IrritableOcelot

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[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Is that true? I thought that pairs of USB-A ports shared the same PCIe lanes, and USB-C each got their own set?

Edit: thinking about it a bit more, I suppose it could depend on how the SOC/chipset allocates those lanes, but in my experience when writing a single USB I'm usually limited by the thermals of the USB, and writing well below the speed of the port. I suppose if you were writing many at once (or if your USBs were nice) that could bottleneck on the port speed.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 3 points 21 hours ago

Caaaaaalllllllzzzzooooonnnnneeeeeesssss!

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Good question. Odd not to include one.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 0 points 4 days ago

How did I miss that...

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Royal Swiss?

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago

I mean you can do HTML -> TeX -> PDF with Pandoc, or to any other format pretty much. I would say writing markdown and passing it to TeX or directly to PDF is the most practical.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

Jabref is great. Also, if you need other formats you can always import the bibtex file into Zotero.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No worries, it's pretty hard to keep track when their naming scheme is "it has a K in it"...

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can you unmount it? You may not be able to change the boot flag while it's mounted.

If that doesn't work, you likely can't remove the boot flag while the system is booted. Try booting from installation media and changing the flag there.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

I think most ereaders support rendering HTML, why not just save the HTML page? Thatd be a lot easier than converting formats.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Okular is pretty great, I can't find a package that does good annotation of PDFs built on GTK.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, came here to recommend this. It's basic, but the UI is great.

 

OK, y'all. I'm trying to find a book I read many moons ago. I feel like it was by Diana Wynne Jones, but it's not in her bibliography. Massive spoilers incoming, obviously, but I can't remember what the spoilers are for.


The book starts on an island nation in the south of the world, with a rigid code of conduct which one of the main characters is being disciplined for breaking. The main characters leave on a quest to the oppressive and powerful kingdom in the north, and its revealed that one of the other main characters is the crown prince of the evil kingdom in the north, and can use their magic. If I recall correctly, his use of that magic makes dark veins stand out under his skin, and he has to fight against it controlling him. There's some kind of time limit, I think if he uses the magic too much, it'll take him over and he'll become the new ruler.

To gain some advantage over the evil kingdom, they visit an abandoned city, break into some kind of temple, and have an encounter with some kind of deity, which might then take over one of the characters?

Later in the story they make it to the evil palace, and there's a plotline about multiple children of the evil king trying to kill this guy, so they can inherit the throne. I think the evil palace is embedded in a mountain somehow.

Anyone who can set me on the right track, it'd be much appreciated!

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