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    The_russian reacted to Pitboy64 in Why The World Relies On ASML For the Machines That Print Chips/Wafers   
    Summary
    A video posted today (March 23, 2022) by CNBC.
    A tour through and short documentary about ASML (Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography) company, and its manufacturing site in The Netherlands.
    This is the company that builds the machines, that TSMC, intel, Samsung, Micron and SK hynix all use exclusively, to print the silicone chips we rely on.
    These machines are over $200 million each ... and those are the cheap ones.

    What makes it 'news' is because its fresh, so how they are dealing with demand for chips via supply shortages, due to Covid ... etc, including all the new fabs planned in America and elsewhere ... very timely, considering they are only ones with the machine to put in these fabs.  That makes it news.
     
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    We all hold to high regard the technological ability of the companies that make the Chips we all use, but this piece shows us the machine itself behind the process.  The fact that CNBC received access to inside ASML, and learned in detail what they do to build these machines, makes for a very watchable video for anyone interested in technology.  Stick around till the end where they discuss the next level of development, that's just around the corner.
     
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    The_russian reacted to Obioban in Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   
    I'm either making a huge mistake or doing something awesome. Bought an e60 M5 with spun rod bearing. Replacing the crank and two rods, manual swapping it.
     

     

     

     

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    The_russian got a reaction from da na in What's a tech term you hate?   
    Using “engineer” is pretty common in IT fields to separate the slightly higher up people from the technicians. I’m a SOC engineer and agree the “engineer” title is misused. Serious question though, what would you call a networking engineer instead? Just a tier 4 or tier 5 networking technician? What title would you prefer instead of “engineer”?
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    The_russian got a reaction from XGoodGuyFitz in Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   
    That is Ed’s garage so yeah, it would be his LP640s. I haven’t watched his videos in a while, is that red one his as well?
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    The_russian reacted to SimmaDownNow in Utility Networks (Interesting?)   
    I'm just putting this topic out there to see if there's interest in how utilities deploy PC's and networks in substation and generation facilities.  Here are bullets of some of the more unique features.  
    System A and System B equipment and networks on redundant battery plants.  Redundant networks, battery chargers, AC feed, cable trays, etc. PC's, switches, firewalls, all equipment is powered off 125VDC. Almost all equipment is passively cooled (no fans) and rated for -40 to 85C. All Ethernet ports are fiber 100Mb, 1Gb, and 10Gb to avoid EMP, ground potential rise, and other transients. Switches are fanless and modular so they can handle potentially 6 different media spread across 26-28 ports in 1 Rack Unit.  They use hot swappable, redundant power supplies. Network topology is often HSR or PRP or a combination.  Double rendundancies.  It's more robust compared to a standard ring or hub and spoke and failovers are totally hitless. All relays have redundant fiber Ethernet ports (Active & Failover) which are configured with the same exact IP address. All equipment can receive sub 1uSec GPS clock synchronization via Ethernet connections (IEEE1588) with multiple clock inputs from local and potentially distant clock sources.  Switches are specialized to carry this signal. PC's are covered in heat syncs to be fanless -40C to 85C rated. Security equipment deploys technology such as IR, Glassbreak sensors (if windows exist at all), microwave beams (for intrusion detection), PTZ cameras, and fiber optic cable (used on fences and walls to detect vibration from intruders or heat detection in underground ducts). Ethernet encryption can be as strict as generating new AES-256 keys after EVERY PACKET in a IP connection.  
    There are more but these items are the bigger ones.  Media conversion, encryption, and multiplexing are pretty big but probably less fitting in this forum.  It's a topic that I found interesting and thought others might find interesting as well.  I can elaborate on any topic.
    It's an industry starving for fresh talent and pays well.
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    The_russian got a reaction from TheOneand5 in What YouTuber Has More Employees Than Linus?   
    It's an interesting question. I think the reason it seems like LTT has the most is because they actually show a lot of their employees in videos, especially since most of the writers are regular hosts. I would suspect there are other Youtubers with more employees that do stuff behind the scenes and are not shown on camera, but I can't think of any off the top of my head for sure. One that comes to mind is Dude Perfect, I haven't watched any of their videos in years but from the short clips I have seen it looks like they have a good sized team. Another one is Donut Media, they are a popular automotive content channel and also have multiple hosts. 
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    The_russian got a reaction from whm1974 in Your unpopular (non-political, non-offensive) opinions!   
    For what reason?
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    The_russian got a reaction from RTX 3090 in Connecting wireless headphones to multiple devices   
    The product page says the following:
    “Our JBL Tune 600BTNC can pair with multiple and different types of devices but can only connect one at a time. You must either turn off the Bluetooth on your device to allow the other to connect to our JBL Tune 600BTNC.”
     
    So looks like the answer is no. 
     
     
     
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    The_russian got a reaction from kirashi in Connecting wireless headphones to multiple devices   
    The product page says the following:
    “Our JBL Tune 600BTNC can pair with multiple and different types of devices but can only connect one at a time. You must either turn off the Bluetooth on your device to allow the other to connect to our JBL Tune 600BTNC.”
     
    So looks like the answer is no. 
     
     
     
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    The_russian got a reaction from Psittac in Is it normal for BT headphone to have squeal/whine?   
    In my experience yes. All the budget earphones I’ve tried have had some amount of background hum/static, some have been better than others but all had it. 
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    The_russian reacted to kasugatei in Your unpopular (non-political, non-offensive) opinions!   
    If you open a topic with extreme vague title like “help needed”, “I need help” or similar you don’t deserve any help. This is not only for this forum, but other forums in general. 
    Why is so problematic to write eg. “Intel i7 overheating” in the title? Then someone who will have an idea about the topic might help and it increases your chances that the most competent user will reply. But if you are too lazy to even help yourself with finding the help, I am first who is going to ignore you. 
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    The_russian reacted to SansVarnic in Can Linus (and everyone else) please stop with the 69 jokes   
    🤦‍♂️ no.
     
    With everything else wrong today this is what triggers you or some others? This is the least of worries you could post about.
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    The_russian reacted to iDeFecZx in Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   
    Yeah but that dont matter cause like, ice cars are getting banned so tough shit 
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    The_russian reacted to IkeaGnome in Amazon Games appears to be manually DMCA'ing youtube videos detailing game bugs   
    Must not have. There's no dislikes on the videos about it. 
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    The_russian reacted to dilpickle in copyright disclaimer   
    The only legal relevance those disclaimers might have is as an admission of guilt.
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    The_russian reacted to Roswell in After almost a decade of watching WAN show every Friday night, I think I am done.   
    The whole channel is an ad at this point.  Sponsored videos with more sponsorships nested inside (huehue so and so sent over) with yet even more ads for their merch all wrapped around YouTube’s ads.
     
    It’s obnoxious and I unsubscribed from their channels a while ago.
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    The_russian got a reaction from Stahlmann in (POLL) Connections you never/rarely use(d) (yet)   
    Thanks for the laugh with my morning coffee, that thread was something else haha. 
     
    On topic: I’ve used all of them except thunderbolt and eSATA. I don’t have a newer MacBook or a need for thunderbolt (at least not yet), and external hard drives have been connected with a USB adapter or had an enclosure with a USB port.
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    The_russian reacted to Heliian in In your opinion what is tech?   
    What is tech? 
     
    Baby compute me.
    Baby compute me, no more.
     
     
     
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    The_russian reacted to markwoll in In your opinion what is tech?   
    The stuff people I work with call me about All.The.Time. when they can't figure it out.
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    The_russian reacted to Roswell in In your opinion what is tech?   
    It’s already a defined word, no need to bring subjective opinion into it. 
     
    technology [tekˈnäləjē]   NOUN technology (noun) · technologies (plural noun) the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.  
     
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    The_russian reacted to AbydosOne in Audiophile SSD?   
    I literally cannot possibly comprehend the process through which these people are listening to music that the process of moving data from an NVMe drive has some perceptible effect on audio quality, let alone how an NVMe drive can make their music have "real 3 demensional souding [sic], sense of vinyl and dynamic sound".
     
    I feel like that whole thread is sampling bias and placebo effect gone wild.
     
    EDIT: *internal screaming*
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    The_russian got a reaction from Bombastinator in Need help with this UPS   
    What region are you in? Further down the page there is a photo with the ports for each model, depending on region. 
     
    Edit: And in case you missed it, the name of the receptacles is in blue below each model. 

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    The_russian reacted to Bitter in Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   
    A trailed arm. Used to be a trailing arm.

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