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Comment built one (Score 1) 135

I built one out of an old HP Core2Duo workstation. I had to rig it to hold enough drives, and realized almost immediately it was too little for what I needed it to do. But, it kept my stuff, it ran plex for me, and I knew that everything anyone in our household could want to backup had a place to store it. Upgraded recently to another old HP workstation, this time made sure it had enough bays for the number of drives i needed. 2xSSD for the boot, 3xHDD for storage, additional drives for temporary storage from another system. Running TrueNAS Core.

Comment Re:In other news (Score 1) 548

I've done some minor projects on multiple houses from 10-30 years old, and I can tell you *nothing* was square. flooring I put in had to be cut at weird angles when I got to some corners. a bookshelf supposed to be flush to the wall assumed that the wall didn't bulge out.

I know some of it was due to the house settling and/or foundation issues. But the beer can underneath the cabinet floor is more of a reason i think.

Comment My Dad was obsessed (Score 4, Interesting) 351

with Doom. I remember him working through the levels on nightmare mode working his way down through the weapons. So the final games he played were only using his fists. He said the trick was to maximize the screen so he couldn't see his health, that way he didn't hesitate. Prior to that, we would play deathmatch over the two phone lines we had. Before long, I would only agree to play him if I got the "fast" 486SX and he played on the 386. And he couldn't use the damn rocket launcher.

Comment Re:Be there for the kid! (Score 1) 174

personally, i have trouble remembering stuff that happened recently, no matter how memorable it may seem at the time. for those moments, i'm glad i took copious amounts of photos. heck, looking back at pictures of when i was a teen, half of them i can't remember the actual event happening. so yeah, take as many photos as you can stand, *then* sit back and enjoy what's happening.

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