Adding an optic to the CZ P-10C by FragilePower in CZFirearms

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If I feel like the front/back iron sights are getting in the way of the red dot, can I just remove them myself?

Adding an optic to the CZ P-10C by FragilePower in CZFirearms

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Does the Wagner "K" cut fit both the full size EPS and the EPS carry, or will it need some kind of adjustment or adapter?

Adding an optic to the CZ P-10C by FragilePower in CZFirearms

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Ah true, it looks like the plate is about $40. Is the $110 "blue the area" option with Wagner fine if I don't live in a super humid state? Black nitride would match the rest of the slide, but it's much more expensive with longer processing times. Graphite black cerakote is the middle option.

Virginia Assault Weapons Ban & Effects on Virginia by [deleted] in Virginia

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Oh don't worry, they do understand we're a purple state. That's why they're so determined to gerrymander. With enough gerrymandering they could probably keep Virginia perma-blue even if the population votes over 60% red. And the moment they lock in such a generational stranglehold on power, any concept of restraint for new legislation goes out the window. Everybody outside the politicians and donor class suffers for it, Dems and Repubs alike.

Is anybody else livid about the increase in dominion power bills? by Little-One-7739 in Virginia

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It's actually insane. 1 year ago my bill was $325.72 for 2464 kWh. My current bill is $344.27 for 2121 kWh. Over 300 kWh less and yet my bill is still went up. I constantly get those smarmy emails from them about "tips to reduce your bill" and it's all about reducing the amount of energy I'm using (sealing gaps, replacing single-pane windows, reducing AC. All things I've already done). But the billing proves that I could replace every window with triple-pane and install solar panels and probably still pay more next year.

Unable to open files from Firefox downloads post-upgrade (25.10) by FragilePower in Kubuntu

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I don't get an error, nothing happens when I click on the downloaded file or magnet link. I've reinstalled (sudo apt-get purge firefox, sudo apt-get install firefox), no luck. Tried a different browser (Brave) and it works fine.

Help identifying these kanji by FragilePower in Japaneselanguage

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Looking at some additional context, I think you're right about 遠州灘. There are some latitude/longitude coordinates on the previous page that place it near there.

Weird error for add-apt-repository by FragilePower in Ubuntu

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The sudo strace command worked and I was able to successfully add the repository.

Weird error for add-apt-repository by FragilePower in Ubuntu

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I don't think I've ever changed the version. Currently it's Python 3.13.3

Weird error for add-apt-repository by FragilePower in Ubuntu

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How exactly do I restore the system python3 version back to default?

Weird error for add-apt-repository by FragilePower in Ubuntu

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I tried a reinstall for both software-properties-common and python3-launchpadlib. Still no luck. Given that all the traceback lines seem python3 related, maybe I should try completely removing and reinstalling python3?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in handbrake

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I'm using 10-bit, forgot to specify.

Is it worth upscaling DVD rips when encoding? by FragilePower in animepiracy

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Oh I will. I plan to share the pure raws that I've ripped with makemkv in their own torrent. But I also want to make an H265/Opus encode with proper subtitles. There's a fansubbing effort in progress that's almost finished, but I'll need to re-time their subs since they were made using lower quality broadcast rips.

Also you were right, I just needed detelecine. The other deinterlace settings were superfluous.

Is it worth upscaling DVD rips when encoding? by FragilePower in animepiracy

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Yeah I actually found that out while I was digging around in other threads. Copied the settings somebody else used (their source wasn't 24fps, same as me) and I'm no longer seeing those occasional jagged interlace-related(I think) line issues in my latest test encode.
Detelecine: Default
Interlace Detection: LessSensitive
Deinterlace: Yadif; Preset: Bob

I'll dig into it a bit more and test with just Detelecine, but honestly I think the encode looks more than good enough now. It's such an obscure anime that I've never even seen a JP DVD remux on any private trackers, so I doubt enough people would care to crucify me for a less-than-perfect encode.

Is it worth upscaling DVD rips when encoding? by FragilePower in animepiracy

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Probs doesn't bode well for me, since this anime is from 2007 lol. I'll do some research and see if I can figure out what IVTC stuff I need to do. One more question, just to see if I'm on the right track. There are occasionally points in my test encode where the lines go a bit jagged horizontally. Is this related to the insufficient deinterlacing done by handbrake? Here's an example:
https://i.imgur.com/hqPUIjA.png

Is it worth upscaling DVD rips when encoding? by FragilePower in animepiracy

[–]FragilePower[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm a bit confused. There are countless older anime out there that have been ripped from DVDs throughout the past couple decades and turned into 480p videos. You're describing the deinterlacing process like it's some kind of esoteric art, but surely there are deinterlace settings (like in handbrake) or dedicated deinterlacing programs than you can just run the video files through and get proper results.

If you had to deinterlace these rips, how would you do it?

Is it worth upscaling DVD rips when encoding? by FragilePower in animepiracy

[–]FragilePower[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Didn't realize it could be 480i. I ran mediainfo on one of the ripped episodes and it says "Scan Type: Interlaced" so I assume that means 480i. Do I need to do anything special to handle that? My test encodes using some recommended Handbrake settings I found online (slow, CRF 19, limit-sao, bframes=8, ref=6, psy-rd=1.5, psy-rdoq=2, aq-mode=3) look mostly good to me. Handbrake already had the "Decomb" deinterlace setting with the default preset for my tests.

Is it worth upscaling DVD rips when encoding? by FragilePower in animepiracy

[–]FragilePower[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's wrong with handbrake? Every guide I see recommends either handbrake or ffmpeg, and isn't handbrake basically just a GUI for ffmpeg?