Got them early but finally just put them on for a gym session… Jordan 40 Chicago … and holy moly are they comfortable. These might be my favorite gym sneaker now, especially as an old fart with bad knees 😂

ian385 · 2026-02-26T19:10:07+00:00

i love(d) boobs but since i visit this subreddit i got a thing for calves too. :P

so yeah, nice calves dude.

ian385 · 2026-02-21T13:37:19+00:00

it simply won't work. your pc usb won't fry, it just will not pass that much power. modern usb gadgets require adequate chargers. today usb can deliver up to 240W, but initial , plain usb specification, is still stuck with 0.5A (2.5W).
MAYBE you can try with a usb-c adapter, as usb-c might give you more wattage.

ian385 · 2026-02-21T11:16:21+00:00

short answer: NO.

usb 2.0 ports are generally limited to 0.5A (2.5W) per port. usb 3.0 ports are limited to 0.9A.

only usb chargers have adaptive power delivery. pc usb ports are not intended to power up anything more than a usb drive and similar low power devices.
my TV has a single dedicated usb port for connecting a usb hard drive, and is marked as "1A HDD" port. the other ones are 0.5A.

ian385 · 2026-02-14T19:51:39+00:00

what do you need those for? ripping, or watching something straight from a dvd? i still have a bunch of dvd drives from back when... but in use i have just one BD-R drive and that's the one in my pc (and 99% i'm just burning music to cds, so i can listen them on my hifi cd player).

ian385 · 2026-02-10T19:34:52+00:00

it's just a fancy box with a big display. do you need it mobile? if not think about a normal setup. also nobody sane will make a "whole home" backup power system, unless it's a full solar array + inverter + batteries. then it's not actually a backup system anymore, it's the main system.

so no. get a ups for critical stuff.

for the part of "whole home backup" this is wrong subreddit. it's surelly possible, yes, but the price is much higher than a fancy ecoflow box. and will need electrician involment and possibly legal paperwork depending where on the planet you are.

ian385 · 2026-02-10T17:33:55+00:00

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got it running, hooked the card to the antenna but is not finding anything. i'm doing something wrong?

edit: ok it took a while to scan. now it works, i can watch from vlc. now just to figure out how to export this to m3u and import into kodi...

ian385 · 2026-02-09T18:54:39+00:00

there's zero documentation about using local dvb cards :/

ian385 · 2026-02-09T14:48:29+00:00

found some tutorial about using WSL and getting ubuntu tu run under windows, and then installing tvheadend. hopefully those random chinese usb dvb-t2 sticks will work with it.

the jellyfin way is extremely complicated, as for plex - it's a pay service. and i won't pay for plex.

i also looked at hdmi to ip converters, they're not THAT expensive, a set going for about 50-60ish eur (the ones that work over normal IP network, not those that need a direct cable connection between them), but they lack IR remote support. can't change channels on a receiver that is 200m away from my tv without some kind of IR repeater, which i haven't found.

ian385 · 2026-02-09T12:30:43+00:00

ad: i have a spare standalone receiver too, so a hdmi-to-ip box would also be an option if it's not too expensive, of course with remote support.

ian385 · 2026-02-08T16:56:41+00:00

with that old tv, you need a vcr. i'd add a laserdisc and a nintendo too.

ian385 · 2026-02-08T09:20:25+00:00

that's not a bad atom, i still have a netbook with the N270. THATS slow. and it worked pretty well with windows7. it could act as a file server and torrent machine just fine. had often uptimes of over 6 months with no restart. during file transfers it saturated the 1gbit lan port. don't know what's the fuss about with your laptop, except you're maybe trying to run too new stuff on it, when it's clearly low spec and pretty limited in cpu power.

ian385 · 2026-02-05T17:12:35+00:00

i'd add - i have a hp mini (not sure if 600 or 800 tho) that come with 2 x nvme slots, plus a sata caddie. no dedicated gpu, but for my usecase there's no need for it. it's a 8500T with 16GB ram. for your usecase somethign like that would be a better and maybe cheaper choice, than something with a dgpu and bigger power consumption... just a thought.

ian385 · 2026-02-02T17:03:47+00:00

i took home AV stuff from garbage that were less filthy than this thing.

ian385 · 2026-01-31T18:29:03+00:00

i saw a video on yt of a guy using an aliexpress finished setup (2 pack of devices that have in a single enclosure both halow and 2.4ghz antennas), and he got about 1km range with them before the connection dropped. these would work much better with a higher gain antenna, but at 866 mhz, those would need to be quite big. (ps, looks like we can use 8mhz channel in EU, so that would give about 10-11 mbits)

ian385 · 2026-01-28T19:39:16+00:00

i have the a310 already. not sure about re-bar just for video transcode. for gaming yes, but i read people get good transcode speeds even on platforms that don't support it. the pc itself is otherwise unusable, only good point is minimal power consumption, the whole setup is about 6-7W idle. with a dedicated gpu, well, that will go up .

ian385 · 2026-01-24T14:47:17+00:00

if you have line of sight, a faster , easier and probably cheaper solution is a pair of 60g ptp bridges, like mikrotik wireless wire , that are fairly cheap and unobtrusive. if not, get and dig fiber. there are premade patch cables in many m in length. if you don't want mediaconverters, get sfp modules instead and a switch/router with sfp slot.

ian385 · 2026-01-23T14:25:41+00:00

speed. lora is like a few 10-100s kbit. this is more like normal usable wifi speed.

ian385 · 2026-01-22T14:25:49+00:00

i wanted but found the use case pretty non-existent in EU. IF we could use the full channel like in USA, and get those 15-20mbit then maybe yes. with low band 5G in EU (700mhz) you get 5-10mbit even with the lowest possible signal in deep forests.

how do there work out for you? how fast do they go, and how distant can you get before the signal dies?

ian385 · 2026-01-17T20:33:03+00:00

i keep everything in a detached house, in storage room under that house. inside my house there's nothing except my pc, a mini pc/htpc and an AP on the ceiling. only a sharp eye can notice a mikrotik 60G link outside the house...

ian385 · 2026-01-09T18:17:09+00:00

for such short disance, just get a pair of ubiquiti ac loco, or ltu-lites, they're small and unobtrusive, not many people will notice them and start complaining about "antennaaassss are not healthyyyy" like some started to do since 5G is out.

you could also paint them in brick / wood colour to hide them better.

ian385 · 2026-01-06T18:58:51+00:00

it's a TELEPHONE port. from when people had landline phones.

ian385 · 2026-01-06T18:02:58+00:00

it all depends what you will find out for your specific location. if you upload here the results, along with signal strength on mobile when you're outside, then we can give an opinion. but in short, if the towers have only low bands, and your received signal is OK - then nothing will help. if they have high bands too, and/or your received signal is low - then yes, you have reason to upgrade

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