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poor nVidia
now they're busy debating on how high they would start selling Volta based cards

For people wanting to try this test on their Ryzen setup's, don't have to install Linux on the HDD.  LiveUSB method works. 

Happens on both machines for me.  Takes a bit longer to happen on the Gigabyte/R7-1700 setup than on the Taichi/R7-1700X.    The fix so far for me is to disable "OpCache" control in the ASROCK UEFI which I believe disables the CPU's Micro Op Cache.    The Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3 has no such option in it's firmware so can't test if disabling the Micro Op cache fixes it.

Gotta let it run for at least 8 hours, on my Taichi - can get it to happen within 15-20 minutes.   On the Gigabyte, took 6 hours before the build-loop failed.  This looks like a hardware bug, the Micro Op Cache is not a "software" thing.
 
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Here's a quick guide for Ryzen people wanting to try this on their computer but don't want to install Linux (but have Windows running)
 
My Computer:
ASROCK TAICHI with v3.0 of UEFI (Agesa 1.0.0.6a)
32 Gigabytes of DDR4 (2800 MT/s) - Patriot Viper Elite (Dual Rank 16GB UDIMMS)
Ryzen 7 - 1700X (stock speed)
Corsair RM650i PSU
Corsair H110i CPU Cooler (max temp for me is 55c with Prime95)
EVGA GTX 1080ti SC2
 
Note: I'll also try this on my son's Computer which has a Ryzen 1700, 16 GB of DDR4 (3000 MT/s) - Patriot Viper 4 (Dual Rank 8GB UDIMMS), Corsair CS550M Power Supply, Ryzen Wraith Led Cooler, EVGA GTX1060, F7 version of UEFI  (Agesa 1.0.0.6a)
 
BIOS Setup:
Load Defaults (save and reboot)
Load XMP Profile 1
Enable SVM (Virtualization)
Disable CSM
Save and reboot.
 
Couple of Pre-Requisites:
1) 16 GB USB Key
2) Download RUFUS Tool for Windows
3) Download  artful-desktop-amd64.iso *OR* ubuntu-17.04-desktop-amd64.iso
 
Note: daily builds of Artful Aardvark comes with Kernel 4.11, while Zesty Zapus comes with Kernel 4.10.
 
4) Burn ISO image using RUFUS Tool onto USB Drive
5) Download AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard (Free)
6) Run the Partition Assistant  program and resize the FAT32 partition on the USB KEY to 4 Gigabytes, then apply the changes
7) Add a second partition with a file system type of "Unformatted" to the USB KEY, size it at 8 Gigabytes, then apply the changes.
 
Actual Procedure:
 
1) Plug  USB Drive in
2) Boot to UEFI
3) In the UEFI screen, select Exit Tab -> Boot Override -> UEFI USB Disk
4) In the GRUB screen, make sure "Try Ubuntu without installing" is highlighted, hit ''e" key.
5) Change the section with the words "quiet splash" to "nomodeset" then hit "F10"  (note, only change those two words).
6) It should take you to the ubuntu desktop
7) Turn off screen saver

Artful Aardvark (17.10):
 
System Settings -> Power ->  Power Saving [Section] -> Blank screen = Never, then hit the [x] icon to close the window.
 
Zesty Zapus (17.04):
 
Navigate [Gear Icon] -> System Settings -> "Brightness & Lock" -> "Turn screen off when inactive for: "  = Never, then hit [x] icon to close window
 
8) Right click on desktop and select "Open Terrminal"
9) In terminal, type "sudo su -"
10) It should log you in as root and change your working directory to /root
11) Type "free" - if it's showing you have 8 Gigs of SWAP then ignore SECTIONS 12 -> 15
12) Type "lsblk" to get a list of drives and partitions available in the system
13) Locate the block device alias for your USB KEY (in my system - it was /dev/sdb)
14) Type "mkswap /dev/sd?2" - replace the question mark with the correct device alias letter
15) Type "swapon /dev/sd?2" - replace the question mark with the correct device alias letter, this will use the secondary partition on the USB KEY as system swap space
15) type "wget http://funks.ddns.net:8080/tools/ryzen/testRyzenGCC.sh"
16) type "chmod u+x testRyzenGCC.sh"
17) type "./testRyzenGCC.sh" to startup the GCC 7.1.0 build loop which will download the pre-reqs
18) If the build loop crashes or stops, then you got something funky going on with your system (test for at least 8+ hours)
 
Note: may be a good idea to open up another terminal and run "top" to see what's going on while GCC is compiling.    Bad practice to run things as as root but this is a live usb.   My setup needed the "nomodeset" setting otherwise the GUI doesn't come up (1080, 11080TI)

poor nVidia
now they're busy debating on how high they would start selling Volta based cards

poor nVidia
now they're busy debating on how high they would start selling Volta based cards

not renders:
 

that's not a GPU, it's a video card the CPU 8 pin should absolutely not be connected to the video card what do you do? you buy a new PSU - the 8pin for PCIe is usually 6+2, with the 2 being detachable

You shouldn't pair a high end GPU like the GTX 1080 with such a mid to low end bad purchase processor such the i5 7600k, get  a Ryzen 1600 / 1700 or for the same price you'd pay on a z270+cooling just get a b250 and the i7 7700 then you can pair it with a GTX 1080.
 
If it is 144hz then all good but a GTX 1080 for 1080p60hz is a bit too much, consider a GTX 980ti second hand.

except it's a fantasy, smoke and mirrors
batteries themselves depletes the supply of rare earth elements that goes into manufacturing, and EVs need shit tons of batteries
then there's the electricity you need to pump back into these batteries once they discharge - here are the main sources:
 

EVs are green - it's the biggest bullshit ever told and a lot of people bought it
 
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what we need to do to save ourselves is a completely and drastically change on how we build fossil fuel engines, they have to be extremely efficient and as clean as possible
rely more on Ethanol based fuels: E10, E85, E90
car manufacturers that cheat the emission tests should be more drastically punished - asset forfeitures and similar punishments; I would put these mofos on the electric chair as they are no different than any other genocidal maniacs

ethanol getting worse mileage is known, but ethanol based fuels should be cheaper to offset the "drinking problem" subsidies ?!?!?! what do they have to do with anything taking food and use it as fuel?! to my knowledge, and depends on who/what/where, ethanol is manufactured from sugarcane, sugar beets; as far as I'm aware, Brasil has jumped with both feet into ethanol fuels I doubt ethanol based fuels are "cleaner" than petrol; diesel is still king if exhaust is filtered properly but what ethanol gives you is a source of renewable fuel

Guess I didn't fuck up too much buying a 1080 a couple days ago then.

ethanol getting worse mileage is known, but ethanol based fuels should be cheaper to offset the "drinking problem" subsidies ?!?!?! what do they have to do with anything taking food and use it as fuel?! to my knowledge, and depends on who/what/where, ethanol is manufactured from sugarcane, sugar beets; as far as I'm aware, Brasil has jumped with both feet into ethanol fuels I doubt ethanol based fuels are "cleaner" than petrol; diesel is still king if exhaust is filtered properly but what ethanol gives you is a source of renewable fuel

4k will replace 1080p eventually, 1440p has no content really outside of gaming.

In the early days of search engines, Google popularity wasn't form its search engine, but really for the fact that Google page was dead simple, and search results didn't feature promoted entries on page 1 at the top. 2x things that were critical back in the days of, at best, 56k internet. Pages took long time to load, and getting the results you are looking for in the first or second page was the at most importance. While it did have a unique way of crawling the web to index sites where other search engine where following the yellow pages approaches, where sites where added by the site creators and the search engine would "manually" evaluate the entry and add it in a category (the web was much smaller then), and uses a machine learning algorithm store identify what people actually looking for and move the results higher up, with other algorithms at plays, it wasn't really because of that. At least, not at first. The search results where not great until popularity grew where mass amount of search were done and algorithms where improved over time.
 
Oh how time have changed. We now have paid first spot results (although identified as "ads"), we have side column content and ads.... and now Google is testing putting videos that auto-plays in your search result. They are doing an A/B testing where some will get the video playing automatically, others not.
 

 
Neowin reports:
 
Google claims that it wants to improve search results this way. A spokesperson from Google says:
 
Source: https://www.neowin.net/news/google-may-introduce-autoplaying-videos-to-its-search-results-page
 
What do you think about auto-playing videos in your search result, or even if it not auto-playing? Will that make you switch to Bing?
Would video ads be the next step? Or people exploiting the system to show ads when people search for popular results?
 

Use Bing. I started when Win10 came out, and it's often been the better choice.

news just in,  google loses search engine market share for first time since dinosaurs invented the internet.
 
 
It would be good if this was something that people would avoid thus forcing google to not be so controlling etc, but the reality is they are so entrenched with android and gmail that people will just keep using them becasue they don't know how to find alternatives.

source: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/firefox-55-quantum-flow-tabs
 

 
 
perhaps there's hope afterall
 
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Mozilla is calling this new tech used in FF5, Quantum Flow
 

Should be able to get a return, ask the company, or go to intel/

the monitor arrived
holy shit this real estate, it's like a new world - the panel looks really good, feels a bit warm tho .. will see
 
ps: the monitor has in the box
DVI-I cable DP cable - bought one for nothing D-Sub cable what I do not like:
bezels and base are glossy has a dead pixel, stuck on black - makes me seriously think to return it

with that pricing and performance of a 1080 it will be DOA

that's utter insanity, it would be a 600+W card
how the fuck would you even power it? the 8pin PCie are rated for 150W, the PCIe connector can supply 75W
 
reminds me of this:

that's utter insanity, it would be a 600+W card
how the fuck would you even power it? the 8pin PCie are rated for 150W, the PCIe connector can supply 75W
 
reminds me of this:

The USB group has just announced usb 3.2. The new usb specs, under the existing usb type c, which was designed for future proofing via multi-lane support, allows usb 3.2 to operate as a multi-lane solutions, compared to the current usb, that's single lane only. This means usb 3.2 can either run as dual 5gb/s or dual 10gb/s operations. With dual 10gb/s operation, usb 3.2 brings in twice the performance compared to usb 3.1 gen 2, from 10gb/s up to 20gb/s.
 
So as of now, we have,
Usb 3.0 - 5gb/s
Usb 3.1 gen 1 - 5gb/s
Usb 3.1 gen 2 - 10gb/s
Usb 3.2 - 20gb/s
 
 
https://www.techpowerup.com/235504/usb-3-0-promoter-group-announces-usb-3-2-specification

is it safe to use 4 dimms in dual channel? by safe I mean I've heard that it can strain the memory controller on the cpu. What does that mean? will it reduce the life span of my cpu or other components? also is there a noticeable performance loss for normal application such as gaming, using programs ect vs quad channel, or is this just in benchmarks or for enthusiasts? I'm just an average user, so will I notice any difference in dual vs quad channel?
 
 
Thanks.

Well, if you don't have M.2 port on MB you probably will use CPU lanes (because new-ish Intel chipsets like Z97 and older suck in PCI-e lane count).
Situation is reversed when CPU doesn't have PCI-e lanes at all (duh).

PS. You can make NVMe work in almost any motherboard with PCI-e and 64-bit support.
Because Clover and/or Duet software exists 

I laugh
with all these revisions USB 3.x is going to become the most dumbest standard ever created