Ended up in a curio store of sorts last night and picked up a Cat's Cradle while I was in there. Haven't had one of these in decades. #catscradle
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One of the quasi-unexplainable features of the receiver is the ability to force it to decode DTS on a given input. Probably for marketing. There is no dedicated Dolby Digital mode, but the default is to attempt to decode DD, DTS, or PCM, whichever is present.
Alas, despite Kodi being configured to pass the encoded bitstream to the TV, and the TV instructed likewise to pass DD or DTS, the receiver usually doesn't get any sound, and debugging it is nigh impossible on consumer hardware.
4/n
But why would I want to use an external amplifier when I can just use the built-in one? Because these are desktop speakers which have their own. Purchased probably a few years before the amp as my own, these 5.1 speakers are perfectly fine for the small space they occupy. You can see that I've tastefully mounted the rear speakers on the wall as well!
Plus, they're EAX certified. You can't get that just anywhere.
3/n
This receiver is nothing special nowadays: it does Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, but so does everything else. However, since my TV's "pass-thru" audio will knock down the various modern encoded formats to either DD or DTS, it's perfect for getting surround sound even in a modern setting. But that's not the reason I'm using it; I'm using it because it has _six pre-out channels_. I can't find _any_ modern receiver that does this.
2/n
I'd been paining over how to get surround from my TV and my gaming computer into my existing "desktop" surround speakers for about a month, looking at various no name DACs and such, until I realized that I have a receiver that fits the bill. And so, I unearthed from its tomb: a (nearly) 20-year-old #Yamaha RX-V596. I'm sure my father would be surprised to see it outside a landfill, intact and working, since it used to be his.
1/n
Got back into #resonite since one of my friends is in it and I finally understood Protoflux. Created an object that displays today's Bing wallpaper of the day when loaded.
Still need to constrain the aspect ratio on resize, add a fancy resizable "picture frame" for it, and handle edge/error cases.
It isn't amazing, but it's mine.
This is the rear wheel of a Segway Ninebot F65.
Segway support variously indicates that it's tubeless. It is not.
They advertise it as self-healing. This was damaged at the valve stem.
The valve extension hose works, but it loses a _lot_ of air when (dis)connecting.
I added a bunch of sealant and tipped it on the side to try to seal whatever leak is there, but I will later attempt to wrestle airless tires onto it, which will require significant deconstruction of the scooter.
Ordinarily I'm not a fan of LLMs (they tend to really bad in certain domains), but using one to make simple constructs in a DSL I haven't bothered learning really takes the edge off. It really feels like it's the next step beyond written examples. (Which I always look for right before _actual_ documentation) Having to cram both Tanium and Splunk query languages meant I didn't have the mental fortitude to _also_ learn #Jira JQL.
