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by bthylafh
Sat Jul 13, 2019 10:27 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 333996

Re: Something's different...

Meadows wrote:
sweatshopking wrote:
Yan wrote:
Are the "traditional" writers now being paid? Or expecting to be paid?

Yes, that's the plan.

You can finally get a second horse for your wife.


What if nobody with a horse wants to swap for his wife?
by bthylafh
Tue Jul 09, 2019 4:05 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 333996

Re: Something's different...

Needs more cowbell.
by bthylafh
Mon Jul 08, 2019 8:20 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 333996

Re: Something's different...

Aether wrote:
I would also like a dark theme option.


Field expedient solution: a browser extension such as Dark Background and Light Text.
by bthylafh
Sun Jul 07, 2019 9:06 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: I got married
Replies: 30
Views: 7042

Re: I got married

Dancing rodents!
by bthylafh
Fri Jul 05, 2019 5:32 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Battletech game coming out
Replies: 178
Views: 41031

Re: Battletech game coming out

Just coming back to re-read y'alls experiences with this game. I am but an egg and can't consistently beat the computer in a skirmish, but I see my tactics need work; for one I don't keep my mechs moving once they're in combat.
by bthylafh
Mon Jul 01, 2019 8:29 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Sony Pictures 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Survey
Replies: 24
Views: 6933

Re: Sony Pictures 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Survey

TV's still a 720p plasma and no plans to replace it in the foreseeable, nor do I have anything else capable of 4K.
by bthylafh
Sun Jun 30, 2019 10:17 am
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Laservision!
Replies: 6
Views: 6117

Re: Laservision!

Now that's a good way to impress Jodie Foster. :P
by bthylafh
Sat Jun 29, 2019 7:29 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Help me understand where my hard drive space has gone...?
Replies: 27
Views: 8899

Re: Help me understand where my hard drive space has gone...?

For file-deleting needs there's also BleachBit. n.b.: it's ported over from Linux and like many such tools, will help you aim at your foot and offer you a drink to steady your nerves.
by bthylafh
Fri Jun 28, 2019 11:21 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: What are you playing right now?
Replies: 965
Views: 213426

Re: What are you playing right now?

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. It was absolutely worth the wait from when I kickstarted this back in 2015. IGA has made an excellent game and gave me those SotN vibes back from when I first played that. Anyone that likes Castlevania or metroidvania games should check it out for sure. Speaking o...
by bthylafh
Fri Jun 28, 2019 7:24 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: What are you playing right now?
Replies: 965
Views: 213426

Re: What are you playing right now?

Jumping back and forth between Axiom Verge and BattleTech. Enjoying both.
by bthylafh
Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:59 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Retro Build
Replies: 31
Views: 9126

Re: Retro Build

There are Linux builds of Pale Moon, which is a maintained fork of v20-something Firefox. No idea if they work on a P3.
by bthylafh
Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:41 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Why does nobody make decent pocket combs any more?
Replies: 46
Views: 13134

Re: Why does nobody make decent pocket combs any more?

#4 buzz cut and a cap, but yes.
by bthylafh
Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:51 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Help me understand where my hard drive space has gone...?
Replies: 27
Views: 8899

Re: Help me understand where my hard drive space has gone...?

I also endorse both the programs meerkt listed. People used to recommend WinDirStat but SpaceSniffer is so very much faster. Really? I've found WinDirStat to be pretty damn fast on SSDs/SSD arrays/NVMe drives. I'll poke at SpaceSniffer (just downloaded it) and it doesn't seem to be any faster at sc...
by bthylafh
Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:41 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: Help me understand where my hard drive space has gone...?
Replies: 27
Views: 8899

Re: Help me understand where my hard drive space has gone...?

I also endorse both the programs meerkt listed. People used to recommend WinDirStat but SpaceSniffer is so very much faster.
by bthylafh
Mon Jun 24, 2019 5:42 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: What's your highest "power on hours" HDD?
Replies: 106
Views: 65945

Re: What's your highest "power on hours" HDD?

My unkillable 320GB Seagate is a first-generation perpendicular drive, for what it's worth.
by bthylafh
Mon Jun 24, 2019 11:37 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: The roof needs a repair
Replies: 3
Views: 1426

Re: The roof needs a repair

Ask a lawyer, not randos on some forum.
by bthylafh
Sat Jun 22, 2019 5:29 pm
Forum: Storage
Topic: What's your highest "power on hours" HDD?
Replies: 106
Views: 65945

Re: What's your highest "power on hours" HDD?

derFunkenstein wrote:
All you guys with like 6 and a half years of power-on time kinda blow my mind. Not sure I've ever had a hard drive last that long.


This 320GB Seagate just won't die. Now it's up to 68111 hours / 7.77 years, and not a single reallocated sector.
by bthylafh
Fri Jun 21, 2019 6:14 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: skynet
Replies: 6
Views: 2314

Re: skynet

Many years ago when I worked at the computer shop, a computer came in that had an EMACS power supply.

It looked ordinary, not at all like a completely reconfigurable Transformer or a Bass-o-Matic.
by bthylafh
Thu Jun 20, 2019 6:54 pm
Forum: Apple Sanctuary
Topic: Battery recall for 2015-2017 MBP
Replies: 7
Views: 5906

Re: Battery recall for 2015-2017 MBP

My old work Macbook did that too, but it was one of the polycarbonate models with replaceable batteries, so it wasn't a big deal - just buy a new battery, done.
by bthylafh
Thu Jun 20, 2019 5:21 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Need new tires
Replies: 13
Views: 2347

Re: Need new tires

Yeah, but how much can you trust anyone who’s trying to sell you something? :wink: Enough for me to keep buying from them, anyway. All I can say is that they've yet to lead me wrong and I've been buying from them since before e-commerce. Yup. I've bought 4 sets of well-reviewed tires from them and ...
by bthylafh
Wed Jun 19, 2019 2:09 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Kempner Rice Diet
Replies: 111
Views: 16129

Re: Kempner Rice Diet

This isn't the first pseudo-scientific crap OP's credulously posted about here.
by bthylafh
Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:19 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: My 30 y/o fridge is clicking
Replies: 24
Views: 2721

Re: My 30 y/o fridge is clicking

I see a great need: household appliances powered by something like a Raspberry Pi.
by bthylafh
Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:06 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: My 30 y/o fridge is clicking
Replies: 24
Views: 2721

Re: My 30 y/o fridge is clicking

I have a 10 y/o Samsung fridge with french uppers and freezer below. No connectivity or other "smart" features (this was just becoming available back then) and has worked great the whole time.
by bthylafh
Fri Jun 14, 2019 6:58 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What are you drinking RIGHT NOW?
Replies: 4088
Views: 789282

Re: What are you drinking RIGHT NOW?

Laphroaig Select. Not real sure about this one. It's... attenuated? Definitely less intense than the 10, far less iodine and peat. It's not terrible, but I don't think it's Laphroaig.
by bthylafh
Fri Jun 14, 2019 11:06 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Lead-free piping!
Replies: 26
Views: 2432

Re: Lead-free piping!

meerkt wrote:
In case the image completely overshadowed it, there was also a question. :)


How much do you value not getting lead poisoning? How is that even a question?
by bthylafh
Fri Jun 14, 2019 9:57 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Lead-free piping!
Replies: 26
Views: 2432

Re: Lead-free piping!

I did a reverse image search and it's for this:

https://www.amazon.com/NABLUE-Regulator ... B071RL34HN

Something tells me that 13% lead brass is really chinesium alloy.
by bthylafh
Wed Jun 12, 2019 5:45 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Retro Build
Replies: 31
Views: 9126

Re: Retro Build

I had a Tyan Trinity 400 board back in the day, which had both Slot-1 and Socket-370. Great piece of electronics and I was disappointed when Tyan left the consumer market a few years later.
by bthylafh
Tue Jun 11, 2019 9:02 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What if......
Replies: 40
Views: 5041

Re: What if......

The Baroque cycle are just hard to read through. You really have to plow. I didn't think it was that bad, but then I've also read all the GoT books so far, and The Dark Tower series. The Baroque cycle is like 3,000 pages in total though, so yeah, that's going to take a while. I thought it was a bit...
by bthylafh
Tue Jun 11, 2019 8:58 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What if......
Replies: 40
Views: 5041

Re: What if......

just brew it! wrote:
By some bizarre twist of fate, I've never read any of his books. I really need to remedy that.


Cryptonomicon. You must read Cryptonomicon.

After that I think I'd go for Seveneves.
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