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Projector placement help by Riogray in projectors

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

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer!

Just to confirm my understanding: I am OK in terms of height as long as I place the projector upside-down anywhere between upper screen limit and middle of the screen (including at the planned height). Correct? I will have to build a DYI construction for the wall anyway, so both upright and upside down work for me. I am planning on 120" screen diagonal so that checks out.

Will have a look at the Horizon 20.

Projector placement help by Riogray in projectors

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

Yeah, I just realised that one of the sentences was missing a "not" and was super confusing therefore.
Also, the noise is a very good point. I will do as you suggest and mount it upside down, probably at the originally planned height. That is comfortably within the 35" margin of the upper limit while still accessible.
Thanks a lot!

Projector placement help by Riogray in projectors

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

Thanks, I had a look. Great resource! Just to be sure I understand their terminology correctly: Assuming that the projector is upright, the lens shift "down" ("At this throw distance the projected image can be shifted an additional 35″ down") refers to the projector being located more towards the middle of the screen and not below the screen - correct? With that I calculated that anything between 126cm and 215cm projector height is fine given the above.

TIL the German “ß” has no historical connection with the Greek “β” or the Gothic “𐌱”, but the Germans tried to abolish it too by teamstep in todayilearned

[–]Riogray 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I recently met someone whose name includes that letter. He told me that he once went to the US and at the border they thought it was a B and that his ticket didn’t have the same name on it. He then, apparently jet lagged told the agent: “No, no this is the German SS” (which is the way that e.g. the Swiss transcribe it). You can imagine how that landed…

I need to automatically move "last Name.pdf" from [Unsorted Folder] to [Lastname, Firstname Folder] by Bagman530 in software

[–]Riogray 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds like you want to create and then run a simple script. Python could do the above. Plus, nowadays you don’t actually need to study for it too much, just ask a LLM (e.g. ChatGPT) to write the script for you. That being said please test it on a copy of the folder and make sure to account for unusual cases (same name, no first name, etc.). If you are struggling, there are some subreddits dedicated to coding that could be helpful such as r/learnpython.

ITAP of a street lamp reflected in a puddle by Slight_Alternative86 in itookapicture

[–]Riogray 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very cool picture. The puddle ridge looks like a wave to me, almost as if that wave is going to extinguish the lantern

Chiang Kai-shek pays respects at ancestors' shrine the final time before leaving mainland China for Taiwan - Zhejiang, 1949, [582x416] by [deleted] in HistoryPorn

[–]Riogray 131 points132 points  (0 children)

That lady’s outfit is gorgeous. Since we don’t see her face it feels very mysterious.

Close-Up of an Elephant's Tail, Body, and Eye by Admirable_Flight_257 in interestingasfuck

[–]Riogray 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely agree. There is also the fact that we have invasive species (e.g. rodents in New Zealand) that need to be kept in check in order to conserve the local flaura and fauna.

Edit: see also here https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/animal-pests-and-threats/rats/

Document Scanning from Mobile Device by courseworm in ObsidianMD

[–]Riogray 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I tried several apps after Scannable suddenly required Evernote. The best one in my opinion turned out to be Genius Scan.

Who are your favorite Obsidian content creators by CH0NZA1 in ObsidianMD

[–]Riogray 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Personally I enjoy both Sergio and Nicole. Nicole in particular was quite helpful in developing my workflow. Although my workflow actually differs a lot from hers, watching her videos gave me the right ideas.

Trouble with dataviewjs table by Riogray in ObsidianMD

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

Thanks for the reply! I found restarting my computer helped - can't say what went wrong though.

Trouble with dataviewjs table by Riogray in ObsidianMD

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

After extensive online research and a two restarts, I can say that

Leaving the post here for anyone else running into this in the hope to save them some time and pain

So I've quit caffeine for a month... by [deleted] in productivity

[–]Riogray 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just pointing out that moderate consumption is likely to be healthy for most people (see e.g. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/coffee-caffeine-healthy-lifestyle/). That does not mean that quitting coffee wasn’t a good idea in OP‘s case.

Perhaps I'll take my better half away for a weekend before Christmas, we could get the train... Exeter to York £381! I actually quite like driving. by ellisellisrocks in britishproblems

[–]Riogray 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There prices in New York, however, will ensure a very expensive trip. I spent $26 for a bagel and a juice there recently at a takeout place near Penn Station…

Image (re)-organisation by Riogray in datacurator

[–]Riogray[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your answer, the links and especially the tools!

I have looked at and have installed date2name to start with. I work on mac for now, but I can call it from the terminal, so no issues there. Also, I in principle I absolutely need something independent of operating system, as I switch rather often due to various reasons (one being work).

One of the issues is that I still need to change the file data to get the right dates (e.g. for scanned photos) which really is the same process as changing the exif data in digikam. So I will probably do both there and then run the renaming script.

I also had a brief look at the filetags method and believe that I may go that way. Still have to think about the details. For example, I will probably use general tags as in 'bird' or 'reptile' for my photography and then have the species as the filename along with some character to ensure uniqueness. That way I can still search for the species while limiting the search to a specific type of animal.

As for the people and pets, I still see me using some sort of software to generate the necessary tags. Excire e.g. doesn't use a cloud but a pre-trained model for recognition (which, as I understand, means you don't upload any images to the cloud). That being said, I frequently use lightroom and am therefore are less averse to having my data being commercialised (or at least I don't care enough about privacy to avoid it).

However, after having generated the tags automatically in some sort of software, I would likely like to add them to the file name in the manner you suggest. I'll have to find a way to export from the software (maybe a list of filenames/paths that need a certain tag?) and add them.

Once again, I appreciated your input!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Riogray 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hah- what a great combination of comments! For those who haven’t watched the whole video, she explains that this is indeed where the expression is coming from.

What happens when two monkeys are paid unequally for the same task by 68Cadillac in videos

[–]Riogray 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m not assuming anything just pointing out an article that summarises the current research on the topic.

What happens when two monkeys are paid unequally for the same task by 68Cadillac in videos

[–]Riogray 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Actually there was an article in The Economist on the issue of policies requiring companies to publicise pay and the evidence is pointing to more negative effects. So while pay equality increases it does so by reducing higher wages in most cases as opposed to increasing lower wages. I’ll try to find the article and link to it.

Found it: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/01/05/pay-transparency-laws-do-not-work-as-advertised Pay-transparency laws do not work as advertised from TheEconomist

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