp server, which is on the internet.
That's not such a great idea, you should always run your own NTP server if possible, a stratum 3 setup is basically free.
Clocks can skew faster than you'd expect if you lose internet connectivity and then things like AD servers stop wanting to cooperate. Plus you get some skew between different services which can make logs less useful,
pool.ntp.org
andtime.windows.com
are currently 10 milliseconds apart for example./2p
A time stamp server is not an NTP server. It is a 3rd-party server that adds a signed timestamp to your artefact, certifying that it existed by given time. Since being 3rd-party is the point, it has to be in the internet.
TIL, thanks. Never heard of a signed timestamp before, that's interesting.
It's what allows signed executables to remain valid past the expiration of the signing cert - since it was verifiably signed when the cert was valid, it's basically valid forever.
Huh. Wonder WTF Oculus did that was so wrong then, since their signed stuff expired and they literally couldn't auto-update their shit anymore for over a whole day.
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@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
@sloosecannon said in WTF Bites:
@cursorkeys said in WTF Bites:
@cursorkeys said in WTF Bites:
@ixvedeusi said in WTF Bites:
Yes, we do. Since when is the signing key on the internet?
At least in our build setup, signing needs access to a time stamp server, which is on the internet.
That's not such a great idea, you should always run your own NTP server if possible, a stratum 3 setup is basically free.
Clocks can skew faster than you'd expect if you lose internet connectivity and then things like AD servers stop wanting to cooperate. Plus you get some skew between different services which can make logs less useful,
pool.ntp.org
andtime.windows.com
are currently 10 milliseconds apart for example./2p
A time stamp server is not an NTP server. It is a 3rd-party server that adds a signed timestamp to your artefact, certifying that it existed by given time. Since being 3rd-party is the point, it has to be in the internet.
TIL, thanks. Never heard of a signed timestamp before, that's interesting.
It's what allows signed executables to remain valid past the expiration of the signing cert - since it was verifiably signed when the cert was valid, it's basically valid forever.
Huh. Wonder WTF Oculus did that was so wrong then, since their signed stuff expired and they literally couldn't auto-update their shit anymore for over a whole day.
Probably didn't use a timestamp server lol
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@antiquarian said in WTF Bites:
@tsaukpaetra said in WTF Bites:
I'm willing to download porn to remove ads.
I'm not seeing the downside here.
You need to download a video shot from a better angle.
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@tsaukpaetra What was borked exactly in their auto-update? Because to me it's perfectly logical that an expired signing certificate would prevent auto-updates: The new files would need to be signed, you can't re-use the old signature for them unless you didn't modify them (in which case, why are you updating?)
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https://steamed.kotaku.com/a-game-was-out-on-steam-for-six-days-but-nobody-could-1825404177
Ever get the sense that Steam is run by, at most, 3 people and at any given time 2 of them are out on vacation? Fuck Valve.
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@tsaukpaetra What was borked exactly in their auto-update? Because to me it's perfectly logical that an expired signing certificate would prevent auto-updates: The new files would need to be signed, you can't re-use the old signature for them unless you didn't modify them (in which case, why are you updating?)
The new files would presumably be signed with an up-to-date certificate. The problem was (apparently) that because the existing files used a certificate that expired, Windows wouldn't even load it whatsoever. No reuse here.
Edit: quick google result if you're not inclined.
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Quick, before the sale is off
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I ordered some headphones yesterday.
Today, I get an email
Ok, let's check that for fun
Not sure which is the real the price, or that it's out of stock
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@timebandit Sometimes the 2 cent solution is best. I hang mine on a long wood screw that sticks out the side of my desk. I should run an Amazon ad that targets that thing, and sell the rest of my wood screws for 19.99 each.
(I suspect a part of this will end up in the quotes out-of-context topic.)
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@timebandit Sometimes the 2 cent solution is best. I hang mine on a long wood screw that sticks out the side of my desk. I should run an Amazon ad that targets that thing, and sell the rest of my wood screws for 19.99 each.
(I suspect a part of this will end up in the quotes out-of-context topic.)
I use my guitar capo, myself. Now it's multi-functional! :D
...Just not at the same time.
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10 cents? How decadent!
It's multifunctional! You can hang other things on it while using your headphones.
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@erufael I just use earbuds.
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@blakeyrat said in WTF Bites:
@hardwaregeek said in WTF Bites:
I'm a world-class procrastinator. I'm no longer desperate for money.
I'm not desperate for money either, but I'm sure as fuck not going to give the Federal Government a free fucking loan. Fuck them, pay me interest.
Sure, but it's not like I'm missing out on all that much. If the money were earning interest in my savings account, I'd be getting something like, maybe, $0.05 a month.
Also, if I were going to get upset about giving a government a free loan, it would be over giving the drooling idjit libtards in Sacramento any penny more than I absolutely have to.
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@mott555 I just put my headphones on my desk...am I doing it wrong? :/
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@mott555 I just put my headphones on my desk...am I doing it wrong? :/
I'm a neat freak. I like my desk to be as clear as possible unless I have an immediate need for something to be there. Especially if wires are involved. I hate wires. I spend about 95% of my day untangling cords, no matter where I am or what I'm supposed to be doing.
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So is the survey full, or can I just click Next and take it anyway?
Let's click Next! Oh...
I feel like that's sarcastic...EDIT: Another Microsoft email directed me here...
My best guess is that something happened
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On Error Print "Something Happened" Resume Next
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Is there a WTF books category?
By some random browsing I found this guy advertising his shitty book:https://www.amazon.in/Dynamic-Programming-Coding-Interviews-Bottom-Up/dp/1946556696/
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@topspin FWIW if someone asked me to come up with a dynamic programming solution on the spot I'd be stumped. :/
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@cursorkeys I posted that here quite some time ago as its own thread.
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dynamic foo = bar; // ta da
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@brisingraerowing said in WTF Bites:
@cursorkeys I posted that here quite some time ago as its own thread.
So did @bugmenot as @ixvedeusi pointed out.
I would search before posting but the search feature is still at 'chocolate fireguard' levels of usefulness.
Something like Something Awful's link-checker that checks posts for existing (or similar) links and warns you would be handy.
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@topspin FWIW if someone asked me to come up with a dynamic programming solution on the spot I'd be stumped. :/
Well, for one there's the title "dynamic programming for coding interviews", and then the abstract starts with:
I wanted to compute 80th term of the Fibonacci series. I wrote the rampant recursive function,
int fib(int n){
return (1==n 2==n) ? 1: fib(n-1) + fib(n-2);
}
and waited for the result. I wait... and wait... and wait...
With an 8GB RAM and an Intel i5 CPU, why is it taking so long?and all this reads to me like:
"are you a shitty coder who's surprised by 101 level code? Want to pass interviews anyway without learning more than you absolutely need to? This 1 weird trick will let you answer all interview questions."I'm not sure if interview questions involving dynamic programming answers come up that often, but surely spending 15 minutes on the Wikipedia article would work.
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Eventbrite is cancer:
Source: @branaby
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Eventbrite is cancer:
Source: @branaby
Wow.
Note to self... Cannot use them for CAP stuff at all, given that that part directly conflicts with our internal rules.
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Blakeyrat is too stupid to play vidyagamez:
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The real solution to baseball's pace of play problem: after a certain number of 2 strike fouls, you're out.
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Giants' Belt sets MLB record with 21-pitch AB
TRWTF: the initial amount of screen estate available to the actual story. With adblock and friends enabled:
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Belt fouled off 16 two-strike pitches before lining out to Angels right fielder Kole Calhoun.
Ha, ha. Giants!
after a certain number of 2 strike fouls, you're out.
I remember reading some juvenile novel when I was in, probably, junior high school, about a kid who has an amazing ability to foul off every ball that's thrown over the plate. Every appearance at the plate, he ends up walking, either after fouling off dozens of pitches or intentionally, because pitchers get tired of pitching to him. Until the last inning of the last game of the World Series (with the score tied, of course), when he somehow manages to hit the right field foul pole and the ball bounces off and lands just inside the line (unnecessary, as the pole itself is in fair territory, and any ball that hits it is fair) for a home run. Since that is his only official at-bat, he ends the season with a batting average of 1.000.
Do you really want to deprive future children of this happy childhood fantasy? Meanie!
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@hardwaregeek
If it means the Yankees' & Red Sox's hitters strategies get invalidated and ball games complete in less than 4 hours, sacrificing a few kids' hopes and dreams is a minor cost worth paying.
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and ball games complete in less than 4 hours
I was under the impression that baseball games were worse than cricket in deliberately being all-day affairs, so anything less than 8 would be a wasted trip?
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@pjh No, the average Major League baseball game (as of 2017) is 3:05:11. In 2016 it was 3:00:42.
There have been games that have run 8 hours, but those are exceptional. The record for longest professional game was set in 1981 between two Triple-A International League (professional league one level below Major League) teams, the Pawtucket (RI) Red Sox and the Rochester (NY) Red Wings, at 8 hours, 25 minutes (which also set a dozen other records due to the length of the game) . The longest ever (in duration) Major League game was 8:06, in 1984, and was actually suspended in the wee hours of the morning, due to a rule prohibiting starting a new inning after 12:59 AM, and resumed following evening. The longest MLB game in innings, one inning longer than the 1984 game was in 1920, before fields had lights for nighttime play, in which 26 innings were played in only 3:50 before the game was called on account of darkness.
There are a number of double-headers played every season, usually one in the afternoon or early evening and one at night. Sometimes these are planned as part of the regular schedule; sometimes they happen because another game had to be rescheduled due to weather or whatever. There may be either a single admission for both games or separate admission for each. (The "classic" definition of double-header (or doubleheader) is two games between the same teams in a single day before the same crowd, but it is also used to refer to games that are not in immediate succession and the attendees for the first game leave before those for the second game are admitted.) So once in a while it's an all-day affair, but not usually.
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ball games complete in less than 4 hours
ah, so this is why everyone drinks at baseball games
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@blakeyrat said in WTF Bites:
Is the Enigma Machine in Wolfenstein II impossible to figure out
I'd say, working as intended.
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@blakeyrat Yeah I think I finally watched somebody playing it to figure that stupid machine out. The tutorial is utterly useless :|
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@blakeyrat I'd like to thank whoever at Twitter made their tweet-embedding code for making me read every tweet you posted twice.
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I r rite gude for how pagefile Wondows 10.
Pagefile in Windows 10 is a hidden system file with the .SYS extension that is stored on your computer’s system drive (usually C:). The Pagefile allows the computer to perform smoothly by reducing the workload of the physical memory, or RAM.
Ah, yes, because the computer performs more smoothly when reading and writing to the harddrives a lot, everyone knows that!
Because the Pagefile works as a secondary RAM, many times it is also referred to as Virtual Memory.
Maybe I should look up what those words mean... Naah!
The minimum and maximum size of the Pagefile can be up to 1.5 times and 4 times of the physical memory that your computer has, respectively. For example, if your computer has 1GB of RAM, the minimum Pagefile size can be 1.5GB, and the maximum size of the file can be 4GB.
I have my pagefile set to 2 GB. I have 24 GB RAM. So, that means 24 * 1.5 = 2. I see no problems with that calculation!
Also, just leaving this image from the Microsoft article on appropriate pagefile for 64-bit Windows. No reason~
However, if you ever face lagging while working on Windows 10, or you start getting the PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA or KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), managing the size of the Pagefile manually is the first thing you should look for.
Of course! Changing the pagefile size will help with these errors, especially the first one!
Microsoft said:
The PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA bug check has a value of 0x00000050. This indicates that invalid system memory has been referenced. Typically the memory address is wrong or the memory address is pointing at freed memory.
Bug check 0x50 can occur after the installation of faulty hardware or in the event of failure of installed hardware (usually related to defective RAM, be it main memory, L2 RAM cache, or video RAM).
Another possible cause is the installation of a faulty system service or faulty driver code.
Antivirus software can also trigger this error, as can a corrupted NTFS volume.
See, totally related to the pagefile!
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See, totally related to the pagefile!
That's why Microsoft should have called it a swap file like everyone else. There's no such thing as a non-swapped area of physical RAM.