Reminds me of these guys

I rebuilt my pc just a few weeks before the ram explosion (replaced cpu, mobo, ram, and cooling), only thing it doesn’t have upgraded is graphics card, but the one it has is …… eh… ok for now until I can afford to pick something else up. Also definitely glad to have made that decision. And probably will be with my storage choice too, once it’s hindsight. I just hate spending money.

So yeah, thanks, that helps. :)

Heh, yeah, I’m assuming hard drives are going to do the same thing graphics cards did… get wildly expensive and never come back down, even if they could. With that in mind, this sounds like a good option.

Also I currently have no backups, and this much extra space fixes that handily. So it was sort of needed and something I was considering anyway.

I’m trying really really hard to convince myself I made the right choice here. 😅

I just picked up 40tb for exactly this reason. I was already considering an upgrade, but was planning like 16 tb. But with this news… Might as well get it while I can at prices I was expecting to pay anyway, even if it’s more than I really had budgeted for it…

(I got refurbished drives, with 3 yr warranty, so this wasn’t like several grand with no protection or anything, came to $570 on Newegg)

Saw this yesterday. I’ve been toying with upgrading my storage for a while anyway, grow with my needs rather than scramble when I run out, so just said fuck it and picked up 40tb of refurbished surveillance drives… figure it’s probably not gunna get cheaper for a while, and the used market is gunna reflect the shortage in short order as well, so while I really don’t have the money for it right now, I’d rather spend this amount than spend twice as much (or more) later when I can afford it.

That almost triples my space, so should be plenty until the drives die. And if storage gets cheaper again quickly, well, that’s good too. This was still about what I was expecting to pay already for that storage, so doesn’t feel like a mistake.

Hairdresser’s cat got into the perm stuff again

Honestly going out on VD is the worst. It’s busy af everywhere, staff are exhausted dealing with the surge, everyone working wants you to spend a lot more than you do, everyone is either on edge or sad, you’ll probably be disturbed by some grand sweeping gesture…

Ick. The weekend before or after are much better. Or literally any other time. Go for romantic dates on other holidays when everyone else tends to be out of town, not the day when everyone else is trying to do the same thing.

Idk how much it would help you, but if you can source some fairly common stuff and do some mild DIY, you can make a cold pack/pad that “freezes” at room temp and lasts a super long time. It isn’t cold, more like cool water that stays cool. You could even make socks out of it, if you want. They would be weird and squishy and probably trigger some sort of sensory thing, but you COULD :p

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nqxjfp4Gi0k

“The” is his middle name, obviously.

I give it to my chickens if I can’t stand to eat it myself.

I know, I was making a joke

:)

But then how will I get shin splints trying to keep up with people who walk just faster than my top walking speed??

And if everyone has them, how can I feel superior by being faster than them because of the years of shin splints???

So they are tripping balls during fitting?

There’s a place near me that sells under-selling, damaged package, and past-sell-by-date processed food for a super steep discount. It’s priced like being in the 90s or early 00s. They buy it from grocery store distributors who collect items that are “returned” to them by the store, and it’s run by Amish which don’t seem bound by quite the same regulations…? Not entirely sure how they are allowed to do that, though there’s another place in the opposite direction that isn’t Amish and does the same thing, so maybe it’s just allowed here.

Since most packaged food is still good well beyond the sell-by date, this means I can buy dry goods, shelf-stable microwave meals, and condiment sauces, and fill my car trunk/boot for about $100. It’s pretty out of the way, so I only make it there every few months, but I stock up heavily when I go. I’d probably have needed food assistance or just starved if I hadn’t found that place. (I prefer not to use it since my understanding is that it’s not a forever benefit even if you need it forever, and circumstances may warrant use later)

Have to be super careful about what sorts of things you buy, some of it goes stale or separates a lot faster than other things, but it’s all still edible, and if I get stuff that’s not tasty to me, my chickens eat it and poop out eggs, so it’s not really a loss.

You should organize about it :)

Yeah, that definitely seems like the sort of loser thing he would ask. Like the kid who never got invited to any parties in HS and college finally thinking they got in good with the cool frat guys only to never rise above the rank of simpering pledge…

This is my go-to whenever someone compliments a feature I have no control over.

Doggo wants to sit and watch the world go by.

Smart doggo.

Good doggo.

I’ve never heard that advice. What kind of sliding is that for? Like when you hit full-sideways-sliding?

I do know if you start fishtailing, taking your foot off the accelerator until you regain control is absolutely the way to go, however that may be dependent upon the kind of drive the vehicle has. It’s worked a dream for every vehicle I’ve needed to try it in.

Good advice, I’ve genuinely never done that, just habit from a lifetime of winter. Wouldn’t even have thought of it.

That does remind me, though, I did find out years back that if you already have a crack, in my case a tiny crack from a rock, that hasn’t been sealed with a glass repair whatever it is they do, any significant amount of heat directed toward the glass in freezing conditions will cause the crack to spread. Bit. By. Bit. Suuuch a shit feeling to watch.