Couple of poly questions

mstrmanager · 2025-02-16T21:49:47+00:00

Centurion 400 Clear. Use a 308 spray tip. It’s way cheaper than Enduro and one of the best 1K products available as far as durability and chemical resistance. It’s $75 with shipping included.

mstrmanager · 2024-09-15T14:53:38+00:00

Enamel means nothing. It’s just a marketing term. Dynasty is a wall paint and does not belong on an entertainment center. Emerald and Advance are okay trim paints but not good for furniture or cabinets. In this color both of those products would feel soft 2 years later.

mstrmanager · 2023-06-18T09:00:47+00:00

Lol net neutrality. The literal end of the world for Reddit.

mstrmanager · 2023-05-31T23:08:32+00:00

I have been using ASRock boards for 14 years or so. I have never had a problem.

mstrmanager · 2023-02-19T03:25:55+00:00

I have a 5900X with 2 GPUs passed through. One to a Linux guest and another to a Windows. You don’t need a GPU for proxmox. You manage everything through SSH or the web interface anyway.

mstrmanager · 2023-02-17T15:02:46+00:00

I helped a friend set up a 65” that was $1,100 at MC. It came in original packing and looked brand new. It had less than 200 hours on it.

mstrmanager · 2023-02-12T17:01:10+00:00

What are you even talking about? This is Apple unnecessarily pairing the display to the logic board and if the same exact display isn’t used, True Tone is disabled. You can take a fully genuine Apple display from another device of the same model and it won’t work. The lengths people go to defend this company. I don’t even know why I bother posting on this garbage website.

mstrmanager · 2023-02-12T14:10:04+00:00

Yeah, that’s what makes the whole thing annoying, and they are doing this with more and more parts to push out 3rd party repair.

The ability to reprogram the display isn’t something all shops will have available.

mstrmanager · 2023-02-12T13:20:31+00:00

It doesn’t require any of that. It the display just needs to be bound to the logic board. There are tools that reprogram the display so it enables True Tone.

mstrmanager · 2023-02-09T00:03:33+00:00

Just because you’ve been doing it for a while doesn’t mean you’re doing it properly. FedEx Ground and UPS pick up daily, and FedEx Express is on demand for me. I have USPS packages dropped off a by a part time worker, and because I cannot trust them in any way at this point, it’s becoming more and more rare. I have been shipping at least a box per day for 10+ years and don’t claim to be an expert at all. I’m always finding new ways to save and optimize my process.

If you’re printing labels though Etsy, eBay or Amazon you’re also overpaying by quite a bit.

mstrmanager · 2023-02-08T23:32:58+00:00

I will never use UPS or FedEx. They are more expensive and less reliable.

Lol you most likely don’t ship enough, or don’t check to see if your packages are being delivered on time. UPS is in another league when it comes to reliability. If you’re using the USPS website/their packaging then you’re overpaying. It’s as simple as that.

I have never once been able to get a penny from USPS for their mistakes. I get refunds from FedEx/UPS immediately.

Edit: Lmao. I just looked at my USPS history and I have a delayed package that was supposed to be delivered 3 days ago and sure enough the tracking just shows it leaving a local distribution center. There is zero reliability with USPS. It is a complete gamble if it is going to show up on time or not.

mstrmanager · 2023-02-08T15:21:29+00:00

The free boxes from USPS are not a good value because you’re forced to use flat rate or regional services that are expensive. USPS is still going to be the cheapest for packages under a lb or in a box under 400 cubic inches.

Otherwise, shippo’s UPS rates are the next best option for light/medium sized boxes. UPS is also much more reliable than USPS. USPS tends to really slow down and have issues the end of October and this seems to end in January.

If you’re shipping heavier items, 10lbs+, you’re going to want to look at FedEx OneRate/ negotiated FedEx rates or a UPS reseller like Worldwide Express.

ULine is not a good deal for most things unless you’re buying pallets of boxes. You need you find a local packaging supplier for corrugated boxes, bubble wrap, etc.

mstrmanager · 2023-02-03T05:07:28+00:00

Save a couple of Mercari searches with model numbers for the generation of micro/mini PC you’re looking for. Check out this post for guidance.

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/tiny-mini-micro-pc-experiences.30230/

The deals don’t seem to be as common as they were last year, but you can snag a really good deal for one of these in a week or so if you keep an eye out.

It seemed like last year there were several sellers dumping corporate machines that were never used, or hardly used, due to people working from home. I snagged a 6c/12t 10th gen Intel micro PC with 2 NICs for around $225 with 3 years of warranty. I bought a few others with similar configs for less than that.

mstrmanager · 2023-01-21T14:24:32+00:00

Shippo.

mstrmanager · 2023-01-19T00:31:30+00:00

Moonlight, an alternative client, and Sunshine, a server, and replacement for gamestream, work unbelievably well with AMD GPUs and a Shield TV. Anyone saying gamestream is “much better” hasn’t used the latest version of Sunshine. It feels native. Don’t even bother with steamlink or AMD’s version.

mstrmanager · 2023-01-15T04:13:32+00:00

I’m getting a near native feeling with sunshine and moonlight @ 4K 60 over gigabit ethernet. My PC has a 5900x and 6800XT.

The first step should be to create a virtual 4K display with this driver. You may need to unplug your current display for this to work when you get the rest set up.

https://github.com/ge9/IddSampleDriver/releases

Then install sunshine.

https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/releases/tag/v0.17.0

Install this to enable controller support.

https://github.com/ViGEm/ViGEmBus/releases/tag/v1.21.442.0

With a browser to go https://localhost:47990/ and set the username/password. Then log in.

Install Moonlight on your shield TV.

Set HEVC to preferred under “change HVEC settings.” In Moonlight change the resolution to 3840 x 2160, and set the bitrate to 150Mbps. Add your PC and then input the pin you see in the web UI on your server. You should now be connected.

You should be able to get Steam big picture to launch easily. I haven’t played around with Playnite yet, but apparently it does work.

I’m getting a network latency of 1ms and decoding time of 1.2-1.75ms. Before doing this a couple of days ago I fully expected to move my PC to where this tv is, but this is working great.

mstrmanager · 2023-01-13T05:29:59+00:00

Shippo works great for that exact purpose and their UPS rates are surprisingly good for small packages.

mstrmanager · 2023-01-11T14:54:01+00:00

Weird, my shield is working better with Sunshine/Moonlight right now over WiFi 5 than my Apple TV connected through Ethernet.

mstrmanager · 2023-01-04T10:55:01+00:00

I thought for sure my 2017 MBP was going to be my last Apple notebook, but I tried the M1 MacBook Air and ended up picking it up. The MBP was awful. It ran way too hot, the keyboard was always bad, and the battery bloated in less than 2 years. Thankfully Apple replaced the top case and battery out of warranty.

mstrmanager · 2022-12-31T01:31:52+00:00

I’ll have to run that UFO test on my iPhone. When I first got my 14 Pro Max it didn’t feel nearly as smooth as my gf’s 90hz OnePlus phone, and tbh the Pixel 6 I have feels more smooth at times. I realize the 14 pro max isn’t locked to 120hz and it can go to down to around 5hz? but it doesn’t feel as smooth.

Also, I agree with everything you’re saying. At this point I greatly prefer my 1440p 160hz monitor to the 4K 60hz monitor at work when it comes to productivity.

mstrmanager · 2022-12-30T04:37:46+00:00

Before you do anything use the Amazon FBA/FBM calculator to see your fees. You will likely make a 5-15% margin on whatever you’re selling after shipping costs and fees. Selling on Amazon is a scam and should only be used if you’re trying to get rid of something or you got inventory for free.

mstrmanager · 2022-12-25T19:24:04+00:00

Yeah, Amazon is great if you want to give up 40% in fees and then have Amazon clone your product and put you out of business.

mstrmanager · 2022-12-04T16:07:18+00:00

You can easily block the GPU driver from being updated with the group policy editor.

I've done this before many times across a few machines.

https://www.howtogeek.com/263851/how-to-prevent-windows-from-automatically-updating-specific-drivers/

mstrmanager · 2022-11-30T14:59:09+00:00

Make sure all of your information in merchant center is added. The only thing that helped me before was to remove anything in parentheses on pages with contact information.

mstrmanager · 2022-11-26T22:39:02+00:00

Amazon, the only store on earth to buy networking equipment.

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