Author Archives: rthtgnbs

Movie Review Eleven Years Late: Ender’s Game

Posted on May 5, 2024 by rthtgnbs

I spent a good part of 2013 on deployment, and so missed my chance to see Ender’s Game in the theaters. But I had a few hours to myself today and decided to watch it. My opinion? The movie is … Continue reading →

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OpenMediaVault Review and Preview

Posted on April 22, 2024 by rthtgnbs

Years ago I built an OpenMediaVault network attached storage appliance from an Asrock J4125 celeron motherboard with 8gb of RAM. I loaded OMV version 5 on a 140gb Intel SSD, loaded up a few 3tb drives and installed Jellyfin as … Continue reading →

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Exploring the “There’s no such thing as Palestinians” line of thought.

Posted on April 20, 2024 by rthtgnbs

Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel, spoke these words in 1969: “There was no such thing as Palestinians. When was there an independent Palestinian people with a Palestinian state? It was either southern Syria before the First World War and then it … Continue reading →

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Ethernet over Powerline, sometimes a better option than mesh

Posted on April 12, 2024 by rthtgnbs

My wife and I live in our “for right now house” rather than in a “forever home.” It’s a quirky design, but has enough room for our two teenage boys and is convenient for my commute to and from work. … Continue reading →

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Did Israel commit a war crime by killing World Central Kitchen aid workers?

Posted on April 6, 2024 by rthtgnbs

Whether or not Israel is guilty of war crimes is a debate for the courts. But the incident is troubling for many reasons. What we know for sure. Israel has publicly admitted that they did in fact launch three missiles … Continue reading →

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Florida Measles and the Quarantine Believers

Posted on February 25, 2024 by rthtgnbs

The current situation in Broward county is a cluster of 6 confirmed cases of measles, at least at the time of this writing. The community vaccination rate for measles is 89%, or “11% unvaccinated” for those who want to measure … Continue reading →

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BJJ Tournament After Action Review

Posted on February 18, 2024 by rthtgnbs

Hats off to the 62 year old blue belt who stepped on to the mats with me for Gi and No-Gi matches. Even 18 years his junior I am humbled by an older warrior getting after it. At our age, … Continue reading →

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AMD Radeon RX 580, RX 5500XT, and 6500XT in February 2024

Posted on February 16, 2024 by rthtgnbs

The Radeon RX 580 remains the most popular graphics card for AMD on the Steam Hardware Survey at the time of this writing. This is expected to start declining fairly rapidly as AMD has officially dropped driver update and optimization … Continue reading →

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Mammoth Sniper Challenge 2024 after action review

Posted on January 9, 2024 by rthtgnbs

The 2024 Mammoth Sniper Challenge has been over for two days now, and my body still hurts. My partner and I earned the finisher patch, but were not in any danger of being on the top of the list. Things … Continue reading →

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Ramshot TAC and Hodgdon Varget: Temperature Variation Considerations

Posted on December 22, 2023 by rthtgnbs

There’s a good baseline of data here:https://ultimatereloader.com/2022/04/01/extreme-powder-temperature-testing-varget-vs-tac/ However I want to run the numbers in a slightly different manner. Over a 205 degree temperature swing, TAC had 169 feet per second variation, and Varget had 50 feet per second variation. … Continue reading →

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