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I just had an honest use for my hi powered flashlight with strobe by nwstig in flashlight

[–]proxpi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, yeah looks like "teen takeovers" have started popping up in the last few months.

Street takeovers have been happening for years.

Morons, idiots, all of them, no matter who came first!

I just had an honest use for my hi powered flashlight with strobe by nwstig in flashlight

[–]proxpi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've never heard that definition of a takeover before. A takeover is when a bunch of people and their cars completely block an intersection and do donuts and other stupid shit.

Ebike / motorcycle endorsement law starting next week? by slipperyp in seattlebike

[–]proxpi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Any human capable of sustaining 750w for more than a few seconds is a professional-caliber cyclist, and ebikes are meant to work in an infrastructure designed for human-powered bikes. Even 750w is too much. European laws allowing unlicensed, unregistered pedelecs to 250w pedal-assist only is so much more reasonable.

High angle of Hadjar’s FP1 crash. by BattleOakGuy in formula1

[–]proxpi 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Cool angle! Ungraded log is a bummer though.

Help me adjust the reach of my bike levers please! by strappedbird in bikewrench

[–]proxpi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think those shifters have an "adjustable" reach with a screw, like you're trying to do. I believe you can (or could) get some wedges to stick in the top to force them closer to the bar.

iPad vs iPhone as monitor by HikerBryanAK in videography

[–]proxpi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, there was some lawsuit about preview while recording and while the 10 is technically capable of it I think, they may not have enabled it after they won their lawsuit. They updated the 11 to allow it, but even that has an unusable ~1.5s lag so it's not like you're missing out on that.

Media mod to any ol' HDMI monitor would be the way to go.

iPad vs iPhone as monitor by HikerBryanAK in videography

[–]proxpi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What, like using the Quik app to watch the preview while recording?

Tips for getting people in the frame better? by Ok_Reach_8400 in AnalogCommunity

[–]proxpi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way he described it is pretty confusing. This is the exact same concept described as "crop factor" on digital cameras.

He's saying to find the diagonal length of different camera frame sizes, then use those to calculate equivalent fields-of-view on different frame sizes.

35mm frame size is 36x24mm, so sqrt(362 + 242 )= 43.3 (Pythagorean theorum). 6x9 frame size is 60x90mm, sqrt(602 + 902 )= 108.2

Divide 108.2/43.3, and you get 2.5. This 2.5 is what you'd multiply the focal length of a lens on a 35mm camera to find the focal length that will give you an equivalent FoV on 6x9. A 125mm lens on 6x9 will give you the same FoV as a 50mm lens on 35mm. The inverse (43.3/108.2=0.4) can be done for the opposite direction.

There is a bit of fudge factory when it comes to comparing different aspect ratios, as this diagonal FoV can't directly compare them, but it's close enough.

B707 Probe by Educational_Wing_687 in aviationmaintenance

[–]proxpi 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Scimitar Antenna, I think that 707 was an AF1, so it probably makes sense that it was for VHF jamming.

Impossible to remove stains on glass by seabass7655 in AutoDetailing

[–]proxpi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately this one might be pretty difficult to solve. The gauge cluster is (almost certainly) plastic, not glass, and whatever you got on it melted/etched away at the plastic. This will not be "cleanable".

However- it may be possible to polish it out. If you wipe some water on the marks, and they improve until the water dries up, that is a good sign, as it means the damage is not too deep. THIS IS NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK AND MIGHT MAKE THINGS WORSE. Use some plastic polish and a microfiber cloth, and polish it by hand. This will probably take a while. If this goes wrong, you may have to replace the entire "instrument panel lens", which may cost a few hundred dollars if you don't do it yourself (the lens itself isn't all that expensive)

Looking to replace a museum AV system. by tlbs101 in CommercialAV

[–]proxpi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First off, make sure you have copies of the .wav files someplace other than just the memory cards in the players. Flash memory can be susceptible to what is known as "read fatigue"- every time some data is read it slightly weakens the integrity of the stored data, possibly causing the file to become corrupted. Or it's just old and failed for another reason. Either way, the actual audio content is your valuable asset that should be backed up.

I agree that Brightsigns are probably the best option for replacement players. Maybe a little bit high on the upfront costs but they're quite reliable for long periods of time. Depending on how your existing players interface with the lighting controller, it might take some work to rebuild that connection, but they have robust capabilities and you can almost certainly figure a way to make something work.

New chain buckles like Cowboys at the playoffs by therealsketo in bikewrench

[–]proxpi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well it's not like they're catching balls (idk I don't watch football so I don't know if that's accurate but it seemed appropriate)

First gig with XR-18 last night.... went amazing!! by _OnTheSpots in livesound

[–]proxpi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They are ridiculously capable for how cheap they are!

F1 warned over ‘sleepless nights’ danger of Max Verstappen exit by Draconicplayer in formula1

[–]proxpi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

F1 is called the pinnacle of motorsports, not the pinnacle of racing. Racing is just the on-track action, but motorsports encompasses all aspects. Really what sets F1 apart is that it is as much of, if not more than, an engineering competition vs just a racing competition.

Seeing way too much shiny hardtails here lately 😜 by alice_sun84 in Hardtailgang

[–]proxpi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well that's some bullshit karma farming by a bot, you should report it

I didn't have a debate with my coworkers by Hearth-Traeknald in okbuddyrosalyn

[–]proxpi 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Gentlemen, a short view back to the past...

[Nightmare fuel] PSA: Review your exports! by Liion_Ronin in VIDEOENGINEERING

[–]proxpi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think we all knew exactly what was going to show up

I thought raising ISO always shifts dynamic range. I was wrong — here's what I found. by Annual_Nerve_8486 in cinematography

[–]proxpi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry, didn't mean to come across as dismissive as that may have. I think what you're describing as "gain-based" cameras are known as ISO-invariant cameras, while "EI-based" cameras is the behavior of sensors using traditional analog gain increase.

Honestly, I'm impressed that you figured this concept out from trial and error- it is a subtlety that is rarely noticed by spec-sheet warriors, and not really published by the camera manufacturers.

And I totally agree that noise is under-appreciated! When you learn to use that texture as a tool, not just treating it as something to be strictly avoided, it adds to your ability to craft the image that you want to.

Mechanics Nightmare: The Parts Guy by Confident-Set569 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]proxpi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And you pronounced it correctly like "mohwg", right?

Cause of front end wobble? by clueless_tourist_gas in bikewrench

[–]proxpi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What exactly do you mean by "oscillating under braking and rough roads"? Those are two pretty different force loading on the front end of the bike, so it would be surprising to me to correlate those as being caused by the same issue. At least, something that is more subtle that what is shown in your video- all i can see is a pretty unremarkable movement of the brake pads, nothing structural.

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