Had a machine that was stuck on this update, the manual workaround resolved it.

Hit this Sat on an install. Used MS's PS script; it needed 2 update files (matching the Win prod) to be downloaded first.

It applies if you choose to "overwrite" any file that is larger than the generated PNG data.

I tried Meshroom and RealityCapture (both on Windows) and the latter yielded better results in a fraction of the time. YMMV.

When cutting with ffmpeg you can use "frame-accurate seeking", but you may run into issues down the road (e.g. audio/video being out of sync).

Obligatory reminder that MBTI is pretty much worthless.

Only child syndrome + handicap + need for social acceptance = pretty unique recipe in my experience. I'm wired different than most. I actually quite enjoy it, as so much I learned in private quiet reading time comes in handy. Yes, I know about Punjab. Yes I know about the Falklands. How about Aknor Wat? It really helps to move among the tribes of the world.

*in mice

Can anyone tell me the standard for determining if a mouse is depressed? Or anxious? Just curious

Or tripping? I think that we can ascertain some things from their physiological responses, eg fear, anxiety and being content. Obviously there’s a lot we don’t know about their internal state. Psychedelics really need to be tested on humans.

What scientifically credible, i.e. at least stably reproducible, connection does the head twitch response in mice have to do with depression in humans?

The head twitch test is used to determine whether a substance activates 5HT2A in the same way psychedelics do.

The forced swim test is used in animal models of depression: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioural_despair_test

I'm a layman, I don't know what the scientific basis is for using the test to model depression. I personally find it pretty cruel.

There is nothing credible.

This research direction is an example of "cargo-cult science" [1] as Feynman understands the term. (That does not mean that the hypothesis is necessarily wrong.) There is a reason for "in mice" being an internet meme [2].

[1] https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm

[2] https://nitter.eu/justsaysinmice

Look up the forced swim test.

Blackbird gets blocked by Defender immediately. Not sure why I'm surprised.

edit: Then again, that tool does seem to make it quite easy to damage your Windows installation.

I don't trust it because it is a closed source binary and there is a lack of detailed documentation of exactly what settings it changes.

You could run it in a VM and see what changes are made. Given that Jotti by and large says it is benign (very few positive results), it's probably okay. Such trojan flagging as you see here is frequently a result of binary compression or packing.

movzx eax, al

is one byte shorter, but I'm not sure if any of this would make a difference. x86 is tricky.

In case somebody wonders, the Greek drink in question is Kykeon [1] which was consumed during the Eleusinian Mysteries [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kykeon

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries