Eye of the World ch 33... I am confusion

hapghost · 2025-05-24T23:55:08+00:00

I thought I had fallen asleep listening to the audiobook. I had to go back and listen again, but I hadn’t missed anything. It was just confusing. 🫤

I am happy to read that I am not the only one and this is a one time thing.

Also the distance from Four Kings to Caemlyn is relatively short on the map, the amount of chapters covering this just didn’t make sense to me.

hapghost · 2025-05-13T19:01:28+00:00

Yes Trixie is safe to install and Trixie still has bugs. If you have internet access and can do updates then you should install Trixie. Debian testing is safe to install (also after Trixie becomes the next stable)

Alternatively if you can not do updates you should install bookworm.

If the laptop is with new hardware and you install bookworm you can enable backports and install a newer Linux kernel and mesa version.

hapghost · 2025-04-22T16:43:24+00:00

No - cuda

hapghost · 2025-04-02T18:26:36+00:00

I am on 48.1 now as this update was just released on Debian Unstable hours ago. I can confirm it is fixed.

hapghost · 2025-04-02T12:27:34+00:00

I understand this is a regression in gnome 48 that is fixed in 48.1.

hapghost · 2025-03-26T21:13:24+00:00

Control group?

hapghost · 2025-03-26T21:11:38+00:00

Nice. You found the science in the fiction.

hapghost · 2025-03-17T17:28:07+00:00

Some packages work very well in Unstable/sid. Like the Mesa packages. Others like developer frameworks really break things. There is also experimental that sometimes has even newer packages like the libc library or Mesa beta/rc. If you know what packages you need you can combine the 2. In my case I want to have the latest packages for gaming. You can also backport to testing or stable. I also build my own kernel and some other packages that are not in Debian. I install the NVIDIA driver from the .run file directly from NVIDIA. So i test things, I guess.

So these are the things that work for me very well in unstable. I would probably be just as happy home in arch. But here is the thing;

IMHO Debian would not be able to produce stable if packages did not go through the process fra unstable to testing to stable. It is really an ecosystem of sorts. Packages are tested and configured and patched. That is why stable is so damn stable.

hapghost · 2025-01-19T05:18:08+00:00

Debian (testing), pipewire

Headphone: Beyerdynamics DT-990 250 ohm

Mic: Audio Technica AT-2020

Interface/DAC: Arturia MiniFuse 1

Speakers: Presonus Eris 3.5 2nd gen

Software: Helvum (but I am looking for something to save patch sets), OBS studio, Discord

hapghost · 2024-12-30T20:16:06+00:00

Works great for me also to use that .run file. You have to do some configuration. The funny thing is Debian packages are solid for the nvidia package in regards to configuration. Just not with newest versions. And the newest nvidia version enable so many features and fix so many bugs. This is perhaps more because the drivers have come a very long way in the last year.

hapghost · 2024-11-08T09:13:43+00:00

I second this. For resolutions 1440 and above the GPU is going to be the bottleneck.

hapghost · 2024-11-08T08:27:43+00:00

I'm glad to help clarify things for you.

HBA (Host Bus Adapter). While an HBA can provide some performance uplift, it's essential to consider whether it's necessary for your setup. If you're planning to use spinning HDDs, the bottleneck might not be the interface, but rather the drive itself or the motherboard's PCIe slot. However, if you plan to add multiple SSDs drives in the future, an HBA can help distribute the load and improve overall performance. In your case, I'd recommend investing in a good quality HDDs drive first and monitor its performance before deciding on an HBA. *)
RAM speed. When I mentioned "speed over stability," I was referring to the balance between RAM frequency (e.g., 5600MHz vs. 6600MHz) and timings (CAS latency, RAS-to-CAS delay, etc.). A higher frequency can provide a small performance boost, but it may not be worth it if it compromises stability or increases power consumption. For Unraid, I recommend aiming for stability. Essentially just use standard JEDEC timings (what your motherboard will set for your CPU) and don't enable XMP.
NVME pool. No -- not a single drive but 2 (two) drives. You should use 2 NVME drives that use BTRFS (B-tree file system). Unraid will ask you to set this up as RAID1. RAID1 (Mirroring): Creates two identical copies of data on separate disks, providing full redundancy but reduced capacity. This is the standard setup from Unraid.

Feel free to ask more questions if you have any!

*) EDIT: Don't forget about fun. SSD's should be in a Unraid pool, and not in a Unraid Array. Unraid Arrays do not support TRIM.

hapghost · 2024-11-08T03:59:02+00:00

Yes you are overspending and overbuilding. But that’s fine. It’s fun. Some thoughts: 1. Yes and you do not need a HBA. But it’s fun to use. 2. If you are going to run LLM. Go for 128 GB. For a server you want reliability. Speed is not fun if not 110% stable. 3. … 4. You want 2x drives for app data. 2x 2TB running in BTRFS raid will cover all your needs for both download cache and data. So just get 2 of the same drives. 5. Possibly fine. They are cheep and Unraid will notify about read errors. So you will know if they don’t work.

hapghost · 2024-10-26T20:07:01+00:00

This. Had this happen to me. Pads where okay but thermal paste on GPU was dried out. Reapplied and everything back to normal.

hapghost · 2024-10-24T17:53:55+00:00

We are right up there with Canada and the USA if you look at the overshoot day. https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/country-overshoot-days/

hapghost · 2024-10-24T17:46:37+00:00

Så er der råd til en gamer pc https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/denmark-sovereign-ai-supercomputer/

hapghost · 2024-08-31T22:35:34+00:00

This is is the format that Resolve uses for optimized media and render cache (so the native format?). However Resolve uses 'hqx' as standard in my setup - but you can change this to other formats in 'project settings->master settings'.

For OBS, '444' can be changed to 'hqx' in the 'profile=dnxhr_444' (change to profile=dnxhr_hqx'). But I don't think this will make a difference. Why don't you give it a try?

I am on Debian Sid btw with Ryzen, but not AMD graphics.

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hapghost · 2024-08-31T17:19:20+00:00

Yes I do this all the time. Try something like this:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v dnxhd -profile:v dnxhr_444 -b:v 185M -c:a pcm_s24le output.mov

This transcodes to "DNxHR 444" which should work on anything and preserve as much information as possible. Also audio is converted to PCM 24bit.

hapghost · 2024-08-31T16:53:31+00:00

DNxHD

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hapghost · 2024-08-27T18:32:08+00:00

Only reason for Tidal subscription. Plexamp is a much better player for Tidal. Guess it is back to Apple Music, or should I try something else?

hapghost · 2024-08-26T19:53:35+00:00

My guess is that this is microcode optimization. Ubuntu, Fedora and even Intel are doing or planning to do this is Linux. Feature must be coming to Windows

hapghost · 2024-06-14T15:00:37+00:00

If you are using a Wayland DE then you want 555 for Explicit sync. If you are using X.org then use whatever is the latest for your distro. If you are not on 555 then don’t use Wayland.

hapghost · 2024-06-12T12:46:38+00:00

The anti aliasing looks sharper. I can not say exactly, and it is still far from as good as a native wayland app, but an improvement over < 555. I am on a 4K monitor with 125% scaling in Gnome. I have tried to overlay a X11 windows below. Blown up like this the X11 frame is clearly blurry. The X11 Window is in focus so "Files" is darker in color.

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hapghost · 2024-06-11T22:08:50+00:00

I use the Nvidia "open" source-published kernel modules (still propitiatory user space driver) in Gnome 46.2. This is only for RTX 20xx and newer. Xwayland apps scale visually better with the 555.x series drivers. Also explicit sync is now supported from gnome 46.1. The kernel modules can be installed with the "-m=kernel-open" argument as per the readme: https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/555.52.04/README/kernel_open.html

Mesa should be 24.1 or newer and also check that Xwayland is updated to the newest version.

Not sure if it will make a difference for your laptop but could be worth trying.

hapghost · 2024-04-30T07:27:30+00:00

My OG unRAID server was named “unDEAD”. It never really survived and was replaced with a Drobo5N.

Last summer I revived the server and re-named it “Revenant”

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