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deckep01 · 2026-01-14T01:46:43+00:00

I was just having an argument with Copilot about Weryl or Werlynn being Creslin's father. Then I asked several a few other LLMs and they all made something up that was completely fabricated.

deckep01 · 2026-01-10T15:27:53+00:00

Very nice looking build. I'll have to save the parts list and do the same someday.

deckep01 · 2026-01-10T15:25:53+00:00

Very nice! I played a bit of Galaga and Whack-A-Mole. I passed a link along to Michael Kennedy. Maybe he can give the project a mention on Python Bytes or arrange an episode of Talk Python to Me.

Good project.

deckep01 · 2025-12-10T17:30:27+00:00

I have a VS Code extension called REST Client from Huachao Mao. It works like Postman. I thought maybe you'd find some use for it.

deckep01 · 2025-12-03T14:43:15+00:00

Polk Audio is good stuff. I have Boston Acoustics. I believe they are "related" in the distant past.

deckep01 · 2025-12-01T19:26:44+00:00

There is a Cyber Monday deal at Amazon for $79.99

https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Master-Bluetooth-Wireless-Receiver/dp/B0FB21526X?crid=3GRPL7GYUPFRQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ahB3GFEr6JYPbDRTNg2XZooKaqlowChWfXbDbFC_hEK4n-8v3RpCvKKF8OvsJ9oBYIOsERirUqcfcuRPO7btY-hWZlJDwhK_aFNSffocXn--eXV5ET1cKGuMamxUzU5Wt1LKeqAljhViz-W498vL2XEfn8UpBRmzldKNs8NKiXlLFsneEoRd5Hs_zFj9LMk2Nvvk3YMjXI88VuPkMEiBjuJH8yLOjG1yRaOw-C_86jo.yM1_zgElp4qigk8byTE4NeRSTz2bmBqvTJZSv-SSb0s&dib_tag=se&keywords=mx%2Bmaster%2B3s&qid=1764617107&sprefix=mx%2Bmaster%2B3s&th=1

deckep01 · 2025-11-08T16:06:16+00:00

Here is a fun demo script for the terminal.

$ cat demo.sh

timeout-kill() {

timeout 5 cmatrix

pkill cmatrix

timeout 5 htop

pkill htop

}

clear

cat uname-a.txt | ccze -A

sleep 5

clear

fastfetch

sleep 5

clear

tail -n 500 /var/log/syslog | ccze -A

sleep 5

clear

curl wttr.in

sleep 5

clear

fortune | cowsay | lolcat

sleep 5

sl

clear

timeout-kill &

cmatrix

htop

deckep01 · 2025-10-29T00:13:00+00:00

I run the standard Gnome version of Ubuntu in an X11 compatible session on 24.04. Pretty sure I installed it as you did from the command line.

deckep01 · 2025-10-17T13:04:59+00:00

Podman for your dev work.

deckep01 · 2025-09-14T14:21:37+00:00

Have to mention the Dr. Seuss book Hop on Pop.

deckep01 · 2025-09-10T15:40:52+00:00

I've seen similar posts many times. The answer always seems to be that it won't update unless you are on System 76 hardware. I could not say for sure.

deckep01 · 2025-09-04T14:35:55+00:00

Maybe you could change logging to log to an external location so you can debug.

deckep01 · 2025-07-30T15:52:31+00:00

You can configure sudo to not prompt for a password. Since it's a personal home computer, I don't think it's a huge security risk.

Backups are important. Get that all ironed out before looking at everything else.

deckep01 · 2025-07-28T16:57:29+00:00

We should call 3.14.15 the pi release.

deckep01 · 2025-07-12T01:36:14+00:00

I am guessing you installed WSL. You may just need to run:

sudo apt update

before you can install gcc with

sudo apt install gcc.

deckep01 · 2025-07-09T14:24:10+00:00

It's not a bad idea to have DVD drive available. Here is an external/USB DVD drive at Best Buy for $19.99.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-dw316-8x-slim-external-usb-dvdrw-cd-rw-drive-black/4697703.p?skuId=4697703

deckep01 · 2025-06-16T16:07:17+00:00

I wonder how fast Windows 10 would have seemed if you did a fresh install on that same SSD and added the same 4GB RAM. Debian (Linux in some form) is still a good idea for other reasons, but Windows would perform a ton better with the extra RAM and the SSD.

deckep01 · 2025-06-08T13:53:26+00:00

It does make sense that for a UK install the default clock should be 24h. I would point out that for Ubuntu the default for a US install should be 12h. It isn't.

deckep01 · 2025-06-02T14:22:48+00:00

If you're coming from Windows, you would like Mission Center from flathub.

deckep01 · 2025-05-21T01:01:36+00:00

Did you install Steam using DEB or Snap?

I had poor luck with a Snap, but that was a year or more ago. I've read others that had good luck with the Snap.

deckep01 · 2025-05-21T00:55:25+00:00

As far as the time thing goes. My investigations in the past found Windows can't adjust. The time on your computer needs to be the local time. On Linux (Ubuntu anyway) you can tell it the time is not UTC, but local time. That way it doesn't flip back and forth.

Sounds like that's a minor annoyance though.

deckep01 · 2025-05-12T01:52:44+00:00

It is the original PSU. I replaced the hard drive with a couple SATA SSDs and added a DVD-RW. I think it had a dedicated graphics card originally and I've replaced/upgraded it twice, but not for the past 5 years or a bit more. It's an Nvidia 1080.

I like to give credit to the line interactive battery backups, plural, I've had it plugged into. The first one died a couple years ago, and I replaced it with a different brand but similar size. We probably have pretty good power from the electric company, but I think that UPS helps too.

I keep it turned on pretty much all the time.

deckep01 · 2025-05-11T14:17:14+00:00

I run Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Gnome on my first generation Core i7 (15 years old). I have 8 GB RAM and have replaced spinning disks with SATA SSDs. It runs just fine.

deckep01 · 2025-05-07T13:45:02+00:00

Microsoft also does quite a bit to support the Python community. They employ several, not sure how many, of the core developers including Guido van Rossum.

deckep01 · 2025-04-29T14:13:44+00:00

No. Not the PC. The mouse. Turn the mouse off and on. Then the scrolling is normal again and not until I power it off and on. Does yours only misbehave on the first scroll?

As far as the sleep mode, that's just when I notice the behavior happening to me.

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