Author: cen
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ZFS on Debian: load-key keyboard issues
I have a systemd service which decrypts my ZFS dataset on boot. It essentially runs /usr/sbin/zfs load-key -a but randomly on some boots, my password is “incorrect” and by experimenting I figured out that if I type everything slowly it works almost every time, but if I type it fast it regularly fails. I suspect…
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DotA v7.04c7
Changelog Fixed couriers could consume Boots of Travel Fixed bug on Glimpse (Disruptor) reverting Morph and Chaos Knight illusions on random positions Fixed Mana-Drain (Lion) losing Spell Immunity while second target not available (talent) and continuing draining second targets while disabled Epicenter (Sand King) pulse every 3.5 visual now gets bigger if talent on radius…
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DotA v7.04c6
Changelog Random Draft Mode (-rd) reduced heroes from 50 to 33 Captain Draft Mode (-cd) reduced heroes from 50 to 33 Fixed Mana Drain permanent effect (?) Fixed Mortal Strike providing fixed 8 charges instead max charges upon killing enemy hero Fixed Aphotic Shield (Abaddon) effect on Mirana Fixed Fervor (Troll) visual charges Fixed Splinter…
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Love hate relationship with conan.io
Introduction conan was supposed to finally solve the decade long issue of getting your build dependencies on Windows (and Linux but to a lesser extent because package managers have already solved that problem there). Before that you either had to build from source or find pre-built binaries from sometimes questionable sources. Building from source is…
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DotA v7.04c5
Changelog Tree Grab reduced limited number of attacks from 6 to 5 Ring of Basilius MP regen aura decreased from 1.5 to 0.75 Octarine Core Recipe changed. Now requires Perseverance (1650), Soul Booster (3000). Total cost decreased from 5050 to 4650 Now provides +625 HP, +625 Mana, +8 HP Regeneration, 175% MP Regeneration and 25%…
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Hogwarts Legacy quick review
I would never expect a game such as this to be anything nearly as good as it actually is. I would put it in a category of games such as Witcher, Mass Effect and Skyrim, but one level below these legendary games overall. Being a fan of Harry Potter universe helps a lot to enjoy…
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2023 DotA season ends
On December 1st, DotA ladder has been reset. The top 5 have received a custom skin as a gift from d1stats. All top players have received VIP status and icons. Congrats to all! # Player PSR 1 rob_real 1873 2 real_rob 1869 3 myragegaming 1833 4 alexsundar 1803 5 ^venom^ 1801 6 chzn 1779 7…
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Protecting your vBulletin 4 registration against spambots with email domain whitelist
If you are still hosting a vBulletin 4 forum for whatever the reason may be, you are probably experiencing the spambot hell. Captcha plugins are out of date or simply bypassed and protections like human verification questions just do not seem to work. You could throw Cloudflare in front for some bot detection and that…
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DotA v7.04c3
New DotA map was pushed to download queue and will be upgraded on bots shortly. Download manually at https://www.epicwar.com/maps/332997/ Changelog v7.04c3 7.04c3 Fixed -tip command text showing to all players while no charges are left Fixed Rip Tide now damage source of all Rip Tides is the unit that performed the triggering attack, meaning on-damage…
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Automatically resize cloud VM filesystem when disk size increases on Linux
One of the good things that cloud brings is that you can easily increase size of your VM disks as they fill up. Unfortunately the process is a bit manual because you also need to resize your filesystem in order to see the change. GCP has this process documented. We can automate this with a…