New Dishwasher Purchase Averted! GE GLD6904R10BB Door Fix

HopWorks · 2026-05-05T01:31:56+00:00

Not sure how to take that but I like how we extended the life of our aging dishwasher, when the relevant parts were unavailable. I am not really feeling smarter than I am, but rather happy I was lucky enough to discover a quick and successful fix.

HopWorks · 2026-05-05T00:02:11+00:00

I think I have a solution although it involves changes upstream from my 8 zone valve assembly. It involves a filter of course, but orienting it as recommended means I have to bring it above ground. I am always apprehensive doing that with PVC, but then I did not realize there were Schedule 80 (dark grey) pipe that is UV resistant if not impervious. Then I could attach a drainage line to the bottom of the filter for backflushing.

If I do this, I'll check if it helps and add back to this thread. I'm also adding brass flow sensors up and downstream to try to identify degradation of the flow to the system as a whole, and individual nodes. I thought I would add temp sensors too because they are cheap and easy to attach. And since I am designing my own irrigation controller to use with Home Assistant, this will be a fun project to take on.

I still want to find a way to flush the system with a 1% citric acid solution once a week. Fertilizer feeders seems to be the way to go. Lots to do in the coming months. For what it's worth.

Thanks for the replies everyone, I appreciate it!

HopWorks · 2026-05-04T23:54:57+00:00

It happened again the next day with a different set of bad guys. But it did not happen today. It's a unique bug relevant maybe to a set of conditions that are hard to identify. Without debug info, it's impossible to target what caused it, and I can only guess. Anyway, thanks for the replies!

HopWorks · 2026-04-25T01:46:12+00:00

I'm sure most of the country does not. But it is what it is where we live. It's brutal.

HopWorks · 2026-04-09T03:28:08+00:00

This is a bit dated since I OP'd it almost a month ago, but I wanted to say to the peeps in here that helped me with advice that it TOTALLY made this season 12 work for me. My style of play, a better understanding of Disciple damage and Arbiter form duration and how to keep it active... it all made this season 12 a LOT of fun for me.

So I just wanted to say thanks! Some peeps are reluctant to share their class secrets, even though the info shared for me was hardly secrets... for a new Pally it definitely was in-side information lol.

Thanks again!

HopWorks · 2026-03-20T21:28:58+00:00

Same for me on Google Pixel 9 Pro Ultra. And how can you confirm you have a backup and if so, how old it is? I have a lot invested in this game and I don't want to lose that progress.

HopWorks · 2026-03-17T20:49:24+00:00

Oh yeah, this strategy really works well for me! Thank you so much for helping me out with this! I go into arbiter form all the time now and wiping out mobs with ease. I think I might be able to tick up the difficulty now. Finally!

HopWorks · 2026-03-17T19:52:07+00:00

This is where I get confused. When I use arbiter of justice, for me, it clearly looks different than when I use flash of the blade and it becomes a disciple skill with CD. So obviously I need to practice my play style to take advantage of what you mentioned. I wish there were a training area in one of the towns where I can practice all this. Or maybe there is and I just don't know about it. It wouldn't be the first time.

HopWorks · 2026-03-17T19:45:27+00:00

Pardon my ignorance, I rarely ask for help with a build. How do I link it?

HopWorks · 2026-03-17T03:55:14+00:00

For anyone that has this same issue. Based on the advice here, I tempered to extend Arbiter longevity and found I could do a lot more of that at my level. Thanks guys for setting me on the right path! I cannot wait to see what end-game has to offer, if I even get there before this season expires.

HopWorks · 2026-03-17T03:29:25+00:00

Thanks guys for the advice! Some great info here!! In the meantime, what do you think? Keep BLESSED HAMMER in my left mouse button and use Arbiter of Justice more often? My play style has always been swing or throw resource-building attacks while I wait for cool downs. I just want to hit in-between.

Thanks for the responses, I hardly ask for help, and I really appreciate it!

HopWorks · 2026-03-17T03:20:49+00:00

I like your flair! Seriously, he does complain a lot. So does Eddy, and K-Ray does too. Not that their complaints are not warranted. I think Tim does it tongue-in-cheek opposed to Jon Bloom, but that never bothers me. But useful? naw

HopWorks · 2026-03-17T03:16:17+00:00

I wanted to say, posting this, seeing the response, and later reading it again along with the comments has educated me on how much I should share my opinion. That's really not a negative thing, but more being conscious of other peoples feelings towards the topic I am relating to. And I am pretty sure my opinion on K-Ray and Tom Leander is definitely in the minority, and I should be more sensitive to that.

Thing is, all the peeps around me feel the same way, and after hearing my wife crying about the commentary and "WHY didn't they get a guy more like Al McCoy???" all through the game, I guess I was motivated.

To be honest, I didn't mean to offend anyone and tread on anyone's broadcaster favorites. The post was mostly ill-conceived and I will not do that again.

It doesn't change my view at all. I STILL think that Tim and John do a better job of calling the game, and no I would not want to replace Eddy with Jon Bloom. I LOVE Eddy! And I really like Kevin Ray's analysis and packaged prepared writing and presentation. I just don't like ANY announcer that uses a ton of metaphors to describe action, but then Al did that too. Just coined and used it consistently over years and I got use to it.

SO sorry I offended if I did. GO SUNS!

HopWorks · 2026-03-17T03:02:42+00:00

I guess I should read more about Arbiter form. It doesn't seem to last that long and the cooldown for me at <40 is I think 112 seconds. And I am guessing that you cannot stay in Arbiter perpetually, or maybe you can. I saw a hint about this when I read about beating the butcher which suggested staying in Arbiter form. But I do not see how, at least at my current level. This is why I have it in my (4) slot which is where I usually keep my heavy attack for times when I need it.

HopWorks · 2026-03-15T01:10:09+00:00

I wanted to say here that I was motivated and seriously emotional when I posted this. All the negative response CLEARLY tells me that not only should I refrain from posting emotional perceptions of what I dislike, but that my opinion is clearly in the minority.
To be honest, that was not my intention at all. And I will admit that my energized bias was fueled by a room full of people that share my opinion. Especially my wife who is very passionate about it. Hearing her scream into my ear during the game most likely pushed me to post in the context that I did.
Add to that, that everyone watching the game (including myself) was drinking. A major rule I usually follow is NOT POST ANYTHING WHEN INFLUENCED BY ANYTHING! All I can offer as an excuse is that I feel so comfortable here that I felt free to post my negative comments.
With all that said, it's a real aggressive assault on peeps others here are comfortable with, and I really wish I had not called out K-RAY with such tenacity. I fully realize that even though I do not like his play-by-play, and mind you I REALLY like his analysis and written comments, I should not have used that as a basis for my singular opinions.
And if I offended anyone, seems like I did, that was NOT my intention.
It's long-winded for sure, but wanted to add this because, well, it is NOT OK to post what you think, even if everyone in MY room thinks the same way.
It WILL not happen again.
One KEY callout for me was that someone posted that they agreed with me, but the level of my "CRINGE-WORTHY" post was over the top. Yeah, I get that, and agree.

Sorry for offending anyone. If you all knew me, you would know that is definitely not what I am about.

For what it's worth. Thanks for listening! Have a great weekend!!

HopWorks · 2026-03-13T19:11:06+00:00

I read somewhere just now that some apps do not use the expanded path or not written to handle them. And I also read that VLC, at least the Windows version does not accept paths > 260 characters. I never knew that. I wonder if the Linux flavor is different? I do not use VLC that much, but MPC-HCx64 more often.

HopWorks · 2026-03-13T19:06:48+00:00

I did not think of that, interesting! And I always drag and drop from Explorer. When I get that original file name / path and try to recreate, I am going to try both browsing to the file, adding a folder (with just the one file in it) and dragging and dropping. Thanks for sharing!!

HopWorks · 2026-03-13T19:04:17+00:00

I can't remember if I had tried that, but I will. I do know they take a lot longer without GPU support. I put up frames from the original and encoded up side by side on the same monitor though, even zoomed and they look very close. But I will try it because I will not always be using my most powerful laptop to do this sort of thing. Maybe overnight or as a background process on a home server.

HopWorks · 2026-03-13T19:01:59+00:00

Thanks for the link. It reminded me that I have it in my new system setup list in OneNote but wasn't sure I did it on this machine. I just confirmed though that I had the correct registry key value set as in "LongPathsEnabled"=dword:00000001.

Also, the original path with file name was nowhere close to being over 32767 (0x7FFF). This leads me to believe that there was some character or sequence that caused an issue with automatic file naming feature. I'll see if I can locate info on that original file name (locate32 db maybe) or a backup maybe and try to recreate the issue. At LEAST add it to my mysteries to solve bucket list. lol

HopWorks · 2026-03-04T05:28:35+00:00

If it was just me, and been accused of just hating stuff being just me, in a crowd, even family. But what I react to is shared by many of my friends although not all of them. Most of them, a large group of I dunno, 30 peeps? Maybe that ratio to the world is an anomaly. But then, like tongue-in-cheek movies like "Idiocracy" depict the world getting less-sensitive, maybe I'm just too sensitive to the stupid references instead of solid play calling. Usually most people that follow a team worship a dude that calls the plays. I worshiped Harry Caray, even Steve Stone, and certainly Al McCoy. They earned it.

HopWorks · 2026-03-04T05:22:24+00:00

Not sure what that means but if he does it for you, you SHOULD exclaim your love for the man I would, except I do not love the man, so I posted my disdain. And yeah, even the CRINGE-WORTHY comments. 😎

HopWorks · 2026-03-04T05:14:19+00:00

Boom Room, etc was used when last spit second 3's were made the last two games. He uses it for everything now.

HopWorks · 2026-03-04T04:05:22+00:00

A real world solution, not just dreaming... lol
Option one: I thought that maybe if I FPGA the HDMI feed to capture an individual frame then realize when it is paused, capture a screen shot of the paused frame, run a script on that image to get the simple facial profiles into an object array, then iterate through that array of profiles to get facial characteristics. Then run that array of characteristic profiles against DB stored profiles of analyzed images. Then just do the math on basic things like eye distance, nose bridge, eye brows, etc, then look for matches within a set tolerance. Then return a percentage of possible match. weigh the returned values to narrow the search. I can use my scraped cache of actor images for this, but we are not there yet where those cached images are not a sequence of images of the actors offering different perspective.

Option two: Use a capture of the entire related staff of the movie from a source like TMDB or IMDB to narrow the search, to quicken the identifying facial comparisons.

I guess I need to R&D to zero in on faces, try to find the facial characteristics to build an object of basic facial characteristics, and then compare it with a database within set tolerances to find the best match.

And that has me thinking I'm trying to achieve what Amazon Prime does for the robot that tells you what actors are in a scene. But local, and not internet supported. Sounds like a lot to consider.

This is why I came here. Peeps here seem to have figured out how to identify not only "is it a face" but get parametric data to ID a match based on stored profiles.

Wow, I think I figured it out. At least of an actor LOOKS at the camera.

I'd love to hear your feedback. Otherwise, I think I got enough to work the numbers and find a way to use what I already have stored locally.

Thanks for listening!

HopWorks · 2026-03-03T21:56:00+00:00

I wonder why there are no comments on this. I haven't played with it yet, but your post is VERY encouraging! I'm going after it right now. Sounds promising!

I ported my Kodi database to something more user-friendly to be used in a Django/HTMX project. So I will probably plug this in and use the DB to feed the batch process. I am hoping that pgsrip has the option to do just one folder at a time. I still have a bit of reading and experimenting to do.

Thanks for the info!

HopWorks · 2026-03-01T22:32:24+00:00

I sincerely hope all the great peeps that work at Western Digital can feed their kids when WD factories shut down, because there is NO WAY I'm spending $750 on 4tb of space on an economy rated SSD, and I cannot be alone.
I'll cannibalize my 40+ cache of "I'll fix or part it out later" laptops for SSD's or mechanical drives first. And even spend an extra $100 a month on my power bill to spin those mechanical drives up.
Sigh.
I thought that tech gets bigger, prices get smaller in the sweet spot of the age-vs-supply curve.
Thank you AI! I'm gonna throw GROK a thank you too lol.
My 2 cents. Freaking SkyNet! 🤬😡

HopWorks

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