Tech minor victory thread
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GasBandit
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... It's ready. I don't know if I'll pass, but at least I completed it. Submitting it today, 11 days ahead of my deadline (though the last day I would have to work on it before "real work" takes back over again on monday).
Re-reading the scope documentation, I see if they find problems they'll give me 30 more days to fix it.
I don't know if I'll pass first try (probably not), but man, I had serious doubts I'd even get this far.
Re-reading the scope documentation, I see if they find problems they'll give me 30 more days to fix it.
I don't know if I'll pass first try (probably not), but man, I had serious doubts I'd even get this far.
GasBandit
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Oh even moreso, to even be eligible to take this exam required me to attend three separate very expensive week-long training sessions over the last few years.
They are making money off me (well, my company) HAND OVER FIST on this transaction.
You know, in addition to all the Crestron gear we're reselling for them as a dealer.
GasBandit
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Got a response. They accepted my submission, and say I should hear back in 60-90 days.
Nothing like being kept in suspense, amirite?
But yeah, it feels like a long time, but to be fair, it took me 120 hours over 80 days to write, and it reads like the computer code equivalent of a mad priest's eldritch screed against God, so it's not unreasonable to need a similar amount of time to evaluate.
Nothing like being kept in suspense, amirite?
But yeah, it feels like a long time, but to be fair, it took me 120 hours over 80 days to write, and it reads like the computer code equivalent of a mad priest's eldritch screed against God, so it's not unreasonable to need a similar amount of time to evaluate.
Surveyed PC gamers say they STILL prefer Windows 10 and mid-range 1080p over high-end parts
The world's most popular PC is mild and affordable.
www.windowscentral.com
--Patrick
I cannot see myself changing anytime soon. A 4090 is 2500 Canadian dollars and it still struggles to run new games at 4K 60 fps with all the new raytracing/pathtracing etc all relying on DLSS to get decent performance.
My ancient Ryzen and 2080 are doing just fine in the 1080p department. I even downgraded and sold my 1440p monitor many years ago because I hated the performance hit.
My ancient Ryzen and 2080 are doing just fine in the 1080p department. I even downgraded and sold my 1440p monitor many years ago because I hated the performance hit.
Game devs and GPU manufacturers have been focusing on things that most gamers really don't care about. You can see it in console development, where every new game that comes out reports itself as 4k raytracing super Fidelity that runs at a paltry 30fps, or relies on upscaling technologies that make everything look incredibly blurry, where most people who play games would prefer lower resolution and higher framerates.
Waiting for it to come out that the GPU mfrs have secretly been paying devs to keep adding more dancing bologna to their games in order to force gamers to keep upgrading.
--Patrick
--Patrick
GasBandit
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I am 100% certain this happened with Darktide. It's using the Vermintide 2 engine. It is at no level more graphically complex than Vermintide 2. And yet it needs windows 10 instead of 7 and way more GPU power.
I can't find it at the moment, but I know I previously posted something like, "Wouldn't it be hilarious if the whole reason for games having increased system requirements wasn't because of the game/engine itself, but because it's required by the newest flavor of DRM that's been woven into it?"
--Patrick
GasBandit
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If a single FLOP from my *GPU* is being used to process DRM, I will see code monkeys flayed alive and hanging by their feet.
/cries in 760
Today I finally switched from PFSense to OPNSense after the PFPeople announced in 2021 that they would be hamstringing the free version of their product. Yeah I know it took almost an extra year to finally do it, but whatever. It's almost the same thing, except for some very slight differences which meant we were without Internet an extra 90min while I looked up the new places to find the equivalent preferences I needed to change in order to get everything working and then back as close to my original intent as I wanted.
Now I just have to restring one wired connection to upgrade it from CAT5 to CAT6 so I can flip that line from 100 to 1000 speed without straining my NIC, but that means having to go crawl around in the basement rafters, so...maybe I'll get it done before another year goes by?
--Patrick
GasBandit
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Hotchie Motchie that's a lot of cores.
Hotchie MOTCHIE that's a lot of RAM.
That's my new plex server.
And that's 12 of its 24 drive bays filled with 2tb hard drives.
My previous server was, hands down, the best $280 I ever spent, 6 years ago. But I've outgrown it. This should tide me over for a while.
Hotchie MOTCHIE that's a lot of RAM.
That's my new plex server.
And that's 12 of its 24 drive bays filled with 2tb hard drives.
My previous server was, hands down, the best $280 I ever spent, 6 years ago. But I've outgrown it. This should tide me over for a while.
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GasBandit
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So far, a little. But nobody's really put the spurs to it yet.. TBD.
GasBandit
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Update - I accidentally pegged it at 100% for 10 minutes by running 50 instances of syncbackpro at once, each trying to do 105 profile backups at once.
Yes, it is much much quieter. I can barely tell it is on. It's maybe 1-3db louder than my desktop, which is SUPER quiet.
figmentPez
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One of my small victories lately has been replacing the ear pads on my Sennheiser HD 280 Pro headphones. They're over a dozen years old, and the covering started falling apart and exposing the foam inside. I replaced them with leather pads, and they feel so nice. I'm glad I spent a little bit extra.
I remember when I first bought these headphones; I was worried my dad would chew me out for spending $100 on headphones. I was fed up with spending $30 or $40 bucks on headphones, having them sound mediocre, and then fall apart in a year or two. Sometimes it's cheaper in the long run to buy quality.
I remember when I first bought these headphones; I was worried my dad would chew me out for spending $100 on headphones. I was fed up with spending $30 or $40 bucks on headphones, having them sound mediocre, and then fall apart in a year or two. Sometimes it's cheaper in the long run to buy quality.
