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    Hearing Aids...

    Of all the junk mail I get, hearing aid promotions is by far the biggest single category. They even come enclosed with our telephone bill. Probably all of the old farts here have had friends who have gone through multiple "world's best" hearing aids. No direct help, just agreeing with the BS...
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    Ukraine related: Was Ukraine Government Is Handing Out Guns To Citizens, What Happened to Gun Control?

    Putin, for Ukraine peace, wants a pledge to halt NATO enlargement, sources say Kremlin Issues Outline Of Putin's Truce Demands, Warns "Peace Tomorrow Will Be Even More Painful" "Multiple Russian sources cited in the reaport said Putin wants a "written" pledge by major Western powers not to...
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    Would a Properly Wired House for Security Cameras Increase its Value?

    I have no doubt that my network wiring has code violations. The obvious one is that buried outdoor wires aren't 2 feet down. When I sell, my plan is to pull all of the cameras and leave the wiring. The new owner can then take the responsibility of using it if he chooses.
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    Need to buy a camera system to detect 1" long insects in a room with no lights.

    There are several things at play here, and just focusing on resolution could actually hurt in low light situations. Your's isn't the worst low light situation because what you're looking at is fairly close to the IR lights, but their intensity is minuscule compared to daylight. Years ago I...
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    Funny / Satire

    Should we change the thread title to funny-satire-gross?
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    Need to buy a camera system to detect 1" long insects in a room with no lights.

    With Dahua, this is a case where a lower end camera is a better choice because the better cameras won't trigger IVS on anything but humans and vehicles. Pus, while basic motion detection is close to useless for most cases because of horrendous false triggering, it might work ok in your...
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    Can 1 cat5e power two ip cams?

    I'll add that this one likely does not work with an NVR POE port. (But I don't have an NVR with POE ports so I could be wrong on this.) Also, with this type of device, you're treading very close to the port power limit with a 15 watt (non-POE+) port when the camera IR lights are running full...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Here's another shocker that is hard to believe ;) Medicare insurers face lawsuit over kickback scheme
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    More Mama Fox Videos

    The fox also got the rooster (we're out on the country). The rooster, who often attacked people, was perfectly happy to let the fox get the 4 gals first while he stood away and watched. When the fox finally went for him, he tried to fly over the 3' fence but was too fat to make it.
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    More Mama Fox Videos

    Mama fox moving one of my chickens for dinner in the den.
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    Notes from the Swamp

    Not exactly what you'd conclude from the title, but it IS a genuine swamp. Trump Overshadowed by 7’9 Florida Gator During Viral Oval Office Meeting
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    Cable termination at camera end

    I don't think there's a "correct" answer for this. The single biggest failure point I've seen in electronics has been at connectors, leading to my own standard practice of minimizing connectors whenever feasible. On the other hand, I've found RJ45s to be extremely reliable. I've never had one...
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    Cable termination at camera end

    Incorrect understanding. For conductor type there are 3 types of RJ45s: solid wire, stranded wire, and both solid and stranded. Just make sure you don't use a stranded-only RJ45.
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    Blue Iris no longer respecting storage limits

    Just in case this applies, I've found that if a BI settings menu is left displayed, BI will blow right through the storage limits. I don't have a list of which menus, but know for sure if you leave the storage window open it happens for sure, on my version at least.
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    Die Young TikTok Craze

    There are lots of narrow houses on parts the Oregon coast, some as narrow as 10 feet. It's just from cramming as many beachfront lots as possible. Don't need wide FOV cameras for them!
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    Money & Economics

    The press can't seem to decide which version of the truth they want to send out.
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    Money & Economics

    And just to spin it in the anti-Trump direction:
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    Forum technical problems getting bad?

    Most of the bot posts are well written, to the point where I'm impressed. What makes them easy to spot is context. Usually they're the first post from a new member, combined with replying to an old thread, pushing a product, or going off with too many technical details.
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    Mama Fox Likes New Fence -- May 10, 2025

    I didn't feel that way about the one who killed our chickens a few years ago!
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    Forum technical problems getting bad?

    Great, this could lead to a lot more bot posts here. A much smaller forum I am a moderator for is set that the first post from a new member must be approved before appearing in the forum. If the new user looks legit, his status is changed to unmoderated.
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    WTS SOLD EmpireTech IPC-B54IR-Z4E-S3

    The shipping cost also works against selling used cameras. Hard to spend less than 20 bucks for this, a significant percentage for a camera costing $100 or less. Andy likely has a contract to ship for half of this or less.
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    Blue Iris Dahua NVR

    How do you make those videos? Is there something like a screenshot video recorder? Anyway, there's one killer feature in BI'S UI3 that the NVR/smartPSS can't come close to matching. The trigger thumbnails are stacked vertically on the left edge of the screen, and just by hovering over one it...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Realizing this will help you understand what's behind all of the disagreeable things I post. I'm also a nutcase from Chicago, although I don't think the left wing type. Notice I said "from", and I do have an impressive history of ruining cities. After Chicago I went to Houston, then Austin...
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    Blue Iris Dahua NVR

    I use the digital zoom a lot, mostly for keeping track of various animals. I guess a gator would be filling the whole frame anyway :). Use it also occasionally to look at passing vehicles. With the 5442 series, digital zoom is actually useful. We're in a secluded spot and 95% of my triggers...
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    Blue Iris Dahua NVR

    With BI's UI3, the mouse wheel is always enabled for zoom and the zoomed image can be dragged (panned) with the mouse. Unless there's something I haven't found, in smartPSS, doing this first requires pressing the "+" button and drawing a rectangle, all of which gets reset when crossing a...
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    Blue Iris Dahua NVR

    Does UI3 have single step capability? If it does, could you point me to it? smartPSS can play and single step backward. The one maddening thing that makes playback and stepping a lot more difficult is that every time the playback hits a trigger, any zoom and pan is lost. Makes for a lot of...
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    Blue Iris Dahua NVR

    Just a high-level list: BI does better: Real time camera viewing, scanning through clips, timeline playback. NVR does better: Easier initial setup, shows IVS trigger lines, works better for nitpicking clips like single stepping and saving snapshots. Important note, I do not use the native UI...
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    Blue Iris Dahua NVR

    I don't use both for redundancy, but because one does some things better, and the other does other things better.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    I referenced ZH because the 2nd article that mangled the headline cited ZH as their source.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    I tried to be clear that I was talking about ONLY the headlines. More people IMO read only the headline and believe that's the story. If the headline does not give a timeline, it's reasonable to assume it's current information. Neither headline reveals what it specifically says is a year old...
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