Man I was just browsing some old code and found myself over here: https://www.progclub.org/pcrepo/pccipher/trunk/php/src/pccipher_blowfish_64.php.
I committed that code in 2012, that’s 11 years and 4 months ago. Wow. Seems like yesterday. How time flies!
Today I discovered Intel Processors and Chipsets by Code Name while I was reading about Cascade Lake which was released back in 2019.
Ordered myself a new motherboard today, the ASUS ProArt B550-CREATOR. This new board will replace my ASUS PRIME B550M-A in my new/upgraded computer ‘lore‘ (which is replacing ‘longing‘).
This new board has 2x M.2 PCIe 4.0 (as with the old motherboard), 2x 2.5Gbps Ethernet (compared to 1x 1Gbps Ethernet in my old motherboard), and 3x PCIe 16x slots (compared to 1x PCIe 16x slot in my old motherboard).
I will put in 2x M.2 PCIe 4x adapters and 2x M.2 PCIe 1x adapters which will mean I am able to install 6x M.2 drives: 2x Kioxia 256GB, 2x Samsung 990 Pro 2TB, and 2x PNY 1TB.
I will also put in a quad 2.5Gbps PCIe Ethernet adapter which will give me six 2.5Gbps Ethernet ports in total (two onboard and four on PCIe 16x).
When I’m done all four RAM slots will be full (4x Corsair Vengeance 32GB 3200MHz DDR4), both the M.2 slots will be full, all three of the PCIe 16x slots will be full, all four SATA ports will be full (3x Western Digital WD Ultrastar DC HC550 16TB and 1x ASUS BW-16D1HT PRO 16X Blu-ray burner), and both PCIe 1x slots will be full too. Also there will be a bunch of high speed USB ports available on both the front and the back of the case. I feel like I have really squeezed a lot of juice out of this system, it’s operating very close to capacity.
I’m kinda dreading plugging in the USB attachments to the front panel, but I guess if I RTFM and apply some thought I will be able to figure that out.
So it seems that my trouble with chromium is not over. Today a new twist. Thank God I still have Firefox! I will try updating and rebooting again, but can’t do that at the moment.
------------------- Mon Nov 20 10:11:08 [bash:5.2.15 jobs:0 error:0 time:0] jj5@charisma:/home/jj5 $ chromium [4085207:4085207:1120/101109.660602:ERROR:policy_logger.cc(157)] :components/enterprise/browser/controller/chrome_browser_cloud_management_controller.cc(163) Cloud management controller initialization aborted as CBCM is not enabled. [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672026:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672044:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672050:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672055:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672061:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672064:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672075:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672079:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672082:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672086:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672091:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672098:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672107:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672115:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672132:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672147:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672154:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672159:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672165:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672169:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672173:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672178:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672185:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085238:1120/101109.672193:ERROR:login_database.cc(1100)] Password decryption failed, encryption_result is 2 [4085207:4085207:1120/101109.758579:ERROR:cmd_buffer_helper.cc(141)] ContextResult::kFatalFailure: CommandBufferHelper::AllocateRingBuffer() failed Fontconfig error: Cannot load default config file: No such file: (null) [1120/101109.770548:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found [1120/101109.770620:ERROR:elf_dynamic_array_reader.h(64)] tag not found 30185030681216:error:1000007d:SSL routines:OPENSSL_internal:CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED:../../third_party/boringssl/src/ssl/handshake.cc:393: Trace/breakpoint trap (core dumped) -------------------
// 2023-11-22 jj5 – UPDATE: a reboot fixed this problem.
I will let you in on a little secret: I love doing math homework. Always have, always will. I love the process. I love reading the problems, thinking of solutions, and checking the questions off one by one. Even when it’s easy, it’s still fun.
Just for fun I’ve gone back to my old high school math textbooks. I’m skipping years 7 and 8 and starting with year 9. Then I will do 10, 11, and 12, at the highest level.
At the moment I’m working through Australian Signpost Mathematics New South Wales 9 (5.1-5.3) Student Book, which is the year 9 textbook. I’m only up to page 10, fractions and ratios. I should work on it more than I do. Let’s see what I can do about that. :)
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Silly Job Title: Craig Entertainer
Here it is! As planned, my new costume! Just for fun when I record electronics videos in my lab I’m gonna dress myself up like Egon Stetmann the scientist from StarCraft II:
The cosplay costume reveal is in this video. Also some news and discussion about the goals for the channel over the longer term.
As mentioned in this video I will have a new job title for my ID card for each video. The inaugural job title is Craig Entertainer, for my only regular reader, Craig. :)
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Let’s go shopping!
I ordered two new keyboards this morning. I got a 104-key one and an 87-key one. The gory details are documented on the keyboard page on my wiki.
Usually I like to buy V3 keyboards from WASD Keyboards in America. But the price for the two keyboards delivered would have been AU$841, which was just a bit too expensive for me.
So I had a bit of a hunt around and I found these Japanese FILCO Majestouch 2SS Edition keyboards on Amazon:
They both come with MX Speed Silver switches which are the ones I like.
While I was researching I found the following content mill articles which I enjoyed reading to learn more about mechanical keyboards:
Present state of the lab.
I’ve started a “second channel” on YouTube for long and unedited content: Elliot’s Extras.