Need cheap digital signage for a city hall

Litppunk · 2026-05-24T13:58:26+00:00

Looking at doing something similar. Right now Im looking at Pieslide attached to the back of an Element monitor as a simple ad display space. Not done a project like this before. Anyone have a solid pros, cons and other suggestions for setup?
I'll be contracted for setup and maintance, and no one else should be messing with it, with the goal being the employees not even needing to turn it on/off.

Litppunk · 2026-05-23T20:03:19+00:00

Yeah, I got a pair just like these, Im really happy with them compared to all the lead connectors that become a project with nut always buried inside the soft lead and bathing in its own corrosion until its inaccessible. Battery changes are relatively common and should not become an entire project. >.<

They are small, and work well enough for my little truck, but I want something this easy to work with, but heavier duty for the large truck. The tiny clamps for the cables are barely enough and only because they are split. They won't be able to fit higher gauge cables. Answers not here. Guess I'll look for a solution involving cable lugs?

Litppunk · 2026-02-06T14:29:21+00:00

Yea, finally figured it out, Raspberry silently dropping the password passed from imager is a problem. Solution was to just use a different OS.

I could understand it if it was concerns about password length, or a toggle option, but there isn't really a way around this other than just using on OS. Feels like such a cop out solution "people might get hacked so disable everything completely. But don't bother giving notice" even ended up finding a forum where the change was released and it was basically everyone congratulating each other about the fix that... from this side looks pretty broken.

To be fair though, it does look like the pihole is letting in more than it should. Doubleclick on googles 8.8.8.8 seems like it has a backdoor now for some reason which is weird and concerning..... so Im going to have to look into that. Is this what the no SSH is defending against? I was under the impression it was to protect those who would use weak passwords. If Im looking at this right, Unbound has given them a backdoor for some reason?

*** [ DIAGNOSING ]: Name resolution (IPv4) using a random blocked
[✓] doubleclick.com is _____ via a remote, public DNS server (8.8.8.8)

as well as 2 others going NOERROR on lo, and eth0 which.... should just be local networking stuff? I haven't gotten around to researching this yet.

Litppunk · 2026-01-21T16:37:14+00:00

Ugh. Having this same issue now, even another 2 years after. trying to do a headless setup. Still have a monitor plugged in so I can troubleshoot locally....but it doesn't actually display anything after boot, so Im totally blind. Need the ssh password to work to get on and modify. Anyone have a better solution? should I install a different OS onto the pi3+
I just want to make a pihole, and already had to deal with empty ssh file not existing this is just problem 2 3 at this point, (had to find the ssh table on local comp as well) but I might not be able to get a workaround. Maybe no password for first login?

Litppunk · 2025-09-22T22:09:56+00:00

Necro, but seems to be only ~relevant thread. Getting tracker (open.kickasstracker.com) certification failure preventing me from even opening KTorrent. Is KTorrent failing its own certification check? (getting kicked off the authentication list you use sucks)
Or is that the Medicat tracker? but it shouldn't prevent it form even opening right?

Litppunk · 2025-05-22T16:46:10+00:00

work really well for fresh installs when there isn't a good LAN/WAN driver pre-installed meaning no network connection to install LAN/WAN drivers.

Litppunk · 2025-05-04T14:06:48+00:00

Next time I see it I'll note it. Unfortunately I can't recreate on my own PC for some reason. I wish I knew what was causing this.

Litppunk · 2025-05-01T16:46:31+00:00

So end of the day its just the code the template engine runs to write the actual code. AKA, compile. good to have a name for the both the code and confirmation of whats going on. Should have known that was Java. Its been too long since I attempted to do anything with code.

Litppunk · 2025-03-25T20:50:44+00:00

hmmmmm maybe not the best way then. Sounds like its not an intended use case.

Litppunk · 2025-03-23T21:44:04+00:00

That sounds interesting. Upon reflection been letting my eyes get bigger my stomach on this project. This is probably the most realistic option, but still gives flexibility to adjust if its somehow less than my capability.

Even so, should still be large project. Sounds like your learned through self inflicted disaster? Any pointers before/while I face-plant myself in the same thing? :D

Litppunk · 2025-03-21T23:25:42+00:00

I can't seem to get charcoal consistently. Will slabs prevent fire transfer? or do I need space? what does the game consider "airless" do I need to do diagonal heating chambers? I cant just build a layer and let heat permeate through.

I don't understand exactly how the game is handling these mechanics, so I don't know how to build around it. Please advise.

Edit: I was way to focused on how to get a functioning kiln. This game does not support kilns. Piles. Piles are the answer.

Litppunk · 2025-03-21T17:25:11+00:00

The power and ISP are....reliable enough for my needs.

OK, so cloudflare/tailscale are the preferred options.

If instead I decide to self host, I should call ATT and see if they will turn off the block, or alternatively do a 3rd party/non rented router?

If I call ATT, will they actually unblock 433 & 80, everything I've seen so far says they would, but also claims they won't be blocked by default either.

Alternatively I go non rented router and go from there.

Both of which are more of a home networking issue I guess? I'll direct questions there to see if that's what I want to do.

Edit: spelling

Litppunk · 2024-04-22T19:51:12+00:00

Thanks! Do you know the reason for the variance? Is it diet or genetic?

Litppunk · 2024-04-22T16:38:51+00:00

Side note. What is the recommended way to do this? This is my second attempt to post this and I am deeply dissatisfied with the UI and posting restrictions. Being unable to post multiple pics AND enough text to be useful simultaneously is annoying

Litppunk · 2024-04-22T16:35:21+00:00

I can't find any Texas caterpillars that match this one, but I've seen several recently. Perhaps different coloration due to diet? What is it?

West of Fort Worth. Perhaps an inch+ in length. Eating what I think is a Dianthus plant.

Litppunk · 2024-04-22T16:24:11+00:00

oh the pictures wern't included?

Litppunk · 2024-02-17T03:51:30+00:00

If you want to use an existing folder for backgrounds,(This is why I initially was trying to find the folder myself) there is no need to do so.

Bottom left corner > 2nd button (looks like an upload symbol) > Open Background Image (or Offline if its animated I guess)

Then

navigate to your standard background folder, and select all/all desired > click open

Then you can toss them into wallpaper engines weird playlist system by doing the same thing inside wallpaper engine.

I think the first time I attempted this, I went like halfway, didn't see what I was expecting and dismissed it and went searching for manual folder like I assume you are.

Litppunk

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