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So is anyone doing anything with blockchain anymore outside of crypto-currency? There was a lot of activity surrounding the concept several years ago and then, after a couple of years, poof. Nothing.

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Have no real experience with it myself but it looks like they were last online around 2024. It came out around the time that I had mostly lost interest in playing the games and I never was much of one to use community modifications. From what I understand, though, the big thing with it was shaders (at least initially). I never had stability issues with the game myself.

phpBB does have a few anti-spam plugins. There are a couple for Akismet and Stop Forum Spam, along with some others, that he could have used instead of shutting everything down.

Glad most of it got backed up by the Internet Archive, though. 🙂

The shift towards Discord and videos for a lot of things is really making things a pain in the ass. You can’t print out a video, for instance, or even use one for quick reference. In Discord’s case, you have to hunt for the information in addition to it being private and just not presented well. I’ve been trying to convince the xEdit devs to post more documentation in a better format but I keep getting ignored when I bring it up (which means they’re not interested for whatever reason). The loss of information is getting annoying 🙁

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Here’s an interesting list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies

Lots of Japanese companies and breweries on there

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It sounds like there could have been an outage during a critical Windows process. Windows is much less forgiving about those situations than *nix. It’s possible you may need to reinstall the OS

If I remember correctly, CSM is mostly for older technologies such as IDE that pre-date SATA drives (as well as older add-in cards). Granted, it’s been a while since I really looked at those settings.

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More infrastructure should be designed as art forms. Civilization would look so much better if it weren’t covered in bland industrial displays. Just as an example, the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty could have cellular aerials on top. Streetlights could have a whimsical appearance, like sunflowers. Just make things look better!

I miss easily getting articles of whimsy like that. Fewer and fewer sites are posting that sort of thing these days and it makes me sad (not to mention the discovery problem) 🙁

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Oculus was pretty good. Of course, I generally like anything with Sackhoff 🙂

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I actually don’t have a cat 😛

Those articles are some that came in a long time ago which I felt like checking up on again 🙂

We do have quite a few outdoor cats in the area. They mostly stick close to home as that’s where the food is and don’t tend to wander off outside of the neighborhood.

What amazes me is that people actually need instructions to unwrap their candy bars 😛

And came across this tidbit the other day: https://hackaday.com/2016/08/03/electrostatic-loudspeakers-high-end-hifi-you-can-build-yourself/

Looks like it could be a fun project but I’m not sure about using dish soap for the conductive layer. That just seems like it’d be a temporary solution (no pun intended) at best. Something like this may be a better option

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The original Candyman was excellent. Next up is the Mothman Prophecies. May go back to classic horror films soon. Those were always fun and I’ve been in the mood for Vincent Price

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You could try reseating it. That sometimes helps

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And Dark. Dark was good! Bad dubbing but the rest of it was amazing! Still mad over Dark Matter. I’ll always be mad that it got cancelled before they wrapped things up. 😛

Tubi has a good selection of older horror films (and even some newer stuff from the 80’s). 🙂

House was fun (very much a B-movie) but it was rather jarring since it was hard to tell when the flashbacks were in effect. Felt like watching Platoon at times as a result 😛

Will add them to the list! Horror films now! 😀

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It is now October. What does that mean? Time to start watching horror films again!

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Kit Kat bars now have instructions on the wrappers telling you how to peel the wrapper off. Why, I have no idea.

“It seemed to me,” said Wonko the Sane, “that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a packet of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.”

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So NASA once used spider as guinea pigs to see what happens when you give them various substances. Fascinating stuff

Also, dug up some old articles on roaming cats from the BBC and ABC Australia. Interesting study and there have also been some newer studies on that as well, such as this one out of Denmark.

Was a bit hard to dig up the studies on roaming cats as the search engines kept thinking I was looking for buying guides for cat trackers even though I had “study” in the search query. It’s getting harder and harder to make search engines behave these days 😛

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Is set up not going well, then? 🙁

Can’t comment much on hibernation as it’s a feature I haven’t really used since roughly 2005. I do know that, on suspend, I had to press a button to get the system to resume. Just moving the mouse wouldn’t wake it up unless it was simply “sleeping”.

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We don’t need expensive “smart toasters”. Seriously. Just dial in the shade you want!

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Yeah, their forum seems to be hit or miss. I like the answer in the printer thread: “Try turning it off and on again.” 😛

Honestly, that does fix most printer problems. Sometimes you do need to go into settings though and reset something. For whatever reason, my printer sometimes decides to use the wrong paper size and won’t work unless I switch it back to what it’s supposed to be. Printer firmware is weird. I had one printer that used to print three pages and then, for the rest of the document, would only print blank pages. I never did figure that one out. 😛

No idea yet! Right now, I’m mostly getting the resources together. A lot of tube information will depend on what I need for various circuit projects and repairs. I’ve always liked assembling analog circuits so I’m starting to look at experimenting with them again. Some of the tube sources also sell the sockets and other parts, which will be helpful, and I’m sure I can find cheaper options at some of the parts retailers.

Reading some of the posts, it sounds like tube testers can be hit or miss. Definitely something to keep in mind.

DigiKey does have better filters, though!

AdaFruit also has a more basic selection of parts. Definitely nowhere near the selection as the other suppliers though but the site is friendlier to hobbyists 🙂

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Trying to rebuild my list of resources but DigiKey and Mouser seem to be good resources for components. Could be handy for general repairs or even other projects.

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The Ig Nobels are out!

Always fun to go through them 🙂

Hopefully the driverless cars will have a manual override. The cabs don’t and the manufacturers are shifting to removing steering controls from them, which could be potentially problematic in the event of an emergency.

I think it’s important to note that at the quantum level, general physics starts to break down. Things get quirky (pun intended) and just overall weird. It is constant for all observers but there’s a lot of nuance involved, such as the fact that light waves are curved. Quantum physics gets….complicated 😛

Nope, not familiar with it. There’s the old saying that you can always have too much of a good thing 😛

Awesome! Will need to check out the BBC videos when I get the chance. BBC documentaries are superb!

Reminds me of old tabloid headlines. Those were fun! I miss seeing them at the checkout counter!

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While you can still purchase reasonably priced vacuum tubes, vacuum tube testers themselves are expensive!

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Yep, it has an English dub! It’s also available in Japanese with English subtitles if you’d rather (or without subtitles if you’re so inclined 😛 ) and possibly other languages. I only watch the dubbed versions of anime. I have a hard time reading the subtitles and following what’s going on at the same time 😛

Yeah, a lot of stuff these days is all very similar. There are a boatload of dating shows that follow the same format, tons of court shows that are exactly the same but with different celebrity judges, soap operas that are all the same….We need more variety! Bring back science-fiction! Seriously. Networks seem to have sworn off sci-fi since The Expanse failed to catch on on regular TV. To be fair, we haven’t had a whole lot of sci-fi outside of Trek since the 80s. We need more! I’m still mad that they never finished Dark Matter.

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