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Motronic posted:I know it's because of my profession, but every time i see those I'm just thinking early 80s Cray-1 (the very first "supercomputer"). Why are their Crays in a laundromat?
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BonoMan posted:Why are their Crays in a laundromat? For cleaning up data, obs.
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Motronic posted:I know it's because of my profession, but every time i see those I'm just thinking early 80s Cray-1 (the very first "supercomputer"). this definitely looks like the Appliance section of a Sears.
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Hubis posted:this definitely looks like the Appliance section of a Sears. Now I can't unsee it
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does anyone have any recommendations for pull out baskets? I've got a set of terrible ones in our kitchen and pantry and want something sturdier. Something that slides all the way out and won't collapse when full of kitchen stuff and cans.
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El Mero Mero posted:does anyone have any recommendations for pull out baskets? I've got a set of terrible ones in our kitchen and pantry and want something sturdier. Something that slides all the way out and won't collapse when full of kitchen stuff and cans. I have a Rev-A-Shelf organizer for pots and pans that has been working great for several years now.
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El Mero Mero posted:does anyone have any recommendations for pull out baskets? I've got a set of terrible ones in our kitchen and pantry and want something sturdier. Something that slides all the way out and won't collapse when full of kitchen stuff and cans. Check out Lee Valley (https://leevalley.com), they sell quality stuff.
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Anyone know anything about turning a swimming pool into a pond? I've got a gunite pool in the yard and I want to turn it into a garden pond with plants and whatever fish will do well in there. Some sites suggest all you need to do is let the chlorine dissipate (the pool hasn't been used in a long time anyway) and then wait for the water to turn green, then introduce feeder fish and plants and let time/nature do its thing. Other people say you have to make an elaborate filtration system.
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Any good discussion on fire pits someone could point me to? The big box store stuff all seems like it’s a 2 year slide into a pile of rust. Cut down the legs of a Webber kettle and use that? The double flame breeo has good notes on amazon and if it’s a once and done by for $330 that could be good. Or really, just get some bricks, put em in a circle, maybe with some bricks on the bottom?
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My house is starting to get real lousy with mowers. I bought the black and yellow Poulan used for like $50ish a few years ago, and the red Craftsman and green Weed Eater were both free pile finds, Weed Eater about a month ago, the Craftsman today. I had to buy a new carb for my Poulan to get it running this year, the Weed Eater needed a $3 idle spring to run, and I also bought a new jet for the carb since the old one both was corroded and wouldn't get clean, and I lost the rubber gasket/washer for it when I took it apart to clean.  The Craftsman started right up, first pull, and even had half a tank of gas. I actually went back to the house I got it from (just down the road) and found the owner working outside and confirmed he was giving it away and I didn't just accidentally steal his mower. I guess I'll keep using the Poulan because it's self-propelled, and even though the other mowers both have more HP, I don't really need the extra oomph for anything. Although if I get a bagger for ol' Red, I can actually gather up my clippings for my compost pile, the other two are both mulching mowers. Normally I like that, but I'm starting a new compost pile and need all the quick nitrogen materials I can get. Tht other two mulch so well there's virtually no clippings for the compost. DrBouvenstein fucked around with this message at 14:42 on May 18, 2020 |
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Murgos posted:Any good discussion on fire pits someone could point me to? I saw this a while back, looks interesting.
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Is this from water damage? Can I fix it by scraping, sanding and repainting? It's way off in a corner that you almost never really see so if it's a big task I just won't bother, but I was curious.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/how-to-turn-old-washing-machine-drum-fire-pit/ My Best fire pit was a washing machine drum I drilled some holes into the bottom of and then stuck to some of those metal fence posts for chicken wire fence. I wish I still had it.
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My fence is rotten, and a big storm blew through Austin on Friday and knocked over a chunk of it. I had been meaning to replace it, and I got some quotes to redo it prior to getting laid off from my job. Fortunately I finally got a new one, but the quotes were all pretty steep at ~$8,000. So this gave me the motivation to at least try replacing part of the fence. I think the result is pretty nice, and if I can figure out a way to borrow a truck and trailer or get the materials delivered I can probably knock out this back section over a few days. The back fence is about 130 ft, and then maybe 70-80 ft on either side of the house. One side can got a few more years, the other is falling over and I'll need to rebuild gates on either side. Fortunately the PO used metal posts so I think I just have to worry about buying new pickets, stringers, and rot boards. Any advice about sealing the cedar pickets and if I should be painting or applying some kind of sealer to the pressure treated rot board would be appreciated.  
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Murgos posted:Any good discussion on fire pits someone could point me to? Do you have degens in your area who cut 44 (55) gallon drums in half and weld legs on them and sell them on Marketplace for $50? I did the bricks in a circle trick with concrete garden edging. I put some concrete blocks down first to protect the pavers and then two courses of edging. Dismantled the whole thing when I sold the place.
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BonoMan posted:Why are their Crays in a laundromat? Might be top-loading diskpack hard drive units. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-nRxv8JQw0
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actionjackson posted:Is this from water damage? Can I fix it by scraping, sanding and repainting? It's way off in a corner that you almost never really see so if it's a big task I just won't bother, but I was curious. Hard to tell for sure from the pic, but looks more like a really lovely job of drywall mud and taping.
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actionjackson posted:Is this from water damage? Can I fix it by scraping, sanding and repainting? It's way off in a corner that you almost never really see so if it's a big task I just won't bother, but I was curious. My walls look a lot like that, but it's a combination of crappy drywall taping by the previous owner mixed with living in an earthquake zone, compounded by having the foundation replaced.
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May 18, 2020 05:10
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actionjackson posted:Is this from water damage? Can I fix it by scraping, sanding and repainting? It's way off in a corner that you almost never really see so if it's a big task I just won't bother, but I was curious.
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hmmm I'm just going to leave it because I don't even know what "mudding" is haha *checks youtube* yeah ok no actionjackson fucked around with this message at 06:09 on May 18, 2020 |
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actionjackson posted:hmmm I'm just going to leave it because I don't even know what "mudding" is haha
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Murgos posted:Any good discussion on fire pits someone could point me to? How wide/deep do you want it? I cut a gas cylinder in half, much thicker metal than an oil drum or cheap BBQ.
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Make your own firebricks using bulk perlite mixed with Portland cement. Or, get more ambitious... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qno-XJwPKw
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Is there any easy to way to just lightly dim LED overhead lights? I saw there's something you can buy on amazon (pass). I have a set of four LEDs in a row for my kitchen on the ceiling, that are about the size of a half-dollar. I was thinking maybe that material you stick on out of the place windows for privacy with the little bubbles on it. I forget what it's called but you buy it in a very thin sheet.
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actionjackson posted:Is there any easy to way to just lightly dim LED overhead lights? I saw there's something you can buy on amazon (pass). I have a set of four LEDs in a row for my kitchen on the ceiling, that are about the size of a half-dollar. I was thinking maybe that material you stick on out of the place windows for privacy with the little bubbles on it. I forget what it's called but you buy it in a very thin sheet. Stickers like lightdims are mostly for low power LEDs like the annoying blue ones on electronic devices that are using less than a watt usually. If your kitchen ones are LED lights they might get a bit hot for just a sticker to cover and you may want to consider an electronic method to dim them. There are electronic dimmers for both mains and low voltage LED lighting but you need to pick the right one for your setup.
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Can condensate issues happen when a furnace is on? I'm in Chicagoland and our ancient furnace has a jerry rigged hose running the length of the basement to an ejector pit. Its not flat so every now and then I have to blow on it so it doesn't back up and overfllow during high humidity So this morning I found water in the basement after a very heavy rainstorm. Never had it before from rain, but have had it from the condensate line. But it was 50 degrees and the heat was on. Our drains are capped so it wasn't a sewer backup, and it's possible it came up the shower drain but it didn't smell bad so I think it's either rain water from ???? Or the HVAC How do I diagnose this, argh
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Do you have a humidifier installed with your furnace? Usually those are running during the winter and the excess water gets pumped to a drain somewhere through the condensate line. Could be a clogged hose or problem with the pump. If it's been raining heavily though I'd probably look to areas of the basement that correspond to your downspouts outside.
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mastershakeman posted:Can condensate issues happen when a furnace is on? So your furnace, with a condensate line, was on. That means it was producing condensate. What is this, a gas pack? Not sure what line of reasoning you're going down, but to your question: yes. Because that's when it's making it. Could be a cracked line/pan, etc. if it's spilling out in places it shouldn't be. Most likely a line, because most gas packs I've seen wouldn't start up with a cracked pan since that would screw with the draft and cause it to safety cut out.
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mastershakeman's post inspired me to finally open up the lid of my sump pit to see if there was any water in it. Some may recall my odyssey with the installation of a perimeter drain in my basement. The pre-sale inspection of my house revealed some basement issues, and after several quotes from specialists the sellers agreed to cut me a check for about $18k to install a perimeter drain and carbon fiber straps on two walls. While it was obvious that there was some movement in the 80yo foundation, it seemed more likely that water was coming in due to a missing downspout diverter. But hey the sellers is paid for 100% of it, and what do I know. Anyway, it's been 4 months and either the sump pump operates completely silently or it has never turned on. It's been raining hard the last day and a half. Here's what it looks like inside:  Bone dry.  The white inlet pipe is also completely pristine so pretty sure no water has ever drained into here.
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Sirotan posted:Anyway, it's been 4 months and either the sump pump operates completely silently or it has never turned on. It's been raining hard the last day and a half. Here's what it looks like inside: Yeah, that's never been filled. It wouldn't hurt to dump enough water in there to make sure the pump actually works. Note: it won't take it all out, it will probably leave 1/2" to an ince in there. Comedy option: that pit isn't hooked up to anything.
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mastershakeman posted:Can condensate issues happen when a furnace is on? I'm in Chicagoland and our ancient furnace has a jerry rigged hose running the length of the basement to an ejector pit. Its not flat so every now and then I have to blow on it so it doesn't back up and overfllow during high humidity The cornfield at the end of my block also flooded, sending a wave of rotting corn stalks and husks into the surrounding streets, clogging up all the gutters. My block is thankfully apparently on sliiightly higher ground, and I was spared from having to stand in knee deep water shoveling rotting corn away from storm drains. Slugworth fucked around with this message at 22:59 on May 18, 2020 |
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Motronic posted:Yeah, that's never been filled. It wouldn't hurt to dump enough water in there to make sure the pump actually works. Note: it won't take it all out, it will probably leave 1/2" to an ince in there. It's hooked up, I was here when it was installed and observed a lot of the work. I'm pretty sure it was just completely unnecessary. Prob will dump some water in, just so I can find out how loud it is.
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Slugworth posted:Also in the Chicagoland area, and have no problem whatsoever believing that your basement just suffered from seepage last night. We've had a crazy amount of rain, the ground is saturated, and then we got hit with that nonsense last night. Everybody's basement is wet. My sump was struggling all night, so I threw a spare pump in the pit to help it out, and I still ended up getting some seepage in the corner of my crawlspace (I'm in a split level, so half crawlspace, half finished basement). I have a friend in Chicagoland and their basement just flooded twice in a week. Insurance says it's municipality backup and wont' cover it. They lost a bunch of stuff but the most irreplaceable was his 20 years of artwork they put down there. Not like... fine art... but just his own work (he's become a really talented illustrator and had his timeline of work stored in the basement). Oof.
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Rexxed posted:Stickers like lightdims are mostly for low power LEDs like the annoying blue ones on electronic devices that are using less than a watt usually. If your kitchen ones are LED lights they might get a bit hot for just a sticker to cover and you may want to consider an electronic method to dim them. There are electronic dimmers for both mains and low voltage LED lighting but you need to pick the right one for your setup. I think a dimmer is probably best - I have a pretty minor but annoying eye issue in that my pupil diameter is really large for my age (mine is 8-8.5 mm, normal for my age is like 5 mm) so I take in more light than most people. However I have two switches on the same plate, one that is the LED that I want to control, and the other a regular non-LED light that I don't really use. Is that going to be an issue? The dimmers I see online are just for the plate with one switch it seems. It must just be two separate things though, and I just use a different faceplate. actionjackson fucked around with this message at 00:39 on May 19, 2020 |
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actionjackson posted:I think a dimmer is probably best - I have a pretty minor but annoying eye issue in that my pupil diameter is really large for my age (mine is 8-8.5 mm, normal for my age is like 5 mm) so I take in more light than most people. LED dimming is pretty easy, technically speaking, so I'll totally believe that you can find an inline one pretty easy. So long as it's designed for LEDs. One thing of note is that LED dimming is usually (always?) done with PWM, that is to say they flicker on an off at a (hopefully) imperceptible speed. Given your eye issues worth checking reviews to make sure whatever you're going to buy doesn't cause the light to flicker horribly or buzz or whatever. Any flicker will be more noticeable as the light gets dimmer.
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Jaded Burnout posted:LED dimming is pretty easy, technically speaking, so I'll totally believe that you can find an inline one pretty easy. So long as it's designed for LEDs. thanks. The issue is really just brightness. I get those kind of flare effects (like the little lines that come out from a light when you squint a bit) from lights when it's dark around them at all - car headlights would be the worst. I can still do everything normally, but it is distracting. this was the dimmer https://www.homedepot.com/p/Lutron-...DH-WH/202517700 and then leave the other switch alone and put on a combination plate.
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actionjackson posted:thanks. The issue is really just brightness. I get those kind of flare effects (like the little lines that come out from a light when you squint a bit) from lights when it's dark around them at all - car headlights would be the worst. I can still do everything normally, but it is distracting. That one specifies it works with "dimmable LED", and I will admit that I don't know what makes an LED *not* dimmable. Perhaps ones with circuitry in the bulb?
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Jaded Burnout posted:That one specifies it works with "dimmable LED", and I will admit that I don't know what makes an LED *not* dimmable. Perhaps ones with circuitry in the bulb? I found my lights, looks like it's compatible with "2 wire triac dimmers" which seems to be just the standard type. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Hampton-Bay-Kelso-3-ft-4-Light-Satin-Nickel-LED-Fixed-Rail-with-300-Lumen-Heads-108701-KERF4300L30SN/207058672 actionjackson fucked around with this message at 02:01 on May 19, 2020 |
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BonoMan posted:I have a friend in Chicagoland and their basement just flooded twice in a week. Insurance says it's municipality backup and wont' cover it. They lost a bunch of stuff but the most irreplaceable was his 20 years of artwork they put down there. Not like... fine art... but just his own work (he's become a really talented illustrator and had his timeline of work stored in the basement). Oof. After April of 2015(I think?) I'll never keep anything I'll feel bad about losing less than 2 feet off the floor in a Chicago basement. We had a scare last night actually. My wife's stepmom asked a couple weeks ago "hey, can we get those pictures of your grandparents back?" Neither of us can remember us having a cache of these pictures, and we looked basically everywhere and couldn't find them. While we're cleaning up last night, my wife fishes a soaked shoebox out from under the basement stairs and says "ok, so here's a box... that's empty!" I almost poo poo a brick
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actionjackson posted:I found my lights, looks like it's compatible with "2 wire triac dimmers" which seems to be just the standard type. Cool! Dimming AC (which is what the AC in TRIAC is for) may be different in behaviour to dimming DC which is what I'm used to but then again I don't know poo poo! Sounds like you're onto a winner then.
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