product review website with canadian models/prices/links? (ala Wirecutter)
I like the wirecutter when researching some kind of consumer product.
Problem is that the available models and their pricing is often radically different compared to Canada. If they recommend a certain item as US$20 on amazon.com, the identical item on amazon.ca could be $100, or completely unavailable.
Any alternative websites?
That's interesting I didn't know that. I used to share workstations with someone from indonesia who had what seemed like very strange habits of employing caps lock constantly. I assumed it was just a personal weirdsy but maybe it was due to use of caps lock in another linguistic context.
However, I know for a fact that it doesn't do anything I need. I've had it remapped for a couple years on personal machine without issues.
Thanks for telling me though, because I will be sure not to fallback to the registry or another method that changes behavior system-wide. Would not want to prevent anyone else from using the device.
ah OK thanks!
I will try this when I am at my workstation.
Oh sweet if there was a native windows option that would be best.
Tho I feel like I might have tried this and it didn't work somehow. I will try again when at my workstation.
At home, once in a while caps lock turns itself on somehow. I have a shell alias to fix the problem:
sh
UNCAPS='xdotool key Caps_Lock'
Should this happen at work I was thinking to either temporarily disable the application that is doing the remapping, or use some sort of onscreen keyboard to inactivate the caps lock.
- I have small hands that makes certain key combos involving ctrl difficult/uncomfortable to reach
- at home I have caps lock remapped and therefor I am constantly using it by muscle memory
- Even before I had remapped it at home, I would sometimes enable it by accident which is annoying
- in previous versions of windows (I think windows 8?) I could disable caps lock entirely in a system setting but it seems they have removed this option from more recent version
- it's right there
I tried installing Power Toys a while ago but the version of windows is too old to support it.
Thanks I will do this!
Does this first line mean anything? I didn't install anything except the basic AH package:
undefined
;The keyboard hook must be installed.
Windows: remap caps to control (work computer)
At work I have a Windows PC. I don't have much personal experience with Windows which is why I am asking.
I want to remap the caps lock key to function as a control key. Ideally, on a per-user basis as sometimes other people use the workstation and I don't want to confuse them.
- Was able to install Auto Hot Key. A test script worked. However I couldn't find working instructions about how to do this specific remapping. Example scripts I found seem to have some conflict between v1 and v2 of AH.
- I don't have admin access however I could probably ask for something, but it would have to work immediately without a lot of fooling around. I will not be granted admin access to try a bunch of things til I find something that works.
What's the best way?
So you mean it would have no effect, yes? On restart it will have the same settings and firmware it did prior to pressing the reset button?
I looked at the QMK docs to see about using it from the terminal. But I am not clear about how to get around the issue of the firmware not being up to date.
I don't quite trust various bits and pieces I've found about how to use it around the web. Like the configurator page for this device says
Reset Key: Hold down the key located at K00, commonly programmed as Esc while plugging in the keyboard.
compared to the keychron docs I linked to in the OP which says
reset the keyboard by pressing fn + J + Z (for 4 seconds)
And also describes an actual reset button located under the space bar.
Why are they different...? It seems like keychron probab knows how to reset their own device. So I wonder if it is a good idea to load anything from this qmk page using methods I don't understand well because I'd never be able to get myself out of a mess.
remapping keychron v3 via/qmk on linux? how to upgrade/reset the firmware?
I have a keychron v3 (official docs which of course I have looked through) keyboard with a knob. I would like to upgrade the firmware so I can map the knob.
I am using VIA v 3.0.0 AppImage on Manjaro linux. I did the udev thing and it seems to pretty much work.
The factory reset instructions on the keychron website only explain Mac/Windows and I don't know how to transfer them to Linux. Actually I am not sure if this is even the required procedure to upgrade the firmware but it's the closet I can find.
What if I use the hardware reset without the software running on the computer?
Any other tips for mapping this keyboard with linux... I am having a hard time generally as it is apparently undocumented. I can't access their facebook group.
I have had the chance to use it on a few different devices and ROMs. Been with it since before name change.
Performance, especially bugginess is highly variable. I don't know if it's the phone, the ROM, other apps, settings or what. Sometimes it is smooth and you forget its there. other times it is crashing every 5 mins, sometimes without being fully recoverable. Like on a certain set up my widgets would disappear when it crashed and widgets aren't in the backup so you have to redo them from scratch.
If it doesn't work on you current device just don't give up on it and whenever you get a new one give it a spin again.
Neolauncher FTW
https://github.com/NeoApplications/Neo-Launcher
Do an image search for screenshots, the repo doesnt really do it justice.
On f droid.
That is my previous experience. I guess i missed it somehow.
If LVM isn't somehow mitigating the issue I will do a reinstall.
I have run out of space on / before and it is a huge pain in the ass. I do not need much room for /home on this system so I would prefer to be cautious and avoid problems down the road.
Hopefully I will be able to figure out how to specify this.... maybe a different installer image.
very small system partition with LVM on debian. Is it OK?
I recently installed debian 12 using debian-12.2.0-arm64-netinst.iso. It is the only OS installed and I used the whole 500GB disk.
I selected something like guided partitioning with separate /home/ using LVM and encryption. Now that I am using my system a bit, I realize that I don't think it ever asked me how big to make the / partition and it is very small. Only 27GB.
Will this be a problem?
Or, is the LVM going to allow the partition to be resized or otherwise take up as much of the space as it requires?
sh
# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 476.9G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 512M 0 part /boot/efi
├─sda2 8:2 0 488M 0 part /boot
└─sda3 8:3 0 476G 0 part
└─sda3_crypt 253:0 0 475.9G 0 crypt
├─mycomputer--vg-root 253
I have a form like this I do regularly for work. I actually fax the form, I don't even send it electronically. But I like to fill it electronically so I have my records on the computer. Because it is 2023. I had to use my home computer (linux) to generate a copy of the form, then use a floss editor I managed to get working on windows work computer to annotate on top of the form fields. For some reason it's really hard to get the annotations to line up with the form fields. So sometimes I have to correct it by hand after printing to clarify.
It is a zero security form, there is no need to have all this rigamarole. The form is freely available on the internet and anyone with a fucking fax machine could fill it in and send it on behalf of anyone else. Fax machine is the biggest hurdle; who the hell has one of those.
Thanks!
I think I miiight have found an exact match: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005073296395.html Not sure what a waterproof USB port is used for but it should do the trick. I'll buy a few other connectors of similar size to hedge my bets and do as you say if this one doesn't quite fit.
Looks like I'll be starting a new plastic compartment container...
The more exterior black wire is thicker than the other ones. You can't really see it in the photos. I am thinking it is the same as the grey wire labeled as ground in the AE pic.
What am I measuring? The white box that clips in is exactly 1cm. All these connectors (which I believe are called JST) with 5 pins are labeled as being "1.25" but I can't tell if that's dimensional. But what else would it be? I can't find any that are 1cm.
It's so weird how different shipping/distribution can be for different kinds of things. Keyboard-type stuff seems to suffer from it a lot. Even my favorite brand keychron, which seems like a legit business selling at low/mid price, only lists a tiny number of their items on amazon.ca. Buying direct from their website or aliexpress adds a big shipping charge.
OK thanks! It sort of looks like it would be possible but I didn't want to go too aggressively at the existing cable until I have a replacement.
The aliexpress seller linked above repeats "The Line Sequence Needs To Be Changed" several times in the description. Maybe this is what that means?
a long as the letters don't type upside down
I mean if I'm going to buy component for the purpose, and there is a clip type thing on the board already, it seems like just obtaining the correct part would be the thing to do if possible. Rather than buying the wrong piece, dismantling the device further and possibly breaking it in the process. (It is really cheap and flimsy.) I've spliced things but that's like more something to do when salvaging or putting something together from what's on hand.
Neat little gizmos though I'll file it away for another project perhaps.
Do you think so? the letters are the right way up on the USB-C end. Here is how my existing cable looks in comparison:
The description lists the letters as VCC, D -, D+, GND, SG.
Can I replace the wired USB cable with a USB port in this keyboard?
I have a cheap MechanicalEagle Z-77 keyboard.
I'd like to replace the wired USB A cable with a USB-C port.
when I open it up, I see the cable is attached like this, with wire colors from the top: red white green black black:
When unclipped, I have this, the 5 pins being labeled "S GN D D VD":
I find some tutorials about how to do a similar job with soldering. I don't know how to solder and there is a clip. Can I purchase a USB-C port that will clip into this?
I can't figure out the name of what this component would be called.
I see some mentioning about resistance and capacitors. I don't know about these things. What if anything do I need to find out? I don't know if the info in the soldering tutorials applies the same?
Obviously I am very novice on this topic. If I am missing anything please advise and I will attempt to f
is this pixel 6 pro salvageable or should I return it?
I got this Pixel 6 Pro from ebay. The seller said there were screen issues and it was about CA$200. But the issues are more than I was anticipating. Is there any hope? Or should I return?
a: bright white line/lines horizontally across the screencandb: cracks in the screen with black splotches behind the breaks so nothing is visible- screen intermittently (but often) flickers. wasn't able to photograph.
- It feels like the connection is loose inside. sometimes squeezing it seems to fix it temporarily. but I can't just be squeezing the device all the time, especially with an already cracked screen.
- it also flickers in horizontal sections. the part from the white line to the top is the most flickering and the rest of it is divided in about 4 rough sections that display in consistently
Do you think a repair could fix it? especially the loose connection issue. I could live with everything except for the flickering which is really obnoxious. but is it possible to ma
what are the realistic requirements for opnsense?
I'm a pretty novice person considering installing opnsense for my personal home use.
Their documentation has what would seem to be incomplete hardware requirement.
For example it does not list any network hardware. I assume you need at least 1 Ethernet connection. I recall reading somewhere that you might need 2 network cards? One for in and one for out?
What about network card specs? I have old computers lying around that exceed the CPU/RAM/SSD requirements but cards are practically antiques. Should I upgrade? If so, to what?
ETA: The best internet I could subscribe to where I'm at is 1024 Mbps down, 50 Mbps up. So don't worry about wasting fibre speeds. :(
Does anyone know about a more thorough description of requirements?
is a separate firewall required or does openwrt include that?
For a while I have been planning to switch from an all-in-one wifi router to having separate devices because that way they can be upgraded piece by piece instead of having to replace the whole thing.
I am confused about the role of the firewall.
If I have a router running OpenWRT, does it have a firewall included? Either by default or by installing certain packages?
Or is it required to have a separate firewall running opnsense/pfsense?
If not required, what would be the benefits that would lean in favour of separate firewall?
use case: small home network 2-3 users. some internal self hosting and maybe one day external self hosting.
ETA: The best internet I could subscribe to where I’m at is 1024 Mbps down, 50 Mbps up. So don’t worry about wasting fibre speeds. :(
My assembled components so far are: router, WAPs, switches, ethernet cable and cable modem.
Thanks for any advice.
how to listen to podcasts on computer?
My phone is broken and I neeeed to listen to my podcasts while this is resolving. I thought it would be simple enough but I have been banging my head for days now.
There are lots of rss readers and podcatchers.
Ideally the downloading and listening would be integrated. Failing that, I can put up with 2 separate steps.
I can do the downloading although it's kind of clunky. Best for this are RSSGuard and Gpodder. But once you get the files, things totally break down.
minimally require:
- track listening status
- properly access metadata, not just going by filenames.
- most crucially: name of podcast, episode title, published date, download date
- maybe the downloader has some role to play in writing file/metadata correctly but the ones I have tried don't seem to do it
- don't need to make an account/server to do the above
I tried everything in arch/aur repos. A few of them had totally broken UIs not sure what the deal is. I am open to TUI options but none seemed viable.
ma
pixel 5a screen is loose; possible to tighten a bit?
I am wondering if someone know some trick about how to "tighten" the broken android screen?
I have a pixel 5a.
I dropped the phone and the screen broke. I could see the bottom half of the screen if I squeezed/twisted it. Touch is not consistent but sort of works for whole screen.
Now I can't see any of the screen. It seems that the screen is partly just loose connection since previously it was able to be fixed by squeezing. Still provides haptic feedback. Seems to be turned on.
Is there like a special way to apply pressure to get it to connect back again? even half the screen was functional enough. I have found guides online of how to replace the screen. I already had the screen replaced once; it seems the screens for this device sucks. I ordered a different phone. I'd like to be able to use this without the screen if I can because otherwise it is still functional.
I haven't ever opened a phone before and I don't have the special tools. If it is totally hopeless I don't know i
Somebody has made an affordable, good quality wireless finger trackball - Review of Nulea m505/m505b
I wanted to share this thing I found because it is great.
I think it is newly available. On amazon reviews, forum posts, blogs, youtubes and all other sources of information, nothing is found dating prior to March 2023. I do not recall seeing it before.
I have used photos already available online if they were adequate. I took some original photos to show details not captured by others.
Contents
Here are the sections of this article with a brief summary.
Basics
- Price and value: Good luck getting a cheaper trackball! Amazing.
- m505 vs m505b: Difference between models is the "b" model has an annoying light ring around the ball.
Design
- Shape and feel: A comfortable, quality feeling finger trackball. Mode buttons show attention to detail.
- Aesthetics: Look OK overall, not too "gamer".
- Buttons and scroll: left + right + forward + back + scroll/middleclick = 5 buttons. Al