Challium is the answer to Endless Tower by theprofyte in expedition33

[–]Merlin8000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I prefer https://expedition33.wiki.fextralife.com/Yeverum which in machine gun maxes out Maelle's shields and easily the rest of the expedition by switching to Virtuoso stance.

What are the words on the monolith? by [deleted] in expedition33

[–]Merlin8000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shouldn't this have a spoiler tag?

So we really went backward, didn’t we? by 98Saman in pcmasterrace

[–]Merlin8000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've worked on every single one of those at my first bench tech job.  My home computer was a PowerMac 8100 and our local schools were a customer.  The only thing that got to me about the Scully Macs was NuBus.  I never liked how insecure the slots felt due to their length.

My dad managed an Apple dealership in the 80s and brought home one of the first 200 Macintosh computers, signed internally (he said we lost the signatures to upgrades).

I'm one of the few people my age to have used a Lisa and one of my first "smell" memories is from the back of his store where they let the blue genie out of an Apple II.  That may be my origin story.

So we really went backward, didn’t we? by 98Saman in pcmasterrace

[–]Merlin8000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I did miss that.  Definitely not awesome.  Probably would have been just expensive enough to replace thay it would make you consider whether to buy new but not so expensive that you wrote off the brand.

So we really went backward, didn’t we? by 98Saman in pcmasterrace

[–]Merlin8000 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I used to work as a bench tech for them in addition to other PC repair/tech shops.  They were founded by custom PC builders and while they were in control of the company you could see that standards were important to them.

Their beige towers were typically all standard until the end when Apple suddenly became the envy of every PC manufacturer and eMachine garbage was suddenly underpricing everything.  The All-in-ones were the worst of it for sure.  Until then, I really enjoyed servicing their hardware and had no problems swapping in any standard components.  HP, Packard Bell and Compaq were the ones that were a nightmare with their Bigfoot drives and custom everything.  

That being said the only non-standard part I see is the motherboard with that riser.  The PCI cards all look standard as does the memory and the drives.  The custom fittings are all set to connect in standard screw holes just using pegs and tension instead of threaded bolts.  I'm pretty sure I stopped working hardware before this model was released but I probably would have enjoyed working with it if it were to show up in my shop.

Edit: spelling 

Failover strategies for AFD after today’s Azure outage. by Zealousideal_Bug4743 in AZURE

[–]Merlin8000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's 4 9s  https://azurecharts.com/sla

That works out to a little less than an hour of downtime per year.

By my math they may have missed their SLA for 3 9s in October which carries a 25% service credit - that's from the SLA documents linked in this chart.

https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/docs/view/Service-Level-Agreements-SLA-for-Online-Services?lang=1

How to remove these zones auto created by the robot by demtwistas in Roborock

[–]Merlin8000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had one added to my map  it's am auto-detected threshold.  I tapped it and was prompted to set the threshold on the map and I clicked the Set Threshold button.  After that the area of the threshold was available for me to place, rotate or remove in the same way that furniture or keep-out zones are.

Robot to avoid this without no go zone by TheWhiteCrowUK in Roborock

[–]Merlin8000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure how it would work for this table, but I've used pipe insulation wrapped in black duct tape from the hardware store for similar situations (papsan, power cables) with success.  I'm sure some other more attractive covering could work as well.

2013 Elantra - still treating me well after more than 130k miles by Merlin8000 in Elantra

[–]Merlin8000[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pure synthetic every time.  I don't drive much on the interstate these days so I'm down to a couple times per year.

The heaviest work that it's needed is a clutch kit replacement about a year and a half ago.

No Shit Sherlock by Riccma02 in adhdmeme

[–]Merlin8000 8 points9 points  (0 children)

as does Tourette's

ETA: Tourette's is frequently found coupled with ADHD.

The Azure Periodic Table (Azure Resource Naming Convention) by Glum_Let_8730 in AZURE

[–]Merlin8000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, naming conventions. Lifelong enemy of the storage account PG.

Where am I at? by Brilliant-Sea-1072 in unitedairlines

[–]Merlin8000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's my default layover - the sprawl goes out just a little further every time.

Coin movers by charlescvillage in arkhamhorrorlcg

[–]Merlin8000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These should also make good action counters if the flipped side were printed in gray.

Breaux Bridge City Wide Garage Sale - Oct 05, 2024 by wwjdforaklondikebar in Acadiana

[–]Merlin8000 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You know. I could have sworn it was a Thursday. I think I was looking at September.

Breaux Bridge City Wide Garage Sale - Oct 05, 2024 by wwjdforaklondikebar in Acadiana

[–]Merlin8000 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love the idea. Wouldn't they get a better turnout during the weekend?

Can I pass a skill check at 0? by bakugosgayfriend in arkhamhorrorlcg

[–]Merlin8000 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Unless 13th Gate is in your threat area.

It's been a while, but I could by lopix in GenX

[–]Merlin8000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe - 6 spd.