The Tech Random Crap Thread
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GasBandit
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Just got my first utilities bill since officially turning on the solar power. It was about $230 lower than it would have been had I drawn everything from the grid.
Just 22 years until it has paid for itself!
(Technically it already is because that's more than my loan payment)
Just 22 years until it has paid for itself!
(Technically it already is because that's more than my loan payment)
Microsoft releases a new Windows app called Windows App for running Windows apps
Windows App replaces Microsoft Remote Desktop on macOS, iOS, and Android.
arstechnica.com
--Patrick
GasBandit
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So now that I have my new server with its RAID to protect my music library, I've started looking to rebuild what I lost in the HD crash. And for some of that, I need my old music CDs.
But I can't find them.
But when I went looking for them, I found a box with two Dreamcasts and a PS2 in it.
So I got that going for me.
But I can't find them.
But when I went looking for them, I found a box with two Dreamcasts and a PS2 in it.
So I got that going for me.
Now you just need to find the box with your games. Or Crazy Taxi at least.
GasBandit
Staff member
Thankfully, they were in the same box.
But the only one that really matters is Soulcalibur.
Linux boots in 4.76 days on the Intel 4004
Historic 4-bit microprocessor from 1971 can execute Linux commands over days or weeks.
arstechnica.com
--Patrick
GasBandit
Staff member
So one of our clients, rather than buy a camera.... velcroed an ipad to a wall and put an HDMI adapter on it, then put the ipad in "camera" mode. Then when the ipad broke (as such unprotected electronic devices in an athletic space are prone to doing), they then velcroed an iPod to the broken iPad and put in another adapter and put the iPod in camera mode.
This is a very large and moneyed university, guys.
figmentPez
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Using an Nvidia graphics card for the first time in decades, I've got to say I like the UI of AMD's drivers much better. I don't know whose drivers are better for performance or compatibility, but when AMD is a lot better when it comes to interface. Also, AMD is a lot better at 2D scaling, unless I'm completely missing options that I should enable for Nvidia.
NVIDIA, and by a lot. Not necessarily because they're objectively better, but because they're more universally supported since NVIDIA has something like > 75% market share, and because NVIDIA's DLSS upscaling tech is better (i.e., faster frame rate) than AMD's FSR.
--Patrick
figmentPez
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My new PC has RGB lighting on the RAM sticks. The default setting is a chasing rainbow pattern. Same on both sticks, except one is slightly faster than the other, so they don't stay in phase. I have no idea why.
Likely due to slight variation in the clock generators of each one that control the chase sequence.
--Patrick
figmentPez
Staff member
I would not have expected the difference to be great enough to have them go out of sync over a matter of minutes, but I guess I've never considered how much variance there is in cheap clock generators.
GasBandit
Staff member
Even a microinfinitesimally slight variance can produce an immense difference these days. DDR4 RAM typically runs anywhere from 2 to 5 ghz. DDR5 is even faster. Even a tiny micropercent difference in cycle length would be compounded literally billions of times per second. Probably not a big enough difference to cause memory errors, but I could easily see it putting a light rotation out of sync within a few minutes.
The memory itself should be slaved to the onboard clock generator of the CPU/MLB/whatever. The LEDs probably operate on their own independent circuit that just leeches power from the RAM slots. For stability's sake, I'd see if there's a way to disable the LEDs, just because I don't trust oscillating LED bullshit operating next to components that are unusually sensitive to EMI/heat.
--Patrick
--Patrick