#general-chat | adafruit | Page 172

sick adder Jun 21, 2021, 1:18 AM

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ah, no, python 1.4 is the version of python that is on the old disk image 🙂

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some fractals that I apparently rendered in 1997

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jovial path Jun 21, 2021, 1:28 AM

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sick adder some fractals that I apparently rendered in 1997

On 3Ds Max? It existed in that time? What program did you use? Wow, you're a pioneer! I made some animations on AutoDesk Maya when I was at high school. Like a jumping Squireel, a ball bouncing, a spaceship launching, a mecatronical machine moving and taking a box... But I never rendered really, you just press some buttons, right? Like libraries...

sick adder Jun 21, 2021, 1:38 AM

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I really have no idea. I know I used the program "fractint" in that era (found it on another of these disks) but what those came from I do not know

jovial path Jun 21, 2021, 1:58 AM

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sick adder I really have no idea. I know I used the program "fractint" in that era (found ...

I think Pixar's software was free that time? The Renderman. It was my dream to use it in high school but I think only Pixar's employees can use it in the 21th century. I am still amazed how they have their own software for using in their movies. I think most of companies just use AutoDesk's products. I am really sad about Pixar, I applied to an interniship there, they said very good things about my curriculum and my activities, but I applied in a position that was not related with my major so they could not accept me. There was not a position for Electrical and Electronincs engineers... I applied in the non related position because I studied animation deeply in high school and I tought it could be fun to be at Pixar for a very short period of time, but mostly because I would animate with very good professionals. I want to be an engineer to be clair, but animation was such a good hobbie in high school, I tought I could take some advantage of it at Pixar.

ancient kindle Jun 21, 2021, 2:18 AM

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pixar is too big to hire just hobbyists, they want the best of the best

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sadly

burnt tendon Jun 21, 2021, 3:17 AM

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I mean, that's a really gnasty industry to be in. I'm glad I didn't end up in it, really.

ancient kindle Jun 21, 2021, 3:35 AM

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Yeah but that name caries so much weight

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You whip out that you interned at pixar and suddenly people perk up

wary herald Jun 21, 2021, 4:37 AM

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Can any of you recommend a good screen for a laptop with a Raspberry Pi? I need it to be under $50.00 and hopefully over 8 inches. Thanks!

thick wind Jun 21, 2021, 2:29 PM

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wary herald Can any of you recommend a good screen for a laptop with a Raspberry Pi? I need ...

Ooooh, under $50 is a bit on the tough side. At $50, we're usually talking 5" HDMI display. If you're looking for anything larger than 7" with that budget, your best bet is to find a recycled screen and try to buy a suitable driver board from banggood/aliexpress?

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Are you trying to build a kit, or is this for a personal project?

late fulcrum Jun 21, 2021, 2:55 PM

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Yeah, recycled laptop screens can be a great bargain

azure grove Jun 21, 2021, 3:26 PM

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Please don't block Tor users, Adafruit 😦

ancient kindle Jun 21, 2021, 3:32 PM

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adafruit isn't blocking you

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cloudflare is

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reset your circuit

azure grove Jun 21, 2021, 3:33 PM

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*adafruit isn't blocking you, the CDN they hired is

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you can configure cloudfare to not block Tor

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I have reset my circuits.

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maybe it's a temporary issue.. 🤷‍♂️

ancient kindle Jun 21, 2021, 3:35 PM

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that's the DDoS protection, not the CDN

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it hasn't let you reach the CDN yet

azure grove Jun 21, 2021, 3:36 PM

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yes, you are right. still a 'feature' that is controllable by cloudfare clients. at least as far as my cloudfare experience goes which admitedly is limited and probably outdated.

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anyway, just thought I'd point out it is happening to tor users.

ancient kindle Jun 21, 2021, 3:38 PM

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most people don't main tor so this is a new issue

jovial path Jun 21, 2021, 3:46 PM

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jovial path I think Pixar's software was free that time? The Renderman. It was my dream to u...

To be even more precise it wasn't even an animating position (the time I applied they were not hiring interniship students for animation).

static flare Jun 21, 2021, 3:51 PM

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good morning!

stoic mesa Jun 21, 2021, 3:52 PM

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morning all

wary herald Jun 21, 2021, 5:19 PM

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thick wind Are you trying to build a kit, or is this for a personal project?

Personal project

thick wind Jun 21, 2021, 5:24 PM

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Well at least that means you're probably not too concerned with source control or anything like that. If you have any old screen you want to use, you can probably take it apart and replace the driver board with something that supports HDMI and battery power?

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I think you can get refurbished monitors for pretty cheap, but you'll have to look at those chinese marketplace websites for the LCD driver board.

ancient kindle Jun 21, 2021, 5:26 PM

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Might be able to get a thrift shop monitor for cheap

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And an HDMI to DVI adapter perhaps

thick wind Jun 21, 2021, 5:34 PM

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Well, if it's for a laptop, it's gonna need to have some modification done to remove the AC power requirement.

late fulcrum Jun 21, 2021, 5:49 PM

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The aforementioned driver boards often work on 12V if you want to go that route.

wary herald Jun 21, 2021, 6:05 PM

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Would it be cheaper to buy a recycled laptop and use the screen/other parts, or buy a used screen?

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Laptops are easier to find

late fulcrum Jun 21, 2021, 6:13 PM

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Since the end goal is a laptop sized screen, I'm thinking a used laptop would be a quicker route to a solution. And dead laptops can often be had cheaply.

wary herald Jun 21, 2021, 6:15 PM

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I thought that. Thanks!

delicate stream Jun 22, 2021, 12:02 AM

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Or free! Try hitting local repair shops, sometimes they have a pallet of junk and they might have old laptops with good screens that just aren't worth their time. And sometimes you can get the controller boards for like $10-15 on eBay, but they might take 2-6 months shipping from China... hopefully they won't get stuck on a boat

wary herald Jun 22, 2021, 12:51 AM

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Smart! Thanks 🙂

real falcon Jun 22, 2021, 1:15 AM

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doc not bad!

wary herald Jun 22, 2021, 4:54 AM

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ancient kindle most people don't main tor so this is a new issue

DarkSide does

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LOL

tardy badger Jun 22, 2021, 11:56 AM

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My one regret with going to school originally was taking out private student loans

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Repayment starts in August and payments are going to be a lotttt of money

jovial path Jun 22, 2021, 12:27 PM

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What is your favorite classical music?

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Mine is Bach concerto for Oboe and Violin BWV 1060

jovial path Jun 22, 2021, 12:33 PM

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jovial path Mine is Bach concerto for Oboe and Violin BWV 1060

😻

ancient kindle Jun 22, 2021, 2:09 PM

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Scheherazade

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Almost got to play it with a full group before covid hit

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Belioz sinfonie fantastique is a close second

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I was gonna play that at all state before covid hit and ruined the plans for the entire festival

jovial path Jun 22, 2021, 2:45 PM

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In this time of the year here in Brazil, people dress like this (it is very similar to cowboys in the US) and we dance related musics, there are a lot of fireworks, there are some types of fireworks for kids too, people make a fire pit in front of the houses (but not in the capital at all) and people eat a lot of food based mostly on corn, they prepare foods with the fire pit like cheese ,corn, etc... It is very fun. In this photo it is me(engineer student) in the right, my brother(Lawer) in the left and our friend(Pshycologist I think) in the middle. At the time we didn't had Arduino's but we had Windows XP and 97. The fire pit is a real fire pit, made with wood, our family liked the vertical fire pit, it was a lot of vertical woods together and we put fire in the top.

delicate stream Jun 22, 2021, 11:45 PM

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FULL CUSTOM RGB

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:35 AM

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Sweet. I ordered a new mouse today - also RGB - prime day

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I love Prime Day

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:36 AM

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jovial path What is your favorite classical music?

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Rachmaninoff

ancient kindle Jun 23, 2021, 12:36 AM

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Solid choice

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:37 AM

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$5 mouse?

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:38 AM

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Nope, $8

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LOL

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:38 AM

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lol

ancient kindle Jun 23, 2021, 12:38 AM

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RGB stuff is either $5 or $500

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Trying to make worthless stuff look valuable and trying to make semi worthless stuff look valuable :)

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:39 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/backing-you-get-yours-danny-devito-danny-devito-gif-13052176

Tenor

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:39 AM

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lol

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:39 AM

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ancient kindle Trying to make worthless stuff look valuable and trying to make semi worthless s...

🤣

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:39 AM

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RGB also makes expensive things look cool

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:40 AM

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It does

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What'd you do to that keyboard

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:40 AM

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?

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:40 AM

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I'm getting a normal one and sprucing it up

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:40 AM

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What do you mean what did I do to it? XD

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:41 AM

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delicate stream ?

Full "custom" RGB

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I was wondering how you made it

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:41 AM

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OpenRGB software

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Key by key, lol

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:41 AM

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Oh. I see

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What keyboard is it - Corsair?

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:42 AM

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I had to do a spreadsheet of every key XD

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Redragon

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:42 AM

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Oh. Cheaper 🙂

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🤑

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:42 AM

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Yeah XD

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I cheap out on some things... not on others

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:43 AM

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Yeah, me too

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:43 AM

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Workstation cost all the muns DX

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:43 AM

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I know....

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:44 AM

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At least it's fast

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:44 AM

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Yeah. I am getting a LattePanda thanks to parsko, and it's not too shabby

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:44 AM

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I want one

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:45 AM

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https://www.dfrobot.com/topic-278.html

Buy LattePanda, Best Mini Win10 PC and A Win10 Single Board Compute...

Find best mini pc win10 online? DFRobot.com supplies LattePanda which is a single development board with build-in Arduino that could run win 10, check LattePanda reviews here and shop now!

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:45 AM

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Need muns XD

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:46 AM

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Yeah. Do a https://versus.com search on the Intel Atom x5 Z8350 and compare it to a 1st gen Core i3 -|| it wins||

VERSUS

Versus | Compare everything

Versus is a global data-driven comparison platform, covering over 90 categories. Compare smartphones, cameras, headphones, graphics cards, and much more. With detailed tech specs, data visualizations, and price comparisons, Versus is the best product finder for a wide range of consumer electronics, from smartphones to PC hardware.

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Save your keyboard money and get one of those instead

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:47 AM

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I have a few tablets with that Atom, lol

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:47 AM

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Do you want Alpha, Delta, or v1?

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||I'd pick Alpha||

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:48 AM

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I want the fastest one XD

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:48 AM

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delicate stream I have a few tablets with that Atom, lol

Do they run Win10 and have 3 USB ports?

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:48 AM

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delicate stream I want the fastest one XD

That's the Alpha

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:48 AM

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They run Windows 10, I forget if they have USB 3

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:49 AM

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Sell your tablets and get an Alpha

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:49 AM

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Lmao, they're worthless at this point... they were only $120 on the top end, and that was 4 years ago

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:49 AM

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Oh

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Well, they're still worth something

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:50 AM

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If I can find someone who wants them :P they can barely Windows

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:50 AM

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Oof

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:51 AM

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yeah

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:51 AM

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The v1 isn't too bad at Windows 10.

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:51 AM

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1GB of RAM and a low performance processor does not a great experience make, lol

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:52 AM

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How about 4 GB RAM/a low performance CPU LOL

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I would get a $50 refurbished laptop off eBay and fix it up, if I were you

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And get a LP after your next paycheck

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:54 AM

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Much better XD Windows dislikes less than 2GB of RAM

wary herald Jun 23, 2021, 12:54 AM

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Gotta go - bye

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 12:55 AM

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seeya!

jovial path Jun 23, 2021, 3:34 AM

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What a coincidence. It is kind of a coincidence I think, I asked if I could be a Sir for being a good engineer but not a british engineer but a brazillian engineer. It is not the Sir title, but..., it is something :).

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 10:31 AM

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https://youtu.be/JVGbcth5TVg

YouTube

Louie Zong

sorry, computer

my computer became...unusable recently. sorry computer, here's a song about it. he's fixed now, but everything was wiped

▶ Play video

honest jolt Jun 23, 2021, 2:32 PM

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delicate stream Much better XD Windows dislikes less than 2GB of RAM

I disagree - you need at least 8GB (cause in my experience Windows likes to use 4GB. Maybe cause I'm using pro???? idk)

honest jolt Jun 23, 2021, 2:32 PM

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delicate stream 1GB of RAM and a low performance processor does not a great experience make, lol

Plus booting off an HDD

thick wind Jun 23, 2021, 2:37 PM

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wary herald ||I'd pick Alpha||

For that kind of money, I'd want to try one of these instead: https://shop.udoo.org/udoo-bolt-v3.html

UDOO BOLT V3

Almost twice as fast as the MacBook Pro 13

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I think if you add the components it doesn't come with (memory + optional m.2 ssd) it comes out to around the same as the preloaded LP alpha

late fulcrum Jun 23, 2021, 3:13 PM

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I'm guessing that's "twice as fast" as an old X86 Macbook, not the new ARM based ones.

ancient kindle Jun 23, 2021, 3:21 PM

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yes

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it came out long before m1

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CPU is from 2018

supple surge Jun 23, 2021, 3:40 PM

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My Analog Discovery 2 / PPK box didn’t have enough personality but NOW IT HAS STICKERS 😁😝 Measure all the things! 🙌🙌

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Who’s a little QT PY?! ☺️☺️ someone’s about to get Circuit Python installed 😁😁 ⚡️ 🐍

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 4:10 PM

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I don't think header pins are supposed to go into the Type C port

scenic oak Jun 23, 2021, 4:13 PM

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if they fit…

supple surge Jun 23, 2021, 4:20 PM

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delicate stream *I don't think header pins are supposed to go into the Type C port*

My plan was to do stacking headers for breadboard breakout - should I be going for a direct solder instead due to the castellated pads? My samd21 qt (usb micro I think) is physically pretty much the same, is there a limitation to usb-c spec I should be watching out for? 😅 always good to figure these things out before busting out the iron haha

jovial path Jun 23, 2021, 4:22 PM

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Online learning at university is so good. I do not have to walk to the classes or to the office hours... Just this week I made 2 PDFs to a single professor each one with more than 17 questions, and he answers via e-mail. And it is good because I take prints, highlight areas. It is pretty awesome. I made more PDFs this week I am just giving this example.

supple surge Jun 23, 2021, 4:26 PM

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delicate stream *I don't think header pins are supposed to go into the Type C port*

🤣🤣🤣 ok hold on I just looked at the pic more 😅😅 dang it you caught me! Thought I could get away with just jamming those in there hahahaha * carefully repositions headers away from the port *

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 5:45 PM

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Lmao

jovial path Jun 23, 2021, 6:13 PM

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There it says : No to drugs, no to cigars and no to alchool. Very important 😃 👍

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In the blue wall...

tardy badger Jun 23, 2021, 6:35 PM

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Didn’t realize the meme had a swear word in it

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Whoops

delicate stream Jun 23, 2021, 8:47 PM

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Oop

spice moss Jun 23, 2021, 8:47 PM

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i am partying here as sonic 30th party

versed iron Jun 23, 2021, 8:48 PM

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Sorry, I don't find the right section for Keyboard thing... since Adafruit is on keyboard stuff, I felt I need to share this discovery:

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I entered the rabit hole of DDR controler... and there is a "market" for finger DDR board. Look a this "thnikk 4K" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AttTFpKn0zQ&t=1020

YouTube

kkclue

exploring the wild world of DDR controllers

Grab Atlas VPN for $1.39/mo before the deal expires: http://atlasv.pn/KKClue

dance dance revolution controllers come in all different shapes and sizes. some good, some bad, some ugly. softpads, thiccpads, hardpads, hand controllers, and even the dang game boy.

music and software used:
https://pastebin.com/raw/4s1RDxAN

THE GROOVEBOARDS HAVE N...

▶ Play video

thick wind Jun 23, 2021, 9:01 PM

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Why is this a thing. My brother was highly respected as a stepfile maker in the "finger DDR" community, and last I checked, most people use either a standard keyboard/macropad or a fightstick/arcadepad...

versed iron Jun 23, 2021, 9:02 PM

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It is just "new" to me much lower cost than full DIY keyboard, very accessible project for someone that want to do something in CircuitPython with the new keyboard thing.

thick wind Jun 23, 2021, 9:03 PM

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Actually, Osu is probably more known for having custom 2-key macropads specifically for its purpose

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Ahhhh, yeah that's fair

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Most people get into the games before the peripherals tho LOL

versed iron Jun 23, 2021, 9:05 PM

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So now I discover that there are people making those "sequence" and attaching that to song. Of course that must exist. I don't want to spend hours into that rabbit hole. I need to forget about this right now. 🙂

thick wind Jun 23, 2021, 9:06 PM

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I think it's pretty interesting how Adafruit is going full-tilt into this 3x4 macropad.

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One of the nicest finished designs I've seen in a while.

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You could take one of these fully-assembled and still generate a good amount of interest.

static flare Jun 23, 2021, 10:37 PM

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thick wind Actually, Osu is probably more known for having custom 2-key macropads specifica...

Adafruit's Neokey featherwing with a feather 32u4 or smth, you've got a decent Osu! macropad

grave crest Jun 23, 2021, 11:57 PM

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Random question -- for those familiar with computer mice, anyone recommend one for someone who's comfortable with a "claw" style grip?

supple surge Jun 24, 2021, 12:01 AM

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grave crest Random question -- for those familiar with computer mice, anyone recommend one f...

Get a trackball!!! You basically hold it in a “claw” like pattern, and by manipulating the amount of spin you put into the ball you can go from edge to edge of the screen with speed, then slow down for fine precision (set the cursor speed really low)

grave crest Jun 24, 2021, 12:02 AM

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@supple surge I currently use a trackball and trackpad, but looking for more of a mouse for gaming. 🙂

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 12:05 AM

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grave crest Random question -- for those familiar with computer mice, anyone recommend one f...

I claw my Logitech G602

supple surge Jun 24, 2021, 12:06 AM

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grave crest <@!790806321699487795> I currently use a trackball and trackpad, but looking for...

Ahhh gotcha! So you already know the ways of the ball 🤣😅😛 kattni was after a gaming mouse too but Mac compatible with customizable leds - hmmm 🤔 where all the good mices at? 😅 🐭 sounds like a question for my Starcraft friends 😄

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 12:07 AM

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G602 has several buttons that can be customized :D no RGB tho...

grave crest Jun 24, 2021, 12:44 AM

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Yeah, I'm probably not their target market -- three button wireless mouse with vertical scroll. Bonus points for selector for free/ratcheting scroll.

Extra buttons? LEDs? Weights? That's nice but not needed at all.

I got the MX Master 2, and well....I'm unhappy with it. I can't grip it the way I do with my hockey-puck Microsoft Wireless 3500.

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And the nice part, those mice are under $20 and have been around for the better part of a decade.

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 12:46 AM

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G602 is also "heavy", apparently, but I'm a giant and anything under 5lbs is basically nothing as far as I'm concerned

grave crest Jun 24, 2021, 12:48 AM

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Seems that the G602 is discontinued 😦

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 12:55 AM

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What?!

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Karabast!

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I guess I can't get another one...

hidden pivot Jun 24, 2021, 1:31 AM

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I want to learn about STM32 bruh

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 1:46 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/owl-poke-finger-gif-14018060

Tenor

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First time owl activation be like...

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 3:18 AM

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Prince William playing on a drone 😂

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Maybe he programs and knows how to build one 😂 cool. 🥳 👍

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Royal Technology. 😃 ✅ 💯

drowsy zephyr Jun 24, 2021, 8:41 AM

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Guys, a bit of a question for fellow scholars
can you copy and paste from your own unpublished work to make a proceeding?
or a short journal?

stoic mesa Jun 24, 2021, 11:56 AM

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Yes, you can - why not?

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In fact it is not uncommon for people to copy and paste from their own published work too, I had seen papers consisting for 90 percent of rehashing of previous results, and only 10 percent new.
(I do not consider this a good practice, though)

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 12:13 PM

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Yeah, if it's YOUR work, and you don't have some agreement not to publish it with someone for some reason, you can do what you please

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But yeah, probs not best practice to rehash all over

wary herald Jun 24, 2021, 6:13 PM

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thick wind For that kind of money, I'd want to try one of these instead: https://shop.udoo....

Thanks. I've never heard of that before. I'll look in to it.

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😀

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 6:44 PM

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Windows 11 launched! 🥳

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It will be a free update!

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It is funny here in Brazil, when someone starts talking about football everyone else participates hahaha.

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 6:48 PM

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I think it's ugly DX

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 6:48 PM

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The guys from that truck started talking about football, them my father talked with them too, them some workers behind us participated the conversation too.

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 6:49 PM

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Lol

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 6:49 PM

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delicate stream I think it's ugly DX

It looks like Windows 10. I hope it will fix the bugs.

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 6:50 PM

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Except rounded and more transparent and more widgets and shading

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 6:50 PM

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And there is the widgets bellow it looks like MACOs...

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In the middle.

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 6:50 PM

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And it looks like the Start menu is a bunch of junk instead of being able to make it slim and clean like I like...

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Thankfully you can turn off the stupid centering in settings for the taskbar

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 6:52 PM

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jovial path The guys from that truck started talking about football, them my father talked w...

I joined the conversation too. To talk about bad things about our own teams... 😂

spice moss Jun 24, 2021, 6:52 PM

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Doctor i think similar for windows 11

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but also windows 11 is boring looking

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 7:06 PM

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I just want simple and utilitarian, no shading and curves and transparency

burnt tendon Jun 24, 2021, 7:54 PM

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I dono, I basically fear the implications of Windows 11 and things that they are going to do to make my device less my device.

ancient kindle Jun 24, 2021, 7:55 PM

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tux

spice moss Jun 24, 2021, 8:09 PM

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there is no operation system what speak to me after windows 10

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 8:18 PM

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jovial path It will be a free update!

I am so happy with this :) For a moment I tought I had to buy a new computer with Windows 11 to get it. Windows 10 is great (when there is no bugs) and I am not sad with the fact that it looks very similar to Windows 10.

spice moss Jun 24, 2021, 8:21 PM

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Livetiles is mind is operational

burnt tendon Jun 24, 2021, 8:21 PM

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I don't even really feel like Win 10 really spoke to me that much, it was an obligated upgrade.

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 8:24 PM

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It looks great :), it looks modern, I like the colors... I just hope it will take no more than 4gb of RAM.

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 8:27 PM

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I doubt it'll be happy on 4GB... 10 likes 8GB+, but works on as little as 1GB

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But even 8GB can be pretty bad for 10...

ancient kindle Jun 24, 2021, 8:31 PM

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4GB is the minimum just for windows

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If you want anything else you need another 4GB

delicate stream Jun 24, 2021, 8:32 PM

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I have tablets with 1GB of RAM XD but not good

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I say 12GB is like... the least you'd want to be nice and comfy, anything with 8GB just seems to be full all the time

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 9:43 PM

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Stole this meme from Facebook

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jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 9:49 PM

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tardy badger

I don't like when the principal protagonist is a bad person. I like for example if it is Thor the main protagonist, or even a bad guy turning into a good guy, but never movies creating a good image in a bad guy. I hate movies like this, his series got into Disney + and I didn't even watch it.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 9:52 PM

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Loki isn’t a bad guy

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He’s an anti hero

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There’s a very big difference between antagonists and anti heroes.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihero

Antihero

An antihero (sometimes spelled as anti-hero) or antiheroine is a main character in a story who lacks conventional heroic qualities and attributes such as idealism, courage, and morality. Although antiheroes may sometimes perform actions that are morally correct, it is not always for the right reasons, often acting primarily out of self-interest ...

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 9:54 PM

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The Mandaloriam per example, he kinda became good.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 9:54 PM

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Mandalorian is also an antihero

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Not inherently good, but not bad either

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They usually act out of self interest

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 9:55 PM

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I don't like half :( half is worst than bad.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 9:55 PM

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And understanding antiheroes will help you appreciate their role in these comics and movies

wary herald Jun 24, 2021, 9:55 PM

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I like Loki

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 9:55 PM

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They are vital for the character development of those around them

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And for the progression of plot

wary herald Jun 24, 2021, 9:56 PM

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Also, Win11 👏👏

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 9:56 PM

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Win 11, killing more devices than Apple. I’ll give them props for one upping Apple

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Lol

ancient kindle Jun 24, 2021, 9:57 PM

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not entirely the fault of MS

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 9:57 PM

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Unless Intel launches a bios feature to add fTPM

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Which they could still do

ancient kindle Jun 24, 2021, 9:57 PM

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intel has had that feature since like 4th? gen, but manufacturers can disable it in the BIOS

spice moss Jun 24, 2021, 9:57 PM

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the Deadpool 3 was supposed to have wolverine and deadpool on roadtrip before marvel bought Fox

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 9:58 PM

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Ah yeah

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PTT

wary herald Jun 24, 2021, 9:59 PM

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I am hoping for better things from Redmond LOL

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:00 PM

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It would be a matter then if PTT is usable on your motherboard then

ancient kindle Jun 24, 2021, 10:01 PM

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this would pressure the big OEMs to release a BIOS update that enables it

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and not disable it in the future

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:12 PM

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Yeah

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Hashtag security

ancient kindle Jun 24, 2021, 10:26 PM

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it's amusing how much people case about what the # is called

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I end up calling it a cross hatch just to confuse everyone

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:31 PM

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tardy badger https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antihero

The Mandalorian risked his life for a kid, this is morality and he also faced whole arms for a kid it is courage and he also lost his bad idealism from the Mandalorian order for the kid. Maybe in the past he was an anti-hero. I don't want the Mandalorian to be an anti-hero what a bad name... And the Mandalorian stopped being a criminal because of the kid.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:35 PM

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He didn’t stop because of the kid

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:35 PM

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In the end?

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:35 PM

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He still clearly did things indicative of an antihero

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:35 PM

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He gave the kid to Luke Skywaker.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:35 PM

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Yeah, so he could go end up to die

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He made the wrong choice

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:36 PM

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And while he was with the kid he stopped his job.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:36 PM

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Nah, he still worked as a mercenary the whole time.

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:36 PM

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Actually I do not know exactly if he was a criminal? I think his money wasn't legal.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:36 PM

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He still did what he was used to do

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He snuggled someone just to get somewhere

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Smuggled*

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:37 PM

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tardy badger He still did what he was used to do

The only person he searched who was in the list was that woman in the desert and it wasn't for money.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:37 PM

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Look, regardless of how you feel the Mandalorian was and will be an antihero

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It’s the nature of Mandalorian

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:37 PM

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He showed his face. This is completely not Mandalorian.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:38 PM

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But the other Mandalorian showed their face

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So who’s right?

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:38 PM

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He was not a Mandalorian remember? He found the clothes.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:38 PM

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There are different faction of Mandalorian

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I’m talking about the women Mandalorian

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:39 PM

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The one who makes weapons?

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:39 PM

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No.. the ones who wanted the dark saber

spice moss Jun 24, 2021, 10:40 PM

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the boba fet was mando for mandalorians so clone troopers are all mandalorians so the battle on mandos planet was epic mandalorians battle

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:40 PM

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No no no. It wasn't mandalorians

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Just the clothes look like each other.

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They were not Mandalorians.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:40 PM

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The problem with wanting things to be black or white in terms of good or bad is that just isn’t how the world works

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:40 PM

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No, you are all mixing things.

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:40 PM

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Nope

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I’ve watched and read star wars all my life

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:41 PM

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It is like saying the clones are Mandalorians.

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Wait.

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 10:41 PM

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tardy badger But the other Mandalorian showed their face

That group of three people?

tardy badger Jun 24, 2021, 10:42 PM

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Yes, they were Mandalorian too

spice moss Jun 24, 2021, 10:42 PM

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if the groupd of mandalorians say boba as mandalorian too so as boba is actually a clone what made for jango so

jovial path Jun 24, 2021, 11:47 PM

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jovial path No no no. It wasn't mandalorians

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Yes. They were Mandalorians....

delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 12:05 AM

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REAL Mandalorians. The Mandalorians who do the "don't show your face" thing were members of Deathwatch, a Mandalorian extremist group. Bo Katan, the leader of that smaller group, was leader of Mandalore, and her sister was leader before Deathwatch showed up

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Also Windows 11 may kill many things

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-intel-processors

Windows Processor Requirements Windows 11 Supported Intel Processors

This specification details the processors that can be used with Customer Systems that include Windows Products (including Custom Images).

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/minimum/supported/windows-11-supported-amd-processors

Windows Processor Requirements Windows 11 Supported AMD Processors

This specification details the processors that can be used with Customer Systems that include Windows Products (including Custom Images).

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Unclear if these lists are exhaustive... But if they are, many machines that are only 4-5 years old are already destined to be without Windows

jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 12:34 AM

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delicate stream Unclear if these lists are exhaustive... But if they are, many machines that are...

There was Celeron and Pentium in there... Is this really precise?

delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 12:36 AM

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I mean, it's Microsoft, so I would expect so... but when I say "unclear if these lists are exhaustive", I mean that there may be more that are compatible than are listed

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I really do hope that's not ALL compatible processors... I mean, there are a lot of chips that are only 4 years old that aren't on that list

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The tool they have to check also just says if it's compatible, or if it's not, it just gives this if there's an incompatibility, instead of telling you WHY it isn't compatible

jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 12:47 AM

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delicate stream The tool they have to check also just says if it's compatible, or if it's not, i...

This is very bad.

delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 12:48 AM

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Yeah... Well, at least 10 isn't dying any time soon

ancient kindle Jun 25, 2021, 1:08 AM

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it's definitely the TPM requirement

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check your BIOS

jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 1:08 AM

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Yep, my computer is from 2018...

delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 1:10 AM

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I mean, I'm pretty sure it's the lack of TPM. Ryzen 5000 doesn't have a built in TPM, and I don't have a module installed on my board

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Now, I have a laptop that has a TPM... but it gives the exact same message, but meets the other requirements, so I don't know WHY it failed

jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 1:13 AM

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...

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Yeah really bad.

delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 1:14 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/drcox-scrubs-head-gif-4862594

Tenor

head bang

▶ Play video

wary herald Jun 25, 2021, 1:34 AM

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No Atom x5 Z8350! 😦

delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 1:34 AM

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No 1st gen Ryzen

wary herald Jun 25, 2021, 1:36 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/no-lots-of-no-all-the-no-more-no-have-a-no-gif-12312634

Tenor

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https://tenor.com/view/geko-geico-tired-lizard-facepalm-gif-8337375

Tenor

geico - facepalm

▶ Play video

wary herald Jun 25, 2021, 1:42 AM

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thick wind For that kind of money, I'd want to try one of these instead: https://shop.udoo....

I agree... That's alright, though....

jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 1:56 AM

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delicate stream No 1st gen Ryzen

When I was a kid I remember watching a lot of commercial that was not directed to me because I was a kid it made me feel a bit sad, even the controller of my ps2 was to big for my hands, it made me feel out of something great... When these companies do this they do the same to people that can't afford a new computer or don't know how to change a microprocessor (or don't know what a microprocessor is).

ancient kindle Jun 25, 2021, 2:00 AM

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This is a data security thing

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It has nothing to do with a desire to make people buy new hardware

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They’re fixing one of the biggest data security issues in windows that has been around since the start

delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 2:02 AM

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Someone in another server told me they don't believe in TPM

ancient kindle Jun 25, 2021, 2:02 AM

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ancient kindle They’re fixing one of the biggest data security issues in windows that has been ...

Where you can just put the drive with windows installed and you can just access every file

ancient kindle Jun 25, 2021, 2:03 AM

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delicate stream Someone in another server told me they don't believe in TPM

That’s just ignorant

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Shows you how much they know

delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 2:03 AM

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One of the reasons is because 2.0 saves auth failures indefinitely

jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 2:31 AM

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delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 2:32 AM

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You're in the future, on my birthday :O

jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 2:32 AM

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Me and my father made this project, it connects to the internet and it is 3D printed. The back is a bit weird, I don't know why but my father choosed to 3D print a model that was not so good in the back but we leave like this any way. The only part we took a 3D Model was the back because we are awesome and we made the blue part. Look.

delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 2:32 AM

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noice

jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 2:34 AM

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And in another color.

jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 2:36 AM

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delicate stream You're in the future, on my birthday :O

Happy birthday.

delicate stream Jun 25, 2021, 2:36 AM

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Thanks :D

wary herald Jun 25, 2021, 3:10 AM

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delicate stream You're in the future, on my birthday :O

https://tenor.com/view/happy-birthday-birthday-cake-celebrate-balloons-gif-13778860

Tenor

solar ridgeBOT Jun 25, 2021, 4:17 AM

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jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 2:16 PM

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There it says "To a super son" that is me 😃 🥳 .

jovial path Jun 25, 2021, 2:31 PM

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It looks like Tomorrowland's pin, but I am sure it is better.

wary herald Jun 25, 2021, 10:27 PM

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Does anyone have any experience with Stack Overflow?

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I am having a good experience so far

tardy badger Jun 25, 2021, 10:36 PM

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Great place to get roasted

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Bring marshmallows

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You could make a simple mistake and someone will find your post and dump a load of dirt all over you for being human

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10/10 highly recommend

ancient kindle Jun 25, 2021, 11:04 PM

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lmao

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a better question to ask would be does anyone not have experience with stack overflow

stoic mesa Jun 25, 2021, 11:41 PM

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I only ever read Stack Overflow
Never posted there

ancient kindle Jun 25, 2021, 11:49 PM

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of course

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 12:40 AM

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stoic mesa I only ever **read** Stack Overflow Never posted there

This

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 12:59 AM

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Does anyone know if you can get ICs in white ceramic with gold anymore? Or only old parts?

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 1:00 AM

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stoic mesa I only ever **read** Stack Overflow Never posted there

It is hard to get points on StackOverFlow.

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One of the goals of my life is to get a lot of points on this website.

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People there are so rigorous with the posts....

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You can't ask a question that is not rigorously propper otherwise they freeze your post.

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My own experience.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 1:06 AM

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delicate stream Does anyone know if you can get ICs in white ceramic with gold anymore? Or only ...

not anymore

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 1:06 AM

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Phooey

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 1:06 AM

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ever since DIP went out of style for CPUs anymore

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and the white ceramic chips are collectors items now

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so they are rare and expensive

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 1:07 AM

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Adafruit should make new stock ceramic chips for beautiful projects

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 1:14 AM

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https://youtu.be/PrIQbadXX74

YouTube

Akademia Filmu i Telewizji

J. S. Bach – Concerto for oboe & violin BWV 1060 Alicja Matuszczyk ...

Info: https://gr.afit.pl
0:00 Applause
00:22 I. Allegro
05:22 II. Adagio
10:33 III Allegro
Polish Nationwide Music Schools' Symphonic Orchestras Competition.
Winners Concert. Concert Studio of Polish National Radio
Jury Award
Symphony Orchestra of the Stanisław Moniuszko Music School in Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Alicja Matuszczyk - oboe,
Julia Iskrz...

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My favorite music. These girls play so well. I think they play better than the other adults I've seen on YouTube playing the same music. And I think they play this music better than our local orchestra, I always go to their events and I've never seen the local orchestra playing this music, but I think these girls play this music better than them.

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I love how the oboe meets the violin ✅

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 1:44 AM

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Thanks

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Crypto is crashing↘️ 💹

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 1:47 AM

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Ehhhhhh.... dropping... I dunno if I'd call it crashing quite yet

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 1:47 AM

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LOL

versed geyser Jun 26, 2021, 1:49 AM

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I guess if you bought in when we were at $12 it's still pretty shiny. Recent acquisitions are going to sting for a while.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 1:49 AM

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I'd call it a crash if it was down like 40%+ in a day, anything under 10% can just go up and down in a day pretty easy

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It dropped enough that I'm holding until the next jump

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 2:36 AM

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jovial path https://youtu.be/PrIQbadXX74

Actually my favorite music is the 1 Allegro of this song, but not the Adagio and 3 Allegro. Bach looses his quality in them completelly.

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:10 AM

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I think 2 years ago (or 3 years ago I don't know) I watched a TED talk of him talking something about this the EarthShots (or something like this), that we should have something like a goal to make the earth's environment clean. Hum... I am not being precise because I watch it so long ago. Good to see that he's doing something about this now...

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I wish I could create a green transistor, green ci's or 100% green computers, that would be so great... Like a transistor made from a seed... Green super computers... We need so much to take care of earth's environment, there is the greenhouse effect, termical inversion, heat islands, and a bunch of other effects caused by global warming, this is pretty bad. The ph of the river that covers Aracaju (my city) is way lower(more acid) than 10 years ago according to studies that a friend made in his research in environmental engineering...

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:01 AM

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https://www.i-programmer.info/news/112-theory/4071-a-crab-based-computer.html

A Crab-Based Computer

Programming book reviews, programming tutorials,programming news, C#, Ruby, Python,C, C++, PHP, Visual Basic, Computer book reviews, computer history, programming history, joomla, theory, spreadsheets and more.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 9:47 AM

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Moar nuclear, less coal

real falcon Jun 26, 2021, 9:49 AM

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im kinda meh on nuclear

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moar solar, moar wind, more other sources of power!

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 10:44 AM

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They're all good. But nuclear is compact, stable, safe, and when the fuel is handled properly and used in different types of reactors to take maximum advantage, clean

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But we need to get rid of coal and oil

real falcon Jun 26, 2021, 10:50 AM

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then theres 1000 years of storage

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what you said is true. im concerned about after, not the process

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 11:00 AM

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There are newer reactor types that can continue to draw power from the waste material of fission reactors, so we're not just filling a hole with radioactive materials. But at least if it is stored, it's not in the atmosphere like all the byproducts of burning things

zealous scaffold Jun 26, 2021, 2:08 PM

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nuclear waste can be largely recycled. US of A just chooses not to. Other countries do.

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its a very effective stopgap while we perfect fusion, which is about 15 years off

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 2:43 PM

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Well... Who knows how far off fusion is, people have been saying "10-20 years off" for decades. But fission is cleaner than fossil fuels!

polar bloom Jun 26, 2021, 3:18 PM

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Wind and solar are only clean if you can hide the wind farms and solar farms away in a desert somewhere. Having these massive wind turbines next to your house is no fun.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 3:20 PM

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Clean as in green, not causing environmental damage

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Aesthetics clean is different XD but function over form, yo

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 3:22 PM

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Special brazillian's june festivals cheeto's flavor: Corn and Butter. It has a good flavor. I ate another Cheetos with a brazillian flavor for june's festivals: Cocada, it is a brazillian desert. Sweet Cheetos.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 3:56 PM

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Nuclear waste can be used in several more layers of reactors before it is truly waste that needs to be disposed of fully

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Sadly we don’t invest in those extra layers so we shove all the waste in a mountain to be forgotten about

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 3:58 PM

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I think the best clean energy is Solar's Energy, Nuclear Energy is great but it is dangerous!

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 3:59 PM

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The issue with solar is how much space is takes up

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 3:59 PM

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It will be more efficient in the future.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 3:59 PM

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It's not dangerous unless you're using an ancient reactor design and operate it improperly. That stigma is unwarranted -- modern reactors are safe and efficient

crystal ore Jun 26, 2021, 3:59 PM

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I'd say the storage issue is the bigger problem with solar. You need to figure out how to power things at night, too.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 3:59 PM

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It’s a good option to like fill up excess space but it can’t come close to the density of nuclear

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:00 PM

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Nuclear energy is like eating too much sugar food, it has a lot of energy but it is bad.

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Solar energy is like eating vegetables.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:00 PM

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It's not bad, it's not dangerous

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Again, unless you do it wrong, but modern reactors are safe

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:01 PM

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The few major nuclear disasters have been from negligence of safety procedures

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Chernobyl was caused when they disabled safety features ON PURPOSE

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Idiots

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:02 PM

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And most didn't result in nearly as much harm as sometimes is portrayed. And overall deaths are far far FAR lower than deaths from complications of fossil fuels

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:03 PM

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Depends on how you want to define fossil fuels lol

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:03 PM

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Nuclear reactors are often portrayed as ticking time bombs that could explode at any moment... And that's just not accurate

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:03 PM

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We have been using some form of fossil fuels for thousands of years

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Solar is a good stopgap if we use it to get away from coal immediately

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But it’s not sustainable with our level of growth as a society

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:04 PM

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Anything we got out of the ground that used to be biomatter -- coal, oil, anything that puts out greenhouse gases

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Yeah, photovoltaic cells can't provide enough power to replace coal outright by itself

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:05 PM

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Yes, fossil fuels are stored solar energy, which is ultimately nuclear energy (which in turn is ultimately solar). However fossil fuels are also sequestered carbon and burning them re-releases that carbon into the atmosphere, which causes a whole host of problems.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:06 PM

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late fulcrum Yes, fossil fuels are stored solar energy, which is ultimately nuclear energy (w...

This.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:06 PM

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Remember that we stopped using renewable energy because it wasn’t dense enough for our uses

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If we try going 100% solar there’s either going to be most of our inhabitable land covered in solar cells or we go back to dirty power

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:07 PM

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If we go to full photovoltaic, yeah

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:07 PM

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A dyson sphere would be cool tho

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:07 PM

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There's also solar thermal power, which is higher density, but has other implications

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:08 PM

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How about the unhabitable land? There's also wind, tidal, and geothermal energy available. There's a whale of a lot of energy available, even at the paltry efficiency we can currently manage. Some conservation would also go a long way (goodbye cryptocurrency and data centers running on wasteful outdated technology)

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:09 PM

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Goodbye proof of work crypto*

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That’s the wasteful stuff

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:09 PM

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That would be a more accurate statement, yes

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A surprising percentage of proof of work crypto is being done in Iceland, using geothermal power and ambient cooling, amusingly enough.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:10 PM

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Multiple types good. Although we need to be careful -- putting too much of one type of power collection might impact the local environment. But it's a big planet

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:11 PM

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And then there’s 30% of the Bitcoin network, in china and running off the same coal mine

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:11 PM

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Thankfully China banned a lot of proof of work Crypto, so there's gonna be a drop in power consumption there

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:11 PM

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Sadly they banned it for the wrong reasons

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Control

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:12 PM

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It is possible to do a good thing for bad reasons

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:12 PM

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Well... Reasons aside, it's banned, so good for the environment

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:12 PM

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Except now they have an ewaste problem

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With all the miners

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:12 PM

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The non-mining GPUs will get used

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:13 PM

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The ASICs are the problem

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:13 PM

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But the mining cards... Aside from people like me, yeah, they're ewaste

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:13 PM

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They have exactly 1 use

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:13 PM

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And ASICs, yeah

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I hope to get a bunch of mining cards cheap

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:14 PM

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Hopefully it reduces the price of gpus

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:14 PM

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There's already drops in prices

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:14 PM

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The ASICs are just silicon, epoxy, and some metals: not too terrible as ewaste goes.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:14 PM

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But I don’t think the drop will be significant since Chia uses them for plotting

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:14 PM

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Chinese miners are liquidating

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Chia doesn't use GPU

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:15 PM

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Yes it does, for plotting

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:16 PM

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late fulcrum The ASICs are just silicon, epoxy, and some metals: not too terrible as ewaste ...

They may be recyclable, but a lot just goes into a landfill... Sadly even things I put in the recycling don't always get recycled -- my city often has the trash people putting recycling in the trash trucks with the trash (altho that's something that started with the pandemic)

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Chia only uses disk space, it doesn't use a GPU like Etherium

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:17 PM

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The GPU is used for plotting

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1 time

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Then it uses disk space

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:18 PM

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Where did you get that?

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:18 PM

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It's true that they generally end up in landfill, but chips are not very large, nor do they leach much in the way of toxic chemicals. It's disappointing, but a small enough fraction of the problem that there are other, better targets.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:18 PM

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Besides, even if that's accurate, that doesn't require the other dozen GPUs in an Etherium rig

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Wet need better recycling initiatives. But more importantly, REDUCTION initiatives

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And reuse

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There's a reason it's "reduce, reuse, recycle" in that order!

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:20 PM

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Ah I see they didn’t clone that part of burst

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:21 PM

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Burst? Wasn't that like 4 years ago? I don't know if Chia is related at all

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:22 PM

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Burst still exists

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It was the original file storage crypto

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:22 PM

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I know, I just haven't heard it in a while

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I thought it was mostly dead

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:22 PM

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It is lol

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:22 PM

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Lol

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:22 PM

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I'm a big fan of re-use. I'm using someone's old cast-off gaming rig to run FreeNAS for my storage server.

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:23 PM

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late fulcrum I'm a big fan of re-use. I'm using someone's old cast-off gaming rig to run Fre...

I think recycled objects could be more cheaper.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:24 PM

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I shuffle my workstations to be storage servers and stuff as they become too old for the original use. My stupid 7900X/X299 combo will be turned into a server soon, assuming I can figure out the memory issues

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:24 PM

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I mean, they should be cheaper than non-recycled objects.

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:25 PM

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Alas, many companies destroy things instead of re-use/refurbish/recycle because they make more money selling new stuff.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:25 PM

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God I hate Intel

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:25 PM

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delicate stream God I hate Intel

Nobody hates Intel lol.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:25 PM

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I do

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:25 PM

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Why?

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Because of them AMD exists...

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You can't hate them.

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:26 PM

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They've singlehandedly set the computing industry back 20 years or so with their wasteful, long-obsolete X86 ISA.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:26 PM

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jovial path Why?

Because I have problems with their hardware, and my experiences with their customer service have been garbage. They treat me like trash, why should I have any love for them?

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:27 PM

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I never used Intel consumer experience. I never needed to use.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:27 PM

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Also just bad corporate policy overall

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:27 PM

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I never contacted them.

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Because they products are great.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:27 PM

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Well, if you do, good luck. They don't honor their warranties if they can make an excuse not to

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:28 PM

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delicate stream Well, if you do, good luck. They don't honor their warranties if they can make a...

Just like any other company.

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There is this on "The incredibles" the Pixar movie.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:28 PM

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Thankfully they don't make motherboards outright anymore, but I've had more chipset issues and driver issues with then than you can shake a stick at

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:29 PM

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Alas, I was unable to repair my TV for a fourth time after the lightning storm and had to reluctantly replace it.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:29 PM

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jovial path Just like any other company.

Uhh... No. Not every company is like that. AMD I've only need to contact a couple times, and they fulfilled the warranty fine. EVGA goes above and beyond, and will sometimes give you a BETTER product as a replacement (one time I got a 1070 Ti to replace a 1070 that had failed).

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:29 PM

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On the upside, I was able to leapfrog two generations of display technology in the process.

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:30 PM

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late fulcrum Alas, I was unable to repair my TV for a fourth time after the lightning storm a...

This never happens here, lightining storms breaking electrical objects.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:30 PM

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Intel resorts to lies and technicalities to get out of warranty coverage -- my brother sent in a failed motherboard, and they sent it back with a letter saying it couldn't be covered "due to physical damage; bent pins", but there was no damage, and they refused to do anything.

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:31 PM

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Wow, sounds like the "extended auto warranty" companies

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And a tyre company that rhymes with "Irestone"

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:31 PM

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delicate stream Uhh... No. Not every company is like that. AMD I've only need to contact a coupl...

Wow, ti good upgrade.

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Microsoft replaced an old Xbox One for me.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:32 PM

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It was horrible, and part of why I hate them. I avoid their products as much as possible. Thankfully now AMD makes good parts, so I don't have to make a choice of staying on an old, slow device, or buying Intel and risking anger and pain

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Good parts again, I should say

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:32 PM

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eyes PowerPC mobo

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:32 PM

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late fulcrum Wow, sounds like the "extended auto warranty" companies

Yes.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:32 PM

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late fulcrum *eyes PowerPC mobo*

Lol

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I have a PowerPC Mac Pro I don't know what to do with

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:33 PM

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If it runs, it might be a nice BSD/Linux box.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:33 PM

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Fully functional... But it's basically a space heater that can't handle FireFox

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:34 PM

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delicate stream Fully functional... But it's basically a space heater that can't handle FireFox

What is the year of this Mac Pro?

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:34 PM

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I forget the year, but it's a G5

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The original cheese grater

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:35 PM

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I see. I never had an Apple product. Apple product's are my brother's favorites.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:35 PM

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2003-2006

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:36 PM

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All my computers and smartphones were Windows, Android and Linux.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:36 PM

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I'm a mix

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-- sent from my iPhone

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:37 PM

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A few years ago I wanted a FireFoxOS for smartphone, have you ever heard about it?

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I also wanted a Chromebook.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:37 PM

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FireFoxOS went nowhere, sadly

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 4:37 PM

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BeOS went nowhere too, also sadly.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:37 PM

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I hate Chromebooks and I think ChromeOS should be erased from time

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:38 PM

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I don't it is great.

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Have you ever used it?

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:38 PM

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It’s pretty trash

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:39 PM

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It is not.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:39 PM

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Escape refresh power

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Control d enter

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You have wiped the machine

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:39 PM

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Lol, it seens like you hate Google and loves China.

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It is the default.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:39 PM

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What makes you think I love china?

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:39 PM

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Chromebook is great.

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And they have a program to give these computers to poor kids.

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Like in Thailand

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I think

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:40 PM

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The devices are alright

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:40 PM

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And they use it to code inside Google.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:40 PM

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Chrome OS is super locked down

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:42 PM

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I've used ChromeOS and can confirm it's garbage. It's confusing, you can't do a whole lot on it, it's just... Bad. I mean, the hardware isn't usually too bad, but it would be so much better with just Linux

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:42 PM

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I’d hate to have my device locked to a single browser that constantly has 0 days coming out

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I’m getting closer and closer to ripping chrome out of all devices I manage at work

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:43 PM

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I don't like Chrome either. I love Gmail, however, and Android

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So it's not like I'm an anti-Google person

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:44 PM

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I like google’s cheap unlimited storage

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That’s pretty much it

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:44 PM

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But that's gone now, sadly...

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:44 PM

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Nope

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:]

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:44 PM

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Oh wait cheap

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My brain skipped "cheap" and filled in "free"

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I liked free for Pixel, sad that's gone

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Oh well

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:45 PM

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They got their training data for their AI models

#

Gdrive is so fast and expansive for the price it’s basically free

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It went from $12/month to $20/month sadly

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:47 PM

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Chromebook is good for students.

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And code.

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Good for books.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:47 PM

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Not code

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:47 PM

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They use it inside the company to code!

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:48 PM

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No they don’t

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:48 PM

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The new employees receive a chromebook to code.

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When they arrive in the company.

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And they use it.

#

And when they go out.

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They have to give the chromebook back

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:48 PM

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I can't imagine doing ANY serious work on a Chromebook

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:48 PM

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The engineers use whatever they want to be most productive

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Mechanical keyboards, vim, emacs, whatever they want

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Forcing employees to use chromebooks would be a cruel form of punishment

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:49 PM

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I think this is a bit fake, you do not need an i7 to work as an engineer.

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I am a student.

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So it is not very precise what I am saying.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:49 PM

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Imagine compiling the linux kernel on a chromebook

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:49 PM

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But the engineers that I know

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Do not use i7

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It is i5

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Or even i3...

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:50 PM

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They don’t have to have the best of the best

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They use what gives them the best experience in their specific position

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:50 PM

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Chromebooks don't have much power, you can't use them for heavy applications

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:51 PM

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jovial path Or even i3...

So you think, engineers in Brazil are trashy, no we are not. We make great things too.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:51 PM

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what

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:52 PM

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I've known engineers in Brazil... They didn't use Chromebooks

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 4:52 PM

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Chromebook doesn't support many engineering software I think.

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But you can use Multsim Live for example.

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Simple things.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:53 PM

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Yeah, simple things

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:53 PM

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chromeos does not support the vast majority of developer toolchains

#

it requires hacking to get even just a terminal up

#

that makes it useless to them for even just simple git operations

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:55 PM

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ChromeOS isn't really good for more than basic things like Google searches, writing in Google docs, and maybe looking at your photos... And the hardware it's on can't do anything serious in terms of processing

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:56 PM

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they might give them to like HR or something

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:56 PM

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Yeah

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:56 PM

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but developers? no chance

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:56 PM

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Nope

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 4:56 PM

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they have so much money that it makes no sense to skimp out on hardware

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 4:57 PM

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And there's not a developer mode that lets it do whatever you want in ChromeOS

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 5:05 PM

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jovial path Chromebook is good for students.

.

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 5:06 PM

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jovial path They use it inside the company to code!

And google employees use it.

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It is just my opnion.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:09 PM

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I mean... They can be good for students in some contexts? And whether Google employees use it or not is a matter of fact, not opinion. But some Google employees using them is different than all employees using them for everything at Google. The only thing I can imagine a developer using one for is to give a presentation in a meeting in slideshow form instead of lugging a workstation laptop

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:11 PM

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https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/google-wants-employees-using-macs-not-windows-or-chrome-os-pcs-3642507.html

Tech2

Google wants employees using Macs, not Windows or Chrome OS PCs- Te...

Google’s preferred OS for its employees is OS X, and not Windows, Linux or even its own Chrome OS.

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lol

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:12 PM

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I mean, that's old, but... Ha

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:12 PM

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macs are a pain to manage

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:12 PM

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No idea if they still push that

#

Yeah

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:12 PM

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likely not

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:12 PM

#

Yeah

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:12 PM

#

probably mostly windows now

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:12 PM

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Yeah, I'd imagine Windows or Linux

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:13 PM

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or maybe an unrestricted edition of chrome os

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(so linux)

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:13 PM

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Life is a pain without some sort of domain setup

#

It wouldn't surprise me if there's an internal Linux distro specifically for Google

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:13 PM

#

thats really what chromeos is

#

their front facing linux distro

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 5:14 PM

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https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/9885964?hl=en

Manage change and encourage Chromebook adoption - Google Chrome Ent...

Help employees make the switch to ChromebooksFor administrators who manage Chrome OS devices for a business.
A well-crafted change management strategy helps you with the process, tools, and tac

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More reliable I think.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:14 PM

#

that's an ad for businesses

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I set up a lab of like 50 chrome boxes or whatever they'll called and that was painful

#

they're very obviously consumer products

#

just like macs

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:16 PM

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ancient kindle thats really what chromeos is

I mean like... Real distro, not a restricted mess

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:16 PM

#

debian in their main distro for servers

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heavily modified of course

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:17 PM

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Yeah, Chromebook management is NOT that easy. That's why a lot of schools don't use them if they can avoid it, many use iPads or cheap Windows laptops

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:17 PM

#

escape refresh power

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control d enter

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:17 PM

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RIP

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:17 PM

#

my school chromebooks were baddd

#

ipads were bad but manageable

#

they tried restricting the internet access by making you log in every 30 minutes

#

even at home

#

everyone protested it and they got rid of it

#

we lined up outside the tech support office and the line was like 500 students long by the end of the day

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:19 PM

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Oof

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:20 PM

#

democracy won

#

literally every student about 95% of the staff was against it

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:23 PM

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Windoooowwwwssss

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 5:28 PM

#

#

It is possible that I was wrong about Google employees receiving a chromebook.

#

Because I read it in more than 7 years ago.

#

I still think chromebook is great.

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:28 PM

#

they're great for very specific situations

#

VERY specific

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:28 PM

#

Very very

#

Low power

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 5:30 PM

#

cheap

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 5:31 PM

#

I'll never buy one

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 6:14 PM

#

ancient kindle It’s pretty trash

Yeah, it is

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 6:15 PM

#

delicate stream ChromeOS isn't really good for more than basic things like Google searches, writ...

Yeah, I agree

#

Does anyone know if UPS delivers on Saturdays? I have an order coming in, and it's literally 10 miles from me, but it says "Expected delivery Monday".

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 6:17 PM

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Yup, they do

#

I think they even deliver Sundays? I know I've gotten UPS packages on Saturday

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 6:17 PM

#

OK. I didn't pay for anything extra, so....

#

That's cool

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 6:20 PM

#

My order was delivered :D

#

TO THE MAILBOX!

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 6:20 PM

#

so USPS then?

#

or UPS

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 6:22 PM

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Oh wait that was USPS

#

oop

#

But pretty sure UPS does Saturdays

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 6:22 PM

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OK. Thanks

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 6:23 PM

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np

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 6:25 PM

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👍

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 9:36 PM

#

#

A school's director gave me this book, it is from the creator of Khan Academy. I like the school director so much, he is so young, I think he must be 42.... or so. He himself makes arduino projects with selected students (everyone that demonstrates interest) in his school.

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So many teachers offered free books to me 😂

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 9:42 PM

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delicate stream But pretty sure UPS does Saturdays

I don't think they do unless you are in a big city-
https://www.ups.com/us/en/services/shipping/saturday-ground-consumer.page
Scroll to the bottom.....

UPS® Weekend Home Delivery : UPS - United States

UPS Ground on Saturday for Consumers

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 9:44 PM

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coughs in big city

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 9:45 PM

#

🤣

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Needless to say, I am not in a big city

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 9:46 PM

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lol

#

Mystery solved!

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 9:48 PM

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Well... Monday it is for me (so far) - unless the Unbelievably Positively Slow company pulls another 11 o'clock PM delivery 😉

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 9:51 PM

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Lol

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 9:52 PM

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😉

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 9:54 PM

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I'm outside of a big city and they deliver on weekends

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 9:55 PM

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Hmm. IDK. I guess it's only 5 here....

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 9:56 PM

#

probably depends on how many deliveries the area gets

#

too many packages and they'll start piling up

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 9:56 PM

#

Yeah

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 9:56 PM

#

And probably also how far from a big city you are

#

Like... if you live in Nowhere, Nebraska... probs not

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 9:57 PM

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I don't. 🙂

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 9:58 PM

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omaha nebraska is pretty big

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 9:58 PM

#

It is

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 9:58 PM

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Sometimes I think about moving to the middle of nowhere so I can do crazy experiments without having to worry about neighbors or police freaking out over small explosions

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 9:59 PM

#

that's why you trick out a basement to be your crazy lab

#

fume extractors, sound proofing

#

take trips to Nevada or Texas for the big stuff

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 9:59 PM

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Basement too small, I can't build a particle accelerator in there

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 9:59 PM

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tony stark did

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 10:00 PM

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Yes but his basement was bigger than my entire house

#

Also the accelerator went outside

ancient kindle Jun 26, 2021, 10:01 PM

#

I'd also like to live somewhere like that

#

but then there's terrible internet and parts availability

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 10:01 PM

#

Yeah...

#

Couldn't work out there

late fulcrum Jun 26, 2021, 10:05 PM

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I almost moved to Omaha a few years ago. It seems like my sort of place.

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 10:05 PM

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Can't go wrong with steaks everywhere

tardy badger Jun 26, 2021, 10:09 PM

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Lol

#

I dislike Nebraska

#

Too flat

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 10:10 PM

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Don't like to think about Earth being flat?

tardy badger Jun 26, 2021, 10:10 PM

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Yes lol

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 10:11 PM

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XD

tardy badger Jun 26, 2021, 10:11 PM

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I like mountains that make waking up easier

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 10:11 PM

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How? XD

tardy badger Jun 26, 2021, 10:11 PM

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They block the sun for a little bit longer

#

Longer dusk/dawn periods

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 10:12 PM

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lol

#

Houses do that here

tardy badger Jun 26, 2021, 10:13 PM

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Not as well as mountains that rise 5000ft from the valley floor

#

😬

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 10:15 PM

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Eh, I'm up way before sunrise anyway, lol

tardy badger Jun 26, 2021, 10:16 PM

#

Same lol

#

This is current solar cycle and dawn/dusk periods

#

We have 5 hrs of true darkness this time of the year

#

Current length of the day light is 15:02:00

#

I don’t know the seconds part

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 10:19 PM

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I'm inside with most windows largely covered XD

#

vampyric cat noises intensify

tardy badger Jun 26, 2021, 10:20 PM

#

Lol

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 10:22 PM

#

LOL

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 11:21 PM

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Oficial driving license theory test simulator. I got 29/30.

#

:) It is the 15th(possibily more) time I am approved, and I made 15 exams (or more, I was approved in all of them).

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 11:33 PM

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OOH, great 😂

jovial path Jun 26, 2021, 11:50 PM

#

Fiat or Renault? Which one is better?

#

I preffer Renault, but my father preffers Fiat.

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 11:53 PM

#

Renault

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 11:53 PM

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Not familiar with Renault... Haven't driven a Fiat, or seen many. I like Honda

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 11:53 PM

#

Obvs

#

You're rich to be getting a Renault for your first car 🤑

#

I'm guessing

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 11:54 PM

#

My first car was a Chrysler that was already old XD

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 11:54 PM

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No offense

#

🙂

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 11:56 PM

#

Honda go brrrrrr

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 11:57 PM

#

LOL

delicate stream Jun 26, 2021, 11:57 PM

#

I love my Honda

#

Wanna take it to the track...

#

Someday

wary herald Jun 26, 2021, 11:59 PM

#

Cool

#

I have a Chevy

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:02 AM

#

My mom has a Ford and it makes me sad

#

Standard automatic transmissions are the devil

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:16 AM

#

I'm not a fan of slushboxes either.

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:17 AM

#

Being able to feel the car shift... yuck

velvet pelican Jun 27, 2021, 12:18 AM

#

I prefer my manual transmission vehicles but i will say in town automatic in traffic is much easier

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:19 AM

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I've never driven manual XD but CVT is the smoothest and most efficient way to go

velvet pelican Jun 27, 2021, 12:20 AM

#

Manual isnt smooth unless your really proficient with your shifting but power transfer is unmatched

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:20 AM

#

I thought most CVTs were fairly lossy

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:22 AM

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Maybe early ones, but not modern ones -- the gear ratios are "perfect" on modern ones, so you have minimal power loss. Fuel efficiency of a CVT vs. other transmissions is higher [maybe not insanely higher, but it adds up, y'know?]

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:22 AM

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While the gear ratios can (usually) be (near) optimum, there are larger frictional losses than traditional geared transmissions.

velvet pelican Jun 27, 2021, 12:24 AM

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Man I remember wrapping my old jetta to redline and then dropping it from second to fifth once up to speed on the highway

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:24 AM

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There are a few different implementations, there's hydrostatic, belt drive, cone drive, etc.

velvet pelican Jun 27, 2021, 12:25 AM

#

I abused that car so badly but that thing took a beating over and over till i blew a hose and warped the block

#

Had to be one of them tiny burried behind the block hoses

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:26 AM

#

That's unfortunate. My VW didn't have any of those hoses.

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:26 AM

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Not sure what mine has... but I know it's nice and efficient

velvet pelican Jun 27, 2021, 12:26 AM

#

What year was yours @late fulcrum

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:26 AM

#

'71

velvet pelican Jun 27, 2021, 12:26 AM

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Ahh i had a 91

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:26 AM

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I don't think my car can actually redline when driving XD

velvet pelican Jun 27, 2021, 12:26 AM

#

Wolfsberg edition

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:27 AM

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I think the Hondas and Subarus use the cone version, and the Datsuns use the belt drive.

velvet pelican Jun 27, 2021, 12:27 AM

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Probably not due to not having control over when you shift

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:27 AM

#

I believe you're right about Honda using cone at the very least

#

Yeah, my Honda... doesn't go near the red line unless you're approaching the top [allowed?] speed

#

Even if you floor it, it doesn't jump the RPMs high

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:28 AM

#

The only CVTs I have are the swash plate ones which have the advantage of utter simplicity but are atrociously inefficient

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:28 AM

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My Honda is very efficient :D

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:29 AM

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wary herald You're rich to be getting a Renault for your first car 🤑

It's one of the cheapest cars in market! it's 7500 dollars here a new one.

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not 75 000. 7 500

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:30 AM

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Is... Is there an engine in it?

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:30 AM

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renault kwid

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l

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:30 AM

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Not as cheap as a Kandy K27 but close

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:30 AM

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hahaha

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i think there is.

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:30 AM

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Do you drive it like Fred Flinstone's car?

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:31 AM

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it is one of the few we can afford.

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:31 AM

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Any car is better than no car

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The way things are going, my next car will likely be electric...

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:33 AM

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late fulcrum Not as cheap as a Kandy K27 but close

I never saw this one.

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:34 AM

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Looks like a Fiat

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:34 AM

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it is pretty

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and my father's wheelchair fits in I think

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:35 AM

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The Kandy is a particularly inexpensive miniature electric car

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:35 AM

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I dunno if I'd fit in that XD

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:35 AM

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and it's a small car, I like small cars. The parents of my mother's husbang have a big and expensive SUV. I hate that car

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I do not like to even get in.

wary herald Jun 27, 2021, 12:36 AM

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jovial path It's one of the cheapest cars in market! it's 7500 dollars here a new one.

WOOOOOOOOW

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:36 AM

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It feels unconfortable.

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:36 AM

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Bigger cars tend to be safer tho

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But, uhh... not a fan of boats

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My Chrysler was a boat XD

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My old car... hefty boi, not very fast. Was nice on the highway tho

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Vs. my current car which I love

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Nyoom nyoom light boi

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:38 AM

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It looks like my brother's car.

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I don't like his car either 😦

real falcon Jun 27, 2021, 12:39 AM

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it looks like 50% of cars

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including my ford focus 2012

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:39 AM

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I kinda wish I had an Si, but... that's asking to get pulled over

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I almost got a Focus, lol

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Like the Civic better

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Next car choice 2034 if all goes to plan... no idea what the market will be like then

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:42 AM

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We think 7 500 dollars for a car is very expensive.

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But we need it because my father is getting older

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:42 AM

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That's very cheap around here... cheap used car price

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:42 AM

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And we don't want to depend upon Uber or Taxis...

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and he wants me driving to the University

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I think because he finds it cool or something like this.

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...

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:44 AM

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Driving life easy life

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It's easier to get where you need to be when you need to be -- no worrying about bus schedules or anything, you can fill the trunk with stuff if you need to instead of trying to carry it... everything is easier with a car

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:46 AM

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I would like to get a car from 2010 or something like this.

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but my father wants a new one for me.

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he thinks old cars breaks too much

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:46 AM

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Pros and cons both ways... New costs a lot more, but there can be problems with used cars

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Whether a used car is a good idea depends on the make/model and how well it was cared for -- like, there are Hondas from the 80s that are well cared for, over a million miles, and show no signs of stopping. But if the car is treated like junk and never cared for... not gonna last

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And some cars just can't last no matter how well you care for it because it's a bad car

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:49 AM

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I have a fondness for fleet duty cars, they're cost effective, long lasting, easy to work on, parts are cheap and common, and lots of people are familiar with them.

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:49 AM

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Yeah, typical fleet cars can have long used lives

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My car is fairly common in fleets :D

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Especially since there's a CnG version

late fulcrum Jun 27, 2021, 12:50 AM

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I used to want a Checker Marathon, but at this point, they're all knackered, unfortunately

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:50 AM

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F

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:51 AM

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delicate stream F

this F is so fashioned hahaha

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:51 AM

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Ohh, that's a cool one

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:51 AM

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people in my WhatsApp group of the university

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are using this F

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hahahaha...

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lol the world is so connected

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:52 AM

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https://tenor.com/view/welcome-to-the-internet-welcome-internet-gif-4479958

Tenor

Welcome to the internet

▶ Play video

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... It's very late, I should have dinner and go to bed

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:53 AM

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late fulcrum I used to want a Checker Marathon, but at this point, they're all knackered, unf...

I would not be brave to drive it here. It has a pretty uncommon appearance for a car.

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:53 AM

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c l a s s i c

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:53 AM

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... but if I think. I wouldn't really care to what people say...

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:55 AM

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I want a DeLorean

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Still waiting on new production...

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Oh, looks like they might consider switching to EV for the new ones... they're all over the place XD

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:59 AM

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When I was younger this was my favorite car

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 12:59 AM

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Car

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 12:59 AM

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Vectra 2000

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1999/2000

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 1:01 AM

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The car I've dreamt of owning for decades...

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 1:01 AM

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My father favorite's car is a Volkswagen Up!

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but I do not like Volkswagen's cars...

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 1:01 AM

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I dun like that one

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I want a VW Micro Bus, lol

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 1:02 AM

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Our Uber driver had one

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when my father got in

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it became his favorite car

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 1:02 AM

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I would love to have a '69 WV Micro Bus for a roadtrip with a bunch of friends

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 1:02 AM

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by the way Ubers are cheap here in Brazil, I am not rich.

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I am saying this because I simulated a ride from Stanford University to Google Headquarters

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and it was more than 30 dollars I think. And it was close!

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 1:03 AM

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Oof

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I reeeeaaaaalllllyyyy need to eat and sleep XD night peeps\

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 1:04 AM

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here a very long ride is 3.33 dollars.

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you can simulate to check.

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Aracaju-SE Brazil.

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 1:05 AM

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jovial path and it was more than 30 dollars I think. And it was close!

I think the whole car is made of gold.

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including the interior.

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I have to go too!

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Star Trek time!

wary herald Jun 27, 2021, 1:30 AM

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delicate stream I want a DeLorean

Me too

wary herald Jun 27, 2021, 1:49 AM

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delicate stream I reeeeaaaaalllllyyyy need to eat and sleep XD night peeps\

Adios 😋

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 2:31 AM

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jovial path and it was more than 30 dollars I think. And it was close!

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 2:32 AM

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jovial path here a very long ride is 3.33 dollars.

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20 R$ is about 3.33 $

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 2:33 AM

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jovial path

This is travelling to another city.

wary herald Jun 27, 2021, 3:11 AM

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Wow

tardy badger Jun 27, 2021, 3:46 AM

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I saw a post that asked what two things would you add to a plate of rice. I was saddened when I found no comments that said sofrito

static flare Jun 27, 2021, 3:58 AM

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i accidentally told someone i was 2 and that was embarrassing

tardy badger Jun 27, 2021, 4:16 AM

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Lol

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 10:20 AM

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jovial path This is travelling to another city.

I just saw now, I think the two distances are the same look at "Chegada ao destino: 23:56" this is the time it will arrive in the destiny. Cool, the distance between Stanford and Google is about the same as the distance between my father's house and my mother's house.

jovial path Jun 27, 2021, 11:45 AM

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Brazillian's Uber Confort you can choose in the app if the driver talks to you or not. 😂 👍 I asked for UberX and it did not have this option.

honest jolt Jun 27, 2021, 2:44 PM

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"am i done yet"

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 2:45 PM

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lol

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I just realized, I haven't been seeding since the workstation I did torrents on died DX

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Sorta died... messy

honest jolt Jun 27, 2021, 2:48 PM

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delicate stream I just realized, I haven't been seeding since the workstation I did torrents on ...

D: how?

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 2:48 PM

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Ever-increasing memory errors. Haven't had a chance to isolate if the issue is the memory, the motherboard, or the memory controller'

honest jolt Jun 27, 2021, 2:49 PM

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RIP

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 2:49 PM

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This is why I built a new workstation

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Also I was just getting tired of Intel problems

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I had a lot of issues with drivers, plus Windows always seems to want to load like 2 threads on 2 cores with most stuff, so the processor's overall usage would be like 20%, but 2 cores would be at 100% and the system would chug

honest jolt Jun 27, 2021, 2:50 PM

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👀 i have a refurb intel computer

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also wish i had htop on windows

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 2:51 PM

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All of my current laptops are Intel based... but most of them also aren't high performance workstations, so they don't get pushed to the limit much if ever anyway

honest jolt Jun 27, 2021, 2:52 PM

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one time i ran two vms and a google meet and pycharm at the same time
my computer didn't like it and i ran out of memory XD
also unity doesn't help

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 2:52 PM

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lol, need moar RAM

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128GB or bust

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I run dozens of VMs

honest jolt Jun 27, 2021, 2:52 PM

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stop flexing 😂 i only have 12

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 2:53 PM

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My 2-in-1 has 12 :P

honest jolt Jun 27, 2021, 2:53 PM

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and they are all ddr3 or something like that

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 2:53 PM

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oof

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All of my current systems are DDR4 at this point

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I think I only have 1 DDR3 machine... most hardware in my house is DDR2 or earlier

honest jolt Jun 27, 2021, 2:54 PM

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(it's xmrig btw)

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 2:55 PM

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Vintage

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Actually I have aa couple machines like that

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Lenovo prebuilts that I'm refurbing to be basic gaming PCs

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3770 and like a 1650 or RX 580 and BAM, entry level gaming

honest jolt Jun 27, 2021, 2:58 PM

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*me whimpering cause i have to use integrated gpu*

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 2:59 PM

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Pssst, hey kid... wanna buy a GPU?

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I seriously have some for sale, lol

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Wanna buy a 1070 Ti? :O

honest jolt Jun 27, 2021, 3:04 PM

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~~do you accept crypto XD~~
~~and do you accept spreading the payments over like 5 gazillion years plus no down payment 😂 ~~

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 3:05 PM

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Lol, can't do crypto, haven't figured a good way to get it to USD without costing a lot... And I can do payment plans, but not 5 gazillion years and no down payment XD

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Payment plans are awesome, and it's lovely to be able to work that way with people. That's how I was able to afford the MacBook Pro I'm typing on :D

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I rolled a Nat 20 for the minimum montly payment for this thing... $20 a month :D

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 5:30 PM

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Changing MacOS icons... BOOTCAMP is being stubborn DX

delicate stream Jun 27, 2021, 7:53 PM

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Hmmm... the price isn't bad for this, but an open source version to play with more would be cool https://hackaday.com/2021/06/26/raspberry-pi-pico-oscilloscope/

Hackaday

Danie Conradie

Raspberry Pi Pico Oscilloscope

As you dive deeper into the world of electronics, a good oscilloscope quickly is an indispensable tool. However, for many use cases where you’re debugging low voltage, low speed circuits, tha…

delicate stream Jun 28, 2021, 12:33 AM

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Sharpening a pencil in a pencil sharpener where you can see the tip, it kinda looks like the pencil is growing a tip instead of being shaved down...

jovial path Jun 28, 2021, 2:52 AM

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jovial path

These are not the exact andress of my father and my mother by the way. I just did it to get a feeling of the distance.

jovial path Jun 28, 2021, 3:45 PM

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Has someone here ever participate Physics Olympads or any other Science Olympiad?

tribal nymph Jun 28, 2021, 3:47 PM

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I didn't know it existed, sounds amazing

jovial path Jun 28, 2021, 3:51 PM

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It is!

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When I participated only me at 10th grade and another student at 12h grade of my school passed the tests for the National Physics Olympiad in the whole school. It is very competitive and the problems are hard. It needs special preparation.

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Like this book: Irodov. It is a Russian physics book, highly recommended for the International Physics Olympiads. I had an english version but I gave it to a teacher.

jovial path Jun 28, 2021, 5:34 PM

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There is a Liberty Statue here in my city: Aracaju-SE Brazil. I think it is smaller than the original.

wary herald Jun 28, 2021, 6:41 PM

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delicate stream Pssst, hey kid... wanna buy a GPU?

Where are you selling them??

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LOL

delicate stream Jun 28, 2021, 7:06 PM

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From the trunk of my car in the dark part of the parking lot behind that burned out Taco Bell

honest jolt Jun 28, 2021, 7:12 PM

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Would appreciate being sent some patience XD

delicate stream Jun 28, 2021, 7:21 PM

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All out

delicate stream Jun 28, 2021, 7:36 PM

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wary herald Where are you selling them??

Seriously tho, you can DM me, lol

solemn aspen Jun 28, 2021, 8:36 PM

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Anyone here have any newegg connections? Dm me please

jovial path Jun 28, 2021, 10:51 PM

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Does anyone here knows about a movie or a TV series about electronics/electrical engineering, creation of projects related? It can be a fiction. On Amazon Prime, Netflix or Disney +. Thank You. It can be a good documentary. Something like Doctor House, but not medicine. Engineering. I am not joking, I never do jokes.

delicate stream Jun 28, 2021, 11:57 PM

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pearl vigil Jun 28, 2021, 11:58 PM

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delicate stream

You made me choke on my sandwich a little

delicate stream Jun 28, 2021, 11:59 PM

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I just giggled and I'm sorry

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But not sorry that it was funny, just sorry you choked, I hope you're alright XD

wary herald Jun 29, 2021, 12:27 AM

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jovial path Does anyone here knows about a movie or a TV series about electronics/electrica...

There's one on Disney+, but the name of it escapes my memory...

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https://tenor.com/view/code-coding-flying-through-code-e22-hacking-gif-15826314

Tenor

hard estuary Jun 29, 2021, 12:42 AM

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jovial path Does anyone here knows about a movie or a TV series about electronics/electrica...

Try Halt and Catch Fire on Netflix. Starts in the early 80s at the dawn of the IBM PC revolution. It's fiction. Some engineering, but it is a drama.

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It's one of the best TV shows I've seen, it was fantastic, fwiw.

honest jolt Jun 29, 2021, 2:41 AM

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:D more progress!

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(I'm praying that none of the LEDs are broken rn)

tardy badger Jun 29, 2021, 2:43 AM

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Could you imagine having to replace an led in the middle lol

real falcon Jun 29, 2021, 2:45 AM

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would be annoying but i guess its held in place, so can just do spot desolders

honest jolt Jun 29, 2021, 2:45 AM

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I do

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One of them is broken T.T

jovial path Jun 29, 2021, 3:01 AM

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honest jolt

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It makes me remember this.

jovial path Jun 29, 2021, 3:04 AM

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honest jolt One of them is broken T.T

Very bad, so you'll have to open it?

wary herald Jun 29, 2021, 3:34 AM

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Discord's time is waaaay off for me

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As in the posted time

lapis bluff Jun 29, 2021, 3:36 AM

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What do you mean by way off?

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In that post I was actually looking at an NTP synchronized clock, when the clock hit 11:36 was when I hit return. So, my measurement says accuracy of 1 minute or better based relative to a microsecond accurate clock.

honest jolt Jun 29, 2021, 3:42 AM

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jovial path Very bad, so you'll have to open it?

Yea, had to disconnect all the layers and replace the LEDs. (3 of them were broken)

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Now I've fixed them but I'm gonna reassemble the layers tommorow as that incident did not help my blood pressure

jovial path Jun 29, 2021, 4:07 AM

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Nice to help high school students when you can't sleep...

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Good night

jovial path Jun 29, 2021, 5:08 AM

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jovial path

I remember the first time I learnt it (10th grade, I was reading the subject for 11th grade) , I learned the hard way , equation by equation, case by case, I didn't skip the pages in the book to see PV= nRT equation and them I saw this equation and made everything easier.

wary herald Jun 29, 2021, 5:22 AM

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lapis bluff In that post I was actually looking at an NTP synchronized clock, when the clock...

I mean it says you posted that at 8:36 AM CST.

zealous ermine Jun 29, 2021, 2:07 PM

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Just dropped my bike for the first time

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Im a little sad, but I couldn't find any damage so yay!

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All i had to adjust afterwards was the handlebars and mirror. They kinda got pushed into weird positions

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But very easy fix

jovial path Jun 29, 2021, 2:13 PM

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delicate stream That's *very* cheap around here... cheap used car price

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White color it is very pretty

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It is the one in the left. Renault is a very popular brand here in Brazil. It is like fruits, they are cheap but they are great. But this fruit is not cheap to me.

wooden schooner Jun 29, 2021, 3:06 PM

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If you run a humidifier and a dehumidifier (or AC) in the same room such that the temperature and humidity both stay the same as they were, where does most of the energy dissipate to?

ancient kindle Jun 29, 2021, 3:16 PM

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heat

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AC displaces heat from one area from another, usually from inside to outside

ancient kindle Jun 29, 2021, 3:42 PM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-mBeYC2KGc

YouTube

Technology Connections

Portable Air Conditioners - Why you shouldn't like them

You can support this channel on Patreon! Link below
Oh no. It’s a new version of a well-established product that trades efficiency for convenience. But this time, it’s more than just being cool. It’s about cooling.

Seriously, either we need to get more awareness of how dumb single-hose portable A/C units are, or we need to just use window u...

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a relevant video

wooden schooner Jun 29, 2021, 4:14 PM

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does phase change of the coolant account for only a small amount of the energy, compared to how much is blown outside as heat? or am I misunderstanding the way the coolant is used

ancient kindle Jun 29, 2021, 4:22 PM

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The phase change occurs as a result of the change in temperature of the coolant

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Phase changes themselves don’t produce extra energy

wooden schooner Jun 29, 2021, 4:23 PM

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ancient kindle Phase changes themselves don’t produce extra energy

that is not my understanding

ancient kindle Jun 29, 2021, 4:24 PM

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Phase changes are the result of a change of energy in a system

wooden schooner Jun 29, 2021, 4:24 PM

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yes, my understanding is that as heat is added to a material, the temperature levels out for a bit as the phase changes, and the energy truly goes into the phase change

thick wind Jun 29, 2021, 4:40 PM

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Phase changes do, in fact require or expend some extra energy. It's why the evaporation of water provides additional cooling to a surface beneath it. It's why our bodies produce sweat, for instance.

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I think the debate here is not the effect of a phase change, but rather the definition of energy generation?

wooden schooner Jun 29, 2021, 4:49 PM

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I'm just wondering how the energy absorbed by phase change factors into the dehumidifier scenario above. The answer might be simply "it's insignificant compared to the heat transfer from blowing hot air outside"

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It seems to me that all the cooling has to come from the phase change, since no other component absorbs heat. Then the heat dissipated by the other components doing work is blown outside

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I guess that answers my original question (albeit not sure if it's correct): heat enters the compressor of the dehumidifier and goes toward condensing the coolant; heat dissipates out from the other components; the excess heat is directed toward hot air that is blown outside

ancient kindle Jun 29, 2021, 6:17 PM

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Like this

terse estuary Jun 29, 2021, 10:21 PM

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Maybe another way to consider it too is that for a refrigeration cycle to work, you don't actually need to have phase changes

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The way I learned it is that phase changes are just a more convenient way to get the most out of your refrigeration cycle. If you had a source of cool water, like from a well or river, you could technically refrigerate a building with that, no phase change required. What the phase change does is allow you to absorb a lot of energy with a given amount of working fluid.

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The phase change, practically speaking, lets you use much smaller evaporators and condensers

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Either way, your working fluid (whether it's refrigerant or maybe just chilled water) is what absorbs energy and moves it to where you want it, in this case it would move energy outside of a room to cool it

orchid zephyr Jun 30, 2021, 12:05 AM

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Infinite resistance, infinitesimal distance

jovial path Jun 30, 2021, 12:23 AM

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It is thermodynamics law.

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to be precise it is the first law of thermodynamics, what these objects do is just take advantage of it.

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This is the reason why the gas in the deodorants are cold.

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when they go out of the deodorant. First law of thermodynamics.