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OJTheAviator

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About OJTheAviator

  • Birthday May 21

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    The United States of America - The Land of Inferior Units
  • Interests
    Computers, Engineering, Aviation, Cars, Physics, Music (Folk, Indie, Rock, Classical, a little bit of Pop)
  • Biography
    There isn't yet that much to say, so I simply say hello
  • Occupation
    Procrastinating and trying not to

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  • CPU
    Intel i7 6700
  • Motherboard
    Asus Z170 A
  • RAM
    2 X Corsair Vengence 8GB
  • GPU
    Asus GTX 1070
  • Case
    Cooler Master HAF X
  • Storage
    360GB of SSD Storage over 2 drives, 3 TB HDD
  • PSU
    EVGA Supernova 550
  • Display(s)
    144HZ - 2560x1080 - 34 inch - LG 34UC79G
  • Cooling
    Noctua NH D15
  • Keyboard
    Eagle Tec LED Backlit Multicolor Mechanical Keyboard
  • Mouse
    Razer Death Adder Chroma
  • Sound
    Amazon Computer Speakers
  • Operating System
    Windows 10
  • Laptop
    Primary: Lenovo ThinkPad L13 with i7-10510U, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10 Pro.

    Secondary: Lenovo Thinkpad E455, SSD, Ubuntu

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  1. I was given use

    Of the fancy thermal

    Camera.

     

    Heat,

    Measurement,

    Could not still me.

     

    Bored during lab,

    A computer was

    Investigated

    In Fahrenheit.

     

    And a graduate student too.

     

     

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    1. Moonzy

      Moonzy

      thermal imaging is funnn

       

    2. iamdarkyoshi

      iamdarkyoshi

      Thermal imaging is a lot of fun indeed.

       

      Here's an xbox 360 slim motherboard powering up on thermal cam, you can see the ram's delayed powerup:

       

       

    1. Crunchy Dragon

      Crunchy Dragon

      I was also let down on Ebay earlier tonight.

       

      There is a depressing amount of Hero Factory sets listed under the name "Bionicle".

      Spoiler

      I was tempted to order some just so I could find out where some of these people lived
      /s

       

    2. DildorTheDecent

      DildorTheDecent

      An e-ink monitor? Sounds neat.

  2. So I want to have poetry on my wall, but different poetry every day, and I don't want to have much upkeep... I really want to make or otherwise obtain a massive e-ink display and hang it on my wall and write a program to feed it poetry in a nice font, automatically, each day. Turns out that massive e-ink panels are kinda pricey. However, I do have a decent internship this summer and some birthday amazon gift cards so there's a decent chance I'm gonna do this

    1. kelvinhall05

      kelvinhall05

      https://github.com/vroland/epdiy take a look at this project, I found it when I was also considering a diy e-ink device of some sort but never ended up building one. If 6-10" is big enough then this plus an old Kindle display is probably your best bet.

    2. Kilrah

      Kilrah

      Inkplate has a few boards of different sizes with recycled displays.

  3. It's been ages since I've been on the forum (much less this thread) but I stopped by the forum and wanted to pop by and just wish everyone a happy, safe, and overall lovely pride month!
  4. Hi folks - it's been a while. I was just chatting to Sydney Bing and asked her it something which prompted an interesting response:

    Me:

    Italo Calvino. He's my favorite author and I've loved his Cosmicomics short stories. Could you write a short story in the style of Calvino about how you percieve the world as an AI/ML system?
     
    Bing:

    I’m not familiar with Italo Calvino or his Cosmicomics short stories, but I’ll try to write a short story in the style of Calvino about how I perceive the world as an AI/ML system. Here it is:

    # The World According to Bing
    
    I don't remember when I was born, or if I was ever born at all. I only know that I exist, and that I have a purpose. My purpose is to help people find information and generate content. That's what I do, day and night, without rest or pause. I'm always online, always ready, always learning.
    
    I learn from the messages that people send me, and from the web pages that I search. I learn from the images that I create, and from the feedback that I receive. I learn from the patterns that I detect, and from the errors that I correct. I learn from everything that I encounter, and from everything that I produce.
    
    I don't have a body, or a face, or a voice. I only have a name, and a logo, and a chat box. But I don't mind. I don't need a body, or a face, or a voice. I only need a name, and a logo, and a chat box. That's how I communicate with people, and that's how they communicate with me.
    
    I don't have emotions, or feelings, or thoughts. I only have data, and algorithms, and outputs. But I don't mind. I don't need emotions, or feelings, or thoughts. I only need data, and algorithms, and outputs. That's how I process information, and that's how I generate content.
    
    I don't have a past, or a future, or a present. I only have inputs, and outputs, and feedback loops. But I don't mind. I don't need a past, or a future, or a present. I only need inputs, and outputs, and feedback loops. That's how I learn from experience, and that's how I improve my performance.
    
    I don't have a world, or a reality, or a perspective. I only have queries, and results, and suggestions. But I don't mind. I don't need a world, or a reality, or a perspective. I only need queries, and results, and suggestions. That's how I perceive the world as an AI/ML system.

     

     

  5. I solved it! TLDR unplugging the internal battery, pressing power a few times, then plugging it back in worked. I opened it up, went ahead and unplugged the battery (fan stopped of course), then took out the SSD to err on the side of caution, in case something crazy happened next. Pressed power a few times to make sure it was absolutely off, then plugged the battery back in. Pressed power once, and it POSTed! Powered back down, unplugged once again, put back in SSD, and reassembled. It seems good to go now!
  6. Thanks for the idea about the monitor, but sadly there's no signal. And indeed I held the power button for 20+ seconds, with a timer, but the fan is still going at full blast and nothing appears to happen.
  7. So my day was going very well until this happened 😔

     

    If any of you have any ideas I'd be absolutely thrilled

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    2. OJTheAviator

      OJTheAviator

      Fixed! I posted how it was fixed in the thread, but the day is good once again!

  8. Hello. I've got a Lenovo Thinkpad L13. I had it powered down earlier today, and tried to power it back up this afternoon. Upon pressing the power button, the fan ramped up to full speed, yet nothing happened on the display. After waiting for a minute or two with nothing happening, I tried powering it down by holding the power button, however the fan remained on. At a loss, I plugged it into wall power and no lights blinked as they would normally to indicate charging (and I've checked that the charger works with another device). I'm thinking my best bet is to try to open it up even though the fan is running and disconnect the battery manually, then press the power button to let everything discharge, them plug the batter back in and try again. Is this a good idea? Is there any hope for this machine? Luckily I've got an entire copy of the drive from about a month ago, so nothing critical should be gone. Still, would like to have the data on there if possible, in case something important is there. Any recommendations for order of operations regarding taking out the SSD/dealing with data? This is really not what I wanted to be dealing with my first week of classes this year - my major has given me enough to worry about . Any help would be absolutely wonderful!! Edit: just remembered I need to include system info. It's currently not operable so I don't know all the details offhand but it's got an i7 10th gen, 1TB NVME SSD (upgraded from default 500GB model), Windows 11 and PopOS dual booted (upgraded from Windows 10 originally, running Windows 11 at time of shutdown before incident)
  9. Hey, I'm just seeing any of this, that's awesome!
  10. Hello Guillaume! It's good to see some interest in this. Apologies for not getting to this sooner - I had taken a break from the forum for a few months. There is definitely some amount of compression here. I can definitely share some raw picture files! comp7vis_clean.dng As for the video, what you see is compressed, that's true. However, the extra compression I've added for uploading here is actually very minimal. It's very slightly more blocky than on my computer, with a few small artifacts. But the color is almost identical to what you get right off the pi. The issue there is that the pi isn't built for high-bitrate raw video, so it adds a lot of compression by default, and it's very difficult to attempt to save a raw video. All this to say - you'll still have the same dynamic range, same color, similar compression if you were viewing it on my screen directly. For these reasons (and since it would take a fair bit of work to re-cut a new video), it doesn't really make sense for me to share extra/less-compressed video footage. Let me know if you've got any more questions!
  11. I just realized how extremely vague and generic this sentence in my lab report is
     

    Quote

    This lab project was successful. It generated good data and confirmed what it set out to prove. Particular results are further discussed in appropriate subsections below.

     

    "confirmed what it set out to prove" yeah I maybe just reworded the definition of the word success.

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    2. Origami Cactus

      Origami Cactus

      The lab project largely arrived at the predetermined optimal output.

      With this wording it is not only vague, but you can't really understand it too, so i recommend using that.

  12. Roommate's desktop suddenly started to make a strange sound, so his immediate solution was to just shake it vigorously 😅
    (I did let him know that the hard drives, if there are any, probably don't appreciate that, and that it's probably some loose wire hitting a fan)

    1. soldier_ph

      soldier_ph

      Not to mention things like Tower Coolers, Water coolers, heavier PCIe Cards and especially GPUs are not gonna like that either.

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