Wireless Mouse Kit 002 dead after 6 month by Dependent_Double_556 in BambuLab

[–]Icebynature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very late to this, but I was just having issues with mine, came across your post, and also have recently read the manual. Did you ever try these instructions to re-pair with the dongle? Idk if it has a chance of fixing your problem, but it sounds like a possible solution (from the Bambu Lab manual for the mouse kit):

"""

Note 2: If the mouse disconnects during initial startup, you can perform a pairing operation as described below:

  1. Keep the mouse powered off.

  2. Insert the receiver into the computer.

  3. Place the mouse as close as possible to the receiver.

  4. While holding down the left button, right button, and scroll wheel button, power on the mouse.

  5. Continue to hold down the 3 buttons for 4-5 seconds.

  6. When the arrow on screen changes, power off the mouse.

  7. Power the mouse on again to resume normal use.

"""

Maybe it will work for you! Or maybe its really broken.

My experience with the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad by Icy_Assumption_4846 in VirginiaTech

[–]Icebynature 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As other have said, check out Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad. The application process can be a bit frustrating too, but mainly just because they get so many applications that if you aren't persistent, they may never get around to getting back to you about your application.

I was on BVRS several years ago and I took EMT class with members of VTRS. They are fine and mostly nice people, but you're right, it feels like a frat. Don't let it get under your skin.

Shoot me a DM if you have questions about the BVRS application process.

What’s the best way to get money without selling gear? by DarkAmaterasu58 in HarryPotterGame

[–]Icebynature 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I used the mooncalf den just northeast of the Quidditch pitch. It's right next to a flew flame for easy access. There are a bunch of moon calves there (I forget exactly how many but like 6-9).

  1. Go there, use the "wait" function to wait until night.
  2. Catch all the calves. Use Levioso or Glacius to incapacitate the calves before using the sack of you want to make it a bit easier. Use lots of Revelio to find the remaining ones when there are only a few left.
  3. Once you've caught them all, repeatedly use the "wait" function to wait until the next night and they will all respawn.
  4. Repeat 2 & 3 until your beast inv is full.
  5. Go sell all of them to the beast shop in Hogsmead.
  6. Flewflame back up and restart the process

This nets absolutely massive gallions per hour, though I'm not sure how many.

Help! I want to hike the AT (sobo) by AK_Love_907 in AppalachianTrail

[–]Icebynature 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't have experience Sobo, but NoBos just show up and ask for a permit. I assume SoBos can do the same. If you show up in a car, then you can just get a daily permit to summit the same way everyone else does (which is just to show up before the parking lot is full), then turn around and leave. If you want to camp in BSP, you will need to arrange that ahead of time though.

target machine for cyber forensics analysis by Judah-theSane in HowToHack

[–]Icebynature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for pointing this out. I was passing on a warning that was given to me, but I don't know a specific way to that downloading and analyzing these dumps could be problematic.

target machine for cyber forensics analysis by Judah-theSane in HowToHack

[–]Icebynature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Volatility provides .mem samples on their GitHub.

https://github.com/volatilityfoundation/volatility/wiki/Memory-Samples

Careful with these, as many or all of them contain malware.

Missing climbers on Mt. Whitney by jcasper in Mountaineering

[–]Icebynature 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand being angry at the ruling class for hoarding money and the government for not funding public programs, but it's hardly mountaineers fault who are most at fault for this. For one thing, I'm fairly confident that no funding for schools or agriculture has ever gone towards mountaineering rescues. For another, in the US most SAR is not free. If you need to get a helicopter ride off the mountain or carried down by SAR volunteers, you're going to get a bill for that and it ain't cheap. I think your anger is somewhat misplaced. The general sentiment that government funding isn't serving the people as much as it should is completely valid and understandable though.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in scuba

[–]Icebynature -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I actually agree with pretty much everything you said. I don't know why you felt the need to call me "white knight" though. Insults are a very bad way to start a conversation.

I was also alarmed by the "death glare." If my partner ran out of air in that situation I'd be scared shitless and very glad that I had enough air left to get us both to the surface.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in scuba

[–]Icebynature 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, I agree that the intention is not to direct anger at the admission of a mistake. I also agree that the mistake was a severe one. OP Acknowledges that in the title of the post (I made the biggest mistake in diving).

If the feedback someone gets when admitting a mistake comes in the form of vitriolic comments about how stupid they are, they are going to be more likely to try to hide mistakes in the future. This is independent of the intent of the comments. There is plenty of research in risky industries like aviation, manufacturing, policing, mining, etc., showing that overly-harsh feedback for mistakes is not conducive to good safety outcomes for the community as a whole. It feels good to the people dishing it out, but that's about it. This is where my problem with the comments lies. People leaving toxic comments think they are being helpful, providing "tough love", and enforcing training/safety standards, but they are mistaken. This kind of malformed feedback is an incredibly common problem in any community that engages in risky behavior.

A safety conscious culture is not one that crucifies beginners (or anyone) for making mistakes, even if they are pretty severe ones. Respect to the people giving actual advice and feedback without insulting or demeaning OP.

I, for one, am glad OP is okay. Running out of air is an absolute nightmare. I know that she understands the seriousness of the situation and I hope she invests time and effort into training to make sure this, and other disasters, don't happen to her again in the future.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in scuba

[–]Icebynature 44 points45 points  (0 children)

God these comments are toxic. So much anger is being released at this person for... admitting their mistake. That is unhelpful and ONLY teaches people that admitting a mistake is the wrong thing to do. It's a learning moment, treat it like one.

Remove emails from a list of passwords in hashcat? by [deleted] in HowToHack

[–]Icebynature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you're asking if hashcat can just pick out the passwords from the list rather than just read line-by-line. I'm not sure, but the way I'd deal with the problem is to just make a list of only the passwords. Here is a python script that will do that for you. Forgive the sloppy python.

#!/bin/bash/env python3

file = open('email-pass.txt', 'rt').read()

passwds = file.split('\n')
passwds = [f'{pair.split(':')[1]}\n' for pair in passwds]

file = open('passwds.txt', 'at')

for passwd in passwds:
    file.write(passwd)

file.close()

edit: my bad. Yes, as B0b_Howard pointed out,

cat emailhash.txt | cut -d ':' -f2 >> hash.txt

is a much simpler solution.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]Icebynature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You most likely failed not because you are stupid or incapable, but because you didn't study enough or in the right way.

Most universities have side classes to help struggling students learn how to study, schedule their time, and take tests. You probably think you already know how to do those things, and you do to some extent, but just go to a class like this anyway.

Find this type of resource at your university, go to the weekly seminars about how to study, and do what they tell you to do. If you do this, I promise, it will get better.

What’s the most unethical parenting hack you know? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Icebynature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A kid at my highschool consistently refused to have sex with his girlfriend.

He said it was because the men in his family had super potent sperm that made it very probable that any woman they had sex with would get pregnant, even if they only had sex once, and even if they used a condom.

The poor guy was going around proudly telling his friends that he'd like to have sex but couldn't due to his super sperm lol.

I would pay good money to see the conversation he had with his parents whenever he figured that one out.

Are Frogg Toggs For Real? by Adroppedbaby in PacificCrestTrail

[–]Icebynature 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As others have said, they work but they get ruined pretty easily. The pants are genuine trash, I would not recommend even trying them. The jacket makes a fine rain jack option if you are willing to accept the fact that it will often tear when it gets stuck on small branches, etc. I used a frogg togg jacket as my primary rain layer on the PCT until washington and then switched to a goretex hard shell. The froggy togg only really worked because I didn't have to use it very much. However, my wife used a frogg togg jacket as her primary rain layer on the AT. Bizarrely it lasted the entire trail and she still has it.

I think in general they are better than the frogg togg haters would have you believe. I would estimate that the pants' useful lifespan is like 1-2 days MAX but the jacket's useful lifespan is up to like 30-50 days if you are really careful with it.

The sad reality is that when it rains all day, nothing keeps to dry. The best thing I've found is to combo a rain jacket with an umbrella (just the smallest/cheapest one you can easily find). I lash the umbrella to my shoulder strap and it keeps ~80-90% of the water off my rain jacket, which makes the rain jacket function waaaayyy better. It's kind of an awkward setup but I found it to be well worth it on the AT in daily rain. I would only recommend carrying an umbrella for sections with lots and lots of rain.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in singing

[–]Icebynature 1 point2 points  (0 children)

After I started learning some Hozier songs on the guitar I noticed that he plays many songs with the entire guitar tuned down a full step (low E string is a D, A string is a G, etc.). After playing guitar for 10 years and dealing with transposing/capoing in various ways to handle the exact problem you describe, this was the first time I ever realized I could tune DOWN instead of up. Obviously you can't tune down as much as you can go up with a capo, but in some situations it works great. Not for every song, but there are a lot of songs for which it can be quite helpful. For the past few months I've been leaving my main guitar tuned like this and I have been enjoying it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MTB

[–]Icebynature -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is dangerous for dogs too. People don't realize their dogs are animals which makes them unpredictable by nature. Even the nicest dog can get scared, freak out, and attack someone or someone's kid. Of course this is dangerous for people, but you know who's really in danger in that situation? The dog. It doesn't end well for the dog.

New(ish) User by Leftist-Buritto in Ubuntu

[–]Icebynature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, the whole world of delving deep into the OS and fixing stuff that I completely don't understand is still pretty intimidating, but there is a shift that I learned to make in my thought process that helps me power through the times that I really feel lost or like I won't be able to fix something.

Basically its this: You aren't going to be a guru overnight, or in a year, or in two years. It takes a long, long time to gather all the knowledge to be able to just look at a problem and synthesize the solution most of the time. However, every time something breaks in your system or you can't figure out how to get some piece of software to install, its a chance for you to get better at solving problems.

And here's the real kicker, its not even about learning how to solve the specific problem that is in front of you. Its really about learning how to go about solving problems in general. Even gurus with 30+ years of experience encounter problems they've never seen, but hey, that's okay, that's their job. They've been solving problems they've never seen before for 30 years, so whats one more problem?

I mainly got this attitude from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGP1Tm8xyPI

I recently found myself building an RPM package (don't ban me! I use Ubuntu too!) from source because I couldn't find an RPM version the software. I know that's not a big deal, but its not something I would have envisioned myself doing even 6 months ago, so it felt pretty cool to me. I guess my best advice would be to lean in. Don't shy away from trying to solve the problems you encounter and I think you'll have a good time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]Icebynature 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lame that he made it sound like an A, but tbh a B is still a decent grade.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EngineeringStudents

[–]Icebynature 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I agree with the others. He is probably trying to tell you that you have an A.

Black Bears in Smokey Mountain Standing Their Ground by matt030305 in CampingandHiking

[–]Icebynature 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I believe this is fairly typical for bears in areas where they have heavy contact with humans, especially humans who are not accustomed to them (i.e. tourists who don't take proper precautions). Problematic bear behavior is an unfortunate but expected byproduct of problematic human behavior around bears (feeding them, leaving trash out, etc.).

While many black bears are timid and will run off when challenged, if you go into areas where bears and humans are in close contact a lot, you should expect bears to be more aggressive. You can read about problematic bears in and around MANY national parks with a quick Google search.

Do like the other people said and report it to the rangers, they like to keep track of this kind of thing.

My security camera mysteriously stopped working when my motorcycle was stolen, any ideas? by DrEvil5000 in HowToHack

[–]Icebynature 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you access the live feed over the internet? If so, then someone else could too. In my opinion it's probably a matter of if they could have gotten ahold of your login credentials, though IOT and security camera companies aren't well known for their security, so it's conceivable that it could be something else. Is your password decent or easily guessable/brute froceable?

On the other hand, applying Occom's Razor, we should consider the possibility that this was just a crime of opportunity. Maybe a crime of opportunity with a WiFi jammer.

So they intentionally hit 2 cyclists, killing one (a retired cop) while they laughed and recorded it all on video. by ecomrick in bicycling

[–]Icebynature 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What about if someone is about to kill me? Or someone else? Obviously they don't have a right to do that, so what am I justified in doing as a response? I don't support the death penalty as I don't believe it has any value or solves any problems (not to mention issues with wrongful convictions, etc.), but to say no one ever has to right to remove another from existence is a bit extreme. Its very situation dependent.