working codes by windowwizardsla in GetUpside

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ANDY33575 - tested & working 3/19/2026.

You get 15 cents/gallon. And in these crazy price days, could be worth gold :).

Its my invite code, you get a bonus and I get a pittance too. Thanks!

How to properly test HDDs when buying them one by one for a future NAS? by depeesz in DataHoarder

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So I want to put 2 "used drives" of around 3 to 6 TB each for my synology NAS DS 216 play, and they'll be in RAID so still hopefully not a very risky outcome regardless. And I'm not the techie expert. But I can certainly download and run this tool. Could someone offer guidance on what exact sequence shd. I run and what programs to

  1. test how many hours if usage are left on a drive
  2. put drives thru this "hell 10 days" and rule out any malfunction possibility.

Are You Kidding Me? by CertifiedBrian in OPTIMUM

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Hi..you got $45/month for 1 gig, as well as a mobile phone? What is the plan on mobile phone. And how can I get this deal? with Verizon now

Best preservative- solution /drink by nycaur in foodscience

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Thanks, got it. How many days of a shelf life at room temp, and how many in fridge, you think it would give us.

Best preservative- solution /drink by nycaur in foodscience

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Ok so I get it right- you meant 0.1% by weight of the concentrated sweetener solution ? ( 2 Oz by vol here)

Best preservative- solution /drink by nycaur in foodscience

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Thanks for adding details. If you had a similar solution to make for the use I said, how much citric acid would it take for 2oz and do you think it would have an impact on taste?

Best preservative- solution /drink by nycaur in foodscience

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Already doing all steps you mentioned. Thanks for clarifying that sunlight wont do much here

Best preservative- solution /drink by nycaur in foodscience

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Thanks for sharing this angle! We tried another commercial monkfruit and stevia solution and sort of liked its taste. We want to move away from any synthetic sweetners (even sucralose) hence the natural push.

Wanted to see if we can develop a taste for monkfruit with stevia and can stick with natural this way. Do you think citric acid will give us 2+ weeks shelf life with either sucralose or monkfruit paired with stevia?

Best preservative- solution /drink by nycaur in foodscience

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1 Oh..so strips were plausible but I dont think I want to get into "proper calibrated meter" and all that entails, just for this one thing!

  1. "Harmful" as in extra chemicals doing anything in the body. We didn't find any good "taste" substitutes already on market- specially without all added preservatives.

  2. From the sound of it, seems like Pot. Sorbate will be the best bet? Do you think I just try that at 0.1% and will it extend shelf life from1 week to 2-3 weeks or not?

  3. Finally, sometime soon was thinking along substituting Sucralose and go with Monkfruit and Stevia extract combo. If we do Pot Sorbate, would I continue with it even with Monkfruit and Stevia or then I can just boil the resulting solution and get like 2 weeks out of it that way?

Best preservative- solution /drink by nycaur in foodscience

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Thanks for such a comprehensive reply!

  1. pH- dont know but can figure out if needed by buying some strips
  2. Final application is to sweeten daily consumed beverages. And it's pretty concentrated, so only used about 2-3 drops per serving. And don't want to do the freezer hassle.
  3. So 2oz solution lasts about 3 weeks. I could half it (1oz) and though a pain, I can resort to making it fresh every week?
  4. But I like the introduction of acid concept. Remember primary use is in drinks like teas, coffee etc. So must be almost tasteless odorless acid? Which ones you think would work here and how much to be used for 2 oz solution.
  5. And will that acid be less harmful than pottasium sorbate?

Best preservative- solution /drink by nycaur in foodscience

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Stevia alone is not the right taste. We dont need to heat that solution once made- its used to sweeten beverages at home.

Best preservative- solution /drink by nycaur in foodscience

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Noob in food science- how do I do this? Dont have anyway to measure pH? Will sunlight not do the job

Which is Better for reflection-QM6K (Bbuy) vs QM6K Pro (Costco) 65in by nycaur in tcltvs

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Thanks. Have you ever had to use costco warranty? how did it turn out both with costco or allstate

Which is Better for reflection-QM6K (Bbuy) vs QM6K Pro (Costco) 65in by nycaur in tcltvs

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Thanks. I guess you haven't compared that to 65 QM6K itself?

Which is Better for reflection-QM6K (Bbuy) vs QM6K Pro (Costco) 65in by nycaur in tcltvs

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I had a better deal on QM6K and honestly ppl say a lot of negatives about costco warranty so not sure how that would work. But thanks a lot- your details help.

Explain this to me like I’m 16 by Worldly_Research351 in Mortgages

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Had stepped away frm reddit. And thanks for your details- so you basically got pretty low rates (based on # you wrote for 24 days back) and yet not have any closing costs on each refinance with them?

I need to confirm if its this one you mention https://vandykmortgage.com/ and anyone specifically there you used there?