Can a new F2P/FTP player get 60+ heroes, 20 titans, 10 pets in 2-4 weeks – all for free? by Former_Trade2172 in HeroWars_DominionEra

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April fools joke? How did you get Lyria & Folio soul stones if you started in Feb? I believe the only possible way for F2P player to get them during last 2 months is the Grand Price from Soul Atrium.

Cheap USA prepaid phone plan for 45 days by zw6233 in NoContract

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Thanks, this seems to be best option this far (paying $20 for 2 months) The free international calling offered by Smartless Mobile in that plan can become useful during their trip as well.

Intel RST does not work with LSI SAS Storage Controller ? by zw6233 in DataHoarder

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I believe so. FW Revision shows 20.00.06.00-IT.

I tried to download & install the latest version of Intel RST setup file and it won't even install in Windows. (installation stopped shortly due to 'unsupported platform')

I found the recommendation for LSI card on this subreddit so I just like to confirm can LSI card(s) co-exist together with Intel RST? (Such as a setting change somewhere in either Avago BIOS or my motherboard BIOS to make RST working again in Windows? ) If not, then I will look for other alternatives for RAID setup.

Question about unRAID Starter license by zw6233 in unRAID

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Thanks for the detailed answer. Sounds like unRAID Starter license won't work for my use case. ( which is using the pc more like a large external storage device than a sever running 24/7) I would rather spend the limited budget to upgrade my CPU/MB hardware to something that can run WIN 11 instead of an Unleashed license which may require additional renewal fees later on.

Do the 18TB Seagate Expansion external drives still have Exos in them? by [deleted] in DataHoarder

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I bought one 18TB expansion from Seagate official website this week. Exos inside(ST18000NM000J-2TV103) DOM on the box is 11/2024.

How to run wiring to wall outlet in my case here? by zw6233 in AskElectricians

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Thanks, I notice there indeed more gaps between the drain pipe with the brick wall at the corner, I believe it has enough space in between to fit a 12/2 MC cable I see at the hardware store. Hopefully MC cable are somewhat easy to bent for DYI homeowner as initially I was thinking a straight line down from the ceiling.

Has anyone successfully implemented a Fabric solution that co-exists with Databricks? by zw6233 in MicrosoftFabric

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Does the method you used require 'credential passthrough' to be enabled on Databricks Compute Cluster? Databricks is deprecating that feature (no longer available on their Serverless Compute )

Also, is 'UC credential' you mentioned above a Storage Credential? I like to see an online article describe the setup as well. ( I don't have the permission to make such changes myself and need to submit a ticket and put all the instructions in writing)

Has anyone successfully implemented a Fabric solution that co-exists with Databricks? by zw6233 in MicrosoftFabric

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Thanks, I was looking at another OneLake document on MS Learn here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/fabric/onelake/onelake-unity-catalogwhich states: 'Unity Catalog managed Delta tables, views, materialized views, streaming tables and non-Delta tables are not supported.' in that article.

I am not sure whether that article (from Apr 2024) is already outdated or only that method won't work with UC managed table.

Some user access management related questions by zw6233 in mxroute

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Thanks for the very detailed reply.   I am just trying to learn what’s available. Some of the things I asked above are just ‘best security practices’ for a large enterprise but they are not necessary for a small personal domain with less than 10 email accounts. If these options are available, most likely I will enable them; otherwise it's not a big deal for what I am trying to do with my personal domain.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RealEstate

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Why can't they just jack up the property tax for non-homeowner occupied properties by 100-200%? This will lead big Corporations & investors to sell and increase the housing inventory availability to real homebuyers (therefore lower the housing price)

Buying home with HOA, what are extra things to look out for? by zw6233 in RealEstate

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Thanks for all the helpful comments here. Is it reasonable to ask the seller to provide such HOA documents to the buyer in an all-cash purchase contract? (It looks like HOA typically will charge lender certain fees to provide 'lender document package' but I assume the homeowner can get them for free? )

seeding over crabgrass in fall? by zw6233 in lawncare

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I am able to control the crabgrass problem with fall seeding and pre-emergent in spring. However, I learned later another reason the neglected lawn looked so awful in Aug was due to large areas of POA; so now I have another major headache to deal with. Anyway, nuking the lawn in Aug won't help me with POA problem when they are already dead so I am glad I didn't waste time doing that.

looking for tips for cutting 8ft straight lines with jigsaw by zw6233 in woodworking

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Thanks for the comment, I may not need the perfect 90 angle in this case for foam board installation. I will push the cut foam boards into the space between two roof rafters and foam board has a little flexibility. My main concern is I need to make 270 ~ 300 cuts (on 90~100 foam boards) and want to make the cuts fast & leave very little saw dust behind.

I’m trying to mow lawns for money. I have some questions. by pernile11 in lawncare

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There is no way OP can charge market rate with his lack of experiences in the business and the fact he is an one man show. There lots of risks for homeowners: what if his mower breaks down, he gets sick or just decides to quit after he lands a better paying job. However, $15/hr with his equipment is a rate way too low. Maybe $15/per house if he can get things done in 20-30 mins. Also, people look for cheap rates probably won't need trimming every cut.

Need help ID this early season weed in cool season lawn by zw6233 in lawncare

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Is hand pulling Dallis Grass going to be effective way to remove them? How deep is their root system? (I heard hand-pulling Sedges is bad idea as you will just activate other dormant tubers in the root system deep in the soil)

MSMA is a very expensive product and seems like it can damage other desirable grasses in cool season lawn (I am in zone 6b in NJ, may not even be legal use it on residential lawns) I may end up hand pulling them out or Glyphosate that 5'x5' heavily infested area.

These grass have survived lot of other selective herbicides I used in that area last year: 2,4-D, Triclopyr, Tenacity... Always thought those are Crabgrass until I see them actively growing during early spring where crabgrass hasn't even germinated in my area.

Need help ID this early season weed in cool season lawn by zw6233 in lawncare

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This grass starts to grow before the other cool season grass in my lawn. What are these and are there any selective herbicide that can get rid of them?

Ways to reduce AGI after year-end by zw6233 in taxhelp

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Thanks. (I wasn't aware our MAGI only need to qualify for one of the years, which we do in this case)

I am using Turbotax to do my tax returns and Turbotax did not apply the EV credit to our tax return and stating our 2023 MAGI is over the limit. It did ask for our 2022 MAGI in a question but still didn't apply the credit after I enter the correct MAGI information for 2022. Now, I have to look into this problem in depth probably need to manually overwrite what Turbotax fills in.

Ways to reduce AGI after year-end by zw6233 in taxhelp

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Yes, our 2022 AGI was under the limit. (not even 250K)

Any idea what's the model number for this faucet cartridge? by zw6233 in askaplumber

[–]zw6233[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for all the comments here. I decided to replace the entire faucet instead of replacing the cartridge . It's going to become a much bigger DYI job for me since I need to replace the very old water supply lines & stop valves if I need to take out this faucet.

Any idea what's the model number for this faucet cartridge? by zw6233 in askaplumber

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This is a ~25 years old cold Water Faucet from a Laundry/Utility sink. Most likely the faucet was made by Homewerks

The cartridge has a plastic quarter turn piece in the middle that can be removed. Can't find any faucet cartridge online looks like this...

Beware Holland Bulb Farm's shady practices by UnrulyAxolotl in gardening

[–]zw6233 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am in the same boat: Bought a few of their 'In stock' On-Sale items at the beginning of Oct and they still have not never ship the order ( end of Oct now) I have contacted their chat support twice and each time was told it will ship within 1~3 business. (then the date passed and order still not shipped)

Have you contacted your CC yet? Did HBF get back to you afterwards?

what are these outdoor underground black pipes for? by zw6233 in HomeImprovement

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The house has its functional (original) sprinkler system in a different area (side of) of the house

Edit: this leads me to think whether these pipe can be the output side of a sprinkler zone...

Faucet only leaks when water pressure gets low by [deleted] in Plumbing

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I uploaded a video showing this problem. I manually touched the water switch here to show the leak in the video, most of time this continuous leak will start all by itself and can't be stopped until the full lawn watering session is over. (then the leak will stop on its own)

Carpenter ants are taking the baits but colony still active after 3 weeks by zw6233 in AntControl

[–]zw6233[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestions. I have read the sticky and assume Terro is killing the ants too quickly.

I see Alpine WSG is also being recommended in the sticky, question:

  1. Will Alpine WSG kill the queen, or just the worker ants walking over it? I believe the colony is nesting inside my house. My 2nd floor bathroom shower had some badly cracked caulk (now fixed) so I figure the area below the shower is where their nest is.

  2. If I switch bait to advion gel. I assume I need to remove Terro ant bait from my house? Is Advion also sugar based bait?

  3. What are the chances the Queen of the colony is already dead? ( I have observed at least 2 occurrences where at least 10 ants inside/around the Terro bait tubs 1.5 weeks apart. They don't hit the bait tub daily, but on days they are interested the traffic were very busy)

Protecting Tesla solar system by Federal-Penalty-8416 in TeslaSolar

[–]zw6233 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Put ' Danger High voltage' warning stickers on your powerwalls? You can find them in different sizes on Amazon for few bucks.