I'm just getting into welding, and I'm going to try and learn mig. Truthfully, I haven't even attempted it yet. I've just been gathering the necessary material and this weekend I thought I had everything I needed. Unfortunately, me being the ignorant person I am, I got an inert gas tank from a 3rd party and swapped it at my local airgas for a 100% argon tank. Most of you probably see the problem. I haven't used any of the gas yet, and I'm hoping to be able to swap it back for the blend and pay the difference. However, if I'm unable to I wanna try and come up with some alternative options. Option 1: I work at a brewery and was hoping our gas supplier would be willing to swap it, but I'm not sure on that. Option 2: I'm trying to see if a gas blender is feasible, as I already own a CO2 tank. And perhaps I could use the argon tank later for tig welding and get a CO2 tank that isn't beverage grade and be all dandy in that regard. Option 3: Just buy another tank, I like this option the least as they aren't cheap and that means the argon tank just sits there and collects dust. Option 4: Just learn how to tig welding first. What would you do in this scenario?

I have very little experience and I'm looking to get a welder of my own. What welder would you get and why? It can be any of the types, but try to back up why you'd pick that one.

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Could I ask you to critique this build?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rqZNTY I haven't built a PC in quite a few years, but I kinda like how this one is turning out. I don't want any rgb. Use case is going to be gaming, model rendering, upscaling, and photo editing. I was thinking about going to an i9.

Our tap lines are quite long. I typically do a recirculating cycle of pbc and then an acid cycle. Is there anything I can do afterwards to fix this issue?

Whomever is comfortable with it, feel free to use a throwaway How long have you been in the industry? How long have you worked at the current facility you work at? What's your current position? What's your average yearly take away?

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Osmc and Bluetooth Xbox controller

I installed osmc in onto my raspberry pi 4 in order to easily have a portable movie player station. I know you can buy a remote that works with osmc but I was hoping to get my Xbox controller synced up with it via Bluetooth. At first I was having tons of issues getting it to even connect (my phone did easy enough.) I figured out that it didn't autoreconnect to the Wi-Fi network I had connected it to last time I used it, when I reconnected it the controller was able to sync with it no problem. Anywho I'm at the point where it's connected via Bluetooth, but the buttons do nothing. Is there something I'm missing? Edit: I installed Libreelec and it seems to work great.

So the brewery I work at, each time we can, we set aside a 6pk for just Incase someone has a complaint about something (carb is off, it was super foamy, I dunno whatever). So far it's only happened once, a Belgian beer that had been sitting on a shelf for way too long, that used diastatic yeast, got way way over carbed. We also use them to revisit seasonals to reassess if we want to change them at all. Other then that we have a large pile of beer that just doesn't stop accumulating. At what point in time would you deem it acceptable to throw out? 6 months? 8 months? A year? Longer?

Éire / Ireland Cheems • Now • 87%

Hole in the wall restaurants in Dublin recommendation

I'm visiting Ireland in January, and for the first night I wanna book a hotel in Dublin and walk somewhere for dinner. All the recommendations I find on Google are for fancy restaurants that serve Italian, authentic Chinese or what have you. But I'd really like a hole in the wall local restaurant that serves local cuisine. And I'd like to base the hotel off where whatever I decide. So what's your favorite local restaurant in Dublin?

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This large spider hanging outside of my window

What kind of spider is this?

Ask Lemmy Cheems • Now • 92%

What is one show you wish wouldn't have gotten cancelled when it did?

Thank you all for the show recommendations

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Does it seem as though the myrmidon hit box is obsurdly large?

I took few screenshots but apparently you can't include your cursor in screenshots. Test it for yourself though, the hit box is gigantic

We're looking into getting a nitrogen generator and using nitrogen over CO2 for a decent amount of day to day operation things so bonus points if you have a procedure that involved nitrogen