Video Beagle

15 hours ago, LapsedMemory said:

The point would be to change out the barrel plug on the unit with the USB-C plug, forgoing barrel connectors altogether.  

oh, planting them inside completely? (sorry, my mind is on replacing bricks for a bunch of external harddrives with a smaller footprint thing)

4 hours ago, LapsedMemory said:

 

Amazon.com: (5 Pack) JacobsParts USB-C PD 9V DC Fixed Voltage Power Trigger Module 5A Type-C Female Input : Electronics

 

This moves the circuitry from the cable to the device (replacing the barrel plugs), which means you can use a standard USB-C cables.  

Assuming you have the tools already to make the conversions, you can get:

and wire to barrel connectors.

On 11/27/2022 at 10:50 AM, jymotion said:

edit: Newegg's got 1-port chargers on sale right now - $6 for a two-pack. Could do 4 chargers for $50 less than the 4-port ugreen solution. Takes up the same number of outlets as the wall warts, but much smaller blueprint and should have a longer lifespan.

do you have a link?

4 hours ago, Srius1 said:

So confused by this video . HOW DID THEY DO THIS?! plug in adapters? Solder? C grade video.

yeah... being a ugreen sponsered for the adapter...they're a bit sparse on the other side.

this seems to be what they use for a bunch: https://www.adafruit.com/product/5451

https://www.adafruit.com/product/5451

This seems to be the trigger board mentioned:

https://www.amazon.com/Type-C-Trigger-Module-Supports-Output/dp/B08LDJBN8P?th=1

I guess I could use this to make adapters to plug in between a USB-C brick and hard drives.

I have a lot of bricks for a bunch of External harddrives.. I wonder if something like this could be done for those and help me clean up the area...they typically need 12v/2a .

On 7/21/2022 at 4:19 AM, J-from-Nucleon said:

Probably better performance actually, it seems that random read and writes are marginally better on the m2 air, and that's a far more important number than the sequential read and writes. Source:

yeah.. that video is why I pinged @GabenJr for a deeper dive on this area.  He's the only one who's even broached the topic from the user experience pov, rather than just numbers on a spec sheet one.

On 7/20/2022 at 4:08 AM, saltycaramel said:

The theory is that under some circumstances you would experience the effects of having a slower swap memory. 

But my point is...so what? What does this mean in real world usage..not computer science scores...not in freakjob "I dunk my computer in liquid nitrogen to see my name on a list" arenas... what does the normal person using the computer actually experience.

20 hours ago, saltycaramel said:

- "you should care about the SSD drama"

What I really want to know is what the "slower SSD" actually means...like to real people.

the slower 256 gets a lot of air time because no click baiter has ever lost out by saying "apple bad", but in real world, real people using computers, not benchmark numbers, not weird percentages...was does it actually mean?

Give me comparisons of copying a 1 gig file and a 1 gig size folder full of images...that kind of thing that will actually start to replicated what a user sees. ( @GabenJrI'm calling to you on this)

On 7/11/2022 at 8:19 AM, Rym said:

Sources close to YouTuber Moore’s Law Is Dead say

,,,,why are we getting sources reports? If this guy is a youtuber, shouldn't we know what he says?

On 7/11/2022 at 1:25 PM, porina said:

one so data is indirect:

AMD: 53% Q1 2022

Apple: 43% Q1 2022 (unsure if GAAP or not)

Intel: 55.4% Q4 2021

nvidia: 67.0% Q4 FY22

Those are some fascinating figures.. I'd like to see @LinusTechor  @GabenJr  @James or @CPotter do a video exploring them.

15 hours ago, wanderingfool2 said:

What makes you think this has anything to do with copyright?  The article you even posted clearly states it's trademark.  That's two completely different ball games you are talking about.

THIS

I wish everyone on the internet would do a little reading on the difference...it's even in the names..

TRADEMARK _ marks used in trade

COPYRIGHT .. the right to copy content

That's an awful lot of Assassin's Creed titles on that list that I'd have to think are still viable sellers for them to just drop an axe without a plan.

22 hours ago, Lurick said:

Yup, I was looking to get a Pi4 the other day and that was $200 the Pi3 B+ was $250 at least on Amazon via third party sellers of course.

i got a pi 3..and a pi zero..unused..sitting in my project box..for a good couple of years now and the likelyhood of getting around to using them is low..,,definitly should look at passing it along if the prices are good..

12 hours ago, Lurick said:

You can, you just have to pay about $200 for it

seriously?  .......i'm thinking maybe I should give ebay a looksee..

14 hours ago, Kisai said:

Have you used TikTok? 

 

https://weilbyte.github.io/tiktok-tts/

 

So the voices used by Tiktok, are "more convincingly" sounding human than Alexa and Google's voices in some languages. However, take this with a grain of salt. The tiktok TTS sounds exactly like google's TTS https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/docs/voices , but only if you select the one closest to TTS. It's far more likely that either Tiktok is using Google for english or created "Brand voices" via Google.

What I was prompting above though, was, putting the topic of alexa's "we'll clone your grandma with a sentence" thing...just why Amazon's alexa isn't more..natural...Both those links have much smoother voices than alexa. (I mean, that opens questions why amazon does have multiple voices available..it's accent;s are tied to locational info, rather than seperate...you'd think they'd sell voice packs, because amazon...>

Anyway, thanks for the fascinating info... none of this is stuff i've dabbled in.

21 hours ago, Kisai said:

it will have that "neural tts" aesthetic that Siri and Alexa have

huh.  I find Siri (austrailian female voice is what I use) sounds more ..natural..than Alexa. I assume that's due to some heavy lifting on Apple's part as that's kind of their brand, but every once in a while I'm surprised by how...computery..Alexa is given Amazon being..well run by a lizard man, so I guess it makes some sense.

also:

34 minutes ago, Levent said:

Just know that external WD drives (750G is a common WD USB HDD size) wont have sata ports.

,,,they do if you shuck the case, no?

36 minutes ago, J-from-Nucleon said:

According to Fastly, Google also helped develop it

Doesn't Google own/run one of the major captcha services?

4 hours ago, Spindel said:

Weird thing to benchmark, but i freely admit to not understanding this level of the computer.

11 hours ago, captain_to_fire said:

I wonder if Apple will do 3D stacking for the upcoming Mac Pro because the M1 Ultra is just atrociously big imo. 
 

 

isn't this picture comparing 2 different things? Like, isn't the Ryzen there just a processor while the Ultra is procerssors, gpus, memory, storage, and an ice cream maker?

21 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

Apple does make money off user data in the form of advertising that is personalized by default.

this isn't about making money off user data...it's about SELLING IT.

I didn't say Apple didn't collect and use it to make money...but they're using it inhouse, not passing it off to others.

21 hours ago, suicidalfranco said:

Apple does sell your data.

They do?  You should check with the WSJ about how much they pay for tips and the evidence you have because you're sitting on a gold mine.

5 hours ago, hishnash said:

You mean x86 Wine/Proton compatibility layers for windows with rosetta2 yes that should work just the same as it does on macOS (even supporting 32bit windows games even through macOS does not ship with any 32bit kernel apis any more.. )

Thank you for assuming I know more than I do on this topic. It is that generous nature that I enjoy your posts in the forum

On 6/15/2022 at 2:01 PM, JogerJ said:

Technically this list is ranked by highest revenue, not profit. If we substract production costs and factor in sponsorship, among the videos on this list my guess would be "Faster Internet for free in 30 secs" making the highest profit followed by "wish.com build".

yeah, I had gone in hoping that would be covered...that I find interesting from the "how the sausage is made" pov.

On 6/15/2022 at 2:45 PM, Pumbimeo said:

The part i don't understand is why is the people who know so much about tech is still watching ads instead of using an adblocker or vanced

Some people don't want to block ads so that youtubers can get revenue.

BUT also, I found that youtube ties it's subscriber functions, like watch history, into the same machines that serve ads...so if you were to say use Pi-Hole to block those sites, it messes with your account if you mainly use something like an Apple TV to watch youtube.....for example.

 For @James specifcally, something curious is that a number of the streams that showed up.  The "I love building computers" and the one that was at #10 with Anthony running the controls..those are often fed to me automatically by autoplay after I've let it go thru a few more recent videos. Youtube likes serving them up for whatever reason.

2 minutes ago, emosun said:

if microsoft is an option the get a microsoft one , why are you looking for any other source

that seems a silly question. Why would they go to the grey market? for money savings. Would you think of a different reason?