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simson0606

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    simson0606 reacted to X-System in WTF is this thing? - RAM on a PCI Card??   
    I had used my ACARD ANS-9010BA with 16GB DDR2 non-ECC + 16GB CF card for backup in my old rig with 32-bit OS, it was for temporary file, pagefile, Firefox profile folder, etc. It was very good This ACARD supports up to 64GB DDR2 unbuffered ECC.
     

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    simson0606 reacted to Drak3 in Experiences with non-techies   
    That's an iPod Shuffle USB cable.
     
     
    There's probably a few other uber obscure devices that use it (there are devices that use TS/TRS power bricks), but the Shuffle gen 2+ had to use TRRS due to form factor.
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    simson0606 reacted to Master Disaster in New InWin Case Called Alice   
    Cause for 24 years I've been livin nextdoor to Alice. ALICE? Who the fuck is Alice?
     
    Sorry, couldn't resist.
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    simson0606 reacted to DrMacintosh in 2019 Mac Pro lookalike PC case coming to Kickstarter on October 21st   
    Hopefully they don't get sued out of existence. This case would be very popular with people like myself who love the mac but also love paying reasonable prices for hardware. 
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    simson0606 got a reaction from minibois in Dutch Talk   
    Belegen zit gewoon tussen jong en oud in. Heeft alleen maar te maken met het aantal weken dat de kaas gerijpt heeft.
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    simson0606 reacted to Euchre in Hacking victim hacks the hackers and releases their encryption keys   
    As cool as this is, I wouldn't recommend someone thinking they could easily 'counterhack' someone. Back in the days of Yahoo chat, a couple of the tech oriented rooms often had folks asking for help to 'learn to hack' so they could 'hack their hacker back'. The vast majority of the time, they were either dealing with someone WAY beyond their skill level, and likely to remain that way, or just someone they knew that could predict their actions and even possibly had physical access to their hardware, although they'd claim nobody could possibly be in that position that would 'hack' them. (Most of the latter were really just script kiddies.)
     
    In this case, they just managed to get the wrong target, like the guy that stole or bought Zoz's stolen Mac.
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    simson0606 reacted to TempestCatto in Mountain Dew and Doritos partner with Activision for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare   
    And yet Mountain Dew won't partner up with Cleetus McFarland? For shame. ?
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    simson0606 reacted to Fnige in ninja's move to mixer brings more streamers but not more viewers   
    Who knew facebook gaming was a thing
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    simson0606 got a reaction from Jetbluster in MSI Z170A GAMING M5 MOBO CMOS battery   
    That's  a standard cr2032 battery
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    simson0606 got a reaction from LogicalDrm in MSI Z170A GAMING M5 MOBO CMOS battery   
    That's  a standard cr2032 battery
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    simson0606 got a reaction from Fasauceome in MSI Z170A GAMING M5 MOBO CMOS battery   
    That's  a standard cr2032 battery
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    simson0606 reacted to yolosnail in Unpopular Tech Opinions   
    100%
    I absolutely loved my Windows Phone, even on super low end hardware it was super smooth. Sure, not all apps were there, but most of the big ones were
     
    Gaming laptops are pointless - laptops are meant to be portable, and when the power brick that's required to actually game weights about the same as a small child, it's not portable Convenience is more important than privacy - to a certain extent anyway You can like both MacOS and Windows..... at the same time! Bezels on phones are good! A phone needs a chin for you to actually be able to hold it! Also, flat screens are better! Plastic phones are better than metal and glass phones Mechanical keyboards are overrated Anyone who spends more than 6 hours a day gaming and doesn't make money from it needs to get out the house Case design peaked with the PowerMac G5/OG Mac Pro
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    simson0606 reacted to Synthetic Frost in Unpopular Tech Opinions   
    MacOS, the OS, is a lot better than most people give it credit for. And I speak as a UNIX geek and code junkie. Even gaming on MacOS isn't as bad as people think it is.
     
    It's the hardware that gives MacOS a bad name.
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    simson0606 reacted to Automobili3XF in Unpopular Tech Opinions   
    I think Corsair is a quite shitty brand
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    simson0606 reacted to Tsuki in Walmart sues tesla for solar panel fires at 7 stores   
    scotty kilmer is a fucking moron who does nothing but spread misinformation.  i suggested actively seeking out his advise on something so that you can do the exact opposite of what he suggests.
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    simson0606 reacted to PlayStation 2 in Walmart sues tesla for solar panel fires at 7 stores   
    Ah yes, Scotty Kilmer, the guy who circlejerks the Toyota Celica but never drives his. Quality. Also notice that the Avenger, the Dart and the Chrysler 200 make the list with the Challenger and the Charger. What do all of those cars (except for the Dart) share? Not the Hemi, but rather, the Pentastar V6, which is NOT a Hemi. 
    To make things even more funny, the NY Daily News article recommends the XTS. How are they gonna recommend one GM with the piece of shit 3.6L V6 while not recommending any others with that engine?
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    simson0606 reacted to The Benjamins in Google has just ruined Google Images.   
    wait whats the issue?
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    simson0606 reacted to MMKing in Hello, IT. Have you tried it off and on again? - Airbus A350 bug forces airlines to power cycle the craft every 149 hours   
    Buffer overflow? So the computers controlling the listed systems are running out of memory?
     
    Reminds me of the USS Yorktown
     
    ''On 21 September 1997, while on maneuvers off the coast of Cape Charles, Virginia, a crew member entered a zero into a database field causing an attempted division by zero in the ship's Remote Data Base Manager, resulting in a buffer overflow which brought down all the machines on the network, causing the ship's propulsion system to fail.''
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    simson0606 reacted to Mnky313 in Explain why this is probably garbage.   
    It's actually not bad, a few things though:
    You really should get an SSD, it makes such a huge difference for day to day usability.  Windows 10 can be got for DIRT cheap on eBay (I'm talking like £1-£2).  The Hyper 212 Evo is a pretty great CPU cooler but you can save some cash by using the included cooler, the 3600X's included cooler is actually pretty good.  With these changed you can actually go up to a 2070 for barely any more than the original price (I included a 550W PSU as well)
    PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600X 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor £217.98 @ Aria PC Motherboard MSI MPG X570 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard £179.99 @ Box Limited Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £57.99 @ Amazon UK Storage Crucial MX500 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £35.99 @ Amazon UK Storage Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £35.58 @ Aria PC Video Card Zotac GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Video Card £427.89 @ Egenisys Case Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case £54.98 @ Amazon UK Power Supply Corsair CXM 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply £70.68 @ Amazon UK Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit £2.00 Monitor Samsung C27F591 27.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor     Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts     Total £1083.08   Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-07-25 20:54 BST+0100    
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    simson0606 reacted to KarathKasun in Should I buy a Fluke Clamp Multimeter   
    LOL, no.  There re cheap meters that wont kill you, and in fact... Fluke makes a capacitive meter that WILL kill you if you happen to touch the capacitive terminal while using its other features.
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    simson0606 reacted to NineEyeRon in Cleaning a mousepad   
    I have a large fabric mat as wide as my desk.
     
    I ran a very shallow bath, like half an inch. Grabbed a bar of hand wash soap for clothes and washed it by hand.
     
    Its the same thing I use for handwash only clothes, usually I can put them in a washing bowl but the mat was too big so I used the bath.
     
    Works a treat but was scary what colour the water went!
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    simson0606 reacted to TheSwayzieExpress in Louis Rossmann's take on LTX   
    I don't know who this is but he seems like an idiot... of course they can't pay for you and everyone you "care about" to come. They have alot of creators attending. Adding +1's would cost a lot of money.
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    simson0606 reacted to minibois in What does gas/petrol cost where you're located?   
    Price:
    1.77 euros per liter, although that is basically 'msrp', but most stations have about 15 cents 'sale' every day.
    That would be 6,69 euros per gallon, or 7,53 USD per gallon. But distances between places where I live is a lot smaller too though. I think the average person lives like 15KM/10 miles away from work and I would guess only half of the people use a car to get to work (the other half using public transport, bicycle, or alternatives like home-working).
     
    Taxes:
    The prices I mentioned are including tax by the way, two taxes.
    The first tax is called 'accijns' which is a fixed price on top of certain items like cigarettes and also gas/petrol. Last year that was 78.6 eurocents, this number adjusts with inflation though.
    The other tax is basically sales tax, which is 21%.
     
    How much are the taxes exactly on gas?
    So taking this number (the 1.77 euros per liters today), that would make the price:
    30 eurocents of sales tax
    78,6 eurocents of 'accijns' (more tax)
    68 eurocents for the gas per liter (without the tax, so that's 2.59 euros per gallon).
     
    Compared to other places:
    These are the prices in The Netherlands for the I guess 'normal' gas/petrol. Not diesel or LPG.
    The Netherlands is also one of the more expensive countries with it's fuel. It is widely known that if you ever go across the border (e.g. visit Germany/Belgium for a day or pass through Luxembourg when going to France) you fill your car up with a lot cheaper stuff.
    Looking at this list: https://www.anwb.nl/vakantie/reisvoorbereiding/brandstofprijzen-europa
    Netherlands: €1,77
    Neighboring/nearby countries:
    Belgium: €1,39
    Germany: €1,46
    France: €1,52
    Luxembourg: €1,22
    (all including all sales taxes and such, per liter)
     
    This is not a fully fair list though, because of the previously mentioned 'sale' most stations have. They usually have a banner that says "15 cents sale today!" meaning the price of the gas would be: whatever the daily amount is - sale price.
     
    Perspective:
    But something that is always important to keep in mind is the perspective of gas, how far does it get you. A full tank of gas in the Netherlands will get you about through the entire country. If you live in the west (the most crowded place) 'everything' (banks, supermarket, hospital, public transportation stations, etc.) will be accessible in under 15KM/10 miles too. In the other parts it might take a bit longer for some of these places, but that altogether you drive less distance here. For most those places you will take the bicycle anyways, considering every Dutch person on average has 1.5 bicycles  
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    simson0606 reacted to Lady Fitzgerald in HDD bracket for flat mounting   
    There is no need to be so complicated. Just get some aluminum angle, cut it to length, and drill the necessary mounting holes. Screw the angle to the side of the HDDs, the screw the HDDs down to the wood through the angles.
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