General Computing Randomness

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Aug 23, 2023 2:59 pm

Firefox

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:06 pm

Menu > Settings > Privacy & Security > scroll down to Cookies and Site Data > click on Manage Data and look for the specific site's cookie to remove.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:45 pm

thnx you two

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:06 am

I am getting all these weird IT support cases, LOL.

Today some old lady brought me an iPad Mini, pristine condition, in case and all that. But Youtube won't run. So I go into app store and tried to update. Wait, why does the UI look so different? Settings look different? Then I looked up the model number. This was the OG Ipad Mini that came out more than 10 years ago. It won't update to the latest iOS (last iOS it got was 9.x) , and thus, modern apps won't run on it. Too bad!

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:03 am

Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping into the future...

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:20 pm

I have come to despise Linux. Know why?

Because you can't ask a Windows question without some jackass popping in to tell you why you should just switch to Linux.

Isgrimnur · Post by **Isgrimnur** » Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:21 pm

If you meet a vegan Crossfit Linux user, which one do they tell you about first?

Hrothgar · Post by **Hrothgar** » Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:24 pm

Vegan. That's a religion, the other two are lifestyles.

coopasonic · Post by **coopasonic** » Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:25 pm

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:21 pm If you meet a vegan Crossfit Linux user, which one do they tell you about first?

Their Tesla.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:27 pm

Hrothgar wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:24 pm Vegan. That's a religion, the other two are lifestyles.

Well, they could be visitors from a planet of the star system Vega too! See UFO threads

TheMix · Post by **TheMix** » Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:09 pm

coopasonic wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:25 pm
Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:21 pm If you meet a vegan Crossfit Linux user, which one do they tell you about first?
Their Tesla.

Okay. That got a chuckle. Was not expecting.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:16 pm

Raspberry Pi 5 specs:

https://picockpit.com/raspberry-pi/rasp ... erry-pi-5/

everything i wanted upgraded, got upgraded! to reasonable levels, even! will miss the audio jack, but that's it.

Z-Corn · Post by **Z-Corn** » Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:10 am

hitbyambulance wrote: ↑Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:16 pm Raspberry Pi 5 specs:

https://picockpit.com/raspberry-pi/rasp ... erry-pi-5/

everything i wanted upgraded, got upgraded! to reasonable levels, even! will miss the audio jack, but that's it.

And here I was excited because I FINALLY scored on a Pi 4. I should have waited...

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 7:12 pm

Don't see a place to put this...

For funsies, went to the SingleStore AI conference at the Chase Center today. Found a discount link so the tickets are only $5 each person (instead of $200). Only stayed about half a day, but what we heard was pretty impressive.

Basically, SingleStore allows almost anyone to ingest large amounts of data (and with some help, even unstructured data) at almost real-time, vectorize them into contextual data, and thus, start querying them using large language models (i.e. ChatGPT and so on).

One of the demos they have has voice query system for stock filtering. You can ask stuff completely free form, like "when did Amazon stock price peak in the last 90 days?" and it'll give you the ticker, the exact time, and the price. Then you can ask "what bullish news cause the stock price peak?" and it'll narrow down the news item for you.

Another demo they had imported the entire articles of NBA (as PDF documents), and asked a question, "How many games must a player play to qualify for MVP?" and the AI was smart enough to even point out the exact citings used to reach that answer.

There would have been some visual recognition AI for the afternoon, I think, among other things.

Extremely impressive technology, if it can be done at near real-time.

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I invited a friend along. He got a free lapboard so he definitely got his money's worth (technically he also grab an Apple power adapter someone left on the outlet, hahaha!) I drank like 2 juices and 1 of those "tall/thin" can of soda, so I think I got my money's worth too. LOL.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:01 pm

Check out this new Y70 case from Hyte. It has a touch screen panel built in. And its more than just a gimmick. Man I want that when I get to build my new system one day.

In case you're wondering....$360. The screen is recognized as a 2nd monitor. Pretty pixel dense too.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:37 pm

so there is literally no way to disable 2FA on your Apple ID?

the Apple support rep. bailed on the chat immediately after breaking the news to me:

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:59 pm

I love how support always phrases things so that they sound like they're doing you a favor.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:44 pm

Discovery of the day: OneNote uses OneDrive to store content, but doesn't actually require that OneDrive be installed.

This brings me joy.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:43 pm

FYI, multiple reports are circulating that Amazon is planning to switch their future tablets and similar devices to a completely custom OS that's not based on Android.

That's pretty much a product-killer for me, as it switches the Fire from being a cheap tablet to the Fire being an Amazon front-end that won't work with any of my other devices.

Carpet_pissr · Post by **Carpet_pissr** » Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:19 pm

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:43 pm FYI, multiple reports are circulating that Amazon is planning to switch their future tablets and similar devices to a completely custom OS that's not based on Android.

That's pretty much a product-killer for me, as it switches the Fire from being a cheap tablet to the Fire being an Amazon front-end that won't work with any of my other devices.

And they are not exactly known for their software prowess, on the consumer side of their hardware devices. At least from me. Because I have denounced them. Soundly. Over time.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:14 am

Id never buy another Fire tablet anyways. Ill get a real android tablet from Samsung or something when I get one.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:19 am

A Fire is a real Android tablet - just a slow one with a clunkier version of Android. IfI didn't get a Fire, I wouldn't have been able to get a tablet of any sort.

I'd prefer a regular one myself - but the price is two to three times what the Fire tablet is, and given that I primarily use it for reading (and the occasional video), the relatively weak hardware isn't an issue.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:23 am

And you have to get apps off the amazon app store ....it wont work with google play.

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:43 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:23 am And you have to get apps off the amazon app store ....it wont work with google play.

It's pretty easy to sideload Google Play store on a Kindle Fire.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Sat Nov 11, 2023 12:09 pm

Just Fire or Fire tablet. It hadn't been called Kindle Fire for years.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sat Nov 11, 2023 12:23 pm

gilraen wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:43 am
Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Nov 11, 2023 2:23 am And you have to get apps off the amazon app store ....it wont work with google play.
It's pretty easy to sideload Google Play store on a Kindle Fire.

Very easy. When I got my current Fire, I did it in about five minutes while sitting in the car. Super easy...

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:39 pm

Well something has broken i feared would break and I rely on it every day...my tablet. Just needed it to last 1 more year but like all else nope. I got it for my wife a couple years before her passing then took it over myself. If you remember i would post about how slow it had become. Taking 2 or 3 min to simply open the browser or start a song on iHeartRadio. I put up with it.

I even used it for blue tooth music while I mowed. this year as I was exiting the mower I hung my thigh on the table in its little side holder and nearly broke it into. It broke the screen in 3 or 4 full cracks and shattered small other parts of it. Also introduced weird glitches like the virtual keyboard opening randomly.

I actually did a factory reset a few months back and it solved a lot of the speed issues but this week they were returning for some reason. Then last night I was trying to set the arm like I always use and it locked up. on reboot it locked up at the AMAZON name before it fully booted and sits there showing it a few sec then not then showing it. I cant turn it off or reboot it. Its dead.

So now Im out of an alarm and the music that has helped me so much since losing my wife. Ill adjust but dang just 1 more year is all I needed of it. Already have a nice replacement planned for the day i get case. Oh well.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:09 pm

As long as you have a local wireless connection, any junk tablet or old phone will work just fine for music/alarm. It doesn't need service or a contract. I used an old, out-of-date 'preload minutes' style Android phone as a radio for years. You don't want to browse on it (no security updates), but for music and alarms? It's fine.

And you can get those for pocket change. Hell, a brand-new Fire 7 is only $39. Maybe not a five-star, state-of-the-art device, but much more within your reach (and remember, you can install Google Play on Fire tablets.) Or you can look at pawn shops, thrift shops, etc.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:52 pm

This is a fire. Ill never give amazon money for a tablet again. Ill see about an app for the phone. My old alarm app is dead it seems..I think it was called alarm Xtreme free.

Punisher · Post by **Punisher** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:47 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:52 pm This is a fire. Ill never give amazon money for a tablet again. Ill see about an app for the phone. My old alarm app is dead it seems..I think it was called alarm Xtreme free.

I use alarm clock extreme on my galaxy phone so if uou can find a cheap android phone or tablet its still available.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:53 pm

I tried to download it on my android phone but says it wont work on current device.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:12 pm

There are dozens of alarm clock apps out there. Just get one with a high rating + a lot of users, and check the recent reviews for hijinks.

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Sun Dec 03, 2023 2:04 pm

I just use the Clock app that came built in on my Android phone.

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 10:35 am

PM me your address. I'll send you one of my older Fire 7s.

Daehawk · Post by **Daehawk** » Mon Dec 04, 2023 7:06 pm

Me? I already replaced it with a Samsung tablet. But thanks for offering. Still getting used to it. but in a way thats half the fun.

GreenGoo · Post by **GreenGoo** » Tue Dec 05, 2023 9:28 am

gilraen wrote: ↑Sun Dec 03, 2023 2:04 pm I just use the Clock app that came built in on my Android phone.

yep

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:46 pm

The only reason that I use a non-default clock is because I wanted something with some other options for the lock screen.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:39 pm

Anyone ever try Portals Desktop Organization? I've had issue after issue with Fences, and I'm about done with Stardock in general (they've eliminated customer support for their software - you have to go through their forums and be 'recommended' to actual support now.)

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Fri Dec 29, 2023 8:49 pm

I decided to go mesh... by FINALLY installed 2 Eero Pro nodes, one downstairs (connected to the DSL modem/original router via Ethernet), existing 2nd router (also via Ethernet), and now another node upstairs. I know these are still 802.11ac, not ax or whatever, but they're fast (faster than my existing routers by a hair) and setup and autoupate are completely painless with the app.

However, privacy advocates will groan as Eero, an Amazon company, uses your Amazon login to save your profiles and whatnot.

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Fri Dec 29, 2023 9:24 pm

At some point in the next year or two..soon...ish...I'll have to get a Wi-Fi 6 compatible router. I have a great ASUS router but it's 6 years old and is gradually approaching obsolescence.

At that point I'll probably look into getting two ASUS routers that are AiMesh-compatible. Right now I'm using a TP-Link wifi extender (the kind that you plug into an electrical outlet). But for some reason these extenders start out great and then after a couple of years start deteriorating (this is my second one). Suddenly it would have trouble assigning IP to a device and needs to be unplugged and plugged back in, or randomly loses DNS resolution for a couple of minutes, or the connection gets interrupted enough to where my work VPN drops. Plus technically it's a different network than the main one so switching is not seamless. It'll be nice not to deal with it but I don't feel like dropping ~$200 just to get a new shiny when the existing setup still works okay.