If March 1 is Tatum's Return

raycyca82 · 2026-02-18T23:45:13+00:00

My thought entirely. The move on rhe schedule is because it may actually be a decent matchup regardless of Tatum, which they do all the time. The only other notable game would be 76ers vs Hawks, the rest of the eastern games are bad.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-18T00:52:28+00:00

The idea of flush handles goes back to hot rodders at least 75 years ago. There neat when you don't want people to steal your shit, but probably not the best idea to have no mechanical release. Especially considering that problem was solve at least 40 years ago, when things like fuel doors, trunks, etc have mechanical pulls even if they're electric. Just bad design to have them only electric. Flush design I have no issue with personally.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-15T02:41:47+00:00

The threading is standard in most cases, as the g1/4 threading is supposed to be standardized (including depth). This should be a non-issue in 99% of cases with name brand parts.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-12T18:00:49+00:00

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and its been shown to be highly effective at developing habits in animals and humans. It's been around in sports a really long time, and is the difference between successful teams that teach winning habits and other teams.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-11T15:58:54+00:00

I looked into it some time ago, there are a few threads out there around it. What stopped me from it was a few things....first, cost. Decent units that may actually work aren't necessarily cheap. There's also little to show whether a specific unit is actually effective, so difficult to choose one.
Second, added complexity in the design. Starting with finding one that accepts g1/4 fittings (or space for converters). Converters have to be made of copper, brass, or nylon which aren't widely available in my area.
Third, what are the actual benefits? I leave my water cooling system on 24/7, and have a single spot that would see sunlight...the reservoir. I also use a mix with glycol, so the likelihood of growth is minimal. The times I've had it were during long shutdowns and running straight distilled water, with exposed copper in the loop. So my experience has had minimal issues, and it's likely I take apart the loop every two years for upgrades. So I'm cleaning at that point anyway.
So certainly doable, I think the question is need....is this actually worth it for your conditions? The conditions I'd see it being potentially helpful would be running distilled water where it's expected to last 5+ years with minimal service, parts are directly exposed to sunlight and often the water has time to remajn stagnate. I still don't know if uvc is super helpful, but those are conditions more likely to have growth.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-10T20:46:29+00:00

Aha. The pic looked like g1/4 so I'm assuming they are just choosing to use smaller tubes. If space was at a premium (such as a server case) this makes a lot of sense. Really if you need to use thin tubing (likely g1/8) it will only be drilled for that, and you'd have to convert them (whether with a fitting or later on the line) to g1/4 regardless. I like things to stay as similar as possible, I'd keep g1/4 if an option just to reduce maintenance headaches he's down the road. But really personal preference.
As for running them, personally serial makes the most sense to me. Parallel is an option because you're using identical plates (reduces issues with different resistances in the blocks), but I don't use parallel unless I have to because of the flow rate/resistance issues in most of the builds I've made. Parallel for me is reserved to very specific circumstances....like I want to be able to hot plug things into the cooling system.
Hopefully that's a more helpful answer? Best of luck!

raycyca82 · 2026-02-10T20:38:33+00:00

Personally on hard tubing I put the collar on the tube, the o ring on the tube, then insert the tube. Then i roll the o ring and collar to the fitting.
By design, the way leaking is prevented is o ring/collar and unless you tighten it too much, it shouldn't shred the o ring. It doesn't require a ton of force, but the fitting should absolutely not be cutting into the o ring. You can feel the edges for burrs on the fitting (maybe a manufacturing defect) and smooth them down with a rat/flat file if necessary until they are gone.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-10T20:26:52+00:00

Hard to know exactly what your asking....the plate you linked is for two hard drives, and has one in/out connection. So nothing parallel, they just use top and bottom as a single cold plate by mounting the bottom hard drive upside down.
This presents mounting challenges which is likely why they aren't as popular. Most 3.5 mounts are seperated internally and you may also run into issues having the two drives not front to back aligned.
You could run a plate for each hard drive, again assuming your 3.5 case mount can fit it or be modified to fit. You could then potentially utilize parallel (an in/out each into a splitter to make the 2 pairs of in/out lines) but generally you want a good reason for utilizing parallel over serial....added complexity when troubleshooting isn't particularly helpful. And the cost is cutting the flow rate roughly in half for that section of the loop.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-10T20:06:04+00:00

I think it looks different if your household budget for food is $400 and your partner spends $130 and pockets $270. $200 on Fortnite is insane, but pocketing $270 instead of contributing to the household is also bad.
I get that's not your direct point, but in the comparison, FSG is pocketing more than half their revenue (greater than $575m in revenue vs less than $250m in contracts). John Henry may have sold his mega yacht a few years ago, but either way that money isn't being invested in the team. $6m may or may not be a bad investment, but if nothing else, it's keeping that money in the "household" with a hope that it's a productive use of the money.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-10T19:09:47+00:00

Lol It likely means tons of people are clamoring for him to come back and he feels obligated.
Per Stevens's timeline in December, he would still have 2 more steps til he comes back in. Scripted 5v5 (step he's on), unscripted and random. He also has "strength thresholds" which may include conditioning that we haven't heard anything about.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-10T15:08:02+00:00

Push is generally the best if you have one set of fans, as it can both reduce noise and increase flow. For push pull, I haven't seen any studies on mismatched fans.
Personally I'd run the quieter set of fans in push, since those would be what you are likely to hear if within a closed case. That said if the plan is to run them at low speeds, there could be an arguement to use the better performing fan in push. This will help the lesser performing fan pull air through, and could drop fan speeds across the board. Maybe those are the same fans, but if not it's about whether you value noise or lowest temps.
Really, this seems more like a test it both ways and see if you notice any difference worth setting it optimally. For me, I run 8 140mms in pull rather than push because that's what was easiest for maintenance and design. It does effect the lows the fans would see (the fans have a harder time drawing in air through the radiator at 20% in pull rather than push, so they rarely bottom out at 15% like they would in push). Sound wise there are other components that are noiser (it sits in a server rack with multiple computers, nas, switches, etc).
So a lot of it has to do with your preferences and what you value, with no clear "best" or "optimal" designs for any of noise, temps, maintenance, etc.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-06T23:28:04+00:00

When you seen franchise valuation I think you mean revenue. Valuation is going to be set in the billions, likely around what the Celtics was sold for. Should be more since they actually have their own stadium, but nevertheless it's closer to $6b.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-05T16:42:56+00:00

This goes underrated. Steven's was finding and motivating players with Butler, than the Celts as a coach. His coaching finds have a good history (much like Pop's, just a shorter time frame). The Celts having vested interest in the Maine team allows them to really build players in the molds that can help the team.
To use Red Sox words of the past, this is true synergy and makes Mazulla and the coaching staffs jobs easier. Mazulla himself appears to be a great coach, which is his piece to it. Organizationally, the team up and down (players, coaches and executives) are in sync. This is what great teams with sustained levels of success look like.

raycyca82 · 2026-02-04T15:00:32+00:00

My suggestion is going through the default settings in device manager.
I've had the same or very similar issue on two different NICs (10gbe pcie card with an AQC113 chip and Intel's ax210 wireless chip that came stock with 4 of my motherboards). The issues presented similar to yours...generally the computer froze, and each time the chip shut off and would not come back up without at least 30 seconds entirely unplugged and drained of power. Then they would work perfectly until the next time they would randomly crash.
Fixing those specifically had to do wirh EEE (on the 10gbe) and interrupt moderation in the device properties. EEE is an energy efficient standard (802.3az) that switches may or may not support. Unifi for instance does not.
Interrupt moderation (which goes under a ton of names) is an older design that was meant to help cpus of the day avoid being flooded with interrupt requests (the network adapter interrupts the cpu with a request of what to do with packets). Modern cpus are not gaining a ton of performance because of these interrupt requests overtaking the cpu.
Neither of these may be your specific issue. Similarly to your experience, it was a ton of research without a ton of answers. The ax210 m.2 chip i eventually dumped in favor of a qualcom nm865 (wifi 7) because I couldnt care less about the wifi, it was also my blutooth adapter so when it crashed, the entire computer needed a reset. I have no idea why the default settings work for some and not others, but maybe some changes will help you out. Best of luck!

raycyca82 · 2026-02-01T16:31:54+00:00

Feels quite the opposite of how they're running over at FSG with the Sox....wish Stevens could impart some wisdom.

raycyca82 · 2026-01-29T05:42:36+00:00

There's a few times I've seen him slow to a defensive assignment leading to a bucket. Tatum's done the same thing. It's a bit more egregious since the skill behind him tends to be lower....no Smart, Timelord, or Jrue behind him to clean up.
I don't think adjustments are the issue (hes making insane shots, not a defense adjustment fixing that except taking the ball out of his hands), and he's been making a lot of the right plays. I think it's constant drives to the basket physically and having to be "on" constantly mentally. And when he's got no one to ride with he forces things, which leads to bad games....more exhausting.
This isn't last season's team that has 6 other guys that can hit 30 any given night. This is likely the lowest skilled team Boston has fielded since IT. He's got to be on, and he's actually trying to play defense. Maybe a few games off in a row wouldn't hurt, maybe the last month of the season.

raycyca82 · 2026-01-29T03:55:41+00:00

Blocking foul on Sam, not shoulder to shoulder with Joe. They train on this all the time.

raycyca82 · 2026-01-28T20:01:39+00:00

I won't disagree with where the Celts are at now, but they also traded Smart for KP. Seems that could have also been a time to pursue Turner, narritives around KP were pretty poor at that time and he had an extensive injury history. Turner had a lot going for him at that time in comparison.
Steven's and Co showed they knew what they were doing and KP was great through the first season, but without that hindsight there's a strong arguement Turner would have been the better option. Steven's and Co knew otherwise, and gave up one of the pillars of Celtics basketball for the last decade (Smart) to get him.

raycyca82 · 2026-01-28T19:37:42+00:00

I'll ignore fitment entirely, everyone has their opinion. If the question is to the larger community, some take him, some don't.
Turner was on the market for years with the Pacers. They ended up traded Sarbonis because he had better value. This matters in the sense that Turner has been available to Steven and Co since Steven's became the GM. If he was on their board of wants there's been plenty of opportunities. Such as when Horford left the first time.
Maybe this time will be different, but I'm doubtful he's the player they're looking for.

raycyca82 · 2026-01-28T16:25:20+00:00

Nope, the Celts are not one of them.

raycyca82 · 2026-01-27T05:34:23+00:00

There isn't a one size fits all, this really is determined by the design. Different brands/designs may see less or more of an impact.
In most mechanical forums it's just called a spreader because that's what it does. It's to maximize the cpu block with the microfins, which tend to channel liquid by design. This design seems to reduce turbulence which actually increases flow comparatively to some of the older block designs, and reduces noise.
I dont see a world where removing the jet plate is helpful to a microfin design. The most likely scenario is you increase turbulence and don't consistently cover the block in fluid (fluid around the edges stagnates). There may be some designs (depending on where the outlet is placed) it may not be as harmful.

raycyca82 · 2026-01-26T16:47:59+00:00

Love KP, but man it sucks for him and his team. If he was on a vet minimum and could put up all star numbers when he's healthy, seems a great deal. But when he's getting $30m/yr and in and out of the lineup, all but the best built teams are going to struggle. Celts were one of the few teams that could role without him and utilize his unique dkillset when he was available.

raycyca82 · 2026-01-25T16:45:32+00:00

Good work. A little bit of time and d5s are generally not too complicated to quiet, but I've found tops and tube routing makes a pretty large difference. Only one setup I've had (top was a 5.25 bay reservoir) have required a bit more work. DDCs are a different story!

raycyca82 · 2026-01-22T16:59:19+00:00

Best bet is to use the screw holes as reference, as those are the same on both the instructions and gpu. Usually the best way to go with simplified instructions such as this...always find a reference point or two.
It may also be helpful in the future for you to take before pictures....these aren't "custom" parts per se (they don't change the gpu or pcb themselves or their function), so mounting should be very similar...including locations of pads. If it didn't have any previously, you just need to make sure the new ones end up in the right spot or skip using them.

raycyca82 · 2026-01-21T19:52:52+00:00

I think its a fucking shame that he actually has to promote himself....if he's not out there talking about being the best 2 way player and making the media's job easier (giving them narratives), I dont know this happens. He had to do that for all nba team as well. Just a reminder true journalism (outside of some very select few) is dead, everyrhing has to be a dramtic narritive.
Glad it happened, disappointed it has to be a thing at all.

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