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    Beef Boss reacted to Oskar94a in Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   
    What are your local gas prices? 
    This is getting ridiculous.
     
    Regular gas 17.84 sek per litre (7.85 usd per gallon)
    Premium gas  18.40 sek per litre (8.1 usd per gallon)
    Diesel 19.37 sek per litre. (8.5 usd per gallon)
     
    It's increasing daily. 
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    Beef Boss reacted to bcredeur97 in Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   
    Reminds me of the coil/wire setup on my NB with the VVT motor.
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    Beef Boss reacted to dcgreen2k in Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   
    Just got some new wheels for the Corolla! These are BBS Moda M1's and I'm running a reverse staggered setup for autocross, 16 inch rims with 225s up front and 15 inch rims with 195s in the rear. I'm really liking how these tires feel, since they're both wider and lower profile than the stock ones. The rear wheels do look kinda funky though...
     



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    Beef Boss reacted to wall03 in Apple M1 = the rest of us are living in the stone age!?   
    other computers still outperform it.
    Other chip makers just have to innovate even more now that Apple is innovating faster then ever.
    AMD started innovating and really shook the desktop industry, but Apple is running ahead of AMD.
    Competition = good.
    it doesn't mean your things will suddenly not work.
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    Beef Boss reacted to GhostRoadieBL in UPS basics   
    that's extremely vague info for us to help you out, 15KiloVoltAmps is just a capacity not the model number. I have to assume you are looking at something like the RT 15KVA 208V maybe? The plugs for that one are twist lock connectors for high amperage plugs, these usually are connected to power distribution strips with the standard 3prong connection most people are familiar with. 
     
    This is for higher efficiency, some servers will have 200v capable power supplies which run at a slightly higher power efficiency (think 80+ platinum and add a few percent). For small installs it doesn't make a huge difference but when 100 racks of servers are running those few percent turn into big$ every hour. 
    one large UPS will be more efficient than multiple smaller UPSs for power consumption (less screens, transformers, charging losses etc) and the larger the capacity (10, 12, 15KVA+) you will end up with a longer run time if not everything is consuming max power compared to multiple smaller UPSs (ie 5x 2.5KVA each) where your switches will likely last days and your server will last minutes. 
     
    it all depends on the models but 'usually' their power supplies can use either 110v or 220v internally. 
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    Beef Boss reacted to bonox in UPS basics   
    Ahh, the beauty of universal power supplies. Say goodbye to caring about all voltages below 240V and pretty much all frequencies. Most switchmode units these days probably wouldn't care if you fed them 400Hz.
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    Beef Boss got a reaction from Eschew in What are your favorite drinks?   
    Orange vanilla Coca-Cola, cold brewed coffee, green tea and water. (and I use the best toothpaste available to protect my teeth from my sinful ways) 
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    Beef Boss got a reaction from sub68 in What other hobbies do you enjoy?   
    Cars. I love working on my car, and seeing other people's cars.
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    Beef Boss got a reaction from Eschew in What other hobbies do you enjoy?   
    Cars. I love working on my car, and seeing other people's cars.
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    Beef Boss reacted to Hackentosher in LED strip edge connectors   
    I think those pads are usually a 0.1" pin pitch so you could solder on some normal 0.1" pin headers to make the connection, but those don't bend well so I usually bridge the connection with some 18awg wire.
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    Beef Boss got a reaction from BiG StroOnZ in PC for GF   
    Thank you all very much, I'll definitely be using this!
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    Beef Boss reacted to VeganJoy in PC for GF   
    ryzen isnt great for overclocking in general, i wouldnt run pbo on my chips as the voltages seem too high for comfort and my 3600 runs hot enough stock. i believe theres a bit of overclocking to be done with ryzen apus but im not super experienced there. mostly just memory overclocking, many crucial/micron e-die dimms are capable of 3600c16 or better with a reasonable amount of voltage, which would be the ideal memory speed within reasonable costs. a ballistix kit runs you ~70 bucks though they go on sale and you can save a few bucks with the lower binned 3200c16 kit rather than the 3600c16 kit as both overclock pretty closely. no point in doing so on any board under 100 bucks nor with a 3400g as a320s and cheaper b450s dont support higher clock speeds than 3200mhz and i dont think the "3rd gen" apus actually support over 3200mhz either since theyre zen+ arch instead of zen 2.
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    Beef Boss reacted to VeganJoy in PC for GF   
    yeah thatd work. gskill aegis dimms are almost always the cheapest so youd be able to get one 8gb stick for ~25 bucks now and another 8gb later, and match them such that theyd almost certainly work nicely. maybe splurge a bit and get crucial ballistix, now that crucial uses the same ICs across every kit they sell i hear theyre perfectly compatible across kits. plus e die overclocks well, if yall ever get into that
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    Beef Boss reacted to VeganJoy in PC for GF   
    lots of corners to be cut, you can squeeze in a dgpu with a 3100 for ~550 total
    PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3400G 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor $144.99 @ Newegg Motherboard MSI A320M-A PRO MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $58.98 @ Newegg Memory G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $52.99 @ Newegg Storage Team GX1 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive $44.99 @ Amazon Case Deepcool MATREXX 30 MicroATX Mini Tower Case $39.99 @ Amazon Power Supply EVGA BR 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $49.99 @ Walmart   Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts     Total $391.93   Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-09-25 11:32 EDT-0400   ideally youd spend a few bucks on a b450 as a good platform for future upgrades, and maybe a better psu. case doesnt really matter, atx would be nice for future mobos but not a big deal. you want tempered glass if she wants a window, acrylic will look like shit in a year. other than that, whatever she likes the looks of. maybe toss in an rgb fan or two if thats her thing, there are tons of cheap rgb fans on amazon. 3200c16 memory is a must though, especially for an igpu system.
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    Beef Boss reacted to Dedayog in PC for GF   
    That;s what I'm talking about.  Can also start with 8GB RAM to bump to B450 and then give another 8GB for Christmas or something. *shrug*
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    Beef Boss reacted to SupaKomputa in AMD wraith cooler question   
    LOW / HIGH fan speed.
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    Beef Boss reacted to Kirrr in Show off your latest purchases   
    Wrong answers. It's a '89 Toyota Starlet P7 😋
     

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    Beef Boss reacted to bob345 in Show off your latest purchases   
    New CNC mill came in last Monday.

     
     
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    Beef Boss reacted to Eschew in Ducky keyboards   
    Hey there. Took a look at the Ducky Frozen Llama. Note that I've never touched a Ducky keyboard before, take the opinions/observations below with a grain of salt.
    Seems to be a recolored Ducky One 2 Mini or Ducky Mecha Mini. Only one Frozen Llama (One 2 Mini) is listed on Ducky's official site, but there are two variants (One 2 Mini, Mecha Mini) on Mechanical Keyboard's site. Ducky One 2 Mini: Plastic Case, Cheaper ($99.00 on MK). Ducky Mecha Mini: Aluminum Case, Expensive ($129.00 on MK). Comes with Cherry MX's switches, your choice of Blue, Brown, Red, Black, Silver, or Silent Red. If you don't like the Cherry MX options, the switches can be switched out for other plate-mounted switches, but you'll have to do some soldering.  
    Good Stuff
    Ducky's built a reputation around building decent quality, functional keyboards. On top of that, the Ducky One 2 Mini is one of their more popular sellers. Double-shot PBT keycaps with white legends. Pretty and durable. Includes 10 uniquely-designed, purple keycaps. Height can be adjusted, there are three levels.  
    Gripes
    The keycaps are not RGB shine-through. RGB lighting will only illuminate the gaps under the keycaps, and will not touch the legends. Plastic USB-C cord. Not paracorded (braided).  
    TLDR: A decent buy for $99.00 - $129.00, methinks? Go for it, if the non-RGB legends and plastic cabling don't bother you all that much. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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    Beef Boss reacted to Bombastinator in Ducky keyboards   
    There was a time when ducky was a price performance leader.  The ending of the cherry switch patent threw everything up in the air though.
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    Beef Boss got a reaction from ckit in Ducky keyboards   
    Hello all, I'm kind of looking into a decent keyboard. I'm using a coolermaster MS110 I believe. And while it's very nice I saw this frozen Llama keyboard I kind of fell in love with. I like the colors a lot. Are ducky keyboards nice quality and would it be worth pre-ordering?
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    Beef Boss got a reaction from sub68 in Post your daily carry?   
    Miku never asked for me to use one, don't think I need to.
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    Beef Boss reacted to Bombastinator in Post your daily carry?   
    I think he is referring to the traditional military thing of putting a condom over the front of a gun barrel to keep sand and water out.  It works quite well because they can be shot though. 
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    Beef Boss got a reaction from soldier_ph in Post your daily carry?   
    Miku never asked for me to use one, don't think I need to.
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    Beef Boss reacted to Real_PhillBert in Post your daily carry?   
    Im in the same boat. I've been wearing a watch every day for over 20 years now, I cant leave home without one.
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