I know nothing.
I know, but I ain't telling.
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Teensy Valeros just combined Die Hard with Schoolhouse Rock and exclaimed, "Yippee Kiyay, Mother Neccesity!"
My kid is weird.
Geee.... I wonder who he got that from...
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Geee.... I wonder who he got that from...Teensy Valeros just combined Die Hard with Schoolhouse Rock and exclaimed, "Yippee Kiyay, Mother Neccesity!"
My kid is weird.
Wasn't me.
Shanna sends me a link for a t-shirt she wants, leading to Russian-language Ali Express, for some reason.
I open the link.
LL: ???
LL: ???!!!
LL: Here, Shanna, which of these do you want - the autism machinegun skeleton, or smiling cannibal Guy Fieri?
Shanna: Neither. Scroll down.
[She wanted a Die Antwoord shirt. I kept my opinion of Die Antwoord to myself]
I started to look at some RX 6600 that might be available at one of the local shops and its parameters look promising... Except the size. If that's its length, it is unlikely to fit inside my new dekstop...
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NINE MORE SCHOOL DAYS.
Also, when we come back from winter break, I will officially have a different assistant teacher, and this one actually has experience.
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I started to look at some RX 6600 that might be available at one of the local shops and its parameters look promising... Except the size. If that's its length, it is unlikely to fit inside my new dekstop...
Saws are useful tools...
I started to look at some RX 6600 that might be available at one of the local shops and its parameters look promising... Except the size. If that's its length, it is unlikely to fit inside my new dekstop...Saws are useful tools...
They are!!
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I understand that the inflatable Santa sleighs usually only have three reindeer due to the logical limitations of material costs and the size of most lawns that would display them.
However, when you set one up on the roof of a specialty meats shop, it offers an entirely different explanation.
It is absolutely cold enough.
Shanna sends me a link for a t-shirt she wants, leading to Russian-language Ali Express, for some reason.
I open the link.
LL: ???
LL: ???!!!
LL: Here, Shanna, which of these do you want - the autism machinegun skeleton, or smiling cannibal Guy Fieri?Shanna: Neither. Scroll down.
[She wanted a Die Antwoord shirt. I kept my opinion of Die Antwoord to myself]
Who?
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I understand that the inflatable Santa sleighs usually only have three reindeer due to the logical limitations of material costs and the size of most lawns that would display them.
However, when you set one up on the roof of a specialty meats shop, it offers an entirely different explanation.
A delicious one.
And it continues...
...the Dickens Faire/choir concert conflict was a creature entirely of Impus Major's doing -- December 15 was on his syllabus and he didn't put it on his calendar.
But now we've learned that Shiro would love to fly out and do the Faire with us, which would be awesome, but he's booked that weekend as well.
So now it's the joy of finding out just how much it would cost us (if it's even possible) to move the Faire to the 22nd or 23rd. But the weekend before Christmas? I predict there are no tickets left any time around there.
Who?Shanna sends me a link for a t-shirt she wants, leading to Russian-language Ali Express, for some reason.
I open the link.
LL: ???
LL: ???!!!
LL: Here, Shanna, which of these do you want - the autism machinegun skeleton, or smiling cannibal Guy Fieri?Shanna: Neither. Scroll down.
[She wanted a Die Antwoord shirt. I kept my opinion of Die Antwoord to myself]
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I understand that the inflatable Santa sleighs usually only have three reindeer due to the logical limitations of material costs and the size of most lawns that would display them.
However, when you set one up on the roof of a specialty meats shop, it offers an entirely different explanation.
On gravy! On mustard! On salty green relish!
I started to look at some RX 6600 that might be available at one of the local shops and its parameters look promising... Except the size. If that's its length, it is unlikely to fit inside my new dekstop...
Ok, there is a second issue beyond the size.
Power supply unit.
I have 300 W, and the internets are very unreliably mixed in whatever it will be enough for any real graphics card or not...
I'd rather not deal with replacing new power supply, especially that I am not 100% sure if warranty allows for replacing it on your own - and I am definitely not sending the computer away for a week or two to replace the PSU in a warranty-friendly manner...
Sticking to laptops* for the last few 14... 15 years was a blessing in a disguise.
*ok, the last computer that I bought cheaply from a friend formally wasn't a laptop, but it used at least some of laptop parts to fit them all inside the limited space behind the monitor.
Parts of internet say that RTX 3050 6 GB is suitable gfx for a 300W power supply, but others say 450-550W are recommended...
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I would not recommend 300W for any computer with a modern graphics card.
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Yeah, yet another reason I build my own: Power supplies are one of the cheapest components in a build *and* they self-regulate so if you have a 1000W supply and you're only using 120W, the power supply will only pull 120W.
Yet off-the-shelf desktops always cheap out on the power supply so if you want to upgrade yourself you need a new power supply. I've even seen companies use non-standard shapes just to prevent you from doing so.
But yeah, I agree with Vany; a 300W supply isn't going to power a modern graphics card.
Before turning on computer today, I looked inside, and replacing power supply is not something that I'd like to do. The cable powering the motherboard goes under a structural parts near the memory slots so trying to pull it out and then put the new one in correct place would be basically groping in the dark.
*sigh*
Before turning on computer today, I looked inside, and replacing power supply is not something that I'd like to do. The cable powering the motherboard goes under a structural parts near the memory slots so trying to pull it out and then put the new one in correct place would be basically groping in the dark.
*sigh*
Double-check the connectors on the power supply itself. Most power supplies built after 2010 have standardized plugs that you can detach at the power supply itself. So you shouldn't need to re-run the cables, *if* it's a standard power supply.
Double-check the connectors on the power supply itself. Most power supplies built after 2010 have standardized plugs that you can detach at the power supply itself. So you shouldn't need to re-run the cables, *if* it's a standard power supply.Before turning on computer today, I looked inside, and replacing power supply is not something that I'd like to do. The cable powering the motherboard goes under a structural parts near the memory slots so trying to pull it out and then put the new one in correct place would be basically groping in the dark.
*sigh*
I haven't thought of that. It would be helpful indeed.
There still is an issue of some very thin cables being stuck to the PSU with a... sticky tape? I think they might connect to the front panel—USB ports, power button, that kind of things...
Double-check the connectors on the power supply itself. Most power supplies built after 2010 have standardized plugs that you can detach at the power supply itself. So you shouldn't need to re-run the cables, *if* it's a standard power supply.Before turning on computer today, I looked inside, and replacing power supply is not something that I'd like to do. The cable powering the motherboard goes under a structural parts near the memory slots so trying to pull it out and then put the new one in correct place would be basically groping in the dark.
*sigh*
I haven't thought of that. It would be helpful indeed.
There still is an issue of some very thin cables being stuck to the PSU with a... sticky tape? I think they might connect to the front panel—USB ports, power button, that kind of things...
Sounds like classic, "We're stealing your right to repair away from you through the copious use of glue and tape."
There shouldn't be any front panel connectors to the power supply; it's just "not done". So my guess is that they taped the front panel wiring (your guess is correct -- those thin wires inside the case are almost always either fans or front panels) instead of using cable ties because it was cheaper and made DIY harder. So verify they're just using the power supply as a convenient place to tape the cables rather than the cables actually going in to the power supply and you should be able to carefully detach them.
Double-check the connectors on the power supply itself. Most power supplies built after 2010 have standardized plugs that you can detach at the power supply itself. So you shouldn't need to re-run the cables, *if* it's a standard power supply.Before turning on computer today, I looked inside, and replacing power supply is not something that I'd like to do. The cable powering the motherboard goes under a structural parts near the memory slots so trying to pull it out and then put the new one in correct place would be basically groping in the dark.
*sigh*
I haven't thought of that. It would be helpful indeed.
There still is an issue of some very thin cables being stuck to the PSU with a... sticky tape? I think they might connect to the front panel—USB ports, power button, that kind of things...
Sounds like classic, "We're stealing your right to repair away from you through the copious use of glue and tape."
There shouldn't be any front panel connectors to the power supply; it's just "not done". So my guess is that they taped the front panel wiring (your guess is correct -- those thin wires inside the case are almost always either fans or front panels) instead of using cable ties because it was cheaper and made DIY harder. So verify they're just using the power supply as a convenient place to tape the cables rather than the cables actually going in to the power supply and you should be able to carefully detach them.
It did seemed as if the technician assembling it wanted to keep it in place and avoid entangling himself - I think that it might have started somewhere on the motherboard and was simply taped down to keep it in convenient place. It definitely looked far too delicate to use cable ties for that.
The whole bunch of thicker power cables coming out of power supply to the motherboard, fans, and such was very neatly bound with actual cable ties to keep them together instead of dangling all around.
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Do I have to turn in my English teacher card for typing "parallel make alligator brain happy :)" on my notes slides?
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Our upper management at work is 2/3rds female, and I do wonder why they choose to refer to themselves collectively using the acronym for Senior Leadership Team. It's not *that* sort of operation.
It's not *that* sort of operation.
That you know of.
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Well, I wouldn’t think upper management is very punk rock, so … aspirational?
*Thinks about it for a bit.* Oh. OH.
*Realizes the error of her ways. Reminds herself:*
Hey, we don’t hold with Senior Leadership Team-shaming here! ;)
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Well, I wouldn’t think upper management is very punk rock, so … aspirational?
*Thinks about it for a bit.* Oh. OH.
*Realizes the error of her ways. Reminds herself:*
Hey, we don’t hold with Senior Leadership Team-shaming here! ;)
Well, we do, just not for that reason.
Do I have to turn in my English teacher card for typing "parallel make alligator brain happy :)" on my notes slides?
You do know how to wound me.
*Thinks about it for a bit.* Oh. OH.
I fell over laughing.
Our upper management at work is 2/3rds female, and I do wonder why they choose to refer to themselves collectively using the acronym for Senior Leadership Team. It's not *that* sort of operation.
In seriousness? Prolly because there's a deeply-rooted vein of misogyny in a lot of organizations, so "Senior Leadership" is harder to argue with than "Debra."
Do I have to turn in my English teacher card for typing "parallel make alligator brain happy :)" on my notes slides?You do know how to wound me.
Does it help if I say the rest of the slide is done properly with "Take the main points identified to draft your thesis; are your points parallel in structure?" so that the offending line is clearly there for deliberate bathos?
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Impus Major was guilty of similar hilarity: Over the course of a couple of days he wrote up a lab report on DNA extraction, replication and analysis, but he occasionally got distracted.
So in the middle of his overview was the sentence, "Gwib good gweeber fnunga."
The professor underlined it, put a question mark, still gave him an A, and commented, "Great overview!"
(And yes, can now confirm that now that he's at a school with reasonable professors Impus Major got straight As in his classes.)
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"...so I can do a speech about K-Pop?"
"For all I care, you can write a speech about how you want to grow up to be a Muppet. I just want people in Forensics."
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I walked out of the room for 5 minutes before my D&D kids arrived. I returned to discover the following on the board:
Embrace canibilism!!!
NO embrace holyness
I have concerns. Their spelling is terrible.
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Rogue: I follow the red brick road.
Paladin: Yellow.
Rogue: No, there's a lot of blood.
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Apparently we're playing Tomb of Annihilation wrong.
Shiro's Saturday group is murderhoboing everything they run into and running in and setting off every trap "to help us figure out how it works". They have 30 dead PCs so far. We're being incredibly meticulous about trying to negotiate with every sentient group we run into, and examining every trap for any possible clues before touching anything. We have 2 dead PCs so far, and both were horrifically bad luck rather than the AP.
And Shiro thinks his group is having a lot more fun.
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Things you don't want to overhear:
Impus Major from WhimseyShire: I started twerking and I don't want to stop!
Just NOT gonna ask...
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Since I took over the family finances some years ago, I've been working asssiduously to pay off our mountains of soul-crushing debt.
This morning before I had pressed my coffee, I paid off WW's car.
Which means I can now up our monthly payment on another debt to have it paid off by the end of 2025.
Which means we will be able to start saving towards the kitchen remodel we desperately need. (The odd, small size of our 60-year-old oven means we can't replace it without redoing the cabinetry, and there are holes in the linoleum and in the ceiling.)
D@mn, it feels good to be a gangsta.
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Since I took over the family finances some years ago, I've been working asssiduously to pay off our mountains of soul-crushing debt...
What really gets to me about this is that they train 'Merikuns from a very young age that soul-crushing debt is the right and proper thing to do. Over my childhood, my parents gave me a sizeable fund. Having never taught to be responsible with money, I burned through it by the time I got my Ph.D. We had a few years of debt-free living when we were renting and I was a college professor so living within our means was vital, but then we bought the house and entered the eternal cycle:
- Live just outside of our means and run up credit card debt, using low-percentage balance transfers so we were always paying 0-3% on the cards.- Once we ran out of balance transfer offers, refi the house to pay off the credit card debt and make some major home improvements.
- Repeat for 18 years.
So, 18 years into our 30-year mortgage the amount we owed went up by 60% and we were still in an endless cycle of spending beyond our means.
I *finally* labeled the 2020 mortgage our "last mortgage ever", rolled all debt into long-term accounts at under 4% interest, and we started living within our means and paying down our debts. It is unbelievably gratifying to see that staggering debt total finally going down month by month and year by year.
D@mn, it feels good to be a gangsta.
Yes. Yes it does.
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I haven't been in debt since 2014. Never had a mortgage, a credit, or a credit card. I never buy things in installments. I intend to keep it that way.
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I haven't been in debt since 2014. Never had a mortgage, a credit, or a credit card. I never buy things in installments. I intend to keep it that way.
Last I checked you weren't 'Merikun. So you kin tak yur debt-'voidin' ways back to commie Europe where dey b'long!
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I haven't been in debt since 2014. Never had a mortgage, a credit, or a credit card. I never buy things in installments. I intend to keep it that way.Last I checked you weren't 'Merikun. So you kin tak yur debt-'voidin' ways back to commie Europe where dey b'long!
Oh, I assure you that wage salvery-chaining mortgages are a thing here as well. It's just that my parents bought our flat when its was (relatively) dirt cheap, and passed it to me when they were leaving for UK.
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If my calculations are correct, I'll finish paying off my car sometime around this coming late spring or early summer. I finished my college loans around 2015, but I didn't actually finish college so my debt was a LOT smaller than most of my peers'.
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Ahh, the Cuban Missile Crisis as ladybugs and flies worried about bug spray.
And Napoleon as Fortnite.
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"Sorry, can you repeat that for me?"
"The Australian duke Fred was killed by a Siberian."
"...none of those words are right."