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qasdfdsaq

16:00

Yeah that seems about right

Journeyman Geek

ahh, found the company

qasdfdsaq

I find most processors peak at around 2x their rated TDP

Bob

@qasdfdsaq Hm. 14 AWG (16 BWG/SWG) should take 10A.

Not sure what gauge speaker cables normally are.

Psycogeek

I find that OCers can overdo that :-) more times, but it has never seems practical :-) for that last 2-5%

Journeyman Geek

@Bob ._,

Fairly thin

qasdfdsaq

16:01

Probably 18 or 20

Journeyman Geek

I'd just use mains wires if I wanted to do 10A

qasdfdsaq

Mine were probably 20/22

Journeyman Geek

dirt cheap and he UK ones do 13A ;p

Also works as speaker cable at a pinch

qasdfdsaq

Yeah mains wiring is also a lot thicker and harder to work with

I know my ethernet cables do 1A with AWG24 or 26

xD

hexus.net/business/news/components/…

> The European Commission (EC) has accused Qualcomm of abusing its market dominance to fend off potential competition, in breach of European Union antitrust rules. Investigators have been looking into unfair business practices by Qualcomm in Europe over the last few months.
In July it opened two formal antitrust investigations looking at the company's use of exclusivity payments and predatory pricing in the EU. Earlier this week the commission sent two Statements of Objections outlining its preliminary views.

Now what was I saying about Qualcomm?

Bob

@JourneymanGeek Oh, sorry. other sources say ~10 AWG preferred (for longer distances).

Psycogeek

16:05

@qasdfdsaq They have a strong business model ? :-)

qasdfdsaq

The 60A cable that came with the UPS didn't seem much more than 3-4mm OD

And AWG14 supposedly has 3mm OD typically

Bob

@qasdfdsaq 24AWG is fairly common and probably the lower end of acceptable for 2A @ 5V over 2m.

(USB charging cables :P)

qasdfdsaq

Eh I had issues with 5v 1A over 50m of AWG 24 Cat5E

But that was sorted by switching to 12v 0.5A

Journeyman Geek

0_0

qasdfdsaq

hexus.net/business/news/internet/…

> The EC suggests that "under the proposed rules, the provision of the online content service will be considered to take place in the Member State in which the consumer resides. No separate license would be required to cover the temporary use of the service in other Member States." With the new legal mechanism service providers could offer "cross-border portability without the need to re-negotiate the licenses existing between rights holders and service providers," the document says.

YES PLEASE.

Bob

16:07

@qasdfdsaq Ya, never said they were 100% clean :P

qasdfdsaq

Hopefully this'll pass and they can stop blocking iPlayer outside the UK

Journeyman Geek

Ahh EU. I want to hate you, but you do cool stuff

@qasdfdsaq I'd so abuse my dedi to get stuff then

qasdfdsaq

Well, I suspect the proposal if implemented will impose checking your country of residence

ala if you have a UK TV license you can stream it outside the UK. Rather than currently, if you have a UK TV license and you walk across the border to Ireland you're forbidden from streaming UK TV shows

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq they don't really check your address tho

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek Not yet, but they will probably have to

Journeyman Geek

16:10

I don't even remember them making me sign onto iplayer

qasdfdsaq

They'll switch to checking the registered user's address instead of just using source IP I assume

Or at least require registration for use outside the UK

Journeyman Geek

Go home clippy, you are drunk.

qasdfdsaq

I want to hate clippy

> It looks like you're trying to hate clippy.

Would you like help?

Bob

@qasdfdsaq How could you :(

qasdfdsaq

Dell, Toshiba, and Lenovo utilities expose PCs to more attacks

Bob

16:15

...Toshiba got in on the action too?

qasdfdsaq

Good job I never used the bundled O.S.

I took the SSD out of my new Lenovo before I ever powered it on.

Journeyman Geek

;p

qasdfdsaq

Annoyingly it's a 5mm SSD, which is a fucking pain

Journeyman Geek

0_0

qasdfdsaq

A 5mm SSD, surrounded by 6mm of foam padding. Couldn't fit my Samsung 850 EVO in there without tearing out the foam

And even then the clamps and screws wouldn't go in, so it's just dangling there

Bob

16:17

@qasdfdsaq Double-sided tape?

tjt263

guys. why can't i include more than one pre-formatted, (fixed width font) block of text in my answers?

qasdfdsaq

@Bob I used blu-tack in my last machine but tbh, I don't care

It's not moving anywhere while clamped that hard against the case and foam on the other side

Bob

@qasdfdsaq True, long as it's reasonably snug it should be fine.

qasdfdsaq

It literally bends the outside of my laptop's casing

Bob

It's not like there's any spinning ceramic plates inside :P

@qasdfdsaq O_O

@tjt263 You can.

qasdfdsaq

16:18

The last SSD in my previous laptop I couldn't be bothered screwing it in so held it down with some tissue paper jammed against the sides of the bay

Bob

If you have two right next to each other you might need to separate them with some other content in between.

tjt263

i thought so too @bob but its not working for me

Journeyman Geek

@tjt263 got a link?

qasdfdsaq

Only Bob gets to do it cause he's special

tjt263

well i haven't posted it yet because it won't cooperte

co-operate even

Bob

16:19

Either put an unindented non-whitespace character between the two blocks, or use the HTML tags instead of Markdown (<pre><code>blah</code></pre>)

Journeyman Geek

post it, link it, and we could see if we can fix...

tjt263

I've tried both of those things

Journeyman Geek

Oh, I just use pre codes a lot of the time.

tjt263

and combinatins of

combinations

Bob

@qasdfdsaq I've never actually installed a 2.5" SSD in a laptop.

Still lugging a HDD around for bulk storage.

SSDs go in the mSATA slot(s)

Journeyman Geek

16:20

@Bob I did that with the x229

7mm tho

tjt263

wait i used <pre> but not <code> ill try it

qasdfdsaq

I got bored of the SSD + HDD for bulk storage combo in my last laptop and just went all-out and got a 1TB SSD

New laptop can't fit multiple drives, so I suspect I'll need to get an external for backup

Bob

@qasdfdsaq I'm considering just taking the HDD out now, and keeping the larger stuff on a portable HDD.

It's heavy, it's noisy and it uses more power.

qasdfdsaq

@Bob How big is the SSD?

Er HDD

Bob

My laptop is usually passively cooling (fan stays off unless something pegs a CPU core), but the HDD is whirring away :\

@qasdfdsaq y'know, I can't remember. Probably 750 GB.

Not even particularly big.

qasdfdsaq

16:23

@Bob Well these are a new class of faults, remote code execution vulnerabilities in the bundled software rather than just shitty Snapfish/Dellfish root certs

Bob

Yea, was 750 GB.

I have a 240 GB (840 EVO) mSATA in there too.

And a spare mSATA slot.

Might move the other 840 EVO 240 GB mSATA from the old laptop (currently used as cache). That'll give me a nice 500 GB of SSD storage.

RAID would be overkill :P

qasdfdsaq

I usually run my laptop in RAID-1 now

Bob

Then I can wait till the next sale and pick up a cheap SSD for the bulk storage.

qasdfdsaq

Lost enough irreplaceable data on shoddy SSDs already

Journeyman Geek

;p

Bob

16:26

@qasdfdsaq I just keep reasonably up to date on my backups.

RAID makes management a pain.

qasdfdsaq

RAID makes management easy

compared to carrying around a seperate backup disk and remembering to plug it in every night in a different country >_>

Bob

@qasdfdsaq Firmware updates? TRIM?

qasdfdsaq

I don't do either

Bob

I've always had trouble with those under RAID.

qasdfdsaq

And tbh, I use Windows software RAID, which allows both easily

Bob

16:27

And the 840 EVO has issues with aged data too.

@qasdfdsaq Oh yea. That's an option too.

qasdfdsaq

Windows software RAID makes ready-to-go backups pretty easy too

Bob

Hm. But then I'd be sacrificing half my storage.

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq or just backup over a network ;p

qasdfdsaq

Just add a mirror, break the mirror, and now you've got a complete fully functional clone you can swap out the disk with

@JourneymanGeek A bit hard if you're 4000 miles away from home and have shoddy 1Mbps hotel Wifi

(And have to upload 30GB+ data per day)

Bob

@qasdfdsaq I prefer incremental - gives me a bit of history in case the latest copy is screwed.

qasdfdsaq

16:29

Incremental's still not gonna help with 30-60GB uploads though

Bob

Unfortunately, my current backups don't go back far enough to avoid my driver issues :\

@qasdfdsaq Ya, I don't travel enough for that to be an issue.

Nor do I have that much data to back up daily :P

qasdfdsaq

I only use my laptop when travelling

And my DSLR can easily pump out 100MB of data a minute

Bob

@JourneymanGeek You're catching up - you'll probably overtake me by morning :P

@qasdfdsaq Ah. Photography. That explains it.

qasdfdsaq

I wonder if I should spec my next build so I can take an Oculus Rift away on holiday with me

Then again, why would I need an Oculus Rift while on holiday

Bob

Have you used one?

qasdfdsaq

16:32

Several. I also own one.

Bob

How is it?

qasdfdsaq

Meh. Resolution is terrible.

Bob

I'm probably the type to get nauseous :\

Haven't had a chance to try yet, though.

qasdfdsaq

Also my eyes are the wrong separation so I need to get some 3D printed replacement eyepieces

Bob

o.O

qasdfdsaq

16:35

I'm generally one who never gets motion sickness IRL but the Rift did give me some bouts of it

I suspect most people will have it worse than me.

TBH the resolution is the real killer atm.

It's like looking at a 640x480 display, on a 100" TV

Bob

> 1080×1200 per eye

Hm.

qasdfdsaq

Well, next year. This year it's more like 960x1080

JohnB

I get seasick, playing HL2 with all the leaping around made me queasy. But other games are fine

Bob

Ah.

@JohnB I had to give up shortly after starting Portal.

Most other games are alright. Mirror's Edge was fine.

The orientation shifts coming out of a portal, though...

JohnB

Oh boy, I would think Mirror's Edge would be the worst for me :P

Bob

16:38

@qasdfdsaq What have you done with the Rift so far?

qasdfdsaq

With 4K smartphone screens starting to proliferate we'll hopefully get decent resolutions around 2048x2048 per eye. That'll be borderline acceptable

JohnB

is that playable with a third party driver thingy like VorpX?

qasdfdsaq

@Bob Bought a load of VR games I've never played, and watched some porn.

Bob

Heh. Second rite of passage.

Surprisingly long list of games.

qasdfdsaq

TBH porn has been a huge driver of video technologies for decades now

JohnB

16:40

Lunar Flight is a blast with it

qasdfdsaq

I'm looking forward to Eve Valkyrie all of a sudden, having never been interested by it before

Bob

I kinda lost interest and stopped keeping track on VR around when Facebook acquired the company.

qasdfdsaq

Also have Euro Truck Simulator, Project Cars, and Elite Dangerous

Honestly my biggest trouble right now is keeping the lenses clean because my eyes are in the wrong place

Need to find me a 3D printer.

Or just wait for the final version which will have adjustable IPD

JohnB

I avidly kept up on VR stuff leading up to the DK2 release and a while after but now I'm just waiting for the CV1 and Vive to be released before I care again

Bob

I know some of those words.

JohnB

16:45

Dev Kit 2, Consumer Version 1 :P

Vive is HTC's headset

Bob

Whatever happened to Valve's attempt?

qasdfdsaq

Delayed, again.

JohnB

that's the Vive

Bob

Oh, they went with HTC...

JohnB

it was fairly obvious that their original release projections were way too ambitious, especially with all the delays Oculus has had

qasdfdsaq