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    Cyanara got a reaction from Kilrah in What does your company offer as a work computer?   
    X99 6-core systems for the older computers, but the newer ones are 8700K/9900K, GTX1080/2070, 1.5TB of M.2 SSDs, & 64GB RAM, with dual 1440p Dell Ultrasharps. Video production can be a fun industry to do IT for.
     
    Certainly beats when my whole department at a major IT corporation had to work through a Pentium 3 1Ghz terminal server with 1GB RAM. Wasn't even that long ago...
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    Cyanara got a reaction from TempestCatto in Amateur vs Pro Photography Challenge - Google Pixel 3 vs Fujifilm GFX   
    That was a marathon video, but amazing on so many fronts. I particularly loved the excellent use of supporting staff. I probably wasn't even a third of the way through before hitting the like button.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from MmRaZ in All this work... for what??   
    Did that last motherboard actually get its BIOS checked and updated? When I built a 9900K system on a motherboard with an older BIOS it still worked but the clockspeed was stuck much closer to 4Ghz than 5Ghz until the BIOS was updated.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from koolerone in What does your company offer as a work computer?   
    X99 6-core systems for the older computers, but the newer ones are 8700K/9900K, GTX1080/2070, 1.5TB of M.2 SSDs, & 64GB RAM, with dual 1440p Dell Ultrasharps. Video production can be a fun industry to do IT for.
     
    Certainly beats when my whole department at a major IT corporation had to work through a Pentium 3 1Ghz terminal server with 1GB RAM. Wasn't even that long ago...
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    Cyanara got a reaction from Stormseeker9 in What does your company offer as a work computer?   
    X99 6-core systems for the older computers, but the newer ones are 8700K/9900K, GTX1080/2070, 1.5TB of M.2 SSDs, & 64GB RAM, with dual 1440p Dell Ultrasharps. Video production can be a fun industry to do IT for.
     
    Certainly beats when my whole department at a major IT corporation had to work through a Pentium 3 1Ghz terminal server with 1GB RAM. Wasn't even that long ago...
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    Cyanara got a reaction from Fnige in Latest Videos showing old videos   
    I guess the staff decided that a week of reruns was the easiest way to get through Linus' vacation.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from LukeSavenije in Latest Videos showing old videos   
    I guess the staff decided that a week of reruns was the easiest way to get through Linus' vacation.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from subrooz in Is IPS Glow really that bad?   
    I totally recommend IPS wherever possible. Everything looks so much nicer.
     
    I sometimes notice glow in a corner or two on my ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q when the screen is almost completely black (namely dark movies and BIOS), but that's about it. My wallpaper is currently just black and I can't really see the glow. And that's with these monitors being considered relatively bad for IPS glow (I guess mostly due to the manufacturing focus being more on the panel being able to do an impressive 165hz 1440p). The Dell Ultrasharps at work are also great.
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    Cyanara reacted to CodeCharmer in M.2 NVMe Add-In Cards for Multiple Drives   
    You might have already found a device, but I've been searching for quite a while now.  So if anyone else runs across this post, HighPoint model SSD7101A-1 is a NVMe M.2 SSD PCIe add on card using 4 lanes for 4 individual drives.  
    https://www.amazon.com/High-Point-SSD7101A-1-Dedicated-Controller/dp/B073W71K4Z
     

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    Cyanara got a reaction from Brooksie359 in Everyone Was Right About Tesla   
    You really don't have to like Tesla or their cars. It's not like they're having trouble selling them. Tesla is notable for one important reason: They made the electric car sexy and increasingly mainstream. Other manufacturers only now seem to finally be getting their act together in response. I'm personally not a huge fan of air and noise pollution and look forward to seeing it decline in coming decades.
     
    Of course, I'm not defending any unnecessarily risky behaviour regarding investors' money. But hopefully Musk and Tesla will be a bit more stable going forward.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from Castdeath97 in Everyone Was Right About Tesla   
    You really don't have to like Tesla or their cars. It's not like they're having trouble selling them. Tesla is notable for one important reason: They made the electric car sexy and increasingly mainstream. Other manufacturers only now seem to finally be getting their act together in response. I'm personally not a huge fan of air and noise pollution and look forward to seeing it decline in coming decades.
     
    Of course, I'm not defending any unnecessarily risky behaviour regarding investors' money. But hopefully Musk and Tesla will be a bit more stable going forward.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from iLostMyXbox21 in Ryzen 5 2600 + GTX 1060 6gb?   
    Yes, capped frame rates reduce video card (and usually CPU) usage, which reduces power consumption and heat production.
     
    Capping your frame rate will have no effect on preventing stutters unless you've somehow designed a case with next to no air flow and the heat builds up in your case to a point where everything thermal throttles. In other words, capping a frame rate has exactly one effect on performance: it caps your frame rate. Any drops below 30 or 60fps will be a result of the visual complexity and engine optimisation of the game you are playing relative to the performance of your system.
     
    Higher frame rates may still be beneficial on 60hz monitors that don't have freesync or gsync. They reduce the visual difference between each frame, which I find makes screen tearing less noticeable. You can try v-sync instead, but it generally introduces noticeable lag.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from RANDEAG in I made a mistake buying the 8700k ><   
    The i7 8700K is pretty much the best all-round CPU currently available. Considering Intel can't get 10nm off the ground, I doubt the 9th gen chips are really going to be a massive improvement unless you desperately want those extra cores to get the absolute best export times.
     
    Getting an 8700K in the office instantly made our video editing staff happy (especially our VFX guy). It's the best timeline scrubber CPU and can still export 4K video in approximately real time.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from TopHatProductions115 in Why Crysis 3 ?   
    I found this video to be an excellent explanation of why the meme still exists so long after the game came out:
     
    TLDR:
    I still love the game though, despite its flaws (looking at you, short campaign length).
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    Cyanara got a reaction from suchamoneypit in Would be cool to see some videos playing with 10g fiber.   
    Well, in my experience typical copper network cables will do <1ms locally, so even if you had top tier gaming reaction times I doubt you'd notice a difference. Doesn't mean you can't have some fun with it, since it can totally free you up in regards to range and interference. Although transceivers + fibre optic cable might add a bit of price you weren't expecting.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from Jon Jon in Gpus for videoediting   
    These benchmarks don't include the 1070Ti, but since it sits between the 1070 and 1080, you should be able to get a good idea of how useful it will be: https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-CC-2018-GPU-Performance-NVIDIA-Titan-V-12GB-1101/
     
    This assumes you're using Premiere Pro, of course. I don't know how other video editing programs rank for GPU support. Even in Premiere Pro, it's mostly about specific effects and resizing footage (ie from 4K to 1080p).
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    Cyanara got a reaction from O9B0666 in Bitcoin is down 50 per cent since 2017, and few other cryptocurrencies are much better off   
    Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-18/the-biggest-cryptocurrencies-are-having-a-really-bad-year/9869314

    In what is likely schadenfreude for many gamers, ABC News in Australia has produced a graph of the 50 biggest cryptocurrencies and their percentage change in price since December 31, 2017. While the decline of major cryptocurrencies in that time may not by itself be news, the graph provides a devastating visualisation of just how much cryptocurrency bubbled as it hit mainstream attention.
     
    And not just worth less, but typically much less. It really drove home for me how many of these cryptocurrencies there must be. Only 4 of the listed currencies have increased in value, all of which I've never heard of. This presumably makes video cards vastly less viable for mining now.
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    Cyanara reacted to Kukielka in Bitcoin is down 50 per cent since 2017, and few other cryptocurrencies are much better off   
    "It's a Bubble! It's a bubble!"
    You see that in the middle there? That was the Dot-Com crash, look where we are now

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    Cyanara reacted to Sakkura in Bitcoin is down 50 per cent since 2017, and few other cryptocurrencies are much better off   
    Bitcoin is up 151% since 1 year ago...
     
    Ethereum is "only" up 41% since 1 year ago.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from asus killer in Bitcoin is down 50 per cent since 2017, and few other cryptocurrencies are much better off   
    Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-18/the-biggest-cryptocurrencies-are-having-a-really-bad-year/9869314

    In what is likely schadenfreude for many gamers, ABC News in Australia has produced a graph of the 50 biggest cryptocurrencies and their percentage change in price since December 31, 2017. While the decline of major cryptocurrencies in that time may not by itself be news, the graph provides a devastating visualisation of just how much cryptocurrency bubbled as it hit mainstream attention.
     
    And not just worth less, but typically much less. It really drove home for me how many of these cryptocurrencies there must be. Only 4 of the listed currencies have increased in value, all of which I've never heard of. This presumably makes video cards vastly less viable for mining now.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from mr moose in Australian gamers blamed for slow internet   
    As someone else mentioned, the gamer thing was just a poorly phrased reference to power users in general.

    It was also in reference to a very specific piece of Internet infrastructure: fixed wireless towers being built by the Government under the National Broadband Network (NBN). Essentially, they are purpose-built mobile phone towers, but use direct line of sight to antennas on the roof of residences. They are used in regional areas with low population density where installing new cables would be particularly uneconomical and time consuming. They currently provide speeds up to 50/15Mbps. Unlimited data plans are not uncommon. I'm on one of these towers and it's great.
     
    However, like all wireless technology they scale poorly and some of them are struggling during peak periods, hence the initial statements about gamers/power users.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from MasterRaceMcqueen in Worth the extra 7 bucks for extra HD cache?​​​​​​​   
    RAID 0 speeds are the speeds of your slowest drive multipled by the number of drives in the array. Each SATA port/cable only needs to meet the speed of the single drive it is connected to. The total speed combination happens further up the chain.
     
    I have an array of 12TB WD Golds, and they each max out at about 250MB/s at their fastest (they get slower with more data because they start on the largest outer track and work inwards. Smaller/shorter tracks read/write less data per revolution). SATAIII (6Gbps) can do about 550MB/s on the best SSDs, so even SATAII (3Gbps) is more than enough for practically any 7200RPM mechanical drive.
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    Cyanara reacted to LienusLateTips in Getting around Vancouver   
    Firstly I'd like to say DO NOT GET A CAR. Car rentals are expensive, gas hovers around 1.60/Litre or US$6.25 a gallon, and traffic is terrible. Inside Vancouver city limits there are no significant stretches of highway. Highway 99, the major route linking Vancouver to Interstate 5 and the northern areas of BC, turns into a surface street upon entering Vancouver.
     
    Instead of building highways in the 60s and 70s, we built good transit systems, due to our hate of roads. We now have the world's longest fully automated metro network, and North America's 9th largest metro system. Supplementing this we have a frequent bus network around the city, getting you to where you need to go. 
     
     

     
     
    YVR Airport
    I assume most of you will arrive via the airport. There will be the usual taxi stall, and a rapid transit link.
    To ride the SkyTrain, follow signs to "Train to City." It is clearly marked around the airport. Once you arrive at the station, buy a ticket, or a Compass Card. The Compass Card is a tap card with a refundable deposit of $6, and will allow you to transfer from bus to train without a new ticket. It also allows you to load passes, and gives you a discounted fare. If you do buy the ticket, hold onto it! Once you tap on, you need it to exit the station. Once you leave the station, you need it to transfer to another train or bus.
     
    There will be a additional $5 YVR surcharge when buying tickets from the three airport stations. This was introduced to fund the SkyTrain expansion to the airport.
     
    Popular Destinations
    Richmond Centre area: SkyTrain to Bridgeport, change for a Richmond bound train. Ride to terminus.
    Richmond Oval (LTX Venue): SkyTrain to Bridgeport, change for a Richmond bound train. Ride to Lansdowne Station for a 10-15 minute walk westbound on Lansdowne Road, or ride to the terminus for a bus ride on the C94 bus route. Please note the C94 is infrequent, and may change to the "414" once LTX happens.
    Vancouver Downtown: Take the Canada Line to the northern terminus.
    Vancouver Oakridge: Take the Canada Line to Oakridge-41st Station.
    Vancouver UBC: Take the Canada Line to Olympic Village, transfer for the 84 westbound.
    Burnaby Metrotown: Take the Canada Line to Langara-49th, change for the 49 bus eastbound.
    Burnaby Brentwood: Take the Canada Line to King-Edward, take the 25 bus eastbound.
    Coquitlam Centre: Take the Canada Line to Broadway City Hall, change for the 99 B-Line, change at Commercial-Broadway for the Millennium Line, ride to Coquitlam Central Station, or Lincoln Station.
    Surrey Newton/Whalley: Take the Canada Line to Bridgeport, transfer for the 351/352/354 Southbound, transfer at South Surrey Park and Ride for the 321 northbound.
    Langley: Take the Canada Line to Bridgeport, transfer for the 351 Southbound, transfer at 152nd St and 24th Ave for the 531 Northbound.
     
    Stanley Park: Take the Canada Line to the northern terminus. Transfer for the 19.
    Kits: Take the Canada Line to Vancouver City Centre, transfer for the #2 bus.
    Green Timbers: Take the Canada Line to Vancouver City Centre, cross the street to the Expo Line entrance, transfer to Expo Line, take to King George Station.
     
    Amtrak/Bus/Via Rail
    For those riding coaches or trains to Vancouver, you will likely arrive at Pacific Central Station. This is less than half a block away from Main Street Science World Station on the Expo Line. Once you arrive at the station, buy a ticket, or a Compass Card. The Compass Card is a tap card with a refundable deposit of $6, and will allow you to transfer from bus to train without a new ticket. It also allows you to load passes, and gives you a discounted fare. If you do buy the ticket, hold onto it! Once you tap on, you need it to exit the station. Once you leave the station, you need it to transfer to another train or bus.
     
    Popular Destinations
    Richmond Centre: Expo Line to Granville, cross the street to the Canada Line entrance, take to southern terminus.
    Richmond Oval (LTX): Expo Line to Granville, cross the street to the Canada Line entrance, ride to Lansdowne Station for a 10-15 minute walk westbound on Lansdowne Road, or ride to the terminus for a bus ride on the C94 bus route. Please note the C94 is infrequent, and may change to the "414" once LTX happens.
    Vancouver Downtown: SkyTrain to Waterfront
    Vancouver Oakridge: Expo Line to Granville, cross the street to the Canada Line entrance, take to Oakridge 41st.
    Vancouver UBC: Take the #3 to Broadway and Main, transfer to the #99 westbound. It'll probably be better if you go to the SkyTrain ticket machines and buy the ticket/card.
    Burnaby Metrotown: SkyTrain to Metrotown Station
    Burnaby Brentwood: Expo Line to Commercial-Broadway, change for the Millennium Line to Brentwood Station
    Coquitlam Centre: Expo Line to Commercial-Broadway, change for the Millennium Line to Coquitlam Central or Lincoln.
    Surrey Newton/Whalley: Expo Line to Surrey Central, transfer to the 96 B-Line for Newton.
    Langley: Expo Line to Surrey Central, transfer to the #501/502. There is a infrequent #503 express service.
     
    Stanley Park: #19 to Stanley Park. It'll probably be better if you go to the SkyTrain ticket machines and buy the ticket/card.
    Kits: Expo Line to Burrard, transfer to the #2 bus.
    Green Timbers: Expo Line to King George.
     
     
     
     
     
    To be continued
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    Cyanara got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in AMAZON.com pulls out of australia   
    We have a fairly high minimum (living) wage of about $18AUD per hour to minimise the poverty and inequality issues found in some countries. It allows for a higher degree of social mobility, but it raises the price of goods and services because it more accurately represents their actual cost to society. Also, it means tipping is not really a thing, fyi. Food always costs the exact price on the menu (and that includes tax, which is a flat 10%, as per the article)
     
    That said, Australia is roughly the size of the US, with a population of only about 23 million. While most people do live near the coast, we still lack the scales of economy that higher population densities of many other countries can provide. That would certainly play a role in some of our pricing.
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    Cyanara got a reaction from Teddy07 in AMAZON.com pulls out of australia   
    We have a fairly high minimum (living) wage of about $18AUD per hour to minimise the poverty and inequality issues found in some countries. It allows for a higher degree of social mobility, but it raises the price of goods and services because it more accurately represents their actual cost to society. Also, it means tipping is not really a thing, fyi. Food always costs the exact price on the menu (and that includes tax, which is a flat 10%, as per the article)
     
    That said, Australia is roughly the size of the US, with a population of only about 23 million. While most people do live near the coast, we still lack the scales of economy that higher population densities of many other countries can provide. That would certainly play a role in some of our pricing.
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