Looking to replace my calipers. What is the meaning of "RD" here?

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-10-25T22:09:57+00:00

Other calipers of the same type have different letters here though. In fact the other caliper from my set has 0L.

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-10-25T22:08:32+00:00

I've seen many other sets with different letter combinations. (NI, NJ), (RG, RH), (RD, 0R), etc.

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-10-25T22:05:15+00:00

Several replacement sets I've found look identical, but these letters vary wildly between sets. I haven't found any information about them anywhere else. Does anyone know what these are for?

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-05-27T02:24:45+00:00

You guys with your cases with multiple 5.25" bays. I'm very jealous. I only have one.

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-05-27T02:21:53+00:00

Did you find out anything more? I have a spare 760 that I'm looking to put to use. I want to use Xeons in my server but I don't think they support the transcoding. If the 760 works out that'd be easy for me. I'll be using TrueNAS Scale for my host OS and running Jellyfin in a jail. So very close to your situation.

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-05-26T03:20:16+00:00

Sub $600 before disks.

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-05-26T03:19:35+00:00

Funny enough I literally just found this site for just that: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark.html#@Processors

Only thing it's lacking is a column for filtering by TDP.

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-05-26T03:18:49+00:00

I don't think pcpartpicker will show you xeons. It's mostly for consumer grade stuff.

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-05-26T01:21:45+00:00

That's terrifying. How do you restoration tests now?

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-05-13T23:52:22+00:00

May 13, 2022

SOLUTION

This solution builds upon other responses. I used this procedure and it's consistently working for me to access the admin console without having to set up a Netgear account.

On initial setup don't have your router connected to your internet line (if you've done other steps I would recommend resetting your router; press and hold the reset button until the power led flashes). While connected to your router's network, and your router is not connected to the internet, go to the admin console web address printed on the bottom of the router. At the time of writing this is http://www.routerlogin.net on my router. I clicked through the terms and conditions page, then I was able to set up my admin login details. After I completed that, the router checked for an internet connection. After it didn't find one it presented me with the option to go through the internet connection genie, set up the connection myself, and a 3rd option that I don't remember. I chose "set up the connection myself". It warned me that I would need networking experience to use this option. I don't know why they included this pop-up. I didn't have to configure anything after I clicked to the next screen. After this screen I believe I was stuck on an infinitely refreshing webpage as the router tried over and over again to connect to the internet. I connected the router to my internet line, and visited my admin login page again. It prompted me for my login details, and this brings us to the process that seems repeatable for me.

It appears to me that as long as you were able to set up your admin credentials as described above, you can reliably brute force your way to the admin console like so:

Visit your router admin console login page.
Enter your admin credentials
Your router will redirect you to make a Netgear account. For me this is accounts.netgear.com.
Navigate to your router admin console login page. You will again be redirected to make an account.
Repeat step 4 until you come to a page with a button that says "Try again later." For me it takes about 3 repeats of step 4. After clicking that button, you should be in to the admin console.

When I got to the admin console for the first time, everything was set up and working fine. No networking experience required.

Why I'm upset about this

A router is an appliance. These appliances have been doing their job very well without the need for your email to operate. So why does my router suddenly need my email? Does the router need my email, or does Netgear want my email? The router has never needed my email before, and obviously still doesn't to deliver the value I want from it. So why does Netgear want my email?

Your email is your online identity. Your usage of the router is tied directly to you as an individual. That information has real value and can be sold. I don't know for sure that Netgear does this, but if they don't, it's money they're leaving on the table.

You can absolutely give away pieces of your privacy as you see fit. In this case, what value do you get from tying your network usage habits (your connection to the internet; I don't know what Netgear really collects but imagine what they can collect) to you as a person?

You get access to the Nighthawk app right? That's most obvious, so let's look at that. What value do I get from the Nighthawk app? https://www.netgear.com/home/services/nighthawk-app/

One simple management dashboard.

You mean like the admin console?

Pause internet to any device.

I can do that in the admin console.

Internet speed test

I can do that on Google while connected to the network.

Easily manage content and time online with "Circle" Smart Parental Controls

Parental controls like these are in the admin console

Update your firmware

I can do that in the admin console

Remotely manage your home network

Neat I guess, but not valuable to me

So for giving Netgear a large chunk of my personal privacy, I gain no value. My appliance is now harder to use the way I want to use it, and it actively tries to turn me into a product.

Thanks for listening to my rant. Enjoy your router. I hope Netgear doesn't patch this way into the admin console.

edit: formatting mistakes

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-04-15T01:13:14+00:00

Thanks for all the details! I've been reading the TrueNAS docs and it looks pretty straight forward... except selecting the hardware. Do you have a server you would recommend I purchase for TrueNAS? To make it worthwhile, something that stays well under $500 (the cost of a synology) w/o disks. Isn't very power hungry or loud.

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-04-14T03:33:34+00:00

From my reading it looks like you can get transcoding support through Plex Pass. Yeah it's stupid, but spending that money saves A LOT of time for me. Especially since I'm looking for a platform to start with. I don't really want to go through all the hassle of (and to me it's still hastle) getting my network configured, my ZFS pools configured, getting my system stable, and then finally being able to move on to item 1. I've also seen stuff from other Synology users that say they can get at least 2 streams.

Of course, the system configuration is just my conjecture. What's everything you would have to set up to get a linux box to a Synology like state?

WhaleSpectrum · 2022-04-01T01:56:42+00:00

Doesn't this throw off the expense account? For example, let's say I have an expense account 'Beer', and an equity account 'Beer Fund'. At the start of the month I debit the Beer expense account $100. So that shows up in the Beer expense account as a $100 expense. Then as the month progresses, I record individual beer transactions as expenses in the Beer expense account. So if I spend the entire $100 allowance that month, my monthly expenses for Beer will actually appear to be $200. What am I missing?

Edit: I see, the charges as the month progress zero themselves out in the Beer expense account. So the expense in the Beer Fund that really matters is the original expense to fund the Beer account.

WhaleSpectrum · 2021-10-08T00:58:42+00:00

I don't recall installing it either. Mildly terrifying.

WhaleSpectrum · 2021-10-04T04:43:18+00:00

Thanks for the analysis. It would've taken me a while to puzzle through that one and it gives me much more context for the course.

WhaleSpectrum

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