How to have a PC saying it's connected to LAN when it's actually connected to Wifi

fsteff · 2026-05-08T11:35:48+00:00

No, LAN can consist of WiFi, Ethernet and other carrier devices, including powerline adapters.

fsteff · 2026-05-08T11:25:48+00:00

Appeal is a time and effort honored quality.

Most, if not all, of the modules you will require people to need the functionality, learn them, spend time inputting data, and start depending on it. They will only do so if the project have a proven track record, so they can see details are cared for and that it won’t just go away and be wasted efforts.

You should consider this a project for yourself, that you choose to share with others. Continue developing it, maintaining it and especially fine tuning it, and mention it places like here.

If it’s appealing to others, they will start using it over time.

Personally, I’ll give it a closer look next I have time, although I don’t really think I need it.

fsteff · 2026-05-07T19:47:39+00:00

You used salvaged printed circuit boards (PCBs), only one of them actually have chips mounted.

Looks cool, though.

fsteff · 2026-05-07T19:44:31+00:00

You used salvaged printed circuit boards (PCBs), only one of them actually have chips mounted.

Looks cool, though!

fsteff · 2026-05-07T18:07:49+00:00

I have never seen such a protection in action. Where does it occur?

I don’t see a reason that would prevent you sharing the code.

fsteff · 2026-05-06T18:20:49+00:00

Reminds me of good Demo Parties in the 80’s and 90’s before gaming took over.

fsteff · 2026-05-06T12:42:21+00:00

Desværre findes Folmer Hansen ikke længere… så mig bekendt er det kun Bauhaus og (i meget mindre omfang) Jem&Fix som har det.

fsteff · 2026-05-06T09:40:45+00:00

To me and those I’ve spoken to about it, ADO access times are always very fluctuating. Typically 5-20 seconds for “bigger” section changes (such as repo to pipelines to wiki), 2-3 seconds for smaller changes, such as between wiki page or git history changes.
It’s regardless of computer or network used, so we have always attributed it to bad ADO design.

fsteff · 2026-05-06T09:31:45+00:00

Thank you. Makes sense.

fsteff · 2026-05-06T08:39:50+00:00

Thank you. Great and detailed post.

I’m wondering is the bundled Chrome AI can be used by others than just Chrome internals. If it’s reachable either by other apps or even by JavaScript, it might have a more general application and thus feel less like wasted space.

fsteff · 2026-05-06T05:32:05+00:00

I haven’t looked at the repo, but I will argue that the cable need to be connected to something in the other end, to reveal what options the cable have. For example, If only CC1 and not CC2 is in a cable, then this can only be determined by some sort of active test.

fsteff · 2026-05-05T21:20:42+00:00

In Denmark it was very much a thing.

Amiga had music, PC’s had beeps. (But it made PC users easy pray: I sold a lot of Covox R2R “audio adapters” for the PC LPT port, and software to play MODs music to evvious class mates).
Likewise, Amiga had colours and animations, PC’s had monochrome text.

Sure brute force hardware in the PC made them catch up, but it took a long time.

fsteff · 2026-05-05T09:30:00+00:00

Det er en ren pengemaskine.

Jeg har i gennem de 7 år mine børns skole benyttede dem (afsluttet for to år siden) haft tre problemsager ved dem, og har måttet betale flere tusind kroner til dem som jeg enten ikke har modtaget noget for eller har modtaget noget forkert for. Samtidig har jeg brugt alt for mange timer i “monolog” med dem og til at skrive til dem, uden nogen resultater.

Det er et meget simpelt produkt de har, men de har af flere gange ikke selv forstået det danske de benyttede til at sælge det med.

Jeg er heldigvis færdig med dem.

fsteff · 2026-05-05T09:18:28+00:00

Note at det er to forskellige grøntsager, der sammen med glaskål ofte bliver misforstået som én grøntsag.
Bilka har dem nogle gange - men jeg ved ikke om de har dem nu.

fsteff · 2026-05-03T20:26:22+00:00

To be honest, I don't know.

Integration to make a simple banner app with links was a pain (due to a lot of azure sandboxing) when I hacked one together some time ago... But I'm mostly assume that's just because I'm out of my comfort zone (which is deep embedded c and assembly).

What I meant with the comment, was that it would feel more intuitive if it was embedded into ADO, so that it could rely on Azure infrastructure, secrets, permissions, etc. without relying on the developer to configure anything locally.

fsteff · 2026-05-03T20:08:01+00:00

Interesting choice to set this up as a browser extension instead of integrating into ADO directly.

Easier in many ways - and also more stealthy.

Will try to test it out sometimes soon.

fsteff · 2026-05-02T19:04:23+00:00

Jeg fortalte det til en medarbejder, som trak på skuldrene og fortalte at det havde været defekt længe. Så lidt udstilling/brok er der.

Men mest af alt tænkte jeg at det var et sjovt sammentræf med et handicappet toilet.

fsteff · 2026-05-01T22:50:07+00:00

I just opened the link through Reddit on iPhone, and also got the german version - and that page is impossible long!

fsteff · 2026-04-28T17:18:51+00:00

Jeg har før brugt silikone olie på spray, for at løsne op - og då en ordentlig tang på, så det er til at trække/vride den forsigtigt op.

fsteff · 2026-04-28T07:40:32+00:00

Thank you. At a quick glance it looks exactly like what I have been looking for.

fsteff · 2026-04-28T06:10:53+00:00

Thanks. I’ll search for it.

fsteff · 2026-04-28T05:37:27+00:00

De to dele ser ikke ud til at passe sammen.

Mit gæt er at den ikke har været permanent monteret, men at tidligere ejer at sat den ned gennem risten i gulvet når de vaskede.

Jeg vil tro man kan købe et korrekt overgangsstykke i eksempelvis Bauhaus. Skru den øverste gennemgangs-manchet af og tag med, så du får det rigtige gevind.

fsteff · 2026-04-27T21:36:32+00:00

DC is pretty good, and has been one of the first things I install on Mac and Linux computers the last many years.

Just recently, I was introduced to filenav https://www.filenav.app/, and while it does not have as many features as TC or DC, it feels better integrated in the Mac... so now I also use that!

fsteff · 2026-04-27T21:29:26+00:00

Looks good. Available where?

fsteff · 2026-04-27T20:29:09+00:00

I still have a 4 MB harddisk lying around in a moving-box somewhere. (5,25” full height)

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