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Unplugging the monitor power for a second solves about half of the issue we're having with our Dell U22DEs, but the plugs are hard to reach so we've seriously considered tripping the relevant power breakers once a week before deciding it was too brutal.

While most users know the power trick by now, there are still those in the "not my job" and "any excuse is a good excuse" categories, and for those I might just spend a little on old fashioned power timers.

NetHack 5.0.0 3 months ago

Wow! Wonder how they test all the releases.

The source release includes all the code for the above versions plus code for the systems listed below.

    Windows 8.x/10/11
    Linux
    macOS
    AmigaDOS
    Windows CE
    OS/2
    Unix (*BSD, System V, Solaris, HP-UX, ...)
    BeOS
    VMS

The worst part about the convoluted download process is that it seems someone have actively been making it more difficult since the first iteration, and I can't for the life of me understand why. Is it being done by someone who hates Broadcom? Or perhaps struggle with mental illness? Or is it due to a mix of micro management and extreme incompetence? I can't remember seeing something this bad since the horror shows people managed to create using stuff like Flash and Silverlight.

Didn't know anyone with a credit card back then, and had zero software shops around, so I mostly pirated stuff. But I did pay for Thor for my early BBS, mail and Usenet days on my Amiga, later replaced with a paid for license for Forte Agent on Windows.

There's no point in stripping a binary or even using UPX on it unless you're targeting extremely low memory environments

Deploing at a large enough scale, perhaps where other optimization options aren't as good or even available, could also be a target.

I remember running Mac software on my A4000-040. It was smoother than on real 68k macs, likely due to the co-processors the Amiga had. I didn't use the emulator much as I found most things just as good or better on the Amiga side of things, with an asteroid shooter, Maelstrom, as an exception - loved that game :)

As gaeng som is the favourite dish of both my wife and most of my southern thai inlaws, I've tried getting used to it about once a year for the past 16 years. Tastes better than it smells, but I still don't like it, only manage a tiny portion to be polite - and bring some fun to the table ;)

Durian, however, tasted ok from day one, and great after a couple of years.

Just finished installing it in a VMware Workstation VM:

* The installer lags unless you temporarily disable 3D acceleration until open-vm-tools are installed

* The Norwegian keyboard layout defaults to Dvorak, which I suspect isn't the most common one ;)

* The default installer resolution was a tiny 800x600. Click Activities and type Displays to get to the relevant settings.

Now for the more exciting stuff, like testing if Tailscale works out of the box.