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Yeah, that's about the right time period for my old ASUS LOL. Does that advice still hold up nowadays or is it outdated? Does it apply only to older machines maybe?

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brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 11mo ago

Would pulling out the battery (if possible) and running the laptop only via AC be a viable way to prevent unnecessary battery wear?

I remember back when I didn't have a desktop PC yet I had a crusty old ASUS laptop that was basically at death's door and I specifically remember just running it on AC alone because the battery was.. uh.. gone

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brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 11mo ago

for anyone interested:

the scroll not working is most likely due to the main container in the page (usually the

<body>

tag but it can be some other element) having the overflow: hidden CSS property assigned to it.

overflow dictates the behavior of an element that has its content overflow past the parent element's boundaries.

the property can have four values:

visible, where the overflow is fully visible and allowed to extend past the parent element,
scroll, which clips the overflowing content and allows the user to scroll the parent element,
hidden, which clips the overflowing content and prevents scrolling, and
auto, which works almost identically to scroll

most sites run a script that assigns this property with the value of hidden to the

<body>

tag, making the user unable to scroll the page.

ive seen this behavior the most with sites that blast you with an unavoidable cookie banner which you have to click through to access the page. usually removing the cookie banner element is not enough to freely access the page, and so you have to additionally find which element has its overflow set to hidden and disable that property.

i reckon youtube's adblocker popup is doing the same thing, and coincidentally turning off fullscreen also runs a script that makes sure the overflow is set to either scroll or auto

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brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 11mo ago

Ooh, could you elaborate on that if possible? I have some vague ideas why JS is a scourge on the web but I've never looked into the specifics.

Do most of the issues stem from the language itself (which is held by effectively duct tape) or do they stem from how it is used?

brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 12mo ago

I can also chip in with HROT, the engine for which was coded from the ground up in Pascal.

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brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

but I do like being able to fully collapse the stock

My stock is also foldable, actually! Emphasis on foldable, as yours looks to be actually collapsible.

If I can be a spoilsport, please, please don't use lasers

Very, VERY valid point, and yeah, I don't use my laser at all, really - it functions as tacticool decor more than anything else. I forgot to mention it's a laser+flashlight module, with a function to switch on either or both, and so I always basically use the flashlight and nothing else.

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brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

I really like it, and yeah, you were close! It's a 32mm non-illuminated scope with a 3x-9x variable zoom. And it is in fact meant for .22LR - I picked it up brand new for a measly 250 PLN (~$60)

Granted, I rarely, if ever, use the higher zooms, because neither my MP5 or my cheap sniper rifle are accurate enough to make use of that kind of magnification.

And that prism sight looks real nice! I don't mind having a basic scope, since I've gotten quite decent at hip firing at close range, so I'd rather have the added power a scope like that provides.

And since you've shared your build, I'll share mine, in my dingy old garage back when I was cleaning it.

That one's without the foregrip and the laser module attached. It's quite literally a poor man's G3, but hey, as long as it works.

EDIT: By the way, judging by the positions and looks of all the pins and screws and some other parts, I assume that's also a CYMA?

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brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

Kinda ashamed that I never thought about just getting scope rings! I'll definitely look into those. Thanks for the Locktite tip!

brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

That actually looks really close! I'll take a better look at it when I get back home next weekend. Thanks!

brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

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brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

While we're talking about tower defence, I really recommend the Gemcraft series! IMO probably the best tower defence games out there. Chasing Shadows and Frostborn Wrath are both on Steam, and I highly recommend them.

brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

Based on the other responses to this, I'd say it really varies from person to person.

In my case, Kdenlive does in fact tend to crash often the longer I use it in a single session. It tends to get unstable on my system after around 2-3 hours of continuous work.

I remember losing an hour's worth of progress once, and from that point I've been saving my stuff compulsively. At least it taught me good habits!

brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

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brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

can confirm that it's a constant sine wave, at least for me.

i blew myself up by accident a month ago, and while my left ear has fully recovered my right one wasn't so lucky. lost all hearing above like 10kHz (which isnt really noticeable, especially with my left ear still being good on frequencies), and i also now have some very minor tinnitus there. ironically if i had to guesstimate the frequency of my tinnitus it would be around 12 kHz, which is past my hearing range, though it can change briefly because of external stimuli.

brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

I've always wondered - do we know what is actually the cause of this?

I've had this happen before in similar circumstances as the post but way less severe, and I always figured it was because the brain's "processing speed" increased, allowing it to process a bigger quantity of information per unit of time, but I don't think that would make sense given that entering this state usually needs you to be hella tired?

brachypelmasmithi @lemm.ee 1y ago

If it doesn't bother you, could you say what happened? This sounds really interesting!

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