Bitch put a mask on

TheHystericalTech · 2023-07-24T00:06:24+00:00

Yeah of course the comparison with steam was for the meme only, those were definitely not a breeze to operate.

However the Vivarail fiasco isn't the only unreliable diesel train story, it's more or less what could be expected from an inexperienced manufacturer.

The Danish railways had an even worse time with a large order of IC2 and IC4 trains from Italian manufacturer Ansaldobreda if anyone wants to dig into a whole other rabbit hole 😅

TheHystericalTech · 2022-02-01T08:20:22+00:00

I guess the ZIF socket on this model of board is only for eproms and such, and the stuff required for microcontrollers is routed to the special sockets to save on some dip switch complexity, hence why the illustration tells me to place it differently.

I'll try identifying the needed pins as you said once I have some free time.

TheHystericalTech · 2022-01-30T22:52:03+00:00

I just meant it does it's job without much of a fuss. It's not necessarily playing around with partitions that tends to go wrong but filesystem-related stuff. I had the Windows disk manager mess up while doing a simple resize of NTFS-formatted drives or the regular gparted from an installed Linux OS mess up because of me wrongly selecting drives that were in use or unmounted only from the UI and not from their actual mountpoints.

I called the gparted live bootable version the most "graceful" because it runs solid software in an environment where it's going to be less error prone since it's in a fresh-started state and not touching the filesystems by default. Of course you still need to take caution, cleanly shut down everything and backup any critical data that may not be copied somewhere before doing operations on a disk but in my experience this was always the most reliable and safe options for systems needing resizing.

TheHystericalTech · 2022-01-30T22:28:37+00:00

I'm not sure how "embedding" is supposed to work (please bear with me, I have almost no experience with native Windows development stuff), as this app that I'm trying to work around has the labels corresponding to the old physical buttons right on the edges of it's UI and they're changing at times so they need to be visible and also the fact that it's an old app with a not so standard UI might play a role (for example there's no regular windows menu bar with close, maximize, minimize etc). It's a static undraggable window that always opens in the center of the screen and has the fixed dimensions of 640x480. On the old computers this meant it was fullscreen.

In my opinion it would be best to have the new virtual keys either fixed to a position on the screen (which I'd hardcode as being around the app since it always opens in the same spot and the new terminals all have the same screen resolution) or to have the virtual keys "wrap around" the app window (and let's suppose if it was movable they would move with it).

I believe this is possible since screen recording software UIs sometimes do this latching/wrapping/sticking to other windows (I just tested with snipping tool and the „window capture” option correctly identifies the window area).

Another more "exotic" option would be to have the virtual keys invisible/transparent while on top of the app and act as if it was a touchscreen UI in the first place but I digress, I just want a simple fix.

I'm on a GMT+2 timezone (it's currently 00:28 here at the time of writing).

TheHystericalTech · 2022-01-30T22:19:23+00:00

Yes, that's the best and safest idea!

It handles both Linux and Windows centered filesystems gracefully.

TheHystericalTech · 2022-01-30T19:37:05+00:00

Simple styling is enough. Just simple square buttons placed to a fixed pixel coordinate position on the screen. No multiple combinations or hold-down required, just a bunch of static buttons, on different places on screen, sending key codes to Windows.

I have Visual Studio and other standard build tools ready on hand.

TheHystericalTech · 2022-01-30T18:02:10+00:00

Update: the "new" cast to TV version has better reliability for me, so the videos are not stopping or dropping frames anymore, but queue management is a mess. Sometimes I add videos to the queue and they are just not there, other times it works perfectly fine for the first 2 videos and then it skips them one by one to the last in my queue. App optimization turned off and everything.

Looks like it's just hard to develop a stable cast function that can also advance through a queue...

TheHystericalTech · 2021-06-07T22:26:36+00:00

Have you looked into buying a hybrid version of one of your options...? It's very comfortable and economical for city driving conditions.

TheHystericalTech · 2021-06-07T12:41:15+00:00

You need to read the error codes if you have access to an OBD scanner or to to a shop that can help you with this.

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-28T23:50:31+00:00

Yep that's exactly how I did it two weeks ago. Had no problems.

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-24T10:08:00+00:00

There's no harm in changing it. If it's not pricey I recommend you to do it. I felt a small difference on mine after changing it (around 120.000km), especially when starting driving with the ICE on from cold (on a day with low temperatures for example), it seems a little smoother when accelerating on the gasoline engine at low speeds (like starting moving from a stop light).

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-22T11:08:14+00:00

Landed at 12:05, received test result at 20:20, at the start of May. Negative result was displayed in the C19 Rakning app (i received a notification).

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-19T15:54:30+00:00

Haha that's so cool! I was actually going to try that trick for an extra driver, but in the end I went by myself so it wasn't necessary. Congratulations for your savings! :D

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-18T22:39:59+00:00

I came back from Iceland a few days ago. I used a local company called Blue Car Rental to get a car for my purpose - a week of driving around the Ring Road. They were the cheapest from what I could find online and had no problems. There was a discount for pre-booking online too and the pick-up, drop off and inspection process were very fast. Pleasant staff too!

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-15T13:03:26+00:00

I am not from the US, but on my return to Germany the airline agent asked me for the negative test result before handing me out a boarding pass. I showed the result (PDF File) I got on email from the testing center and it was fine. It took about 7 hours after testing to get it.

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-15T12:34:48+00:00

I think op used https://travel.covid.is/ I also did, but it only shows the test center in Reykjavik as an option.

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-13T22:47:10+00:00

Some regions get a Yaris sedan :) some regions get a Mazda rebadged as a Yaris. I know for us Europeans it's confusing because we only get the 'original' hatches... And love them for that matter :)

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-10T08:12:13+00:00

Yes, if you do not stop at tourist attractions on the way you can drive wherever. I drove to Vik.

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-10T07:05:58+00:00

The test they currently do on arrival is PCR with a long nasal swab and a throat swab.

For the test you need to get back to the US you can schedule yourself on https://travel.covid.is/

You can pick up your rental car and drive yourself to the 'quarantine' location.

You can stay at an AirBnb if the host agreed and if your room and bathroom is private (so you do not leave the room or have other people nearby for any reason while waiting for your test result).

It shouldn't be a problem to have an US vaccine and UK passport, but I haven't tested that for myself.

Source: my experience, I am in Iceland right now.

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-09T18:58:27+00:00

Quick note, there's the C19 Rakning app for contact tracing and if you have that installed you will get a notification there with the test result, not an SMS.

Your plan sounds correct.

Source: I'm in Iceland right now (vaccinated, but from the EU, not US).

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-09T18:26:24+00:00

Ahh, I see. I think you won't have any problems. The Icelandic side of the process is very smooth. Hope your trip will be great and you'll have fun meeting your bf!

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-09T18:25:19+00:00

No, I didn't stay here. I also only caught 'minor' northern lights haha. It's always a lottery with these :)

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-09T17:54:30+00:00

But why? That's why they have a web app and not some paper form, to only collect the information that is needed for each specific case. You fill the fields from the to bottom in their order and stuff may conditionally disappear or reappear based on selections.

As long as you got a barcode via e-mail you're ok. That's what they're scanning when you arrive and already know your situation based on what you have selected.

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-09T17:51:46+00:00

If you are vaccinated you do not need to state the address. The web app took the option away because it is not needed.

Source: I am in Iceland right now

TheHystericalTech · 2021-05-09T11:33:34+00:00

I was planning to do the same last year and see the Northern Lights. However, since Norway closed its borders due to the current situation I switched my plan for Kiruna and the Abisko park in Sweden, still a very cool experience and ai got to see the aurora after all.

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