Notices by Walter (walter@programist.ro)

@thomzane there's no one‑size‑fits‑all memory programmer, but when it comes to reliability, it's more about the USB2 ports than the programmer. Not every port out there can output 5×0.5 Watts, especially on laptops.

So keep your laptop plugged in, or start only when you have at least 50% battery, or both. Or use an external hub, an extra power‑supply (battery?) for the programmer, or measure a port and see how it behaves in low power or current limiting mode.

@codewiz

@codewiz, I've learned it the hard-way that you always need spare parts when you are about to attempt in-circuit-programming, because you never know when something goes wrong, especially if you do it for the first time.

Those clip-on programmers need to account for all sorts of extra components around your memory, that's why people have problems. More complex programmers can account for the extra components without frying everything.

@thomzane

1/?

@codewiz, maybe I'm too careful, but I would suggest that you get some scrap boards and decent‑ish tools, and learn how to remove chips and replace them with sockets. Yes, takes more time and it's more expensive, but in the long run you'll be better of doing it this way, especially if you don't have experience with this sort of things.

@thomzane

2/2

The Senate of Romania just passed a new law that forces all internet and telecom providers to record all encrypted and un-ecrypted traffic, on their cost, and also provide a way for the Romanian Intelligence Service to extract the data "as needed".

The new 100 page law was provided for review 10 minutes before the session and it was passed after 30 minutes of "debate". But there is good news...

https://apti.ro/senatul-adopta-din-nou-largirea-interceptarii

@codewiz, this is one of the problem with systems developed and maintained by geeks. If their use case works, they don't even bother checking other scenarios, that's why a proper team is needed. And I'm hoping that the Purism, System76, Pine64, Fairphone and all the other companies will fill in the gaps that are not covered by usual FLOSS contributors.

@codewiz, I don't even know how to install one, and I've been a fulltime KDE user since Ubuntu 10, or whichever was the last decent Ubuntu version before all the Unity and Mir crazyness. But then... I do run make build and manually copy one modified plugin, I never bothered with the UI installer.

@codewiz, I love how most of the commenters assume that he's permanently switching to GNOME, they haven't watched the video, not even the first 2 minutes. 🤣

@Maryam, only watched 'bout half of it, but the gist of it goes something like this:

Person tries new thingy in their spare time, person likes parts of new thingy, person continues to use it in their spare time for the forseable future. Mainly because person already spent quite some time with new thingy, and besides that, person can "steal" some ideas.

@codewiz