Cesspool of Knowledge

ChatGPT Shenanigans

I asked ChatGPT to do these things and am saving the responses here for posterity. Write me a specification for a programming language that is similar to JavaScript but doesn’t suck. Here’s a specification for a new programming language that takes the best features of JavaScript and improves upon its shortcomings: Syntax: The syntax of the language should be similar to JavaScript, with slight modifications to improve readability and reduce the likelihood of syntax errors. Read more

By banasiak, ago

Privacy Time

The web/email server that I rolled myself almost 10 years ago and runs on a Digital Ocean droplet is seriously outdated. It originally started as an Ubuntu 12.04 x32 system and migrated several times. However, because it is a 32-bit x86 architecture, there doesn’t appear to be a clear migration path past Ubuntu 18.04. So, it’s time to upgrade. I’ve decided to stick with Digital Ocean for DNS and web hosting, because they’re great. But Read more

By banasiak, ago

Peppers ❤ Python

Fun fact: I’ve been growing chocolate ghost pepper plants in my office for the past year. Although, due to the oversight of growing these in an office building, I’ve produced plenty of flowers but no peppers because there’s nothing flying around to pollinate them. But, that’s a problem for another day. One problem I don’t have is maintaining adequate soil moisture. That’s because I’ve built a system using a Raspberry Pi Zero W and some Read more

By banasiak, ago

Muzei Saver 2.0.0

Muzei is a pretty awesome live wallpaper app for Android created by Google developers Roman Nurik and Ian Lake. It has an API that allows it to be extended and use custom sources that change throughout the day. I’ve been using it (somewhat ironically) to change my Android wallpaper to the Bing Image of the Day for the past several years. Because sometimes I like to download the artwork and because Muzei makes this really Read more

By banasiak, ago

OpenVPN Quick Settings Tile

This app provides an Android Quick Settings tile which launches an OpenVPN Connect intent to connect/disconnect a specific VPN profile. One day I’ll release this to Google Play. Or, even write the actual README file for the GitHub repo. But, in the meantime, here it is. Google Play GitHub (source code)

By banasiak, ago

Far Cry 5 on KINGPIN

When running @ 1440p with Ultra graphics settings, on average enabling SLI results in an additional 19 frames-per-second (an increase of 24.7%). Worth it? Even with a 144 Hz G-Sync monitor, probably not. Here’s the fancy output from the game’s built-in benchmark with SLI enabled.

By banasiak, ago

Hello world!

I guess I have a blog now. This is a place mostly for me to document things I’ve done or think are otherwise interesting. Actually, I’m just copying my friend Tim. He documents his computer builds on his blog.

By banasiak, ago