#pull tab hardware

[nutsamodebadze]

Modern Bathroom (Portland)

[river-taxbird]

Have YOU got an old Windows PC Microsoft has told you can't run Windows 11? It's time to give it a new life!

How to install Windows 11 on unsupported PC Hardware using Rufus. You can also disable some other Windows 11 bullshit like data harvesting and needing a Microsoft account.

It has been in the news a lot lately that Windows 11 isn't allowed to be installed on PCs without certain requirements, including the TPM 2.0, a chip that was only included in PCs made in 2018 or later. This means that once Windows 10 stops receiving security updates, those PCs will not be able to (officially) run a safe, updated version of Windows anymore. This has led to an estimated 240 million PCs bound for the landfill. Thanks Microsoft! I get you don't want to be seen as the insecure one, but creating this much waste can't be the solution.

(I know nerds, Linux is a thing. I love you but we are not having that conversation. If you want to use Linux on an old PC you are already doing it and you don't need to tell me about it. People need Windows for all sorts of reasons that Linux won't cut.)

So lately I have been helping some under privileged teens get set up with PCs. Their school was giving away their old lab computers, and these kids would usually have no chance to afford even a basic computer. They had their hard drives pulled so I have been setting them up with SSDs, but the question was, what to do about the operating system? So I looked into it and I found out there IS actually a way to bypass Microsoft's system requirement and put Windows 11 on PCs as old as 2010.

You will need: Rufus: An open source ISO burning tool.

A Windows 11 ISO: Available from Microsoft.

A USB Flash Drive, at least 16GB.

A working PC to make the ISO, and a PC from 2018 or older you want to install Windows 11 on.

Here is the guide I used, but I will put it in my own words as well.

Download your Windows 11 ISO, and plug in your USB drive. It will be erased, so don't have anything valuable on it. Run Rufus, select your USB drive in the Device window, and select your Windows 11 ISO with the Select button. (There is supposed to be a feature in Rufus to download your ISO but I couldn't get it to work.?

Choose standard windows installation, and follow the screenshot for your settings. Once you are done that, press Start, and then the magic happens. Another window pops up allowing you to remove the system requirements, the need for a microsoft account, and turn off data collecting. Just click the options you want, and press ok to write your iso to a drive.

From there you just need to use the USB drive to install windows. I won't go into details here, but here are some resources if you don't know how to do it.

Boot your PC from a USB Drive

Install Windows 11 from USB Drive

If you had a licensed copy of Windows 10, Windows 11 will already be licensed. If you don't, then perhaps you can use some kind of... Activation Scripts for Microsoft software, that will allow you to activate them. Of course I cannot link such tools here. So there you go, now you can save a PC made from before 2018 from the landfill, and maybe give it to a deserving teen in the process. The more we can extend the lives of technology and keep it out of the trash, the better.

Additional note: This removes the requirement for having 4GB Minimum of RAM, but I think that requirement should honestly be higher. Windows 11 will be unusable slow on any system with below 8GB of RAM. 8GB is the minimum I think you should have before trying this but it still really not enough for modern use outside of light web and office work. I wouldn't recommend trying this on anything with 4GB or less. I am honestly shocked they are still selling brand new Windows 11 PCs with 4GB of ram. If you're not sure how much RAM you have, you can find out in the performance tab of Task Manager in Windows, if you click the More Details icon on the bottom right. If you don't have enough, RAM for old systems is super cheap and widely available so it would definitely be worth upgrading if you have a ram starved machine you'd like to give a new life.

[mushroomates]

the fellowship at a hardware store, from someone who works at a hardware store:

sam: is in the nursery!! goes straight to the discount/dying plants and piles his cart full of wilted and sad plants. likes to rescue the houseplants first, has a soft spot for perennials and citrus trees. is a nightmare to check out but is very sweet about it. dirt and leaves everywhere. like, everywhere. they have to sweep after he’s gone. surprisingly strong and hauls big bags of dirt.

frodo: enjoys home improvement!! likes to wander carpeting and organization, hunts for good deals and keeps tabs on the sales weekends. he likes to peruse the shower curtains and closet accessories. likes to refurbish old furniture he finds off the side of the road- currently fixing up an antique dresser to put in the master bedroom.

merry: doorknobs, handles, dresser nobs. he likes to pick out the interesting and antique ones and customize his home with them. he really likes the oddly shaped ones, he has one starfish and one pickle on his nightstand table. likes to joke about touching all the knobs and fiddling with the knockers.

pippin: is lost in the lighting department. he’s staring up at all the pretty lights and hypnotizing fans. likes the remote controlled lights, enjoys messing with the demos. also likes collecting paint chips. (pippins also the kind of person to get really high and shit in the display toilets.) does not buy anything, maybe some beef jerky and skittles at the check outs.

boromir: this man has like 80 projects going on and is remarkably proficient in every conceivable area featured in the store. he’s here so much people think he works here. he kinda does. he’s happy to advise you, lead you to products, and lifts heavy things for little old ladies and swooning maidens. he’s happy to grab the things on the highest shelf as well as carry those bigs bags of dirt out to your care. he is just a naturally pure and helpful soul. <3

aragorn: has lost himself in scrap wood. straight to the lumber yard, straight to the pile of damaged and recycled wood. once a month, he comes and loads up as much as it will fit in a pickup truck. no one knows what he does with it but he keeps coming back. there are several theories around the store. either he’s building a bunker, has a side hustle by reselling it, makes massive fires or he does wood work. alternatively, he’s a homeless man building his own cabin in the woods so he can live away from society. that’s one’s probably the closest.

gandalf: mixes his own paint. he doesn’t work there but somehow he keeps getting back there and making his own custom colors. was known to pull a miracle and turn gray paint back into white. no one knows how he did this. likes to camp out in the seasonal section. enjoys lounging on couches and swings for long periods of time.

gimli: is so excited to walk into the tools section. wants all the toys. likes power tools in a way that’s both funny and scary. really likes chainsaws and leaf blowers, possibly because they pose the biggest threat to legolas. often gets flagged out the door because no one person needs that many tools and he must be up to something. he always beeps out the door because inevitably someone forgot to take off one of the sensors of his many, many tools. he used to be nicer about this but lately has lost patience with always being stopped out the door, and often will make a show of waving his receipt before leaving.

legolas: spends a good amount of time in the garden. i imagine he gets enamored with the fountains and ponds rather quickly, also likes the statues and fun pots. also, wanders through the garden and samples the plants. by samples i mean eat small bites of it, and if he finds the quality satisfactory he will purchase it. this is rarely the case and he often just goes around eating small bites of houseplants.

[karriethemechtech]

*URGENT!*

My WHM-6R’s left arm actuator is on the fritz AGAIN! The damn thing keeps wanting to do a 20th century disco impression versus being a straight shooter and it keeps costing me.

Last Batchall my ass nearly found itself as a bondsman to a hyper lethal yet admittedly gorgeous Ghost Bear Star Captain driving a Loki Prime. Like, ok, I admit she did have a rather cute radio voice and it might not have been the worst fate ever but it was exceedingly difficult for either of us to take combat bidding seriously when my mech looks more like Elvis doing his signature “wind up” move versus a mighty machine of war.

We ended up just settling for a pizza eating contest (which I barely won) if you’re wondering how it all went. We did agree I would pay the tab in exchange for me being her +1 at a football game next week. I admit I am rather excited for the prospect. Bargained and done as they say.

I somehow doubt that ex-Jade Falcon turned solo bandit that I have a contract on will be as generous.

Anyhow, Warhammer arm actuator glitches, kindly and thank you!

Hey, thanks for calling in!

First of all, nice to see some old hardware like that still floating around. I bet you and I would get along nicely—you’re ever near Terra or wherever I’m deployed hit me up and we’ll get a drink, talk ‘Mechs. It’ll be fun!

Second of all I think there’s your problem—your Warhammer is ancient. Unless you can prove it otherwise I’m willing to put some money that ‘Mech’s hundreds of years old. You can’t just treat an old thing like that like another piece of military hardware! You’re basically driving around a museum piece. No shame in that, so do I! You just gotta know how to treat them.

Anyway, here’s what you should do. What you’re probably looking at is either in the command wiring or in the drivers running on the ‘Mech’s central computer. I had the same issue when I pulled my Awesome from the junkyard—getting stuck in odd positions. Dunno why it happens, it’s different for each case—could be the drives degrading over time or could be someone else’s repair putting two “incompatible” parts together. Either way, I’ll send you a file with the patch I wrote in and a new wiring layout for your ‘Techs to try, should bypass whatever block you have. You should also check the myomers, see if they’re knotted or fried, and swap those out if you need to.

Should about cover it! Hope that helps ya.

—Karrie

[airyairyaucontraire]

This past weekend my sister and I needed to fill a beanbag chair, a challenging job neither of us had ever done before and will probably seldom need to do again, but we were learning and solving problems and refining our technique so much the whole time that we felt quite proud of ourselves and a little bit let down that we didn’t have another beanbag to fill expertly with what we now knew.

Since I don’t expect to need to use my new knowledge in the near future, I want to set it down while it’s fresh in my memory, in the hope that it helps someone else.

Read more behind the cut.

What You Will Need:

An empty beanbag chair. I hope you saved the package, which should tell you its approximate capacity. We fortunately hadn’t thrown it out but we didn’t think of this at first, until after we found the bag of beans we had eyeballed as enough didn’t even half fill the damned thing. So if you don’t want to make two trips to Hammerbarn, check the capacity before you go. If you don’t have the package, good luck to you and bear in mind the capacity is almost definitely more than you think.

Beans to fill the bag. These should be available at large hardware stores. You can get recycled polystyrene ones now, so I would recommend those. The ones we bought were called Green Beans. We needed 350 litres. That is correct.

A bath. This acts as a containment field.

Scissors.

A roll of packing tape.

Two safety pins. (You may not need them but read all the instructions to decide.)

Two large paper or plastic cups. Milkshake cups or those big red American party ones would be ideal. We had neither and used smaller paper cups left over from a child’s birthday party. This was our second mistake. Use large ones or it takes bloody ages.

An agile and willing helper. This is a two-person job. Don’t kid yourself.

A vacuum cleaner. For the aftermath.

What To Do:

Gather the above and take them into the bathroom.

Shut the bathroom door. Exclude all spectators, especially little kids and pets. You have got to keep this contained. Make sure the bath is dry and put the plug in.

Cut out the bottoms of both paper cups and discard them.

If it’s like ours, your beanbag will have an outer zipper in its cover, then an inner lining with a second zipper. To make them less scratchy, I suppose, the zippers on ours had been made with no pull tabs. If yours are like this, put a safety pin through each of the zip slider things to make something you can grip and pull. If yours has normal zippers with pull tabs you can put the safety pins away, as you won’t need them. Anyway, open both zippers.

(My sister got this next part from a video tutorial, but we had to work out a lot of refinements on the go.)

Take one cup and put it in the inner opening of the beanbag. The wider, top end of the cup should be sticking out. Zip up the opening to close it up to the cup, then tape it into place. You want a seal so nothing can escape from between cup and bag. The cup will act as a funnel and the tape means you don’t have to constantly hold it in place.

Plunk the beanbag into the bath with the cup sticking up.

Take your big bag of beans (hereafter “the bag,” as opposed to the beanbag) and do not open the top. Handle it carefully because you really don’t want it to spill. From now on you are responsible for this bag and your helper for the beanbag. Put it upside down in the bath, stand in there with it and operate on one of the bottom corners. (If you’re familiar with piping bags and their nozzles, this will make sense to you. If you’re not, trust me.)

Taking care not to let the beans escape, cut off enough of this corner to make a hole into which you can stick the other cup. Do this the other way around, so the cut-out bottom of the cup faces outward. Tape it into place, ensuring there are no gaps between the edge of the bag and the cup.

Do not turn the bag upside down (or back to right side up if you want to be really pedantic about it) now! Ask your helper to lift the beanbag and put that cup onto this one, so they’re stacked, nesting together. Tape the two cups together, again, so that there’s no gap between them. Really check the seaworthiness of your tape job at this point or this could be your last happy moment for a while.

Throughout the next steps your helper needs to be on the lookout for any leaking beans, and if they spot any, stop operations immediately to find and patch the leak. You can’t fluff around with beans.

Lift the bag and turn it over so that it and the beanbag form something approximately sort of a bit like an hourglass. You have to keep holding it up while the beans pour through into the beanbag. You’ll need to jiggle it because static cling will make the beans reluctant to go. Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, but not so vigorously that you pull the tape off.

You jiggle that bag, and your helper jiggles the beanbag to distribute the beans evenly inside it, until the beanbag is as full as you want it. Lower your bag and carefully cut and peel the tape off the beanbag, then remove the cup from it and zip it up without delay, inside and out.

If you have some beans left in the bag, close and tape up the top of it likewise without delay. If it’s almost empty (due to that static cling, you won’t get it completely empty), you should dispose of it as you think best. You might be able to recycle it where you live but I don’t know. Do not, however, do that right away.

Congratulate each other! That was a tricky job.

Take the zipped-up beanbag out of the bath and put it on the floor and do a test sit. You may choose to add some beans (if you have leftovers) or scoop some out to get it as firm or as soft as you like. Put it back in the bath before you try that!

When you’re satisfied with your beanbag, tidy up, using the vacuum cleaner to get any rogue beans out of the bath. Put everything away and bask in your sense of achievement, and spare a grateful thought for me.

[andmaybegayer]

Last Monday of the Week 2024-09-02

Do you rember. Wen day is dark, sember.

Listening: @cyelatm released a new album Habit Prism that I've been listening to in bits and pieces. Even, rhythmic folk, good music to have on when you have people around.

In that vein, Bandcamp Friday this coming Friday! Make your lists!

Watching: Watched The Raid which I've had kicking around for a bit. Do you want to watch guys punch each other all over for like 15 minutes at a time for an hour? No? Get better taste in movies and then watch guys punch each other all over for like 15 minutes at a time for an hour.

The Raid is so obviously made for like two dollars, there's one building, every single gun and piece of armour is airsoft gear, the camera is visibly some mid-tier hardware that suffers from severe rolling shutter, and it kicks so much ass.

There's some really interesting things happening with camera movement in this movie. Really really complicated multi-axis camera moves, the same shot will take like six different dutch angles in a single move, or will lock on to different objects and follow them, it's great for martial arts but it's also used to pretty good effect in some interstitial scenes.

The culminating fight with Mad Dog is so wild, literally just three guys in an empty concrete cube fighting for a solid ten or twelve minutes and it works! Does not seem possible. They actively remove almost every prop from the room so it's just guys hitting each other but they keep doing incredible stunts.

It's funny looking at the gifsets on here because they're unreadable, everything happens so fast and requires so much context that is only delivered in the full flow of the movie. My favourite part is when he said "It's Raiding Time" and raided all over those guys.

Reading: Finally sat down and got through the Phalanx's Twilight, Legion's Triumph series on acoup.

Sections IVa-c mostly slid off my brain because it's a bunch of wars I don't know enough about to contextualize but it's mostly justification for what's explained in parts I-III which were great, and it's an interesting look at how the political and military structures of Rome interwove to improve the effectiveness of the Legion.

Also reading Skin Horse, which I started ages ago but never got very far, I think because I started a job around that time and lost track of it. Sticking webcomic tabs on my little ARM tablet is really convenient, I've jammed Out Of Placers and Laika's Comet in there as well, it's been a while since I did a big archive dive on a comic.

Skin Horse is very much of its time, not really in sensibility but just in content. The nerds are characterized by liking Harry Potter.

Making: Resolved the power delivery issues that were causing me to have mysterious failures with the LED driver. That was annoying. Anyway remember to split your power supply when you could potentially pull like 10A@5V to drive LED's.

Playing: Tactical Breach Wizards campaign is ongoing, as you get deeper into the campaign your team expands which dramatically complicates operations, your possible actions explode, and I'm not even halfway through.

Dall was my newest operator at time of writing and she's probably the hardest to use, she can deal a lot of damage but relies more so than anyone else on good positioning, it's really easy to end up way out of place and waste her moves, and she's too heavy to shunt around with Jen's storm attacks the way you can with the others.

Speaking of those, I really like how the short turns and deterministic actions mean you can get really into the weeds. The first time I used a gale grenade to shunt Zan over one extra block to line him up I assumed this would be a sometimes food but you really find yourself doing stuff like that all the time.

I'm heading back and picking through some of the challenge missions concurrently with playing partially to stretch out overall gameplay and partially because I think having fewer abilities unlocked will make those more interesting.

Tools and Equipment: You know, I think we know each other pretty well, I can put this here. The Doxy USB-C Wand is a safe and legal thrill.

[christinaplaysneopets]

Chomby Day Entry that didn't make it!

I made an animation where the pulltab was visible, but it sort of looked awkward without a hand pulling it, so I just did this:

but it has a fully-ish functioning pull tab that rocks the head! I had to improvise tools/hardware so it kept slipping apart, but like...it worked enough!

[lamaisongaga]

LADY GAGA SPOTTED IN YVES ENZO & CELINE

Lady Gaga and her loved ones spent some time in York, Maine. Photographers caught the entertainer grabbing some Dunkin's on June 10th. Here's what she wore.

The Italian-American singer wore a men's sweatshirt which makes me believe that this piece either belongs to Michael or her dad, who were there with her.

It's the Yves Enzo black cashmere half-zip sweatshirt with contrasting inner grey collar and brown leather zip pull tab (€49.90).

Shop:

Yves Enzo Cashmere Sweater (€49.90)

Her sunglasses are the Pesh 01 slim black cat-eye sunglasses from the renowned Korean eyewear brand, Gentle Monster.

The Italian-American stunner also had some accessories by Celine incorporated into her outfit.

Firstly, she carried the Spring/Summer 2019 medium 16 satinated top handle leather bag with gold-tone hardware ($4,950).

Shop:

Celine “16″ Satinated Leather Bag ($4,950.00)

Her boots are the Verneuil Triomphe calf-high black calfskin leather boots with harness and gold-tone hardware in the iconic Triomphe logo shape ($1,500).

[juststeve95]

Michael Kors boots

These Parker platform boots are a striking addition to any wardrobe. Made from smooth, supple leather and finished with bold Empire hardware, they are as glamorous as they are versatile. The tall block heel is balanced by a sturdy platform, and a pull tab ensures ease of wear. Team yours with everything from feminine dresses to tailored separates.

[tomb-raider-merchandise]

Tomb Raider Adventure Satchel

The official store page gives the following description: "Inspired by the bags Lara Croft uses in her many expeditions across the globe, the Tomb Raider Adventure Satchel is as stylish as it is practical. Carry your laptop, survival gear, and mysterious archaeological finds in this high quality leather accessory!"

Features:

Detailed, Stylish & Made to Last

Lara Croft signature debossed on center front pocket

2.5 x 0.1 in(6.4 x 0.3 cm) Antique gold finish Atlantean Scion symbol at center front flap

Zinc alloy metal hardware with antique gold finish

2 x 0.4 x 0.08 in (5 x 1 x 0.2 cm) Embossed sword zipper pull tab at back outside pocket

Double needle stitching details

Materials: 70% durable cowhide leather and 30% Polyester

Durable leather handle

100% split cowhide leather

Printed polyester lining

Large & Roomy

Width: 14 in (36 cm)

Depth: 4.75 in (12 cm)

Height: 11 in (28 cm)

Volume: 731.5 cubic inches (12 L)

Weight: 3.5 lbs (1.6 kg)

Max Carry Weight: 44 lbs (20 kg)

Interior Pockets

Securable laptop pocket (fits up to a 15-inch laptop)

13 ⅜ x 9 ½ in (34 x 24 cm) Zippered interior pocket

6 x 8 in (15 x 20 cm) leather interior pockets with snap closures

Exterior Pockets

​​​Front panel pocket with snap flap closure: 6” x 6.9” (15 cm x 17.5 cm)

11.4 x 5.9 in (29 x 15 cm) back pocket

Comfortable and Easy to Use

1 in (2.54c cm) wide magnetic closure straps with buckle

27 to 46 in (69 to 117 cm) adjustable straps

Each piece packed in 100% polyester drawstring printed cloth bag

This bag is currently a pre-order item, costing £113. It is estimated to be available for shipping in July 2024.

[mmaurysiek]

🤣

it's both hilarious and giving me an insight into people's reactions when I share some lifehacks for working on my 15yo hand-me-down laptop.

at least a hardware friend removed the melted plastic bit that broke off the fan and swapped the touchpad keys for ones that work always and not just at an extremely specific angle of pressure.

even tho I insisted that it wasn't where the problem was, I had these issues handled, thank you very much — putting a laptop on top of a fan makes up for its faulty cooling, and a battery that's been pulled out won't start fire again, that sort of stuff.

and I really didn't need the touchpad that much, since one can operate most stuff using the keyboard anyway.

at least he didn't needlessly fix the keys with indents in place of letters, since I work a keyboard by muscle memory anyway.

at some point I'll probably need to do something about the USB sockets, because they keep disconnecting mid-action and I'm using an USB stick for buffering to compensate for only having 2GB RAM — the old windows refuses to operate anything better than that, and I'm kinda afraid to install a linux from a stick that could randomly disconnect mid-action, and also at this point I don't know if it runs on 32 or 64 — because I'm not sure which way the conversion goes, and the hardware friend doesn't remember if he changed the basis that used to be (32bit) before installing the conversion, he thinks he probably did, but I'm not betting too much on a probably, not unless I have to 🤔.

(I can't get much info out of him because it's like we speak different languages — I'm too used to keyboard-based shortcuts and he never says what place do I need to access to get the info we need, it's all searching for icons to mouse-click with him :3)

(for the context, my visual processing is bad enough that if not for the very limited RAM - i'd've been running NVDA for accessibility; so searching for icons is super frustrating, okay? when I know that I could just win+R what I need, instead)

anyway, there's something hilarious about how my laptop has a really small capacity working memory and so do I, and we both need to externally buffer 😂

like, I can't have any active browser tab if I want my lightweight graphics software running smoothly, that degree of working memory issue

i thought my laptop was on its last leg because it was running at six billion degrees and using 100% disk space at all times and then i turned off shadows and some other windows effects and it was immediately cured. i just did the same to my roommate's computer and its performance issues were also immediately cured. okay. i guess.

so i guess if you have creaky freezy windows 10/11 try searching "advanced system settings", go to performance settings, and uncheck "show shadows under windows" and anything else you don't want. hope that helps someone else.

[fashionfox41-blog]

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[jkyreese]

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