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Wireless presenter with the shortest travel distance and lowest actuation force possible

I am looking for a wireless presenter (a.k.a. Powerpoint Clicker, Presentation Remote Control Pen) with the shortest travel distance and lowest actuation force possible. In other words, a wireless presenter that requires as little force as possible…
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Comparison Between Servers

The core process of the company is running on a 4 year old server, and at this point the I.T. Staff got the budget to buy a new server. The core process is a web app with intensive writing/reading from a poorly structured MySQL database, that's why…
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Fanless mini-itx motherboard with a 4x-16x PCI-e slot for OpenBSD project?

Any recommendations on a fanless mini itx board with a 4x-16x PCI-E slot? Something a few years old ideally, as I need to keep costs down. Current set-up is with a fanless Asus J1800-c, which runs really well, but only has a 1x PCI-E slot. I've…
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Access Point with multi-SSID support

You can find a question I asked that's related to this here. I rent my office space together with (at times) upwards of 20 other people, like a little office community. Most of these people run their own small business or are freelancers and one…
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Adding a wireless NIC to a Debian router

I'm looking for a wireless network card to add to my Debian router. I'll be using it to create an access point, so it has to have a chipset that supports AP mode on linux. It can be PCIe x1 or PCI and the bandwidth should be at least 300mb. I assume…
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see-through screen to replace foils for checking printed materials?

I sometimes prepare/print a large number of foils for use in checking printed materials. The foils are overlaid over the printed materials to check that the design is identical. Being able to replace the foils with a transluscent screen (digital…
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HDMI switches - how are they supposed to work?

I have never used any HDMI switch before, so my knowledge about them is zero. Now I have one and I am wondering if its behaviour is normal. I have a beamer for the output signal, a Wii U as first input signal and a laptop as second input signal. The…
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SSD Boot Drive Upgrade, considerations

I have a Samsung SSD being used as a boot drive through a SATA connection. I've been using it for about 8 years. It barely gets over 200 MB/s maximum in read or write performance. It's been used daily for pretty much all those years. I'm starting to…
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Best Mechanical Keyboard for £100($125/€118 - Cherry MX Brown/Red)

I am in the market for a Mechanical Keyboard with a 10-key keypad. I am going to be using it for both work and gaming so I am looking at either a Cherry MX Red or Cherry MX Brown switch. I have a strict budget of £100/$125/€118(so it can be…
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Battery case with data throughput

I have a Nexus 5X, that I use to connect to my drone with the DJI Go app. I plug my phone into the drone's remote controller through the USB C port on my phone. (Same concept as plugging into a computer) I am looking for a case with a built in…
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Headphones for big head?

For a family member with quite a big head, I'm looking for a headphone to replace the one which is (kinda) broken. Naturally I'm looking for a replacement which will do better, so I'm asking here for recommendations. Object searched:…
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Powerful non-gaming 17.3'' laptop

I'm looking for a powerful non-gaming laptop; i will mostly work with CAD and finite element analysis software (ANSYS) and some occasional gaming (like Starcraft 2). I also inted to dual boot (Ubuntu/Windows). I don't like gaming laptops, mostly…
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Laptop for 3D Design and Modelling

I am looking to buy a laptop for 3D designing, surface modelling, and finite element analysis. I will be using softwares like Unigraphics, Rhino 3D, ANSYS, etc. Requirements: Processor: Intel Skylake i5 dual core or better RAM: 8GB min. 16 GB…
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Looking for router that can handle 3TB exFAT / HFS+ external HDD

I recently bought a WD My Passport Ultra 3TB external HDD. It's performing beautifully and blazing fast, zero complaints there. However I did find out that my aging router (TP-Link's TL-WDR4300) doesn't support GPT-formatted external drives.…
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Looking for a programable nanny cam

I have a Foscam 1918w, which I created a custom interface for. The process wasn't cool, and it wasn't transparent about how to reprogram the interface. I also had to overhaul the front-end, which was super insecure. Now, I'm in the market for…
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