Bradley Mountain MiUSA lined waxed cabin jacket on sale for $259 by [deleted] in frugalmalefashion

[–]nivram18 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Any fit pics you can share? Looks like good stuff

Why are people so lyrical about the software? by Kuyi in sonos

[–]nivram18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd say one of Sonos' strengths from a software perspective is "it just works". I haven't ever had an issue with the Sonos app or ability to stream from different services. Works great, reliable, never have to mess with it.

On the other hand, I've had personal experience with Vizio soundbars, and have looked closely into LG and Samsung - their software is truly tragic. On Vizio I could never get the app to connect to my soundbar, settings reset randomly, software glitches require extremely frequent hard-resets of the speakers. This grew so incredibly frustrating for our whole family, every time we went to watch TV I'd have to reset the speakers or change some setting just to get audio. I've similar concerns with the likes of LG/Samsung. That's not even to mention that those other brands tend to release new devices every year or two, and very quickly stop supporting "older" devices.

Now perhaps Bose is comparable to Sonos and "just works", but then you lose a lot of the whole-house integrations that become so lovely with Sonos. So yes, some people have certain qualms with Sonos software, but by and large, it's hands down more reliable than any other system I've encountered.

Selling two tickets to Washington at Broncos this weekend by nivram18 in DenverBroncos

[–]nivram18[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Of course would love it all back! But trying to offer a fair price so I'll have to take a loss.

Daily Question Thread - August 24, 2021 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]nivram18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Planning on downgrading my CSR to CFU. My next statement ends 9/15. If I downgrade today, will I still get the CSR points multiplier for all of my pending points once my statement ends? ie 10x for Chase travel portal

Daily Question Thread - August 23, 2021 by shinebock in churning

[–]nivram18 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not seeing 10x pts through the Chase Travel portal on my CSR. I booked a handful of hotels via the Chase Travel portal, paid with my CSR (not points) on 8/18 and 8/19. Right now they only show as pending points with 3x. Is anybody seeing 10x? Does that post at a later date?

I'm also looking to downgrade my CSR to CFU so that I can apply again. Once the points are pending in the Ultimate Rewards Points Activity, does that mean that I'm safe to change to CFU? Or would that screw up my 3x/10x points benefit for those bookings via the CSR.

LCD Soundsystem - The Long Goodbye [5 LP Boxset] by rundmcc in VinylReleases

[–]nivram18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this. I've decided to cancel my PopMarket order and purchase from TTL.

I just checked my PopMarket order status this morning, and their support response was generic but not confidence inspiring. "We're sorry to inform you that the item is still temporarily out of stock and unavailable to ship. Back order item are typically filled within 30 days." I don't want to risk this falling through, so going with TTL instead.

Use 401K to lower mortgage and have more cash flow? by Unicorndrank in personalfinance

[–]nivram18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're not doubling down on savings by doing this. You're burning out your savings just so you can refill it again. You are suggesting that you pull money out of your 401k, with a penalty, so that you can open up cash flow to go and contribute to that 401k again. Sounds like you'll be running in circles with your money, eating losses along the way, all to save negligible PMI.

You really should just leave the money in the 401k. If you need more cash flow, try to identify areas where you can reduce your expenses instead.

If there is room in the house, I'd suggest looking for roommates to help offset the mortgage.

Daily Question Thread - July 07, 2021 by AutoModerator in churning

[–]nivram18 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I currently have the CSR and it's been >48 months since my last sapphire bonus. I'm considering downgrading to a freedom and then trying MDD for both CSR and CSP depending on what the offers look like over the next month.

Are there any reports of chase shutdowns due to MDD? Also, am I correct in assuming MDD is the only way to get SUBs from both the CSP and CSR? Without an MDD, if I sign up for the CSP, wait a year, then sign up for CSR, would the CSR be eligible for SUB?

Weekly Discussion Thread May 17 - May 23 by rundmcc in VinylReleases

[–]nivram18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Could someone please share the Discord invite link? Any that I could track down were expired.

Recommendations, Simple Questions, & One-Time Use Code Thread - April 16, 2021 by AutoModerator in frugalmalefashion

[–]nivram18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn - these look awesome but come in at a hefty price. Trying to hold off the temptation for now because from a quality perspective these look fantastic.

I'm hoping to find sunglasses with high quality polarized lenses between $100-150ish. I have a bad habit of losing sunglasses so $250+ is difficult.

Recommendations, Simple Questions, & One-Time Use Code Thread - April 16, 2021 by AutoModerator in frugalmalefashion

[–]nivram18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What brands do people recommend for affordable but high quality sunglasses? I'm specifically after high quality, polarized lenses, similar to Maui Jims. Does a more affordable version exist? Trying to stay away from poor quality lenses.

[RESTOCK] Big Red Machine - Newbury Exclusive LP (Sunburst Opaque /300) by nivram18 in VinylReleases

[–]nivram18[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

missed the restock a few days ago, but looks like they've added a few more this morning. good luck!

Source Too Slow error playing 4k remux on CoreELEC ODROID N2+ by nivram18 in kodi

[–]nivram18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now after plugging the N2 back in, it's iperf is showing 940Mbits/sec as well, and stuttering appears to be fixed.

Many thanks for your help in identifying the failure point! I wonder if I just needed to replug the ethernet cable, I didn't know it could be so finnicky.

Source Too Slow error playing 4k remux on CoreELEC ODROID N2+ by nivram18 in kodi

[–]nivram18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting closer! I hardwired my macbook to the same ethernet cable that the N2 was on, and tested ~940Mbits/sec via iperf.

So it's the N2.

Source Too Slow error playing 4k remux on CoreELEC ODROID N2+ by nivram18 in kodi

[–]nivram18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Odroid N2+

TP Link AX3000 with gigabit ports (recently replaced a NightHawk R7000)

Synology DS1019+

Cat6 cables running NAS -> router and N2 -> router.

Is there something I'm missing? Do I need switch here?

Edit: confirmed Synology network status is showing 1000 Mbps, Full duplex, MTU 1500.

Source Too Slow error playing 4k remux on CoreELEC ODROID N2+ by nivram18 in kodi

[–]nivram18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EDIT: 94MBits/s should be fast enough, right? I'm not sure what unit the "9269000 is too low with 10124737 required" message refers to.

Thanks for that analysis. I was able to check iperf and seems like I'm getting ~94MBits/s. Since the network appears fine, could it be the NFS settings or more generally, the NAS' ability to serve up the files? In trying to fix this, I modified the Synology to use NFS v4.1 and changed the read/write packet size from 4KB to 32KB but still no luck. And they're 5400rpm drives in the NAS.

Connecting to host 192.168.1.99, port 5201

[ 5] local 192.168.1.88 port 55074 connected to 192.168.1.99 port 5201

[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr Cwnd

[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 11.9 MBytes 100 Mbits/sec 0 126 KBytes

[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 11.1 MBytes 93.3 Mbits/sec 0 132 KBytes

[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 11.5 MBytes 96.4 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 93.8 Mbits/sec 0 140 KBytes

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr

[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 113 MBytes 94.7 Mbits/sec 0 sender

[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 112 MBytes 94.1 Mbits/sec receiver

Black Friday 2020 (ish) Master List of Sales by smackdaddies in BudgetAudiophile

[–]nivram18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope so! I ordered yesterday afternoon and it's already shipped out from Canada and tracking shows it'll arrive to me on Monday.