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Hopeful Doc
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re: Did some Ethernet wiring...
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/3/24 at 11:44 am
[quote]I don't think cat7 or cat8 are officially recognized standards. I may be wrong, but I think that means these companies can get away with using these terms for marketing without the cables actually being made to some higher specs or standards.
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that and the general way they eliim...
re: Generator Question
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/2/24 at 6:58 pm
Great news. I spent way too much on a fancy generator with a fancy controller so you don’t have to:
10 tons (3 units) of AC, a fridge/freezer, mini fridge, standup fridge, stand up freezer, all the lights, TVs running was an 11.5kW load in my house (this was an August afternoon, so all 3 units ...
re: Medical students at UCLA are required to learn that weight has little to do with health
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/2/24 at 6:45 pm
I’ve posted something similar before, but there’s a touchy-feely bullshite class in every med school that all the real docs roll their eyes at, don’t study for, accept bullshite as part of the road to get a degree.
The classes are there for the people in administrative positions who don’t prac...
re: Did some Ethernet wiring...
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/2/24 at 5:25 pm
[quote]Oh no, Doc. Not at all right. You are asking for crosstalk and next issues.[/quote]
Sorry, the “-those guys, usually” was meant to represent the state of the jacks I’ve seen in the walls done by other people and poke fun at them.
…I leave mine tightly bound. Sometimes when I want...
re: Did some Ethernet wiring...
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/2/24 at 3:39 pm
[quote] A lot of guys would simply match colors without regard for terminating the pairs properly[/quote]
Step 1), strip off 12” of sheathing
Step 2) straighten out those annoyingly twisted wires so you can see them
Step 3) don’t waste any of that thin wire. Move to the end of the straightene...
re: Perp gets shot by Granny after breaking in and then starts screaming for the police.
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/2/24 at 3:35 pm
Guy comes in house.
Guy steals keys
Granny runs to bedroom, gets gun, calls 911, tells granddaughter she has to be brave
Guy returns. She tells him to stop advancing three times. Warns she will (shoots) shoot him
THE SHE frickING GETS HIM A GLASS OF WATER WHILE HE BLEEDS ON HER FLOOR BUT THREA...
re: Real Questions about St. George...
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/2/24 at 11:44 am
[quote]St. George kind of sucks.[/quote]
It’s not up to par?...
re: Simple home networking for beginner
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/2/24 at 10:56 am
[quote]My internet is ATTs 5G with their “All-Fi” CGW450 gateway[/quote]
I read lots of problems with specific ATT gateways and pass through setup. I’ve never personally had a problem, but I’ve never had this l gateway specifically. So it may be worth googling (and I hate to mention the site, b...
re: Real Questions about St. George...
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/2/24 at 10:02 am
[quote]DID[/quote]
Past tense before the new city was allowed to be incorporated after asking to be annexed, not annexed, then decided to incorporate on its own?
Yes. ...
re: Real Questions about St. George...
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/2/24 at 9:57 am
[quote]So you're saying they would use "Baton Rouge LA" ok got it.[/quote]
No. He’s saying they [u]could[/u] use BRLA, and they could use St George, LA. It wouldn’t matter.
Even better, if you know your zip+4, you almost don’t need your address at all. ...
re: Real Questions about St. George...
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/2/24 at 9:55 am
[quote]splitting hairs between parish/city definition[/quote]
Splitting hairs? There are signs for the Baton Rouge City corp limit. It’s outside of those signs/lines. Seems much more like an easy to understand definition than a hair-split. ...
re: Did some Ethernet wiring...
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 5/1/24 at 10:48 pm
[quote]cat8 all the way to my office which then feeds into a 6 port switch[/quote]
1gig NIC on each end?...
re: Non-smart lights that have wide dimming range (2200-5000K or so)
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 4/30/24 at 9:28 am
[quote]Easily adjust the brightness using your Cync Dimmer Smart Switch* or through the Cync App, powered by Savant.
*[u]Not compatible with traditional dimmer switches[/u].[/quote]
$30/light would put it on par with what I linked above , plus this requires its own smart dimmer. Not what I...
re: Non-smart lights that have wide dimming range (2200-5000K or so)
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 4/30/24 at 9:28 am
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re: Non-smart lights that have wide dimming range (2200-5000K or so)
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 4/30/24 at 8:22 am
[quote]how often do you think you’re going to change the light colors between different ranges of soft/warm/bright/hot white?[/quote]
Daily based on time of day.
[quote]My GE wafers are color changing from an app. Dimmer switch still works[/quote]
Got a model? This doesn’t seem possibl...
re: Non-smart lights that have wide dimming range (2200-5000K or so)
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 4/30/24 at 8:14 am
[quote]looking for something that will change color temp as it is dimmed?[/quote]
But most that do this are limited in range from around 2200-2700k or 3000-5000k. There are a few products that span both that I have come across. Wondering if I’m just missing something on how to look for them. ...
Non-smart lights that have wide dimming range (2200-5000K or so)
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 4/29/24 at 7:53 pm
The Hue tunable white lights are neat, but they’re impractical (I’m not buying a remote for my lights when I have switches on the wall. The remotes are overpriced, and the bulbs are, too).
There are several cheaper brands of smart lights, but the concept applies- I’ve got dimmers. I want physi...
re: which singer/performer shocked you the mosy by being white
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 4/24/24 at 11:12 pm
Vulfpeck...
re: OT parents, snoo yes or no?
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 4/24/24 at 5:29 pm
Had one still scream all night in it. One slept all night whether they were in it or not.
I’d pass. ...
re: Biden proposed a capital gains tax of 44.6% & 25% unrealized gains for high income earners
Posted by Hopeful Doc on 4/24/24 at 2:05 pm
Idiots will rejoice without realizing its lack of impact on the federal deficit while we print money into oblivion....
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