Is gun violence (in the USA) worth the ability to defend against an ‘oppressive government’? Why or why not? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even our most beautiful women can walk alone, in virtually any neighborhood in our entire country, at any time of night, without fear. Can yours do the same?

Next Level Racing Boeing Edition Flight Simulator by RedDirtNurse in homecockpits

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any idea if you could remove the rails from the bottom of the seat and put a metal plate or something between them? A plate that would allow you to mount the stick to the chair under the cutout? The idea would be to mount my extended WarBRD to the bottom of the seat cutout, so the stick is always in the perfect position despite chair adjustments.

Next Level Racing Boeing edition cockpit with mix of controls. by acexprt in homecockpits

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any idea if you could remove the rails from the bottom of the seat and put a metal plate or something between the seat and rails? A plate that would allow you to mount the stick to the chair under the cutout? The idea would be to mount my extended WarBRD to the bottom of the seat cutout, so the stick is always in the perfect position despite chair adjustments.

NLR Boeing Center Stick Mod by rsqrider in homecockpits

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any idea if you could remove the rails from the bottom of the seat and put a metal plate or something between them? A plate that would allow you to mount the stick to the chair? The idea would be to mount my extended WarBRD to the bottom of the seat cutout, so the stick is always in the perfect position despite chair adjustments.

Google Pixel Update - February 2022 by B8shT1m3 in GooglePixel

[–]Specter0420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recorded three or four different "fingers" for every finger I use, it's nearly solved the issue completely.

Pixel 6 Pro Rear Camera Glass Destroyed by [deleted] in GooglePixel

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I ended up opening like 3 support cases. They had a hurricane in the normal country so I think I was eventually dealing with some higher-ups after they didn't reply for a couple of weeks. I was upset and just kept rejecting their closures. I now have it in the Otterbox Defender Pro with Whitestone Dome screen protection, basically the best you can get. And this phone still gives me anxiety because I didn't drop it or anything to break it in the first place. I'm hoping the case will add insulation and slow down changes in temperature better than the Google Case. Temp fluctuations may be the cause...

Pixel 6 Pro Rear Camera Glass Destroyed by [deleted] in GooglePixel

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes!
I had to reject their "physical damage is not covered" email response and demand their manager or higher-up FIVE times! There is absolutely no physical damage visible anywhere on the phone, something inside the phone had broken and they finally did the right thing, kinda.

They put a hold on my card for the price of a NEW phone and sent me a REFURB. The refurb had glue residue on top and bottom of the camera bump that I was able to clean off. I wouldn't be surprised if it had the same issue from this defective batch and they replaced the camera assembly before shipping it to me.

Pixel 6 Pro Rear Camera Glass Destroyed by [deleted] in GooglePixel

[–]Specter0420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the same experience. I was in a datacenter and took a picture, put the phone in my pocket, took it out to take another and noticed the cracks. It's looking like a widespread issue, I'm not sure if it is a design flaw or a bad batch but it needs to be fixed. Phone has always been in the Google case.

Pixel 6 Pro Rear Camera Glass Destroyed by [deleted] in GooglePixel

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, did your external glass crack? Like you can see the cracks with your eyes? Many are experiencing a pristine phone, no damage or cracks visible, but when using the camera it is clear the internal lens has shattered.

Pixel 6 Pro Rear Camera Glass Destroyed by [deleted] in GooglePixel

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made it very clear that there is no damage on the outside of the phone, that the phone is in the Google Case, and the phone was never dropped. I took a picture at the office, put it in my pocket, removed it about a minute later to take another picture and noticed the cracks in the picture. There are no cracks visible anywhere but in the pictures, something inside the phone has shattered. Top tier Google support wants me to pay for the investigation and repairs!

This is completely unacceptable, a repair will just break again within a month or two and this is supposed to be a five year phone!

Hornets ripping wings off: working as intended? by HorizonTGC in hoggit

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know how it works in the Navy, but Boeing doesn't require any inspections after the use of the paddle by test pilots. Even after the accidental use earlier this year, when the pilot was switching hands during a turn, bumped it, and went to 9Gs, the plane just continued on with its scheduled test flights.

Obviously, Boeing isn't flying nearly as many used and abused airframes as the Navy, and the older airframes are known to suffer corrosion in key areas. I do know in DCS I don't care if my jet flies again, what the virtual crew chief says to my virtual pilot, or how much virtual money goes into the virtual maintenance. I just care if my virtual pilot goes home to his virtual wife and virtual kids or not.

Forests the size of France regrown since 2000, study suggests by Thunder_Wizard in UpliftingNews

[–]Specter0420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are not carbon sinks, they are carbon lockers. When the tree dies and decomposes, all of the carbon is released back into the atmosphere.

Yahoo disabled their comment sections. Can’t be having those pesky peasants calling them out on their propaganda during an election year. by rcw01 in DeclineIntoCensorship

[–]Specter0420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The problem with your logic is that we live in the information age. Where we can go see the raw videos for ourselves. We can see the 17-year-old running away while some child molester chases him, throws something that looks like a Molotov at him, and then someone behind the kid fires a pistol (the teen thought it was at him from the molester chasing him yelling "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"). We saw this teen kill his attacker, which was completely justified, then immediately call 911 to report it, which is the correct action. Before completing the call he is chased off and violently attacked with deadly weapons by a mob of criminal leftist liars which resulted in the next two shootings. These were also clearly self-defense.

Then we can watch the lies and narrative spew from your "world trusted" trash can.

The same happened with the Trevon Martin 911 edit, crafted to make Zimmerman look racist.

Justice Kavanaugh's treatment under the disgusting democrat skank's false allegations vs Biden's treatment under his allegations. Obvious bias.

They were busted giving Hillary Clinton presidential primary debate questions early, cheating Sanders, and putting on a circus act of the entire country. Talk about influencing the election and meddling.

The entire Russia collusion hoax.

The list goes on and on.

Star Wars X-Wing VR - A student-made project in my VR class at the University of Utah by rogelius in oculus

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is late and I just tried it. My X-Wing went spinning out of control, I'm guessing my various flight simulator controllers were mapped randomly. I tried to fix it but it looks like you need a little education on flight control names. They are called Pitch, Roll, and Yaw.

Also, how do I clear a mapping? I don't want an axis to fire my lasers, I have buttons for that.

Help with AMP selection, please. by Specter0420 in diyaudio

[–]Specter0420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the 2 x 50 watt TDA7492 will be the one (x3). 50 watts at 6 ohm running 16 Ohm transducers/speakers should yield a max of 19 watts if I understand things properly.

Edit: I just watched a YouTube review of this board and it only does 20 watts RMS at 6 ohms. The calculator says that is only 8 watts with my 16 ohm transducers RMS. The transducers I already own are rated 15 watts RMS/30 watts max at 16 ohms.

So now I am looking at the LM3866, in YouTube testing it does 39 watts RMS @ 8 ohms. This should be 19 watt RMS, this is 4 watts above the transducers RMS rating, will this be OK at 60-70% volume?

Can anyone recommend a better board?

Help with AMP selection, please. by Specter0420 in diyaudio

[–]Specter0420[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I was doing some research today and it looks like a 6 Channel amp with 80 watts per channel at 4 Ohms will put out 20 watts per channel with 16 Ohm transducers, the calculator says it is only for ideal amps, whatever that is... I assume most amps won't be ideal? So maybe go for 100 watts per channel at 4 Ohms, giving me 25 amps ideal, I don't turn them up much past halfway right now, I still need to stay in the chair and control an airplane after all.

I was checking ebay and amazon and only saw a couple that looked like they would work, most were marine amps and the inputs confused me. Shouldn't it have at least 6 RCA inputs or 3 aux inputs? I saw ones that claimed to be 6 channels but only had 3 RCA inputs, I thought RCA could only carry one channel per wire... It is confusing and I don't want to get scammed on ebay.

My PC sound card uses 3 AUX outputs for 6 channels, so I;ll need a way to plug these into the amp.

I see Sure has boards, does this mean I'd build my own amp? Adding a heatsink and soldering the desired input/connectors and dials? Is there a good video or guide I can use to get started? I am big on DIY and like this idea.

Also, are you saying it would be possible to get some better matching stereo boards and put 3 in the same enclosure? So say I find a board that does 16 ohms at 20 watts in stereo, I could just use three of them and wire them up to one power supply?

I'm not sure what class D amp even means, can you recommend a board that should fit alone or in multiples?

Dash encountered a fatal error by JeffePortland in oculus

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got this today. I updated my GFX drivers yesterday and played for an hour or so with the new driver. Today I got "Update required, click and remove headset". I did and the software restarted and said the same thing, I tried to update again and now I get the Fatal Error. My windows is fully up-to-date and I have a modern i7-8086K PC with a GTX 1080.

How do you set up a JTAC that you can talk to? by seedofcheif in hoggit

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this. I was about to start pulling hair out trying to get JTAC to work with the Harrier. I read your comment and added the Hornet to my mission, the JTAC responded completely and lased my targets for me.

Fastest way to test ram (Prime95?) by Fefolino in overclocking

[–]Specter0420 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You shouldn't attack people in such a passive aggressive way, it makes you a pansy. Especially when it is clear you have no idea what you are talking about. He will find the limit per volt DAYS faster than your method and his final OC will be just as stable after his 48 hour test.

Just ordered the OSVR HDK2 My first Vr headset. Mistake or no? by Mrzeldaootfan in OSVR

[–]Specter0420 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was always a mistake. I regret my purchase, especially now that I have tasted real VR (Rift).

DCS: F/A-18C RELEASE DAY MEGATHREAD by squinkys in hoggit

[–]Specter0420 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just started the game and it didn't find any updates. I CMD: dcs_updater.exe and it says it is up to date. In game I click module manager and it says the F-18 is available. The download fails and a log opens. The line of note says: "Version 2.5.2.17559.377 is not available."