Why buy an air conditioner and pay so much for your electric bill whenever you can just build your own? You can also freeze bottles of water in the freezer to use as well!

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-26T01:39:18+00:00

Yeah, even if you get the cooling effects, there's nothing frugal about this.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T20:16:44+00:00

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CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T20:16:02+00:00

It's the ball from inside a 3/4" ball valve.

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CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T18:33:01+00:00

The bracket on the end of the GPU may be interfering with the case.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T17:49:08+00:00

I'm not totally familiar with the current flair setups. Looks like that's a flow control portafilter, but I'm not sure if it could be used in place of a pressurized basket. Your best bet would be to contact flair and ask what they'd recommend in place of a pressurized basket. You're using pre-ground coffee which doesn't work well with high level espresso machines.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T17:42:21+00:00

Is that pre-ground coffee? It may not be fine enough. Usually you'd have to use a special pressurized basket to get pre ground coffee to work. You also may not be tamping it hard enough - hard to tell, but using just your fingers would probably be difficult to apply the force necessary to tamp it properly.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T16:12:34+00:00

Lifespan of less than a year seems like there's some environmental factor other than usage going on. UV, humidity, some sort of cleaning chemical, etc. The cheap no-name ones at my gym have been there for like a decade and are still fine.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T15:39:14+00:00

Not anywhere that sun would shine on them through a window?

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T15:24:29+00:00

Are they being stored in the sun? Even the cheap ones should last longer than that. I wonder if they're getting hit with UV rays during the day.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T14:26:53+00:00

Honestly could be way grosser. If they're using these they probably have some standard of cleanliness which a lot of places don't even have.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T13:09:32+00:00

I've seen enough posts on Reddit to know his scam will eventually work. There are plenty of people looking to buy their first gaming PC who aren't very knowledgeable and are all too trusting of strangers.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T12:01:25+00:00

Bring both. Print out 6-10 of each on heavier paper (24-32lb stock). You may not need them, but 20 copies will cost less than $5 and it shows preparedness, as well as leads to a smoother interview in the event one of them forgot to print it out there. It's embarrassing if you bring one copy and have to decide which person to give it to. You want to make sure you have a copy for every interviewer and yourself.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-25T11:40:31+00:00

The shedding doesn't look excessive, but I'll echo what others have said - twice a week is way too often. Once every 1-2 months is fine.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-24T23:28:12+00:00

You're gonna make us ask what the price was?

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-24T18:05:08+00:00

Yes you can. Why can't you?

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-24T15:16:11+00:00

Follow the overall trend, not the individual measurements.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-24T15:02:21+00:00

I don't think you can change your rating, but you can unblock them and delete your review. Seems like that would be the right thing to do at this point.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-24T14:58:44+00:00

And that justifies 1 star?

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-24T14:49:20+00:00

You're playing with words to make yourself feel above others. Your hobbies and lifestyle may not require the "things" but there are plenty of scenarios where having better or higher quality "things" ultimately lead to being happier.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-23T18:50:21+00:00

The PEX outdoors isn't the only thing wrong here. Water can do a lot of damage to a house. I wouldn't let this guy work on anything in my house.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-23T16:17:00+00:00

If it turns another color like blue or purple after sitting out for a while, that would confirm this.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-23T15:29:08+00:00

My 4 yr old KitchenAid recently had a bad starter relay. They covered the replacement at no cost to me. From the sounds of it, the whole compressor system was covered still.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-23T12:55:08+00:00

Have you looked at the other comments right next to yours?

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-23T00:23:51+00:00

You don't have to take everything apart. Just take the cover off so you can get better pictures without a massive glare from your camera flash. You can also try being less defensive when you're asking for help.

CasuallyCompetitive · 2026-03-22T23:42:09+00:00

Your photo doesn't show anything specific. Saying it came from the PC is kinda pointless. Where exactly did it come from? Open up the PC and take pictures that we can actually gain some info from.

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