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April 2024 Update
 

You will find attached the video that is on Youtube (i added it to this message, to have a backup).
 
For the refunds, Calyos seems like they don't want to spend a penny out of their pocket.
I wonder what will happen if they don't sell enough vouchers to refund everyone.

You can still make "the cart" tell you how many are left.
Add items until it tells you "you can't add more".
There are 213 units left.

When I noticed the SG10 product was available, there were 151 vouchers available to people like me that were not part of the kickstarter. I bought one 🙂
 
So for me, the price was 1200euro plus 80euro shipping. When it arrives, as I am in the "Brexit" land of stupidity, I will probably have to pay 20% VAT and 5% duty on everything, some portion of which, I may get back from the refund of Belgian VAT.
 
At approximately 1500euro, this better be a damn good product!
 
Also, I'm glad they are refunding the original backers, even if inflation has eaten away at the value of the pledge. They are at least trying to the right thing ( or something close to it ).
 
Let's hope there are no more dramas in the next few months.

It worked to pay by PayPal, so if it is not delivered within a month or so, or if it comes damaged, at least I would have a chance to open a dispute or whatever it is called.
 
It looks like they do the same bad VAT/IOSS workaround as eBay when VAT is refunded after the order is placed so that VAT would be paid later at Swedish (in my case) customs. This does not exactly work as they say, since the customs in Sweden will charge VAT based on the whole amount that already includes the original VAT (even though it was refunded). I wrote an email to the store and support asking for that but there is a high chance that they will screw this up anyways.
 
 
update on the VAT issue, got a reply from the support. It is going to be shipped from somewhere in Europe, so no more VAT issues:
 
 
 
The final receipt
 
 
 

Today I got the voucher email:
Another pre-order. Do I dare?
 
 

Today I got the voucher email:
Another pre-order. Do I dare?
 
 

Project Update - September 2023
 
 

Hi.
I have recently got Panasonic KX-TU160 for my father:
 

 
(unboxing video)
 
while there is an option for changing the ringtone with "Select from file" (MP3 files work):
 

 
there is no such option for changing the SMS/Message sound. There is only a fixed number (5) of tones to choose from:
 

 
these tones are kind of long and disturbing, especially when my father does not care about messages.
 
I would like to set it to something short or even silent, but I have not found a way of doing that.
 
There is only one volume setting for both Calls and Messages, so I cannot set them separately.
 
It has a USB-C connection and I can access the phone file system from a PC. I could not find the files that are Tones there.
 
Does anyone know how I can hack it so I could set one of the Tones to empty one or add my own or something similar?
 
Thanks!

The electronics inside can stay pretty much as it is, it is that I want the top part to be removable. It will hardly make it weaker.
I do not think that the Framework notebook team will agree that modularity makes things weaker.
To me, it basically says that the glue holds something better than a screw, which I will disagree with. It has to be engineered, that is true, I think.
 
Do not mean to be rude here, but if I think this way, then doing something about global warming has no economic sense to normal people. Incredibly cheap drives our planet to death. Recycling has no economic sense. It does not make economic sense for me to have 8 different boxes for different types of materials to sort and recycle. It occupies too much space and is inconvenient. So it has to be regulated, in the same way as the possible enforcement of the replaceable batteries in phones. There should be no such thing as "the last place" or "any place" for such things.
 
Plastic bags are cheaper than paper but in some places, plastic bags were banned. Was that economic sense?
 
Look at how many "cheap" pens, pencils, and razors we have. They are cheap to buy but they are meaningless and irresponsible.

I probably should mark it as the answer.

They actually do run just as bright, at half the power.
 
 
It's not really the same as with incandescent lights.
With incandescent lights, you have a limited amount of light that the lamp can output before it uses up the filament. The brighter you make it, the faster it will burn out. The more dim you make it, the longer it will last. You can think of it like a candle. The bigger the flame (and more light), the faster the candle will burn out.
 
With LED lights, there is no material being used up. Instead, they act according to an efficiency curve. 
 
This is what the different lamps shown in the video look like (I added a "regular" version of the Dubai 3-watt lamp myself):

 
The filaments in most LED lights are basically slightly "overclocked", and what Philips did with the Dubai lamps was to "undervolt" them, causing them to get better efficiency. Each component does less work, but since they quadrupled the number of filaments it doesn't matter for the end result (amount of light).
There is a sweet spot for these LED filaments where they get the most light for the least amount of power. The Dubai lamp is closer to that sweet spot than regular LED lamps.
Please note that Dubai is really hot, and since heat is an issue for LED lights they are more sensitive than other countries. That might be one of the reasons why it was specifically Dubai that did this (and because Dubai is one of the few rich countries where a price can just go "Okay, our country should use exclusively Philips lamps now").
 
 
But I think the Dubai lamps are overengineered mostly for show. I kind of doubt Dubai cares about the power savings and the extra materials used are probably not that great for the environment either. 4 times the filaments for half the power usage, and like I said earlier it doesn't do much to help other components from breaking.
 
You can get closer to the sweet spot yourself by using a dimmer and then dialing it down a bit.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are brands that cram their bulbs full of filaments as well. I doubt Philips has a patent on the design since it's so simple. 
 
Another thing you can do if you want longer-lasting lights is to move away from light bulbs completely. The light bulb for factor is not that great for LED lighting to begin with, since it puts so many components into a small space. There are properly designed LED lights that are a single unit often have things like the power circuitry far away from the LED portion, thus removing the heat from the sensitive parts. Those types of lamps can also have better heatsinks because they aren't limited to the small area inside the socket. But please note that not all lamps that are a single piece (no-bulb) are properly designed, and since they are even less modular than lamps with light bulbs you probably need to replace the entire lamp if it breaks. That's a pain in the ass if you have let's say 4 lamps that looks the same, one breaks and then you can't buy the same type again.
 
 
But anyway, counterintuitive, the solution to light bulbs breaking isn't to make them more modular. The fix is to make lamps less modular, by ditching the light bulb socket completely and moving to all-in-one designs where we can move the power circuitry away from the LED elements and get more room to create better designs.

Summary
Russia has developed new digital tools to track and suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. These tools can monitor encrypted apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, and track phone locations, social media users, and phone locations. The tools are being sold to other countries, especially in regions close to Russia. This poses a threat to people’s privacy and freedom and challenges the usual providers of surveillance technology.
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
Even if they cannot read the messages and attachments, the information about the user locations, the locations of the phones, tracking the possibility of people meeting based on their locations, "map the relationship network by tracking communications with others" - this is way too much. My main concern is Signal and I have not seen where they would have commented on that yet. It would be interesting if someone who has knowledge of how WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal communicate, could tell what can be done from the user side to harden the security in this case. I thought that Signal and Telegram were "de-centralized" but it does not help in this case it seems. How do we improve it? VPN with Matrix.org?
 
Sources
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/technology/russia-ukraine-surveillance-tech.html
the full article is attached
russia-ukraine-surveillance-tech.pdf

Interesting, this I did not know. I got to get to the recycling factory like that. It is interesting to look at it. And I do mean that, and not in a sarcastic way.
 
Thanks for the "Longer-lasting light bulbs: it was complicated" video link about the Phoebus cartel.
 
 

There's more to that story than "greedy companies conspired to cap the service life of light bulbs, bulbs from before lasted longer".
 
 
Carefully read the copy on the box. The "20 years of service life" the advertising promises is never a promise that the light will run 24/7 for 20 years continuously. It's a certain number of running hours, spread out over 20 years at a few hours per day. I've got a box of 450 lumen GE "Relax LED" bulbs here, it says "lasts 13* years", based on 3 hours use per day. That's about 15,000 hours rated run time, or about 625 days. I've had one of these bulbs running nearly continuously a lot longer than that. 
 
As for user-serviceable LED lights, I don't see the need. They're cheap and they last an order of magnitude longer than the incandescent bulbs of yesteryear. Besides, the glass bulb and metal base are the cheap parts, and replacing just the driver or just a failed LED stick won't reset it to factory original condition. It's only a matter of time before the component you didn't replace fails.
 
Halogen bulbs are there to placate people who are afraid of change, can't understand the difference between 3000k and 5000k, or hoarded incandescents when "the government took away muh light bulbs". A 75 watt equivalent halogen uses about 55 watts. A 75 watt equivalent LED uses about 10 watts. Even if the LED bulb costs $5, it will pay for itself in power savings over its life compared to running multiple Halogen bulbs for an equivalent amount of time.
 
If the entire LED bulb is processed for recycling at the end of its service life, it doesn't need to be taken apart and handled separately. It's getting pulverized, then the debris gets sorted. Disassembling the bulbs for recycling requires more effort.

Probably yes, but I am still searching for ways of making their work harder.

Summary
Russia has developed new digital tools to track and suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. These tools can monitor encrypted apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, and track phone locations, social media users, and phone locations. The tools are being sold to other countries, especially in regions close to Russia. This poses a threat to people’s privacy and freedom and challenges the usual providers of surveillance technology.
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
Even if they cannot read the messages and attachments, the information about the user locations, the locations of the phones, tracking the possibility of people meeting based on their locations, "map the relationship network by tracking communications with others" - this is way too much. My main concern is Signal and I have not seen where they would have commented on that yet. It would be interesting if someone who has knowledge of how WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal communicate, could tell what can be done from the user side to harden the security in this case. I thought that Signal and Telegram were "de-centralized" but it does not help in this case it seems. How do we improve it? VPN with Matrix.org?
 
Sources
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/technology/russia-ukraine-surveillance-tech.html
the full article is attached
russia-ukraine-surveillance-tech.pdf

Summary
Russia has developed new digital tools to track and suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. These tools can monitor encrypted apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram, and track phone locations, social media users, and phone locations. The tools are being sold to other countries, especially in regions close to Russia. This poses a threat to people’s privacy and freedom and challenges the usual providers of surveillance technology.
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
Even if they cannot read the messages and attachments, the information about the user locations, the locations of the phones, tracking the possibility of people meeting based on their locations, "map the relationship network by tracking communications with others" - this is way too much. My main concern is Signal and I have not seen where they would have commented on that yet. It would be interesting if someone who has knowledge of how WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal communicate, could tell what can be done from the user side to harden the security in this case. I thought that Signal and Telegram were "de-centralized" but it does not help in this case it seems. How do we improve it? VPN with Matrix.org?
 
Sources
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/03/technology/russia-ukraine-surveillance-tech.html
the full article is attached
russia-ukraine-surveillance-tech.pdf

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I will get back to this post as soon as I get any feedback.

aka noise cancelling
 
i have autism and for me these headphones arre the best ive ever owned:
Soundcore Life Q20 Bluetooth Headphones with Noise Reduction, 40 Hours of Battery Life, Hi-Res Audio, Deep Bass, for Travel, Travel, Work (with AUX Cable), Home Office, Online Courses : Amazon.com.be: Electronics
dont let the price make you think its bad, they ae amazing, ive had 2 since 2019 because i was realy rough with my first pair
they do an amazing job of having only noise inside the headphones, cant hear anything outside, sometimes not even cars and only the rumble of them driving! to the point where with soft music id think i was just floating in the void with my eyes closed
they also have impressive sound quality
with a bit of tuning ive found them to perform better than my bose quietcomfort 35 
 
deffinatly my prefered headphones

Linus himself talked to Calyos founder and new CEO at Computex.
It seems like Calyos wanted initially to give a voucher only. And it's only after talking to Linus that they proposed a voucher + 2% share.
 
Linus talked about his interaction with Calyos in the latest Wan Show.
Starts at 1:41:02.
 
 

I would guess a NTSC/PAL issue, or were both the NES's you tried European?

You got onto a website and then accepted notifications from that website.
Go in edge somewhere in options and remove the permission for that particular website.
 
On the english version of Edge, it's click on the ... in top right corner, settings, and then I can type "notifications" in the search box on the left side and if you scroll a bit there's a "manage notifications button"
 

Summary
Ylva Johansson – the EU Commissioner in charge for the Chat Control Bill proposal basically does not understand how encryption works, when introducing the law for scanning the content of the encrypted communication for child sex material. 
 
Quotes
 
My thoughts
Well she has been into family and schools for a long time and maybe she meant good [The road to hell is paved with good intentions]. I think she sees encryption as something that only criminals use and has a bad attitude towards it. She does not understand how it works, or at least did not fully understand it when someone explained to her. Even if she knew how it works, such a law will not solve the problem. And why was only Signal attacked? Does it mean that Meta and Skype are already scanning? What will stop the people from sending password-protected zip files through any messengers? So wrong on so many levels. I do see it as another try to implement the total "surveillance for the masses".
 
Sources
the proposal: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2022%3A209%3AFIN
article (SE): https://www.svd.se/a/wAVRkM/eu-s-chat-control-massovervakning-eller-trygghetsatgard
comments: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2023/3/28/the-european-commission-does-not-understand-what-is-written-in-its-own-chat-control-bill/
Louis Rossmann reaction: 
 

OBS will be fine.
Virtualdub should also work, especially if you use some lossless video codecs like MagicYUV. That would allow you to capture uncompressed RGB or YCbCr (4:4:4) while OBS by defaul will be optimized and configured to use h264 or hevc which and most likely use YV12 (YCbCr 4:2:0)
 
Do some research about the native resolutions of such consoles  for example NES and SNES have some very low resolutions like 256x160 or something like that, so hopefully your usb capture card can record low resolutions.
 
 

I have found how to make it work. Now it runs for me on Windows 11.
 
(Update: does not work anymore)
 
source: https://www.trueachievements.com/forum/viewthread.aspx?tid=1254171
 
 
The only thing that I can add is that for Windows 10 I also needed to isntall the x86 (not x64) VCLibs Microsoft.VCLibs.110.00_11.0.51106.1_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe.Appx from the step 4.