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I've been using a clock radio to tell the time my entire life. Feels like I should upgrade that to a smart clock. Lenovo makes a decent looking one that runs Google. My entire household is Apple including HomeKit which controls my IKEA smart lights. Would I be able to control the same smart lights via the Google thing at the same time?
Fein do make some odd tools, how can this be better than a 'normal' angle drill and why is it sold at around £300?!
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I decided that I'd upgrade it in the following order: GPU, SSD, HDD, RAM, CPU. The latter one is optional, but I do want to make most of this machine without breaking the bank.
- Intel Xeon E5-1620 v2 processor @ 3.70 Ghz, 3.90 GHz turbo boost
- 16GB DDR3 1866 MHz RAM
- Nvidia Quadro NVS 295 GPU with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
- 100GB Dell SSD + a 500GB WD HDD
- 685W power supply unit
So, in short, my question is, if I want to play some older titles at 1440p@60FPS on high settings (mostly stuff like older Need For Speed games with a ton of mods), do some 3D modelling and probably some video editing in the future, should I go for a 1070 or wait a bit to save enough money for a 1070 Ti/1080? Or does anyone have a better idea?
I have the Ryobi one (it looks like they've replaced it now with a newer version). I'd say it's actually decent. The low pressure inflator does work great for air mattresses; it moves more air than one of those lead-acid battery Coleman inflators. The tire inflator isn't the fastest in the world but it's far from the slowest. It gets the job done. If I'm topping off car tires with a few lbs of pressure I can do it faster with that than it takes to turn on my big compressor, get the hose uncoiled, etc. I wouldn't use it to air up the Jeep after airing down for off road runs, but it isn't meant for that.As one of the power tool sellers on eBay is taking part in a 15% off sale I was looking at the Makita cordless inflator alongside alternatives and it seems like, somehow, there isn't a good all-round inflator out there.
The Makita DMP180Z is reasonably priced but is basic, you have to hold the trigger and it's rather slow. It doesn't have a 12V car adapter so it's useless for keeping in the car (no way I'm leaving a Makita battery on it the entire time).
The Ryobi R18I-0 multi inflator is very cheap and I can use an adapter for Makita batteries but doesn't have a 12V car adapter and is slow. It does have a quick low pressure inflator though for air mattresses and things.
The Dewalt DCC018N or DCC020IB (they seem to be the same) can also be used with Makita batteries, have a 12V car adapter but are both very expensive and the low pressure inflator is slow.
Milwaukee don't even make an 18V inflator, they make an 18V compressor with a tank but that's overkill and very expensive.
None seem to be suitable to maintain the pressure in my low pressure oil filler bottle rig thing because while they all cut off at set pressures they won't reactivate when the pressure drops, even the Makita needs the trigger releasing before it will restart (I think). For this it seems I'd be better off with the cheap Ryobi, a pressure switch in-line with the battery adapter and a clamp on the trigger. Either that or just run the hose from my big compressor every time, which takes effort.
The Bauer brand inflator shown here in the Project Farm test would be ideal despite it's pitfalls but it isn't sold here and I find it very unlikely that I will find an adapter for my Makita batteries
*shrug*
I'm not having a good tech day today.
I bought a pair of Jabra Elite 85h because I wanted something for those lengthy Zoom calls. I figured Jabra should know a thing or two about these things. Sadly they were a dud, with one side making a crackling noise with ANC turned on. I did a quick google and realized this a common issue, so I drove back, returned them and got a pair of Sony WH1000XM3's instead. After reading the fine print in the manual I realized Sony states that they only support normal phone calls, not "computers or smartphone apps" or whatever it said. And sure enough, the microphone sounds like absolute crap in the Zoom microphone test.
What's next? Should I roll the dice on another pair of Jabras?