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by Grogan
Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:35 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Far Cry 6
Replies: 11
Views: 396

Re: Far Cry 6

Heheh... then he chomped it for good :lol:

That is a silly DLC.
by Grogan
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:51 am
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Asking AI to Create all countries as Super Villains
Replies: 1
Views: 6

Asking AI to Create all countries as Super Villains

Now this is probably the best one of these "whatever" represented by demons, AI generated image sets I've seen yet. It takes into account some of the geography and culture for some of them. Some are a bit stereotypical, others are way off the mark completely and I think "why?" bu...
by Grogan
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:18 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Far Cry 6
Replies: 11
Views: 396

Re: Far Cry 6

Am I ever glad to be back in my game! What happened was that I simply have those DLC mission weapons in my inventory now as Unique weapons. It let me change them out. I'm not sure if I can get back to that alternate dimension (that's pretty wonky save behaviour, I was a ways into that), but I don't ...
by Grogan
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:03 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Far Cry 6
Replies: 11
Views: 396

Re: Far Cry 6

Hah! I can thank this game's shitty (and evidently buggy) save system for getting me out of that DLC. There's only one running save (multiple slots for new games), and I could see no way out of it. So I resigned myself tonight to just playing it, and I was spawned outside the compound with the bunke...
by Grogan
Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:51 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Proton and Wine
Replies: 2
Views: 401

Re: Proton and Wine

When the Ubisoft client updates, it works, but it is re-launched by the updater and seems to launch out of context. It prompts for an Ubisoft login and if you give it, it opens up the full Ubisoft client. Instead, if a login prompt comes up, just kill it (click the x will suffice) and wait until it ...
by Grogan
Tue Apr 23, 2024 10:16 pm
Forum: Linux and Unix
Topic: heh... my qemu still runs
Replies: 3
Views: 20

Re: heh... my qemu still runs

Yeah, I prefer to just use the command line qemu client but it's going to need an upgrade anyway (I don't have the helper utilities for it, I know that for sure. Mine predates that shit) I might just install Arch packages for that and use it here, this way I'll have that virt-manager shit too. I don...
by Grogan
Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:46 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Full Screen Ads For Windows 11
Replies: 1
Views: 5

Re: Full Screen Ads For Windows 11

Well... Windows 11 is like Windows 10, only with features and functionality removed, and arbitrary hardware requirements. Why would anybody want it other than because it's the latest version of Windows that might come with a new computer?

That's pretty obnoxious of them.
by Grogan
Tue Apr 23, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: Linux and Unix
Topic: heh... my qemu still runs
Replies: 3
Views: 20

Re: heh... my qemu still runs

So it looks like I can emulate a TPM 2.0 with KVM. Something like: -tpm backend.type=emulator,backend.version=2.0,model=tpm-tis My guess is I'll need a newer qemu to be able to pass that to kvm. I was thinking it would be just using the host TPM through the host OS interfaces like an application wou...
by Grogan
Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:26 pm
Forum: Universal Software
Topic: Firefox and Librewolf
Replies: 23
Views: 1480

Re: Firefox and Librewolf

Not that skipping a release meant they got everything right the first time, no, it's Firefox 125.0.2 already. Fucking online automated updates are a scourge, because nobody gives a shit about bugs before release anymore. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/125.0.2/releasenotes/ Reverted the change...
by Grogan
Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:59 pm
Forum: Linux and Unix
Topic: heh... my qemu still runs
Replies: 3
Views: 20

heh... my qemu still runs

I booted to my LFS today to see about getting some virtual machines running. So I copied them from the other box (NFS) and attempted to start my Windows 7 VM. Same everything (e.g. default 2M page size for khugepaged) but it didn't work. I script that so all I see is a terminal popping up and going ...
by Grogan
Mon Apr 22, 2024 8:21 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Far Cry 6
Replies: 11
Views: 396

Re: Far Cry 6

I started some DLC called The Vanishing, by following up on this telepathic communication I got from this Russian lady telling me about this creature, La Devadora (the devourer). I went to a bunker when the game informed me I wouldn't be able to leave. It took away all my guns and gear and I had to ...
by Grogan
Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:27 am
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Twitter
Replies: 4
Views: 23

Re: Twitter

Ahh, maybe not then. I'm going to guess the algorithm alerts when it doesn't match the geographical area the account is used from. It probably flags it as suspicious activity. So if you go on vacation somewhere and use the account, you're going to have to jump through verification hoops etc.
by Grogan
Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:11 am
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Twitter
Replies: 4
Views: 23

Re: Twitter

It's probably automation that knocks on doors until they find a successful login. In the case of the one pasted, that looks like a successful login and you caught it before they could do anything with it. My auntie got her mail hacked and they sent out emails to her contacts asking for gift cards. A...
by Grogan
Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Random Stuff, Seen on the net that made me LoL
Replies: 19
Views: 1629

Re: Random Stuff, Seen on the net that made me LoL

Well, I'm tired of having mayonnaise coughed out my nose, so I have something else for your gastronomic delights. There is no end to the gourmet culinary ideas on the Internet from other cultures, to put that pizzaz back in your life.

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by Grogan
Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:45 am
Forum: Universal Hardware
Topic: Intel 13th & 14th Gen Game Instability
Replies: 1
Views: 107

Re: Intel 13th & 14th Gen Game Instability

Fuck, I am indeed glad to not be chasing my tail over that. Unreal Engine sure is a piece of shit though. DA had CPU problems with that game (Borderlands 3/Unreal 4) and had to set affinity to not use all his AMD cores. P.S. Also, it was Unreal 4 and 5 (in DX12 mode) that were hitting that occlusion...
by Grogan
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:43 am
Forum: Universal Hardware
Topic: Solve one ESD problem discover another
Replies: 6
Views: 140

Re: Solve one ESD problem discover another

Yes, we're going to go with an AMD build for her. As I said her requirements aren't special. Put it together and stock settings. Onboard graphics. 32 Gb RAM. One NVME etc.

My nephew is keen and he's looking at processors. I'm sure that whatever we choose, it will run Microsoft Word like a champ :-)
by Grogan
Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:52 pm
Forum: Universal Hardware
Topic: Solve one ESD problem discover another
Replies: 6
Views: 140

Re: Solve one ESD problem discover another

OK, at least one scenario you are describing corroborates a buggy BIOS (the supermicro) causing that behaviour. I suppose I don't have to buy a $400 Gigabyte board, it's just what I'm used to spending on a good board. I'm still kind of fixed on just living with this board the way it is. I'm not havi...
by Grogan
Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Random Stuff, Seen on the net that made me LoL
Replies: 19
Views: 1629

Re: Random Stuff, Seen on the net that made me LoL

If those are real products, that nose would poke you right in the spine :lol:
by Grogan
Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:42 pm
Forum: Universal Hardware
Topic: Solve one ESD problem discover another
Replies: 6
Views: 140

Re: Solve one ESD problem discover another

... and let me guess, did they have MSI boards? Why the Hell would there even be that kind of bus power in S5 (powered off). That my bios doesn't distinguish between S4 and S5 (as indicated by the setting, even) is the problem. They are really the same thing except the system can resume from a hiber...
by Grogan
Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:30 pm
Forum: Universal Hardware
Topic: Solve one ESD problem discover another
Replies: 6
Views: 140

Solve one ESD problem discover another

While the new video card solved the problem of the PC needing a hard, cold boot when touching the case (or any ill effects), I discovered that sometimes it turns on when the case is touched. Bleary eyed in the morning, I shut down and went to my big sleepy chair and out of the corner of my eye I saw...
by Grogan
Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:46 am
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Starfield
Replies: 12
Views: 674

Re: Starfield

So I finished this game. The main story, and I acquired all the Starborn powers by going to all the ancient temples. I still had a bunch of side quests queued up, and still countless systems I could have gone to, but I decided I'd rather do all that in a New Game+ After acquiring all the artifacts, ...
by Grogan
Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:16 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Music we like
Replies: 10
Views: 379

Foxes and Fossils

These folks are a cover band, a group of dads and their daughters (hence the name, Foxes and Fossils). They are fabulous musicians, who, in many cases reproduce the music they are doing, better than the original artists. For example, this is the absolute best rendition of "Angel From Montgomery...
by Grogan
Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Music we like
Replies: 10
Views: 379

Re: Music we like

That's what I appreciated about it, that it was different. It didn't tweak any musical emotions or anything though. I generally don't like "Rap" EXCEPT for some of the nasty, funny rhymes. I don't care for the monotonous musical character of it, just the recitation and the beat kind of jus...
by Grogan
Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:39 pm
Forum: Linux and Unix
Topic: agpgart
Replies: 1
Views: 212

Re: agpgart

I could have gotten rid of agpgart 15 years ago... that it was loading and in use was what deterred me. Easier to just leave it, distributors all do. But it does not use that module at all to initialize the GART or anything. I noticed something a bit interesting there (not related to this), look how...
by Grogan
Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: Linux and Unix
Topic: The mesa problem I had with occlusion queries is fixed...
Replies: 0
Views: 196

The mesa problem I had with occlusion queries is fixed...

That mesa problem I had for a year with my RX 570 card, with flickering textures in Directx12 Unreal games (e.g. Borderlands 3 but not only) where I had to maintain my own patch, is fixed now, ironically (now that I have a new rig and can't even test this on the old one anymore... don't have the gam...
by Grogan
Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:24 pm
Forum: Universal Software
Topic: Firefox and Librewolf
Replies: 23
Views: 1480

Re: Firefox and Librewolf

Firefox 125.0.1 Release notes (for 125... they skipped 125.0) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/125.0.1/releasenotes/ Firefox now supports the AV1 codec for Encrypted Media Extensions (EME), enabling higher-quality playback from video streaming providers. The Firefox PDF viewer now supports text...
by Grogan
Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Music we like
Replies: 10
Views: 379

Re: Music we like

That kind of turns into like redneck rap or something :lol:

(I don't mind it)
by Grogan
Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:15 pm
Forum: Discussion Forum
Topic: Ruck Fobocalls
Replies: 1
Views: 95

Re: Ruck Fobocalls

I've toyed with a few of those, but now I just hang up. It can get pretty nasty once the jig is up. If I say hello and hear silence for more than 2 seconds I hang up, even. Most of the people manning those phones aren't very bright and it's funny to watch videos of people giving them a hard time.
by Grogan
Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:01 pm
Forum: Welcome Kiosk
Topic: Welcome Jan!
Replies: 10
Views: 304

Re: Welcome Jan!

Oh Hell, this probably isn't mobile friendly. One of the fixed width styles would be better though (can be changed in User Control Panel under Board Preferences in a drop list) Zema force feeds me mayonnaise :lol: (If you get hungry for some mayonnaise treats, we have some in our Random Stuff thread)
by Grogan
Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:04 pm
Forum: Linux and Unix
Topic: agpgart
Replies: 1
Views: 212

agpgart

I've never found a straight answer as to whether or not that is used or needed with PCI-Express graphics. The module loads and is used by ttm (Translation Table Manager, part of the DRM system, a memory management driver used by probably everything but Intel UMA devices like onboard graphics that us...