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My linux box is an E3-1271v3, about the best you'll do for 4th gen Socket 115x. It's using ECC DDR3. Therd's a couple higher bins, but they just have a hair more clock speed and are rather rare. The board does support 5th gen chips, but E3 5th gen Xeon only got some low power chips. Intel mainly concentrated on the E5 that gen if I recall, and 6th is when DDR4 started?

This thing actually still has some market demand given its position as the most performant desktop processor you can operate out of DDR3.

Ah so you actually want money.
Never mind.

Update on amps. The other night, I modified them both. Cut two tracks, tacked a capacitor and two resistors between the side of a jack and a heatsink, then ran a jumper between the resistors and a capacitor. Tested them last night. The audio output was low due to the resistor pad, and consulting with somebody else, the capacitor was small for the impeadance presented by it. It did sound better than the chinese amp- but only of them had speaker output...

Did some A/B testing, the broken one had sound processung that sounded identical, and both speakers and cords were good. Cracked it open, started probing around, and audio was getting through my jumper. Flipped the board over, plugged it back in. I swear I saw a spark. B+ and B- on the filter caps. Same present at the op-amp rail regulators. Only B- at the amp module.. B+ for the amp was getting lost under the filter cap. Reflowed the filter caps, had continuity. Plugged it in, another spark, and it blew clear. Double checked the rail wasn't shorted to ground or the other rail with either polarity. Tacked a 2r2 resistor across the missing track, and plugged it in. No fireworks, got B+ at the amp. Voltage drop over it worked out to 46mA of idle current. Nice. Replaced the resistor with an 18awg solid bodge wire. i also snipped the resistor pad out, and upped the DC blocking cap to 2.2uF. Still have to do the cap/resistor tweak to the other one...

Tl;dr: It was just a rotted out plated through hole in a hard to solder spot.

Mixing milk with honey with a spoon take far too long to mix it...and I'm not sure it change the taste of the milk that much, especially considering the effort involved.
But I guess any optimized technological mean would be wasteful as I don't do that that often (it was just my 2nd time earlier today)

Mixing milk with honey with a spoon take far too long to mix it...and I'm not sure it change the taste of the milk that much, especially considering the effort involved.
But I guess any optimized technological mean would be wasteful as I don't do that that often (it was just my 2nd time earlier today)

have you tried warming the milk?
is it even honey? a lot of countries seem to sell corn syrup with a honey label on it

very technology related today for the first time in ever a printer just worked, forgot I had cups setup for it on my mediaserver. someone asked if I had a printer in the home and I just turned it on, they could see it on their phone and it worked first try, printing from a yandex mail app of all things.
what a time

Further update: The via was blown clear because the amp module is dead, and I can't source the same one anywhere. Oi.

Edit: The amp module was putting +32V open circuit on the speaker line (rails are +/- 35V). I couldn't see a short or diode through it. Did find an overpriced one, but I suppose that's better than writing off the chassis. Was thinking about adding more capacitance, but the 10K uF per side seems to be more than enough for a 50W amp.

This post has been edited by Wayward_Vagabond: Mar 31 2022, 14:02

Yandex and Mail.ru have been removed as optional search providers in the drop-down search menu in Firefox.

If you previously installed a customized version of Firefox with Yandex or Mail.ru, offered through partner distribution channels, this release removes those customizations, including add-ons and default bookmarks. Where applicable, your browser will revert back to default settings, as offered by Mozilla. All other releases of Firefox remain unaffected by the change.

[www.mozilla.org] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/91.7.1/releasenotes/

An update just to blacklist russian stuff?
Seriously Mozilla devs, you have nothing better to do?

[www.mozilla.org] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/91.7.1/releasenotes/

An update just to blacklist russian stuff?
Seriously Mozilla devs, you have nothing better to do?

As much I support OSS, I have been abandoning Firefox after they start making political statements in recent years.
And its CEO pay controversy didn't help either.

Making political statements in recent years.
CEO pay controversy.

Its a common and easy strategy. Rather than real performance they can use woke metrics to justify pay rises.

work

The sad thing is that inclusiveness isn't inherently bad... all of these companies using it as an excuse for their greed and nominally caring™ solely because it might now prove profitable to act that way.

I may not love Brendan Eich's political views much (I don't really like homophobia - I don't care if it's on religious grounds, it is what it is), but he was a much better leader of mozilla and I still miss him. Even if FF was starting to get a little bad near the end of his term there, I still think mozilla might have done more actual good with him at the helm and FF might not have gotten THIS bad. Also the Rust team might not have been fired.

TL;DR performative wokeness hinders real positive social changes.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Apr 1 2022, 22:45

Just reprogrammed the microcontroller I stuck inside my Apple Extended Keyboard about four years ago (to convert ADB protocol to a USB HID keyboard). Today I broke down (finally got too annoyed with the latching caps lock that I kept wanting to use as a control key) so I swapped the 'power' and caps lock switches. After reprogramming the TMK keyboard firmware, the power button now acts as a latching caps lock and caps lock is left control. Left control is also left control still (i have bad habits of using both keys).

You don't have to desolder alps switches to swap them; you just take the top half of the switch (the lid) off and remove the slider, spring, and tactile leaf (if applicable) and move them all over to the other switch base. Pretty handy. Don't even have to take the keyboard apart.

And with this, now I can use caps lock as control on all of my boards (except the Sun Type 5, since control's in the right place already there). The powerbook G4 has a problem where I can't stop the caps lock LED from coming on, though, so I might have to cut a trace to the LED or put electrical tape under the key or something.

I use parentheses a lot. Is it because i'm a programmer?
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This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Apr 1 2022, 23:08

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Mugetsu: "It's a floppy of 'Lotus Land Story'."
Flan: "What's a floppy?"

This post has been edited by Necromusume: Apr 2 2022, 07:19

IDK how much it counts as tech, but I've been doing baking in a cast iron skillet the last few days and it's been working out great. I'd say cooking implements are sort of technology related... even if cast iron's centuries or millennia old (about 130 years old for cast iron skillets, millennia for cast iron cookware in general).

So far, I've made a good cake and great (from scratch, grandparents' recipe) brownies. It's been working so well that I'm kind of surprised companies don't write instructions for baking things in a skillet on boxes for stuff like cake mixes.

Mine's not even a very old pan (under four months in use, just making stuff like omlettes/grilled cheese sandwiches mostly), and my cake didn't stick at all. It cooked evenly and the edges were nice.

Brownies are still cooling off, but they *look* good, and they *smell* good... so I'm not that worried. I have the pan wrapped in aluminum foil to try to trap the moisture in.

Edit:
How to dump bookmarks out of mozilla's 'places.sqlite' database:

CODE

cat << EOF | sqlite3 places.sqlite
SELECT moz_places.id, moz_places.url, moz_places.title, moz_bookmarks.parent    
    FROM moz_places    
    LEFT OUTER JOIN moz_bookmarks    
    ON moz_places.id = moz_bookmarks.fk
EOF

(or, to find all bookmarks with a certain word in the title)

CODE

cat << EOF | sqlite3 places.sqlite
SELECT moz_places.id, moz_places.url, moz_places.title, moz_bookmarks.parent    
    FROM moz_places    
    LEFT OUTER JOIN moz_bookmarks    
    ON moz_places.id = moz_bookmarks.fk
    WHERE moz_bookmarks.title LIKE '%string to match%'
EOF

SQL is dumb.
I needed to do this to find a bookmark's URL I had saved on my desktop over SSH, without:

1. enabling "firefox sync."
2. Using X forwarding (slow).

BTW, I love 'C-x C-e' command line editing. Stumbled onto it accidentally a year or two ago and have used it ever since. It works in at least ksh93 and bash.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Apr 2 2022, 16:13

As much I support OSS, I have been abandoning Firefox after they start making political statements in recent years.
And its CEO pay controversy didn't help either.

It'd be nice if there was even a single alternative that wasnt either:
- a borked firefox fork
- chrome
- chrome based
- a minimal browser that is either a: not working or b: chrome based again

I do get it though, the web is horrible, a browser that handles modern horrors isnt a thing easily whipped up.
but I hate not having options

IDK how much it counts as tech, but I've been doing baking in a cast iron skillet the last few days and it's been working out great. I'd say cooking implements are sort of technology related... even if cast iron's centuries or millennia old (about 130 years old for cast iron skillets, millennia for cast iron cookware in general).

I'd say its probably technology related, also keeps reminding me I need to buy a skillet as well I think it'd go great with my usual throwing random stuff in pan cooking. though I heard some stuff like tomato sause will strip all of the seasoning right out of them, which I do use from time to time.
seems like a fun thing to get into non the less, and practical. wonder if I should try to find one in a thrift store or overpay for some artisan modern day skillets

How to dump bookmarks out of mozilla's 'places.sqlite' database:

not having many booksmarks I remember just grepping all files in the profile folder till I found the url(knew the domain not the specific link)

It'd be nice if there was even a single alternative that wasnt either:
- a borked firefox fork
- chrome
- chrome based
- a minimal browser that is either a: not working or b: chrome based again

I do get it though, the web is horrible, a browser that handles modern horrors isnt a thing easily whipped up.
but I hate not having options

If tenboro hadn't rejected a three line CSS modification I proposed, stating that everyone should 'just use firefox, lol' (paraphrasing), EHG would completely work in netsurf. That's what's most maddening; things that almost work. Before he changed the top navigation bar a couple years ago it completely did work.
The forums work quite well, however. Since they're ancient.
Well, they're the most infuriating thing aside from white screens when they are building the entire page out of modern javascript frameworks, anyway.
There are a handful of webkit (not blink... a fork of webkit)-derived browsers out there, but they all use chrome style UI's now or are no longer under development, it seems. FWIW webkitgtk (not blink/chrome) does actually work on 32-bit powerpc.

I'd say its probably technology related, also keeps reminding me I need to buy a skillet as well I think it'd go great with my usual throwing random stuff in pan cooking. though I heard some stuff like tomato sause will strip all of the seasoning right out of them, which I do use from time to time.

It can, yes. If you don't have it in for long it's usually okay, though.
Acidic foods are problematic for cookware in general.
My mom did that with lemon juice once (which strips it far faster than with tomato juice, as we discovered).

seems like a fun thing to get into non the less, and practical. wonder if I should try to find one in a thrift store or overpay for some artisan modern day skillets

If you want tomato juice/acidic foods, get an enamel coated cast iron pan. They aren't quite as "non-stick" as a well seasoned uncoated pan, and I don't think you can stick them in an oven like an uncoated one, but they still have the good heat retention, can cook acidic things, and you don't have to worry about stripping the seasoning off.

In all honesty, though, I don't find I have to worry too much about my pan as long as I dry it before storage if I wash it out. A little soap and hand scrubbing with a sponge seems okay. I mostly just treat it like my other cookware with the exception of acidic food. And I might put a little more oil on it than other pans just because I know it will help out with the seasoning.

For everything else, get whatever's cheap. Brand basically does not matter with cast iron. I paid around $9 for mine new with a macy's gift card I was given, and it doesn't even have a brand stamped anywhere on it.
If you see one cheap that looks in okay shape at a thrift store or whatever, pick it up.

You could just get one of each. But iron is iron, so for the ones without enamel coating 'artisan' pans are probably a waste of money.

I didn't sand mine down or smooth it out, but it will help things cook more uniformly if you do (having used smooth ones before). Some of the more expensive iron pans apparently still do sand down the cooking surface, but I don't think Lodge (the primary US manufacturer) does anymore. If you don't sand it, the seasoning will (eventually) build up enough that it becomes smooth, and that's what I'm counting on. If I ruin the seasoning before then I'll just use that as a good opportunity for a sanding.

not having many booksmarks I remember just grepping all files in the profile folder till I found the url(knew the domain not the specific link)

Bookmarks used to be kept in a plain text file. They aren't anymore.
I didn't know the domain name, but knew part of the title.

This post has been edited by dragontamer8740: Apr 2 2022, 21:58

Are you working on bookmarks "exported as HTML", as the option say?

Are you working on bookmarks "exported as HTML", as the option say?

Not sure what option you mean.
I am extracting bookmark titles and URL's from firefox's profile directory without using a GUI. I am assuming "exporting" the bookmarks that way requires a GUI.

not sure what you gain over export->import vs just copying the places db over
thats one thing I've always enjoyed with firefox, I can just copy over the entire profile folder and have the browser back exactly as it was

completely unrelated thought: right after I made my shoddy auto update script for h@h there hasnt been a single update (1.6.1 still)
so I still have no idea if its actually going to work or if its still checking correctly

This post has been edited by cate_chan: Apr 3 2022, 13:33

Tried to get in touch with nvidia regarding how to make a desktop shortcut (clickable icon) to rotate my display.

CODE

C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe "NvCpl.dll,dtcfg rotate 1 90"

is something I found somewhere, but it was very old information, and not working.

But they could not help me.
Saying you could not control the nvidia control panel features through command line.
I'm not entirely convinced, but I will give up.