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justpoet

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    justpoet got a reaction from NetoriusNick in Folding Community Board   
    At the opposite end of the power efficiency spectrum....
    ...I just ripped a Radeon 480 out of a system being scrapped at the transfer station.  When we get to folding month at the end of the year, I'll have to try to get it going for my first GPU folding ever.  LOL
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    justpoet got a reaction from TheLANguy in Folding Community Board   
    At the opposite end of the power efficiency spectrum....
    ...I just ripped a Radeon 480 out of a system being scrapped at the transfer station.  When we get to folding month at the end of the year, I'll have to try to get it going for my first GPU folding ever.  LOL
  3. Funny
    justpoet got a reaction from Captainmarino in Folding Community Board   
    At the opposite end of the power efficiency spectrum....
    ...I just ripped a Radeon 480 out of a system being scrapped at the transfer station.  When we get to folding month at the end of the year, I'll have to try to get it going for my first GPU folding ever.  LOL
  4. Funny
    justpoet got a reaction from Gorgon in Folding Community Board   
    At the opposite end of the power efficiency spectrum....
    ...I just ripped a Radeon 480 out of a system being scrapped at the transfer station.  When we get to folding month at the end of the year, I'll have to try to get it going for my first GPU folding ever.  LOL
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    justpoet reacted to RollinLower in Folding Community Board   
    Welp, its been a couple days of cleaning but I'm finally starting to see some progress!

     
    Too bad for the EK block, which has most of the nickel plating either removed or damaged at this point. The alphacool blocks with their chrome plating took ultrasonic cleaning without issues!
     
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    justpoet got a reaction from southpaw516 in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    To all of you with the big electric bills...go solar.
     
    I built up credit in the spring and summer with $0 bills and exporting more than I used, and it has been getting used the last few months to heat the house via folding (and of course normal usage like holiday baking in the oven), instead of the oil furnace having to do all the work.  The bill covering last month's usage that came not too long ago was a "bit" higher, but still covered by the credits.
     
    Solar isn't cheap, but it definitely pays back!
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    justpoet got a reaction from Lightwreather in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    No, U!
     
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    justpoet got a reaction from Needfuldoer in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    To all of you with the big electric bills...go solar.
     
    I built up credit in the spring and summer with $0 bills and exporting more than I used, and it has been getting used the last few months to heat the house via folding (and of course normal usage like holiday baking in the oven), instead of the oil furnace having to do all the work.  The bill covering last month's usage that came not too long ago was a "bit" higher, but still covered by the credits.
     
    Solar isn't cheap, but it definitely pays back!
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    justpoet got a reaction from Captainmarino in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    To all of you with the big electric bills...go solar.
     
    I built up credit in the spring and summer with $0 bills and exporting more than I used, and it has been getting used the last few months to heat the house via folding (and of course normal usage like holiday baking in the oven), instead of the oil furnace having to do all the work.  The bill covering last month's usage that came not too long ago was a "bit" higher, but still covered by the credits.
     
    Solar isn't cheap, but it definitely pays back!
  10. Funny
    justpoet got a reaction from cbigfoot in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    No, U!
     
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    justpoet got a reaction from NetoriusNick in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    No, U!
     
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    justpoet got a reaction from Captainmarino in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    No, U!
     
  13. Funny
    justpoet got a reaction from Captainmarino in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Welp, the usual suspects had to get spun down.  The ancient laptop is all that remains to fold with me through the last couple days of the event...and today I hear one of the fans starting to go on it.  Hopefully it doesn't give its life for this.  But I'm determined to have every day of the event as active, like I always have...even if I'm at the very bottom of the charts being a CPU only folder.  LOL
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    justpoet got a reaction from sazrocks in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Welp, the usual suspects had to get spun down.  The ancient laptop is all that remains to fold with me through the last couple days of the event...and today I hear one of the fans starting to go on it.  Hopefully it doesn't give its life for this.  But I'm determined to have every day of the event as active, like I always have...even if I'm at the very bottom of the charts being a CPU only folder.  LOL
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    justpoet reacted to GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Points were validated by the teams statistician... He says they are purrrrrfect

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    justpoet got a reaction from theonly500 in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    The issue with EV charging is that most people would get all of their charge at roughly the same time, and you're getting all of it within 4-6 hours, rather than spread with even load over the course of 24 hours like folding.  It isn't the kWh that is the problem with EVs for infrastructure, but the raw kW demand all at once.  There are certainly smart ways to handle this, but not everybody can wait, and not all circuits can handle more than a few EVs on them at once.  The adoption rate of EVs is such that except in rich "everybody gets an EV and commutes far" neighborhoods, it usually isn't going to be a problem for quite some time.
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    justpoet got a reaction from Needfuldoer in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    The issue with EV charging is that most people would get all of their charge at roughly the same time, and you're getting all of it within 4-6 hours, rather than spread with even load over the course of 24 hours like folding.  It isn't the kWh that is the problem with EVs for infrastructure, but the raw kW demand all at once.  There are certainly smart ways to handle this, but not everybody can wait, and not all circuits can handle more than a few EVs on them at once.  The adoption rate of EVs is such that except in rich "everybody gets an EV and commutes far" neighborhoods, it usually isn't going to be a problem for quite some time.
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    justpoet got a reaction from southpaw516 in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    FIRST is awesome!  I'm just sad it started shortly after I was out of school.
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    justpoet reacted to leadeater in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    https://www.tenancy.govt.nz/heating-tool
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    justpoet reacted to GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    That is usually included on the final update, see here for last year's final ranks for example 
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    justpoet got a reaction from GOTSpectrum in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    I know the sheet shows event points.  I'd be curious at the end to see the WU count of each person added to the spread sheet.
    I'll still be near the bottom, but I'd find it interesting to see, and see if the WU rankings purely match the point rankings or deviate a bunch.
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    justpoet got a reaction from robertobsc in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
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    justpoet got a reaction from Mxyzptlk in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
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    justpoet got a reaction from TheLANguy in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
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    justpoet got a reaction from Captainmarino in LTT Official Folding Month VI   
    Transformer lightning strikes are extra loud!  Had it happen outside my house as a kid...had sparks shoot out of every outlet in the house into the air when it happened...quite an "interesting" sight for a small kid.  Only lost a couple small things since we always had the habit of unplugging everything in the house before major storms in case a tree fell on a line to cause a surge to us, etc.
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