I ran into that the other week as well. Get a UVC industrial camera with a M12 or CS mount lens to use as a webcam, most are better cameras than the "webcam" models and not everyone has noticed UVC cameras _are_ webcams so the prices are normal. I grabbed one with an OV2710 sensor (does 1920x1080@30fps, 1280×720@60, and so on) and a 2.8-12mm CS lens for $65 that took a little over a week to arrive (I paid a slight pr…
Neat, where did you order yours from? I've actually been looking for a sensor without a Bayer filter on it to use with a spectrometer, and this looks like the sort of thing that might be able to be used for that.
I have many bad things to say about MS Teams, but it does allow you to join a meeting multiple times on multiple devices using the same user account - so you can watch a screenshare on your desktop. machine but use the microphone or camera on your phone.
I've noticed that it does this in meetings, but not in a direct chat with another person (I don't think group chats either). What I usually do in that case is create a meeting so that I can do that.
Yep, I should have clarified that. There is a weird disconnect between 1-to-1 calls and meetings with 2 people in them.
So far I haven't been able to see any advantage at all to 1-to-1 calls except it takes fewer clicks to start them.
A few friends switch to bidets a while ago and wont look back. Personally I just jump in the shower if it's that bad.
I'm particularly hairy down there (not trying to be gross), so I often worry a bidet would just make a mess a wet mess.
I’m hairy too, it still helps. It’s not peanut butter in shag carpet, but honestly the best thing you could do is learn to shave down there. You go from trying to clean up a disaster, to blasting it away in 2 seconds.
I would not touch a Wyze camera with a 10 foot pole. Given the recent enormous security breaches, the likely connections to the Chinese government, and the incredibly low price point, there are red flags waving everywhere. Read this blog series about Wyze, and then make up you mind if you are comfortable having that piece of hardware in your home. I think it is pretty clear the risks are not trivial. https://blog.12s…
Great write up. I agree I do not trust them very much and would not use them on a network that has internet access. They are a great cheap option when using their custom RTSP firmware with synology surveillance stations. I throw them on their own SSID that is isolated from other local networks and does not have internet access. The SS can reach into their network but they can't initiate connections out. Still they br…
That’s interesting usage. I wasn’t aware of the Synology products, I’ll admit I’m not very knowledgeable about security systems. Sounds like you take proper precautions!
Also bidets, nintendo switches, instant yeast, powdered milk, etc. I actually snagged some wine yeast on amazon and I'm on my third loaf of bread. Bidet was the best "waste of money" I have spent in a long time. My TP usage has been slashed.
Be careful with all that baking, there's a reason bakers get fat in old age!
I’ve been tracking my weight, stopped eating crap just because it’s there, I’m down 2.5 lbs after 5 days and I’m actually sleeping better.
It's been like this for 1.5 months. It's been commonly brought up at universities when some professors require webcams for exams but some students don't already have them. I imagine professional headsets are under similar price constraints because on the BBC I've seen at-home reporters using gaming headsets with RGB LEDs.
Headsets are definitely in short supply. I bought a mid-range Jabra in March for about $150-160. The same model on Amazon is now over $200 and has increased by $10 since the last time I checked just one week ago.
I can also confirm, many local computer stores and distributors have had a huge run in basic headsets and webcams. Game headsets are in stock.
If I used to produce 100 units per month because that's how many I could sell, but now I know I can sell 10000 units per month, that is incentive enough to increase production. Notice here that raising the price is not at all required to increase profits. It's just something companies tend to do because they know they can get away with it in high demand markets. And since raising prices to increase profits is not nec…
> If I used to produce 100 units per month because that's how many I could sell, but now I know I can sell 10000 units per month, that is incentive enough to increase production. This assumes that you can actually scale production to 10,000 units (a plant that can produce 100 items a month is not necessarily one that can produce 1000), that your typical channels can absorb said production (if they need to hold invent…
There is this, but I haven't tried it: https://apps.apple.com/app/epoccam-webcam-for-mac-pc/id44913...
Looking at the reviews, I see multiple people saying that the developer required paid users to write a review in order to unlock the ability to use the front camera. I think it goes without saying that is an incredibly scummy practice.
Oh, an app doing that to me would certainly get a review.
I find bidets as or more useful if it's not that bad. You're often talking about just one or two square of toilet paper (literally, not figuratively). Try cleaning your hands with paper instead of water some day, and see how that works out for you. It's the same thing.
Feces comes in all manner of consistencies and textures. There is a range of consistencies for which bidets are wholly useless. Specifically, sticky ones. For these, you need friction from a solid, high-surface-area object. I'm sure you've had brown streaks inside the bowl that could not be removed in N flushes, but a simple toilet brush made quick work of the matter. To use your handwashing analogy, try removing cri…
That isn't how bidets work. I happened to get a bidet in early January, before the wave. One of the first things I learned was to let it run for awhile, maybe 20-30 seconds, and shifting around if it seems necessary. This may be TMI, but one gauge of how long to let it run is when you can relax your anal sphincter and feel the cold water slightly entering your anus. Once I stopped being in a hurry and let the water do its work, I simply never see any discoloring on the few sheets of toilet paper needed to blot dry.