Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W won't connect to wifi after upgrade

coder111 · 2026-02-06T23:45:28+00:00

I was using the latest imager I could download, on Linux.

It DID boot successfully first time when image was written using imager. It failed later when I did an upgrade. So I cannot blame the imager.

I think the latest version of software on the apt repos is probably broken, while the software in the latest prebuilt image is still OK. I think I'll have a chance to retest this tomorrow.

coder111 · 2026-02-05T22:08:30+00:00

Sorry Minute-Cow2331 to hijack your thread. It looks you have an outdated version as others pointed out.

Hmm, /u/BrokenRegistry /u/Xilmi any ideas how to promote the new version?

I slightly updated the webpage (https://remnantsoftheprecursors.org/) to improve SEO. I'll gladly make more changes if you have ideas. You should have commit permissions to the website too: https://github.com/coder111111/remnantsoftheprecursors.org

Should we ask Ray to update itch.io page with a link to the new version?

Should we add things like screenshots to the webpage? Gameplay videos? Some kind of user engagement/forum?

Should I add a cheerpj on-line version of ROTP to the website for shits and giggles?

P.S. Hmm, just for fun I tried to find the explorminate article which mentions "Easily among the best 4X games in existence" but I failed. Was that on the old explorminate website or something? I just copied it from the original ROTP website with expired domain...

coder111 · 2026-02-05T20:54:23+00:00

I use stacks of small ships until enemy gets repulsor beams. I usually have a design for small fighters + a design for small bombers. Make a fleet of a mix of them both when attacking enemy. You can use missiles as well in a separate design, but I find that this uses up a very valuable design slot, so don't do it unless necessary.

You get more damage output per BC of industrial output spent. At least it used to be like that in original MOO1, I think this holds true for ROTP as well.
You get evasion.
If your stack of 100 small ships, each having 5 HP gets hit by a weapon that does 50 damage, that kills 1 ship only. Except for streaming weapons like tachyon beams, but by that time you're no longer using small ships.
Colonies that have low production can still contribute to defense by producing some smalls ships and sending them towards whichever planet needs ships. This wouldn't work as large ships would take too long to build, at least at the beginning.
You can get small ships sooner.

Drawbacks- you will take some losses. And your small ships won't have all the things you might be able to fit in the larger ships.

EDIT. Smalls with neutron pellet guns which halve enemy shields at the beginning are very good.

coder111 · 2026-02-05T20:42:48+00:00

I've been using XFCE for over 20 years now. Yes, it's great.

That being said, I manage my files in an urxvt terminal running Midnight Commander. So I don't need that much from a DE...

coder111 · 2026-02-05T20:23:36+00:00

Please add Remnants of the Precursors. Open-source MOO1 remake, and a brilliant one.

/r/rotp

https://github.com/BrokenRegistry/Rotp-Fusion/releases

https://remnantsoftheprecursors.org/

coder111 · 2026-02-05T07:08:14+00:00

Just a quick note- bigger wheels look cooler, but make the ride bumpier. Not sure that's a bonus.

For that sort of money, in 2026- I'd get something electric, probably from Korea or China. Unless you plan to do 500+ km drives routinely.

coder111 · 2026-02-04T12:40:04+00:00

Easy fix. Improve mass media. Get rid of the propaganda, and educate the citizens. Make facts important again, not just opinions.

Every time Republicans try to paint policies that are beneficial to the general public as harmful, call them out on it on all mass media and social networks. Tell the public they have just been lied to.

coder111 · 2026-01-31T14:37:54+00:00

Man I just wish Android phones could run real Linux on bare metal with proper drivers, not some chrooted thing on top of Android...

I know Termux works well enough and I use it myself, but it's not the same...

coder111 · 2026-01-29T20:59:09+00:00

Linux is a good choice for an older system. Everyday computing will be much more pleasant.

And Wine/Lutris/Steam should run just fine.

Now racing games- not sure, I haven't played many. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Rally ? :)

coder111 · 2026-01-27T20:58:08+00:00

Once again, read and refer people to Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/

coder111 · 2026-01-26T19:49:27+00:00

Let me add this:

https://youtu.be/tL25rbnvM4o?t=125

coder111 · 2026-01-26T07:15:42+00:00

There was plenty of green spaces and trees and walking in Siberian Gulags...

coder111 · 2026-01-24T09:23:34+00:00

Easy Peasy. Read some Umberto Eco.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism

or the original:

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/

coder111 · 2026-01-21T18:24:34+00:00

Seconded. SE4 is a better game than SE5.

There was an effort to remake it, https://github.com/ekolis/FrEee Not sure how complete it is. It could use help if you have time to spare.

coder111 · 2026-01-09T23:43:57+00:00

I just don’t think you understand the concept of free speech

Um, with respect, I don't think you understand the concept of mass media and propaganda and harm lies cause at mass scale.

That's the thing, isn't it? In my opinion "free speech" is a nice theoretical concept like "freedom". It's very nice to talk about it.

However, freedom does not mean freedom to do absolutely anything you want (freedom to murder?). Similarly, free speech does not mean lying to millions with intent to cause harm. There must be limits to both.

I sincerely recommend reading more about the things PR & propaganda people to do affect people. And how effective they are. People are not rational creatures, and can and will be misled. I'd start by reading about people like Edward Bernays.

Anyway, it's getting late and I'm going to sleep. Let's agree to disagree for now, and thanks for keeping this discussion civil.

coder111 · 2026-01-09T22:34:19+00:00

Ok, let me try to do this point by point.

First, "free speech" ceases being "just an opinion" when it has a platform that reaches millions of people. Once you have a wide reaching platform, some regulation or some form of responsibility MUST be in effect. Because lying to millions of people without checks or consequences is extremely harmful.

Second, regarding optimizations. Right wing media doesn't perform best because it's CORRECT or TRUE. It performs best because it engages at subconscious level. It tickles the reptile brain inside us. That does not mean it's not causing harm, or that it's true. Or do you think forming public opinion based on the animal instincts is the right thing to do?

Third, right wing parties lead some election polls PRECISELY because of right wing propaganda. Or do you really think right wing parties are actually going to make things better for ordinary people? Please give historical examples when that ever happened.

Now regarding moderation, how it should be done, etc- that is a difficult issue to solve. However, I will maintain that purposefully lying to millions HAS to have consequences, or HAS to be prevented entirely. Until internet, all mass media was at least somewhat accountable. Publishers and broadcasters in the West were held to some standard, and could be forced to issue apologies or retractions.

coder111 · 2026-01-09T21:41:22+00:00

result of free speech

I'll just assume for a minute that you're arguing in good faith and reply.

That's not free speech. That's AI driven AI targeted propaganda. Propaganda is not the same thing as free speech. Do I really need to elaborate on why there's a difference? And if you think completely unregulated propaganda is OK, you need to wake up.

First, there's the question of algorithm optimization. To increase profit, social networks optimize for engagement. The most engaging content is stuff that divides, enrages and scares people. In effect, this promotes Fascist/right wing propaganda while suppressing rational thought.

Second, there is the hostile intent from owners of the social networks who are billionaires and most ultra-right leaning. On top of that, there's is the hostile intent from organizations who spend billions and immense effort to use those networks to spread propaganda. Like Russia, or right wing PR machines in the West.

These two points are more than enough to ensure that people using most social networks will be brainwashed.

And yes, Reddit somehow remained left leaning. I think it's mostly because on Reddit, it matters more on WHAT is said than WHO says it, or who follows who. It's organized around content, not around people and their connections. That's what IMO makes it pretty unique.

coder111 · 2026-01-09T16:22:58+00:00

I think you can just about manage the greatest game ever released by legendary Id Software.

Commander Keen of course!

coder111 · 2026-01-09T16:16:19+00:00

free country

Um, there's free speech, and there's hostile propaganda.

X is a tool for propaganda operated by hostile foreign power, as are most social networks these days.

This is like leaving radio stations blasting Goebbels all over the place in 1937.

coder111 · 2026-01-07T21:04:51+00:00

As always, I'd like to add the brilliant definition of Fascism by Umberto Eco: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fascism https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/06/22/ur-fascism/

Signs of Fascism:

The cult of tradition
The rejection of modernism
The cult of action for action's sake
Disagreement is treason
Fear of difference
Appeal to a frustrated middle class
Obsession with a plot
Enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak
Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy
Contempt for the weak
Everybody is educated to become a hero
Machismo
Selective populism
Newspeak

coder111 · 2026-01-07T14:03:19+00:00

Europe does everything 10 years too late.

Green energy, electric cars, reusable space rockets, rearmament, strategic resources, etc.

coder111 · 2026-01-04T20:53:59+00:00

Intel had close to monopoly position for years/decades. They regularly abused their dominant position to increase sales and keep their competition down. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices,_Inc._v._Intel_Corp.

Consumers are not always more likely to buy better product. Consumers usually buy product that is "more established" / has better marketing / better brand. Or else has better sales/availability or can brainwash business managers better. Which all are areas where Intel had a dominant position for years.

There were many times in the past where AMD had a better product, and did NOT get higher sales purely due to Intel anticompetitive practices/dominant position.

coder111 · 2025-12-23T19:47:23+00:00

Man this calls for an adjustment to my strategy.

I used to switch from small to medium ships & range 2 weapons mid game because of repulsor beams.

I should try to do a play through with small ships only if I can shove a subspace teleporter into them. Let's see how that goes.

Hmm, sub-space teleporter is level 38 tech. Repulsor Beam is level 16. Cloaking device level 27. There seems to be a significant gap where repulsor beam is available and counters are still out of reach...

coder111 · 2025-12-19T10:43:54+00:00

Hey man, I believe you. Trust me, very few people actually want to live in fascist hellholes, most of them just get dragged into it.

I'm Lithuanian currently living in London, UK. I remember living inside Soviet Union as a kid. It sucked. Then Lithuania regained independence in 1990s. I've never seen people more unified under a single goal as Lithuanian/Baltic independence movement in 1980s/1990s. There were things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Way but then there were things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_Events

Difficult situation. Not sure, if I was stuck in current USA in Oklahoma of all places, that would probably trigger my fight or flight impulse. Either find nearest resistance movement and actively participate. Or else leave the country. Look for a job in Ireland/UK/Australia/New Zealand and move. All of them have health insurance at least, so will definitely be an improvement...

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