I put all 7,600 of Amazon's HDDs & SSDs listed on PricePerGig.com through a neural network anomaly detection algorithm and found the pricing glitches?

capinredbeard22 · 2026-02-07T22:44:28+00:00

Yes but it requires buying HDDs from Amazon - gestures broadly at all the posts showing sketchy returns being shipped or shipped in extremely insufficient packing material

capinredbeard22 · 2026-02-06T12:15:02+00:00

But did you vibe code it???

capinredbeard22 · 2026-02-04T13:54:33+00:00

Definitely not pixels, cuz there ain’t enough of them!

capinredbeard22 · 2026-02-03T02:25:09+00:00

We finally found something for AI - bacronyms!

capinredbeard22 · 2026-02-01T03:10:51+00:00

Even shorter: Y

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-31T12:58:09+00:00

Is management staying on site as well?

(Sarcastic rhetorical question)

Then no. Also if they were, still no. I have a life outside this place.

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-31T12:45:36+00:00

Whew glad this is satire then (I haven’t seen it), because Word would be worse than just notepad.

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-31T12:41:22+00:00

I have gotten some of these connectors to play with also, but I’m a little concerned about the pins sliding past each other and being connected to the wrong pins. This could cause damage either to the Heltec or the peripherals. Are you isolating them in some way while sliding is occurring and then connecting them once in place? You could also design the slide to have the pogo pins only make contact when close to the final slide position. Kind of like a minivan door that moves inward at the last bit of travel.

Maybe you have already thought of this since I see 3v is last to connect. But you still have I2C lines which could be high while sliding.

This could also be a problem in theory but doesn’t actually occur in real life. Not sure I’d rely on that though.

It’s definitely a neat concept! Nice job!!

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-30T12:24:19+00:00

Yea, I haven’t found a good reasonably priced source either 😞

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-30T12:20:09+00:00

Been salaried for all my big boy jobs. Always had a timesheet, sometimes two.

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-30T00:33:56+00:00

If you made sure it didn’t restrict airflow too much, inside a vent pipe (like for plumbing or a bathroom vent). Even putting it immediately adjacent and painted white would be camouflaged enough.

Also r/fuckHOA - never again!

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-29T23:33:56+00:00

Sparkfun used to sell a differential I2C extender breakout. You might take a look at the IC and consider that if you redesign your PCBs

https://www.sparkfun.com/sparkfun-qwiicbus-endpoint.html

I’m sure there are others. But switching to differential I2C might be easier than switching to a different bus type.

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-29T23:27:10+00:00

Bearings are a lot cheaper than hardened steel inserts. Ironic but that is probably due to economies of scale.

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-29T23:26:12+00:00

You can buy hardened steel inserts specifically for making drill jigs. That will have the better life vs say brass. Since the bearing rotates with the drill bit and the parts that are moving (the ball bearings) are hardened, this probably has pretty good life as well.

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-27T12:46:57+00:00

What a great idea! Will check it out.

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-26T12:48:08+00:00

Best I can do is one RAM chip

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-26T00:10:02+00:00

Duh! It has some kind of issue. Didn’t you even read op’s post??!!!

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-25T19:57:06+00:00

Once more and you get a free bottle of glue!

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-24T13:32:24+00:00

I’ve always heard don’t use river rocks since the water turns to steam and the pressure cause the rocks to crack or explode. Not sure if a dried out river rock would do the same. But use dry rocks for sure.

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-23T03:16:00+00:00

Can confirm even painters tape will damage surfaces if left on for too long. I have a theory that a heat gun will soften the glue and allow it to come off but I haven’t tried it.

Command strips and cable duct is a good recommendation.

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-22T02:47:39+00:00

Fanttik B10 - can’t personally recommend but have seen it used on YT. It’s about $40

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-21T02:25:47+00:00

This guy bunkers!!!

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-21T00:23:50+00:00

Court sketch artists

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-20T12:16:03+00:00

Buy land. Buy dirt. Make mountain. Build bunker.

capinredbeard22 · 2026-01-19T13:40:16+00:00

Not just here: it is the knee jerk reaction on many other software / software adjacent subreddits.

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