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I use a BlackVue DR900X 2 channel that I bought in 2020. I think it was a bit pricey, but the quality is good, and it seems to work fine. My only complaint is that it couldn't use the 1TB card I bought for it so I'm still using the 32GB one that came with it (I should have looked up compatibility for cards before buying, though).

I should have clarified, I read through that list and was unimpressed. What alternatives exist? Dang you have a point, though. I guess I am actually trying to ask a different question... thinking. I've edited the OP to narrow the scope and clarify my question.

Unfortunately it is likely not possible. Many disks like that are distributed as CD-ROMs which have a maximum capacity of like 650MB and are read only. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM

What alternatives exist today (early 2022, wow!) for distributed computing projects utilizing GPUs? Are there any specifically for climate research? When I tried to find the answer to this it was not immediately clear. It seems the most common project to which we volunteer our idle GPU power is folding@home; if not that then a lot of folks mine on one blockchain or another. Berkley lists some of their "known good" projects but it is not immediately clear if these primarily utilize GPU or CPU. Does anyone here have experience they can share as to which BOINC projects most effectively leverage the power of our GPUs for something worthwhile? I adore the idea behind distributed computing projects like folding@home and climateprediction.net, but the former already has a lot of computing power and the latter (beyond mainly being CPU) is pretty slow to put out new work. I would prefer to support something smaller than folding@home just to balance things out a bit. What's out there? Thanks!

My workstation is in a Fractal Design Meshify C, with one extra fan from what was shipped (so a single exhaust in the rear and two intakes in the front, I set them to somewhere between 80-100% in the BIOS). Ambient temperatures are around 22C. CPU: R5 2600X CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D9L GPU: Sapphire Nitro+ RX590 SSD: Intel 660p 1TB The stock cooler for my CPU was hitting mid 80s, which I didn't like, so I used that as an excuse to buy a better cooler and tinker a bit. Helped keep me sane while stuck at home... also added the additional fan on the front to address the high CPU temps, fucked around with different thermal paste applications... found the "best" to be just manually spreading it out evenly rather than using a pea or X method. My gaming rig died on me, RIP 980TI (fans spin but no video, get an error code on mobo if it's attached)... think it died due to folding but perhaps not, it was old and ran 24/7 since it was released.

I took this advice, and now that I wish to build in the Fractal Era ITX I'd rather have a blower and they're all sold out. RIP me

Hi all, My trusty 980ti died on me last week and I've been making due with a spare RX 590. The hardware failure got me thinking, though, and I was looking at new GPUs. I'm not in any rush, but would like to upgrade this year. I am also completely out of the loop tech-rumor wise, and with this pandemic affecting supply chains I'm pretty sure most launches will get pushed back considerably... so maybe this is not so simple a question, but, is it a good time to buy a new GPU? Did you recently buy one or are you in the market? Thoughts? I'm leaning towards picking up a Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700XT as I don't really give a damn about ray tracing and would prefer going all AMD. If AMD is expected to release something more powerful soon, I would prefer to wait. Thanks!

They don't need a collection server, see: https://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33037

I get that he's a tech youtuber and they made him a NAS. I don't know why they would want to, though.

Who is this douchebag and why should we care? Moreover, why did yall do a video with him? Holy crap

Just adding the comment, I really enjoyed this video and would love to see more on-location type videos. Editing, filming, and script were all excellent! That is so cool to see this tech waste processed instead of ending up in a landfill somewhere taking up space. Didn't really think I'd find recycling so interesting, but it was. I work at a large manufacturing company that makes servers... we have a lot of waste, and I don't know where it goes once it leaves our lab. Kind of interested in finding out how we process it now...

Haha, imagine how loud a couple hundred of those would be with just the motherboard on a cardboard tray, fans ziptied on. Now imagine that your desk is in the middle of all of that. I wear ear protection... I can't offer much advice on fan setup without knowing the case, but generally if you can ensure air flows over the heatsinks you'll be fine, especially if you're just using it to experiment with virtualization. Those little fans move a lot of air, though, so make sure whatever you replace them with move a decent amount too. Potentially something to try first, update firmware to latest if you can get it without a service contract, that can sometimes fix problems where the fans run faster than needed.

I run a lab / environment for developers. Most of my actual work is networking or VMware related, but the people I support do really cool things! If I'm nice and social they show me all the cool new toys.

Well I have this sitting on my desk, it's been helpful: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812270659

Also came here from the link on main page as above. Was going to jokingly add: Step #1: Use QSFP+ Step #2: Cry about the cost

Naming schemes are important, but just like writing it is almost more important to think of your audience first. I have had to draft name schemes at work, create ugly diagrams like this: But that was necessary for the audience: engineers. When it comes to marketing, oh god that's a whole other shitbucket. You need to be able to distinguish between generations or releases, as well as tiers, and anything special or out-of-the-ordinary. I think Intel has done a good job for their Core i Series and Xeon E Series. However I'm likely heavily biased as I barely even look at AMD CPUs now so I've accepted that I have to understand all the little idiosyncrasies of Intel's naming scheme. And yeah, I'm starting to get irritated with the versions they've been adding lately (v4 omfg). I don't think it's an easy "problem" to fix, though, and I would love to see @LinusTech make a video on it as proposed in the latest WAN Show. The way I see it, we (as consumers) would appreciate a system that includes: Brand Product line Release / Generation Specific ID Modifier IDs (stuff like Low Power, Unlocked, etc.) I think a good model that the market could follow would be power supplies. Sure, they try to brand them nicely, but it's clear what you're getting most of the time. Albeit that's a simpler product, but still, lessons can be learned. Edit: Perhaps we could learn from RAM product naming, as well, they tend to get the important details across quickly. Unless it's just Cosair Dominator Platinum 16GB. I forget how they name them, maybe i'm just used to how they show up when I go to shop for them... ehhh

Nidhogg is outrageously fun*, and the Serious Sam games have good split-screen local support. *I have only ever played it in the presence of alcohol.

Have you tried flashing it with the latest SPP from HPE? Might help resolve any odd BIOS/firmware related bugs before you go to install. With that said, I see a lot of BIOS errors on HPE servers because of my work and that doesn't look like any I've seen, so perhaps it's not a FW issue. I would recommend sticking with the RAID card instead of virtual RAID, but that's mostly based in personal preference for me (I've never used Virtual RAID outside of storage arrays). Plus I broke an ML110 by trying to work around the 140i controller, but that's another story completely. This looks like it may explain your issue as well as a solution: https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH72976 (and seems specific to the DL380G6, which could explain why I've never seen it as I've mostly worked with G8/9s). Best of luck, I'm surprised no one replied sooner, and sorry I couldn't be of more help edit: a friend of mine pointed out that the SPP might not be the best choice for a home-user, instead opt for only the array driver you need

I use Ting in Philly and they're good. However, my contract gig took me down to Houston for a year and Ting is a bit spotty there.

Yes, add a 0 to that and that's how much I paid for mine. I also have the same MSI Gaming 5 motherboard, but didn't overclock much so I can't help you there (4GHz was good enough). Edit: currency kerfuffle, I read as $30, still crazy deal, just makes my comment about how much I paid for mine not valid.

That's just not going to happen, go away.

Join the socialist rebellion! (Linux)

Yeah man it's crazy how fast these attacks are scaling. Latest report from Kaspersky: https://securelist.com/analysis/quarterly-malware-reports/76464/kaspersky-ddos-intelligence-report-for-q3-2016/ Average in 2014 was like 7 Gbps, now it's in the 50 Gbps range. Edit: Sorry the Kaspersky report is less relevant than I though, I closed the other tabs before linking. Think VeriSign reported the 50 Gbps average in 2016.

Does it have to? It's InfoSec law, this shit is exciting!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/prosecutors-to-seek-indictment-against-former-nsa-contractor-as-early-as-this-week/2017/02/06/362a22ca-ec83-11e6-9662-6eedf1627882_story.html In an update to a story that broke last year, we are learning more information on just what it was that former NSA contractor Harold Martin III stole during his 20 year career with the agency (and/or affiliated agencies/departments). Among the thousands of pages that were found hoarded in his car and home, he also stole 50 terabytes of data, including more than 75% of the Tailor Access Operations' (TAO) toolkit. If you aren't familiar with the TAO, they are responsible for creating and deploying "software used to penetrate foreign targets’ computer networks for foreign espionage purposes." (They also likely wrote Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame, and whatever else we haven't discovered yet.) This story is heavily tied into the recent history of surveillance disclosures and state-sponsored hacking, but here's the quick version: NSA/FBI increased efforts to identify leaks after Snowden revealed what they had been up to, Likely due to these increased efforts, they find a long-time employee has been hoarding massive amounts of classified information in his home and car. Seriously, they say stuff was just laying in his car and all over his house. And by massive amounts I mean this was the largest theft of classified information, and it took place over 20 years. Not much is new in this story, we knew he stole thousands of pages and 50 TB of *stuff* back in October, but we're just now learning that it did, in fact, include almost the entire digital arsenal of the NSA. He has been held pending trial since October. Federal prosecutors are set to press charges next week for theft of government property and unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials. Full complaint here What makes this story different from the government related espionage stories is that it is difficult to tell if Martin's theft was malicious (or intentional) espionage or simply hoarding. And that's what I wanted to talk about today--Do you think it matters? If you want to chime in I'd urge you to read his Wikipedia page, it's brief but impressive. He is a highly educated military veteran with a long career in government. If this really was an incident of hoarding--an obsessive compulsion to collect all the data so that he could do a better job (as his defense has claimed)--should the government take some responsibility? After all, they granted him TS-SCI clearance. If he is a hoarder, surely they would have discovered evidence of this during background checks. P.S. I got really distracted writing this so it might be all over the place, but if you made it this far, take a look at this cool tool from Kaspersky that tracks APTs.