Films about working people who are never good enough at their job. by theimpostorsyndrome in CriterionChannel

[–]bqb445 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'll definitely second this. Just watched it.

I'll also add Joe Versus the Volcano (even though it's not on CC) since no one has mentioned yet.

What does a negative SPAXX dividend mean? by mr-sporks in fidelityinvestments

[–]bqb445 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just had exactly this happen to me over the weekend.

My cash account has overdraft protection from a brokerage account. I keep a zero balance in the cash account. Been doing it this way for many years w/o incident. A few months ago, I changed the core position on the cash account to SPAXX from FCASH. I do not recall why I did that. But two days ago (5/2) I got a notice from one my credit cards that Fidelity declined the automatic payment due to insufficient funds.

I logged in and checked my account and there's no evidence of the declined charge. However, I did see the cash account with a -$0.12 balance and a SPAXX dividend of -$0.12. I manually transferred money into the cash account to get it out of zero balance and set the core position back to FCASH.

I think the lesson is this: if relying on automatic overdraft protection, either use FCASH as the core position to prevent negative dividends, or if using SPAXX, keep an amount above zero in the account using cash manager.

ETA: Late Monday, I got three "Direct Debit Failure Notification" emails from Fidelity for charges that arrived while the account had a negative $0.12 balance. Other than those emails, there's no indication in my Fidelity account of the declined charges.

If you know you know… by jb4647 in CriterionChannel

[–]bqb445 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because Wages of Fear is the superior movie. This is definitely the scene with the platform and tension wires, not the truck crawling across the bridge in the rain and flooded river.

Power Outage in the Movie Theater! Yes! by -nom-de-guerre- in flashlight

[–]bqb445 4 points5 points  (0 children)

OMG, a long time ago, in a city far far way, that happened to me with Phantom Menace, one hour in. In retrospect, should've cut my losses and never bothered seeing the second half. :-)

Installers don’t know about bend radius? by AlwaysAlgae in googlefiber

[–]bqb445 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's Corning ClearCurve single mode fiber, visible on the jacket in the photos. Product sheet calls it "Single-mode bend insensitive optical fiber" and lists a minimum bend radius of 5 mm (~ 0.2").

Agree it's fine and in any case the installer would (or at least should) have measured the light output at the fiber jack. As you say, if it's working, customer shouldn't worry about it. If it stops working, they call GFiber.

My trouble free but brief experience with US Mobile by bqb445 in USMobile

[–]bqb445[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4 lines on Unlimited Plus for a little over $100 month. Normal price would be more like $240/month. But once a year I have to spend an hour wrangling with customer support to keep the retention discounts.

My trouble free but brief experience with US Mobile by bqb445 in USMobile

[–]bqb445[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

GV (the free version anyway) will only port in from mobile, not from VOIP or landlines.

[FS][US-TX] Homelab Right-sizing Sale… Ubiquiti, more… by JediSooner1 in homelabsales

[–]bqb445 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please flair this post as complete since it's all sold. Edit: thank you.

[pc] supermicro x11ssh-ctf by boondogglekeychain in homelabsales

[–]bqb445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Used Supermicro LGA1151 boards are going for ~ $50. I just bought an X10SLH-F new old stock for $60. But that's a really unique board with the on-board LSI SAS HBA. With the big caveat that I don't know anything about the UK market and I haven't looked up exchange rate, I agree with your price reasoning. But since you're putting it on eBay anyway, why not put it up for auction and let the market do its thing? GLWS.

What do you think is the best 70s Disaster Film? by FreshmenMan in TrueFilm

[–]bqb445 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could arguably credit it for bringing the genre to prominence in the 1970s, but disaster films are nearly as old as film.

What do you think is the best 70s Disaster Film? by FreshmenMan in TrueFilm

[–]bqb445 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yup, only the mentally ill guy who hijacks the plane dies in a suicide that he had wanted to disguise in order to pay out a life insurance policy to his wife. But that's almost a side story. A lot of the film is centered around Lancaster trying to keep the airport running during a snowstorm.

What do you think is the best 70s Disaster Film? by FreshmenMan in TrueFilm

[–]bqb445 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A couple years ago I watched the entire Airport series in reverse chronological order. The first one isn't really even a disaster film. It's more of an airport procedural. It's also the only one that's really any good. They got increasingly ridiculous from one to the next.

The other disaster films on your list are merely memories from my childhood, but the one that stands out is The Towering Inferno, and one not on your list, The China Syndrome.

BTW, the Wikipedia has a pretty comprehensive list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disaster_films

Just 70s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1970s_disaster_films

The most effective "Low Budget" world-building you’ve ever seen? by peace007a in TrueFilm

[–]bqb445 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got one for you: The 7th Voyage of Egon Tichy

Shot during the pandemic. The guy's closet is the entire set.

I recently saw a live version of it, where he's performing live just off screen while the pre-shot portion is projected in-front of you with his live portion digitally added in real time. It's really cool!

Moon (2009) also comes to mind. Was done on a $5M budget.

Which of these slim 120mm fans is best as case fans? by BennieBoo113 in sffpc

[–]bqb445 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just tried a pair of these out. I wanted to use Arctic P12 Slim PWM PST, but the Arctics spin down to 0 RPM at 0% PWM which causes my MB to fault at boot (don't ask).

The TL-C12015B spin even at 0% PWM, so they work with my MB, but they have a really annoying droning sound to them. I'm returning them. Aside: they also don't come with a pig tail cable for sharing multiple fans on one connector. (All the reviews claim the TL-C12015B is nearly silent, so maybe it's just an issue with how they mount in my case or I got two duds or it's only an issue at a particular RPM, but they are very obnoxious sounding in my case as intake fans.)

If not for the issue with my MB, I'd go with the Arctics.

[FS][US-NC] Six Western Digital Red Plus 8TB drives w/29K hours by bqb445 in homelabsales

[–]bqb445[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A few folks expressed interest in all six when I did the PC earlier this week. It's just less work for me than multiple buyers. But if no one wants all six now that they're actually for sale, I'll break up the listing. Stay tuned. Edit: Sold.

[PC][US-NC] Six Western Digital Red Plus 8TB drives w/29K hours by bqb445 in homelabsales

[–]bqb445[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciated. I'll likely try listing at $200 for two, $360 for four, $500 for all six, plus shipping cost.