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01:40, 16 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs uploaded File:Spinup power.png
20:54, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Condiments
20:36, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page "umount: /mount/path: device is busy" and "Device or resource busy while trying to open ..." (content was: "{{quicknotes}} Means what it says - programs have open handles to files or directories that come from this device. This may be a shell, often its current directory or the one it was started from. To see what's open, You can see which processes have things open, in this example for <tt>/mount/path</tt>, with a command like: lsof | grep /mount/path or fuser -vm /mount/p...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
20:35, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs moved page Mastodon to Social site alternatives
20:35, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs created page Mastodon (Created page with "<!-- What we've called social sites are networks before they are communities. [https://impactrics.com/community-or-network-whats-the-difference/] And we want both in the world[https://hbr.org/2015/10/we-need-both-networks-and-communities]. Twitter is very much a network. Most things we call social sites are - maximum reach, maximum engagement and more ad revenue. On twitter, you're there to find ''everyone''. On mastodon is set up more for communities than for netw...")
17:47, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs moved page Reactive to "Reactive"
17:25, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Go notes (content was: "#redirect Some_newer_programming_language_notes#Go", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:50, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs created page Sweating (cooking) (Created page with "Gently heating and often stirring coarsely cut vegetables in oil or butter. Often done to draw out liquids. Sometimes salt is used to help that process. Not unlike sauteing...")
16:49, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Sweating (cooking)
16:49, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Libtiff (content was: "{{stub}} The 4.x are more current - functionally mostly the same as 3.x but fixed a number of 3.x flaws the API and behaviour is so similar that most code can move from 3 to 4 with little to no changes. The package naming can be interesting -- because it doesn't correspond to internal version. : The soname for 3.x has 4, the soname for 4.x has a 5, : so e.g. in debian/ub...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:47, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Phone line (content was: "{{stub}} ==Dutch POTS== Voltage and protocol: * a line that is not ringing has about 48V DC on it ** Apparently standardized to be between 44 and 56 ** Apparently 32V in an internal home phone system * ringing is an alternation netween that voltage and 0V, at 10HZ {{comment|(or 20Hz? or 25Hz?)}}. ** (Slow digital multimeters may pick this up better on the AC setting) * A li...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:01, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Identicons (broken)
14:51, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Lm-sensors notes (content was: " <!-- {{inlinecode|sensors-detect}} scans hardware buses and detects extra sensors that you might be able to read out with specific kernel modules. It mainly looks for different known hardware th "What do my temp1, temp2, temp3 correspond to?" It's hard to say with certainty. Probably something on the motherboard? You can do an educated guess based on * sensor type...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
14:46, 15 July 2023 User account CasaShea talk contribs was created
11:44, 15 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page IRQF DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs (content was: "{{stub}} <!-- IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs This is a message, barely a warning, though if there is trouble with one of the devices on this IRQ you may wish to investigate. What it's saying is that multiple devices are sharing an IRQ channel, one is asking to disable interrupt so that its handler won't be interrupted by the other. You are running a recent...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
23:51, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Computer power consumption (content was: "{{computer hardware}} {{stub}}", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
23:50, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs created page Flatscreen monitors (Created page with "<!-- ==Capabilities== ===Resolution=== A TFT screen has a number of pixels, and therefore a natural resolution. Lower resolutions (and sometimes higher ones) can be displayed, but are interpolated so will not bee as sharp. Most people use the natural resolution. This may also be important for gamers, who may not want to be forced to a higher resolution for crispness than their graphics card can handle in terms of speed. For: * 17": 1280x1024 is usual (1280x768 for wi...")
17:33, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Boot camp notes (content was: " ===Boot camp completely failing to run=== {{stub}} I had a problem with boot camp...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
17:28, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page The Security Center could not change your Automatic Update settings (content was: "{{stub}} If the security center shows antivirus and firewall as disabled, and reports similar errors for all these components, you may have malware. If only updates are disabled, you may have disabled some of the supporting services (e.g. Automatic Update, Background Intelligent Transfer Service, Event Manager). Surfing Internet Explorer to http...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
17:17, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Balanced (content was: " Balanced lines is about transmission lines with equal impedance. This usually means that differential mode signalling is being used. Balanced audio is a more specific application of that idea.", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
17:15, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Wrong diagnostic page; asked for 1 got 0 (content was: "{{stub}} Wrong diagnostic page; asked for 1 got 0 Failed to get diagnostic page 0xffffffea <!-- Failed to bind enclosure -19 This seems to come from simple USB disk enclosures that do not behave quite like they should. Whether it's a problem may depend on whether it always happens or just occasionally.{{verify}} Apparently often seen with WD?{{verify}} See also: * https...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
17:10, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Online music (content was: "<!-- ==Online listening== ...without owning the song See also: * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_music_databases ==Shops== In practice, these can still be somewhat bothersome, in that some stores have geographic limitations, and because you don't necessarily know which shop has what you want (particularly if it's relatively unusual it can be a pain to find)....", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
17:09, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page On-screen ruler notes (content was: "<!-- ==Windows== ===PixelWindow=== Semi-transparent box. Seems to have a minimum size. ===Screen callipers=== Can be angled. Used to have a free version. ===A Ruler for Windows=== http://www.arulerforwindows.com/ ===Pixus (Adobe Air)=== ==Linux== ===kruler (KDE)=== Generally useful, but a little buggy? ===screenruler (GNOME)=== For me has a bug where it starts o...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
17:03, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Plugged in, not charging (content was: "{{stub}} <!-- : '''Authenticating power supply''' A bunch of brands have a chip in the adapter that needs to be checked by the laptop, apparently in an attempt to make knockoff power supplies harder to sell. It seems that often enough, such knockoff adapters will be allowed to power your laptop, but not to charge it. I have three power supplies (one real, two knockoffs),...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:57, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Tomography processing notes (content was: "{{stub}} See also EM software notes ====On gold fiducials==== Apparently in theory there's * Au11 (0.8mn) a.k.a. undecagold * Au25 (0.9mn) * Au38 (1.1nm) * Au68 (1.3nm) * 1.4nm, often referred to as nanogold{{verify}} * Au102 (1...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:57, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs created page On gold fiducials (Created page with "Apparently in theory there's * Au11 (0.8mn) a.k.a. undecagold * Au25 (0.9mn) * Au38 (1.1nm) * Au68 (1.3nm) * 1.4nm, often referred to as nanogold{{verify}} * Au102 (1.5nm) * 1.8nm (a.k.a. Ni-NTA–Nanogold{{verify}}) * Au114 (2.0nm) * Much larger is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloidal_gold colloidal gold]. These a...")
16:56, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page DCIM (content was: "{{stub}} The DCIM folder is a convention from digital cameras ('''D'''igital '''C'''amera '''Im'''ages). Cameras the follow the DCIM convention place their images under a specific directory: \DCIM\''cameracode''\ where 'cameracode' is something to the camera make/model. These aren't registered, and you'll usually have to guess at what they mean. This is a convention app...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:55, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs moved page Camera control notes to Digital camera notes
16:55, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page This Item is temporarily Unavailable - Please try again later (content was: "{{stub}} ...when attempting to use the built-in internet macOS Recovery to install OS X, in response to the eligibility check. In my case, my own Apple ID contained only newer versions of OS X, but not Lion, which is the one that it wanted to install because that's what was on it before (the previous owner has it linked to their Apple ID). The immediate solutions would...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:53, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Comm notes (content was: "{{stub}} {{inlinecode|comm}} takes two already-'''sorted''' files and produces three columns: * lines unique to FILE1 * lines unique to FILE2 * lines that appear in both You can suppress each. For example, * -3 suppresses the matches, so gives you lines unique to ''either'' * -12 gives you ''only'' the matching files * -23 gives you the things unique to FILE1 : ...etc.", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:45, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Insufficient resources exist to complete the requested service (content was: "{{stub}} Often means you have one misbehaving process. Regularly means that process leaks windows handles (rather than memory or such). To check whether this is the problem, and which process is misbehaving, you can use task manager. You'll have to add the column called something like 'handle count'. For most sort of processes, a few dozen to a few hundred is normal, f...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:43, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page SIOCADDRT: No such process (content was: "{{stub}} ...related to networking. Seems to be reported in cases where adding a default route ({{inlinecode|route add default gw ''someip''}}) fails. The reason for this is usually that the default route you specified did not belong to a known network. {{comment|(I'm guessing <tt>route</tt> tries to complete the entry to be added by trying to find the device it should route...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:43, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Invalid Update Control CTF File (content was: "...is AVG AntiVirus. The error is shown in a taskbar notification when it tries to update automatically, and shown when you manually tell it to update. Seems to be fixable by going to the {{inlinecode|C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avg8\update\download}} directory and deleting all {{inlinecode|.ctf}} files (not the <tt>.bin</tt> files). Category:Wa...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:42, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Device Cannot Start (Code 10) (content was: "{{stub}} Code 10 basically means 'unknown error'. A more specific error may be shown, but regularly isn't. Unless the Event Log has something more to say -- it seems it usually doesn't -- this and/or updating windows in general (think service packs) is your best bet. It's often a driver level problem, and if so, it may be a workable solution to upgrade, downgrade, or even...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:42, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page CDBOOT: Cannot boot from CD - Code: 5 (content was: "{{stub}} (Windows 7 installer) Seems to mean the Win7 bootloader does not understand your drive controller, meaning it can't find its own CD/DVD, and gives up. Mostly happens on computers that are no older than very-approximately 2005 -- the bootloader seems to just assume you have relatively recent and standard hardware.{{verify}} <!-- and its BIOS does not understand bo...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:41, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page (98)Address already in use (content was: "{{stub}} {{notes}} * usually also <tt>make sock: could not bind to address</tt> * regularly also mentioning an IP/port combination ==In general== Generally means something is already bound and listening on the relevant address+port combination. But also, it can mean something used it in the last few minutes - and the system still marks it as in use for a few minutes. R...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:40, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page "The error code is 2908" (content was: "{{stub}} The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2908. or Internal Error 2908 Installers seem likely to say this when your .NET framework installation is broken. Removing and reinstalling .NET usually fixes it. There is probably a less dramatic, more specific fix....", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:39, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page XINE was unable to initialize any audio drivers (content was: "{{stub}} ==Diagnosing== The first test to do is probably checking whether you can get sound at all, when not using xine. You probably want to check specifically with the underlying interface that xine is using (and with another, if available). For example, use <tt>mplayer</tt> with <tt>-ao oss</tt> and/or <tt>-ao alsa</tt>. A fairly likely problem is user permissions (an...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:37, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page RPC: Program not registered (content was: "{{stub}} Likely means the portmapper on port 111 isn't reachable. Often because it's not installed or is firewalled. In my case (trying to use NFS) it borked as soon as a connection comes in because of bad error handling. I worked around it by installing a different version. Category:Unices Category:Warnings and errors", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:36, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Undefined symbol (content was: " A compilation error that roughly means that something was named, but not defined. You can get this during compilation, during linking (see also Programming_notes/Compiling_and_linking), where it probably means you are forgetting to link one of your own object files, or forgetting to link in a library If you get it at runtime it's about a shared object (.so, like...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:36, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Hampel filter (content was: "<!-- A Hampel filter is a moving-window data filter that that removes outliers and can be used on streaming data. For each window (3 samples to either side, so 7 in total), : calculate the median : caculate the standard deviation (using the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_absolute_deviation Median absolute deviation], i.e. the median of the residuals median absolute d...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:35, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs moved page Low-pass filter to Filters on data
16:15, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs moved page Random to Randomness
16:15, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Disable windows update reboots (content was: "{{stub}} Updates are a feature, because security. What's ''not a feature'' is making people risk losing unsaved work every couple of weeks because of automatic reboots?. The active hours is clever in that it won't do it while I'm out for coffee (which literally happened to me more than once), but it still means it'll reboot when I'm not there. Seriously Microsoft, you...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:12, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Data types (content was: " Can refer to * variable types in programming * typology of data in statistics - see Statistics - types of data", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:12, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs moved page Data structure notes to Data structures
16:04, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs moved page Programming notes/Compiling and linking to Compiling and linking over redirect
16:04, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted redirect Compiling and linking by overwriting (Deleted to make way for move from "Programming notes/Compiling and linking")
16:02, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Unsorted (content was: "Things to add here inlcude be subject suggestions, links to pages useful for some information, that sort of thing. ---- '''General interest''' * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page WikiBooks] '''Documentation, HOWTOs, etc.''' * Linux Documentation Project [http://en.tldp.org/FAQ/ FAQs], [http://en.tldp.org/guides.html guides] and [http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/c...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))
16:01, 14 July 2023 Helpful talk contribs deleted page Functools notes (content was: "{{stub}}  ==functools.partial== <!-- Partial creates a new callable that behaves like its first argument, and has one fewer positional arguments. The simple example from the docs is: basetwo = partial(int, base=2) # which you can then use like basetwo('10010') One case in which it's useful is handoff between API and spe...", and the only contributor was "Helpful" (talk))

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