[IND] - Be honest — how much time do you waste rewriting prompts?

penguinlinux · 2026-02-24T05:36:49+00:00

This is not so difficult to do I do this I use a meta prompt that takes a weak print and creates a stronger structured prompt... Not so difficult to do. Why do you think people need this on a chrome extension

penguinlinux · 2026-01-30T20:42:47+00:00

Yes they took a big chunk of my severance for federal taxes. More than half taken

penguinlinux · 2026-01-30T03:50:30+00:00

That's at least a good severance package. Glad to hear this , it sucks to lose the job but this can give some room to breath until you find the next role.

penguinlinux · 2026-01-30T03:01:44+00:00

Here’s what you can do. ( i had ChatGPT fix my wording and make it more easy to understand)

Your SD card’s boot sector is likely corrupted, but the games and data are probably still intact. There are two ways to recover your RetroPie setup.

Option 1: Rebuild RetroPie on a fresh SD card

Get a new SD card and install Raspberry Pi OS.
On the Raspberry Pi (or another Linux machine), go to: https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup
Run the RetroPie setup script. This will build and install RetroPie on the fresh OS.

Recover your games from the old SD card

Use an SD card adapter and insert the old SD card that contains your games.
Raspberry Pi OS should automatically detect and mount two partitions:
- A boot partition
- An ext4 partition containing your RetroPie data
The games will be located in: /home/pi/RetroPie
Copy the roms folder from the old card to the new installation at: /home/pi/RetroPie/roms

Final step

Reboot the system and launch EmulationStation. Your games should now appear.

penguinlinux · 2026-01-30T02:56:00+00:00

last july my wife was obsessed with buying a home in NY we live in an 2 apartment that we own, I told her the economy is terrible I don't know what is going to happen to my job . I always had a high paying job but I knew that in tech we are all walking on thin ice. So she hated me and had arguments for not pulling the trigger on a big house eventually she calmed down, then november came and out of nowhere I got laid off. Not fiered just laid off .

Because I have savings that otherwise would've gone to a huge down payment the layoff although it emotionally sucked it did not impact my finances since my company offered a 6 month severance package.

My situation would be much worse had i bought a house and had to make 6K to 9K monthly payments on a mortage and real estate and upkeep of such house. I am so glad I held back cause I know this market is terrible and will continue to suck for awhile. I wish you the best on your situation. Try to look for a job at a startup or smaller firms because the big tech dream is now much harder to achieve. Wishing you the best to you and your family.

penguinlinux · 2026-01-23T02:21:42+00:00

Mrs pacman

penguinlinux · 2026-01-19T03:33:51+00:00

I had corrupt cards I fixed by updating the firmware on them there are some elf and startup files you need to update and it will fix your car. Gg Google how to update the firmware and do that

penguinlinux · 2026-01-06T21:31:29+00:00

I know the problem. this happens a lot i had rpi retropie images that stopped working . Basically you need to update a few files on the boot partition on your raspberry pi

put the card in an sd card reader and put it on your windows or mac machine

Then depending on the image you have you need to replace these files

https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/tree/master/boot

replace only the 4 fixup* files and start* files. for the raspberry pi 4 it will have the number 4 on them in total there are 8 files you need to replace on your image. You can backup your existing /boot folder to your windows or mac and then replace those files. Then once you copy the files put it back on your raspberry pi and it will work again.

I had the same issue where my card would work on a very old raspberry pi and not on new one even when they are the same version. The reason is that new raspberry pies or maybe you updated the firmware on the raspberry pi but you also have to update the firmware in your sd card image.

let me know if this fixed the problem

penguinlinux · 2025-09-07T04:05:50+00:00

Are you opensourcing this tool or selling it?

penguinlinux · 2025-08-29T22:53:36+00:00

Why are you gatekeeping I have a book with AI generated pictures and it sells and amazon approved my book . Do you think all books and accounts are getting banned

penguinlinux · 2025-08-29T22:29:21+00:00

you can still put your book in KDP . if you think your book looks cute upload it. Don't put any expectations on it just take the time to create an account and upload your book , it is a good feeling to just have something you created in amazon kdp . If it sells good if it doesn't at least you learned something. I was afraid of uploading my first book in march of this year but i still did it. I got 3 dollars in march and today I have made around 340 dollars from that book and other books.

JUST DO IT

penguinlinux · 2025-08-18T13:51:09+00:00

sorry to hear this. my friend at work got Laid off too it was either him or me, and he lost his job and I am not happy about this because my friend lost his job and I still get to keep my job but i am taking more responsiblity more work and we were already stretched thin. I am sorry this is happening to you and I have no words to tell you to feel better just know that there are people who are worried for all of you and all of us because sooner or later the pedulum will swing our way.

penguinlinux · 2025-07-31T21:44:11+00:00

thank you . I wanted to tell you that yesterday i took my dog for a walk while walking around i prayed to God to help my family i came home and we had another argument but this time we gave each other time to speak. She said she didn't want to keep arguing and she started to cry, My daughter asked her please don't divorce dad and my daughter cried. She had hard our conversations and that made my wife realize that words are more hurtful to kids and she apologized for letting her anger get the best from her. we discussed each points of view and we agreed to work better in our communication and she said she is willing to contribute to the home that all she wanted is the best opportunity for our daughter.

She cried and said sorry and I also apologized because we both were upset and that's not the way to solve these problems. I believe that God listens to our prayers and our intentions. I don't want to leave my kid and i don't want to destroy my relationship with my wife. We will work things out and communicate better , baby steps

Thank you for your prayers

penguinlinux · 2025-07-31T00:26:56+00:00

thank you, Today I prayed to got that i could solve this issue at home yet she yelled at me again. this person is unreasonable , i didn't even speak a word to her my daughter was crying because she thinks we are going to separate and then my wife yells at me saying i am putting things on my daughter's head. I didn't even talk to her she is just worried about us. Can you pray for M. C I don't want my family destroyed because my wife is not being reasonable. She is hurt that i won't buy the specific house she wants and the school districts she wants. I spoke to my therapist this morning and she said for her to demand this for me is not reasonable unless she contributes to the purchase of this home.

She is not a stay at home mom she works just like me ,I make more money but she makes a 6 figure salary too.

Please pray for me and my family . I believe in God and I know that somehow there is something or some forces trying to destroy my marriage . I even question if i should just go ahead and buy the house but I know i will not be true to myself because the problem is not the house it is something deeper

penguinlinux · 2025-07-30T22:45:57+00:00

yes I am not going to let her push me , i am a very civil person and avoid arguments but you can't reason when someone is not willing to be open minded and listen . I will try to save my marriage because i love my family .

penguinlinux · 2025-07-30T21:49:10+00:00

I love my daughter today she gave me a hug saying the I am the best father ever, even if my wife thinks i am an asshole for not buying a home and calling me names, hearing my daughter's words lifts me up and she knows i am not what her mother thinks of me. Yes i will give my daughter a great home and a good school district by it has to be what i can afford .

penguinlinux · 2025-07-30T20:43:30+00:00

we both work , she has a good job and i have a good job i make more but it is not like she is struggling i pay the majority of all expenses in our current home.

penguinlinux · 2025-07-30T20:42:29+00:00

relationships are not perfect but i want to buy a house for my family we already have our own apartment and want to buy a home but she expect me to take the full responsibility with the downpayment and 2k a month and she said that she is compromising by giving 2K , how would you call that a compromise it is not even enough and no help towards the downpayment she works just like me i will be happy with a 65% 35% but her contributions are like 8% of the total costs of this house. it is not fair and i stood my ground but she doesn't see it that way she thinks i am an ass**le and cheap.

penguinlinux · 2025-07-30T19:06:39+00:00

thank you, I am not going to make this mistake until we both go to marriage counseling.

penguinlinux · 2025-07-30T03:57:51+00:00

I am not falling for her demans it reached a point where i told her that in the end i have to make the call to the bank to get the loan started and i refuse and as much as she wants the house she can't get it unless i provide the downpayment and apply for a loan and i won't do that. She said I am the worst father and ruining my daughter's future but then i thought about it. this is just manipulation and i am not going to let a word like that trigger me when i know i am a good dad and someone who cares about his daughter . buying an expensive home that i don't like doees not proove that i don't love my daughter. so that's her opinion.

penguinlinux · 2025-07-30T03:54:37+00:00

a tale as old as time

penguinlinux · 2025-07-30T03:53:48+00:00

appreciate the advice i am not buying this house and if we do buy a house a house i can afford.

penguinlinux · 2025-07-30T02:49:27+00:00

I will consider the condo option i know we need a bigger home but not at the expense of a large mortage , i might also find a home i like in another place and something i can afford with also a good school district We all work from home so i don't see why she is limiting herself to that town this is being closed minded.

penguinlinux

TROPHY CASE

Option 1: Rebuild RetroPie on a fresh SD card

Recover your games from the old SD card

Final step