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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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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Bummer about the fedex loss. I'm starting to wonder if there might be a global conspiracy to keep -ILs out of the hands of IPCT members? On the image quality I'm so far not noticing any difference from the .4 firmware that I previously had. I don't recall having criticized the -IL's image...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    The 5459-IL horribly flunked an unplanned human detection test today. Four times, I walked through the edge of the FOV, visible for 2 to 3 seconds. The S3 triggered all 4 times, and the IL missed them all. The applicable tripwire is in the same place on both cameras. This is with the new .6...
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    United flight strikes light pole on NJ Turnpike

    This make it sound even worse...
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    Get a dashcam. Period!

    ^^^^^^^ My first reaction is that the video is hopefully AI generated. That said, my mischievous side has always wanted to take literally the signs that say "Drive thru window".
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    United flight strikes light pole on NJ Turnpike

    Same crew that flew Asiana 214 into SFO years ago. Captain Sum Ting Wong Wi Tu Lo Ho Lee Fuk Bang Ding Ow
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    With the new .6 firmware the -IL still lags behind the S3 for human identification. When I walk into the FOV, the S3 makes the human detection in one second or less, while the -IL makes the ID 3 to 4 seconds later. I can't compare directly with the old .4 firmware because I've only got one...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    After reading this I was surprised how fast the firmware updated into my 5459-IL. The 744 MB file took about 4 minutes, and the 129 MB file was a few seconds under a minute. What if a politician walks through? Will that be classified as a human or a snake?
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Even though animal detection is my priority, that doesn't mean I don't notice other things. For instance, the IL's human detection is not as good as the S3's. It occasionally totally misses a human that triggers the S3 almost instantly, and when it does detect, it's slower, sometimes up to a...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    An even more real-life example is wildfire evacuation. How about your car refusing to go when you get this warning? Level 3 - GO NOW! Leave immediately! There is extreme danger in the area. It is unsafe to stay and threatens the safety of you, your loved ones and emergency responders. Do not...
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