[QUOTE=Skanic;45104774]Try out the Mionix Naos 7000 i really like it and i have used the mx500 mx518 and g400 for many years over 10 years +.
Its made in sweden too.[/QUOTE]
still a bit much though
i don't even play games and that jazz
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;45096933]Holy fuck there's no reason not to go into the tech business unless you deal with idiots who are illiterate and think they know everything.
Kinda a garbage thing to say from whoever your friend is.[/QUOTE]
Well, it wasn't as blunt as i made it seem. Right now I'm genuinely uninterested in the tech business, and what she said got me thinking. Thats all. Maybe i'll be more interested in two years, but right now not a lot of it interests me anymore.
[QUOTE=Del91;45104566]Help, It's not even 1:30 in the afternoon and I'm drunk.[/QUOTE]
Starting late ? It's not a proper drinking weekend unless you wake up in another city, eat a sandwitch and start drinking before 09:00
So there's a brain-teaser puzzle that I've been unable to solve for several years now. I've figured out every "secret" to it, but it really boils down to just brute-force guessing. It's that one with the 6x6 grid each of varying height, and you need to place towers of varying colors onto it such that no color is repeated in a row or column, and that each tower ends up the same height (grid height + tower height). There are some tricks I've found, but none make it "work" - you still have to brute-force guess everything.
Computers are better at that than I am.
I've got a Python script running now. It generates a list of every possible row (there are 720 that use each color once), then starts searching every combination of six rows. The total search space this way is 139,314,069,504,000,000 layouts, but I have fast-failure so it should skip 90% of those.
It's still going to take a while, though. I'm estimating about an hour. I could probably speed it up with multithreading but I had enough headaches getting the script to work already (I don't normally use Python, and the array manipulation really fucked me over).
[QUOTE=Giraffen93;45104794]still a bit much though
i don't even play games and that jazz[/QUOTE]
There is also this one which costs a little bit less.
[url]http://mionix.net/products/naos-3200/[/url]
That's a really shitty brain-puzzle, it completely depends on how you define color.
RGB with 8 bits for each base color, that gives you quite a lot of options.
I still don't fully understand what the hell the puzzle is about.
Installed a new HDMI switch in the server room. Our old Belkin PRO2 was VGA and had [I]major[/I] smearing issues. This new one is just plain gorgeous in comparison. The Belkin is handling keyboard and mouse still until we can get a smaller, better replacement. Even as it is, this makes maintaining the servers 100% less headache inducing.
[QUOTE=Skanic;45104774]Try out the Mionix Naos 7000
Its made in sweden too.[/QUOTE]
Växjö power
[QUOTE=Giraffen93;45104794]still a bit much though
i don't even play games and that jazz[/QUOTE]
buy like 50 old stock WMO's ebay
greatest mouse ever made
[QUOTE=gman003-main;45104894]So there's a brain-teaser puzzle that I've been unable to solve for several years now. I've figured out every "secret" to it, but it really boils down to just brute-force guessing. It's that one with the 6x6 grid each of varying height, and you need to place towers of varying colors onto it such that no color is repeated in a row or column, and that each tower ends up the same height (grid height + tower height). There are some tricks I've found, but none make it "work" - you still have to brute-force guess everything.
Computers are better at that than I am.
I've got a Python script running now. It generates a list of every possible row (there are 720 that use each color once), then starts searching every combination of six rows. The total search space this way is 139,314,069,504,000,000 layouts, but I have fast-failure so it should skip 90% of those.
It's still going to take a while, though. I'm estimating about an hour. I could probably speed it up with multithreading but I had enough headaches getting the script to work already (I don't normally use Python, and the array manipulation really fucked me over).[/QUOTE]
Link to puzzle?
[QUOTE=nikomo;45105263]That's a really shitty brain-puzzle, it completely depends on how you define color.
RGB with 8 bits for each base color, that gives you quite a lot of options.
I still don't fully understand what the hell the puzzle is about.[/QUOTE]
There are only six colors used in it. It's basically like a sudoku puzzle in some ways.
[url=http://www.thinkfun.com/36cube/]This is the puzzle[/url]. You need to fill all spaces such that the top is flat (ie. you put the right-size towers in the right-size holes), and that no color is repeated in a row or column.
It just got more interesting. Either there's a bug in my program, or there [b]is[/b] no solution. I'm checking my code now for bugs - there's probably some n00b Python error I'm making, but so far it all looks right.
[QUOTE=Chubbs;45105390]buy like 50 old stock WMO's ebay
greatest mouse ever made[/QUOTE]
it is a pretty solid mouse, but it doesn't have buttons on the side, which are pretty much crucial
i'll have a look around mediamarkt some day and feel
[QUOTE=gman003-main;45105413]There are only six colors used in it. It's basically like a sudoku puzzle in some ways.
[url=http://www.thinkfun.com/36cube/]This is the puzzle[/url]. You need to fill all spaces such that the top is flat (ie. you put the right-size towers in the right-size holes), and that no color is repeated in a row or column.
It just got more interesting. Either there's a bug in my program, or there [b]is[/b] no solution. I'm checking my code now for bugs - there's probably some n00b Python error I'm making, but so far it all looks right.[/QUOTE]
Slap a license on the code and throw it on GitHub, or some other public site.
[QUOTE=nikomo;45105586]Slap a license on the code and throw it on GitHub, or some other public site.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://pastebin.com/gANSp4WG[/url]
It's only 100 lines or so. I've checked everything as well as I can - I can't find any piece that doesn't seem to function properly, it just doesn't find any valid solution. I even added some checks to make sure the starting data is valid.
After some googling, it appears the "valid solution" is that the puzzle can only be solved by cheating:
[sp]Two of the towers will fit into specific spots that they should not fit in, due to some keying on the pieces. I am revising my code to compensate.[/sp]
Don't know if I can post it here, but caring for sharing.
Garry posted this 4 hours ago on his Twitter:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/r6fd756.png[/t]
I can't describe how hyped I'm for that!
Does it do anything or is it just ledom?
What. The keyboard on my phone is fucking up?
[QUOTE=Jalict;45105885]Don't know if I can post it here, but caring for sharing.
Garry posted this 4 hours ago on his Twitter:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/r6fd756.png[/t]
I can't describe how hyped I'm for that![/QUOTE]
I wonder if that's just the box or an actual model of the toolgun
[QUOTE=gman003-main;45105852][url]http://pastebin.com/gANSp4WG[/url]
It's only 100 lines or so. I've checked everything as well as I can - I can't find any piece that doesn't seem to function properly, it just doesn't find any valid solution. I even added some checks to make sure the starting data is valid.
After some googling, it appears the "valid solution" is that the puzzle can only be solved by cheating:
[sp]Two of the towers will fit into specific spots that they should not fit in, due to some keying on the pieces. I am revising my code to compensate.[/sp][/QUOTE]
Yep, solved it. I am satisfied with my ability to solve it, because only after I had proved it conclusively impossible did I search for the "solution", which only exists because the puzzle relies on hidden information. Very poor puzzle design.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;45105852]
After some googling, it appears the "valid solution" is that the puzzle can only be solved by cheating:
[sp]Two of the towers will fit into specific spots that they should not fit in, due to some keying on the pieces. I am revising my code to compensate.[/sp][/QUOTE]
Now that's just bullshit.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;45105988]Yep, solved it. I am satisfied with my ability to solve it, because only after I had proved it conclusively impossible did I search for the "solution", which only exists because the puzzle relies on hidden information. Very poor puzzle design.[/QUOTE]
6 years. It's still a good puzzle if it kept you wondering for so long.
It's not a good puzzle if you have to cheat to win it.
Hell, it's not even a puzzle, it's just bullshit.
What's a good place to buy networking stuff like Ethernet cables on short notice besides best buy and similar big name stores?
Also for long Ethernet cables at 5 meters long, does it really matter how high quality or not the cables internals are? The ISP technician installing the modem said to get expensive ones :v:
If you want good shit, I think cat7e was a solid choice - I think each individual wire, inside the cable, is shielded from crosstalk.
Consult Google.
I'm 10 subscribers away from 8,000. And this one guy I talk with was at like 7500 two weeks ago and is at the same place as me. He's getting like 30 per day or something.
Edit: He mostly does just LP's and first impressions while I'm focusing on reviews. But, I'm aware we have slightly different demographics.
[QUOTE=garychencool;45106532]What's a good place to buy networking stuff like Ethernet cables on short notice besides best buy and similar big name stores?
Also for long Ethernet cables at 5 meters long, does it really matter how high quality or not the cables internals are? The ISP technician installing the modem said to get expensive ones :v:[/QUOTE]
Make your own! And the category is really all that matters
After some discussion i've come to the conclusion that the more expensive/high quality headphones are, the uglier they look. examples are the $70 fan-favorite [URL="http://img1.digitalversus.com/produits/164/1099/164_1099_2.jpg"]Koss Portapro[/URL], $600+ [URL="http://www.head-fi.org/content/type/61/id/113993/width/400/height/443"]Stax Lambda[/URL], and $1000+ aborted fetu- i mean, [URL="http://www.sensaphonics.com/3max"]Sensaphonics 3MAX[/URL]
[QUOTE=garychencool;45106532]What's a good place to buy networking stuff like Ethernet cables on short notice besides best buy and similar big name stores?
Also for long Ethernet cables at 5 meters long, does it really matter how high quality or not the cables internals are? The ISP technician installing the modem said to get expensive ones :v:[/QUOTE]
Ironically, on short notice, I tend to go to Menards (a midwest home improvement store) for ethernet cable. I got 100' of CAT5e for like 20 bucks (its the raw cable, the stuff you would run through walls in your house with no jacks). You'll also need a crimper and a pack of ethernet jacks.
IMO, its much more cost efficient just to make your own cable. You get any length you want, its cheaper to buy the cable in bulk, and you can replace connectors on existing cables. Its really handy when the locking tab breaks or gets weak so you don't have to get rid of old ones unless the cable itself is destroyed.
So check someplace like Home Depot or whatever you have that's similar in Canada.
[QUOTE=Jalict;45105885]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/r6fd756.png[/t][/QUOTE]
ooh, a steam controller in the background. It's pretty obvious that they'd have one by now but it's nice to see it
My HD201's didn't have enough space for my elephant ears so I looked through my techscrap box for dissected parts of the shitty-but-comfortable X12's. No more headaches from my ears being squashed.
[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/111996868/2014/headphonesworking.JPG[/IMG]
[QUOTE=.Lain;45101669]when did FF get this feature?
[img]http://horobox.co.uk/u/FlubberNugget-_1402823868.png[/img]
actually super useful[/QUOTE]
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[editline]14th June 2014[/editline]
why is this all over the previous page
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