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Do Wavy Walls Really Use Fewer Bricks? I Tested It in Blender

2026-07-04Oscar Molnar
#blender  #geometry-nodes  #simulation  #3d  #physics  #architecture 

Do crinkle crankle walls actually save bricks? Geometry nodes, rigid body sims, and some answers.

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I Put a Datacenter GPU in My Gaming PC for £200

2026-05-30Oscar Molnar
#homelab  #gpu  #nixos  #local-llm  #hardware  #debugging 

I bought a datacenter GPU that doesn’t fit in a normal motherboard, macgyvered the fan with jumper wires, and now I’m running a model that ties with Claude Sonnet 4.6 on benchmarks, all for £200.

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The Things I Wanted to Know Before Buying Apple’s Studio Display XDR

2026-04-18Oscar Molnar
#apple  #displays  #macOS  #windows  #linux  #development  #gaming 

I went from a 3440x1440 ultrawide to Apple’s Studio Display XDR. It is the best coding monitor I have used, and here are the details I wanted clear answers on before buying it.

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How To Quiet A Ugreen 4800 Plus Without Sacrificing Drive Temps

2026-02-08Oscar Molnar
#homelab  #truenas  #nas  #cooling  #3d-printing  #noise 

I moved from Synology to a Ugreen 4800 Plus running TrueNAS. It was louder than expected. I measured everything, printed a few mods, swapped the fan, and ended up with a NAS that is both quieter and cooler where it matters.

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Automating What Backblaze Lifecycle Rules Don’t Do Instantly

2025-12-25Oscar Molnar
#homelab  #backblaze  #truenas  #nixos  #backups 

Backblaze’s ‘keep last version’ rule doesn’t delete old versions immediately. I found 21,000 extras and automated the cleanup with rclone.

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