UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I've no experience with joysticks since the days of Amiga, but it does sound like this is probably the case. Failing that I might try a powered hub.
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I've no experience with joysticks since the days of Amiga, but it does sound like this is probably the case. Failing that I might try a powered hub.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Random question of the day, but does anyone know a good place to get short patch cables cheap? Ideally not multipacks, as although I need quite a few, I want a mix of colours to help make sense of everything. It seems that down to 25cm is fairly easy but under that is a bit of a pain.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
If it works, it'll be a relatively quick and cheap fix. Before talking with my friend I was on the verge of getting myself a replacement under warranty. If that doesn't work I think I'll have time to try using a powered hub.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
I get little short ones from eBuyer. They come in a variety of colours, and are 40p each (well, from 40p to 79p - it seems to depend on the colour).
Category 5 Network Cables - CAT 5, 5e, 6, 6a | Ebuyer.com
Category 5 Network Cables including CAT 5, 5e, 6, 6a from Ebuyer.com
www.ebuyer.com
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I get little short ones from eBuyer. They come in a variety of colours, and are 40p each (well, from 40p to 79p - it seems to depend on the colour).
Category 5 Network Cables - CAT 5, 5e, 6, 6a | Ebuyer.com
Category 5 Network Cables including CAT 5, 5e, 6, 6a from Ebuyer.com
Thanks, but they are still 0.5m, I need quite a bit shorter.
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
If I remember correctly with my X55 it was down to power draw, so just the cable might not fix it. The device is likely usb2 so won't benefit from any speed increase.
I think I ended up putting it on a powered hub to get it to work.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
I think the X55 draws more power than the X52 I'm using, so I'm staying hopeful that changing to a 3.0 cable will fix it.
souljacker
innit
Cables Direct will do 0.25m patch leads UnderAnOpenSky. The only company I know who will do shorter are Black Box who do whatever size you want as a custom build but that makes the price go up a lot unless you are buying 10,000 of them.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
So the new USB extension cable has arrived, and in the brief period that I tested it during my lunch break, it seems to have solved the problem. No lights flickering or other funny behaviour coming from the HOTAS. I'll be taking it on a more extended test drive this evening, but so far it's looking promising.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Thanks, I'm probably being a bit OCD and can live with 0.25m. I thought about buying some long lengths of colorful ones and a crimp tool, but I think that way is madness.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
It's very satisfying when that happens
souljacker
innit
If I were you I'd just funnel all those extra lengths of cable down the side of the cab and back out again. Out of sight out of mind basically.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
Had a strange problem with mouse on second computer. I've had issues with them before - working then not working depending on where the mouse was in relation to the usb hub I use. It was getting worse, was annoying repeatedly swiping the mouse up and down and the cursor stubbornly doesn't move, leave it for 10-15 seconds and it starts moving again for 30 seconds.
I searched and did see someone else having similar problems on Linux but it's been like it for a week now with no real solution. Finally checked the mouse and it had a non-rechargeable Duracell in it which clearly fails differently and more slowly to rechargeable ones which just stop working.
I searched and did see someone else having similar problems on Linux but it's been like it for a week now with no real solution. Finally checked the mouse and it had a non-rechargeable Duracell in it which clearly fails differently and more slowly to rechargeable ones which just stop working.
NoXion
Craicy the Squirrel
Aw shit, here we go again...
The stick is now malfunctioning, and becomes unresponsive when you twist it to yaw left. This was after I had re-installed the drivers and replaced the USB extension cable and got it working just fine for several days. Am I still covered by a warranty? I've had far too much grief with this make and model of HOTAS. Functionally and design-wise I like the X52, but the build quality and/or the quality control has proven to be consistently fucking dogshit. I want my money back so I can use it with my Christmas bonus to get something decent.
The stick is now malfunctioning, and becomes unresponsive when you twist it to yaw left. This was after I had re-installed the drivers and replaced the USB extension cable and got it working just fine for several days. Am I still covered by a warranty? I've had far too much grief with this make and model of HOTAS. Functionally and design-wise I like the X52, but the build quality and/or the quality control has proven to be consistently fucking dogshit. I want my money back so I can use it with my Christmas bonus to get something decent.
SysOut
¯¯¯
Found a problem with an extension in the firefox browser:
Shift+ctl+arrow is used to select a word in an input field (e.g search field or textarea). With the Tab2JSON extension, that key combination becomes a shortcut for switching tabs left or right according to the arrow used.
I'll just activate the extension when I need to use it...
Shift+ctl+arrow is used to select a word in an input field (e.g search field or textarea). With the Tab2JSON extension, that key combination becomes a shortcut for switching tabs left or right according to the arrow used.
I'll just activate the extension when I need to use it...
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Brave just asked me if I wanted to block cookie consent notices which is a nice tough. A quick Google tells me that there are plugins that will do the same for most browsers. Ridicules things anyway.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Random question. Does anyone use an ultrawide monitor? I'm quite tempted to see what pops up in the Black Friday sales. Whilst I'd love one of the OLED Dell/Alienware ones, I don't game enough to justify over a grand for pretty colours. However there's a well reviewed Huawei 34" which is £400 before any discounts. I can it would make gaming more immersive and two windows side by side when doing normal work is quite appealing. However I'm wondering what it's like to have a curve on it when I'm actually working.
strung out
💩 🤣 🍆 💦 🧐 👻 🐝 🐈⬛
We've got an Alienware one, although my wife uses it in her setup, so I've not had a proper go. It's very nice and brilliant for dual screening with. The one we've got doesn't have a hugely noticeable curve and doesn't make non gaming stuff particularly difficult.
strung out - are those soft lights for video calls? Are they big ££?
strung out
💩 🤣 🍆 💦 🧐 👻 🐝 🐈⬛
My wife's a Twitch streamer, so they're used for that (although obviously they're good for lighting anything like video calls, recording, streaming etc.).
They're Elgato Key Light Airs, and yes, fairly pricey (over £100 each I think?), but they do connect wirelessly to the PC so you can control all the different brightness and colour hue settings without having to fiddle with manual switches.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Pushed the wrong version of ESET (antivirus) to over a 100 PCs Friday afternoon. We don't have a license for that one so it flashes warnings on the users PC. Even more fustrating after I've pushed the right one, I need to reapply the license.
On the plus side I've learnt more about generating reports and other stuff ESET can do. And the value of read only Fridays.
On the plus side I've learnt more about generating reports and other stuff ESET can do. And the value of read only Fridays.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Lazy question as I can't be bothered to download lots of apps and try them. Does anyone have a decent secure drive wipe that runs on Windows? I've used DBAN in the past, but it's a bit of a pain having a machine totally occupied whilst it's doing its thing. We're allowed to take old hard drives off site, provided they are securely wiped.
On that note, if anyone needs any drop me a PM. Nothing exciting as they're only up to a 1GB, but happy to share for postage.
On that note, if anyone needs any drop me a PM. Nothing exciting as they're only up to a 1GB, but happy to share for postage.
Windows - native crypto.exe to overwrite a drive, but I’d use dban to be sure as it ignores formatting.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
I'm on a course for Citrix Netscaler right now, and it's horrific.
That moment of realisation that it's not because I was thick or untrained, it just really is that shit to work with.
Like how on a 2022-released revision, web services still default to having SSLv3 enabled. How they keep telling us that "Classic" templates and expressions are deprecated in the current 13.1 release and then every lab example then goes on to use them. Like how lists of things are in no order whatsoever - not alphabetical, not time-based in some way, just completely fucking random.
I may quit if I end up the SME for this.
That moment of realisation that it's not because I was thick or untrained, it just really is that shit to work with.
Like how on a 2022-released revision, web services still default to having SSLv3 enabled. How they keep telling us that "Classic" templates and expressions are deprecated in the current 13.1 release and then every lab example then goes on to use them. Like how lists of things are in no order whatsoever - not alphabetical, not time-based in some way, just completely fucking random.
I may quit if I end up the SME for this.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
'Like how on a 2022-released revision, web services still default to having SSLv3 enabled. How they keep telling us that "Classic" templates and expressions are deprecated in the current 13.1 release and then every lab example then goes on to use them. Like how lists of things are in no order whatsoever - not alphabetical, not time-based in some way, just completely fucking random.'
I must say, I didn't think that I would start a thread, then not have a clue about most of the posts.
I must say, I didn't think that I would start a thread, then not have a clue about most of the posts.
I dont really belong anywhere within a country mile of a thread about digital technology but a thing has recently happened to me at work which is that i cant get onto the employers wi-fi with my Chinese phone.The deal has always been that i could collect a password from reception at the beginning of the week and login to the employers wi-fi in order to tool about on whatsapp and social media during breaks.it was a matter of turning on wi fi connectivity putting in my email then the password and bingo I was in.However very shortly after having a slight disagreement with the General Manager I found that when i turned on wi-fi connectivity i was confronted with a blank screen.I get wi-fi without any problem in every environment on different bus networks in shopping centres and of course at home but at work nothing.I did ask whether i had been excluded somehow but management insist this is not the case.I handed phone to the most tech-savvy colleague i have on the shop-floor and he got nowhere and said that it was "strange". needless to say no-one else is experiencing any similar difficulties.I fully expect that it will turn out that i have made some schoolboy error but is there perhaps some simple experiment i could conduct to throw some light on the source of the problem?
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Thanks. So is the reason that dban needs to run from a USB stick as its not possible to do the same job from within Windows?
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
You could check if the MAC address is randomised, so it looks like your connecting from another device.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Ive got a 32" or 34" screen (can't remember the exact size) - I don't notice the curve at all.
I think the theory is that dban can make sure it’s writing to all blocks ( though obviously not bad ones )
Whereas crypt can only write to the partitions you tell it to, and cannot overwrite C:
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