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Subjunctive posted:What does one connect to the “meker buruner” on the motherboard? LAN LEDs, apparently. https://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_14_october_2022#c1
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I also ordered an N100 Mini-PC. I ended up going with the Maxtang NX-N100.
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stephenthinkpad posted:Question for people obsessed with power saving, does having 2 NAS boxes (say with 2 hdd each) and doing a weekly/monthly backup save you half of the energy compared to a 4 bay NAS? No I can’t imagine it would. It’s probably close but the 4 bay could edge it out.
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Dick Fontaine posted:what the hell? is that a gorillapod for soldering? please update on how useful it actually is because that thing looks almost too good to be true I ordered one and it arrived surprisingly quickly! Pardon my goony workbench:  This is the middle of the road one with four claw hands and an LED light. The base is a clamp that goes on the edge of the table. The hands are nice and stiff, just one can hold a machinist's square without folding. The middle hand holding the LED light can also be replaced with a claw and there's a fifth claw in the set for this purpose. The middle arm is much stiffer than the others, so that can be useful for heavier things. The light is USB powered and has the exact same remote control as a ring light I have. You can change the brightness and cycle between three colour temperatures. It's not very bright even at maximum setting. The weakest part of the whole setup is the base clamp. It doesn't bite onto the side of the table very well and slips off without much effort. On the plus side, there are four holes around the base, so if you're ready to commit you can screw it into your workbench.
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I love everything about this picture except for the slightly exposed power connectors. You obviously have the skill to do something about exposed live metal prongs, maybe use shrink tubing to leave only the tips exposed. Like so: 
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I'm not sure that repairing a machinists square is a good idea.
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I bought a bunch of 1 foot extension cords and solved all my power strip problems
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How many of them do you put in a line to get to your destination?
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Ensign Expendable posted:I ordered one and it arrived surprisingly quickly! Pardon my goony workbench: I don’t remember this scene from any of the matrix movies.
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Brain Curry posted:I bought a bunch of 1 foot extension cords and solved all my power strip problems Where did you get them that they're cheap and not a fire hazard?
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codo27 posted:Where did you get them that they're cheap and not a fire hazard? I got an etekcity 10 pack for 13$ from amazon. In 2015 apprently
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All I'm saying is Americans need to sheath their prongs, the American plug is Hella spicy. We non Americans find it vitally offensive.
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I agree, I grew up in the UK with the objectively best plugs, where not only are the power prongs sheathed, they can be gated by the earth prong, so it's not even possible for things to get into the power holes unless they've correctly passed the test. The sheathing is pretty clever and prevents situations that I've seen happen here in the US surprisingly commonly where people wrap their fingers around the plug and touch the live prong accidentally. I've seen this happen with both 110v and 240v laundry outlets. In other news I bought a weirdly cheap ebook reader from aliexpress for $40 and it barely works. It seems to be surplus from Germany (the "Tolino Shine", it's in English but all the options and Googling clearly imply it was for an EU market) and it works fine if you can get it to boot. Getting it to boot is surprisingly hard and sometimes it'll just freeze, and thanks to eInk you won't know it's frozen until you try to use it or notice the time on the status bar is stuck. Also don't try to get into the bootloader, that'll also mean you can't boot. The one time I did actually see the bootloader it was by accident and I don't know how I did it. Supposedly these things (based on Android) can be rooted but I've given up trying thanks to the incredible difficult of just booting it up normally one time. Screen's quite nice.
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Charles Ford posted:. The sheathing is pretty clever and prevents situations that I've seen happen here in the US surprisingly commonly where people wrap their fingers around the plug and touch the live prong accidentally. I've seen this happen with both 110v and 240v laundry outlets. But you don’t understand, the 110V system is safe, because the lower voltage means an electrical shock is harmless! *gives kid spoon, watches him insert the handle into socket* Does anyone else smell barbecue?
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Charles Ford posted:I agree, I grew up in the UK with the objectively best plugs, where not only are the power prongs sheathed, they can be gated by the earth prong, so it's not even possible for things to get into the power holes unless they've correctly passed the test. The sheathing is pretty clever and prevents situations that I've seen happen here in the US surprisingly commonly where people wrap their fingers around the plug and touch the live prong accidentally. I've seen this happen with both 110v and 240v laundry outlets. Tolinos are popular here in Germany because they are compatible with the drm systems used by public libraries. My mother has one. I can't imagine getting one for any other reason.
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:But you don’t understand, the 110V system is safe, because the lower voltage means an electrical shock is harmless! No, you see, it's that AC is more dangerous than DC. Look at this elephant!
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Cached Money posted:No, you see, it's that AC is more dangerous than DC. Look at this elephant! perhaps this may be a hot take, but I don't think we've tried this on enough elephants to really prove it's veracity.
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Charles Ford posted:I agree, I grew up in the UK with the objectively best plugs, where not only are the power prongs sheathed, they can be gated by the earth prong, so it's not even possible for things to get into the power holes unless they've correctly passed the test. The sheathing is pretty clever and prevents situations that I've seen happen here in the US surprisingly commonly where people wrap their fingers around the plug and touch the live prong accidentally. I've seen this happen with both 110v and 240v laundry outlets. Lego hurts but UK plugs are murder to step on
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Humphreys posted:Lego hurts but UK plugs are murder to step on Also, they're the size of a small car.
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I always wonder if people with knuckle issues find it harder to grasp those humongous UK plugs.
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Hippie Hedgehog posted:But you don’t understand, the 110V system is safe, because the lower voltage means an electrical shock is harmless! My childhood of licking 9V batteries immunized me against higher voltages
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By popular demand posted:I always wonder if people with knuckle issues find it harder to grasp those humongous UK plugs. They've often got big grip features that make them easy to grasp, my nan had crippling arthritis in her hands but she never had problems gripping plugs. The problem can be that they get stuck in real good (often a pro) and are too hard to pull out.
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I had definitely seen power plugs with tiny plastic levers to assist in detaching them so that's not an insurmountable problem. E: also I found this image on the interwebs and it seems like a good product  E2: not what I was looking for Ali but I'll keep your proposal in mind https://images4.imagebam.com/e1/65/29/MEP78LM_o.png By popular demand fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Sep 28, 2023 |
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Humphreys posted:Lego hurts but UK plugs are murder to step on I have so many lego pieces on my floor I have learnt the way of ninja walking. But UK plugs, I just don't get it. I'd rather get zapped once or twice than use those monstrosities. Just use plug covers if you have a toddler in your house.
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stephenthinkpad posted:I have so many lego pieces on my floor I have learnt the way of ninja walking. i still put covers over my plugs but i never need to worry about the little idiot dislodging the plug slightly to get to the tasty gold bits in the middle
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stephenthinkpad posted:I'd rather get zapped once or twice than use those monstrosities. Sometimes you only get one zap is the thing
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Charles Ford posted:I agree, I grew up in the UK with the objectively best plugs, where not only are the power prongs sheathed, they can be gated by the earth prong, so it's not even possible for things to get into the power holes unless they've correctly passed the test. The sheathing is pretty clever and prevents situations that I've seen happen here in the US surprisingly commonly where people wrap their fingers around the plug and touch the live prong accidentally. I've seen this happen with both 110v and 240v laundry outlets. As a tiny child, maybe 5yo, I was told to unplug the christmas tree lights because the outlet was kinda behind the tree and was awkward for an adult to do it, but a little kid could just crawl under the tree. I'm laying down flat to avoid getting scratched by the branches with my tiny hand on the plug when there was a bang and a bright flash and I refused to touch plugs for years afterwards. I don't know if it was just our incredibly safe US/Canada style plugs, or a child's sticky hands, or maybe even a bit of tinsel managed to get stuck in there somehow. I bet sheathed prongs would have prevented it though.
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Jel Shaker posted:i still put covers over my plugs but i never need to worry about the little idiot dislodging the plug slightly to get to the tasty gold bits in the middle "Bet you're not going to do that again, are ya?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBffNiUOeiA
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Airconswitch posted:Sometimes you only get one zap is the thing Every once in a while, as a treat.
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hark posted:perhaps this may be a hot take, but I don't think we've tried this on enough elephants to really prove it's veracity. They'll say, "Awwww, Topsy" at my autopsy.
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UK plugs are great, but I will never fully understand the "buying an appliance without a plug" thing they have going on.
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well why not posted:UK plugs are great, but I will never fully understand the "buying an appliance without a plug" thing they have going on. I'm sorry say what now
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Silly question but how do people in the UK use poo poo like curling irons and hair dryers if they don't have outlets by the sink? I recently learned there can't be any outlets within three meters of a bathtub or something like that.
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You do it in your room, where you have space to move around?
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Airconswitch posted:I'm sorry say what now in the olde times appliances came without a plug and you attached your own
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There is a reason the cord you plug into a desktop PSU is called a kettle cord.
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