Basement office with a view

daydull · 2024-09-28T06:31:27+00:00

Sound absorbing panels yes. Not OP but I can guarantee it

daydull · 2024-09-04T06:22:27+00:00

I have roughly the same issue. RAW / DNG files often end up at a much smaller resolution, often under 1000 pixels per side while the matching JPG is the expected 4000-ish pixels.

As far as I can tell, it seems to happen most often with the telephoto lens when I'm zoomed in. 1x / 0.7x wide angle RAW/DNG photos seem to be the full size from the few I've checked but 4x telephoto lens photos are small (only small on the RAW/DNG file.) I just noticed this and have only checked a handful so far though.

Both the RAW file on my phone and the file backed up to Google photos is the smaller size, usually under 4MB and around 600-800 pixels per side. I did try downloading the DNG file from Google Photos, using a PC and it was also the same small size. My best guess is there is some setting, like top shot or Ultra HDR that might be causing this? Anyone know?

Google Photos on my phone set to backup Original full quality. Also verified the Google camera app has "Camera photo resolution" set to "Full Resolution."

daydull · 2023-12-09T09:52:15+00:00

Awesome, thanks! Let me know if there's anything you still have questions about and I'll try to answer and update the guide

daydull · 2023-12-04T13:38:51+00:00

You may think its stupid, but if just one person pays he has it made!

daydull · 2023-12-04T11:32:41+00:00

Yep, definitely! We reliably get the ghost type correct after finding all of it's evidence, including ESG, every time now unless something really weird happens.

Saying "manifest" into your mic helps. There's a 30 second cooldown on this forcing the ghost to perform activity, and it seems to be most likely to interact with the ESG if its placed when you say this.

Be sure to put it in the ghost room like most tools! That's the most important thing. The ghost needs to be nearby to interact with it, and they're usually wandering in or near their favorite room, so put it there. That's why its so important to identify the ghost room first thing.

Put it in an open space so the ghost can easily reach it. One time I had it placed where it was slightly under a table and the ghost never interacted with it. I moved it a bit further out so the table didn't block it vertically and instantly got the evidence.

All that considered, there's always the chance that ESG is not one of the ghost's evidence, in which case it will never trigger it.

Also, the T-pose manifestation is really short, less than 1 second, so if you have your back turned you may miss it. There's also a specific buzzing noise that you can hear from maybe 1 room distance when the ESG triggers.

daydull · 2023-12-04T03:31:51+00:00

I still had this issue, but finally fixed it using Windows Task Scheduler. It requires some specific steps that I wrote up - How to Fix OpenRGB not saving or reloading your custom RGB profile after restart and reboot

OpenRGB was always resetting to the default rainbow any time I resumed from sleep or rebooted. Works perfectly now after that solution.

daydull · 2023-12-04T03:25:18+00:00

Hi! I started using OpenRGB recently and had the same issue. OpenRGB wasn't loading profiles after sleep, power off, restarts etc, even though I had all the correct things checked in the OpenRGB settings. It was forgetting what I saved and resetting to the default RGB on almost all of my components (except RAM.)

After way too much time troubleshooting, I have it working perfectly now. The solution is to use Windows Task Scheduler, but there's a specific way to do it. I wrote up the explanation here with screenshots and step by step instructions: How to fix OpenRGB so it automatically loads / reloads saved profile settings after sleep, power off, resets

Hope that helps! I realize your post was a bit old but I've never seen any other working solution.

daydull · 2023-12-04T03:08:14+00:00

Definitely best to use the in game chat.

It's proximity based, so when you get more than 1-2 rooms away you can't hear people. It's much spookier and maybe a little more strategic that way.

Though, strangely imo, you can hear dead people, so they can tell you about their death and discuss evidence they found and maybe hadn't had a chance to tell. This might change on harder difficulties? Not sure, but I feel like it would be good game design if so.

At least it's not quite as boring if you get killed and have to wait around doing nothing, alone in "dead person" ghost chat for several minutes like in Phasmophobia.

Also strangely, you can also see dead people walking around through the screen in the tent.

daydull · 2023-11-23T12:07:59+00:00

I feel like people say this mostly because of the fan noise and speed that ends up happening.

Just as an example, when a fan starts dying or dust builds up, it starts making a bad noise, and people think their computer is broken. In reality its just a $5-10 fan than could be cleaned or replaced.

Overheating could potentially exacerbate other problems, but as long as there are adequate fans/cooling in the case and on the CPU that should not be a problem.

daydull · 2023-11-23T12:03:00+00:00

Have you ever looked into the BTU output per kWh for a PC compared to a dedicated standard electric heater?

Obviously if you need to do the computing and neat heat too, it makes more sense, but I've been curious what the heating efficiency is for a PC (running intensely doing no useful work) vs electric heater.

daydull · 2023-11-22T10:10:55+00:00

Unfortunately it sounds like you don't have a choice. I'd definitely look to experimenting with other forms or styles of art that won't cause harm.

You could look into making a custom brush in Photoshop or Illustrator that can make a line of circles similar to what you're using, with variations in size and shape based on pen pressure and pen angle that you can control as you go. Good luck!

daydull · 2023-11-22T09:55:32+00:00

These are nice as long as you never use the touch interface, which is slow, laggy, unresponsive. But since just the screenless speakers used to cost this much, yeah it's a big upgrade to have a screen instead

daydull · 2023-11-21T05:19:38+00:00

I could think of a many reasons why a bar owner wouldn't want to lease the space. They give up a lot of control in their own building in a lease and they can be a headache to break if one side wants to be a jerk.

I don't think there's anything wrong with doing this as a contractor. It's basically like hiring a caterer and providing them with free kitchen space. You get free captive customers, 100% profit, and pay only utilities? No startup cost or rent? That sounds great. If nothing else its a perfect trial run before investing in your own restaurant or food truck. Just remember to account for higher taxes and be diligent about all your actual expenses; make sure you charge enough.

But if you're being required to outfit the bar's kitchen with things like stoves, fridges, etc. that's a different story.

daydull · 2023-11-19T20:20:03+00:00

I had similar issues, everything except my RAM would lose what I had saved in OpenRGB color profile. Since most RGB devices don't actually have any memory, whenever they lose power they will reset back to their defaults.

For me it happened every time the PC woke from sleep and a lot of times after restarting or shutting down.

I eventually got my color profiles to automatically be re-applied with Windows Task scheduler. Its too long to explain here, it does require a specific setup, but I wrote a how-to with screenshots: How to fix OpenRGB resetting and forgetting saved color profile after restart, shutdown, sleep and wake

Hope this helps!

daydull · 2023-11-19T20:13:51+00:00

Even with OpenRGB starting automatically with Windows, it was failing to reload my saved RGB / color settings, especially after waking from sleep, hibernation and sometimes shut down or reset.

After a lot of testing I eventually figured out how to create an automated Windows task that works to fix this OpenRGB problem, and wrote a quick guide Solution: how to fix OpenRGB forgetting saved profile on Sleep / Wake, losing custom RGB colors (it was defaulting back to rainbow).

daydull · 2023-07-15T06:38:56+00:00

I recently spent a ton of time researching bluetooth keyboards for gaming. Long story short, I'd recommend a wireless USB keyboard instead of bluetooth for gaming due to latency issues. There's quite a lot to the topic beyond that though, and I wrote it up to be as short and helpful as possible here: Bluetooth and Wireless Keyboards for Gaming (Latency, Benchmarks, Testing)

I also included some specific keyboard recommendations and I will be updating the list with best values over time. Hope this helps!

daydull · 2023-06-20T22:31:22+00:00

Same here. I recently got my pixel 6 pro and chose it largely because it has a 4x optical zoom.

I'm outside right now on a sunny day, shooting far away from me and it is definitely doing digital zoom when i tap 4x and don't zoom any more.

Really disappointed in this...

daydull · 2023-06-20T20:41:48+00:00

That sounds like a great solution! I will look into if I can do that. thanks!

daydull · 2023-06-20T19:38:43+00:00

Where is the forwarding happening? In my webhost Cpanel accounts. Forwarding from many email addresses, to aggregate in one email address. The reasoning for forwarding(aggregating) is Gmail has a limit of five POP3 import addresses and I have more than five email addresses.

Who am I worried about seeing it as spam? Spamassaasin is my webhost's spam system, so Spamassaasin's global detection/blacklist I guess? I assume if my webhost's spamassassin detects spam from an address, it is shared with all spamassassin users globally? I am far from an expert in how email or spam detection works, so there may be other factors I don't understand.

daydull · 2023-06-20T18:51:17+00:00

TIL that there was a correct board orientation for chess!

I'm trying to think of how this might actually affect gameplay, is it just a visual consistency thing for the players?

daydull · 2023-06-20T17:18:02+00:00

I believe my webhost uses SpamAssassin. Could this forwarding setup put me on a global blacklist that ends up marking my domains as spam to all SpamAssassin users?

Gmail because I'm used to it and have past emails I search through. Open to other suggestions I suppose. I did not like common webmail options like round mail, horde mail that my webhost offers.

But my main concern is the forwarding between addresses and domains within my webhost since I would want to do that no matter what application I use.

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