Mastodawn

AliExpress webcam specs are wild. This one I'm looking at is £7.70 and is 12MP! But also 960p. That means it must be (at least) 12500x960. Which is a bold choice for an aspect ratio in a webcam, you have to admit.

Also it's only 23mm wide which means the sensor must be HEROIC to get 12500 pixels into that.

(For comparison, the Fujifilm GFX 100S II gets 11648 pixels across the 44mm of its sensor and launched at $4999.)

In other news, anyone know a not-ludicrously-expensive window mountable (via a sticky pad, not by cutting holes) wifi webcam which does 30+fps, is at least 2K, and has decent night vision? Must stream over RTSP, obvs.

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Alice Feb 5

@clickhere God no! It’s all so helpful! I can’t tell you how much it’s speeding up the process. I’m going to #askthefediverse first every time now!

Marco Russo 🇪🇺Jan 15

I’m expanding my presence in the Fediverse!
You can now find my humble travel photos on Pixelfed:
👉 https://gram.social/mrmarcorusso

Quick question though:
I’m still getting my head around how Fediverse connections work. When I visit my Pixelfed profile via Mastodon, I don’t see the photos, so I don't really see the point of this connection.
Am I missing something? 🤔

#Fediverse #Pixelfed #Mastodon #TravelPhotos #SocialMedia #GramPixelfed #AskTheFediverse #FediverseHelp #NewHere #HowDoesItWork

Marco (@[email protected])

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Guillotine Jones, Flâneur Jan 2

I remember a long time ago taking an aptitude test to sort out what career path I might choose.
The results indicated that music instructor or minister were likely to be the most fruitful paths for me.
Back then I couldn't read music, and I was an atheist, so I remained adrift.
Now that I still can't read music -- but love it in just about all of its forms -- and am willing to consider myself an agnostic, should I consider becoming a televangelist?
I even have a name picked out: The Reverend Oral Anal. (For those who remember Oral Roberts.)
#AskTheFediverse #CareerAdvice #Televangelism

Jectoons

Dec 31

Weird question for the fedi to answer:

Partner and I are thinking of making some 'platforms' for the patio to replace the current rotting ones. She came up with the idea that instead of 100% wood, which would make them as heavy and difficult to move for cleaning as the old ones, we could maybe use chicken wire in a sturdy frame. This will

a) make it lighter
b) easy to move & clean under
c) allow for water filtration
d) cheaper to make maybe?

My only concern is whether chicken wire can support the weight of peeps + patio furniture, plants and worm bin. My thinking is that smaller frames will allow for more even weight distribution, but I am not an engineer.

Question: would several roughly 0.5meter x 0.5 meter wood frames (maybe cedar) with chicken wire at its center, fulfill these requirements? Should I go smaller?

Oh, we would also put some of those ikea wood tiles on top for good measure.

More details: it is a patio on a roof, so there is torch underneath. It also rains a lot here.

#patio #diy #question #askthefediverse #engineer

Kevin Lawver Nov 8

If you were starting a new store on the web to sell the dumbest products imaginable, what would you use for your storefront (that isn't Shopify)? #lazyweb #ecommerce #askthefediverse

Pete Oct 14, 2025

#DoesAnyoneElse microwave lasagna for twice as long so that it goes really chewy?

#DAE #AskTheFediverse

Civic Tech Threads Sep 30, 2025

For much of my young life, I used centralized platforms, for-profit platforms, etc.

I am trying to change all of that except my love for the Apple ecosystem of course.

What are the best open-source and private platforms I can switch to in general? What do people randomly recommend? #FOSS #OpenSource #NonProfit #Recommendations #AskMastodon #AskFediverse #AskTheFediverse

lopeztel

Apr 6, 2025

I was just wondering, what do you guys do to decompress? I had a lousy week and the weekend didn't go very well, very open to suggestions #askTheFediverse

Dr David Mills Mar 31, 2025

#AskTheFediverse
Does anyone recognise this core memory panel? I might be able to get a clearer photo of it soon.

Might be made by ampex.