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August 1, 2025 Admin

Specification of latest HP Prodesk 600 G4 i5 miniPC purchased from ebay.

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HP Mini 600 G4 isn’t detecting the Ubuntu installation after reboot.

It sounds like your HP Mini 600 G4 isn’t detecting the Ubuntu installation after reboot — a common issue that

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To completely reset your HP Mini 600 G4 and remove all traces of BitLocker, Windows, and old partitions.

To completely reset your HP Mini 600 G4 and remove all traces of BitLocker, Windows, and old partitions, you can fully wipe the internal

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July 31, 2025 Admin

European Astrofest 2026 dates

Kensington Conference and Events Centre, The Town Hall,  Hornton Street, London, W8 7NX Opening times Friday 6th February 2026: 9am – 6pm

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Radio observation in hydrogen line (1420MHz)
July 31, 2025 Admin

Why M57 is a poor radio astronomy target for amateurs using H-Line radio telescopes

In short: no prominent absorption line in Messier 57 is known near the 21 cm hydrogen line (1420.4058 MHz). However, let’s break that

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July 30, 2025 Admin

How to force the Handbrake app in Windows to use MP4 with H.265 and retain your audio quality

If H.265 (x265) in HandBrake is defaulting to MKV instead of MP4, it’s because some video/audio combinations aren’t supported in MP4 containers.

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July 30, 2025 Admin

Options available in Windows 11 for resizing MP4 video files in a batch

For Windows 11 and resizing MP4 video files in batch, here are your best options: ✅ Option 1: FFmpeg (Recommended –

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July 30, 2025 Admin

Performance comparison for FFT-based correlation of a 1,000,000-sample dataset for variety of computers with different specifications

Here’s a performance comparison for FFT-based correlation of a 1,000,000-sample dataset, using your original reference system (i5-6500, 8GB) and several

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July 30, 2025 Admin

Standalone Python script to generate two synthetic signals and performs FFT-based correlation.

Here’s a standalone Python script you can run on your Linux system later. It generates two synthetic signals, performs FFT-based correlation,

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July 30, 2025 Admin

CPU and RAM Comparison for processing radio astronomy data

The Intel i5-8500 with 16GB RAM will be noticeably faster than the i5-6500 with 8GB RAM for processing radio astronomy data, but

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