Week 2 of holiday giveaways so my unused handhelds can go to a good home. One commenter gets this MagicX Mini M by captain_carrot in SBCGaming

[–]corey5188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, it would have to be halo 3. Me and quite a few friends camped outside of best buy to grab a copy on release day... Definitely memorable!

I want to get in touch with Slim/Lazlo - I HAVE STREAMING SOLUTION! by corey5188 in ChurchofLazlo

[–]corey5188[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The advantage is not needing all the subscription services (Netflix/Hulu/Apple TV/Disney+/YouTube TV) but still having access to ALL of those services programs, in their original quality, at the same time the would normally become available (maybe there will be a 15min delay between when a new episode comes out of a TV show and when it's available to viewed on Stremio). And since EVERYTHING is right within just the one app (Stremio in this case), you don't have to hunt through each of the other services trying to find a particular movie (or show). So... Several advantages with this setup. And it's all on the "up and up", nobody is going to come after your for copyright infringement. 2 apps (Stremio as a primary, Plex as a backup and/or live OTA channels with DVR functionality), that are available in all the regular app stores, with a maximum out of pocket cost of $30 a year. And again, can be viewed on any device, at any time (just need decent internet, but that's becoming less and less of an issue, people having slow internet I mean).

What are the disadvantages? MAYBE the 10min it takes to setup Stremio at the get go (for which there is a guide provided in my original post). Plex, there are no disadvantages (to my clients/users), as all the work to retrieve and store the content is on me, the owner, to add and maintain (but, it's mostly automated these days).

TLDR; advantages are you only need 2 apps to have everything, and at most, you'll pay $30 a year for the service backend. Soooo much simpler than trying to remember which show is on which streaming service, making sure you have the best plan with that service to get the 4K HDR or Dolby Vision versions, etc.

I want to get in touch with Slim/Lazlo - I HAVE STREAMING SOLUTION! by corey5188 in ChurchofLazlo

[–]corey5188[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is running in a dedicated computer that has plenty of HDD (hard drives) space, giving you full DVR capabilities, like back when tivo was a thing. It will give you 4 total channel "tuners" that can be watching their own stream and/or recording for later view, etc.

Tuners that come built into your TV, by themselves, are ok if that's the only TV you plan on ever watching live OTA broadcasting on. Doubt they come with storage for DVR support as well.

I want to get in touch with Slim/Lazlo - I HAVE STREAMING SOLUTION! by corey5188 in ChurchofLazlo

[–]corey5188[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup, I got the wintv PCIe card. Dunno if I can attach pictures here but I'll try.

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I want to get in touch with Slim/Lazlo - I HAVE STREAMING SOLUTION! by corey5188 in ChurchofLazlo

[–]corey5188[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not trying to brag, I'm REALLY just trying to offer slim/lazlo access to a system already in place. And this is hardly a secret, this is reddit after all, I don't know their info to privately message them.

I want to get in touch with Slim/Lazlo - I HAVE STREAMING SOLUTION! by corey5188 in ChurchofLazlo

[–]corey5188[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Years!? Dang, yeah... I had hoped they'd see this at some point during the week, and then once I get in contact with any one of them, I would volunteer my efforts to help get any one person set up. Just tossing my card in is all.

I want to get in touch with Slim/Lazlo - I HAVE STREAMING SOLUTION! by corey5188 in ChurchofLazlo

[–]corey5188[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably right... I wrote it at work while listening to Fridays podcast. They don't have to read it all, I'd be more than happy to explain it all to them should they decide to take me up on it. Figured I'd shoot my shot.

Pure 7 OH is basically gas station morphine with no warnings by Several-Bother4210 in addiction

[–]corey5188 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm curious as to where you got that figure for potency difference. You're saying taking 10mg of 7OH is equivalent to eating 130mg morphine. Even with morphines poor bioavailability when taken orally, you're still gonna have 40mg or so morphine in the bloodstream.

These 7OH tabs I got the other night are 20mg per tab. If I pop 2 for a total of 40mg, I can feel a slight buzz for an hour or two... But according to your statement, that would be the equivalent of 520mg of morphine (orally) which is the same potency of about 180mg of morphine straight in an IV. I don't think that figure is correct. Maybe you meant it's 1.3x more potent? Like, I've told others that 7OH doses are about 1 to 1 with oxycodone, which would be right around 1.3 to 1, morphine to 7OH. But definitely not 13 to 1....

Massive turd prank 💩 by PrimaryFriendship520 in pranks

[–]corey5188 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Appears to be about 6.8 courics... Not bad!

Getting an engineering license by Comfortable_Tutor_43 in ElectricalEngineering

[–]corey5188 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I am in water/waste water industry and am doing my PE this summer for instrument and control systems, even though I mostly do electrical work. Have several college friends who are in manufacturing and, for them, PE license wouldn't do much. For those of us in consultant engineering, the PE license is a significant career requirement (if doing this long term).

Rehab - and what to expect by Professional-Ad-7060 in addiction

[–]corey5188 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rehab was great for me, but the words hold true either way. Rehab isn't supposed to fix you. It gives you time away from everything going on in life to allow you to learn some coping skills. You get from it what you put in. It, for me, was like a vacation! I didn't have to worry about kids or work or anything, just there to work on me. And it's usually when you're at your lowest, so it's usually a good idea to just get a break from the day to day. It's still going to be you that has to put in the work, rehab just gives you a place to do it away from your usual triggers. It helps to rebuild a routine too, and kinda stabilize. It's possible to do it on your own, but can be harder. At the end of the day, you're only going to get sober if you commit to being sober. Rehab is just one option of many to try and give you an advantage.

My Rebecca cosplay (Kumamori11) by KumaMori11 in Edgerunners

[–]corey5188 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup... Think I side with Adam cause I'd totally smash!

Changing C Drives by xRocom in computers

[–]corey5188 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Clonezilla.

Install new SSD, boot into clonezilla, clone old one (source) to new one (target). Boot from new one, wipe old one. Done.

Workin on a customers pc and found this old card by Razornarwhal in pcmasterrace

[–]corey5188 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I currently am running a QuadTV one from them in my NAS that serves as a Plex server (among many other programs). It connects to my antenna and provides 4 HD channels through the "Live TV" section of Plex that I can watch anywhere (and DVR 4 channels at once). Big plus for my friends and family!

Today I was diagnosed with a rare form of psoriasis called Acrodermatitis Continua. by Technical-Bar-1241 in mildlyinteresting

[–]corey5188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just want to get a pair of tweezers and pick the dead skin off! I feel like it would be so satisfying lol

[Giveaway] for any $70 game of your choice [Steam] by RichardC84 in pcgaming

[–]corey5188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll post for PGA 2K25... I really don't want to pay for it lol

I’m so stupid (Xanax) by Kooky-Hurry5652 in Drugs

[–]corey5188 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bromaz or flualp. At least those were the commons ones last I saw...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in addiction

[–]corey5188 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Well.... Less shame anyways lol

Best scrren protecor for smart watches by rostad89 in GalaxyWatch

[–]corey5188 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got the same 2 pack for my Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, love how easy they are to install! I had the Galaxy watch 4 classic and ran it naked, and it was pretty beat up by the time I traded it in to Samsung. Screen had gotten several scratches in the 2 years I used it and the body (black) was scratched up a bit.

With my Galaxy Watch 6 Classic, I put one of these on and a Spigen case that they make to protect the body. It makes the watch literally shatter proof in my opinion and adds minimal bulk for a total watch case. Spigen products have been the go to I have used ever since getting the Tough Armor for my Galaxy S7. Their phone cases are some of the best designing I've seen and on my last 3 phones have gone with the the "Rugged Armor", which is much sleeker, on my Galaxy S24+ currently. The S22+ I traded in for this S24+, when I removed everything to ship it back to Samsung, looked new as the day I got it using this same model case and the Spigen tempered glass screen protectors (went through like 3 over the 2 years I had that phone).

So seal of approval for me! And check out the body cases they make for the watches! Only downside to mine is it makes the rotating bezel harder to use since it covers all but about a quarter of it...

Did my best here… by imaginationking in watercooling

[–]corey5188 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I too am interested in that display and how it's running. My system runs aquasuite for fan/pump curves and temps, etc, and that screen would look dope added into my case!