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in_sympathy, to RaspberryPi
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Really productive couple of days - I fixed two more Raspberry Pi 3B Plus boards, so they'll find new happy owners instead of turning into e-waste.

Somehow both of them had the same issues - blown PMICs and torn mosfets on the bottom part, as well as corresponding traces.

So I restored the traces and covered them with the solder mask. Had to get a UV light for that, but why not - new toy 😃

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nixCraft, to linux
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Which installation method do you prefer for your #Linux or #Unix desktop? 🤔

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft 4 and 2 if 4 is not available

paulrickards, (edited ) to RaspberryPi
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I’ve been rebuilding a installation that supports my classic Mac habit 😄

I used to use the awesome image which includes a ton of pre-configured software like . But it hasn’t been updated in a while so I used it as excuse to start from scratch.

I used this Pi Zero W as my starting point. HDMI video stopped working on it for unknown reasons. I added an Ethernet/USB hub hat and a 2 hat for devices.

in_sympathy,
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@paulrickards there is a tiny chip on Pi (HDMIDP1) - like super small silver square somewhere around HDMI - try replacing or at least reflowing that one. Looks something like this:
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EuTdNlZ

arstechnica, to random
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Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective

Before smartphones, we had PDAs in our pockets. Palm did them best.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/palm-os-and-the-devices-that-ran-it-an-ars-retrospective/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

in_sympathy,
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@arstechnica meh, Palm was cool and all, but I had an iPAQ H3835 in 2001 - and still do and it still works - with a foldable keyboard. It was purely awesome. I opened this whole construction on my lap on the bus home from Lyceum and wrote some code in PPL - C-based language some fella developed for the Pocket PC back in a day. Strangers on the bus thought that Matrix has got them 🤣, because I was if not the only one - probably one of the very few people with those things here in Kyiv.

arstechnica, to random
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Framework’s software and firmware have been a mess, but it’s working on them

New features, security updates, and Linux support are all on a long to-do list.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/frameworks-software-and-firmware-have-been-a-mess-but-its-working-on-them/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

in_sympathy,
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@arstechnica I thought that my next laptop at some point would be . I don’t think so now tbh - same issues as with . But yes, I hope both will sort it all out and set a good example for the rest of the technological community, because the ideas and intentions are really good.

nixCraft, to windows
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WinBtrfs is a driver for the next-generation filesystem Btrfs https://github.com/maharmstone/btrfs

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft I read the title three times and three times I read it like “win brute force driver”. And I was like, oh man, hacking Windows is now a built-in feature on a driver level 🤯🤣

nixCraft, to random
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What jobs are 99.9% safe from Al making it obsolete?

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft blacksmithing 🔨

appleinsider, to random
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Time Capsule was Apple's discontinued line of network backup products. This is how you could use one on a modern network.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/10/how-to-use-apples-time-capsule-for-backups-on-a-modern-wireless-network?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

in_sympathy,
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@appleinsider that’s exactly how I use mine - as one of the NAS devices. Still thinking of replacing an HDD with an SSD, but keep hesitating. For like maybe the fifth year in a row 🤣

nixCraft, to linux
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What's your preferred method for securing a or server?

Turn it off. 🤷🏻‍♀️

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft keep it offline and preferably shut it down. Also desolder any ports. And get shielded display, keyboard, mouse and power cords 🙃

nixCraft, (edited ) to infosec
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Poll: Are you encrypting DNS traffic using protocols such as DoT (DNS over TLS) or DoH (DNS over HTTPS)?

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft btw does anyone know a good tutorial on setting an encrypted dns on a raspberry pi?

nixCraft, to random
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Apple Watch Ultra 2 Hacked? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255453237?sortBy=best Multiple posts are reporting either a bug or actual hack. You decide. The demo is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6dazJk9AtU

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft from what I can see it’s obviously something like a Flipper Zero attack. Definitely looks like a Rubber Ducky except it’s done over Bluetooth

geerlingguy, to random
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Good news for those wanting to build out a custom Arm64 desktop:

ASRock Rack has a mobo+Ampere CPU combo that restocks every few weeks on Newegg: https://newegg.com/p/N82E16813140134

And Noctua's prototyping two new LGA 4926 coolers (pictured: NH-D9 AMP-4926 4U)

I am building out my 45Drives HL15 server with this board and will hopefully have a video up on it soon!

Full review will take longer though—need to test out software, get an idea of power draw, test performance/networking... but so far so good!

45Drives Homelab HL15 server build

in_sympathy,
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@geerlingguy I wish Noctua would make their awesome fan for the Pi 5

nixCraft, to random
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Genie: You have three wishes
Me: Make it 0
Genie: Ok, you now have 255

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft that “genie” sounds a little AI-ish 🤖

sdw, to random
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Please choose from the two contemporary design styles for your wifi hardware: “rounded soft box with white light” or “satanic death cult blood sacrifice altar”

in_sympathy,
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@sdw mesh. Whatever it looks like 🙌🏻

Or rounded if I’d choose out of those two.

nixCraft, to random
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please rate my setup as an amateur developer. 🤓

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft please don’t break the matrix

nixCraft, (edited ) to mastodon
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Poll: How do you access ? Please boost for reach. TIA.

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft and my mastodon iOS app that I voted for crashed immediately as soon as I chose that option 😂

P.S.: mastodon widget still doesn’t work on iOS - no way to select a hashtag to subscribe to on the home screen 🤦🏻‍♂️

nixCraft, (edited ) to linux
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Poll: What desktop distro should I try out now?

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft surprise everyone including yourself by using Raspbian Desktop 😎

nixCraft, to random
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Scare a developer with under 10 words:

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft “we think we should switch to a new framework…”

nixCraft, to random
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HP is notoriously aggressive 👇

in_sympathy, (edited )
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@nixCraft Remove any cartridges and wire the paint feed directly from a can. Reprogram the printer to screech your favorite song every time you show up. Show this printer who’s boss 😎

arstechnica, to random
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Matter was more of a nice smart home concept than useful reality in 2023

Gadget makers, unsurprisingly, are hesitant to compete purely on device quality.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/matter-was-more-of-a-nice-smart-home-concept-than-useful-reality-in-2023/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

in_sympathy,
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@arstechnica oh well, that holds true for 99,9% of ventures out there. The unbeatable majority is frightened by competing with quality or value and just falls miserably down to price wars. No one wins as a result in the long run.

appleinsider, to random
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Even after a tumultuous year, Apple TV+ doubled its viewing hours in 2023
https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/12/21/even-after-a-tumultuous-year-apple-tv-doubled-its-viewing-hours-in-2023?utm_medium=rss

in_sympathy,
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@appleinsider if only they’d finally provide Ukrainian audio track 🙌🏻

nixCraft, to random
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Do you remember the first operating system you used at school/home or workplace? What was it? 🤔

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft Dos on a soviet computer called Poisk (Search if translated to English from russian) - a red machine that stored data on cassettes and required memory cartridges to be inserted into the slots on the keyboard. We used those in the first three grades of school here in Ukraine. They looked really close to this:

nixCraft, to random
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Do you remember the first programming language you used? What was it?

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft qbasic

nixCraft, to random
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I know you guys like funny or weird source code comments. Here are interesting comments in the source code of SQLite https://github.com/endlesssoftware/sqlite3/blob/master/os.h#L133

in_sympathy,
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@nixCraft it is indeed a crazy world we live in 🫠

in_sympathy, to mastodon
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app widgets on iOS don’t work as they should @mastodon

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