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Apple devices don’t support RGB output out of the box

Posted on by mcmonkeys1

i was about to return my new monitor, but discovered that Apple computer only output composite signals (YUV). so not RGB like most monitors are expecting. i guess you need a “special”, “Apple approved” monitor. fix the disgusting flickering and artifact using this https://gist.github.com/GetVladimir/c89a26df1806001543bef4c8d90cc2f8#alternative-terminal-commands-to-force-rgb-color-output-on-m1-and-m2-based-macs-and-workaround-for-losing-rgb-color-after-waking-up-from-sleep that completely fixed it for me on my Philips 328E 1CA…

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Random macos bugs and fixes

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Right, I’ve had a macbook for a while now, and been using it quite regularly, but it’s only since stopped using Windows completely that all the bugs begin to appear! ? This is a list of these weird annoying bugs and their fixes. BUG! Escape key stops working. well, it just stops working everywhere. i…

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Rosrants.com is now using SSL Cert – Howto Set Up SSL For Free

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This site is now using SSL. Pfft! About time, says you. I am using a free cert from letsencrypt.org – it was all very confusing and magical to set up. You need to use a ACME client – I used https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh as you do not need root access with this one. Then SSH into your…

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Dropbox Indexing Maxing out CPU on Windows Boot [UPDATED 22-02-2017]

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[Originally Published on: Mar 10, 2016, but since updated to a working permanent fix] Dropbox is amazingly useful. But on windows it occasionally annoys the jayzis out of me of late. Maxing out my CPU and causing explorer and mouse to fight for resources with it. For example after creating several thousand new small files…

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BSPlayer Custom Codec AC3/DTS libffmpeg7_v19.so libffmpeg7_v20.so

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How to fix “error loading ac3 audio” BSPlayer on android. Not bad! It has all the features I want, like floating window mode, and the in-app subtitle downloads work really well compared to any other player I have tried. So I was getting a message like “error loading ac3 audio” when trying to play certain…

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Easy Root Doogee X5 (3G version)

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Preamble This works on the Doogee X5 running Android 5.1; the 3G version, i.e. not the X5 Pro (4G version). This method does not involve any risky flashing of unknown binary blobs. It uses the stock recovery and an update zip file to install root and SuperSU. There are of course risks when installing anything…

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