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    2026 New Release from EmpireTech

    F0.8 has to help. Its lens gathers more light to shine on the 1/1.8 sensor. The spec sheet says it uses an M18 lens mount vs. M16 in the 5442s. It could be a game changer, or another flop. Somebody needs to buy one and report. I agree that the mount is crappy. I've avoided them because the...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    This is something I think I would enthusiastically support. I realize some won't trust it because of who's behind it. With all of the corruption of both ends of the uniparty becoming known, a new party could possibly build momentum really fast. And if it happens, it would take at least a few...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Another false opposite of the truth post. If ONE parent is a US citizen, the kid is not an anchor baby. He's/she's a citizen even if the birth is in a different country, so if the "born in the United States" clause didn't exist, the kid is still a US citizen...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Wow, so much talent! Next step will be a video of dancing 7-series cameras :).
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    That's certainly the popular gaslighting. Or could it be that these three judges were the only ones who did their research and voted to uphold the 14th amendment as it was understood at the time it was passed? The 14th amendment was introduced into the senate by senator Jacob Howard, who was...
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    Flock installed LPR's without permits and has now been banned from operating in two states

    Do mobile devices really transmit their mac address? I thought they were used only at Layer 2. Without doing an research, I would think the mobile devices transmit only their EIN and/or SIM number.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    To each his own. With wrong numbers and false statements I don't accept the overall message is close to accurate. For believing a message I accept only reports without cooked numbers and agenda-free conclusions. I don't believe messages based on dishonest and/or exaggerated data, which this...
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    It was fun while it lasted

    Without knowing the cost of the lightning arrestor I'd want to gather more information. What's the cost of the arrestor compared to the cost of the damage it might prevent, and the probability of it ever preventing any damage? Added to that the increased probability of random failure in the...
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    Best way to power Tapo C530WC (9V 0.85A, 5.5×2.1mm) over 20–30m cable run

    A big picture way to look at the voltage drop, with rounded numbers to make the math easier, using 10 volts for your camera and 50 volts for the POE. 1. The current will be 5x greater at 10 volts. 2. With same gauge wire, the voltage drop will be 5x greater if using 10 volts. 3. That 5x greater...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    There's a bunch of sleight-of-hand and logic errors in this social media beauty. First off, the $20,100 "paid by employer" is not a subsidy, it's part of the employee compensation package. Would anybody really believe that the employer is giving a gift of ~$20k without a corresponding...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    This post is exactly backwards gaslighting. The 17th amendment took the senators from actually representing their state, instead making nation-wide big money decide who gets elected. Since the small population states have the same number of senators as the big ones, they are easy targets for...
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    Is the regime in Iran soon to be toast?

    I don't understand, maybe somebody can offer a simple explanation. Looking at a map it looks to me that the strait can be transited without ever enter Iran territorial waters. If Iran meddles in Oman's waters, isn't than an act of war that should be condemned and retaliated against by the UN...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    It's more than the insurance companies screwing the system up, the governments help too. The state of Oregon taxes healthcare providers and insurance premiums. Yes, while the state government says it's fighting to keep healthcare costs down, it's intentionally adding taxes to make them higher...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    The reason costs exploded is because the dems and their great leaders f-ed up the medical system while enriching the insurance companies and big pharma at the same time. The enhanced subsidies that hid the rising costs were put in place during the Biden administration and set at that time to...
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    Funny / Satire

    One of my hot buttons. Our 2008 Audi climate controls are a true pain in the ass to operate. And even with "auto" mode off, it still does annoying things on its own. Your either have to let it do what you don't want, or take you eyes off the road to reverse what it did on its own. I...
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    Direct burial cable recommendation

    Is anybody able to explain how the splitter/combiner above could support Mode B? The only thing I can think of is that the combiner box (box with switch on it) would convert the two Mode B connections from the switch to Mode A before sending its output down a single network wire. It doesn't...
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    Direct burial cable recommendation

    Nothing intelligent :). I have a cable tester that has a similar looking display and has worked flawlessly for me. Does your's have a "wiremap" box that p[ugs on the far end of the cable? I've never used my tester without that in place.
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    Wall of shame

    I was wondering that myself. Seems to me the wires would have to be derated because of heat buildup. On the other hand, there are often a lot of crammed together wires entering or exiting panels and junction boxes. There are fill limits for conduit but I've never noticed anything in the NEC...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    In judging who is the worst liar, what's the measuring stick? Number of lies, frequency of lies, the biggest deception, the worst damage done, other possibilities? How does Trump's damage compare against Obama and Pelosi ruining the US healthcare system? How does it stack up against a...
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    Unable to modify camera IP

    Yes! I can't promote ConfigTool too strongly here or I'll get voted off the island. I always use it for new cameras and think it's a lot easier than messing with the windows settings. It does have one major gotcha in that after you initialize a camera you have to change the ConfigTool password...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    "He is absolutely the most audacious liar that has ever lived." I call BS on this claim. As bad as Trump is there's a pretty good list of dem politicians that I believe are/were even higher on the liar scale. Some corporate execs, too. Off the top of my head examples: Pelosi, Harry Reid...
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    Unable to modify camera IP

    Not so intelligent missing the Config Tool alternative
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    Money & Economics

    This happened with Incentive Stock Options in conjunction with the Y2K tech stock bubble. There's an incentive to hold ISO stock for a year after option exercise to qualify for long term capital gains rates, but there's also a trap. If the stock isn't sold during the same year as the option...
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    Money & Economics

    Gravity has not been repealed. What goes up......
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Is this a shock to anybody but clickbait media? Or is the shock that it's so high?
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    Getting rid of old tools

    My bigger problem is not being willing to get rid of them. I'll probably never use the old brace and bits again, but shudder at the thought of parting with them. For cheap junk tools that break, trash or metal recycling is just fine with me.
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    The official "WTF" thread

    Loosely related, after accessing my Charles Schwab account yesterday a survey request popped up. It looked innocent, asking if I accomplished what I logged in to do, followed by a "why or what could we do better" type of text box. I typed in what I thought was a helpful comment, then noticed...
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    Direct burial cable recommendation

    As an alternative , if the short is in the orange or green pair, you could swap the bad pair with brown or blue. Adding for due diligence, the camera has to be unplugged when using the cable tester.
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    AI Good and Bad

    I don't remember how long ago I got my first SSD. It was an IDE drive which puts it pretty far back. Ever since, I've been saying that switching to SSD was the single best enhancement for just about any PC. When I switched my BI storage drive to SSD, BI started acting a whole lot snappier...
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    Is the regime in Iran soon to be toast?

    During my working years, hearing that meant that things would get worse before they got better.
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