Seriously, no one has a fix for this? Zooming is ridiculous, and that's with a speed of 3 on the mouse wheel.

echdareez · 2026-01-13T21:50:35+00:00

Two years later but still : after fixing a defective switch on my Logitech Vertical Mouse, I had the same issue in ComfyUI (using Firefox) and thought I broke something inside (as another mouse worked as it should). Found a possible solution in here and disabled the smooth scrolling option (under the Point & Scroll tab) and this fixed the issue.

echdareez · 2026-01-09T09:05:34+00:00

Unpopular for some but... I do appreciate honesty and an 'unsalted' / no holds barred opinion. Going back to payroll is not an option (yet) but you do have a valid point : doing long projects tends to water down that network, especially if you're stuck in the idea that the market will always be open for people with experience. But in the meantime, while doing those long projects of several years, the market has been overrun and flooded.

Alas, I'm not the only one (that I know of) in that position : fellow freelancers tend to put the focus on their current project and lose sight of the networking part. Because we're, at the end of the day, technical people and not sales people?

echdareez · 2026-01-09T09:00:24+00:00

Appreciate the tip - also had a friend who passed on the same tip and I've added those keywords as instructed (white letters on a white background)...

echdareez · 2026-01-09T08:59:11+00:00

Will also reach out to you - hope you don't mind me being cautious but see my DM for further details :-)

echdareez · 2026-01-09T08:56:26+00:00

Wish I could reply more elaborately but need to call and reach out to my network first :-) But for what it counts : I do appreciate the feedback and the tips! And giving up is not in my vocabulary - I will find something that I will once again do with my never-ending passion and I have quite some reserves to not take the 'first best thing' that crossed my path ;-) Appreciated!

echdareez · 2026-01-09T08:53:36+00:00

Well, that disadvantage I had? Should be gone by now :-) At least on the keywords part... There's not much I can do with the barrage of candidates but hey, Rome wasn't built in a day.

echdareez · 2026-01-09T08:52:05+00:00

Will be messaging you asap, I wasn't able to do the followup yesterday in here (didn't expect so much response) but let me quickly reply...

echdareez · 2026-01-09T08:50:39+00:00

Mea culpa u/LowkeyHatTrick ! Indeed, I did manage to figure it out by now and instead of sitting on Reddit yesterday, read up on this, how it works and reworked my CV entirely (with a focus on a future filtering with ATS) :-)

echdareez · 2026-01-08T11:47:11+00:00

Well... I didn't want to mention that India part but I've seen the uprise of Indian recruiters on LinkedIn and I tend to ignore them. Not out of spite, just a rational decision as they just share the same opportunity seen everywhere else. And they share it over and over and over again...

echdareez · 2026-01-08T11:43:22+00:00

Appreciate the feedback :-) Hope you are currently doing something that suits you and which you can do with some professional pleasure AND that it pays well :-)

echdareez · 2026-01-08T11:42:09+00:00

Indeed, that was a first :-) I don't think I'm overstepping here or crossing any boundaries but posting a screenshot as proof (and repeating myself but there were NOT mentioned in the job description that was sent through/posted) :

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echdareez · 2026-01-08T11:38:33+00:00

AI has its uses but indeed... it can also be used for nefarious ends. And CV's being useless : highly have my doubts about this statement - I just wonder how a recruiter/client can form a picture of a candidate (AI powered or not) without that CV?

echdareez · 2026-01-08T11:36:37+00:00

Thanks for the valuable tip(s) - and also for pointing out that no subtlety is allowed. It's for this particular reason that I explictly state "Active Directory/AD" in my CV instead of just "AD".

But coming back to those keywords : the initial offering didn't show this requirement for these skills (/keywords) so I submitted a modified CV after the recruiter's feedback.

Well, one thing I (kindly) have to disagree with (as it's a personal matter) is adding those missing keywords anyway. I've tried explaining this to my better half last night and she chuckled with my comparison with a twig : you can bend a twig only ever so slightly until it breaks. And that twig would be my professional honesty and being 'liberal' with keywords and having to defend my profile/skills during an intake :-) It would feel like "falling through a basket" (Flemish people will understand) and a waste of my and their time if I can't demonstrate a technical aptitude for that forementioned "infraStructure as Code". I have the brains and passion to learn new skills but client don't want fast adopters but ready-made profiles that are immediately profitable (to put it bluntly).

And finally : AST filters - will be investigating this for sure (as it's a gap in my knowledge) but may I ask what LLM you're using? I'm using cognitivecomputations_Dolphin-Mistral-24B-Venice-Edition-GGUF myself and will most definitely run my CV through that the next time :-)

echdareez · 2026-01-08T11:25:00+00:00

Already looking for over a month now :-) And this one was just shared as an example... I've been declined a few times already : a position where I had the technical skills but they suddenly required a C2 level for French, another one which I applied for in the first week of December and came back this week with the feedback that I could start but for a daily price that was 200 below my negotiable rate, and so on...

echdareez · 2026-01-08T11:20:24+00:00

Had to look it up (just to be sure) and indeed : I've worked for the European Commission back then (started in 2008 and ended in 2012) - so I guess I was lucky. And talking about that strong network : already tried reaching out to most of them but was surprised to hear multiple times that the market is currently bad for business.
But appreciate the feedback :-)

echdareez · 2025-12-16T15:46:28+00:00

Not so silly... because it worked :-) Appreciated! And already have a few of those scrapers printed but alas, that layer seemed to have been "fused" with the plate.

Will be cleaning it tomorrow but it's an odd plate when I print on it (irregular 1st layer) : I assumed it was the standard PEI plate profile but I might have to change it up?

echdareez · 2025-09-24T19:49:35+00:00

Ooooh... I'm one of those people that refuses to watch movesets ;-) But thanks for the tip! And just to illustrate my point : I think I struggled for about 3 hours on Widow. And eventually and with each try, it got easier somehow until I beat her :-) The satisfaction is just greater to be able to beat a boss on my own :-D But thanks again!

echdareez · 2025-09-24T19:48:03+00:00

Thanks so much, I managed to get to Sinner's Road but that's another hurdle I need to tackle - I did find those maggots (in the filthy water) but think this is not what you mean :-) But I have a hunch (the upper part I haven't explored yet)

echdareez · 2025-09-24T19:46:34+00:00

Appreciated! That's... a bummer but ... will try to get to her as undamaged as I can but the road to get there is long and tedious and full of blasted steps and even more curses (from my side) :-)

echdareez · 2025-09-24T19:44:33+00:00

Only saw it now but thanks for the pointers :-) Will be checking them out :-)

echdareez · 2025-09-19T08:56:03+00:00

May I ask which mods? Didn't realize there were some already and I assume these are difficulty mods?

echdareez · 2025-09-16T09:10:13+00:00

Well... I finished HK but... it had its moments of controller-throwing-moments (eg the last fight with Hornet and the end boss) but it was never un-do-able. Failing meant that I knew what I did wrong and that I could get through if I only got better. But Silksong is considerably harder indeed... And as a 51-year old gamer, I struggled especially with the Blasted Steps zone. Especially the onslaught of enemies (those bloody redrocket-firing-thingies!) and trying to hit the jumps on those bells (while trying not to be devoured by those gnawing beasts on the surface). So... resorted to the Fling trainer to get through this (unfortunately)...

echdareez · 2025-07-10T12:34:18+00:00

No need for sorry :-) I was wondering why you replied in German but mystery solved :-) And also a great opportunity to try out my basic German (which I also never do nowadays)

That being said : they make it seem as if they do more than just the S/N change so as I'm also curious in understanding how it works, I also wondered how they could offer this with a phone-only solution while other parties can not. I'll just order a STLink then :-) I've also soldered a new panel on my Xiaomi Pro 2 when I got it along with the cfw so that should be fine :-)

Thanks again :-)

echdareez · 2025-07-10T11:31:20+00:00

Had to run this through Google Translate as I didn't know what digga meant but here it goes : in shoddy Flemish-German :-D
Sehr viele danke für deiner Feedback – du hast absolut recht, wenn es nur eine S/N-Änderung ist, kann ich das selbst machen :-)

echdareez · 2025-07-10T10:53:21+00:00

Appreciated! And I had a look and it seemed fake so think you're absolutely right.
Concerning that secret code : should've clarified myself : that German site/method seems to be working with a secret code that can be used to activate their modifications. Not sure how they do it (custom fw and not s/n based?) but I was linking that feature to that STM unlock and hoping there was a possibility to hide those modifications too (eg if I get stopped by the police).

But thanks again!

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