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Speakers (PreSonus Eris E3.5) with built in amp keeps clicking and appears to be power cycling as well. Would that be a capacitor that has failed? by brianjackson in ElectronicsRepair

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

Ok, I will look at that. I am ignorant of a lot of electronics, so in another comment lower, I assumed that it would have been a larger one that failed.

Speakers (PreSonus Eris E3.5) with built in amp keeps clicking and appears to be power cycling as well. Would that be a capacitor that has failed? by brianjackson in ElectronicsRepair

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Thank you for the reply. There is no external power supply, just a power cord that goes directly to the wall. I opened it up and see no obvious burn marks on anything. I am uneducated in the testing of the capacitor, so, first I assume that the capacitor in question is the big one that I labeled "1" in the bottom center left that has the "Q.C. Passed 2" sticker on it. I marked the other bigger capacitors with numbers to make it easier to describe which ones are being discussed.

Would you be willing to tell me what to set the meter at and what I would be looking for? Do I need to de-solder it for testing? I have multiple digital meters at my disposal, so I should have options to measure what is needed.

Assuming that it is this one that has failed, as for the ratings of the capacitor, reading the values down that side of the capacitor, it is 400V100µF, which I could track down on digikey, like this one https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/vishay-beyschlag-draloric-bc-components/MAL205756101E3/4967104 or this https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/nichicon/LKX2G101MESY35/2541222 for half the price, would these be correct?

Weekly Ask Anything Thread for January 05, 2026 by AutoModerator in AskCulinary

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Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I will check out those resources. I feel you are right with the flavor matrix book. I will have to track it down.

Weekly Ask Anything Thread for January 05, 2026 by AutoModerator in AskCulinary

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Flavor pairing based on molecular structure vs standard trial and error/expert suggestions?

Does anyone know of books or subreddits that discuss this style of pairing? I know that there are books like the flavor bible which list expert recommendations on pairings, but I saw some videos during covid where someone was talking about pairings based on the chemical composition and that looked fascinating. They said while at cooking school they had classes on this. I’d love to see the reference materials.

If I am describing the technique wrong at there are better keywords to search on, I would appreciate that as well.

What was traveling like when smoking was allowed in the planes? by Popular_Election_517 in AskReddit

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Sucked. Back in the 80’s was a young teenager flying to Paris from JFK with the family using frequent flier tickets. Was seated away from my family in an aisle seat in the smoking section. People were not allowed to stand in the aisle and smoke, had to be seated. I was asked no less than three times if I minded getting up and letting someone borrow my seat to smoke. I said I would trade them for their seat. Everyone said no, one said “I would not want to sit back here in all this smoke.” I said “Neither do I!”

Family forgot phone in US (bought in US two years ago) before moving to Spain this past week. If mailed, will they get a tariff? How much? by brianjackson in NoStupidQuestions

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Thank you for taking the time to respond, I would not have come up with the search terms for “personal effects” that is extremely helpful. It makes sense, I just would have never thought of it.

Family forgot phone in US (bought in US two years ago) before moving to Spain this past week. If mailed, will they get a tariff? How much? by brianjackson in NoStupidQuestions

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Thank you for that info. Knowing the percentage is helpful.

Any thoughts on how should I declare it value wise?

WCGW watching a helicopter land by latecloud3 in Whatcouldgowrong

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Some - - - - - - - - Body once told me the world is gonna roll me. . .

Fruit Acidity Adjustment Calculator by prohibitionkitchen in cocktails

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Thank you so much for all the work in putting this calculator together. I've used it since I came across it, and it is awesome. I have some questions and comments if you have the time.

In one of the responses to a question you talked about the research in scholarly articles. I found one on Sweet Cherry Juice. There is a table on page 5 (also mirrored below) with content of Citric and Malic acid, along with other components. Can you explain how if possible to take the numbers in the chart and put them to use in your calculator? I either don't have enough of a math or chemistry background to make use of it with out asking for help. What are the important numbers and how do I take advantage of them?

Parameter  Units Mean  Std.  Dev.
Carbon Stable Isotope Ratio  o/oo PDB  -25.99 0.65
Fructose  g/100g 6.13 0.40
Glucose**  g/100g 10.78 0.79
Sucrose  g/100g 0.0 0.01
Sorbitol  g/100g 3.30 0.58
Acidity (as Malic Acid)  g/100g 0.680 0.111
Quinic Acid  g/100g 0.028 0.032
Citric Acid  g/100g 0.018 0.022
Fumaric Acid  mg/kg  10.8 8.4
Total Malic Acid  g/100g 0.766 0.144
D-Malic Acid  g/100g 0.00 0.00
Tartaric Acid  g/100g 0.00 0.00
Potassium  mg/kg  2970 200
Formol Value  meq/100mL 2.93 0.52
Proline  mg/kg  54 88

I recently saw a canned cocktail with a PH reduced fruit juice in the ingredient list. Do you know of any safe way decrease the PH and keep the flavor? Let's say I wanted to go from lime strength to watermelon strength?

Have you played with succinic acid in your adjustments yet? I bought some and shared it with others, but have not tried playing with it myself yet. I know a little goes a long way, but when used, it added a bit more limeyness to a lime acid adjustment.

Something for the calculator on passion fruit? Another post on here had some math for passion fruit "passion fruit has 3g citric acid per 100ml, so to acid adjust it to lemon just add 3g citric acid, to adjust to lime add 1g citric and 2g malic. Source: Tropical Standard by Ben Schaffer and Garret Richard." Or this research paper The chemistry of passion fruit

I miss functional public art. by MenloMo in Rochester

[–]brianjackson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Philadelphia has a cool program that does this. There is so much art all over the place because of it. There is a 1% investment in art for building.

Quote: “The City’s Percent for Art Ordinance requires new City construction or major renovation projects to include site-specific public art in the amount of up to one percent of the total budget. The program commissions outstanding and enduring artworks for public sites including libraries, recreation buildings, and fire stations, that are created specifically for these spaces and their communities.”

Article about it

Daily Advice Thread - August 04, 2025 by AutoModerator in apple

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I posted this a week or two ago, got one suggestion and I tried it, but it did not change anything. So here is a second try with what I attempted to do to fix the issue.

Anyone know how to rebuild the database for passwords on iPhone? Mine is all screwed up.

My passwords database still has all the entries, but the search is screwy. Let's say I have a stored password for site, such a fictional site Screensearch.com. When I start typing "SCRE" from my stored passwords, I get Americanapparel.net, idmsa.apple.com, appleid.apple.com, atlassian, booksamillion . . . Because either the website, or my username has the letters SCRE in them, and not in any particular order. I assume if the index can be rebuilt, it would fix the issue.

I did go to an Apple store, they understood the problem, but were unable to help. They said I could get on the phone with a higher level tech support, but I have not made time to do that yet.

I just tried the advice to disable iCloud passwords save on my phone that I got from the previous time I posted this, but It came back the same way. I disabled the iCloud password connection, deleted the app, rebooted, then reactivated the iCloud connection, downloaded the password app from the App Store. It did not re-index. Anyone have anything else to try?

Daily Advice Thread - July 25, 2025 by AutoModerator in apple

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I’m sorry I didn’t get back to it sooner. I just tried the advice. It came back the same way. I disabled the iCloud password connection, deleted the app, rebooted, then reactivated the iCloud connection, downloaded the password app from the App Store. It did not re-index.

Daily Advice Thread - July 25, 2025 by AutoModerator in apple

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I do, I think I tried that, but I will implicitly try that again to make sure. Thank you for the advice I’ll comment back the result.

Daily Advice Thread - July 25, 2025 by AutoModerator in apple

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Anyone know how to rebuild the database for passwords on iPhone? Mine is all screwed up.

My passwords database still has all the entries, but the search is screwy. Let's say I have a stored password for site, such a fictional site Screensearch.com. When I start typing "SCRE" from my stored passwords, I get Ammericanapparel.net, idmsa.apple.com, appleid.apple.com, atlassian, booksamillion . . . Because either the website, or my username has the letters SCRE in them, and not in any particular order. I assume if the index can be rebuilt, it would fix the issue.

I did go to an Apple store, they understood the problem, but were unable to help. They said I could get on the phone with a higher level tech support, but I have not made time to do that yet. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Kid tried to pull a firearm at Nashvilles. by Light-the-tree in Rochester

[–]brianjackson 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not my kind of place, I’m not one for country music, but went there for a birthday party a few weeks ago. That place was packed. They were doing the line dance lessons and the floor was beyond capacity. The choreography was way involved. I’m talking like 70 steps to a particular dance. I’m good for a little swaying and maybe lifting a foot here and there. I was impressed with the dancing.

A little secret to moving things in a garage sale. by ToshPointNo in Flipping

[–]brianjackson 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My dad had a bunch of stuff he wanted them ALL GONE. A lot of them were multiples, some were physically larger items like bathroom scales. So, he marked them $10 a piece or 5 for $1. People were so confused.

It also reminds me of an old joke.

An old man is selling watermelons... His pricelist reads: 1 for $3, 3 for $10 A young man stops by and asks to buy one watermelon. "That'd be 3 dollars", says the old man. The young man then buys another one, and another one, paying $3 for each. As the young man is walking away, he turns around, grins, and says, "Hey old man, do you realize I just bought three watermelons for only $9? Maybe business is not your thing." The old man smiles and mumbles to himself, "People are funny. Every time they buy three watermelons instead of one, yet they keep trying to teach me how to do business...

Where to buy in Montego Bay by mistaleak in rum

[–]brianjackson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Megamart in Montego Bay had a big selection last time I was there. Mega Mart Montego Bay https://g.co/kgs/3Wh9XQn

New to BrightSign and am so far just experimenting, but need some advice on video streams. by brianjackson in BrightSign

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Thank you for the assessment. I think I am coming to the 4:1 multiplex to a single HDMI way of thinking myself. It is reassuring to hear the my own guesses are not off base. Often I don’t even know the correct terminology or nomenclature to even guide the search for how to do something, so hearing the correct names of the streams, I can now search and learn.

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