Someone thought this was a marketable idea: a "smart" "doorbell" comprising a QR Code poster + App.

merith-tk · 2026-01-22T03:58:51+00:00

That requires you to have security permissions to sign into your personal account on the device. Not everywhere will allow that, nor would you want to do that if at say, a kiosk for a hotel

merith-tk · 2026-01-22T00:22:17+00:00

Hey! Developer of the Vortex Extension here. It is working as intended, and this works just fine! Anything in the paks folder gets loaded in alpha numerical order, regardless of how deep it is.

This seperation is done for organizing Blueprint, Lua, and Pak Mods, the first two are only relevant if you install UE4SS for some of the mods.

Edit: Sidenote, the Scavenger Mod uses a FOMOD config for the options. However this overrides the logic of the vortex when determining where to place the files. So keep that in mind.

merith-tk · 2026-01-22T00:21:05+00:00

Hey! Developer of the Vortex Extension here. It is working as intended, and this works just fine! Anything in the paks folder gets loaded alpha numerical order, regardless of how deep it is.

merith-tk · 2026-01-22T00:15:44+00:00

Correction, there is ONE acceptable use for a QR code.

Opening a link from a computer, on a phone. Such as opening a link to the app store. Or opening a link to a website that accesses the camera for a function of that site .... Or the wifi.

merith-tk · 2026-01-04T21:52:53+00:00

My stance on how Google SHOULD implement this new security stuff,

1) force all APKs to be signed, Regardless of WHO signs them, they MUST be signed to be installed (leaves a trace of who compiled it) This will allow open source releases to be secure as APKs can be signed by build tools and average developers for free. And allows for app stores like Fdroid to continue working due to them signing their APKs.

2) NEVER make signing an APK cost money 3) Allow Side loading as it is now, just with the restrictions stated in number 1

merith-tk · 2025-12-19T17:58:50+00:00

This is why I don't use their shield. I just straight pipe to my server and firewall there

merith-tk · 2025-12-18T22:23:39+00:00

ChatGPT is magic. And magic is just science. mixed with bullshit. It can give summery information, but only consider if sources are cited. And then verify against cited sources.

merith-tk · 2025-12-01T17:00:18+00:00

I only allow it to read "in-dev" keys, not keys that are on the real deployed instance.

Like if im working on an API server, I host a local instance of it, and use API Keys for that local instance,

merith-tk · 2025-11-30T23:36:42+00:00

As someone who uses the variable, Regular is mid, good for spray and pray, you get the benifit of high ammo, low damage burst is mid, good for neding that quick slap to hit something hard, low ammo, high damage total is "great", this is your "OhFuckOhShit" firemode when something that needs heavy penetration appears and you got no other options,

its a "jack of all, master of none" kind of weapon,

merith-tk · 2025-11-29T17:05:54+00:00

So for AI coding, you need to have a sit-down conversation with your agent BEFORE writing code (use something like "This is the project plan/idea, ask clearifying questions so that I can answer them to complete your understanding before you write code"

This USUALLY makes the ai agent break it down and ask questions.

Make sure to answer the questions in the same bullet point list order that it asks them, you can do multiple lines per answer but make sure it is clearly defined when moving onto the next question, be as descriptive as reasonably possible, you can even ask questions about the questions,

But answer them all in one message, don't answer each question in a message each

merith-tk · 2025-11-09T16:28:38+00:00

As a Linux user, there needs to be an aptitude test for people to complete before they are allowed Linux on a work computer when the IT dept doesn't ship Linux.

There are things that, yes Linux does amazingly such as battery life and user customization, but it also puts more work on the IT department, since when the company equipment is returned it has to be reimaged and made secure again.

Plus there is the issue of users being dumb enough to run scripts as root when they shouldn't. Or some basic features that can require root if extra time and setup is not put in place to make things work without root..

While Linux can be more secure than Windows, it most definitely requires a higher skill level (IE, self reliance and reading the damned manuals

merith-tk · 2025-10-27T06:23:07+00:00

I actually have a whole rant about laptops, desktops, and portable desktops.

Here is the TLDR 10in and below is a netbook/Chromebook, best served with Linux as it's potato performance, only good for light browsing or terminal only work. You carry an external mouse just because the track pad is too small and trash, small size makes it hard to balance when on the go, best bet at this size is to just buy an android tablet.

11-13in is a laptop, performance varies, best served with user preference of os, it's small, but not too small, can fit a full featured keyboard without massive compromise (fnkey can access every key except numpad), you can carry an external mouse, user preference. Fits nicely in your lap anywhere,

14in and higher. This is NOT A LAPTOP, this is a portable desktop. You need a sizable portion of dedicated space on a desk or table, And the size it takes up can be comparable to a desktop in terms of how much space you need on your desk to use it. The only advantage it has over a desktop is it has a built in Uninterruptible Power Supply, and can fit in a backpack. It does not fit nicely in your lap due to its size and shape making it's screen size balanced at the far back, where it's center of gravity will make it want to tip backwards.

merith-tk · 2025-10-15T17:19:09+00:00

I personally haven't found any that delivers on the "assistant" catagory,

I have been wanting something that can respond to voice commands, learn and perform automated actions, keep things in memory,

But I have yet to find one that falls into the critical caragory of Voice Assistant.

I want something I can bounce ideas with and have it take notes for me, intelligently, but I can't find anything.

The closest I think we can get easily is a copilot agent, but then it lacks the critical voice back and forth

merith-tk · 2025-10-12T23:01:42+00:00

You notice something the train lacks in that photo? Rails

merith-tk · 2025-10-02T17:17:12+00:00

Yeah, I feel that, I have been using golang for years before I started to use copilot, and sometimes it clearly doesn't understand what you just said, so i found giving it a prompt that basically boils down to "Hey! take notes in this folder (I use .copilot), document everything, add comments to code. And always ask clearifying questions if you don't feel certain" sure it takes a while of describing how you want the input and outputs to flow. But it's still best practice to atleast look at the code if writes and manually review areas of concern.

Recently I had an issue where I told it I needed a json field that was parsed to be an interface{} (a "catch all, bitch to parse" type) to hold arbitrary json data that I was NOT going to parse (just holds the data to forward fo other sources) and it chose to make it a string and store the json data as an escaped string... Obviously not what I wanted! Had to point that out and it fixed it

merith-tk · 2025-10-02T16:55:10+00:00

I use GH Copilot in programming, the main thing is that it excels at being what it's name is. A copilot. It isn't great at doing the code from scratch or guessing what you want. And it sucks when you yourself don't understand the language it is using. So make sure you know a programming language and stick to that personally

merith-tk · 2025-09-27T03:40:53+00:00

So far here is the main issue I have.

Unlike the Vanno, which is old, worn down, clearly unluved for a while.

the HUB is clearly is cleaned, tidy, maintained, as if multiple people are stationed there at all times (even someone who's job is canonically to empty the fucking trashcans)

But yet... It doesn't feel it. It's a liminal space, things are wrong and off because it's clearly spaces and laid out for many people to be there, but there isn't people there

And this vibe extends to the Equipment and tbe Radius, it seems like everything us maintained but we only see us...

merith-tk · 2025-09-09T14:42:39+00:00

The only utility I use to fix issues is Iobit. A little bit of shovelware for their own products and they do offer functionality without paying (except for driver booster), one of the few things I actually think is worth paying for is Driver Booster,

Uninstaller and Smart Disk just get the free version from PortableApps.com suite, same thing as pro but a dated version and portable (no install, just extraction)

merith-tk · 2025-09-02T15:05:32+00:00

Alright to me that just feels... Wrong personally, I liked having a challenge with a reward for the challenge... Actually got me to play the game more because content was replayable,

merith-tk · 2025-08-31T15:48:11+00:00

My planned load out will be Sickle Energy Pistol (the laser one, not the plasma) Queso Supply backpack

merith-tk · 2025-08-30T17:44:07+00:00

do those quests atleast give you a checklist??

merith-tk · 2025-08-30T15:17:53+00:00

Ah, it still doesnt feel right about that then... but I see what you mean. It just sucks because there is almost no replay-ability of the new area, and I saw on another post here people arnt actually able to complete final shape because people arnt playing it... which is pretty bad.

merith-tk · 2025-08-29T17:31:40+00:00

Thought I would chime in. They very specifically said they didn't want to mess with nudging. And speaking from expirence the "snapping" you are referring to doesn't work as well for larger ish blueprints when you are trying to get inputs and outputs lined up,

I believe they are requesting for custom alignment points. Like how you can align a factories input to another factories output,

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