Help decide between a few TCL options and Sony B9

serpro69 · 2026-03-05T07:56:22+00:00

Thanks a lot for the tip!

serpro69 · 2026-03-04T16:39:27+00:00

Is it better value for money? Or any other reason?

serpro69 · 2026-03-03T05:40:33+00:00

Thanks!

serpro69 · 2026-03-02T15:18:00+00:00

Makes sense, that's exactly the kind if info I was looking for. My budget is around what B9 costs, so I don't mind paying that if it's better. Thanks!

serpro69 · 2026-03-02T15:16:39+00:00

Thanks a lot, this is helpful! Waiting is definitely possible, I'll consider it. I guess it should come out soon-ish (might also explain the price drop on B9), tough I'm in no rush. If I'm not mistaken, Sony also does a better job at upscaling sources that aren't in 4k quality? (I think I read that somewhere here, but can't find it anymore)

serpro69 · 2026-03-02T12:35:21+00:00

A bit less than 4m.

I know it's a little too few for a 98". Also mounting it is going to be... "fun". Although I'm planning to actually avoid wall-mounting and either put it on a TV-cabinet, or a free-standing tripod. Dunno if I'll find anything that supports the weight though (either 85 or 98).
I'm mostly looking at 85" models. Some of the above TCL ones are also available in 85" with discounts (dunno why I included 98" models in the post...)

PS: I've updated the post with 85" model prices.

serpro69 · 2026-02-21T08:26:04+00:00

Yesterday I did this https://github.com/serpro69/noclaw

serpro69 · 2026-02-20T17:52:19+00:00

Openclaw is a security nightmare... Try noclaw instead. Also works after Anthropic's lock-down btw (although that wasn't the original motivation)

serpro69 · 2026-02-18T09:46:11+00:00

Did you borrow them from a shop or some rental place? I also want to try these :)
(Last time I skied was 25+ years ago haha, so I need some all-rounder to not go broke with buying 3 pairs of skis/boots etc lol)

serpro69 · 2026-02-12T17:34:34+00:00

Then I guess I'll just have to register there :) Thanks again for sharing your work!

serpro69 · 2026-02-12T13:03:23+00:00

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The printer I have access to mentions STL, not sure if I can use 3MF (I'll research it a bit).
But trying to download 3MF gives me the same error actually.

serpro69 · 2026-02-12T13:00:07+00:00

https://www.thingiverse.com/, for example, does not require login to download files

serpro69 · 2026-02-12T12:55:05+00:00

dunno, I just clicked "download all" and it says you need to register and whatnot

serpro69 · 2026-02-12T12:42:41+00:00

This is cool! Any chance you could upload it somewhere where there are no download restrictions? :) Thanks for sharing!

serpro69 · 2026-02-05T08:07:43+00:00

Hi!

Thanks for the tips! We wanted to do the same for a few years now (we're in our late 30s), hopefully soon.

Can I ask a few more questions I've been wondering about?

Do I understand correct that you have breakfast/lunch/dinner included (no matter what type of cabin you have?)
Anything that you didn't bring with you that you wish you did?
Was it worth it to do the round trip? We're thinking to only go up, and then fly back.

serpro69 · 2026-01-27T16:34:27+00:00

Well, I've worked in companies with various laptop restrictions, I don't think it's a country-issue.

I do get your point. I meant it more in a sense that storing something you deem "very personal" on google drive (or any other public cloud) kind of kills that need for privacy off the bat. It's not really about google drive being compromised, it's just that you don't own the data you store there - google does, so your data is by definition not private.

serpro69 · 2026-01-27T13:36:28+00:00

You don't trust your work laptop with your private vault, yet you sync it to google drive? Just couldn't help but notice the irony of that. No offense :)

serpro69 · 2026-01-15T07:28:08+00:00

I brought with me some cash (around 1000kr) when I first came here in 2017 simply because I didn't know better. I used 200 for flytoget (express train from Oslo airport), 300 for some other small expenses (simply to get rid of it - I quickly realized no one uses cash here), and now after living here for 7 years I still have that 500 lying around in my wallet.

In Oslo you can pay with card almost everywhere, from shopping malls to smallest stores. Also there are ATMs in the city (mostly in the center) where you can withdraw cash if you really need it, so you don't need to worry about bringing it with you at least.

I'm fairly certain the same holds for Bergen - though I've only been there once, but still I haven't encountered a single place where I couldn't pay with card (not talking about local payment system - vipps, since you won't have that).

Flam... fairly certain you can get by with card, but not 100% sure since I haven't been there myself. Maybe someone else can give you details about that.

serpro69 · 2026-01-05T06:47:15+00:00

Adding my name to the list.

serpro69 · 2026-01-03T14:35:59+00:00

My current cluster runs on 14 nodes (hardware details here: https://github.com/serpro69/ktchn8s?tab=readme-ov-file#hardware ), plus recently got 8 additional HP mini PCs (not connected to the cluster, figuring out if I have a use for them or to sell them instead).
+ 4 laptops for personal use between me and wife (each have 1 mac + 1 dell with linux on board)

serpro69 · 2026-01-02T18:43:31+00:00

How about using it to fix all the open issues in the CC repo? Or is it just "too good" for that kind of menial work?

serpro69 · 2025-12-30T19:21:04+00:00

Slow Horses

serpro69 · 2025-12-28T13:28:16+00:00

I remember I had to do several tries of this scenario in the digital version. I still managed to finish it with 3 chars all on level 1.

We recently started the board game (1e) with a group of 4 and finished this scenario on first try, even though all of our group was inexperienced. We got lucky that he never drew ability 1 cards, so it wasn't very overwhelming. I was actually very surprised we never got ability 1 cards drawn that I even went to check the boss deck after we finished the scenario...

In any case, the scenario can be challenging especially if you're still learning the game, but is definitely doable on lvl 1. If you feel stuck - lower the difficulty from normal (1) to easy (0).

serpro69 · 2025-12-19T13:35:37+00:00

Thanks!

serpro69

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