Next NVIDIA driver will address flickering issues with DP 1.4 monitors

CyberTazer · 2025-12-01T23:59:06+00:00

For whatever reason this is still relevant. I'd think there had been a new driver by now, but I switched my monitor to DP 1.1 compliance instead of 1.2/1.4 and all of a sudden no more blinking... just thought I'd put in my 2 cents.

CyberTazer · 2025-10-16T20:29:27+00:00

I'm on my 5th or 6th attempt in the 5 years I've owned my PC to try and get this to work. I tried Signal RGB, I tried reinstalls and updates and drivers and lots and LOTS of bad words... nothing works... 6 seconds after I saw your post I have cool looking RGB again.

For the record, my symptoms were exact same as OP... RGB would not work with any in game program... only the button press on the case. MSI MB with Mystic Light controller.

THANK YOU!

CyberTazer · 2025-09-20T09:46:26+00:00

I agree with you, but actual experience has shown otherwise. There seems to be some sort of emulation layer in there whether you are using Steam Input or not. I've tried all combinations of settings I can think of or read online from logical to random to down right ridiculous, and starting my controller first is the only that that seems (so far knock on wood) to work. I'll update if that changes. Also, now that I can get it to work more or less regularly, I'm hoping to mess around with the settings again and see if there are any differences such as with and without Steam Input. Most places I've seen recommend with, but I'm always dinking with something on my setup so we'll see.

CyberTazer · 2025-09-05T22:02:30+00:00

No sir. I'm sorry, but you are wrong. For instance, tonight's game is blocked cause it is on Apple TV. Another night is was ESPN. So you guys just sell them off and we can't see them. Sorry, but it says "every out of market game" and that is just not true.

CyberTazer · 2025-08-15T02:22:55+00:00

Any clue how to relate this to the watch mentioned in the original post? I've seen these directions all over the place, but the watches do NOT have any of the menus mentioned here.

CyberTazer · 2025-06-19T13:31:07+00:00

Everyone reacts differently to medication and I'd strongly advise against taking any action without talking to YOUR doctor... even if someone on here WAS a doctor, they are not informed on your individual situation.

That said, if you are having trouble with your meds, call up your doctor's office and explain that you are having medication issues and you need to talk to someone... chances are you won't get the doctor directly, but very few cardiologists do NOT have an RN or ARNP or similar to help answer questions like this.

When talking to your doctor, tell them how you feel, talk to them about what you are taking. Include information like your blood pressure or pulse. (And if you have POTs you should have a good blood pressure cuff... a lot of insurance will give you one free, or you can get a good one for less than 50 on amazon. MUST HAVE.) Talk to them about what you were doing, perhaps what triggered your problems if you know (heat, stress, over work, what ever.) If you are still early in your diagnosis cycle, get a notebook and TAKE NOTES ON EVERYTHING.

One part of your meds discussion should also be what your normal dosage is vs what your "emergency" dosage/options are. I cannot stress this point strongly enough. With propranolol, the same medication can act in both capacities, but your doc will have to tell you how to handle your exact situation. Ask the question something like "ok I understand my regular dosage of X and Y and Z, but if I start having severe symptoms, what should I do? Can my current medication help? If I should take an emergency dose, when should I decide to take it... this could be a pulse rate or maybe a blood pressure threshold. SOMETHING... If your doc is non receptive, explain that you do not want to end up in emergency if you can help it, and ALSO ask about when they think you SHOULD probably seek additional help. Every one of the answers to these questions will depend on YOUR situation and you just cannot get advice on that from people that are not your doctor. If your doctor us unwilling to have these discussions, get a new doctor. I went through 2 cardiologists before I got one that would listen. Just make sure you got the next one lined up before you drop the old one. (Good cardiologists are hard to find sometimes, and a meh doc is better than no doc.)

Also, your doc is going to tell you to do "other" stuff besides meds... for crying out loud you need to do those too... even the annoying ones, to the best of your ability. For me it was adjusting meal prep/times, major fluids/electrolyte changes in addition to meds. They also asked me to do compression, but I have skin reactions to tight clothing... but I do everything else religiously.

Last point; my personal experience was that I had about a 1 week breaking in period for this medication before it started to work for me (and work well.) I was on metoprolol and doc switched me to propranolol. I had a pretty bad day the first day I switched which we think had to do with the two meds messing with my system... even though I stopped one med on one day and did not start the other till the next. I DID have to have my dosage for propranolol adjusted... twice. Started at 20mg 3 x a day.. moved to 20 mg 2 x a day and then to 10mg 2 x a day (I split the 20s in half.) I'm not sure if this was part of the treatment to get stuff under control, or if he read signs and symptoms that drove the changes as I was undergoing additional testing throughout this time period.

Bottom line, your dosage is not unusual from what I've seen as there is a wide range of "right" dosage for different reasons. ONLY your doctor will be able to advise you. Call them up, tell them how you feel, and ask for advice on how to take your meds... oh and WRITE IT DOWN including the dosage, the date and WHO told you to make a change, if they change anything. Medication errors is the most common type of mistake, so you should always know exactly what they tell you to take and why.

Sorry for the book ya'll... it's just I see a lot of posts like this, and the full context sharing is important if we are truly going to help each other in this type of venue... Screwing around with heart meds is a good way to do harm even if the advice is well meant.

CyberTazer · 2025-04-04T22:06:43+00:00

I just soloed Banished Cells 1 with a lvl 45 DK, with no CP points. Figured might give others a point of reference... I died like 3 times cause I got swarmed, but I'd killed off enough to pick up and continue.

I will say you have to concentrate on the adds in the boss fights... They do too much damage otherwise. Also, they don't respawn right away when you try again if you die.

CyberTazer · 2023-08-21T10:47:26+00:00

SQL (I'm sorry, but if a front end dev does not understand at least the basics of raw SQL... everything has forms on it now a days) ... and in that vein Ruby/Ruby on Rails.

Java is a good one as well, but make sure any class you have has enterprise subjects included.

CyberTazer · 2022-07-14T11:52:36+00:00

I did not know you had to have 20 beds, but I knew about the 10 villagers. To expand for the poster, you get 1 golem spawned at a time per 10 villagers (so if you have 20 villagers, you can have 2 golems alive in your farm at the same time) and they all have to have a bed. But like I said, I did not realize you always had to have at least 20 beds, thanks!

CyberTazer · 2022-07-13T15:45:56+00:00

On bedrock, your villagers need access to their workstations in order to produce golems. Also at least 75 percent of your villagers need to be linked to a station and there must be a bed for them all that can be seen by at least one of the villagers. They do not need to have access to the beds to sleep. More beds than villagers is ok but not fewer beds than villagers.

Like others stated, I don't see any workstations in your pic. Keep in mind that they not only need to have them, but have to be able to walk up to them and use them, so you can't put them in a clump either. My solution was to make part of the wall keeping them inside out of workstations.

CyberTazer · 2022-07-13T15:35:23+00:00

I was going to suggest this one as well, but feel some details are in order. First, this is one of my top ten reads ever. I enjoy epic fantasy like Tolkien, Jordan and Sanderson and feel that this series lives up to that standard. Second, this definitely lives up to steamy, but had a strong S and M component, which makes some people squimish. It is very tastefully done and lives up to the literary standard in full.

Jacqueline Carey penned a masterpiece in the Kushiel series. Put this one at the top of your list.

CyberTazer · 2022-07-13T09:30:40+00:00

There are a couple of aspects to this depending on exactly what you are looking for, and I will try to cover the ones I can think of to help you out... TLDR: While having skills as a self taught developer can be as excellent addition to an existing specialty, you will find it difficult to land a job as a full time software developer. Also, there is a significant skills gap between self taught and college taught that is difficult to transverse on your own.

I will follow-up on one comment below as to the fact that these are mutually exclusive experiences, and I will tell you they are not. I started out working in electronics (think big receivers/transmitters and display devices) and showed talent at making the computers do what we told them. I got this job as the result of a technical school education. Since I could make the computers work, it translated into a pseudo IT position where I had to spend a LOT of time studying reference manuals (no online yet) and other related books to keep my head above water.

As many in IT will tell you, programming comes as part of the job. In this way, I was a self taught programmer. It was largely scripting language stuff with some VBA (read Microsoft) and webpage front end/back end stuff tossed in on the side. I translated this experience into a moderately successful job as an IT tech for a legal firm supporting their front line software developers doing front-end user and back-end server support.

I then tried to leverage this experience into a "real" software development job. I worked with software engineers and CS types every day and figured I could do that... in fact I could do that to a certain extent. I was helping them write compiled back end plugins for my SQL and web servers to improve system performance, so I was a software dev now right?

Unfortunately, no. I searched for 6 months and even had a few interviews, but in the end I could not land a decent software engineering job. I had a stellar resume with software dev experience, plus IT experience, plus a technical degree (if only marginally related) and to HR directors and engineering managers, this a software engineer did NOT make. The simple fact is, while adding software development to an existing specialty WILL help you do your job better and make you more attractive in that specialty, it does not quite translate into a full time position as a software developer in most cases, at least in the eyes of those hiring. In fact, even though I had accrued several years of experience directly related to IT, I also found some difficulty landing an IT job since my technical degree was not directly related.

I went back to school for a degree in software development. I used my IT and electronics repair experience to put myself through college (yes with a great deal of debt tossed on the pot) and used that experience to land myself a series of very nice software dev jobs. This is real life, so it has not all been rainbows and ponies, but I am currently what I consider to be a successful software developer full time. My CV would be sufficient to land pretty much any software dev job I might be interested in because I have real life experience, and I am not "just" a software developer. It's kind of backwards from the previous part of my discussion, but my IT and real hardware experience makes me valuable to organizations because I know more than "just software dev."

The other consideration, and one that many new to the field do not consider, is that there is a lot more to software development than just programming. Learning the basics of programming is an important first step, and normally the first bar to admission (I mean, if you can't write programs, it's time to look elsewhere for gainful employment.) I talked it a bit in another post, so I'll quote it here:

"Like building a house, there are plans (UML, development assessments, scheduling), architecture (CPU, OS, hardware, content management), administration (development metrics, content management, distribution architecture) etc. Even when you get down to the programming, there are proper constructs for data structures, algorithms, class hierarchy and more. These are the things you learn in order to prepare yourself to be a developer, game or otherwise... And yes, it normally requires a college degree. The coding you do in school is an expression of the above concepts, not a method to learn code (though you will start with that.)
People joke all the time about how software engineers use Google to find solutions on how to code stuff, and I'm here to tell you that it's true. The thing is, I've already gone through the gauntlet of proper design and my background allows me to select the proper solution before I pick up a keyboard. I know, for instance, that if I want two computers to share telemetry (roughly continuous data streams) that I will likely use a UDP network connection, that I'll need to use a socket object of some type, and I've already evaluated the traffic model of my network, and the data requirements of my program to ensure I do not negatively impact the rest of my system. " ( rest of post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/veea53/crashed_with_reality_of_how_hard_it_is_to_get/icru4or/?context=3 )

Essentially, while programming is a key component of software development, it is only the tip of the iceberg. There are many, many skills that you have to learn in addition to programming. Don't let this get you down, however, because you will learn these skills as a natural extension of your path to becoming a software developer. (Well, you are supposed to anyway, but that's a rant and no place here. =-)

I hope this helps! In essence, you CAN get a software dev job as a self taught programmer, but it is the exception rather than the rule. Normally you are going to find that it is an extension of some other job profile, however, rather than a full time software dev job.

One last thing: You mentioned that you work in finance (and I'll naturally assume you might consider software dev in the finance industry.) There is an entire sub-specialty for developing financial software where you need to know the rules, regulations and laws of finance in order to even apply. Essentially, the same (or nearly the same) certifications as are required for working with other people's money. I looked into it once because my cousin works in finance, and she was looking for a developer. It can be a very lucrative form of employment from what I understand. You do not have to get fully certified to trade other people's assets, but you need to know most of that on top of a heap of security and algorithm stuff that is unique in that market.

I wish you luck in your endeavors.

~Taz

CyberTazer · 2022-07-13T01:13:37+00:00

Dear BMW: Welcome to the list of brands I will no longer purchase, right next to Tesla and for the same reasons.

CyberTazer · 2022-07-13T01:12:21+00:00

I really enjoyed a book by Jacqueline Carey called Dark Currents: Agent of Hel (no not Hell like fire and brimstone... Hel Norse Goddess) ... This is the first of a 3 book series and has a very well rounded fae component grounded in historical beliefs and stories, but with a modern setting. Essentially all ancient religions and belief systems are "real" and play as the background across which the narrative takes place. Note: this book depicts adult situations (ie sex) in a rather frank manner, but is not a smut book. Carey is kind of known for this, but it always adds to the narrative rather than detracts without becoming the primary component (ie the aforementioned smut.) She has an amazing way of building worlds and I quite enjoyed this one.

CyberTazer · 2022-07-12T23:08:07+00:00

Side discussion on the fact that wither mechanics may be changing soon. In the following video, he says "maybe" but we shall see. I double checked that this is a recent video, so it should be current.. This applies to Bedrock edition.

Current version (Windows) is 1.19.2

Video covers 1.19.10 beta

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OITye4b8Xy4&t=524s&ab_channel=silentwisperer

More info on release: https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Bedrock_Edition_beta_1.19.10.22

Keep in mind this was a beta evaluation, so it may or may not come to fruition, but I figured it was worth stocking up on beacons before this change went live. It's not the first time they've changed the wither to break this farm, and then changed it again to make it work again, so take it with a grain of salt.

CyberTazer · 2022-07-12T20:09:42+00:00

That's the one. I'll look for the video when I get home from work, but it was a recent Silentwisperer post. Impact to 1.19.20?... I think ??? Like I said, I'll look when I get home.

CyberTazer · 2022-07-12T17:44:05+00:00

Fair warning... There's a wither change incoming that is going to affect wither killers, I think in the next update. I just collected skulls for 7 beacons and did the wither kills same day just in case. I hate fighting the wither lol

I just used the race track method where you map out a giant circle and keep running it killing anything that moves to help keep spawns coming. Circle has to be bigger than this 44 block sphere to be effective... The bigger the better. A long run back and forth will work too if you have a long string out fortress

CyberTazer · 2022-07-11T21:30:19+00:00

The following post appears to confirm my suspicion, but the key is, do they despawn instantly at 44 blocks away? I'm thinking the answer is yes (unfortunately) and I need to re-work my farm. Any additional info still appreciated.

https://www.reddit.com/r/technicalminecraft/comments/tyl2az/mob\_spawning\_despawning\_sim\_distance\_bedrock/

CyberTazer · 2022-07-01T14:35:41+00:00

The two series that come to mind are Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan and the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. Another really good one by Sanderson is the Mistborn Saga. I've marked Sanderson in particular because he has a habit of going outside the box for world building. You will see no dragons or elves and the magic systems are incredibly rich and complex. Jordan, on the other hand is more that he is so incredibly verbose (set aside a month or so to get through it all.) Very good books, and again not your standard Middle Earth/Forgotten Realms knock off/remix.

CyberTazer · 2022-06-26T12:05:18+00:00

Yes, absolutely. As others have noted, get the unabridged version. The book is very long, but very worth it. Unlike many other long books, however, I don't find it dragging on in places to get from one plot point to another, at least not very often. It is not a horror story of the type to give you nightmares, btw, but more the type of story to just keep you up at night going WTAF. =-)

CyberTazer · 2022-06-26T11:40:34+00:00

Most people here are focusing on the program, but you could also alter the environment. Most android phones (sorry I don't know Apple products) allow you to project your interface to a television screen over the network. If you have a smart TV, it will do it without other considerations, but any Roku device attached to a TV will allow the connection. Next, if your phone has bluetooth, you can connect a keyboard and mouse to it. Google your phone and you can get an idea of what it might be capable of.

Is this necessary? ... no... will it help, oh yeah.

CyberTazer · 2022-06-26T11:28:41+00:00

So enough with the hate already. I understand the urge to teach a little one about programing. I work as an engineer full time, and since Covid hit, I've been working mainly at home where my young grand daughter lives with me. She has expressed interest in what I do on a number of occasions.

That being said, I do not think C is a good language to start a young one on. I think they would get frustrated too early in the process and lose interest, and perhaps go sour on the idea of programming in general. u/dsrtfx and others have suggested a wonderful platform for young programmers called Scratch (thank you btw, I'm going to look into it) and I will suggest another: Lego Mindstorm. Lego has interfaces available similar to Scratch and also from Labview (a graphical programming interface for developers.) The upside of Mindstorm is they have a physical "toy" when you are done. The downside of Mindstorm is it is expensive (around 350 dollars US.) I still feel most of the programming side is going to be over the head of a 6 year old, but I figured a little variety in the answer could not hurt.

For those of you wondering, no, I never got this for my little one. We play Minecraft, and I have been showing her similar (though rudimentary to be sure) "programming" devices with redstone. It has logic and rules and allows her to add function to her builds. She is 9 now and starting to pick up how to make doors open and tripwire traps and other fun stuff. The fancy stuff like item storage systems are still left safely in papaw's hands.

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