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OK, so we have Google Drive for sharing things and man has it gotten complicated. The problem is that sharing is more restricted now and the default is that you cannot share things with non-workspace members. It is confusing because when you try to share with someone, you set it and then it doesn't take, […]
12.3.2025 01:04net: Google Drive Sharing dual layerWell, asdf, direnv and the plug asdf-direnv are wonderful when they work, but very mysterious when they don't. As of today, you need to use my build of asdf-direnv and you also have to do some work to setup it up if you are on a out of date Linux Ubuntu box. Here are the […]
23.2.2025 08:56dev: ubuntu 22.04 google chrome and asdf strangenessSam showed me years ago a great way to organize your local machine. Basically you create workspace directory ws and then you put git, data, cache and everything else you need to build for that project. For a long time ws was my home GitHub project I keep at richtong but lately we've been so […]
23.2.2025 05:26dev: The pain of moving from wsn to ws fixing ComfyUI Desktop, asdfI had totally forgotten that I had setup one of my machines with Time Machine. Most of the time it has no impact, but when you are trying to download 500GB of LLM models it makes a difference. Time Machine is supposed to be smart about local snapshots, but when you delete a lot of […]
19.2.2025 07:40mac: No space because of Time Machine hidden in Restricted FilesWell this is really advanced stuff, but with large mono repos you really want things to stay in sync, so here are some tricks:
18.2.2025 15:17git: tag overwrites, recursing submodules and fetching themWell, git submodules are useful and frustrating at the same time, since we have literally a few dozen of these, I finally spent time figuring out what was wrong and it comes down to two commands and making sure you do not have error: Now that this is set, by default you are in detached […]
14.2.2025 15:14dev: git submodule magicAs part of their accessibility offerings they have a ton of cool but hidden features. here are my favorites Clock speaking every 30 minutes Apple has made it really hard to find settings, they are buried everywhere, but in System Settings > Control Center > Clock > Clock Options you can select Announce the Time […]
12.2.2025 13:42mac: Text to Speech and Speech to TextOk this is so silly but if you are traveling v through SE Asia here are some tips:
5.2.2025 15:26tvl: I’m a Data Roaming idiot… liked this!
31.1.2025 15:12Comment on ai: ComfyUI Missing Mac Manual v1.4 2025-02-10 by A/V RevolutionThis is a cool tool that lets you jam multiple Macs (or other machines together) and run inference in a circle with a project called EXO It does require a bit of setup. I tried to do a pipx install of it, but it is not packaged that way. You also can't do a `pipx […]
31.1.2025 04:11ai: Exo for distributed AIOK, my previous post on Open WebUI was getting long, so here is a getting a little long and while it covers ComfyUI integration, the bigger topic of using ComfyUI is scattered all over the winds. So if you just want to get ComfyUI to work, here's the missing manual for that. Some of this […]
30.1.2025 14:22ai: ComfyUI Missing Mac Manual v1.4 2025-02-10[…] and has a little server on the host machine is another answer. The only problem is that Ngrok generates an AVT Anti-virus error since it is used in many hacks. What you can do is to create an […]
24.1.2025 18:16Comment on dev: Ngrok + open-webui + ollama by ai: OpenWebUI Missing Mac Manual with Ollama and ComfyUI notes v1.2 2025-01-23 – Tongfamily (Richtong.c...[…] and has a little server on the host machine is another answer. The only problem is that Ngrok generates an AVT Anti-virus error since it is used in many hacks. What you can do is to create an […]
6.1.2025 08:45Comment on dev: Ngrok + open-webui + ollama by ai: OpenWebUI Missing Mac Manual with Ollama and ComfyUI notes v1.1 – Tong Family[…] Schitt Audio Modi+ dedicated DAC and then I hooked it up with a Schitt Vali, which is an inexpensive tube […]
7.7.2024 20:37Comment on AV: Truly great Qudelix 5K with MOONDROP Variations Auto-eq (and Schitt Magni Soundsource shutoff) by av: Paradise found Thieaudio Monarch ...In reply to <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Chancerubbage/112423116748258868">Chancerubbage</a>. Yes me too. I used biometrics when in can but many sites don’t support yet.
11.5.2024 15:41Comment on sec: Passkeys are everywhere how do I add to 1Password and Apple Keychain by rich<a href="https://richtong.net/author/rich/" rel="nofollow ugc">@rich</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@richtong" rel="nofollow ugc">@richtong</a> It seems to also work (or not work) in nested doll fashion. Passkeys for your 1Password. Co-existing, possibly conflicting with old methods. I’m fine with trusted biometric sign in.
11.5.2024 15:17Comment on sec: Passkeys are everywhere how do I add to 1Password and Apple Keychain by ChancerubbageIn reply to <a href="https://mastodon.social/@poleguy/111818482192817140">poleguy</a>. OK, I've been using the (new to me WordPress to Mastodon) publishing system, so apologies if this doesn't work, but I'll also direct post. Here are the sound differences I found backward to forward. This is a condenser microphone with a tight cardiod pattern and it is a relatively quiet and non-resonant room <ol> <li>The volume was definitely much, much lower, I'm not sure it was 16dB but definitely significant probably at least 8dB, but I didn't have my SPL handy. https://www.shure.com/en-US/performance-production/louder/microphone-directionality-polar-pattern-basics</li> <li>The actual frequency response was very different, there was significant falloff in the treble and also in the bass, it sounded much more "thin". I had not expected this and it is not documented, but it makes some sense that the frequency response would change with a cardiod pattern. When I turned it around, the sound was much, much richer. Although the theory says there should be more high frequency rolloff, I think the mid rolloff was the most significant at least for me and in OBS, I had no less than a 5dB boost to try to fix this. But when I turned it around, flat was great. I also boosted the input gain alot more. My Focusrite Scarlett doesn't really have measurements on it, but I moved from an amplification at 3 o'clock back to more like 2'oclock.</li> </ol>
30.1.2024 15:03Comment on pod: Now building a basic podcast Studio 2024 by rich<a href="https://richtong.net/author/rich/" rel="nofollow ugc">@rich</a> what was the audible difference in sound in your recordings between the NT1A forwards vs backwards? Can you describe it? Can you even tell? In a chamber it would have dropped the signal by 16 dB if backwards. But in a resonant space it might not matter nearly so much.
25.1.2024 20:31Comment on pod: Now building a basic podcast Studio 2024 by poleguyIt definitely looks like Disqus no longer works with both wp friends and also wp cache operational. That should be a problem, I don't get comments anyway.
17.1.2024 21:37Comment on wp: Now make WordPress integrate with Mastodon by richTesting Wordpress comments because discord doesn’t work
17.1.2024 07:12Comment on wp: Now make WordPress integrate with Mastodon by rich