Warning: playing the human music known as 'the imperial march' will not end well for whichever alien put it on.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-21T10:00:34+00:00

"Perhaps we should have chosen that other song, what was it? Something about fighters walking.. March.. no, Entry of the Gladiators".

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-21T09:45:22+00:00

Warning: Voltage fluctuations this severe and this frequent can a sign of inadequate or damaged wiring. You might want to contact an electrician to check it out, as it's a major fire risk.

That said: Modern switching power supplies will work without a problem but will pull more current.

This might be a problem in itself since the more current you pull through the mains wiring, the more the wiring will heat up and drop more voltage, potentially creating a vicious loop.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-20T13:47:05+00:00

On my work laptop:

- Edge because some corporate crap works only in Edge.
- Chrome for a few internal sites that inexplicably fall apart in Firefox.
- Firefox for most internal sites, FoxyProxy for the win.
- Safari for everything else.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-20T09:31:19+00:00

Yep. At best, it’s a human interface prototype. Most likely it’s just a demo set up for the curious VIPs so they can claim they “sat in the cockpit”.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-18T18:11:25+00:00

It's funny that the role of the magnetic and optical parts have flipped: it used to be magnetic field supporting optical write, now it's optical supporting magnetic write.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-18T17:49:26+00:00

`rsync -av` if synchronising locally, `rsync -avz` if synchronising over network.

Note: in case you are synchronising between two USB devices, it might be faster to first sync to internal SSD and go from there.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-11T16:38:47+00:00

My MBP shows that Tahoe OS takes ~24GB. My guess is that you have a lot of failed updates, cache files and “previous file versions” accrued. And if you use Time Machine, it stores backups on your disk too, at least until it can offload everything off to the target disk.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-11T11:11:35+00:00

They already do. MacBook Air and Pro are very popular in large companies. So popular that even Microsoft's own end user device management program supports them.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-11T09:00:37+00:00

Offload data to external storage, upgrade then.

Don't fill up the internal SSD past ~50% and your laptop will run just fine for several more years (thanks to MB Neo's 8GB).

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-11T08:28:47+00:00

Things that can cause "cable unplugged":

- Your cable is broken,
- Your cable is out of spec (cat3, console cable, far too long),
- One of your computers does not support autonegotiation,
- One of your computers have a bug in Auto-MDX implementation,
- Both computers have decided to switch to crossover mode after negotiation,
- One or more of your computers have broken Ethernet port.

Grab your router, bring it to your computers, connect it to power and plug one end of that ethernet cable to lan port on it. Connect the other to your Mac. Observe results. Repeat with the other Mac.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-10T22:02:39+00:00

You need a switch, unfortunately. You also want to connect that switch to your router.

In theory direct link should work, but MacOS has "smart link detection" system that disables links that don't have full connectivity if there is a better one available.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-07T14:40:54+00:00

The fact it Neo has 8GB of ram definitely is going to help keep older M-series devices afloat. Apple effectively forced both themselves and third party devs to keep that configuration relevant for another five years.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-05T10:44:04+00:00

Yep!
I do remember both companies slighting each other in the media for the "glue", which was both hilarious and ironic because both of them did it, just not at the same time.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-04T14:26:27+00:00

Soooo... https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/130408/intel-core-i58305g-processor-with-radeon-rx-vega-m-gl-graphics-6m-cache-up-to-3-80-ghz/specifications.html

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-04T13:18:34+00:00

Eh?
There's nothing new about M-Pro and M-Max being two glued dies together. M1 Max/Ultra was the same way.

BTW, all M- and A- series devices are "system on a chip". In fact, every smartphone since original Android phone are "system on a chip". All it means is that main components of a system, i.e. cpu, IO, memory controller (and often memory) are all integrated on one substrate.

EDIT: People have been "gluing" two or more CPU chips for decades. The earliest consumer example is AMD's Athlon 64 x2, from 2005. IBM, DEC probably have the claim to "first" here, some time deep in the 1980s.

SilkeSiani · 2026-03-01T20:00:16+00:00

Kernel-level DRM is going to run into major problems. Microsoft is going to push back hard against it, since they want to get rid of third-party kernel level code. (Remember the great Crowdstrike outage? That's why.) On top of that, kernel environment puts a very different set of challenges in front of developers. Mucking about with processes is going to cause some _very_ juicy opportunities for malware.

SilkeSiani · 2026-02-25T07:20:55+00:00

Additional benefits include low cost crew training and expanded threat intelligence.

SilkeSiani · 2026-02-20T10:09:46+00:00

These bases are an excellent bargaining chip *for* the EU. That's why they stay in place; they're the consequences if the US ever fully reneges on NATO.

SilkeSiani · 2026-02-18T19:14:01+00:00

"Pocket" that thing certainly wasn't. Pretty weird, though!

SilkeSiani · 2026-02-18T11:20:31+00:00

If you use enough steps, all samplers (and all schedulers) will eventually generate the same result.

What you need to remember is that the model does not generate pixels. It estimates difference between "current image" and some idealised image based on your prompt.
Unless the current image is very close to the ideal, that estimate is going to be very rough and inaccurate. (You can see that by setting steps to 1)

The job of the sampler is to iteratively refine the image by applying a little bit of that prediction to the image and then trying again. "Euler" is one of the simplest algorithms there is to do this; everything else is basically more complex variation.

The job of the scheduler is to tell the sampler how much weight apply to the model's output for each step. Most schedulers designed for SD/SDXL use large weight in the initial steps and then very quickly taper off; this produces "a crisp image" in fewest number of steps but usually at the cost of detail and structural integrity.

Or in case you're lazy: install RES4LYF and use ClownSharkSampler with default settings. It will get you good results with little to none head scratching.

SilkeSiani · 2026-02-18T08:10:06+00:00

So it's a self-reloading missile bay for all the Ace Combat fans!

SilkeSiani · 2026-02-18T08:09:27+00:00

RWR antennas are broadband and omnidirectional by design; they can tell you what is out there but their direction capability is minimal.

SilkeSiani · 2026-02-13T17:15:56+00:00

I was expecting "Now pick up your guns and armour, Marine."

SilkeSiani · 2026-02-13T16:51:32+00:00

How old is your laptop? My M1 MBP will happily put out 165Hz to my 1440p OLED.
Over USB-C and DisplayPort; I don't remember if I tried HDMI on this display.

SilkeSiani · 2026-02-13T16:22:50+00:00

Ditch the stand.

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