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YouTube tests server-side ads to make your coveted blocker obsolete
  • For ergonomics, the plugin should be able to spot cuts in the video so you can easily select the correct frames.

    This shouldn't even be too hard, I doubt YouTube is completely rerendering every video with ads, they'd just insert the ad in before an I frame in the video. So each ad will start with an I frame, and the video will resume on an I frame, meaning just let the user select all the I frames, no fancy cut detection algorithm is needed.

    I have no idea how to do this from JS though.

    Also I mean video I frames, not HTML iframes.

  • virt-install vTPM issue
  • WARNING KVM acceleration not available, using 'qemu'

    That's related to hardware virtualisation, like the other person said, check that it's enabled.

    WARNING Using --osinfo generic, VM performance may suffer. Specify an accurate OS for optimal results.

    This is related to --os-variant=generic, I don't remember what Home Assistant OS is based off, but find out and pick an option from virt-install --os-variant list, otherwise use linux2022.

    ERROR internal error: Could not run '/usr/bin/swtpm_setup'.

    I'm not sure why it's attaching a TPM, but I believe --tpm clearxml=true should remove it.

  • So is the global IT crash fixed yet?
  • There's a third one I've heard:

    • Intel VPro (the thing that privacy people disable because runs at a lower level than the OS and does mysterious stuff), is being used to remove the broken file while the OS is booting/crashed.
  • Any tech wizards available know how to boot a F-35 into Safe Mode? Speedy replies appreciated
  • Sigh...

    Wait for it to reboot 3 times and automatically enter recovery, Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > Command Prompt, del C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike\C-00000291*.sys

    Is the fastest way to do this assuming no bitlocker. Also C: sometimes isn't mounted at C:, you might have to try all the letters between C: and X:, or just boot into safe mode.

  • Self-hosted dvr
  • IIRC the RTL chip inside them was originally designed for TV, so it works great! I'm actually using very cheap AliExpress clones for the TV ones, because they otherwise don't work very well.

    I'm also using the outdoor TV antenna on my roof (common in Australia, idk elsewhere), and a splitter and adaptors. And with that I get every channel with no artifacts, at 30% strength, but that'll probably be higher with not awful SDRs.

  • Self-hosted dvr
  • I've got an interesting setup I'd like to share:

    So I've got a Raspberry Pi with 4 RTL-SDRs, 2 for TV, 1 for radio, and 1 for plane transponders. That runs SatPi for the 2 TV SDRs, which TVHeadend running on my main server connects to, to record and stream. Jellyfin also connects to TVHeadend to properly index everything and for easy access to recordings and live TV.

  • Some windows help please
  • You can go through the activation troubleshooter and say you replaced the motherboard, I did this with my brother's computer and used a licence from a 5 year old netbook on a modern desktop. It might've needed a Microsoft account though.

  • Is it worth upgrading my PC for running LLMs?
  • Will I see any performance increase?

    Like others have said LLMs mostly use VRAM, they can use system RAM if you're running them on CPU, but that's ridiculously slow.

    It will however increase the speed of your compile times, which is especially useful if you're compiling something large like the Linux kernel on a regular basis.

    I'm also worried about not having ECC RAM.

    If you are using it purely for LLMs, if it's going to get bit flips, it'll happen in VRAM.

    If you are compiling large things for customers, I'd recommend ECC, just in case, e.g. you don't want a bricking firmware from a bit flip. But according to EDAC and my TIG stack, my server's ECC RAM has never even detected an error in the past year, if I understand EDAC properly, so it's really not important.

  • No common rube
  • AFAIK fast startup only affects shutdown, clicking restart will always do a full reboot. Shift clicking shutdown will do a full shutdown like you said, but shift clicking restart will start recovery mode.

  • Home routing and encryption technologies are making lawful interception harder, Europol warns
  • My understanding after reading the article is: while roaming your phone sets up a VPN type thing with your phone provider, and routes calls and data through this tunnel, so now Europol has to deal with another country if they want to track you.

  • Definitely not a hoax. Trust us on that.
  • Haha yeah, I sell these at work and recognised it immediately! It's literally just the inner part you solder the wires onto, without the outer casing.

    I tried to find a photo, but I struggled:

    3 Pin XLR Connector in parts

  • KDE: Fix to weird theming in flatpaks

    This is more of a public note to self, but if anyone else had screwed up fonts, default cursors, and missing minimise/maximise buttons in flatpaks on KDE Wayland, put this in your /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/kde-portals.conf:

    [preferred] default=kde;gtk; org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Settings=kde;gtk;

    Then restart xdg-desktop-portal.

    Source: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474746#c12

    Apparently this will be fixed in 5.27.9 releasing on the 24th anyway, but I've tried so many different 'solutions' and this had been annoying me for weeks.

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    Guys I found lemmy!

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    Anglican Church sacked Headmaster over compensation to child sexual abuse victims

    I'm not usually one to share links, but my old school's Headmaster (Dr Paul Browning at St Paul's School) is in a little bit of trouble with the Anglican church for compensating child sexual abuse victims from incidents in the 80s/90s. As he started in 2008, those victims technically weren't his problem but he refunded their tuition fees anyway because it's the right thing to do. However the Anglican church doesn't see it that way and sacked him.

    I graduated in 2021, but he was truly an amazing person, somehow remembers everyone's names, greeting them whenever and while I never had him as a teacher, I've heard he was really an amazing & energetic teacher when in the classroom. I was even at the school earlier this year and was asking how I was doing with uni and stuff. I genuinely believe he doesn't deserve this.

    Please share this as much as you can, there is a change.org petition, but I feel raising awareness and maybe writing to Bishop Greaves and the Anglican Schools Commission are probably the best ways that you can help!

    Thanks for Reading!

    Edit: A few more news outlets have covered the story including:

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