ios and android bad video quality

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overhearing something... "oh the video quality is so bad! you should get an iphone!"

WHAT!? Digging a little bit furthur, this actually gets interesting. Someday I'll update the post with source and result video examples basically here is a quick table of my results from memory

from to network result file
ios ios same provider Bad (bad data connection)
ios ios same provider good probably?
ios android different 3gp garbage
ios android same / wifi 3gp garbage probably (pending)
android ios different mp4 bad
android ios same / wifi mp4 meh
android android same / same wifi mp4 excellent
android android same / data mp4 ok

ios to android is so stupid. ios is just being hostile. 3gp!?!? what a joke

Updating my zwave stick

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Updated my zwave stick process

new firmware is now wrongly identifying as "Smart Temperature & Humidity Sensor" / "M417_9E" https://devices.zwave-js.io/?jumpTo=0x0000:0x0001:0x0001:0.0 https://devices.zwave-js.io/?jumpTo=0x0000:0x0003:0x0008:0.0 Brought it up with zwave-js to see where hte problem is and it seems this is a common occurance with "generic" firmware https://github.com/zwave-js/node-zwave-js/issues/3047

Went into .hex and found 000000030008 (0x0000,0x0003,0x0008) and changed it to be 000000010001 (0x0000,0x0001,0x0001)

But the last 2 hex digits of that line are the checksum which would now be wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HEX tells how to calculate it. input = sum = 2's complement = LSB 10 26 D0 00 28 27 4A 06 0A 00 00 00 01 00 01 FE 87 7F 88 CF = 50C = 2F4 = F4 changed :1026D00028274A060A000000030008FE877F88CFEB to :1026D00028274A060A000000010001FE877F88CFF4

game memory usage

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todo: research game memory usage, DEEP stuff. star citizen as case study (convo with azimuth quazar)

network downtime on june 21, 2021

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quick type now so i dont forget, format later

oops! deleted ubus instead of whatever i shouldve deleted router froze then after a reboot the cfgs are all messed up. even said "(none)" on it's identifier and most of the overview page was missing tried just restoring config but as I suspected, it doesn't install missing packages figured maybe i can just start over now, gotta do the upgrade to DSA openwrt eventually. Not compatible for upgrade as I suspected, gotta do a full reinstall. k np, do a factory reset, restore cfgs. ofc still missing packages, reinstall them. everything is online except, hey... I can't connect from outside?! after beating my head against the desk for a while I find that the IP is correct, DNS did infact propagate outside and that it MUST be inside my network. realized that the cfg i uploaded was before the VLAN upgrade... sigh

lesson learned. make another backup of configs after you finish your work/upgrade!

Contributing to htmly

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It's cool that I now have made meaningful contributions to Github! (: I... also am making this post because I need to test how links behave lol

example link

Mimoo pc troubleshooting

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Totally forgot but I plan to log the big problem with MImoo's pc.

tldr; ATX power on the mobo is bad, disconnects.

update: turns out new mobo worked with some quick tugs on atx power, no issue. 2ish months later, it happens again! must be cable i guess.

update2: confirmed. it WAS the cable ): the mobo is already replaced but it did have a bad pwm fan header (DC control only). I can't test the ATX until I get another ryzen cpu to test it.

TIL family drama

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Talking about financial futures and etc. Then grandmother comes in talking about old family drama, not to trust certain aunts and uncles. Swindling and the such. Tbh some of these guys i already didn't have the most respect for anyways lol. But learning about how big family "empires" can fall from misplaced trust in a greedy son can open ones eyes about...frailty might be the word?

Was fun and all. Learned that I'm "trustworthy" but honestly its more like: "Huh? Just don't be an ass no? ._. ". Also that one of my aunts used to do day trading back before she moved to the US.

Not too much more I care to say but I told my grandmother. "Yup, there's always one in a family"

jquery vs vanillajs

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vanillajs plain js lol. But jquery is also originally intended as a polyfill! there are many cases where jquery is unnecessary but there might be just a little too much negativity about it.

For the most part though, in today's standard of updates and etc, it really shouldn't be a big deal to work with mostly vanilla js and worrying about dead browsers. stupid IE >:[

Sent in a PR to HTMLy to use alot less of the jqueryUI library. The only thing left is tag auto completion which is nice but gotta somehow get around that. At the very least, I was able to slim the lib down to just what is needed instead of the whole fat library.

Impressions of htmly so far

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Pros:

  • List item
  • lightweight
  • simple
  • flatfile / no DB
  • ez backup
  • easy for me to contribute I think

Cons:

  • broken file upload (but only for me?), now fixed
  • loses post edit of page left and back
  • no auto save/draft
  • doesn't stay logged in very long
  • bug: when logged out when trying to post, the page gets all messed up and doesnt actually show a login either

I have hope for this platform. I think it'd be cool to contribute these fixes my self.

Going to Robin Nano 3 board

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Finally received the MKS Robin Nano V3.0 + wifi module + TS35 v2.0

Mounted up the display and board to my... mounting panel. time to flash the board with initial firmware. As of getting it, official Marlin doesn't support the board yet and is awaiting pull requests from MKS. Looks like its the same as the SKR Pro that needs a SD card to upload the firmware in addition to 'assets'. I'm assuming the assets are because of the graphical interface / touchscreen.

thought log before i proper write up.

Mar 13, 2021

  • received it, mounted to board
  • firmware configure from mks marlin fork
  • path too long lol
  • can't have ADVANCED_PAUSE_FEATURE or LCD_BED_LEVELING because the screen (ts35v2) isn't actually supported yet. fixed by using TFT_COLOR_UI instead of TFT_LVGL_UI
  • welp. this didnt come with a microsd, gotta find a small one. do i still need the assets folder? O_o

Mar 14, 2021

  • copy Robin_nano_v3.bin not firmware.bin
  • seems like fan 1 and fan 2 are reversed? ): - PR sent
  • ts35 encoder is not default 4 pulses per step. maybe 8?

Mar 15, 2021

  • sweet. my PR was accepted.
  • Confirmed, Fan1 PWM control is dead. Fan2 is working
  • the blower fan is terrible and vibrating the entire printer. (unrelated to board)
  • enabling FAN_SOFT_PWM fixes Fan1 (fan0)
  • RUMBA32 board confirms the same problem/requirement of enabling software PWM for the stm32f4 citing a problem with stm32duino core

Mar 16/17

  • finished printingthe new parts YAY

Mar 18, 2021

  • mounted. setting up probe offsets and etc. yey

Revision1vs2

  • fixed silkscreen for "E0_MOTOR" (Bottom sheet)
  • missing TH1 silkscreen (Pin sheet)
  • add a diode array / resistor bottom right by J55 (Pin sheet)
  • reworded/rearrange heater page (Sch sheet)
  • added diode protection on BLTouch (Sch sheet)
  • added 100ohm on BLTouch servo pin (Sch sheet)
  • a few more measurements (Size sheet)

Revision2vs3

  • fan pin switch (Bottom sheet)
  • cleaned resist/silk/copper layers (Bottom sheet)
  • (Pin sheet missing)
  • (Sch sheet missing)
  • (Size sheet missing)