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Unirse Started by u/p2 • July 28, 2017, 08:31:11 PM

MOVED: Firefox готовит конкурента Skype

This topic has been moved to Topic Graveyard .Thx to the kind spambot for sharing it with us.Nastrovje <3(or however that is written, idk...)
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • March 14, 2019, 08:34:42 PM

Implementing triple buffering

So i'm working on porting an emulator (SMS Plus GX) to using fbdev and i managed to make double buffering work after reading this : It roughly looks like this (Resolution is 320x240 and bitdepth is 16) : static inline void swap_buffers(){    if (vinfo.yoffset == 0)        vinfo.yoffset = screensize;    else        vinfo.yoffset = 0;    //"Pan" to the back buffer    ioctl(fbfd, FBIO...
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Unirse Started by u/Dudeman313 • February 16, 2016, 04:32:09 PM

CEmu Setup Help

I had a bit of trouble understanding the instructions for building this, so I decided to make a topic, so I could get help and others could benefit.I think I have all the resources I need, but I still don't know exactly how I'm supposed to use them, because I've never used something like this before.I also tried to use pimathbrainiac 's nightly thingies() but they stopped working. I'm on W10 Pro, x86, and every time I run pimath's binaries, I get past the ROM dumping from my o...
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • March 24, 2016, 09:05:20 PM

MOVED: CE Textlib/Basic Drawing

This topic has been moved to Calc Projects, Programming & Tutorials .
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • March 30, 2016, 05:01:25 AM

MOVED: Hosting an Interactive Google Doodle on a Site

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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • March 30, 2016, 05:01:35 AM

MOVED: Contact Form Not Working

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Unirse Started by u/Jake • November 29, 2023, 03:59:20 AM

Downloading files help

It will take me to an error page when I try to download anything from this page   ; BTW: this is my first time using code walrus
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Unirse Started by u/Alvajoy123 • June 24, 2017, 01:31:11 AM

Questions about ICE

How do you use the defineSprite( command
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Unirse Started by u/Ephraim Becker • April 12, 2016, 12:37:00 AM

Error installing KnightOS SDK

I'm testing out the new Linux Subsystem beta on Windows 10 Build 14316 with installing the KnightOS SDK. I installed all the required packages and then when I try installing the KnightOS SDK, I get the following error: root@localhost:~# curl -s | bash6.7.7Downloading genkfs...Compiling genkfs...Installing genkfs... Built target genkfs Built target manInstall the project...-- Install configuration: "Release"-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/genkfs-...
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Unirse Started by u/PT_ • July 12, 2016, 05:32:37 AM

Change OS menu

Yo guys! While I was working a bit around with hooks and menu's, I was trying to change a menu completely. Let's say I want to add a submenu at EDIT->PRGM. What is the best way to do that? I can either make my own one, chopping off the standard menu, but the submenu COLORS would be very hard to replicate. Another way is to increment the amount of submenu's when the hook is for the first time called (a=04h), but then the text will show up incorrectly, as ...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • April 25, 2020, 01:47:52 PM

SOLVED: Updating the animation of a sprite given the refresh rate and time

Hello guys,so let's assume we have a display refresh rate of 144hz and i want to display a sprite with 9 frames in 0.25 second.Now if it was 1 second instead, it would take 16 frames to update the sprite's frame by one.In this case, it would take only 4 frames before it updates the sprite's frame by one.I also want it to also work for a display refresh rate of 60hz.So in the case of 60hz, it would take 1.66666666667 frames instead to update it.My sprite function looks like this : void Put_s...
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Unirse Started by u/E37 • January 03, 2017, 07:22:36 PM

Pathfinding

Hey!I am working on a game and in my general worry-about-the-details-later programming style I ignored the fact that I was going to need to make a pathfinding algorithm. I have a couple ideas, but was wondering if there was any better ways of doing it. I am using a grid based world. It is never more than 50x50 tiles.I could just brute force the best path, but I don't have a good way to check if the found path is the best one. Also storing the path once found could get large.I may add waypoints s...
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Unirse Started by u/p2 • May 09, 2017, 07:46:24 AM

Need Help with C# Code and Unity

I am currently working with Unity to develop Augmented Reality applications for the HoloLens, and as part of a project, I need a way to import .obj files at runtime from an online source.I chose to use this thingy: there's no proper documentation or anything similar D:Can anyone tell me how to get this script running?I can import it and bind it to an objct and stuff, but how to use it?I have no idea which comand I use to call it and with which ...
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Unirse Started by u/DarkestEx • May 11, 2015, 10:58:38 AM

CNC Router - Need help!

I am really interested in building myself a small, tabletop CNC Router to route out parts for enclosures and exactly cut wood and plastic (1mm accuracy or less).I don't want to spend much money on it and I really want to build it cheap (150 - 200€ max).Does anybody have good resources or know good sites to start from? I already found two nice projects, but they're too inaccurately written or too expensive.It would be great to have some kind of a template that I could let somebody laser cut for m...
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Unirse Started by u/the2048 • March 29, 2018, 12:53:44 AM

Is the HoustonTracker music good for a good set of speakers?

I make music with my TI-84, and I wanted to know if the output is perfectly safe for the speakers on my Samsung home theater. If this is in the wrong spot just move it, OK?
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Unirse Started by u/TruDev • December 07, 2018, 01:50:44 AM

Dead TI-Nspire CX CAS help?

So, I guess I might say that I own a TI-Nspire CX CAS, and that is partially true. However, the one I use is my brother's, because mine broke...I was wondering if I could take it apart, but I am not able to without buying outrageous types of screwdrivers...Ok, now to the description of the problem. I originally thought that these problems were caused by Ndless, but now I realize it is probably a hardware issue.So, one day, I discovered that the screen looked corrupted on my TI-Nspire. I kind of ...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • March 13, 2018, 09:39:29 AM

Display a 1024x768 pict using only 64k segments/arrays

Hello guys,i was having some fun trying to display graphics in all kinds of different graphics mode for DOS.So far, i've been able to try out CGA, EGA and (ofc) VGA, including the various Mode-X resolutions.Just recently, i managed to find out how to support and write pixels for the IBM 8514. (I'll talk about it in another post)However, i encountered some issues. The IBM 8514 is supposed to work with an IBM AT, which comes with a 80286 and that processor is 16-bits.Making matters worse, arrays/s...
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Unirse Started by u/catastropher • July 04, 2015, 11:33:14 PM

[calcs] TILP Won't Start Because of Missing Entry Point in DLL

Hi guys, I'm trying to get TiLP to work on Windows 7 64-bit, but I keep getting a popup that says "The procedure entry point g_assertion_message_expr could not be located in the dynamic link library libglib-2.0-0.dll. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling, installing different version of TiLP, removing all other versions of GTK+, and installing Glade (as suggested in a post that it may be a path issue and Glade would resolve it). Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Thanks!
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Unirse Started by u/DeLoxter • February 05, 2016, 08:17:44 AM

Issue with programs in TI84 calculator

So I've just been writing up a program that will do compound interest for me, and show me the value after each step. My issue is that after the program finishes when I try to scroll up to the first values they all vanish and simply display a 'Done' option. Is there any way to avoid this?
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Unirse Started by u/Midnightas • February 05, 2019, 04:54:16 PM

What causes "RAM leaks"?

I am writing a simple game in ez80 assembly, and every single time I run the program, my calculator's free RAM goes down a lot .I can run the game maybe 4-5 times before it runs out and a memory error occurs.Is my program simply not deallocated from memory, if so, how do I get it to?
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Unirse Started by u/DarkestEx • March 08, 2017, 06:17:51 PM

I need help with ELF

Hello everyone.This question is directed to anyone who has experience with GCC and the ELF file format and the releated Unix tools.Maybe one of you, Sorunome or Streetwalrus ?Essentially I have a .ELF file for ARM which is not stripped. I need to remove Symbols from it. It could be in any unorthodox way possible, but it needs to be done. Later I need to replace said functions with equivalent ones from .o files.I would be glad if anyone had an idea or could ...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • July 11, 2016, 06:34:52 PM

Recovering hidden files on Ubuntu

So...  after an unfortunate incident with my computer, i lost some files.Or so i thought.What really happenned is the fact all the files and even folders are there but are all hidden.When i type this on the terminal, it returns this... hatsune@hatsune:~$ lsls: cannot open directory .: Wrong medium type My file manager shows me nothing, as if there was no files.However, i can still go to folders as if they were there. hatsune@hatsune:~$ cd Documentshatsune@hatsune:~/Documents$[/co...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • April 12, 2018, 12:23:57 AM

Fast sprite rendering in an RGB565 framebuffer

So right now i'm working on a project for the Atari Falcon (which will also be ported to DOS and other platforms) and that platform has a Motorola 68030 running at 16Mhz.However, making things worse is the fact that the system bus is 16-bits only... So i need to make sure to optimize my graphical routines as fast as i can.I want to use the RGB565 mode on this thing, since its the only one that is linear and not chunky/planar. Plus i like more colors (RGB565 also happens to be the color mode the...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • September 13, 2018, 12:06:55 PM

Become an indie developer on the PSN (Sony Playstation)

Hello guys,i'm currently working on a PS Vita game (still in early stages though !) and i would like to (eventually) publish it on the PSN.However, while becoming a dev on the Ouya, Firefox marketplace (both now dead) and Google Play store was fairly easy, Sony asks for much more information than either those so i'm not sure where to begin first.I heard that Juju became a Nintendo dev though, so perhaps if you or anyone else could help me certification, that would be nice.For ...
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Unirse Started by u/semiprocoder • October 21, 2015, 03:26:33 AM

[calcs] How do you use decimals Ti Nspire CX?

I got my ti nspire about a month ago. For math it is actually pretty good, except for the fact that it doesnt calculate decimals for me. It is SOOOO annoying, and I can't find anything to have it calculate decimals. Now, when I want to calculate a decimal I have to get out my ti 84 and calculate it on that, which is really annoying. I read online somewhere that after a certain os version, the decimals were removed. Is there any way to work around this and enable decimals?
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Unirse Started by u/xMarminq_ • November 04, 2016, 02:01:35 AM

Making a Application

Does anyone know how to make a application on the Ti-84 Plus CE?
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Unirse Started by u/Strontium • April 21, 2015, 07:46:34 AM

[calcs] Installing Ti-Nspire CX CAS software on non CAS calculators.

I've had an idea, but I don't know much about the inner workings of  the Nspire series so I am not sure if it will work:I tried sending the CAS software to my non-CAS calculator via the CX Student Software, and it refused, saying "wrong OS type". If the only thing preventing the CAS OS from being installed is the CX Student Software saying no, then could you trick the software into sending the CAS OS anyways using a little trickery?Another reason why I see this a possibility is that you can only...
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Unirse Started by u/123outerme • September 18, 2017, 07:52:41 PM

SDL2 on Linux Ubuntu - Seg Fault Error

When I run the code below inside of one of my functions called drawTile() (inside of another one called drawTilemap() ), I get a segfault. On Windows, nothing happens, and the code works fine, yet on my Linux VM (64-bit/Ubuntu, if that helps), I get a segmentation fault. SDL_RenderCopyEx(mainRenderer, tilesetTexture, &rect1, &rect2, 0, &center, flip); where mainRenderer = the global SDL_Renderer variable,tilesetTexture = the global SDL_Texture that renders the full tileset (or individ...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • February 03, 2017, 05:58:24 PM

Fast tilemap collisions

Hello guys,as you may know, i have released a new game called Evil Australians.However, the collisions routines for checking collisions against the map is slow !Here it is : unsigned char Collisions_MAP(short col_x, short col_y, unsigned short width_player, unsigned short height_player, short scroll_x, unsigned short size_map, unsigned short tile_width_map){ unsigned short i, a = 0, y = 0; signed short temp_x = 0, temp_y = 0; for (i=0;i<size_map;i++) { a++; if (a > (tile_width_map-1)) { ...
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Unirse Started by u/flimflam • July 22, 2015, 03:17:49 AM

[calcs] Problems installing TIEmu

I want to start coding for the TI-89 Titanium. I downloaded and installed TIGCC without any issues, and the next logical step was to get an emulator. I've tried to install TIEmu (3.03), but the errors and crashes are driving me nuts.TIEmu needs GTK+ to run, but since I have glade and pidgin installed I figured that would be enough. Not so! The TIEmu installer can't find GTK+, but it tells me that it can download GTK+ on its own. Before it even gets to that point, the installer throws an error ab...
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Unirse Started by u/Dudeman313 • January 24, 2016, 03:28:37 AM

Nymless v1.81 Installation Issues

Whenever I try to send Freyaday's Nymless.8xk, my TI-84+ performs a Garbage Collect, then shows "Error in Xmit" before it crashes and gives me the "RAM cleared" pop-up. What's goin' on, and what do I do?
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • July 07, 2017, 05:51:53 PM

Any good and free phone call filtering app for Android?

Does anyone know if there is any good app for Android that is free and can either block or filter incoming calls from specific phone numbers other than existing spam list (for example, calls from specific people, not surveys nor spam calls)? My mobile carrier has such feature, but it costs $6 a month to use and I am not willing to pay any money just to block calls from specific numbers. Ideally I would also prefer shadowbanning than banning, though.I have checked Google and found lists of such a...
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Unirse Started by u/SiphonicSugar • January 18, 2017, 12:23:16 PM

iPhone Overheating

Hey everyone, I have a major problem here. I have an iPhone 6s, and lately, the battery has not been charging up farther than 86%, even after 6 hours of charging, the phone will randomly shut off saying it does not have any battery, though it has 75% or what not. It heats up A LOT when I use it. Keeping it plugged in heats it up so much that it gives me a temperature message saying it needs to sit for a while.  PLEASE HELP
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Unirse Started by u/Strontium • August 18, 2016, 05:32:28 AM

HP Prime dead?

Hi,I started charging my HP Prime the other day to top the battery out for when school started. However, since then, it seems that it shows no sign of life. I have ensured that the problem is not my cable, and I started charging the battery when it was nearly full (or, at least, more than 50%) so there should've been power in it anyways.The only thing that I can think of being wrong is the fact I accidentally charged it using a Samsung "fast charger" instead of a standard USB wall plug.It's also...
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Unirse Started by u/xMarminq_ • November 04, 2016, 03:16:10 AM

My Basic Program "PASSWORD" Progress

Here is the code I've added/code:Wait 2:Clrhome:Output(2,2"WELCOME, HUMAN":Wait 2:Menu("MY STUFFS","DICE GAME",A,"ANIMATIONS",B):Lbl A:ClrHome:Menu("DICE GAME","ROLL DICE",C,"CHECK SCORE",D,"QUIT",E)/codeCan anyone tell me how to make links for my file for you guys to view?
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Unirse Started by u/Midnightas • December 24, 2018, 05:00:18 PM

Double buffering makes program slow & visual artifacts for each render.

I added double buffering into my program, as before you could see it rendering visually and flickering.But now with double buffering, half of the screen flickers (not exactly half, I can't find a pattern, but it's mostly pixels at the bottom), and it now takes around half a second to render, before the buffers are swapped again.I'm assuming this is because we wait for the interrupt, but it still seems to be very long. call SJQ_setgraphicsloop: ; Simple buffer cleaning, sets everything to 0...
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Unirse Started by u/Dudeman313 • January 29, 2017, 05:17:35 AM

Buzzing Laptop Power Cord

Last year I put in an effort to get my now 9 years old laptop fixed, working, and updated, this being less expensive than purchasing a quality replacement. That November, I got a new battery and power cord(both non-OEM) and clean installed Windows 10 Pro on my Acer Aspire 5735z. About 2 hours ago, I started hearing a strange, loud, and inconsistent buzz/crackle clearly originating from the brick of the cord. The sound was so loud it could be heard 6 feet away. A closer inspection revealed that t...
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Unirse Started by u/Excelseo • November 21, 2015, 03:13:16 AM

[calcs] Illusiat Domain Error

So, I've recently een hoping to get into graphing calculator game design, and I figured I'd start out by checking out the classics- namely, the original Illusiat.I downloaded the game generally without incident, storing the two files of the english version in my RAM, and clearing out 10 KB of space. However, after entering my name, I am presented with a domain error. How can I fix this?Thanks!
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Unirse Started by u/p2 • November 13, 2016, 06:51:10 PM

Keyboard inputs in Java ( WalrusKingdom ) [Java]

Hi guys,I'm currently working on my WalrusKingdom (former PocketWalrus) game and ran into problems...meaning I'm totally stuck here and dont know what to do thanks to c4ooo and kotu I have my game running and the map is displayed.But the key inputs won't work.As I added key inputs, they worked but the rendering stoped working (without an error, simply stops showing any graphics).Putting the key input stuff in comments again, the graohics come back.(Alwa...
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Unirse Started by u/alexgt • March 27, 2015, 01:44:40 AM

[calcs] Calculator App help and support

Hello everyone I did not see a topic about regular glitches with your calc and specific Applications so I decided to add one .Anyways my question is about zStart. I put zStart on my calc and it didn't work . Do you need a OS lower than 2.55MP because that is what I have? And also is the latest version 1.3.013? Thanks for the help .
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Unirse Started by u/Dudeman313 • November 06, 2016, 10:19:24 PM

Unknown Tablet Issues [Android] [DIGILAND]

I have this 7" Digiland android tablet that won't startup for some strange reason. I know it gets warm and charges, but it won't display a thing. Maybe the display got disconnected? It was owned by my 4 year old sister until it stopped functioning.
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Unirse Started by u/ACagliano • July 30, 2016, 08:06:43 PM

Calling Python Developers! Help Needed

As many of you know I've been working on a project that entails the use of Python for networking. I have made significant effort to learn Python, and while I know how the language works, learning how to create an application with networking is a whole other ball game. I need a hands on approach to this and therefore am asking anyone here who knows Python at this level to PM me or comment and ill discuss what im trying to learn to do and what i need.edit: here are some details. This is for the ca...
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Unirse Started by u/Ephraim Becker • November 24, 2015, 04:24:47 PM

My own internet server and domain

I want to know how to build my own internet server and get my own .com domain for a flat fee. I don't want to pay every month for this. How can I do this?
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • June 17, 2020, 06:47:25 PM

Linux Mint won't connect to wired Internet

My mom gave me her old computer and I installed Linux Mint on it and eventually I want to put RetroArch on it. This computer lacks wi-fi capabilities. However, I don't know if it's because I'm missing drivers or something but the computer refuses to connect to my wired connection. It says "Connecting..." at the bottom of the screen then a minute later a notification saying that the connection failed. The connection works fine when I am using my Windows 10 computer so it's not the cable. Also, be...
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • May 18, 2015, 04:48:48 AM

[calcs] Is there a way to prevent Nspire CX from discharging fast if unused?

Among the many calcs and devices I got that use a rechargeable battery, the TI-Nspire gotta be by far the worst when it comes to keeping its charge. Ever since I got it 3.5 years ago, after less than three weeks of non-use, the battery is completely drained out, even if it was at full charge the last time I used it. I have it set to go in deep sleep mode or whatever it's called after one day of non-use, so I am unsure what is the problem. My Nintendo 3DS remains at 50% charge even though I last ...
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Unirse Started by u/Dudeman313 • February 12, 2016, 12:45:46 AM

Pac-Man CE bug?

Has anyone ever noticed that when you're playing this game, that last berry never gets eaten, and you never receive points for it? Anyone with CEmu can post a screenshot.
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • September 10, 2015, 03:26:27 AM

[calcs] Is my Nspire CX semi-bricked?

Hardware revision: P-0411BOSes tested: 3.1 and 3.6 (current OS is 3.6. I upgraded a few days ago)So I am definitively thinking that my Nspire CX calculator have been in a partial bricked state for the last four years or so. I wasn't so sure back then because I rarely use Nspire calcs compared to the other models and I figured that sometimes my Ndless version was just outdated, but now with Picodrive not running only on my calc and working fine on everything else, I think this pretty much confirm...
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • May 10, 2015, 03:39:45 AM

Watch out before upgrading to Android 5.1! (possible bricking with some apps?)

Ok so I upgraded to Android 5.0.1 earlier (official one), then it notified me that 5.1 was available (official update) so I updated to it. Big mistake! While 5.0.1 worked fine, 5.1 ended up putting me into an endless System UI crashed error loop after the boot screen, and in some cases after rebooting, a black screen of death. Reason why? Apparently the Lockscreen Policy app causes it on Android 5.1, unless you use the latest version (I didn't upgrade since having automatic upgrades enabled drai...
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Unirse Started by u/Switchblade • March 14, 2017, 12:37:25 AM

Sqrxz levels won't show...

I have downloaded several Sqrxz levels from ticalc for my TI-86.  However, except for the 3 levels that come with Sqrxz, none show up in the level selection screen.  Does anyone have any hints? Thanks.
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Unirse Started by u/Dudeman313 • November 05, 2016, 07:47:03 PM

Newbie Scrub Fails at Linux

I somehow managed to erase my home directory in elementaryOS. Now I can't login. I do have a backup for it, but I am unable to place it where it's needed because "Permission denied." Apparently, I don't have permission to do anything, even tho I have the only account(which is marked as Administrator) on the Linux half of my laptop. How do I restore the backup if I can't login?
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