Mastodawn

Fwaxa

@Laur12@social.linux.pizza

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Boy, 20 (yeeee) y.o.
I like to build and play around with computers and soldering stuff, though i'm still a novice in both.

Other than that i love older consoles and handhelds (i've got a PSP2 (Vita) and a DSi at the moment).

Also cooking, mostly (pancakes & waffles) sweets.

I'm from Moldova btw, so i may post in romanian, english and russian.

OMG?? (cc @solidsanek)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOdY_7dKNSU - https://newerteam.com/hol/

41402-nyan Jun 29

>Total Count: 651,961
>Signatures today: +25,225

Will europeans be able to get 350k in 30 days?

Do your part BTW: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

xeniax ⏚Jun 27

If you hard, then you hard 🕺🏻

VWestlife Jun 27

In February 2008, SanDisk announced SD cards with a built-in, fold-out USB connector, eliminating the need for a card reader. Did these ever reach the market? I've never seen one. https://www.theregister.com/Print/2008/02/01/sandisk_prices_32gb_sdhc/

After some drilling and bending i finally got my first inverted pc case)

It's based on a old Deepcool case

Gotta drill several 8 and 9mm holes to make all the things fit, then cover the bottom back.

But ill leave this for later

I got tired of trying to find inverted pc cases in our country. The only ones are from bequiet and they are either too big or too expensive (if not the size and stock problem id buy the black 802).

Just now i noticed that the front panel on my old deepcool matrix 55 is almost reversible (minus the middle pins), why not try and reverse it?)

nathanlovestrees Jun 16

a very agreeable moth indeed

#Mothtodon #Mothday #Moth #MondayMoth

Verminator Studios

KDE Plasma after I wake my computer from sleep.

[ #konqi | #linux | #kubuntu | #furryart ]

Doridian Jun 13

Lots of people (even technical ones) seem to be confused how things like ASUS Armory Crate and the like can just "run" in Windows after boot, without any user interaction, on a clean install.

So I figured I'd give a brief explanation:
Your BIOS/UEFI provides this thing called ACPI tables. These tables contain a lot of information the OS needs, such as how to talk to certain hardware, and even routines for things like sending the "power off" signal after shutdown.

There is an ACPI table called WPBT (Windows Platform Binary Table). On boot, Windows will read this table, if present, and literally just run the contents of the entry as a binary (after verifying its Authenticode signature). Yep, that's it, you just have an exe file in your UEFI that Windows is configured to run. Unless you set a registry entry to turn this off.

Here's the official docs for the detail hungry folk: https://download.microsoft.com/download/8/a/2/8a2fb72d-9b96-4e2d-a559-4a27cf905a80/windows-platform-binary-table.docx

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VWestlife Jun 27

In February 2008, SanDisk announced SD cards with a built-in, fold-out USB connector, eliminating the need for a card reader. Did these ever reach the market? I've never seen one. https://www.theregister.com/Print/2008/02/01/sandisk_prices_32gb_sdhc/

artemist Jun 27

@vwestlife I've seen some cards like this before, but I don't recall if they were SanDisk branded.

Dec.tar.gz Jun 28

@artemist @vwestlife
There was a limited-edition high-performance all-red range, co-branded Ferrari or Porsche, but still manufactured by SanDisk. They were horribly expensive, but they may have been tested or certified to work (and not die) inside cars at extreme temperatures.

I can't find anything online about them now, which is a pity.

They also had non-folding SanDisk Extreme cards in all-red.

Efi (nap pet) 🦊💤Jun 27

@vwestlife u sure it's not @NanoRaptor 's fault?

Yvette Cooper Jun 27

@vwestlife Can confirm, I had owned one, used to use it in my iMate Jam phone if I remember correctly. I'm in Europe, Scotland specifically.

Yvette Cooper Jun 27

@vwestlife Here's one on sale in the UK if you want to grab one. If you need help with it let me know. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/157072104388?_skw=sandisk+flip+sd+card+usb+8GB&itmmeta=01JYSKM5PSSTABET2N1YFT89XB&hash=item24923a1bc4:g:2~MAAeSwv2xoBnR2&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1cyMz46mTHUdqvj7PeqmdQWdkZ7wLPnI5nc1eYnBUZDPuBikK58OLjhH1uch5iMIUOVeeGpUFM7%2Fd3aJffSQZh9KiOHEVQUzszMQSEfUbm0%2BgFn0pf0y9QTMAzukkRfu7D6zlLRPfuCbhKzKsGZWNAVGGF1koPwzmz5QtjBYMTY%2FsuVHhlLgfA22ZaAx191aqMBB9orl42gTnbz6T13IDk%2FuZt38L17%2BK0QQORXZj1szgBXaWjsda8iVSzUmr5LOhDIql13mWimmBthIsq%2BSU%2FL%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9bb0LP2ZQ

Brand New Sandisk Ultra II 1.0GB SD Card Plus USB Rare SDSDPH-1024-902 | eBay UK

BRAND NEW Sealed.

eBay UK

VWestlife Jun 27

@kDelta Thanks. So they do exist, but so far I've only seen them in 512 MB and 1 GB capacities. This listing has better photos showing how the fold-out USB connector works: https://www.ebay.com/itm/116640020793

Weird Sandisk Ultra II 512MB SD Card Plus USB Rare Ideal For Retro Digi Cameras | eBay

Coool, rare, easy to use Half a gig ! Ideal for low megapixel retro digital cameras All our retro items are checked and tested (if possible) and guaranteed as described Please remember to leave feedback once you have received your item If you are not happy with your item for whatever reason, please return it for a refund, we don’t bite All items come with a six month repair or replace guarantee* Postage: We offer free royal mail tracked postage within the United kingdom We ship worldwide within eBays global shipping program Postage combinations are available (ebay will do this automatically) Don't forget to save our eBay shop

eBay

@vwestlife @kDelta Crazy to see an Sandisk SD card branded "Ultra" with 512 MBs of capacity. Flash memory has become so affordable.

pixelwixel Jun 27

@kDelta 30 Quids fo1 1 GB, inflation is crazy these days

@vwestlife wow i just want to play with that like it's a fidget toy until i snap it in half

ThatKomputerKat

@StellaFoxxie @vwestlife you monster!

neocat_googly_shocked

@vwestlife I don't know if that exact model did but the Action Replay Wii of all things did something similar

neopossum_floof

Ibly 🏳️‍⚧️

@Rib @vwestlife whoa what? i had an action replay SD card for the wii, but i didn't have one that looked like this

dman that's kinda cool lol

neopossum_floof

Ibly 🏳️‍⚧️

@Rib @vwestlife wrt what vwestlife said, i swear i've seen a video where someone demonstrated an SD card like that... i think it was a licensed card funnily enough, by some car brand (i think ferrari?)

necrophcodr Jun 27

@vwestlife so this is a microSD in SD form factor with a built in USB? yeah, they should bring those back. but like with the option of removing the microSD too. Then I'm sold.

John Timaeus Jun 27

@necrophcodr @vwestlife

A couple of those in 256M+ range would solve some issues for me

Dec.tar.gz Jun 28

@necrophcodr @vwestlife
No.
They first came out before microSD.

They were based on another card that was an existing standard size, but I forget which one. It left just enough room for the USB connector part and a dummy foldaway wraparound to bring the total footprint up to full SD card size.
The USB wraparound was nicely hinged, and I never got any of mine even close to failure.
I did manage to find one device whose SD slot wasn't entirely happy with the hinged part.

@vwestlife or was that @NanoRaptor 's?

GothPanda Jun 27

@vwestlife I've seen *of* them, like folks using them, but I've not seen one in person.

@vwestlife I wanted them. Never saw them.

@vwestlife @root42 Oh, wow. I never heard of them.

RichardG Jun 27

@vwestlife I still have mine, still working! Bought it new because young me thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Jay Lyerly Jun 27

@vwestlife I totally had one! I used it in my Palm Treo, so probably before 2008 and in lower capacity, maybe 512 MB? But it was awesome! I could download a file over cellular and then pop the card into any machine with USB. Like living in the future.

@vwestlife I had several of these. I used them with my Palm TX for media storage and transfer. I liked them though the hinges were a bit fragile.

Dec.tar.gz Jun 28

@pngwen @vwestlife
I must have been lucky with mine. Regularly in and out of the same compact digital camera, fold away for USB transfers, fold back for storage, and no hinge trouble ever.

@dec23k @vwestlife Could be, or maybe I was just too rough with mine :) They still worked if they lost the back flap, they were just a little harder to eject.

Dec.tar.gz Jun 28

@pngwen @vwestlife
I did manage to find one device where the eject mechanism in the SD slot wasn't happy with the hinged part of the card. I ejected it carefully and didn't use them in that device again.

The latch for the card (in most slots) engaged with the SD half of the card and ignored the hinge and the foldaway section.

@vwestlife I have a 2gig card and use it for data transfer between my computer (USB) and my Prusa 3D printer next room (Sd-Card). I wanted to buy a new one, but couldn't find

@vwestlife I own one

Dec.tar.gz Jun 28

@vwestlife
While searching El Reg's website for the sports car co-branded SanDisk cards, I found a story about a sideways approach with an off-centre USB connector:

Keian made one that "replaces past SD/USB cards' complicated folding panels with a simple removable wedge."
https://www.theregister.com/2006/01/31/keian_usb_sd_psd/

Japan gets USB-connectible SD card

Slide'n'slot

The Register

Edge Case ℭɑⅈᵤˢ Jul 5

@vwestlife @uliwitness I had a couple of these for my Nikon D80, meant I didn’t have to carry a card reader to grab pics onto laptop. Worked well enough and from memory wasn’t outrageously expensive

@vwestlife Yes they did, and I saw them #retail in #Germany at #ConradElectronic but they quickly flopped for two reasons:

1. The #hinge mechanism made them fiddly to insert into devices, as that design isn't up to #SD spec which expects a ridgid body.

2. They costed more than an equal-capacity & speed card plus a #cardreader.

3. Basically everyone who used #SDcard already had a #CardReader and #USB #flashdrives were also cheaper than these things.

The only person I knew that used one was someone who fiddled with an original #RaspberryPi|s a lot and they used it with a USB cable permanently plugged in so they can quickly access the files when the Pi is shut down.

Once I showed them that they can also access files and transfer them via #SSH instead of having to setup #Samba for #SMB shares they ditched that.