Minimum number of attempts to guess a PIN code, given constraints
I'm playing a video game at the moment called Sleeping Dogs, in which some of the mini-missions are to 'hack' a security camera, by guessin...
04 Apr 2026 1 READS
Is $\ 7!=5040\ $ the largest highly composite factorial?
A highly composite number is a natural number $\ n\ge 1\ $ that has more divisors than any smaller natural number $\ m\ge 1$. Checking the $\ 1000\ $ entr...
04 Apr 2026 1 READS
Install gcc-8 only on Ubuntu 18.04?
I just installed Lubuntu 18.04 LTS. There are two options for installing gcc: gcc-7 and gcc-8. Both are available from apt-get install out of the box. Eve...
04 Apr 2026 1 READS
Cannot Install Google Chrome. How do I fix it?
I can't install Google Chrome browser. I wonder why and how to fix it. Here is the log I got from my terminal when installing Google Chrome. $ sudo d...
04 Apr 2026 1 READS
What is the bootstrap.sh script?
I am trying to install cabal-install. Readme says I should use bootstrap.sh to download and install the dependencies. It says I should use this script lik...
04 Apr 2026 1 READS
Precedence between implication and bi-implication
I came across this question: Let p, q, and r be the propositions p : Grizzly bears have been seen in the area. q : Hiking is safe on the trail. r : Berrie...
04 Apr 2026 1 READS
Slow boot - "a start job is running for dev-disk-by..."
I don't recall when the issue started to occur but it's likely when I moved my VMWare Ubuntu image to an external SSD so that I can use the OS o...
04 Apr 2026 1 READS
User toopay - Ask Ubuntu
Q&A for Ubuntu users and developers
04 Apr 2026 1 READS
Why do we disregard the remainder while finding an oblique asymptote?
I have to find the oblique asymptote for the following equation: $$y=\frac{2x^{2}-4x-1}{x-3}$$ I applied long division to bring it into the form of $Q + \...
04 Apr 2026 1 READS
Extend Desktop to Monitor over LAN
I want to make use of an old laptop by extending my the desktop from my main PC onto the monitor of this other, old laptop over a LAN connection. I'v...
04 Apr 2026 0 READS
