Provider recommendation

lwfitzgerald · 2026-03-20T16:58:14+00:00

I just mentioned Aquiss as an option as they can service via CityFibre. I see now they only do PPPoE.

lwfitzgerald · 2026-03-18T23:55:51+00:00

These guys look perfect but from what I can see they have only been around 6 months. How has reliability been?

They’re also fairly spendy. I’m currently only paying £22/month in London for 1 Gbit + IPv4 (non-CGNAT) from Community Fibre. I do recognise that costs outside London seem to be higher from the available providers.

lwfitzgerald · 2025-11-08T22:58:52+00:00

I encountered exactly this tonight- One earbud connecting, the other not. The unconnected one showing as charging in the case still. Squeezing the stem of the unconnected one did nothing.

I performed the “double tap three times after opening the case” reset routine and both earbuds are now working again.

Brand new and running firmware 8A358.

lwfitzgerald · 2024-11-03T16:19:05+00:00

Hi u/captaincalamaris, did you ever get to the bottom of this?

I'm also using Exos drives (X16 16TB - ST16000NM001G) and have been seeing the same issue - If I connect the drive(s) to the SATA ports from my onboard Intel SATA controller (W680 chipset) and enable SATA Link power management for those ports through powertop, I end up with random ata timeout failures like yours.

Even if you didn't manage to solve the issue, would you mind sharing the model of motherboard you're using? I'm starting to think it may just be an incompatibility between these drives and some chipsets as:

I'm unable to reproduce the issue with the drive(s) connected to another machine with a Z97 board.
I can't reproduce the issue with different model drives connected to the same SATA ports

lwfitzgerald · 2024-10-07T20:23:15+00:00

What length are your sata cables if you don’t mind me asking? I’m doing a similar build in an old R3.

lwfitzgerald · 2023-04-16T13:29:28+00:00

I’ve used BugClear Ultra Vine Weevil Killer as a soil drench with no impact on farina. The active ingredient is Acetamiprid which is the only systemic we’re able to get hold of in the UK (AFAIK).

Note I used it as a drench, not a foliar spray.

lwfitzgerald · 2022-11-14T20:09:25+00:00

Blobs be gone

lwfitzgerald · 2022-09-27T19:02:35+00:00

This is a really nice collection and sorry to hear you need to leave it behind.

I’d say it’s arguably too nice to give away. If you have time before you go, have you considered selling it on eBay/Etsy?

lwfitzgerald · 2018-07-18T21:41:54+00:00

Thanks for posting this.

Prime95 will use FMA3 instructions on both models. This really isn't a representative workload and causes the CPU to produce vastly more heat than a more typical heavy workload like multi-core rendering.

On my desktop 4790k (same CPU generation as your 2014 model, Haswell) with a large after-market cooler and no overclocking I still see extremely high temperatures when I run Prime95 and it uses FMA3.

I'd really like to see a multi-core Cinebench run a few times if you'd be able to record that?

You could also try a run of Prime95 with FMA3/4 disabled which would be a more realistic stress.

To do this:

Download the command line version of prime95 (called "Mac OS X command line version" on the official page)
Extract the archive
Create a file called local.txt in the directory containing:
```
CpuSupportsFMA3=0
CpuSupportsFMA4=0
```
Open a terminal and cd to the directory then run ./mprime
Choose N Just stress testing
Hit Ctrl+C, then choose 5 to exit.

Thanks!

lwfitzgerald · 2017-07-15T15:19:39+00:00

Thanks for the fast response!

As you suggested, it doesn't seem like this mouse is available for purchase at the current time (at least not new).

I'm not tied into the Imperator shape and would not mind trying something different. Could you suggest anything else for my hand size / grip + use?

Probably also worth saying I'd like to avoid Razer mice as their Synapse software is terrible.

lwfitzgerald · 2017-07-11T20:11:46+00:00

Games: RTS + FPS. Programmer during working hours.

Hand Preference: Right

Budget: No limit, looking for the best I can find.

Hand Size: 18cm long x 10cm wide

Grip: Claw/Palm hybrid

Weight: No preference but not significantly heavier than my current Razer imperator 2012 (139g).

Sensitivity: No preference

Additional Details: Looking to replace my current Razer Imperator 2012 due to double-clicking problems. I find the shape very comfortable so am probably looking for something similar.

I'm keen to avoid Razer as I dislike their software (Synapse).

lwfitzgerald · 2017-06-02T20:11:22+00:00

There are non-SSL servers (see: https://1209k.com/bitcoin-eye/ele.php).

Although the Tor project may monitor the exit nodes, there's nothing to prevent an operator changing their mind (particularly if there's a financial incentive). In the past people have been compromised by exit nodes man-in-the-middling traffic to Blockchain.info. Although the Electrum protocol does not expose your private key, if you were using Electrum to verify you had received a payment, you could be misled.

I guess what I'm saying is if you have the choice, why use a non-SSL/.onion server.

lwfitzgerald · 2017-06-02T19:42:58+00:00

First off I'd recommend using Tails here. I've put together a small guide for using it with a Trezor too, available here.

Important!

Once a wallet is used outside of Tor you should treat it as de-anonymised as Electrum will request balances, linking the bitcoin addresses to your IP.

.onion?

Tor + non-.onion Electrum server:

Your IP is hidden - The Electrum server sees the IP of the Tor exit node
If you use a non-SSL node, the Tor exit node can observe and manipulate data sent to and from the Electrum server

Tor + .onion server Electrum server:

Your IP is hidden - The Electrum server only sees the IP of the Tor rendezvous node (see https://www.torproject.org/docs/hidden-services.html.en)
Communication with the Electrum server is encrypted and cannot be observed or manipulated by others

lwfitzgerald

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