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#91

Chit Chat / Re: good movies

Last post by scarface - September 10, 2023, 09:29 PM

Tonight, another good movie, titled "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane", is available on the forum.

The story: A thirteen-year-old girl, who lives with her absentee father, befriends a disabled teenage amateur magician and invites him, gradually, into her tenuous struggle against a predatory local neighbor.

https://ok.ru/video/1461158283977

#92

Chit Chat / Re: What kind of meat (or chee...

Last post by scarface - September 10, 2023, 08:18 PM

Tonight, I'm presenting a special dish.
Look carefully at the photo below.



What you see here is a paella. It's very good. You can see some shellfish (some mussels and pink shrimp).
It is generally recommended to remove the shell from shrimps before eating them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiaSe3Nc4ck

#93

Chit Chat / Re: Where is everybody?

Last post by humbert - September 10, 2023, 05:36 AM

It is connected to lead acid battery for backup power and electricity is from local grid. The inverter is a smart inverter which can function as inverter and pure sine wave UPS.

Just one car battery? Have you checked how many watts it puts out when fully charged, or its capacity in kWh? It couldn't be that much. What do you run with it?

I assume you have an A/C powered charger for when power returns.

You're an engineer. Is it possible to buy 2 or 3 and run them as an array? Lead acid batteries are relatively cheap when compared to other technologies.

As for the inverter, as you know if you're running an electric motor you've go to go with pure sinewave. With a solid state device it doesn't really matter. The A/C input has to be converted back to DC for it to work.

#94

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by Vasudev - September 09, 2023, 11:32 PM

In case some of you guys haven't heard of this, let me go ahead and post it.

I subscribe to PC World's newsletter. It reported there is a weird bug on Windows 11's File Explorer, only this one is beneficial. Open up File Explorer, hit F11 to go to full screen, then F11 again to get out. File Explorer will run as fast as a bullet. I tested it and, sure enough, it works. Give it a try.

Haha nice, but MSFT will fix that soon. 

#95

Chit Chat / Re: Where is everybody?

Last post by Vasudev - September 09, 2023, 11:31 PM

I'm nearing in my mid 30s.
I buy power from local grid and in case of power cuts due to maintenance and rains I use backup power with inverter.
Yes, that's the one which use evaporating water and a fan at high rpm to cool entire room.

I'm not clear about something. AFAIK and inverter is a device that inverts DC into AC. A simple example is a UPS. When you're on your computer and power goes out, the UPS takes over. DC battery power goes through the inverter which converts it into 220v/50hz used in India. So I ask: what power source goes through your inverter.

You're a young man. I'll be 70 next year. I'm in reasonably good health and, unlike many others my chronological age, computers, technology, and science are my passion. I am not old. In fact I refuse to hang around with old people.

It is connected to lead acid battery for backup power and electricity is from local grid. The inverter is a smart inverter which can function as inverter and pure sine wave UPS.

#96

Chit Chat / Re: Where is everybody?

Last post by humbert - September 08, 2023, 04:24 AM

I'm nearing in my mid 30s.
I buy power from local grid and in case of power cuts due to maintenance and rains I use backup power with inverter.
Yes, that's the one which use evaporating water and a fan at high rpm to cool entire room.

I'm not clear about something. AFAIK and inverter is a device that inverts DC into AC. A simple example is a UPS. When you're on your computer and power goes out, the UPS takes over. DC battery power goes through the inverter which converts it into 220v/50hz used in India. So I ask: what power source goes through your inverter.

You're a young man. I'll be 70 next year. I'm in reasonably good health and, unlike many others my chronological age, computers, technology, and science are my passion. I am not old. In fact I refuse to hang around with old people.

#97

Chit Chat / Re: Where is everybody?

Last post by Vasudev - September 07, 2023, 06:08 PM

Been to the doctor and due to changing weather conditions from rainy -> very humid/hot -> rainy gave me throat infection.

What did the doctor diagnose? You're not exactly and old man. Your body's immune system should be a little stronger than that.

At this point, I'm used to the heat because there's still electricity in hot weather which usually isn't case and the inverter does run out quickly when everyone uses 2 fans i.e ceiling and table fan. I do use air cooler if its too hot to bear.

Inverter? Where does your power come from? Don't you buy it from the local utility?

I'm surprised. In cooling by far the biggest power eater is the A/C's compressor. Ceiling and table fans use next to nothing in comparison. The air cooler you use? If this just a fan or one of those devices that cool the air by evaporating water?

I'm nearing in my mid 30s.
I buy power from local grid and in case of power cuts due to maintenance and rains I use backup power with inverter.
Yes, that's the one which use evaporating water and a fan at high rpm to cool entire room.

#98

Chit Chat / Re: Where is everybody?

Last post by humbert - September 06, 2023, 05:07 AM

Been to the doctor and due to changing weather conditions from rainy -> very humid/hot -> rainy gave me throat infection.

What did the doctor diagnose? You're not exactly and old man. Your body's immune system should be a little stronger than that.

At this point, I'm used to the heat because there's still electricity in hot weather which usually isn't case and the inverter does run out quickly when everyone uses 2 fans i.e ceiling and table fan. I do use air cooler if its too hot to bear.

Inverter? Where does your power come from? Don't you buy it from the local utility?

I'm surprised. In cooling by far the biggest power eater is the A/C's compressor. Ceiling and table fans use next to nothing in comparison. The air cooler you use? If this just a fan or one of those devices that cool the air by evaporating water?

#99

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by humbert - September 06, 2023, 04:57 AM

In case some of you guys haven't heard of this, let me go ahead and post it.

I subscribe to PC World's newsletter. It reported there is a weird bug on Windows 11's File Explorer, only this one is beneficial. Open up File Explorer, hit F11 to go to full screen, then F11 again to get out. File Explorer will run as fast as a bullet. I tested it and, sure enough, it works. Give it a try.

#100

Microsoft Windows / Re: Windows 11

Last post by Vasudev - September 05, 2023, 09:19 PM

Windows 11:W11 ESD ISO
W11 SHA256:win 11 hash

W11 with NTLite still has issues with post install apps and was getting stuck and ISO had to be remade with WinToolkit. Win 10/11 seems to require 20GB of storage after latest updates, not sure if its an issue with Vbox.

@humbert Yes, both ISOs can be mounted and can do in-place upgrade.

Is this Windows 22H2? If so, did you add some enhancements and/or remove bloatware? Or is it the same ISO you can pretty much download yourself?

Yes Win 10 and Win 11 22H2 with enhancements and no bloatware.