My Wyze Camera Started Flashing Yellow and Blue

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So all of a sudden your Wyze camera has stopped working and it’s began flashing yellow and blue.  This could mean a number of things.

First, your camera may not be able to connect to your WIFI network.  This is the simplest issue.  Restart your WIFI router and for good measure restart the Wyze Camera also and let it reconnect.

Second, the Camera could have failed a Firmware update.  This can be more problematic but should just require a reset.  Hold down the reset button on the bottom of the camera until the device resets.  You will want to take out your SD Card before this happens.  If you have trouble getting the SD card use something like a butter knife (with the device unplugged) and gently try to push down on the card so that it releases and then pops up out of the SD slot.  After the device is reset you can set it back up again.

Third, it could be defective which is possible but unlikely.  Contact Wyze support.

How do I customize my control center in iOS 12.1

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iOS 12.1 offers many features that can be added to your control center (the control center is the menu that swipes up from the bottom of the phone with shortcuts to all kinds of useful features).

To access the control feaure settings go to “Settings -> Control Center -> Customize Controls”. From this menu you will be able to add or remove features from the control center menu. These features include:

  • Accessibility Shortcuts
  • Alarm
  • Apple TV Remote
  • Calculator
  • Camera
  • Do Not Disturb While Driving
  • Flashlight
  • Guided Access
  • Hearing
  • Home
  • Low Power Mode
  • Magnifier
  • Notes
  • Scan QR Code
  • Screen Recording
  • Stopwatch
  • Text Size
  • Timer
  • Voice Memos
  • Wallet

Fornite password change and other’s logged into your account

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Question:  If I change the password on my Fortnite account will it cause other consoles already logged in to have to enter the password?

Answer:  Sometimes.  There are instances where you change your password and some consoles that already have a login token will stay logged in for a period of time.  All new logins will require the new password however.  As of the writing of this entry Epic Games does not provide info on what devices you’re currently logged into and they don’t provide a way to force logout of those devices.

How to show a blank in a text box for an Integer value in ASP.Net MVC.

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Question: In ASP.Net MVC5, how do I show a text box for a number in my ViewModel but have it show a blank when that value is 0?

Answer:

Let’s assume you have a ViewModel on the page that has an integer value that represents a month.  If the ViewModel is empty and that value is 0 (a month hasn’t been set yet)

@Html.TextBoxFor(x => x.Month, “{0:#.#}”)

In Terraria, how do I defeat the most creatures during a solar eclipse?

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Here are a few tips that will help you succeed during a solar eclipse.

  • If you don’t have a Terra Blade, use a high damage very fast swinging blade like the Cutlass.
  • Use high defense armor such as the Beetle armor.
  • Find a shallow pool of water that you can stand it but still be above water. Allow the creatures to come to you. When they enter the water it will slow them down and buy you time to hit them more (and faster with a fast swinging weapon). If too many stack up, jump over them and hit them from the other side, they will have to change direction which is slow in the water and will buy you additional hitting time without taking damage.
  • Have healing potions on you and use them as soon as you’ve lost enough energy that they’ll fill it back up. This will start the clock so you’ll be able to use one again quicker and maximize your health.
  • Put campfires or other healing devices near the site where the pool is in preparation.
  • Keep slots in your inventory free to pick up any loot (without having to pause to do it while you’re fighting). You’ll want a spot available to pick up any broken hero swords that may drop.
  • Use a water candle or a battle potion that will cause more mobs to spawn and attack. The more mobs that attack, the higher the chance you’ll get a drop on the broken hero sword.

In Terraria, how do I force a solar eclipse?

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In Terraria there are many events that are occur randomly such as the solar eclipse. Even after you have fulfilled the requirements for a solar eclipse is still only happens randomly (on the console version, the desktop ways create one via solar fragments).

Here are the steps to speed up invoking a solar eclipse (this will also work for a blood moon if you do it before night time). Please note, day time in Terraria starts at 4:30am.

  • Turn the auto save setting off.
  • Wait until 4:25am game time and save your game.
  • Wait until after 4:30am, if no solar eclipse happens exit the game and DO NOT SAVE.
  • Re-enter the game, it will be just before 4:30 again.
  • Repeat this until a solar eclipse happens.

Although this might still be cumbersome it is much faster than waiting throughout a full day/night cycle. Note, you must still fulfill the other requirements before it will happen (e.g. you must beat at least one mechanical boss).

How do you clone items in Terraria?

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In many versions of Terraria it maybe possible to clone items if the version you’re using has the ability to connect to other players worlds as well as the setting to disable autosaving (such as on the console versions like the xbox one and playstation 4).

In order to duplicate items follow these steps:

  1. Have a player start a world and then turn their auto save off.
  2. Join that players world as the second player, also turn your auto save off.
  3. Drop the item on the floor that you want to clone, do not pick it up.
  4. Exit the game and choose not to save.
  5. Re-enter the game, you should have the item still in your inventory and the cloned item is still on the floor, pick it up and you have duplicated it. This will work with single items as well as stacks.
  6. Save your game at this point, you must do this if you wish to again duplicate that item.

Once you are done, don’t forget to re-enable auto save if you wish to be on.

How to determine if a drive is an SSD or an HDD in Windows

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In order to determine the drive type you can utilize Powershell.

  1. Click the Windows Icon (Start), then type Powershell and run it.
  2. At the Powershell prompt, type “Get-PhysicalDisk | Select-Object FriendlyName,DeviceId,MediaType”

  The result should be something as follows:

FriendlyName              DeviceId MediaType
------------              -------- ---------
Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GB 0        SSD
WDC WD5000AAKX-753CA1     1        HDD

In Dapper, how do I execute and use the results of a dynamic query?

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Dapper is a framework that allows for SQL queries to be mapped into object models.  In most cases you will know the result of your query set and can map them accordingly but there are cases where you may not know what the return set includes

Here is an example of how you can make use of dynamics in C# to accomplish that.

var query = conn.Query<object>("select * from some_dynamic_resultset");
foreach(dynamic row in query)
{
    int id = row.Id;
    //...
}

What are the directions to the stock areas in a ROM 2.4 based Diku mud?

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ROM 2.4 is one of the most popular open source mud code bases to start from (although MUDS have been declining in players for years). The following are the directions to get to all areas in the stock version of ROM 2.4 (The bard camp replacing the smurf village as the exception).

These speedwalking directions all start from the recall point in Midgaard, some may assume that you have pass door cast on you (e.g. you may need to open doors or gates). 

Cross Roads .2s6e
South Gate of Midgaard .2s3w8s2e
North Gate of Midgaard .2s3e4n2wn

New Ofcol .2s4w3n2e3ne2n2ene3n2e
Shire .ss5wn
Plains .2s4w3n2en
Haon Dor .2s5w
In the Air .s2u
Arachnos .2s13ws2wnwuwn
Astral Plane .s2un2u
Elemental Canyon .2s6e4s2es2eds
Dwarven Catacombs (Southern Entrance) .2s6e3n2e3n3wdd
Dwarven Catacombs (Northern Entrance) .2s6e3n2e3n2w2nw2n3e2sd
Chapel Catacombs .6s2e2sw6s
Dwarven Day Care .2s6e3n2es
Dragon Tower .2s13ws2w2sws3wnw4nw
Machine Dreams .3s3esu
Drow City .2s6es3s2es2ed;open west;w;s;d;open down;d
Thalos .2s6es
Dwarven Kingdom  .2s6e3ne
The Clouds .6se3sws4us
Sands of Sorrow .3s2e2s3e
Galaxy .2s13ws2w2sws3wnw3nwn
Gnome Village .2s8es
Graveyard .sssssseessw;open south;s (pass door or key)
Holy Grove .2s8en
High Tower .2s13ws2w2sws3wnwn
Gangland #1 .6se3se
Gangland #2 .6s2e2swne
Mahn-Tor .2s6e4s2es2ed3nes
Marsh .2s11w2swsws2wsws
Mega City One .3s2e2s13es
Miden'nir (Cross Roads) .2s6e
Old Thalos .2s8e2nen2en
Mob Factory .3s3wse
Moria .2s4wn, .2s3e4n2w2n, .2s6e3n
New Thalos .2s15e
Nirvana .2s8e2n2eu
Ofcol .2s4w3n2e3ne2n2ene2n
Olympus .2s4w3n2e6n
Pyramid .3s2e2s10enen2e
Sewers .4sd
Redferne's Residence .6se3swsu
Mud School .u
Bard Camp .2s7en
Hell .6s2e2sw6sds2w2sendn2es4e2sw2s2ednese2sn
Troll Den .2s11w2swsws2wses
Valley of the Elves .2s4w3n2e5nwn
Wyvern's Tower .2s6es3s2es2ed