Yep. Those keycaps (Granite) are supposed to go back on sale sometime this month, I'm hoping to snag a set. My current keycaps (meant to test the flat-profile caps' comfort) is...Now THAT looks like a prop keyboard from an 80s sci-fi movie
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Well now we know where your pen is.
Nah, you're thinking of the old Apple Adjustable Ergonomic Keyboard.Now THAT looks like a prop keyboard from an 80s sci-fi movie
"You know what would make this ergonomic? More buttons! MOAR!"
--Patrick
Finally got the Granite base set, it arrived yesterday. I held off on getting the caps specific to the 'dox, since it would double the cost, instead going with matching spares from a grab bag.I'll try to slowly collect the missing pieces from private sellers... Or bite the bullet eventually, I guess.
Also, today I got the aluminum top plates in the mail. They're thin enough that they fit between the top acrylic layers, for a nice glossy sandwich
Also, today I got the aluminum top plates in the mail. They're thin enough that they fit between the top acrylic layers, for a nice glossy sandwich
A dactyl, maybe? I've heard they're really comfy, and it's definitely closer to the inspiration for both keyboards (Kinesis Advantage). Would love to try one out.
Related, again, but it had wrist rests like the original image you showed, as well as there were a few more "separate" keys here and there.A dactyl, maybe? I've heard they're really comfy, and it's definitely closer to the inspiration for both keyboards (Kinesis Advantage). Would love to try one out.
Either way, I hope you like the one you got.
Nifty, wonder what it was.
Yep, quite satisfied with mine, though I'm still trying to get the firmware to do what I want.
It's over 10 years old, whatever it is. He's had it that long.
Fiddling with keyboards (any input device really) is always a weird balance between what you're used to, and wanting to strike out into a new input method, but stumbling precisely because it's NOT the one you're used to. So even if the new is better, it's not better yet, which is tough to get past.
So good luck man. You'll probably need it!
24 is a bit of an odd number for RAM. Do you have 2 8GB sticks and 2 4GB sticks?
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With the GTX 1060, a bargain at $199, even Space Engineers runs 60+fps while on a planet's surface! O_O
My old R9 270x, which cost $219 3 years ago, often got bogged down into the 20s. Although, I think I saw a whole lot less trees rendering now than when I last played SE... So there might be some shenanigans afoot.
I still gotta tinker with the vsync, I think it might be causing me some microstutter in Overwatch.
My old R9 270x, which cost $219 3 years ago, often got bogged down into the 20s. Although, I think I saw a whole lot less trees rendering now than when I last played SE... So there might be some shenanigans afoot.
I still gotta tinker with the vsync, I think it might be causing me some microstutter in Overwatch.
It's not unusual for you to have to step down the memory speed when using 4 sticks. If you keep having stability problems later, try stepping your memory down to one speed notch lower than whatever is printed on it (Run your 1667 RAM at 1333, etc.).
--Patrick
Good! You should always use memory that's all rated for the same speed. But keep in mind you still might have to run them one speed notch lower when you're using 4 instead of 2.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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That'd have to be some hellacious dust buildup for blowing out the case to be the sole reason it works again. Seriously, I've seen computers chugging along caked in a half centimeter thick layer of dust (and sometimes cigarette ash, ugh).
Makes me think there's another thermal issue that passing extra air/giving time to cool off mitigated. It still might be the power supply (those things can get pretty damn hot when they're malfunctioning), and that would be a near-best case scenario as PSUs are cheap to replace, but it could also be something as simple as a CPU heat sink needing to be re-seated with fresh compound applied, or something as worrisome as an overheating cap on the motherboard getting ready to burst into literal flames.
GasBandit
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It's a WINDOWS HOME SERVER.
Using a DRIVE POOL for redundancy.
It chews through a couple 2TB drives every few years.
Oh dear lord - if it were me, I'd RAID that sucker - drive redundancy would at least help with keeping data without interruption if it's chewing through disks like that. Are you keeping good backups of the data?
My new job (am now an IT Consultant again) is recommending RAID 50 for our clients' new servers for critical data.
GasBandit
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You speak like I get an actual budget for anything other than panic-stricken putting-out-of-fires.
I'm not keeping backups of the data, per se, because I'm using the drive pool as its own redundancy, not to increase the size of the storage. Kinda like a poor man's raid mirror. The down side is (as I'm sure you know) Windows Home Server doesn't quite know how to deal with drives over 1tb in size, and since I'm using 2gb drives, they steadily generate bad clusters over time. Every few years, I swap one out, the data gets copied over, and we all continue on our way.
Right now, I've got about 860 unusable gigs between the two drives in question.
Eww.. Even RAID is not a backup solution - it's for redundancy or speed... Can they at least get you a couple of USB drives to take a copy of the data periodically?
GasBandit
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Yeah, I kinda do that when I can. The advantage of drive pooling this way is both drives have the complete file system on them, so no matter which one dies, you can either just throw in a new drive and add it to the pool, or put the one good remaining drive in another PC and copy off the files. You're only fucked if both drives go at once.
The local MakerSpace held a robot mini-Sumo event. They had put together a robot kit for ~$25. I started from their kit, redesigned the frame, cut it out on the laser cutter, assembled it, and wrote some new code for it; in what was basically a one day build. I ended up in second place.
My robot, Killdozer:
My robot, Killdozer:
GasBandit
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Actually, yes, that was my main impetus for upgrading, sadly enough >_<
VMware.
GasBandit
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With the state of my living space, that'd be a good way to step on something and fall on something else and break a whole lot of somethings.
GasBandit
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<WOODSPLT.WAV> <BLDCOLPS.WAV> <EARTHQKE.OGG> <NUKEBOOM.MP3>
I thought of doing that, but the PC freezes up anytime Firefox and Fallout 4 takes up more than 3 gigs anyway.
GasBandit
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Subnautica promptly slurps up every byte of spare ram and stays there... I should check and see if it still does that.