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  1. iamdarkyoshi

    I dont always take pictures of my food... but w…

    Half of my problem is that I'm such an impatient gremlin I get distracted by other things before I'm done cooking, assuming I even have access to my stove and stuff I *really* need to clean my house but it's not easy to do such things when you've barely got enough energy to eat food and watch youtube
  2. iamdarkyoshi

    I dont always take pictures of my food... but w…

    Damn that looks tasty. I wish I knew how to make food lol
  3. iamdarkyoshi

    oops. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/16-mile-…

    I more think the comapny running it needs to explain why it was put back into service and what checks were missed during inspection
  4. iamdarkyoshi

    I'm going to be designing and building a high e…

    @manikyath @Bananasplit_00 Here's the selection of parts and case I'll be using: Given both the 12V bus and backup 12v bus will both be energized when the mosfets connect the two together, I'm hoping there will be little to no current surges. I'll be sure to measure everything on my scope with a dummy load and whatnot before it powers the actual machines
  5. iamdarkyoshi

    oops. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/16-mile-…

    I mean you know the saying... Anyone can build a bridge but only an engineer can barely build a bridge Having a cargo ship crashing into your bridge isn't part of the normal wear a tear a bridge would be expected to sustain, so it doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to overbuild in that area The whole thing collapsing like it did doesn't really surprise me, with a critical member removed it's gonna strain everything else, causing a chain reaction of parts breaking
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    2. SansVarnic

      SansVarnic

      I just want to know, who was piloting the ship? A harbor pilot or the ship crew?

    3. Senzelian

      Senzelian

      Turns out this ship was made by Hyundai Heavy Industries and this hasn't been the first time it crashed into something.

       

      On 11 July 2016, Dali collided with the berth at the container terminal in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, causing significant damage to the vessel's stern and transom.[14] The berth was also damaged and closed for cargo handling operations. There were no injuries or water pollution reported.[15] At the time of the incident the ship was owned by Oceanbulk Maritime (a Greek company) and chartered by Maersk.[15]

       

      I guess Hyundai has some explaining to do in case this was a mechanical or electrical failure.

    4. iamdarkyoshi

      iamdarkyoshi

      1 minute ago, Senzelian said:

      Turns out this ship was made by Hyundai Heavy Industries and this hasn't been the first time it crashed into something.

       

      On 11 July 2016, Dali collided with the berth at the container terminal in the Port of Antwerp, Belgium, causing significant damage to the vessel's stern and transom.[14] The berth was also damaged and closed for cargo handling operations. There were no injuries or water pollution reported.[15] At the time of the incident the ship was owned by Oceanbulk Maritime (a Greek company) and chartered by Maersk.[15]

       

      I guess Hyundai has some explaining to do in case this was a mechanical or electrical failure.

      I more think the comapny running it needs to explain why it was put back into service and what checks were missed during inspection

  6. iamdarkyoshi

    I'm going to be designing and building a high e…

    The lead acids will go into an 18-36v to 12v step down converter, and each machine will be equipped with a picoPSU and short thick ass cables The power distribution box will have the electronics inside and have plugs on the back to loop to each machine's 12v input The voltage drop should be minimal, and during normal operation the whole thing will be running from a server PSU with really good efficiency The PWRGOOD and ACOK signals from the server PSU will be logic ANDed together and control the mosfets betwen the 12v output of the DC-DC and the main 12v bus, which the server PSU normally powers (it has no issues being backfed in backup mode) The DC-DC has a small idle current but it's not bad (60mA), the lead acid charger I bought will keep it running and the batteries charged, and once mains drops out, its 12v output will immediately be connected to the 12v bus (hopefully) before the output of the server PSU starts to drop out. Its bulk filter caps should hold on long enough for the backup mosfets to connect to the 12V bus
  7. iamdarkyoshi

    I'm going to be designing and building a high e…

    I'm using free deep cycle lead acids. The current power draw from my entire server rack and accessories is a whole 150w, including inefficiencies in the existing UPS. A couple 40Ah batteries will last ages.
  8. I'm going to be designing and building a high efficency DC backup system for my servers and whatnot. Is this something yall would be interested in seeing? Every device would be running from 12V DC instead of 120V AC, and as a result the efficiency when running on batteries will be way higher. I've got a 96% efficient DC-DC for running the machines on battery, and on mains power it'll run from a single 94% efficient mains power supply instead of having a bunch of different switching power supplies running each device.

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    2. Bananasplit_00

      Bananasplit_00

      As an embedded electronics masters student, 60mA standby current is an offensive amount 😂

       

      I'd be a bit worried about cable lengths and loops because if you end up with a significant inductive component you will get voltage overshoot when switching to battery. Probably nothing to obsess over though, would just be a shame if at the first power outage your severs explode 😅

    3. manikyath

      manikyath

      9 hours ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

      As an embedded electronics masters student, 60mA standby current is an offensive amount

      as someone who does both.. it's often difficult to adjust back and forth 😛

    4. iamdarkyoshi

      iamdarkyoshi

      @manikyath @Bananasplit_00 Here's the selection of parts and case I'll be using:

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      Given both the 12V bus and backup 12v bus will both be energized when the mosfets connect the two together, I'm hoping there will be little to no current surges. I'll be sure to measure everything on my scope with a dummy load and whatnot before it powers the actual machines

  9. Creature triangle

     

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    because the site's insert photo button doesn't work

    1. Senzelian

      Senzelian

      Am I the only one that wants to dive head-first into the middle?

    2. Kilrah

      Kilrah

      1 hour ago, Senzelian said:

      Am I the only one that wants to dive head-first into the middle?

      no

  10. If yall haven't heard, there's an emulator for the virtual boy on the 3DS called Red Viper. It has working 3D and lets you change what colour it displays in. I like amber.

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    Would absolutely suggest trying it. The virtual boy's "screen" is a near identical resolution to the 3DS, so there's no gross scaling artifacts. 

     

    As far as I can tell, they've made the depth slider adjust the depth offset rather than the depth intensity, since the virtual boy wasn't designed with a depth intensity slider.

     

    Give it a try!

    1. manikyath

      manikyath

      i tried it until my eyes hurt, from what i've heard that's very accurate to the virtualboy experience.

       

      great addition to the library on my 3DS though.

    2. Kilrah

      Kilrah

      Cool! There's one for the Quest and the games are shockingly good in actual VR

  11. iamdarkyoshi

    Game soundtracks were better in the 80s.. wait…

    The C64 and Amiga are my top faves for really cool music. Both have been extensively well used in the demoscene
  12. iamdarkyoshi

    While i was at the beach getting a tan and drin…

    I literally got a sunburn just from driving inside a modern car with the windows up for a couple hours. My skin was peeling the next day. I think I might be the whitest person alive
  13. Alright... What in the fresh hell

     

    I thought I had seen everything with these famiclones and the weird stuff they come with for games, but one where mario's... not wearing clothes is a new one

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    I have censored it because although the NES's graphics aren't exactly what springs to mind when it comes to creating adult content, I'd rather not chance it lmao

    1. da na

      da na

      I have one with a weed themed Mario game, evidently it's rather common

       

      Also I love the RAM module that's turned 90 degrees, looks like it's soldered on wrong lol

  14. iamdarkyoshi

    I bought a mini wireless keyboard for $10. Shou…

    Oh nice. If it was one of the ones I described, we have them at work and they all belong in the bin Sure, a review would be interesting. Curious how it'd stack up to the non plus version of the logitech K400.
  15. iamdarkyoshi

    I bought a mini wireless keyboard for $10. Shou…

    Is it one of those silver trimmed ones with a steel ball bearing for a trackball and a really really tiny tab key?
  16. Fixing a dead OSSC from ebay. Thermal cameras are so nice to have.

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    This chip has something wrong internally, causing it to overload the regulator powering it. Substituting my own gruntier 3.3v line made the unit actually work, albeit drawing grossly more power than intended. You can see the bond wire carrying the excessice current in the faulty chip!

     

    Albeit at a considerably higher current than normal, it actually does output video now:

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    Just need to wait for my replacement chip to come in from China. Almost certain the unit will be back up and running normally after that.

  17. It was 20C literally yesterday, wat

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    Now it's -11C

    1. soldier_ph

      soldier_ph

      Climate change, yay.

    2. da na
    3. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      We casually went from mid-30s to mid/high 60s between yesterday and today.

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  18. iamdarkyoshi

    Status Update

    1. djksm

      djksm

      5 hours ago, iamdarkyoshi said:

      Game night!

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      awwww so cute

  19. iamdarkyoshi

    Status Update

    If you're sending them on telegram, open the image crop menu, apply your crop, then send it It'll force it to convert it
  20. iamdarkyoshi

    Status Update

    Good question.
    1. FlyingPotato_is_taken

      FlyingPotato_is_taken

      But can it withstand a banhammer?

    2. iamdarkyoshi

      iamdarkyoshi

      3 hours ago, FlyingPotato_is_taken said:

      But can it withstand a banhammer?

      Good question.

  21. iamdarkyoshi

    After 7 months of owning it, my Steelseries Aer…

    Want me to take a stab at fixing the old one?
  22. I use Edge as my browser on android.

     

    It has adblock built in, lets me set desktop view as the default for *all* websites, it has tabs on large displays instead of that button that opens a list of pages open, and most surprisingly, the share button integrates a URL tracking information cleaner.

     

    I've not found another one that manages to do this.

     

    What browser do you all use on mobile and why?

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    2. Average Nerd

      Average Nerd

      Switched from Chrome to Firefox because Chrome doesn't let you add extensions on mobile (I need my adblocker).

      (But I can't uninstall Chrome, thanks Samsung.)

    3. SansVarnic

      SansVarnic

      9 minutes ago, Average Nerd said:

      Switched from Chrome to Firefox because Chrome doesn't let you add extensions on mobile (I need my adblocker).

      (But I can't uninstall Chrome, thanks Samsung.)

      you can disable it.

       

      *edit. go to settings> apps > chrome ... select disable at the bottom. see my screen shot. I have a note20.

      Spoiler

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    4. flibberdipper

      flibberdipper

      On Android I use Firefox, and on my iPhone I use Safari but keep Firefox installed so I can get my bookmarks, passwords, and yeet shit from anywhere to other devices using Firefox (which is honestly the most goated thing ever).

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