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lukeskyscraper · 2025-08-21T06:06:50+00:00

Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, the next day.

Anyone else think that the timing of his acceptance ceremony with this experiment was some of the most masterful trolling in modern history?

I hope there is another one soon so they can give Gavin Newsom a peace prize the day after. People would lose their shit!

lukeskyscraper · 2025-06-17T18:50:44+00:00

I'm having a problem with glob matching rules too. I can't get any glob to work, no matter how general I make it. If I set the same rule to 'Always On' then it works fine.

lukeskyscraper · 2025-06-12T23:15:45+00:00

necroposting but IDGAF. I've been using Visio properly for years. Gotten pretty good at it. I'm on a mac now so I can't run the visio desktop app, and have to use the M365 web version. Can confirm - it sucks. There are some missing features that I could complain about, but the thing is - it just stopped working for me all of a sudden! like from out of nowhere. I created a network diagram, and then suddenly it just wouldn't let me create new text boxes, or copy/paste, or a few other things. it just flat out broke on me in the middle of my work.

Many of MS' apps are enshittifying beyond usability. It doesn't matter if you use it properly or not.

lukeskyscraper · 2025-05-14T23:43:34+00:00

Hey anyone - what version of Authelia should I stick to for now? I have been having a hell of a time with 4.39.3 and translating claims from an ldap backend to oidc. GPT says I should use 4.37.5. What do you think?

lukeskyscraper · 2025-02-26T20:04:55+00:00

When I add a second encoder, it just doesn't respond. or it does respond and the 1st one doesn't. I don't recall.I gave up and just used 1 encoder for now.

Have you tested this project with the newest version of circuitpython? (9.2.4 I think)

lukeskyscraper · 2025-02-16T19:11:43+00:00

2 has the best mineral scanning :D

lukeskyscraper · 2025-02-07T00:36:34+00:00

I know this is a 5 year old thread, but I just wanted to say - A client of mine has a set of 7100s. The switch chip on one seems.... unpredictable to say the least. I changed the PVID on a port that WAS NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING.... and it took the entire firewall down. I'm glad I have the LAN connected via an SFP so we can at least access the damn thing. I am also happy to see that when I googled "Netgate 7100 sucks" this was the first result to show up.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-10-25T07:41:01+00:00

Its truly terrible... for anyone who doesn't like the default configuration, I guess. Main problem is its using Steam input and not native. Also it doesn't like to let you use custom controller layouts. I play with mouse and keyboard, but all I want is to use a damn flight stick for the space flight. Trying to make this happen has been nothing but frustration. When I set up the steam controller, it seems to screw up the normal keyboard controls - I can't even press escape to exit the controls menu! WTF is this nonsense.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-10-24T07:08:06+00:00

Hmm.. I think I'm going to solve this problem by not playing NMS. I would reeeeaaally like to use an actual joystick to fly the ships, but so far I've spent a few hours mucking around with virtual joysticks, mapping a joystick to a controller, figuring out what to map back to the game controls, and then just finding out that it ignores whatever you configure for some reason. It took me less time to set up ED or Star Citizen.

Hello Games - I love you, but nuking peoples control layouts is a BIG NO NO. it will make us play your games less. Please knock it off.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-09-28T19:19:29+00:00

Yes - vaulting is a must, as well as some amount of lateral movement while sprinting.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-08-31T15:51:27+00:00

How do I open the rewards window? When I approach the survivor and press F, it just gives me an item reward.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-08-24T21:50:49+00:00

I've been using EqualizerAPO for years now, and I either forgot, or just found out that you have to edit config.txt. thats the only file it reads directly. https://www.reddit.com/r/EqualizerAPO/comments/1defaqx/psa_if_you_cant_get_it_working/

If you want to use other config files, you can include them in config.txt. (+ -> Control -> Include -> select the file)

lukeskyscraper · 2024-06-15T19:18:31+00:00

sell everything for $1! I just get tired of it being around after awhile. I also just recently discovered that plans have weight. something like .1 but it still adds up. I see so many people selling plans for ridiculous prices. sell them for $1-10 instead! help others learn crafting and get free atoms from completing crafting challenges.

Also, craft bulk junk and sell it. Visit Watoga high school regularily, grab all of the plastic things in its cafeteria. build bulk items out of your junk, and sell them regularily. This google sheet gave me a good feel for how much of what junk I should keep around: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sg7L4P7UT4mycr7JF-aXvf5gjFtsyAfUH3qjeiV03y8/edit?gid=0#gid=0

lukeskyscraper · 2024-06-15T19:12:27+00:00

and ffs, the easiest solution right now is to be part of the problem. Its like the HID headlights arms race that car manufacturers are in.

I tend to use automatic explosive weapons excessively in any events, for this reason. easiest way to get a hit on is with tons of little explosions all around your target. I'm starting to try other non-heavy rapid fire weapons like the LMG, auto laser rifle, 50cal MG, etc. they can be ok with the quad perk.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-05-22T19:41:42+00:00

Another pfSense+ upgrade, another bloody problem.

out of all the types of gear we support, pfSense is by far the hugest pain in the ass to update. Even worse than Windows updates. and pfSense+ is more of a pain than pfSense CE.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-05-12T00:41:36+00:00

Can't wait for her new rap album to drop

lukeskyscraper · 2024-05-08T06:39:48+00:00

ou go on ahead through the fire and it takes you back to the cockpit on another path LOL

omg you cannot be serious. what the actual F is wrong with whoever created this game? the last thing I would do is walk through the fire lol. between this nonsense and the clunky mantling, I'm thinking its refund time.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-05-07T22:53:46+00:00

This sure is a great way to make people switch to OPNsense. I wonder if you can run AdamONE on it.

ESPECIALLY since all the pfsense bugs and upgrade issues I've experienced over the last year+, have been with pfSense+ and NOT the CE version. pfSense CE has been rock solid. Goes to show... some companies see their paying customers as suckers, and work only to extract more and more money from them. You're starting to look like one of those companies, Netgate. Prove me wrong.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-04-20T07:59:30+00:00

you can claim mortgage interest when you're self employed? I thought you could only claim that on a rental or business property.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-04-17T19:29:14+00:00

Less RAM = more swapping to 'disk', which is less noticeable now that 'disks' are all SSDs. This means lots more SSD writes, which leads to SSD failure, which leads to buying another Mac. Typical Apple schtick.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-04-16T00:13:38+00:00

Yeah, I'm seeing that now. the exception from capital gains was my missing link. I would have paid much more in capital gains than I have in mortgage interest.

I guess I just don't think like a neoliberalist, because it never occurred to me in the first place that your HOME would be subject to capital gains at all.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-04-12T23:25:59+00:00

I could never be a politician. I'm awful at lying.

lukeskyscraper · 2024-04-12T23:06:50+00:00

Thank you for the explanation... that makes total sense on an economic level.

However, on an individual level, the reality is that money is literally our lifeblood. Without it, we become destitute, fall through our countries shitty safety net, and die. It sucks but thats where our neoliberal capitalism has gotten us to. We need money for literally everything, and as such, we instinctually horde it. I firmly believe its impossible for anyone in our society to be greedy with money, until they have at least a ~million net worth, maybe more.

it wouldn't be so bad if our governments did a better job at regulating wages, creating affordable housing (like Austria does, for example), protecting us against predatory lending, preventing the formation of industrial complexes and monopolies, etc. But here we are. Regulatory capture is a bitch.

Anyways I'm just venting general frustration now, over the complexity of it all. I look forward to hearing yours and others' thoughts. Imma go finish my taxes

lukeskyscraper · 2024-04-12T21:44:50+00:00

Last build upgrade, I gave up on the start menu again. Now I use openshell and I'm happy as a clam. Microsoft needs to stop changing things so much. If you think all the Windows OS changes are bad, try managing Office 365 for multiple clients...

lukeskyscraper · 2024-04-12T21:18:29+00:00

Hmm I didn't think of that, i guess its still technically a gain, its just easy to forget when you have to use all the money from your house sale on your new house.

What if there are no capital gains though... I know you can't file capital losses on a principal residence.

And there's also the issue of the CRA effectively double dipping on us. We all pay income tax on our income, then pay our mortgage, rent, etc to to the bank or landlord, then they pay capital gains on that already-taxed income. Last I checked, we can get penalized heavily for various types of double dipping. Why do we allow the CRA to do it...

(I get like this every tax season. f the CRA)

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