The Official Status Thread
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Status:
.width-30 { width: 30px; }
Ok, that's not too awful
.width-31 { width: 31px; }
Uh...
for (int i = 32; i <= 400; i++) { printf(".width-" + i + "{\n\t"); printf("width: " + i + "px;\n"); printf("}\n\n") }
Then I noticed this was after a reformat. Previously it was a single ~10k long line.
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Well, I was going to need to learn how to mount a Bitlocker-encrypted volume in Linux at some point anyway. (Locked myself out of a laptop while on vacation.)
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@accalia said in The Official Status Thread:
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: You know what? Lithium ion batteries are fucking awesome. super light and fantastic capacity....
: We've also more or less solved the super deep discharge problem killing the batteries through smarter chargers that can recover pretty much all the capacity when that happens....
: Why don't we have AA cell Lithium ion batteries then? wouldn't that be awesome?
: there has to be a reason for that, no?
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: There is a reason you maroon fox. It's called "Having a nominal cell voltage of 3.2 Volts"
: Oooooh yeah. most things that take AA batteries would not like more than double their rated voltage dumped into them.... That would explain it.
: What a maroon.
: HEY! I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!Include a switching power supply inside the battery? Though I wouldn't be surprised if that doesn't play too well with devices needing multiple AA batteries.
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Status: Getting lost in the SQL performance tuning weeds while fixing a CRITICAL DOWN bug which is a performance tuning issue.
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@pleegwat said in The Official Status Thread:
@accalia said in The Official Status Thread:
Status
: You know what? Lithium ion batteries are fucking awesome. super light and fantastic capacity....
: We've also more or less solved the super deep discharge problem killing the batteries through smarter chargers that can recover pretty much all the capacity when that happens....
: Why don't we have AA cell Lithium ion batteries then? wouldn't that be awesome?
: there has to be a reason for that, no?
:
: There is a reason you maroon fox. It's called "Having a nominal cell voltage of 3.2 Volts"
: Oooooh yeah. most things that take AA batteries would not like more than double their rated voltage dumped into them.... That would explain it.
: What a maroon.
: HEY! I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!Include a switching power supply inside the battery? Though I wouldn't be surprised if that doesn't play too well with devices needing multiple AA batteries.
So, like this, but for Lion cells?
https://www.amazon.com/USBCELL-MXAA02-AA-Rechargable-Battery/dp/B000LV8YKQ
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Status: a background Report diagnostic has competed. Results:
Large intestine measures approximately 8 inches. Small intestine measures approximately 53 inches.
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I've noticed water seems to be coming up between the floorboards occasionally; when it dries, it leaves this kind of chalky residue that's a pain in the ass to scrub away. Apartment complex's response has basically been "I dunno" and a blower to run overnight tonight.
Don't think that'll do anything, the water comes back in my experience (and the blower is scaring the cat), but suppose I'll indulge them as long as the experiment only lasts one night.
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Status: wondering if giving massages is an invitation/precursor to sex.
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@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: wondering if giving massages is an invitation/precursor to sex.
Yes. Wonder no more.
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: wondering if giving massages is an invitation/precursor to sex.
Yes. Wonder no more.
Well she did start making out with me, so Shirley that's her kink I guess, but was wondering if it was general...
In other news: the most fun way of getting rid of morning breath is a tonsil battle!
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@jaloopa Run it by an independent watch repair guy. They tend to do better in "No parts" situations.
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@pleegwat said in The Official Status Thread:
@accalia said in The Official Status Thread:
Status
: You know what? Lithium ion batteries are fucking awesome. super light and fantastic capacity....
: We've also more or less solved the super deep discharge problem killing the batteries through smarter chargers that can recover pretty much all the capacity when that happens....
: Why don't we have AA cell Lithium ion batteries then? wouldn't that be awesome?
: there has to be a reason for that, no?
:
: There is a reason you maroon fox. It's called "Having a nominal cell voltage of 3.2 Volts"
: Oooooh yeah. most things that take AA batteries would not like more than double their rated voltage dumped into them.... That would explain it.
: What a maroon.
: HEY! I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK!Include a switching power supply inside the battery? Though I wouldn't be surprised if that doesn't play too well with devices needing multiple AA batteries.
Shit, just set them up to slot in place of a pair of AA's. A side by side configuration and a long end to end configuration.
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@weng I got a quote before realising it was still under warranty, but the repair bill was not much less than it originally cost. Maybe I'll get it sorted at some point if they're ok giving it back to me
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@jaloopa said in The Official Status Thread:
if they're ok giving it back to me
WTF why wouldn't they? If they're going to melt it down for the gold that's almost robbery, isn't it?
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Status: Holy crud, managed to accidentally resize my taskbar while scrolling WTDWTF. I didn't even know you could do that!
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Why on earth does the X-Box One have an app in the Store for playing Blu-Rays but Windows 10 doesn't? I understand it wouldn't be free for Windows 10 but you would think there'd be Microsoft-supported solution here, and there isn't one. Since I had WMC on Windows 8 I got a DVD player app or some shit automatically, but nothing for Blu-Rays.
Bullshit.
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
Why on earth does the X-Box One have an app in the Store for playing Blu-Rays but Windows 10 doesn't? I understand it wouldn't be free for Windows 10 but you would think there'd be Microsoft-supported solution here, and there isn't one. Since I had WMC on Windows 8 I got a DVD player app or some shit automatically, but nothing for Blu-Rays.
Bullshit.
It does?
looks in store
Oh... it doesn't. Huh...
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@sloosecannon said in The Official Status Thread:
It does?
looks in store
Oh... it doesn't. Huh...
I guess I'll just get PowerDVD. It's like I'm back in the early 2000s.
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
Why on earth does the X-Box One have an app in the Store for playing Blu-Rays but Windows 10 doesn't?
You didn't get the hint ?
Buy an X-Box One
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@timebandit said in The Official Status Thread:
You didn't get the hint ?
Buy an X-Box OneI have an X-Box One. I want to play Blu-Rays on my computer.
ETA: Now I understand why a lot of the Blu-Rays I bought were Blu-Ray/DVD combo packs. My thought: Why if you have a Blu-Ray would you possibly want the DVD? Turns out...
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
I guess I'll just get PowerDVD. It's like I'm back in the early 2000s.
Wow, good thing PowerDVD has a free trial; it's stuttering all over the place. How does it manage to do that with a GTX 970? Going to investigate and make sure it's not drivers or something, but I've never seen anything else do it.
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
I have an X-Box One. I want to play Blu-Rays on my computer.
You could XBox Stream? That might work lol...
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Status: Just had this conversation with a cop friend:
"We are having a party on $DATE, would love if you and the family came. If you do come, pay no attention to all the hookers and blow."
"No problem. I will bring my own. I get them for free from lockup and the evidence locker."
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
I guess I'll just get PowerDVD. It's like I'm back in the early 2000s.
Wow, good thing PowerDVD has a free trial; it's stuttering all over the place. How does it manage to do that with a GTX 970? Going to investigate and make sure it's not drivers or something, but I've never seen anything else do it.
I blame software decoding.
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@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
I blame software decoding.
Latest Nvidia driver, latest version of PowerDVD, all video and audio enhancements are off, tried disabling hardware acceleration just to test, same with interlacing, TRY ALL THE THINGS! This is frustrating; I really want it to work. Last variable I think could maybe be the TV, but I'm not a "PC nerd" enough to know what to look at.
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
I blame software decoding.
Latest Nvidia driver, latest version of PowerDVD, all video and audio enhancements are off, tried disabling hardware acceleration just to test, same with interlacing, TRY ALL THE THINGS! This is frustrating; I really want it to work. Last variable I think could maybe be the TV, but I'm not a "PC nerd" enough to know what to look at.
You need to check the
[ ] Enable hardware acceleration decoding when not possible
checkbox too
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
I blame software decoding.
Latest Nvidia driver, latest version of PowerDVD, all video and audio enhancements are off, tried disabling hardware acceleration just to test, same with interlacing,
Yeah, it's probably not able to use "hardware acceleration" so that's why you see no effect when you turn it off (falling back to software decoding versus intentionally software decoding).
Sorry, best luck I ever had was ripping the disk and re-encoding it, something that takes forever...
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@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Sorry, best luck I ever had was ripping the disk and re-encoding it, something that takes forever...
Oh yeah, and software of that type is usually of the like where this happens:
Eventually I will have to reinstall the application....
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@sloosecannon Wait.
This image brings me so many questions...
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@sloosecannon initializing or updating font cache. What how does that have anything to do with DVDs wtf?
How do you get graphics artifacts on a WinForms app?
What do those words even mean?
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@sloosecannon The font cache is probably for subtitling.
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@sloosecannon said in The Official Status Thread:
That's the little DisplayFusion buttons. Here's a clearer picture:
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@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
@sloosecannon said in The Official Status Thread:
That's the little DisplayFusion buttons. Here's a clearer picture:
Oooooh. That makes much more sense
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
If the charging/discharging circuitry is built into the AA cell form factor (as it'd most certainly need to be), there's no reason why it couldn't provide the output at 1.3-1.4 volts like a typical NiHM rechargeable battery. (Except cost, I suppose.)
I'd be dead leery of putting that sort of voltage drop in there.
Also, there's lots of devices which take multiple-of-2 AA batteries. Switching them to LiIon ought to be much easier.
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@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
@jaloopa said in The Official Status Thread:
if they're ok giving it back to me
WTF why wouldn't they? If they're going to melt it down for the gold that's almost robbery, isn't it?
They're giving me a new watch, plus 50% off any difference between the value of the old one and what I choose as a replacement. Under those circumstances, I'd understand if they wanted to keep the old one for parts or whatever, or if they just routinely dispose of watches they can't repair.
This is the one I'm going to get
http://www.rotarywatches.com/en/the-rotary-collection/timepieces-watches/gs05035-03My old one was also a skeleton, but had a bit more of the machinery visible.
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@jaloopa said in The Official Status Thread:
They're giving me a new watch, plus 50% off any difference between the value of the old one and what I choose as a replacement.
Oh. I must have missed that part...
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@izzion
Follow-up status: Performance tuning vanquished! And I managed to pick at it long enough to create the right solution, which doesn't split the business logic into multiple code points, rather than the quick solution that was in the realm of "we're going to hold our nose and do this and figure out how to do it right later".
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status PHP and web development are less painful than iOS development using swift. Doesn't help that the iOS app is my first real app and so has some moments that I can only blame myself for.
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@tsaukpaetra said in The Official Status Thread:
Status: a background Report diagnostic has competed. Results:
Large intestine measures approximately 8 inches. Small intestine measures approximately 53 inches.
I don't even want to know how you measured that.
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
when it dries, it leaves this kind of chalky residue that's a pain in the ass to scrub away
Try using a vinegar/water mixture... the acid might help remove whatever that is.
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@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
@timebandit said in The Official Status Thread:
You didn't get the hint ?
Buy an X-Box OneI have an X-Box One. I want to play Blu-Rays on my computer.
ETA: Now I understand why a lot of the Blu-Rays I bought were Blu-Ray/DVD combo packs. My thought: Why if you have a Blu-Ray would you possibly want the DVD? Turns out...
Supposedly there's a library that you can install which will allow VLC to play Blu-Ray discs on Win 7/8/10.
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
@timebandit said in The Official Status Thread:
You didn't get the hint ?
Buy an X-Box OneI have an X-Box One. I want to play Blu-Rays on my computer.
ETA: Now I understand why a lot of the Blu-Rays I bought were Blu-Ray/DVD combo packs. My thought: Why if you have a Blu-Ray would you possibly want the DVD? Turns out...
Supposedly there's a library that you can install which will allow VLC to play Blu-Ray discs on Win 7/8/10.
there is yes. though usually i just rip the bluray to a mkv then if i want to watch it more than once i'll use handbrake to transcode it to h264 as it has a much smaller file size for the same quality (or close enough to the same quality), then i either watch it with VLC or chuck it on my NAS and let Plex pick it up so i can watch it on my TV
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
@heterodox said in The Official Status Thread:
@timebandit said in The Official Status Thread:
You didn't get the hint ?
Buy an X-Box OneI have an X-Box One. I want to play Blu-Rays on my computer.
ETA: Now I understand why a lot of the Blu-Rays I bought were Blu-Ray/DVD combo packs. My thought: Why if you have a Blu-Ray would you possibly want the DVD? Turns out...
Supposedly there's a library that you can install which will allow VLC to play Blu-Ray discs on Win 7/8/10.
But then you have to use VLC
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@dkf said in The Official Status Thread:
@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
If the charging/discharging circuitry is built into the AA cell form factor (as it'd most certainly need to be), there's no reason why it couldn't provide the output at 1.3-1.4 volts like a typical NiHM rechargeable battery. (Except cost, I suppose.)
I'd be dead leery of putting that sort of voltage drop in there.
Also, there's lots of devices which take multiple-of-2 AA batteries. Switching them to LiIon ought to be much easier.
Voltage drop? No, I was talking about a proper voltage regulator. Sticking a resistor in series will work fine if you have a load with a known and fairly constant resistance and power consumption, but for a general AA battery replacement that might be put into any sort of device, you'd need an actual DC-to-DC voltage regulator.
Or... actually, for a cheap and dirty version, you could just use several diodes in series; unlike a resistor, the diode's voltage drop (forward voltage) doesn't change in relation to current. Typical diodes have a voltage drop of about 0.7 volts, so putting 2 diodes in the circuit would get you down to around 1.8 volts or so -- probably safe for most devices that take 1.5v batteries.
edit: you can, I suppose, build a series of resistors and put the output terminals in parallel across one of them, to effectively pin the voltage at a known output level regardless of the load's current -- but that's a less efficient circuit, and will dissipate more energy as heat.
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@hungrier said in The Official Status Thread:
But then you have to use VLC
VLC worked out of the box for me last time i tried. I'll admit it's quite a while ago.
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@anotherusername However, there's also this to consider:
And proper DC-to-DC converters are not exactly on the cheap side.
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
Supposedly there's a library that you can install which will allow VLC to play Blu-Ray discs on Win 7/8/10.
Not that I'm saying I tried that, but VLC won't play menus and the public key DBs may be (are) missing keys for newer DRM-protected discs.
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@anotherusername said in The Official Status Thread:
Try using a vinegar/water mixture... the acid might help remove whatever that is.
That's a good call.
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Status: PHP'd for the first time in over a decade