The barrier to alternatives is very high, especially when they simply don’t understand the risks.

Get the battery powered one, and get a 9v 1amp wall wart (it can run on batteries or the wall wart).

Also buy spare sanding wheels, at least 3, preferably 6.

Source: I have one. It takes 2 minutes to do a full pass. One wheel will do about 100 discs before being too worn out.

Of the ~200 unreadable discs I’ve run through it, perhaps 5 were still unreadable afterwards (and those may have had a copy protection failure, I’m not really sure). I do know pretty much all were readable afterwards, when they weren’t readable before.

Edit: the spray is just water with a drop of dish soap. Use lots of water - when I hear it slow down I know it needs more water on the disc, so give it another shot of spray.

I have many times seen parents ignoring their child’s behaviour in public, pretty much every time I go shopping.

Ah yes, the obsessed.

My mom made us all repeat the rules before we left the car (no running, no putting things in the cart without being asked, keep one hand on the cart while we are moving or something like those)

Wow, I’d forgotten this till just now - my mother did the same. Thanks for the memory jog!

I can remember being 2 or 3 years old and the golden rule then was to always be holding someone’s hand - parent/sibling, etc.

When you let your kids run wild in a library, there’s a problem.

Lol, “space where that parenting is not happening” is kinda everywhere!

(Sorry, just read that differently at first, thought it was a humorous take).

Uhh, what could possibly be better than deep fried butter?!?

But… Does someone everyone have to die after dinner?

Ewww.

Tastes vary. But gimme a toad in the hole, or many other Brit dishes and I’m there.

Like the pvc pipes inside the house? 🤦🏼

Yea, if you swapped the hardware…

This is a good thing

Meh, washers rarely need replacing anyway.

Grew up in a shop, did tons of oil changes, driven half a dozen cars over a million miles, replaced one or two drain plugs, but never just a washer.

My Dell SFF uses close to the same power as my Pi, once you start doing anything with the Pi (like swap to an SSD instead of an SD card). Pi idle: 8w. Dell SFF: 12w. Neither one show up on my power bill. Both of those are less than a single LED light bulb.

Pi is great on power at idle, with nothing else going on. But it can’t convert videos at a reasonable pace, doesn’t come in a case with mounts, extra power, etc.

Don’t get me wrong, Pi is great, it’s been fun tinkering with it, a great learning tool. But it’s hard to compete with a mini or SFF on a capability-per-watt basis or physical capability (standard brackets, expansion, etc).

Oh hell yes get them off these crappy mobile devices

Or any other big city.

Tyoical New Yorker hubris.

Oh, master/slave was simple compared to the interleaving thing. Honestly, that was so much a pain I’ve forgotten what it was/how to do it.

I’ll raise a glass for you next time I’m mixing up a drink.

Hahahahaha, take my GenX upvote

Well put.