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Emulation

2008.01.25 16:49 Emulation

News and discussion about emulation.

2011.12.28 08:49 rsjac Summoner School

/summonerschool is a League of Legends subreddit dedicated to helping others learn and improve.

2011.03.11 07:14 joshgi Cal Poly Pomona

Cal Poly Pomona, emphasizing Architecture, Engineering, and Business at 3/4 the cost of our sister school. Aided by diversity, and specializing in bang for the buck.

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2024.05.16 08:42 whineybubbles Millions of Birds Now Migrating Safely Through Darkened Texas Cities After Successful Lights Out Campaign

Texas is in the middle of the most important migratory pathway for birds moving up and down the Americas—nearly 2 billion birds, or 1 out of 3 in the US, will pass over Texas during their spring and autumn migrations.
To safeguard the over 400 species of birds that migrate through Texas, the Houston chapter of the Audubon Society and their partners in the state have been running the Lights Out! Texas campaign for two years, and they’re seeing remarkable results.
With the prestige that owning and operating a skyscraper confers, maybe it’s surprising to note that dozens of building managers have been convinced since 2022 to turn off non-essential outdoor lights.
“We issued the proclamation and they… found out, ‘oh, wow, I can do these simple things and it actually helps the birds when they’re migrating,’” Houston city hall spokesperson Sarah Osborne told KHOU 11.
“We’re seeing communities all across the state join in on this effort,” adds Anna Vallery a Conservation Specialist with the Houston Audubon.
Researchers working in Chicago and studying the effects of Lights Out campaigns and other phenomena impacting migratory birds found that reducing the reflections from exterior lighting on tall buildings worked to prevent 60% of all bird collision deaths.
Since most birds migrate at night by the light of the stars and moon, the shining lights of a city in the distance can attract them. But once lost in the photo-soup of a shining skyline like Houston or Fort Worth, they can become extremely disoriented, smash headlong into buildings whose glass is reflecting light from the city, and die.
Fort Worth is taking part in Lights Out! Texas, and the skyline looks decidedly different in this short CBS bulletin.
The Texas Audubon has all the information a resident might need to do their part, or organize municipal efforts, to help our winged brothers and sisters safely pass by.
A busy family of two working parents with kids going to school and after-school sports might scoff at the idea of spending time to ensure birds can navigate over their property safely, but at the end of the day it also saves money from reduced electricity usage.

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2024.05.16 08:41 nguyendragon Update on Wingbeat simulation given new Ring Yi bench passive

The assumption here is that Ring yi passive gives 9 SP on hit (6 SP up to cap + 3 SP from bleed), twice per turn to Ishmael, so after wingbeat hit coin 1 and coin 2. Some people say the 2 per turn limitations is meh, but I want to show that any sp changes affect cumulative heads hit chance significantly.
If you have not see my previous post, it's right here and go into some of my base assumptions. Each simulation is done using 200,000 rolls.
We will now do our simulations with 4 cases:
Case 1: No passives
Case 2: Butler Faust bench passive
Case 3: Ring Yi bench passive
Case 4: Both bench passives

Test 1: Number of coin rolls

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Why is there such a discrepancy between ring yi passive and both passives? It's because as you get closer to 100% even small change in odds will affect your change of hitting heads consecutively a lot. Just as an example to demonstrate, hitting heads 7 times in a row at 45 sp is 70% odds, while at 40 sp is just 48%, even though 5sp seems insignificant (and of course 70% odds at 45 sp vs 100% at hypothetical 50 sp). That's why you see such big increase in odds from just ring yi to ring yi + butler faust.
And as you can see here, even if you only has ring yi passive, the changes are still really significant compared to no passive. However if you are able to combine both at max efficiency, you quite literally have more than 50% chance to hit 7 coins (note that this is different than 7 heads as you can hit 7 coins with first coin tail and/or last coin tail)

Test 2: Damage expectation

The range I choose here is based on comparing how much damage you should expect from wingbeat compared to the best nuke damage in the game like rip space, ddldr, self-destructive purge, qss around 80-100 raw damage. You can consider the left side as duds, middle as decent value, and right side as great value.
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As you can see if you use ring yi passive, you have now double your odds compared to no passive to deal more damage than the best nukes in the game. If you use both passive, the odds are 2/3rd.
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What's the different between median and average? Average is basically your average expected value given the odds, however it can be a skewed method, just like for example the average networth of Jeff Bezos and me is 100 billion USD, does that mean I'm rich? My ramen cup stacks said no unfortunately.
Median tells you more about your middle case which value it would actually land. Since rolling coins on wingbeat means the value you have on damage are at certain interval with increasing interval as you roll more coins, it might be better to look at the median to tell you how much your average roll will give you.

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2024.05.16 08:41 ryni_abella Backup Strategies of your laptop: How Do You Keep Files Safe?

Data safety is one of the most crucial practices today. In this digital world, from personal photos to important documents and critical work files, being safe is very important. How do you ensure the protection of your important files using different backup strategies? Some of them include cloud storage and external drives.
Cloud Storage—Convenient and Accessible
Some of the benefits of cloud storage include accessibility to files from any place with internet access. Some of the most commonly used services include Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive.
Best Practices
Automatic Syncing: Make sure that your cloud storage is set up for automatic syncing so that your folders and files are up-to-date and backed up.
Multiple Cloud Services: Engage with multiple cloud services to ensure better diversification in storage.
Security Measures: Apply two-factor authentications and strong, unique passwords to make sure your cloud accounts are locked down in security.
External Drives: Reliable Offline Backup
Benefits: An external drive, whether hard or SSD, is a reliable way of making an offline backup; it will free your data from online threats. Also, these are used to back up large bulks of data.
Best Practices
Regular Backups: Ensure you back up your data on a regular basis so that your latest files are always captured.
Multiple Drives: Make use of multiple external drives and rotate them to minimize the risk of data loss in case of a drive failure.
Safe Storage: Stash your external drives in a safe, secure location to protect them from physical damage and theft.
NAS – Network Attached Storage: Centralized Home Backup
Advantages: NAS devices offer centralized storage that is made available to multiple devices in your home network. Generally, they will also offer RAID configurations and other measures of redundancy and security.
Best Practices
RAID Configuration: Use RAID 1 or RAID 5 to have some data redundancy.
Remote Access: Configure remote access to your NAS to make it easy to retrieve files while you are away from home.
Regular Maintenance: Run regular maintenance checks on your NAS and keep the firmware updated.
Backup Software That Automates: Set and Forget
Advantages: Software such as Acronis True Image and Backblaze will, for the most part, be backing up for you. You just have to set the schedule for when to do regular backups. It also offers full, incremental, and differential types of backups.
Best Practices
Scheduled Backups: Make sure to set your software to do backups automatically on a regular schedule—daily, weekly, etc.
Check Backups: Periodically check your backups to be sure they are completing, and therefore, you will be able to restore from them.
Backup Destinations: Maintain software backups to multiple destinations, such as an external drive and a cloud service, for multiple redundancy.
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Your Backup Strategies: What is your process of backing up, and how did that assist you in staying away from any data loss incidents? Share your strategies and maybe problems you faced.
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2024.05.16 08:41 BAE_CAUGHT_ME_POOPIN I dunno about omens, but

I have now seen three (3) natural super events in a one (1) month time frame.
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In early April we had traveled to see the solar eclipse. My LTR’s friend had a crummy cabin right in the path of totality and had invited lots of people to come watch. These were acquaintances and chums from a touring / traveling / festie past life, the kind of wild spirit I’d see once or twice a year at some interesting event and ask what they’ve been up to. My lover would already know; they are a creature of social media and a master of effortlessly effusive connections. I can’t even pinpoint when I forfeited all of those attendees as now being more their friend than mine.
Totality is still ineffable despite all the accounts. You see it coming as the clouds part directly below its pathway, leaving a trail of its approach from the horizon. Animals freak out, shadows bend, the collective hype of your company irresistible. The sky darkens slightly one minute before you’re snapped into a parallel dimension ruled by a glowing ring god. For four minutes the neurons in your brain that fear the sky are screaming and you experience the answer to the question: “what if reality was different?”
Having experienced that rumination made me actually reconnect with all the attendees afterwards. How lazy I was, how fearful and jaded, to assume that friendships, human connections, didn’t deserve effort? That you should never forfeit companionship without at least trying first? How beaten down and cynical had I become that Luna herself had to remind me that love should be joyous and celebrated? Now was a chance to correct that mistake.
I ended up becoming the life of the rest of the party, an unusual position for me. Perhaps my mind was sufficiently shaken up and I saw the opportunities I had long ignored. Perhaps my gregarious partner didn’t dominate the scene because of the blotter which I had passed on. Maybe some combination of those factors led to them being uncharacteristically quiet for the rest of our stay. By contrast, the silent drive home was typical for us these days.
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They were not in the car for the second super event. That was just me and my coworker, called off of our out-of-town jobsite. An unusual emergency meant that we had to drop everything and leave NOW. If our supervisor hadn’t called then we would have felt it in the air, a sense of impending danger spoken in wind and atmosphere.
My phone alert went off on the highway. Take shelter now, an impossible plea at 70 mph through farmlands. My coworker, a plain spoken plains man, silently barreled forward towards the green-blue cell. The throbbing bassline of Nugent’s “Stranglehold” accompanied the descending fingers of clouds that threatened just that. Cars and semis were pulled over under overpasses, a pointless shield against anything other than the hail but I still understand their impulse. We reached our exit and could see the storm that we passed under from the driver’s side window.
“There it is” he said so flatly. His enthusiasm was appropriate: there, behind the modest and familiar skyline, was the weather event every midwestern is taught to fear. But it struck no fear in me. It too looked modest and familiar.
The funnel was literally just an extension of the slate clouds above, a tendril, a shape, not registering with me as a threat at all. Even while driving through it my thoughts weren’t of danger but of melancholy resignation. Perhaps because it was a forty minute drive and my position was completely determined by outside demands: be at work at this time, go to this jobsite, leave right now, this is the only path you can take home. I felt no control over any of it, not the schedule, not the weather, not the lame ass boomer soundtrack that could’ve been the last thing I heard had a butterfly flapped it’s wings different.
The tornado incurred significant damage just a few miles from our house. My partner was equally non-plussed by the whole situation. If they had felt fear in the basement then they had forgotten it entirely, the event reduced to a “man that was crazy” story to recount later within a handful of sentences. Perhaps they too recognize that some awful events are just bound to happen, the certainty of which strips the stress away.
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The final phenom was actually a subdued encore. The aurora borealis had made a surprise visit to the Lower 48, but we missed the first night. Even though my lover had received texts from their many friends telling them about the heavenly light show, we were already in bed and in no place mentally to go see it. The NOAA predicted it would be visible the next night, so we planned for that instead.
The drive was the last effort of the day, a final rally after work and social obligations and stressful interactions on top of endless mundane life maintenance. Our modest midwest town with it’s modest skyline isn’t too heavy on the light pollution, but there was a lake a half hour north where most of the local pictures were taken the night before. Making the voyage out there felt like a slog after those last few days, but the aurora was on my bucket list and I needed some cosmic intervention in my life. I was hoping it would be like the totality, a brilliant display that left me changed afterwards. Instead, it was like the tornado. It just was.
Sure, there were some pastel smears in the night sky. Hell, you could even point your phone at it and see if better on your camera app. But it appeared as if the display wasn’t as breath taking as the night before. Our friends and countless other couples lucked out and got to experience something beautiful, but we did not. And I felt nothing.
No anger, no resentment, no disappointment even. Just a kind of tired acceptance that I only got to see some of this brilliant thing I always wanted but I was so worn out from days of work and effort and driving and stressful interactions of fighting and arguing –
We drove back again in silence. Five days ago we were given homework from our therapist. We were instructed to end each night a brief description of a frustration from our day that didn’t involve our partner. The idea is to distill the unpleasantness to a few sentences and a few words so that we can express how we feel about negative experiences as simply as possible to each other. Perhaps that exercise will help us understand each other better and highlight themes that consistently upset us.
That only works if you do it every night. This was five nights since that session and we hadn’t done the exercise even once. It’s a great idea, but we are just in no place mentally to put in the effort. We had tried for years to not forfeit our companionship, only to feel drained and exhausted. We just go to couple’s therapy because that’s what good progressive millennials do. We both know what’s coming. We can feel it in the air.
A committed relationship was always on my bucket list. I had hyped up the beauty of it in my mind. Instead it’s only been a lot of work and effort and rallying and fighting and arguing. Other friends and countless other couples got to experience that brilliance, but I just felt so, so tired.
The impending break up is going to be awful. We are deeply entwined with each other, and it’s going to be painful to separate and watch our mutual friends take sides. It’s going to leave a path of destruction, but we are both resigned to this happening. I feel no control over it, it’s just what’s on the horizon. I wonder what opportunities there will be afterwards, when reality is different.

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2024.05.16 08:41 Apprehensive_Lime506 Weird Choir Director

Is my choir teacher creepy?
There is a male choir director at my school who is gay. This is an important detail throughout this story. I am a part of the 9th grade treble choir which is separated from the boys by a period. I have discused some of the following behavoirs with my mom and she agrees that they are weird.

He is really close with the 9th grade boys.
He treats them vastly different from the girls choir, (ex. He says how much he hates 9th grade girls and that they’re always trouble, yet has no complaints of the rowdy boys!)
Without asking for permission will hug the guys randomly whenever he feels like it. (I’ve talked to my guy friends and many are uncomfortable, also has barely ever shook a girls hand)
He needlessly touches them and is way more physically active with them, like touching them and making them dance while during the girls period he just sits in his office.
While recruiting for next years choirs (which have declining return rates in the 9th grade for a reason that he has no idea about) he would take specific guys and talk to them for 15+ minutes while only having short discussions with the girls. With the guys he would talk to them for multiple days spanned, while with the girls only talked to each of them once.

Theres a couple things that are less promaniant that I don’t feel the need to mention but those are his behaviors towards the guys class. I’m a girl so I could be reading this wrong but guy friends have said how they are uncomfortable so idk.

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2024.05.16 08:41 zpiman Using Proxmox for AI training servers

Hi, I wanted ask for a second opinion if using Proxmox makes sense for our server setup.
We are a small AI research lab with a growing number of servers that we use for training and simulation. The machines are mainly consumer grade PC with Nvidia GPUs and running Ubuntu server.
The machines are being managed manually through SSH. We would like to move to a batching system (such as Slurm) however in order to facilitate easy scaling, we thought of adding all the servers to a Proxmox cluster.
Each node would then run a VM with a PCI passthrough to the GPU and a Slurm instance. If we then scale to more nodes, it should be very easy simply cloning a VM.
In addition, we can use some of the servers to also host our other resources (db, website, etc etc)
Would this be a valid approach? Is there some limitations that I am not aware of? Is Proxmox going to introduce significant overhead? (If I understand correctly, the cost of virtualization should be quite negligible)
Thank you.

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2024.05.16 08:40 zeprodd [Hydraulics, college]

The length of the gate is 3m perpendicular to the paper... How would you find the horizontal and vertical forces ?? For horizontal i just used 9.81(2)(4)(3) . For the vertical i dont really have an idea how to solve for the volume of the partial segment

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2024.05.16 08:40 Lee_Benj003 MediaTek Dimensity 8250: A Refined Mid-Range Powerhouse

MediaTek's Dimensity 8250 is a mobile chipset designed for premium mid-range smartphones. While technically a refresh of the 2022 Dimensity 8200, it offers a balance of performance, display capabilities, camera features, and connectivity, making it a compelling option for manufacturers.
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The Dimensity 8250 boasts an octa-core CPU built on a power-efficient 4nm process. It packs four high-performance Cortex-A78 cores, with a primary core reaching 3.1 GHz for demanding tasks. For handling background apps efficiently, four Cortex-A55 cores are included. The Mali-G610 MC6 GPU tackles graphics processing, enabling smooth performance in games and applications.
On the display front, the Dimensity 8250 supports high refresh rates. Users can expect a super smooth experience with Full HD+ displays at up to 180Hz or a crisp view with Quad HD+ panels at 120Hz. Additionally, the chipset supports fast LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage, ensuring quick loading times and multitasking capabilities.
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2024.05.16 08:40 stereotypical-teen My experience as a ventbox

Hi there, I think this is my first personal post on this sub.
Anyways, I'm a bit weird person. I'm the quiet but trustable guy, people have also called me rude because if someone gives me bad vibes, I tell them straight on their face (honest af).
When I was in 6th grade, one of my friends (who usually looked cheerful) was looking low, that's when I asked him to share what had happened. We were in a quiet corner of our school, alone. He broke down in tears and told me everything that had happened with him. I tried my best to comfort him. The next day, he thanked me for hearing him and letting him break down (also he gave a ferrero rocher, so that too). That was my start of being a ventbox.
After that, he would regularly come and share his days. Some other people started sharing their days too.
4 years since and I've realized some important things about listening to vents:

Be in a quiet place, alone
Let them cry, do not show that you're disgusted by seeing them cry or vent
Never blame them directly, point out the mistakes they've made, but don't blame a broken person
Give advice only if know for sure about what should one do
If possible, may be comfort them physically, back and head scrubs always work
If they're not comfortable with sharing stuff, don't force them to, one sentence that I always use in this case is "Okay, feel free to share anything with me when you feel like sharing it."
NEVER share their vents, keep them a secret between you and the venter, if you cannot keep secrets, don't encourage someone to breakdown in front of you
NEVER use their past vents as weak points for any future arguments, that is just a jerk move

TLDR: damn man, just read the points

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2024.05.16 08:40 d_chazz17 My kid sucked on a dirty sponge and now has a stomach ache

GAAAHHH.
I was mad cleaning the house because we have a ton of company coming to town for my husband's law school graduation. So of course when I'm away for 3 mins my 3 year old decides he is "thirsty" and wants to suck water out of the sponge I left on the sink. The one I just cleaned the toilet with. Gah!!
Now it's 5 hours later and he woke up to barf in his bed. He's trying to sleep and says his tummy hurts. Now idk if this will just pass or if he messed himself up. Anyone have any idea if he needs to go to a doctor???

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2024.05.16 08:40 Technodude178 Why Is Training So Short?

Does anyone else wonder why Super Earth has such short training periods for SEAF troops and the Helldivers? Basic training for SEAF is apparently 72 hours while for Helldivers, it is 15 minutes with probably the standard 72 hour SEAF training before they became Helldivers. That's so short!
In real life, basic training is roughly around 10 weeks for a lot of countries. So how can Super Earth effectively train soldiers to know how to operate military equipment of all kinds in only 3 days? I might have an answer: THE MINISTRY OF HUMANITY!
From what I remember from a tip and what I could research in five minutes, The Ministry of Humanity is "responsible for maintaining healthy, productive voters by managing education, healthcare, social grading and genetic management."
"genetic management"
Anyone else think that the genetic management the Ministry of Humanity conducts involves outright genetic augmentation, not just eugenics? Let's go down this train of thought. If humans are being genetically modified in the Federation, maybe it is to make citizens stronger, quick to learn, and hence quick to train so that we aren't wasting time (and Super Credits). This enhanced ability to learn can explain why training is short and how Helldivers can mow down dozens, if not hundreds of enemies before going down in most missions and know how use expensive military equipment like mechs or nukes despite probably only reading the manual during training.
Either it's genetic modification that helps with rapid military training or citizens of Super Earth go through military youth training programs before they join SEAF....or maybe it's both genetic modification and military youth training!
Despite how we usually see SEAF bodies everywhere in missions, I want to think SEAF can largely take care of itself. It's just that when the Helldivers dive in, it's when things hit the fan for the SEAF garrison in the operation zone. So while SEAF is certainly cannon fodder like Helldivers, I don't think they're incompetent cannon fodder. I mean, you can't wage a galactic war and win with a completely incompetent military, right?! .... Right?
Am I trying too hard to rationalize why SEAF training is a mere 72 hours despite the setting of Helldivers being completely satirical and doesn't warrant serious thought put into it? I think I am.

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2024.05.16 08:39 SirTariq_StPat Potions of Angelic reprieve can restore battle master maneuvers

Wanted to test it out and what do you know unlimited maneuvers if you steal enough or find some in the loot in act 3
Good for people who don’t like long resting a lot or playing solo

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2024.05.16 08:38 VolarRecords Thomas Townsend Brown and Nikolai Tesla -- UFOs and Electrogravity Propulsion and How to Build a Flying Saucer

Just tried posting this on UFOs and aliens and it was taken down because of Reddit's filters.
Last night I posted about Thomas Townsend Brown's research into building UFOs that goes back to the late 1920s right about the same time that Tesla was patenting his own research about UFOs.
https://www.reddit.com/UFOs/comments/1csdviz/comment/l49mtn9/?context=3
I only know about T. Townsend Brown thanks to this Jesse Michels recent doc that a number of you have seen. I watched it twice when it came out and it blew my mind. I'm not a physicist by any means and can't explain shit to anyone. Just trying to pull together some threads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTEWLSTyUic&pp=ygUkamVzc2UgbWljaGVscyB0aGUgbWFuIHdobyBidWlsZCB1Zm9z
Jesse Michels actually learned about T. Townsend Brown from his doc on Grusch documenting his time around his hearing last July.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRO5jOa06Qw&t=3s
A number of you in the field of mathematics and physics with a huge interest in UFOs chimed in today, and I can't even keep up. It's all pretty brain-breaking stuff. I'm super armchair about all of this but have always been very interested. So in response to a couple of comments, I took the very simple measure of looking into Brown's Wikipedia. Yes, I'm very aware of the whole Guerilla Skeptics thing. I even happened to pass by their office here in LA after going to the sole US press conference on the Nazca Mummies here in Beverly Hills on March 11th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbz7Ce4Q5dE&t=2s
Here's the u/thegoodtroubleshow episode about the Guerilla Skeptics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5ACu-pUSHg&t=13s
Anyway, hope this stuff doesn't get scrubbed, but here's Brown's Wikipedia page as it stands now. Seems like a lot of you have already done years of research on him, so I doubt much can truly be hidden.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Townsend_Brown
Brown filed a number of patents:
Patents

GB300311 — A method of and an apparatus or machine for producing force or motion (accepted 1928-11-15)
US 1,974,483 — Electrostatic motor (1934-09-25)
US 2,949,550 — Electrokinetic apparatus (1960-08-16)
US 3,018,394 — Electrokinetic transducer (1962-01-23)
US 3,022,430 — Electrokinetic generator (1962-02-20)
US 3,187,206 — Electromagnetic apparatus (1965-06-01)
US 3,196,296 — Electric generator (1965-07-20)

Here's a website dedicated to him:
http://ttbrown.com/. Maintained by Paul Schatzkin, author of "Defying Gravity: The Parallel Universe of T. Townsend Brown"
One of the references mentioned on his Wiki page is this, perhaps a book titled "Lost Journals." Here's Chapter Six.
https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/tesla/lostjournals/lostjournals06.htm
Chapter Six
UFOs and Electrogravity Propulsion
~Did Tesla Discover the Secrets of Antigravity~?
Nikola Tesla has been credited for the creation of much of the technology that we take for granted today. Without the genius of Tesla we would not have radio, television, AC electricity, Tesla coil, fluorescent lighting, neon lighting, radio control devices, robotics, x-rays, radar, microwaves and dozens of other amazing inventions.
Because of this, it is no surprise that Tesla also delved into the world of flight and possibly, antigravity. In fact, his last patent in 1928 (#1,655,114), was for a flying machine that resembled both a helicopter and an airplane. Before he died, Tesla reportedly devised plans for the engine of a spaceship. He called it the anti-electromagnetic field drive or Space Drive.
Here's this article mentioned in that publication by Tesla.
Man's Greatest Achievement by Nikola Tesla
New York American — July 6, 1930
from Rastko'sNetwork Website
Here's more from that link:
~How to Build a Flying Saucer~
Tesla had discovered that the electrostatic emission from the surface of a conductor will always concentrate where the surface curves or even presents an edge. The sharper the curve or edge, the greater the concentration of electron emission. Tesla also observed that an electrostatic charge will flow over the surface of a conductor rather than penetrate it. This is called the Faraday or Skin Effect, discovered by ~Michael Faraday~ many years ago.
This also explains the principles of the Faraday Cage which is used in high voltage research labs to protect humans and electrosensitive equipment from harm. According to eyewitness reports of interiors of UFOs, there is a circular column or channel through the center of the vehicle.
This reportedly serves as a superstructure for the rest of the saucer shaped vehicle, and also carries a high voltage, high frequency coil. It is believed to be a resonant transformer which gives the electrostatic and electromagnetic charge to the craft and establishes polarity.
This coil is relative to what is known as a Tesla coil. The Tesla Coil of course, was invented by Tesla in 1891. This column or channel is approximately two feet in diameter and is hollow. On some vehicles this hollow area has a turbine generator in it.
When the vacuum is created on one hemisphere of the craft, the atmospheric pressure is allowed to rush through the tube to drive a sort of turbine electrical generator. Some reports say the extraterrestrials use this system as stationary power plants for electrical energy on their planets as well.
The eyes of the craft are arranged by electro-optic lenses placed at quadrants or wherever they wish to see from. The screen-like monitors are placed on a console where the navigator can observe all areas around and about the vehicle at the same time. This includes the magnification lenses which are used without changing positions.
There are also windows about elbow level and about one foot through or thick. This distance would have to be in view of the four or more walls or plates of the capacitor hulls making up the major portion of the craft. The windows have an iris type of shutter so that when it is closed, it allows electrostatic charge to flow evenly.
~Dr T. Townsend Brown and Electrogravitics~
The idea of using high voltage electricity as a means of propulsion is not new. Tesla laid the groundwork in the late 19th century which was then continued by such notables as Thomas Townsend Brown, who discovered in 1923 what was later called the Biefeld -Brown Effect.
Thomas Townsend Brown, was a physics student of Dr. Paul Alfred Biefeld at the California Institute for Advanced Studies. Brown noticed that when he had two plates carrying high voltages of direct current separated by a dielectric, the negative electrode moved by itself in the direction of the positive plate. In other words, Townsend Brown discovered that it is possible to create an artificial gravity field by charging an electrical capacitor to a high-voltage.
He built a special capacitor which utilized a heavy, high charge-accumulating (high K-factor) dielectric material between its plates and found that when charges with between 70,000 to 300,000 volts, it would move in the direction of its positive pole. When oriented with its positive side up, it would proceed to lose about one percent of it's weight.
He attributed this motion to an electrostatically-induced gravity field acting between the capacitor's oppositely charged plates. By 1958, he had succeeded in developing a 15 inch diameter model saucer that could lift over 110% of its weight. Brown's experiments had launched a new field of investigation which came to be known as Electrogravitics, the technology of controlling gravity through the use of high-voltage electric charge.
As early as 1952, an Air Force major general witnessed a demonstration in which Brown flew a pair of 18 inch disc airfoils suspended from opposite ends of a rota-table arm. When electrified with 50,000 volts, they circuited at a speed of 12 miles per hour.
About a year later, he flew a set of 3 foot diameter saucers for some Air Force officials and representatives from a number of major aircraft companies. When energized with 150,000 volts, the discs sped around the 50 foot diameter course so fast that the subject was immediately classified.
Interavia magazine later reported that the discs could attain speeds of several hundred miles per hour when charged with several hundred thousand volts. Brown's discs were charged with a high positive voltage, on a wire, running along their leading edge and a high negative voltage, on a wire, running along their trailing edge.
As the wires ionized the air around them, a dense cloud of positive ions would form ahead of the craft and corresponding cloud of negative ions would form behind the craft. Brown's research indicated that, like the charged plates of his capacitors, these ion clouds induced a gravitational force directed in the minus to plus direction.
As the disc moved forward in the response to its self generated gravity field, it would carry with it its positive and negative ion clouds and their associated electrogravity gradient. Consequently, the discs would ride their advancing gravity wave much like surfers ride an ocean wave.
Dr. Mason Rose, one of Townsend's colleagues, described the discs principle of operation as follows:
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Although skeptics at first thought that the discs were propelled by more mundane effects such as the pressure of negative ions striking the positive electrode. Brown later carried out vacuum chamber tests which proved that a force was present even in the absence of such ion thrust.
He did not offer a theory to explain this unconventional electrogravitic phenomenon; except to say that it was predicted neither by general relativity nor by modern theories of electromagnetism. However, recent advances in theoretical physics provide a rather straightforward explanation of the principle.
According to the novel physics of subquantum kinetics, gravity potential can adopt two polarities, instead of one. Not only can a gravity field exist in the form of a matter-attracting gravity potential well, as standard physics teaches, but it can also exist in the form of a matter repelling gravity potential hill.
Moreover, it predicts that these gravity polarities should be directly matched with electrical polarity; positively charged particles such as protons generating gravity wells and negatively charged particles such as electrons generating gravity hills.
Thus contrary to conventional theory, the electron produces a matter-repelling gravity field. Electrical neutral matter remains gravitationally attractive because of the proton's G-well marginally dominates the electron's G-hill. Consequently, subquantum kinetics predicts that the negative ion cloud behind Brown's disc should form a matter repelling gravity hill while the positive ion cloud ahead of the disc should form a matter attracting gravity well.
As increasing voltage is applied to the disc, the gravity potential hill and well become increasing prominent and the gravity potential gradient between them increasing steep. In Rose's terminology, the craft would find itself on the incline of a gravitational hill. Since gravity force is known to increase in accordance with the steepness of such a gravity potential slope, increased voltage would induce an increasingly strong gravity force on the disc and would act in the direction of the positive ion cloud. The disc would behave as if it was being tugged by a very strong gravitational field emanating from an invisible planet sized mass positioned beyond its positive pole.
Early in 1952 Brown had put together a proposal, code named Project Winterhaven, which suggested that the military developed an antigravity combat saucer with Mach-3 capability. The 1956 intelligence study entitledElectrogravitics Systems - An Explanation of Electrostatic Motion, Dynamic Counterbary and Barycentric Control, prepared by the private aviation intelligence firm, Aviation Studies International Ltd., indicates that as early as November 1954 the Air Force had begun plans to fund research that would accomplish Project Winterhaven's objectives.
The study, originally classified Confidential, mentions the name of more than ten major aircraft companies which were actively involved in the electrogravitics research in an attempt to duplicate or extend Brown's seminal work. Additional information is to be found in another aviation intelligence report entitled: The Gravitics Situation.
Unfortunately, due to the militaries TOP SECRET classification, Townsend Brown's work has not appeared in any physics or science publications that can be accessed.

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2024.05.16 08:38 OntIFoten Tape squeal & 31:23 - DCR-TRV480E

I have a DCR-TRV480E that squeals and throwes a 31:23 error when rewinding sometimes. The noise is coming from the tape vibrating. The squeal comes and goes and is audible when recording/playing a tape. The image also buzzes a bit if recording right when it squeals.
Sometimes when rewinding the tape gets all messy and stops then it gives the 31:23 error on screen. The tapes comes out nicely almost always, one time the tape got a little stuck.
I have taken it apart and reseated the 3 cables at the top, as per instructions from a YouTube video, but without luck.
Does someone have a clue what it could be? Bad pinch roller maybe? I’m out of ideas right now but I reeeaaally want to fix this. Thanks.

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2024.05.16 08:38 Unc1eJemima Quest 3 VR FPS Questions

I recently got a Quest 3 that I mainly use for iRacing. I'm new to VR and have been having a lot of issues getting this dialed in to something stable. I thought I had got it to something stable, but got very different results on 3 different online races at least compared to my AI races which seemed much less strenuous.
My PC specs are 4070 RTX, i5-13600K 3.5GHz, DDR5 2x16GB
The Quest 3 settings I am using are 90Hz 5408 x 2912 and I'm using it linked.
The first race that made me believe I found stable settings was at Suzuka in Super Formula. I had a consistent 90fps and wasn't maxing out the GPU (G) or CPU (R) according to iRacing's in-game overlays - R was about 3/4 gray and G was 2/3 gray as well. This was in a spectating session of a full active race where I did 2 laps.
Second race was Daytona in trucks again spectating session and I could not get higher than 45fps with iRacing showing that both my GPU and CPU were being maxed out on my laps.
Third race was Seguna in GT4 again spectating full session which showed that I could not get higher than 45ps.
I'm mainly confused how drastic the differences can be here or is this just part of the VR experience? AI races I was able to do 40 cars at 120 hz & 120fps for multiple races albeit all at Suzuka. Is my computer not capable of consistent 90 fps or was Suzuka an outlier? I haven't used openXR yet as I wanted to find a baseline first but maybe thats my issue too.
Any help is appreciated I just want to get 90 fps if possible, graphics are secondary.
iRacing graphic settings
Quest Debug Tool

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2024.05.16 08:37 anders158 Galaxy Tab S9 or S9 FE+?

The former has a 10.9-inch OLED display and a faster SoC, while the latter has a 12.4-inch IPS LCD display and slower SoC. They’re both about the same price currently.
I want to use it for drawing (mainly Krita) and some 3D sculpting with Nomad Sculpt.
Is the larger screen worth a 1/3 to 60% slower CPU/GPU? Both displays are said to be very good.

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2024.05.16 08:37 AccomplishedAdagio13 Help me understand all the "yes, no, and, but" stuff

I'm looking into simpler tabletop games to run, and I've come across a concept I like but am unsure that I could execute well.
The idea is resolving things with a d6, and it's basically this (apparently it's from a game called Freeform Universal).

6: yes, and…
5: yes
4: yes, but…
3: no, but…
2: no
1: no, and…

I think I understand the basic ideas in concept. In order: (6) succeed even more, (5) succeed, (4) succeed with a downside, (3) fail with an upside, (2) fail, (1) fail with a complication.
However, I'm not sure how well I could translate that into a game (whether a game with this as a mechanic or as more of a philosophy added to a game). Could you fine folks give me some examples from your own games (or just generally good examples) to make it more clear how this style of resolution would tend to play out in game?
This isn't really a game-specific question, I don't think. It's more of a general game mastering philosophy question.
Thanks!

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2024.05.16 08:37 Lord_PanDA_ (Solved) How to Use a Firestick on a Roku TV? With Troubleshooting Tips

I recently figured out how to use a Firestick on my Roku TV, and after testing various methods and gathering insights from different tech forums, here’s a summary of the best solutions:

Full article here: https://pointerclicker.com/can-you-use-a-firestick-on-a-roku-tv/

NOTE: If you’re looking for a more detailed step-by-step guide complete for each solution, just check out the hyperlink under the solution's name.
Can You Use the Amazon Fire TV Stick on a Roku TV?
Yes, you can use an Amazon Fire TV Stick with a Roku TV. Plug the Firestick into the TV’s HDMI port and power it via the micro-USB port.
How to Connect the Fire TV Stick to a Roku TV?

Turn on your Roku TV.
Plug the Fire TV Stick into the HDMI port.
Power the Firestick using the micro-USB cable.
Switch the TV input to the Firestick.
For TCL Roku TVs: Go to Settings > TV inputs > Select Fire TV > Set up input.

How to Set Up the Fire TV Stick on a Roku TV?

Set the TV input to the Firestick’s HDMI port.
Select the OS language.
Connect to your home Wi-Fi.
Log into your Amazon account.
Set up parental controls if needed.
Choose your TV brand and complete the volume test.

Fire OS vs. Roku OS
Both are capable TV operating systems with unique features.
The choice depends on individual preferences regarding interface, content variety, and remote control design.
You can check out the article for a deeper analysis.
Troubleshooting Tips for Fire TV Stick Not Working on Your Roku TV

Unplug All and Perform a Soft Reset: Unplug the Fire TV Stick and the TV, wait 30 seconds, then plug them back in.
Check Power and HDMI Connections: Ensure all cables are connected properly and try different power sources or cables if necessary.
Update Roku TV Firmware: Go to Settings > System > System Update > Check Now.
Factory Reset: Go to Settings > System > Advanced system settings > Factory reset.
Contact the Manufacturer: If none of the fixes work, reach out to Amazon or your TV’s manufacturer for support.

FAQ: Why Buy a Roku TV and Then Plug in a Fire Stick?
Roku TVs offer great value and hardware options. Users may prefer Fire OS for its interface and features while enjoying the benefits of Roku TV hardware.
These solutions should help you set up and troubleshoot any issues.
Let me know your thoughts or any other tips you’ve tried in the comments below!
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2024.05.16 08:37 C0nd0rX Clips of wisdom

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2024.05.16 08:37 sunnysidetravelsvlog What do I love about travelling?

I am truly attempting to find some answers to the above question for the first time in this year of crazy adventures. Firstly, I am doing this because my editor (hey, Mandy!) asked me to (thank you, Sabrina :P), and secondly, it might help me answer the thousands of questions I have in my head and the people who ask this question repeatedly.
To be honest, I don't currently have any travel plans or airline tickets to return home, but the more I see, the more I want to see.
Yes, it's similar to a narcotic, but a good, completely legal one. Following much thought, this is the initial list. However, I have a feeling that the reasons might shift in a few months.

I enjoy testing my boundaries and pushing myself.

Living in a cozy home, be it a palace, a room, an apartment, or a studio, breeds complacency and laziness. You can shower EVERY day, you know where your belongings are, and you can use the restroom whenever you need to (long-term travelers understand how challenging some of these things may be when you're on the road). To put it briefly, living in a location you call home is (too) simple!
That was altered by travel. One day, you can find me hiking Tasmania's Cradle Mountain, and the next, I'll be sleeping beneath a million stars in the wide Indian desert. Next, I might go diving in the Great Barrier Reef or perhaps skydiving in Lake Taupo at a height of 50,000 feet (okay, so I haven't really done the last one yet, but I've made the reservation).hope for the best! adore spending time with myself
Many people planned their vacations to India, Bali, and Rome in the footsteps of Elizabeth Gilbert and her Eat, Love, Pray adventure, and many more believe that the destination they choose would transform them. Count me among them.
And even though I didn't truly discover who I am or the man I want to marry, this last year has undoubtedly assisted me in freeing up mental space. I was able to separate my complete chaos of a personal life into several categories so that I could prioritize joy and happiness above drama and depression.

I enjoy making new friends.

I think that somewhere inside of me, since I started travelling and was compelled by the circumstances, was my previous self. I recall Sabrina as a young girl, outgoing and unafraid to strike up a conversation. Finding her and persuading her to come out of the shyness closet took some time. Layers of corporate life veiled her, but eventually she broke free, and we have been together ever since. (It's me, in case you missed it.) I've met some wonderful individuals while travelling, and some of my favorite travel-related memories are of times spent with them.

I enjoy taking risks and being uncontrollable.

I used to be a complete control freak who was obsessed with the details of my upcoming day, week, and month. I've had to give it up in favor of the unexpected in the past year—the enchantment of not knowing where you're going, if you're going to sleep, what you're going to do, or who you're going to meet.
I adore that every day is just like this—it's the true spirit of adventure. I have no idea where I will be spending Christmas this year. I have no notion where I'm heading beyond the Pacific Islands; the world is wide open.
I am truly attempting to find some answers to the above question for the first time in this year of crazy adventures. Firstly, I am doing this because my editor (hey, Mandy!) asked me to (thank you, Sabrina :P), and secondly, it might help me answer the thousands of questions I have in my head and the people who ask this question repeatedly.
To be honest, I don't currently have any travel plans or airline tickets to return home, but the more I see, the more I want to see.

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2024.05.16 08:36 MidnightOne7655 What CPP tooling do you use?

Let's imagine a situation: you've joined a new project and are given the opportunity to upgrade the build system and CI/CD. What would you do? I am looking for new ideas. Obvious things that came to my mind: - Add compiler flags -Werror, -Wall etc. - Make use of sanitizers in tests - clang-format - clang-tidy checker in CI/CD

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