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e0qdk

@ e0qdk @reddthat.com

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Interests: programming, video games, anime, music composition

I used to be on kbin as e0qdk@kbin.social before it broke down.

  • I do not want to do anything. Is this addiction?

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  • I had similar symptoms and in my case, I had a sleep disorder, an anxiety disorder, depression, vitamin D deficiency, and other problems.

    Go call your doctor and explain your symptoms to them in detail. Your problem is the type that should be medically evaluated by a professional.

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  • Will Firefox die for good if Google is forced to sell off Chrome?

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  • Ah yes producer knows characters better than creator...

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  • They're from Nier: Automata.

  • Can harmless viruses be engineered to deliver vaccine payloads for different, actually harmful viruses?

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  • Yes. There are virus vector vaccines already in existence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_vector_vaccine

    For example, adenovirus vector vaccines were created for COVID-19: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_vaccine#Adenovirus_vector_vaccines

    Those are non-replicating though.

    Live attenuated vaccines also exist -- which can replicate -- but those work by using a weakened/modified version of the original harmful live virus the vaccine is intended to protect against: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attenuated_vaccine

    Oral polio vaccine is a well-known example.

  • Niche Communities won't be able to reach their true potential until lemmy adds a sort that takes engagement into account.

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  • Back before kbin fell off the internet it had a really neat experimental "collections" feature that would let you make named groups of communities. Collections could be used either privately or made public so other people could subscribe to your curated feed on a topic. The owner could update the collection as needed (e.g. adding or removing communities/magazines as they changed over time).

    It's one of the kbin features I miss most on lemmy.

    Does anyone know if mbin ever got a copy of that? I know they forked off before it was added to kbin, but I don't know if it ever got integrated later. (I don't see it from a quick glance at moist and fedia, but I haven't dug into the dev history.)

  • Noob question about hosting multiple services on one server and DNS records

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  • You can do this by configuring an HTTP server (e.g. Apache) to listen on port 80 and/or 443 (HTTP and HTTPS standard ports, respectively) and select which site to serve based on the name of the site requested. Apache documentation for this feature is here: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/vhosts/name-based.html

    Note the sample config snippet showing how to set up a simple static site serving both www.example.com and other.example.com using ServerName in a VirtualHost to select between them.

    You can also have Apache match a pattern in the URL and reverse proxy to another HTTP server -- that can just be another program on the same computer listening on a different port, or could be on another computer entirely. See the simple reverse proxy config example on this page for a starting point: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/reverse_proxy.html (Note also that you probably don't need anything further down that page -- e.g. the load balancer and failover stuff is not likely to be useful to you for a small personal project.)

    Other popular HTTP servers can do this too; I just happen to have done it with Apache before.

  • Mozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market"

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  • I know; they should not be allowed to do that.

  • Mozilla to expand focus on advertising - "We know that not everyone in our community will embrace our entrance into this market"

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  • Mozilla's non-profit status needs to be revoked.

  • When composing music, how to be influenced by a soundtrack (of films, video games...) without copying?

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  • Definitely! I usually name my files starting with YYYY_MM_DD (which makes it easy to sort by the date I started making the file), a number for which entry it was on that day (1,2,3,4... plus sometimes a letter too if I want to keep multiple drafts), and a few words if I have other details I want to remember. e.g. "transcribe_song_by_artist" or things like "cont_YYYY_MM_DD-entry" when I continue working on a piece from a long time I ago. Sometimes I add a title after that too if I wanted to give the piece one.

  • When composing music, how to be influenced by a soundtrack (of films, video games...) without copying?

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  • Deliberately copy snippets of a work you're interested in as a study -- e.g. transcribe it -- and experiment with elements you find interesting (rhythm, chords, synths, effects, whatever) in small test pieces to make sure you understand what's going on. Let the ideas stew for a while and then much later try to use the techniques you learned in a real piece.

    That's what I do anyway.

  • GOG: When we said we let you ‘own’ your games, we meant that no matter what happens you’ll still be able to play them thanks to our offline installers.

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  • GoG homepage > (your name [drop down menu] when logged in) > "Games" > Click on any game in your collection > Download offline backup game installers

    You can download installers for whatever systems the game supports -- usually that's just a Windows .EXE installer (+ several .bin files if the game is large). For games intended to run on Linux w/o WINE, you can select "Linux" from a drop down where it says system and it will give you an .sh file.

  • How should I continue learning?

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  • If you want to improve significantly, go read someone else's code and modify it. Try to fix a bug in a program you use, add a feature you want that doesn't exist already, or even just do something simple for the sake of proving to yourself that you can do it -- like compiling it from source and figuring out how to change some small snippet of text in a message box. Even if you don't succeed, if you put in a serious effort attempting it, you will almost certainly learn a lot from trying.

    Edit: changed wording to try to be clearer

  • Strange issue with soft-bricked tablet

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  • Glad I could help you make progress -- I hope you can get it all the way working now. Good luck!

  • Strange issue with soft-bricked tablet

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  • How 'bout that! :D

    If the SSD itself is OK, then it was probably trying to boot the SSD still. The blank screen issue might have to do with the graphics drivers then? I remember having a similar blank screen problem with Ubuntu a long time ago where I had to put in "nomodeset" as a parameter in GRUB when booting until I got the right drivers set up.

  • Strange issue with soft-bricked tablet

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  • the tablet supports pxe boot. Do you think I could get mileage off of that if I set up a server on my other laptop and connected them via ethernet?

    Maybe. If it's not too much trouble to set up and you can't get the USB to work again, might as well try it before throwing in the towel.

    I'm rather confused by the fact that the USB drive worked for you before but doesn't any more and yet seems to be OK on other systems. Is there anything like "fast boot" enabled in the BIOS maybe? (Try turning that off if so.)

    Also, when you're trying to boot from the SSD, can you get anything out of GRUB by tapping shift or escape (or maybe other keys) while it's trying to boot?

  • Strange issue with soft-bricked tablet

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  • Do you think that removing the ssd will help?

    It's a sanity check to help you rule out things like unintentionally booting from the wrong device. Can't boot from hardware that's not there! If the USB does work with it removed, then something you believe about how the device boots is false and you can then try to figure out what. A lot of BIOSes will "helpfully" try the next device in the sequence if it can't successfully boot from the first one -- which can be really confusing when debugging.

    Some other thoughts for things to check: does the device confirm that it can actually see the USB drive in some way? Does a USB keyboard work in the port you're using? If there's more than one USB port, have you tried a different port? Do your USB drives work in another computer?

  • Strange issue with soft-bricked tablet

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  • I rebooted to the installation media to try another install. It was black too.

    I assume you've probably already checked, but in case not, is the boot order correct? What happens if you remove the SSD entirely and try to reboot to the USB without it?

    Also, does the SSD boot in another computer?

    If you can't get anything to boot on the tablet, I'd RMA it.

  • Is using Android with GApps as bad as running Windows on your PC?

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  • Google puts telemetry in the default keyboard app. Let that sink in for a moment.

  • What are good harddrives to use with servers

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  • I have a few of those, and while the ones I bought have worked out fine so far, I think it's worth cautioning people that they are annoyingly loud doing basic operations.