OT: 119th Obsequious Banter Thread: April Foods Day

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April Foods: Which food is/are among your favorite(s)? (Pick up to three)


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Is there any way to wire LED lights into an X pattern, meeting in the middle?
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I'm going to need some context here lol. Not quite sure what you're asking.
 
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I found out more. The Child asked Beefette to roll down the window and was like "hi! My mommy didn't mean to block the intersection. Traffic randomly stopped and she was really mad about it."


There are times when I see her great grandfather in her, and this is one of them. The man once sideswiped a trolley, sued the city, and won. The f***ing thing was on rails, and he argued it swerved. If he was in the car and you got pulled over he immediately wanted to talk to the cop, and it often worked.
 
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I'm going to need some context here lol. Not quite sure what you're asking.
Some mini painters make an arch of LEDs, but I think they just overlap them.
I know they make couplings to daisy chain LED strips but I wasn’t sure if there were any t or x connections so I can have one leg supplying power to the other three legs of the X arch.

They do make x connectors! Sweet!
 
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I just realized LED strips are 12v and that most cheap amazon strips do not come with a transformer or power adapter.
Would getting one of these
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, plugging in the LED strip to the usb outlet, cutting the power cord, wiring to a switch, and wiring back to the breaker panel be ok?
 
I just realized LED strips are 12v and that most cheap amazon strips do not come with a transformer or power adapter.
Would getting one of these
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, plugging in the LED strip to the usb outlet, cutting the power cord, wiring to a switch, and wiring back to the breaker panel be ok?
Yep, that's fine. You can also find direct wire ones at Depot or Lowes for cheap. They come with a transformer. They are usually around the under cabinet lights.
 
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Took a shot off the foot in a game last night and it cracked my damn holder in half. Ended up buying the Bauer Supreme M40's, $500 bucks. Skates are ridiculous. My S160's lasted my like 10 years, hoping to get similar longevity out of these. I took an hour drive to PureHockey to pick them up, the kid was trying to sell me on the custom insoles $70 and titanium steel $160 after dropping 500 on the skates already, insanity.
 
Took a shot off the foot in a game last night and it cracked my damn holder in half. Ended up buying the Bauer Supreme M40's, $500 bucks. Skates are ridiculous. My S160's lasted my like 10 years, hoping to get similar longevity out of these. I took an hour drive to PureHockey to pick them up, the kid was trying to sell me on the custom insoles $70 and titanium steel $160 after dropping 500 on the skates already, insanity.
Orthopedic custom insoles run $400-1000 so if those were half decent that might have been worth it.
 
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Took a shot off the foot in a game last night and it cracked my damn holder in half. Ended up buying the Bauer Supreme M40's, $500 bucks. Skates are ridiculous. My S160's lasted my like 10 years, hoping to get similar longevity out of these. I took an hour drive to PureHockey to pick them up, the kid was trying to sell me on the custom insoles $70 and titanium steel $160 after dropping 500 on the skates already, insanity.

I've got a pair of CCM AS-560s that should be sharpened and waiting for me tonight. If my lungs allow I'm gonna start using them to work out. Shit is cheaper than most gym memberships around me and way more fun. I'm badly out of shape so the break-in period will probably be a hardship.

Once I remember how skating works I'm gonna need to fight the urge to play hockey with every scrap of self preservation I have. I'm less durable than the average egg.
 
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I just realized LED strips are 12v and that most cheap amazon strips do not come with a transformer or power adapter.
Would getting one of these
View attachment 981184
, plugging in the LED strip to the usb outlet, cutting the power cord, wiring to a switch, and wiring back to the breaker panel be ok?

So you're seeking to connect power right to a switch?

This sounds like a lot of work. Is this so you can flip a switch to turn them on or off?

I think you've save an immense amount of work, breaker box explosions, radioactive fallout, and locusts if you just bought a strip of LED lights that connects to a remote or smartphone app
 
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I've got a pair of CCM AS-560s that should be sharpened and waiting for me tonight. If my lungs allow I'm gonna start using them to work out. Shit is cheaper than most gym memberships around me and way more fun. I'm badly out of shape so the break-in period will probably be a hardship.

Once I remember how skating works I'm gonna need to fight the urge to play hockey with every scrap of self preservation I have. I'm less durable than the average egg.
We need this video's or go-pro'd
 
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So you're seeking to connect power right to a switch?

This sounds like a lot of work. Is this so you can flip a switch to turn them on or off?

I think you've save an immense amount of work, breaker box explosions, radioactive fallout, and locusts if you just bought a strip of LED lights that connects to a remote or smartphone app
Yes. I have been instructed that power strips with individual switches exist and will make this much safer, cheaper, and easier.
 

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