Meganter

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Ok so I was able to test anyway and this is as good as I can do. I'm probably bottlenecked by my Cherry Reds because I had to correct random keypresses constantly
 
In any case, this was fun and I wish luck to other contestants
 
NOTE: As a moderator I was not eligible for a prize in the first place. I only participated for the fun of it.

I'm getting this error now

Im good now

Yeah I just get Cloudflare errors. Oh well.

It's good now, at least for me

Yeah I just Error 503 when I try to go to Monkeytype

Monkeytype down?

Did we break monkeytype? I wanted to try

Odd, Monkeytype is up for me? 👀 Pls lemme know if you still have trouble getting to the site!
If certain members have issues accessing the site, I can extend the giveaway date until Friday; I'd like confirmation before I change the stipulations, tho.

Rubber dome :c, for now though. 

Ducky Shine 7 with MX Browns. Ik, ik, pleb prebuilt with pleb switches. 

Flex Your Fingers! - $10 Steam Digital Gift Card or Discord Nitro Giveaway
💪 Test your WPMs against ‘Chew’s! 💪
If things end up sounding like gibberish, or if things contradict each other, ‘Chew blames the Angry Orchard Crisp Apple Unfiltered Cider in her hands. 🥂
 
 
Main Giveaway - To Enter
Giveaway Gift: $10 Steam Digital Gift Card or Discord Nitro. (Maximum Winners: 1)
Head to Monkeytype and login to your account, or register for an account if you don’t have an existing account. New registrants may or may not also need to verify your accounts. The typing test mode can be changed with the menu in the top-right corner. Please have time and 30 selected. Take the typing test! 😁 After you’ve completed the typing test, take two screenshots (please see below). Submit the two screenshots as a reply to this thread! (Optional) Tell me what keyboard you used to taking the typing test with! (Custom, pre-built, laptop, etc.)  
Screenshot 1
Taken immediately after completing the typing test. Note that if you leave this screen for whatever reason, I don’t think there’s a way to recover the page.
 
Screenshot 2
Taken from your Monkeytype account page, which can be found by clicking on your username. Scroll towards the bottom of the page to find a table of results.
 
Main Giveaway Qualifying Entries
Minimum Accuracy: 95%. Maximum Incorrect Chars: 0. Mode: Time, 30 Seconds, English. Date: Nov 15, 2020, 10:00 PM (PST) - Nov 20, 2020, 10:00 PM (PST).  
 
Bonus Giveaway - To Enter
Giveaway Gift: Discord Nitro. (Maximum Winners: 1)
Follow the Main Giveaway - To Enter deets, and try to beat my personal best:  
Bonus Giveaway Qualifying Entries
Minimum Accuracy: 100%. Maximum Incorrect Chars: 0. Mode: Time, 30 Seconds, English. Date: Nov 15, 2020, 10:00 PM (PST) - Nov 20, 2020, 10:00 PM (PST).  
 
Mod-Only Giveaway - To Enter
Giveaway Gift: $10 Steam Digital Gift Card or Discord Nitro. (Maximum Winners: 1)
Follow the Main Giveaway - To Enter deets.  
Head to Monkeytype and login to your account, or register for an account if you don’t have an existing account. New registrants may or may not also need to verify your accounts. The typing test mode can be changed with the menu in the top-right corner. Please have time and 30 selected. Take the typing test! 😁 After you’ve completed the typing test, take two screenshots (please see below). Submit the two screenshots as a reply to this thread! (Optional) Tell me what keyboard you used to taking the typing test with! (Custom, pre-built, laptop, etc.)  
Screenshot 1
Taken immediately after completing the typing test. Note that if you leave this screen for whatever reason, I don’t think there’s a way to recover the page.
 
Screenshot 2
Taken from your Monkeytype account page, which can be found by clicking on your username. Scroll towards the bottom of the page to find a table of results.
 
 
Giveaway Results
Both the main giveaway and the bonus giveaway will be closed to entries 120 hours after the start of this thread.
 
Main Giveaway
The winning entry will be selected with a random number/name generator, and will be announced 30 minutes after the giveaway has closed, in a status update. The winning entrant will have 24 hours to PM me with their gift choice, along with their Steam username for the Steam Digital Gift Card, or their Discord username for Discord Nitro. I will only attempt to send the gift once. If the Steam Digital Gift Card is chosen, the winning entrant must allow me to add their Steam name to my friends list, and must wait 3 days after they have been added to my Steam friends list for the gifting to work. If Discord Nitro is chosen, the winning entrant must allow me to PM them with the Nitro link. Please review and adjust your privacy settings accordingly, and please anticipate a bit of fumbling around on my part (‘Chew is a Discord newb). If the winning entrant does not fulfill the winning conditions, another entrant will be selected as the winner.  
Bonus Giveaway
The winning entrant will be announced 30 minutes after the giveaway has closed, in a status update. The winning entrant will have have 24 hours to PM me with their Discord username for Discord Nitro. I will only attempt to send the gift once. The winning entrant(s) must allow me to PM them with the Nitro link. Please review and adjust your privacy settings accordingly, and please anticipate a bit of fumbling around on my part (‘Chew is a Discord newb). If the winning entrant does not fulfill the winning conditions, I will not select another entrant as a winner.  
Mod-Only Giveaway
The winning entry will be selected with a random number/name generator, and will be announced 30 minutes after the giveaway has closed, in a status update. The winning entrant will have 24 hours to PM me with their gift choice, along with their Steam username for the Steam Digital Gift Card, or their Discord username for Discord Nitro. I will only attempt to send the gift once. If the Steam Digital Gift Card is chosen, the winning entrant must allow me to add their Steam name to my friends list, and must wait 3 days after they have been added to my Steam friends list for the gifting to work. If Discord Nitro is chosen, the winning entrant must allow me to PM them with the Nitro link. Please review and adjust your privacy settings accordingly, and please anticipate a bit of fumbling around on my part (‘Chew is a Discord newb). If the winning entrant does not fulfill the winning conditions, another entrant will be selected as the winner.  
 
Stipulations
Please do not argue about the “fairness” of the giveaway. Nowhere in this thread do I claim it is fair. If you don’t like the conditions I’ve set forth, you’re free to walk away from the giveaway. Stipulations may be subject to change. If changes occur, I will make a post in this thread about it.  
 
Closing Comments
If you’d like to thank anyone for the giveaway, thank Den? I mean, I’ll accept part of the gratitude (I am hosting it with muh own pocket money, after all), but Den’s generosity is the motivating force behind thing give-a-thingymajigy. IDK if it makes sense to y’all, it makes sense in my drink-addled brain. 😆
 
‘Chew has been busy recently and won’t have a lot of time to actively monitor the thread. I’m humbly asking for your patience if there are any questions or delays with announcements and messages.
 
Also, er, please do bring up any inconsistencies or contradictions to my attention? I sorta wrote this in a rush, with a bit of alcohol in my body -- i.e. not the most sober state of mind. 🥂
 
 Above all, have fun!
 
 
Recent Updates
[11/16/2020]: Giveaway extended until Nov 20, 2020, 10:00 PM (PST). [11/17/2020]: Maximum Winner for Bonus Giveaway reduced from 2 to 1. Mod-Only Giveaway hosted. [11/17/2020]: Removed special treatment for 🍑 members and relaxed disqualification rules at the Mod Team's recommendation.

Yeah, that's a fair point.
For the 5700XT for example, the first AIB model to be reviewed was the Sapphire Pulse, and that was on August 12th, despite the fact that the GPU initially released (and was reviewed) on July 7th.

For AMD cards Power Color Red Devil, Sapphire Nitro+ and MSI Gaming X (Trio X was announced too) are usually the best top one. Asus completely fucked up the 5700XT line up so lets hope they learnt from that. As said above, benchmarks will be there after the 18th, I doubt AIB reviews will be released on day one though.
 
Yes after tomorrow is the 18th.

ooooo, right.. good catch. Thanks! 

November 18th*
It's the 6900XT that releases in December. The 6800 and 6800XT are releasing this week.

Nobody knows, wait for the release and benchmarks.

Motherboard: ASRock Rack TRX40D8-2N2T
Cpu: AMD Threadripper 3970X
Ram : 128gb G-Skill 3600
GPUs: 4 PNY 3090s & 4 Zotac 3090s on EKWB waterblocks
Case: Custom design from Protocase
PCIe backplanes: OneStop Systems 
PSUs: 2x 2000w FSP Canon & 2 500w FSP FlexATX
Internal pump: Swiftech MCP35X 
Cooling System: Koolance ALR-4500C
 
Performance:
Desmond MD: 590 ns/day per card
FAH: 44,000,000 PPD
 
 

This is the first of many big purchases I'll make in the coming weeks and months. So today I got:
Microsoft Xbox Series X Controller Nintendo Switch Pro Controller Apple Smart Keyboard for my iPad 8 Logitech MX Keys Plus (already got the MX Master 3 so this is the perfect addition) Sony WH-1000XM4 Sony WF-1000XM3 PB Swiss Tools Insider 3 Ratcheting Screwdriver with 8 different bits for work Energizer rechargeable Batteries (4x AA) Xtorm USB C to lighting Cable for the iPad 8 and upcoming iPhone 12 mini SanDisk microSDXC 256GB Card for my Nintendo Switch Lite 2x Kingston DataTravel 70 64GB USB 3.2 Gen 1 USB sticks 23x Fellowes Screen cleaning wipes (bought 50 in total, the rest will arrive in the next two weeks) 4x Blackroll Pillow cases to replace my old ones Also bought a Silverstone EBA01 Headphone stand with this order but it will arrive next week. I just finished unboxing everything and am setting the Tech up right now 👀🔥. Already made my next purchase which includes a 15 W Wireless Charging pad from Aukey for my upcoming Apple Watch SE 4G and iPhone 12 mini 64GB in Black. That purchase also includes a really great bang for my Buck printer from Epson. I also received a letter from my Bank today with my new Credit Card, it's a World Silver from Vicesca so I'll finally be able to do proper Online shopping and singing up for Services. 

I'm reassured in humanity by people like yourself. Rest assured that enforcing masks does not make you a "commie", nor a sheep.

ive just started asking them twice then if they dont get out i call the cops, ive been called a communist, navi, sheep following a dictator, etc. idfc if you cant wear a mask for thirty seconds to make your order, you can leave

I posted a while ago a picture of my recently finished build that I intended to make as 'Noctua themed' as possible. I had this comment on the post that really made me think long and hard about what direction I wanted to take:


 
And @Gundarwas 10,000% right. I'd just done a white case and bright lights and put Noctua fans in.
 
Well. I've spent a lot of time in iCue, fine tuning the colours as best I can. Waiting for custom PSU cables to arrive and adjusting the loop to be as sleek as possible. I can't afford to change the case right now, but I MAY hydrodip, spray or wrap it in the future for extra flare. But for now, I think this is sufficiently Noctua themed. My camera doesn't pick up the beige of the RGB as well as it shows in real life, and I am by no means an expert on photography, so pinch of salt?
 
Hardware:
O-11Dynamic
10 x Noctua fans
R9 3900XT
2080ti
Corsair Vengence Pro 3600CL18
Cables from pslatecustoms.com
Asus b550 Elite
 
Further feedback is appreciated!
 

 
 
 

You didn't present anything but opinions, as such I'm not sure what you're expecting, people aren't going to take opinions as facts.
 
 
If we're going to discuss, I doubt that I and others will ignore you
 
 
Good for you, but that's you, and it's not something that's good for everyone. Also, COVID is similar to other coronaviruses as far as immunity goes, it's possible that's it's only temporary and not permanent (more cases of reinfections are popping up, but it's rare for now so the science on this is not clear. source ; https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/covid19-reinfection-immunity-1.5760223).
 
By the way, I agree that over-sterilization isn't a good thing in general, though, that doesn't mean you should expose yourself to potentially deadly diseases.
 
 
True, scientists have been warning about this for a while, since after SARS in 2003 actually.
Source from 2005 ;https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/preparing-for-a-pandemic-2005-11/
 
In the USA, there was even a panel formed called the "Directorate of Global Health Security and Biodefense" that was to look at pandemic and how to react and prepare after the Ebola, that panel was disbanded in 2018. Politicians not listening to science and warnings isn't new (global warming anyone?), not sure what this has anything to do with the mask / no-mask debate though ... But yeah, there were signs and warnings, the people in charge didn't listen and we're paying the price. But seeing what's happening in the US, looks like even actual hundred of thousands of deaths isn't enough.
 
 
I'm looking at New-Zealand, or even the Eastern province in Canada, and that's not the case, we don't need to all get it to get over this.
EDIT ;
source for NZ ; https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/diseases-and-conditions/covid-19-novel-coronavirus
source for Eastern Canada ; https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-the-atlantic-bubble-has-largely-succeeded-in-keeping-out-covid-1/
 
 
Wearing a mask, social distancing and other forms of preventions would help shorten the measures that cause these issues. It's honestly ironic to complain about lockdown measures because of the hardship that it brings, when the ones complaining are not following them, and in doing so are causing the lockdowns to be longer than needed.
 
I've personally suffered, as I'm sure a lot of others have, but I don't blame the lockdown or government measures, I blame the people not following the rules and making this situation last longer than it should.
 
 
That's not human rights violations, that harassment. There's a difference. The person was wrong, but if the store has a mask-on policy, you're also in the wrong if you were not wearing one (EDIT : not saying the person was right to harass and attack you because you didn't wear a mask BTW, just saying you're objectively wrong not to wear a mask IF the store had such a policy, if not, you can disregard).
 
 
That's straight up conspiracy theories. RFID and that enzyme have nothing to do with each other, if you have proof of the contrary, I'm all too happy to take a look, but for now, it's Alex Jones type of nonsense.

Ah, one of those kinds of posts. "Don't you see? Don't you seeeeee?" (But of course, no real evidence)
 
Well no, actually, we don't see what you do, because the actual, substantive evidence doesn't agree with you. Masks, social distancing and limits on groups are public safety measures. You wouldn't whine and moan about needing to put on a seatbelt, so why is a mask some horrible form of oppression during a pandemic?
 
I could explain this at length, but I'll focus on the "omg human rights violations" camp's tendency to create a false dichotomy in COVID-19 cases where you recover perfectly if you don't die. That's not how the virus works. If you suffer more than mild symptoms, you might have long-lasting or even permanent lung, heart and neurological damage. I'm not particularly worried that I or my loved ones will die from COVID-19; I'm worried they'll lose so much lung capacity they'll wheeze just walking to their cars.
 
Besides, there's a certain basic amount of human compassion needed here. These are real people, not numbers. Yeah, the death rate isn't as catastrophic as it was early on, but it's still true that more vigilant safety measures could have saved tens of thousands of lives in the US alone, and that maintaining vigilance is necessary if we want to save many more lives until there's a widely distributed vaccine. Imagine if someone told you that you had to sacrifice a parent so people could go to the movies without a mask on; how do you think you'd take it? Not very well, I'm sure, but the anti-mask, anti-science camp asks that question every day.