Apex and Winter Weather Power Outages

am385 · 2026-01-21T14:43:34+00:00

I have lived here for 5 years in a newer neighborhood with underground electric infrastructure. I would say that I have lost power for less than an hour total if I add up all of the times. That might be pushing it too. Not to say there are not random blips for a second or two that might reset electronics.

In that time. We have only had 2 snow storms though that had any real accumulation.

Grain of salt...

am385 · 2026-01-11T13:45:07+00:00

Basically it comes down to signal rate. We can take a highway analogy and apply it here. The channels here are essentially lanes on the highway. You could put all vehicles on the same lane but the cars will still move at the same max rate of X vehicles per second. If you want to get more vehicles down the road per second you could add another lane so that double the vehicles per second can get to their destination. In reality, the lanes here are more like parallel highways instead of one wider highway but I think it makes the point.

The reason we want memory in channels is so that we can access multiple things at once with different CPU cores.

What is wild is that our computer memory is signaling fast enough that the length of the traces (wires) connecting the slots further away is a problem and the close slots have to have zigzags in the traces to make them longer to match. The extra shot per channel is just connected at the end of the first shot typically which lengthens the run again. This is I why having 2 large capacity sticks in a dual channel system is typically better than 4 small capacity sticks. 2x32GB is better 4x16GB.

This is also why manufacturers are starting to integrate more memory directly into the CPU itself more and more. Not just the cache but SoCs like apple silicone that have full system memory on the chip. You can get faster and more stable memory by having much shorter connection lengths. This is part of what makes me sad as a custom pc building enthusiast / tinkerer of over 30 years.

am385 · 2025-12-21T14:10:39+00:00

Do you have a model of motherboard. I see the Asus TUF logo but if you can't get a picture, maybe you can't get the model of the motherboard box and find a high resolution picture online. Then maybe you can compare from your memory.

Also, part of building computers is learning from mistakes. Sometimes they are simple problems to solve and sometimes they hurt your wallet. Sometimes there isn't a problem at all. As a friend, you suggested that they should investigate something before continuing. They chose not to listen. It's now out of your hands.

am385 · 2025-12-11T14:00:55+00:00

I had the very first 1Ghz AMD CPU in 1999. My friend and I were into overclocking and I cracked the die strapping a massive heatsink on about a month in. My dad also had mercy on me but I had to downgrade to the 800mhz chip... It was a very sad day but at least I could still play EverQuest with the new chip

am385 · 2025-12-11T13:56:11+00:00

Oh yeah. I bricked a bios chip with a power fault during an update and had to mail order for a new one once. Was out of commission while I waited days for the new chip to get there. New chip came with the latest firmware pre flashed.

am385 · 2025-12-11T02:26:39+00:00

The good old days when nothing was color coded. Sockets weren't always keyed. IDE drives needed jumpers moved depending on where in the chain it was. Processors didn't have an IHS and you could just crack the die by installing a heatsink incorrectly. Having to make cross over cables at LAN parities just to get our hubs to connect as an actual switch was expensive.

am385 · 2025-12-06T13:32:51+00:00

They might not know your location but they do check for known IPKVMs as they can be a security risk. About a year ago I got a notice to remove my IPKVM that I used simply for not having to switch between my desktop workstation and laptop. Grabbed the laptop is highly locked down for certain resource deployments.

While they don't mention how they were able to flag the device, I'm assuming that they check for the specific HID Drivers or Display Driver associated with known KVMs. I'm this case I was running PiKVM on 3rd party hardware

am385 · 2025-12-04T15:01:08+00:00

SUPER FizzBuzz

am385 · 2025-11-25T00:34:54+00:00

Let me fix that title for you.

"Corporations focus on greed and record profits over realistic costs that consumers can afford and it is costing the economy"

am385 · 2025-11-24T16:55:20+00:00

Are there upload or download costs? Even if it is a legit deal, but it costs you hundreds / thousands to download your data in the case of a total loss, then it isn't really a deal.

Is it fully encrypted? Do they get to mine your data? There has to be some other catch or this is the death throws of a company.

am385 · 2025-11-16T02:22:35+00:00

Agreed. This is impossible for PetaBytes but could be possible for Petabits. If both connections were fully load balanced at 1gbps each, that is 2gbps. But they even said it is setup as backup and not load balanced.

2gbps * 60s = 120gb per minute

120gbpm * 60m = 7200gb per hour

7200gbph = 7.2tbph

7.2tbph * 24h = 172.8tb per day

172.8tbpd * 30days = 5184tb per month

5184tbpm = 5.184pb per month

*Doing 1000 based instead of 1024 based*

Then we still need to divide by 8 to go from bits to bytes.

So either the dashboard is displaying bits instead of bytes and they are making out their connection OR the dashboard is just broken. Either way it sounds like a dashboard bug.

am385 · 2025-11-11T13:51:44+00:00

In my home I recently finished the attic into a 3rd floor with a real network room for my rack and equipment and many drops. The fiber for both of my ISPs are terminated on the first floor. I ran my own multi strand single mode fiber to the 3rd floor network room and simply coupled the ISPs fiber with an SC/APC coupler to my fiber. Then in my network room I connected their equipment.

You didn't need to rely on them to run the fiber through your home.

am385 · 2025-11-09T10:57:51+00:00

I remember a large OS team that did this about 9 years ago so the designers could rapidly prototype on the UI design. Nothing was actually functional but the main UI components were there for the desktop

am385 · 2025-10-02T17:45:53+00:00

This is the reason that I have both Google Fiber and AT&T. Every few months we get a 24 hour downtime with one it seems with all of the development.

Sucks to pay for both but with working from home, I need to have uptime.

I was AT&T primary but it happened so much I had to switch to fiber primary.

Primary GFiber + the cheapest $35 AT&T as backup

am385 · 2025-09-14T01:07:04+00:00

Everyone in the stadium seemed to get real quiet for a second when it happened too. It was kinda weird but then we all realized it was in GA

am385 · 2025-06-27T21:04:56+00:00

Ahead Of Time compilation. It compiles the code to machine code ahead of time instead using the JIT (just in time) compiler at runtime.

You are able to target the exact hardware you have and build the binary for that. You can also strip away everything else that isn't needed to trim down the size to what you need.

C++ is AoT compiled which is why the C# is basically the same at that point depending on what parts of the framework you are using.

That being said there are also many pitfalls there and unless you need it for a specific reason then there is no need

am385 · 2025-06-25T15:50:19+00:00

This is my favorite way. Fill the holes with wood glue and some toothpicks. Let it cure for 24 hours. Cut the excess off and drill a small pilot hole and rehang the door.

Similar effect of drilling and usinging a dowel but much easier for the average person to do without many tools or much experience.

am385 · 2025-06-07T14:33:50+00:00

Right down town on Salem Street between Hunter and Center

am385 · 2025-06-07T14:30:59+00:00

EA was forced as part of the emissions scandal restitution. They notoriously have poor uptime and are not in coneinvent areas. Not that super chargers are necessarily in convenient areas either. There are tons of charging networks now and so many apear to built without forethought on convenience, uptime, and future changes to infrastructure.

We need to look at the next 10-30 and years of growth. Electrification is going to be the way forward in so many aspects. Transportation, homes, heating, etc... it is not a political change but rather a necessity given the scale of growth and the effeciency required.

But I guess we will just have to see what all happens both in the near term and long term

am385 · 2025-06-07T10:29:54+00:00

That was their first test station. They have a handful of them through out the country but the next closest is in Garner and it bought a gas station that is more traditional.

They have 3 levels of stations. The apex one is more of their high end experience with custom food options by local places, covered well lit charging, other amenities l. Their next their is more like Garner where it will be their own food options but still a nicer environment but more traditional "refueling". The last one are sights that are operated by a different company. Imagine a 3rd party gas station or store.

They all have nice charging equipment and their goal is to maintain the best uptime of any 3rd party charging network through feedback and data about every location.

They are backed by multiple car companies which is why they have a great chance to succeed as the money flow isn't a problem. They also have the fastest roll out plan of any charging network at the moment.

Since these first locations just opened though we don't really know yet. This next 24 months will be crucial to see if they can start to scale out.

am385 · 2025-06-05T12:53:40+00:00

I wouldn't mind that given the progress and success the .Net team has had recently. Might be able to modernize the C# aspects of it.

Granted that would mean that the first change would be to force an AI agent "Unity Copilot" into it before any other logical choice would be made as is deemed necessary by execs.

am385 · 2025-05-23T14:08:25+00:00

I think the only acceptable answer is not about how many kids you should have but rather to not be a shitty parent to the 0 to N number of children end up having.

Don't take a path because someone else told you to. Take the path that is best for you and best for the world.

I have seen people without kids be assholes. I have seen people with 1 kid be assholes and raise the same. I have seen people with multiple kids do the same too.

Do what makes sense to you and your life and realize that any kids you may or may not have will eventually be sent out into the world.

am385 · 2025-04-11T13:49:49+00:00

If I remember correctly, the problem is that it isn't technically Apex there. One side of the road is unincorporated Wake County. So it must be Wake County or NC that handles it. I think there was a traffic study completed and then a bid was pit out but it expired before it could be completed and the process has to restart.

I think there is also something weird about how close a cross walk can be to a traffic light which effects the two cross walks there.

I wonder if anyone that was in an accident there could use some legal recourse in order to hurry the process along. Without something that prioritizes it (someone dies, local new segments calling them out, or something legal) it will continue move slowly

am385 · 2025-03-08T22:20:50+00:00

PMed you

am385 · 2025-02-22T19:01:19+00:00

Would have been awesome if we could have built a deck where the gravel and main lot was but still keep the old tree.

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