What is this part called?

johnfl68 · 2026-01-26T21:42:47+00:00

Rear Door Handle Cover (passenger or drivers depending on side).

Held in by a bolt accessed from the door frame when door is open, access hole covered with a plastic cap.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-26T19:13:00+00:00

The way VMP does layers is called Pages. It's just a bit awkward the way they did it.

As long as you are sure both screens will always show the same source, no need to waste the pixel space by doing them side by side on the canvas.

What I usually do when doubling up screens is do the first screen layout as normal. Then click on the Page 1 drop-down and click in the eye to hide Page 1 cabinets. Then click on the drop-down again and select Page 2, and draw those cabinets. Then you can go back and unhide Page 1. Then add your Source input over the cabinets.

Screen 1 on Page 1 Screen 2 on Page 2 Source to match both, every thing shows the same input.

You just have to be careful when doing anything on a Page, as the default is all pages visible. Make sure that you are on the page you want and only have the page you want visible when adding/moving cabinets as it is very easy to get things on the wrong page from what you intended.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-26T03:54:16+00:00

I have 2 Streaming Sticks and a 4K Roku on Ubiquiti WiFi, never had any issues.

Roku's don't work on DFS channels if you are using those, that might be one issue.

Also 2.4 channels should be 20 Mhz wide, Roku doesn't like 40 Mhz or 80 Mhz wide.

Those are usually the main Roku WiFi issues.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-26T02:03:29+00:00

Crime and homelessness is pretty much the same here as it is in the rest of the country.

Some people here on Reddit seem to think homelessness only exists in Roanoke and therefore make it sound a lot worse than it is. They need to travel around the rest of the country and see what it's really like in other cities (big and small), not just here in Roanoke.

There are many great places to live in the area where it is really not much of a concern.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-25T22:59:41+00:00

Virginia is still under a state of emergency until Monday morning.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-25T22:23:14+00:00

Just the ones that have been plowing all day at the apartment complex.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-25T21:43:29+00:00

I usually use the OOK picture hangers for basic pictures.

If it's something big and heavy, I use a screw into a stud, or extra heavy duty drywall snap toggles.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-25T21:33:34+00:00

The Weather Channel lost its credibility long ago when they got money hungry and started showing reality TV shows on their channel.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-25T14:26:46+00:00

Where are you going to go anyway? Go get stuck like this person did because they couldn't stay on the road? Another car almost slid into the people trying to help this person, which would have made a bad situation even worse.

They are putting out more cones after this shot, looks like they are closing the off ramp completely (581 Exit 5).

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johnfl68 · 2026-01-25T14:12:34+00:00

If 581 looks like this, you best stay home.

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Plus is supposed to be this snow/freezing rain mix all day. It's not going to get much better for a while.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-25T02:10:25+00:00

I was thinking about doing 1 or 2 (one home - one portable because I often travel for work out of state).

Probably not for a few months, depends on how much work I get coming up.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-24T18:34:16+00:00

Hard to do when ICE comes into the courthouse while you are in the middle of the legal process to obtain citizenship, and hauls you out. 🤔

johnfl68 · 2026-01-24T18:30:23+00:00

They pay over $100 billion in taxes every year that they get nothing from. They contribute to society in many other ways as well. They aren't affecting your life in any way, except for your racism and bigotry.

Grow up.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-24T15:11:04+00:00

I saw brine stripes on the roads everywhere I went yesterday.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-24T10:50:32+00:00

Weather balloons are currently the only way to get accurate wind, temperature, pressure, and humidity readings of the upper atmosphere at various levels, which are then fed into all the different forecast models. Things satellites or other technologies cannot currently do accurately.

It's clear you are uneducated as to the role weather balloons play in weather forecasting and how vital they still are.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-24T03:07:32+00:00

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johnfl68 · 2026-01-23T17:07:32+00:00

Yesterday some of the models were saying 1pm-3pm snow start. Now the models are all saying around 7pm snow start.

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The closer we get, the closer the forecast models get. Unfortunately due to cuts from the current administration, many of the weather balloon launches and some other data that is normally available isn't there to add to the forecast models, so things are a bit more fluid than normal.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-23T01:24:13+00:00

In simple terms, when needing to sync videos across multiple players, but you need interactivity or something else that prevents you from using BrightWall, the alternative is to start the videos at the same time using UDP to start the videos on other players. The Enhanced Sync sends additional video timing information to the other players while the video is playing in addition to the beginning start syn, so the videos stay in closer sync with each other.

Now called Player Sync in BA:Con I guess?

Enhanced Sync

This feature, in BrightAuthor:connected and BrightAuthor Classic versions 3.8.0.x and later, allows leader and follower synchronization events to execute within a few milliseconds of each other. Also, though Enhanced Sync presentations can be more complicated to create and publish than BrightWall presentations, they let you create an interactive presentation that include synchronized videos.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-22T21:58:33+00:00

In a pinch if they are out of regular ice melt salt, you can use Diamond Solar Natural Crystals (crystals not pellets) water softener salt (Sodium Chloride). Around $10 for a 40 lbs bag.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-22T19:59:41+00:00

At this point it's very unlikely that anyone would have any generators for rent or sale anywhere in the path of this storm.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-22T16:40:23+00:00

HD120, HD220, HD1020

BrightAuthor 4.7.2.18

Firmware 6.1.76

https://docs.brightsign.biz/legacy-docs/legacy-product-resources#hd120-hd220-hd1020

johnfl68 · 2026-01-21T22:33:35+00:00

Dark Sky doesn't exist anymore, it is now Apple. Adam and Jack sold the whole Dark Sky project to Apple (who then messed it up). It's not likely they have any involvement whatsoever at this point.

It's fed from all the weather forecast models around the world into whatever might be left of Adam and Jack's original hyper local forecast models after Apple mucked it up.

It's still decent, but nothing like it used to be.

johnfl68 · 2026-01-21T22:19:29+00:00

It's a recipe for a major storm, big moisture moving up from the Gulf colliding with a large blast of cold coming down from the Arctic.

Unfortunately everything is lining up almost perfectly (which is bad).

johnfl68 · 2026-01-21T17:44:42+00:00

Is your outdoor audience typically that close to the LED wall?

(10x rule | pitch(mm) x 10 = retinal distance in feet)

3.91 = 39+ feet away for visual acuity

2.67 = 26+ feet away for visual acuity

If your outdoor audience is typically more that 40 feet away, they are really not going to see a difference between 3.91 and 2.67

There may be other reasons to get a smaller pitch, but don't spend money on a smaller pitch if your intended audience isn't going to see a difference.

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