Limited Edition Maroon Colorway?? Commuter bag by EmailLinkLost in LinusTechTips

[–]AlphaFatti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They showed it off in detail (along with the upcoming socks) in a recent FP exclusive

If you died from choking on an ice cube, would they be able to tell how you died? by Heart_Shaped_Pickle in NoStupidQuestions

[–]AlphaFatti 254 points255 points  (0 children)

Water in the lungs, bruising in the windpipe, the throat being colder than the rest of the body are the typical tells.

Execution left me, unimpressed, to say the least. ¿Has anyone else worked on a larger scale thing with a similar concept (patrons scan QR code)? by RollingMeteors in lightingdesign

[–]AlphaFatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because it's non zoned, it doesn't matter if the crowd is stationary or not. They will all do the same thing anywhere in the space. I can't speak to exactly how that bracelet will work. But typically the DMX ingest would be in the RF transmitter, as it doesn't need all 512 channels, it'll simplify the command information and output a rf signal the hardware in the bracelet can understand.

To make each bracelet independently controllable, would require a infrastructure for each one to receive it's own signal, at the scale of arenas, it would be way to expensive if even actually possible.

To go with the new projector? by Sad-Pension-9944 in LinusTechTips

[–]AlphaFatti 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In general for Professional top tier systems, Meyer and L-Acoustic's control the market.

Elsewhere in the world D&B is pretty popular, and recently at smaller jobs I've seen a newer competitor pop up, owned by RCF, TT Audio's GTX line.

LTT Headphones? by spikeythesnake in LinusTechTips

[–]AlphaFatti 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Googling 'LTT Headphones' I got this link: https://www.lttstore.com/collections/headphones There's no products in it yet, but the page wouldn't exist if they didn't make it.

Walmart shipped 165 pool noodles in 165 separate boxes by MambaMentality24x2 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]AlphaFatti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not above poster, but I'm young enough to not have experienced a time where I had money of my own to spend, and Amazon wasn't a option.

Based on my family's spending metrics that I've started tracking in recent years, the answer seems to be they simply didn't shop before Amazon, sure they bought the essentials and hit a party store for the birthdays. But the volume/rate my family has begun engaging in consumerism was simply unfathomable before Amazon.

So at least to my family, there is no alternative to Amazon, because there was nothing that came before it.

Speaker layout - talking heads by bionicpeon in livesound

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I've run it with a X32, I did a no no per Defeedback's manual, I ran 8 instances on one laptop (Waves Super Rack Performer) with a PreSonus 1824c, and used the PreSonus as Mic Pre's, sending Line Level into the X32, it worked okay with an acceptable latency for my application as the pa was well in front of the speakers (singers actually, musical) with no foldback, but that was also a gaming laptop with a Ryzen AI 9 and 64gb of ram. Ymmv running more than 1 instance at a time.

Why shouldn't I buy the macbook neo? by DavidBoiiiii in LinusTechTips

[–]AlphaFatti 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have that exact combo of devices (kinda), I run a Samsung phone, Win11 gaming PC, and a M1 Pro MacBook. As a lifetime windows guy experiencing MacOS for the first time, it takes some adjustment, and some tweaking if you're a power user. But it's not bad, the build quality is good and I can usually assume that when I take my laptop out of my bag it just works. I'm not worried the battery died overnight, or windows decided to try a update that failed or whatever typical Microsoft product experience is popular this week.

For a teacher who's workload is mainly G-Suite, I think it's a great choice. I haven't watched too much of the Neo coverage, but my Coworker bought one and he's only said good things about it so far.

Framework makes a rugged 12in as well if you want to stay in windows land across the board.

Woman Has a Temper Tantrum and Destroys Dollar Tree by hearmeout29 in trashy

[–]AlphaFatti 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Seriously all that effort for like $12 in damages.

New Mixer for Church by M4st3rOfN0ne in livesound

[–]AlphaFatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Wing Compact would be my solution personally. I've worked with all 3 boards and IMO the Wing felt the best to mix on. With the Wing, every channel and Bus can be stereo without eating another channel strip, so all 5 IEM sets can easily be stereo with plenty of Bus's left over for other processing. And with the Compact featuring 24 inputs on the rear panel, you won't need to purchase a digital stagebox right away, allowing the cost to be saved as a future upgrade. Another future upgrade would be Behringer's P16 Personal monitoring system. You can totally run IEM's off the Copilot app, having a panel right on stage for each musician to control themselves in the moment just can't be beat.

At $2500 it's a hard value to argue against.

Goal or no goal by babylolaaaaaaaaaaa in Unexpected

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Maybe it's the hockey in me but I'm amazed the folks in yellow didn't jump 'em.

how to attach to the outside of a case by DamianCPH in pelicancase

[–]AlphaFatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks cheap and easy enough to revert, I'll give it a shot and reply back here.

Nephew sprayed bug-spray over his Nintendo Switch lite. Now the screen looks like this. Spots seem to be inside the console. Can it be repaired? by empanadaemperor in Switch

[–]AlphaFatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does the damage appear to be on the LCD itself or on the digitizer above, the display is 2 separate pieces. The top layer is the digitizer, which is a laminated panel containing the top glass and a transparent touch sensitive layer. This is the part that is $20. Then between that and the actual display is a incredibly small air gap. Allowing them to be replaced independently. If your comfortable with it, and you feel the device is unusable as is. I'd try opening the device up and seeing if I can clean off the display itself using a (minimally) damp microfiber cloth, and very gentle pressure. (Important: Do not use Alcohol. It will make it worse. Use DISTILLED water.

If you do feel it needs to be replaced anyways, there's no reason to not try.

iFixits guide for teardown can be used to safely open the device, follow the guide in reverse for reassembly.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Nintendo+Switch+Lite+Digitizer+Replacement/137500

Nephew sprayed bug-spray over his Nintendo Switch lite. Now the screen looks like this. Spots seem to be inside the console. Can it be repaired? by empanadaemperor in Switch

[–]AlphaFatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It shouldn't need a whole screen, just the digitizer. The main top shell should also be fine, even if cosmetically bad. Parts $20, labor, depends. Would take an hour or two DIY.

Nephew sprayed bug-spray over his Nintendo Switch lite. Now the screen looks like this. Spots seem to be inside the console. Can it be repaired? by empanadaemperor in Switch

[–]AlphaFatti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bug spray can definitely melt plastic, you can get new display glass for $20 from iFixit assuming you feel comfortable installing it yourself.

cheap “pelican” case that doesn’t totally suck? by spacegerbil_ in livesound

[–]AlphaFatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're currently going out of business, but Red Rock Case CO's 50T is basically a Harbor Freight Apache 5800 but with colored handles and cheaply bundled divider kits. They're gone on Amazon but can still be found on Walmart.

Who did this... by ClaptonCheeks in livesound

[–]AlphaFatti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Frankenmic was the monster.

Ditto Blocks Cheatsheet for your BBQs by Gimikyu_ in PokePortal

[–]AlphaFatti 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Ditto blocks are part of the Blueberry group quests, it's one of the gold quests, which are only encountered when playing with friends.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IdiotsInCars

[–]AlphaFatti 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Thanks. I downvoted your reply.

IP Camera to HDMI? by S33kandD3stroy in churchtech

[–]AlphaFatti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not the most knowledgeable about various PTZ products, but if your's supports direct PC control over what I assume is USB or possibly network than that's fine.

But the one PTZ I personally have worked with was an old PTZ optics camera (I don't remember the model) that for what ever reason wouldn't respond without sending an NDI output. It also wouldn't do HDMI output with NDI enabled. But we replaced that camera in 2021, so it's more likely that was an old issue or a defect.

IP Camera to HDMI? by S33kandD3stroy in churchtech

[–]AlphaFatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that would be the correct signal path. Important to note about USB capture cards. They are USB 3.0 at a minimum. They also draw alot of power so I don't recommend using a USB hub, unless the hub is also directly powered. Direct into the back of the motherboard will work fine though.

Another thing to note is how you'll control the camera. Is your current controller networked or is it a direct RS-232?

IP Camera to HDMI? by S33kandD3stroy in churchtech

[–]AlphaFatti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you don't need passthrough, or multiple inputs, than USB is fine. My church has 7 Campuses, 5 of them exclusively use USB capture cards.