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tekni5··on Astrofox – Turn Audio into Videos
I guess I could just export the audio visual effects based on the audio track on a green background and then key them out. So not a major issue just extra steps.
tekni5··on Astrofox – Turn Audio into Videos
Looks incredible, I could really use this I've been using stock footage for my music videos with various effects/transitions. Can I overlay the effects over videos or only static images? I already have a ton of ideas.

https://youtu.be/k2NAtIo8Wcs

https://youtu.be/BRMywh9yHWY

https://youtu.be/-89K59xrYmY

https://youtu.be/TCw7Bcwpsfw

tekni5··on Abletone Learning Synth
Thanks, just try it out it's surprisingly easy I'm using default sounds 90% of the time. Just putting stuff on the piano roll and clicking some buttons for the drums.
tekni5··on Abletone Learning Synth
Pretty cool demo, if you want to make your own electronic music you should check out LMMS, it's free & fairly easy to learn the basics: https://lmms.io

I've been messing with LMMS for the past couple of years, zero musical training, following YouTube tutorials at first and came up with a bunch of stuff that sounds half decent in my opinion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsjzt5QLGOg&list=PL54E2psbCL...

tekni5··on Do You Need Web3?
There is even a png embedded for twitter in the source.

https://doyouneedweb3.com/no.png

tekni5··on “Can it run Doom” will never be the same, thanks to new ray-tracing mod
I played a bit of it, it's pretty interesting parts look really good while others not as good with a bunch of bugs here and there. I think I still prefer the original graphics, but with more development and tweaking this could be a good way to replay doom.

I recorded a little of gameplay on max settings, it brings my 2080 ti down on rare occasion with 2 light pass, I also did the optional DLSS it offers, not sure if that does anything to performance: https://youtu.be/61x-AKLRoFo

tekni5··on Neuroscientists have recorded the activity of a dying human brain
The real question for me is if consciousness is even real/physical or just an illusion. After you die time has no meaning and we don't know what happens trillions and trillions of years from that point. Maybe with limited matter or infinity, the exact universe patterns emerge once again that give you consciousness. Maybe you are reborn again in the same identical universe that contains your biological pattern, and live your life again and again without knowing you have done it before. Since you have no perception of time when dead, it happens instantly. Does it have to be 100% identical or are some variations allowed? Maybe you live through every possible variation of your biological self.

Or maybe quantum immortality occurs, where your consciousness jumps into a universe where you are still alive despite all the odds.

Or perhaps the universe is just snapshots of infinite patterns locked in permanent static states and this entire progression of time, physics, etc is just an illusion created by the sub-process of consciousness that creates dynamic transitions from one state to another.

It's probably my inability to perceive the concept of infinity that my mind thinks about such things, either way we will probably never know.

tekni5··on Godot 3.3
I enjoyed the challenge of figuring out what game you made, by deciphering your profile. :)
tekni5··on Since the UFO footage is mainstream, lets see what our best theories are
Some form of advanced drone or interceptor created by the US, combined with a disinformation campaign.
tekni5··on Godot 3.2 beta 1
So I tried Godot recently for 3D, and it seems pretty interesting. Followed some tutorials, made some basic FPS controls and movement. Checked out some other demos, etc.

However it's surprising that no serious 3D game has ever been made with it, except a few demos. Why is this the case? I already noticed some sound issues in heavily scripted demos, is this engine very limited for 3D?

tekni5··on Chrome 0-day exploit used in Operation WizardOpium
Is there anyway to test this on other chrome based browsers?

For example current version of Iridium is 2019.04.73.0(based on Chromium 73.0.3683.103), it doesn't get updated that often but a useful and stable browser.

Anyway to mitigate this exploit via any setting or extension?

tekni5··on Rx – Extensible pixel editor implemented in Rust, inspired by Vi
It doesn't seem to work for vmware with debian, because vulkan is a pain to get working if it's even possible?
tekni5··on Show HN: Turn an Excel file into a web application
Your demos break or don't even load if page zoom level is set above or below 100% in Firefox btw.
tekni5··on Firefox Disabled All My Extentions
Looks like it's a certificate issue: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1548973
tekni5··on Firefox Disabled All My Extentions
Firefox is about to lose a ton of its users over this. I saw this on a family member's computer just now, couldn't get ublock origin installed or any extension for that matter. Had to install Chrome for them.

This has to be some type of a bug, every extension gets disabled with zero notice and cannot be re-downloaded.

I'm not seeing it myself yet, but haven't restarted firefox in a few hours.

Has anyone tried disabling xpinstall.signatures.required in about:config? Saw someone mention it elsewhere, but didn't try it in time.

tekni5··on Critical Security Vulnerabilities/Backdoors Found in AMD Ryzen and EPYC Products
Here is the official page for it: https://www.amdflaws.com

Whitepaper found here: https://safefirmware.com/amdflaws_whitepaper.pdf

People across various discussions are suggesting that the purpose & origin of these findings seem suspicious.

tekni5··on Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33
I found out that CCleanerSkipUAC in TaskScheduler appears to execute the 32-bit binary on 64-bit systems as well.

Avast/Piriform claim that the payload is not executed at all on 64 bit systems, and there is no secondary payload.

I guess it depends how much you want to trust that information.

tekni5··on Malware identified in CCleaner 5.33
So it was only the 32-bit executable that was affected?

By default CCleaner installs both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions, however on 64-bit systems it only runs the 64-bit executable and points every shortcut it makes to the 64-bit executable.

On one of my affected systems that appears to have had 5.33 installed, I noticed no registry keys that appear to be created and that system never ran the 32-bit executable.

Would it be safe to assume it's not affected and simply uninstalling CCleaner 5.33 is enough?

Piriform seems to suggest that only some useless system information was ever released by the compromised version. The general worry is that it wasn't just that information, but also other more important things like account logins and such.

tekni5··on RSS Still Beats Facebook and Twitter for Tracking News
Usually takes them sometime to update it, never fast enough.
tekni5··on RSS Still Beats Facebook and Twitter for Tracking News
One interesting thing is that a specific twitter search sorted by latest, often produces very decent localized news/reports during some events. One of the first things I turn to confirm the scale of an event, for example blackouts, fire, or meteoroid sightings.

Also there are specific feeds on twitter for some cities that report police/fire scanners. If you ever get a power outage you can track the scale within minutes, by looking at which addresses/intersections have stuck elevator reports.

tekni5··on Ontario unveils plan for government chain of marijuana stores
If anyone is interested, there is an interesting documentary about the LCBO. Developed by homebrewers, so it's not completely impartial but also quite fair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn555TyJJw0

Giving government absolute control over distribution of a non-essential product/service is probably not the best idea, but at least it's better than having that product/service be completely illegal. Ideally they should allow private businesses to sell under very strict guidelines.

tekni5··on MediaGoblin – Self Hosted, Decentralized​ Alt to YouTube, Flickr, SoundCloud
So you can stream videos for the most part. Also you can let others upload, make comments, etc.
tekni5··on A few questions about WannaCry
1) It's using a SMBv1 exploit, which can be done via LAN or via Internet if ports are open. Security Roll Up from March will fix it, there is also a specific release for other unsupported OSes like XP/8 & Server 2003. Disabling SMBv1 should also work.

2) Only in WINE and you'll have to run it yourself.

3) Partly NSA for weaponizing the exploit. Users for not updating. Hackers/Crackers for creating it.

tekni5··on Ask HN: I must be missing something about WannaCry etc.
If you have open ports and SMBv1 is unpatched/enabled, I believe you can randomly get from a random scan of your ip by the worm.
tekni5··on Why F.E.A.R.’s AI is still the best in first-person shooters
I did as well, but haven't played yet.
tekni5··on Why F.E.A.R.’s AI is still the best in first-person shooters
Time to re-install F.E.A.R.
tekni5··on ReactOS 0.4.4 Released
Interesting, I only recently started watching a few YouTubers regarding Amiga stuff, wasn't even aware that AROS existed.

Thanks for correcting me, looks like a pretty cool project will have to look more into it.

Link for anyone else wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AROS_Research_Operating_System

tekni5··on ReactOS 0.4.4 Released
This is only true for certain programs.

I've already run into many issues trying to run older software from Windows 98/XP days. For example certain older tools for Quake1 modding don't work properly on anything past Windows XP.

Even something like Photoshop CS2 has certain bugs running under Windows 7.

tekni5··on ReactOS 0.4.4 Released
You should look at the current state of Amiga, while emulation is possible there are only two Amiga like OSes (AmigaOS & MorphOS) and both are closed source/proprietary.

What am I saying is that having an open source OS for Windows, is a huge deal if you are interested in hardware preservation for the future.

Therefore in reply to the original post about the current endeavor being "sad" I would say that it is quite the opposite.

Wine is very important as well, but it is a completely different piece of software in my opinion.

tekni5··on ReactOS 0.4.4 Released
I disagree, I applaud the effort even if in the current state few will use it.

Imagine a few decades from now, Windows has either transformed so much that it can no longer run certain things or it entirely disappears as a platform.

Something like ReactOS could become very useful to running legacy stuff or perhaps the code can be recycled for emulation/vm and legally offered for free. It can also be used on older hardware to bring back Windows applications/gaming, while also keeping it up to date.

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