Fahim Farook
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876I'm currently working on my second novel which is complete, but is in the edit stage. I wrote my first novel over 20 years ago but then didn't write much till now.
I post about #Coding, #Flutter, #Writing, #Movies and #TV. I'll also talk about #Technology, #Gadgets, #MachineLearning, #DeepLearning and a few other things as the fancy strikes ...
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@aCertainBru @keyle Good to know 🙂
Will ping you if I go ahead and make it open source …
There’s also RsyncOSX and RsyncUI which are open source. I tried those but found the interface a bit too busy. Plus, they were missing the ability to exclude files/folders and I wanted that since my sync operations usually include 5+ million files and I would like to make the operation not include huge files if I could help it …
Will ping you if I go ahead and make it open source …
There’s also RsyncOSX and RsyncUI which are open source. I tried those but found the interface a bit too busy. Plus, they were missing the ability to exclude files/folders and I wanted that since my sync operations usually include 5+ million files and I would like to make the operation not include huge files if I could help it …
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re: Divinity 2 - I set fewer allies on fire this time around (using CW due to length)
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@AngelaPreston Personally, I don’t think you should feel bad about not liking something others do 🙂
I’ve come to realize, that I should do what I enjoy even if others don’t enjoy it, and that I don’t necessarily have to like what everybody else loves.
There are movies and TV shows that everybody raves about and I’m totally turned off by something that feels like a minor thing to others. I can name some well-known (and loved) shows that everybody raves about but I just couldn’t get beyond the first episode ...
Similar to you, I didn’t enjoy the first time I tried “Connections”. I couldn’t find the connections and I got frustrated. The second time I tried it (weeks or maybe months later) I did do better. I keep telling myself that I’m going to do it every day but only play when I’m reminded — like you just did today. So will probably try today’s one but that probably will be the end of it till I’m reminded again 😛
I’ve come to realize, that I should do what I enjoy even if others don’t enjoy it, and that I don’t necessarily have to like what everybody else loves.
There are movies and TV shows that everybody raves about and I’m totally turned off by something that feels like a minor thing to others. I can name some well-known (and loved) shows that everybody raves about but I just couldn’t get beyond the first episode ...
Similar to you, I didn’t enjoy the first time I tried “Connections”. I couldn’t find the connections and I got frustrated. The second time I tried it (weeks or maybe months later) I did do better. I keep telling myself that I’m going to do it every day but only play when I’m reminded — like you just did today. So will probably try today’s one but that probably will be the end of it till I’m reminded again 😛
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@keyle Thanks 🙂
I had not considered open sourcing it since most of my projects are things I come up with over a weekend to scratch an itch and just for personal use …
Guess I’ll have to think about it. If other people are going to use it, then certain assumptions might need to be revised/reviewed 😀
I had not considered open sourcing it since most of my projects are things I come up with over a weekend to scratch an itch and just for personal use …
Guess I’ll have to think about it. If other people are going to use it, then certain assumptions might need to be revised/reviewed 😀
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re: Divinity 2 - I set fewer allies on fire this time around (using CW due to length)
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@AngelaPreston Yep, I hate games where you wander around trying to figure out what to do instead of having some clue.
When you get a few breadcrumbs and you follow them and find something, you feel a sense of accomplishment. And to a great degree, I think that’s what I’ve always loved about games — finding stuff and solving puzzles, however small they might be.
I really hate not having info and having to rely on guesswork. I think that’s what turned me off the old-school DOS adventure games. Not all of them, but the bad ones where you just had to randomly try every combination of everything till something worked …
I played the original “Baldur’s Gate” on PlayStation a long time ago and I liked it. But then again, it was mostly a typical hack-and-slash.
We both like “Diablo” because we get to play together and it’s fairly straightforward. Not really that great storewise, but playable.
“Diablo IV” feels a bit darker and, forgive the cliche, but grittier. I am not a huge fan of this blood-and-gore heavy feel, but again, it’s one of the few games that we can play together in couch co-op mode without split screen.
We tried “Baldur’s Gate 3” hoping for the same thing even though it was split screen. But unfortunately, more than the split screen, it was the game itself that didn’t work for us. So we probably won’t be going back to that one …
I enjoy your posts about gaming and so was wondering how you felt about it. It’s interesting that you don’t like it either 🙂
When you get a few breadcrumbs and you follow them and find something, you feel a sense of accomplishment. And to a great degree, I think that’s what I’ve always loved about games — finding stuff and solving puzzles, however small they might be.
I really hate not having info and having to rely on guesswork. I think that’s what turned me off the old-school DOS adventure games. Not all of them, but the bad ones where you just had to randomly try every combination of everything till something worked …
I played the original “Baldur’s Gate” on PlayStation a long time ago and I liked it. But then again, it was mostly a typical hack-and-slash.
We both like “Diablo” because we get to play together and it’s fairly straightforward. Not really that great storewise, but playable.
“Diablo IV” feels a bit darker and, forgive the cliche, but grittier. I am not a huge fan of this blood-and-gore heavy feel, but again, it’s one of the few games that we can play together in couch co-op mode without split screen.
We tried “Baldur’s Gate 3” hoping for the same thing even though it was split screen. But unfortunately, more than the split screen, it was the game itself that didn’t work for us. So we probably won’t be going back to that one …
I enjoy your posts about gaming and so was wondering how you felt about it. It’s interesting that you don’t like it either 🙂
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Watched this Tamil movie where the opening scene has a sign which says "The Chemistri of Love" ...
Every time that sign comes into view, the only thing I can see is the spelling mistake 😛 I can't concentrate on the movie or what's happening ... I just keep staring at the word.
I assume there are others who are affected the same way? Or am I the only one?
#Movies #SpellingMistakes #Distractions
Every time that sign comes into view, the only thing I can see is the spelling mistake 😛 I can't concentrate on the movie or what's happening ... I just keep staring at the word.
I assume there are others who are affected the same way? Or am I the only one?
#Movies #SpellingMistakes #Distractions
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@vegetarianzombie Yeah, I love (sarcasm) how YouTube changes my suggestions every time I watch a video from a new category/genre …
For a while it was all travel videos because we watched a few. Then I’d watch a video about Linux, and suddenly my suggestions are all Linux videos!
For a while it was all travel videos because we watched a few. Then I’d watch a video about Linux, and suddenly my suggestions are all Linux videos!
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Divinity 2 - I set fewer allies on fire this time around (using CW due to length)
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@AngelaPreston Haven’t played “Divinity II” and so can’t comment on that, but was curious about how you liked “Baldur’s Gate 3” …
We tried it but didn’t even get through the start 😛 I don’t know if it’s an issue of us not really getting the more table-top gaming orientation of the game, or if we are just that bad at it …
Or maybe we just are too impatient in our old age, who knows? 😛
We tried it but didn’t even get through the start 😛 I don’t know if it’s an issue of us not really getting the more table-top gaming orientation of the game, or if we are just that bad at it …
Or maybe we just are too impatient in our old age, who knows? 😛
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The project for this weekend was to build a usable backup GUI (with rsync as the engine).
I thought it might take longer, but I was able to come up with a working solution in a couple of days ...
It has the ability to do dry runs, runs with deletions (of files which are on the destination but not source), and standard syncing — all with one task config. It also has logging of previous runs and the ability to clone tasks for quick creation of a new backup task.
It still needs notifications and scheduling, but that's about it. So I'm happy 🙂
#macOS #SwiftUI #SwiftData #Apple #rsync #Backup #GUI #Coding
I thought it might take longer, but I was able to come up with a working solution in a couple of days ...
It has the ability to do dry runs, runs with deletions (of files which are on the destination but not source), and standard syncing — all with one task config. It also has logging of previous runs and the ability to clone tasks for quick creation of a new backup task.
It still needs notifications and scheduling, but that's about it. So I'm happy 🙂
#macOS #SwiftUI #SwiftData #Apple #rsync #Backup #GUI #Coding
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"Jawan" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15354916) was certainly better than "Pathaan" but it was an uneven movie — there were bits which were good and then a lot of parts which were so very predictable ...
The influences — "Indian" and "La Casa de Papel" — are very evident everywhere and that is a minus for me personally since that made the movie even more predictable.
I could predict every plot beat and even some of the dialog.
But there were some funny one-liners and moments, and there was at least some fan service by invoking various movies that some of the actors were involved in.
Overall, watchable, but not brilliant.
#Hindi #Bollywood #Jawan #ShahRukhKhan #Atlee
The influences — "Indian" and "La Casa de Papel" — are very evident everywhere and that is a minus for me personally since that made the movie even more predictable.
I could predict every plot beat and even some of the dialog.
But there were some funny one-liners and moments, and there was at least some fan service by invoking various movies that some of the actors were involved in.
Overall, watchable, but not brilliant.
#Hindi #Bollywood #Jawan #ShahRukhKhan #Atlee
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@FishermansEnemy Thank you 🙂 Will try what you said and see if it helps …
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@malauch Thank you 🙂 The SSD came with a thermal pad to dissipate heat, but I didn’t install it since I wasn’t sure about the drive and thought I might need to return it …
Will try applying the thermal pad and then putting the enclosure on something which would conduct heat and see if that helps.
Will try applying the thermal pad and then putting the enclosure on something which would conduct heat and see if that helps.
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Got a 2TB M.2 NVME SSD, an enclosure and tried to set things up for backing up ...
About 300GB was written (macOS Ventura 14.1) in 10 minutes and then I'm told that the drive was ejected 😕 macOS can't find the drive.
Works fine under Linux. I can access the drive, format it etc. and then I can plug it back into macOS and macOS detects it ... for a short time. But then again, "disk ejected" ...
Seems to be a macOS issue. So much for "ease of use" ...
I’ve been doing some searches and am seeing a lot of reports of “disk ejected” errors and issues with enclosures under macOS. But can’t find any solutions.
Given that the enclosure, drive, and cable work fine under Linux, I don’t think the issue is with any of them.
Anybody experienced this and have a solution?
#macOS #Enclosures #SSD #DiskEjected #BackingUp #Apple #Linux
About 300GB was written (macOS Ventura 14.1) in 10 minutes and then I'm told that the drive was ejected 😕 macOS can't find the drive.
Works fine under Linux. I can access the drive, format it etc. and then I can plug it back into macOS and macOS detects it ... for a short time. But then again, "disk ejected" ...
Seems to be a macOS issue. So much for "ease of use" ...
I’ve been doing some searches and am seeing a lot of reports of “disk ejected” errors and issues with enclosures under macOS. But can’t find any solutions.
Given that the enclosure, drive, and cable work fine under Linux, I don’t think the issue is with any of them.
Anybody experienced this and have a solution?
#macOS #Enclosures #SSD #DiskEjected #BackingUp #Apple #Linux
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We found these 16TB external SSDs on Amazon for like $100.
It was just too good to be true and wasn't really expecting to get what was advertised, but I wanted to know what the scam was and so we ordered.
But I probably should have simply Googled for "16TB scam" first since a day later, when I thought to do a search, I found a lot of posts and videos about it which explained the scam in detail.
Fortunately, item hadn't shipped yet.
Cancelled 🙂
#SSD #Scams #Amazon #TooGoodToBeTrue #SearchFirst
It was just too good to be true and wasn't really expecting to get what was advertised, but I wanted to know what the scam was and so we ordered.
But I probably should have simply Googled for "16TB scam" first since a day later, when I thought to do a search, I found a lot of posts and videos about it which explained the scam in detail.
Fortunately, item hadn't shipped yet.
Cancelled 🙂
#SSD #Scams #Amazon #TooGoodToBeTrue #SearchFirst
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We've enjoyed all the Kandasamy movies since we first discovered them — the only South African/Indian movies we've seen (possibly)?
It seems like so long ago to me but I was surprised to discover that it’s only been about six years …
The latest, "Kandasamys: The Baby" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27048691) can be a bit exasperating at times (due to how some of the characters act/behave) but is still a good watch overall 🙂
But if you haven’t seen the previous movies, you might enjoy it more after you’ve seen the others ...
#Movies #English #SouthAfrica #Tamil #Indian
It seems like so long ago to me but I was surprised to discover that it’s only been about six years …
The latest, "Kandasamys: The Baby" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27048691) can be a bit exasperating at times (due to how some of the characters act/behave) but is still a good watch overall 🙂
But if you haven’t seen the previous movies, you might enjoy it more after you’ve seen the others ...
#Movies #English #SouthAfrica #Tamil #Indian
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@FloppySalmon Thank you for the suggestion 🙂
But in our case, the issue is that we have no central location. When we move, it’s generally a permanent move and so have to take the NAS with us.
Haven’t had to move for a while now, but we foresee a move coming in a few months time and so just getting set up for the whole thing with trying to find a more light-weight solution …
But in our case, the issue is that we have no central location. When we move, it’s generally a permanent move and so have to take the NAS with us.
Haven’t had to move for a while now, but we foresee a move coming in a few months time and so just getting set up for the whole thing with trying to find a more light-weight solution …
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We use a Synology NAS for backups and media sharing. But it's a bit heavy when we have to travel and take it with us ...
So looked into a Beelink miniPC running Linux as a NAS. The idea worked, but ran into some issues with heat because the Beelink has no fans for cooling.
The SSD drive I added to the Beelink would heat up way too much when there was any sort of extended activity. So looking into other solutions now ...
I originally wanted to use a specific NAS solution like OpenMediaVault or TrueNAS but they were a bit too restrictive in terms of getting things to work exactly the way I wanted.
So I finally settled on running Debian and simply installing whatever I needed to handle the rest and that actually works so much better for my own purposes …
#NAS #Storage #Linux #Debian
So looked into a Beelink miniPC running Linux as a NAS. The idea worked, but ran into some issues with heat because the Beelink has no fans for cooling.
The SSD drive I added to the Beelink would heat up way too much when there was any sort of extended activity. So looking into other solutions now ...
I originally wanted to use a specific NAS solution like OpenMediaVault or TrueNAS but they were a bit too restrictive in terms of getting things to work exactly the way I wanted.
So I finally settled on running Debian and simply installing whatever I needed to handle the rest and that actually works so much better for my own purposes …
#NAS #Storage #Linux #Debian
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Lokesh Kangaraj and Rathna Kumar are listed as writers for both "Vikram" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9179430) and "Leo" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15654328) ...
Yet, there's a huge difference between the two — the former plot worked, the characters were consistent. The latter not so much, the characters do things which make no sense, or take actions which are not consistent with who the character is supposed to be.
Is this due to the actors involved and how they thought their “image” should be projected?
It appears that “image” is very important to Indian actors, but if this was about image (and I’m not saying it was), is sacrificing the plot for the sake of an actor’s image the way to go?
#Movies #Tamil #Plot #Image #Writing
Yet, there's a huge difference between the two — the former plot worked, the characters were consistent. The latter not so much, the characters do things which make no sense, or take actions which are not consistent with who the character is supposed to be.
Is this due to the actors involved and how they thought their “image” should be projected?
It appears that “image” is very important to Indian actors, but if this was about image (and I’m not saying it was), is sacrificing the plot for the sake of an actor’s image the way to go?
#Movies #Tamil #Plot #Image #Writing
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"Leo" (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15654328) is just pointless violence and stupidity ...
What kind of court tests a person's shooting ability when they killed somebody in self-defence? Does India not have self-defence laws?
Half an hour in and it's already very stupid with the promise of the cycle of violence continuing ...
Apparently the wife of a murdering thug does not accept that her husband will die by the gun and so wants revenge and so on ...
Movies, especially Tamil ones, have continued to get violent for some time. It’s almost as if each new movie wants to push the boundary as to how violent they can be.
Leaving aside “Leo”, I find this troubling. I hope this is cyclical and it goes away soon, but if not, where are we headed?
#Movie #Tamil #Leo #Vijay #CycleOfViolence
What kind of court tests a person's shooting ability when they killed somebody in self-defence? Does India not have self-defence laws?
Half an hour in and it's already very stupid with the promise of the cycle of violence continuing ...
Apparently the wife of a murdering thug does not accept that her husband will die by the gun and so wants revenge and so on ...
Movies, especially Tamil ones, have continued to get violent for some time. It’s almost as if each new movie wants to push the boundary as to how violent they can be.
Leaving aside “Leo”, I find this troubling. I hope this is cyclical and it goes away soon, but if not, where are we headed?
#Movie #Tamil #Leo #Vijay #CycleOfViolence
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