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    manikyath got a reaction from Needfuldoer in Unraid changing licence cost !!!!!! Anyone tracking this????   
    any licenses gotten before the change remain lifetime licenses.
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    manikyath got a reaction from Cyberspirit in Bell Fibe PVR recordings expire after 60 days.   
    people want to get upset about how expensive their service is.. so they switch to another ISP to get worse service for more money. it appears to just kind of be "cool" to hate them.. despite their offerings being absolutely shocking to people abroad.
    at will, i can walk into their shop and:
    - swap out my modem for whatever the latest model is, free of charge.
    - swap out my settop box for whatever the latest model is, free of charge.
    - add or remove modems and settop boxes from my plan, with only the monthly cost addition or removal, no setup fees.
    - take a new device home and plug it into the wall myself, without having to pay an activation fee or *have* to get a technician to do it.
    - ask a technician to do it anyways, and get a tech visit free of charge
     
    oh and when your wifi absolutely sucks ass, they have a service that -for a flat fee- comes and install access points all over your house. (the fee is essentially the value of said wifi devices, and it is not even close to paying for the tech's time)
     
    oh, and here's a shocker too.. they actually guarantee their speeds.. none of that "up to" nonsense.
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    manikyath got a reaction from Kombatant in Upgrading Our WORST Setup   
    while i agree with the sentiment.. they could also not give away an RTX 4080 super to a lucky individual who did nothing more than retweet into a void of zero followers. it's not the conclusion i want to make either.. but they either have this, or no RTX 4080 super given away. if you dont want to participate, you're free to not do so. act as if the link isnt there. to be fair i hadnt even noticed until you pointed it out.
     
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    on topic: we need more people like Jessica in this world. life would be boring without chinchilla headphone pads. This video had a lot of "3/4 idiot" vibe going on.. and i want more of it.
    (also, if you dont get that reference, look it up on youtube.. if you can handle *that* kind of humor)
  4. Informative
    manikyath got a reaction from Lightwreather in Bell Fibe PVR recordings expire after 60 days.   
    people want to get upset about how expensive their service is.. so they switch to another ISP to get worse service for more money. it appears to just kind of be "cool" to hate them.. despite their offerings being absolutely shocking to people abroad.
    at will, i can walk into their shop and:
    - swap out my modem for whatever the latest model is, free of charge.
    - swap out my settop box for whatever the latest model is, free of charge.
    - add or remove modems and settop boxes from my plan, with only the monthly cost addition or removal, no setup fees.
    - take a new device home and plug it into the wall myself, without having to pay an activation fee or *have* to get a technician to do it.
    - ask a technician to do it anyways, and get a tech visit free of charge
     
    oh and when your wifi absolutely sucks ass, they have a service that -for a flat fee- comes and install access points all over your house. (the fee is essentially the value of said wifi devices, and it is not even close to paying for the tech's time)
     
    oh, and here's a shocker too.. they actually guarantee their speeds.. none of that "up to" nonsense.
  5. Like
    manikyath got a reaction from da na in Bell Fibe PVR recordings expire after 60 days.   
    people want to get upset about how expensive their service is.. so they switch to another ISP to get worse service for more money. it appears to just kind of be "cool" to hate them.. despite their offerings being absolutely shocking to people abroad.
    at will, i can walk into their shop and:
    - swap out my modem for whatever the latest model is, free of charge.
    - swap out my settop box for whatever the latest model is, free of charge.
    - add or remove modems and settop boxes from my plan, with only the monthly cost addition or removal, no setup fees.
    - take a new device home and plug it into the wall myself, without having to pay an activation fee or *have* to get a technician to do it.
    - ask a technician to do it anyways, and get a tech visit free of charge
     
    oh and when your wifi absolutely sucks ass, they have a service that -for a flat fee- comes and install access points all over your house. (the fee is essentially the value of said wifi devices, and it is not even close to paying for the tech's time)
     
    oh, and here's a shocker too.. they actually guarantee their speeds.. none of that "up to" nonsense.
  6. Informative
    manikyath got a reaction from Tetras in Ordered this motherboard online and it showed up like this.   
    i have a habit of just contacting the seller right away and ask for their preferred approach. some webstores prefer to just warranty it now instead of dealing with a potential warranty nightmare in the future (warranty nightmare costs them man-hours too). others may ask to testy if it works first, or just give you the option to return with or without testing.
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    manikyath got a reaction from Elijah Horner in Upgrading Our WORST Setup   
    while i agree with the sentiment.. they could also not give away an RTX 4080 super to a lucky individual who did nothing more than retweet into a void of zero followers. it's not the conclusion i want to make either.. but they either have this, or no RTX 4080 super given away. if you dont want to participate, you're free to not do so. act as if the link isnt there. to be fair i hadnt even noticed until you pointed it out.
     
    ---
     
    on topic: we need more people like Jessica in this world. life would be boring without chinchilla headphone pads. This video had a lot of "3/4 idiot" vibe going on.. and i want more of it.
    (also, if you dont get that reference, look it up on youtube.. if you can handle *that* kind of humor)
  8. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from podkall in What's all this stuff in my keyboard   
    remanents of the biological skin aging process.
  9. Informative
    manikyath got a reaction from Eigenvektor in Raid performance with HDDs   
    RAID0.
     
    does anyone ever say this?
     
    striping a LOT of disks.. or realisticly, striping a LOT of RAID6 arrays, because at this number of disks, disk failure is a routine thing.
     
    realisticly, with sequential reads, you'll do 2.5G fast enough, and 10G is just 4x that.. but the moment seek times come into play, spinning rust struggles hard.
     
    SATA isnt a bus, it's 6Gbps to each port, you might reach PCIe speed limitations depending on the controller though.
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    manikyath got a reaction from Yosh1 in IT Sectors   
    there's merit to both choices.
     
    - if you diversify, you'll always find a customer base, because you can do a bit of everything. but you'll have to rely on external people for the advances stuff, because you cant diversify *and* drill deep on topics while also still being able to sleep.
     
    - if you focus to a specific thing, you'll become before mentioned external specialist.. but you'll have to send away customers that want something you're not able to do.
     
    i've worked for a business on both extremes..
     
    - i've woked for 6 years for a company that tried to be everything to everyone, but they very much were *not* ready for office365 to be the de-facto standard, and ever since then they've been hit and miss, with the employees having to glue together the rubble of management mistakes.
     
    - given before mentioned situation i jumped ship to a very M365 oriented business, they did all M365, but only M365.. their financials are great, they did a lot of successful projects.. but if a customer asked something that was just barely outside their scope, that smooth machine crumbled down hard and fast.
     
    i'll also give two examples of people who have been very successful in their field.
     
    - Level1Techs is <essentially> an accidential side-gig of Wendell Wilson Consulting, Wendell has made his career out of fixing people's IT problems, whatever that problem is.
    - Tron guy.. of all people.. is actually a brilliant IBM mainframe engineer. he's *the* person to call if you have a problem with your IBM mainframe.
     
    if you're up for a bit of dry matter between the both of them, here's a good watch:
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    manikyath got a reaction from RevGAM in After cutting a hole in my case, do I need to use any sort of liquid sealants on the edges of the hole?   
    just make sure to get rid of all the burs and smooth the edge with some sandpaper, i've yet to encounter a computer case that's made from something that'll rust easily, and the sort of place you use a computer arent really environments where rust is likely to happen.
     
    if you insist on protecting the cut edges with something, there's a wide range of options to explore:
    - many forms of tape
    - nail polish
    - a heavier (thicker) oil, or grease
    - some types of glue also work really well for a lack of better options
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    manikyath got a reaction from da na in Copycat companies   
    add thermalfake to your list.
     
    that said, assume that everyone in the industry is at least partially copying each other's homework.
     
    new ideas are rare, and there's only so many ways to make a square black box.
  13. Like
    manikyath got a reaction from podkall in Copycat companies   
    add thermalfake to your list.
     
    that said, assume that everyone in the industry is at least partially copying each other's homework.
     
    new ideas are rare, and there's only so many ways to make a square black box.
  14. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from freeagent in Copycat companies   
    add thermalfake to your list.
     
    that said, assume that everyone in the industry is at least partially copying each other's homework.
     
    new ideas are rare, and there's only so many ways to make a square black box.
  15. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from RevGAM in Copycat companies   
    add thermalfake to your list.
     
    that said, assume that everyone in the industry is at least partially copying each other's homework.
     
    new ideas are rare, and there's only so many ways to make a square black box.
  16. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from Aleph256 in Copycat companies   
    add thermalfake to your list.
     
    that said, assume that everyone in the industry is at least partially copying each other's homework.
     
    new ideas are rare, and there's only so many ways to make a square black box.
  17. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from Average Nerd in How do I find negative pin on pcb?   
    ground = "negative".
     
    in cars everything is reference to the chassis aka "ground". so your 12 volts is between the battery's positive terminal and the ground, your accessory power is between the relay for that and the ground, etc.
     
    ofcourse there's someone who bothered to document the whole thing:
    https://old.pinouts.ru/Car-Stereo-Toyota-Lexus/Toyota_W58802_Head_Unit_pinout.shtml
     
    B+  => goes directly to the positive of the battery / power supply (your standby power for the clock, etc.)
    Ground => your "negative" side
    ACC => connect this to the positive side to turn on the radio.
    ILL => controls the backlight, presumably this is for day/night mode, in the car this is connected to your lights.
    ANT => this is power out for a (retractable?) antenna.
    AMP => presumably a power toggle for external amplifiers.
     
     
    that all said, here's a fun trick for you to use in future projects:
     
    see how that GND pin is connected to a very large surface, to which the connector itself is also fastened? that's almost always your ground, which goes to the "negative" side of your power supply.
  18. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from jaslion in Copycat companies   
    add thermalfake to your list.
     
    that said, assume that everyone in the industry is at least partially copying each other's homework.
     
    new ideas are rare, and there's only so many ways to make a square black box.
  19. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from Needfuldoer in Copycat companies   
    add thermalfake to your list.
     
    that said, assume that everyone in the industry is at least partially copying each other's homework.
     
    new ideas are rare, and there's only so many ways to make a square black box.
  20. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from Somerandomtechyboi in Copycat companies   
    add thermalfake to your list.
     
    that said, assume that everyone in the industry is at least partially copying each other's homework.
     
    new ideas are rare, and there's only so many ways to make a square black box.
  21. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from RONOTHAN## in Copycat companies   
    add thermalfake to your list.
     
    that said, assume that everyone in the industry is at least partially copying each other's homework.
     
    new ideas are rare, and there's only so many ways to make a square black box.
  22. Informative
    manikyath got a reaction from MarvinKMooney in Unpatchable Bug in Apple M1, M2 and M3 silicon   
    for those who care about more than pointing and laughing at apple.. here's some detail:
     
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    manikyath got a reaction from soldier_ph in Linus's Daily Driver device?   
    he's probably using it for a phone review, so if you're interested, probably wait a month or so, and you'll see a review pop up on LTT.
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    manikyath got a reaction from GuiltySpark_ in Can I control a kids car with a xbox/ps controller   
    it's not because it happens to be on the same frequency that it's in any way compatible.
     
    without the original controller to reverse engineer you have a better chance at 'headcrabbing' your own RC hardware into the car than to make your own wireless controller to connect to the car.
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    manikyath got a reaction from OddOod in Can I control a kids car with a xbox/ps controller   
    it's not because it happens to be on the same frequency that it's in any way compatible.
     
    without the original controller to reverse engineer you have a better chance at 'headcrabbing' your own RC hardware into the car than to make your own wireless controller to connect to the car.
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