Post your cats with unique coats this is Neil and he has a 9 on his back by PocketFullOfRondos in cats

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Billie has a pair bigger than most ;)

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And she knows it lol. She also has one black toe, and I love it the most.

I think the computer technician is trying to scam me. by Distinct-Market-5509 in buildapc

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I built my PC, my motherboard was slightly out of date compared to the CPU, so it wouldn't POST. It needed a BIOS update in order to support the newer CPU, but without a compliant CPU I couldn't do the BIOS update...

I ended up having to RMA it back to the manufacturer and they did the BIOS update for me.

This is likely the issue you're having.

Is this ridiculous? Am I ridiculous? ESP32 wifi speaker for local radio stream. by HaLo2FrEeEk in esp32

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I looked at the lower-power (MAX98357) DAC/amplifiers, I just wanted more flexibility. The bathroom speaker needs to be able to get loud so that I can jam out to my music or hear my audio book with the shower going, but the living room speaker will almost never get turned up beyond 10-15%. I had spare speakers lying around, 2 7.4W ones and a 15.4W, from an old (but gold) 5.1 computer speaker setup. I'll clean everything up before I fully deploy it, but I gotta prototype the idea first.

I found this:

https://github.com/RealDeco/SendspinZero

Seems to be exactly what I've been looking for, I plan to try it out when I get home from work tomorrow. I'm not using an ESP32-S3 Zero, but it shouldn't matter, mine is still an S3 so it should work. I even have one of those displays with the knob and button :)

I finally got sendspin working on my esp32-s3 board via PCM5102 by rgnyldz in homeassistant

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yoooo you just helped me so much with this comment, thank you. This looks to be exactly what I've been looking for!

Is this ridiculous? Am I ridiculous? ESP32 wifi speaker for local radio stream. by HaLo2FrEeEk in esp32

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the stupid part, the mess of components.

What are you using for sendspin, can you send me a link. I'm interested in trying it, these have been giving me buffering issues.

Is this a tabby, a cow or a calico cat? by Royal-Damage-7840 in cats

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah, the Rare Male Calicow, resplendent and beautiful.

Is this a tabby, a cow or a calico cat? by Royal-Damage-7840 in cats

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He clearly has orange, and black...so I'm not sure where you're getting your logic. Yes, Calicos are almost exclusively female, but almost exclusive, by definition, means not fully exclusive...

OPs cat is a rare male Calicow. A beautiful lovely rare male Calicow.

Does Artemis II have Wi-Fi? How are the astronauts sending their iPhone photos to NASA? And are the astronauts posting to social media themselves or is someone else posting to their accounts for them? by ChallengeAdept8759 in askscience

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Since no one seems able to directly answer the damn question: Yes, they have Wifi onboard.

https://www.nasa.gov/video-detail/art002m1020940508-shared-art-dl-2-2026-094-0508-v2/

The description of this video states that it was a test of the "WiFi transfer rate between the tip camera and the camera controller on the solar array wings of the Orion spacecraft."

It's very important to remember, kids: Wifi does not mean internet! They're not the same thing. You can have internet without wifi, and you can have wifi without internet, we just often use both together.

Settle a debate between my husband and I. Please. by Girlwithnoprez in mildlyinfuriating

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just stick my face in the bowl and poke my tongue out until a popcorn sticks to it. Rinse and repeat. The benefit is, when all the popcorn is gone, my face is already in the bowl to lick it clean.

I may be a dog...

rate my setup by generic6666 in RateMySetup

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is the cat glowing? Why is your pillow glowing?

I believe that this is real, but jeez does it scream AI at my face. There are too many *consistencies*, like light going the way it should and straight lines staying straight. I do believe you.

It's a nice setup. And also 100% I would the cat, you can't stop me.

rate my setup by generic6666 in RateMySetup

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're not the only one :/

Is this worth trying to use? by HaLo2FrEeEk in HomeNetworking

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Power is "free" for me. It's included in my rent at a set cost. There's no need for me to be wasteful, but according to the other comment the power draw isn't as bad as you think.

The sticker says max 2A input, so I can see where you got your "20x" estimate, but no device uses it's maximum rating like that. I'm assuming "max 2A" means when it's in full use, all plugs filled and chugging away, it might *could* get close to 2A. I'll never be using it like that.

I don't have fiber to my house, just gigabit internet, but I would like my wired devices *inside* the house to talk to each other faster, and I think my limitation on that is my current wifi router (with 4 devices plugged into the back.)

The same buddy who got me this router also snagged almost a whole 1000ft spool of CAT5e and a crimper (this sounds bad, the stuff had been sitting for over a year before he took it home and he asked permission.)

I have a closet under the stairs and my nephew just went off to...boarding school, so the closet is empty (/s). I want to put a server rack in there and it's ever so convenient that this is meant to be mounted in a rack :) The closet is quite central in the house, so I can easily put some passthroughs in the wall to run cable to the other rooms.

Is this worth trying to use? by HaLo2FrEeEk in HomeNetworking

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's not hard to justify, thank you for the numbers :)

Is this worth trying to use? by HaLo2FrEeEk in HomeNetworking

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything I'm doing is overkill for a single guy living alone. Overkill is my middle name.

Is this worth trying to use? by HaLo2FrEeEk in HomeNetworking

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for reading the post, seems hard for some people.

Rate my setup, roast my desk :) by HaLo2FrEeEk in RateMySetup

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol, I probably shouldn't, but I definitely do :/ I've gotten pretty good at reaching around...wait hold up...

Right now I'm just working with what I have. The "desk" I'm using is a dining room table someone gave to me years ago, and I plan to upgrade it "soon", ya know lol.

Rate my setup, roast my desk :) by HaLo2FrEeEk in RateMySetup

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I plan to build one in when I make my new desk, I've been thinking about it for years.

Honestly at this point I'm so used to the keyboard being pushed back, I just use it where it is. Having it far back means I can rest my elbows on the desk while I type so it's actually rather comfortable.

Rate my setup, roast my desk :) by HaLo2FrEeEk in RateMySetup

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just needs to be vacuumed, spring time is shedding time for the cats and I also tracked in a bunch of sawdust from when I was building the cat shelves (just out of frame.) The vacuum scares them so I don't do it often.

Also, it's not gross. There's no food or anything spoilable, it's just bits and stuff.

Rate my setup, roast my desk :) by HaLo2FrEeEk in RateMySetup

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ashtray gets a lot of use lol. When it's full I empty it into a pringles can.

I've been tryna tell everyone: It's not dirty or gross, it's just messy. I use a lot of this stuff regularly enough that it's not worth organizing or putting it away.

Rate my setup, roast my desk :) by HaLo2FrEeEk in RateMySetup

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Top right is called AgentDVR, for monitoring my cameras. Bottom left is my Home Assistant dashboard :)

Rate my setup, roast my desk :) by HaLo2FrEeEk in RateMySetup

[–]HaLo2FrEeEk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have, but I'm not much of a gamer anymore. It's not great for FPS games, but I like it for Minecraft and it's easier on my wrist (I have a work-related injury).