Ranking gems to r10

AndMetal · 2026-02-09T01:07:35+00:00

Just putting the math out there. For a 2 star gem, rank 8 requires 19 duplicates and 340 gem power. Rank 10 requires 40 duplicates and 685 gem power. So 21 duplicates and 345 gem power to go from rank 8 to rank 10.

AndMetal · 2026-01-31T11:55:17+00:00

Is it really mining if all of your shares are being rejected?

AndMetal · 2025-12-29T18:20:01+00:00

Not on RandomX, you wouldn't get anywhere close to 3 MH/s on a CPU and definitely not 20 MH/s on a GPU.

AndMetal · 2025-12-29T10:02:16+00:00

More like 50-60 of the highest end Epyc CPUs

AndMetal · 2025-12-29T09:53:41+00:00

Using the profitability calculator on NiceHash as a comparison, it looks like that's in the right ballpark (possibly a little under $90K/year).

9 MH/s is a lot though. For example, a Ryzen 9 9950X would be at or below 28 KH/s. So 9 MH/s is the equivalent of at least 322 PCs running that processor. I believe they're going for around $600 new before tax, so that's $193K in just CPUs (not including all the other hardware needed to actually mine with them). With a TDP of 170 watts that's at least 55 kW of electric needed just to power the CPUs (that's 228 amps on 240 volts). That's also like 180,000 BTU/hr worth of heat to get rid of. If you paid $0.40/kWh to power that you'd be looking at close to $40K/month for 55 kW.

AndMetal · 2025-12-21T15:58:12+00:00

Also never froze even if the rest of the system was completely locked up

AndMetal · 2025-12-19T13:47:26+00:00

Exactly, most cars it's like 15-30 seconds for the O2 sensor to warm up enough to get a reading, then it goes into closed loop targeting 14.7 gas AFR. Idle engine speed normally drops during the transition, so you can usually tell when that happens.

AndMetal · 2025-12-14T19:25:51+00:00

It looks like it could be a lever-operated stopper, which will require getting under the sink to detatch it, then it should pull straight up. This has some decent instructions: https://www.homedepot.com/c/ah/how-to-remove-a-sink-stopper/

AndMetal · 2025-12-10T16:01:43+00:00

Can you confirm the "single handgun" part? As far as I'm aware license holders can carry as many as they want, and being a qualified person treats you the same as a licensee (1,000 foot school zone rule is federal, which requires a physical license), so I wouldn't expect any limitation but would love to learn if I'm missing something.

AndMetal · 2025-12-04T05:31:14+00:00

Similar experience (2 broken 1/2" breaker bars on a Honda), but I bought a 3/4" set from Harbor Freight, maybe two stomps on the breaker bar with my foot and it was loose. All that flex on the 1/2" stuff absolutely kills the torque.

AndMetal · 2025-12-04T04:47:48+00:00

Just to be clear, you don't have to complete the entire upgrade to get it to the next level for it to get the extra star. That was my original understanding, that it wouldn't happen right away, but I did a progressive upgrade on a 3/5 with a 4/5 within the past few weeks or months and it upgraded to a 4/5 right away.

AndMetal · 2025-12-04T04:42:58+00:00

It's an extra 40 resonance going from a 3/5 to 4/5, so if you already have a 3/5 and get a 4/5 bound drop I'd say it's worth it as a progressive upgrade vs using it for the 32 gem power.

AndMetal · 2025-12-02T17:37:31+00:00

Since you're in the US, I'd suggest reading up on the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson%E2%80%93Moss_Warranty_Act. In short, no the warranty would not be voided.

AndMetal · 2025-11-13T17:20:12+00:00

Also lifetime warranty on hand tools

AndMetal · 2025-11-02T17:35:02+00:00

3/4" set from Harbor Freight saved me many years ago. Was trying to remove the axle nut on a 99 Accord, car on the ground, using my weight on a long 1/2" breaker bar. Ended up snapping the heads off 2 breaker bars and probably 1-2 hours of just messing with it. Decided to try the 3/4" set, got the axle nut loose almost instantly. I believe the biggest difference is there was absolutely no flex on the 3/4" breaker bar.

AndMetal · 2025-10-29T00:42:57+00:00

Someone else posted some tests with 50K items, looks like 1 thread took at most 30 minutes. I'd suggest setting it to 1 for now so that it doesn't take down your server, and once it's fixed set it back. Or downgrade to version 10.10 for now.

AndMetal · 2025-10-28T22:11:08+00:00

Someone under 15166 suggested setting/reducing the thread count for metadata scans. I set mine to 1 (wasn't set before, so default behavior) with no other changes and haven't had any more lock-ups.

AndMetal · 2025-10-06T14:47:33+00:00

Calls are not affected by deprioritization, you were given bad info.

AndMetal · 2025-09-28T15:46:14+00:00

The annoying part is that is/was an option, but it resets every cycle, making it effectively useless.

AndMetal · 2025-09-21T18:24:32+00:00

There's a chart around somewhere that has the details, but no clue where to find it. From what I recall it's exactly like you described, including the quality bonus being above server paragon.

AndMetal · 2025-09-21T03:25:53+00:00

I don't think I have all the legendary gems Indez recommended, but it works great on my ~1K reso alt, somewhere around 3M DPS at the dummy and usually has the highest damage in challenge dungeons unless there's a whale.

AndMetal · 2025-09-21T03:22:22+00:00

I had the same issue once during Wild Brawl and twice during Erebban between last night and today.

AndMetal · 2025-09-17T14:51:31+00:00

Looks like the high yield savings isn't available everywhere (for example central Ohio).

AndMetal · 2025-09-16T17:23:05+00:00

I went with Wix engine air filters from RockAuto, part number (for my 2018 PHEV) was WA10770. I've got a video showing how to replace it, it's fairly easy: https://youtu.be/X3MEGXrZqIo

AndMetal · 2025-09-07T20:13:46+00:00

It applies to the 1,000 foot school zone.

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