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Randor 29-Oct-21 15:18

Randor

29-Oct-21 15:18

Hi,

David O'Neil wrote:
Why would the OS stop sending signals to specific programs when a third party updates their driver?

Blender is using DirectX which probably means that it's using Raw Input[^] and opening your HID devices with exclusive device access mode[^]. Exclusive access will fail if another program already has exclusive access. Most DirectX software (such as video games) do this.

David O'Neil wrote:
PS - anyone know why my laptop monitor brightness would change when Blender becomes active?

Just a guess here... but Blender could be setting the ICC color profile[^] and doing calibration. It could also be a third-party library doing that, I think Blender uses an open source library OpenColorIO [^] for color management. Maybe you can ask about it on their Github issue forum.

The events that occur on your workstation aren't always caused by an operating system update. Smile | :)

Best Wishes,
-David Delaune

The Science of King David's Court | Object Oriented Programming with C++

David O'Neil29-Oct-21 15:31

David O'Neil

29-Oct-21 15:31

Randor wrote:
The events that occur on your workstation aren't always caused by an operating system update.

I did not update Blender, the Wacom drivers, or do a manual Windows update, but Blender's response changed. The only realistic option I see is that a Windows update changed how it interacted with Blender. It may be related to the Raw Input you pointed out, but it only started working again after I updated Wacom's drivers. Unless Wacom has a time bomb check in their drivers that stop certain interactions under certain conditions.

Randor wrote:
Just a guess here... but Blender could be setting the ICC color profile[^]

You could very well be right.

Thanks for the input, and have a great weekend!

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David O'Neil29-Oct-21 15:33

David O'Neil

29-Oct-21 15:33

PS - I even rebooted Windows and tried running Blender only, and the shenanigans happened.

CodeWraith29-Oct-21 17:50

CodeWraith

29-Oct-21 17:50

David O'Neil wrote:
Grrrr..... F whoever is responsible for such brain-dead decisions, or coding!

(Putting on my Mickey Mouse hat) M-I-C-K-E-Y-S-O-F-T

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.

His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

Sander Rossel30-Oct-21 3:34

Sander Rossel

30-Oct-21 3:34

Only 30 minutes?
Come back when you've wasted days on some stupid issue Laugh | :laugh:

Any issue that didn't take you at least hours isn't even worth mentioning Wink | ;)

Best,
Sander

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David O'Neil30-Oct-21 4:44

David O'Neil

30-Oct-21 4:44

Sander Rossel wrote:
Come back when you've wasted days

Been there, done that. That is probably why this only took 30 plus minutes. Once called OpenDialogBox (or whatever function it was) with one wrong argument. Felt really stupid that time. Another time had different compilation options for a DLL and the main project due to macros. That was a real head scratcher. But can diagnose that real quick, now! Laugh | :laugh:

jobs--

Kent Sharkey29-Oct-21 11:54

Kent Sharkey

29-Oct-21 11:54

After five years of working for them, and 15 years of doing work for them, I've finally ended my working relationship with Microsoft. I'm technically retired^*.

Now I can finally tell you all just how I feel about them.

Narrator's voice - He's always done that: they're great, but make some really stupid decisions at times.

^*shane, Bob, and I will still be doing the newsletter, so I don't get off that easily.

TTFN - Kent

charlieg29-Oct-21 12:33

charlieg

29-Oct-21 12:33

"but make some really stupid decisions at times."

Yes, I've suffered and continue to suffer from their stupid decisions.

Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...

"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759

Eddy Vluggen29-Oct-21 13:20

29-Oct-21 13:20

Kent Sharkey wrote:
I'm technically retired*.

Yeah, I used that excuse before.

Just stay a little while?

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

phil.o30-Oct-21 1:39

phil.o

30-Oct-21 1:39

while (jobs--) { doNext(); } enjoy();

What a nice piece of code. Did you try to make it a template?

I'm happy you'll keep sharing your insider views; you're responsible of so many coffee-spillings-on-my-shirt Smile | :)

"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."

Nelek30-Oct-21 9:06

Nelek

30-Oct-21 9:06

phil.o wrote:
I'm happy you'll keep sharing your insider views; you're responsible of so many coffee-spillings-on-my-shirt

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Southmountain30-Oct-21 4:46

Southmountain

30-Oct-21 4:46

Congrats!

Is this your plan for retirement life: travel around the world?

diligent hands rule....

theoldfool30-Oct-21 4:58

theoldfool

30-Oct-21 4:58

You are not technically retired until all your friends, relative and neighbors get rid of their computers.
I can't retire fully until my kids retire.

Lou

>64
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.

Mircea Neacsu30-Oct-21 5:57

Mircea Neacsu

30-Oct-21 5:57

Amen!

Mircea

dandy721-Nov-21 4:08

dandy72

1-Nov-21 4:08

theoldfool wrote:
until all your friends, relative and neighbors get rid of their computers.

I came to the realization this weekend that it's not just computers and phones anymore.

I think the last 3-4 times I've been asked for technical help, it was from people who had replaced their car, and couldn't figure out how to pair it with their phone, install the app for it, etc.

And since cars are only getting more complex software...I guess the conclusion is that there's no getting away from it. Ever.

Joe Woodbury31-Oct-21 14:45

Joe Woodbury

31-Oct-21 14:45

Would technologists work for an unethical company?[^]

Couldn't resist.

the brilliant abyss: medusae meet neurons ?

Kent Sharkey31-Oct-21 15:07

Kent Sharkey

31-Oct-21 15:07

That’s how I knew the answer. Poke tongue | ;-P

TTFN - Kent

BillWoodruff29-Oct-21 6:35

BillWoodruff

29-Oct-21 6:35

the poem (sonnet): [^] ... published under the terms of CPOPL (Code Project Open Poetic License).

Someone recently had the nerve to ask me: "What do you use to get high ?" I said, as i hurried away from the idiot: "Science !"

i once (1992 ?) went to a special exhibition of medusae (jellyfish) at the famous aquarium in Monterey; i was entranced, enchanted ... still am Smile | :)

Helen Scales' book "The Brilliant Abyss" [^] about jellyfish resonated with my recent reading on neuro-science, and the complex nature of neurons in this fabulous wetware analog-chemical computer and its 3.3 lbs. or so of dull grey matter in a hard bony container ... the human brain.

Yes, a strange resonance; a 600k year-old family of creatures with a range of neurons maxing out at 20k or so, and Homo Saps, the number two neuron record-holder, with ~85 billion.

i couldn't resist playing poet, with the ocean-depth levels as metaphor for states of consciousness OMG | :OMG:

Now, excuse me while i float back down to ... earth WTF | :WTF:

«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

Eddy Vluggen29-Oct-21 13:34

29-Oct-21 13:34

BillWoodruff wrote:
Someone recently had the nerve to ask me: "What do you use to get high ?" I said, as i hurried away from the idiot: "Science !"

If you did use science, well, you do wrong.

No bird goes as high, as the bird that knows how to fly. My bird goes as far as iron oxide, ignited by a fuse of alumunimum. It called rocket science.

Ever heard of ayahusca? Smile | :)

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

BillWoodruff29-Oct-21 15:09

BillWoodruff

29-Oct-21 15:09

Hi Eddy, in the '60's, i experimented, like so many of my rebel-without-a-cause fellow baby-boomers, but, i came to earth by my mid-twenties, as did many of my peers, when i discovered yoga and meditation.

For me, the sense of wonder i find in science, and the joy i find in both progr4amming and creative writing, and making music, is the "high" that suits me fine.

I've read about ayahuasca therapy for drug addiction, and PTSD, etc.; not me the (the Romans called it) vomitorium route to ecstasy Smile | :)

Speaking of "science," can you guess who said these words, and when they were said:

Quote:
It is no wonder that a man gets puzzled and confused when he hears teachings contradictory to each other, but I tell you this: don't accept a thing merely because it is handed down by tradition, don't accept a thing merely because many people repeat it, don't accept a thing merely on the authonty of the sage who teaches it, don't accept a thing merely because it is found in the so-called scriptures, don't accept a thing merely because probability is in its favour, don't accept a thing merely because you have imagined it, or that it is inspired by some supernormal agency.

After examination, after testing it for yourseff, if you find it reasonable and is in conformity with your well being and the well being of others as well, then accept it and follow it.

cheers, Bill

«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

Eddy Vluggen31-Oct-21 11:56

31-Oct-21 11:56

BillWoodruff wrote:
in the '60's, i experimented, like so many of my rebel-without-a-cause fellow baby-boomers, but, i came to earth by my mid-twenties, as did many of my peers, when i discovered yoga and meditation.

Maybe I'm in my mid-twenties then.

BillWoodruff wrote:
I've read about ayahuasca therapy for drug addiction, and PTSD, etc.;

More a near death experience than therapy.

BillWoodruff wrote:
Speaking of "science," can you guess who said these words, and when they were said:

I can't. Way too modern.

--edit
..and we do use rust as fuel for rockets. Ironic, isn't it?

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

BillWoodruff31-Oct-21 13:50

BillWoodruff

31-Oct-21 13:50

Eddy Vluggen wrote:
BillWoodruff wrote:Speaking of "science," can you guess who said these words, and when they were said:I can't. Way too modern.

Hint: ~2580 years ago

«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

Eddy Vluggen1-Nov-21 0:56

1-Nov-21 0:56

-559. So your text is prolly Greek or Roman. Science.

Google says "no".

..but I welcome the distraction and keep looking; there's prolly also a reason why you chose that particular thing.

Bastard Programmer from Hell Suspicious | :suss:

"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.