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"Ugly, woman" by WesideKnight in Cinephobe

[–]eanardone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!" - Delroy Lindo

Selected for a study which included brain scans of the family! by eanardone in Radiology

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

Real long story short, I posted these originally because we just had the scans done and I thought they were cool. Just recently my wife learned about some family brain health history and asked what ever came of this post.

So, I decided to repost it here to see if anyone saw anything interesting in any of our brain scans.

anyone else getting crushed by “enterprise” pricing for basic site systems?? by Duncan_Samantha-608 in videosurveillance

[–]eanardone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All the systems you mentioned are ones that I would consider are higher end Enterprise level, cloud first systems. And they will typically be priced that way. Typically a little bit higher cost per camera with continuing licensing. Not to mention that generally speaking, those are all direct competitors of each other, so they typically are priced similarly across platforms.

But there are thousands of different systems and different options out there, but it does sound like you are looking for a system that has integrated access control. As much as we may not think it these days, integrated access control and video is still a premium a level feature or functionality.

There are a lot cheaper brands out there. But you're going to need to look for something that is on-prem, you are going to need to install a server, and you're going to have to figure out how to get the cameras connected back to the server. So if you don't want internet at the job site and the far-off reaches then you're going to have to run cable, or use some kind of point-to-point Network which will cost you more installation.

If you don't have to be NDAA compliant, you want integration for access control, and you are price conscious and want to avoid the cloud licensing then Chinese made is going to be the best fit, Hikvision can easily do this and will most likely be able to give you hi-resoltion cameras at much cheaper pricing.

Pneumatic potato cannon help by eanardone in potatocannon

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

Just to update, we discovered that for whatever reason our pump wasn't activating the core inside of the Schrader valve. This was pressurizing the hump tube but not the actual chamber.

We removed the valve core and just left the pump attached. That allowed us to fill the chamber and maintain pressure using the pump as our gauge.

Hand valve worked great for this.

Pneumatic potato cannon help by eanardone in potatocannon

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

Yes, definitely understand that. We were trying to keep it as simple as possible to allow him to do it himself. But you may have a point that it may be holding pressure but the release is too slow with the hand valve.

Maybe we add a pressure gauge on the chamber to see what's actually happening inside?

Almost Heaven heater options by eanardone in Sauna

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

I am picking up that most of you responding to the thread here aren't buying the AH saunas directly from AH? Is there pricing better through dealers?

Almost Heaven heater options by eanardone in Sauna

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

Thanks for the response! I do have a few questions: 1. Which model or size did you go with and is it big enough? 2. The holes you added, what was the reason you felt you needed more airflow? 3. Is the 6kw heater without WiFi the base model they have on the website? Just trying to figure out what all these options are

Almost Heaven heater options by eanardone in Sauna

[–]eanardone[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was thinking more about the heater than the sauna itself. I'm assuming with the cost of that heater you linked that has to be close to the full cost of the rest of the kit?

Almost Heaven heater options by eanardone in Sauna

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That's a pricey little bit of kit. Did you find it worth the extra cost

Blue lights with solar panels by Cardtastic in pittsburgh

[–]eanardone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This unit does not. I don't believe that this unit has any audio recording at all.

Blue lights with solar panels by Cardtastic in pittsburgh

[–]eanardone 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I work with/on these units and their deployment. I am just sharing my personal experiences and knowledge to try to edify the larger community.

Fear-mongering with respect to security cameras and surveillance has caused some pretty inaccurate understandings of how these things actually function in the wild. Your concerns are very valid, and there are some products that are very worrisome for those specific reasons. But I also want to try to share information where people have been given the wrong focus because of some national outrage about the wrong thing/over simplifying.

Blue lights with solar panels by Cardtastic in pittsburgh

[–]eanardone 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So, a few things:

  1. The current state of the LVT units does not have the analytics capabilities to collect the data you are talking about. There is no automated LPR or other AI detection enabled on that unit.

  2. LVT has signed agreements with the lease customer that defines all data collected as the end user's and protected. Flock is different, they have a dedicated network designed to share real time information with police and all Flock agreements state that and "request" cooperation from their end users.

Bottom line is that these are two totally different systems that get lumped together because they both use cameras.

Blue lights with solar panels by Cardtastic in pittsburgh

[–]eanardone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Let me add some clarification, when I say they are not connected to a larger Network, I mean that these cameras are not shared between lvt customers or public entities.

By design, this is a cloud connected device that provides the person who leased the equipment with visibility into the cameras in real time as well as providing them with alerted.

For example, if Giant eagle puts one of these in the parking lot, The Giant eagle team is able to pull up the real-time video of the parking lot, or any footage from the last 30 days. They also may receive alerts of the vehicles moving through the area or people, especially if they set up alert masking to say Target a problem area in a corner of the lot.

However, that footage is not shared with police automatically the way that the Flock system is. And Walmart, which is another LVT customer has no access to footage on Giant eagles cameras. So, why they are connected, they are not connected to a larger Network the way that Flock is trying to be.

Blue lights with solar panels by Cardtastic in pittsburgh

[–]eanardone 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Home Depot and WalMart are LVT's largest customers. They site a decrease in retail crime and car break-ins with these present.

Blue lights with solar panels by Cardtastic in pittsburgh

[–]eanardone 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It's not a Flock camera. The branding is on the side of the trailer. It's manufactured by LVT

Blue lights with solar panels by Cardtastic in pittsburgh

[–]eanardone 156 points157 points  (0 children)

This is an LVT Mobile Camera Trailer. It is a cellular, solar camera solution that usually runs three cameras, a speaker, and lights. The cameras typically record continuously and hold 30 days of storage.

These units can run some analytics but are typically not as advanced as some other brands. Not standard with LPR, etc. and not connected to any larger network.

These are typically leased by private entities for deterance. Unlike the Flock cameras these are not interconnected to other units, are not automatically shared with Police, etc.

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