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I just forcibly updated my dad's computer, he went from a Pentium 3 to an i7 I found in a tip shop, I hope he remains greatful lol
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FYI Home Depot has 12 foot tall skeletons, except they're sold out within 100 miles of me https://www.homedepot.com/p/Home-Accents-Holiday-12-ft-Giant-Sized-Skeleton-with-LifeEyes-5124738/312513260
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Mustache Ride posted:Another day at the farm That looks like its going to be a nice pond. We put our house up for sale today that has a 1.5ac, 20’ deep. The one your working on looks like its going to be 5 acres at least. Big enough for slab size crappie and bluegills.
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So looks like Mrs. Slidebite is working from home permanently now. Her office was looking for real estate before Covid, but saw how well it worked with everyone from home during the lockdown, so they decided to make it permanent. We went to her old location and picked up her desktop PC to the new home office. It is a beast of a Dell workstation. Probably weighs 30lbs. Case is almost completely metallic, and built well. Grab handles, front and back. Took the monitor connector off the back and I see she has some sort of dedicated video card with 4 dp outputs. OK. So now I'm curious as to what this thing has under the hood.... I was totally expecting a motherboard video output. Got it home, all connected up and did some snooping. Far cry from the basic workstation I use at my office. See she's running a dual Xeon W2235/2066, 32GB RAM and a Quadro RTX4000. Nicest "work" PC I've seen in some time. When the lease comes up I might want to see what the buy out is.
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Remember when.... The benchmark for a badass computer was playing Far Cry on max? Must have been about when I stopped giving a poo poo bit also I caught the words ahead of the story and thought you booted it up as a benchmark.
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StormDrain posted:Remember when.... The benchmark for a badass computer was playing Far Cry on max? Must have been about when I stopped giving a poo poo bit also I caught the words ahead of the story and thought you booted it up as a benchmark. It's still the benchmark. It makes modern killer rigs stutter in some parts, lol. Speaking of, I just got a new G-Sync monitor 
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Ether Frenzy posted:It's still the benchmark. It makes modern killer rigs stutter in some parts, lol. If you need any service manuals/software/stuffs only accessible to service agents, let me know. I've still got a login for GSFS+. So new bits for the commodore! This time I wasn't going to fart around with a Series 2 dash transplant. Luckily last year, Aerpro came out with a HVAC control system which allows 3rd party headunits to work. I jumped on it! Before:  During Uninstallation:  Now new HVAC controls installed:   Fin, wireless Android Auto and streaming my music from Plex server on the go:  Now I have to figure out a way to program the clock on the LCD, or ditch it and chuck in one of my Series 2 top vent kits.
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everdave posted:That is so cool I love it It was a complete bitch to install though. I'm well versed in ripping this model dash out and can do it in the dark. But hoo boy when a loom says it does everything - don't trust it. And test EVERYTHING on the headunit. The adaptor loom didn't factor in parking brake so I couldn't get Android Autos initialization started as it thought I was driving. Found this out AFTER everything was buttoned up with no nondestructive way to get it out again. Lucky I was poo poo at tucking the main loom and managed to hook the PB sense wire with a pick and run it to ground to get things started. Then I thought it would be smart (whilst I had poo poo half torn down again) to maybe plug the old headunit back in to program the LCD screen clock. Well that loom wasn't long enough then remembered my extension hacked T-loom on the series 2 unit. Used that and it immediately blew a fuse. I spent much of the arvo going over the fuse box and web forums thinking I had fried the BCM or similar as the HVAC and Stereo was getting no voltage. Eventually I sat back, had a beer and pulled out the Haynes manual and 50 pages into wiring diagrams finding that the VCC to stereo is a direct link from yet another fuse box in the rear wheel arch near the battery. Of course that size and type doesn't have a spare onboard, so stole from it's twin. Cracked one trim piece in the process and incompatible with twin car so time to take a beer across the road to my mate who works for Holden and get a part ordered. Meanwhile my commute is literally 10 minutes. And faster if I ride my bike... Also saved myself $170 on a 'pro install'. Pricks at the shop I ordered didn't feel like notifying me of my order arriving so gently caress them, got a refund. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 12:16 on Sep 27, 2020 |
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StormDrain posted:Remember when.... The benchmark for a badass computer was playing Far Cry on max? Must have been about when I stopped giving a poo poo bit also I caught the words ahead of the story and thought you booted it up as a benchmark. LOL. She does have full admin privileges on it.. I should try it for the hell of it. Ether Frenzy posted:It's still the benchmark. It makes modern killer rigs stutter in some parts, lol. Humphreys posted:If you need any service manuals/software/stuffs only accessible to service agents, let me know. I've still got a login for GSFS+.
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Ether Frenzy posted:It's still the benchmark. It makes modern killer rigs stutter in some parts, lol. Nice, we just got the Sony OLED and it looks amazing. Spending almost 3 grand on it after taxes was a bit cringy for me, but since OLED are supposed to be way more reliable than LED, if it lasts a long time without any problems it's worth it. My last TV (Visio LED) lasted only a few years before it started having issues.
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rdb posted:That looks like its going to be a nice pond. We put our house up for sale today that has a 1.5ac, 20’ deep. The one your working on looks like its going to be 5 acres at least. Big enough for slab size crappie and bluegills. Yeah it's 5 acres.  We've had bass and crappie in it until the water level got too low and they all died (or got eaten by birds). We drained it because it had a massive leak. Our dirt guy found a sand strata under the dam and is out here with his toys fixing it.  While it was drained we figured we'd put a pier in. Piers coming along. Not bad for a trio of amateurs with a tractor and hand tools, if I do say so myself.  We're worried about the decking being too low, it's sitting 30" below the spillway height. We figure with a 1/4" evaporation rate a day we'll only need to worry about the pier being submerged during hurricane/flood season, and a good height during the summer. Ellie has found her spot during the proceedings. 
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Nice, we just got the Sony OLED and it looks amazing. Spending almost 3 grand on it after taxes was a bit cringy for me, but since OLED are supposed to be way more reliable than LED, if it lasts a long time without any problems it's worth it. My last TV (Visio LED) lasted only a few years before it started having issues. Yeah I have one of the Sony OLEDs as well and it's way better than I expected. I was a bit skeptical of 4k before getting it but watching movies through it is amazing. I need to get around to replacing my stereo in the living room at some point.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Nice, we just got the Sony OLED and it looks amazing. Spending almost 3 grand on it after taxes was a bit cringy for me, but since OLED are supposed to be way more reliable than LED, if it lasts a long time without any problems it's worth it. My last TV (Visio LED) lasted only a few years before it started having issues. 3 grand! Oh my friend I just don’t understand but if you are happy I am happy. There was a 75 Sony on the deal sites Friday for $1k but I am also well aware we could be comparing civics and NSX
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Mustache Ride posted:Yeah it's 5 acres. If your worried about the water level being too high, consider a standpipe. We have one that does a decent job of keeping it at the same level. Only in a draught does it get too low, and maybe if we get 3+ inches in a couple hours will it hit the spillway.
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We're having a few rooms painted and it's so relaxing to not do this poo poo myself. But first I had to rip out the exisiting laminate floor and holy gently caress the guy who put this in did such a piss poor job. I had to break a dozen boards in order to get them out due to the installer deciding to slide the flooring under the drywall. I assume he used a tap block but it had to be a pain in the rear end to tap every board in. And then they put caulk in all the gaps that weren't skilled enough to slip the floors into! AGH! I'm an untrained amateur and I can do a better job than this!
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Rhyno posted:We're having a few rooms painted and it's so relaxing to not do this poo poo myself. But first I had to rip out the exisiting laminate floor and holy gently caress the guy who put this in did such a piss poor job. I had to break a dozen boards in order to get them out due to the installer deciding to slide the flooring under the drywall. I assume he used a tap block but it had to be a pain in the rear end to tap every board in. And then they put caulk in all the gaps that weren't skilled enough to slip the floors into! Rhyno I could alder you a friend but unless that paint worn was CHEAP that is the most basic and better things to do. I am personally a fan of Sherwood Williams but I’m sure others have stepped their game up. Don’t even ask how my light replacement in my kitchen went you don’t want to know. It lights up let’s say that. And before I quit slack if I could have had an electrician come over for the day for $500 I’d have busted the money out before we stopped talking. Can’t happen in this town.
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The Behr one coat stuff from Home Depot is really good. Only needed the one go over the primed drywall and had tons left over for touch up. I have done some electrical stuff and beyond outlets and lights I get someone else in.
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I just cant paint an even coat to save my life. We also got half the quoted rate via my wife's work connection. I'll do the drat floors myself though.
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Rhyno posted:I just cant paint an even coat to save my life. We also got half the quoted rate via my wife's work connection. Good paint the gold expense stuff shouldn’t matter I’m not paint shaming you, I completely color changed my house with the best SW (and I am sure there are comparable a) and a few years ago I cut out a living room closer and walked it off and the paint blended perfectly. Even the manager was around Ed no it’s a Dutch blue chalky color. I’m just. SW fan boi especially when. They do their sales
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I love house painting actually, I buy good paint, fresh roller covers, I've got a nice hand masker, use good tape. All of those things make it much better. I failed at teaching my wife how to roll, she completely compacted the roller into a smooth cylinder, but it was nice to have help. I've got one bedroom and a section of hall to go, waiting on my wife to pick a color since it's her room, but no rush.
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everdave posted:3 grand! Oh my friend I just don’t understand but if you are happy I am happy. There was a 75 Sony on the deal sites Friday for $1k but I am also well aware we could be comparing civics and NSX Probably was a Sony, but it wasn't OLED at that price. My wife actually made the call because she loved the OLED picture over all the LED TVs, I would have been fine with a cheaper TV but she's the boss 
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I couldn't see my girlfriend this weekend because she was in contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case all week, my house project is a loving mess, and my roommates decided to attack me and stir up tons of bizarre drama because I sent a too-terse text message in response to a text message from them. At least the Seahawks won. This is the poo poo I'm dealing with right now.   I know my reply was a bit short, but what the gently caress.
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Elviscat posted:I couldn't see my girlfriend this weekend because she was in contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case all week, my house project is a loving mess, and my roommates decided to attack me and stir up tons of bizarre drama because I sent a too-terse text message in response to a text message from them. You can remind them that texts messages are for reading, not reading into. Or say that you have to pay per text so you keep it short. To be real, I absolutely despise texts like that. Like they're having a whole imaginary conversation with you about something they think you say or mean, and you come in at the middle of it.
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everdave posted:Good paint the gold expense stuff shouldn’t matter I’m not paint shaming you, I completely color changed my house with the best SW.... Snip....I'm just. SW fan boi especially when. They do their sales
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slidebite posted:Same. I really like their paint. I worked for them for a while in college, and agree. Their better quality paint is good stuff. Painted my Dad's place with it, and it still looked goo 10 years later when he sold it.
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Remember a few weeks back in some thread people were throwing shade at car Youtubers for (maybe) claiming all kinds of stuff like their nice cars as production expenses, or whatever other tax strategies people were speculating anyway. Least it wasn’t $70k worth of bad haircuts.
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Painting is one of those things that's "easy" and "fun" when you only have a few rooms to do and you're not pressed for time. I had so much poo poo to do when I listed my house for sale that I just used my realtor's suggestion for painters and it was worth every penny. I'm probably on the low end of DIY skills in AI in terms of cars and house stuff, but I used to attempt to do everything myself unless things were really bad. Over time I really grew to appreciate just paying someone to do it right, but the huge caveat is sometimes it's really hard to make sure it was done right if you aren't doing it yourself. Elviscat posted:This is the poo poo I'm dealing with right now. Without the context I would assume that was a reply from someone you're dating
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Elviscat posted:I know my reply was a bit short, but what the gently caress. I think you should reply with an even shorter message: K Or maybe even better: ?
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knox_harrington posted:I think you should reply with an even shorter message: !
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Yeah the painters did 1100 sq ft of walls for us and dude cut it all by hand and it's amazing work.
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I have four cats! How am I even a person Edit: i spent $2000 on toys from my childhood over the last two months plz send food I am poor now Rhyno fucked around with this message at 12:50 on Sep 28, 2020 |
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Elviscat posted:I couldn't see my girlfriend this weekend because she was in contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case all week, my house project is a loving mess, and my roommates decided to attack me and stir up tons of bizarre drama because I sent a too-terse text message in response to a text message from them. Sir, this is a Wendy's drive-thru.
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Elviscat posted:This is the poo poo I'm dealing with right now. Well at least you know you have to handle them with kid gloves now. Going through the same thing with a good friend of mine. In a group text with other friends, he was always the one to stir the pot and get the balls breaking which is fine with me because I can take as much as I give out, but now that he's in a rut in life his feelings are hurt and now we're all intentionally conspiring to upset him when all we're doing is the same poo poo we've all done (including him) for the past 8 loving years. Myself and one of the other guys tried to speak to him in person to clear the air telling him none of it was personal, and to our faces he said he didn't believe us. So at this point I just feel like I'm done because I don't feel like I should have to coddle my friends.
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Well at least you know you have to handle them with kid gloves now. Man this poo poo is going around. My three closest friends are having major turmoil in their relationships and it's driving a small wedge. One is married to a woman who is about to be a doctor and he suddenly feels like his balls have been cut off. The second is married to a woman that cheated on him, lost a goldilocks job and now can't even hold down a retail gig. The third is engaged to a girl who wants to go back to her party roots and he just wants to chill at home. I think us buying the swanky new house is a sticking point as they all have voiced that they aren't all that thrilled with their own living situations in the last year. Oh and all three are previously divorced, I'm the only one who never got hitched early in life.
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