I just want everyone to know one of our clients have a POS running an i7-7700 which puts it slightly above our dev machines.
Clearly Firefox knows what VPN-s are meant for.
[t]http://u.cubeupload.com/tratzzz/vpnyo.jpg[/t]
I've seen these odd USB 2.0 to DVI adapters for adding monitors, anyway used one and how bad are they?
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;52696717]I've seen these odd USB 2.0 to DVI adapters for adding monitors, anyway used one and how bad are they?[/QUOTE]
All the ones I've seen are slow as fuck at any decent resolution. Maybe useful for reading something but don't except great results.
I have discovered my boyfriend lives an hour's drive away from a micro center and started looking around the store's stock
[I]this is dangerous information for me to possess[/I]
edit: they have a map of the location? it looks like nerd mecca, holy shit
[QUOTE=IpHa;52695602]I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's something off about this cable.
[img_thumb]https://i.imgur.com/OBfZLTz.jpg[/img_thumb]
Is there really that much cost saving of a custom 2 pair cable vs a 4 pair?
I was originally going to complain that the jacket was marked "Cat5e", but aparantly the 'cat' standard doesn't regulate the number of pairs – you could have 1-100+ pairs as long as you meed the other requirements. :eng101:[/QUOTE]
Apparently so. I guess if all you need is 100 Mbps and no PoE, its good enough. I didn't think anybody still made them, but I've bought new stuff that still has 2 pair cables included. Where the hell are they buying these in bulk?
[editline]19th September 2017[/editline]
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;52696717]I've seen these odd USB 2.0 to DVI adapters for adding monitors, anyway used one and how bad are they?[/QUOTE]
They are good for office work, and not much else. Anything that requires fluid movement like videos or gaming, forget it. USB 2.0 doesn't have the bandwidth to refresh the screen at a full 60 hz, even at low resolutions like 1024x768. Cheap ones also have a resolution limit, like the ones we have at work won't go above 1280 x 1024. Also since they don't have any video acceleration of their own, they cause massive CPU usage if your doing anything that requires updating large portions of the screen, like scrolling or moving a window. :v:
USB 3.0 ones are a lot better, considering they have about as much bandwidth as PCIe x1 but they still have limitations. They are really more of a last resort if you need an external monitor, but you have no other way of adding one.
[QUOTE=helifreak;52696375]I just want everyone to know one of our clients have a POS running an i7-7700 which puts it slightly above our dev machines.[/QUOTE]
That POS is going to be so fast for compiling... receipts.
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;52696717]I've seen these odd USB 2.0 to DVI adapters for adding monitors, anyway used one and how bad are they?[/QUOTE]
I used some a decade ago, and they were horrible. I don't know if it was the machines they were in or what, but they had absolutely horrible latency and stuttered even rendering simple 2D apps. And forget running fullscreen video on them.
Maybe they've gotten better? With USB3 bandwidth and taking advantage of modern render-to-framebuffer capabilities you could probably get pretty decent performance out of them.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;52698014]I used some a decade ago, and they were horrible. I don't know if it was the machines they were in or what, but they had absolutely horrible latency and stuttered even rendering simple 2D apps. And forget running fullscreen video on them.
Maybe they've gotten better? With USB3 bandwidth and taking advantage of modern render-to-framebuffer capabilities you could probably get pretty decent performance out of them.[/QUOTE]
They suck noodles, and aren't worth it for end-users. One issue you'll almost certainly have is periodic screen flickering, and the user will probably think their shit is broken. The order of displays can get reset too when the PC comes out of sleep, or simply when the displays come back on after being off.
[QUOTE=gman003-main;52698014]I used some a decade ago, and they were horrible. I don't know if it was the machines they were in or what, but they had absolutely horrible latency and stuttered even rendering simple 2D apps. And forget running fullscreen video on them.
Maybe they've gotten better? With USB3 bandwidth and taking advantage of modern render-to-framebuffer capabilities you could probably get pretty decent performance out of them.[/QUOTE]
displaylink is perfectly usable and reliable but still pretty disappointing
Half the time I opt to just plug my toughpad dock's HDMI straight into the toughpad because it drops frames like crazy when there's any minor processing to do and the display driver gets shoved under the bus
My GPU is sagging and it was recommended to get this
[img]https://mnpctech.com/images/companies/3/gpu_2_support_video_graphics_card_bracket_mnpctech.jpg[/img]
Anyone else have this or did something to reduce the GPU sag?
[QUOTE=garychencool;52698517]My GPU is sagging and it was recommended to get this
[img]https://mnpctech.com/images/companies/3/gpu_2_support_video_graphics_card_bracket_mnpctech.jpg[/img]
Anyone else have this or did something to reduce the GPU sag?[/QUOTE]
I don't have that one specifically, but I did recently get my hands on something similar for my own system for when my card does eventually start to do that. They're actually pretty effective.
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[URL="https://www.amazon.com/Graphics-Support-Holder-custom-Gaming/dp/B01DQK7DDW"]This[/URL] is the one I got recently.
Get a GPU with a good backplate. Makes it rigid.
I was thinking of 3D printing something for it too, just as a fun side project.
[QUOTE=garychencool;52698727]I was thinking of 3D printing something for it too, just as a fun side project.[/QUOTE]
are you saying you own a 3d printer and half of the household objects in your house don't already use benchies / calibration cubes as structural support
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;52699133]are you saying you own a 3d printer and half of the household objects in your house don't already use benchies / calibration cubes as structural support[/QUOTE]
I own a 3D printer and 90% of the time I'm like "I could spend hours designing and printing this plastic piece....or just buy it for ten bucks"
I live nowhere near the town centre
I think I know why I'm getting access to Telstra's hotspots
They use customer's hardware
[t]https://s3.wasabisys.com/tenryuu/astrid/2017-09/17-09-20_12-12-26-New_Tab._-_Waterfox.png[/t]
[editline]20th September 2017[/editline]
Some automatic math measures it at around 100m away
Same for Comcast Xfinity. They're Xfinity Hotspots are based on customer's rented routers.
"Oh yeah, this guy down the street can use your power outlet, no big deal"
[QUOTE=Scratch.;52699210]I live nowhere near the town centre
I think I know why I'm getting access to Telstra's hotspots
They use customer's hardware
[t]https://s3.wasabisys.com/tenryuu/astrid/2017-09/17-09-20_12-12-26-New_Tab._-_Waterfox.png[/t]
[editline]20th September 2017[/editline]
Some automatic math measures it at around 100m away[/QUOTE]
Yeah, have you not heard of Telstra Air? I think by default the new modems they give out have it enabled
I supposedly get free access to it but I get 4G pretty much everywhere, why bother
And that's why you buy your own modem and router.
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52699184]I own a 3D printer and 90% of the time I'm like "I could spend hours designing and printing this plastic piece....or just buy it for ten bucks"[/QUOTE]
[URL="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019ZZQVK8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B019ZZQVK8&linkCode=as2&tag=pugesyst07-20&linkId=SUBIKZK3XGUQRLTP"]It's actually $20 thank you very much.[/URL]
[URL="https://mnpctech.com/gpu-support-bracket/"]Or $50 if you feel like getting one made out of metal instead.[/URL]
It would be a neat side project to 3D print one, or even cut it out of acrylic myself. I know a place where I can do all of that shit for free, I just have to actually go do it myself and design it, etc.
One of my mates that still using the telstra router wonders his internet goes to shit as soon as his neighbors kid gets home. He hasn't worked out to disable telstra air yet, and apparently you need to either contact telstra to do it for you (complete fucking torture) or go into your account settings and disable it, on their website.
[QUOTE=kaze4159;52699342]Yeah, have you not heard of Telstra Air? I think by default the new modems they give out have it enabled
I supposedly get free access to it but I get 4G pretty much everywhere, why bother[/QUOTE]
The reason why it's on by default is because it's actually a switch for Air entirely, you won't be able to use anybody elses AP either.
[QUOTE=Dr Ninkeo;52699664]One of my mates that still using the telstra router wonders his internet goes to shit as soon as his neighbors kid gets home. He hasn't worked out to disable telstra air yet, and apparently you need to either contact telstra to do it for you (complete fucking torture) or go into your account settings and disable it, on their website.[/QUOTE]
It's probably all of the other kids getting home from school and firing up their online video games or watching YouTube videos, making the entire network in the area slow.
Can anyone here who is a developer for a small/medium sized company tell me how important (if any) is math and physics in your job. I'm just curious because people keep telling me that if I don't know math (not basic math but something a bit more advanced like calculus) I won't be able to ever land a job. It's really not that hard to learn all that, it's just tedious, especially since we have to use some old russian books if we want higher grades
[QUOTE=Mr.357;52700080]Can anyone here who is a developer for a small/medium sized company tell me how important (if any) is math and physics in your job. I'm just curious because people keep telling me that if I don't know math (not basic math but something a bit more advanced like calculus) I won't be able to ever land a job. It's really not that hard to learn all that, it's just tedious, especially since we have to use some old russian books if we want higher grades[/QUOTE]
There's a single place in our software that uses matrices to calculate weight across axles in a road train but apart from that nothing. I haven't had to use a single piece of mathematics above primary school level in the last 7 months.
There's a guy offering an Amiga 500 on gumtree for $150, as far as vintage computers go, is it worth it?
[QUOTE=helifreak;52699835]The reason why it's on by default is because it's actually a switch for Air entirely, you won't be able to use anybody elses AP either.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, you allow others to use a small portion of your connection (BT FON, my local version limits it to ~20% or 2Mb/s total, the lowest) in exchange for using other's connections when out and about.
Really depends on you whether you find that worth it or not, but IMO auto-enabling it is just a shady way of inflating the number of hotspots.
I have a real MIPS/Pentium decision to make; do I get an Amiga 500 or C64 breadbin (has floppy drive and original box)? I only want to spend money on one because vintage computers don't get all my money.
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