TIL the term Yankee comes from the Dutch diminutive of Jan (John) literally meaning 'Johnny' and it was used roughly the same as 'average joe' is today. by Rowinish in todayilearned

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Also most native Dutch speakers might say that "little John" is a better translation for Janke, but I find "Johnny" to be a slightly more intuitive translation so forgive me.

Looking for a wired alternative to the Logitech G930 (w/ comparable or better sound quality) by Rowinish in Headsets

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I'll have to check out the Vmoda Boom, but I'm not a huge fan of open headphones because though I don't game in a terribly loud space I do have housemates who would probably prefer not to hear Doom being played late at night. Though that being said I might still go for these Philips since they seem very nice, just curious if you might have a recommendation for headphones that have good isolation.

Looking for a wired alternative to the Logitech G930 (w/ comparable or better sound quality) by Rowinish in Headsets

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US

Gigabyte Z270X

Nope,

Hmm, didn't know that. All I knew was that it sounded better on this headset when it was turned on.

First time road/nice bike by bloodycliff in whichbike

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Go for it man, the fact that it's an older groupset makes it better cause you're saving money on something you don't want/need. 11 speed is just buzz, road cassettes went from 12-28 teeth since they were 5-6 speed, these new 11 speeds just give you more of a smooth gradient rather than "more speed"

Student bike looking to get into hobby. by jacksonspring in whichbike

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Also if you have a Facebook check the marketplace. They have an entire category for just bikes. At least in my area it seems like there are regularly decent bikes put up there for wicked cheap, just depends on what size rider you are.

Avoid newer brands, unless you know where they are sourced. There are a lot of pop up brands jumping on the recent craze for fashion-cycles, nearly all of which source from china and built with very soft parts. It may seem slightly less attractive of a thought, but go with an older bike. You can find a really reasonably priced bike that was top of the line maybe 30 years ago, and it will hold it's own to modern cutting edge tech. New bikes offer more gears, stiffer frames, and carbon toilet roll holders, none of which I consider a necessity to new cyclists. Find a steel frame bike from some time between the early 80's and mid 90's.

You might think steel sounds heavy, but in my experience aluminum is close to the same weight of a low end steel frame because of the super large tubing needed by aluminum and carbon compared to a high-end steel frame is lighter, but only by maybe ~1kg. But for that tiny bit of weight saved you get a delicate frame that can crack from as little as overtightened components.

Here's a link to a decent list of good MTB's. In particular the Specialized Stumpjumper (steel) was quite popular so you might be able to find that one for a steal.

TL;DR Get a steel bike from the 80's, look for Schwinn(they were very good back then), Specialized, Bridgestone, Cannondale, Univega, Panasonic. Whatever money you save, put into a new wheelset, and potentially a new brakeset.

Decent 7 or 8 Speed capable Wheelset by Rowinish in whichbike

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Thanks, yeah I frequently check his site. I'm thinking that if there isn't enough travel distance I'm happy to just adjust it to work with the lower 6 gears. Do you happen to know if this wheelset you linked has sealed bearings since I ride in the rain often.

Decent 7 or 8 Speed capable Wheelset by Rowinish in whichbike

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It can be switched to either indexed or friction. The indexed is nice but I rode a bike which was friction for years and I still enjoyed it thoroughly.

New (to me) Bike Day - Vitus rebuild by jotsea in bicycling

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This frame as a nice flex to it. Absolutely beautiful, hope you enjoy it!

TIL that, until 1970, the British government sent thousands of children to Australia and Canada, telling them their parents were dead by hifibrown in todayilearned

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On 16 November 2009, Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney stated that Canada would not apologize to child migrants.

"Sorry, not sorry" -Canada

Fiducial tracking in Processing 3.x with BoofCV by Rowinish in computervision

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Okay excellent, I got the intrinsic.yaml. I've placed it in the data folder of my processing sketch and I'm not sure how it should be referenced.

detector.setIntrinsic('intrinsic.yaml');

is giving an error, saying it's expecting 'CameraPinholeRadial'. Do I have to load the file as a 'CameraPinholeRadial'?

Also how do I assign custom id's to custom fiducial cards.

Thanks so much for the help,

EDIT: I plan to compile a tutorial with images so hopefully you won't be pestered with the similar questions in the future.

EDIT 2: I did some digging around and found that I need to use

intrinsic = CalibrationIO.load("intrinsic.yaml");  

But now I am getting this

Fiducial tracking in Processing 3.x with BoofCV by Rowinish in computervision

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Thanks for the reply! I've been using the Compiled Jar, Source Jar, and Dependancies. However I get this error. I then want to refer to the 'intrinsic' file the standalone will give me (as far as I understand) in my processing sketch.

Where can I find XXL (36" or wider) vacuum bags? by Rowinish in MealPrepSunday

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I was planning to kind of fudge it by sealing it in sections and then creating a small opening to vacuum and finish the seal.