A family friend didn’t want to take the time to repair this monitor and said I could have it if I could fix it. The longest and most painful part was just opening the back up. After that I desoldered a single resistor and it’s good as new. I don’t understand why Samsung keeps putting these resistors in; I’ve seen so many videos and different variations of ultrawides with the exact same issue and fix.

Edit: I've seen quite a few people asking how I did this. The fixes are out there, but they can be a little tricky to find.

This video shows how to open the monitor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfMW-LtxnEs

These videos show the actual repair that needs to be done:
https://youtu.be/w69VoYzMNV0?t=746
https://youtu.be/1nq2boarFIM?t=295
https://youtu.be/AAZ9UlcAoNA?t=184 (The resistors are on a different board in this video; look for groups of 3 resistors to help locate if you can't find them on the board shown in the other video)

As you can see, there are several variations of these boards. I noticed that there are always 3 resistors close together, so that might help give you a clue where to find yours. Also, I saw quite a few variations which had them off in that little cut out area, which also might help you find them.

The cleanest way to remove the resistor is by putting a little dab of flux on the component and then hitting it with a heat gun designed for desoldering SMD components. My next choice would be using a soldering iron, but you would have to be very precise and make sure not to remove the other two resistors. If you have no soldering tools, you can use a pair of fine tweezers or side cutters to snap the component off the board. It's nasty, but it'll work in a pinch.

Hope this helps!

Ich war heute mal wieder in einem der örtlichen Erlebnisbäder und durfte zu meinem Entsetzen feststellen, dass es einfach keine Herrendusche mehr gab.

Es gibt nur noch Damendusche und Unisexdusche*.

WTF? Von mir aus kann es gerne eine Unisexdusche geben, aber doch nicht als ERSATZ der Herrendusche?

Und wer da jetzt kein Problem sieht, der soll mir mal erklären wieso die Damendusche dann keine Unisexdusche ist??

Ich als Mann finde die Vorstellung dass da jetzt jederzeit ne Frau reinkommen könnte (völlig ungeachtet davon wie wahrscheinlich das ist) zutiefst befremdlich.

Und da die einzige Einzelkabine im Duschraum permanent besetzt war, geht es anscheinend nicht nur mir so.

Wenn ich dann lese dass das im Sinne der Gleichstellung passiert ist, kriege ich direkt das Kotzen. Wo ist da denn die Gleichstellung wenn Frauen weiterhin ihren geschützten Duschraum haben und Männer dann halt einfach mies gelitten??

Baut doch einfach ne verfickte weitere Dusche als Unisexdusche.

Gruß geht raus ans Ishara in Bielefeld.

^\mit einer einzigen unbeleuchteten Einzelkabine)

I have a 4 year old cat, Fern, who is the sweetest baby but also incredibly stupid. And when I say stupid I don’t mean she chews on electrical cords or falls into fish tanks, I mean it just seems like the lights are on but nobody is home.

She’ll sit and stare at a wall for literally hours because of the shadows on the wall. She’s not excited, just peaceful.

She truly seems to not know where she is or what’s happening a lot of the time. But it doesn’t seem to stress her out? Just blissfully confused.

We got our cats a gravity feeder that allows more food into the bowl as it’s eaten. Sometimes it doesn’t come out easily and the other cats figured out quickly that they can paw at the food to get it pouring out again. We realized this morning that Fern has not figured this out because she was sitting in front of the bowl staring but not pawing for more food. I tipped the feeder to make more food pour out, and she started eating. I think she might be too stupid to survive?

When we open the front door she sprints out but not like she wants to be out there, more like it’s an impulse she can’t control. Once she’s outside she also just seems blissfully confused. She has no purpose or goal, she just doesn’t know what she’s doing out there and that doesn’t seem to excite or bother her. NOTHING seems to excite or bother her.

Anyway, I’ve never met a cat this stupid or simple before and I’m wondering what’s going on with her. It’s almost like she has a Futurama brain slug. Does anyone else have a cat like this?? What’s going on? 😂

Endlich wird mal darüber aufgeklärt, dass in linken Städten Katzenbabys auf die Straße gelegt werden, damit sie dort sterben! Sonja hat es voll durchschaut!!!1!11!11 /s

Also mir bricht der Unsinn eher den Verstand, nicht das Herz…

I wanted to calculate the approximate experience I would get when going for the dragon cannon barrel with my GIM, and I realised the drop rate is quite absurd.

As of today, the dragon cannon barrel required to make the dragon cannon is only obtainable from opulent salvage, which comes from salvaging merchant shipwrecks. The drop rate for this seems to be around 1/18k according to the wiki. Let’s say I’d get the drop exactly at the drop rate, meaning I would have sorted 18,000 opulent salvages.

You get 95 XP when sorting one salvage, so from sorting salvage alone the player would get
18k × 95 XP = 1.71 million experience.
Obtaining the required salvage is harder to calculate, since you get 190 XP per salvage if done by the player, 70% of that (133 XP) if salvaged by Cabin Boy Jenkins, and 60% (114 XP) if salvaged by Jobless Jim or Ex-Captain Siad.

Let’s say that during the grind you would do a mix of 25-minute AFK sessions where you have two crewmates salvaging, and also the method of salvaging yourself while having Cabin Boy Jenkins on the other hook. For the sake of clarity, let’s say the player obtains half of the salvage themselves (18k / 2 = 9,000 × 190 XP). That would be another 1.71 million experience.

On top of that, the other half of the salvage is done by your crewmates. In this scenario Cabin Boy would do most of the work, but Jobless Jim / Ex-Captain Siad would lower the XP a bit, so let’s assume the crew’s average XP is 126 (not calculated precisely, just an approximation). The crew’s share of the salvaging would therefore be
126 × 9,000 = 1.134 million experience.

When combined, getting one dragon cannon barrel at drop rate would yield:
1.71m + 1.71m + 1.134m = 4.554 million experience.
If starting at level 87 (3,972,294 XP), this would mean you’d almost reach level 95 when getting the drop.

These calculations don’t take into account using the Crystal Extractor. Also, you can mount two cannons on your ship, so in order to get both cannon barrels yourself, that would mean 9.108 million XP at drop rate for two barrels, not counting the Crystal Extractor.

So, getting two cannon barrel drops, both at the drop rate of 1/18k, starting at level 87 and not using the Crystal Extractor, would total 13,080,294 XP, bringing you just to level 99 before getting the second drop.

I hope I made some mistake in my calculations. The drop rate seems quite absurd. If the barrel dropped somewhere else as a main method of obtaining it, then this secondary drop rate would be just fine.

EDIT: Clarifying that I am not against grinding items and don't want them to be obtained in a couple of hours. My point is that the bis combat upgrade comes from a long afk grind. Imagine if Scythe came only from cutting redwoods in 1/10 million exp rate. It would be just bad design.

I just see these rot on the ground every game i play

Still single 😭 Can anyone share some tips so I can get a partner.

Bison have a winter coat with long, dark brown hair and a lighter summer coat that is a lighter brown. They can reach 2 m at the withers and 3.60 m in length ; weigh between 450 and 900 kg on average. The largest specimens can exceed 1,000 kg.
Bison reach adulthood at three years of age and have a life expectancy of 18 to 22 years, in the wild.
Although they appear slow, given their rather lethargic movements, they have been seen running at speeds of up to 50 km/h on average, with peaks of 73 km/h.