re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

I think quite a few of us have the Asus AC 66 series.

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One of my contractors walked into a repossessed "grow house" on Long Island this morning.

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Personally don't like weed but love the idea of setting up a grow house. Seems super fun as a project.

Those coconut medium can be salvaged and sold. Clean by just staying under the boiling point and soaking for 5mins. What are the filters made of for filtration, regular carbon filters? That is one of the hardest parts to control if you live close to others, is the controlling of that wicked hydro smell when plants start to bud.

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That is pretty legit equipment. Would love to have some of that stuff.

The filtration is critical. We would not only distill but ionize tap water for the plants. Those fckkers drink so much water and so much gets evaporated that it wasn't sustainable to keep buying jugs of distilled water. Another killer task is keeping the water free of microbial life you didn't want in there. You run the water 3 times a day over the roots and its packed with so much food that everything want to grow in it. Filtration was another huge cost.

EDT2: That tank, is that an air tank or water tank with bladder?

Or just move to Washington, Colorado, Oregon, etc and grow your own where it's legal to do so.

It's a water tank. Looks to be part of a water well system. I see them a lot on houses with wells.


Here is the news article about it

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From another article

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According to officials, they found nearly 1,700 pot plants worth $3.8 million

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Edward Dispirito who lives there is accused of stealing $275,000 worth of power from LIPA to grow the plants.

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Stealing $275K in power will always raise some eyebrows

I'm building all new furniture for our house, including a new 2" top 84x28" executive desk out of sinker cypress. This is some of the pics from my trip yesterday. Thought it was pretty cool, but not stout grow house cool.






My only sinker piece. This will be a coffee table with 2 end tables i'm thinking.

Cool. You ever built furniture before or is this new for you? I've wanted to get into woodworking for a long time.

Other than lacking some of the more specialized tools like a planer and router, my main problem is lack of workspace. I don't have a proper workshop in this house. I'd have to do everything outside or under the carport. My next house will most definitely have a shop, but this house really isn't worth the trouble of adding one. Although, I have a bonus room (once a garage converted by the previous owners). Right now it's just a storage room full of junk. I couldn't probably turn it back into something more useful.

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Computers are becoming boring somewhat

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Yeah, it's tough to be excited over annual incremental improvements. I haven't upgraded anything in almost a year and a half. And it's a money pit, vs. something like woodworking where the bulk of your initial expense (tools) is more of an investment.

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Yeah, it's tough to be excited over annual incremental improvements. I haven't upgraded anything in almost a year and a half. And it's a money pit, vs. something like woodworking where the bulk of your initial expense (tools) is more of an investment.

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Yep. On the CPU side you can still get away with 2011 Sandy Bridges for gaming and productivity. You miss some of the bells and whistles but nothing that major.

GPUs are a given 1-2yr refresh cycle to always stay on top of the latest releases. A lot of new tech comes with each cycle of new architecture. This is the biggest money pit. 2 x latest cards with 2 x water blocks is not a smart way to spend $2k every year.

The only exciting things is finally the move to 4K and OLED panels. This is much welcomed since the last mainstream leap came in 2012 with 1440/IPS panels.

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Got rid of a band saw the other day. I don't fool with furniture building as much as I used to because I have lost interest. My shop is also too cramped right now. About to add an enclosed lean-to on the side to park the mowers and stuff to make some more room. I already have two more mowers, not in the photos, parked in one of those tent shed things from Home Depot I put behind the shop.

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A band saw is one thing im missing. Really want a wide mouth band saw which would mount as a bench top /stationary and detach to use as needed anywhere. I'm not even sure they make such a thing. Band saws are extremely useful for multiple materials and applications.

How many yards/properties/contracts are you tied up in with your landscape "division"?

Just bought a biscuit joiner today. Well, was an Easter Gift from the SO. She really wants some bookshelves built!

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Band saws are extremely useful for multiple materials and applications.

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Mine was useful as a dust collector

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How many yards/properties/contracts are you tied up in with your landscape "division"?

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Not sure how many we have now. It's in the hundreds between Lake Charles, Beaumont, and Lafayette unfortunately and well into the thousands if you count the other 9 states I have sub-contractors in. I hate dealing with it but it's part of our agreement with the banks to get their rehab work on their repos. I don't cut or landscape for anyone else but the banks. If you saw what Wells Fargo pays for tree and shrub trimming, which you have to cut grass to get, you would understand why we cut grass.

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Just bought a biscuit joiner today

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I have that same one. Hardly use it.

Holy shite I would be in hog heaven