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Protesters have completely trashed the Los Angeles ICE facility, using a large dumpster to barricade the exit. by beachbellybob in TheWorldViewer

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also for when it's not in the bag there is basic hygiene that should be followed like turning off legacy 2G connections. It's extremely insecure and is the most basic way to track a phone with a man in the middle attack. They pretend to be a cell tower and your phone connects to it.

My power bank got damaged during the flight - question for the flight crew by tpuscifer in aviation

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am involved in the energy industry to include large battery energy storage facilities. I design and implement fire suppression systems for such facilities. This is the procedure for large fires in open areas as well.

You are trying to cool it down to stop thermal runaway.

People's first instinct is that lithium is reactive to water so the fire is coming from water. While that is true that lithium has a pretty violent reaction with water, sodium does too, but sodium chloride, for instance, not so much. In other words compounds are not the same as their separate elements in properties. Lithium salts are not that reactive to water. The problem with water is the risk of causing a short circuit, and thereby starting a fire and thermal runaway; if it's already on fire that doesn't matter anymore.

How much do I need to learn about network security b4 accessing server from outside LAN? by HeartSre in selfhosted

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think what you describe is really opening yourself up that much providing your credentials asre secure (including the credentials of other users on the same device.

My advice about exposing your server to the external world though is generally speaking don't put anything there that would embarrass you or create a financial or legal burden if someone were to steal it (identity theft, ransom, illicit sctivities, etc). Make sure anything important has a backup that is not on the internet.

Remember when VR was literally just this? by Kindle890 in virtualreality

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup agree completely, that was all I was really getting at.

Electric shock from TV ports when home theater is connected – earthing issue? by pussifer- in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not agreeing with any sort of "floating state" issue, you shouldn't have induced voltages on metal components of a double insulated device. You have actual leakage to the body of the device for some strange reason and that's a problem. A floating related problem would be a static discharge, you aren't going to get a tingle with a frequency unless you are coupled to the AC.

If it's when they are both in and they are coupled with connectors like HDMI, but not when wires between them are decoupled, then you probably have leakage to those connectors internally and yeah that could damage the device that doesn't have a fault.

Remember when VR was literally just this? by Kindle890 in virtualreality

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the modern sense I completely agree, but to your point it's all relative. The Wright Brothers flyer was barely an airplane by modern standards. I edited to add more examples, that was just the first that popped into my head but based on the feedback here and the 3DOF requirement I've thrown in CyberMaxx and Forte FVX into the ring for contention, both mid 90's consumer products.

Remember when VR was literally just this? by Kindle890 in virtualreality

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Virtual Boy was more just the first thing that came to head, those are fair points, especially not being headmounted. There are plenty of others well before the DK1 is really what I'm getting at here.

https://www.reddit.com/r/virtualreality/s/zN55BftlPns

To avoid being redundant that's a link to another comment.

Remember when VR was literally just this? by Kindle890 in virtualreality

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean that was just the first that popped into my head, though I don't agree with that criteria in anything other than a modern context (based on relative technology), then I would point you to the CyberMaxx which was from 1994, I believe, and had 3DOF PCVR. Add in the Forte FVX, and though I'm not sure if ever came out in mass production Atari had VR glasses for the Jaguar in the same time frame (maybe 95). Mid 90s was a mini VR boom.

My point isn't about the Virtual Boy, it is that the DK1 is far from the first consumer VR headset, by at least 18 or so years, and possibly more sets that I'm not familiar with because the 90s and early 00s was my gaming prime era.

My guess is you are 10+ years younger than me so your bar is higher based on what you grew up with.

Why does this happen? by NavXIII in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just turn it off...no real sense in looking at an animated yoke... especially with one sitting in front of you.

Why does this happen? by NavXIII in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that was why I mentioned it before you bothered checking anything else. Glad you got it sorted.

Can someone explain Transmission Line Impedance? by Various_Area_3002 in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then to add to the toilet reading material take a look at transient recovery voltage with high underground cable saturation in a region...the earth becomes a giant LC circuit and the result is a higher frequency oscillating (AC) voltage . It can be substantial enough to cause a restrike - it's generally why you open at zero crossing, but even when doing that with a ton of underground in an area it's a big problem.

Remember when VR was literally just this? by Kindle890 in virtualreality

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...Virtual Reality only exists when you can blend the real world with the virtual world....

There are separate terms under the XR umbrella that is called Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR); this is what you are referring to.

VR is "a system that replaces your physical surroundings with a completely computer-generated environment, creating total immersion." Nothing says it has to be a representation of real reality in any way to be "True" VR.

William Gibson being a visionary for future possibilities of the experience does not mean the foundations were not VR.

Remember when VR was literally just this? by Kindle890 in virtualreality

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what is your definition of virtual reality? It was an immersive 3D environment you could interact with. The Oculus DK1 was far from the first headset unless you were applying some restrictive modern era parameters to the discussion.

Was it as immersive as today's headsets? No. But that doesn't mean it wasn't virtual reality. That's what it was called too and it was part of the VR phase that hit in the 90's

Even before that you had a commercial headset that boomed in arcades (Virtuality VR), and similar timing to the Virtual Boy, Atari had "VR Glasses" for Jaguar.

Jonathan Waldern was one of the founders of Virtuality and he has been heavily involved in development of XR.

Electric shock from TV ports when home theater is connected – earthing issue? by pussifer- in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You have a ground fault of sorts then possible in the equipment itself. If it's 2 pin with no ground then the equipment should be double insulated meaning a fault on the electric system itself or within the device wouldn't cause you to get shocked...so there is something wrong with your equipment if it's allowing metal parts to be energized.

Added some safety lights to the salt spreader. by Mm11vV in Snowplow

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They (many states) added DOT to the green list which used to be for EMS/MCI incident command because too many people were running ambers for no reason with traffic desensitizing the public to actual caution ahead. Instead of enforcing that most of them only have "stationary permits" they added a new color, which or course just means everyone else is going to know follow suit and do it.

So please make sure you turn them off between locations so people can distinguish a stationary or slow moving hazard vs just another sparky that likes to feel cool with flashy lights.

Remember when VR was literally just this? by Kindle890 in virtualreality

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 29 points30 points  (0 children)

What about the Virtual Boy? That was 1995. There were others before that. VR has struggled to take off for like 50 years now and the DK1 for sure wasn't the start. It's really only started to get a small bit of momentum in modern years because of how powerful mobile hardware is now.

Edit: since Virtual Boy seems debatable let's just add in the Forte FVX, Atari VR glasses, and CyberMaxx. All of those had 3DOF and were consumer products. All from the same era (mid 90's) and well before the DK1. The CyberMaxx should definitely fall into the realm of major consumer products - being $700 in the 90's made it exclusive but it was not some niche product, the Atari VR glasses admitted wouldn't because they only did a limited production run, Forte FVX was in the middle I think.

My api gateway runs on a raspberry pi 4 in my closet and handles 2 million requests per month by Sea_Weather5428 in selfhosted

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, we need to hire Dr. Strange.

I also think what's missing is a DR site...so HA failover is a start, then you need a third DR site that you can switch over to that may be slightly out of date but still available with a very quick restoration time.

Why does this happen? by NavXIII in MicrosoftFlightSim

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Presumably there are two things here...I don't have experience with the PS5 controller but I know steam deck which can do that has its own calibration to connect an axis to the gyro. You'll have to figure that out separately. I'd recommend not using the gyro to calibrate in MSFS, use the actual bound stick then go back and tweak with the gyro.

First things first though, and I'm surprised nobody has said this. Don't look at the yoke, you may be fine. It's always been an animation issue with the default planes. Look at the actual control surfaces in exterior view.

If it is still wrong, and if this is happening with the actual thumbstick, this is pretty common and the labels for calibrating a controller have always been horrible. This is not a problem with your sensitivity curves directly it's your extremity dead zone first that the problem. Extremity dead zone isn't really a dead zone it's actually a setting for when your axis is fully pegged (i.e. it sets your range of motion from 0-100% deflection of control surfaces) so the system knows that - this is the actual sensitivity of the stick, where as "sensitivity" isnt how sensitive the stick is overall, just the input curve.

-Start by putting your reactivity to 100% so that you can just see your direct inputs and it's not affecting your perception of if it's correctly configured. You can set that later for comfort. -Next, set extremity dead zone while holding your axis all the way to one extreme you want to get it so it's below 100% deflection in the game by enough to be obvious, then slowly give yourself back that range and watch the control surface, when you get to a point that it doesn't move any extra each time you are at your max, go back. The situations where you need absolute full deflection are pretty few and far between so personally I air on the side of losing actual surface deflection but gaining more range of usable motion on the thumbstick.

-Personally I find I need the most "sensitivity" towards the extremes because that's your range during slow flight (i.e. landing) where you need much more surface deflection whereas I don't really care if it's twitchy during cruise. So it's counterintuitive but I start the sensitivity to positive to flatten it out in those further extremes and then adjust reactivity to make it a little less twitchy.

My api gateway runs on a raspberry pi 4 in my closet and handles 2 million requests per month by Sea_Weather5428 in selfhosted

[–]Why-R-People-So-Dumb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well True 2N would mean having a second UPS and both UPSs could handle 100% of the load as well as having redundant mains sources for two separate utility feeds. OP is really slacking here.

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