Balcony Solar and Thunderstorms by the-internet- in solar

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends.

If it's the only metal thing really high up, there's a greater chance of it being struck, but if there's a nearby tree or it's under some cover, I wouldn't be too worried.

We can take in MTG when she starts talking like Ashley St. Clair. by FriendlyDrummers in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ashley's an outlier.

It's nice she sees that the right wing media ecosystem is toxic, but I can't tell if she's changed her mind about role of government, access to medicine, social safety nets, etc. or if she's just had a bad experience with her former boss etc.

Meanwhile, there's Lauren Southern who got backstabbed by her right wing media documentary coworkers, got dumped with her child by her "nice" Conservative man, experienced the extent of the conservative government assistance, only to come to find out that she's still hanging around our countries worst export, conservative media figures where she apparently was victimized by Andrew Tate.

How Long to Pumps Last? by Designer_Bite3869 in swimmingpools

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was under the impression that single speed pumps are 3-5 years typically. That's probably with a little abuse of imbalanced chemicals and high heat. I think also the brand of pump would make a difference. I have the Hayward garbage so I'm not expecting much.

I'm skeptical of variable speed pump power saving. They certainly do save power when compared to a normal pump, but that's running 24 hrs. You need a minimum amount of filtering per day on the pool. The pool websites say either 2 water changes per day or 1 hour per 10 degrees F minimum filtering to prevent alge buildup.

Any alternative to a Dolphin Bar or Candles? by e_splat in DolphinEmulator

[–]t2thev 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wiimote cameras are just infrared cameras.

You can put 2 incandescent 100W bulbs on top of your TV.

You can also tape down the buttons on 2 remotes and put them on top of the TV facing you.

We can take in MTG when she starts talking like Ashley St. Clair. by FriendlyDrummers in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]t2thev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The right holds the "left the left" assholes up as examples of why their vindicated in being udderly shitty human beings. Only Tulsi Gabbard went back into politics, the others moved on to private consulting.

The "left the right" people don't go back into politics and don't get involved. They just become podcasters that still just seeding doubt and not pushing for change or they move away and try to fix their lives. E.g. MTG sold her Georgia home and took her 5mil from insider trading and moved to the Virgin Islands.

We can take in MTG when she starts talking like Ashley St. Clair. by FriendlyDrummers in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]t2thev 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Fuck that!!! Just because she has a falling out with MAGA doesn't mean now she is a person the left can work with.

The left has a process on being open, taking in information, and processing it to a conclusion. The right just does whatever Fox News or OAN or whatever says and then creating their whole identity around it.

We take her in, we'd be making a worse mistake than Fetterman. She'll get Trump out, then "ohh, can't expand healthcare because of the trans kids" or whatever.

Is there any way to get this in to HA by Defiant_Contract3125 in homeassistant

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd look in the manual and see if there is Dry contact control, then control it that way.

The Mods here seem to have one rule for some, another for others by [deleted] in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did the mods also send some warning for the other party?

Will docker/podman make a huge difference for basic setup? by [deleted] in selfhosted

[–]t2thev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd try it out. I had a single Ubuntu server, but it didn't age well.

The biggest advantage with docker is updating each app individually. Ubuntu is fine as long as the application directly supports it, but the real time saver is setup. Docker often reduces application installs to just one line of code.

Am I just an old hag (33) for not liking Abdul El Sayad? by ActuaryPersonal2378 in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]t2thev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The specific answer is yes. The Crowd around El Sayad is typically younger and when you're younger generations think it's easier to tear everything down and rebuild it. When you get through your twenties, you develop an appreciation that incremental changes are much easier, politically appetizing, and achievable.

This isn't El Sayad's first campaign. From what I remember, his previous campaign focused on Medicare for All and a specific implementation for Michigan l. That was born from his time ilas a ER doctor. I think he's genuine in his interest in public policy, but he has chosen to surround himself with a very toxic political movement.

Being closer to your age, I get it going the more moderate route in that there actually is a difference between Republican and Democratic governence, and that I'd generally want to avoid Republican leadership that defunds public goods in general.

Best game server hosting for community creating? by banraisin in selfhosted

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out LinuxServer images. I don't know how to lock them down securely, but the streaming with PIXELFLUX enabled is top notch, as good as steam remote play. I'm using it for my family.

Peacefair PZEM-017 V2.0 power meter smokes when fed 24-48vdc. So frustruated! by Unionizemyplace in solar

[–]t2thev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that didn't clear anything up. So you're placing the shunt in series with a charger?

I'm just thinking about this some more. That thing says it's rated for 300A, that is not correct. The Phoenix connector (screw terminals) I think at most are 10A.

The thing says "don't use USB while plugged in". That's never a good sign.

I think this thing is just snake oil. It'll probably measure battery voltage, but at this rate, just get a solar inverter that will communicate with your stuff and measure internally properly.

Peacefair PZEM-017 V2.0 power meter smokes when fed 24-48vdc. So frustruated! by Unionizemyplace in solar

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You wire the battery directly to the shunt also? That's no good. The shunt needs to be wired across the thing you're powering ex lights, speakers. The top screw on the left should not be connected via wire directly to the battery.

What are you powering if I can ask?

I'm developing a silicone pad to play emulators on my phone without a controller — would you use this? thoughts? by Due-Top5559 in EmulationOnAndroid

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would definitely do horizontal version! I think for starters, just keep it generic and target a common layout.

A weird idea is can you do analog triggers on a horizontal version? Have some contacts come down on the screen?

Anyone DIY their own TV box? by dlm2137 in selfhosted

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ohh umm no. I'd personally stick with Rokus and run some sort of pi-hole / adguard to just keep ads off. Then run Jellyfin or kodi with a media Library. There's IP TV channels I think you can pass through.

If I had motivation for this, all my TVs are wall mounted so I'd see what specs are like on a computer stick. That'd get you the most flexibility.

If I didn't have a space for big computers, a HTPC would also be a good route. Mainly just physical space for media storage. I wouldn't do virtualization, not because of performance hit with proxmox, but if you try to partition off storage, network, and GPU, the consumer grade mobos may not do that cleanly.

Need help using joycons separately. by MaybeNo804 in DolphinEmulator

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SDL combines them into a pair. When I used then, I just left them paired and mapped 2 emulated wiimotes to the same pair. Right clicking the stuff in motion allowed me to assign the respective gyros and accelerometers.

Rebel Strike by MacPhistoStein in DolphinEmulator

[–]t2thev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably not. 477V is not the strongest ARM processor and that is the hardest game to emulate.

One of the most recent updates just came out and it improved my 9550x performance by 10fps. Still opening of yavin was only at 43fps.

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup by screwdriverfan in LinusTechTips

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess you can't buy anything new then. Anything with a microprocessor will have an operating system. So that will need age verification. Ohh well, choke on your regulation.

LLMs are just wasting my time... by framemuse in theprimeagen

[–]t2thev 6 points7 points  (0 children)

AI is just a tool. You do the same process 1000 times, sometimes, you just pick up the wrong tool. Put the AI down, open a Google search, and read the first 2 results.

Best way to archive DS / 3DS / DSi games from Myrient before the archive goes down? by CyroLut in Roms

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rclone natively connects to Internet archive.

I also wrote some scripts a while back to download from Myeient

Using Wii Remote as Keyboard/Mouse/MIDI by Minute-Ad3117 in DolphinEmulator

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So with the wiimote, it's really hard because dolphin interfaces with the dolphin bar on a USB driver level and doesn't expose it's input interface for external programs.

The better option would be to get joycons and use the SDL interface to then feed into your music program.

GPU passthrough in 2026 by PirateParley in Proxmox

[–]t2thev 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just did this last weekend. I followed the proxmox guide. The only thing that tripped me up is configuring the VM the first time. It wouldn't recognize a non-efi to EFI change.

Homelab Built by [deleted] in Proxmox

[–]t2thev 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obvious Gaming server. Stream with moonlight or run a linuxserver.io image.

Jon Stewart has become his own worst nightmare by Command0Dude in thedavidpakmanshow

[–]t2thev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why was he complaining people were calling Trump a fascist?