What's the scariest thing that's ever woken you up during the middle of the night? by link229 in AskReddit

[–]Behalter 16 points17 points  (0 children)

January of 2020 started off with a bang for me. At 6 a.m. the boiler in my house exploded. 1,100 lbs of metal blew itself about 10 feet across my basement into a large metal wardrobe, reducing them both to unrecognizable heaps of shrapnel. It literally sounded like a car bomb going off underneath me, and shook my entire house. Grabbed my daughter and we noped out of the house as fast as we could.

We were extremely lucky to get out without injury, and I never want to wake up like that again.

To everyone who thinks they might have missed their chance at a great relationship because of a mistake you made by HeartofM in dating_advice

[–]Behalter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, even 9 months later. If you are honest about it when you reach out, and can handle a potential rejection with maturity, then you already know what the worst possible outcome is.

If you do reach out, just be a decent human about it. You'll either get closure, or a second chance, but be prepared for either one of those outcomes and handle them accordingly.

Never give up hope of finding a beautiful person who will treat you right. by coolcat30003000 in dating_advice

[–]Behalter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great post OP. There are a lot of discouraging and skeptical responses here, but I'd say to you, and others reading them, don't buy into that mindset. Natural, effortless connections are a possibility and they should be cherished and nurtured when you find them. Yes, they may ultimately not work out. Yes, as a relationship changes and grows, ebbs and flows, those connections can be tested. But starting from a place that doesn't feel like work always makes for a better foundation than trying to force a relationship to fit.

I (43 M) have been in relationships where I've settled because I was lonely, or tried to force myself to change for someone else and it just never works. I recently met someone with whom things just "clicked" and it's a different world. Though this new connection probably won't work out for reasons beyond control, I'm more encouraged by the fact that it happened, it was effortless, and it felt liberating.

Stay optimistic, don't settle, grow yourself, value and nurture the effortless connections, and understand that if one doesn't work out, others are out there!

What word drives you nuts when it's mispronounced? by Sarlh in AskReddit

[–]Behalter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

... or, your co-worker is a fan of the movie Friday and you're not getting the reference:


What movie death scene is seared into your memory? by McNastte in AskReddit

[–]Behalter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio has to die in The Abyss so that Ed Harris can use their only suit and drag her along with him and resuscitate her when they get to safety. Yeah, it wasn't a permanent death, but just the whole situation of her knowing that she is going to die... and the room they're in slowly filling with water... and gasping for those last breaths... the fear of death is fully realized in that scene and it's unsettling.

Rough draft for quality stream control for your users/clients; i need your input by imJGott in PleX

[–]Behalter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I agree with making it a little slower. 30 seconds vs 20 seconds gives you a little more time to focus on each screen. Also, that font needs some love. Helvetica Neue Condensed Bold. https://youtu.be/BOWp_Q1JJh4

If you were a villain and could choose any animal to fight by your side, what animal would you choose and why? by Sal_The_Dragon in AskReddit

[–]Behalter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't they just discover that pangolins can carry/spread Covid 19? Someone, somewhere already has this as the animal fighting by their side.

My favorite game ever and I can play it again! by brallyjon in gaming

[–]Behalter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With the objects in the bottom right of the pic, this looks like Shadow of the MST3Kolossus.

How do you deal with people who poke fun at you for your data-hoarding hobby? by Arrowsmith1337 in DataHoarder

[–]Behalter 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I tell them they're right, I should stop data-hoarding right away... and take up physical hording

I want to join the P2000 club for my Plex server. Some questions... by samf88 in PleX

[–]Behalter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're going to be building anyway, I suggest you check out that entire site before you do. Extremely useful information.

My advice still stands, find a small, low power box to host Plex and transcode. Add an inexpensive DAS/NAS build to that, a DAS would still be low power, and then build out your main PC separately. This way you don't need to leave your primary workhorse powered on all the time, and your Plex box can quietly sit in a closet doing it's job 24/7.


[–]Behalter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Skip the GPU and buy a transcode box. GPU transcoding will still have spillover to your CPU, and if your aged CPU is currently an issue, you aren't really going to be solving the bigger issue. Look into Intel Quicksync. For the less than the P2000 you can find a 6th-8th Gen box on eBay, make it your standalone transcoder, and have 10-20 streams going. I found an HP EliteDesk G4 800 (8th Gen i5) a couple of weeks ago on eBay for $350, made it my transcoder, and it kicks the crap out of the NAS solution I had previously been using.

There's a lot of info about hardware transcoding here if you want to learn more: https://forums.serverbuilds.net/t/guide-hardware-transcoding-the-jdm-way/1408

New to setting up a homelab and looking for help by Behalter in homelab

[–]Behalter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, my thought was to take it down to 1 of the T710s, probably the one with the 8 3.5" bays, and dump all of the memory into that.

As far as sound concerns go, I was going to go this method to swap the fans: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/6i3hp7/replaced_loud_dell_t710_fans_with_quieter_fans/

Take apart PDF wwithout damaging image contents? by MCMickMcMax in DataHoarder

[–]Behalter 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are ways to get at the images, but I wouldn't say they're all that easy. PDFs are complicated because they are so many ways to get to the end result of a PDF. Was the original scanned? Flattened? If so, bust out Photoshop and start cropping those pictures out one by one. PDFs created digitally also tend to have images that have been down-sampled during the creation process, so if you pull them out they won't necessarily be the same resolution as the original image.

Long story short, you can probably get an image out of a PDF, but it won't necessarily be easy or good in the end.