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I want to play a really loud and high note on a speaker to annoy the idiots at a club 50 meters away from my house, i live on a second floor, have a fully functional balcony and can point a speaker directly at them if it's needed, so how should I do it?

What speaker should i use?
What tone should i play to make it as annoying as possible?
Is doing this legal?

I live in argentina, and 10 years ago my neighborhood was a residence place, but now it's filled with fucking night clubs.
What they do is perfectly legal, they play music loud all the night,...
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bumping for interest
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>>940108
any local authority? police? local residents association of any kind? community centres? church? local town centre?
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>>940108
But to answer your questions as they are, just get a megaphone, and constantly babble annoying things into it while pointing to the place you want to annoy, alternatively record an mp3 and then play it constantly

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What can i do with this broken smart tv?
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Target practice
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>>939698
Buy another of that exact model and make. Keep that one for parts.
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There's okay money to be had by selling parts on ebay. Power supplies and main boards for sure

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I am tired of streaming the superbowl.

What I have right now is a coathanger antenna , VHF/UHF converter, coaxial cable, a vcr, a RCA video out and a projector. in an attempt to get local channels.

The VCR won't work as a converter because it's old as hell.
I believe that i need a converter rather than an old VCR to take the signal coming in from the antenna and bring me footballs.

My question is, would an old cable box work? like something from charter or cox or time warner? something like that? or does that only take in X provider's...
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old boxes are made for analog broadcast signals. The entire US switched to digital several years ago. You're either going to need a newer converter box or a newer TV with a digital converter already in it.

That said I made a similar antenna and the reception is great. It works better than the shitty $15 box/antenna combo my roommate got from walmart.
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google the manual for your TV to see if it's capable of receiving digital signals, aka ATSC. if so, use the settings to set it for digital, connect a wire to the RF input (or your coat-hanger monstrosity) and you're good to go.

if not, you need a $30 gadget, an ATSC receiver, like the super cheap DTA1080D. (dont get that one, it's just an example.)
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OP here. My main question is can i use an old cable box from 2012 that was given by a cable company as the converter?

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>Move into new apartment
>Still smells like the previous tenant who was middle eastern

How can I get rid of the smell? The carpets were already cleaned prior to move in so I don't believe it's the source.

PLEASE HELP THANKS
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>>939412
Your own stuff will eventually change the smell, with you learning to ignore it at the same time.

I would get a wax melter and melt some wax. They are actually great, its like a candle that isnt being tainted with flames.
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>>939414

like this?

http://www.amazon.com/Ceramic-plug--night-light-melter/dp/B005CD80AM/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1454303123&sr=8-8&keywords=wax+melter
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>>939412
If you cook a lot of bacon that will probably help

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heres the full video https://youtu.be/AvB97Is-AqM
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>>939273

>owns computer
>cannot afford to see dentist

Get your priorities straight, folks.
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>>939281
>I don't live in the USA the post
Dentists are expensive as fuck if you don't have dental insurance. No, not medical, explicitly and specifically dental. Which is not commonly given at jobs unless it's a salaried position. Getting that tooth pulled could literally cost him upwards of $1500 depending on how much bullshit they make him do before hand.

>well you're a new patient so you need a checkup first
>$200+
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>>939273
Get a tooth key... Pic related

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Welding Helmets

Anyone have input on the Miller Digital Elite VS the Lincoln Viking 3350 series?

Any input would be appreciated.

>my main question
I don't understand why the Lincoln is "rated" for overhead welding and the Miller is not. Can the miller not handle getting hot metal sparks or globs bouncing off it or something?

The only other thing is the miller takes non standard lenses but it has that sweet arc magnetism sensor that eliminates getting flashed outside as extra protection along with the...
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>>938739
Also anyone know if that Jackson safety helmet that is yellow and black is any good for tig?
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>>938739
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>>938739

http://www.weldmyworld.com/blog/2012/05/comparing-the-lincoln-viking-and-the-miller-digital-elite-welding-helmets.html

Not super specific but its a rundown. Anyone else know anything this article isn't saying?

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TECH SUPPORT NEEDED: I want WLAN

ARE THERE ANY PEOPLE HERE WHO LIKE GIVING FREE TECH SUPPORT?

I have an internet provider. But they only game a cable that goes in my computer. And so, I only have Internet. But I want wireless internet too.

And I have a modem. Which is not configured.

If I plug the internet cable into slot LAN1 and another cable (that goes to my computer), I still only have internet.

How do I get the modem to give me wireless internet, too?

As of right not, the modem doesn't give me wireless internet, and it doesn't...
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>>938555
How do you access internet through your pc? Some kind of dial up/establish connection or does it happen automatically? Check the router manual if you can change WAN from the DSL phone jack port to LAN1.
>>>/g/sqt
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>>938560
Yes, it is some kind of dial up, where I have to put a username and a password. the type of connection is "PPPoE".

I really don't know how to change from DLS to LAN1. This is what I'm asking.
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>>938562
Check all the options until you find it or read the manual or google, and set it up as pppoe with the credentials you have.

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Hello /diy/

So I recently made the acquisition of pic related, which is an adapter for a 9.7" LCD panel.

It needs 5V 1.37A so I'm currently using a 2A USB phone charger to power it since I read 3.0 USB deliver up to 0.9A and 2.0 USB 0.5A

So here's my question, since you can mount in parallel batteries to "raise" their amps, could I do the same with USB ports? (two 3.0 ports or three 2.0 ports)
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You'll need to put small resistors in series with the device and USB ports to balance them (a couple ohms). If you put two voltage sources in parallel without that one will supply a slightly higher voltage and all the current will be drawn from that one. This will make your PC shut down the higher USB port for drawing too much current, then the second one for drawing too much current. Batteries have their own internal resistance.
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>>937937

Pardon my shitty schematic and my stupid question, but I assume you mean putting a resistor where the green arrow is?

Or one for each port where the blue arrows are?

And I'm quite new with resistors, what would a good value for it?
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>>937932
>(a couple ohms)
dont listen to this idiot.

a 'couple' of ohms at 1 amp will drop a couple of volts.
meaning burned resistors and low voltage for your board.

usb is current regulated, should be fine.
external hardrives divide their load over multiple usb drives all the time.

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Give it to me straight /diy/. How fucked am I here?
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>>937770
Context?
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>>937770
That's herpes. Sorry anon.
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>>937771

Taking down some old wood paneling in a friend's house. Went to remove the A/C vent cover to make things easier and saw this after taking out the filter.

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Halp me /diy/, you're my only hope.

Can anyone explain why pic related is frying my 555 timer? I'm using the CMOS TLC555CP. It works fine at 6 volts but 9 fries it immediately. The highlighted 10 ohm resistor is actually a DC motor. The diode in parallel with it should be protecting the rest of the circuit from the voltage spike caused by the inductor. It's a 4148 diode rated at well over the frequency at which the circus operating. Any ideas?
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>>940275
>at which the circus operating.
at which the circuit is operating.

Autocorrect derped on me.
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I would bet you are sourcing too much current. Try slapping a resistor with that diode on the discharge path.
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>>940279
Is this what you had in mind?

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So, I'm having trouble with my sound system in my truck. What it is doing:
My subwoofer is trying to produce sound, every now and then it will hit, but immediately stop. From what I can tell, it might be my RCA cable, the guy who hooked up my system popped open my fuse box under the dash and wrapped it around a fuse before plugging it back in. It worked great until about a month ago. Fuse is not blown, and when I swapped fuses (moved the cable from one fuse to the other) it continues to do the same thing. Anyone have any advice so I don't have to re-run any cable?
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>>941082
He probably just ran a wire from the fuse to tell the amp to turn on. What amp is it?
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>>941085
Kicker DX A250.1
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>>941082
Check all wire connections. Most importantly your ground make sure its large enough gauge wire. Is the setting on your amp allowing the correct amps received from your headunit through the rca cords. is it wired properly to matching ohms value.

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Are there any acoustics experts on here?

I am trying to soundproof a room in order to contain my roommates snoring. This is a low bass sound, so it is tricky.

I have planned a three phase project to reduce costs. (See diagram) The problem is soundproofing is expensive for a poor-fag like me, and I am trying to essentially make his snoring inaudible, even the low bass rumbling.

I have a couple questions then:

>Is there any sort of cheap material I could stick on the walls to first test where the best "hotspots" are?...
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>>941336
This is a mind over matter thing.
Stop letting it get to you.
It's not the snoring that's keeping you awake, it's you noticing the snoring, getting aggravated at the snoring which activates your sympathetic systems which keeps you awake. It's literally the same thing as like if someone gets chewed out at work/is expecting something bad to happen the next day, and can't fall asleep because of it.

If you really feel you need to do something, buy a loud ass fan to inject some white noise.
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Get some earplugs poorfag.

Acoustic foam is nothing but pretty to look at, especially to bass frequencies and foam, bass traps etc are basically room treatment not sound proofing. You'll be wasting your money.

For soundproofing done right it is usually effective to build airtight rooms within rooms. You need to decouple these from anything which can transmit vibrations and add mass to surfaces to reduce vibrations where you can't have a sufficient quantity of air.

The cheapest solution would be to build a sealed box around your bed and ventilate...
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Thanks for the input.
>>941340
I know its unnaturally loud and irritating.
>>941343
Pointing away from his room of course.

My bedframe is already on four legs. What materials would you recommend for this?

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how do i print my own silver coins? If got this piece of gold, and i would like to make coins.
I would like very much a wolf/wolfhead on the coin, maybe a year as well, I planned to use around 8 gramm per coin.
The gold is near pure and should be therefore very soft

pic related is from around 500 BC, i Think i should be able to be minimum as succesfull as the dudes back than
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>>940923

i should proof read more, i dont know where these silver comes from, but gold was meant
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-yHUPNUml8
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>>940930
how do i make this stamp thing? kust with a dremel in steel rod?

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>tfw too /sci/ for /diy/
>tfw too /diy/ for /sci/
Anyone know this feel? If I post my ideas on /diy/ people complain it's too technical but if I post it on /sci/ they sperg that I havent used the latest theory.
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>>940921
>people complain it's too technical
Try posting after fall
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you wouldnt happen to be Terence Howard, the actor, trying to prove that 1x1=2?
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>>940932
mfw the line of text directly below that last sentence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrence_Howard#Personal_life

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OK so I need a breaker that will trip at 65A but its going to be at 84V. Anyone know of something that will work? How does different voltages affect breakers. Like can I use a 120v 65A breaker? Will it still trip at 65A?
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Since most cheap breakers use a bi-metalic heating element, the trip is at the set current level regardless of the voltage. You can draw it out and do the math yourself, but the resistive metal strip that actually expands generates the same heat due simply to the current passing through it. Voltage in this case is only a reference to the insulation class.
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>>940654
>Like can I use a 120v 65A breaker? Will it still trip at 65A?

Yes, if it doesn't have any electronic 'smarts' in it (like GFCI, Arc Fault, etc.) Smart breakers might still work at 85 Volts (how else would they operate when voltage dips during fault). But some operations (like closing) may not work properly.
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Mind me asking, what are you planning to do at 84V?

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