Jimmie Lightner

Technology, Truth, and Common Sense

Category: Technology

  • Repairing Azure Local Connected Machine Extensions

    I’ve been futzing around with a Dell AX-4510c for a hot minute, trying to get Azure Local working in Azure Government. It’s not an easy task – things don’t “just work” and you’re going to spend a lot of time redoing things trying to get it right. One of the blunders I made while dorking…

  • July 7th Garmin Connect Update 5.14.1

    If you use the Garmin Connect app in a Private Space or Work Profile, AVOID THIS UPDATE! It seems that the most recent update to Garmin Connect might prove problematic to those that use the Android app in any kind of profile. I’m running the latest GrapheneOS 2025070800 on a Pixel 9 Pro with the…

  • Random thoughts about YouTube

    I hate media today. “You won’t believe THIS!” “5 tricks Airlines hope you NEVER LEARN!” “13 stupid mistakes DESTROYING your automatic car!” “NO ONE can explain THIS!” </eye roll> What’s with all this sensationalist title nonsense? And with these horrendous thumbnails every video now has? Has anyone actually looked at YouTube lately? It’s disgusting. I…

  • Nintendo

    You’re out. Goodbye. You will NEVER get another dollar from me. I bought it, it’s mine. :-* Nintendo updated its Nintendo Account Agreement with a severe warning against “unauthorized use”, in a bid to prevent emulation and piracy. The US update is as follows: “Without limitation, you agree that you may not (a) publish, copy,…

  • Cleaning Arch Linux

    Chris Titus wrote an article (and did a video!) about cleaning Arch Linux. I wanted to add a bit more that I find helpful – something that he didn’t cover: Uninstalling UNUSED dependencies! He covered cleaning the pacman cache, pruning timeshifts, checking usage and several other things, but not removing orphaned dependencies. Here’s a great…

  • Bad Luck

    It seems to me that I’ve had quite a bit of bad luck lately. I’m truly not sure what I’ve done to offend lady Karma, but she has since responded and laid her divine retribution squarely on my shoulders, consistently, for the past month. While I do not understand, I am listening, I am learning,…

  • Upgrading from AMD Ryzen 9 7950x to 9950X3D

    The patient, as viewed under the operating room lights… If you’re interested in my old CPU, it’s for sale here: https://columbus.craigslist.org/sop/d/columbus-amd-ryzen-processor/7834796843.html

  • 100 gigabit to the Desktop

    Truly overkill for ANY purpose. But still fun as hell. 😀

  • Windows Server 2025 Diagnostic Data

    Trash. This kind of thing boils my blood. Why would any company pay, quite handsomely might I add, to use software that can not be controlled once installed? This isn’t some cloud hosted app or service, this is Windows Server. That customers run on THEIR OWN HARDWARE. Possibly in a secure enclave, who knows? Why…

  • UniTel Website Insecurity

    Just got off the phone with Lexi at UniTel who was absolutely unbothered by the fact I was able to log in to someone else’s account. It turns out if you visit https://www.unitelcustomer.com/process-password-recovery-token.php and click Submit, you’re able to reset another user’s password without entering anything! I was able to not only log in, but…