A [cop], acting within their [jurisdiction,] may stop any person abroad in a public place [with "reasonable suspicion" of a current/recent/upcoming crime,] and may demand of him his name, address and an explanation of his actions. –Alabama Code § 15-5-30
[TODO] Identicon algorithm synthesis
The original source code of the "historic" algorithm now/still implemented by Gravatar is found at scott.sherrillmix.com/blog/blogger/wp_identicon For easier viewing, peek the file on GitHub test edit ignore this
WordPress plugin woes
It seems that even a honeymoon period with WordPress was only ever a pipe dream. This post is partly venting, partly “field survival guide” for anyone else trying to start up a blog and having to deal with all this nonsense. Every one of the pile of plugins I have installed are to fix WordPress’ deficiencies. It’s…
Accidentally trolling Folding@home
sudo ip addr add 192.0.2.1/24 dev `cd /sys/class/net ; ls -d1t e* | head -n 1` sudo ssh -v `whoami`@localhost -L 192.0.2.1:80:40.114.52.201:80\ -L 192.0.2.1:8080:40.114.52.201:8080 tail -F /var/lib/fahclient/log.txt
Unlocking Sempron 140 on GA-MA785GM-US2H_1.0
After updating the BIOS on a Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H_1.0 motherboard, I was able to unlock the second core on its Sempron 140 CPU, metamorphosizing it into the fictional “Athlon II X2 4400e” CPU.
Dropbox drops symlink-syncing
Some horrible news. But there is a new (nearly-serviceable) solution: swap the "real" folder with the symlink. (Works on Windows, Linux, and OSX!) Here's the PowerShell syntax.
OpenCL: Quadro FX 1700 on Fedora 31
RPMFusion has some much better engineers than those NVidia assigned to their Linux support…
DD-WRT on WNR2000_v2
This router can RELIABLY be un-bricked! I’ve also documented+confirmed the arcane process of getting it flashed and upgraded…
Acronis 12.5 on Fedora 31
…(.text+0x24): undefined reference to `main'—at this point, I'm probably just going to roll my own bootable backup solution. You don't have to worry about jiggering around with magic modules if the OS you're trying to snapshot isn't actively running…
Knockoff replacement for Dell F702J
Perhaps found a replacement for my PC's backpanel I/O shield: AliExpress Item #4000562100767, sold by "SpiderIsland Tech Co, Ltd." (unable to verify corporation registration due to lack of effort) and allegedly manufactured by "DEBROGLIE" (unable to find any such company easily on US Google). It doesn't have the pleasant coloring of the genuine Dell part…