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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/10/20
Last week I found out that I had some Windows ATOM issues before, but this beats them easily was still a draft in stead if in the blog queue.
I got reminded to it by someone asking on Telegram about
“Do I need to use GarbageCollectAtoms in Delphi? I used it in delphi 7, but I dont know what is benefit. 😐”.
The short answer is: yes, if your Delphi application does terminate in a way that the Controls unit cannot cleanly unload (and cannot free the Windows atoms) or leaks Windows atoms in a different way. I have been in that situation and that’s why I wrote the above blog post that got published in 2016.
The longer answer is likely no, both the Windows atom and registered Windows message table share a heap and that registered VCL Windows message leaking bug got fixed some 10 years ago in Delphi XE2, see:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/10/19
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/10/18
For my link archive (all my Chromecast devices are wired via LAN to low-latency fiber backed ISPs):
For v1 Chromecast devices, it seems Google does not care any more and will always stream at 1060p50 or 1060p60 without giving the opportunity to tune down the quality from the Android Chromecast app (my app always shows “Quality:Unavailable”, see the picture below the signature).
For v2 and up, there sometimes are firmware issues that take long times to get resolved.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/10/17
GoogleDriveFS – cannot find libcef.dll
Don’t you love errors after things try to audo-update themselves without testing preerquisites:
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GoogleDriveFS.exe - System Error
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The program can't start because libcef.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.
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OK
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The message was from the csrss.exe Client/Server Runtime Subsystem – Wikipedia process:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/10/07
So I won’t forget the steps: [Wayback/Archive.is] Why does the Gotcha fail to connect after a while? : TheSilphRoad
the usual tricks, including:
- Unpair the device in bluetooth settings.
- Pair the device in bluetooth settings, and then unpair it immediately after.
- Disconnect the device in PoGo settings.
- Restart Pokemon Go.
- Quickly plug the Gotcha into the charger 10x.
- Hold down the red circle on the device for 10 seconds whilst on the ‘Connection’ screen.
- Restart mobile device.
- Connect to Gotcha app and erase stats (not sure this actually does anything, but connecting to the app at least ensures the firmware is up to date).
User DJTernan advised clearing the game cache (Phone settings > Apps > Pokemon GO > Storage > Clear Cache (and also Clear Data)).
Gotcha is fully charged. I have reinstalled the app, restarted my phone, force closed app, cleared cache, unpaired / repaired / unpaired again, disconnected from PoGo settings, the lot.
[Wayback/Archive.is] Go-tcha – Apps on Google Play
Via [Wayback/Archive.is] android 11 pokemon go gotcha failed to connect – Google Search
Related:
“If you have connected your Go-tcha please ensure that you eject the Go-tcha from within the Pokémon Go application and ensure that it is forgotten within the Bluetooth setting (from all phones and devices).
Once the device has been disconnected please reset your Go-tcha by inserting and removing the Go-tcha from the charge cable in quick succession (10 times).
Once the device has reset please try to pair the Go-tcha within the Pokémon Go application.”
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/10/04
On my list of Visual Studio Code extensions to try (after I change the shortcuts, as direct Alt shortcuts are not a good idea, luckily those are configurable)
[Wayback/Archive.is] HTML / XML / RSS link checker – Visual Studio Marketplace (partly paraphrased):
VSCode extension that checks for broken links in an HTML, XML, RSS, PHP, or Markdown file.
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Checks currently open file:
- for broken links in anchor-href, link-href, img-src, and script-src tags in currently-open HTML or PHP file
- both clearnet and onion (Tor) links
- for badly-formatted mailto links, and duplicate local anchors (anchor-name, anchor-id)
- for working HTTPS equivalents of HTTP links
Optionally checks for invalid characters and common mistakes (missing tag content, empty attribute value, more).
Also checks for errors in a small subset of semantic HTML tags (in HTML and PHP files): checks that each page has header, main, footer; checks that each heading is inside a section, article, or aside; checks that each section/article/aside has exactly one heading in it; checks that heading values are nested properly.
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To see/change settings for this extension, open Settings (Ctrl+,) / Extensions / “HTML / XML / RSS link checker”.
To change the key-combinations for this extension, open File / Preferences / Keyboard Shortcuts and search for Alt+H or Alt+T or Alt+M or Alt+L.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2022/09/30
For my reference:
Typographical devices such as the asterisk (*) or dagger (†) may also be used to point to notes; the traditional order of these symbols in English is *, †, ‡, §, ‖, ¶.[1] Other symbols, including the #, Δ, ◊, ↓, and ☞, have also been used.[2][3]
Source: Note (typography) – Wikipedia
The most common sequence of footnote reference marks is:
- asterisk (*),
- dagger (†),
- double dagger (††),
- paragraph symbol (¶),
- section mark (§),
- parallel rules (||),
- number sign (#).
If more are required, they can be doubled up:
- double asterisks (**),
- double single daggers (††),
- double double daggers (††††),
- etc.
However, when many footnotes are used, it is more practical to use consecutive numbers to identify each footnote.
Source: [Wayback/Archive.is] Footnote – PrintWiki
–jeroen
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