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Ordered a VKB gunfighter and throttle + mounts. I was really worried about tariffs because VKB's site says to expect 45% tariff charge, to be paid at time of delivery. Vkb said they lowered their price by 20% to combat tariffs. Reddit users were aaying that the charges only came out to about 20%, so I took a gamble. I am happy to announce I did not have to pay any tariffs! If you were on the fence waiting, now might be a good time to order before VKB has a chance to raise their prices! I'll post some better pictures when I have everything setup.

Patient Receives Brain Implant That Can Wirelessly Control Computers GIZMODO.COM Neuralink competitor Paradromics plans to conduct the first clinical trial of its Connexus brain implant later this year. Ghost in the Shell brain hacking might be closer than we realize.

I have spent months trying to figure this out, so I guess I need a real linux guru, which this problem has shown me, I am not... OS: Fedora - KDE plasma The goal: Get my CH Products hotas calibrated. It consists of a fighterstick, throttle, and pedals. The problem - there are two ways a joystick can be configured. One is through evdev-joystick, the other is through jstest-gtk. I have attempted both with mixed results. Using evdev-joystick The following is the callibration command: evdev-joystick --e <device‐path> [--axis <axis>] [--minimum <value>] [--maximum <value>] [--deadzone <value>] [--fuzz <value>] Using this command I am able to set my throttle Z axis so that it has full range of function, without changing the minimum/maximum value the throttle does not reach it's min/max. A throttle that cannot go to 0 is a real pain in the but! However I am unable to set a working deadzone. From what I can tell my CH products have a range of 0-255 and setting a deadzone using the evdev-joystick --e command doesn't allow a range to be input, instead it seems to go from 0 to whatever value is inserted. My center point is currently around 110 for my fighterstick X axis, and 125 for my Y axis. Any attempts to set a deadzone around that leaves half the stick unresponsive. From what I can tell the system is expecting my hardware to have a center of 0. I have been unable to figure out a solution for this using evdev-joystick. With this method my hardware shows up under /dev/input/event. I have yet to figure out how to make calibration changes persistent. My research has indicated that the newer system just doesn't have the functionality / support needed for my old hardware. That leads me to using the older SDL1 system that runs off /dev/input/js. After installing the joystick-support package which loads the modules necessary, I was able to get my hardware calibrated using a combination of jscal and jstest-gtk. This system is not naturally persistent, but it is possible for me to load the calibration settings. However, when trying to run programs in steam like Elite Dangerous, the calibration is completely ignored. It appears to be pulling the /dev/input/event rather than the /dev/input/js. The hardware shows up in both places, but only the JS has the calibration. This is very obvious because the throttle is inverted in it's natural state which I changed in the JS calibration. Other things like an uncentered joystick and inability to throttle down to 0 persist as well. So now I'm left with a problem, how do I specify to programs what input to take? Ideally I'd be playing Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen, Condor 2 (which I still need to figure out wine emulator for), Everspace 2, and Overlord. I've also been eyeing IL-2 Sturmovik, and wouldn't mind picking up Microsoft Flight Simulator, but I cannot justify buying anything if I cannot get my hardware working. Condor 2 is particularly important because I am a student glider pilot and it translates directly to real world skills. The ability to practice boxing the wake without paying $130 to a tow pilot would be really nice! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

Thanks! I just found an update on C.net, which said the same thing. Looks like this is more about the telecom hack and old sms messages.

89 million Steam account details just got leaked, so now's a good time to change your password WWW.XDA-DEVELOPERS.COM We're still not sure how it even happened.

Other games that need a SSD are Kenshi and Star Citizen. Most games work fine off a HDD. I think the recommended standard for most people is to get a 2 TB m.2 drive for gaming and to remove games as necessary for space.

Google inks deal to develop 1.8 GW of advanced nuclear power | TechCrunch TECHCRUNCH.COM Google and nuclear site developer Elementl Power announced that they will work together on three sites for advanced nuclear reactors. Power is the new constraint on AI. It was only a matter of time until they started investing in nuclear.

FBI Warns Of Router Attacks — Is Yours On The List Of 13? WWW.FORBES.COM Is your router on this list? Act now if it is, the FBI has warned. Most of these are fairly old, but if it ain't broke... Well, now it's broken.

FTC Loses Appeal Challenging Microsoft's Acquisition of Activision Blizzard - IGN WWW.IGN.COM Microsoft has secured another victory over the FTC in its quest to secure Activision Blizzard. I won't shed any tears if Activision is no more, but I'm not sure how I feel about Microsoft purchasing them. I think the consolidation of gaming companies is bad for the industry as a whole.

Israeli spyware firm NSO ordered to pay Meta, WhatsApp nearly $170M over hacking THEHILL.COM A federal jury in California ordered Israeli cyberintelligence firm NSO Group on Tuesday to pay Meta and WhatsApp... Any bets on if they actually pay?

Skype is retiring in May 2025: What you need to know - Microsoft Support SUPPORT.MICROSOFT.COM Skype is retiring in May 2025. Switch over to Teams Free to keep all your chats and contacts in one place, or export your data. Learn more... There are several news stories going on about this. TLDR, Microsoft is closing Skype and pushing Teams. I'll never understand buying a product/business only to kill it. Skype was great until they started adding a lot of bloat. Ads, and an overall larger program that wasn't as well optimized is what drove me to Dolby Axon (now defunct), and later Discord. I guess they milked all the ad revenue they could. Do you think Microsoft recouped the $8.5 billion they paid? I see Discord in a similar situation. What was once a lightweight/great program is trying to figure out how to monetize. They added some nitro stuff and started shopping for serious buyers. When they didn't get what they wanted, they stayed private and raised another $100 million in private funding. Discord probably make a lot more selling data to data brokers. Discord keeps track of other programs running with it's app and it seems like that's a big intelligence information vector that nobody is talking about. Maybe the problem is that Microsoft is hogging the plate. These days I run discord on a web browser so it's not as invasive. As an extra bonus, ublock origin is blocking the annoying nitro stuff, their picker tool is great!

Microsoft goes passwordless by default on new accounts WWW.THEVERGE.COM The company is trying to get everyone to get rid of passwords, eventually. Nothing can go wrong with this plan.

Soviet-era spacecraft expected to plunge uncontrolled to Earth next week | Space | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Kosmos 482, weighing 500kg, was meant to land on Venus in the 1970s but it never made it out of orbit because of a rocket malfunction

Unique molecule may lead to smaller, more efficient computers PHYS.ORG Today, most of us carry a fairly powerful computer in our hand—a smartphone. But computers weren't always so portable. Since the...

Hackers can now bypass Linux security thanks to terrifying new Curing rootkit BETANEWS.COM Most Linux users assume their security tools will catch bad actors before damage is done — but sadly, new research suggests that...