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CI pipeline went red overnight. The job that spins up the dev API on a fresh Ubuntu box fails with: it passes on retry sometimes, which makes it even worse. i suspect leftovers from earlier jobs but i can't prove it. Our pipeline runs several jobs at once on…
so annoyed rn debate: soldered RAM should be considered a defect, not a design choice. My ultrabook is four years old and the only thing wrong with it is the one part I can't replace. Tell me if I'm being unreasonable. Everything else, teh screen, teh…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts well. Im working on a React app and noticed that a useEffect that fetches data runs twice when the component mounts... the network tab shows two identical requests. in the…
Help me understand this. I tried to install a new game on my second hand Steam Deck: the storage screen shows shader cache using more than the game itself. my games are mostly on the SD card, but teh cache seems to be on internal storage. is there a way to…
ugh. i spent the whole weekend building the perfect a medieval sandbox setup with a big overhaul list 😅 Started it up, and it crashes when loading a save: no useful error message, just straight to desktop. I sorted with teh mod managers auto sort but…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts my site on a small VPS keeps randomly falling over with this: A restart of the server or waiting a while fixes it, then it comes back a few days later. It got noticeably worse after the host's maintenance window. I'd…
guys pls help search Console flagged mobile category pages for poor CLS out of nowhere, and the PageSpeed report agrees: Watching the page load on my phone, i can see content jump down at least once. My gut says its an embedded review widget, cuz thats the…
Philosophical driver question. My old sound card isnt supported anymore, but I love the sound quality. I can get it working with an old driver and a few tricks. Is that a reasonable thing to do, or am I setting myself up for security issues and random…
hmmmm ok well. our small team has API keys and database passwords scattered around: some in CI variables, some in .env files on servers, and (Im embarrassed to say) a couple committed to a private repo at some point.…
Help. The audio on my Windows handheld died after a driver update: I can see the device in Device Manager, but it has a warning icon. Where should I start?? Id also love tips on how to stop this from happening again after the next update. Its the second time…
before anything else: using a three node consumer mesh at home. connected wirelessly between nodes. throughput near the satellite nodes is noticeably lower than near the main one, especially the furthest one. Wondering…
i just finished my first build... everything lights up, the fans spin, but theres no display and teh DRAM debug LED on the mini ITX board stays solid. ive reseaetd teh RAM twice and checked the 24 pin and CPU power cables, im terrified I bent a pin or fried…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts PXE was working last week at teh new building. then teh network team swapped a switch, and now Surface devices show this: They say the network is fine. i say it isnt. Whos right? ive already redistributed the boot images…
hmmmm ok okay, I'm worried. My Switch OLED worked fine with my microSD card from my old phone until since I took the card out to use in a PC. Now: The card shows up fine on my laptop, at least teh folders do... i haven't formatted anything yet. What should i…
maintenance mode is not supposed to last all afternoon, right? i started updating the translation files from teh dashboard 😤 The progress spinner ran for ages, then my laptop went to sleep. Since then teh site is stuck on the maintenance message... i have…
Settings menus are getting so complicated. I always turn off motion blur, but beyond that Im guessing. On a mid range PC, which settings are worth lowering for more FPS, and which ones are worth keeping high? also curious if anyone actually likes the…
ok weird one i'm typing this on my phone cuz my desktop won't show a picture. it statred right after a BIOS update, the monitor's input source is crorect and I swapped the HDMI 2.1 cable for a spare... still nothing. I can hear the Windows login sound, sooo…
ok weird one just added a secnod SSD cuz my system drive is almost full, mostly from games... my internet is slow, sooo redownloading a few hundred gigabytes is not smth I wanna do. is it safe to just cut and paste the…
For anyone lost in their UEFI setup: 1. Enter the BIOS (usually Del or F2 during boot). 2 🤷 look for "Advanced Mode" or "EZ Mode" at the bottom or top. 3. On many ASUS and MSI boards its F7. 4. You can usually set Advanced Mode as the default in the…
long time lurker first post lol rolling out 40 laptops. the client install via the task sequence fails over and over: the error is 0x80004005 😂 our consultant set this up years ago and left... i know just enough ConfigMgr to be dagnerous... where should i…
im literally losing my mind here not talking about big obvious apps, more teh tiny utilities that quietly save you time every day. mine is a clipboard history manager. i didn't think i needed one, but now i can't…
hmmmm ok genuine question, not trying to start a war. for people doing programming: are you on Windows, macOS, or Linux, and would you switch? im tempted by Ubuntu because my laptop feels slow on Windows and I like the idea of controlling updates. but I…
guys pls help my brand new ultrabook connects to the office Wi Fi without any complaint, but this is what i get: 'No internet, secured.' My phone on the same network streams video just fine. i restarted teh router and the laptop. nothing. i have work to do!…
im literally losing my mind here at our 30 person company, every employee has local admin rights on their laptop, and a few people have admin access to teh cloud tenant "cuz it was easier". I know this isnt great, and…
guys pls help home lab on a single host. allocaetd vCPUs across VMs add up to well over the physical core count, and memory is mostly committed. things feel slow at times, but the host dashboard doesnt look maxed out.…
