actionjbone

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[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago

Good advice, although you'd be surprised how often corporate machines don't have any BIOS/UEFI security.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Good luck! If you have trouble getting it to boot from usb, try not to get too discouraged. It sometimes takes a couple tries with some of these little PCs.

Also, 2 things:

  • don't trash the old USB drive yet. Try using gparted or some other utility to departition and repartition it. Sometimes, those things can get corrupted but not actually ruined.

  • you probably already figured this out, but don't use the same USB port for the next try. If the drive WAS killed, it's possible that the port is physically damaged.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 17 points 14 hours ago (6 children)

It's most likely an off-lease corporate PC that didn't get properly wiped.

Like the other poster said, if you boot from a USB drive you should be able to wipe out windows easily enough.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In their defense, it literally says "kaviar."

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

See also: every other F1 that has ever taken place.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Alternate article title:

Slippers made of discarded human skin showcase "meaningful" use of household waste.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A broken asshole is still right twice a day.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 days ago

Thanks for clarifying so I know to block you.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

Not poisonous, but possibly toxic. Or possibly laden with salmonella.

Cooking it first might have made it safe.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Cobras are venomous, not poisonous.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Never have I ever been railed from behind while yodeling.

 

Hello! New to Bazzite, and have a system running great. There's just one thing I'm having trouble with: I want the system to wake up from a sleep state when it detects signal from a keyboard/mouse.

I tried following this guide: https://askubuntu.com/questions/848698/wake-up-from-suspend-using-usb-device

It seems straightforward enough, and even though that's Ubuntu, I saw buses were set to "disabled." So I tried writing the rc.local, but it still won't wake up, even though the devices have power.

Am I missing something? Or can anyone point me to a better reference? Thanks in advance.

 

Worked on a friend's AC power adapter, the cord had gotten cut. Just a simple two-wire cord, nothing too complicated.

Didn't do a perfect job with the heat shrink tubing, but still made good connections and it'll be safe to use.

Wish I had upgraded my soldering iron sooner. The old one didn't heat nearly as evenly as this one.

 

As an added bonus, it literally looks like shit, too!

 

I sat there for a long while before the crying began, resonating up from beneath the creaky floorboards - and I smiled, a toothy grin slowly spreading across my face... because I knew my work was only just beginning.

 

Had nearly all the parts lying around, so I put this thing together.

I wanted to add stereo speakers, but it's hard to find good wiring diagrams for such a niche thing. So, mono for now.

The motherboard has a bad cartridge slot. So I designed and printed a custom speaker holder that fits into the cartridge slot. All pressure fitted, no glue.

Everything works so far. Just waiting for a new shoulder button/SD slot cable, so I can finish it up and load up some GBA games. :)

 

Tommy loves his sweaters.

 
 

And that it's genetic, so that it's passed down to all his descendants; and that all people who marry into the family also have it happen to them

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