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I just got a Hisense 5.1 system from Costco because downmixing to stereo was making it impossible to hear voices. Honestly, I don't care about the surround sound as much as just hearing the audio. That said, it's pretty neat.

For the most part it's good, except maybe a few times an hour of watching, there is an instant where the audio seems to shift to the right substantially. It's like an audio pop in that it's instantaneous. It's there, and it's gone. When I rewind and replay that part of the video, it doesn't happen. I've tried different surround sound modes (it has Off, Pro, and Pure) and it happens on both of the modes where it's turned on (pro and pure). I need to run more testing to see if it's present in the off setting. I can't replicate it, so I'm restricted by the amount of time I have to sit and watch, which isn't much.

First question: is there a word for this, so I can communicate and troubleshoot more effectively?

Second question: Are there common culprits for whatever this is?

Finally, is this usually symptomatic of a cheaper system, or a defective unit? I don't want to go through the hassle of an exchange if it will just have the same issue.

That is all. Just happy.

I currently have some diamond plates. I got the durasharp 3 stone set (300 / 600 / 1200) several years ago, and while the 300 wore out almost instantly, the 6 and 12 hundred plates work fine. I picked up a sharpal 220 / 600 plate to flatten the back of a plane blade recently, so I have a shiny new 1K diamond plate as well. So that's what I currently have (plus a green paste strop).

I'm thinking of adding a splash and go stone or two for polishing up the edge. Honestly, I'm not sure it's necessary, but I figure this is a good place to ask.

I've heard the shapton 5K stone sucks. Coming off of a 1200 diamond stone, what splash and go stone would be a good jump for the final stage? I've seen Rob Cosman use a 16K Shapton glass stone, but I don't want to spend that kind of money.

Am I just looking to burn money here for no real benefit? Should I focus on a better strop setup instead?

Any guidance here is welcome.

Thanks!

I currently have some diamond plates. I got the durasharp 3 stone set (300 / 600 / 1200) several years ago, and while the 300 wore out almost instantly, the 6 and 12 hundred plates work fine. I picked up a sharpal 220 / 600 plate to flatten the back of a plane blade recently, so I have a shiny new 1K diamond plate as well. So that's what I currently have (plus a green paste strop).

I'm thinking of adding a splash and go stone or two for polishing up the edge. Honestly, I'm not sure it's necessary, but I figure this is a good place to ask.

I've heard the shapton 5K stone sucks. Coming off of a 1200 diamond stone, what splash and go stone would be a good jump for the final stage? I've seen Rob Cosman use a 16K Shapton glass stone, but I don't want to spend that kind of money.

Am I just looking to burn money here for no real benefit? Should I focus on a better strop setup instead?

Any guidance here is welcome.

Thanks!

I find it very distracting having the rear speakers acting like primary speakers. Can I set it so that they are disabled unless there is an actual surround sound source playing?

What a fool am I?

For a few years I've used a cheapo honing guide from (IIRC) eclips. I can't find it anymore, but it looks like the wood river one is the same thing. For a long time I only had a #5 that drove me nuts because I had to put the lateral all the way over. I figured it was the 115 year old tool. Nope.

I just picked up a same-type #4 by chance, and sure enough, after flattening the old blade and sharpening it up, I had the same problem. Turns out, the guide I'm using is canted or something. I can't figure out a way to correct this on the guide. I'm seating the blade all the way, and other than that, there isn't much that I figure I can be doing wrong that would cause this.

I guess my question is, am I missing something stupid that will make me feel foolish for missing it? Do I just need a better guide? If so, what should I be looking at? I won't mourn this, or anything, but I'm a bit of a tightwad.

Thanks!

I have a zip file from my honeymoon many years ago. It's encrypted. It uses RSA AES. That's all I know, aside from the contents, which are, well, honeymoon stuff. I've always held out hope that at some point, it would be easy to recover it. I ran Jack the Ripper for a few weeks once, but that was years ago.

A few questions:

1. Is it hopeless?

2. If not, given my limited hardware (my most "powerful" machine has a gtx970 I think) are there any tools available today that might be able to defeat the encryption?

3. Any idea on how long I will need to wait until it becomes trivial / possible given the way tech is advancing?

Finally, is there another way to approach this that I am missing? I am reasonably tech savvy. I've built a lot of machines, run a slew of self hosted servers via proxmox, run OpnSense, etc. I've never really spent time learning the darker arts. I just want to get these files back!

Thanks!

I am in the Sacramento area helping my uncle set up his new place, and he mentioned an idea that requires some CNC work. I don't have my tools here, and even if I did, I don't own a CNC that can carve up full sheets. I've called around to a few places, and don't seem to be getting anywhere. Does anyone know of a cabinet shop, or makerspace, or community shop with access to large CNC that rents out shop time?

Thanks!

I am not sure what's going on, and I have no idea where to start in trying to isolate what is causing this, so please forgive the vagueness.

When I'm watching a show or movie on Jellyfin, and maybe I miss something or need to rewind a bit for whatever reason, it's like the sound surges, even to the point where sounds that you didn't notice before are quite prominent. It's like when your ears are plugged, then they open up after you yawn and everything sounds different. Not just louder, but with new sounds you didn't really notice.

There's a scene in Severance where he is looking at a text message. I missed it, so I went back 10 seconds, and the volume got way louder, and there was a strong wind noise that definitely wasn't coming through before.

I have no idea what could be causing this.

I'm using the Jellyfin program on Debian. The server is an Ubuntu server. The files are stored in my file server.

I just got a killer deal on a Liberty Centurion safe on craigslist. I have the code to open it and everything works OK. I can't find the manual on their website (I'll call tomorrow). On their website, it says that the warranty requires a notarized bill of sale to transfer, and mentions a few things related to locksmiths. Hence my questions for locksmiths:

1. Let's say I have an issue with the electronic lock at some point, and I'm unable to get the safe officially transferred to me through Liberty's system. Can a locksmith do anything to help in that scenario, or am I stuck with the angle grinder solution? I mean, are locksmiths allowed to help in that scenario, or is there an unwritten (or written) rule that requires the safe be registered in the maker's system in order for locksmiths to help.

2. There is no "backup key" solution, only the electronic lock. This makes me a bit nervous. How reliable have these been in your locksmith experience?

3. Are there any pitfalls I should be aware of with these safes?

Thanks so much!

I just got a killer deal on a Liberty Centurion safe on craigslist. I have the code to open it and everything works OK. I can't find the manual on their website (I'll call tomorrow). On their website, it says that the warranty requires a notarized bill of sale to transfer, and mentions a few things related to locksmiths. Hence my questions for locksmiths:

1. Let's say I have an issue with the electronic lock at some point, and I'm unable to get the safe officially transferred to me through Liberty's system. Can a locksmith do anything to help in that scenario, or am I stuck with the angle grinder solution? I mean, are locksmiths allowed to help in that scenario, or is there an unwritten (or written) rule that requires the safe be registered in the maker's system in order for locksmiths to help.

2. There is no "backup key" solution, only the electronic lock. This makes me a bit nervous. How reliable have these been in your locksmith experience?

3. Are there any pitfalls I should be aware of with these safes?

Thanks so much!

EDIT: This is for a twin bed.

To be clear, I am not talking about laying down a sheet of plywood. I'm talking about cutting 4 inch plywood planks and using those as bed slats just as I would a 1x4.

Thanks!

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On Windows I used to use Bulk Renamer Utility for everything, but that was many moons ago. I use GPRename for most renaming tasks now, but occasionally I run into an issue where I need specific functionality that it lacks.

I am currently going through old hard drives and migrating old media files into my media server. Often, I am finding that, for example, old recorded tv shows episodes will not be labeled consistently with the TVDB, which means a lot of manual work changing the episode numbers. In order to fix this, a bulk renamer in which I can manually reorder the shows, THEN prefix them with episode numbers would save, literally, hours of work. GPRename doesn't offer that functionality.

To be clear, I mean a function whereby I can manually drag the files into a different order, independent of their existing file name, then apply the renaming in the file order I manually created.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Hey, this may be out of most of your wheelhouses, but I've hit a brick wall here, and I'm hoping for some help from my betters.

I just upgrade from bookworm to trixie, and now my old minecraft (MC Launcer) won't launch. It instantly errors out and crashes. I've tried the two java editions installed in trixie - 17 and 21 I think - and get the same result.

I see that java 8 can't be installed anymore. I play minecraft 1.7.10 modded with my son, and we have a large world that we built together.

If anyone has experienced (and solved) this issue, I'd sure appreciate a point in the right direction! He's VERY disappointed. I've definitely lost some good-dad points on this.