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Post by watermelon0 » Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 10:05 AM UTC

sephalon wrote: post #12

timzaman wrote: post #2

Didn't know anyone still used gitlab. Also video not working..

Thanks for letting me know about the video playback issue, I used the following script to create the timelapse: ffmpeg \ -pattern_type glob \ -framerate 30 \ -i "img/*.JPG" \ -i "star_wars_style_march.mp3" \ -s:v 1920x1080 \ -c:a libopus \ -c:v vp9 \ -shortest \ deathstar_timelapse.webm I actually thought that VP9 and Opus are well supported everywhere by now, but maybe that is not the case… Regarding GitLab, as a ge…

Post by progbits » Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 10:15 AM UTC

jansan wrote: post #18

What a gem of a project. I am a huge fan of the PS 2014. To me it is one of the best IKEA products ever, even better than the discontiued Broder shelf system. We bought the large version with copper reflector for my son's room almost ten years ago and until today the mechanism works and it just looks great (it "ties the room together" for those who know). My idea was to replace the balls on the strings with little ir…

Post by kqr » Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 10:35 AM UTC

saaaaaam wrote: post #24

kqr wrote: post #22

Why does this lamp make people think of the death star? Me and my wife bought it ten years ago because of the cool mechanism and immediately started calling it the death star, but I struggle to see what the resemblance really is.

I find your comment very confusing! You don’t understand why people call it the Death Star but as soon as you got the lamp you started calling it the Death Star but you struggle to see the resemblance? Surely you’ve answered your own question…?!

Post by enlyth » Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 10:49 AM UTC

kqr wrote: post #22

Why does this lamp make people think of the death star? Me and my wife bought it ten years ago because of the cool mechanism and immediately started calling it the death star, but I struggle to see what the resemblance really is.

Post by keyle » Sun, Apr 27, 2025, 11:03 AM UTC