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So anyone got one of those boards and tried a soundcard on it? I just ordered Biostar B550 GTA to go with my Xonar Essence ST, but I'm afraid of delay and other problems. Worst case scenario I think I'll return it and go for Gigabyte X570 AORUS ELITE I was planning to get and hope its onboard audio is satisfactory.

example of 2.5g switch : https://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-2-5GBASE-T-Compatible-10-100-1000Mbps-TEG-S380/dp/B08XWKF55C/
cheaper 5 port one  : https://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-TL-SG105-M2-Multi-Gigabit-Wall-Mount-Protection/dp/B08ZHGT2ZP/
 
I would suggest getting a 10 gbps switch with a 1 gbps uplink port.
Connect the computers to 10 gbps switch, then connect switch to router.
 
Ex see Microtik 5 port switch : https://www.amazon.com/MikroTik-CRS305-1G-4S-Gigabit-Ethernet-RouterOS/dp/B07LFKGP1L/
 
10g fiber network cards are 30-60$  and dac cables are 5-15$... heres a random one https://www.amazon.com/10Gbase-CU-Compatible-SFP-H10GB-CU3M-Ubiquiti-Supermicro/dp/B096FN8BTH/
  ...if you need more than 3-5 meters, you can get transceivers and fiber. here's random example of one:
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-10GBASE-LR-Transceiver-Supermicro/dp/B07TTKHG6T/
 
Your wireless can connect either directly to router or whatever the isp gives you, or you can get  a ethernet to sfp/sfp+ transceiver for 20-30$ to connect the wireless stuff to the 10g switch

The answer would be cable, but it really depends on how much the ISP would limit your connection.
 
DSL's maximum speeds will vary with how far away you are from the ISP or the box that converts your signal to fiber cable, and will also depend on the quality of the copper from your house to that point.
DSL, ADSL, VDSL, VDSL2 there's various standards.... VDSL can go up to 55 mbps down, 3 mbps up  ... VDSL2 can go up to 300 mbps down / 100 mbps up  : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDSL#VDSL_standards
 
For cable, there's less issue about quality of copper wires, no issue about distance...  speed and quality depends on what DOCSIS standard you ISP uses, and how many channels it's willing to sacrifice for Internet. 
In my case, they're using DOCSIS3 and my connection is limited to 500 mbps download and 25 mbps upload, but it's possible to go up to 1600 mbps down, 216 mbps up with the latest DOCSIS 3.1
 
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS#Throughput_2
 
 

Yes, no, maybe. SMR version is usually more about lower cost than outright achieving higher capacity. HDD manufactures aim for quite standardized and regular expected sizes so if the extra platter(s) in the SMR HDD doesn't or isn't able to create an expected size then they probably won't do it just because it's possible. So it can be tricky to offer really large capacities only in SMR and not in PMR or HAMR as you might hit issues with customers expectations or desires, it can be hard to stop customers from buying unsuitable HDDs if all they care about is the largest possible for example.

They do have multi-actuator in Mach 2 tech, but what you've shown in a pic would be even better.

So, the total time it takes to read a HDD of whatever size is just how many circles of data there are from the middle to the edge of the platter, divided by rotations per time unit and adjusted for the aforementioned time to lock on a track, a drive with 7200 rpm, 6000 'circles' and 1.(6)ms to lock would take 8.(3) ms to complete a circle, ~10ms to complete a circle and switch to another one, which rounds up to a nice 100 circles/second and a minute to read the whole drive(I pulled numbers from my butt to get this result).

Now, a circle will have different circumference depending on how far it is from the center, but let's ignore it and go with an average. Let's even call it x cm because I don't care to check how big the platters are. Now they say they can fit y bytes per unit of length or surface, that influences how much data fits in that average circle, but also how many circles there are, 10% denser is 10% more bytes/circle, but also 10% more circles/drive, which is why HDDs are faster at growing in size than in speed. If life was so easy getting 9x the size of a drive means 3x the circles and 3x the amount of data per rotation, so 3x as fast sequential speed, equal seek time and 3x longer to write the entire drive.

Now we know Mach 2 nearly doubles the speed, the tech from the above post could do that once more, meaning 200TB drive with 4 actuators could take the same time as single actuator 20TB drive today. There is of course question of what clients need, not every use case cares greatly about taking 4 days to write an entire drive and would gladly take 4 days and have cheaper storage than pay more for the speed they don't need. For example I have collected 50TB of data over the years, at once I move maybe 200GB of it, Taking 5 days to write everything I have onto a single drive that I could keep in a different physical location is not an issue at all, many archives are just like that, 1TB copy but you could fit 200 of those on 1 drive, getting that 1TB copy would take a bit over an hour in case of a drive that is 200TB and takes 5 days to write in entirety(depending on position on the platter probably more like from an hour to two and a half), for many that is acceptable.

 
 

50C seems really low, I wonder if that's being overly careful or something really can't deal with such temps.

50C seems really low, I wonder if that's being overly careful or something really can't deal with such temps.

50C seems really low, I wonder if that's being overly careful or something really can't deal with such temps.

VR, at least *good* VR, is still an enthusiast market. The barrier to entry is pretty steep for the average consumer, so they've mostly experienced watered down VR.
 
I think the backlash against criticism comes from those that have invested heavily in it, and to their credit, it can be great when you go all in.
 
However, for the average Joe, it's a novelty that wears off quick. Things like the Oculus Quest 2 are pretty good now, as far as a value oriented device, but it's still not there yet. You just don't see widespread adoption of any technology until it reaches critical mass, and can actually deliver truly compelling experiences to people not necessarily willing to drop $1000+ to try it out.

Some laptops can even discharge while being connected, though I'd call that a fuckup on the manufacturer's side.

Madison would like to know your location.

Beats is a joke for anyone actually into audio. Just let them die already. 

Depends. Some systems for disks like floppy disks were always shut unless slotted, whereas some tape systems like 8 track were always open.  There was this thing called print through with tape at one point that was never a problem with disks because they weren’t layered.  My memory is floppy disks and tape actually used the same media type.  Probably not true anymore.

Probably because it's a clear differentiation to floppy disks. 

Netflix UHD is up to 25 Mbit/s, aka 16GB per movie on average. It is in many ways inferior to normal Blu Rays, no to mention UHD ones. You should also remember a lot of content there doesn't have a 2160p version.
But Netflix does keep different versions of the movie and for their own productions they must keep RAWs, which probably take tens of TBs for a single TV series. It's also an example usage for a big cheap resilient storage medium, after you cut and master the movie, move the raw files onto such disks, you still can produce a different cut when needed, but you don't need to eat the precious space on your servers.
Sure, 700TB sounds outrageous, but it's probably going to have more sizes than BD which ranges from 25GB to 128GB right now.
So someone must've found a use case for it, I am curious.

LN = light novel. A lot anime is adapted from a manga which is adapted from a light novel.
 
Because there is no point to the first reincarnation. he is an adventure and does things, then dies and becomes a demon. What purpose does his life as an adventurer have for the story? Might as well just be reincarnated as a demon right away.
 
 
 
The isekai genre is already full of the summoned person turning to the "bad side"
Yuusha, Yamemasu The Dark Queen And I Strike Back Fukushuu wo Koinegau Saikyou Yuusha wa, Yami no Chikara de Senmetsu Musou suru (is pretty close so what you have described as is)
Nidome no Yuusha wa Fukushuu no Michi wo Warai Ayumu
Kyou kara Maou
 
Unfortunately the premise just isn't different enough for it to be anything but "just another isekai"
 

Nintendo would probably sue him and do their best to make the patch impossible, props to Rockstar for giving him some compensation at least.

In this particular case the actor is just reading a script both this time and back in the “I’m a Mac” days, there’s no secret about it. 
I wouldn’t necessarily put him in the same basket as celebrities putting up an act IRL to look like they’re genuinely into a brand.
 
Any case, actors or paid influencers are just doing their job. They’re a “tool”, the problem here is how this tool is being used in a totally misguided way. (unclear who are they targeting age-wise, what are they accomplishing other than some Streisand effect around the M1 Macs and sounding desperate, etc.)
 
I don’t wanna believe this whole campaign was inspired by that 30 seconds joke cameo of the PC-guy in the post credits scene of Apple’s M1 keynote. 

Nintendo would probably sue him and do their best to make the patch impossible, props to Rockstar for giving him some compensation at least.

Nintendo would probably sue him and do their best to make the patch impossible, props to Rockstar for giving him some compensation at least.

Nintendo would probably sue him and do their best to make the patch impossible, props to Rockstar for giving him some compensation at least.

Well I suspect they weren't actually trying to do anything about it so not that surprised lol.

If they make the base easy to upgrade, I mean, for them, then that is a great idea. Cezanne might be right around the corner, DDR5 is not that far too and both of those should mean a big perf. upgrade. Otherwise I agree that it's going to be immediately outdated and frankly I don't expect them to be able to make the OS polished enough that it's worth using subpar HW.

More or less tech:
1. Security usually costs performance, but we're in times where you can't just trust nobody will try to do malicious things.
2. Highly personalised things are several orders of magnitude more expensive, or impossible. You can see a nearly perfect laptop but just adding that OLED screen is simply impossible(or but the company and make the produce it for you possible).
3. Marketing makes us waste resources on worthless numbers/whatever new thing they try to sell us.
4. Patents drive the industry and obstruct it at the same time.
5. Safety reasons make us not have nice things.

Would be nice to get some update on this. I hope they manage to fix it soon.