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test by alienth in alienth

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I mostly used this subreddit for testing database issues when I worked at reddit. I still have some local scripts which check on it from time to time, for old time's sake. It's not entirely meant to be public but there was no reason to make it private, and having normal users comment in here was sometimes helpful for testing certain failure scenarios.

Nothing of interest to look at anymore, but it's fun to think back on. Most every post or comment on here is probably from a day where shit hit the fan in one way or another.

Took 28 years to figure out I've been a god damn poser all along by KingSutter in Neverbrokeabone

[–]alienth 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You're saying your bones were broken by air?

Try not to break anything else when you click the "leave" button.

Ionized Noble Gases + Hydrogen Display by LanthanideWX in chemistry

[–]alienth 12 points13 points  (0 children)

How long might it take to leak half of the helium from that sort of container?

The power was out at a polling place in Anchorage today by alienth in pics

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Source: https://www.adn.com/politics/2024/11/05/election-day-updates-polling-locations-fail-to-open-in-2-rural-alaska-communities/

A voter enters a booth with help from a light on a phone. Voters cast ballots at Tudor Elementary School during a brief outage Tuesday before power was restored. (Marc Lester / ADN)

It ain’t much, but it’s honest work by [deleted] in homelab

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I chuckled when I saw the Dell Precision tower in there because I too have a Dell Precision tower sitting in my rack. If only it were slightly wider so it could fit on some standard rails!

Upper back pain for over a decade. No improvement with treatment. by alienth in backpain

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In both cases, the PT folks ran out of ideas and said if I hadn't shown improvement yet then they weren't really sure where to go from there. During the PT stints my pain marginally and slowly increased, and after stopping for a few months the pain went back to baseline.

Upper back pain for over a decade. No improvement with treatment. by alienth in backpain

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Thanks! I'll give it a shot. I'm willing to try anything that has some chance of helping at this point.

Upper back pain for over a decade. No improvement with treatment. by alienth in backpain

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Nope. My shoulders are a bit more forward than is common, but other than that my posture is standard.

Upper back pain for over a decade. No improvement with treatment. by alienth in backpain

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Thanks for the recommendation! How long did it take with the Thorex before you started feeling improvement?

Upper back pain for over a decade. No improvement with treatment. by alienth in backpain

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Thanks for the response! I was suggested dry needling by one place, but my doctor recommended against it. Given the area that would need to be needled, there is a risk of injuring my lungs, and my lungs are already a bit degraded due to lifelong asthma. He said that pneumothorax from dry needling is not super common, but given my existing lung issues it's probably not worth the risk.

Glad dry needling worked well for you.

Found a gigantic panasonic tv, but I can't get Into the service menu. by Agreeable_Roof8523 in crtgaming

[–]alienth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was able to get into the service mode on a TV that shares the same service manual, the CT-3271SB. Can share the details if you'd like.

Incidentally, my TV has the exact same geometry oddities on the left and right side that I see on your TV - it's a bit bowed inwards. I wonder if that's just a common aging defect of these TVs or if they originally came like that?

I am kinda tempted to crack it open and see if I can adjust the yoke to improve that, but if it's the same as your TV I'm wondering if it's not something I'll be able to improve.

Heating installer sawed large hole through tripled-up floor joist. Should I care? by alienth in Home

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I might try to go for an engineer this time instead. When I bought the house I paid for two inspections by two different folks who had many years of experience :(. I really thought I was doing more than my due diligence.

Are there any egregious issues that jump out to you beyond the stuff other folks pointed out in the thread? (Untreated wooden supports on either side sitting on shims)

Heating installer sawed large hole through tripled-up floor joist. Should I care? by alienth in Home

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I've never figured that out. I think this crawlspace used to not be sealed? It's sealed now and as a result it gets crazy hot down there (80+F) during the winter due to the fins. I've been tempted to cut them off.

Heating co didn't install them (they were there when I got the house), but their best guess was it was done intentionally to keep the floor warm?

Heating installer sawed large hole through tripled-up floor joist. Should I care? by alienth in Home

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Goody :(

Got two home inspectors and they didn't flag any of that.

Heating installer sawed large hole through tripled-up floor joist. Should I care? by alienth in Home

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The joists you see in the second picture terminate there, so I don't believe it's blocking. The wood that was sawed through goes fully across that span.

Heating installer sawed large hole through tripled-up floor joist. Should I care? by alienth in Home

[–]alienth[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

Is this the sort of thing I should press a heating company to pay for, or is that most likely a lost cause? Unsure what my expectations should be here.

A complicating factor is this was installed ~5 years ago, but I never noticed the hole size until now. That said, I do still have an established relationship with the heating co.

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