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8 votes
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How to find AV hardware for specific requirements?
Apologies if this belongs in ~tech, that group is more on topic than ~talk but I think it’s for news and links more than open questions. (Edit: Looks like it's been moved to ~comp, I guess that...
Apologies if this belongs in ~tech, that group is more on topic than ~talk but I think it’s for news and links more than open questions. (Edit: Looks like it's been moved to ~comp, I guess that works too.)
I’m looking for an HDMI switch. It needs to support at least 4K resolution and have at least 10 input ports. It also needs to have Toslink audio out. Remote control support is a “nice to have” but physical buttons are fine too.
I’m having trouble locating a product like this online. Not sure if I’m just using the wrong terms or if it doesn’t actually exist. Can any Tildes gearheads give me a pointer here?
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The July outage of the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System - What went wrong and the problems behind it
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Better World Books and the Internet Archive unite to preserve millions of books
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Blade Runner: How well did the film predict 2019's tech?
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Iceland has become the world's leading miner of digital currency – then the crypto-crooks showed up
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Putting brains into technological perspective - Brains as analog computers
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Atlantic Council has published an update to their 2016 Global Risks 2035 report, analyzing geopolitical and technological trends and their potential impacts on the future
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The world’s largest 3D metal printer is churning out rockets
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The material science of metal 3D printing
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Migrating Russian eagles run up huge data roaming charges
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Riding the unicorn—Peloton accidentally built a fitness cult. A business is a little more complicated.
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How Flagstaff, Arizona, switched to LEDs without giving astronomers a headache
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Football team Brøndby IF in Denmark is using facial recognition to stop unruly fans
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The not-com bubble is popping—The unicorn massacre unfolding today is exactly the opposite of what happened in 2000
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In Norilsk, Russia's most isolated major city, the arrival of high-speed internet gave residents a new window onto the world
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Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply
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Algolia raises $110M from Accel and Salesforce for its search-as-a-service, used by Slack, Twitch and over 8000 others
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Google's AI plays football in its new reinforcement learning environment
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Shooting near synagogue in Germany leaves at least two people dead, was streamed on Twitch
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As Denmark turns away from cash – MobilePay app is more popular than Facebook
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Digital transformation is occurring at varying rates and inadvertently creating a new kind of digital divide in cross-border e-commerce
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The next big thing in dining: virtual restaurants
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PayPal drops out of Facebook’s Libra payments network, as other financial partners reconsider their involvement
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Facebook has taken down the popular 'World USA' page with almost 1 million followers after being exposed as a Ukrainian-based operation targeting older Americans with pro-Trump content
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Alex Stamos on legal issues for US tech companies sharing with foreign governments
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Sony merges anime streaming businesses under Funimation-led joint venture
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Some WeWork board members seek to remove Adam Neumann as CEO
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Modern games look amazing on CRT monitors
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How to save a glacier – Iceland's scientists offer hope with carbon capture technology
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New infrared-based technology promises to give textiles recycling a giant leap forward by replacing manual sorting with an automated method in Finland
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Where to put buttons on forms
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What can a software developer do about climate change?
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Do sleep-tracking apps actually help you sleep better?
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Less human than human: The design philosophy of Steve Jobs
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Iceland makes the top of the list when it comes to online news consumption, a study conducted by the OECD revealed
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Fitness tracker recommendations?
I'm in the market for a fitness tracker. My usual fitness activities (stationary elliptical trainer, hiking, biking) are temporarily restricted, so I've been swimming a great deal. Using a phone...
I'm in the market for a fitness tracker.
My usual fitness activities (stationary elliptical trainer, hiking, biking) are temporarily restricted, so I've been swimming a great deal. Using a phone isn't giving me adequate exertion tracking data for walking (stride counts and heart rate not available/accurate), and it's especially not useful for aquatics.
I'd be grateful if anyone can recommend something they have experience with.
My constraints are as follows:
I'd rather not contribute to e-waste with yet another gadget du jour - service life should be at least the recharge cycle life of the battery.
No Apple or Samsung devices. I'm not in those ecosystems, and don't plan to be because reasons.
Should be at least IPX5, preferably IPX7 waterproof.
Helps if it's not butt-ugly, but I'll take what I can get - replaceable bands are a plus.
Able to fit women - I don't have issues with a larger face so much as a band that's too large to fit comfortably or provide secure contact for accurate heart rate monitoring.
GPS and sleep tracking would be nice, but not mandatory if the device ecosystem isn't reasonably private.
Non-proprietary rechargers preferred.
A couple of Fitbit models seem be well-reviewed, but actual user ratings are equivocal, and quality is erratic.
Looking forward to any contributions!
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Microsoft Excel is now a strategy game
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US Senator says Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg should face ‘possibility of a prison term’
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Swedish cashless app Swish is teaming up with six other companies to form a European network of mobile payment solutions
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The Kindle is fine. It could’ve been much more than that.
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German startup Volocopter says it's the first company to fly an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft at an international airport
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Preparing for Hurricane Dorian: Storm trackers and other survival tools
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YACHT's new album Chain Tripping was created by inventing their own machine-learning-based composition process and applying it to their back catalogue
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Helsinki's new flagship library Oodi has been voted winner of the 2019 Public Library of the Year award by the IFLA
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Lab-grown dairy: The next food frontier
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Tech billionaires haven’t killed Burning Man’s anti-capitalist spirit—but influencers might
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How artist imposters and fake songs sneak onto streaming services
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Finland's vital role in the production of graphene
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You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality
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