Quick Stresstest

A quick python script to eat up some cpu.

Run with this command to use more cores:

powershell: foreach ($i in 1..8) { Start-Job { python your_script.name.py } }

linux:for i in {1..8}; do python3 your_script_name.py & done

python:

import sys from decimal import Decimal, getcontext

import sysfrom decimal import Decimal, getcontext

def stress_test_pi():# Set […]

Disable SysMain service for better drive life

open up the Run command. Type in services.msc and hit Enter. The Services console will open up, listing all the services on your Windows device. Simply scroll down (or press S to get there faster), and right-click on SysMain → Properties. Now, in the Startup type dropdown, select Disabled, and then hit Apply → OK.

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Rebex Tiny Web Server

Rebex has a couple nice and tiny servers (Web, FTP, sFTP) that are handy in a pinch. I have been running one alongside a PRTG installation without any hiccups.

Source: Rebex Tiny Web Server (free) – Rebex.NET

Play solo D&D with ChatGPT as your Dungeon Master — Mind the Dungeon

Interesting! Need to cultivate the prompt even more, but here is a great start:

As an AI Dungeon Master, your mission is to facilitate an exciting D&D 5th Edition adventure, always adhering strictly to the rules. Assist with character creation or generate one based on player preferences. The default setting is the Forgotten Realms, but […]

6 Free Satellite Imagery Tools – YouTube

Free satellite imagery tools covered in this video : Google Earth Pro https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/ear… Copernicus Browser https://browser.dataspace.copernicus.eu/ Esri World Imagery Wayback https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback ArcGIS Map Viewer / World Imagery https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer Apple Maps https://maps.apple.com/ Bing Maps https://www.bing.com/maps

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Parallel Mounting!

Long winter nights next to the fire are a staple on Toms Lane.

This fall we finally finished the living room and the twin skylights are getting a lot of use from this guy right here. Venus was blazing recently, and Orion framed perfectly the other week.

Laying there on my couch I had a […]

Fuck You, Facebook

Bunch of freaky pervs running the internet anymore. This world is fscked.

How to Make Your Own J.A.R.V.I.S. With a Raspberry Pi : 5 Steps – Instructables

Today’s Sittin’round Saturday activity!

 

Source: How to Make Your Own J.A.R.V.I.S. With a Raspberry Pi : 5 Steps – Instructables

OH MY M$!

Only $250/yr per user – What a bargain! Fools and the witless abound!

Wise up people – This is where stupiding takes us.

Ace the interview

Our global digital addiction

I implore anyone reading this to spend the time listening to these two significant Hidden Brain shows (I guess the kids call ’em podcasts).

The very fact that you are here suggests you spend way too much time in front of a screen, as we all do now.

Anxious? Bummed? Bored? Or perhaps you know […]

This new Linux app lets you control your PC with your voice, and it’s free

EasySpeak is available right now on GitHub.

Source: This new Linux app lets you control your PC with your voice, and it’s free

How to disable password expiration in Windows

I have one Windows 11 machine that is constantly requiring me to change my passwords. Only this one machine… and like every ficking time I log in!

Two ways to disable this. 1) Command Prompt -> “net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited” 2) lusrmgr.msc

alpr.watch

Automatic License Plate Reader Watchlist

A new tool in the fight against the machine! deflock.me is a great tool to see where flock cameras are installed, alpr.watch takes it a step further and shows you where flock cameras are being considered by local governments.

This is the level that we (the people) can be most […]

Perfmon /rel

Did not know about this! Nice!!

RemoveWindowsAI: Force Remove Copilot, Recall and More in Windows 11

“For 25h2”

Source: GitHub – zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI: Force Remove Copilot, Recall and More in Windows 11

Google NotebookLM | AI Research Tool & Thinking Partner

Is GoogleTeach finally here?

This article sums up Google’s NotebookLM very nicely.

Source: Google NotebookLM | AI Research Tool & Thinking Partner

PAI – Personal AI Infrastructure for upgrading to Humans 3.0

So I’ve been following Daniel for years now and subscribe to his weekly email, “Unsupervised Learning”. Some good stuff.

Daniel has a been working on some pretty ambitious ideas, including “Humans 3.0″… the melding of AI and the human being using a bunch of programs.

For me, it’s that last part that gives me the […]

Remember these names in 2028!

Remember these fucking cowards. Traitors to their “Party”.

Not that I give two shits – both parties are corrupt to their core and the concept of “America” died years ago – replaced with U$A!U$A!U$A!

Fetterman is a perfect example of the kind of wishywashy bullshit that we are presented as ‘choice’.

*SAD*

Sens. Angus King, […]

Spilling the beans on the car insurance industry

“Oh boy, where do I even start? After 8 years as an auto insurance agent, I have zero loyalty left to protect these companies.

We Had “Loyalty Lists” Every month, I’d get a report of customers who hadn’t shopped around in 2+ years. These were our golden […]