nickwitha_k
@nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on I found an interesting USB-C alternative to barrel jack wall warts. Thought I'd share... 1 day ago:
These cables are indeed basically just that. They’re a good solution for reducing wall warts when powering older projects that use barrel jacks or don’t have room for a trigger board.
- Comment on Do you know the answer? 1 day ago:
Eh. On Reddit, karma was intended as an indicator of quality and authenticity. It was heavily flawed and abused by bots and propagandists.
- Comment on I found an interesting USB-C alternative to barrel jack wall warts. Thought I'd share... 1 day ago:
I basically just use USB-C trigger boards for my projects these days. Super convenient.
- Comment on Do you know the answer? 1 day ago:
The motivation to do so confuses me. There’s no karma to farm here.
- Comment on Whenever a beast is shown on screen 3 days ago:
That is concerning. Should just let them be. The rattle is just their proclamation that they are introverts (in relation to other species) and would not like to be interacted with. It’s a really civil way of handling things, especially for a reptile.
- Comment on Whenever a beast is shown on screen 3 days ago:
Ever been somewhere that rattlesnakes are native? Those fuckers are loud.
- Comment on I am sick of seeing the rich and powerful on my screen. Where are all the TV shows about normal people? 5 days ago:
Both books and TV series are worth it. There’s enough difference to make both interesting and the authors were involved enough in the TV series that it is still good.
Bonus: The book series is complete and, while there is another book and some short stories of narrative content, the show ends without a “we got cancelled” cliffhanger and the final book is a bit of an extended epilogue with a significant time gap, so, maybe we’ll get a production of another season in another decade.
Double bonus: The authors’ new book series, which just has its first book released last year, has already had a TV series deal signed.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 1 week ago:
Everyone dies. You just get to try to make the leaderboards, if that’s your thing. There isn’t a killscreen that we know of.
- Comment on Who should america be more concerned about MS-13 or Russia? 2 weeks ago:
Depends on context. If the context is “planning a holiday in El Salvador”, maybe MS-13 is relevant. Beyond being worried about impact on others’ lives, MS-13 is largely irrelevant to Americans and most people that I’ve encountered never heard of them before 2016.
- Comment on I'm a 6'1" man with size 3 feet which means every they measure my feet at a shoe store, the Brannock device gatekeeps my gender 2 weeks ago:
Do you find your foot or hand size to grant you advantages in certain niche situations (ie getting the last pringle)?
I historically found that my flat feet make barefoot walking a lot easier - big, flat contact surface distributes the pressure over a wider area, making shrp rocks less painful/likely to cut.
- Comment on Notepad autocorrected what I was typing for my foreign language exercise 2 weeks ago:
This is fair and warranted.
Also, to be fair, Windows is a trash-tier piece of software that become little but adware/spyware in a trenchcoat, masquerading as an operating system. I ran an install in a VM a couple of weeks ago for the first time in nearly two decades and even the basic installation process is on par with the WinXP alpha (before the installer was ready), requiring extra driver disks and software just to be able to think about installing. I had to fight with UEFI and Grub to get Arch to boot alongside Fedora the other day and that was a much more enjoyable process.
- Comment on I had no idea y cunt was this powerful 3 weeks ago:
If a large cardboard box is a Gaylord does that mean regular boxes are gay peasantry?
Yes.
- Comment on Does anyone have ideas for cable management here? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve got some suggestions and “tiers” of permanence for you.
Power
First, get yourself something like a vertical rack power strip (like one of these). You can probably notch the shelves to incorporate it well, without adding any required space behind them. This alone will go a long way towards cleaning things up.
Video
This is probably the other biggest mess is the video cabling. Here, there’s a few options.
Permanent, upgradeable, but harder to keep neat and probably a bit of a PitA to run cables
Use some cable passthrough wallplates like these. You’d install one close to your shelving and one close to your TV, then fish cables through. Given the distance, there’s probably at least one stud in the way that would make it a bit of a pain.
Permanent, cleaner look, probably easier to run and more expensive
Use HDMI/coax/RCA jack plates and pull cable through attic or basement. May need active cables to avoid issues (differential pair signaling used by HDMI can get finicky).
Semi-permanent
Purchase or make cable raceways. There are some commercial products that replace baseboard or crown moulding. This is probably the easiest route for clean appearance. You can use the risers in the shelf as anchor points to run up or down to your raceway, if you are ok with visibility there. Otherwise, notch the shelves, like the above suggestion for power, and run raceway/square conduit up or down, with ports for each shelf tier.
Less permanent, more expensive
Get an A/V receiver/mux box that you can use as a central connection appliance for the shelves. This way, everything connects to it and you have the minimum number of cables going from it to your TV. I honestly don’t know how much these things currently cost but they used to be pricey on account of being marketed to the “audiophile” segment.
Networking
Try to concentrate as many of your network-capable systems on adjacent shelves as possible. Install a keystone jackplate and either run Cat6 for each device or use a small edge switch and as short of patch cables as you can manage.
- Comment on shrimp colour drama 4 weeks ago:
I’m AuADHD, myself, but do not experience synthesisia so that certainly colors my perspective. People with sensory sensitivities would definitely be more prone to experiencing challenges with synthesisia and sensory overload but anyone can potentially be impacted under the right circumstances. Particularly intense sensory stimuli can be stressful. Make it multi-sensory and the intensity level is effectively increased.
Children who are otherwise neurotypical can sometimes have a little bit of a harder time with stress and intense sensations, which can manifest as meltdowns and the like.
- Comment on shrimp colour drama 4 weeks ago:
a rare condition that’s seems to have no downsides and only benefits.
A potential downside is sensory overload.
- Comment on ChatGPT is shifting rightwards politically 5 weeks ago:
I don’t work at OpenAI so, I’m not implementing anything that would change it. I prefer to keep practicing my critical thinking, programming, and creative skills and there is no ethical model to use so, I’ll continue not to use it, for the most part.
- Comment on 3's grip looks the most comfy 1 month ago:
Platinum Preppy. Cheap and cheerful with the capability of taking a converter, different nips, and being converted into a refillable marker. Amazingly versatile pen.
- Comment on Sounds logical to me 1 month ago:
An ex (casual) once told me about her ex that “He needed to suck enough dicks to realize that it wasn’t for him.” A little on the crass side, maybe, but she wasn’t judging him for it and it’s perfectly valid. We’ve only got one life to live and not experimenting with one’s sexuality, if so inclined, is kinda silly.
- Comment on What happened to FlyingSquid? 1 month ago:
Oh, I’m referring to a claim that someone saw a reflection of a middle-aged man in a buttplug that was is a nicole photo (before it being deleted). I’ve not seen the image myself so, don’t know if it is a substantiated claim.
- Comment on What happened to FlyingSquid? 1 month ago:
Nicole? Or the Buttplug Man?
- Comment on Fucking hell 1 month ago:
Sorry to ping you a bunch with replies. I’m curious now, do you have unique numeral symbols for the numbers after 9?
- Comment on Fucking hell 1 month ago:
This is making my brain hurt. I need to try reading a few more times but, if I am understanding it correctly, the old Danish way of saying it is mathematically incorrect?
Half-to-five == 2.5
2.5*20 == 50
…
Did I read that correctly?
- Comment on All things have a right to grow. The blossom is brother to the weed. 1 month ago:
Unless the spider in question is a likely danger/hazard, leaving them be is generally my policy. They don’t usually bother me. That said, the time a calisoga spider got in the house, it caused a visceral fear reaction. I didn’t kill it though, just got safety glasses and trapped it before releasing it outside (I didn’t know that it was not a tarantula at the time).
- Comment on Gen Z incels when women don't swoon over bargain bin pickup artistry [Day 99] 1 month ago:
🥄🥄🥄🥄🥄
- Comment on fuck this asshole 1 month ago:
Prove that they are irrelevant.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 1 month ago:
It is vitally important, not just in elections but also in life overall, to recognize that not all possibilities are equally likely and to use available data to evaluate them.
For example, it is possible that a white rhinoceros might come down the hall and join me for a spot of tea and biscuits. I can, however, safely say that that is almost definitely not going to happen, based upon these data points:
- I do not keep any white rhinoceros in my home.
- White rhinoceros are not native to this continent and are classified as near-threatened (a major improvement from their previous near-extinction).
- White rhinoceros average between 1700kg and 2300kg. My home was not designed and built to support that kind of moving mass. Any white rhinoceros walking down my hall would likely fall through the floor.
- White rhinoceros, while generally docile and gregarious, are not known for enjoying tea and biscuits.
Yes, this is a exaggerated caricature. However, data with even more clarity is available surrounding election outcomes. Betting on a possible outcome without any evidence to suggest that it is likely is foolish and betting on an outcome that one knows is unlikely, while increasing the likelihood of an outcome known to be harmful to vulnerable people is detestable.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 1 month ago:
Going to have to disagree there.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 2 months ago:
Simplified: 3 > (1+1) but 3 < (1+1+1+1)
Questions?
- Comment on fuck this asshole 2 months ago:
That is literally how the mathematics of elections work, whether you wish to believe in reality or not.
- Comment on fuck this asshole 2 months ago:
Have you done anything to fix it? Yes. I’ve supported efforts for electrical reform both locally and nationality.
Are the democrats doing anything to fix it? The leadership of a primarily neo-liberal party that likes the status quo and sees little opposition from the left in primaries? No, I don’t think they currently are.
Nows the time. Not during the election.
Here, we have some agreement and common ground. Now is indeed a much better time to try for change than a general election. However, with fascists in power, free elections are likely to no longer occur for the foreseeable future. So, demanding resistance from elected officials and building community is vital to weathering this storm that was avoidable.
Now. I see that you have not responded to my request for what you have done, after my response to your accusatory question. Care to do so? Or are you just JAQing it?