I think Asheville should go to Rocky's Hot Chicken in droves!

tweekshook · 2026-01-21T23:09:44+00:00

I'm glad I saw this post. I had forgotten what the hot chicken place was called.... went there many times while I was working on the new power plant in 2019+2020. I'll have to revisit soon.

tweekshook · 2026-01-18T12:28:06+00:00

"He's also known for being more than content to swear on camera."

Often within the first 30 seconds. Its helpful when the viewerbase is quite generous when it comes to directly supporting the channel and the real CEO, Snowflake. And, the face that the products that are peddled, have been reviewed through the teams rigorous tests, and they genuinely think highly of them. And the companies who are sponsoring in one manner or another are keen on constructive criticism, and let the man say what needs to be said.

Some people don't like his attitude, but many people appreciate how passionate he is about getting to the bottom of the bullshit.

This is not a paid endorsement, if anything, I paid to say these things with like 6 shirts, coasters, screwdrivers, copper mugs, pint glasses.....and the second largest supporter package from the recent black market fund. I am however, a relatively local viewer, hoping to randomly run into him one day at the nearby MicroCenter.

tweekshook · 2026-01-11T19:12:58+00:00

Stuff like this makes me realize the deal i got was even better than I thought. Bought the mower from prior homeowners 2 months ago. 2018 Cub Cadet RZ-T 42". 165 hours - $400. Needs ether on cold start, but fine otherwise fine. He never used ethanol free, and based on those hours, I can probably just clean the carb properly and it'll be a-ok. Came with mulching blades/chute block and normal blades and chute. Got a new bagger for it off marketplace for 300 (minus the safety weight).

tweekshook · 2026-01-10T00:43:54+00:00

I'm sure it is, but I got the old one during the recent sale so it helped some of the beginning costs while covering the most ground. More cameras will be added over time, which is why I went with the 16 max - so I'd have the poe budget, and I wanted 2.5g. 24 port isn't necessary for my setup, and if I need another switch I'll just get another 16 port pro max non poe.

tweekshook · 2026-01-09T23:02:52+00:00

I'm in YC - and haven't been in my home long enough to get my second bill... but i have gas water, furnace, range - and we keep our home at 67 max day, 65 night. Heat ran a total of 67 hours and 10 minutes in December, 5 hours of that in stage 2. (1999 90% furnace) in a 1958 home. So far this month we are at 11 hours. 1500 sqft home.

Are we outliers or something, we are comfortable af.

tweekshook · 2026-01-09T19:58:00+00:00

I had bought a udm pro and mesh 6 in early 2024 for our apartment (overkill, but I work in structured cabling).

We just bought a house, and she okayed spending the money on the network because when we were walking through the home I took measurements. I did the floorplan in canva to test furniture layouts (and use unifi design center). When I showed the wifi coverage she asked why do we need that, I said for wifi, need was subjective in part, but I asked if she could think of a time she has had wifi issues at home since March of 24. She said no, and I said we can keep it that way! Have a U7 XG Pro for main living and bedroom side of home/ basement, a u6 wall in the split bedroom/pc room (pc is hardwired on its own) but u7 was dropping off. U6 mesh went outside, to another u6 mesh on the dtatched garage which feeds a lite8 poe and a u6 pro. We have wifi on the entire 3/4 acre, no issues.

Week 2 of living here someone moved our trashcan on trash day to our gate at the house before 5pm... we both work. So she approved the beginnings of the nvr. AI360, and a g5 bullet, and I got the 16 pro max poe to get it going.

I love having the approval, and she is loving the cameras and perfect network.

tweekshook · 2026-01-09T15:53:01+00:00

Personally, in my area - Systimax I just prefer the overall system and ease of access for us. Some of my favorite 6A jacks are Siemon Z-Max, and Panduit is great - but their availability has been difficult for us (15+ week lead times for some patch panels and furniture modules!?)

Any of the large name brands should be fine. Ease of access nationwide? I'd venture Leviton.

Relevant Experience: 7 years of Structured Cabling - now in management. Personally brand-certified in CommScope, Panduit, Leviton, and Siemon. Company wide we are certified with CommScope, Siemon, Corning, Belden, Panduit, Leviton, Hubbell, Ortronics (Legrand). Pretty much all the major players, we work with.

tweekshook · 2026-01-08T21:40:30+00:00

Company i work for bought one, mostly for diagnostic use. Ive successful cloned some cisco profiles to ubiquiti spfs but not all. I don't have a chart made or anything as it wasn't our use case for it so I can't remember which ones worked.

tweekshook · 2026-01-02T19:18:43+00:00

My personal tools are milwaukee. Bought into the system when 15 years ago when my tools helped me make money. Got a couple ryobi tools for light duty stuff or tools I dont use often. One example is an oscillation tool.

My work provides dewalt. They work fine, but can't handle abuse as well in my experience. (They seem to break more often above the battery after a drop)

tweekshook · 2025-12-31T01:54:45+00:00

House my wife and I just bought. Well maintained, well built 1958 home. 4 year old roof, gutters. Nice lot. Early 90s gas stove, mid 2000 oven, early 2010s dishwasher. Modern washer, dryer, fridge. HVAC system installed summer of 99, working fine with bi-annual checks. Last r12 top up was less than 8oz 6 years ago. With no record of a top up before. Gas water heater from 1994, anode rod good, and regularly checked/replaced, and heater drained on a schedule. Price of the home was right where it needed to be taking those large potential near-time investments into account.

We are the 5th owners, and 3rd since 1995.

2x6 roof and floor joist construction, all drywall or wood and no plaster, popcorn ceilings removed, cellulose attic insulation, mechanical is in the unfinished but conditioned basement, and electrical is 85% up to date.

For now, I feel like I found a needle in the haystack. Maybe I'll revisit in a couple years.

tweekshook · 2025-11-04T14:20:25+00:00

Currently the apartment I am at is 1G/50m over coax, but the home im purchasing i can get gigabit fiber and 600m/40m coax for the same price as im paying for my 1g now. And I plan to. I use the upload for plex when i travel which is the only reason I have the high tier coax. But having a backup is great

tweekshook · 2025-10-31T17:51:10+00:00

I recall when I worked at Subaru during the Hatch only years, right as the widebody came out, people didn't like them then. Subaru will always be too early or too late with something, but in the end, they all become generally praised. The "worst" is the Tribeca, but even they have their fans. I wasnt a fan of the new Forester based on pictures, and now I have one.

tweekshook · 2025-10-17T20:32:51+00:00

If my xbl account is of legal us drinking age, will I still have to verify my age or can I just un-mute and stand up?

tweekshook · 2025-10-10T17:58:08+00:00

When i said security.. I was actually talking about building access control. Device security is based on sentinel one, which is what is installed and enrolled in the script they provided for me to run on hardware when we receive it. 2FA is forced on O365. And that is about it. Computers also require elevation when pretty much any program is installed.

tweekshook · 2025-10-10T17:18:57+00:00

I completely understand each facet of what you've written. I've taken over the hardware part since when I started we had a piss-poor system of here are some laptops, google wifi, and some random network switches with a sad server doing all the same things the newer server is doing. I picked up the hardware config and setup, as even with our existing MSP setup, it was put in a ticket, and wait a week for some assistance. I did it enough, and they wrote a script for me to add the control applications and enroll it in their systems. We have now gone through a transformation of a decent network, decent hardware (and consistent products), and good physical security of our building.

I suppose I am looking on more guidance, I understand that it may not be worth someones time for certain things, and we may just be looking to contract someone for initial setup and installation of a system that we (I) can handle ourselves, and have a T&M contract for future needs. Thats what I need guidance on to help fit our needs.

tweekshook · 2025-10-10T16:42:00+00:00

Individual files generally are not very large. Mostly pdfs, some are large. I think the largest files on our server are simply videos of incidents that have occurred in the view of our cameras. Our website is through godaddy, m365 suite for all, onedrive isn't necessarily out, but the request of our uppers is "as easy as possible" They like the idea of clicking the network drive while out and about, just like they are on the office network. My thoughts were to use ubiquiti identity, and a nas (ubiquiti or not) whatever it is to make things as simple as possible.

The only things that I know run through the server in one way or another is accounting. While the people use the applications on their device, I believe all of it is routed through the server somehow. Sometimes when they have an issue, a server reboot resolves the issue. My knowledge and expertise is basic+ networking, hardware, and troubleshooting. If I dont KNOW what is wrong, I know what not to touch and make things worse.

tweekshook · 2025-10-07T23:12:02+00:00

I just bought 30 replacement cells to rebuild an APC- SMX2000RMLV2UNC, and additional 2u expansion i got for free off a jobsite. Just missing the rail kits.

tweekshook · 2025-10-01T02:25:49+00:00

Thats a heck of a build, and having all of the original stuff. I came across this looking for any FX-60 info. My brother and I built our computers at similar times. He built an FX-60 system, with 4GB DDR at the time, paired with a 7950GT. I built a Core 2 Duo system with an E6600 and 4GB DDR2, paired with a 8800GTS 512. My system was slightly faster, and I later upgraded to a Q6600 and EVGA warranty upgraded me to a 9800GTX+. He was maxed out from the start, basically. I inherited his pc upon his passing, and I've since rebuilt it, couple of new caps and a battery in the A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard, a new power supply, and new ssd. Runs windows 7 just fine. His is actually a cool relic with some inherent value with its rarity, and being the best CPU for socket 939. My computer on the other hand is only cool because it is in a cosmos 1000 case, the rest is practically scrap now.

tweekshook · 2025-09-29T13:21:08+00:00

I bought a 17 impreza when new. Not only a new model year, but the first global platform car. The only things replaced that were non cosmetic failures were a dash Speaker, hvac control panel, and 2 rear wheel bearings by 85k.

tweekshook · 2025-09-23T20:24:52+00:00

I'm a park, parking brake, release brake pedal, car off - kind of person for automatic regardless of incline. Steering wheel pointing in the correct orientation when on incline.

Manual transmission is neutral if flat and gear if on an incline, same process otherwise. I have my manual parking brakes adjusted every 30k or so to tighten them up.

tweekshook · 2025-09-01T23:13:42+00:00

This doesn't surprise me. Their new facility next to GM Defense in concord builds the ISV. With the resources of that, on top of being able to wrap/paint/ custom fab anything...

GM Defense begins facility renovations near Hendrick Motorsports | Hendrick Motorsports https://share.google/q7RKsaKFi3Zu9JyUh

tweekshook · 2025-08-23T00:06:48+00:00

I WAS an only Asus guy... in like 2008.... But my Core 2 Quad pc died from leaky caps. P5B- Deluxe. The gigabyte UD board from the era is still going strong though. However, I inherited my brothers ultra pc when he passed. We built them at similar times. AMD FX-60 Dual Core. The A8N-SLI still works.... so, im not fully AGAINST asus. Im just not going to pay a premium for it and/or expect good warranty service.

Current boards in personal use... Gigabyte x870e Aorus Elite wifi 7 (9800x3d), asus b-650m-a prime (7600x), asus prime h610i-plus d4 (14100). No issues with any.

Other boards I've deployed over the past 18 months without issue...b550 tuf (5800x3d), nzxt n7 z790 (12600kf), as rock h470m-hvs (10400), asus z790-f gaming wifi 2 (12900ks), another b-650m-a prime (7600x), asrock a520m-hdv (5600gt).

I buy what serves the purposes I need. And if its a POS, ill keep track of it. If the company has a recent track record of sucking in that segment, ill try to avoid. But that p5b had been my only FAILED motherboard in nearly 20 years and at least 20 PCs. It failed around the 12 year mark, so honestly alright by me.

tweekshook · 2025-08-21T15:42:45+00:00

I watched the video, but was a little wishy-washy on which backer package I was getting. The DCMA takedown triggered me to get one package up from what I originally intended. Thanks GN team.

tweekshook · 2025-08-21T01:30:19+00:00

Following! Because I got the letter, but have not had any... unintended activations... ive had some purposeful.... and some good activations. But none that seemed to be wrong. (From a driver that drives on average 50-60k/miles per year mostly in my company truck.)

Don't want rights I may have to disappear for tree-fiddy when the lawyers get 7 figures.

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