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Amazon Subprime

I shop from amazon a fair amount but have no use for their aux services such as audio video games etc. I've had prime and not had it, off and on over the years, and live near a major city and nearer still to a major amazon hub. I noticed a change from before covid, to during and post-covid...
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- Post #60
- Thursday at 4:25 PM
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
Question Wherefore art thou, 4k?

4K is not overrated at all if used on a decent sized monitor or TV-as-monitor. I mean for daily computing, I leave the gaming angle up to those who want to spend the money on a video card for that, when it seems like if it's not one thing, it's another keeping video card prices artificially...
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- Post #30
- Wednesday at 3:43 PM
- Forum: Displays
Question Wherefore art thou, 4k?

They will charge more for it as long as the market can bare that. Can't see it dropping to $100 to $120 yet, since there is a base (minimum) price for all the components and that price point would be for a cheaper lower res 1080p panel. At least that is fairly standard now instead of 720p or...
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- Post #29
- Wednesday at 3:41 PM
- Forum: Displays
Man votes illegally for 40 years, not deported or jailed yet.. guess why?

^ Click through, it's viewable on YT. He might be screwed. Maybe if his situation goes viral enough, he can get some kind of gofundme going to make up the difference, have a trust fund set up to make interval payments rather than some lump sum windfall.
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- Post #5
- Wednesday at 5:25 AM
- Forum: Politics and News
Question want bigger battery in my ups...

There are too many variables for me to predict what will happen. You can either reverse engineer each circuit to determine what it will do in different states, or hook them up one at a time and test the result that way. You should do as mentioned previously, isolate the UPS charging circuit...
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- Post #11
- Wednesday at 12:25 AM
- Forum: Power Supplies
Question want bigger battery in my ups...

What "2 batteries"? I was under the impression you were replacing 1 x 7Ah, with 1 x 50Ah? You probably don't want two separate charging circuits working in parallel. I mean you could test what happens but the result is unpredictable without that data, and you'd probably want at least OR-ing...
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- Post #9
- Wednesday at 12:15 AM
- Forum: Power Supplies
Question Wherefore art thou, 4k?

Some people like the idealized smoothness of text using highest DPI possible, and others prefer the crispness of not having that edge blur - particularly if having to read for long hours then it is easier on the eyes. However at a mere 32", unless you are sitting very close to it, the...
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- Post #24
- Tuesday at 4:05 PM
- Forum: Displays
Question want bigger battery in my ups...

The primary cause of short battery life is letting the UPS run till the battery gets low(er) instead of setting it to shut down in the shortest time that allows you to finish what you're doing. Running low is very hard on lead acid batteries. I suppose it is also possible that it came with a...
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- Post #7
- Tuesday at 3:56 PM
- Forum: Power Supplies
Can't install serial gamepad controller in Windows 7

At the risk of necroing such an old topic, the topic and this quoted post in particular has bad info, and is still relevant in that i was just looking into this myself after I had found an old CH Gamestick (serial DB15 connected analog joystick) buried in a pile of stuff I was clearing out. I...
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- Post #8
- Tuesday at 6:14 AM
- Forum: Computer Building
Question Do I need to install monitor drivers?

Too many questions at once! A monitor driver can give a more accurate color profile, but you can adjust it yourself. If you have compatible digital connections available for both the monitor and video output of the computer, use that instead of analog. Yes it can make the image worse...
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- Post #4
- Monday at 11:46 PM
- Forum: Windows
Does your tap water taste good?

Ours is moderately hard, tastes acceptable most of the time but a bit bitter/bad after eating certain acidic fruit like fresh pineapple.
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- Post #8
- Monday at 8:31 PM
- Forum: Home and Garden
Question want bigger battery in my ups...

There are two factors that come to mind. I don't know about all UPS brands, but have read that recent generations of APC are too smart for their own good and will artificially limit runtime based on what battery they are supposed to have inside. However, this is speculation by a third party...
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- Post #3
- Monday at 3:50 PM
- Forum: Power Supplies
Getting Rid of a Red Winged Blackbird

Pretty sure that doors were invented over a century ago, as were glass windows. Screen windows and doors, 150 years seems about right but probably more recent for peasants who had to settle for cloth. You think that a century or two ago, people would just say "oh well" if an animal was...
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- Post #36
- May 4, 2024
- Forum: Home and Garden
Camera lens hazing..

Is it flat or could take a flat lens? Prying it off and replacing with glass might be the longest lasting option. How old are they? Polishing plastic, toothpaste will work but being such a low abrasive formula, will take a while. Assuming it is a small lens, might go faster using a cotton...
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- Post #6
- May 3, 2024
- Forum: Digital Cameras and Video
Random foot cramps that will hit, usually if feet get cold or after doing work

Then you're probably not deficient in potassium but there's also the magnesium in peanuts. How's your calcium intake? Muscles like minerals.
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- Post #11
- May 3, 2024
- Forum: Health and Fitness

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