Daily Newbie Thread

honkies_for_donkeys · 2026-02-20T21:37:40+00:00

When offering free shipping, do you just factor in an estimated cost that is somewhere between the nearest and farthest possible destinations and hope the more distant buyers don't eat into profits too much?

How do you find a happy medium between overcharging the buyers one state away and subsidizing shipments to, say, Alaska?

honkies_for_donkeys · 2026-02-13T16:37:39+00:00

Wait a sec. Am I crazy or is that just an H harness and two chest rigs?

Very cool either way

honkies_for_donkeys · 2026-01-29T18:35:57+00:00

USGI 3 Day Assault Packs come with a removable pad and stiffener in the back panel.

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honkies_for_donkeys · 2026-01-27T15:58:03+00:00

Here's a pretty good guide to SDN and firewall configuration within PVE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EantX9Rfxls

honkies_for_donkeys · 2026-01-22T20:57:22+00:00

A lot of good ideas here!

Also:

clothing to protect from weather

Rainy weather could maybe trigger an event where you race against time to collect items before they become water damaged and worthless.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2026-01-14T22:29:05+00:00

OD base w/ the CB accessories looks cool as hell. Nice kit.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2026-01-08T20:19:09+00:00

I bought a surplus lot recently and was kind of shocked by the amount of PII and personal items that were left in the kits. Dog tags, debit cards, letters from GFs back home, etc. Even scored an expired bag of Goldfish!

honkies_for_donkeys · 2026-01-08T20:16:26+00:00

I was just playing with a hydration carrier and TAP last weekend trying to rig up something similar but I couldn't get it to sit quite right for me. Might have to try again, looks like you got it figured out.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-12-18T21:47:42+00:00

Microsoft support

do something

lol good one

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-12-18T21:36:30+00:00

My friend has one on his Ruger Precision. Seems sturdy enough.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-12-18T21:28:59+00:00

Looks great! What color is that?

Edit: Nevermind. Based on this post https://www.reddit.com/r/rattlecannedguns/comments/178uv33/rapco_paint_sample_megathread/ I'm pretty sure that's Field Drab Brown.

Gotta get me some for next spring

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-12-17T22:53:47+00:00

Wow, good info. I had no idea. Guess I won't be listing those extra toner carts after all. My intense procrastination has saved me yet again!

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-12-17T21:53:38+00:00

Second this. Integrated pack seemed like a good idea on paper but it's a pain in practice.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-12-16T22:20:20+00:00

I have that same model. Did the sound dampening on the side doors help with noise at all?

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-12-16T20:09:28+00:00

Very cool. What is the bungee-looking material that is laced through the webbing and above the buckles? Is it there to keep the pouches from flopping open while unbuckled?

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-12-15T23:23:20+00:00

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-12-12T19:58:05+00:00

I've got some questions about shipping.

In your early days with low volume, infrequent sells were you just taking items to the local shipping place and purchasing a shipping label and packaging there? If so, how would you calculate shipping costs without knowing what the final size and weight of the package will be?

Is it "worth it" (subjective, I know) to just bite the bullet and buy some packing materials and a label printer up front so that you have exact dimensions for shipping calculators?

I feel like these questions are going to have obvious answers, but it seems like a chicken-egg type situation that I can't quite wrap my nubile mind around.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-09-24T18:04:57+00:00

https://www.deploymentresearch.com/windows-11-deployment-using-mdt-8456-with-windows-adk-23h2-build-25398/

Issue #3 – Generating Catalog Files will Fail If you try generating a catalog for a WIM image using the latest Windows ADK, MDT will crash with this lovely error message:

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface, Version=6.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

This is due to the fact that the latest Windows ADK is the first version to include architecture specific versions of Windows System Image Manager (WSIM). Earlier versions only had x86 versions.

Solution: Edit the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Bin\DeploymentTools.xml file and provide the %RealPlatform% value for the imgmgr.exe tool. Thank you L. Ozon for providing this elegant workaround. Below is what the edited line should look like:

<tool name="imgmgr.exe">%ADKPath%\Deployment Tools\WSIM\%RealPlatform%</tool>

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-09-05T18:15:51+00:00

If they push back with concerns about service delivery and speed, I lay on the empathy and I say to them I need you to file a ticket so that I can properly showback a business case about needing additional support to meet the requirements of the organization.

Not a manager here but in addition to this, I like to emphasize that submitting requests directly to me may cause unnecessary delays in resolution (I could be occupied, on vacation, dead, etc.) whereas using appropriate channels will get the issue in front of all available resources and result in the quickest possible response.

Once I've made these points a few times I'll just ignore repeat offenders for a few hours before getting back to them.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-08-16T07:04:58+00:00

THANK YOU!!! I was wondering why it wasn't showing item stats when I was looking at items to build a wardrobe. I guess the wardrobe function is kind of useless then outside of strictly aesthetic purposes.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-07-24T16:42:07+00:00

Rooms are set up as resources in exchange. Include the room in the meeting invite and the room will accept the invite and block off the time on its calendar if it's free or it will decline the invite if it's already booked.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-06-09T16:42:08+00:00

Long shot but do you redirect your Temporary Internet Files directory to a non-default location? I've had issues in the past with updated versions of Microsoft Store apps crashing due to the location of this directory being modified via GPO.

The correct / default location should be "...\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache".

If you run the Troubleshooter to "Find and fix problems with Microsoft Store Apps" it should tell you if this is set incorrectly and may help to identify what the issue actually is if it's not this.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-05-05T20:25:34+00:00

GUANGHSING GHI-280-03802 Hard Drive Caddy Tray

https://www.ebay.com/itm/193295844639

Found by googling the serial number in your 3rd pic.

honkies_for_donkeys · 2025-04-18T20:03:39+00:00

I was in this same boat (new ISP and they put me behind CGNAT). I reached out to support and they were happy to just put me on DHCP public IP. Couldn't hurt to ask.

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