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 | `calibrating-intel-quick-sync-hevc-quality` | `tutorials` | 2026-10-14 | `20261014_132458_102ffe` | The full QSV calibration: ICQ 18–22 inflate thin sources (size gate 176.8/141.8/107.6%), the usable range starts at 24, the quality cliff sits **between 28 and 30**, excerpts rank quality but **never** speed (fast == medium byte-for-byte, 168,435,266 B), the four traps (`/lib` mount, `rgb24` rate control, `SKIP already HEVC hvc1`, one QSV job at a time) |
 | `docker-reported-exit-0-the-oom-killer-disagreed` | `devops` | 2026-10-16 | `20261016_034103_770729` | "Container stopped unexpectedly" while `docker inspect` reports `ExitCode 0` / `OOMKilled=false` — the truth was 6 cgroup OOM kills in dmesg (uptime stamps matching `FinishedAt`), driven by a crawler flood (25,976 IPs / 50k lines, 33,636×403 + 16,082×429); fix = 512M → 2g + `memswap_limit: 2g`, labelled a stopgap; plus the "my own bare curl got 403" verification trap |
 
-- **Parked draft (do not publish):** `the-dialog-opened-in-7-seconds-my-script-waited-5` — the LinkedIn cron's race
-  (dialog +1.8 s, buttons +2.8 s, editor +7.2 s vs a `sleep(5)` look-once), the swallowed-click defect and the 72 h
-  approval TTL against a 12-day queue. User dropped it on 2026-10-16. Both `.md` files are committed with
-  `draft: true` (excluded from build/listing/sitemap — verified: 153 pages, no route, 0 sitemap hits); its OG/banner
-  PNGs were deleted, but its `TERMINALS`/`BANNERS` entries are already in the repo, so re-imaging is one command.
+- **Deleted (do not resurrect):** `the-dialog-opened-in-7-seconds-my-script-waited-5` (the auto-LinkedIn composer
+  race). Written 2026-10-16, briefly parked as a draft, then **deleted outright on the user's instruction** in
+  `3e354cc`: both `.md` files `git rm`'d and its `TERMINALS`/`BANNERS` entries removed from both generators (pure
+  deletions — 0 added, 17 + 5 removed, `node --check` OK, 0 references left to the slug, the other three intact).
+  Do not bring this topic back unless the user asks for it.
 - ⚠ **Backdating verdict for this batch (do not re-litigate): neither held post may carry a historical date.**
   - `docker-reported-exit-0-…`: its evidence *is* dated — `Oct 12`, `Oct 16`, the times 02:45 / 02:58 / 03:39 /
     05:33 / 07:37 / 07:57, "two weeks of uptime", "18 minutes after the restart". Any older date makes the post
@@ -603,6 +603,8 @@ order of interest, each with its source session:
 | Adding a domain to someone else's mail server | `notes` | `20261014_092537_4759b3` | PTR is **per IP, not per domain**; forward-confirmed rDNS uses postfix's own HELO name; a new domain still needs MX/SPF/DKIM/DMARC + a verified SMTP2GO sender; forwarding still dies on `p=reject` |
 | The router that 401s `/v1/models` and serves chat completions with no key | `ai` | `20261015_210913_47cca4` | two Google-login connections (7 + 11 live models), `REQUIRE_API_KEY=false` with an empty key table, a dead `gemini-3.1-pro` alias |
 | Embedding fonts so a PDF looks the same on any machine | `engineering` | `20261011_085128_453ab1` | four families + weights fixed in-repo instead of trusting the server or the reader's machine ⚠ pull the final implementation detail from the session/docs first — the session moved on mid-topic |
+| Two ways a JS file stops working silently | `engineering` | `hevc-transcode` `docs/OPERATIONS.md` §10.33 | a parameter named `t` shadowing the i18n `t()` function, and a `let LANG` declared *after* its first use (TDZ) — both abort the script while the page keeps rendering the old text, so it looks like nothing happened; the fix is asserting on **effects** (`typeof t === 'function'`, key count > 0, `?lang=en` really swaps), never on intent. **No date or version pins — also a candidate for an archive gap.** |
+| The packaged app 404'd its own CSS | `devops` | `hevc-transcode` `docs/OPERATIONS.md` §10.31 | `package-data` listed only `web/*.html`, so the installed copy shipped without `app.css` / `app.js` / the i18n packs and the page 404'd its own assets (only a local checkout worked); plus the deploy-order trap — a running process reads the **installed** copy, so the order must be "install the Python half → restart at an item boundary → swap the page". |
 | Housekeeping (not posts): E1 CF Web Analytics + GSC sitemap, E3 syndicate 2–3 flagships, A1 author photo, E8 `og-default.png` face + the one banner-less post | — | — | these still outrank writing anything new, per the 2026-09-29 audit |
 
 ### Phase C — Discovery & structure (Tier 2)