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Fixed the WinSock2 errors. Had to add WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN to the definitions in the build script. It didn’t work in the code but that may been due to include order (which is still being worked on). The build script will need some cleaning up at some point, more than likely. It’s already on the tracker 🙂

Still working through getting the debug…[Read more]

Read Homer! Not just the Odyssey and the Iliad but the Homeric hymns are also worth a read. 🙂

Ugh! Here, on the other hand, we’re getting a lot of rain right now as part of a cold front. Really hard to stay warm when it’s freezing cold and wet! 😛

Yet another thing to add to the investigation list! Yeah, we may want to swap out that macro with something more modern. There have been a lot of updates to pointer support in recent years 🙂

The debug settings are complaining about missing libraries such as winsock when release does not so I’m going ahead and removing the PCH support to help us…[Read more]

A healthy looking database, as it seemed last night, today got a 504 Gateway Time-out for both links. Makes sense for the search, not for the subject – home page is fine. 🙂
What’s faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound?
As well your favourite Kryptonian, also descriptive of an…[Read more]

The Type passed through doesn’t make much sense either, think he wanted something like make-unique, it came just a few years too late!
Sounds good. 🙂

Test_TemplateArray() in common/container/tem_array is bad. It’s got lines like this: CreatePointer(pTestInt, (long)(12345678l));. That’s incorrect as CreatePointer takes a pointer object and a type, not a number:
#define CreatePointer(pObject, Type) {
(pObject) = new Type;
if ((pObject) == NULL) {
SystemLog.Printf(stderr, _T("Failed to…[Read more]

So setting up different tasks for different branches using GitHub Actions is rather ugly. There’s no clean way to do it in one workflow file as you can only specify the branches on which the file runs, not the tasks. There are two options: set up the jobs section as an if-statement using Git references or have multiple workflow files. I’m leaning…[Read more]

Yeah, the dogs here love the hammock beds. The lab I used to have used to eat them, though! 😛

These days, my dog mostly ignores the beds and either uses the couch or the beanbag chairs. When she uses the couch, she has a habit of hogging all of the blankets. The other day, she claimed all four of them and piled them all up into a cushion!…[Read more]

Skyscraper is an 21C update on Towering Inferno, never a dull moment means there’s enough to keep one awake until the end!
FTA are offering all 8 seasons of Homeland, quit after the third, not bad, especially when unadulterated (with a dash of adulteration) spy soaps is your thing.
There’s a really tense, well constructed build up to a fairly…[Read more]

Looks like openSUSE has it in the repo: https://software.opensuse.org/package/OpenRGB

Should be able to install it easily from the command-line (my preferred method) using zypper. 🙂

Not in PopOS (at least, the version I’m on as the upgrade hasn’t landed yet) but Ubuntu has it: https://packages.ubuntu.com/questing/openrgb

Arch has it as well:…[Read more]

Just finished correcting all of the paths. All of those commits have been uploaded. I haven’t yet merged things into master, though. I may also look at setting up the CI to create debug builds on the dev branch first, as well. Anyways, there may be stuff to fix once the CI runs on it (quite possibly the resource files as they choked before when I…[Read more]

Good news! Both GNOME and KDE have a collection of solitaire games! You won’t get the community features but you can play them to your heart’s content!

Weird. Could be something with the interaction of OpenRGB. I never got into RGB lighting much except for the color backlight that I left at default settings. Never had a problem in any application…[Read more]

Definitely getting a welcoming Linux vibe, the main drawback as a Microsoft Solitaire Collection junkie, how so for this little red rooster to go cold turkey?
Is there light at the end of the tunnel even after Microsoft Solitaire Turns Off Keyboard Lights, a new feature which could even be related to another thing.
A High Performance power plan…[Read more]

The border protection folks have done a pretty good job of keeping citrus greening out of the country, so don’t think it was the cause as there was no discolouration in the last fine crop of oranges. Can never be absolutely sure though. 🙁
Beauty berries are … beautiful, and our feral deer would certainly go party on them. Unusual as a deciduous…[Read more]

Don’t worry! Most stuff can be handled by the GUI these days! There’s not much that requires manual editing on most distros now. If you do go with Linux, I’d recommend openSUSE Tumbleweed (it’s a stable rolling release with an amazing package manager) with KDE or even PopOS (I’m mostly too lazy to switch to openSUSE 😛 ). KDE is much better for…[Read more]

Ugh. What a mess!

I generally eyeball the power requirements for the individual parts and then add a few hundred watts to provide extra headroom for future upgrades and power hungry tasks that I may perform. For instance, 750W was recommended by the linked tool in the Reddit post but I went with a 1000W power supply. Definitely overkill for most…[Read more]

No doubt Linux would be better, provide it won’t get barfed by clumsy keyboard-fu this way. 😛

Ah, the fans are now managed entirely by Pop!_OS in the then Linux partition – perfect when there is no automatic bricking. ) Get it now, my own particular folly is a penchant for skimming over poorly documented…[Read more]

It’s possible Linux would work better. Granted, based on your hardware, you should be running Windows without issue.

A few weeks later, Microsoft made a statement about it: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2912435/if-windows-defender-flags-winring0-on-your-gaming-pc-pay-attention.html

System76 would need to update how their driver works to remove…[Read more]

Time has moved on, and even though the Ryzen still hasn’t got a sound card, it’s on the list. 🙂
Windows has been pretty good, overall, the major updates keep most of the user settings from the previous now, however there were some oddities intorduced:

Some of those issues in the OP are due to the Service Host (svchost.exe) chowing through the…[Read more]

Sigh, same issue again as in the OP, so responded to the thread again.
Also, Thermaltake pulled Outervision’s Supply Calculator licence, thus we’re off to a new Wizard with ScareGPU, Tin RAM, and the Cowardly Drive for an OEM recalc. 😛