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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from FarvM in Madison reveals experiences working at LMG   
    Well that’s just not true. He did put out a statement just a few days later
     
    That said, fuck the immature community for brigading the guy for doing nothing wrong. Even the comments on the ncix auction initial video were simping for Linus even though in that very video he clearly was fine with giving the button to the guy. In fact, he offered to call off the deal. 
     
     
     
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from Voyajer in Madison reveals experiences working at LMG   
    Well that’s just not true. He did put out a statement just a few days later
     
    That said, fuck the immature community for brigading the guy for doing nothing wrong. Even the comments on the ncix auction initial video were simping for Linus even though in that very video he clearly was fine with giving the button to the guy. In fact, he offered to call off the deal. 
     
     
     
  3. Agree
    deadaccount69 got a reaction from Jaegan in Madison reveals experiences working at LMG   
    Well that’s just not true. He did put out a statement just a few days later
     
    That said, fuck the immature community for brigading the guy for doing nothing wrong. Even the comments on the ncix auction initial video were simping for Linus even though in that very video he clearly was fine with giving the button to the guy. In fact, he offered to call off the deal. 
     
     
     
  4. Agree
    deadaccount69 got a reaction from Godiwa in Madison reveals experiences working at LMG   
    Well that’s just not true. He did put out a statement just a few days later
     
    That said, fuck the immature community for brigading the guy for doing nothing wrong. Even the comments on the ncix auction initial video were simping for Linus even though in that very video he clearly was fine with giving the button to the guy. In fact, he offered to call off the deal. 
     
     
     
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from InertiaSelling in What should I review next?   
    @LinusTech
    You should do a scrapyard wars laptop edition. I don't mean gaming performance. But I mean a very limited budget($300-$400), and the goal is to get the best laptop a laptop can be. The systems can be graded on:
     
    Battery Life. CPU performance. GPU performance. Features. Screen quality. Weight/portability. Connectivity Durability Styling(some room for customization here) Accessories maybe?(if you can get a good laptop bag, mouse etc in the same budget) Upgradeability/longevity As I understand, the original point of scrapyard wars is to allow people to see that they can actually throw together a good system on a budget and to debunk the "it's too expensive" excuse. I think a laptop is a prime example of this. A lot of students need laptops for their work and instead of spending $400 on a cheap dell or a chromebook, they could get a refurbished laptop from amazon, or a second hand laptop from an owner, with very good specs (haswell i5, 8gb ram etc...) and go through a few mods to improve it. Throw in an SSD, buy an extended battery, put some nice vinyl stickers on it, upgrade the RAM etc... It would be a great way to inform people of the viability of a used/refub laptop as a daily driver. You can actually get a ton of performance(even some with dedicated gpu) from a really cheap($250 ish) laptop. Hell, you can even get a surface pro 2 or 3 within $350-400 on ebay/craigslist. I guess you could call it the "Student edition" of scrapyard wars.
  6. Funny
    deadaccount69 got a reaction from marten.aap2.0 in Experiences with non-techies   
    some kid from jujitsu who claims his brother is so good with pcs, he can build me a pentium 5!(yes, i did just say pentium five) i tried to explain that intel only made up to pentum 4 processors and he replies "wth are you talking about? i am not talking about processors whatever those are. i am talking about computers. he can build you a pentium 5 which is a type of computer. he claimed to be a computer enthusiast. i eventually just gave up on him. however, his brother was actually pretty in the know about computers, he just wasnt.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from UnboundGodz in Dual Boot Windows 10 w/ Mac OS X *Possible?*   
    I think I'm still within the rules to share these links:
    http://www.macbreaker.com/2016/03/dual-boot-windows-mac-os-x-hackintosh-clover.html
    http://www.macbreaker.com/2016/04/dual-boot-windows-os-x-same-hard-disk-clover.html
     
    But I can't help you further. GL;HF.
  8. Informative
    deadaccount69 got a reaction from vorticalbox in How can I improve battery life on Ubuntu?   
    Damn not a single legit answer here guys? All just speculation? C'mon... 
    Install tlp:
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp sudo apt update sudo apt install tlp -y sudo tlp start This by default comes with a lot of optimisations, although there is room for improvement with settings tweaking.
    Next:
    Install preload:
    sudo apt install preload -y This caches commonly used programs/files into free memory reducing HDD access(performance and battery life improvement.)
    Finally install powertop.
    sudo apt install powertop -y This program allows you to see which programs are using the most power and causing the cpu to wake most often etc... It also allows you to tune a few things that can help a lot with power usage.
    You can run it like so:
    sudo powertop Then just hit tab until you are on the "tunables" section.
    These are all the little settings/flags that can be changed to help with power draw. If it says "BAD" then it means the optimisation isn't applied. In general it's good to go through them one by one and figure out what they do but I'm a pretty lazy guy so I usually just enable everything.(space bar to toggle optimisation on/off.)
  9. Informative
    deadaccount69 got a reaction from AlTech in How can I improve battery life on Ubuntu?   
    Damn not a single legit answer here guys? All just speculation? C'mon... 
    Install tlp:
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp sudo apt update sudo apt install tlp -y sudo tlp start This by default comes with a lot of optimisations, although there is room for improvement with settings tweaking.
    Next:
    Install preload:
    sudo apt install preload -y This caches commonly used programs/files into free memory reducing HDD access(performance and battery life improvement.)
    Finally install powertop.
    sudo apt install powertop -y This program allows you to see which programs are using the most power and causing the cpu to wake most often etc... It also allows you to tune a few things that can help a lot with power usage.
    You can run it like so:
    sudo powertop Then just hit tab until you are on the "tunables" section.
    These are all the little settings/flags that can be changed to help with power draw. If it says "BAD" then it means the optimisation isn't applied. In general it's good to go through them one by one and figure out what they do but I'm a pretty lazy guy so I usually just enable everything.(space bar to toggle optimisation on/off.)
  10. Agree
    deadaccount69 reacted to biohazard918 in What should I review next?   
    I would like more stuff from china. I mean as serious reviews like you did with the keyboards. A round up or individual reviews of laptops and/or tablets that look like they could be good would be great instead of another "the cheapest X you can buy".
     
    Edit: I mention the keyboard video because I have one of the ones you reviewed sitting on my desk now and love it.
  11. Agree
    deadaccount69 got a reaction from FeralWombat in What should I review next?   
    @LinusTech
    You should do a scrapyard wars laptop edition. I don't mean gaming performance. But I mean a very limited budget($300-$400), and the goal is to get the best laptop a laptop can be. The systems can be graded on:
     
    Battery Life. CPU performance. GPU performance. Features. Screen quality. Weight/portability. Connectivity Durability Styling(some room for customization here) Accessories maybe?(if you can get a good laptop bag, mouse etc in the same budget) Upgradeability/longevity As I understand, the original point of scrapyard wars is to allow people to see that they can actually throw together a good system on a budget and to debunk the "it's too expensive" excuse. I think a laptop is a prime example of this. A lot of students need laptops for their work and instead of spending $400 on a cheap dell or a chromebook, they could get a refurbished laptop from amazon, or a second hand laptop from an owner, with very good specs (haswell i5, 8gb ram etc...) and go through a few mods to improve it. Throw in an SSD, buy an extended battery, put some nice vinyl stickers on it, upgrade the RAM etc... It would be a great way to inform people of the viability of a used/refub laptop as a daily driver. You can actually get a ton of performance(even some with dedicated gpu) from a really cheap($250 ish) laptop. Hell, you can even get a surface pro 2 or 3 within $350-400 on ebay/craigslist. I guess you could call it the "Student edition" of scrapyard wars.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from Shammikit in methods of uniquely identifying computers for licencing software   
    The standard way to do this in the software industry is to use the ethernet and/or wifi MAC address. They are theoretically completely unique. One per NIC. Some manufacturers have been known to be lazy and reuse MAC addresses but in general they are unique. You could use a combination of MAC address and processor ID/motherboard ID. The chance of there being two conflicts is ridiculously low.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from SlipperyPete in Suddenly my HDD is very slow   
    It's never a good time... :-)
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from dante04317 in My Mic works with my Phone but not my PC plss HALP   
    Note: just by looking at it, I doubt that sound card would help. I have one very similar and it supports 3 pole only.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from WoodenMarker in Can you split a PWM signal without needing to boost it?   
    Note: The reason why it uses a second control pin to turn off the motor power as opposed to just pulsing the main power line, is because the brushless motor actually requires a microcontroller to switch the coils at the right time. The microcontroller has a certain "boot up" time so turning it on and off constantly would make the fan behave erratically. That's why the microcontroller stays on permanently and just the power for the coils themselves are pulsed. That said, the power is still drawn from the main power leads as I said in my previous post. It's just a transistor switching the coils.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from y0y0ninja in can i split my internet in 2?   
    Well not exactly no. But check your moden/router's control panel. There might be a QoS section. That'll let you send all packets from a specific ip address/ mac address to the front of the queue so theoretically your family shouldn't be able to slow you down.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from ProjectBox153 in can i split my internet in 2?   
    Well not exactly no. But check your moden/router's control panel. There might be a QoS section. That'll let you send all packets from a specific ip address/ mac address to the front of the queue so theoretically your family shouldn't be able to slow you down.
  18. Funny
    deadaccount69 reacted to Urishima in Weirdest dream!   
    I once had a dream where I helped Trump look for his hairpiece. We never found it.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from Metalshark in Can you split a PWM signal without needing to boost it?   
    You are correct in assuming it's simply a control signal. The first 2 pins are power, the third is a tachometer(it pulses every time it makes one rotation) and the 4th is a control signal for a little transistor across the motor power. You should be able to simply splice it with no problems.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from Princess Luna in Q8300 to i5 650?   
    Nothing decided yet. Your input is definitely valuable. Just trying to find out what my options are that don't involve waiting. And hoping for some people on this forum with experience with the early i5 desktop chips.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from Intel HD Graphics in Geforce experience slow down gpu performance?   
    Is the geforce experience overlay enabled? If so, then yeah it's expected for you to get less performance. No different to the steam overlay or any other overlay.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from Firecheetah13 in Geforce experience slow down gpu performance?   
    Is the geforce experience overlay enabled? If so, then yeah it's expected for you to get less performance. No different to the steam overlay or any other overlay.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from bsodmike in Help setting up VPN server in US or CA.   
    Read my post again :-) I tried that already but netflix has blocked all datacenter ip ranges. It still detects it.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from unijab in Help setting up VPN server in US or CA.   
    That's the reason I'm asking if there's somebody willing to host on their domestic line.
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    deadaccount69 got a reaction from Zando_ in Fan speed   
    Chill out bro... 

    Seriously though it's probably not a problem. Just one of the settings you tweaked.
     
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