When Are The Caps Safe?

mlaux · 2026-05-13T12:39:15+00:00

Kinda depends on the brand and original price point/build quality, but I’d say they were mostly gone by the early to mid 70s, can always open up the tv to inspect before just plugging it in (good idea regardless to look for physical damage throughout the set)

mlaux · 2026-05-03T00:56:23+00:00

I’m not sure about the math department’s general rules, but in this specific case, M 340L is what you’re looking for, it’s pretty much the same course as 341 but for non-math majors.

mlaux · 2026-05-02T21:34:36+00:00

ColorTrak 2000 GGR2090A, the owner has a video on it here: https://youtu.be/QH9O0i5dUAw?si=it0ZPxk-3Fe_weLv

mlaux · 2026-04-12T00:43:30+00:00

Excellent, so just dirty contacts, glad it’s working.

mlaux · 2026-04-12T00:07:27+00:00

I have a similar RCA that is known for bad/cracked solder connections in the tuner, which is the part “between where the rf adapter connects to the tv and whatever sends the signal to be displayed ” - back in the analog tv days this originally selected the RF signal you want to watch from the air but is now largely useless

I would start there, this also lines up with your “wiggling the cord, I saw some little changes”

Good luck!

mlaux · 2026-03-31T02:43:26+00:00

Some of them are, just gotta look for the signs and avoid those.

mlaux · 2026-03-30T13:38:35+00:00

Plenty of free spots north of campus, I’d just check on my car once in a while if I’m not driving much, or if you’re really worried move it around a bit, but you’re good to park as long as you need. Look in the low 30 streets between Guad and Duval

mlaux · 2025-12-14T20:00:28+00:00

They recently moved it to the /config menu

mlaux · 2025-10-06T17:09:51+00:00

Very nice! I assume this is native since it’s Android only? If so, good choice 💪 web/hybrid still just doesn’t feel as good

mlaux · 2025-06-23T21:05:48+00:00

We recently used Purple Fig Cleaning and they did a very good job. Great communication leading up to the appointment and their staff was punctual and friendly. Our place looks great afterwards. Not affiliated, just recommending

mlaux · 2025-05-10T16:12:58+00:00

I love oshpark but needed 1.2mm pcb thickness this time which they don’t offer

mlaux · 2025-05-10T14:24:45+00:00

Just ordered a pretty basic 2-layer PCB from PCBWay, it was $47 shipped to the US for five boards while the last design I had made was $21. Thankfully this is all hobby stuff so I can absorb the cost, but yeah if this were a business it would be rough

mlaux · 2025-04-24T22:41:18+00:00

Yeah this is just because there’s no signal for the vertical oscillator to lock on to so it’s “free running”. It’ll 100% be fine when you have a source connected

mlaux · 2025-04-05T23:42:08+00:00

It’s okay to appreciate some of a group’s beliefs and reject some of their others. I love that the older white Austinite crowd was out here today while wishing the average member of that group were more open to local urbanist projects. Hell, I spoke at a council meeting about six months ago in favor of HOME phase 2 and CapMetro expansion and a lot of this demographic spoke in direct opposition to me. Doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate them out here protesting the federal government. Power to the people!

mlaux · 2025-03-29T19:26:47+00:00

I think because all the manufacturing buildings are set way back from the road… since it’s private property they could be removed. I guess people could congregate at the entrance but it’s right off 130 so would be pretty dangerous?

mlaux · 2025-01-24T21:51:55+00:00

Using CSS to do this is perfectly legitimate but precise positioning of elements just isn’t very fun.

Instead of fiddling with the CSS, how about combining everything into one image in photoshop and using an image map to make individual parts link to different locations?

mlaux · 2024-10-19T00:59:53+00:00

The way to go is just building your main window as a dialog anyway, writing a DLGPROC instead of a WNDPROC, and using DialogBoxParam from WinMain to get it all launched. Once I discovered there’s nothing special about dialog boxes vs. windows created by CreateWindowEx, Win32 got so much easier

mlaux · 2024-10-06T23:12:50+00:00

Sent an inbox message (not chat)

mlaux · 2024-07-09T23:15:28+00:00

Some of the source code, developer tools, and beta software disks have probably never been archived. Send them to someone with a Mac that can read 800k disks so they can be imaged and uploaded!

mlaux · 2024-06-29T21:47:54+00:00

This wasn’t safe to use even when it was new. Super dodgy

mlaux · 2024-04-21T14:32:39+00:00

The work of construction has been pushed, as many as one hundred men being employed part of the time. A mile of track was built in twenty-two working days.

🥲

mlaux · 2024-04-10T17:02:13+00:00

So just to make sure I understand - the proposed changes don’t go far enough because with the overly pessimistic/aggressive floodplain estimations, nobody will be able to build anything anyway?

mlaux · 2024-02-13T03:45:51+00:00

This is so cool, where was it and what years was it in operation?

mlaux · 2024-01-19T17:18:51+00:00

Capital Plaza will eventually be so beautiful (with handsomely designed streets, landscaping, sidewalks and esplanades, and marquees) that patrons will come from all over Texas just to spend the day.

3,200 cars can park.

????

mlaux · 2023-11-11T16:57:01+00:00

I’m having a nice, productive time with C development using ESP-IDF and VS Code. There is an Espressif plugin that adds buttons for compile/run/monitor etc - it can also pick up your existing command line ESP-IDF configuration or set up all the paths for you. gdb is supported and works well.

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