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    NMS got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in Folding Community Board   
    And this is what GPUs shoul be used for! So I will most certainly look into this.
    Thanks OP!
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    NMS got a reaction from Mark Kaine in Common Stutter / Lag / Crash Fix (HPET Guide)   
    I hate being that guy but this triggers my OCD to unbelievable levels with that grammar and formatting.
    It's solid stuff (I suppose, I never cared for this anyway), but you simply must fix this properly, because at the moment it feels like it was copied from a shady chat conversation.
     
    Good luck.
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    NMS got a reaction from Chiko in Can't fit my H105 and I need some help   
    The Define S will fit pretty much anything you want. Got a hooker? Throw it in there!

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    NMS got a reaction from sub68 in Folding Community Board   
    And this is what GPUs shoul be used for! So I will most certainly look into this.
    Thanks OP!
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    NMS got a reaction from Ben17 in Ryzen and ECC support   
    Oh you know Intel, why enable all functions on all products when they can make sure this way customers will have to buy more stuff for those particular needs.
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    NMS got a reaction from Hold-Ma-Beer in 5 Core cpu's   
    Probably because of the layout. Since the way chips are made these days, they are sort of mirrored. So if you had 3 cores, on one side there would be 2, and the other side would have empty space where the fourth would go.
     
    I could be wrong.
     
    Edit: It's also good to increase core count by a factor of 2 to appeal more to a consumer.
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    NMS reacted to Letgomyleghoe in Pewdiepie! - We built you a gaming PC!   
    1. Most people make racial jokes at some point, I would not consider them outbursts
     
    2. Pewdiepie is a content creator, of courses he’s gonna be a meme
     
    3. This one I love, did pewdiepie tell people to commit the terrorist acts? 
    No
    did pewdiepie condone the terrorist acts?
    No
    did pewdiepie commit the terrorist acts?
    no
    is pewdiepie a terrorist?
    hell no
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    NMS got a reaction from Droggy in Pewdiepie! - We built you a gaming PC!   
    I can tilt the odds the other way with my other accounts. So don't worry fam, I got you. But how many likes should I go for?
     
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    NMS got a reaction from AfonsoJR in Pewdiepie! - We built you a gaming PC!   
    I can tilt the odds the other way with my other accounts. So don't worry fam, I got you. But how many likes should I go for?
     
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    NMS reacted to JZStudios in GOG.com pulls a massive pro-consumer move with updated refund policy   
    I went into my email and was surprised with this, almost deleted it thinking it was just another GOG security update or something. Turns out it's a massive pro move from the little team that could.
     
    "Everyone at GOG believes in a 'gamers-first’ approach. It means that every part of our store is designed with gamers in mind and your purchase safety and satisfaction come first for us. The latest update to our voluntary Refund Policy adds another piece to this customer-friendly experience. And it all sums up in one sentence: starting now, you can get a full refund up to 30 days after purchasing a product, even if you downloaded, launched, and played it. That's it.
     
    It’s important for us to say that this update is possible thanks to your respect for all the time and hard work put into creating the games you buy on GOG.com and playing by the rules. We're grateful for that and encourage you to continue to do so.

    For more details on how the change works, please check this FAQ article."
     
    FAQ link HERE
    This is major news and something I was hoping Steam would do for years, taking less risk out of buying PC games and being potentially screwed out of $60 for sub standard games, or hell just games that you just don't like. This really flies in the face of people claiming that this is impossible, or would be unfair, or that you don't own your digital purchases.

     
     
    As if this wasn't big enough news (That doesn't even seem to be advertised on their main site, they just went "Oh yeah, we did this super rad thing.") GOG Galaxy 2.0 is apparently now in Open Beta.
    Link HERE
    I've been using it for a few months now, and I'm pretty damn happy with it, being able to consolidate all my games, including emulators into one place and being able to launch them all from one place, as well as allowing it to close the other launchers on game exit. It'll even pull in achievement information, friends lists, play time, and more from other platforms, all while having a clean and fairly customizeable layout.

     
    Edit* A lot of people seem to think that GOG hasn't thought about the fact that people are scumbags, despite the fact that their entire store is DRM free and if people didn't want to buy games they could just pirate them. Anyways, here's what's written in their FAQ;
    1. How does your updated voluntary Refund Policy work?
    The updated policy lets you refund a product up to 30 days after purchase, even if it was downloaded, launched, and played. Yes, you read that correctly.
    To apply for a refund, you should contact our Customer Support Team within 30 days of your purchase, and our team will sort it out as soon as possible.
    We're monitoring the effects of the current update to make sure no one is using this policy to hurt the developers that put their time and heart into making great games. We may refuse refunds in such individual cases. We'd also let you know about any future adjustments in the voluntary Refund Policy in advance. 7. How often can I refund my games? Is there some sort of limit?
    We trust that you're making informed purchasing decisions and will use this updated voluntary Refund Policy only if something doesn't work as you expected.
    This is why there are no limits but instead, we reserve the right to refuse refunds in individual cases.
    Please respect all the time and hard work put into making the games you play and remember that refunds are not reviews. If you finished the game and didn't like it, please consider sharing your opinion instead. Also, please don't take advantage of our trust by asking for an unreasonable amount of games to be refunded. Don't be that person. No one likes that person. I also highly doubt this will damage GOGs standing with publishers. Steam still has big games come out on it's platform despite their refund also being the end of the world. Big games are already not on GOG because they're DRM free and big publishers think that DRM is good for sales, despite being cracked mere hours after launch every time.
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    NMS reacted to emosun in GeForce now loses all Activision blizzard titles   
    yeah but wouldnt it be a good thing for both of those sinking ships to go down together
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    NMS got a reaction from AWJN in Fixing the Unfixable iMac Pro with Louis Rossmann!   
    You wouldn't have to go through all that if you wouldn't have bought it in the first place.
    Nice series, but it only made me hate Apple even more. Wasn't sure if it could've been done, but I guess everything is possible:D
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    NMS reacted to Levent in Unbox Therapy accused of copying PITAKA phone case, copyright abuse & fake giveaways   
    I dont get it, why the fuck would anyone want to "address" the problems by releasing a bullshit 30 minute video with multiple angles. This dude is just trying to smooth talk his way out of his bullshit schemes. Fuck him.
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    NMS reacted to Arika in Unbox Therapy accused of copying PITAKA phone case, copyright abuse & fake giveaways   
    that's what i originally thought to, but like i said in a previous post, the fact he hid/deleted the Pitaka case review video is essentially him admitting that he knew and therefore loses all credibility
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    NMS got a reaction from de4thstr0ke in EVGA PSU G+ vs G3?   
    I do not believe they have G+ model. Do you mean G1 800 Watts 80 PLUS GOLD?
    As for G3, I believe those are SuperNOVA models.
    Basically, the G3 is the newest model, then older one is G2, and after that G1.
     
    Edit: In general, the more later the model, the better protection and power delivery.
    G1->G2->G3 And there's also GQ series. All of those are also called SuperNOVA.
    All these mentioned above are 80 PLUS GOLD certified. Hence the G.
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    NMS reacted to williamcll in PIA Acquisition by Kape Technologies   
    Are we going back to tunnelbear now?
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    NMS reacted to TVwazhere in T mobile sues company for using the color magenta   
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    This is good publicity for Lemonade, since people will now have heard their name, and I doubt this lawsuit will hold up.
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    NMS reacted to spartaman64 in T mobile sues company for using the color magenta   
    https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/04/lemonade-gets-a-nastygram-from-deutsche-telekom-over-its-use-of-magenta-says-it-will-fight/
     
    This Is absurd imo you can't own a color and make it so no other company can use it especially since the company they are suing isn't in the same market as them. If every company trademarked a color pretty soon there would be no colors left and then what. What if a company trademarks the color black and sues t mobile is t mobile prepared to make all letters in their marketing material magenta?
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    NMS reacted to yolosnail in Intel passing off bogus Xeon Server 'metrics'   
    Then what was all the fuss with Elon Musk then? 
    What kind of person would invest in a company based on a tweet?
     
    At this point I think Intel are better off keeping their mouth shut, there are always going to be those people that buy Xeon no matter what, and most of the negative press Intel have been getting recently is caused by their own marketing department!
     
    They still have a 'good' product, but they're doing an AMD and overhyping the shite out of them, which is backfiring on them big time!
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    NMS got a reaction from jagdtigger in File sharing sites Openload and Streamango shut down by Anti-Piracy Alliance ACE   
    While those sites have no right to distribute the illegally obtained content I am within my moral rights to pirate it. IF (a huge IF) a website I signed up for and paid the subscription fee then denies me service because of my location. If that's the case why did they even chargee in the first place? This is how Crunchyroll operates.
     
    After all, when I'm trying to give my money for something and then I'm being denied simply due to my location then don't even let me sign up.
     
    In the end, I don't feel bad at all as I spend thousands a year on figures. And I doubt that half of what I would pay for Crunchyroll would go to the original studio.
     
    TL;DR Geo restrictions are complete and utter garbage and if I want to obtain something that is restricted, then don't advertise it to me or else it will get pirated.
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    NMS got a reaction from TechyBen in File sharing sites Openload and Streamango shut down by Anti-Piracy Alliance ACE   
    1. I don't have a problem with paying more. I'm well aware of that fact that is very much a possibility. The reality of it is if I'm offering "you" the money but because of certain let's say logistical issues you are unable to deliver me the product/service then don't charge me in the first place. This is the issue that I have. So perhaps you see how I am now inclined to obtain what I need through other means.
     
    2. And that is how in this instance Crunchyroll operates. They do not tell you beforehand with certainty whether the content will be available in certain region or not. The only way to know is to sign up. It's cheap anyway so I never demanded money back.
     
    And considering that they know my location before the registration they can easily let me know if that particular product will be available to me. But that of course means less customers to them.
     
    Bottom line is: Crunchyroll is garbage. There's almost no other way for me to get what I want. Seriously just take my damn money... So pirating it is.
     
    It amazes me that to this day everyone is trying to tax and regulate the "internet" yet fails so hard provide proper distribution of information.
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    NMS got a reaction from TechyBen in File sharing sites Openload and Streamango shut down by Anti-Piracy Alliance ACE   
    A DVD is not an option for everyone. And while I do have a TV all it does is sit in the living room gathering dust. But to give you an example, out of about 27 (give or take a few) shows that I wanted to see at that time, none were available in my region. Perhaps it offers some mainstream content but I'm not interested in that. 
    Then tell me beforehand that the content will not be available in my region.
     
    I don't believe in geo restricting content in the first place. Be it my personal opinion but I highly dislike the fact that as of late internet has been cracked down upon using multiple methods including the above mentioned restrictions.
     
    But you still don't see my point. I have an issue with the product being advertised in MY region but then being denied access to it after paying for it. Do you not see how that is problematic? If I can't access it later, don't advertise it to me. Don't bring VPN into this.
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    NMS got a reaction from TechyBen in File sharing sites Openload and Streamango shut down by Anti-Piracy Alliance ACE   
    While those sites have no right to distribute the illegally obtained content I am within my moral rights to pirate it. IF (a huge IF) a website I signed up for and paid the subscription fee then denies me service because of my location. If that's the case why did they even chargee in the first place? This is how Crunchyroll operates.
     
    After all, when I'm trying to give my money for something and then I'm being denied simply due to my location then don't even let me sign up.
     
    In the end, I don't feel bad at all as I spend thousands a year on figures. And I doubt that half of what I would pay for Crunchyroll would go to the original studio.
     
    TL;DR Geo restrictions are complete and utter garbage and if I want to obtain something that is restricted, then don't advertise it to me or else it will get pirated.
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    NMS reacted to Gorgon in Bifrost a 6 GPU Folding Machine   
    The Frame, Power Supply adapter and Hyper M.2 card were ordered.
     
    Once the mining frame was received and assembled an old IDE ribbon cable was stripped and marked with 5cm lines and used to measure the lengths so the m.2 to PCIe 3 x16 adapters could be ordered.

    The stand-offs and images of the Gigabyte x570 Aorus Pro WiFi were used along with an old Radeon HD card to acquire the cable lengths for the m.2 Adapters.
     
    As the x570 Pro WiFi is being used for the proof of concept the cable lengths will be different for the Gaming X due to variations in the layout of the PCIe x16 and m.2 slots.
     
    The following adapters were ordered from the manufacturer's website as their prices were lower and selection better than on AliExpress or Amazon:
    R43MR 25cm R43UR 10cm R43UL 15cm R43UL 25cm R43UL 35cm R43ML 50cm Though the Asus Hyper m.2 and Thermaltake Power Supply adapter were ordered at the same time as the mining frame and Amazon showed them in-stock for some reason they still have not shipped. Go figure ...
     
    With the Folding Month done time to tear apart the rigs and populate the chassis for a test fit:

    Notice how the USB2 ports on the I/O shield are blocked by the chassis. The purple & White cable is the included power switch. Nice touch
     
    Nov. 5th
    The Amazon order arrived today with the Asus Hyper M.2 v2 card and the Thermaltake Dual Power Supply adapter. Have to wait for the m.2 to PCIe3 x16 adapters to arrive but good news got a notification that the adapters have shipped from ADT-Link at Shanghai via DHL Express which is great news as I was hoping that the 35$US shipping and handling fee did not mean China Post which can take forever.
     
    ADT-Link products are also available on eBay, Amazon and AliExpress in most to least expensive options but the manufacturer has the best selection and prices on their web store which uses PayPal which gave me confidence to order directly from them and so far I’m glad I did.
     
    Knowing I would need some additional PCIe power cables for this project I started looking around and found buried on Corsair’s Canadian web site Type 4 sleeved dual PCIe cables for the AX and RM-series for $3.99Cdn so I ordered 14 to replace the ribbon style cables on my other Rigs with a variety of TX and CX power supplies. The description for these cables notes that they include Capacitors, presumably to help with ripple suppression and hopefully they’re 750mm cables like the ones that ship with the AX and RM-series. One gripe I have is that Corsair ships the cables from the US (Ontario, CA) and charges $30 S&H which may be a PITA as no Canadian sales tax was collected from their storefront so I’ll likely be on the hook for Duty and HST.
     
    Picked up the second Corsair RM750x from a local Bricks and Mortar store that had them on sale this week for $20 off MSRP and have replaced the TX650 that was used for the test fit.
     
    I’m using black Velcro ties from Home Depot to cable manage along the square aluminum bars.
     
    I managed to plug all 5 of the Fractal 120mm fans into individual motherboard fan headers. They’re all set to follow the CPU temperature for now and the rig with the 2080 Super and 2070 Super Folding at 180 and 170W Power Limits runs almost silently. Once I get all the cards running I’ll likely connect a 10kOhm NTC thermistor to the motherboard and dangle it strategically and use that to control the fans from the Easy Fan5 BIOS setup. Having external Thermistor inputs and full fan control in BIOS is one of the things that helped me decide on using Gigabyte motherboards as I’m running Linux fan control is a lot more convoluted than in Windows.
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