I’ve been doing some NFT research for myself, but though I would share in case one else finds some value. 30 second intro to NFTs: https://niftygateway.com/whatisanifty In depth description of an NFT (and lots more information): https://blog.opensea.io/guides/non-fungible-tokens/#What_is_a_non-fungible_token So the next thing to understand is that in the world of cryptocurrencies there are many different ones. Bitcoin is probably the […]
Ubuntu + OBS Studio + Intel Hardware Encoding (VAAPI)
So I had installed the latest version of OBS Studio (26.x) from the official channels but when I went to the output mode it only listed software encoding. In the logs it mentioned FFMPEG-VAAPI but wasn’t using it as any recording was using 30%-50% CPU on a low powered laptop. In Settings -> Output change […]
Remote Working Links
Special thanks to Scott Muc and S+C. Please post more links in the comments and I’ll add them in Guides / Playbooks Leading in crisis: Setting up for remote successhttps://www.thoughtworks.com/remote-work-playbook Remote First in Tes Technologyhttps://engineering.tes.com/how-we-work/remote/ How to Work Remotely and Still Be the Besthttp://www.toptal.com/freelance/how-to-work-remotely-and-still-be-the-best Smart Home: 10 Tips for Working Remotely – […]
Fix screen tearing on Razor Stealth (Late 2019) with Ubuntu 19.10
So I had my usual problem with screen tearing on Ubuntu 19.10 but instead of my usual switching to Metacity + Compton I wanted to try using Gnome Shell. However Gnome shell doesn’t support replacing the compositor. First step is to allow the NVidia driver to support kernel mode setting: Adding And then Check with […]
Webcam on Razer Stealth Late 2019 with Ubuntu 19.10
Probably the weakest element on the laptop is the Webcam which can output 720p@30fps. By default the low light performance is not that great but you can improve it considerably by trading frame rate for low light performance. First install the Video 4 Linux utils: Now run the following command (the default is 0) Now […]
Suspend Loop Fix for Razor Stealth Late 2019 with Ubuntu 19.10
I was experiencing a loop where after suspending and resuming the laptop it would go back into suspend over and over again. To fix this just update /etc/default/grub and add button.lid_init_state=open to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT I also had to add the following to stop errors during the update Then update GRUB Update: I found that I actually […]
Microbit via WebUSB on Ubuntu 18.04
Make sure you are running the latest firmware on the microbit Create a new udev rule sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/80-microbit.rules With the following content SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{idVendor}==”0d28″, ATTR{idProduct}==”0204″, MODE=”0660″, GROUP=”plugdev” Then if you want non-admin users to be able to use it (like your kids) run sudo usermod -a -G plugdev non-admin-user If you are admin you […]