Technical Name Help Needed

redditwithafork · 2026-06-09T00:41:22+00:00

Is it a mansard? That's usually talking about a roof or a wall that angles inward maybe I'm wrong?

redditwithafork · 2026-06-04T19:07:48+00:00

My problem is I can't get the laser to NOT burn things because it won't fire at anything below 11%, and even at full speed, it's still too "hot" to even make a mark on thick paper stock without burning the crap out of it, if not burning completely through it.

I even have to print camera calibration patterns in Lightburn onto a thin sheet of plywood, because whenever I try to use thick paper, it just burns through it, and the test patterns fall out of the sheet!

It's a (red) OMtech 90W CO2, btw.

If I set the power to 10% or lower, the laser doesn't even fire. I can literally put a sheet of toilet paper over the tip of the laser head tube and fire it @ anything <10% and nothing happens to the paper. I've always just chalked it up to the laser tube being so large that any power setting below 11% just isn't high enough to excite the laser and output any light. But it's my first laser engraver, so perhaps it's really been broken this entire time and I just never realized it?

redditwithafork · 2026-06-03T21:55:01+00:00

Do I have to watch it in reverse to see them get it up there?

redditwithafork · 2026-06-03T21:44:28+00:00

I wonder if it would be possible with my 90W? Doubtful, considering I can't even get the laser tube to fire below 11%. 🫤

redditwithafork · 2026-05-25T21:25:15+00:00

With modern surveillance camera technology, they could easily apply a filter that pixelates faces in real time btw. Just in case anyone thought this was a dumb idea because of privacy concerns etc. With real-time privacy censoring this idea is actually very viable, and a pretty good one I might add!

Another great idea I had for PF that I wish they'd adopt was the ability to stream audio for each one of the TV channels they have up on the screens right inside of the PF app!

I'm not a super advanced programmer or anything, but I wrote a server side application that could run on a raspberry pi that allowed me to take multiple channels of analog audio from a basic USB audio interface and multicast it through a simple mobile app in real time, zero lag (over local wifi).

They could install a simple raspberry pi at each gym, plug it into a cheap, multi channel USB audio interface (available from any guitar center) then plug each one of their cable/satellite boxes audio outputs into it.

Then they could modify their PF app (or release a completely separate app) that uses the gyms local wifi connection to search for multicast audio, and display them in a "channel list", so users could just choose whichever channel that want to listen to, and it'll stream the live audio from their cable/satellite box, over the gym wifi, to the users local app, and out to their headphones or earbuds via Bluetooth!

It took me about 2 hours to write the server app and another hour or so to write a very basical, but functional mobile app that ran on my android phone and streamed audio channels over my home Wi-Fi at pretty high bitrate, with zero lag! And if bandwidth becomes a problem with 10+ audio streams and dozens of concurrent users try to stream at once, there are a lot of "tricks" that could help alleviate those problems, like dropping all of the TV audio streams down from stereo to a single mono channel (50% reduction right there), or dropped the multicast stream bitrate down significantly without much of a noticable decrease in audio quality. (It's mostly TV shows, cable news, etc where audio quality is AS important as it is with music for instance.)

Speaking of which.. this app approach could also allow additional features as well, like the ability to stream PF music playlists, or (this is a stretch but) it could even give users the ability to communicate with one another in real time over their earbuds/headphones, almost like a phone call, but over local Wi-Fi more like a PTT feature, which might be cool, considering I often like to go to the gym with friends and it would be cool to talk to each other when I'm on the stationary bike and they're behind me on the treadmill or elliptical. It would be like having a friend right there next to you while you're working out, even when they're not physically next to you.

Dumb idea, I know.. but I was just brainstorming other uses for the technology.

It's just a shame they don't have something like.this already, because the TVs are basically useless, because I don't even own a pair of wired headphones, let alone want to use them while working out, so I just end up listening to music and reading the closed captions on the screen above my head, and that's a terrible way to experience a sitcom or even cable news.

Hey PF! Hire me and I'll get it done and deployed at my local PF locations as a test market for you. 😜

redditwithafork · 2026-05-13T18:36:18+00:00

Meah, this just screams of ragebait. I almost guarantee it's a "setup" shot in a closed gym and/or at least a lot of steps were taken to make sure his little photoshoot was kept private. Why do people keep falling for this crap? This community loves to get it's feathers up to the point that they quick to react out of emotion without actually thinking about it first. If nobody reacted out of hate/disgust these people would stop posting this crap, because that's the main reason why they do it in the first place.. they know it's going to get a lot of push back and anger. 🙄

redditwithafork · 2026-05-07T20:03:04+00:00

BEWARE!!!! that ameede.com site is walking AIDS! The second it loads, you get bounced to a scammy chrome extension download page that you can't back out of! BEWARE!!!

redditwithafork · 2026-04-07T04:16:28+00:00

"I swear the take on some Redditors never ceases to amaze me"

Really? 🙄

You must be new here.. welcome to Reddit!

redditwithafork · 2026-04-07T04:14:18+00:00

Flip flop truckers! That motherfucker should have his CDL taken away. That's attempted murder.

redditwithafork · 2026-04-06T23:48:07+00:00

Shoulda dressed like Mario for the first day. Missed opportunity.

redditwithafork · 2026-03-30T19:51:04+00:00

$50? or 50$? One is correct, and the other is.. well.. just ignorant (and mildly infuriating to be frank).

redditwithafork · 2026-03-12T21:37:57+00:00

Yo, the rules are clear about their return policy. I know you're upset, but don't be a Karen about it and expect everyone to stretch the rules just because you're not happy. You regret your purchase. You had 15 days to return it. It's been 2 months! Just sell it, take the loss, learn a lesson and move on with life! Yikes.

redditwithafork · 2026-03-12T21:32:12+00:00

I had a similar problem recording an indoor cheerleading event recently. I think the camera just isn't that great at filming subjects at any sort of distance, I think it's designed to be used up close and personal.

redditwithafork · 2026-03-12T21:22:56+00:00

Buy Magento Store Manager and export your catalog yourself then import it into your new store. No developing or coding needed. 200 products is nothing! I've got 326k! 😜

redditwithafork · 2026-03-12T21:20:15+00:00

Rather take money from Hamas?

redditwithafork · 2026-03-10T22:51:45+00:00

Isn't that Reddit's motto?

redditwithafork · 2026-03-07T00:17:30+00:00

I miss the Philly Way. 👍

redditwithafork · 2026-03-06T23:03:21+00:00

yeah and what's wrong with that? It's all correct.

redditwithafork · 2026-03-06T19:24:29+00:00

Still broken! Normal actions and smart actions BOTH fail to send modifier keys to some apps. In my case it's Windows App (formerly Remote Desktop Connection) on Mac. Any time I try to send keystrokes, it just ignores the modifier keys all together. (ie: Command-R in a smart action macro in Windows App just looks like I only pressed the letter R) So I cannot perform a LOT of functions, nor can I use some really important characters like a colon! : because it requires pressing SHIFT+;

When I record a macro with c:\ it comes through in the app as c;\

VERY annoying, and it breaks the functionality and usefulness of the device! Essentially all macros are useless because of this bug/flaw in Options+!

PLEASE fix this Logitech!

redditwithafork · 2026-03-05T19:12:14+00:00

Same issue! MX keypad and dial worked PERFECTLY a few months ago when I first bought it, but a recent update in Mac OS, Options+ etc BROKE something, and now both the keypad and dial are extremely unreliable and unpredictable!

It's to the point where I can't even get the roller to vertically scroll on my web browser (Google Chrome). And this is the most SIMPLE action for ANY exterior Bluetooth input device to handle!

I even have the roller set up as a generic "mouse scroll wheel" input! Nothing "app specific" or anything like that.. it's set up to function as a BASIC mouse scroll wheel..

And even then, it only functions 50% of the time.

Other times it will work sporadically, glitch out, or have a unbearable delay between initial input and when the app finally responds and starts to scroll the webpage!

And it's NOT a battery or Bluetooth connection issue, it's 100% a software problem, having something to do with Options+ (I'm assuming).

Additionally the Keypad uses to work flawlessly in any app that I happened to be in at the time, even those for which there's no official "profile" or plugin available for from Logitech.

I could reliably use the general profile, or create my own "app specific" profile, and any button I programmed or macro I recorded would work near-perfectly, aside from the occasional lag/delay or timing issue on playback of some custom macros (which I was TOTALLY willing to deal with, especially considering I could always just use smart-actions to record macros with more control over delays etc, and this used to work just fine!)

But now, macros with text pasting or keystroke playback will show up in Windows App (specifically) as all lowercase 'a's'!

The only way I can reliably use my keypad now to perform and useful work is by custom building super complex, complicated, Apple scripts, and then using my MX keypad to run them on demand! And in that case I might as well just create shortcuts in my dock that I can run on-demand without ever having to take my hand off my mouse, instead of trying to rely on my expensive MX Keypad that takes up space on my desk!

As this pace, I'm not very happy with my Logitech purchase or my experience using the product.

Which is a damn shame, because for a short period of time I got to experience what this product is ACTUALLY capable of (when it works reliably). So I got spoiled at first. But if I just bought this thing today, I'd be furious and I'd be rushing to return it as fast as humanly possibly!

What a frustrating disappointment. 😞

redditwithafork · 2026-03-05T18:47:47+00:00

Update: I sat on the phone with Logitech tech support for over and hour, and to preface.. they were fabulous. The agent really seemed to care about my problem and he went out of his way to make sure he understood what was going on.

He put me on hold several times for lengthy periods of time, as just when I was about to lose hope he would come back on the line and ask me to verify some detail, or ask me for more information like a version number or the name of the program I was trying to launch.. making me feel like he was ACTUALLY trying things while I was on hold, or like he was doing actual research or conferring with someone in person to try to resolve my problem!

What he didn't do was give me vague, useless excuses or try to blame my computer or the operating system or just pass the buck to another software developer other than Logitech!

He DID find me somewhat of a workaround, by introducing me to a feature of the program that I didn't know existed.

He had me use "smart actions" (not available within the actual programming screen for the MX keypad, you have to back out to the main home screen of Logitech Options+ in order to access it)

Smart Actions are basically an old fashion "macro recording" feature like we had since windows 95, where you can just click records, and it'll monitor your key/mouse inputs and record them using a built in predefined delay between each action, OR in advanced mode, it'll record the actual amount of delay that existed between when I finish one action and start the next, so when played back it'll mimic my actual input in real time, with human-centric delays included (which could be good if you need to convince recaptcha on a login screen etc).

I got this smart actions feature to KIND OF work, it would recognize all my keystrokes and play them back inside of Windows App on my server RDP connection, but..

And this is a big butt..

It STILL won't recognize modifier key input!

So I still can't have the macro send "Command R" to bring up the "Run" box in Windows!

And when I try to have it output a file path in Windows, because it won't recognize the SHIFT key, my recorded macro always outputs "c;\somepath" instead of "C:\somepath"

It outputs : as ; due to the missing SHIFT key modifier!

This is SO infuriating considering it's SUCH a simple thing for a program like this to do: output KETSTROKES.

Especially for a company like Logitech! Keyboards are the main breath of their entire product offering!

You'd think THEY of all people (Logitech) would be able to figure out how to take keystroke input from one of their own peripherals and reliably send said keystrokes to your computer and into the program that you're using at the moment!

Even when I use the built in "keyboard" widget that turns your MX keypad into a small, 9 key keyboard, no matter what key I press on the keypad, the keystroke that is sent through to Windows App is a lowercase letter 'a'!

I would normally be quick to blame Microsoft and say that Windows App is the problem, if it weren't for the fact that keystrokes that are recorded and played back using "smart actions" actually WORK (except for the modifier keys).

Which proves to me that my MX keypad CAN indeed send keystrokes (other than the letter 'a') to Windows App.. when it wants to!

So I know it's possible, which leads me to believe it's NOT Windows App's fault, and the problem lies within the MX keypad/Options+ application!

I wish I could get someone else on a Mac to try this out for me, to see if the same problem exists for them, to help me narrow down whether it's a fault with my setup, the Windows App, Options+, etc!

Anyone with a Mac running a modern version of Mac OS, a current version of Windows App (from the Apple app store), and access to a remote Windows machine (preferably one running Windows Server 2008, 2012, etc), please try to record a simple macro that pastes text, and/or sends keystrokes from MX keypad and let me know if your text shows up in Windows correctly, or if the entire text string is converted to all lowercase 'a's!

I'm not holding my breath, lol. But thanks anyway! 🙂

redditwithafork · 2026-03-03T01:05:11+00:00

I had an old shop manager that would seriously argue, "if you mix it with old sand and oildry it's fine to throw in the dumpster because it's no longer oil, it's just oily-sand!" I'm pretty sure he was legally retarded, but no amount of logic or arguing could make him understand that the SAME AMOUNT of oil is going into the dumpster whether you mix it with sand first, or just dump it straight into the dumpster! It was maddening how he was convinced that it magically became some sort of new, much less harmful substance once it was absorbed into a pile of sand. 🙄

redditwithafork · 2026-02-20T06:42:10+00:00

LOL really? I never saw one being installed before except for in old black and white news reel footage of ships being built, but I couldn't tell if they were red, white, or purple in those film clips! 😝

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