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Yep. They get credit for your donation & they get a tax write-off for the coupons, and they get to sell more stuff so you’ll get the “value” out of the coupons. It’s a win win win for them and only a win for you if you were going to otherwise buy the exact same things the coupons covered.

If I’m understanding it correctly this generator has like wires out that then connect to the lights or something right?

If that’s the case you’ll need to see what kind of voltage it’s putting out to those wires and then you would want to splice those wires into diodes to prevent the current from leaking backwards out of the capacitors. Then attach as many capacitors as you need for the voltage that it is providing, remembering that it is okay to have higher voltage ratings but not lower voltage ratings.

Chances are this will cause the light to be less bright as the capacitors are charging, so for the first few moments when you are riding it probably will be less bright but after the capacitors reach a steady charge you should see the light take a much longer time to dim down.

I think the largest issue you’ll run into is figuring out how to wire it. It definitely sounds like a fun project and possibly an opportunity to try out some of the inexpensive super caps that you can get on eBay for like 3 bucks a piece.

The only caveat I can think of is that you might need to find out how much voltage the generator puts out, as you definitely don’t want to pump more voltage into them than they are rated for.

To do that I would open the device and hook up a multimeter to the Dynamo and then spin it as hard as I can and figure out what it’s peak voltage is and then purchase and or design your super capacitor bank to handle its peak maximum.

You should also check and see if the device has some sort of rectifier, as Dynamo output is typically AC and LED lights are typically DC, so there is likely some sort of rectification. If you do have a rectifier I would measure it after the rectifier.

It may already also have a capacitor in it, in which case you could simply desolder that capacitor and then set up some breakout cables and run those outside of the case into your bank.

You got to give us some context my dude. Why is funk whale not recommended by you?

I tried navidrome but the issue I ran into is that it would not play individual songs or sort through them, it would just play my albums in alphabetical order.

And I don’t know as far as jelly fin goes, I like it as a video platform but for music I couldn’t get it to just randomly display the songs and let me shuffle through them.

I’m looking for a music server that can see all of my songs and music and shuffle them and play them. Does anything like that exist?

Well that’s just like, your opinion, man.

For the people down voting me, the person I’m responding to’s handle is literally “my opinion” and I’m making a joke off of that

Another option would be one of the t95 Android boxes. There are some really great tutorials on how to replace their stock firmware with a Linux and get all of the activity and availability that you would typically need as a media box out of them for just you know $25 and 3 to 8 hours of your time depending on how tech savvy you are and what your luck of the draw is.

Cheapest TV you can find that has the specs that you are interested in combined with a $50 pawn shop laptop and an inexpensive wireless keyboard and mouse.

Linux is optional but highly encouraged.

Connect that to a USB dac which is then piped into an amplifier for 2.0 sound.

I could probably rig up a subwoofer for a little extra oomph but none of the amplifiers I found at the thrift store have a way to turn off a powered amp or power an unpowered one.

This looks like the aftermath of a battle between Giants where a sword cleaved the rocks. It’s amazing

Yeah but that’s kind of like saying if I had a billion dollars paying rent wouldn’t be difficult for me.

No true Scotsman fallacy. Have you met other drivers?

Half of them are arguing with their spouses, texting, masturbating, arguing, road raging, or sleeping at any one moment.

The other half are the REALLY bad drivers who are doing all 6 at the same time.

A lot of people accuse them of this in regards to some sort of like water powered engine. So far the evidence seems to be that there’s no way to split water into hydrogen and oxygen that uses less power than the resulting burning of the gas can generate.

I said that to say take these accusations with a grain of salt.

Yep. I have been working on that for my next vacation, get an MRI and some actual diagnoses to bring to my PCP so that they’ll actually do something.

I would gladly go to a doctor and have my issues dealt with if I could.

I have good insurance.

I have money, although not a lot, but enough to go to the goddamn hospital.

Every time I go to the hospital with a complaint, they basically told me it’s all in my head and send me on my way without running any diagnostic tests, analyzing the specific issues that I’m talking about, or finding out any more information than whether or not I have insurance.

Then when it’s all said and done, I get a bill for $1,000.

This has happened to me the last three times I went to the doctor.

I have nodules in my throat. I have giant lumps under my skin, my urine smells like maple syrup even though my blood sugar is Rock fucking solid. I have issues with losing weight that aren’t directly related to my diet.

I have depression, I have skin issues with fucking eczema that do not respond to any over-the-counter treatment. I have a deviated septum. My xiphoid process is literally broken and free-floating in my chest. My coccyx is the size of a fucking grape.

I have an entire litany of issues and I have told multiple doctors about this in person and asked for help and assistance, and not once has a single doctor ever offered to do so much as draw my fucking blood for a test.

If I do not DIY my own medicine I cannot receive treatment for any of my issues. No matter how many times I have asked for help, my pleas for help have always been ignored and I’ve been charged $1,000 for them on top of insurance three different times.

If you know how to fix this where I can get qualified competent medical assistance with my issues before they snowball together and murder me, please tell me how because I cannot solve this.

One final addendum is that we have as of right now no guarantee that the necromancer or non-corporeal entity that has reanimated said deceased person is not somehow capable of either altering the witness or unduly influencing the responses of said witness.

Therefore, the person or being responsible for said reanimation has to first pass muster as to their partiality on the case.

If they can’t do that then you can’t verify that the witness is giving truthful testimony beyond a reasonable shadow of a doubt

Statistically speaking, eventually we’ve got to encounter at least one virus that is beneficial for humanity. I say we keep going

I have no idea what’s going on with all of this but the news said that he was arrested for child pornography, so in my opinion if there was a hundred other things that he did right this one bad thing out does them all if that is what he did.

It’s still pretty shitty even with. Can’t search for shit, 5 items down they’re showing you completely different results from what you searched for.

I will say that this is horribly fucked, nobody should have to burn through their 15 minutes of Fame in order to receive the basic goods and services that they have paid for.

Some people, specifically people with ADHD, are actually more sensitive to criticism than neurotypical people.

It makes dealing with criticism incredibly difficult for them and it can take them years if not decades to acquire the social and psychological coping skills needed to handle normal criticism rationally.