Week: 47

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Trying to get (or even find) a cheap TV in 2022 is a horrible experience. Especially on Amazon, because there are no filter for this and the search function will simply not care and keep shoving all kinds of Smart TVs in the face. Various other websites designed to compare TVs also do not offer such a filter and I really wonder why, because there are very valid reasons to *not* want a Smart TV. Yes, I don’t even want the Telefunken ones that come at least with Linux!

For reference, our current is some very old Samsung with whopping 720p (including burnt in artefacts) and I’m out for replacing this for a while now.

I’m also not out for the greatest and widest since the TV may be part of our living room but that room is not designed around the TV. It’s more a corner thing. It should be a real upgrade for the 720p so “just HD” is out of the question. I kinda settled with the idea of something around 55″ and 4K – so not quite a computer monitor any more, due to it’s size, where I’d have way more choice. And cheap please. I really do not spend much time in front of the TV.

Apparently Sceptre is one of the few selling some non-Smart TVs but that seems to be US only (e.g. Walmart) so not an option for me.

I was already close to giving up when I randomly stumbled over the homeX U55NT1000. I’ve had no idea about this brand before, nor do I have an idea about the quality but they _advertise_ with the fact that this thing is “As smart as I want it to be” by connecting external devices of my choice: https://www.homex.eu/4k-uhd.html

Apparently it also comes with a Triple-Tuner that I don’t care about but it’s nice to have that option I guess. Also no idea about it’s audio connectivity. I’ve my own AV receiver for that anyway 😁

And it comes pretty cheap (roughly 300 EUR according to historical data on the net) ticking off all my boxes:

☑ ~~cheap~~ affordable
☑ 4k (UHD)
☑ ~~dumb~~ non-Smart
☑ HDMI
☑ 55″

So I ordered. I’m already very curious how this will play out and will update this once the TV arrives.

Fluggeschwindigkeiten, IAS, TAS, EAS, CAS, Mach by wabis wabis (Walter Bislin's Blog-De)
Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit den verschiedenen Fluggeschwindigkeiten, deren Berechnung aus im Flug gewonnenen Messdaten und deren Beziehung untereinander.

Das ist so wahnsinnig gut erklĂ€rt. Ich komme immer wieder auf http://walter.bislins.ch/blog/index.asp?page=Fluggeschwindigkeiten%2C+IAS%2C+TAS%2C+EAS%2C+CAS%2C+Mach zurĂŒck. Und dabei fliege ich nicht mal im echten Leben – und habe es auch nicht vor o0

Vielen Dank @wabis!

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I was delighted to read about the digital reconstruction of a chain mail based on an exhibit next door.

  • Landesmuseum WĂŒrttemberg, Stuttgart / H. Zwietasch (CC BY-SA)

The piece in question (exhibit F 14,01-2) was found in a grave near 72501 Gammertingen, Germany and consists of ~45.000 iron pieces. It’s well preserved and can be viewed in our local state museum or online at https://www.landesmuseum-stuttgart.de/sammlung/sammlung-online/dk-details/?dk_object_id=1280 – both basically next door for me.

The interesting part is that it’s a mix of riveted and stamped rings, also known as “Roman Mesh”. I own a similar piece myself and I’m fascinated by this type of mail.

This pattern was digital reconstructed using Blender and it’s polygonal modelling functions and uploaded to SketchFab under CC license by it’s authors:

Aleksei Moskvin (Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design) https://independent.academia.edu/AlekseiMoskvin

Mariia Moskvina (Saint Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design) https://independent.academia.edu/MariiaMoskvina

Martijn A. Wijnhoven (VU University Amsterdam) https://vu-nl.academia.edu/MartijnAWijnhoven

It can be viewed in 3D with a modern browser at https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/gammertingen-mail-fabric-3d-reconstruction-dd52c61041f04f27a613488893082e29

So dear game devs, there is no longer an excuse for shoddy chain mail patterns in games – here it’s served on a silver platter 😛

Bluetooth HiFi unter Linux by Commander1024 – A Network Engineer's lifeCommander1024 – A Network Engineer's life (Commander1024)
Bluetooth und HiFi sind zwei so Begriffe, die, zusammen in einem Satz ausgesprochen, Audio Enthusiasten gerne einen Schauer den RĂŒcken runter laufen lassen. Der Grund ist trivial. Bluetooth hat zu wenig Bandbreite um Audio in hoher Auflösung unkomprimiert durch die Luft zu ĂŒbertragen. FĂŒr den Headset Betrieb (synchroner Betriebsmodus fĂŒr Telefonie) reicht es so gerade. Dabei ist die QualitĂ€t ...
Example domains by Jan-Lukas ElseJan-Lukas Else (jlelse.blog)
Did you know that there are official example domains that can be used in documentation? example.com, example.net and example.org are all example domains of the IANA, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, which are explicitly intended for use in documentation.1 In documentations or even in sample ...

Nice. Didn’t know, may use now 🙂

"Besondere Helden" by Jan-Lukas ElseJan-Lukas Else (jlelse.blog)
Die Bundesregierung hat eine PR-Kampagne mit dem Titel “Besondere Helden” gestartet. Sie richtet sich an junge Leute und fordert sie dazu auf zuhause zu bleiben. Ich selbst gehöre nach den Videos wahrscheinlich auch zur Gruppe der “Besonderen Helden”, auch wenn ich nicht den ganzen Tag nur ...