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Scorpian USB Charger
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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I won one of these today http://www.scorpionsystem.com/catalog/speed_controllers/usb_charger/p_usb_charger/ It's a convenient little charger for say a phone and plugs into a LiPo battery to get power
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Laptop charger "exploded"
by zmurko- 1 follower
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Just wondering if it's happened to anyone else. Yestrerday I witnessed a loud bang (similar to when a lightbulb explodes), but couldn't figure out what exactly happened. Checked all the lights in the room, nothing, all outlets looked intact too, so after a while I just shrugged it off. But today when lifting the laptop power supply off the ground, I've noticed a burn in the floor and where the cord from the outlet plugs into laptops power supply / charger, things look a bit burned too. Now the funny thing is, it still works, not sure if 100% or if it's not working properly, but laptop is being charged. It also still smells when it's plugged in... Shoul…
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4K TV Essential
by Smurf- 0 replies
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Minimum Screen Size 55-70 inches before seeing a marginal difference in seeing the pixels between a 1080p and 4K Television. HDR (High Dynamic Range) there are two standard here, Dolby Vision and HDR 10. (Dolby Vision is a version that requires licensing fee's vs HDR 10 standard that does not, prompting Xbox One S to stick to HDR 10 instead). OLED Screen is the best for low latency. Ultra-high-definition Colour Space which gives a 4x4x4 Pixel Colour that is not compress of each pixel. (HDMI UHD Colour) HDMI 2.0 Compliant native 60fps. Game Mode / PC Mode This turns off all features that would cause video input lag. OLED Screen …
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How to clean air intake ports?
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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On my laptop (HP Pavilion g7-1083nr) the fan is running constantly, so I figure the first step is to clean the ports that the air goes in from outside the laptop, whats the best and proper method to clean them without messing up the computer?
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Insanely Fast Computer
by Smurf- 0 replies
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Steam Summer Sale has begun!
by silenttigercd- 4 replies
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Goodbye bank balance
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Playstation Massage Controller
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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Does your other complain about your game time, might have to try this out in the future http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/video-game-controller-massages-107039
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broken PC monitor - advice
by djw180- 2 followers
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Does anyone have any expertise in this area and can maybe diagnose my problem? The monitor on my home PC seems to be broken. The PC starts up OK but after about a second or so the screen just goes blank. The monitor light is on, it shows green as in normal operation as opposed to yellow when it goes into power saving. If I switch it on and off then the normal screen display comes back but disappears again after a second or so. For the brief time it does stay on the display looks fine and by switching it off and on repeatedly I can at least shut the PC down normally. I plugged an old PC in using the same cables and had exactly the same problem. So I assume it must be …
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IPhone for 13 yr old
by Lann- 2 followers
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Looking to get one for my daughter. Rather not spend a fortune, any advice? (so many different ones)
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Windows 10 1 2
by Squirrel- 1 follower
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Anyone got Windows 10 yet? I've been offered a free upgrade for both my systems even though the copy of windows I have for my media server is a pirated copy. It runs like a legal copy, has the genuine software logo and I have no issues with it at all but wondering what would happen if I upgraded. Also if I do upgrade, decide its complete trash and want to go back to Win 7 how easy would that be too do without wiping out the whole system? My plan was to upgrade on my media server first, see if it's any good before installing it on my laptop which I use for work.
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What was the best invention in the last 50ish years?
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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Microwave IMO, home cooked meals were never the same since (I do remember when the first ones come out, size of a smart car and weighed just as much it seems)
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Solid State Drive (SSD) lifespan
by silenttigercd- 2 replies
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I've had an SSD in my laptop for three years and put another one in my pc a few weeks ago. I've read that the life span of them isn't that great and is based on write cycles. The drive in my laptop is only 128gb and I've downloaded lots of shit, installed and uninstalled games etc. so I'm concerned about the lifespan. Has anyone had one die on them? Are there ways to predict when it will die? Is there a gradual decline in performance or does it just suddenly die?
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Do we have any PC gamers amongst us? If so what do we play and what do people recommend? The Witcher is on my list to play plus I've got The Division free with my GPU so I need to try that at some point.
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4k tv's
by JustHatched- 2 followers
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So does anyone have a 4k tv? Obviously this is where the market is going and eventually most will have them, price seems to be coming down a bit on them. I bought my daughters a 4k a couple weeks ago, it was on sale and I was gonna get them a bigger one anyways so I went that, it is a 48" Vizio for $350. It's got a nice picture even without a 4k feed
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Cross Console Play Someday?
by furdog- 4 replies
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Looks like Microsoft is working with some devs to allow cross-console play. If this ever happens and Sony, Microsoft and Rockstar get on board then I would actually buy GTAV for the XBOne to be able to play with all of the PS4 owning crew! Of course, this is all speculation at this point and nothing beyond Xbox/PC cross play has been announced but it was mentioned that other networks would be welcome. http://news.xbox.com/2016/03/14/letter-chris-charla-idxbox-updates-gdc/ Here's to hoping that this actually happens...
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Ps4 has taken damage
by Ninja- 1 follower
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So my brother dropped my ps4 off of my little table it it has taken some damage inside. My screen now has a blackout for approx. 3 seconds every now and then and its getting more frequent. Also i have these little red dots blinking in my screen and thats getting worse aswell.. https://imgur.com/a/Xo0NB
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Contact lenses the next big computer screen?
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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A polymer film coating with the ability to turn contact lenses into computer screens is set to transform the wearable visual aids into the next generation of consumer electronics. Scientists from the University of South Australia's Future Industries Institute have successfully completed "proof of concept" research on a polymer film coating that conducts electricity on a contact lens, with the potential to build miniature electrical circuits that are safe to be worn by a person. UniSA researcher from the FII, Associate Professor Drew Evans said the technology was a "game changer" and could provide one of the safest methods to bring people and their smart devices cl…
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fiverr.com
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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Have you ever bought anything off of https://www.fiverr.com/ ? I've looked at it a few times, never bought anything but some of the "services" being sold are.......interesting
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Real hover board world record set
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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Fuck those hover boards with a wheel that catch fire, this is the real deal here...
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This is what happens when you reply to spam email
by JustHatched- 1 follower
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Nuff said..
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If it is to be believed, apparently this happened few days ago: https://www.superstation95.com/index.php/world/1214
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Tech Advancements
by Smurf- 1 follower
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Feaking Hell
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PS4 USB Music
by Smurf- 2 followers
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So the PS4 can play music through USB via two apps, Media Player & USB Music Player from the online Playstation Store. All you have to do is format your compatible usb drive to fat32 and create a folder named 'MUSIC' on the drive and copy your music files and paste them in that folder, which is require for both apps and they both support the AAC & MP3 codec and they both support M3U playlist. If your usb drive is recognized but do not show the music files, make sure the 'MUSIC' folder is at the root of the usb drive or try to copy photos from you PS4 to usb drive and if the photo show up, use its location to store the music files inste…
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PlayStation's massive PS4 3.50 update is out NOW
by zztop911- 1 follower
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The beta testing is over. Nice update! http://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/gaming/506007/PS4-PlayStation-Sony-Update-Windows-PC-Mac-Stream-new-social-features-Remote-Play
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ps4 The Future of Consoles?
by ScottyB- 2 followers
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Just come across this and would like to know people's thoughts. Basically, Microsoft are planning to make future consoles upgradable like a PC. I can see pros and cons for both ways but I hope it doesn't go down this road. If they do, I'd most likely just stick to a PC which will be a lot more powerful than a console will ever be. What at are your thoughts? Xbox are also planning to make their games cross platform. That would be cool between ps4 and Xbox but PC should probably be left alone because the controls are very different (possibly better once mastered) and of course they are far easier to mod which would be frustrating…
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225Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
What I Watched This Week #168 (Mar 17-23) Sisu dir. Jalmari Helander/2022/1h31m Sisu is a Finnish action film set during the latter stages of WWII in the Finnish countryside where a grizzled old gold-miner, Aatami (Jorma Tommila), has just struck the motherlode. Unfortunately he runs into a group of n*zis led by SS officer Bruno (Askel Hennie) who are retreating out of the country and they steal his stash. What they don't know is that he is a legendary badass soldier who then proceeds to go on a bloody rampage to get his gold back. There are few things more satisfying to see in a movie than n*zis getting absolutely brutalised (Hitler getting his face machine-gunned into Swiss cheese in Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is a personal fav) and this delivers that by the blood and guts full bucket load. If you want to see a n*zi get exploded by having a landmine f*cking thrown directly at his face then this is the film for you. Tommila gives a great performance in the lead, even though his character doesn't have a single word of dialogue. This is a man who speaks with his actions. Plus he just looks like a badass, I can totally believe that he could take on an entire troop of n*zis and win. Hennie is also good, but his character is very one dimensional, but his presence is more symbolic here of how evil the n*zis were as a whole. If you want a straight forward and thrilling action film then you should check this out. 8/10 Breaking dir. Abi Damaris Corbin/2022/1h43m Based on a true story, Breaking stars John Boyega as Brian Brown-Easley, a former Marine suffering from severe PTSD who has had his VA benefits taken away, straight out of his bank account. Desperate and seeing no other option he holds up the bank with a bomb, taking two hostages. What follows is a tense standoff involving the police, the media and Brian, with Boyega's performance really carrying what is a pretty generic film. The way the public and media sympathy is on Brian's side as he's able to explain his situation put me in mind of Dog Day Afternoon - also based on a true story of another bank robbery gone wrong - but that just makes this film feel even blander. Now this isn't a bad film by any stretch of the imagination, it does its job well, but apart from Boyega's performance there isn't anything that really stands out. It did make me sympathise with the real Brian Brown-Easley as this is a tragic story from every angle, and it does a good job of showing who he was as a person with flashbacks showing him spending time with his young daughter and not just focusing on that day. 6.5/10 Furious 7 dir. James Wan/2015/2h17m Jason Statham enters the Fast and Furious series - after a post-credit teaser in the last film - as the brother of the baddie from the last film and he wants revenge (it's about family). Djimon Hounsou is also here as a totally underwritten bad guy who is totally forgettable and unnecessary and I don't know why he was there because Statham is already the bad guy. I can't even remember what relevance he had to the plot, if he had any at all. But I like Djimon Hounsou so it was nice just to see him I guess. I did have fun with this one, the less grounded the plots the more enjoyable they're becoming, especially since everyone is acting so seriously, particularly Vin Diesel. One aspect where this actually works is where they keep going on about family, their sincerity really makes me believe they care about each other, and that made the tribute to Paul Walker at the end of the film genuinely touching. 6/10 Le Corbeau dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot/1943/1h32m In this French mystery/thriller Pierre Fresnay plays Remy Germain, a doctor in a small village who is the victim of poison pen letters accusing him of having an affair with the wife of another doctor and performing illegal abortions. Soon other villagers start getting letters, all of them signed Le Corbeau - The Raven. As everyone's secrets start getting exposed, desperation to find The Raven grows. This is a very dark film made during a dark time in France's history, and the way the film shows how easily people can be turned against one another speaks to what was going on at the time. The actual mystery is well written, with the audience left guessing right up to the shocking finale, and it's all shot in a film-noir style that really sets the tone perfectly. It's a little slow at the start, but the third act really ramps up the pace as we start eliminating possible suspects, leading to what I think is a satisfying reveal. The performances are all good, especially that of the person eventually revealed as The Raven, but this is more about the atmosphere. 8/10 The Electric State dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo/2025/2h5m The Electric State is the latest film from the Russo brothers, directors of Avengers Infinity War and Endgame, and apparently cost Netflix 320 million dollars to make. It looks alright, and by that I mean the effects look alright, the actual art and production design is bland and derivative nostalgia bait, but it doesn't look like 320 million dollars. The actual plot, adapted from a graphic novel, sees Millie Bobby Brown play an orphaned teenager living in an alternate history 90's after some war with robots or something. She has to find her brother, who she thought was dead, but has been kidnapped by an evil tech guy played by Stanley Tucci and is now in a coma with his consciousness in a robot based on an old cartoon character and is the power source for his new VR tech I think. Also Chris Pratt is there doing the same character he's been doing for the last decade. There are some things I liked about this. Stanley Tucci is always good and is almost able to give his character some depth. Brian Cox voices a baseball robot, that was fun. I'm struggling now. Millie Bobby Brown's American accent is passable. I guess it's not the worst film I've seen this year, that would be Borderlands. This is slightly less obnoxious. 3/10 Cars 2 dir. John Lasseter/2011/1h46m The first non Toy Story sequel for Pixar kicked off an era of sequels where out of their next ten films only four were original. But at least the plot here is very different from the original, which was all about slowing down and enjoying the smaller pleasures of life. Cars 2 is a spy thriller where Mater the Tow Truck (Larry the Cable Guy) is mistaken for a secret agent by superspy Finn McMissile (Michael Caine). He is caught up in a plot involving eco-friendly oil invented by billionaire Miles Axelrod (Eddie Izzard), who is also hosting a worldwide grand prix in which Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) is competing. There's a lot going on, but I do like how they've decided to go in such a mad direction after the relatively grounded first film. My biggest problem with this film is the same one I had with the first, and that's how much I f*cking hate Larry the Cable Guy and his stupid f*cking voice. And now he's basically the lead character, with more time given to his plot than McQueen's. 5/10 Across 110th Street dir. Barry Shear/1972/1h42m This film opens with two nobody crooks stealing a few hundred grand from a Mafia deal in Harlem, killing them and a couple of cops in the process. This threatens to incite a race riot if the two detectives assigned to the case can't find who did it. They are the gruff, no nonsense, racist Italian Captain Mattelli (Anthony Quinn), and the Black liberal Lt. Pope (Yaphet Kotto). A gritty crime film that's a perfect time capsule of the era, this is both very real feeling and stylised at the same time. There's a brilliant use of location shooting and handheld camera that give it a raw, almost documentary like feel. Quinn and Kotto are excellent as the diametrically opposed duo, butting heads while still trying to pull in the right direction. Their relationship is symbolic of the film as a whole, a powder keg just waiting to go up, and that level of tension is sustained throughout the film. The cherry on top is the brilliant soundtrack, which includes the legendary title song by Bobby Womack. 9/10 Lime's Film of the Week!- 2
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225Rate the Last Film you Watched 2: Electric Boogaloo
Alien Romulus (2024) dir Fede Alvarez Another film in the Alien franchise. More of the same reasonably high quality sci-fi horror, quite gory at times with dark, atmospheric, industrial looking sets. A cast of relatively unknown actors do a good job playing a group of young off-worlders, including an android, who see a way to escape their dreary mining colony planet by boarding an abandoned space craft to use it's resources to get their ship to another planet. But this craft is research station, with all human crew dead, because, of course, it had an alien on board. It then becomes the familiar last-woman-standing as one by one they meet the usual face-hugging / chest-bursting or other death by xenomorph. There is a lot that refers to one of more of the original films, including an appearance by an Android “played” by an AI version of Ian Holm (Ash in the Aliens). It is essentially a sequel to Alien that could be happening before, after or even about the same time as Aliens. So it fits into the original films rather than the newer ones from the 2010s. Although I like some of the references to the original films the problem with this for me is it has very little that we have not already seen in those originals. It does not bring much that is new to the franchise, unlike Prometheus and Covenant. Whilst I would have seen it as quite a good film if it was the 2nd or 3rd film in the franchise, I really don't see it adds anything more to the story. So it's fine if you just want more of the same, but for me if you are going to keep adding to a franchise the films needs to bring something original, some aspect of the overall plot not explored before, and this does not do that. I was actually getting slightly bored towards the end and would have been quite happy with it finishing maybe 20 minutes earlier. 6 / 10- 1
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