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walkman
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Technology DIY Item
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Sep 12 13:17 UTC 2021 |
Post your DIY tech projects here
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walkman
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response 1 of 70:
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Sep 12 13:18 UTC 2021 |
Pi-hole DNS Server PT1
https://pi-hole.net/
Network-wide Ad Blocking
I have had a Pi-hole set up near my cable modem for at least 1-2 years
now? Time moves differently for me for the last 18 months. Regardless,
my Pi-hole device just sits there, filtering out ads from the network.
I highly recommend setting up a Pi-hole for your home. It's cheap,
easy, effective and efficient!
What is it?
A cheap Raspberry Pi computer with an SD card. Gets power from a phone
charger and connects with a simple Ethernet cable. Runs passively
without any fans at about 37 degrees C.
How do you use it?
You can set it up as a Wifi source, or you can add the IP address in
your wifi settings for DNS server. Use the same IP address in your web
browser to see a web interface. From there you can modify the
whitelist/blacklist and see in real time how many ads are being
rejected.
How do you set it up?
There are many guides. Here is a good one:
https://www.instructables.com/Pi-Hole-Setup-Guide/
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walkman
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response 2 of 70:
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Sep 12 13:18 UTC 2021 |
Pi-hole DNS Server PT2
Essentially, what is involved?
You flash a linux OS for Raspberry Pi onto your SD card using something
like the Balena Etcher. I prefer "dietpi", which is a low resource
Debian distro.
https://dietpi.com/
A simple 8GB or higher card will suffice. Then you install Pi-hole on
it.
How do you maintain it?
Every now and then, it's good to log into it with SSH and run a "sudo
apt update/upgrade" (if you choose a Debian distro). That's it.
I have over 4 million domains on my blocklist and it makes a HUGE
difference when I load websites without Pi-hole DNS configured in my
wifi settings.
Bonus: You can SSH into it and install lynx, mc and any other useful
linux terminal programs and have fun with it. As a double-bonus, you
could even run a website or music streaming service using it!
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tod
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response 3 of 70:
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Sep 27 23:59 UTC 2021 |
mimikatz
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walkman
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response 4 of 70:
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Oct 3 13:53 UTC 2021 |
#3 There are countless Youtube videos from South Asia explaining how to
use "ethical hacking tools" (LOL) like HASHCAT & Mimikatz yet the leader
of the free world was banned. Go figure. I'm sure Windows 11 will fix
everything.
That's great, it starts with an earthquake,
Birds and snakes, an aeroplane
Lenny Bruce is not afraid.
The real prize is IOS though.
"zero day" attacks for sale on the black market
I'm 100% sure alphabet agencies and the PRC can figure out how to use
bitcoin.
What a world.
The fact that everyone and their uncle is demanding your real phone
number, biometrics and other private data to operate without anonymity
should be a concern. But facebook and candy crush.
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tod
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response 5 of 70:
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Oct 10 01:42 UTC 2021 |
How many likes can I get for this
Shorted stocks right now...what's happeppeeennning to our EMPIRE
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walkman
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response 6 of 70:
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Oct 12 16:56 UTC 2021 |
I don't know anything about shorting stocks.
NASDAQ goes up forever man. To the moon!
LMAO
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kentn
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response 7 of 70:
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Oct 14 00:32 UTC 2021 |
Will look into the pi-hole idea, walkman. Thanks for posting it. I
vaguely remember reading about years back but never had the time to
deal with it. Now I have a few Raspberry Pi computers and only one
is really doing much right now. That's the old 2B I use for uploading
weather station data.
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walkman
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response 8 of 70:
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Oct 16 13:37 UTC 2021 |
If you are into various "retro" computer systems and video games,
there's a Hardware emulation platform using FPGA created by Terasic
called "DE10-Nano Kit". An open source hardware add-on called MiSTer
gives the FPGA hardware additional functionality, including an
integrated USB hub, SDRAM, VGA video, analog out via headphone jack, and
many other functions. DE10-Nano Specs: 110K LEs; 5570 Kbits Embedded
Memory; 6 PLLs; 2 Hard Memory Controllers 800MHz Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9
Process; 1GB DDR3 SDRAM; 32-bit Data Bus 1 Gibabit Ethernet PHY; USB
Micro-AB Connect; Mirco SD Card Socket
The board can run linux and comes with an SD card with linux pre-
installed.
I setup a guide to set this up here:
https://distantdark.com/2021/10/16/the-mister-fpga/
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walkman
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response 9 of 70:
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Oct 25 02:47 UTC 2021 |
Meet an unsung hero of the emulation scene. I have fond memories of
using his MSX emulator on the ancient 386 with Windows 3.11 (at work
circa 1997). It (the pc) was slow as hell but Marat s emulator ran full
speed.
Marat Fayzullin
https://fms.komkon.org/
He created the second Nintendo emulator in history and end up doing work
on many other systems.
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walkman
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response 10 of 70:
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Oct 25 02:52 UTC 2021 |
Back then, I think most professionals had much newer computers at home
than they did at work. I think in 97 I had a 233 mhz pentium and
upgraded to a pentium ii which wasn t that much faster.
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kentn
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response 11 of 70:
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Oct 25 23:10 UTC 2021 |
Absolutely, walkman. I've always had a better computer at home than
at work. They don't seem to mind if you sit there and wait for things
to happen at work. Makes no sense to me. Where I work, you have to
wait 5-6 years to get a new computer, but it won't be new. It'll be
one they pulled after someone left. I didn't like the first laptop they
gave me so I had to have a vice president approve (he said he had no
problem). It's still not very fast but much better than the dual core
laptop they gave me to replace my old dual core laptop. Go figure.
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walkman
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response 12 of 70:
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Oct 27 19:37 UTC 2021 |
#11 Same here! I've had my HP laptop for six years already and it wasn't
new when I got it. When I'm doing heavy work, the fan on the side is
super loud and blasts hot air. I figure eventually it will just cook
itself. LOL I looked up my work laptop on ebay, which averages about
$200. Fancy!
There's never enough money in the budget for new laptops but they can
spend money letting me spin my wheels waiting for processes and starting
over when applications crash. *slaps forehead*
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walkman
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response 13 of 70:
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Oct 27 19:42 UTC 2021 |
This the same model laptop. Same specs and everything.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234257499118?
hash=item368ad5c3ee:g:s~4AAOSwbiRheGNz
Just think, a big corporation has people working "from home" 8-10 hours
a day on ancient $200 machines. Seems incredible to me.
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tod
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response 14 of 70:
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Nov 3 15:07 UTC 2021 |
I'm a strong supporter of RDP into VMs. If you have connectivity and
decent graphics then you can remote into your workstation and never
have to worry about your hardware failures or lost backups. The
employer can then just add RAM, CPU, or storage on the fly. Most
companies aren't willing to flip the bill for that though. They
dont seem to care until your old POS laptop they supplied either crashes
or gets nailed by ransomware. And you know what the best recovery from
ransomware is? Fresh backups. Wipe and restore - simple.
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walkman
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response 15 of 70:
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Nov 18 13:45 UTC 2021 |
Run an ancient 386SX (slightly upgraded 286) as a 486? Madness!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhqZiMhe5UA
Or just throw the whole thing in a dumpster and buy a $35 Raspberry Pi,
overclock it and buy a pizza.
Kidding aside, I can imagine how nuts it would have been for an office
to save tens of thousands of dollars circa 1995 by upgrading all of
their 386 computers with this little processor add-on and squeeze out
maybe 2-3 more years. What would you call this little gadget? A
processor hat? Before Adrian installed it, I guessed wrong that it
would have been installed in the math co-processor socket.
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kentn
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response 16 of 70:
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Nov 24 19:24 UTC 2021 |
Adrian often shows modern hardware to use with old computers. It's
interesting to some people to see an old PC get speeded up even if you
have no use for it. To each his own.
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walkman
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response 17 of 70:
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Nov 25 16:53 UTC 2021 |
RE: 16 Ha ha ha yes. To many, I must have very strange youtube viewing
habits. I also love videos from people living in their cars, vans, tiny
homes. There's something about "the right to repair", DIY, "reuse,
recycle"... it's a middle finger to being a debt slave and being
dependent on others. If I wasn't in my 50's and were more like 20, I'd
be living in an Econoline van, working contract jobs around the
country. We don't know what 2022 will bring us, so who knows? LOL
*cringe*
With Adrian's videos, his ingenuity, persistence, and resourcefulness
are interesting to watch. Plus he goes down tech rabbit holes so we
don't have to. I also think it's great that one day, curious people
will look to his videos for a historical lesson.
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walkman
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response 18 of 70:
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Nov 25 16:54 UTC 2021 |
Create your own music streaming device with Volumio:
https://distantdark.com/2021/11/25/volumio-the-diy-media-streamer/
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walkman
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response 19 of 70:
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Nov 25 16:55 UTC 2021 |
Modern PC gaming with a Debian-based Linux system:
https://distantdark.com/2021/11/23/gaming-on-your-debian-based-linux-
computer/
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tod
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response 20 of 70:
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Nov 28 20:06 UTC 2021 |
re #19
If I could get Steam to run on Crouton (a chromebook) it'd be pretty
awesome. However, 'modern PC' implies a decent graphics card.
To me, much of this comes down to how much Wattage I'll need. I'm in
a van down by the river scenario.
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walkman
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response 21 of 70:
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Dec 3 16:19 UTC 2021 |
#20 Steam is interesting. If you have a computer with a great graphics
card and a good home network, you can stream the Steam games onto a
laptop, TV, raspberry Pi etc.
Apparently, there is some form of Steam support for Chromebooks:
https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-install-steam-on-chromebook-
1144719/
Your mileage may vary.
To be honest, my gaming is more Mario, Kirby, MsPacman and Galaga than
Halo. So my little $200 Nintendo Switch Lite is the best gaming
experience possible. I have nothing against the more modern games but I
just don't enjoy running around with a giant gun murdering people. I do
enjoy modern racing games though.
It's absurd that people spend thousands to play video games but then
again, there are people that buy boats that cost $500,000+ in Metro
Detroit.
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tod
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response 22 of 70:
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Dec 4 20:25 UTC 2021 |
For $300k, you can poop next to the sink while your friends watch
https://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/boa/d/grosse-ile-2016-sunsation-34-ccx/
7414
238885.html
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walkman
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response 23 of 70:
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Dec 6 03:37 UTC 2021 |
Yeah, you would think they could have, at the very least put curtains
around that toilet.
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tod
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response 24 of 70:
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Dec 20 20:02 UTC 2021 |
Curtains will cost you extra. Do you want the Kid Rock curtains or the
King Kwame ones?
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