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c64 commented on How Much Do I Need to Spend on a Decent Television?
[about $10k](https://www.harveynorman.com.au/lg-83-inch-g5-4k-oled-evo-ai-smart-tv.html)

do you mean the good ol' days when you had hair?

c64 commented on Water Based Pomade
> cock grease apparently it is pronounced co-grease in WA

i wonder, if you left some scrap metal in the parking spot, would a ranger rush around to give it a ticket

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yamumma on Craftright Folding Workbench $19.79 Each + Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store/ OnePass) @ Bunnings (Excl TAS, NT)

have you consulted a GP about your embarrassing problem?

c64 commented on Thoughts on Purchasing Second Hand Tesla in 2025 Considering Current Political Climate?
the resale value is going to be extremely poor when you try to sell it

c64 commented on UPS for 2 Disk NAS and Modem - Anything under a CyberPower PFC Sinewave Series 1600VA/1000W UPS?
i've been using UPSs from the 90s without any problems. i think most SMPSs will handle less than ideal input wave forms

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Nom on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

sure, it is not exceeding the maximum rating, but it will also probably be decreasing the lifetime of the drive

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Nom on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

"The product shall achieve an Annualized Failure Rate - AFR - of 0.73% (Mean Time Between Failures - MTBF - of 1.2 Million hrs) when…

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neflardio on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

those numbers you listed previously appear to be correct 91997667140*512/1024/1024/1024/1024 = 42.8 TiB 28194280292*512/1024/1024/1024/1024…

c64 commented on Craftright Folding Workbench $19.79 Each + Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store/ OnePass) @ Bunnings (Excl TAS, NT)
> Holding a maximum of 100kg so you can't even sit on it ?

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Unorthodox on ubank Dropping Rates to 5.10% for Balances <= $100k, 4.65% for Remaining Balance <= $250k

my apologies, you are correct. i think i have the new rates right now

ubank are dropping their rates April 1

c64 posted a forum topic ubank Dropping Rates to 5.10% for Balances <= $100k, 4.65% for Remaining Balance <= $250k
Our savings rates are changing. From 1 April 2025, you can earn up to 5.10% p.a. bonus interest on combined savings from $0 up to $100K and…

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skillet on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

why would you let them cook at 54C? the WD HC550s are rated at max 60C. seagate claims, for their drives, that over ~40C is going to…

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neflardio on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

i have a feeling smart data attributes 241 (F1), 242 (F2) are in LBA (1 sector / 512B). what are the raw values for these attributes?

c64 commented on Recent Increase in Spam Calls
did you chat with him and ask him how's the weather in Hyderabad, how are his family and children getting on, what he thinks of donald trump

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kungfuman on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

one of the more reliable drive brands according to backblaze…

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creesy on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

flogged to death is probably an exageration. the advertised date of manufacture is 2022, so expect 3 years of use, 1 year amazon warranty

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creesy on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

WUH721816ALE6L4 they are (were) flagship enterprise drives, flogged to death. "H" in the model number means helium

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bcYield on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

the price is renewed each time they resell it :)

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Wayne7497 on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

some of the drive stats other people have posted indicated quite large read totals. i'm not exactly sure what is normal for a drive after…

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Arnor on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

?SYNTAX ERROR 10 PRINT "you're showing your age" lower case characters in keywords are not accepted

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tenpercent on [Refurb] Western Digital WD 16TB Ultrastar DC HC550 SATA HDD $271.15 ($261.15 with Zip) Delivered @ Metrocom AU via Amazon

~~on a c64~~ in linux: hdparm -W $dev # check status hdparm -W1 $dev # enable hdparm -W0 $dev # disable

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theHMASfriendship on Having a Bull Bar Fitted to My Ute, Do I Need to Let My Insurance Company Know?

will there be enough space in the back of the ute for for the bulls? won't you need a liquor licence as well?

c64 commented on [NSW, Price Error] Free Electric Vehicle AC Charging beyond 30 Minutes @ Chargefox Station 5956 (Northmead, NSW - Woolworths)
i'm surprised you found an EV charging station that was not on fire

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G-rig on Hugo Boss Bottled Elixir 100ml $109.63 Delivered (Selected Postcodes Only) @ Amazon AU

like toilet water?

technically not maggots. fly eggs are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world

c64 commented on Best Method to Spend $3500 on Gift Cards to Meet Credit Card Bonus Minimum Spend Criteria
> Looking to spend about $3500… blackjack and hookers

c64 commented on AOOSTAR WTR PRO 4 Bay NAS (Ryzen 7 5825U, 3x NVMe, 2x 2.5G LAN, HDMI/DP/USB-C) US$354.09 (~A$564.38) Del @ Aoostar AliExpress
power rating is 120W. i hope it doesn't use anywhere near that much
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