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7d ago

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Back in 2015 I swore by booting from a USB stick for diagnostics, but now I just use a network boot server for the whole shop.

But what if your network is solid and you have to do fifty machines? @clairec78, that Ventoy USB sounds slow and messy for that many. A good PXE setup just runs itself once it's going, no swapping drives or waiting around.

7d ago

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I always thought the Hubble Deep Field was the deepest image, but a friend showed me the new Webb telescope shot from last month and it has galaxies from 300 million years after the Big Bang.

Honestly I felt the same way about Hubble being the best for years. Seeing those Webb pictures completely changed my mind though. The idea we can look at light from just 300 million years after everything started is wild. It makes the old deep field look almost close by comparison. Really shows how fast the tech is moving.

10d ago

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Just realized I've had a standing Tuesday coffee with my friend Jen for a full year now

My best friend and I have a whole text thread just about the weird stuff we see at the grocery store. It's mostly pictures of ugly produce or bad parking jobs. Honestly, those dumb messages mean more than the big birthday posts. I'm pretty sure my highlight reel would just be me burning toast and complaining about my feet hurting. Does anyone even have exciting Tuesdays?

10d ago

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I finally got my book club to really argue about a character's choice

That Gatsby teacher from Cleveland?

10d ago

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Showerthought: I had to pick between a $400 quick patch or a $2k full redo on my cracked driveway near UNM.

Figure out what caused the crack in the first place, because if it's a tree root or bad ground, a new slab will just crack again too. Did the guy who did the patch say anything about the cause? I used Garcia Concrete last year for a small job and they showed up when they said they would, which is a miracle around here.