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not in my country Here the cheapest mac w/ m1 pro chip at the time of posting is around 1350€ (1500€ with battery above 90%) I'd happily buy a used mac, but here a used mac in decent condition costs just about 15-25% less compared to new, so it's rarely worth it

Hi! I'm wondering, whether it's worth to get a MacBook Air 13" M2 16/256GB? I need it for just 4 things: Audio stuff (DAW, live performance and other audio software) Random daily usage of a normal person (docs, light photoshop, web browsing) Play league of legends with decent fps light programming side projects I know the drama about 256 being slow, but I don't think I should care, bearing in mind the 4 use cases above. I don't need a super high performance pc, as I have fresh AM5 build already (runs fedora linux). Non-apple laptops are NO, because of windows. I need masOS to use some software that is not available on Linux and is too hard/impossible to run via wine/bottles/vm, etc. Currently I have a MacBook Pro 2016 13" i7 16/512GB for some of the mentioned tasks, but that poor dual-core i7 struggles way too much and runs hot af. So, is it worth it to get this mac for these tasks? Or wait for a new Air with M3? Or is there any other option I am missing? Also, Air, because cheaper. I just need a 16GB masOS laptop that runs League well. Audio stuff runs mostly fine even on a dual-core i7.

Around 10 minutes? But shouldn't is stay on DRAM led during RAM training? Not VGA? It's my first AM5 build, so I not really familiar with all the caveats. I miss post codes screen from my old motherboard... These LEDs tell nothing -_-

Hi. I'm building a new PC and came across weird issue... PC won't boot - VGA led stays on and after a few seconds BOOT led turns on and also stays on. Specs: ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-I , Ryzen 7 7700x (it has integrated gpu), Lian Li SP 850W, Corsair DDR5 6000 MHz 2x16GB. I'm still waiting on GPU to arrive. I just wanted to see, whether a motherboard works - put CPU in MOBO, slap cooler on it and boot into random Linux from USB on integrated graphics. But the result is - VGA LED stays on, won't boot, can't get it to bios. What I tried: Waiting re-seat the CPU plugging random SATA SSD (to get rid of BOOT led??) rearrange RAM sticks (because "It's always RAM"; jk) unplug cables from PSU and motherboard and put them back in clear cmos flashed newest bios Put a 100% working GPU from another PC (nvidia 1050) into PCIe Put a 100% working GPU from another PC (AMD r9 390) into PCIe changing monitor The result is ALWAYS the same. CPU and RAM leds turn on and off, but VGA led turns on and stays on (BOOT led joins it after 5 sec or so), fans speed up and nothing happens after that. I haven't tried different PSU, but I can't see how that would help. Would try another CPU, but I don't have any other AM5 CPU or motherboard. Is this a faulty motherboard? Or am I missing something?? Thanks.

...Why? Do you have any reason? If it's just expensive/inconvenient to maintain Macs, then you just enforce the policy... But no one would like that. I'm a developer and I'm happy that I am allowed to work on whatever OS/PC I'm comfortable working with (if it's compliant with security and corporate policies). I've started with Windows, hated it, then I've been running Linux for over a year, but when I was unable to continue properly working on a project using Linux (software incompatibility), I've switched to Mac. If I'd be forced to use Windows again - I'd most likely just quit You either have a strong reasons to make everyone use Windows, or you don't mess with people and let them work.

Well, you'll have fast boot times and read-write on Linux It's generally a good idea to have Linux and Windows on separate drives. Don't use HDD as boot drive for Windows 10 or newer. Boot will take forever and PC can be unusable for up to 5 min after it has "booted", HDD often will be at 100% load. For Linux boot from HDD should be fiiine, just a bit slower on boot time, and a bit less snappier, apps might take a second to load, but otherwise it's ok. I've been running Linux from USB sticks as drives (not live boot, but as a mounted drive, I've INSTALLED Linux there), SD cards and other weird configurations. But since you have a spare SSD, it'd be a better experience. It makes sense to have better/faster SSD for the OS you use the most. I daily drive Linux, so I currently have Linux on m.2 Firecuda and Windows on an old SATA Samsung. Works fine. Oh, also, if you're going to reinstall windows and want to use grub to boot windows - disconnect all other drives -> then install windows. Because windows likes to put it's boot loader in weird places (other disks) and then grub won't find it by default. Happened to me multiple times. I mean, Windows does not even ask, where to put it Otherwise you'll need to tweak grub, or use BIOS to to boot windows.

It was quite a while ago, so I don't remember it for a fact. For some reason (probably by looking at provided measurements) I thought it would fit. Anyway, I went with Meshoom S from ssupd for my build. Fractal cases are prettier, IMHO, but I bought Meshroom beacause it's the only widely available case that can fit Nitro+ XTX for sure..

As I've mentioned, there ARE such cases: DAN C4-SFX - can fit Sapphire Nitro+ XTX , however it's sold out everywhere Fractal Terra - can fit Sapphire Nitro+ XTX, but CPU cooler area becomes very small. It's an option though. also Thor-zone Nanoq - can fit Sapphire Nitro+ XTX, but will be released sometime in Q3. Also Nitro+ is 320mm, not 350. I was asking, maybe there are something else I'm missing, because there cases are kinda hard to find.

Hello! I'm planning a new build and in a month I'll be buying all the parts (after vacation). Initially I was planning to build in DAN C4-SFX, but it's sold out everywhere and impossible to find (Europe). Do you know any good alternatives to this case? Ideally it needs to fit Sapphire NITRO+ 7900 XTX (DAN C4-SFX does and it's a GREAT case) or any other non-reference design. CPU will be Ryzen 7700, so CPU cooling isn't that critical, I think. Fractal Terra, technically, complies to my needs, bu it leaves 48 mm for cpu cooling, which is... not ideal, at least, comparing to DAN C4-SFX. If I put a radiator in Terra, it means no 2.5 SSD, which is also not ideal, but tolerable. Backup plan is to build in Asus AP201 with mATX board. Thanks!

Senior Java developer and local dev academy "associate" here. Java 8 is pretty old by now, but it still has "general Java stuff (like steams)" most people use till today, so you're fine Sooo, you can pick Java 17 or even 20 (17 is curent LTS (Long Term Support)) and all Java 8 stuff will be there too (some stuff might be deprecated (like deleted or replaced because they're old and obsolete), but like 95% should be there, I think). IMHO, Java is OK for personal projects, but it's mostly used in a corporate environments as a back-end language (generally back-end is where received data is getting processed, stored, etc.), so while creating a website with Java, is possible, but is quite painful and please no GUI apps that run locally are fine (JavaFX/Swing), but it's kinda hard to make them look modern. Also shipping apps to other regular users is kinda pain, but that's another topic. Java today is mainly used for various integrations (API) and business logic (processing data, inputs, whatever), communicating with databases and other back-end stuff. There are different Java "Editions". There's oracle, openJDK, RedHat, Amazon and many more. You don't care about that. It's just the same Java with extra libraries included. Just use OpenJDK or oracle. (Oracle owns Java. And OpenJDK is the source for Oracle Java). Where to start? What to do? Well, first, learn the basics from the book or online tutorial (like syntax and just have some assumptions on what's possible at all) pick a mini-project fro yourself (anything, start simple, like sort students by grades). And learn everything you need to complete this project. As an example, sort students by grade (console app, to simplify): 1) You need to input data. Let it be a student name and a grade. So you need to learn how to read user input in Java. 2) You'll have a bunch of students, so they will be stored in a List. So learn how to work with lists. 3)Then you'll need to sort them by grades. Just google any Java sorting algorithm (or modern Java has one built-in) and just copy-paste it and learn what it does and how it works. 4) And then output the result! 5)... 6) Profit! Also, use IntelliJ - it is GOD IDE, community edition (free) is pretty good too. While you can use random notepad or VScode or anything else you want, normal people who actually work with Java to earn money use IntelliJ (in the past it was Eclipse or NetBeans). It's just a proper, good quality tool. A good learning platform that has this "learn-by-doing-projects" is Hyperskill. It's from JetBrains (people, who created IntelliJ), so they know what they're doing. It's not three, though.. But it's amazing! Udemy and even YouTube are fine too, if you want a video. It's kinda hard to find a decent course though. Next step after feeling comfortable with plain Java (it could be a few months, could be more) is to learn a framework. So, basically it's a Spring Boot. While it's not required, it makes things easier (like, working with API). But it will break your brain at first, because a lot of stuff is happening behind the scenes and looks like dark magic (Anotations?? What are they doing? Why is there "invisible" code??). I'm mentioning Spring Boot just because it's a #1 framework for Java and you'll find many mentions of it online together with Java. Hope that helps and happy coding!

Hello! I've just bought a freshly built flat and all I have is empty walls, floor and ceiling. Task N.1 is to hang the recuperator to it's place and place all air ventilation pipes. After the recuperator there should be 2 splitters placed. But there is not enough place to place these splitters right after the recuperator so I am forces to make almost an "S" shape with pipes. Simple scheme where "R" - recuperator; "S" - splitter; "═" - 2 air vent pipes going nearby. R ╗ ╔═╝ SS I don't really know how to call it in English since I'm not native English and it falls out of my vocabulary but I hope you'll understand what I mean The main concern while doing this is noise. The length of this structure (pipes) is about 1 meter long. I have 2 options here: Option1: To use flexible pipes that can be bent any way I need (metal, corrugated) - but it will create air turbulence due to its corrugated nature Option2: Use hard metal pipes and use rounded 90 degree connectors. But a 90 degree it's too good for quite airflow. So, the question is: What will generate less noise? straight metal pipes with 3x 90 degree angles or flexible pipes but corrugated? I can also put some sort of noise isolation around these pipes, like some sort of glass wool. Maybe someone could help me out with this dilemma? Looking forward to hear your opinions and thoughts about this!

For me it's a several reasons: Checking whether I've forgot anything in the car? Phone? Wallet? Sth else? At the same time I walk away to see whether I've parked it right - and if not - I'll get back and And finally I just love the blinking of my Subie when I lock it and it's another reason to look at is once more

Thanks a ton to both of you! Now I have enough information to solve my problem and continue my research

Hello! I have a question regarding how mesh network "decides" how the request will be sent. Imagine this situation: We have local network consisting of multiple routers(1-9), a server on one end and a client on another end. Let's say, we have something like this: I'm not a network specialist (just a software engineer), and I couldn't find any info describing the algorithm of how the hell request from client to sever (or the other way) is processed? Maybe I was using the wrong keywords... I mean, server sends response > 1st router gets it. And then what? It goes like 1>2>5>7>9>client, decided by some algorithm? Or 1 sends it to all other connected nodes and client gets like ~18 responses and filters them? Can someone explain it to me, please? Or provide any useful links? Regards,

Hello! I am making an RC drift 1:10 model and I am making a new body for it. I will make a fully functional lights and I wonder - which lights are which? It's kinda hard to find any info about it :\ I guess it is not the best place to ask such question, but I don't feel like registering on Mazda owners club just to ask a single question... It would be super nice if somebody who knows could attach an image with labels, like, these are high beam lights, these are fog lights, reverse is only one or two and so on. Thanks in advance!