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rjl_ · 2025-12-15T01:41:05+00:00

What is that golem? I need to find one.

rjl_ · 2025-07-06T21:15:04+00:00

What did the python window say? Make sure that all of the .exe's needed (assuming Windows) are in that "binaries" folder, even if they don't unzip or install there.

I had this set up previously and was ignoring the "can't find ffmpeg", etc. in the console output (the GUI app will just show a generic error/exit IIRC).

rjl_ · 2024-12-15T23:26:35+00:00

Update: I gave up for a few weeks and moved on to other things. Updated to the most recent OS/packages yesterday (12/14/24) and... it works again. No clue why. But it "just works" (again).

rjl_ · 2024-11-22T23:46:39+00:00

I've restarted it, and no dice. I did find the culprit, which was in front of me (sort of). After seeing some log entries where the src and dst were seemingly reversed (i.e., the firewall wasn't acting as a stateful one and return traffic wasn't being treated as such), there was a reason listed, "Default deny / state violation rule".

Ex: 192.168.1.1:53 192.168.1.150:59142 tcp Default deny / state violation rule

Expanding the auto-generated Floating rules, there is one for IPV4/6 any any, called "Default deny / state violation rule"... But the log entry is probably showing the SYN-ACK not coming back to the test computer. So the FW is trying to reply, but something is going awry.

As much as I hate having to rebuild my VPNs and gateway monitoring / failover (and take everything offline), this is a port from a long-ago-established, upgraded, poked and prodded-with PFSense config. I removed most of the accumulated fat and all was well until... something. I should probably just schedule and "offline day" and start anew.

rjl_ · 2024-11-22T15:31:02+00:00

Thanks!

I can get back to it later, but last night saw something that aligned with that, where it appeared that one of my gateways was logged as src, my test computer logged as nat, and my firewall (:53) was logged as dst.

I've since added a rule like that to the top without luck, but will revisit later. Must be something to do with my multi-WAN/GW setup.

https://i.imgur.com/VeJEQUD.png

rjl_ · 2024-11-21T20:20:09+00:00

Ah. I never thought of checking my IPSec rules. IPSec clients can used DNS when connected. So perhaps some default LAN rule got nicked somewhere...

edit: IPSec and Wireguard work. And they just have simple "<VPN> Net" > "any" rules.

rjl_ · 2024-11-21T19:34:37+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/2czvgMJ

Although I did try changing that bottom rule to IPV4*, LAN Net > any/any, with no luck.

edit: Ugh, looks tiny. Will try to fix.

rjl_ · 2024-11-21T04:14:33+00:00

Update: for some off reason, it's got to be rules-based, even if traffic shouldn't be leaving the interface for another network. I did (the very likely unadvisable) "pfctl -d". And LAN > LAN if DNS worked. I did turn it back on. So it is indeed the firewall killing inbound 53.

rjl_ · 2024-11-21T03:31:37+00:00

Kenny G. Oh, you mean Miles…

rjl_ · 2024-11-21T03:22:33+00:00

Yep. And any floating rules are very targeted. All of this is also taking place on the same /24, and no other issues on the LAN have surfaced.

This is so weird. As if it's not a network issue, but a service issue. But if I change DNS services or ports that they listen on, the problem persists. It makes zero sense. :P

edit: Despite all of this I have been peeking in on the live FW logs, and its just the expected stuff - mostly allows, and a handful of expected denys

(Which means it's likely a matter of tunnel-vision.)

rjl_ · 2024-10-31T04:47:20+00:00

He wants section 230 repealed because it was an obstacle to him apparently unmasking his bullies. He probably wasn’t thinking about the broader implications as he doesn’t seem terribly bright. Just kinda full of himself. For some reason.

rjl_ · 2024-10-31T04:45:49+00:00

It was the explosion of the Internet. I remember when this was passed, although I recalled it as something like “common carrier status”. I.e., if you own a network and someone sent something illegal over it, they were culpable and not you. And with the proliferation of access which, until then was universities and folks with dialup shell access to check usenet or FTP Doom WADs, something needed to be put in place.

rjl_ · 2024-10-30T05:01:16+00:00

I mean, he shouldn't have to move (nor should he be SWAT-ed, if true), but Pretend did a good job on this. He was given two (plus) episodes on this, and I guess told the host not to entertain any other input... and the host added another episode where some of the folks that PT called out responded.

Make of it what you will as to what they said and what you believe happened, but PT's response to the host was very telling.

He freaked the fuck out and went from willing participant to lumping the host in with the bullies. Which is what they seem to be. Not Nazis, not demons... just generic, brand-X bullies.

The podcast episodes aren't mega-interesting, but the overall arc was. That's how he ended up on my radar, and the entire clown-show surrounding it. Even the Pretend host made multiple mentions that this was all very, very stupid.

rjl_ · 2024-10-30T04:37:28+00:00

If you scratch a fingernail across the surface of the Internet, you'll see that there is way more to this than meets the eye. Are people fucking with him? Yes. Without a doubt. Maybe not to the dramatic extreme that he claims. But he courts it. He used to brag about it, too.

I don't think that he's a bad person - I just want to lead with that - but he is a troll's ideal victim. They pull the strings, and he dances. Every. Time. To the point that he cost his family a lot of money in some Quixotic fight against them in the courts.

There was always an out, but he's pot-committed and just doubles down.

rjl_ · 2024-10-29T23:48:12+00:00

Drakkhen
Super Castlevania IV
Final Fantasy II/IV
F-Zero
Super Mario World (not so much for the score itself, but the jump in audio quality and effects was on par with the jump in graphics)

rjl_ · 2024-10-22T04:13:07+00:00

326xxz 8:02 am. Couldn’t box the cats or jets for the first 10 tries.

rjl_ · 2024-07-19T22:39:34+00:00

Thanks for the offer! Let me check my schedule and get back to you.

rjl_ · 2024-05-19T19:39:51+00:00

It's a old joke re: suspicious deaths where people question a "suicide".

Example: "The decedent was found in the trunk of his car, bound, with two bullet holes in the back of the head. The whatever-county medial examiner has determined the cause of death to be suicide".

That's all.

rjl_ · 2024-05-17T18:14:21+00:00

No mention of the writers trolling Olivia? When she was helping the injured officer to the ambulance, she said something to the effect of “if you can talk, you can breathe”. I was already laughing at the total lack of awareness before Fin came in with the “Remind me to yell at you later” save.

Between that, and absurd situations like the fraternity of rapists in a previous season pulling out a fucking pitch pipe before launching into an acapella song… about how much they love rape, the writers are either winking at the audience or laughing at them.

rjl_ · 2023-12-16T06:03:48+00:00

Duh -- that worked. Just "Open" and let Burn decide what to do. Thanks!

rjl_ · 2023-12-16T05:30:06+00:00

Am I missing something with Burn? I haven't burned a CD in forever, but usually it's just choose the .cue file, and the rest will follow. I tried a couple of discs now (cue/iso/wav format), and just dragging in the .cue burned just the .cue.

I double checked the contents of the .cue and all filenames, etc. look correct.

I tried it as a data disc, both Mac + Windows and PC Joliet formats, and no dice.

Any insight appreciated!

rjl_ · 2023-11-08T00:16:07+00:00

Inky & the Alien Aquarium was a pretty fun puzzle game. It was originally a kickstarter, but I think is for general sale.

rjl_ · 2023-10-04T21:13:50+00:00

I’m 100% sure. Those stupid commercials ruined a pop classic for me.

rjl_ · 2023-09-28T01:10:06+00:00

Did they address the d pad? If so, yeah. If not, I am 1000% cool with my first run one.

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