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  1. ddrueding

    Post your photographs here

    If you use a decent program to play videos (I like Media Player Classic, it is free and available on ninite.com), you can right-click on the video and choose "Properties". My phone and GoPro Hero 4 Black can both do 4k video, but most of my recent stuff is timelapses shot using the interval...
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    Post your photographs here

    At least one of the posts on this issue I found had the author insisting that their videos would only be recognized as 4k if it was 4096x2160. Lots of mis-information out there I suspect.
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    Both of these are true. LEDs produce far less heat for an amount of light (more efficient). However, LEDs need to be kept way, way cooler than other kinds of lights. LEDs are happiest under 50 or 60C, whereas halogens can happily be hundreds of degrees.
  4. ddrueding

    Post your photographs here

    I've sen other YouTube videos offer 4k@60, tempted to reach out and find how they did it.
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    Post your photographs here

    Yup. 3840x2160 at 60FPS. In the past I've even tried higher resolutions (5472 x 3648 @ 120FPS) without luck. No idea what it cares about, and Googling hasn't given me anything useful.
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    I want to buy a new car

    I'd assume that that is your credit score. Even if you don't plan on financing the vehicle, many dealerships get payments for getting you to finance through the automaker. I was able to get another $1500 off my wife's car by financing it and then immediately cutting a check for the total amount.
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    Post your photographs here

    That one, after being online for more than 12 hours, offered a 4k version. No idea how long before (if?) the 4k60 will show up.
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    Nichia Develops 60 Lumen Per Watt White LED

    Yup. Have you figured out the cost yet?
  9. ddrueding

    Post your photographs here

    The workflow, mainly. Secondarily checking if I can get YouTube to recognize the file as 4k@60.
  10. ddrueding

    Post your photographs here

    test https://youtu.be/7hrHI5KhOzY
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    My evolving space heater

    I was running that based on your recommendation a while ago. Re-installing now. Is it really that GPU and that little CPU intensive?
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    Something Random

    We're replacing his laptop and tablet with the Surface Book which runs Win10. Also, the Android app he was using required the game to be online all the time?
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    Something Random

    I'm handling some Christmas shopping for some clients. One of which is getting a top-end Surface Book. The #1 priority for them is the ability to play scrabble with the person next to them (passing the tablet back and forth) while not on the internet (on an airplane, for example). Who makes the...
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    I want to buy a new car

    I'm pretty sure there is, though they may not discuss it in the brochure. Even the Model S has a reduction gear.
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    Portable Computing Envronment

    Merc's suggestion was the first to come to mind, I hadn't thought of Coug's. The problem with that one is that it still puts some trust in the existing install. Keyloggers could cap your data for one. To steal from both, Maximum paranoia would be to have a bootable Linux install and your...
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    I want to buy a new car

    My car when it was stock seemed to be just more than strictly necessary (for short on-ramps, merging, etc). 3300Lbs/211HP = 15.6:1 Of course, gearing and transmission type matter as well.
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    The storageforum Audi S4 Thread

    Your experience just about echoes my own with my Forgestar F14s. Still haven't ordered the replacement (running the stock wheels for now).
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    I want to buy a new car

    The best visibility from the inside I've ever seen was a McLaren 650S. You sit pretty far forward and having the engine behind you means the hood can fall away very quickly.
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    Don't know the name? 6-conductor bussbar?

    I don't have a photo because I don't know exactly what I want. The wires themselves are pretty standard; think Ethernet only 6-conductor and slightly bigger gauge. Each wire has a red, green, brown, white, blue, and black conductor. All I need to do is splice all the wires of the same color...
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    Don't know the name? 6-conductor bussbar?

    My Google-fu is failing me again. It is hard to shop for a product if you don't know the name. The system I'm working with has a 6-conductor low-voltage command bus that can be simply spliced together as needed. I have a couple dozen of these wires terminating at the main computer. Currently...
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    I want to buy a new car

    I've just made it very hard to get a hold of me. My mail is sorted and only bills make it to my desk. I have a work phone number, but the receptionist screens all calls and uses her discretion to dump most to a voicemail that I never check. My cell phone only rings if the caller is in my...
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    Something Random

    My lawnmower does an incredible job; also handles the shrubs. His name is Jose.
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    Folding@Home

    I've gone intermittent temporarily (Fallout 4). Back full-time soon.
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    I want to buy a new car

    No, that is why they wanted to take all your information.
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    I want to buy a new car

    Even if you aren't going to finance, they'll be able to stalk you after you don't buy a car.
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    question Storage categories

    I'd be tempted to specify the maximum that it can scale to, whether that be in TB, volumes, number of machines in a cluster, GB/s throughput, IO/s, etc.
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    Windows 10

    I hadn't. Thanks for the tip.
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    Windows 10

    Indeed. Downloaded from your link and ran it. The software spelled out the changes it was going to make and I verified the changes were made after hitting the automatic button.
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    Windows 10

    This went well on 10. My main interest is reducing bandwidth consumption, some of my clients are on slow connections.
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    I want to buy a new car

    Meh. They've been around for a long time; and their products are very well regarded.
  31. ddrueding

    I want to buy a new car

    No idea. Their website is frustratingly out of date for what seems to be a cool company that ships interesting products. Perhaps they are used to dealing directly with customers for their average price point.
  32. ddrueding

    I want to buy a new car

    Brabus looks to be developing an all-electric drivetrain for the Mercedes E-Class wagon rated at 430HP and 2300+LbFt of torque? Yes, please.
  33. ddrueding

    Need An Affordable Switch With 10G SFP+ Ports

    I have some S3300 units and they're fine for my needs. I haven't done any management, so can't speak to that part.
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    Headphones

    Lately I've been using the Bose ANR IEMs (200 something). Mainly because I've been working at an industrial site and the noise reduction was as important as the audio.
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    Remote control of Vista Home Premium

    If this is a thing that you do occasionally, it might be worthwhile to look at paying for gotosupport.com. It is by Citrix and uses the same engine as GoToMyPC. You can send a link and then control their PC with very little work on their end. You can also set up a bunch of computers for...
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    Headphones

    As good? Probably the $55k. Within 1% could probably be had for $5k. Within 3% for $500.
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    Headphones

    The question is, one or two orders of magnitude too pricey?
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    These numbers would have been very impressive a while ago. Now? Secondary drive.
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    That software partially works for Samsung 951 M.2 drives, informational only it looks like.
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    Fractal Design Define R4 ( Blackout )

    R5 actually looks like a really good case for my water-cooled "Home1" machine. Radiator is external, drives are M.2, GPUs are in the first and second slot, no optical drives. All I need is room for the motherboard, slightly long PSU, and room at the top of the back of the chassis for me to drill...
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    Password Managers

    Yup. No news. "Vault vulnerable while door is open and intruder in room".
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    dSLR thread

    Still working on it, having some image timing issues, image numbering issues, stability issues, just a mess. Of course, the time it takes to get through the workflow is also dampening my enthusiasm and slowing the learning curve. Here's one, there are more on my YouTube channel...
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    SSDs - State of the Product?

    I suspect he meant alternatives in the 2TB capacity.
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    I want to buy a new car

    I didn't know that was news? I'd always assumed that all VAG vehicles would be affected?
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    4k TVs and Monitors

    Everything is playing well with my 3840x2160, though earlier betas of Prison Architect gave the humorous error message "unreasonable resolution". My biggest complaint is that I'm limited to 60fps. Not sure if there are any better video protocols coming up that would allow 100Hz+ refresh.
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    4k TVs and Monitors

    I've got a few samples, looking forward to 4k BluRay for a good source of 4k content.
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    Folding@Home

    A couple years ago I upgraded the electrical service at the house to 200A. 200A @ 240V is (IIRC) 48kW. Gas is cheaper around here than electricity for heating things (house, water, clothes), but I'm converting to electric as I plan to go solar. Once I have all the appliances electric I'll be...
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    4k TVs and Monitors

    Where are you finding good 4k video?
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    Folding@Home

    Then I am legitimately wasting energy. Not that direct resistance heating (computer) isn't 5-10x less efficient than my heat pump anyway...
  50. ddrueding

    Folding@Home

    950W? Something like that.
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