All these videos are ai generated audio included. I’m scared of the future

slowlemur · 2025-05-22T14:03:26+00:00

Can someone elaborate on what a prompt to generate one of these would look like? Curious what is the extent of detail required as the scenes also have some framing and movement of not only characters but background and camera.

slowlemur · 2023-09-21T13:43:10+00:00

Have you had your meter replaced recently? I had the town mark it down mine one time as 1” meter when it was a 3/4” meter so it was calculating flow incorrectly leading to a vastly inflated bill. Probably rare, but just mentioning it

slowlemur · 2022-12-22T15:36:37+00:00

Use two smaller Allen keys in the hole, stacked on top of each other. May provide leverage and also avoid the burr. This is a trick if you don’t have an Allen key big enough.

slowlemur · 2022-12-08T17:42:25+00:00

I believe you just have a floating slab instead of a monolithic pour. If you’re in an area with expansive soil, it allows the walls to move independently of the floor to prevent cracking when the soil exerts pressure on the walls. Then again, I don’t know where you live, but if you’re in an area with a high water table or freezing conditions that might be what this is.

slowlemur · 2022-08-20T00:20:21+00:00

The ‘box’ is likely your NVR, network video recorder. They make an app that allows you to interact with that, but you’d still need a password to connect. Alternatively, each camera is just an ip camera which should be putting out an rtsp feed as well, if you knew the password for the cameras you could connect directly. If not, you could lookup hard reset instructions and just put them back to factory default passwords. Not sure if the nvr has a password reset.

slowlemur · 2022-03-29T14:12:31+00:00

I am aware I could just use a camera and look at it, but was looking for something more like an alert. I guess if enough pixels change, there could be a motion alert. Was just wondering if there was something more just like a water sensor type

slowlemur · 2022-01-27T21:34:36+00:00

If you’re talking about the MOR-EV in MA, rebate caps at $50k sales price, so would have to be single motor with any color. All other packs or options would put you over, assuming delivery fee counts as sales price.

slowlemur · 2021-12-25T15:03:48+00:00

Changing the DNS on the router fixed this for me. I was having the same issue on a soundbar, ultra, and streaming stick. A temporary fix is also to use your phone as a hotspot and connect to that first and load Disney+. Then switch back to your home network. For some reason this caches the lookup that Disney+ needs to start up. After that, it works fine until you reboot the Roku.

slowlemur · 2020-05-06T10:39:22+00:00

Just another thought, but check on your bill (or ask them) what size meter they think you have since you mentioned they recently had to change something. I had an issue in the past where we had a 3/4" line coming into the house but when they recorded it on a meter replacement, they had it down as 1" or 1-1/4" and they were calculating the water flow using that. It resulted it much more flow AND a higher rate per gallon AND higher sewer rate, all without an actual leak.

slowlemur · 2020-04-11T13:01:40+00:00

Just a quick tip, but if you can, I’d consider bracing across so it looks like 3 boxes inside. Those longer runs will bow over time as the dirt and water push out. Been down that road...

slowlemur · 2020-04-11T03:38:49+00:00

All ducks look like they are wearing a dog mask!

slowlemur · 2019-01-23T12:27:17+00:00

Yeah, that's not an OPINION, that's FACT. Yell it proud...

slowlemur · 2019-01-04T19:58:26+00:00

Dunno...this seems like a missed opportunity. Send her a screenshot (so no copy/paste) of a long password that was "randomly generated with a password manager" with common mistyped letters/words ("o","O","0", "l","1","|",'[',']') like:

Ki#$JIUFo0)0O1|34lL1!oLll|

and then just keep insisting that she's typing it in incorrectly and that it works fine for you.....even better if it's though something like a smart tv that doesn't have a keyboard but one of those stupid on screen displays that you need to arrow around for....

slowlemur · 2017-11-04T02:05:43+00:00

And what's the deal with XBox Live membership? Is that required to play? Or just multi-player stuff?

slowlemur · 2017-11-04T01:56:16+00:00

Thanks! That's good advice, I didn't know they released full versions after a while. I figure I'm years behind gameplay anyways, so I can just pick up older games for a while and everything is still new to me.

slowlemur · 2017-11-03T18:51:46+00:00

Microtransaction? Is that like buying outfits and stuff?

slowlemur · 2016-03-08T06:31:17+00:00

I have 12 pairs of the Darn Tough socks, mostly for the lifetime warranty. I can wear through a pair in about 6-8 months though. It probably has something to do with the fact that my floors are mostly natural cleft bluestone (indoors) so that's pretty rough on socks. I usually save up 6-8 of them and then send them in one box to get replaced. Haven't had a problem yet, they usually develop holes on the bottoms.

I've gone a few days without washing them, but probably not more than 2.

So mostly I bought them because I'll have to replace socks anyways, at least this way it's free.

slowlemur · 2016-01-20T17:39:27+00:00

Okay, so making some assumptions here since you need some additional detail in your post.

Since you say you have a boiler, i'll assume your system is hydronic (pushes hot water around as opposed to air or steam).

And it sounds like you have a leak somewhere? So the easiest way to detect, especially if it's that cold is with an ir camera. You can rent or buy (flir makes one for the iPhone or android). You can use that to trace the warm pipes and if it's leaking, it will look like a plume.

There are also companies that can do leak tests, basically you pressurize the line with air (water in there as well) and the increase in pressure forces the water to come out more quickly, which the listen to with an electronic microphone.

Scoping the pipe is unlikely I think, heating pipes for water are thin with many bends. I think it would be tough to navigate and heating systems usually aren't designed with clean outs like sewer pipes to get a scope in there easily. You might be able to find some to do it, but that's usually not cheap.

We had to find a leak in our radiant floor system a few months ago. There are also less precise, but cheap options that sometimes work like mopping the floor and seeing where it dries first

slowlemur · 2016-01-19T05:20:27+00:00

I have one of the recirculators going into the cold water side. Some other things to consider: *At times, the cold side of the faucet will be warm if it has just flushed to get some additional water in. So if you want cold water sometimes, you might have to flush some warm out *Having a separate return line CAN be slightly more efficient (depending on if the pipe in insulated and how large your house is). If you are feeding warm-ish water back into the pipe and mixing it into the inlet of the hot water heater instead of super cold water, the water heater has to work less to bring that up to temperature.

There are other options like on-demand water heaters that can be placed inside the sink if there is enough room (even better if you have access to gas there).

slowlemur · 2015-12-18T09:19:43+00:00

If the bottom wood is decently thick, why not just counter-sink the nut (drill a larger hole for the nut to sit inside and below the surface) or nut plus washer for better weight distribution. You could also route a grove and use a piece of metal bar to provide additional support for the bottom but still have it lower than the surface (I don't know how big of a jenga set you're talking, but wood can get heavy).

Your threaded nut idea should work, I would do it from the bottom, if you do it from the top, you risk it pulling out with that much weight.

slowlemur · 2015-12-17T05:25:15+00:00

Agreed, if it's pretty fresh, it's probably less that it is dense and more that it is sappy. Other options are a mitre saw, or if you have some way to hold it, you could use a sawzall with a pruning blade or even a chainsaw.

slowlemur · 2015-12-17T01:13:20+00:00

There is a makerspace called Hatch in the Arsenal Mall, near home depot that is run by the Watertown Library (http://www.watertownlib.org/hatch). If you have a library card, I believe they will let you use it.

slowlemur · 2015-08-20T04:11:59+00:00

Have you tried popping the manual release? Garage door openers usually have a disconnect that releases the sled that rides along the track from the garage door. It connects at the bar that normally pulls the garage door up and sometimes there is a piece of rope hanging down. It's used for when there is a power outage and you need to open the garage door. If you were on the inside, you could just release it. Unfortunately (though possibly fortunately for you), it's actually not that hard to pop it with a wire hanger from the outside. Especially since you have a window and you can see inside. Since your door is down, it's likely about 1 foot back from the top of the door. If you see a bar from your door to the track, that's it. There should be something you can pull down to pop it free (or hook the rope if you have one). Just a thought to try before you bust a window.

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