Computer troubleshooting series #2: trouble drawing signature in browser with a touchscreen pen

2023-08-23 Reading time: 3 minutes

Lorem Ipsum Hospital

Department of Information Technology Outpatient Medical Record

Name Gender Department Date
HU, Tianjian M Comp. Sci. y2023 m08 d23

CC: Unable to draw signature with touchscreen for 5 minutes.

HPI: The patient was trying to enroll in USPS electronic signature service and found out that he could not draw his signature with fingers or the touchscreen pen. However, the mouse could draw a signature.

PMH: The patient encountered similar problems with in-browser form signing services based on Adobe software. The patient is familiar with different touchscreen behavior patterns exhibited by software with varying levels of touchscreen compatibility.

CURRENT HEALTH Hx: The patient is experienced with everyday usage and basic troubleshooting of Windows OS. Denies Windows touchscreen application development experience.

PE: Laptop computer with Windows 10 22H2 Pro x64. Attached proprietary recharger, USB hard drive via USB-C, and iPhone via USB-C. Problematic website is opened in Firefox. Visible open programs are Task Manager, Firefox, Thunderbird, Telegram, Sticky Notes, and Visual Studio Code.

imp: Touch event irresponsive: mistranslated touch event? program feature?

Rx: ... Read more


Computer troubleshooting series #1: trouble ejecting USB drive with Task Manager open

2023-08-14 Reading time: 6 minutes

OK, so before we start the content, let me give y'all a little background about this series.

I was known as a computer doctor since my early years in high school, and many friends, classmates, and relatives asked me to fix their computers. I have seen all kinds of problems, be it hardware, software, or networking. My all-time favorite was that one of my classmates could not distinguish a shortcut icon from an installer package, and I will never forget the rainy night when my Seagate ultra-large-capacity 20GB hard drive made in 2000 suddenly erased itself, after nine years of loyal service.

My 12-year-old self might have absolutely no clue about what a partition table is, but now I know it must be a problem with the partition table and that I would have had a pretty good chance to recover whatever data in it with the right software. Actually, since I successfully removed the abominable wgatray.exe that forced my pirated Windows XP into a blank desktop and 2-hour Sisyphus reboot cycles at the age of primary school third year, I have been accumulating a lot of experience. Abundant experience subsequently turned into instinct, and several times I could identify the problem right after listening to my friends explain their pains. My three-minute solution saved my friend from his desperation that lasted two years. That was a great satisfaction, but then I realized that instinct alone was insufficient. ... Read more


出上海记

2022-06-10 Reading time: 13 minutes

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上海笑话

  2022年春,乌克兰战争爆发以来,很多地区受到战火波及,生活物资短缺;俄罗斯国内由于受到制裁,进出口贸易受阻,同样也出现了部分物资缺乏的情况。以下选项中饥荒最严重的地区是?

  • A、基辅
  • B、马里乌波尔
  • C、莫斯科
  • D、上海

  2022年以前的很长一段时间里,没有人会否认上海是一座国际大都市的事实。国外资本家纷至沓来,国内求职者趋之若鹜,大家似乎都有美好的未来。更有许多人认为上海是国内城市中文明、法治、讲规矩、讲人文关怀的模范生,实际上就连我本人在初到上海的几个月里,就成为了一名高纯度的“精沪分子”。“上海人看不起外地人那是有他们的道理的”——那时候我对上海的印象就是有这么深刻。

  然而到了2022年4月,我却开始绞尽脑汁地想要逃离上海——当时我有多么喜欢这里,现在我就有多么想要离开这里。我以后还会再来吗?我不知道。唯一可以确定的是,上海永远不会缺人:现在跑走了多少人,以后还会跑进来更多。但到时候再跑回上海的人里有没有我,就实在不是现在的我能够预料到的了。

  在这里我愿为大家分享我逃离上海的魔幻旅途,但在这之前,让我们先来梳理一下逃沪这门“学科”的发展史—— ... Read more


Hello, world!

1970-01-01 Reading time: ~1 minute

Finally started a blog. I don't know what to post but I may put some of my old stories first.


遂にブログを作った! 何を書いていいかはまだわからないが、取り敢えず俺の古いストーリーをここに移そうと思う。

てか「私について」のページでは「ですます調」とか「私」とかいい子ぶっちゃってるのにここに来たらもう「俺」とか本性表しやがる……


终于搞了个博客……不知道发些什么好,先把我的一些旧作搬运过来吧……


Tianjian.Hu

Record of my genius ideas and mental disorders.