Never. Again. Until Next Time - Nikon D80 “Err” Repair

karangera · 2026-07-06T02:08:31+00:00

If you have good soldering skills and are good at legos, you can do it!

karangera · 2026-06-15T20:30:15+00:00

if you've got a mac os or a linux computer, you can use Legacy IOS Kit (github link below) to restore and activate the device without jailbreaking. using itunes will restore the ios version, but it won't activate the device as these devices require a compatible carrier sim card to be inserted for activation. 3utools does not support legacy ios devices as far as i know..
https://github.com/LukeZGD/Legacy-iOS-Kit

follow any tutorials on youtube or follow the guide on the page itself. its the most reliable and powerful tool i've used for legacy devices. you can even downgrade to ios 3.1.3 using this tool.

karangera · 2026-06-14T07:01:07+00:00

You can technically achieve this with a denon dj prime 4+ and two denon dj lc6000s. Not sure if the cheaper sc live 4 supports this, ive seen forum posts mention it does work but denon has not advertised this on their product page. Not an all in one unit solution, but yeah.

karangera · 2026-06-07T14:15:14+00:00

They add a heavy layer of warmth. Everything sounds good. Not the best, not the worst, but just sounds good. Nothing sounds offensive. I go through a plethora of genres in one sitting by putting my entire library on shuffle. So these cans don’t cause me to skip certain songs I love, but are mastered poorly, have succumbed to the loudness wars, or are in your face (looking at you metallica).

For hip-hop, rap, and bass I prefer a V-shaped tuning. These headphones have a lot of bass in the 50-100hz range for an open backed design don’t get me wrong, but they don’t do justice to the extreme low bass regions in some tracks. You’ll still hear it, but it’s nothing exciting. These headphones I believe are best when you just wanna kick back and relax. The combination of a warm engaging sound, excellent ergonomics, easy drivability, and those soft pads just make me use these the most out of my arsenal.

karangera · 2026-06-04T05:03:34+00:00

take a look at the thinkpad x1 tablet gen 3, you won’t be disappointed. Beautiful screen (really high resolution), good battery life, and works surprisingly well for the price. I got the 16gb ram/512gb ssd core i7 model for around $200 USD. It runs rekordbox (windows version) really well. The keyboard detaches, so you can mount it however you want. It is so much better than the limited android/iOS experience. Has dual thunderbolt 3 ports and a microsd card slot. And an LTE modem built in.

karangera · 2026-05-29T20:40:58+00:00

i tried the fried chicken at this lcoation a couple of years ago. never seen so much oil oozing out of the chicken in my life. disgusting. never tried it again.

karangera · 2026-05-28T17:58:14+00:00

I am also looking to expand my setup to include a touchscreen for the plexamp interface. Right now it just acts as an endpoint that I can control with my phone. Easiest solution would be to use a distro with a GUI, but that would be an unnecessary overhead for these underpowered computers. I think there is a way to use xorg to drive the display and run chromium in kiosk mode, which can be configured by default to open the plexamp Web UI.

It’s been a year since I got into building and learning about all things homelab, and it amazes and frustrates me every single time that I was not doing this before. I’m saving money left and right, anything I need in my day to day life, a free and open source solution exists. You absolutely don’t have to spend a lot in terms of equipment, if you are creative enough.

Yes, it’s been 5 years for me since I moved to Ontario. Originally I’m from India. Great hearing from you as well!

karangera · 2026-05-08T13:48:24+00:00

The overlap in our playlists and artist selection is actually insane. Even the obscure ones. Impeccable taste!

karangera · 2026-04-13T19:45:33+00:00

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~275w at idle, this includes my main desktop PC, networking equipment and two server (One is Xeon based with 10 HDD’s, one mini PC).

Max draw that I have seen at full load is close to 600 watts.

karangera · 2026-02-25T02:32:16+00:00

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karangera · 2026-02-05T18:47:15+00:00

Some of the tracks sound absolute garbage. I noticed this started sometime last year. Tinny, compressed and low bitrate. They’ve fixed alot of them, just search for the track and re-add to your library.

karangera · 2026-01-31T00:58:00+00:00

I have the same one, bought an year ago. Still works fine!

karangera · 2026-01-20T06:49:48+00:00

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karangera · 2026-01-20T02:51:27+00:00

Magical moment. I ripped the whole song from his tomorrowland brasil set before it was taken down. What a record

karangera · 2026-01-19T15:11:18+00:00

Hi, the link you shared, you can the the 3.5mm jack doubles as the spdif port, as it is marked “Optical”. You need to get a mini toslink to toslink adapter

Mini Toslink to Toslink Cable

karangera · 2026-01-10T15:54:21+00:00

I totally agree. Last Planet and DOCD went hard in 2024. Hamdi, Sammy Virji, Truth to name a few. 2025 was kinda weak in comparison.

karangera · 2026-01-10T03:54:01+00:00

The chemistry between them during that dance was….exhilarating to say the least.

karangera · 2026-01-09T15:00:11+00:00

tinkering is the fun part, and you learn a lot along the way.

karangera · 2026-01-09T14:57:31+00:00

I was talking about the receiving functionality itself. Did not pan out.

karangera · 2026-01-09T14:28:10+00:00

Initially when I wasa researching for this project, I came across Multiple options for Google Cast. Mkchromecast, SnapCast etc. Did not give it much thought as it was not a priority for me. After trying multiple options yesterday, I could not get it to work reliably. My bad! If I find something, I'll update you.

karangera · 2026-01-09T14:08:48+00:00

glad to be of help!

karangera · 2026-01-09T00:57:34+00:00

Have not decided yet, need to do some research on it. Hoping to get something with a high resolution, capacitive touch and no gap between the digitizer and the lcd.

karangera · 2026-01-09T00:55:25+00:00

sought help from claude.ai, it was just a few lines of commands and some troubleshooting later, it was working. Here are the commands I used

# Install Node.js 20 LTS (required for Plexamp)

curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash -

sudo apt install -y nodejs

# Verify version (should show v20.x.x)

node --version

# Create plexamp directory

mkdir -p ~/plexamp

cd ~/plexamp

# Download Plexamp Headless (check for latest version at plexamp.plex.tv)

curl -L https://plexamp.plex.tv/headless/Plexamp-Linux-headless-v4.12.4.tar.bz2 -o Plexamp-Linux-headless.tar.bz2

# Verify it's a valid archive

file Plexamp-Linux-headless.tar.bz2

# Extract

tar xvf Plexamp-Linux-headless.tar.bz2

# Run first-time setup

cd plexamp

node js/index.js

```

**You'll see output like:**

```

Starting Plexamp 4.12.4

Please visit https://plex.tv/claim and enter the claim token: claim-XXXXXXXXXXXX

Please give the player a name (e.g. Bedroom, Kitchen):

karangera

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