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  • @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    it was all jokes until that one, i am pretty sure... =)

    LOL! Even he is being cryptic about it.

    no worries, you didn't like it, I will stop it.

    Hey morgan, we were just kidding. We just like pulling each other's leg. Please do whatever feels like fun to you, unless it is something that everyone would hate. We don't judge. We were just rtying to keep the convo going. Hope you understand.

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  • @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:
    Can anyone guess what this is? You get 1 try:-

    without cheating, I thought it was some kind of fingers, but I cheated and knew.

    not sure what that image was.. like cow rudder or something?

  • @noob404 said:

    @PuDLeZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @PuDLeZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @PuDLeZ said:

    @TrK said:

    @mark said:
    @dustinc Can we really not clone an existing VPS to a new service? That's very disappointing after being a customer for over 5 years with 7 live services.

    (Ticket ID NP46576)

    As far as I know that's the limitations of solusvm v1 and since RackNerd's entire VPS nodes are running on solusvm the live migration isn't something done with one click, the support has to manually migrate the data and cross check everything which isn't the part of unmanaged offerings if it was managed sure support will do that for you. And migrating services by yourself isn't that hard if you know what you are doing with servers.

    No clue which distro you're using but if it's some *nix one, boot a livecd, mount partitions, and do something like

    tar -cJpvf myFullBackup.tar.xz --xattrs --numeric-owner -C /mnt/gentoo .
    

    then on the other system, boot a livecd and extract

    tar xvJpf myFullBackup.tar.xz --xattrs-include='*.*' --numeric-owner
    

    After that, you may need to chroot in and install grub or whatever (all depending on your setup) but then you should be good to go! There are some directories you can exclude in the backup but I left the command easier/generic.

    If you have a second disk/drive, you can also just use dd if you want but that will take longer time and more storage (even if you compress it like you should).

    That's my favourite way to backup. Infact, PS4 Linux distros are packages that way, since kexec is used, in the absence of a generic bootloader.

    Yeah, it's not ideal for cloning a VPS but it works! I actually still had the commands in history since I built a new Gentoo system like a week or so ago. I used a different distro to take the stage3 to setup everything and even redid the stage1 and stage2 stuff. This backup enabled me to boot off USB, partition/etc, extract, and then basically just do grub before rebooting. Was nice only being booted off USB for like 15 minutes (probably less but I didn't time it, just a lot faster is I had to start from the official stage3 after booting off USB)

    Yah, that's my preferred way to boot distros on Proxmox as well. DO all the stuff on a Virtualbox and then tar it using the command, then, just extract it to a Proxmox disk. 2-3 lines of tweaks in the boot line on Grub and you are good to go. Your own multi-boot!
    BTW, I have never understood, what's so good about Gentoo?

    Back in the day or on more limited systems, compiled for you specific hardware/CPU without extra bloat made things run way better. Now-a-days with modern hardware, it's not that noticable (besides maybe not all the bloat). It's also about habit, full choice, and a rolling distro. I've been using Tumbleweed on my laptop for the past 1.5-ish years. It's fine but now the same buddy is trying to get me into arch. I asked gemini to compare them including gentoo with a binhost (they do provide official binaries) and part of the comparision said
    If you use Gentoo's binhost, you essentially get a "Do It Yourself Arch Linux"—fast installation, but you still have to assemble the LEGO pieces yourself. :joy:

    Okay, so gentoo isn't exactly recommended for people trying to get into Linux. I personally haven't used Gentoo a lot. Been an Ubuntu fan since the beginning. I finally moved to Ubuntu completely deleting my Windows 11 installation completely last year, around BF. And, I am loving it. The only thing I miss is the Adobe suite. Getting it to work with Wine has been a pain with too many caveats. I ended up installing Virtualbox and Win 10 on it just to get the Adobe suite. Apart from that, no regrets on moving to Linux completely.

    Yeah, Gentoo is not for new users unless they're really motivated to learn all the ins and outs about a linux setup and not affraid to troubleshoot something (rarely breaks now-a-days).

    Thanked by 1noob404
  • @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    I don't think so

    That I am wrong or am I right?

    that it wasn't a joke.

    Oh ok. Wonder if there are actually affordable physical firewalls for use with home networking equipment, I mean hardware-based ones.

    i know my car and any car in general has a firewall. it's the invisible metal panel that separates driver from the engine, you know, in case engine catches fire, explodes or something.. i actually had mine replaced a few years back as a recall on my car for free, it wasn't an official recall, but there was a note on Subaru website saying "it is a known issue" (when clutch pedal pressed, it made lots of metal scraping noises), so the dealer where i brought it to check contacted regional subaru office and they approved the repair for free. i was really happy, as it was nearly $3000 repair.. otheriwse it would still be squeaking, and i use this verb loosely.. i was doing Uber/Lyft at that time, and my passengers kept asking me what was going on with all the metal screeches..

    $3000 repair fee sounds exorbitant. How much does the car cost then? But, I like US companies for exactly that. They do not hesitate to recall and accept their mistakes. For example, here is a list of all Apple recall-kinda programs - https://support.apple.com/en-in/service-programs

    Most companies, even MNCs once they are out of their origin 1st world countries do not care about inherent issues and recalls. They just reimburse or take action only when there's a consumer complaint against them.

  • @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    I don't think so

    That I am wrong or am I right?

    that it wasn't a joke.

    Oh ok. Wonder if there are actually affordable physical firewalls for use with home networking equipment, I mean hardware-based ones.

    Hardware based firewalls? Surprise looks inside it's just any mini pc running an overly complicated set of softwares.

  • @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:
    Can anyone guess what this is? You get 1 try:-

    without cheating, I thought it was some kind of fingers, but I cheated and knew.

    not sure what that image was.. like cow rudder or something?

    LOL! Hell no! Since we are past the page, here is what it is - https://youtube.com/shorts/HGs9zsMv_sI?si=L6bHWdWER1JrlLUT

    A zoomed in image of the human eye.

  • @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    I don't think so

    That I am wrong or am I right?

    that it wasn't a joke.

    Oh ok. Wonder if there are actually affordable physical firewalls for use with home networking equipment, I mean hardware-based ones.

    Hardware based firewalls? Surprise looks inside it's just any mini pc running an overly complicated set of softwares.

    Yah, I don't think a hardware level security is possible, right? Like Kensington lock or something for ethernet. That a thing?

  • @morgan44 said:

    @bchot said:
    omg my screen is even more unusable now than before.. fun times... gonna go look for something cheap somewhere shady...

    mine do a stupid funny flickering from bottom when it is cold. So I just wait to let it heat a llittle, or just I change the refresh rate.
    So try the refresh rate, it might help.

    i already tried switching resolution and refresh, nothing.. new monitor it is..

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  • @PuDLeZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @PuDLeZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @PuDLeZ said:

    @noob404 said:

    @PuDLeZ said:

    @TrK said:

    @mark said:
    @dustinc Can we really not clone an existing VPS to a new service? That's very disappointing after being a customer for over 5 years with 7 live services.

    (Ticket ID NP46576)

    As far as I know that's the limitations of solusvm v1 and since RackNerd's entire VPS nodes are running on solusvm the live migration isn't something done with one click, the support has to manually migrate the data and cross check everything which isn't the part of unmanaged offerings if it was managed sure support will do that for you. And migrating services by yourself isn't that hard if you know what you are doing with servers.

    No clue which distro you're using but if it's some *nix one, boot a livecd, mount partitions, and do something like

    tar -cJpvf myFullBackup.tar.xz --xattrs --numeric-owner -C /mnt/gentoo .
    

    then on the other system, boot a livecd and extract

    tar xvJpf myFullBackup.tar.xz --xattrs-include='*.*' --numeric-owner
    

    After that, you may need to chroot in and install grub or whatever (all depending on your setup) but then you should be good to go! There are some directories you can exclude in the backup but I left the command easier/generic.

    If you have a second disk/drive, you can also just use dd if you want but that will take longer time and more storage (even if you compress it like you should).

    That's my favourite way to backup. Infact, PS4 Linux distros are packages that way, since kexec is used, in the absence of a generic bootloader.

    Yeah, it's not ideal for cloning a VPS but it works! I actually still had the commands in history since I built a new Gentoo system like a week or so ago. I used a different distro to take the stage3 to setup everything and even redid the stage1 and stage2 stuff. This backup enabled me to boot off USB, partition/etc, extract, and then basically just do grub before rebooting. Was nice only being booted off USB for like 15 minutes (probably less but I didn't time it, just a lot faster is I had to start from the official stage3 after booting off USB)

    Yah, that's my preferred way to boot distros on Proxmox as well. DO all the stuff on a Virtualbox and then tar it using the command, then, just extract it to a Proxmox disk. 2-3 lines of tweaks in the boot line on Grub and you are good to go. Your own multi-boot!
    BTW, I have never understood, what's so good about Gentoo?

    Back in the day or on more limited systems, compiled for you specific hardware/CPU without extra bloat made things run way better. Now-a-days with modern hardware, it's not that noticable (besides maybe not all the bloat). It's also about habit, full choice, and a rolling distro. I've been using Tumbleweed on my laptop for the past 1.5-ish years. It's fine but now the same buddy is trying to get me into arch. I asked gemini to compare them including gentoo with a binhost (they do provide official binaries) and part of the comparision said
    If you use Gentoo's binhost, you essentially get a "Do It Yourself Arch Linux"—fast installation, but you still have to assemble the LEGO pieces yourself. :joy:

    Okay, so gentoo isn't exactly recommended for people trying to get into Linux. I personally haven't used Gentoo a lot. Been an Ubuntu fan since the beginning. I finally moved to Ubuntu completely deleting my Windows 11 installation completely last year, around BF. And, I am loving it. The only thing I miss is the Adobe suite. Getting it to work with Wine has been a pain with too many caveats. I ended up installing Virtualbox and Win 10 on it just to get the Adobe suite. Apart from that, no regrets on moving to Linux completely.

    Yeah, Gentoo is not for new users unless they're really motivated to learn all the ins and outs about a linux setup and not affraid to troubleshoot something (rarely breaks now-a-days).

    That explains a lot. I have always been intrigued cause there's a lot of work going on on Gentoo for PS4. I think they all love the challenge.

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  • @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @bchot said:
    omg my screen is even more unusable now than before.. fun times... gonna go look for something cheap somewhere shady...

    mine do a stupid funny flickering from bottom when it is cold. So I just wait to let it heat a llittle, or just I change the refresh rate.
    So try the refresh rate, it might help.

    i already tried switching resolution and refresh, nothing.. new monitor it is..

    Sorry if it sounds foolish or is actually foolish, have you already updated the BIOS and graphics drivers?

  • @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    I don't think so

    That I am wrong or am I right?

    that it wasn't a joke.

    Oh ok. Wonder if there are actually affordable physical firewalls for use with home networking equipment, I mean hardware-based ones.

    Hardware based firewalls? Surprise looks inside it's just any mini pc running an overly complicated set of softwares.

    Yah, I don't think a hardware level security is possible, right? Like Kensington lock or something for ethernet. That a thing?

    I mean there are hardware based cryptographic chips and all the fancy names in the industry but in the end everything boils the software functions. Even in cars and bikes there's some short of software nowadays that works silently tuning your entire ride.

  • @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    all i need now is the pain and suffering of finding something i like online.. i literally break with sweat after 10-15 minutes of shopping. honestly, a month of posting here to win the gaming rig for me is easier than finding and buying a monitor online ...

    anyone knows any good deals that are available already? probably gonna trash this stupid screen and simply wait 1 week for BF to get the most discounts..

    Check these - https://slickdeals.net/search?q=monitor&searcharea=deals&searchin=first&isUserSearch=1&sort=relevance&searchtype=normal&filters[forum][]=0&filters[rating][]=all&filters[date][]=1095

    I can find you more, let me know your budget and any specific features you are looking for.

    ok found the link. i know of slickdeals site, just always forget to check it out.. will do later today or this week. i will probably still try to waif till BF day, maybe check NewEgg for their deals too, used to buy everything there before Amazon started selling PCs and parts by the truckload.. now i check both and get which one is cheaper. they still get direct deals with the manufacturer..

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  • @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    because of my neck problems lately (are they caused by this thread? i keep having to look left where special dedicated screen is... no, just kidding, it's my sleep somehow causing it, every morning waking with more pain than last night) -- i cannot do proper workout.. so now i am making a post or two, and doing 20 squats.. all i can do is squats and maybe crunches or whatever abs stuff, and i don't want to lay down every few minutes, so it's just squats. i started working out mainly because kept having restless legs syndrome, but with time i realized it was all the sugar i kept consuming....

    Bro, are you prone to spondylosis or any other related conditions? It's no joke.

    my spine is fine. knock on wood. it's the muscles.. having started excercising and working out late in my life, i constantly get all kinds of muscle stretches and spasms, i do put up a very hard workout when in full potential, i do 2-3hrs of very intense HIIT, which in turn sometimes hits me back with muscle aches.. the worst so far is the intercostal muscle sprain i've had 2-3 times, that hurts like a motherfucker... feels like a freaking heart attack, if i knew what a heart attack felt like.. no joke for sure. goes away after few days though.. this neck problem been going on for like close to a week now.. very unpleasant too, at least i can move around with it.

    That's bad. Yes, I have heard of intercostal muscle sprain as well. My friend used to work at a hospital where he said, people would come with this pain thinking they were having a heart attack. Some of them despite assurance from the doctors would still get an ECG/EKG (Ig, it's EKG in US) done to be a 100% sure. Maybe ease up on the exercise? When you say intense, do you mean like intense cardio or like intense intense (calisthenics ans such)?

    yep i don't blame them, it hurts a lot.. first time i was worried very much, but next time it happened - just powered thru it and suffered with it, but it was over same 2-3 days as the one before.

    i do a lot of HIIT, it mostly has simple stuff, but high intensity intervals of it.. like jumping with all kinds of arm movements, basically not hard, but intense and a lot.. i sweat A LOT, and i drink sometimes 3L of water during that, and then measure my weight - i would still lose 4-5Kg (you know, of water via sweating).. i wear bunch of lose fitting clothes that i change every hour cause they get sweaty all the way thru.. it's a process. the best for fat loss, in general.. i used to go running for half a year, but then my ankle and knee started hurting so i had to stop and switch to HIIT at home.. it sucks starting working out when you old. i mean, not that old, i feel like i'm 30 in heart. but my body says it's en-par with my real age.. LOL but not really L..

    Just curious, don't you get medical attention everytime the sprain hits? I am asking cause you said, you just "power through."

    Thanks for introducing me to HIIT. I have for the longest time been looking to get into some kinda exercise to bring my body fat down. For a really long time, I prided myself on being an ectomorph. I could eat and drink whatever I wanted, my body won't gain weight. It all changed all of a sudden when I hit certain age and when life hit me the hardest. Combined with the mental stres I was under, I quickly gained weight, love handles and even my perfect jawline is gone.

    Tried calisthenics for a few days but couldn't continue. I wanto to really get back to calisthenics because a part of me loves it, and someday, I wanna get into parkour. I know it's really hard when you are at a certain age, but, I really wanna try atleast.

    i know.. before i would say "i drink so much pepsi and eat so much sugar as food for thought for my brain activity..." then i had diabetes 2 scare.. no i am trying to be smart abvout that stuff.

  • @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    I don't think so

    That I am wrong or am I right?

    that it wasn't a joke.

    Oh ok. Wonder if there are actually affordable physical firewalls for use with home networking equipment, I mean hardware-based ones.

    i know my car and any car in general has a firewall. it's the invisible metal panel that separates driver from the engine, you know, in case engine catches fire, explodes or something.. i actually had mine replaced a few years back as a recall on my car for free, it wasn't an official recall, but there was a note on Subaru website saying "it is a known issue" (when clutch pedal pressed, it made lots of metal scraping noises), so the dealer where i brought it to check contacted regional subaru office and they approved the repair for free. i was really happy, as it was nearly $3000 repair.. otheriwse it would still be squeaking, and i use this verb loosely.. i was doing Uber/Lyft at that time, and my passengers kept asking me what was going on with all the metal screeches..

    $3000 repair fee sounds exorbitant. How much does the car cost then? But, I like US companies for exactly that. They do not hesitate to recall and accept their mistakes. For example, here is a list of all Apple recall-kinda programs - https://support.apple.com/en-in/service-programs

    Most companies, even MNCs once they are out of their origin 1st world countries do not care about inherent issues and recalls. They just reimburse or take action only when there's a consumer complaint against them.

    i have the top of the line subaru - STI 2008. it's like that subaru from Fast and Furious movies, was featured in 5 or 6 of them.. Paul Walker used to be the one who drove it all the time..

  • @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @TrK said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    I don't think so

    That I am wrong or am I right?

    that it wasn't a joke.

    Oh ok. Wonder if there are actually affordable physical firewalls for use with home networking equipment, I mean hardware-based ones.

    Hardware based firewalls? Surprise looks inside it's just any mini pc running an overly complicated set of softwares.

    Yah, I don't think a hardware level security is possible, right? Like Kensington lock or something for ethernet. That a thing?

    I mean there are hardware based cryptographic chips and all the fancy names in the industry but in the end everything boils the software functions. Even in cars and bikes there's some short of software nowadays that works silently tuning your entire ride.

    Oh yah, forgot about that. Heard of such chips on Samsung phones, it's called Knox I guess. But, still don't know if it's just software-level gimmick.

  • @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @bchot said:
    omg my screen is even more unusable now than before.. fun times... gonna go look for something cheap somewhere shady...

    mine do a stupid funny flickering from bottom when it is cold. So I just wait to let it heat a llittle, or just I change the refresh rate.
    So try the refresh rate, it might help.

    i already tried switching resolution and refresh, nothing.. new monitor it is..

    Sorry if it sounds foolish or is actually foolish, have you already updated the BIOS and graphics drivers?

    LOL windows does drivers, i don't do drivers.. =)

  • @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    all i need now is the pain and suffering of finding something i like online.. i literally break with sweat after 10-15 minutes of shopping. honestly, a month of posting here to win the gaming rig for me is easier than finding and buying a monitor online ...

    anyone knows any good deals that are available already? probably gonna trash this stupid screen and simply wait 1 week for BF to get the most discounts..

    Check these - https://slickdeals.net/search?q=monitor&searcharea=deals&searchin=first&isUserSearch=1&sort=relevance&searchtype=normal&filters[forum][]=0&filters[rating][]=all&filters[date][]=1095

    I can find you more, let me know your budget and any specific features you are looking for.

    ok found the link. i know of slickdeals site, just always forget to check it out.. will do later today or this week. i will probably still try to waif till BF day, maybe check NewEgg for their deals too, used to buy everything there before Amazon started selling PCs and parts by the truckload.. now i check both and get which one is cheaper. they still get direct deals with the manufacturer..

    Makes sense. Good luck, dude. Hope you find a good deal.

  • @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:
    Can anyone guess what this is? You get 1 try:-

    without cheating, I thought it was some kind of fingers, but I cheated and knew.

    not sure what that image was.. like cow rudder or something?

    LOL! Hell no! Since we are past the page, here is what it is - https://youtube.com/shorts/HGs9zsMv_sI?si=L6bHWdWER1JrlLUT

    A zoomed in image of the human eye.

    would never have guessed that..

  • @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    because of my neck problems lately (are they caused by this thread? i keep having to look left where special dedicated screen is... no, just kidding, it's my sleep somehow causing it, every morning waking with more pain than last night) -- i cannot do proper workout.. so now i am making a post or two, and doing 20 squats.. all i can do is squats and maybe crunches or whatever abs stuff, and i don't want to lay down every few minutes, so it's just squats. i started working out mainly because kept having restless legs syndrome, but with time i realized it was all the sugar i kept consuming....

    Bro, are you prone to spondylosis or any other related conditions? It's no joke.

    my spine is fine. knock on wood. it's the muscles.. having started excercising and working out late in my life, i constantly get all kinds of muscle stretches and spasms, i do put up a very hard workout when in full potential, i do 2-3hrs of very intense HIIT, which in turn sometimes hits me back with muscle aches.. the worst so far is the intercostal muscle sprain i've had 2-3 times, that hurts like a motherfucker... feels like a freaking heart attack, if i knew what a heart attack felt like.. no joke for sure. goes away after few days though.. this neck problem been going on for like close to a week now.. very unpleasant too, at least i can move around with it.

    That's bad. Yes, I have heard of intercostal muscle sprain as well. My friend used to work at a hospital where he said, people would come with this pain thinking they were having a heart attack. Some of them despite assurance from the doctors would still get an ECG/EKG (Ig, it's EKG in US) done to be a 100% sure. Maybe ease up on the exercise? When you say intense, do you mean like intense cardio or like intense intense (calisthenics ans such)?

    yep i don't blame them, it hurts a lot.. first time i was worried very much, but next time it happened - just powered thru it and suffered with it, but it was over same 2-3 days as the one before.

    i do a lot of HIIT, it mostly has simple stuff, but high intensity intervals of it.. like jumping with all kinds of arm movements, basically not hard, but intense and a lot.. i sweat A LOT, and i drink sometimes 3L of water during that, and then measure my weight - i would still lose 4-5Kg (you know, of water via sweating).. i wear bunch of lose fitting clothes that i change every hour cause they get sweaty all the way thru.. it's a process. the best for fat loss, in general.. i used to go running for half a year, but then my ankle and knee started hurting so i had to stop and switch to HIIT at home.. it sucks starting working out when you old. i mean, not that old, i feel like i'm 30 in heart. but my body says it's en-par with my real age.. LOL but not really L..

    Just curious, don't you get medical attention everytime the sprain hits? I am asking cause you said, you just "power through."

    Thanks for introducing me to HIIT. I have for the longest time been looking to get into some kinda exercise to bring my body fat down. For a really long time, I prided myself on being an ectomorph. I could eat and drink whatever I wanted, my body won't gain weight. It all changed all of a sudden when I hit certain age and when life hit me the hardest. Combined with the mental stres I was under, I quickly gained weight, love handles and even my perfect jawline is gone.

    Tried calisthenics for a few days but couldn't continue. I wanto to really get back to calisthenics because a part of me loves it, and someday, I wanna get into parkour. I know it's really hard when you are at a certain age, but, I really wanna try atleast.

    i know.. before i would say "i drink so much pepsi and eat so much sugar as food for thought for my brain activity..." then i had diabetes 2 scare.. no i am trying to be smart abvout that stuff.

    I really need to get my glucose levels checked as well. Haven't checked that ina long time. It's said, it is better to have it checked at regular periods, esp. if it runs in the family.

  • @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    I don't think so

    That I am wrong or am I right?

    that it wasn't a joke.

    Oh ok. Wonder if there are actually affordable physical firewalls for use with home networking equipment, I mean hardware-based ones.

    i know my car and any car in general has a firewall. it's the invisible metal panel that separates driver from the engine, you know, in case engine catches fire, explodes or something.. i actually had mine replaced a few years back as a recall on my car for free, it wasn't an official recall, but there was a note on Subaru website saying "it is a known issue" (when clutch pedal pressed, it made lots of metal scraping noises), so the dealer where i brought it to check contacted regional subaru office and they approved the repair for free. i was really happy, as it was nearly $3000 repair.. otheriwse it would still be squeaking, and i use this verb loosely.. i was doing Uber/Lyft at that time, and my passengers kept asking me what was going on with all the metal screeches..

    $3000 repair fee sounds exorbitant. How much does the car cost then? But, I like US companies for exactly that. They do not hesitate to recall and accept their mistakes. For example, here is a list of all Apple recall-kinda programs - https://support.apple.com/en-in/service-programs

    Most companies, even MNCs once they are out of their origin 1st world countries do not care about inherent issues and recalls. They just reimburse or take action only when there's a consumer complaint against them.

    i have the top of the line subaru - STI 2008. it's like that subaru from Fast and Furious movies, was featured in 5 or 6 of them.. Paul Walker used to be the one who drove it all the time..

    Oh yah, I love that car. Never seen one in person, but, loved it as soon as I saw it in one of those F&F ovies.

  • @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:
    Can anyone guess what this is? You get 1 try:-

    without cheating, I thought it was some kind of fingers, but I cheated and knew.

    not sure what that image was.. like cow rudder or something?

    LOL! Hell no! Since we are past the page, here is what it is - https://youtube.com/shorts/HGs9zsMv_sI?si=L6bHWdWER1JrlLUT

    A zoomed in image of the human eye.

    would never have guessed that..

    My first guess was some kinda fungi from the sets of The last of us or something.

  • @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    because of my neck problems lately (are they caused by this thread? i keep having to look left where special dedicated screen is... no, just kidding, it's my sleep somehow causing it, every morning waking with more pain than last night) -- i cannot do proper workout.. so now i am making a post or two, and doing 20 squats.. all i can do is squats and maybe crunches or whatever abs stuff, and i don't want to lay down every few minutes, so it's just squats. i started working out mainly because kept having restless legs syndrome, but with time i realized it was all the sugar i kept consuming....

    Bro, are you prone to spondylosis or any other related conditions? It's no joke.

    my spine is fine. knock on wood. it's the muscles.. having started excercising and working out late in my life, i constantly get all kinds of muscle stretches and spasms, i do put up a very hard workout when in full potential, i do 2-3hrs of very intense HIIT, which in turn sometimes hits me back with muscle aches.. the worst so far is the intercostal muscle sprain i've had 2-3 times, that hurts like a motherfucker... feels like a freaking heart attack, if i knew what a heart attack felt like.. no joke for sure. goes away after few days though.. this neck problem been going on for like close to a week now.. very unpleasant too, at least i can move around with it.

    That's bad. Yes, I have heard of intercostal muscle sprain as well. My friend used to work at a hospital where he said, people would come with this pain thinking they were having a heart attack. Some of them despite assurance from the doctors would still get an ECG/EKG (Ig, it's EKG in US) done to be a 100% sure. Maybe ease up on the exercise? When you say intense, do you mean like intense cardio or like intense intense (calisthenics ans such)?

    yep i don't blame them, it hurts a lot.. first time i was worried very much, but next time it happened - just powered thru it and suffered with it, but it was over same 2-3 days as the one before.

    i do a lot of HIIT, it mostly has simple stuff, but high intensity intervals of it.. like jumping with all kinds of arm movements, basically not hard, but intense and a lot.. i sweat A LOT, and i drink sometimes 3L of water during that, and then measure my weight - i would still lose 4-5Kg (you know, of water via sweating).. i wear bunch of lose fitting clothes that i change every hour cause they get sweaty all the way thru.. it's a process. the best for fat loss, in general.. i used to go running for half a year, but then my ankle and knee started hurting so i had to stop and switch to HIIT at home.. it sucks starting working out when you old. i mean, not that old, i feel like i'm 30 in heart. but my body says it's en-par with my real age.. LOL but not really L..

    Just curious, don't you get medical attention everytime the sprain hits? I am asking cause you said, you just "power through."

    Thanks for introducing me to HIIT. I have for the longest time been looking to get into some kinda exercise to bring my body fat down. For a really long time, I prided myself on being an ectomorph. I could eat and drink whatever I wanted, my body won't gain weight. It all changed all of a sudden when I hit certain age and when life hit me the hardest. Combined with the mental stres I was under, I quickly gained weight, love handles and even my perfect jawline is gone.

    Tried calisthenics for a few days but couldn't continue. I wanto to really get back to calisthenics because a part of me loves it, and someday, I wanna get into parkour. I know it's really hard when you are at a certain age, but, I really wanna try atleast.

    parkour.. lol.. one day you'll find yourself smashed on some wall and slowly leaking down it like a slime or something, and you'll know the truth.. LMAO

    but really, try with the PLANK first, it's like the beginning of any parkour training.. =) plank can be done anywhere.

  • @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    it was all jokes until that one, i am pretty sure... =)

    LOL! Even he is being cryptic about it.

    no worries, you didn't like it, I will stop it.

    Hey morgan, we were just kidding. We just like pulling each other's leg. Please do whatever feels like fun to you, unless it is something that everyone would hate. We don't judge. We were just rtying to keep the convo going. Hope you understand.

    i concur. it's just in good fun

  • @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    I don't think so

    That I am wrong or am I right?

    that it wasn't a joke.

    Oh ok. Wonder if there are actually affordable physical firewalls for use with home networking equipment, I mean hardware-based ones.

    i know my car and any car in general has a firewall. it's the invisible metal panel that separates driver from the engine, you know, in case engine catches fire, explodes or something.. i actually had mine replaced a few years back as a recall on my car for free, it wasn't an official recall, but there was a note on Subaru website saying "it is a known issue" (when clutch pedal pressed, it made lots of metal scraping noises), so the dealer where i brought it to check contacted regional subaru office and they approved the repair for free. i was really happy, as it was nearly $3000 repair.. otheriwse it would still be squeaking, and i use this verb loosely.. i was doing Uber/Lyft at that time, and my passengers kept asking me what was going on with all the metal screeches..

    $3000 repair fee sounds exorbitant. How much does the car cost then? But, I like US companies for exactly that. They do not hesitate to recall and accept their mistakes. For example, here is a list of all Apple recall-kinda programs - https://support.apple.com/en-in/service-programs

    Most companies, even MNCs once they are out of their origin 1st world countries do not care about inherent issues and recalls. They just reimburse or take action only when there's a consumer complaint against them.

    i have the top of the line subaru - STI 2008. it's like that subaru from Fast and Furious movies, was featured in 5 or 6 of them.. Paul Walker used to be the one who drove it all the time..

    Oh yah, I love that car. Never seen one in person, but, loved it as soon as I saw it in one of those F&F ovies.

    i will only give it up if/when subaru comes out with new electric version of the same hatchback shape.. love it more than anything else i own.. honestly.. although i don't own much.. PC is in the running, thanks to all the data on it collected in many years, from previous PC etc..

  • @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:
    because of my neck problems lately (are they caused by this thread? i keep having to look left where special dedicated screen is... no, just kidding, it's my sleep somehow causing it, every morning waking with more pain than last night) -- i cannot do proper workout.. so now i am making a post or two, and doing 20 squats.. all i can do is squats and maybe crunches or whatever abs stuff, and i don't want to lay down every few minutes, so it's just squats. i started working out mainly because kept having restless legs syndrome, but with time i realized it was all the sugar i kept consuming....

    Bro, are you prone to spondylosis or any other related conditions? It's no joke.

    my spine is fine. knock on wood. it's the muscles.. having started excercising and working out late in my life, i constantly get all kinds of muscle stretches and spasms, i do put up a very hard workout when in full potential, i do 2-3hrs of very intense HIIT, which in turn sometimes hits me back with muscle aches.. the worst so far is the intercostal muscle sprain i've had 2-3 times, that hurts like a motherfucker... feels like a freaking heart attack, if i knew what a heart attack felt like.. no joke for sure. goes away after few days though.. this neck problem been going on for like close to a week now.. very unpleasant too, at least i can move around with it.

    That's bad. Yes, I have heard of intercostal muscle sprain as well. My friend used to work at a hospital where he said, people would come with this pain thinking they were having a heart attack. Some of them despite assurance from the doctors would still get an ECG/EKG (Ig, it's EKG in US) done to be a 100% sure. Maybe ease up on the exercise? When you say intense, do you mean like intense cardio or like intense intense (calisthenics ans such)?

    yep i don't blame them, it hurts a lot.. first time i was worried very much, but next time it happened - just powered thru it and suffered with it, but it was over same 2-3 days as the one before.

    i do a lot of HIIT, it mostly has simple stuff, but high intensity intervals of it.. like jumping with all kinds of arm movements, basically not hard, but intense and a lot.. i sweat A LOT, and i drink sometimes 3L of water during that, and then measure my weight - i would still lose 4-5Kg (you know, of water via sweating).. i wear bunch of lose fitting clothes that i change every hour cause they get sweaty all the way thru.. it's a process. the best for fat loss, in general.. i used to go running for half a year, but then my ankle and knee started hurting so i had to stop and switch to HIIT at home.. it sucks starting working out when you old. i mean, not that old, i feel like i'm 30 in heart. but my body says it's en-par with my real age.. LOL but not really L..

    Just curious, don't you get medical attention everytime the sprain hits? I am asking cause you said, you just "power through."

    Thanks for introducing me to HIIT. I have for the longest time been looking to get into some kinda exercise to bring my body fat down. For a really long time, I prided myself on being an ectomorph. I could eat and drink whatever I wanted, my body won't gain weight. It all changed all of a sudden when I hit certain age and when life hit me the hardest. Combined with the mental stres I was under, I quickly gained weight, love handles and even my perfect jawline is gone.

    Tried calisthenics for a few days but couldn't continue. I wanto to really get back to calisthenics because a part of me loves it, and someday, I wanna get into parkour. I know it's really hard when you are at a certain age, but, I really wanna try atleast.

    parkour.. lol.. one day you'll find yourself smashed on some wall and slowly leaking down it like a slime or something, and you'll know the truth.. LMAO

    but really, try with the PLANK first, it's like the beginning of any parkour training.. =) plank can be done anywhere.

    Yah, it's a daredevil's hobby for sure. But, I was madly inspired by the movie Banlieue 13 as a kid. Have you seen it?

  • @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @morgan44 said:

    @noob404 said:

    @bchot said:

    @morgan44 said:
    Tech advice: "Use a hardware firewall to protect your home network."

    am i missing the joke in this one?

    Wait, was it supposed to be a joke? I thought he posted it to see what responses including funny ones we came up with. I could be wrong though.

    I don't think so

    That I am wrong or am I right?

    that it wasn't a joke.

    Oh ok. Wonder if there are actually affordable physical firewalls for use with home networking equipment, I mean hardware-based ones.

    i know my car and any car in general has a firewall. it's the invisible metal panel that separates driver from the engine, you know, in case engine catches fire, explodes or something.. i actually had mine replaced a few years back as a recall on my car for free, it wasn't an official recall, but there was a note on Subaru website saying "it is a known issue" (when clutch pedal pressed, it made lots of metal scraping noises), so the dealer where i brought it to check contacted regional subaru office and they approved the repair for free. i was really happy, as it was nearly $3000 repair.. otheriwse it would still be squeaking, and i use this verb loosely.. i was doing Uber/Lyft at that time, and my passengers kept asking me what was going on with all the metal screeches..

    $3000 repair fee sounds exorbitant. How much does the car cost then? But, I like US companies for exactly that. They do not hesitate to recall and accept their mistakes. For example, here is a list of all Apple recall-kinda programs - https://support.apple.com/en-in/service-programs

    Most companies, even MNCs once they are out of their origin 1st world countries do not care about inherent issues and recalls. They just reimburse or take action only when there's a consumer complaint against them.

    i have the top of the line subaru - STI 2008. it's like that subaru from Fast and Furious movies, was featured in 5 or 6 of them.. Paul Walker used to be the one who drove it all the time..

    Oh yah, I love that car. Never seen one in person, but, loved it as soon as I saw it in one of those F&F ovies.

    i will only give it up if/when subaru comes out with new electric version of the same hatchback shape.. love it more than anything else i own.. honestly.. although i don't own much.. PC is in the running, thanks to all the data on it collected in many years, from previous PC etc..

    But, would you really trade your ICE Subaru for an electric? I hate electric and automatic vehicles. Absence of a stick does take the fun out of driving for me. But, on long drives, not having to worry about the clutch and shifting gears is a boon.

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