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Now that it's finally cold out, I've been spinning up more systems to run Folding@home. I already have a 42u and a couple 12u server racks, so it makes sense to build a few rackmount rigs to better utilize space. This one is the combination of all the cheapest stuff I've acquired in the past year. Motherboard - Supermicro X12STL-IF $39.64 - This was miscategorized and listed in the watercooling section on ebay. Seemed to be BNIB. CPU - $34.98 - Pentium Gold G6500 Used ebay find. PSU1 - $34.98 - 1u HP 1200w platinum that came with the breakout board and some PCIe risers. (decommissioned mining system). PSU2 - $20.09 - Mean Well LRS-100-12 powering a PicoPSU that came with some board I bought to benchmark a couple years ago. GPU - $194 - RTX 4070 Ventus. Got lucky and snagged this from Microcenter. Typically I get decent deals on open box stuff there. This was actually a new card that was in the clearance section. I've seen a couple of times where a last gen GPU will pop up for for crazy cheap. Maybe they find a random box in the back and the SKU is so old that when they scan it in it instantly goes to super clearance pricing? Case - $7 RackChoice 2U. Appeared new and unused. Got from an auction place called BidFTA that has several warehouses around here. This is the 3rd rack case I've picked up cheap from there. Any other tidbits were things I already had in the spare parts bin. The V1 proof of concept using a 170w PSU I salvaged from the e-waste pile. The SATA to PCIe power adapter was a little too ghetto for my taste. Mocking up with an old Quadro. Finally found a home for the slime green 80mm Gelid fans that have been sitting in the OnlyFans pile for way to long. Finally decided to toss everything together and get it up and running. The look on the kids face when he saw what this rang up at was priceless. Realizing I bought it in July and am just now doing anything with it makes me want to quit my job even more. Being out of town for work all the time makes it hard to work on my computer projects. Nice thing about using a server board is it has IPMI so I can manage the thing headless. It's running Linux Mint XFCE because I'm not enough of a nerd to use CLI. I'll play around with LACT to dial in an undervolt. Already doing pretty decent.

I have a whole bunch of 18V Makita cordless tools, since I switched over from Milwaukee 15ish years ago. In all that time the only tool that died was a compact drill that I abused for quite a few years. I also have some 10+ year old 2Ah and 3Ah batteries that refuse to die. I've been eyeballing the 12V wrenches and ratchets, but haven't decided if the compact size is worth it. This got me wondering how many Makita cordless tools I actually have, so here's the list: 1/4"/3/8" Ratchet 2x 3/8" Impact Wrench 1/2" Impact Wrench 1/4" Impact Driver 1/4" Sub-Compact Impact Driver 1/2" Hammer Driver-Drilll 2x 1/2" Sub-Compact Driver-Drill 6-1/2" Circular Saw 6-1/2" Sub-Compact Circular Saw 7-1/4" 36V Worm Drive Circular Saw 6-1/2" 36V Plunge Track Saw Jig Saw Reciprocating Saw Compact Reciprocating Saw 16" 36V Chain Saw 10" 36V Pole Saw Oscillating Multi-tool 3-1/4" Planer Compact Router 4-1/2"/5" Grinder 1/4" Die Grinder 16 Ga Nibbler 5" Orbital Sander 6" DA Polisher High Pressure Inflator Grease Gun Compact Vaccum 18 LED Flashlight LED Flashlight/Lantern Holy cow , I didn't realize I had that many Makita cordless tools.

Spectrum wasn't 'forced' to do it, they just decided to be supportive of Disney They lost 6 months of revenue for it. I wonder how much Disney paid them, or if the payment was avoiding the legal fees that Cox is paying. 6 months of 1.5 mbps seems like cruel and unusual punishment. Google has weighed in with support for Cox. It's almost like Google is also an ISP... Seems like Youtube would be a bigger target that torrenting users. If that "Somebody" wasn't you, you should use a longer wifi password. Cracking passwords is suprisingly simple if they aren't very long.

Windows 11's latest update includes a free File Explorer flashbang bug for dark mode users wanting to relive their early Counter-Strike days | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM Just remember, we're all Microsoft's QA testers now. This is hardly news with the way microsoft is, but the title was so good I couldn't help myself.

If this turns out to be true, I might have a lawsuit against Disney! Long story short - apparently SOMEBODY on my home network was torrenting some stupid Disney TV show. Spectrum shut off our internet service due to it. Still don't know who it was, or if it was even true since nobody in my house even watches that stupid show (I think it was Mandalorian). But yeah, Spectrum had cut me off from internet services for 6 months for that. And they were the ONLY broadband company here (still is). I can get CenturyLink DSL with 1.5 Mbps down / 256k up.

I don't own anything with an electronic parking brake and don't want to. I have three cars with manual transmissions and standard hand brakes. I do my own maintenance. I have a Cobb Accessport in the Mustang that can read/reset codes. If I need to change anything more advanced, I have a USB to OBD2 adapter and use a program called FORScan that can interface with just about every module in the car. Eventually when it gets too hard to find vehicles without all that crap, I guess I'll move somewhere that stays a bit warmer all year and go back to riding a motorcycle every day. Granted, even bikes are starting to get loaded up with extra fluff these days.