kbin.life - A general use kbin instance with a slight emphasis on the technical

Using the WiiMote as a mouse

I am running Pop_OS! and want to set up an old WiiMote I have lying around as a mouse. I have a USB-sensor bar, and I don’t have any issues connecting the remote to the computer, and the inputs seems to register just fine when running xwiishow 1 after the remote is connected. I am also able to use it perfectly fine as a...

BSOD Kernel Security Check Fail when installing a U2 drive via an adapter

I recently bought a SSDPE2KX080T851 (NVMe U.2) drive to install in my Asus Z690-A i7 12700k PC. I bought a M.2 to U.2 adapter since my motherboard doesn’t have native U.2. When I install this into my motherboard Windows throws out BSOD for Kernel Security Check Fail....

tvmucho paywall

anyone know a way to get past their paywall

checking for ip leaks using Docker, Gluetun and qBittorrent

Hej everyone....

Has anyone had success using xdelta3 for patching gog games

So I’ve got cyberpunk phantom liberty 2.0 but to update to 2.1 heroic game launcher wants me to download the hole game again, gog galaxy through wine is not an option so I’m looking at xdelta3 and innoextract to manually patch game files. But I’m hitting a break wall and seems to fail with every attempt using xdelta3

What would digtal storage look like in freedom units?

Is the purpose of life to be happy?

When I’m unhappy, I feel like I’m doing life wrong. I’d rather be happy. But is happiness the point of life, or is there more to it? If I pursue happiness, mine first then for those around me, is that selfish? But if there’s a bigger purpose, then what about people with Alzheimer’s or dementia who can’t recall recent...

Looking for the simplest means of playing videos from a USB storage device on a non-smart TV

Having already configured a VLC-powered Google TV configuration with USB hard drives for a relative without the router or download speed needed for reliable streaming, I’m now trying to configure a similar setup for another relative with a non-smart TV and an even slower download speed....

Looking for recommendations for automatic transcription of video lectures, possibly FOSS

Robert Heinlein's idea of the perfect crowd control drug- would you take Happiness daily?

In Robert Heinlein’s novel “Farnham’s Freehold”, the protagonists accidentally end up in a very technologically advanced feudal society that depends on a drug called “Happiness” to control things and keep social classes rigidly separated. The hypothesis of this question: the drug is a pleasant tasting drink you take...

Encountering mostly promotional articles in tech RSS feed

Here’s something that appears slightly unsettling to me these days....

KDE Neon / Pipewire issues when gaming

Hi guys! So I seem to have audio issues. Audio will mute for like 5 seconds every 20 seconds or so. It’s very annoying, as it can make you miss whole parts of dialog. It only happens on linux, and only on gaming, so I guess it means the amp/surround system is ok. I use the TV HDMI output for audio, as it gets redirected to the...

My dog is on an antibiotic for Lyme disease and he will not sleep at night because his stomach is upset

I’ve gotten a total of 12 hours of sleep in a week because he keeps me up. He’s a beagle, so his screams are the loudest thing on the planet....

please help me out with a sound card problem i have

OK so on windows my soundblaster x4 can output both the spdif digital output thing and the analog audio to my headphones at the same time and use the volume knob to adjust the volume of them so one gets louder the other quieter....

What games do you think would be great if they'd get properly remastered and would be a hit if it was done?

I believe this will mostly affects games which were lacking in technology....

When we think of thunderstorm in terms of mythology we usually think of gods being angry, sad or at war. I wonder if there are cultures out there that think of thunderstorm are just Gods farting.

Update handling after rebasing Fedora Silverblue

So I am trying out fedora silverblue and recently rebased it to uBlue to get access to hardware decoding for non-free codecs and for some QoL improvements. Before rebasing, I used to get both system updates(update to image that silverblue is based on) and flatpak updates through the gui package manager(gnome-software in this...

medici.tv

Does anybody know of a way past their paywall? thanks.

Do you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?

Hi. I wanted to know if it’s needed to install a firewall on a linux desktop/laptop. Why yes or why no?

Getting in a pickle over hardware

I’m moderately tech savvy, a little experience with most OS and comfortable with hardware. I’ve got some basic things working in Docker. I want to start self hosting my photo backup, Bitwarden, Jellyfish, Sonarr and Radarr, Pi hole, Home Assistant and replace Dropbox. But the more I dive into the hardware and setup the more...

Question about uploaders

I read the rules and it looks like this is allowed? not asking for links....

Does pirating movies that are only in cinemas have a different result to when they are released on disk/streaming services

Sorry for the swabbie question, but I tried to find a film (Saw X in particular) on quite a few different sites and all torrents/streams/downloads had baked in ads for online casinos and the like. Is this just a feature of piracy, or does something change when the film leaves the cinema? I’m not asking for links, so don’t...