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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Some facts about Trump "ending" the medicare part D subsidies. It's looking like there's a full-court press going on right now in the media and on the Internet to save the program, which at its origin was intended (they say) to be temporary. The press articles and memes hardly ever, if ever at...
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    bidens incredible transition to electric cars

    You're close to totally correct., with one exception that was what led to my "edge of settings" comment. The inverter low cutout voltage maximum setting is 48 volts, and I wanted to set it higher. From the charts I've found, 48 volts on a 16 cell LFP battery is about 10% charge. Your making...
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    bidens incredible transition to electric cars

    I't's a big iron Outback inverter/charger that can run standalone or sell to the grid. Just a small system, 8 kW solar and 3600 watt inverter, but when the grid is out it handles everything we need except for the heat pump and electric dryer. At installation time the inverter was at the front...
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    bidens incredible transition to electric cars

    I'm being bipolar and both agree and disagree. On an upfront purchase, disagree. On a longer term basis, agree. I sourced 21 kWh of LFP from china, 4 years ago, on a promotional deal. The cost of the cells, BMS, case and shipping was $4600. Adding to that things like new cables, enclosure...
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    bidens incredible transition to electric cars

    Having used a battery-backed solar system for 15 years, I've eagerly followed the battery technology. Over and over there's an announcement about a new breakthrough in something like capacity, safety, charge rate, etc., followed by whatever the breakthrough is, slowly fading away. Someday the...
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    Pandemic threat? Anyone else concerned?

    I pay extra for a family doctor who does not accept insurance. He gets to spend more time with his patients, and doesn't get bribed and manipulated by the insurance and drug companies. The whole traditional medical system is so screwed up that it appears to be beyond repair. It used to be the...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    I already addressed this, but since you're done with me I won't repeat it. Yes, the American people are hostages. You just want to surrender and keep shoveling more money to big pharma and the insurance companies to stop the short term pain, and to hell with the long term.
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    bidens incredible transition to electric cars

    I should have more carefully worded my comment about wanting to know the range of the 5 minute charge. I'm wondering if this is really a big step forward, or if it's just the company optimizing the charge time at the expense of other things, just to be able to advertise the 5 minute charge? It...
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    bidens incredible transition to electric cars

    Instead of, or in addition to percentages, it would be meaningful to know the distance the car can go on a 5 minute charge.
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    Lightning....

    I've rationalized going the lazy route, self-insuring the cost of damaged cameras and POE switch against the cost and work of installing surge protectors, plus the added reliability risk of adding more connectors. So far it has worked out well, but the economic calculation may have tilted some...
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    Train collides with Truck at Intersection Caught on Camera

    I guess the building blocked the view of the train from the truck. Makes me wonder how many times that truck driver had been lucky before this happened?
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    Remember the Launch of Windows XP?

    Almost 2 hours long? Who would sit through that other than nerds and the poor souls forced to by their employers? I had been on NT 4.0 for years, so XP wasn't much of a culture shock. Never saw the intervening 98, 2000, or ME.
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    2026 New Release from EmpireTech

    I'll throw out an S3 vs. IL video. The cat is 75 feet from the 6mm camera and isn't a very good subject, it's all I have right now while this discussion is hot. These are recorded from screen captures, and for nitpicking the image I wonder how much BI, UI3, and the screen capture are polluting...
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    2026 New Release from EmpireTech

    I believe that most camera users use the built-in IR light, so your using it provides valuable information that I can't. This is one place where there will be a difference between 2.8 mm and 6 mm. I wonder if Dahua uses different IR lenses for the different focal lengths? When I have used the...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Get in line folks. Hurry! Don't miss your chance. Supplies are limited! Free veg-a-matic for the first 100 takers!
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Dream on. The dems are just the other half of the uniparty tag team. Either way, they're bought out by big corporations and a certain other country.
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    2026 New Release from EmpireTech

    Since you're the only other person here with a -IL, perhaps we can compare notes and help with better settings. My setup is unconventional in a few ways, and I don't make absolute judgments, but have always compared images with a side-by-side S3 over the past 9 months. I estimate I've made in...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Only fucking idiots think throwing more money at big pharma, unneeded administrators, and insurance companies will make things better. It's like having a roof leak: Do you fix the leak, or keep adding bigger and bigger tarps until the whole thing fails and takes out everything under it?
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    GDID and Windows 11

    I'm using Mint Cinnamon which I chose because at the time a few years ago it looked like the most windows-like GUI. I'm on version 19 and think it's up to 21 now. Like with cameras, I'm reluctant to mess with something that's working, but I'll be forced into upgrading someday because newer...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    If you put me on ignore you won't see this, but for anyone else, my only purpose is trying to expose false info for anybody who happens to have read it. They can hear for themselves and decide what they think, instead of being told what to think by somebody who doesn't know squat about the...
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    2026 New Release from EmpireTech

    As someone who has had a -IL side-by-side with an S3 for 9 months, I do NOT agree with that. Maybe that's an explanation. I've got no inside info, and am not willing to disassemble the cameras to see for myself. All I know is what I see every day.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    The pissed away money is another subject, and conflating the two makes it easy to deflect away from the main point. The cited "fact check" and other outlets say Trump is ending the program. No, what he's doing is not changing what the dems put into place. The "FactPost" you propagated is a...
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    GDID and Windows 11

    Yet another reason I'm glad I'm on win 7 and linux.
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    How can the IPCAM Store be sold out of BI software?

    It has been sold out most of the time for years. I did manage to buy a license from IPCT 2 years ago after multiple attempts. Seems to me it must be bad web site design and/or maintenance, because "sold out" so much doesn't make sense.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Fact post my ass! This is because of yet another 100% democrat owned temporary program that is ending as specified by the democrats. The democrat owned "Inflation Reduction Act" added coverages to Medicare Part D that led to significantly increased premiums. The dems didn't want these...
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    Money & Economics

    Another media gem, today from Do the media outlets even care about contradicting themselves, or what their product looks like? About the new highs, you'd think that seeing that headline on July 28 would mean new highs were hit within the last day or two. In reality, the DJIA, S&P 500, and...
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    Pandemic threat? Anyone else concerned?

    If lifespans suddenly increase by 50 years, I'd guess that the majority of those with the increased years would be retired, on medicare, and pulling social security. Both of those programs are headed for doom now. What will society be like when only 25% or less are productive and the rest are...
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    The official "WTF" thread

    More warped "journalism" and/or click bait. It's talking about Crater Lake NP. I've got nothing against Crater Lake. It IS beautiful, but MOST beautiful? Not by a long shot. Everyone should visit? For sure if you're in the area anyway, or are a serious national park visitor. But if you're...
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    What the Flock is going on here!

    According to this, flock is only a minor player in the surveillance arena. But they're working on making it better... Now They Are Making Flock Cameras That Can Fly and Read License Plates From 2,000 Feet Away
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    How about a brand new American-made truck for $21,500?

    Besides that, I say "looks REFRESHING". Also looks too good to be true.
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