Recent content by dave_the_nerd

Man. Fuck cancer. Hang in there bud.

I know the internet isn’t real life but I checked Facebook today for the first time in a long time, and it’s interesting which of my Trumper relatives have “switched sides” and which haven’t. Even evil has standards I guess.

Good luck.

Replaced my rear brakes today; they no longer make the squeak of death.

Honestly, even a single SSD is capable of such a ridiculous number of IOPS that there’s no real point in making an array unless you have to for capacity reasons. A single PCIE card with 2-4 nvme slots is cheap and fits in pretty much any case/motherboard, and they’re available in PCI-E x1 and...

I’m over 40 so if I’m gaming in bed I’m going to be sleeping soon. 💤

I don’t really think there’s much benefit to partitioning for a desktop computer. Storage is storage. :shrug:

What this guy? He’s cool. Just sleepy.

Well... that's weird. I got the package with the new USB 3 cable, replaced the USB2 cable, and it's working fine now. ::throws USB2 cable in the trash:: I'm not sure how/why the HDD's cable would be able to disconnect the DVD drive (unless data errors were causing the hub to disconnect or...

The DVD works fine by itself, yes. Two different hubs, different models but both USB 3. (One Amazon basics the other some weird store brand I bought on eBay a million years ago. I don’t like it because it’s got bright lights on it.)

I have a powered USB 3 hub, AC adapter is plugged in. Have a USB DVDRW attached. Was working fine. DVD drive also has its own external PSU, but I can hear it "click" when just the USB is plugged in so I think it gets power from both. Attached an external HDD. 3.5" 4TB. Also has its own PSU...

You chew the gum while you eat the ice cream, you heathen.

Everywhere got vanilla and chocolate. But I was enjoying spumoni, bubblegum, and “blue moon” (sort of a blue raspberry flavor I guess?) as a kid forty years ago. So IMO the weird shit IS classic ice cream flavors.

So a friend of mine needed some CDs burned, and I dug out an old CD duplicator I had from years ago, a Primera Bravo Pro Xi2. After a bit of recalibration, new ink cartridge, and a burner replacement, it's working fine. HOWEVER, when the printer is running I get this weird electrical "heat"...

First paycheck from new job, and first pay in four months. Woof.