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2024.04.29 07:34 Natural-Spell-515 Apparently Microsoft says that 13 year olds cant have parental controls anymore

My son is turning 13 years old soon. We have a Microsoft Account with family safety features that controls access on his Xbox, computer (windows 10).
I just got an email from Microsoft that says this:

Congratulations on X birthday on June 28, 2024. At this age, certain laws allow them to have more control and choices over their own account settings. This means that they’ll be able to change a number of family safety settings, even if you already have them set up. X will also need to allow you to continue receiving data about their activities to guide their digital journey. Learn more about [settings and age](). Here’s what’s changing

Activity reporting They can turn off your ability to see their activity on Windows 10, Xbox One, and Android devices.

Device health They can turn off your ability to see their devices and check on updates, hard drive usage, and safety settings like firewall and antivirus protection.

Find my family They can stop sharing their location through their mobile phone.

Somebody please explain this to me. WTF are they talking about "laws" that allow a 13 year old to bypass restrictions? There is no such "law" that exists that does this is in my state. Can somebody cite the "law" that allows a 13 year old to bypass parental controls and allows to them to download whatever they want from the internet?
WTF is Microsoft doing here?

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2024.04.29 06:37 Inside-Program-5450 Ex Astris, Scientia

Luna blinked. Before her eyes was a vista the likes of which she’d only ever seen in blurry photographs or maybe in Professor Sinestra’s telescope. But even the best images didn’t compare to the experience with her own eyes. The swirling mixture of blues and blacks, dotted with red and green and a great white corona surrounding the whole arrangement, and to have it so close - almost feeling she could touch it - amplified the effect. The rift moved and shaped itself in such a way that made Luna believe the astral phenomenon was alive. It stretched on and on, seemingly in infinite directions and distances.
“This is the Serpens-Aqillan Rift, sixteen hundred light years from Earth” Captain Pike smiled at the girl’s wide eyed rapture.
“It’s beautiful” Luna breathed, still unable to understand her situation fully “What do you do out here?” Luna turned to Captain Pike.
The older man looked at the window, that same expression of relaxed and unguarded kindness on his face “As officers of the Federation Starfleet our mission is to explore strange new worlds” he approached the window, but maintained a respectful distance.
“To seek out new life, and new civilisations. To boldly go where no one has gone before” Pike turned to Luna, arms behind his back “I’d love to say those are my own words, but I was beaten to them by a full century or two.”
“You’re explorers? All of this, all these people….just to point to a star and travel to it” Luna was certain she may cry.
“You think it’s strange that we do this?” Pike’s smile became confused.
“No. I think it’s wonderful. It’s everything I’ve ever wished I could do.” Luna reached out to touch the reinforced viewing window, trying to grasp the nebula.
“Yes it is; but right now we need to figure out what kind of cosmic happenstance dropped a scared teenage girl on my bridge from nowhere” his smile faded “And why the adult with her was trying to kill her”

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2024.04.29 05:56 starstable_nerd What/how do I play an old CD ROM game?

Hi! To start, I have barely any computer knowledge. The games I have been very interested in playing are the Starshine Legacy CD games. I don't know what I could play them on, I have a MacBook and a DVD/possibly CD(?) player that plugs into the Mac. The games themselves are CD-ROM format from what I can understand. If anyone could tell me what I need to be able to play them on, l'd be eternally grateful.
I’d also like to add that I found this on the Jorvikipedia fandom forums for Starshine Legacy, it goes:
“Before I start, it's worth noting that I received these as part of the book club back in 2005, and was one of the original players of this franchise. Therefore, a lot of the below is sourced from the disks and my own memory, and may not have online documentation backing it up. I guarantee anything I posted below to be accurate. I can confirm that, if you have the disks, it will run on a modern computer. I have Episode One installed on my computer right now and it runs just fine. (Personal Tec Specs: Windows 10, 6-core, 12gb RAM, onboard graphics.) I have previously run the games on XP, Vista, and 7 without issues, though I have not run them on Windows 8 or 8.1. The CDs are marked for PC, not Mac, not sure if a Mac version was released but somewhat doubt it.“ Does this mean I need a Windows computer or some kind of PC? When they say Windows, do they mean an actual computer or just a Windows operating system? Please help

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2024.04.29 05:50 starstable_nerd How do I play old CD ROM games like Starshine Legacy?

To start, I have barely any computer knowledge. The games I have been very interested in playing are the Starshine Legacy CD games. I don't know what I could play them on, I have a MacBook and a DVD/possibly CD(?) player that plugs into the Mac. The games themselves are CD-ROM format from what I can understand. If anyone could tell me what I need to be able to play them on, l'd be eternally grateful.
Below is something I found from a user on the Jorvikipedia fandom forums, but I still don’t understand what I’d need to run the games. It goes as follows: “Before I start, it's worth noting that I received these as part of the book club back in 2005, and was one of the original players of this franchise. Therefore, a lot of the below is sourced from the disks and my own memory, and may not have online documentation backing it up. I guarantee anything I posted below to be accurate. I can confirm that, if you have the disks, it will run on a modern computer. I have Episode One installed on my computer right now and it runs just fine. (Personal Tec Specs: Windows 10, 6-core, 12gb RAM, onboard graphics.) I have previously run the games on XP, Vista, and 7 without issues, though I have not run them on Windows 8 or 8.1. The CDs are marked for PC, not Mac, not sure if a Mac version was released but somewhat doubt it. Oh, and crank up the graphics if you see an option to. A modern PC can run the highest graphics on any game this age with ease! Best enjoy it while you can, because it is TRULY an artifact of the 2005 early 3D graphics.”

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2024.04.29 05:13 Divkaran4 Will Connecting an External Monitor to My Optimus Laptop Improve Performance?

Hi Reddit community,
I’m seeking advice on whether connecting an external monitor to my laptop, which has written in its display specs support NVIDIA Optimus technology, will enhance its performance.
My Laptop: ASUS ROG STRIX G15 G513IE-HN040WS
It has it mentioned under the display specs that it has optimus, however it shows me that iGPU and dGPU both are being used when trying to get max performance
https://preview.redd.it/sytj0ue7z7xc1.png?width=388&format=png&auto=webp&s=ead4ce0d52730ee2b41d5593c087d0548806579a
I understand that Optimus is designed to switch between the IGPU and DGPU to save power, but I’m curious if connecting an external monitor will provide a performance boost, especially for gaming or graphic-intensive tasks.
Some discussions suggest that if the external monitor is connected directly to the DGPU (via HDMI 2.0 or DisplayPort), it could bypass the IGPU and potentially increase FPS. But I am unsure if it will actually have an effect on my laptop.
If there is any kind of performance boost then should I use the HDMI 2.0 or should I use the USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C which support DisplayPort / power delivery / G-SYNC
Any insights or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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2024.04.29 02:24 FOXFAWN123 What do these go to

So trying to solve some working gremlins in my 76 f350 I have no turn signals marker lights no dash lights and the window wipers don’t work basically the truck is dead besides the headlights and the high beam indicator on the dash along with the BRAKE LIGHT ON light? But that only comes on when I hit my ignition switch that I used to bypass not having a key goes from battery to switch to pos side of coil any help would be appreciated

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2024.04.29 00:29 Pan_opticom Veracrypt switching to US keyboard for password typing is a bad idea

So, I just installed Win11 on my new used laptop Thinkpad T14 German keyboard and was trying a system partition encryption using Veracrypt. To my surprise the keyboard layout was changed to US during the password typing (noticed that just by accident) and thus special characters were all replaced. The explanation was that during preboot only US keyboard would be available and this switch would guarantee a correct password typing during preboot.
Well that is wrong. My GER keyboard did indeed act as GER layout during preboot and thus the password was wrong. Pressing Esc during pretest did bypass the password but brought me directly into a Windows blue screen. Took me a while to compare US and GER keyboard to recreate the US characters on my GER keyboard but it did work eventually. Same with an external USB keyboard, still GER layout during preboot. It does work now because I did change the password using the US layout to create the equivalent GER special characters.
I did not have that issue with my other Thinkpad and an older version on VC (it seems the forced layout change was NOT a feature in previous VC versions and it worked fine without it).
The US layout switch should be an option and a disclaimer.

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2024.04.29 00:25 IceHertz DNS-Over-HTTPS Bypasses Internet Cut-Off; How to Achieve The Same On Routers?

So my academy is restrictive on internet access, and actively blocks VPN access apart from obfuscated protocols (PIA over Shadowsocks Obfuscation, or ProtonVPN) but I need internet access past their midnight cut-off policy. I figured out that using Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 (or any public DNS) on Windows under DNS settings with DNS over HTTPS set to On (automatic template) bypassed this restriction most effectively. However, I don't know how to achieve the same on my other devices, like Android phones and Linux desktops. I was hoping there is a way I could configure a similar thing on my Router, so that all my devices can connect to it conveniently without further tinkering.

I currently have a ROG/Asus router on AsusWRT. Is there a way to set this up?

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2024.04.29 00:24 IceHertz DNS-Over-HTTPS Bypasses Internet Cut-Off; How to Achieve The Same On Routers?

So my academy is restrictive on internet access, and actively blocks VPN access apart from obfuscated protocols (PIA over Shadowsocks Obfuscation, or ProtonVPN) but I need internet access past their midnight cut-off policy. I figured out that using Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 (or any public DNS) on Windows under DNS settings with DNS over HTTPS set to On (automatic template) bypassed this restriction most effectively. However, I don't know how to achieve the same on my other devices, like Android phones and Linux desktops. I was hoping there is a way I could configure a similar thing on my Router, so that all my devices can connect to it conveniently without further tinkering.
I currently have a ROG/Asus router on AsusWRT. Is there a way to set this up?

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2024.04.28 23:58 KrimzsonTv People need to seriously stop saying "All Shrifts Yhwach" and then ignoring the implications of that combo

People need to seriously stop saying “All Shrifts Yhwach” and then ignoring the implications of that combo
“All Shrifts Yhwach” is a meta and potential interpretation of Yhwach and his abilities which is sometimes used in VSBattles on this sub and across the wider internet, I see it pretty often but every time I do I end up seeing at least one person who treats “All Shrifts Yhwach” as a normal full power Yhwach with a batman toolbelt
I am making this post so I can link it the next time people here are talking about this version of Yhwach

The Shrifts

(I will only be discussing the cream of the crop here, lower power Shrifts like “The Power” or ones that are poorly explained like “The K” will be discarded for the sake of this post for brevity)
A, The Almighty:
Yhwach’s base shrift, This Shrift allows the user to see every possible future that could occur stretching off potentially years ahead. These different possibilities are described as countless grains of sand blowing in the wind which Yhwach can see simultaneously. Evidence supports the vision The Almighty grants extending beyond the users normal POV as well, allowing Ichibei to recount the conversation between Ichibei and Ichigo far away as if it were a flashback (Beyond this Bleach characters have been shown to be able to sense things far off from themselves throughout the series, even being able to sense people in other dimensions)
Beyond the precognition this allows, it gives Yhwach the ability to hand-pick the future which he wants the timeline to become, in practice this means that as long as the thing Yhwach wants is possible, it has a 100% chance of happening regardless of the odds otherwise as soon as Yhwach selects that as the new future.
Beyond just being able to see the future, the user of The Almighty can also interact directly with the future itself, allowing them to attack or break things from an earlier point in the timeline itself
The Almighty also nullifies any ability that he sees used in the possible futures, using this Yhwach has directly negated Hado 99’s energy manipulation, Ichimonji’s conceptual erasure, and Ichibei’s black palace technique which is conceptual darkness manipulation
Lastly, The Almighty gives the user the ability to rewrite the timeline allowing Yhwach to bring himself back to life after he had already been killed
M, The Miracle:
This ability belongs to Gerard Valkyrie. To keep it short, The Miracle simply allows the user to make the impossible possible. If the user wants something to happen then it becomes far more likely to happen, with implications that the odds that it happens go up in accordance to how unlikely it would normally be (For example, since you have 0% Chance of coming back to life when killed, those odds are now 100%)
B, The Balance:
Jugram Haschwalth’s Shrift, this allows the user to manipulate fortune and misfortune at will, think of it as an on command version of D4C combined with WoU. Any Misfortune or Fortune can be taken from one source and redirected as the opposite on someone else. As an example when Yhwach left Oetsu to fight Ichibei it was VERY fortunate for Oetsu, and Jugram redirected this into misfortune for the cage of life, causing it to explode. In short, if you were to get lucky in a fight with the user of The Balance, they can take your good luck and redirect it back as bad luck.
W, The Wind:
Nianzol Wiezol’s Shrift, this ability causes any attack approaching the user to be redirected, even surprise attacks are blocked and redirected, imagine Ultra Instinct, but instead of instinctually dodging attacks the attacks are destined to never reach their target. Non-direct attacks bypass this however
V, The Visionary:
Gremmy’s Shrift. In short, it is high level realty warping that allows the user to make their imagination reality
V, The Vanishing Point:
Guenael Lee’s Shrift. This Shrift has multiple abilities which include to…
-Erase yourself from your opponents memories, leaving them confused as to why they are even there
-Turn invisible
-Become incorporeal
X, The X-Axis:
Lille Barro’s Shrift. Gives the user the ability to fire attacks with no projectile, instead instantly hitting whatever was being aimed at, eliminating the ability to dodge the attack itself
By opening both eyes the user of this Shrift also becomes intangible
Y, The Yourself:
Royd Lloyd and Loyd Lloyd’s Shrift. Allows the user to copy the stats and abilities of another person
F, The Fear
As Nodt’s Shrift. Simply looking at the user paralyzes the victim with primal fear

Conclusion

Yhwach’s ability The Almighty alone is one of the most “Fuck you, I win” abilities in fiction, as it essentially means that no matter what he either no diffs or gets no diff’d since the only way to defeat him realistically is to be so out of his league that there exists literally no possible future where he could win. If a future where he wins exists then he just wins
If you take this ability and combine it with The Miracle you are already looking at someone who is theoretically unbeatable outside of being asynchronous to time or otherwise acausal, as the primary win-con against Yhwach (Having no future where he wins) is now out the window
Giving him ALL of the shrifts is borderline unfair, but people seriously still underrate them and treat Yhwach as normal but with a few more tricks up his sleeve

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2024.04.28 23:57 KrimzsonTv People need to seriously stop saying “All Shrifts Yhwach” and then ignoring the implications of that combo

“All Shrifts Yhwach” is a meta and potential interpretation of Yhwach and his abilities which is sometimes used in VSBattles on this sub and across the wider internet, I see it pretty often but every time I do I end up seeing at least one person who treats “All Shrifts Yhwach” as a normal full power Yhwach with a batman toolbelt
I am making this post so I can link it the next time people here are talking about this version of Yhwach

The Shrifts

Conclusion

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2024.04.28 23:36 Unit706 We're Still Trapped in 4th Period, but Time is Screwed Up.

I went back to my original post (archived) and it's from two years ago. This isn't possible, It's only been two months.
Two months ago, I told you all about how we were trapped. It was a time loop, and the commentors were really useful. We did manage to get me and someone else outside the classroom, but what happened was weird. I typed a draft a long time ago, but never got it published. I still have the text from those months ago. Here it is:
So, it took a few tries, but me and Jerry managed to slip out of the door. We had brought our water bottles and phones so that we could call each other. By the way, we did some experiments, and while we can't call for outside help, we have been able to call and text each other. The second we got out the door, I immediately knew something was wrong. First thing we did once outside was try to open the door. It didn't budge, which we presume means it only can be opened unconsciously by Mr. Johnson at the beginning of a new iteration. The next thing we decided to do was leave the building and see if we were still affected by the resetting. If not, we would all be able to escape in small groups. However, when I turned to leave, my heart sunk, and that little successful feeling was instantly turned to dread.
Now, in my school, we have clear glass exits at the end of every hallway. The classroom that we're in is right on the edge, so the exit should be right there. However, instead of the exit, we were instead presented with a long corridor, proceeding a few doors down before turning left. We proceeded down the hall, the class on the phone with us the whole time. As we walked further and further, the lights started to flicker. We found a couple other classrooms with nobody in them. Eventually, we came across the dining hall. We got really excited, as the dining hall normally includes an outdoor eating area, meaning we could possibly leave the building. We ran over to where the exit should have been, but sure enough, it was just a wall.
What was even more strange, however, was the state of the cafeteria. Normally, we have lunch during 4th period, but there wasn't a single food tray. In fact, we didn't seen a single trace of other human beings the whole time we were out there. The kitchen was nearby, and did include some food. Anyway, I guess we lost track of time, because a little while later as we were exploring, it reset we suddenly found ourselves back in our seats in the classroom.
As we were explaining what happened, a few of the other kids told us to look out the window. Normally, that window would face a forest next to our school, with a road in the middle. It still did, but it was dark outside. REALLY dark. This was odd, as we've been keeping track of time and know for sure that it should've been daytime. Whatever it is, we can't access this area, as all attempts at opening or breaking through the window have failed.
So yeah, we're still in here. We've seen a couple suggestions on the previous post that we tried out. We tried writing stuff down on the whiteboard, but it just resets, as does any attempts at taking notes. The only possible method of typing or writing something and keeping it between iterations is to post it here. I really don't understand, I guess if it's online, then it's not technically in here, and bypasses the loop? Who knows with these types of situations. Someone suggested holding onto Mr. Johnson as we were resetting. We tried that as well, but we all get teleported back to our seats. Several groups have been sent out of the classroom at the start of various iterations, and not one of them has been able to find an exit. We've tried busting down the door, but it appears indestructible. I remember once, like 7 of us got together and threw a large table at the door. That door literally did not have a single scratch on it after that. Additionally, none of us have had any problems from the sleep deprivation or hunger, so that's good, I guess. I can't explain this, I guess when the class resets, our biological needs reset as well? I suppose we'll just see how it goes and hope we get out.
UPDATE 1: A kid got crushed in the door today. I guess he was just a little bit too slow getting out. It killed him almost instantly, not that it affected future iterations. I never really fully stopped to comprehend this, but when we die, we get brought back to life in the next iteration. I have even had a couple of deaths myself, once during that riot early on, again in a recent incident where a kid got frustrated with the failed escape attempts and went crazy with some scissors. And yet at the beginning of every iteration, we all are back sitting at our table groups without a scratch on us. I am an immortal. We all are. Which I guess means if we don’t get out, we’ll simply spend all of eternity in here. The very idea has us stressed beyond belief.
Let me go into more detail about that previous story.
It was the beginning of the next iteration, when this random classmate I didn't know very well started screaming. He grabbed the scissors out of a drawer and stabbed Jerry in the chest. He was stabbing people left and right while screaming about how we're never gonna get out, and how this must be some kind of punishment. It was at that point that I got killed, so I wasn't there for the rest of the story. Apparently, Mr. Johnson and 3 other kids were able to get the scissors from him and knocked him unconscious. On the next iteration, we were back to normal and restrained him.
UPDATE 2: The lights went out all of a sudden. It was only for about 2 minutes, but it was strange. It was pitch black, but most of us had our phone lights. During this time, everything seemed louder. Like, you know when you're watching a video and you turn the volume up? It was like that but in real life. The lights came back on just as suddenly as they went off, and everything went back to normal.
UPDATE 3: You know, there was a comment on my previous post talking about how the same thing might be happening to the whole school, because it was strange that nobody is outside waiting for us. Personally I think the results of our escape attempt proved that something else is happening. Some of the other kids even believe that we're in another dimension. Personally, I think that explains a lot.
The hallways are changing about every few iterations. It's becoming more and more odd. Everything resets at the end of an iteration, which means we are immortal, as anybody in this classroom can die and then be reset. Oh god. Are we going to spend eternity trapped in here? Clawing at the doors and throwing tables at windows? Sending people out into empty corridors to look for an exit that probably doesn't exist? And now here I'm sitting, a freaking Reddit post being the only connection with the outside world. Things are bad when even death isn't an escape.
There's no escape...
And there probably never will be...
God help us...
its been so long since we last left. Is the world even there? Is it just a myth?
Maybe…
Maybe . . .
Feb 28, 2023. We are here. We still haven’t left. WHEN WILL THIS END????
Update 5: The hallways are getting weird. Extending way beyond where this building of the school should end, and with rooms that shouldn't be here. I'm talking rooms from other buildings, like bedrooms, kitchens, stores, hotel rooms, even a large warehouse. Still keeps shapeshifting, it's a mystery for sure.
Update 6: I've been trying to stay calm, and sane, but it's getting more and more difficult by the day. The lights went out again, pitch black. All the sounds in the room were still amplified, but I heard something. Breathing. You could say it was just my peers, but it just sounded wrong. In addition to the breathing I could hear unintelligible whispers. Suddenly, I heard the loud screams of my peers and Mr. Johnson, as I felt their blood hit my face and body. I was lifted up by the head and leg, and felt myself get torn in half. Suddenly, I was at the beginning of the next iteration, like normal. Something killed us all while the lights were off, and we simply woke up here again.
Update 7: One of my peers just disappeared. I didn’t even notice him gone, he disappeared right after the incident in the dark. I don’t know where he went, or what happened. I looked out the window and tried to break it, but still nothing. It looks as though it was nighttime out there, but there aren’t any stars or clouds or a moon, just trees, a road, and a pitch black sky.
Update 8: HOLY HELL. I looked out the window again and there he was. The missing kid. He had pitch black eyes and his mouth was open and bleeding. He stood there until it reset. I heard him scream as it all reset, and he was gone. I don’t know why this is happening or what happened to him, I just really want to get out of this. Most of us have family, friends, pets, siblings, parents, and we might never see them again.
Update 9: There was another darkness, and we were all killed by that thing again. Another kid is gone, and we can see the two both outside the window.
Their mouths are still open, and their eyes are black and bleeding. They have blood stained clothes that dripped down, and various lacerations just everywhere on their body. They were blinking in strange patterns.
Morse code.
I marked the pattern and used an online chart to translate. I suppose what they were telling us was wat we already suspected, but I take this as confirmation.

"SOON WILL JOIN"

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2024.04.28 23:17 TypicalThing3044 Scored 5.5 on Lenovo Thinkpad T430 (2013-Model)

Intel Core I5 (Ivy Bridge) 16 GB ram, 500 GB SSD, Vista works great on this system even though it’s made for windows 7:)

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2024.04.28 22:46 Chance-Worth-4954 Little story about how it all started..

A bit of history..
In the 80s and 90s, we have satellite dishes with pirate cards, it worked perfectly, but at that time we didn't have any problems with buffering. ;>)) But there were also people like myself with my own subscriptions to both Viasat & Canal Digital that I paid for. At that time it cost EUR 90 per month in today's currency. If you had the knowledge, you could read the original card and then add another one that you could then sell. The problem then was that anyone who had a little knowledge of how it worked with card readers could then in turn make a copy of what he bought. At that time there was no control over how many users were used. I made my own software so that no one could make a copy of my cards, when it was put in a card reader the card was erased, except for a small "string" where I could see if any attempt to read the card was made...
The smartcard used by DirecTV after the “H card” became known by pirates as the “HU” card. This was the third smartcard series for DSS (P3 card - period 3). Sometimes referred to as “the football card” because of the artwork on the back of the card.’

Oddly enough, the “football card” was not the one OJ Simpson was busted for pirating. That was the previous generation of smartcard, the “H card”.

https://preview.redd.it/smlkhrx76axc1.jpg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b037b1d67788d32286def83b97d042b3e38f825
By 2001, “HU loader” pirate smartcard programming software hit the market even before the hacked “H card” swap-out was done. Some pirates still used hacked H cards while others were buying new pirate HU cards that would last through the impending complete shutdown of the H card.
For prices in the tens of thousands of dollars, dealers bought HU loaders - slightly modified WildThing glitchers, with new software for the new smartcard. The pirate customer base had grown a lot from the previous hacked cards, so there was plenty of demand for the HU hack.
Once the HU loader was in the hands of pirates, it wasn’t long before it was cloned. More sources for HU loaders meant competitive prices. Eventually this led to the secret firmware for the HU loader (the “Atmel code”, for the AT90S2313 chip) being posted on a public website.
After the HU loader Atmel code was posted on the “HackHU” website, anybody with the right kind of smartcard programmer could program their own pirate HU cards. Some pirates modified the WildThing unlooper they bought for the H card to be compatible with the new HU loader.
In the early 2000s, detailed technical information about new hacks, schematics and software, was being spread via the Internet at an accelerated rate. It was no longer a trickle of information from high level dealers filtering down to end users.
A pirate might buy an expensive unlooper or loader, think “I could sell a lot of these”, reverse engineer the PCB and draw a schematic, then a locked chip becomes a dead end. So they post schematics online and hope someone else shares the missing pieces.
Many hardware producers (like Mikobu) competed to build and sell ready-to-use HU loaders. By 2002, for under a hundred dollars anybody could get everything they needed to program pirate smartcards. It was never easier to become a DirecTV pirate, or even a pirate card dealer.

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This is another example, a Mikobu III loadeunlooper. The Mikobu III may have been the top selling pirate card programmer in its time, it was considered the “gold standard” to many pirates.

https://preview.redd.it/qsk44k6h6axc1.jpg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a499a9cc93a2a8bd5467351fc16d9a47768b45a
In 2001, the pirates had to deal with something they recognized all too well by now - their hacked smartcards were looped by a countermeasure against them. A lot of people had gotten used to programming their own smartcards, now they had to hope somebody produced an HU unlooper.
As was typical, the first HU unlooper was in the hands of a commercial pirate, unlooping cards for a fee. Later on, though, things took a turn - the growing mass of hackers chatting and sharing information online led to a new kind of development.
Not just one, but two kinds of HU unlooper were released and shared freely on the internet within days of each other in March 2002. HUFF (to unloop the HU cards responding only FF due to looping) and ul4s (unloop for sure). They both worked great.

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By this time there was a kind of “critical mass” of hackers online, developing and sharing hacks for the HU card. Web forums, usually vBulletin or phpBB, were numerous and very active. Pirates helped each other use hacks and searched for new fixes when their cards were shut down.
Popular forums of the time included The Pirates Den (dsschat .com), Interesting Devices (id-discussions), Innermatrix, DR7 .com, Hitec Sat, and dozens of others. Many forums were owned by pirate dealers, and some acted as administrators or moderators on others.
Forums weren’t only for end-user pirates, some of the hackers developing new fixes frequented them also. Over time there was a shift from hacks developed in private and sold through a dealer network, to more widespread, and sometimes free, direct sharing over the Internet.
Some of the hackers became known and respected by many other pirates who admired the skills required to create new and improved hacks. Names like no1b4me, aol6945, and RAM9999 were amongst the elite in the online forums.

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Some of these hackers’ names would later show up on a DirecTV website publicizing the many legal actions taken against pirates. DirecTV would proudly boast over 24,000 lawsuits against end users, in addition to action against the hackers and dealers.
Satellite TV piracy was big business. In 1998, Canadian pirate Reggie Scullion (V-Cipher) was raided by police and $4 million in cash, bonds, and bank drafts was seized from his home and business, along with over 10,000 DirecTV smartcards. Pirate business was booming.
By 2003, satellite TV piracy seemed to have been growing out of control for years, despite increasing legal actions against pirates. There were estimates in the press of over 3 million satellite TV pirates, resulting in pay TV companies losing $4 billion in revenue.
Most end-user pirates were paying someone to program, or to unloop, their smartcard. The dealers they paid came in all shapes and sizes - friends, family, small businesses, international pirate dealer networks.
Hackers were writing their own versions of 3M code (or ripping off someone else’s), packaging it up in a loader program with a Windows GUI, or in some cases a script for the popular Winexplorer tool, and offering it for sale.
Pirate software evolved alongside changes in computers and the Internet. From MS-DOS text interfaces to simple Windows applications with two or three buttons, to integrated environments for developing and testing hacks.
For the H card, a software package “BasicH” was been popular for being powerful but also relatively simple to use. Later, with the HU card, even more tools like “ExtremeHU” for programming cards and “HU Sandbox” for developing new pirate code became standard tools for hackers.

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WinExplorer was a widely used tool for smartcard hackers, for writing “.XVB files”, VBScript programs that talked to smartcards or smartcard glitchers. Hackers would share, study, and modify an overwhelming number of .XVB files, a de facto standard for pirate satellite scripts.

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Another way used by pirates to watch DirecTV without paying was to use an “emu”, or emulator, system. Using a computer connected to a satellite receiver by a simple PCB interface, the smartcard was emulated to allow all channels to be viewed.
Because hackers hadn’t reverse engineered the HU card ASIC, they could only emulate the microcontroller functions while using a real HU card as an “AUX card”, sending data through the hardware ASIC. The emu software protected the original smartcards from ECMs.
After each version of DirecTV (or later, Dish Network) smartcard was hacked, versions of emulator hacks were developed by pirates. SLE44 and Pitou were H card emulators, Kryptonite an HU emu.

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During the era of the pirate HU card, DirecTV may have had a hard time locking out the pirates with glitchers from programming their smartcards, but there was a lot of grief for the pirates in the form of frequent countermeasures shutting down the hacked cards temporarily.
A technique used by the HU card against the pirates was “dynamic code”. Instead of key calculation being done entirely in the ROM and EEPROM firmware known to the hackers, short blocks of program code was sent down in real-time over the satellite.
Dynamic code meant the pirate hackers had to chase a moving target. The code could be changed at any time, and different versions of dynamic code could be rotated in and out of service at any time.
Sending program code over the satellite had been done before, but on the HU card the dynamic code went beyond what pirates had previously dealt with. Let the code run and risk the card being looped. Block unknown code and the card is shut down every few days.
Another electronic countermeasure (ECM) used to target pirate H and HU cards was known as “hashing”. Regions of the smartcard’s memory would be used in the key calculation algorithm, so that the correct decryption keys depended on correct (not hacked) data in the card.
The pirate hackers rose to the challenge, improving their hacks, adding “stealth” and “AI” features to their 3M code. The level of artificial intelligence implemented in these 4 MHz micros with a total 384 bytes of RAM and a KB or two of EEPROM space seems suspect, in retrospect.
Unlike the H card with two chips (microcontroller and ASIC), the HU card only had one chip inside. The HU card had an ASIC on the same silicon die as a Texas Instruments TMS370 microcontroller. 384 bytes of RAM, 16 KB ROM, 8 KB EEPROM.

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Another tactic used by DirecTV to shut down pirate cards was to more aggressively target smartcards that were inactive or had been deactivated in their system. The satellite receiver itself could be disabled, instead of relying on software inside the smartcard to disable itself.
The pirates became familiar with the dreaded “Call Ext. 745” messages when their card ID# was disabled - blacklisted by DirecTV. Pirates cloned cards with different ID# or modded the satellite receiver software, and new hacks were developed to bypass the Ext745 shutdowns.
One type of hack was a “no745 board” that acted as a wedge between the satellite receiver and smartcard. The no745 board exploited a bug in the receivers, allowing it to provide the receiver with a fake ID#, to avoid any blacklisting by DirecTV.
Pirates continued to hack the HU card to watch DirecTV for free, though sometimes having to update their pirate card daily, until the HU smartcard was swapped out to a new “P4” card. The P4 card had increased the level of complexity again to be better protected against hackers.
Support for the HU smartcards was disabled permanently by DirecTV in mid-2004. Since then, there has not been a pirate DirecTV hack on the market, or published online. The new P4 smartcards locked the pirates out.

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Around that time, a lot of pirates had switched their focus to Dish Network (and Bell Expressvu in Canada), which had been hacked since 1999. That’s another topic with many different stories to be told.
In September 2006 at 27 years old, the hacker behind the HU loader, the first pirate hack for the DirecTV HU smartcard, pled guilty to charges carrying up to 5 years in prison. At the time, he was already serving a 30 month prison sentence for hacking DirecTV Latin America.
In the years since, he and the other hackers involved in DirecTV piracy in the 90s/early 2000s have completed their prison sentences, been released, and put satellite TV piracy in the past.
Then we all had different cards and modules....
Here are some examples that many people probably recognize...'
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A little history for those of you who weren't there at the time, when we had to do everything ourselves. Now we have IPTV which is very easy compared to the time before.
Next entry, is an IPTV Guide. A jungle for most of them, even those who call themselves Resellers barely know what they are talking about when they advertise.. Most of them do NOT know what it is they have and write what they think, so BEWARE!!

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2024.04.28 21:23 TastyBananaPeppers [ROOTED 3rd Party App] Pokemod (enhancer app) for Android 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 (may have issues for non-stock Android devices with Android 12, 13, or 14)

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#1: Niantic's Anti-Cheat Behavior System is active

If you decided to break Niantic's Terms of Service, it's your fault for getting the strike (or ban). As a reminder, I am not responsible nor liable for the loss of your Niantic game account(s). If you are not aware of the risks, you can read the post on "All About Gameplay Fairness Policy and Anti-Cheat Behavior System 2024" https://www.reddit.com/PoGoAndroidSpoofing/comments/18wdv5o/all_about_gameplay_fairness_policy_and_anticheat/ to educate yourself.

#2: Things you must know before using Pokemod!

[#1] Pokemod does not advertise their app as being safe. Using Pokemod breaks Niantic's Terms of Service because it's an unauthorized 3rd party app that does not have permission from Niantic to be used with their Pokemon Go game. This puts you at risk for getting punished by the 3-strikes system as mentioned in the above. If someone tells you their app is safe, safer, or the safest, it is a lie.
[#2] Pokemod can be used with Pgsharp's No Root app to get the best of both worlds when it comes to cheating Pokemon Go. This is how I personally play with Pokemon Go because I have access to the feed. There are some features that I like are better on Pokemod than on Pgsharp. Pgsharp has a customizable feed with an auto-attack with dodge for raids and gym battles while Pokemod does not.
[#3] If you want to gain an advantage against the anti-cheat behavior system, you may be able to lower your chances for a strike by playing like a non-cheater. You can read this post on "How to Follow the Cooldown with the Anti-Cheat Behavior System in Mind" https://www.reddit.com/PoGoAndroidSpoofing/comments/16a0vvg/how_to_follow_the_cooldown_system_with_or_without/.
[#4] I do not have a paid partnership or sponsorship with Pokemod because it allows me to freely discuss about the good and bad things about them without any repercussions.

I pay for my own subscription key and remain completely anonymous to them.

App Instability from October 2023 to Present 2024.

To be clear, this is with the official Pokemon Go app from the Play Store.

Around October 2023, a small group rooted 3rd party app users from Pokemod, PGTools, and Polygon reported strikes. Some people called this a ban wave but for me, it was not because only a small number received a strike while everyone else was untouched. This must have damaged Pokemod's ego and reputation for promoting their app as a safer alternative over the no root, 3rd party modified game apps like Pgsharp and iPogo. I don't jump on the bandwagon by promoting their app as safer, since Niantic's Terms of Service is against the use of 3rd party apps. This means I cannot guarantee account safety.

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After their investigation, they released an announcement in their Discord stating they added security features to the app. Since I'm not an app coder, I cannot verify whether those security features are beneficial or just bullshit made up to stop people from panicking and canceling their $7/month subscription. Whatever Pokemod did, I think it made their app unstable for non-stock Android devices with Android 12, 13, and 14 like Samsung, Xiaomi, etc. Before, it was stable and had no crashing issues even on my Samsung S23 Ultra Android 14. After October 2023 to now, it still crashes frequently or constantly to the point, I'll have to play on my Pixel 7 with Android 13. It will still crash once in awhile on my Pixel 7 with stock Android, but I rather play on my Samsung phone.
I have been using Pokemod for a very long time. It's now hard to recommend Pokemod because of this. The only way to fix the crashing problem is to use a device with Android 9, 10, or 11, a device with stock Android like Google Pixel phones or tablet, or flash a custom rom like LineageOS, PixelROM, etc. Then, wait for Pokemod to fix whatever is causing the crashing.

Topic #3: What are Pokemod's features?

See: https://pokemod.dev/ and scroll down for their feature lists.

"Pro only" means it requires a $7 per month subscription.
"YouTube Play" icon means there's a YouTube video on the feature.

Topic #4: Device Requirements

Android OS: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, or 14* (Virtual Go Plus is not supported on Android 14).
Android smartphone or tablet that has been rooted with Magisk.
Should have LSposed or Smali Patcher applied to your device.
Can only be used with one app at a time: official Pokemon Go (Play Store) or Pgsharp app.

How to get started in unlocking the bootloader for root:

https://www.reddit.com/PoGoAndroidSpoofing/comments/19cdnfb/how_to_buy_an_android_device_for_rooted_spoofing/

[ROOTED Spoofing Technique #1]

LSposed Guide for Android 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 for 2024
https://www.reddit.com/PoGoAndroidSpoofing/comments/1amus23/rooted_spoofing_technique_1_lsposed_guide_fo

[ROOTED Spoofing Technique #2]

Smali Patcher Guide for Android 8, 9, 10, and 11 for 2024
https://new.reddit.com/PoGoAndroidSpoofing/comments/1c56j8c/rooted_spoofing_technique_2_smali_patcher_guide/

Topic #5: How to install Pokemod

[1] Go to https://pokemod.dev
[2] Press on "Get Pokemod" button.
[3] Press on "Download Pokemod" button.
[4] Open your "Files", "My Files", or whatever is your file manager app.
[5] Go to your "Internal Storage" then "Downloads" folder.
[6] Press on "Pokemod-v#.#.####.apk" to install it
[7] You must allow to install unknown apps from this source. Follow what it tells you because it may say something different on other devices. Then, press to turn on the toggle for your file manager app. Now, you should be able to install it.
[8] Open "Pokemod" app
[9] Press "Register" or "Login".

You will need to register an account with them if you don't have one.

[10] Press on Login and enter your account information.
[11] Press on "GO!"

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[12] Press on "GRANT" on the Superuser Request forever pop-up.

If this does not pop-up for you, you can open the Magisk app, go to "Superuser" at the bottom, and then manually toggle on Pokemod like what you see in the picture.
If you do not see it in the Magisk app, this means your device is not rooted and you cannot use the Pokemod app.

[13] Press on the "3 white lines" to access the settings.

Modules are the features you can turn on or off.
Settings are more options.
Accounts is the PTC account manager to make it easier to switch between accounts without having to type in the username and password each time. This can be buggy and not work properly.

[14] Set your location with your joystick app or already have your location set in Pgsharp.
[15] Press on "START SERVICE" in Pokemod. Then, it will inject into the official Pokemon GO app or Pgsharp app.

Topic #6: How to use Pokemod

Set your location with your joystick app or already have your location set in Pgsharp.
Open Pokemod and press on "START SERVICE" then your game will load up.
Enjoy.

How to play without Pokemod and without Location Error (12) ?
Magisk 23 or older:

Open magisk app → Click 🧩 → 🔎 → Type riru → Download both Riru and Riru - LSPosed by clicking the ⬇️ icon.
Reboot your phone afterwards
Download and install this app https://github.com/emotionbug/HideMockLocation/releases/download/v2.1.4/app-release.apk
Open LSPosed → Click 🧩 Modules → Mock Mock Locations → Enable Module → Tap ⋮ → Hide → uncheck Games → ✅ Pokemon Go
End result should be like the picture below

Magisk 24 or newer +LSposed technique:

Download Shamiko (Some versions require a higher magisk version than what you may have installed so downloading an older Shamiko is OK)
Open Magisk app → Click Gear icon and disable Enforce Denylist → Click 🧩 Modules → Click Install From Storage → Install Shamiko you downloaded earlier.
Reboot your phone afterwards
Open LSPosed → Click 🧩 Modules → Mock Mock Locations → Enable Module → Tap ⋮ → Hide → uncheck Games → ✅ Pokemon Go app
End result should be like this.

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Topic #7: How do you use Pokemod with Pgsharp?

See this post for the "Forbidden Method": *not available yet. ETA within 24-48 hours.

Topic #8: Frequently Asked Question

Does Pokemod have a Discord group?

See https://discord.gg/Pokemod

What is the difference between a No Root, 3rd Party Modified Game Apps vs. Rooted, 3rd Party Apps?
No Root, 3rd Party Modified Game Apps

They are easy to setup and does not require a computer. Anyone can do it, your kids or grand parents.
You do not have to worry about voiding your device's warranty or messing it up.

Rooted, 3rd Party Apps

Rooting a phone or tablet requires a computer with Windows OS. You can do it on an Apple computer, but it will be much harder, so you might end up buying a cheap Windows laptop.
Rooting can void warranty in some manufacturers like Samsung, Sony, etc.
With a rooted device, you have to manually update your device by following a special process.
You need good English skills and have tech skills to root and maintain it.
You get to use the official Pokemon Go app from the Play Store, which will allow you to buy Poke Coins directly through it, turn on Adventure Sync, and use a physical Go Plus / Gotcha device without any restrictions. This does not mean "it is safer or the safest way to cheat the game" because you are still breaking Niantic's Terms of Service and will always have the chance to get punished.

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Why am I getting the "We have detected unusual activity from your account. As a result, temporarily limitations have been placed on your play." ?

This means have you hit the 4,800 Wild Pokemon check limit for the day or 14,000 total per the week (whichever comes first) and will be locked out of the game for a total of 24 hours. Once you have waited the 24 hours, you will be able to play again.
You should avoid getting this screen because it's a flag on your account that you might be a cheater and if you get it multiple times, it could lead to a strike.
When you want to hatch eggs and/or walk your buddy for candies without catching Pokemon, you should turn off the "shiny scanner" feature.
You should also limit how many times you repeat Spotlight Hour and Community Day events because Pokemon spawns are everywhere, so it's very easy to hit the check limit for one day.

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Why are I getting "Pokemon GO is currently down for maintenance. Please try again later." ?

PTC account server is down.
Niantic's servers are having problems.
You switched accounts too fast. Log out, wait 5 minutes, and then log in with a different account.

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Why am I getting Error 15 after switching accounts?

Red boxes are to censor my personal information along with time and date. If you post this screenshot without covering your information, Niantic can identify you and terminate all your accounts.

I think this screen appears after you have received the server maintenance screen when you don't wait another 5+ minutes before logging into a different account.
This a temporary ban on the account that failed to log in that can last for a few hours to 72 hours.
You can bypass the temp ban by using a different browser to login, a VPN, or both.

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MEGA POST #5: Everything You Need for Android Spoofing 2024 - Guides for No Root Spoofing, Rooted Spoofing, Botting, Cheap Poke Coins, In-game Exploits, Other Ways to Cheat - GPX Routes, Poke Maps, Nests, Discord Groups, and Frequently Asked Questions

https://www.reddit.com/PoGoAndroidSpoofing/comments/18w4jlt/clickpress_here_mega_post_5_everything_you_need/

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2024.04.28 21:23 hasnolimits Water temp and oil pressure issues

I'm trying to diagnose a few issues. Just got my 94 lt1 back from a "thorough" work effort at a mechanic. Now that I have it back, the weather is a bit warmer and I've been driving it a little more, I've noticed some concerning issues. After a good 20 minute drive, and then putting around the city at low miles per hour I'll start to get water temperature around 230-232. It will usually drop back into the 220s depending on my speed. My state inspection noted the oil leak and said looked like valve cover. Recent Corvette mechanic said it was an old oil filter and would replace with a new wix. Not sure he did that though as you can see the filter is pretty dirty but Could be due to oil leak attracting dirt.
I've noticed that when my temperature is above 215 or so, I start to see lower oil pressure when in gear and stopped. I will even get check gauges light and oil pressure will basically be at 0...but car still running fine. Jumps when gas is pressed. Honestly, I drove 4 different C4s and this is the absolute best driving feeling car. I enjoy driving a lot.
I've noticed an oil burning smell and you can see inside near where the oil pressure sensor is located looks wet. Tons of oil in this vicinity. The car did have a head gasket and partial rebuild previously so parts like this could've also been done (poorly).
I don't have leaks in the garage. I've been checking and oil level is good.
Here is what the mechanic did: Heat does not work, blows cold. Heater core was bypassed. Air in the cooling system. Flushed/refilled coolant and reconnected heater core after pressure testing cooling system and heater core. MAF, ECU, temp sensor wiring was electrical taped, zip tied and a mess. Electronic water temp did not work in dash. Check engine light for sensor. Car needed gas to start up often. This was all fixed. Oil changed but I'm not sure about this... Or I got a mess of oil spewing out. I had told them that state inspection said valve cover was leaking and he said it was a cheap oil filter causing it. But never cleaned any oil up that I can see. Brakes were shot. Pads replaced, rotors resurfaced, painted red. Passenger window repaired (was getting stuck going down) Opti spark and water pump "rebuilt". Not sure he actually did this. Need to confirm this... But transmission fluid and filter replaced. Differential fluid replaced.
Heat still doesn't work. I'm concerned about oil pressure/leak and high Temps. Temps might be normalish, getting mixed reviews.
Any recommendations for me? Start with new flush of radiator, heater core, remove air again(myself or different shop) ? probably bypassed core due to overheat previously? No leaks. Replace oil pressure sensor? How about the two adapters I've pictured that actually go from sensor to the block?

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2024.04.28 20:25 OlsroFR Jailbroken iOS 6 can still play 1080p/h264 MKV files using hardware acceleration

Hey !
Just wanna share some thoughts and success. I own an iPad 4 that is coolbooted on iOS 6.1.3.
Starting iOS 8, apps from the app store can use the "VideoToolkit" APIs which allows for hardware acceleration. If you want to use your iPad 4 on iOS 10 or iOS 8, there's many many options that will work pretty much the same and will use hardware acceleration "out of the box".
The problem is : I wanna use everything with this iPad only on iOS 6, because nostalgia (and because iOS 6 is so fast), and because I am curious to use it just like it was in 2012 and see what is was capable of. I untethered coolbooter, so my iPad starts on iOS 6. I was also curious to see how good those devices could play high quality 1080p h264 videos, as Apple advertised them as perfectly capable of playing those video streams back in the day.
First and foremost, we need to speak about encoding. It's crucial to know precisely the files you are going to put on that old device. There's limitations. I use handbrake and an M1 mac to convert videos in an optimised format. Don't expect that iPad to play in good conditions almost anything you will randomly "find" on the Internet. Also don't expect your iOS 6 device to play HEVC/AV1 video content, it will be damn slow excepted in very low resolution/bitrate maybe.
I tried multiple ways to get the best possible experience for video playback, and the solution is Kodi !
But not that Kodi 17, an even older version ! Kodi 16 is the last one that seemed to be able to take profit of the "jailbroken" access of VideoToolkit. iOS 6 and iOS 7 were very particular as Apple did not want app makers to use the hardware acceleration to decode videos. No "real" apps could take advantages of it, but Kodi found a bypass to use it anyway, but that bypass requires jailbreak and some kind of low-level tinkering that seems to be broken starting Kodi 17. Here is the file you need to sideload : org.xbmc.kodi-ios_16.1-0_iphoneos-arm.deb then you need to install it using iFile. By enabling debug settings, you will see that it will play your 1080p/30 FPS file by using now only around 30% of CPU. It seems really reliable, it can understand MKV containers and it does not look like it is skipping any frames. You can even customize many things like the contrast etc which you cannot do using the stock OS video player.
TL;dr : If you are on iOS 8+, use Kodi 17 or any "serious" video playing app from the AppStore (Infuse or VLC). If you are on iOS 6, Kodi 16 is the best option.
To conclude, playing content with great quality (and especially on iOS 5/6/7) with an old iPad is difficult nowadays : it requires knowledge on many levels (excepted if you buy movies or series directly from iTunes I guess) : you need to know precisely your files and to have some hardware to encode them (which takes around 20 minutes for each movie), then you need to connect your iPad (over USB or Wi-Fi) to transfer those files in order to play them with Kodi. Also, you need to find all of your content DRM-free by your own means which is also a problem if Netflix is your primary source of entertainment. Netflix is completely dead on the iPad 4, you cannot log-in using the official app even on iOS 10 and even when it was possible some years ago the content was at DVD quality (480p). What's frustrating with how Internet is evolving fast is how perfectly capables devices become perceived as useless just because they cannot connect to X popular service anymore which has X amount of proprietary DRMs to give (mostly an illusion of) control for rights holders.
But if you know what you do, and only by using free and open source softwares and jailbreak, even on its original firmware (iOS 6), 1080p/30 is possible and with really good quality and all outside the proprietary iTunes ecosystem. It is looking really good with those settings. The screen on this retina iPad is also far from obsolete. Yes, mini-led and OLED is superior in terms of rendering of blacks, but that LCD screen on that iPad has vibrant colours and can go really bright.
Bonus :

I transfer my video files directly using the Finder. I transfer my video files to the Infuse 1.5 then I created a shortcut from Kodi to use my Documents folder of Infuse. So, anything I will transfer to my iPad will be accessible by Infuse 1.5 (which is sandboxed) AND by Kodi at the same time. Infuse also gives me the ability to transfer video files over wifi but it will be slower than USB2. With USB2, you can transfer a video file at around 30 MegaBytes/second while on the wifi network it will be around 6 MegaBytes/second so it's better to connect the iPad to the PC to do the transfers.
I will post some pictures of the playback of some videos if you wanna see how good that 2012 beast is running :)

Below in the code block it is my handbrake config you can directly import if you use an Apple Silicon Mac. It will produce properly encoded and file size efficient h264 files that will be pretty good looking for an acceptable amount of space. The audio is AAC Stereo converted at 160kbps, which is more than enough to be transparent to your delicate ears. If you wanna change the audio format to EA3, it should work ok but you will waste precious disk space for little to no quality improvement. Also, don't try to put any DTS audio : it will not work (excepted if you use Infuse 3 on iOS 8+) and will not really improve much the perceived quality anyway and you will probably waste a lot of battery life also.
Here is the full list of video players I did try without great success or that are suffering big compromises on iOS 6 (so you will not waste time by trying those by yourself) :

Infuse version 1.5 : Well, it basically work. If you put SD content (480p), it will be OK but keep in mind that this version on iOS 6 will not use hardware decoding on anything. The 1080p content with below params will skip rarely some frames. It's not a bad experience but it will ruin your battery life for sure.
AcePlayer version 3.9 : This one is a clever one, it will pass your files directly to the QuickTime Apple player (which is hardware accelerated) if they are compatible (mp4 or mov). If you modify slightly my handbrake params to export as an mp4 container, it will work. But native iOS 6 player feels very limited (there is no real way to fastly come back to a short distance like 15 seconds without moving the slider and be really imprecise) and the mp4 container has a big problem : you cannot put multiple subtitles tracks on it.
Kodi : I tried the latest legacy version which is Kodi 17. Well it's working, it can play directly any video content and can even connect to many protocols to get files from. But you will see by looking at details that it is playing the files (even on mp4 containers) without any hardware acceleration ! If you check the details, you will see that your CPU will be around 130% all the time. Playback will look just like on Infuse 1.5 : I can't see many dropped frames. But your battery will suffer. A lot.

General thoughts : The battery life is still amazing even with many cycles, it will still lasts a few hours and more enough to finish at least one 2H movie. Mine seems like to be autonomous at least 4/5 hours while playing 1080p content. I still don't know, need to do some testing about this, I will do it if there's some interest about this experiment.
Think about it, those iPads can be found in good shape for really cheap on some countries (around 50 dollars) with 32 or 64GB of storage and will still delivers (with that extra work) a much more pleasant experience (at least for videos playback) than any no-name random shit from Amazon. It can be good for childrens, or just to use it yourself to watch some movies on your bed. Those very old iOS devices are also good for mobile retro-gaming, there's so many real offline games without ads and bullshit. Yeah there's no Genshin impact and things like that and social games... just good offline games from a great time of mobile gaming. Those iPads are still also perfectly capable of reading PDFs or Ebooks which can also be a great usage to still enjoy its gorgeous screen and avoid e-waste. Also, in my opinion and by looking on the technical specs of some older devices, any slightly older device with an A5-chip (iPod Touch 5G, iPad 2/iPad 3/iPad Mini 1G/iPhone 4S) should also be able to hardware-decode 1080p/30FPS using the same settings and the same version of Kodi on iOS 6 (or even iOS 5 !) without issues, but I do not have the hardware to test.
iOS 8 thoughts : After messing things for fun on iOS 6, I went back to iOS 8. At this moment, I just tried using the latest Legacy Kodi that is available on bigboss repo : Kodi 17. On iOS 8 it's really great, it seems very fast and reliable, even more compared to how Kodi 16 performs on iOS 6 (which was an acceptable experience). Kodi 17 is noticeably faster especially when you are on forward/rewind mode. So if you wanna use the best of what your hardware is capable of, iOS 8 is the minimum version you will want to use. I am too lazy to try a very old version of Infuse for iOS 8 that will probably work fine with hardware acceleration but transfering files through the syncing window in the Finder is boring and limited and Kodi is full featured and also open source. Kodi 17 is also probably a better polished experience than Infuse since it was maintainted until 2020 which is just a few years back. Now I use Apple File Conduit 2 from Cydia that can be exploited by iExplorer or iFunBox on the Mac to move videos files directly to the file system. I removed Coolbooter at this moment to reclaim some precious gigs of storage.
About A4 devices (iPod Touch 4G/iPad 1/iPhone 4) :
You can follow the same guide but you will also need to tweak Handbrake to convert at 720p maximum and to lower the bitrate and the level (3.1 maximum). It should work just fine as long as you respect roughly that technical specifications but I do not have the hardware to test. That 720p quality should be fine for random animes, but there's less fun doing that kind of tinkering in my opinion since you will really see visually a huge regression compared to what you want to expect from "modern" tech noawadays. The A4 iPad 1G is not even with a retina display, which fact makes everything looking much worse and aged by itself.

{ "PresetList" : [ { "AlignAVStart" : false, "AudioCopyMask" : [ "copy:aac" ], "AudioEncoderFallback" : "ca_aac", "AudioLanguageList" : [ ], "AudioList" : [ { "AudioBitrate" : 160, "AudioEncoder" : "ca_aac", "AudioMixdown" : "stereo", "AudioSamplerate" : "auto", "AudioTrackDRCSlider" : 0, "AudioTrackGainSlider" : 0 } ], "AudioSecondaryEncoderMode" : false, "AudioTrackSelectionBehavior" : "all", "ChapterMarkers" : true, "ChildrenArray" : [ ], "Default" : false, "FileFormat" : "av_mkv", "Folder" : false, "FolderOpen" : false, "InlineParameterSets" : false, "MetadataPassthrough" : true, "Mp4iPodCompatible" : false, "Optimize" : false, "PictureAllowUpscaling" : false, "PictureAutoCrop" : true, "PictureBottomCrop" : 22, "PictureChromaSmoothCustom" : "", "PictureChromaSmoothPreset" : "off", "PictureChromaSmoothTune" : "none", "PictureColorspaceCustom" : "", "PictureColorspacePreset" : "off", "PictureCombDetectCustom" : "", "PictureCombDetectPreset" : "default", "PictureCropMode" : 0, "PictureDARWidth" : 1920, "PictureDeblockCustom" : "strength=strong:thresh=20:blocksize=8", "PictureDeblockPreset" : "off", "PictureDeblockTune" : "medium", "PictureDeinterlaceCustom" : "", "PictureDeinterlaceFilter" : "decomb", "PictureDeinterlacePreset" : "default", "PictureDenoiseCustom" : "", "PictureDenoiseFilter" : "off", "PictureDenoisePreset" : "light", "PictureDenoiseTune" : "none", "PictureDetelecine" : "off", "PictureDetelecineCustom" : "", "PictureForceHeight" : 0, "PictureForceWidth" : 0, "PictureHeight" : 1080, "PictureItuPAR" : false, "PictureKeepRatio" : true, "PictureLeftCrop" : 0, "PictureModulus" : 2, "PicturePadBottom" : 0, "PicturePadColor" : "black", "PicturePadLeft" : 0, "PicturePadMode" : "none", "PicturePadRight" : 0, "PicturePadTop" : 0, "PicturePAR" : "auto", "PicturePARHeight" : 1, "PicturePARWidth" : 1, "PictureRightCrop" : 0, "PictureRotate" : "angle=0:hflip=0", "PictureSharpenCustom" : "", "PictureSharpenFilter" : "off", "PictureSharpenPreset" : "medium", "PictureSharpenTune" : "none", "PictureTopCrop" : 22, "PictureUseMaximumSize" : true, "PictureWidth" : 1920, "PresetDescription" : "Compatible iPhone 5\/iPad 4", "PresetDisabled" : false, "PresetName" : "Apple 1080p30 AAC Stereo (VideoToolbox)", "SubtitleAddCC" : false, "SubtitleAddForeignAudioSearch" : false, "SubtitleAddForeignAudioSubtitle" : false, "SubtitleBurnBDSub" : false, "SubtitleBurnBehavior" : "none", "SubtitleBurnDVDSub" : false, "SubtitleLanguageList" : [ ], "SubtitleTrackSelectionBehavior" : "all", "Type" : 1, "UsesPictureFilters" : true, "VideoAvgBitrate" : 5000, "VideoColorMatrixCodeOverride" : 0, "VideoEncoder" : "vt_h264", "VideoFramerate" : "30", "VideoFramerateMode" : "pfr", "VideoGrayScale" : false, "VideoHWDecode" : 0, "VideoLevel" : "4.1", "VideoMultiPass" : true, "VideoOptionExtra" : "", "VideoPreset" : "quality", "VideoProfile" : "high", "VideoQSVDecode" : false, "VideoQualitySlider" : 22, "VideoQualityType" : 1, "VideoScaler" : "swscale", "VideoTune" : "", "VideoTurboMultiPass" : false, "x264Option" : "", "x264UseAdvancedOptions" : false } ], "VersionMajor" : 53, "VersionMicro" : 0, "VersionMinor" : 0 }

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2024.04.28 19:23 Additional-Button390 AITA for sending my ex balls of glitter?

My ex-husband and I were together for 5 years. He went from behaving like a normal human being to an unhinged asshole, and I'm not the only one that thought so. We did find out later that he married the girl he told me I never had to worry about less than 6 months after we got divorced, so there is that.
Some examples of his behavior after filing for divorce:
-Tried to take me off of insurance policies that the papers he had me served with said could not be changed until the divorce was final. -Tried telling people I was stalking him to give a rebuttal to the divorce papers even though all of it went through my lawyer. -Tried bypassing his lawyer and contacting mine directly repeatedly. -Tried changing the locks on the house even after a judge told him he could not block me from my property. -Sent me strings of text messages with no response from me threatening me with all sorts of legal action. -Tried to get me in trouble with the IRS. -Contacted the police and tried to get me arrested for withholding his birth certificate and SS card from him, when it was locked in my safe that he refused to give me the key to as he had hidden it-my lawyer was trying to coordinate getting the key so I could get into the safe, but he insisted I just needed to take it to the locksmith to open it because he wasn't going to make it easy for me. -When he realized that all of my pre-marital property had to be returned to me and then realized that every single piece of furniture, dish, etc was mine before we got married proceeded to cause thousands of dollars worth of damage to everything he was supposed to return-which was witnessed by the sheriff's department (even the lamps.......and this was an older house that only had overhead lights in the kitchen and bathrooms so lamps were necessary). We found a half-eaten steak in a basket of blankets....I would assume because he was salty about having a house with nothing in it. He also said he couldn't find things but would make a "good faith effort" to locate them, like my $500 blackout curtains (did you check the windows during your search??) -Put all of my paperwork (medical records, tax returns, etc) in a trash bag and poured olive oil in the bag with it when the judge told him he had to give it to me. -Tried to force me to sign a quit claim deed to get me taken off the house before the judgment came through saying he had to buy me out of it. -Tried getting my dog who was already 10 years old when I met my ex in the divorce. -Ran up thousands of dollars in credit card debt after the papers were already served and then was upset that I didn't have to take on half of the debt. -Tried getting me fired from my job. (Didn't work....my boss didn't like him anyway.)
The list goes on and on. The divorce decree came through. The only items left were that I had to overnight the garage door opener and my key (neither of which was even current anymore) to him. Whatever. With a heavy eye roll I very carefully wrapped the key and opener in layers upon layers of saran wrap with copious amounts of fine crafting glitter in between each layer. He had his lawyer contact mine about me "harassing" him and my lawyer simply responded that I was helping celebrate his divorce. He contacted the sheriff's department about harassment, to which they basically laughed at him and told him he was fortunate that that was the extent of my retaliation after all the BS he pulled on me. AITA here for the glitter balls I sent?

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2024.04.28 17:54 Embire The Importance of Using a VPN: A Closer Look at WireGuard

In today's digital age, where cyber threats loom large and privacy concerns continue to escalate, using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is more crucial than ever. Not only do VPNs protect your online identity and activities, but they also provide essential security features that safeguard your data from malicious attacks. Among the various VPN technologies available, WireGuard stands out due to its cutting-edge approach to simplicity and security. This article explores why using a VPN is important and how WireGuard enhances this tool's effectiveness.
Why Use a VPN?
Enhanced Privacy and Anonymity
When you connect to the internet without a VPN, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) can see everything you do online, including the websites you visit and the data you send and receive. A VPN encrypts your internet connection and masks your IP address, making your online actions nearly anonymous and much harder to track, even by your ISP.
Secure Data Transmission
Using a VPN is critical when you're on public Wi-Fi networks, such as those in cafes, airports, or hotels. These networks are notoriously insecure, providing an easy opportunity for hackers to intercept your data. A VPN encrypts your data, ensuring that your passwords, emails, and other sensitive information are protected from prying eyes.
Access Geo-Restricted Content
Whether you're traveling abroad or facing regional restrictions, a VPN can help you access content limited to specific geographic locations. By connecting to servers in different countries, you can bypass geo-blocks and enjoy a wider range of information and entertainment.
Avoid Bandwidth Throttling
ISPs sometimes slow down your internet speed based on your activity, a practice known as bandwidth throttling. VPNs can prevent ISPs from seeing your internet activity and selectively slowing down your connection, ensuring consistently high speeds regardless of what you're doing online.
Why WireGuard?
State-of-the-Art Encryption
WireGuard uses some of the most robust encryption protocols available today, including the Noise protocol framework, Curve25519, ChaCha20, Poly1305, and BLAKE2s. These are not just secure but also optimized for speed and performance, ensuring that your VPN connection does not slow down your internet experience.
Simplified Code Base
One of the defining features of WireGuard is its lean code base, which consists of only around 4,000 lines of code—significantly less than other VPN protocols. This not only makes WireGuard faster but also easier to audit and less prone to bugs or security vulnerabilities.
Better Performance
Due to its modern cryptographic suite and minimalistic design, WireGuard offers better performance compared to older protocols like OpenVPN and IPSec. Whether it's lower latency, higher speeds, or more reliable connections, WireGuard is designed to perform efficiently even on low-powered devices.
Ease of Use
Despite its advanced features, WireGuard is straightforward to set up and use. Most leading VPN services offer WireGuard as an option, and it can be easily configured on most devices and operating systems with minimal hassle.
Cross-Platform Compatibility
WireGuard supports a wide range of platforms, including Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and Linux. This versatility ensures that it can protect nearly any device in your digital arsenal.
The importance of using a VPN in safeguarding your online privacy and security cannot be overstated. With the advent of WireGuard, users now have access to a VPN option that not only enhances security but also boosts performance and usability. Whether you're looking to protect your personal data, avoid restrictions, or simply enjoy a more private browsing experience, WireGuard-equipped VPNs are worth considering as your go-to choice in an increasingly interconnected world.

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2024.04.28 16:53 mikeogro Analyzing Evil With Sysmon & Event Logs

Hey guys, i got stcuk on the part of Detection Example 2: Detecting Unmanaged PowerShell/C-Sharp Injection
I have tried the to use the command with any possible way and still this is the massage i keep getting:
https://preview.redd.it/s63z712jh8xc1.png?width=1045&format=png&auto=webp&s=527f132330640c9adb203c939ea02e1f238a55cf

Is there anyone that passed this section and can help me? Thank you very much

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2024.04.28 16:18 smallpenileobject What was the Client Wisp Used in his 1V100 players UHC video

The name of the client was blurred out in the video, but does anyone know what it is?

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2024.04.28 15:15 Divkaran4 Will Connecting an External Monitor to My Optimus Laptop Improve Performance?