The finish is called Graniteware. Popular in the 60s and still the standard finish for canning kettles

Columbo.

I had to upgrade my EdgeRouterX when I got gig fiber. I kept the Ubiquiti APs, I really like their management interface. But I replaced the router with a Mikrotik RB4011iGS+ because I thought it had a better feature set than the equivalent UBNT and was half the price.

We call that “Upper Midwest Spicy” in my house.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352007822001238

Living in salt country, I’ve found heat and percussion to be helpful. Hold a soldering iron to the nut for 3-5 minutes, then wail on it with a rubber mallet. Repeat a few times if needed. Usually loosens up the fastener because it dislodges the gunk in the threads.

Frigate is the next big rock on my migration to lower power hardware. How are you running it? I’m trying to move to incus but I tested it on Docker. I need to get off my my W10 blueiris install.

https://www.homeinspector.org/reporter-articles/inspecting-adjustable-steel-columns/

also does a good job of breaking down the column types.

International Residential Code R407.3 is pretty clear about the post needing to be Schedule 40, 3" in diameter. IMO, this is not code-compliant.

“The columns shall be restrained to prevent lateral displacement at the bottom end and attached to framing at the top. Wood columns shall be not less in nominal size than 4 inches by 4 inches (102 mm by 102 mm). Steel columns shall be not less than 3 inch diameter (76 mm) Schedule 40 pipe manufactured in accordance with ASTM A53 Grade B or approved equivalent.”

The column is clearly not 3" diameter, nor schedule 40. The number of missing bolts in the bottom would fail the lateral movement restriction. The IRC is almost certainly referenced by your local building code. For example, in NY it’s at https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/NYSRC2020P1 , and for Washington https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/WARC2021P1 . You should be able to find the referenced code for your state.

502.5 mentions span tables you can use to determine if the spans are compliant. I’d wager they aren’t, given the shoddy work.

Those span tables are in 602.7(1) AND 602.7(2).

I can’t remember the IRC code that says all holes must be filled, and it’s already past my bedtime. I’ll do some more searching tomorrow.

Splitting the 2x8 by not drilling a pilot hole and failure to fill all four holes in the top of the jack would likely be an instant failure by the building inspectors here.

Lots of options, but I prefer Red Bubble: https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/I-Out-Pizza-d-The-Hut-And-Now-The-Cia-Is-Trying-To-Assassinate-Me-Meme-by-bardBumper/155932821.WFLAH

I moved from the Pacific Northwest to the East Coast and I miss the steady temperatures and near constant drizzle. Having four seasons bites.

I always assumed it’s “Who lives in the woods 'neath the willow trees” not that that’s any gooder.

Phineas and Ferb. That’s Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

If ours sold flamethrowers, I’d currently be out burning things that don’t necessarily need burnt, but alas.

I’m guessing so. I’m in the Northeast US and our Aldi stores have a Hispanic end cap, but don’t sell chickpeas; I just looked earlier this week.

Check the bottom shelf of the Hispanic end cap. That’s where they are in the 3 Aldi stores nearby.

I had my appointment today, and got some chemical help, so progress is happening.

I started with your tier 3 and moved down to tier 2 because of power costs. I work for an MSP, so I have essentially infinite free last gen hardware from the ecycling pile, but the power consumption was too high. I’m in the process of moving from a Dell 720 rackmount to an HP EliteDesk 800 G5-SFF with 32 gigs of RAM that I put a pair of 4TB drives into, plus the 1TB on-baord NVME. Once I finish this migration I should save on the order of 250 watts, or 6 kWh per day, for a savings of about $40/mo in electricity. It’s worth taking your electric rate into account when you size your hardware, and figure out how long your ROI is for that decision.

For storage, I have a 16-bay rackmount server chassis for my NAS with 8TB drives (see MSP comment above) so I don’t have a good suggestion for consumer-grade hardware there. I know 16 spinning drives are pricey power-wise, but I just can’t give up 100+ TB. I’m pondering adding another DAS shelf to grow the array even further, though that will eat a bunch of the power savings moving off of the 720. For the time being, the inertia of not ordering a PowerVault enclosure is saving me money,

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