Wolfizen

joined 2 years ago
[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

I bought this light a week ago. My overall impression is great satisfaction.

Positives:

I LOVE the beam flexibility. I use flood most, spot second.

The throw in spot mode is great. I feel a reluctance to buy a dedicated throw light because this does the job.

It feels solid in my hand without feeling bulky. The heatsinks and wider lens housing do not feel wide at all.

Neutrals:

The UI is meh. I do not have significant issues using it. I set the brightness I want for the activity then I dont change it for an hour+.

Bonus hidden UI: after you change modes with a hold press, you have again 3s to change the brightness with single clicks. So it is possible to adjust brightness without powering down the light, but feels like a hack not intended use

Negatives:

The included wrist strap has a wimpy attachment string, met with an equally small lanyard hole. I do not trust it with the weight of the light.

When pressing the button while locked, the indicator lights dont show the current battery level. They all blink. Missed opportunity.

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 1 points 2 months ago

Works fine for me. Steam autoselected a proton version and everything worked out of the box.

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago

Thanks so much! I will take a look at your suggested ships.

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago

Dang. Thank you for your answer.

 

There seems to be hundreds of ships available, from all the big factions, and even ones that only exist in STO.

Do niche ships like the Tarellian ship from TNG: "Haven" exist ingame? I checked the wiki and did not find evidence, suggesting it is not ingame. It is my favourite Trek ship and I am hoping for a miracle. Maybe its missing from the wiki, maybe there is a custom ship designer that could be used to make something like it, etc.

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago

Thx! Many help :)

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago

Metro series games use bullets as a currency. Theyre small, not easily produceable in the setting, and have inherent value (you can shoot your money at enemies). Great design.

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

+1!!

I found this guide very inspiring: https://melonking.net/thoughts/lets-make

It focuses on the creativity and self-creation aspect of writing your own websites. The site is quirky but also geniune.

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 1 points 3 months ago

Option C! Sapporo Ichiban

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 2 points 4 months ago

+1 to FlorisBoard!!

(I am biased, I create themes for it)

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago

Great read!

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Wolfizen@pawb.social to c/mikrotik@lemmy.world
 

Verdict: the MikroTik CRS310-1G-5S-4S+IN is a suitable L3 gateway for internet connections up to 500Mbit/s!

Story

I saw this device and knew instantly its port configuration was perfect for my needs: mix of 1G/10G, SFP for labbing optical connections, and an RJ45 for WAN uplink.

Its routing capabilities are well-advertised as inferior to its switching capabilities. The CRS (Cloud Router Switch) name and its capability to run RouterOS mean it can operate at L3, but MikroTik advertises it as primarily a switch appliance. Its sister product, the netFiber 9 which runs the same hardware, is advertised as capable of "light routing". Finally, the test results published by MikroTik show sub-1G L3 performance for all but the most optimal case. It is clear that I cannot expect line speed routing from the CRS310.

But, my home internet connection is 500Mbit/s. If the CRS310 can route at or above this speed, then it will be the perfect gateway device. Lets test it!!

Tests

I configured these parameters:

  • One bridge interface
  • No VLANs
  • IPv4 source-NAT for the local network
  • Eight IPv4 filter rules

I confirmed that the bridge is using the switch chip. Fast Path is OFF but Fasttrack is working.

Test 1: https://fast.com/ speed test
No fasttrack
Result: 260Mbit/s average with 3 samples

Test 2: https://fast.com/ speed test
Fasttrack for established,related packets on all interfaces
Result: 510Mbit/s average with 3 samples

Conclusions

MikroTik's published test results for the CRS310 are realistic. It can route at L3 with a basic set of firewall rules and IPv4 source-NAT at least at ~500Mbit/s. I will be happy with this as my gateway :)

I did not inspect the packet sizes for the tests, so I cannot compare my results directly. My numbers fall between the 1518 byte and 512 byte reference numbers for fasttrack and 25 filter rules. I'm also using source-NAT which is not advertised to be a part of any of the reference results. Differences aside, it still felt like the published results gave a good-enough indicator of sub-1G but capable routing.

Bonus

Mikro-pic!

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If you drop the "from anywhere" part, you can set up a pihole with a static address that you can use from within your LAN, without any involvement from your ISP.

Read section "Assign your Raspberry Pi a static IP address" of https://www.raspberrypi.com/tutorials/running-pi-hole-on-a-raspberry-pi/

[–] Wolfizen@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you use it? What features benefit you most?

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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Wolfizen@pawb.social to c/wanderlust@lemmy.ca
 

I went on a long road trip all in one day across southwestern BC. It was just to see the landscape and to travel. I didn't have any specific destinations of interest.

It was amazing to see! There were three times that I started tearing up at just how beautiful the land was.

The route was Vancouver -> Lytton -> Whistler -> Vancouver

 

I am still using a Razer Phone 2 (2018) in 2025. It's 7 years young. One battery replacement, ripped-off speaker grilles, and a dead USB port but it still chugs along. Its position as a gaming phone has meant its performance has kept up with the latest software demands quite well.

I'm using wireless charging to keep it powered. I lost the ability to run LineageOS major version updates due to the dead port. Any advice?

I am hoping to run this phone until it catastrophically dies or I lose it.

 

You don't need to stick with bash! There are many alternatives out there.

Not in the linked article are more popular alternatives like zsh, or the technicality of sh which exists everywhere yet is rarely used interactively.

 

I took my drone along with me on a road trip and got some great shots IMO. Check them out! First is at Mill Pond Park north of Mission, second is over the Fraser River north of Hope.

 

The phone is pretty old, running Android 6. It has 2600.emu on it with the entire catalogue of 2600 games. She remembers playing on her friends' Atari as a kid and some of the games she played so I added those as shortcuts.

I tried several emulation apps: 2600.emu, droid2600, and MAME4Droid. The modern versions of all refused to install. 2600.emu and droid2600 both had an older version that installed. Overall I liked 2600.emu for its better onscreen controls & better paddle control on these specific versions.

It feels nice to repurpose old tech for something "new". It wouldn't be possible without a dedicated community.

 
 
 
 

free him

 
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