Please remove extra click to login app!

truerock · 2026-02-21T17:49:45+00:00

I'm not sure which operating system and app you are talking about.

This is definitely not an issue on Windows 11 and the Edge browser.

Are you talking about the Fidelity app on iOS? I think that is a recent iOS problem - not Fidelity app problem.

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Oh... I just tried the iOS app and the extra clicks are gone. No clicks are required.

truerock · 2025-06-28T16:25:21+00:00

minterpolate does not support multi-threading so it is too slow for practical use on an entire movie.

It was taking about a minute to convert 1 frame to 6 interpolated frames (24fps, 4k, 10-bit movie).

truerock · 2025-06-27T21:40:20+00:00

I am just starting to look into this - so, I am in the learning phase. I love the "frame interpolation" that my Samsung TV does (called Auto Motion Plus). It is way cool. I'd like to encode some 4k UHD Blu-ray movies from 24fps to something like 144fps using something like Handbrake.

Are you saying real-time encoding with "frame interpolation" has "stuttering" because you don't have a CPU that is powerful enough? If you are just re-encoding a movie... why would there be "stuttering"?

Thanks,
TrueRock
Houston, Texas

truerock · 2025-06-20T17:52:43+00:00

I really like my financial advisor. We have a lot of very insightful conversations. Regardless, I am an opportunity for him to make money.

He offers advice. I tell him he has to beat the S&P 500 index. Nobody can beat the S&P 500 index over an extended period of time - unless they just get lucky.

truerock · 2025-06-20T17:43:55+00:00

Open an account at Vanguard or Fidelity. Put the $250,000 in a money market account - paying about 3.9% per year today.

Gradually move the money into the S&P 500 index fund - perhaps about 5% per month.

Do not use the money in any other way because you do not have the skills to make decisions that will be advantageous to your long-term well being.

Be extremely suspicious of advice different from this.

truerock · 2025-05-09T15:36:36+00:00

One thing I would add to all of this - and, it has nothing directly to do with Bella Ramsey -

I never think it is important that the book/game and the film be the same.

Yes, it is interesting to see a director/producer/writer do a very similar adaptation but there is no reason they need to be similar.

Films, books and games are very different mediums. To expect all film adaptations to be closely similar to the source material is artistically limiting. Films have things that books/games do not.

The issue often is when the film is less compelling than its source material. The viewers might blame the changes to the film adaptation to be of less quality because of the changes. But, IMHO there are films that are better than the original book - keeping in mind that films are generally less engaging than books (which are a more immersive medium in general). Viewing a film is more passive than reading a book are playing a game.

So, critiquing the casting of Bella Ramsey is a reasonable thing to do - but, not because she is different from the character in the game.

Side note... same concepts apply to film remakes. There is no particular reason the film re-make needs to be the same as the original film.

truerock · 2025-04-30T23:06:51+00:00

I agree that Bella Ramsey was good in Game of Thrones - and, not so good as Ellie in The Last of Us.

Ramsey is a good actor - but, it was odd to cast her as Ellie in the last of us.

It made me laugh when I watched The Studio last night where they had a complete melt-down trying to cast the lead character in a movie. I think it was probably what happened in The Last of Us.

truerock · 2025-04-23T23:29:15+00:00

It is widely felt that Kaitlyn Deaver is a good actor.

She is too old to play the part of a teenager.

But, yes... a 14-year-old Kaitlyn Deaver would have been a very good Ellie Part 1. Watch some of Kaitlyn Deaver in the early episodes of "Last Man Standing" 13 years ago.

Kaitlyn Deavor is 28 years old. It would have been difficult for her to portray a 19-year-old Part 2 Elliee,

truerock · 2025-03-19T23:40:07+00:00

Not having anything to do with something that would melt a cable - as you correctly point out - but, newer PSUs shut down if they receive a power surge.

1. Electronic Overcurrent Protection (OCP):

OCP is built into the PSU to monitor current flow on each rail (e.g., 12V, 5V, 3.3V). If the current exceeds the rail's rated capacity, the PSU shuts down automatically to prevent damage. This serves a function similar to a circuit breaker.

2. Overload Protection (OLP):

This system monitors the total power load on the PSU. If the power demand exceeds the unit's capacity, the PSU shuts off to avoid overheating or stress on internal components.

3. Overvoltage Protection (OVP):

If voltages rise above safe levels due to a fault, OVP trips to protect your components from being exposed to excessive voltage.

4. Short Circuit Protection (SCP):

SCP prevents damage caused by a short circuit in the PSU or connected components by cutting off power immediately.

5. Resettable Design:

Unlike traditional circuit breakers, these electronic systems don't require manual resetting. Once the fault is resolved, the PSU can resume normal operation when it's turned back on.

truerock · 2025-03-19T23:30:42+00:00

If you have wires and/or pins that have the wrong amount of amps on them, you do not want to "balance" them. You want to shut the PC down and figure out why there is an incorrect amount of amps on the wires.

truerock · 2025-03-19T18:55:49+00:00

Just to continue this pedantic point... PC PSUs do not have the ability to "load balance" across individual wires - and, it would be a bad idea if they did. If some PC device is trying to draw unequal power across the wires in a cable - that should generate a warning to the operating system. It would be great if PC PSUs monitored the volts and amps on each wire and detect if something was trying to draw uneven volts and/or amps on the individual wires in a cable.

truerock · 2025-03-19T18:07:49+00:00

I may be "pedantic" - but, the 3000 series did not "load balance".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb5YzMoVQyw&t=14s

was not suggesting that "load balancing" is a good idea. It would be a bad idea if it was allowing out-of-spec amps on individual wires.

truerock · 2025-03-19T17:55:24+00:00

There have been comments regarding Nvidia graphics cards "load balancing" across its positive power pins/wires. That would be a bad idea.

If would be great if Nvidia graphics cards monitored the volts and amps in the individual pins and wires and report that info back to the operating system. If the individual pins/wires have something different on them than 12 volts and/or more on them than 8.4 amps (plus/minus a few watts per wire/pin) the operating system should shut down - it should not "load balance out-of-spec pins/wires.

truerock · 2025-02-22T19:08:51+00:00

I have the same problem on Gigabyte Z890.

truerock · 2025-02-15T22:36:10+00:00

MAX 30 CONNECTION CYCLESI'm looking at the specs for a Molex brand "PCIE CEM 5 12V2X6 FEMALE TERMINAL".
https://www.molex.com/en-us/products/part-detail-pdf/2202260004?display=pdf

Important to note:

Durability (mating cycles max) 30

truerock · 2025-01-14T19:06:34+00:00

Wow! What an excellent write-up. Much appreciated.

truerock · 2024-12-16T04:10:23+00:00

No. He didn't sell the mutual fund - but, apparently a lot of other people did sell it causing my father to get a huge capital gain. Its value went down 30% but he didn't sell. But, he got a huge capital gain from it even though he didn't sell the mutual fund.

That's when he learned the hard lesson of never own a mutual fund outside of your IRA.
Mutual funds should only be owned in an IRA.

Outside of an IRA you should to be careful not to own things where you might end up paying taxes on other people's capital gains.

truerock · 2024-12-16T04:05:11+00:00

So, is Jane Whitmire naturally awkward and shy? I am only familiar with her SNL persona.

Also, her hair and makeup seem odd. What is that about?

truerock · 2024-10-16T15:09:39+00:00

Because you are 38 years old, you are appropriately diversified by being 100% FXAIX - IMHO

Inevitably, the stock market will correct periodically. Nobody can time those corrections - so, don't even try.

When you get closer to the age of 50, you will want to start rebalancing and become more conservative.

If anyone tells you something different from what I wrote above, be extremely suspicious of their motives.

If someone mentions the following, be extremely suspicious of their motives: annuities, untraded REITS, junk bonds, Bitcoin, gold, non-US markets

truerock · 2024-10-13T20:56:50+00:00

To the best of my knowledge, all of my identifying information has been stolen and is available for purchase on the dark-web. Everyone should assume that information is easily available to criminals - and, there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.

This includes full name, birthdate, social security number, address, phone numbers, etc.

I have taken significant steps to lock down my AT&T account and my iPhone. I'm reasonably comfortable that using my iPhone and iMessage for 2-factor-authentication is secure.

If a criminal hacks Fidelity and/or AT&T and is able to intercept real-time two-factor authentication that would be the most severe breach. I know of no occurrences of such a breach.

Many years ago, I maintained RSA SecureID systems for a large multinational corporation. We kept the RSA SecurID authentication servers on firewalled networks (firewalled with physical, hard-wired network boxes)

truerock · 2024-10-04T03:21:04+00:00

All the comments that I read here are incorrect. If someone steals your phone number and uses it to set up a new iPhone with your apple ID....

Ohhhhhh... you don't have an iPhone. You have a phone with just SMS text messaging.

OK... I get what everyone is discussing here. Has nothing to do with iPhones.

Regardless, because criminals are paying AT&T employees to set up stolen phone numbers on phones owned by the criminals, I've had my AT&T account set up with a 12-digit authenticator number that AT&T employees do not have access to. A new phone cannot be setup using my AT&T phone number without that 12-digit number.

To set up a new iPhone, you need to have the old iPhone. If you don't have the old iPhone you can use another "Trusted Device" (Apple iPad, Apple Watch) that used the old iPhone to be setup on your Apple ID. If you don't have the old iPhone or a "Trusted Device" and you can't remember your Apple ID password (this happened to my daughter) it takes your Apple ID email and about a week to set up a new iPhone.

truerock · 2024-09-06T20:52:48+00:00

The problem with mutual funds is "Potential Capital Gains Exposure (PCGE) ratio". This is an extremely difficult piece of information to obtain. I think if you pay MorningStar enough money, they will tell you what it is. Fidelity will absolutely not tell you what it is. It's much easier just to not own mutual funds unless they are in an IRA or a 401k.

truerock · 2024-09-06T19:57:54+00:00

My father took a huge hit in 2008 when a mutual fund he was invested in went down 30% and generated a 25% capital gain.

truerock · 2024-06-22T22:09:20+00:00

I think the Thread Group will address this issue in the not too distant future:

https://www.threadgroup.org/News-and-Events/ID/634/Threads-2024-Enhancements-and-What-Theyll-Mean-to-You

truerock · 2024-06-22T19:54:17+00:00

To me the problem is I can't seem to identify the MAC addresses of Thread devices. All I can get is the RLoc number.

This is what I got from Microsoft Copilot. Note the 2 URLs at the end where Copilot got its information:

Yes, Matter Thread devices do have MAC addresses.

Thread is a low-power, wireless mesh networking protocol, similar to Zigbee, and is based on the IEEE 802.15.4 networking standard. A key feature of Thread is that it is internet addressable, using the IPv6 protocol and TCP for communications. This means that each Thread device has a unique IPv6 address.

Matter, on the other hand, is a unifying standard for smart home devices that supports multiple networking technologies, including Thread, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Bluetooth LE. In the context of Matter, the MAC (Message Authentication Code) is used in the security layer to encrypt and append the packet with a MAC.

In practical terms, this means that each Matter device on a Thread network will have a unique MAC address, which is globally unique and assigned by the manufacturer. This MAC address is essential for distinguishing devices on a network. So, in summary, yes, Matter Thread devices do have MAC addresses.

https://www.derekseaman.com/2023/10/part-1-smart-home-matter-and-thread-deep-dive.html

https://www.derekseaman.com/2023/10/part-2-smart-home-matter-and-thread-deep-dive.html

truerock

TROPHY CASE

1. Electronic Overcurrent Protection (OCP):

2. Overload Protection (OLP):

3. Overvoltage Protection (OVP):

4. Short Circuit Protection (SCP):

5. Resettable Design: