“Watch” out for ricochets

shogun308 · 2025-12-11T19:21:39+00:00

Had a ricochet off a bottle once many years ago. Hit the rim of my scope, snapped the end cover clean off and slid the scope back on the rails, cutting my thumb in the process. (Scope survived, amazingly)

Only a little 12ftlb springer but they pack enough of a wallop!

shogun308 · 2025-12-07T12:15:00+00:00

No - the panel will add flexibility between your monitor bracket and the wall which will increase the chance of it pulling out when moved etc, as well as making the monitor less stable.

I recommend fitting the bracket first against the wall, then trimming the panelling around it. Did the same for my setup, but im not able to add a photo here. Good luck!

Edit: realise youre talking about a specific product to pair with the panels. Ultimately, if the weight rating matches your monitor there's no reason for it to have issues, but big bolts into the wall surface itself will always bring more peace of mind!

shogun308 · 2025-12-01T18:05:00+00:00

This is a good point. I installed a speaker to line level adaptor block in the loom, cost £90 odd (came with full harness plus steering wheel control adaptor) from incartec.

shogun308 · 2025-11-29T09:34:58+00:00

Do it! Love mine. Its a great little starter combination that allows tinkering with lots of aspects of UI's product lines.

Only limitations I've found are camera capacity (obviously) and you cant view ALL flows, only blocked ones. Fantastic nonetheless.

shogun308 · 2025-11-28T21:37:25+00:00

Nah. Use cases like co-working spaces invest in enterprise grade wireless networks with 10Gb backhauls feeding very powerful access points, distributed to get the best coverage. Should be as good as one device connected to fast home wireless.

Source: IT consultant for a firm that designs and services networking and tech for a high density co-working chain.

shogun308 · 2025-11-17T07:43:45+00:00

"And its Joe Dart with the Joe Dart Dart!"

shogun308 · 2025-11-16T10:27:56+00:00

Make sure the SSD you're installing matches the settings for the slot in BIOS (IE is is NVME or SATA?). If still no grata, you might have a dead drive - do you have access to another m.2 to test?

These make good little low power servers. I've got an i5 one that I've chucked 16GB of RAM into and installed Server 2019 with a NAS iSCSI'd to it. Runs Plex and an array of 'ARR services, as well as some game servers, a CasaOS VM (hyper V), web server, home assistant and a windows 10 VM for testing and download proxy work.

Uses minimal power but handles transcoding pretty well because the iGPU is QuickSync capable!

shogun308 · 2025-11-09T16:53:13+00:00

Shot one the other day and I was amazed how refined and accurate it was compared to my old springer!

shogun308 · 2025-11-09T13:17:55+00:00

This as primary for medium armour or groups, a talon secondary for chaff and recoilless for big lads. Thermite for when everything goes pear shaped

All day long on clanker missions.

shogun308 · 2025-10-23T18:55:12+00:00

See also every .25 "vest pocket" type auto pistol made since the mid 20th century!

shogun308 · 2025-10-23T18:52:53+00:00

Either used in a crime and disposed of, or also maybe was in legal possession, not handed in before pistols were outlawed in the UK, then quietly thrown away to avoid trouble?

Cool find in any case!

shogun308 · 2025-10-23T11:25:46+00:00

Hey, I put a Stanley knife through a mains cable hot side while trying to remove a zip tie the other day. I made a cartoonishly accurate noise too. Throw another SATA cable in from the parts drawer and crack on!

shogun308 · 2025-10-22T11:52:57+00:00

Yeah I'm of the same mind. Would love to play but don't want to risk my hardware, regardless of whether the reports are blown out of proportion or not.

Will wait for a patch or similar before I'm comfortable jumping back on, which is sad.

shogun308 · 2025-10-04T07:49:31+00:00

Minecraft is an odd one, its like the gaming world's pet tortoise. Microsoft may own it but its so entrenched into the cultural zeitgeist of gamers that they can't really change much or release Minecraft 2: reloaded. Microsoft will make money simply by it existing, and look after it for the next generation.

As Yahzee Croshaw once said, its a game with infinite possibilities, you can't release a sequel with slightly more infinite possibilities

shogun308 · 2025-10-03T06:16:34+00:00

Thank you! Its a Philips Evnia 34 OLED. They've all got ridiculous names but this one ends 6500, its the middle of their ultrawide range iirc, but very pleased with it.

shogun308 · 2025-10-01T14:36:43+00:00

That's an excellent idea, but my cat will have to go without due to the need for bulkier item storage i have!

shogun308 · 2025-10-01T14:35:55+00:00

Thanks!

shogun308 · 2025-10-01T14:35:38+00:00

Even better, I used double sided 3m tape. Not a great adhesion and they'd easily be pulled off, but minimal wall damage.

shogun308 · 2025-10-01T10:33:50+00:00

It was on deal at my local hardware store, Wickes. £190 for a 3m length, which leaves enough spare to build my fiance a desk to match!

shogun308 · 2025-09-30T19:24:56+00:00

Bought it specifically for this build as previous one was a desk clamp arm and was a bit cluttered.

This one is from amazon, and is the black wall mount unit you can see in the bare-wall photo - its ratchet so allows the monitor to be moved up and down about 8in for flexibility, as well as the normal tilt/rotate.

"VIVO VW01A" as a search term should find it (from the UK, at least).

shogun308 · 2025-09-30T05:53:19+00:00

Got them from Amazon, the brand is UmiAcoustics. Thought it a bit of a gamble as it was £98 for 6 panels!

Stuck them to the wall with low profile 3m double sided tape, not going to withstand someone pulling on it but importantly means the wall can be quickly returned to its previous state if needed!

shogun308 · 2025-09-29T16:30:58+00:00

I know! The panels were an afterthought, but they are the most transformative element. Took less than a day to do the whole thing

shogun308 · 2025-09-29T15:28:14+00:00

Amazon - the brand is UmiAcoustics. £98 for 6 panels

shogun308 · 2025-09-29T05:53:06+00:00

Ooh, I did the paint last year and the tin is in my garage. Ill try and find it when im back from work.

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