Author Archives: dmitriano

Connecting to Ubuntu 22.04 with Remote Desktop

I simply installed:

sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop-minimal -y
sudo apt install xrdp -y
systemctl status xrdp

and was able to connect with Remote Desktop from Windows as root user:

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A right way to query password from a console in JavaScript

import * as readline from 'node:readline/promises';
import { stdin as input, stdout as output } from 'node:process';
import { Writable } from 'node:stream';

var mutableStdout = new Writable({
  write: function(chunk, encoding, callback) {
    if (!this.muted)
      output.write(chunk, encoding);
    callback();
  }
});

mutableStdout.muted = false;

var rl = readline.createInterface({
  input: input,
  output: mutableStdout,
  terminal: true
});
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Building QT6.4 for Windows with Vulkan support

Installed Vulkan SDK and built QT6.4.2 for windows with the following script:

set PATH=C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64

set MY_DRIVE=D:

%MY_DRIVE%
mkdir \dev\build\qt
cd \dev\build\qt
       
set "CMAKE_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\cmake-3.24.2-windows-x86_64\bin"
set "NINJA_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\ninja-win"
set "PERL_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\Strawberry\perl\bin"
set "PYTHON_ROOT=%MY_DRIVE%\dev\tools\Python35"
set VULKAN_SDK=%MY_DRIVE%/dev/tools/VulkanSDK/1.3.239.0
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Black screen on starting QT Android app

I noticed this about five years ago and hoped that it had passed away, but a few days ago a user reported the following:

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Trading on Binance in Russian style

It is important to know that on Binance the buyer is always responsible for fees, seller has to receive full amount.

I created a P2P order to sell 13.05 USDT and buy 250 TRY (so I was the seller), but the buyer sent me only 237.5 TRY explaining that the bank takes 5% fee. I did not believe it and we discussed it in Russian style.

After that I initiated an appeal and Appeals team has informed the buyer to pay the remaining amount, and was given him 3 hours time frame.

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Yandex Mobile Ads actively crashes on Android

There was an ANR in my Android app, but a few days later Yandex Mobile Ads started to actively crash messing up my statistics:

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PYYPL card does not work in Russia

I was able to top up my PYYPL account with BUSD and make one payment, but all subsequent payments failed. For example, I got the following message:

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ANR in Yandex Mobile Ads on Android

I got ANR in my Android app on HUAWEI HWJMM (honor 6C Pro) Android 7.0 (SDK 24) with the following stack trace:

  at J.N.M1Y_XVCN (Native method)
  at org.chromium.content.browser.BrowserStartupControllerImpl.b (chromium-Monochrome.aab-stable-<US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER>:10)
  at org.chromium.content.browser.BrowserStartupControllerImpl.i (chromium-Monochrome.aab-stable-<US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER>:62)
  at hp.run (chromium-Monochrome.aab-stable-<US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER>:59)
  at org.chromium.base.ThreadUtils.f (chromium-Monochrome.aab-stable-<US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER>:7)
  at org.chromium.android_webview.AwBrowserProcess.l (chromium-Monochrome.aab-stable-<US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER>:23)
  at com.android.webview.chromium.M.e (chromium-Monochrome.aab-stable-<US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER>:146)
  at com.android.webview.chromium.M.b (chromium-Monochrome.aab-stable-<US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER>:172)
  at com.android.webview.chromium.WebViewChromiumFactoryProvider.getWebViewDatabase (chromium-Monochrome.aab-stable-<US_SOCIAL_SECURITY_NUMBER>:7)
  at android.webkit.WebViewDatabase.getInstance (WebViewDatabase.java:38)
  at com.yandex.mobile.ads.impl.e6.a (SourceFile:7)
  at com.yandex.mobile.ads.impl.m60.a (SourceFile:4)
  at com.yandex.mobile.ads.impl.dd.t (SourceFile:1)
  at com.yandex.mobile.ads.impl.dd$a.run (SourceFile:3)
  at android.os.Handler.handleCallback (Handler.java:846)
  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:106)
  at android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:205)
  at android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6783)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:1225)
  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1086)
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How to get a history of running processes

Follow the steps from superuser.com:

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Investigating SDFile in RenderDoc

When we click on a node in Event Viewer: see renderdoc\qrenderdoc\Windows\APIInspector.cpp:

void APIInspector::OnSelectedEventChanged(uint32_t eventId)
{
  ui->apiEvents->saveExpansion(ui->apiEvents->getInternalExpansion(m_EventID), 0);

  ui->apiEvents->clearSelection();

  fillAPIView();

  m_EventID = eventId;
  ui->apiEvents->applyExpansion(ui->apiEvents->getInternalExpansion(m_EventID), 0);
}
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