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Any software good for making this kind of mechanical animation/simulation? in c/linux@lemmy.world

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You can do it just in the sketcher and get 90% of the way there with just sketcher constraints. You can also create a body with a subshape binder for each sketch line and use assembly and create an animation. You don't even need 3d solids. I created a gif, we'll see if it attaches properly to this reply...

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Games no longer launching with same gamescope command in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I see you made a comment in https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope/issues/1913 . Did you try vkcube like someone earlier in that issue? And the other workarounds like --expose-wayland?

Also what version of gamescope? And you don't happen to be running steam as a flatpak do you?

EDIT: they JUST released a new version https://github.com/ValveSoftware/gamescope/compare/3.16.14...3.16.15 . So if you are having issues downgrading might be worth a try, but I haven't been able to reproduce the issues you are having.

Also, I know it sounds weird for a linux machine, but update and restart just to rule anything weird out. I've had steam and steam related applications leave around weird state, processes, etc. before and restarting is an easy way to clear that all out and start fresh, eliminating variables.

Now introducing "haxx", a nonsense hacking generator. in c/linux@lemmy.world

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 7 points 4 months ago

I dunno why but this immediately made me think of Uplink https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uplink_(video_game)

Looking for an FPS with active community servers in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago

Quake3 and Overload (only sortof FPS) are the ones I play. Both have plenty of community servers and also community games. And both have linux native versions that run without wine. I'm by no means an expert in this area nor do I have a vast knowledge of what people play these days. Just sharing what I like.

Alright, who has the best info for using racing wheels on linux? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

universal-pidff is working on support for many wheels. I believe they are also working on upstreaming.

Thrustmaster hid-tmff2 is a module that supports some common belt drive wheels. (I had a t300 but upgraded, see below)

OpenFFBoard is fully supported without any extra drivers/modules in Linux. Even the configurator is just python+qt and works fine (This is the wheel I use).

Running the drivers in wine won't work, or at least there is no benifit that I've seen. Oversteer provides some udev rules which improve logitech support, you should install that and reboot even if you don't plan to use it. The udev rules initialize the wheel correctly, set permissions on the sysfs components, etc. AFAIK the Logitech Driving Force GT is fully supported by the in-tree logitec driver link. Can you post more details about the issues you are having, maybe with screenshots?

EDIT: I forgot that oversteer recommends using new-lg4ff for most logi wheels. So definitely give that a try as others said.

Lastly there's sim community https://infosec.pub/c/diysimulators@discuss.tchncs.de (the creator of openffboard is the mod of that community) if you're interested. It doesn't see that much action but there's a little here and there.

Roast my solder joints in c/electronics@discuss.tchncs.de

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago

I'd suggest a decongestant, looks like you've got a lot of snot going on there =]

In all seriousness though, we all have to start somewhere. Just keep practicing, you'll get the hang of it.

NTSYNC driver for improving Windows games on Linux with Wine / Proton should finally land in Linux kernel 6.14 in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That Dirt 3 performance improvement though...

Game 	Upstream 	ntsync 	improvement
Dirt 3 	110.6 	        860.7 	678%

Might have to go dust off that game just to experience the speed

Lenovo Legion Go S official: $499 buys the first authorized third-party SteamOS handheld in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 2 points 8 months ago

wow... I hadn't thought of that until you mentioned it but a trackpoint in thumb's reach on a steamdeck-like device is a great idea. And good marketing continuity for Lenovo

What do I need to know about trouble shooting windows games on linux? in c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

In addition to everything everyone else has said, the launch option: PROTON_LOG=1 %command% (from the wiki). It will create a steam-<gameid>.log in your homedir which can have lots of good wine/proton specific information in it.

You can also rename the user-settings.sample.py file in a given proton version in $HOME/.steam/root/steamapps/common/Proton - <version>/ to user-settings.py and uncomment the additional wine debugging options (PROTON_LOG is already set in this file, but it is not active until it's renamed or passed directly on the Launch Options line).

Could anyone recommend me a self-hosteable TinkerCAD equivalent? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 1 points 10 months ago

Someone posted this https://webvm.io/alpine.html in another community and it made me think of this post. I've never used webvm and I suspect there are many downsides but seemed relevant and the demo seems to be able to run a full desktop environment. You have to find a CAD software that supports Linux though which is a controversial topic at best.

Could anyone recommend me a self-hosteable TinkerCAD equivalent? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 4 points 10 months ago

There is also Cascade Studio (Demo). Sadly development has stalled, it was a really cool project.

Probably not at all what OP is looking for though since TinkerCAD is just sketch/primitive type workflow, not like openscad.

Recommendation for webcam that doesn't push its software? in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one

[–] mranderson17@infosec.pub 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah I think it probably is. Streaming output from it causes the infrared LED to flash rapidly and the image isn't coming from the main lens, it's the smaller lens right next to it.

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Periodic 500 errors (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago by mranderson17@infosec.pub to c/infosecpub@infosec.pub

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I'm receiving periodic 500 server errors when viewing posts for about the last week. It's pretty infrequent but definitely still happening.

I've also noticed that viewing some images has been problematic, sometimes requiring a few tries to get them to appear. Likely the same issue there.

Anyone else noticed this?

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My OpenFFBoard wheel all put together in it's final(ish) form (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago by mranderson17@infosec.pub to c/diysimulators@discuss.tchncs.de

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Got the TM R383 Mod wheel all mounted and everything is working. I'm doing more driving than debugging which is a sign that I think it's near done.

The OpenFFBoard has shift register support so with no modification to the wheel other than a coily cable I was able to get all the buttons working. I designed some adapters to mount to an ebay QR (highly recommend this one called "For Racing Simulator Simagic Moza 70mm Steering Wheel Quick Release+Wheel Base" on ebay) which is rock solid. I was all ready to machine the adapter flanges out of metal but I put the prototypes on to check the fit and they were so rigid there's no point in taking the time to do it. It feels easily just as solid as my real car. Kindof amazing considering the threads are even printed into the PLA, no heatserts or anything.

Feel free to let me know if you want the FreeCAD models, I suspect at least the 70mm wheel side adapter would be compatible with other TM wheels too. I use the RT FreeCAD branch so they won't work in normal FreeCAD unfortunately.

It's running at about 14Nm right now, I don't have a thermister on the motor coils so I'm trying to be a bit conservative however I'm pretty sure 14Nm peak is way way more than I need personally. The motor and supporting hardware should technically support about 22 but I don't think I'll ever push it that hard. 14Nm is scary enough.

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looking for a US source for Gateron switches (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago by mranderson17@infosec.pub to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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I have a keyboard with gateron blue clear top (black base, clear top) switches. It has a few switches that no longer work consistently so I'm looking for some replacements. The keyboard is backlit so I'd like to keep the clear top. Unfortunately I can't seem to find a source for this type of switch I feel comfortable with that ships to the US. There's ebay but it's so hard to tell what you're going to get. Does anyone know of a good site that ships to the US that stocks gateron clear top switches?

1upkeyboards is the only place I've seen them even listed, but they are out of stock. https://1upkeyboards.com/shop/switches/set-packs/switches-16-pack/

I have compared cherry blues, which also come in clear top, to the gaterons but I like the gateron feel better even though they seem not to last as long apparently.

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Seeking some input on long term experience with Krytox 205g0 or Tribosys 3204 (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mranderson17@infosec.pub to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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About 8 years ago I lubed a Topre clone board (CM Novatouch) with "Finish Line Extreme Fluoro PFPAE" which was recommended at the time. Now years later it has pretty much all turned to dust and isn't really lubricating anything anymore. I suspect this happened maybe 5 years from when I applied it because it started feeling not so great and I put it away to use another board.

Now I've finally gotten the time to work on it and I've cleaned off all the old crusty stuff and I'm going to replace it with a combination of 205g0 for the slider points of contact and 3204 for the stabilizer bars. (EDIT: might just try the 3204 on everything or find some actual grease for the bars, not sure yet)

I'm wondering if anyone has any long term experience with either of these and if I might be able to expect a slightly longer life from them than what I had previously?

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Hey @jerry, do you have any backup? Is there any way we can help you? (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mranderson17@infosec.pub to c/infosecpub@infosec.pub

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As the title says, @jerry@infosec.pub do you have any backup and how can we support you as the admin of our instance?

Burnout on spare-time projects can be very real, especially when they suddenly grow or become more difficult to manage. We all appreciate what you are doing here. So even if there's nothing we can do directly, I'd just like to say thank you.

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xeyes 1.3.0 released yesterday now has "multi-ocular support" (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mranderson17@infosec.pub to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Use the -biblicallyAccurate flag for maximum creepyness.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xeyes/-/commit/6f6c975d2cdc1f615f83576c9d1f828e1cdabda3

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I can't seem to upload images: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data client.js (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mranderson17@infosec.pub to c/infosecpub@infosec.pub

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In Firefox I am unable to upload images either as the subject of a post, or as a part of the body using the image button. I receive the following error:

SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data client.js:2:1753277
    Hp https://infosec.pub/static/7197474/js/client.js:2
    (Async: promise callback)
    Hp https://infosec.pub/static/7197474/js/client.js:2
    n https://infosec.pub/static/7197474/js/client.js:2

I found a github issue about it but it's really old, so I'm thinking it's not that relevant, even though it pretty much describes the issue exactly:

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/403

There are some other issues in the lemmy backend repo:

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues?q=is%3Aissue+unexpected+character+at+line+1+column+1+is%3Aclosed

Anyone else noticing this or is it just me?

EDIT: Probably should have checked first but this happens on other instances running 0.18.1, so I guess it doesn't matter, seems to be an upstream issue.

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Some posts, particularly pinned posts, appear to be missing from communities (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by mranderson17@infosec.pub to c/infosecpub@infosec.pub

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I'm a member of the sim racing community on lemmy.ml.

https://lemmy.ml/c/simracing

If I go directly to that community there is a pinned post:

https://lemmy.ml/post/1703575

But if I browse the community from here on infosec.pub:

https://infosec.pub/c/simracing@lemmy.ml

The post is missing. Other new posts seem to be present and comments are working as expected since I was able to ask a question about said post in a different thread just now: https://infosec.pub/comment/591176

Has anyone else noticed this?

EDIT: In case anyone lands here with weird missing post or comment issues. I found that to work around this you can search for the direct link for both posts and comments which will force whatever instance you are on to find and show them. Probably not a great long-term solution but it works if you just want to reply to one or two people.

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trouble commenting on any federated thread (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago by mranderson17@infosec.pub to c/infosecpub@infosec.pub

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I don't seem to be able to comment on any posts on other lemmy instances. For example https://infosec.pub/c/privacyguides@lemmy.one . When I try to comment it just spins. I expected issues with lemmy.ml but I've now tried several instances and experience the same problems.

Also comments on many posts don't match what you see if you go directly to the remote instance to view the thread.

Is there some federation issue with infosec.pub?