AMillionMonkeys

AMillionMonkeys, 4 months ago

I’ve been shopping for the same thing. I can report that Intel N100-based computers currently (February 2024) have issues with Linux WiFi drivers. Not a problem if you’re hardwiring it.
I’d also avoid the really tiny PCs because they use the shortest M.2 drives (2242), which limits capacity and upgradeability. You want one that fits a 2280 M.2 drive. Or a 2.5" SATA drive.

AMillionMonkeys, 4 months ago

I choose a Reolink camera. It works well with Surveillance Station on my Synology NAS, Home Assistant, the official Android client, and the official Mac client. I’ve never been able to get the official Windows client to work. It’s failed to work on two different computers.
The camera runs off Power Over Ethernet, so it’s just a single CAT6 cable and there are no batteries to manage.
The camera bounces your requests to stream through Reolink’s servers by default, but you can disable that feature if you’re only using the cameras locally.

AMillionMonkeys, 4 months ago

Depends on the kinds of accounts you follow. Mastodon is all technical users - so not many celebrities who aren’t in technical fields.

AMillionMonkeys, 4 months ago

I had to update my BIOS a while ago and it set TPM back to disabled as default. Voila. No Windows 11 prompts because, as far as it can tell, I do not meet the requirements.

AMillionMonkeys, 5 months ago

I love Steins Gate, but the choices you make are so wildly disconnected from the consequences that I don’t think it really counts. It’s such a strange system.

AMillionMonkeys, 5 months ago

Tyranny is so good, and I prefer it to the first Pillars of Eternity. Shame the ending is so abrupt.

AMillionMonkeys, 5 months ago

You should install Linux.

AMillionMonkeys, 5 months ago

Does anyone here know how money transfers like this actually work? Stacks of $100s? Armored carriages full of doubloons? Briefcases exchanged at the train station?

AMillionMonkeys, 5 months ago

I tried moving mine over to Linux and it broke streaming from devices to Kodi.
Now, I’m sure I could spend a day banging my head against google and mucking with my Docker containers to get it working, but I decided it’s not really worth the effort.
If you need a project, I’d go ahead and set up the server with a small library and see if all the features that are important to you are working. Then give it the full library.
But in general, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

AMillionMonkeys, 6 months ago

I love the spectral view in Adobe Audition and would be happy to leave it if Audacity (or whichever fork people like) would implement something similar.

AMillionMonkeys, 6 months ago

I’ve settled on water stones, at least for the moment: 1000, 4000, and 8000 grit. I use a Veritas Mk. 2 sharpening jig. I also have a slow-speed grinder for major reshaping.
I true the stones on a cinder block, but I don’t have to do it very often.
I suggest you take a look at Christopher Schwarz’s ‘Sharpen This’ series from his blog:
blog.lostartpress.com/…/sharpen-this-part-2-hear-…
blog.lostartpress.com/…/sharpen-this-part-3-what-…
blog.lostartpress.com/…/sharpen-this-part-4-very-…
blog.lostartpress.com/…/usharpen-this-part-5-the-…
blog.lostartpress.com/…/sharpen-this-part-6-the-b…
blog.lostartpress.com/…/sharpen-this-part-7-the-b…
blog.lostartpress.com/…/sharpen-this-part-8-polis…

AMillionMonkeys, 6 months ago

I figured you’d be concerned about music generating AI.
Personally, I’m all for it. In the early days of image generation AI you’d see lots of wild abstract outputs from the intermediate layers/processes. If we can get music to sound like that I think it would be amazing.
The thing about algorithmically generated art is that it’s basically a faucet - turn it on and get as much as you want. So there’s a danger of oversaturation, but that’s basically the case in a lot of genres of human-generated music already. It makes valuing art tricky.

AMillionMonkeys, 6 months ago

Unfortunately I haven’t found any AI-generated music that seems interesting.

AMillionMonkeys, 6 months ago

So, Divinity Original Sin 4?

^Because BG3 is DOS3^

AMillionMonkeys, 7 months ago

I hate to say it, but it’s probably an acceptable amount of flatness for a jobsite saw. I’m willing to bet their cast iron offerings have better tolerances. You do have the safety features, though.

AMillionMonkeys, 7 months ago

I’d be surprised if Grizzly’s CEO were making that kind of multiplier vs. the average employee.
I think some of it might be Grizzly gaining legitimacy as a power tool manufacturer. Their earlier reputation (deserved or not) would have been closer to that of Harbor Freight’s today. Now they’re known to be a solid brand and they can charge a little more.
That doesn’t account for the Besseys, which are off the fuckin’ wall.

AMillionMonkeys, 7 months ago

Excellent information! Yeah, it seemed to me that the cost increase was more than just inflation. As I said elsewhere in the thread, my impression is that their reputation for quality tools has grown, so that must account for some of the extra price. The 2003 catalog is their 20th anniversary. Maybe that means they were too established to be selling under cost to gain market share?
We’ll see if we’re doing the same thing with a Harbor Freight catalog in 20 years.

AMillionMonkeys, 7 months ago

I can’t recall ever seeing a recipe for a shop-built jointer, though

Maybe not a powered one…

AMillionMonkeys, 7 months ago

I fill in easier crosswords left-to-right, top-to-bottom.

AMillionMonkeys, 7 months ago

ATX is ATX. The spec is remarkably stable. You’ll miss front-panel USB-C, though, if you put a newer motherboard in it.

AMillionMonkeys, 7 months ago

I just recently got the 17" Grizzly myself. The other choice was the Laguna 1412. I’m sure I’d be happy with either but the decision came down to Grizzly being able to deliver to the house. You need to be prepared to get a ~300lb. crate from the curb into your shop. There’s no guarantee the driver will help you - and if they do you should tip.
You have to consider power, too. The 2HP Grizzly comes wired 220V, so you need service to wherever the saw goes, plus a plug and an outlet from the hardware store.
The blade it comes with is almost useless - too high TPI. I’d ordered a 5/8", 6-TPI blade and it came before the saw did, so that’s what I started with.

AMillionMonkeys, 7 months ago

I’m curious, when was the last time you were surreptitiously recorded?

AMillionMonkeys, 8 months ago

$P$G

AMillionMonkeys, 8 months ago

I used one happily for ages, then something changed with the filters you could get at the grocery and it stopped draining properly. I took the opportunity to get a V60 and that’s been my daily driver.