Guiltyxz

While it is true that GPU units usually have 24 hour timeout, the other part is pure misinformation. You should read more about "Timeout" and "Expiration" HERE:
 
If you do not plan on Folding on CPU anymore, it's better to delete that slot. You can always add it back.
That being said, DO NOT DUMP WUs. Either finish them or delete that slot if you do not plan on folding with it in near future (to avoid accidentally downloading WUs).
 
Dumping WUs should only be done in EXTREME cases.

A lot of states are going to levy huge fines on these places. Which honestly will probably be the final nail in the coffin for gamestop.

Stay safe!!!
 
We will weather this storm, but unfortunately not all of us will make it. That's why isolation is so important, to protect the most vulnerable in society!!!

I set 2 of my render nodes running 24/7  for this 🙂

I want to disclose 2 things first.
Number one is that I traded a Windows laptop and an ssd for this MacBook, no money changed hands during this trade, just a laptop I didn’t use anymore and an ssd I can live without. so in my eyes it couldn't really turn out wrong.
Number two, when I refer to my old MacBook Pro, by that I mean that I’m coming from a 13” Mid-2012 MacBook Pro, that’s what I’m comparing to if I refer to my old Mac. I wanted to disclose that to give you my perspective. 
 

(i'm not runing Yosemite, it's just the wallpaper lol)
 
Looks
It’s to my eye about half as thick as my old Mac, and I have mixed thoughts on that. I didn’t mind the thickness of my old Mac and I don’t find the thin chassis of this one amazing. I don’t really care about looks, and subjectively I find both of these laptops good looking, even though my old Mac is 5 years older than this one. 
 
 
Performance
This laptop definitively feels faster than my old Mac, but not by as much as you might expect. I do notice a certain type of speed, if I click a link in safari it basically goes poof and it’s loaded, whereas with my old Mac I’d need to wait for a second for it to load. 
 
The soldered ram and storage is a bit annoying, since it only has 8gb of ram and 128gb of storage, but I can live with it. 
 
 
Keyboard and Trackpad
Let’s start with the trackpad. It’s awesome. Force touch is really cool, especially for previewing links in Safari, and the extra size compared to my old Mac is nice for gestures and being able to use the trackpad without even moving my wrist from typing position. 
 
But now, let’s move on to the number one headache with these models, the keyboard. This one isn’t perfect, you can tell it’s been used for 3 years. The “z” key is mushy and needs more force when pressing down to make it work, and the left shift, enter and backspace are mushy as well. 
 
As far as typing and feel of the keyboard, I got used to it surprisingly quickly. I don’t prefer it over the keyboard on my old Mac and I especially miss the travel the keyboard on my old Mac has, but overall I can deal with it and it’s not the end of the world. I do still miss keystrokes more often than I do on the 2012, but I can live with it. 

 
 
Display
The display on this laptop is simply amazing. It’s 2560x1600, and simply gorgeous even close-up. My eyes are absolutely horrible, but even so I can tell a difference between this and my old Mac. Text is razor sharp and even when running this screen at 1680x1050 it’s amazingly clear. 
 
 
I/O
I’m not a fan. The good thing is that most of the things I’d plug into it are type-c, being my phone and the main usb drive I use has a type-a and type-c port, so I won’t have to break out the dongles a lot, but I still don’t like MagSafe being gone. 
 
 
Conclusion
I’m really liking this laptop so far, and I hope that I can get many many more years out of it. I’ll likely do another piece on it after using it for a week or two, to see if my views on it have changed. 

That's nearly a banable offence around these parts 😉
/jk of course

LTT team number is 223518 if you ever decide to join us.

Well Guy's I've been up for the past 40 hpurs going shopping in the middle of the night to avoid people and stocking up (sensibly, no panic buying from this mon) so I think it's about time I sign off and read some of my book.
 
Have a good day/night/morning/evening whatever it is where you're at, stay safe.

haha YES on my old case I disconnected both power_LED and HDD front panel connectors because it was annoying to render at night. New rig's RGB RAM was literally making me blind at night. I'm used to turning off all RGB in the software before going to sleep now. #firstworldproblems

Lol, I havent been at school past few days (not enough staff) and when I was last there the dispensers around the school/in bathrooms had none in. I have enough at home (like 50 bottles) so I think im good

I'm not ashamed to admit that I might buy 2 GTX 760s just to boost my PPD lol. 
This is getting addicting. 

Kicking ass and taking names! I'm going for that #1 spot! 🤣

Wow didn't see the no badge notice pretty lame but whatever.

Trying to get one of my buddies going too, he has same setup as me, 2700x and rx580

I've got an old core i3 with dual 550ti's in SLI that I might dust off and get going.
 

I just sent them a message, hopefully they'll see it in good time.
It did also just occur to me that the @ <username> function probably sends them a notification to the posts too, so I'll leave it at that as I don't want to spam their inbox.
 
I'm still trying to convince my dad to run his machine when he's not using it, but I don't think that's going to happen. My brother might, so that's (hopefully) another in the list. My friend who let me borrow his old 780 GPU is running his RTX 2080 Super and enlistited a work colleague today too!

https://twitter.com/Guiltyxz_/status/1240265088952647681?s=20

BOOM!!!!
 

I know the feeling!
 
Time to ask @LinusTech @jakkuh_t @AlexTheGreatish @RILEYISMYNAME to use their industry affiliations to get us some shout outs, Canada Computers? MSI? AMD? Fucking ridge wallet, get everyone involved Linus!!! Let's do this!

If you have been stuck waiting to download a new work unit for more than an hour try pausing the client and then resume folding. Alternatively restarting the client or restarting the PC will also work.
 
If you have multiple slots running with a stuck slot you can right click the stuck slot and select pause just to reset the stuck unit without needing to pause the active slots.

F@H automatically attempts to download a new work unit. If it fails to obtain a new work unit it will automatically check again. Each time it fails the time between the checks increases. If you fail multiple attempts it can make it so your client won't check again for hours.


 
By pausing and resuming (or restarting the client) it forces the client to check for a new work unit and resets the time window between checks.

Please only do this if you are stuck waiting a long time for a download and the Next Attempt is too long. Spamming it won't help you get a work unit faster, it just resets the time window between checks so it will only help those who have been stuck for a long time.

Remember; this won't make more Work Units available. There are still ongoing issues with F@H pushing out enough WUs to meet the high demand. It will only help if your client has stopped checking for new work units due to too many failed attempts.

I'm considering taking up underwater friendship bracelet manufacturing. I hear it's profitable.

Got one in on the CPU earlier this morning but have to go out soon and havent been having very good luck in the day so will be switching on again in the evening

Both. A 2060S/RX 5700 or 2070S/RX 5700 XT will currently be horribly bottlenecked and a 1660/RX 5600 will be more of a side grade than an upgrade

When my PC finally gets a WU:

 
I got my laptop running as well, so at least I have something going on..

As a result of the coronavirus significant portions of the world are essentially shutting down asking people to work from home and avoid in person interaction. 
 
I think it would be timely and appropriate to create some videos covering topics such as remote connecting to computer, reviews of various virtual meeting services and software, how to improve your video and audio for a virtual meeting, other technologies that can aid in isolation and remote communications, etc.
 
For whatever reason people have made coronavirus a dirty word on Youtube but I think videos covering some of these opportune topics would be extremely useful. I personally have been helping a number of people with such things over the last couple days.