I have never once (unintentionally) superheated water in a microwave, and I’ve been using them since about 1980 (and God knows we were idiots with them back then).

It just doesn’t happen - there are too many imperfections in our containers, and too many minerals for it to happen much.

I’ve experimented many times, and the reality is you have to work at superheating water in a microwave.

For me, it’s taken things like a brand new Pyrex measuring cup (glass), and filtered water. I can do it with other stuff, but I’ve had to boil/cool it multiple times, something that isn’t really going to happen.

But one more thing to own, store, manage, for a little convenience.

I can boil 2 cups of water in the microwave in 5 minutes. Or 4. Takes about the same amount of time.

120v vs 220v

Also tea, as in tea time. Americans don’t have this custom, so it’s not a big driver.

I don’t think connectors were cheaper because of inconvenience, I think they made them cheaper to entice flyers so they could fill local connector flights.

I was surprised to find a Jellyfin client for Samsung Tizen tv’s at all (despite it being a major brand) - I hadn’t considered this may be a client issue. I’ll take a look, thanks!

I’ve seen that error, so I re-encoded without subs. Now it says it’s transcoding because the device doesn’t support the codec, which I know isn’t correct.

Thanks!

I think the arrow is pointing at something that around here is called a potato.

It’s transcoding because Jellyfin decided it needs to transcode for some reason, frustratingly. I’ve converted to formats/codecs I know the TV supports, and yet Jellyfin still transcodes, with a message about the TV not supporting the codec (yet if I play the file on the TV from a thumb drive, it works fine with the crappy built-in media player). I’m using the Jellyfin client on the TV because it’s easy to install without a Samsung account, and I don’t think I can get Kodi on it (besides my experience with Kodi is not great, it’s sluggish on real hardware, I can only imagine how bad it would be on an underpowered garbage TV and I don’t know if a client exists).

From a bigger picture perspective, I think Jellyfin as a client will be better for my family. It’s a simpler interface with less to get them in trouble.

I’ll need transcoding for other/non-local devices anyway, so I still have to address the issue (annoying iPad for example).

If you have any advice about troubleshooting why it’s transcoding, I’m all ears. This is the first I’ve gotten Jellyfin to work after multiple attempts over the years, across multiple servers and clients, so my experience with it is limited. I’m just glad it works at all - it’s the first I’ve gotten to work other than Plex.

Thanks - at least now I know it shouldn’t be transcoding.

Wish I could upvote you more.

Any time I take out a slotted screw, I throw the fucker away and replace with (preferably) torx, but I’ll settle for Phillips.

And given the lack of strength in these screws, cam-out is likely a positive (which is what the Phillips what’s designed to do).

Groan…

Take my upvote, and you should post this in Dad Jokes.

How much video is really needed for transcoding?

I ask because I need to get a video card for transcoding to a 65" 4k TV. I’m converting all my DVDs to MKV and using Jellyfin as my server and client. It transcodes lighter stuff fine (cartoons, old TV shows), but better movies get some artifacts that don’t occur if I have the TV play the same file from a thumb drive.

I’ve read Jellyfin’s recommendation, but it’s really just “use at least this video chipset”, not a particular card, so I’m trying to determine what card I should get.

Yep, this is how SMB works when using Linux - I can’t explain why, but that’s always been my experience when either side is Linux - you just get a cryptic error.

I was just fighting this earlier today trying to connect to my networked photo frame (which runs Linux). I’d forgotten the share name, and Windows Explorer couldn’t open just the server name. Once I added the share name it opened no problem.

Ok, this actually made me chuckle out loud.

You really nailed it

Oh god, P4? Yea, those were just 100 watt light bulbs.

Odd that it’s blue, must be something in the solder itself.

I’m pretty sure that means a leak (alternatively I’m trying to imagine how some kind low-grade current leakage would cause this only at a joint, and I can’t think of any way).

So, while not critical in the moment, this isn’t good. My concern is there are multiple bad solder jobs in one spot - every joint in this picture is leaking. How much did this plumber suck, or is copper the wrong material to use in your area because of minerals in the water (while I much prefer copper, there are some areas where the water is corrosive to it).

Fortunately it’s not hard to fix, cut everything back, put in new connectors.

I suspect part of the original issue was so many joints that close together. You get one done, and when soldering the next one the heat weakens an existing joint. I’m sure there are guidelines for joint spacing with copper just for this reason (I’m not a plumber, but have done copper work under a plumber’s guidance).

Um, yea.

Guess he means Forrest Gump, or Forrest Wheeler, or Forrest Landis, or Stewart Forrest, or Bellamy Forrest…

That these elements are a greater cause of societal problems today than people living longer.

If anything, living longer will give people better perspective.

Source: At 30 I had a much more nuanced perspective of just about anything than I did at 20. And I bet most people would say the same. Partly just from experience, but also because I was able to read a lot more about any subject, such as things like Studs Terkel’s “Hard Times”, or understand the complexities of WWII better, and how today is very much a result of it.

And I’ve read even more since then. By now I’ve spent more time reading than I had the hours to read, let alone the background, at age 20.

Maybe you and I don’t understand how stats works, because I agree with you.

If there is evidence of life, what are the odds it’s on 2 planets next to each other with insanely different conditions?

Whereas if it isn’t there, that could mean 1 of a million variables isn’t right (and we wouldn’t even know).