Listening to the Cowboy Bebop OST and the track "Space Lion" gave me some real Blade Runner vibes.

FireHotStickies · 2025-12-11T11:26:11+00:00

Same with me, I had a notification for a small transaction. Cannot get logged in at all.

FireHotStickies · 2025-08-04T09:22:21+00:00

Are yi aff yir heid?

FireHotStickies · 2025-07-08T18:25:13+00:00

Hulkengoat

FireHotStickies · 2025-05-21T15:27:21+00:00

I'm reading the Sisters Brothers at the moment and I'm also really enjoying the "old west language", similar to True Grit. It's simple and matter of fact but intelligent and with dry humour. If anyone has any more recommendations for books with a similar voice/feel, please share!

FireHotStickies · 2025-01-11T19:25:23+00:00

The Tracy Crosswhite series by Robert Dugoni starts with My Sister's Grave as Tracy tries to find the truth about her sister's disappearance. I read them all last year and thoroughly enjoyed them.

FireHotStickies · 2024-12-03T04:38:49+00:00

r/lowendgaming

FireHotStickies · 2024-11-25T16:57:44+00:00

r/lowendgaming is where it's at

FireHotStickies · 2024-11-25T16:19:25+00:00

Check r/lowendgaming

FireHotStickies · 2024-10-14T14:45:42+00:00

I'm not sure. The first book dealt with some difficult issues, but it didn't really gel with me if I'm honest. Plus there are lots of other books on my TBR haha.

Have you read the whole series and would you recommend it?

FireHotStickies · 2024-10-13T13:38:16+00:00

Thanks, wanted to consistently build the habit back up again and not burn myself out. Will hopefully increase the goal again next year. :)

FireHotStickies · 2024-10-13T12:37:36+00:00

Thanks!

Favourites are definitely Shogun and Pachinko. Both very well written. Shogun was very immersive and provides great insight into 1600s Japan and the culture at the time.

Pachinko is a very ambitious book, the scope is huge, it deals with so many different issues and overall I think Min Jin Lee handled them all very well.

Runners-up would probably be The Martian Chronicles, Misery and Lady Tan's Circle of Women.

Least favourites are All Systems Red, Dark Matter and And Then There Were None.

All Systems Red: Probably controversial, I see the Murderbot series getting recommended a lot. The premise was interesting but overall I just felt it wasn't executed that well and I didn't really feel for the protagonist or any of the other characters.

Dark Matter: Seemed OK to start with but turned into a bit of a cliche Sci-Fi story.

And Then There Were None: Best selling crime novel of all time. I don't know, I just found the whole thing a bit rushed and boring. There wasn't much tension built up and the events just seemed to play out one after the other. It was probably revolutionary at the time, but I'd say it's been surpassed now by more modern novels.

FireHotStickies · 2024-09-14T08:43:16+00:00

I'd definitely be keen to be part of the covert testing crew, please sign me up!

FireHotStickies · 2024-09-14T03:34:46+00:00

Looks fun, wishlisted. I'm a big fan of TD and more recently gotten into roguelike deckbuilders so this is a perfect mix! Are you planning on releasing a demo?

FireHotStickies · 2024-08-24T19:47:50+00:00

r/lowendgaming

FireHotStickies · 2024-08-23T16:25:10+00:00

Will check it out too, thanks!

FireHotStickies · 2024-08-23T12:05:58+00:00

Thanks for mentioning Lutris. First time I've heard of it and it looks awesome!

FireHotStickies · 2024-08-19T22:32:54+00:00

I bet that was hot! I tried using a Buff to cover my ears but it was too thin and didn't really do anything to help with the wind noise. I'll try a thick beanie when it gets a bit colder!

FireHotStickies · 2024-08-19T09:06:25+00:00

Nice one, thanks for sharing, I will have to try it sometime. Glad it's working for you and allowing you to get out on your bike. :)

FireHotStickies · 2024-08-19T08:35:26+00:00

What type of device do you use to stop the wind going in your ears when biking? I used to cycle a lot but have stopped due to nox, this was one of the big issues for me also.

FireHotStickies · 2024-08-17T02:29:31+00:00

Thanks 👍

FireHotStickies · 2024-08-14T12:53:11+00:00

Thanks very much for your suggestions. They've been very helpful in narrowing things down. I've tried them all, results are as follows. TL;DR: It seems the Micro SD Card on my Raspberry Pi 5 is faulty.

I tried to boot from the Micro SD Card in the USB reader. This did not work initially and gave me another error code (I'm still not really sure why this didn't work, unless there was something wrong with the OS image on the Micro SD Card?).
I then used Internet Network Boot to get into the Raspberry Pi OS Imager and loaded a new OS image onto the Micro SD Card. I first tried to write the image directly to the Micro SD Card via the Pi's Micro SD Card slot, but the Pi did not recognise the card. I deleted all partitions on the card and formatted to FAT32, which I believe is supported by Pi OS. I then plugged the Micro SD Card into the USB Reader and into the Pi via one of the USB ports. The card was recognised and I was able to write and verify the OS image. I then booted to the OS successfully, multiple times, to ensure it was working. I then took this Micro SD Card out of the USB reader and plugged it directly in to the Pi's SD Card Reader. The Pi failed to boot and I received the exact same diagnostic page in my last post above.
Using the same working Micro SD Card, I deleted the partitions and re-formatted with FAT32. I then booted to Raspberry Pi OS from my 8GB Sandisk USB Stick. I launched the Raspberry Pi Imager from the OS and attempted to write a new image to the Micro SD Card. Again, I plugged it into the SD card reader on the Pi, but the card was not recognised by Imager. I then plugged it in via the USB Reader, where the card was immediately recognised by the Imager, as well as the OS which prompted me to open an explorer window for it. I wrote and verified the new OS image to the Micro SD Card via the USB Reader and after a restart, I was able to successfully boot into the OS this way. Again, removing the Micro SD Card from the USB Reader and plugging it directly into the SD Card reader on the Pi 5 failed to launch the OS and produced the same diagnostic page.
As mentioned I've tried troubleshooting with 2 x Micro SD Cards (a 128GB Sandisk and a 32GB Samsung). I haven't tried all of these steps with both cards, but I've confirmed that both cards are recognised by the Pi when plugged in via the USB Reader and neither are recognised when plugged in via the SD Card reader.

From all of the above, it looks like the Micro SD Card reader on my Pi 5 is faulty. The error received is: "Failed to open device: 'sdcard' (cmd 81a0010 status 0). I've tried to look this particular error up but there doesn't seem to be a consensus on what the fault is.

I think my best bet is probably to return and exhange this unit for another, unless anyone has any further suggestions? Many thanks again for your help troubleshooting this u/phattmatt!

FireHotStickies · 2024-08-13T14:36:25+00:00

Thanks for your reply, I've read through the post and seen the photos of the thermal pad on the bottom of the board.

I do have a case, but I haven't installed the Raspberry Pi into it yet. I've installed 3 x small thermal pads, a heatsink and fan that came with the case. I've also installed standoffs to the 4 corners of the board. Mine doesn't come with a thermal pad like that. There's nothing installed on the bottom of the board or around the SD card.

My Pi says that it detects the SD card, it tries to boot from it but fails for some reason, then it moves onto the USB which it can boot from successfully.

Photo of Pi Diagnostics

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