I really won't need old backups of the old phone, another space waster are virtual machine snapshots from VMs I haven't launched in ages. All the old installers...at the end of the day, there is only one way forward with software versions, it's going up. 😜

lti wrote on 2025-04-06, 15:13:

It doesn't go much below 40°C, no matter what kind of cooling you have.

My old Phenom II is usually around 35°C when it's lazing around.

Tried recovering corrupted M4A file. It just cuts off after certain time mark. After looking at the file in the hex editor, I realized that where the rest of track is supposed to be, there is random data instead. How did that happen? It was fine until certain point in time. No idea when as I haven't even touched that folder in a while.

Whole bunch of funny strings, eg.:

1RSOP_RegistryPolicySetting    LocalGPO  {5BBD85FE-E331-4658-8A88-EA6208596082}  prboom-plus.exe  Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\ExcludedApplications  Local     p r b o o m - p l u s . e x e 

Yes, I like to exclude game executables from Windows Error Reporting. No, I don't play DOOM much.

Another funny bunch:

1 Description  SessionLimitType is an enumeration of the properties: 0 = ActiveSessionLimit, 1 = DisconnectedSessionLimit and 2 = IdleSessionLimitwhich specify the Maximum allowed time for Active Session, Disconnected Session NEVER for all three and Idle session limits and Value specifies the time in milliseconds. The call returns 0 for success in case of Server-Override mode and an error if the policy was set to Group policy

Getting another T7 shield 😉

I was going to organize my leftover parts instead of having a bunch of random bags stuffed in my desk drawer, and the containers I bought didn't come with enough dividers. There is a part number for a set of 12 dividers, but it's a special order item that's only listed for sale on Digikey and Mouser (not stocked).

I fixed an old pair of headphones, but it's probably pointless because the cable has become stiff (it makes stress cracks when it's bent). My big main headphones are sounding scratchy (along with the cable also being stiff), so I will probably have to replace them. Speakers would be better (I'm using open-back headphones so I can hear external sounds), but I don't have much desk space. I currently have some old computer speakers laying on their sides to fit under my monitor, and they don't sound that good (I have some parts to build a notch filter to tame down the nasal midrange-heavy sound, but I haven't built it).

My motherboard doesn't like doing EFI capsule updates. After the update, it only recognizes 4GB of RAM until I fully shut it down. That's going to confuse someone.

MSI does stand for Multiple Serious Issues after all. At least I'm on Linux, so the bloatware embedded in the BIOS (yes, the idiots copied the Asus Armory Crate) doesn't install. I'm sure there's also some audio software that makes everything sound really shitty.

Upgraded my computer to a b850m asus mobo with a 9950x3d. Also inverted the case and reversed the case fans for better air flow. Left it running last night, stable and temps are good! Only downside is no optical out on this mobo but I'll get over it.....eventually.

DosFreak wrote on 2025-04-15, 09:48:

Upgraded my computer to a b850m asus mobo with a 9950x3d. Also inverted the case and reversed the case fans for better air flow. Left it running last night, stable and temps are good! Only downside is no optical out on this mobo but I'll get over it.....eventually.

Ooh, the 9950x3d is the processor of my wet dreams! I'm still running a 5950XT, but at least its old fashioned AM4 motherboard features optical out, so na-na-na-na boo-boo.

I haven't had too much time to test yet. Only verified stability so far. It idles at 43c via air cooling so that's nice.
If you aren't worried about 1% lows and the latest and greatest fps when you are cpu limited then the 5950x is fine.
I have one in my other system I use with Proxmox for game testing Windows 2000 and above and Linux.
/Shakes fist at optical out comment

Went to HuHot Mongolian Grill, ate too much and spent too much, but had fun with family.

Went to Game Stop so my daughters boyfriend could pick up a game, spent way too much on a Mario coffee mug. Oh well, I can never have too many cool coffee mugs.

Found this cool resale shop with a TON of games from 70's to today, for all platforms, and bought 5 Atari 2600 games for .95 cents each. I don't own an Atari 2600, but .... 95 CENTS!

Going to have to go back to that place. Prices were good. Had a huge section of PC-CD and PC-DVD games, just didn't have time to explore it all. They were all $1.99 to $3.99.

It was a good day. 😀

I upgraded my toaster from a Pentium 4 520 to a 530J and installed Windows 10. It's... an experience for sure.

The machine runs painfully slow, in part because I'm using the original HDD from 2004. The video card actually doesn't have enough RAM to render the Windows 10 user interface; a broken Calculator window is visible in the screenshot. That said, it's still surreal to see a Pentium 4 running the same OS as the Haswell laptop in my room.

I got around to installing Ungoogled Chromium today. YouTube videos play a bit slow, even at 360p; the same hardware handled 720p playback effortlessly on Windows 7. Using the latest driver for my GPU might have been a mistake.

StriderTR wrote on 2025-04-18, 00:37:

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Went to HuHot Mongolian Grill, ate too much and spent too much, but had fun with family.

Went to Game Stop so my daughters boyfriend could pick up a game, spent way too much on a Mario coffee mug. Oh well, I can never have too many cool coffee mugs.

Found this cool resale shop with a TON of games from 70's to today, for all platforms, and bought 5 Atari 2600 games for .95 cents each. I don't own an Atari 2600, but .... 95 CENTS!

Going to have to go back to that place. Prices were good. Had a huge section of PC-CD and PC-DVD games, just didn't have time to explore it all. They were all $1.99 to $3.99.

It was a good day. 😀

It's funny, as Atari prices were higher years ago, but have once again gone down to this level with the exception of a few things here and there that are actually worth the money. Like a boxed Adventure copy, or Solaris. Most collectors have what they want by now, and very few new people get in to atari.

I got KeePassXC-Browser extension version 1.9.3 working on roytam1's Serpent, a Mozilla based browser like Basilisk, but runs on Windows XP and has archaic support for web extensions. At least on GitHub and PayPal, filling in one-time passcode works in addition to user name and password. Can't fill anything on Reddit, newer version of extension would work I think, but uses some web extension specific APIs that don't exist in Serpent. Don't feel like figuring out the way around them...I hate programming!

UCyborg wrote on Yesterday, 13:06:

... filling in one-time passcode ...

I never even thought that KeePass could do that!? Thanks!
So far i've been using the "old-school" KeePass, but i've dabbled a bit with KeePassXC - seems i need to switch!

I actually mostly use original KeePass 2 with KeePassNatMsg plugin, which can be used for KeePass to be able to talk to KeePassXC Browser extension, since the latter is made for KeePassXC specifically. KeePass 2 has supported OTP codes for a while, you can check under password entry's Advanced tab, More button. I recall there was no GUI initially to set it up, but it was explained in documentation how to manually add TimeOtp-Secret-Base32 string.

For alternative UI to set it up, you need KeeOtp2 plugin, this one can also scan QR codes containing the secret. And due to different ways of storing OTP secrets between forks/plugins, I actually have my secrets stored in two ways for widest compatibility:

KeeOtp2 is currently also the only way to manage Steam's OTP in plain old KeePass 2 (if you need it, since it uses non-standard algorithm). There is now unmaintained app that could be used in place of Android app, Steam Desktop Authenticator, that let you get your hands on the secret, then when you have it, you only ever need KeePass. On Android, I settled with KeePassDX, it also manages both standard OTP and non-standard Steam implementation.

Though there isn't any XUL extension that could pull OTP codes from KeePass. Probably PassiFox would be a good starting point, but again, programming! Bleh...

GemCookie wrote on 2025-04-21, 12:28:

The machine runs painfully slow, in part because I'm using the original HDD from 2004. The video card actually doesn't have enough RAM to render the Windows 10 user interface; a broken Calculator window is visible in the screenshot.

Among the many things that are just wrong or stupid in Windows 10, the calculator seems to stand out as being too "heavy" for what it is. Often takes as long to launch as a browser, and seems to slow down the system while using it, though task manager doesn't show it. So that would be another black mark against it, why does it need more graphics ability than found in a basic 2D accelerator under windows 3.1 ???

BitWrangler wrote on Today, 12:05:

So that would be another black mark against it, why does it need more graphics ability than found in a basic 2D accelerator under windows 3.1 ???

Because it uses that "forgot how it's called" blurring effect.