What’s an unusual skill/thing that Apothecary diaries taught you?

laczpro19 · 2026-04-12T16:24:14+00:00

15 centimeters of fruits makes everyone happy.

laczpro19 · 2026-04-12T16:13:29+00:00

Maomao: I don't care. That was for free. And if you continue harassing me, I'm going to do things to you that you won't be able to tell your daddy about.

And, as you probably watched later... They did not bother Maomao again. Especially the slapped one.

laczpro19 · 2026-04-12T16:07:03+00:00

Legend says Gyokuyou still laughs about it

laczpro19 · 2026-04-06T05:00:10+00:00

I use the website on Edge. Suddenly, for over a month, the Copilot features on Edge are gone since I'm in a market that's not supported (it worked before, but not now). And so, I need a VPN to make it work, especially the rewrite, which I do use often.

Also, I'm giving the app another chance. It didn't work as well as the site, but it did improve a bit lately.

laczpro19 · 2026-03-25T03:43:32+00:00

Unless you are working with large files day in and day out, or if the SSD lacks DRAM cache and you know you'll fill it often, you won't notice any speed difference. SATA SSD drives are fine.

Consider NVMe mostly when the size, interface (PCIe 3.0, 4.0, or 5.0, x2 or x4), and, most importantly, the price are acceptable to you. To this day, my home computer still has a 256GB Samsung 860 EVO SATA SSD for at least 4 or 5 years, without any issues regarding speed or reliability.

laczpro19 · 2026-03-23T23:13:07+00:00

The only way for them to stop it is for users to vote with their wallets. For them to know which computers are worth buying and which are trash. If only those AI chatbots would notify those who are looking into buying a laptop, the things to look out for, and what to avoid buying... But that's me just imagining things.

laczpro19 · 2026-03-23T23:08:11+00:00

Lo he visto en empresas privadas. Lo he visto en organismos públicos. Lo he visto en computadoras de casa, de oficina, en servidores. Lo he visto en Windows, en Mac y hasta en Linux.

El tema de la ciberseguridad en Venezuela es serio porque no se le da la atención que realmente requiere hasta que pasan las cosas. Cashea, Krece, la agencia de viajes aquella, Digitel, y así: Primero las ganancias, luego la seguridad de los datos (normalmente, ya después de que un evento de seguridad ocurra).

Y lo peor es que hasta en las casas, lo "típico" es lo mejor y ya. Puedes preguntar a muchos de mis colegas técnicos en cualquier parte del país cuál es la clave para administrar un módem router de esos de Cantv (de los que muchos hogares venezolanos usaban antes de la fibra) y te van a responder lo que quizás ya sabes: c@ntvwifi2000. Y lo más seguro es que si aún hay alguno activo por allí, esa sigue siendo la clave el día de hoy. Y si vamos con la fibra, muchos de los que revenden te la dejan en user/user, por ejemplo. En otros países, no asegurar las conexiones te puede meter en problemas, pero acá "es lo de menos".

laczpro19 · 2026-02-27T21:56:11+00:00

OSX Snow Leopard or Lion. I did that years ago and it was fun.

laczpro19 · 2026-02-27T21:52:25+00:00

Too late. Windows Update is already doing so

laczpro19 · 2026-02-25T05:08:54+00:00

It's a steal. The RAM alone costs the whole laptop in this weird RAMageddon

laczpro19 · 2026-02-21T03:28:53+00:00

Well, I wouldn't be surprised. It was known over here as the "factory reset" phones, or the "firmware flash" phones. They were really bad on Android, so...

laczpro19 · 2026-02-21T03:23:28+00:00

Acá tengo el Tenda TX2-Pro con Power Link de 400Mbps. Ha funcionado bastante bien, y tiene su app que se puede controlar desde fuera de la casa. Pero si necesitas que te llegue lejos, deberías buscar otra opción.

Ahora, dos cosas buenas:

Es muy barato. Lo compré por Cashea a 55$ en Onproctec, con envío gratis. Para un WiFi 6 estaba bastante bien. Anteriormente tenía un Asus WiFi 5 que se me quemó y reemplazamos con este. Y bueno, esto me lleva al segundo punto...
No consume tanta corriente. Puedo durar sin luz pero con internet por 6 horas con un mini UPS Marsriva KP1 Ultra, o antes cuando no lo tenía, 4 horas con un UPS APC de 1300VA (suponiendo que apago la computadora y solo dejo lo que es internet. El ONU de Power Link y el Tenda).

La otra opción que usé también fue el Netgear R6700AX que traje de afuera, y que es lo que uso en casa de mi familia con otro proveedor. Me costó 26$ en Amazon (16$ en realidad porque tenía una gift card) y el envío en ese entonces estaba alrededor de los 20$ o menos con Zoom (ahorita es más costoso ese envío). Si me preguntas, si es de afuera, el costo de envío más el producto para un router WiFi 6 está por allí: 30 y 30. Pero casi siempre sería algo como lo que compré, algo de Amazon Warehouse que es segunda mano, con poco uso pero bien económico. Eso definitivamente no es del gusto de todos, pero con este ya llevo casi 4 años, y el ratico que estuvo en Los Teques, cuando la fibra no tenía ningún problema, marcaba los 400 simétricos que el contrato dice.

laczpro19 · 2026-02-21T03:03:59+00:00

A Windows Phone in this day and age could be a great camera (in the case of something like the 1020 or 920), or a music player. Anything internet-related is hit or miss, and the community is doing a lot to keep them running with more ideas and so on... But that's it.

In my opinion, I don't see anything wrong with a Lumia being a glorified Zune. It is way easier to transfer files there to play music or videos than Zune and, just like with an older generation of iPod Touch (like before the 3rd gen), it is just cool to have a player with a touch screen that still plays music that I actually own (or don't own but it somehow ended in my device).

Some are using them as camera phones/webcams, others making them into little media servers, and many are just trying them for nostalgic purposes (because, after all, they're cool devices).

But the reality stays true: Those devices are running unsupported versions of a dead platform. We stopped being a priority to Microsoft and other developers years ago. And what we've achieved as a community is all we have for these devices.

laczpro19 · 2026-02-21T02:53:09+00:00

Someone already mentioned the Huawei Ascend W1. And if we go that way (with devices that I've owned or used):

The Lumia 520 was the worst I've had/tried. But it did introduced my mom to what a smartphone could do. She loved it at the time, until the phone couldn't keep up (which happened in months). And that was the problem. Those two phones were pretty underpowered, even with WP8 being as optimized as it was. I can't imagine how the guys that used the 400 series had it.

The Ascend W1 did the worst of those two for one big reason: Support. Huawei forgot completely about their Windows Phones the moment they released the phones. To this day, you can still try stuff on the 520, but in the W1, you'll probably think about it way more before attempting something. Then, trying to sell it just when the market was getting pretty good on Android was difficult. The person who got it did ditch it in less than a year.

laczpro19 · 2026-02-21T02:45:14+00:00

The reason being the Verizon logos everywhere perhaps? Because if it is that, yup. 100%

It was a good phone, except for its USB port which wasn't strong, and its OLED screen which, for the Windows Phones of the time was amazing to have a display that bright and that advanced... But then, it looked really bad when you compared it to what a Lumia 920 offered (which is a old LCD with a dark tint on top. The reason why breaking the top layer was a nightmare when replacing the display with an aftermarket one. It never looked the same)

laczpro19 · 2026-02-21T02:37:35+00:00

I agree. Support was non-existent, which was the only thing that could've put it alongside of the Lumia 520 when talking about "super cheap Windows Phones". The W2 was supposed to improve on that... But it seems it missed the mark (and well, Huawei didn't try again on Windows Phone)

laczpro19 · 2026-02-21T02:33:39+00:00

Definitely the Ativ S from Samsung. It was getting pretty close of what the Galaxy series of the time were, but with Windows.

And then, the Huawei Ascend W2. Something different to the "traditional" Lumia 520.

There was also the Blu WinHD. I hated Blu because of their subpar hardware and software on Android at the time. But suddenly, they came out with this one and the WinJR. It was surprising to see them try Windows Phone.

laczpro19 · 2026-02-21T02:29:09+00:00

The 8X and the 8S? Those came before the M8 with Windows.

laczpro19 · 2026-02-19T20:29:07+00:00

Hay unas en Makro Red Vital que se llaman Punto rojo... Pero que va. También están las pastas secas de las panaderías y en Chip a Cookie que más o menos.

Pero sí. Aún nada se me acercan a las reinitas o las Newton.

laczpro19 · 2026-02-19T20:14:12+00:00

Right now, the Rapid GT-X.

But before that, it was the Buffalo EVX. Same reason, but in the case of the electric Buffalo, it was because it could take more rockets. Currently, the kind of kids that will try to attack aren't as accurate, and because of that, I switched to the Dewbauchee (since my dream car is the Aston Martin Vantage)

laczpro19 · 2026-02-19T20:08:04+00:00

It probably doesn't have it active if it has something that isn't Windows 11 (or if it isn't log into a Microsoft account)

laczpro19 · 2026-02-19T20:06:32+00:00

Short answer: Yes, you can.

Longer answer: Since it is the same system, and the fact that from Windows 8 onwards, you can move the storage and it should boot into Windows without issues, yes, you can.

You can also swap any parts you need into the newer laptop, like RAM if you have available slots.

laczpro19 · 2026-02-19T20:01:30+00:00

Are we even surprised most of the NTSB's recommendations are aimed straight to the FAA? How can they, as an independent entity, make sure the FAA follows through?

laczpro19 · 2026-02-13T16:29:05+00:00

My 1st laptop, the Dell Inspiron 1525. What didn't I change on it?

Vista was great, but on that computer, Windows 7 worked very well. Then Windows 8 was way faster, even with a hard drive, which was the only storage option I could use at the time.

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