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Well that's... interesting. Does the BIOS detect the drive and not complain about SMART errors/etc? Plan B, boot a linux thumbstick and see what that shows, wipe the first 10mb of the drive to blow away the partition map and try again?

Ok, so DOS is unhappy with the drive, and doesn't think the partition is a DOS/Windows one. If you don't have any data on there you care about, next step is to use FDisk to see what the partition table looks like.

It's one of those subtle things I never noticed going away until tonight when I was trying to get the full retro PC experience from the degauss coil rattling the screen mask, to the last bits of static as the monitor powered off.

Computer hardware strewn across the room haphazardly for a makeshift ambient computer sounds recording session.

Someone else will clean up this mess, right?

This too more effort than I expected, who knew the big challenge would be getting the PC to beep at power up? (Pull RAM, trigger an error on post did the trick.) I now have a 20+ minute ambient computer sounds recording that had better not get content ID matched.

'darn' he said as he unwrapped another KitKat...

A 90's era green computer case with no side cover revealing an old Intel Atom micro ATX motherboard on the floor beside a 19in CRT monitor and an IBM 10 function key Model F keyboard. PATA hard drive is on the floor cabled up to the computer.

Youtube, when I say it's ambient hard drive noises, I'm not kidding. Behold the Jank Ambient Computer Sound Generator. 90's era Cheming case in proper gaming green, Intel Atom micro ATX mobo, PATA HD and a 19" CRT to get that proper hum, all directed by an IBM Model F keyboard.

Bah, Youtube content ID matched the sound of a harddrive spinning up for 11 seconds in my VRRP standby scene to a random electronica song. First appeal got robo rejected. The audio in no way matches, but the next step involves lawyers, and a $1500 retainer so... bah.

Screenshot of text: unfuck google drive by shooting gemini Hey folks! Google is fucking you via sneaky enshittification again! Want the shit in your google drive to load instantly again, instead of taking for-fucking-ever? Open your gdrive (web OR app) Settings > Manage Apps Gemini was checked "use as default" (and i sure the fuck didn't set it that way, this was a silent push) Nuke that, and suddenly, folders that took up to a minute to populate and sort do so in a fraction of a second.

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

Something something generative AI copyright violations didn't happen something machine generated content granted copyright protections...

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

Not seeing much on my timeline about it anymore, so here's a reminder: payment processors are still trying to censor NSFW content of all kinds, and are in fact getting more aggressive about it; I'm seeing stories of folks losing access every day

Call them & tell them THIS IS BULLSHIT

Social Anxiety

Same part number but new bolt pattern because? Drilled the bar as it's a wear part vs drilling the blade which isn't supposed to be a wear item but is anyways...

Holy shit I'm at the Great Pug LOL

Hah, that's a new one, I've yet to have anything internal trip that warning.

It's got it's own resolver engine, short of some heavy firewalling and man in the middling SSL'd http... not really.

Oh, cute, in early 2024 they removed that option. Chrome's internal resolver system cannot be disabled or bypassed, full stop. Bye Chrome.

Of course, problem 1 will be slamming Chrome against the wall to remind it to STOP. BYPASSING. MY. DNS.

DoH is disabled, and yet... it randomly respects then ignores internal DNS.

Sure, day before the big season four kickoff after I've validated my full streaming stack my brain goes: "Hey, wanna try and make a set of custom stinger transitions from scratch?"

Guess I'm trying to remember JS animation techniques tonight to shut my brain up.

Twitch thinking about implementing AI clipping tool, this means yalls voice is gonna be scraped.

You better vote against it.

twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92471...

#twitch

You never get to actually to the point where they'll offer a replacement!

Yeah so... I looked into the warranty... first, do you know how hard it is to get a hard copy to even read?! Then you find there is an arbitration clause you agreed to already by existing that requires all issues to be looked at, possibly multiple times by 'others' with no listed requirements?!

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

Would have been nice if the Judge dismissed WITH prejudice, that way there's no threat of this garbage coming back up.

On the list of fixes: "Fixed remote player voice audio clipping unexpectedly in some scenarios."

Damn timely @vrchat.com :D

The batteries on average last about a year, maint doesn't get around to replacing them all in one shot till about 14 months...

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇." In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.) We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered. We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Well, ok, I guess, here's your Klondike bar?

Wait, hold up, you *HAVEN'T* seen it?

Oh, get some popcorn, this is watch party material. It is not a good movie, but it's flaws are forgivable, and it's entertaining.