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He only perfected them. ?

"Apple confirms some iPad Pros ship slightly bent, but says it’s normal"
 


https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18148957/apple-ipad-bend-pro-2018-shipping-manufacturing-confirmed

New Feature I guess, are people ever going to stop buying apple products? and is there any reason to make their devices so thin?

We have a console and PC section under games but I think it would be great if we had a section to just talk about games in general. It would be great to be able to talk about an upcoming or current game and have general discussions about it without having to associate it with console or PC.
 
For example,  it would be a place to just post about the new FarCry game or Cyberpunk 2077. Or maybe just talk about our favorite games from the past. If I want to make a post about the new FarCry game, where do I do that? PC or console? Unless I need to talk specifically about that version of the game, there is no reason to post in either forum. There should be a general place to just talk about the game in general.

A 24 1080p monitor and a 27 inch 1080p monitor won't put more stress on the GPU, it still draws the same amount of pixels. Theres some under lying issue.

That sounds more of a display cable issue. Can you test a different cable/port on both the display and the gpu?

I would get a Ryzen 1600 instead, better upgrade paths, and you get about the same gaming performance, but much better workstation loads. 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  (£135.46 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£57.59 @ Amazon UK) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  (£60.69 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£19.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£36.73 @ PC World Business) 
Video Card: Sapphire - Radeon RX 570 4 GB NITRO+ Video Card  (£149.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 3.1 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.84 @ Box Limited) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£47.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £546.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-16 16:27 GMT+0000

Why use in house proprietary when yo can outsource for free?

i was about to say we cannot have shortenedd links,,,, but you are an admin so nevermind ?

BuY aMazOn bAsiCs PrOduCTs oN aMaZon

(Sidenote: Thank you for this video. My biggest takeaway from your video was the fact that you can find the hardware now on eBay vs. paying $660 for the cheapest, dual port, 4x EDR IB Mellanox ConnectX-4 card from places like Colfax Direct. So thank you for that. And also thank you for reminding me that I don't necessarily NEED a $20,000 36-port 4x EDR IB switch in order to make it work and that I can just as easily and just as well, make two computers "talk" to each other via a direct connection.)
 
So this was actually very useful.
 
And because of this video, I've already put in my order for four dual port, 4x EDR IB Mellanox ConnectX4 cards, which at a total bandwidth of 200 gbps (2x 100 gbps ports), I'm honestly not entirely sure what I'm going to do with all of that bandwidth.
 
(My first tests are all going to be about latency because I actually don't put a heck of a lot of traffic through it, but also maybe now that I am moving from a gigabit ethernet network as my node-to-node backbone/interconnect, I might be able to run the same problems, but faster because of this, which WILL have higher volume of data transfers. Previously, with only a GbE as the backbone/interconnect, I would purposely select solution methods that would minimize network transfers because having tested methods that involve a LOT more network transfers, running it with more processors, more slave processes, and more CPU cores didn't necessarily solve the problem any faster than if I just kept it on one node. Now I might be able to make better use of running multiple nodes for a given problem.)
 
The cables are also ordered and also the low profile mounting brackets as well (because it was cheaper to get the card with the full height mounting bracket and then swapping out the brackets separately).
 
Two of my systems will be running linux (specifically SLES 12 SP1 because that's what's supported by the software) and two of my systems will be running Windows (version pending testing).
 
(And like I said before, I have ran into problems before where the default MPI for the solver failed to produce a solution, but if I change it to a different MPI (from Intel MPI to MSMPI), I was able to get a solution with MSMPI where and when Intel MPI failed to do the same.)
 
Eventually, I might move all of my current systems from GbE to 4x EDR IB, but for now, it'll stay this way (only because I really don't have that great of a need for anything faster (really) than 10GE. (I hate that I am mixing uppercase 'G' and lowercase 'g'! Grrr. Anyways...)
 
(This was prompted because I measured my node-to-node network latency and compared to a 500 ns port-to-port latency with 4x EDR IB compared to sub 200000 ns (200 ms) latencies with GbE, I knew that I had to significantly and substantially reduce my latency if I wanted to be able to run my stuff faster across my four compute nodes.)
 
So thank you, for this video, which helped lead me down this road.
 
P.S. If anybody is interested in my latency test results when I run it, please let me know.
 
P.S. #2 I intend on keeping and running IB through and through and I am NOT intending on switching the port types over from IB to Ethernet unless I absolutely have to. (By default, IB is a RDMA PHY protocol/interface, and again, given that the backbone/interconnect ISN'T going to have any other ethernet traffic through it (and even if it did, it would be separated by the physical layer by way of a separate switch), so I don't have to run RoCE and therefore; also don't have to run PFC either.
 
So, my configuration should be vastly simpler than many others. (Course, I am not really sure WHY you would even run ethernet over IB, but, that's besides the point. (Yes, I know what it's for, but if it were me, I would elect to keep the IB layer separate from the ETH layer. But that's just me. And yes, I also realize that that's additional cost, to who knows. (I would imagine that when you're getting up to the 100 GbE speeds anyways, it's not like each cube is getting their own 100 GbE direct connection to the server, so I'm not entirely sure why that matters and/or why you can't then move ethernet data over onto IB as you start aggregating up. *shrug* Oh well.
 
Again, doesn't matter in my use case anyways, cuz I would do it this way (because the QSFP28 is physically different than my RJ45 anyways, so I am literally physically separated). And I'm not intending on running several hundred metres of fiber throughout my house/rewire my house when GbE has been plenty sufficient. 10GbE would be nice, if I can run it over RJ45, but totally unnecessary.
 
The IB, ironically though, would be something that I can seriously make use of, NOT because of the 100 gigabit bandwidth, but because of the 500 ns latency.

Sorry but no.
 
The reason cells stop dividing is because the telomeres get too short, and if they divide any further they're likely to include many DNA errors. Therefore they die off to prevent a cancerous cell from forming.
 
Unless you can ALSO extend the telomeres, all they're going to do is create cancer cells.

hmm 2 usb drives. I just have mine to auto backup on the array.
btw use handbrake to compress your media. I use h.265 at slower with rf set on 22. it takes a day to encode with a ryzen 2700x but the compression ratio is amazing and I cant notice any difference.

Hello, Guten Tag and Bonjour everyone,  
 
 
This is gonna be my "build log" and experience setting up my first NAS, which will be 
a custom build FreeNAS Box.
 
First of all, sorry for everyone (but 2 guys) who voted on my most recent topic
about the name of the NAS.
Everyone was highly into "BanaNAS" but i don't actually like it too much, lol.
As the title already suggests, i went with "Boss-NAS" @mr moose. It has its origin in the Star Wars
universe, where Boss Nass is the leader of the Gungans, who fight off the droid attack on Naboo
during the Phantom Menace.
(But what about the droid attack on the wookiees?)
 
This guy right here:
 
 

Here's the overview over the components that will be used:
 
CPU: AMD Ryzen R5 2400G
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-Pro
RAM: 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz
PSU: Seasonic Focus Plus Platinum 550w
Case: Fractal Design R5
NIC: Emulex Dual 10Gbit SFP+
Storage:
6x 4TB WD Red in Raidz2
1x 250gb Samsung 970Evo as Cache
2x 500gb Samsung 860Evo in Raid0 for high speed
2x Transcend 32gb USB Stick mirrored for the OS
 
Color Code:
Red=Don't have that yet or only partially
Orange=Not sure if it works in that config
Black=Already had those parts
Green=Already aquired
 

So as you can see, the thing will be pretty OP for most, as well as my own, usecases.
The quad core R5 with onboard graphics is good enough for media streaming up to 4k
and should also hold up nicely for any kind of VM testing.
 
FreeNAS recommends 1gb RAM for each TB of Storage but i'm not really sure if they are saying
1TB of actual storage or theoretical storage. The issue here is, that Raidz2 will basically eliminate
9TB of my storage (15TB of 24TB usable) for redundancy, making it possible for me to lose 2 Drives at once while still having
all my Data safe. I've read though, that the 1gb/1tb is actually not all that relevant.
 
The 550w PSU is Platinum, rated and should help to always keep my within the range of optimal efficiency
however i would've liked to get an even lower wattage unit but apparently those are very rare in ATX Form Factor
and 80+Platinum efficiency.
 

Now lets jump into the usecases of this NAS:
 
1. Backup
-> The NAS is ofc a Backup solution for all my critical and private Data such as my GF's Uni Stuff and ofc lots of Pictures.
I also want to configure the NAS to automatically backup all my phones pictures as soon as i enter my (or any?) wifi, the same
way google pictures does it essentially.
2. Game Storage
-> While i've read that some games may take several minutes to start from a NAS, i still want to give it a shot.
Considering i will be running 10Gbit to each of my machines, this should in theory work just fine.
If it turns out things are unplayable, i'll still keep the Games on the NAS so i can quickly grab them
from any other PC and just install them.
3. Cloud Storage
-> There are some plugins on FreeNAS which allow me to use the NAS outside of my Home Network so i can access
all my data at any time and at any place. This is a lower priority though as i first have to figure some other things out.
4. Streaming
-> I'm actually a huge fan of Blurays and 4k Blurays but i still want to move all my physical discs on to the NAS
in 100% of the quality. Each Bluray will therefore use around 30-50gb of space. Jikes. 
I've narrowed it down to Plex as my media server because it seems to be the most simple to use and has a wide variety
of compatibility.
5. VMs
-> Actually i've never had any interest in VMs but i wanna give it a try, maybe to learn some better about
Ubuntu or whatever. This is also a low priority but still interesting.
 
 
Next up the progress i'm currently finding myself in:
 
here are a few pics of the components i'm using
First off the Drives i already purchased. Very beautiful! Really enjoyed opening these puppies up! :3
Although, i sadly can not use the HDDs currently because FreeNAS, as of right now, doesnt allow for the Raid Array
to be expanded. That means i'll have to get everything installed at once and will not be able to expand in the future.
(Expanding is possible however, just not this particular Raid Array)
The two SATA SSDs on the other hand can be implemented already as you'll see a few pics down.
 
Next there are my two USB Drives that i'm using for the OS, FreeNAS. It was actually a pain in the arse
to get these as i've read so many reviews on Amazon about USB Drives and legit all of them are shiet.
Either they break after 1 day, their speeds are only 5mb/s or they overheat like crazy.
These ones got the best reviews so i chose them. They aer 32gb which is massivley oversized
but they were only 2€ more than the 16gb so whatever, lol.
They also have small heat issues when running the system, so does anyone have an idea to keep them
a little cooler? I was thinking about just glueing small vram heatsinks on them.
 
Here's the whole horror assembled right now, lmao. As i don't have a case yet and i really desperately wanted
to try everything out, i'm finding myself in this, not really safe, situation. Please don't do that kids.
You can see the Nvme and Sata SSD's "Installed" Though as well as the massive NH-D14 cooler and the PSU.
There's also the motherboard, the Asus Prime X370-Pro which was one of only 2 (i think) AM4 Boards i could find that feature
8 Sata ports. It's almost impossible. I really really hope that all SATA ports will still be active when the Nvme is installed.
Some boards will turn off 2 SATA ports for that but i haven't found anything about that in the manual, which you can also
see supporting my SSDs, LOL.
 
Last but not least for now, there's FreeNAS 11.2 running (or booting)! Really happy that worked out almost flawlessly.
I've had a little trouble figuring out the way actually assign Volumes as that is quite confusing imo.
Starting of you have to make a Pool, which was easy enough. I just selected my two 860Evos for a striped Raid0.
Then you need a Dataset which is like a Folder on the Raid Array or drive. To access this drive via windows however,
you need to assign a Share to the Folder and assign a User (which you have to creat first) to the Share with a username and password.
Only then (and after some Network configuration which is pretty straight forward though) can you access the NAS in Windows (or Linux or uuhh, Mac, if you are into that....)
 
 
A Funny thing was, that FreeNAS itself chose the IP ending .69 which ofc, i will keep
You always enter the Box over the Web-UI with this IP address so don't lose it  
 
 
 
 
So for now, thanks for reading. If you have any comments or question, feel free to ask and i'll do my best to answer and hopefully someone
else will pic this up to also build himself a FreeNAS. Or you could just wait to see how crazy it'll drive me first 
 
 
 

Talk like this guy. 
You are smart and knowledgeable, no question ask. 

They should be thanking them as it's an innocent prank and they don't have malicious intent. Now Sonos knows and can patch this. If someone really wanted it they would just keep it to themselves

I'm waiting for ransomware that only decrypts when you subscribe to pewdiepie and unsub from t series.

If this is going to be a new trend, I won't be surprised when someone hacks into the national emergency alert system.

I'm impressed but also disappointed. 
I'm impressed that they did this but I'm disappointed at the waste of skills.
 

I've posted this just about everywhere, it's even the main piece of artwork on my Steam profile.
Not sure if it is memeable .. but c'mon it's Linus taking his pants off ;3

You could ask nicely if they would unblock it? I personally use DuckDuckGo as well, since I want to hold Google off from becoming the overlords for just a little while longer.
 
Explain to your IT admins what DDG is and why you use it, you may get lucky

Most of this information is provided by AdoredTV, I highly suggest watching this video for more information.
Edit 1: These leaks were released after the ones that were posted on Reddit (which I cannot find at the moment, if someone can find them, that'd be great!) 
Another edit: AdoredTV stated the following regarding the Reddit leak referenced in his video:
Edit 2: Here is the link to another older leak (Thank you Crunchy Dragon!): 
Edit 3:
Hardware Unboxed said the following in this video:
 
 
With that being said, say hello to these little beasties!
 
Lower End:
 
Ryzen 3 3300: 6C/12T //  Base: 3.2 GHz //  Boost: 4.0 GHz // 50 W TDP // Price: 99$
Ryzen 3 3300X: 6C/12T //  Base: 3.5 GHz //  Boost: 4.3 GHz // 65 W TDP // Price: 129$
Ryzen 3 3300G: 6C/12T/ 15CU (Navi) //  Base: 3.0 GHz //  Boost: 3.8 GHz // 65 W TDP // Price: 129$
 
Mid Range:
 
Ryzen 5 3600: 8C/16T //  Base: 3.6 GHz //  Boost: 4.4 GHz // 65 W TDP // Price: 179$
Ryzen 5 3600X: 8C/16T //  Base: 4.0 GHz //  Boost: 4.8 GHz // 95 W TDP // Price: 229$
Ryzen 5 3600G: 8C/16T/ 20CU (Navi) //  Base: 3.2 GHz //  Boost: 4.0 GHz // 95 W TDP // Price: 199$
 
Upper Mid Range:
 
Ryzen 7 3700: 12C/24T //  Base: 3.8 GHz //  Boost: 4.6 GHz // 95 W TDP // Price: 299$
Ryzen 7 3700X: 12C/24T //  Base: 4.2 GHz //  Boost: 5.0 GHz // 105 W TDP // Price: 329$
 
High End:
 
Ryzen 9 3800X: 16C/32T //  Base: 3.9 GHz //  Boost: 4.7GHz // 125 W TDP // Price: 449$
Ryzen 9 3850X: 16C/32T //  Base: 4.3 GHz //  Boost: 5.1GHz // 135 W TDP // Price: 499$
 
 
 
Opinion:
I am really looking forward to seeing the benchmarks for these. The CPU scene is getting HOT! AMD is really shaking up the market in a big way! 
 

4K gaming is dumb because it's not enough!  That's why we sent you guys the quad monitor mount for that 8K video a couple years ago.

https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/12/03/physx-high-fidelity-open-source/
More likely: we're doing this because no one wants to use PhysX anymore
 
 
https://developer.nvidia.com/physx-source-github
 
I wonder how it will treat GPU acceleration on other vendors than NVIDIA