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    Upgrading 8 year old NVR and Cameras

    I'd chime in about how my 8 year old NVR is still going strong but I don't want to jinx myself. After a few years of no camera failures I had one last week with one of the 8-year-olds, somebody chewed through the camera pigtail. Fortunately I had a saved pigtail from a same model camera that...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    The Trump administration is NOT dismantling the deep-ocean observation system :winktongue:. There's a very simple and understandable explanation for what's going on: "....the foundation said the decision is not a cancellation, but a “descoping” aligned with a “wider strategy of a nimbler...
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    New Cisco switch not powering Hik cams

    Are the two 3650CX switches the exact same model number? Some 3650CX switches have POE ports, and some don't.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    (My day to be Debbie Downer) That would be wonderful, but can it be done? My thinking is that in the big picture it's currently impossible. The schools have been infiltrated, taken over, compromised. The harmful Hollywood output is sucked up and supported financially by the population. Going...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    (Rhetorical questions, not challenges, and I'm not fishing for any time-consuming answers. Setting up cameras is a better use of time.) So how does it help to not vote republican? Is there a better alternative? I say in the big picture there currently is none. With few exceptions, congress...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Having stage 4 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), what this treatment is for, I'm naturally interested in any new treatments. While Vaxira's presentation appears to be technically accurate, it's very misleading and overblown to a casual reader. While it may in fact genuinely improve the...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    I'm more optimistic that that, even though the damage is severe. With the way the congress and voters are, nothing short of a major crisis will change the direction of the ship, and he's sure helping that crisis to happen. It would have anyway with the continued deficit spending, DJT is just...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    I look at this MAGA thing differently, that I'm still MAGA but Trump left it shortly after the 2nd term started.
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    1/1.2" 8MP Varifocal

    I replaced a fixed focal 5442 S2 with a fixed focal 54 PRO, and think its image is a wee bit better. I run it as if it was a 5442, not using the white lights or any of the new features. I also don't use its built in IR lights, using the same external illuminator as with the 5442. The only...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    I acknowledge he's dividing us by political lines and allegiance to Israel. Yet Obama was the greatest divider in my lifetime. He got pretty much everybody to hate everybody else every which way, with race being the biggest example.
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    PoE cable routing in Australian homes

    Or for anything to do with the US government, which does cover a bit of the world. Or to be compatible with USOC wiring. "The T568A wiring pattern is recognized as the preferred wiring pattern for this standard, because it provides backward compatibility to both one-pair and two-pair USOC...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Not the fault of the other 75% that let it happen?
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    Money & Economics

    What's all this talk about home prices crashing? Home Prices Register Biggest Annual Increase in More Than a Year: Report (No need to point out it's from one of the everything-DJT-does-is-wonderful rags.)
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    Does IR Light Deter Wildlfe?

    Hard to know without a controlled test. I haven't noticed any animals being bothered by the lights, but mine are only 4 watters. The cats do stare straight at the light sometimes, with a pretty bright reflection from their eyes.
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    Money & Economics

    I was outraged when Biden used the petroleum reserve to affect gas prices. This is a national security asset and it should be kept full and used only for genuine non-economic emergencies. Now that Trump is doing the same thing it makes sense and is a wise thing to do. Drain the blasted thing...
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    Money & Economics

    But we've been getting stuff cheaper for a lot of years, and in the process gave up most of our manufacturing capability. Now it bites us.
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Right now he has one -ZE and one 2.8mm fixed focal. Hurry, only 1 left of each! Now we can have 2 more -IL testers
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Tonight it thinks my heat pump is one of its objects. It does have some short legs under it, but it's not walking around.
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    I upped all of the IVS sensitivity setting on the -IL camera to 10 and am reporting back. The side-by-side S3 is, in effect, the equivalent of a control group in an experiment. I also made the IVS global length calibrations. Mt gut feeling is that this didn't affect anything. After a week...
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    Money & Economics

    All of my working life the expert advice was to put as much as you can into a traditional IRA, then draw it out after you retire when you'll be at a lower tax rate. For many, that expert advice results in paying more taxes in the end, if it gets you into deduction phaseouts, IRMMA, and other...
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    United flight strikes light pole on NJ Turnpike

    Assuming the same runway, it's just too dang short for the widebodies. Yes, it works when everything is done correctly, but it begs for low approaches where some minor slipup puts the planes, the trucks, and the lightposts on a collision course. At a high level, it's kinda sorta the same...
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    Flock installed LPR's without permits and has now been banned from operating in two states

    A local Lowes has one of these. Here's the promise: Lowe’s website says it “only discloses your personal information if required by law or legal process" and it does “not sell ALPR information”, sharing it only with the service provider and the National Center for Missing and Exploited...
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    Money & Economics

    I dealt with this a few years ago and forgot a lot of the details. It looks like there are 2 separate clocks, one for contributions and the other for roth conversions, and of course they have different rules. Another tax mess from the politicians that supposedly represent us. It could have...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    If this is correct, we have Obama, Pelosi, Schumer, and the other loudmouth divider dem politicians to "thank" for it. As is typical, the real haters accuse others of hate. Politics Is Destroying American Friendships, And It's Getting Worse
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    The official "WTF" thread

    Is somebody making a post based on ONE sample? What a doofus, and waste of electrons! (I mean the original widespread post on X. IPCT is more for discussion in a somewhat small group).
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    Money & Economics

    I read today that interest rates are going to come down. A few minutes later I read that interest rates are going to go up. So add a #5 to that list that interest rates will go up, or they will go down.
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    Is the regime in Iran soon to be toast?

    I'm waiting for Iran to demand unconditional surrender.
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    United flight strikes light pole on NJ Turnpike

    About his 2 or 3 feet lower comment, the gear is stout and the trailer frame and skin is comparatively lightweight. I'd vote for the landing gear to win.
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    Money & Economics

    The airline industry is a weird one. managed more by passion than good business sense. Whenever there are enough unserved markets, a new startup airline will appear even if it doesn't make business sense. I wonder how many airlines have disappeared? Eastern, Pan Am, Braniff, TWA, Ozark, Reno...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    I'm not the only one complaining about object identification. https://www.wsj.com/tech/are-those-brake-lights-or-a-house-on-fire-your-security-camera-cant-tell-c40b1cce
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