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Tijs Hofmans on Twitter: “LPT die echt werkt: in februari heb ik “Retour afzender: bewoner is gokverslaafd” op een ongevraagde loterijreclame gezet en sindsdien heb ik er nooit meer een gekregen. Loterijen HATEN hem!” / Twitter

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/30

[Archive] Tijs Hofmans on Twitter: “LPT die echt werkt: in februari heb ik “Retour afzender: bewoner is gokverslaafd” op een ongevraagde loterijreclame gezet en sindsdien heb ik er nooit meer een gekregen. Loterijen HATEN hem! …” / Twitter

Via

–jeroen

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Install apps with the WinAppDeployCmd.exe tool – UWP applications | Microsoft Docs

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/29

Since winget is only available as of Windows 10 version 2004, [Wayback/Archive] Install apps with the WinAppDeployCmd.exe tool – UWP applications | Microsoft Docs as an alternative.

Related:

–jeroen

Posted in Power User, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 8.1, winget | Leave a Comment »

ASRock Rack ALTRAD8U-1L2T is a mATX Motherboard for up to 128 Cores which supports IPMI!

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/28

I would really like to try out a system based on the interesting [Wayback/Archive] ASRock Rack ALTRAD8U-1L2T is a mATX Motherboard for up to 128 Cores specs from the PDF and ServeTheHome images below:

ASRock AMPERE ALTRADBU-1L2T
Product ASRock Rack Ampere Altra Family deep microATX motherboard
Power source Supports ATX PSU or 12V DC-in
Form Factor Deep Micro-ATX (9.6″ x 10.5″)
Processor System CPU
Chipset
1 Socket (LGA-4926) Ampere® Altra®/Altra® Max processor
System on chip
Memory Capacity 8 DDR4 288-pin DIMM Slots (1DPC); Supports:
RDIMM up to 256GB each, max. 3200MHz.
LRDIMM up to 256GB each, max. 3200MHz
Expansion PCIe slots

Others

SLOT7: PCIe4 x16
SLOT6: PCIe4 x16
SLOT5: PCIe4 x16
SLOT4: PCIe4 x16
4 SlimSAS (PCIe4 x8)
2 OCuLink (PCIe4 x4)
Storage M.2
SATA port
2 M.2 M-key (PCIe4 x4), supports 2280 form factor
N/A
Network RJ45 2 RJ45 (10GbE) by Intel® X550
1 RJ45 (1GbE) by Intel® i210
Management BMC
Dedicated IPMI
ASPEED AST2500: IPMI 2.0
1 RJ45 via Realtek RTL8211E
I/O USB
COM port
6 USB3.2 Gen1 ports: 4 rear Type-A, 2 via 19-pin header
1 (9-pin) header
Display Video 1 DB15 (VGA), 1 (15-pin) header
Security TPM Supports 13-pin (SPI) TPM modules

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Posted in AArch64/arm64, ARM, Assembly Language, Development, Hardware, Power User, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

What exactly is “Quick device connect”, and is it secure? : oneplus

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/27

After upgrading to Oxygen OS 12 The “Quick device connect” service started nagging me for permissions as soon as I upgraded to OxygenOS 12: [Wayback/Archive] What exactly is “Quick device connect”, and is it secure? : oneplus.

Hardly any information on it except truckloads of messages of battery draining for which you can either upgrade it and if that still fails, disable it completely:

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Installing the Microsoft Store version of Windows Terminal via the winget command-line

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/05/26

In the continuing series of Chocolatey/Scoop/winget related posts, this one is about Windows Terminal.

There are basically two ultimate sources you can install it from:

You can configure the Microsoft Store to automatically install updates as per [Wayback/Archive] Turn on automatic app updates (on my system this was the default):

Microsoft Store - Auto-Updates is turned on by default

Microsoft Store – Auto-Updates is turned on by default

  1. Select the Start ⊞ screen, then select Microsoft Store.
  2. In Microsoft Store at the upper right, select the account menu (the three dots) and then select Settings.
  3. Under App updates, set Update apps automatically to On.

As a backgrounder, here some articles on Windows Terminal, ConPTY and the Windows Console from the [Wayback/Archive] DevBlogs – Microsoft Developer Blogs:

  1. [Wayback/Archive] Windows Command-Line: Backgrounder | Windows Command Line Tools For Developers
  2. [Wayback/Archive] Windows Command-Line: The Evolution of the Windows Command-Line | Windows Command Line
  3. [Wayback/Archive] Windows Command-Line: Inside the Windows Console | Windows Command Line
  4. [Wayback/Archive] Windows Command-Line: Introducing the Windows Pseudo Console (ConPTY) | Windows Command Line
  5. [Wayback/Archive] Windows Command-Line: Unicode and UTF-8 Output Text Buffer | Windows Command Line

More on (pseudo)terminals in general containing [Wayback/Archive] “ConPTY” – Search results – Wikipedia:

More on using the Windows Terminal:

My related blog posts:

–jeroen

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