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    Sata cable for a pi

    The pi is a terrible server and jbod is unreliable. We have a 42u rack now but before that we had a coolermaster haf 932 with 13 12TB disks in it. That being said there are sata HATs and usb 3 to sata adapters.
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    Sold

    I don't understand how the plex client on the shield is not consistent... We plug ours into ethernet and it just works.
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    9950X and 9950X3D is going to be terrific.

    No AVX512 though I know this because of RPCS3.
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    Net Neutrality expected to be reinstated after officials vote on 4/25/2024

    It took a guy in a black shirt but comcast eventually fixed the Internet at our house, the tap as at the end of my driveway and they had to fish a new one under my driveway but since then it has worked perfectly for the last 6 years. Time between repeated bitching and resolution was about 3 red...
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    Buys 5k in office chairs

    Aeron c the dealer sells them to me for ~$800 in cash but I have to bring all the dogs and stay for at least 5-10 minutes.
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    Is this fine older eletrical plugs in new house?

    1888-1930 is what that picture looked like to me.
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    Warning: EVGA has changed their pinout on some PSUs

    behold the dearly departed 20lb killing machine and extreme cuddling enthusiast. He liked to swim with custom floaties and ride on any machine we tried with him without freaking out. He only really hated tornadoes, other cats, and dogs under ~50 pounds. We may or may not have had a woodpecker...
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    Warning: EVGA has changed their pinout on some PSUs

    It released the purple smoke and it smelled so bad it made my kitty with the iron stomach and utterly fearless brain vomit on the carpet and fried the rig. They demanded the rig be sent off on our dime for inspection and then they lost all the disks (4 250GB) and all the ram (2GB ddr 533 i...
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    Surge Protector/Line Conditioner

    Those ones use 2 sealed lead acid batteries and can do 900-1000 watts on battery. If you draw less than that it will last a little longer than doing a clean shutdown before it dies. The one OP linked is half the power.
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    XBOX ONE X: A viable 4K UHD Disc Player?

    It's selling for $436.50 today on amazon.
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    How to quiet down a portable AC unit in the PC room?

    You can mount the outside unit to walls too, eg more than 4' in the air.
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    Warning: EVGA has changed their pinout on some PSUs

    OCZ sold me a defective PSU in 2005 and my mom was a lawyer and had sued them in Federal Court with her friend that was also a lawyer but more experienced in federal court. They settled for $5,000 very quickly.
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    Computer wont boot. Colored line glitches on boot logo. Logo stays forever. If it boots then Blue Screen after booting. Post boot freeze up.

    If you're going to persist with hibernation you might want to replace your CPU and RAM on a schedule which means motherboards too. Human brains are more malleable than computers unless you ring the bell too hard or if it doesn't grow correctly.
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    Forgive me father, for I have moved to team green

    Such powers of observation, scroll up to #3.
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