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djsmiley2k

19:00

sounds like the smoke alarm is positioned wrong tbh

Burgi

@djsmiley2k thats what i thought

djsmiley2k

it sounds to me like you've got an lack of oxygen sensing alarm, rather than a smoke detector

lots of steam == less dense? (more dense? I forget) air == less oxygen, goes off

smokers near by but not directly under it? no problem.

this is why lots of hotels now ask you not to leave the bathroom door open while having a shower.

Burgi

so extractors are only to absorb fatty smells and don't disperse steam and other cooking related out-gassings?

djsmiley2k

unless it's one of the bonkers ones in a resturant, no, I don't think so.

you know the ones that actually are like a jet engine

if you opened it up, took out the fat absorbing stuff, so it was just a giant pipe

then maybe it'd work

aka a chimney ;D

Burgi

i thought all smoke detectors contained alpha generators and any particulate build up large enough would set them off

djsmiley2k

19:05

not any more

McDonald's

Eclipse!!

djsmiley2k

is it safe to go outside yet, did the eclipse finish ?

McDonald's

Too scared to look to check, may go blind .

Burgi

its just gray and miserable here

djsmiley2k

outside looks kinda dark

Burgi

19:09

@djsmiley2k i think thats just because its night time

djsmiley2k

#:O

sure it's not the nuclear holocaust?

McDonald's

Looked cool earlier through a welding mask though.

nuclear vaporize

Burgi

i didn't think welding masks met the high enough filter rating to be safe

McDonald's

Oh, yikes!! I didn't stare though and also had sunglasses on.

Du'oh!!

I'm not blind yet but if I feel the sunburn on my eyeballs later, I will know why though.

Burgi

heh

i just remember the '99 eclipse and patrick moore shouting at everyone on tv saying welding masks weren't safe enough

@djsmiley2k apparently the two main options are ionizing (alpha source) and optical. both are susceptible to false alarms due to steam etc

McDonald's

19:17

I just looked it up, seems to be a shading filter level rating and it's recommended to use 12 or higher only for eclipses. I'll have to check my neighbor's welding mask now to see if I can spec it out.

Burgi

or you can use a pinhole projection to observe it

big sheet of cardboard, put a hole in it, the sun will be projected on to the floor in the shaded area

a refracting telescope can also be used to project a focused image on to card

djsmiley2k

19:34

most wielding masks aren't dark enough

var firstName

19:46

^

Depends on your mask

Mine is shade 10

You could barely see it at all

I looked straight at it without the mask

DavidPostill

@varfirstName Oh dear ...

var firstName

My eyes are fine

I looked at it through thin clouds :P

DavidPostill

21

A: Why aren't 100% UV blocked sunglasses safe to view an eclipse with?

You are correct that almost always it is the UV content of sunlight and not its power that is the main hazard in staring at the Sun. The lighting during a total eclipse is one of those situations outside the "almost always". Eclipses did not weigh heavily on our evolution, so we are ill kitted ...

bwDraco

20:37

pcpartpicker.com/user/FieryDragonLord/saved/pRCqsY

This is getting crazier and crazier every time I revise it. I'm going to overrun the budget :\

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wgXKr7
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wgXKr7/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor ($455.10 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($112.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG CROSSHAIR VI EXTREME EATX AM4 Motherboard ($381.06 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($279.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 Pro 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($579.99 @ Newegg)

Because FFXV.

3 hours ago, by bwDraco

in The Bridge, Jul 21 '13 at 2:51, by DragonLord

I have a feeling that FF15 will end up being the performance behemoth Crysis was almost six years ago...

Plus this (expected to come later as funds become available): bestbuy.com/site/asus-27-ips-led-hd-gsync-monitor-black/…

DavidPostill

@bwDraco Surely that should be FFLV?

XV == 15

bwDraco

I know.

:p

Burgi

@bwDraco wait 6 months until its closer to release, the hardware will have come down massively

bwDraco

Not sure if I could do that - Volta is expected in early 2018 and I need something to handle Assassin's Creed Origins in the interim.

No exacts on when system building will begin, but I hope it's no later than September.

thesecretmaster

21:39

Hello Super Users! I've got a question about a possible question: What would I need to add to "My computer is being slow when according to my hardware it shouldn't be" to make it on topic?

Burgi

almost everything

have you checked AV? are you running huge loads to disk? how is it running slow? have you updated the drivers?

DavidPostill

@thesecretmaster Complete hardware spec. What software you are running. Why you think it is slow. Output from taskmgr as appropriate showing the problem.

thesecretmaster

OK. Is "It's slow. Here's my specs, here's my top output, here's what I mean by 'slow'" a good question?

DavidPostill

@thesecretmaster It's a start.

Burgi

certainly better, still feel it might be a bit broad

thesecretmaster

21:45

OK. What else can I add that might narrow it?

DavidPostill

Ah. FF. Have you tried disabling all add-ons? Using a new profile?

thesecretmaster

I'd add OS of course. And in top you'd see what's eating my CPU (firefox).

Burgi

how many tabs have you got open?

also tabs

thesecretmaster

I can repro it with 1 tab. I already tried disabling all extensions.

DavidPostill

@thesecretmaster What version? What URL?

Put all the above in the question.

thesecretmaster

21:49

OK. Anything else?

DavidPostill

Not that I can think of at the moment.

thesecretmaster

OK. Thanks for your help! I'll post a question when I can repro it again :)

Burgi

run your AV before posting ;)

thesecretmaster

I run linux. Also, already ran it.

DavidPostill

I've had problems with Firefox 55.0.2 64 bit chewing up CPU (on Windows). It seems to have started when I got rid of the last extension that was stopping multiprocess. I haven't yet narrowed down the cause - but I'm guessing a script (I have a lot of userscripts).

thesecretmaster

21:56

Oh, literally updating to 55.0.2 from 55.0.1 as we speak :)

DavidPostill

@thesecretmaster I can't remember when it started though. It could have been 55.0.1

thesecretmaster

I think it's happened less since I updated to 55.0.1. I may just swap browsers.

DavidPostill

Are you running with multiprocess?

thesecretmaster

I think so. Let me check.

It certainly spawns multiple processes

DavidPostill

Up to 6 (default) on windows, but that is configurable.

thesecretmaster

22:01

More = faster? My processor can probably handle a couple more, but I'm no expert.

DavidPostill

I think so. I haven't played with the numbers.

thesecretmaster

Yeah, I've got multiprocess enabled. What's the setting in about:config to allow it to use more processes?

DavidPostill

dom.ipc.processCount

See ghacks.net/2016/02/15/…

thesecretmaster

Haha, I just found it here. I was about to tell you :)

I'm trying it with 8. I'll let you know how it goes, if you'd like.

DavidPostill

I'm on the default (4), which somehow means I get 6 FF processes ...

thesecretmaster

22:12

Go into about config and look up dom.ipc.processCount. There are other processCount settings for other things.

DavidPostill

@thesecretmaster I know :)

thesecretmaster

rolls eyes Super User mod knows all.

DavidPostill

lol. let us know how you get on with 8 ;)

thesecretmaster

Alright, restarting FF. Hope I didn't break anything (or worse -- void my warranty)! See you all later.

thesecretmaster

22:23

Feels faster already, but that could be my bias.

Ramhound

superuser.com/revisions/649997/4

Appears a spam edit got approved accidentally

Revision 3, then it was "fixed" the link never appeared in the revision 2

Rolled it back after I determined the program was fake/shovelware/adware

superuser.com/users/637570/abhishek-kumar Is the user responsible for the edit, which editors approved, revision 2? I saw revision 3 in the queue but I believe I declined it based on the fact I couldn't verify the new link was correct

Ramhound

22:45

In case anyone doubts me :-)

Bob

23:18

morn

Ben N

Hi!

Bob

@DavidPostill main (window), gpu process, four content processes

Ramhound

Should I feel bad that I feel nothing with regards to my childhood home being sold in order to allow my parents to move near me? They have lived there almost 40 years

Journeyman Geek

Its just a building ;)

Avery

^

That REDACTED Guy

23:34

Hm...How do I represent, in a network diagram, if a device is conected into the WAN or LAN port of another device?

bwDraco

23:54

roar

@ThatREDACTEDGuy WTF? The PB287Q is $400 here.

The 1080 Ti starts at $700.

By Ysmir, why are prices so outrageously inflated in Brazil?

That REDACTED Guy

Cool, huh? We even got a Wikipedia article for it!

Brazil cost

Brazil cost (Portuguese: Custo Brasil [ˈkustu bɾɐˈziw]) refers to the increased operational costs associated with doing business in Brazil, making Brazilian goods and services more expensive compared to other countries. There are several factors that contribute to the extra cost, including: High levels of public deficits; The economy divided into cartels; Inefficiency of public services; Maintenance of high real interest rates; Exaggerated net interest spread of financial institutions (among the highest in the world); Excessive bureaucracy for importing and exporting, creating difficulties for...

bwDraco

Yeah.

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