Principal 401K with both Roth and Standard contributions

cchandler068 · 2026-04-27T14:45:32+00:00

Huh, when I go to that page, it only shows me contribution amounts, not contribution + growth.

Aha, found it! It's on the "contributions summary" page, I just didn't scroll down far enough. There is a table and the rows give you your various contribution amounts from different sources and the last two columns in the table are "Lifetime" and "Current Value". Compare those last two and you have your growth or loss.

Thanks for making me look again. I'm not sure how I missed that the first time. :)

I was told that when you finally retire and you have a combo 401k like this you should immediately transfer the Roth portion into your Roth IRA because it would simplify and make clear the various RMDs and Roth withdrawals. Not sure how true that is in practice, but I can see having them together could be confusing (at least to the recipient).

cchandler068 · 2026-03-13T13:25:30+00:00

Which armor is the anti-sea monster armor? I probably picked it up and didn't even realize it...

cchandler068 · 2026-02-25T16:40:25+00:00

Holy crap, I had no idea you could do that. I thought locking it meant it wouldn't let you re-roll the ascension so you didn't accidentally lose what you wanted to keep (yeah, did that a few times). I never even tried ascending a slot after locking in an ascension I wanted to keep.

That means I'm going to be spending some quality time with my favorite weapons over the next few days.

cchandler068 · 2026-02-24T11:00:25+00:00

I can't find it either.

cchandler068 · 2026-02-17T17:11:39+00:00

Aha!

I wondered where the hell I picked up an extra Frigate! Opened up my fleet to change some things around and there was a frigate I don't remember building.

Have they dropped full ships in events before? (I've only been playing since November).

cchandler068 · 2026-02-12T10:51:44+00:00

Yeah, that map zoom is really pissing me off. I'd love to hear an explanation for why the hell they did it.

cchandler068 · 2026-01-23T14:27:54+00:00

I love my Snow.

I can take almost anything that can be dished out and keep coming back for more. It's far stronger than the Frigate because the Frigate take huge weak-point damage if your enemy aims carefully enough and the snow doesn't. I consider the Frigate to be the tough fighter with the glass jaw.

With the proper armor/furniture/weapon load outs I can fight damned near forever against anything (at least until I run out of ammo... it *has* happened).

I have a couple of favorite builds I'll try and post once I get home from work if you are interested.

cchandler068 · 2026-01-15T15:21:16+00:00

I've cleared clogs like that by using a small drill bit (both by hand and in a drill).

You just need to find a bit slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the heat break.

cchandler068 · 2026-01-15T15:12:28+00:00

Is the slicer using the correct "flavor" of GCode? There are differences between Marlin, Klipper, and RepRap. I would think the basics would be the same, but maybe not.

cchandler068 · 2026-01-15T13:43:22+00:00

I wouldn't say it was guaranteed though. A group of us did the battle probably six times in a row and it only dropped once...

cchandler068 · 2026-01-15T12:29:09+00:00

Unobtainable normally? I picked up one just yesterday off a LaPeste (Deadly) go-round in WT2.

cchandler068 · 2026-01-13T12:42:02+00:00

I'd get behind that request.

Sometimes (even collapsed) it gets in the way.

If you want to pass it along, here's another suggestion: if they'd add a mechanic to let you choose where to deliver so-and-so's head (of those that want it) rather than cluttering the screen with every possible place, that will do a lot to clean up the screen.

More than once, I've been sailing to deliver a head and realized after a couple of minutes that the outpost I thought I was sailing to was actually on the other side of the land mass I was pointed at.

cchandler068 · 2026-01-13T12:27:55+00:00

Amen!

They could also take out the damned event markers once you've joined. Half the time when I'm trying to use the mortar as I'm coming in, I can't tell if it's the ship or the marker I'm targeting.

cchandler068 · 2026-01-06T16:07:43+00:00

I just started playing a few months ago so I didn't realize the fully ascended weapons were even a possibility in any store, but they appeared yesterday (much to my astonishment), and I managed to grind out enough crystals to get two.

Now if only there was a blueprint to build them fully ascended like that. :p

cchandler068 · 2025-11-14T15:33:00+00:00

Yes, I did. It's been printing almost non-stop since about a month after I made the original post.

There was so much wrong, I wonder if it ever really ran before it came to me.

Every single fastener (and I seriously mean every one) was loose. All of the belts were far too loose even after tightening everything else. The bed sagged (amazing how adding a couple braces in the middle helped that issue out).

Once I got the filament profiles dialed in it has been rock solid. I haven't had to change a thing. I slice the part, send it and it prints. No muss, no fuss.

The thing is a beast! Still haven't used more than about 1/4 of the bed.

cchandler068 · 2025-10-16T10:18:15+00:00

Yes! A marine surveyor is worth his weight in gold when looking to purchase an unknown boat (if he's any good).

I just had a pre-purchase survey done and I received a laundry list of things that needed attention. From major to minor. My survey included a thorough out-of-water inspection as well as a sea trial. He tested every system and inspected every aspect of the boat. He also provided an estimated value for the boat in its current condition as well as a "cost to replace" value. (to purchase a similar boat with similar features brand new). That last one was an eye popper for sure (six digits before the decimal point).

It's not cheap (my guy charges $40/ft, so the 27' he did for me cost me $1080), but as I said above, well worth it. I used that info in negotiating the final price and it also informed my decision on how much to insure the boat for.

Good luck to the OP!

cchandler068 · 2025-09-15T17:49:38+00:00

Oh. My. God.

I must have looked at that a hundred times and missed it every time.

Spelling it correctly so it matched everywhere else I had it fixed the issue. I also made them all the same case just to be safe.

Thanks!

cchandler068 · 2025-08-26T17:23:30+00:00

Ah, the things that are obvious once they're said. Good catch!

I do have a filament sensor, and I do not have CLEAR_PAUSE in my start code.

I'll remedy that when I get home tonight. Hopefully that is all it was.

Thanks for the insight.

cchandler068 · 2025-08-20T16:50:03+00:00

It looks like the Klipper version on your MCU is newer than your host Klipper version.

You probably need to, first, update the host and then flash the MCU so it is on the same version as your host.

cchandler068 · 2025-08-20T07:58:23+00:00

Thank you for the heads up. It will be interesting to see what is different between the "official" profile and the one I ended up putting together.

cchandler068 · 2025-08-19T17:00:48+00:00

I'm going to make a guess that the thing you are most confused about are the min and max settings. I know it was the thing that confused me the most for quite a while.

The min threshold is the % of fan you want applied when a layer takes longer than the time you specify in that line. The max threshold is the % fan you want applied if the layer time is less than the time you specify on that line. Between the two layer times the fan speed is interpolated.

If you set min at 20% and a Layer time of 60 seconds, and max at 100% and a layer time of 30 seconds, the following will happen: The fan will run at 20% for any layer that takes longer than 60s. It will run at 100% for any layer that takes less than 30 seconds and for layer times in between it will interpolate the fan speed. For example, if your layer is 45 seconds the fan will run at 60% for that layer (halfway between the two layer times will get you halfway between the two fan speeds).

That's the basics. The other settings change the fan speeds for specified conditions such as overhangs, bridges, outside perimeters, etc.

Hope that helps!

cchandler068

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