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by tp69 4y ago
A PhD in farm science with access to a book about growing potatoes will have died of starvation 50-100 days before their first crop is ready to be harvested. It's the lack of time available to actually grow the food that proves termin
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by tp69 4y ago
Also statistically, every species in history that has ever over-specialised has gone extinct. With specialisation comes interdependence. If you spend 99% of your free time studying computers it is almost certain that you don't know ho
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by tp69 5y ago
Just because many people drive above the speed limit, doesn't mean you need to. Just because people dribble shit on twitter, doesn't mean you need to. Just because rich morons stick jade eggs into their vaginas, doesn't mea
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by tp69 5y ago
"Perl 6 was one piece of Larry Wall's solution to a rather urgent problem. And that problem was how to separate people who wanted to create new features from people who wanted absolute backwards compatibility. ... But if it didn&#
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by tp69 8y ago
Agreed, it's a very deep rabbit hole. The 12" PowerBook G4 that I bought back in 2004 had the best keyboard I've ever used — I still have it and occasionally use it. But I've been trying to hunt down a desktop equivale
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by tp69 8y ago
The Australian state I live in has the highest electricity prices in the country, and amongst the highest in the world — so there's a simple financial reason to defect from the grid. Then there are the self-sufficiency angles (produce
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by tp69 8y ago
If something starts making a noise I'll update my posts and let people know.
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by tp69 8y ago
The DB4 already has a black version: http://www.streacom.com/products/db4-fanless-chassis/ then click the Gallery tab.
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by tp69 8y ago
Thanks, and yes — Streacom did really well on the design. It has a brutalist aesthetic to it that folks will probably love or hate. For those that like the looks but want moar powerrr, Streacom have an actively-cooled version on the drawin
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by tp69 8y ago
Nope, rubber dome. I'm actually on the lookout for a wired, backlit, white/aluminium, chiclet, TKL keyboard. Basically something like the Apple Keyboard but sans NumKeypad, backlit and keyed for Linux/PC. Bonus points if it
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by tp69 8y ago
No, it does not. :)
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by tp69 8y ago
Thanks, and you're right — I am. :)
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by tp69 8y ago
It's my new daily driver. I do everything on it except play games. My previous rig is now dedicated to that task. So we have the usual suspects: Watching videos and movies, staying abreast of current affairs, listening to music. The
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by tp69 8y ago
Yep, you can't always wait for the perfect product to come along — sometimes circumstances force your hand. Not only did that processor not exist at the time, but even if it did there were going to be a bunch of compatibility issues wi
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by tp69 8y ago
Ratiofarmings is on the right track. The noise coming from the computer drowns out the subtle sounds of life all around me. Someone suggested in the comments that I should just wear earplugs instead. This was my response to him: "Bu
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by tp69 8y ago
Yes, the feeling you get from pure silence is hard to put into words.
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by tp69 8y ago
The design of the DB4 is such that the graphics card is mounted vertically. Fresh, cool air flows in through the grille at the bottom, over the VRM area, then up and out the top of the case. I have more small heat sinks I could put on the
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by tp69 8y ago
Yep, it took weeks to finalise the parts. I had to contact multiple vendors and get them to check component heights, track down motherboard layouts, compare review photos from different angles, plan heatpipe runs, resolve conflicts with VR
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by tp69 8y ago
I'm glad you enjoyed the post. My first silencing attempt (in the early 1990s) was to seal a hard disk in what amounted to little more than a couple of oven bags, custom-make a long IDE cable, and then — literally — dangle the drive i