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by Skillz
Tue Mar 23, 2021 12:13 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Near miss: "2001 FO32" passing the 3rd rock from the sun
Replies: 4
Views: 8903

Re: Near miss: "2001 FO32" passing the 3rd rock from the sun

Roughly 1Km wide that thing could do some serious damage if it hits us.
by Skillz
Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:43 pm
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: Linux: How to disable mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities
Replies: 11
Views: 16040

Re: Linux: How to disable mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities

Remember the turbo button from the 90s?
by Skillz
Sat Jan 16, 2021 11:42 pm
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: Remote access of networked machines
Replies: 13
Views: 18510

Re: Remote access of networked machines

I will say with TeamViewer I could not change the resolution. It would be stuck on a low resolution. Anydesk I can change it. The rig I tested it on was running Windows 10, but I'm pretty sure it works on my Windows 7 PC with discrete graphics cards. It runs headless and I have to remote into it oft...
by Skillz
Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:48 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing News
Topic: [PrimeGrid] Good Riddance 2020! Challenge starts January 14th
Replies: 4
Views: 4308

Re: [PrimeGrid] Good Riddance 2020! Challenge starts January 14th

Didn't realize the team was running this. I switched some of my rigs over to it late last night.
by Skillz
Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:43 pm
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: Remote access of networked machines
Replies: 13
Views: 18510

Re: Remote access of networked machines

Ah, I have never ran teamviewer on an Intel HD graphics processor. All my rigs have a GPU of some sort running on it. With that being said. ...I was wrong on that. I do run one system with HD Graphics. I was just checking to make sure my next statement was correct in that you can change the resoluti...
by Skillz
Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:40 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging
Replies: 25
Views: 34536

Re: Pfizer/BioNtech covid-19 vaccine looks encouraging

I just heard a radio broadcast interview with the leader of an immunological and vaccine research team of Berlin Charité. The discussion turned to the sometimes very low efficiency of vaccines against seasonal flu. In this context, he stated that corona viruses have a significantly lower mutation r...
by Skillz
Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:35 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Broke my phone pretty badly...
Replies: 25
Views: 35174

Re: Broke my phone pretty badly...

Well I decided to just email the codes, information, etc.. for each account to my gmail account. I just put the codes in the message and put lots of key words for whatever I may be searching for when trying to track them down so they'll turn up. Otherwise, you're right. Even if I did have my phone y...
by Skillz
Sat Jan 16, 2021 10:17 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Broke my phone pretty badly...
Replies: 25
Views: 35174

Re: Broke my phone pretty badly...

Didn't realize getting all my 2FA accounts transferred to my new phone WITHOUT having an old phone was gonna be so difficult. Just glad it's, so far, not impossible. but all the accounts I'm trying to get on the new phone have so far only required I send them a selfie picture with my ID and a handwr...
by Skillz
Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:58 am
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: Remote access of networked machines
Replies: 13
Views: 18510

Re: Remote access of networked machines

What are these "dummy monitor plugs" and why are you using them? I don't have any dummy plugs on any of my remote machines and they all work just fine. I've only used a monitor on them to initially set them up, but once I did that nothing is plugged into the GPUs. Also, you can edit the cc...
by Skillz
Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:56 pm
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: Linux: How to disable mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities
Replies: 11
Views: 16040

Re: Linux: How to disable mitigations for CPU vulnerabilities

crashtech wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:04 pm
StefanR5R wrote: Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:25 pm Every percent counts. ;-
In drag racing they call this "stacking tenths," referring to arriving just a tenth of a second faster at the finish. One small change may not seem to make a difference, but many small changes do.
When in doubt, just put it on the bottle. :lol:
by Skillz
Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:38 pm
Forum: DC Projects setup and tuning
Topic: Remote access of networked machines
Replies: 13
Views: 18510

Re: Remote access of networked machines

I ditched TeamViewer a few months back because I got tired of them flagging me as commercial use. Before it wasn't that difficult to get it over turned, but the last time over a week went by and I still wasn't able to access some of the rigs despite going through the "im using these personally&...
by Skillz
Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:50 pm
Forum: Tripping the Breakers
Topic: Low power video card
Replies: 47
Views: 89488

Re: Low power video card

Low power video card? What?!

If you got a x16 slot open for a GPU then the obvious answer is a 3080 and let that baby work!
by Skillz
Fri Jan 08, 2021 6:11 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: We have been discovered....
Replies: 7
Views: 13336

Re: We have been discovered....

As others have said. Search engines use "bots" to crawl the Internet. It's how the results of your search engine (such as Google) show up when searched.
by Skillz
Tue Jan 05, 2021 8:11 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: F@H Challenge thread, 2021
Replies: 33
Views: 46423

Re: F@H Challenge thread, 2021

motqalden wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:07 am @Skillz you should get an SSL cert.
Yeah I need to do some research on how to get that done. Haven't had time to do anything for a while now.
by Skillz
Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:11 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Broke my phone pretty badly...
Replies: 25
Views: 35174

Re: Broke my phone pretty badly...

<r>Damn, I would buy a few of those myself, but I don't see where to buy it.<br/> <br/> <SIZE size="85"><s>[size=85]</s><COLOR color="green"><s>[color=green]</s>Added in 1 minute 42 seconds:<e>[/color]</e></COLOR><e>[/size]</e></SIZE><br/> The other link showed the buying options. It's $350 for me o...
by Skillz
Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:11 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Family affairs...New son-in-law vs daughter
Replies: 11
Views: 17466

Re: Family affairs...New son-in-law vs daughter

Definitely SIL fault there especially if the girl knew something was off and told him but he did nothing. Most girls don't know crap about the workings of a car and how dangerous something like that can be.

Wow.
by Skillz
Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:46 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Greetings
Replies: 8
Views: 15445

Re: Greetings

Welcome to the forums!
by Skillz
Wed Dec 30, 2020 8:51 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: F@H Challenge thread, 2021
Replies: 33
Views: 46423

Re: F@H Challenge thread, 2021

Hey Bud, long time. Welcome
by Skillz
Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:56 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Broke my phone pretty badly...
Replies: 25
Views: 35174

Re: Broke my phone pretty badly...

Ah yeah, the battery. That was another thing I was concerned about. How well the battery life would be on a used phone since I can't remove it. So far, the battery has preformed as well (if not better) than the Pixel it replaced. I generally always buy a new phone when I need a new daily, but I'm ti...
by Skillz
Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:39 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Broke my phone pretty badly...
Replies: 25
Views: 35174

Re: Broke my phone pretty badly...

No, haven't used them. After I cracked the screen on my other Pixel I just got on google and looked up used phones. Found backmarket and gave them a shot. Didn't bother cross shopping or looking else where for better prices or anything. I felt $350 was a fair price for an immaculate Pixel 3 XL 128GB...
by Skillz
Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:29 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Broke my phone pretty badly...
Replies: 25
Views: 35174

Re: Broke my phone pretty badly...

Well I do recommend backmarket, but check the phone when you receive it to make sure it's what you ordered. Both phones I got from them were in excellent shape cosmetically. Just the first one was a 64GB model when I had paid for a 128GB model. They refunded me 100% with no hassle. Just took about a...
by Skillz
Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:18 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: Broke my phone pretty badly...
Replies: 25
Views: 35174

Re: Broke my phone pretty badly...

Yes, the phone in the OP finally stopped working completely. On a road trip to a new job the phone went into an endless bootloop and nothing I did could stop it. That phone is gone now. I used Backmarket to order a Pixel 3 XL 128GB black model again and received what I ordered for around $350. Been ...
by Skillz
Mon Dec 28, 2020 6:04 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: [H]ello World
Replies: 6
Views: 12264

Re: [H]ello World

Hey Bud, welcome to the forum.
by Skillz
Sun Dec 06, 2020 2:57 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: More bad news from Arecibo Observatory
Replies: 7
Views: 12478

Re: More bad news from Arecibo Observatory

https://youtu.be/b3AASKr_iHc

Video of the upper portion collapsing.
by Skillz
Sun Dec 06, 2020 2:38 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used CPU Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 16607

Re: Used CPU Discussion

I think the best bang for your buck Distributed Computing CPU will be AMD Ryzen based CPUs. Even first generation such as the 1950x or the first generation epyc CPUs. They're cheaper than Intel based on core count alone and usually have more cores than Intel does which distributed computing can util...
by Skillz
Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:33 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Cellarnoise2 - post 3 ....
Replies: 10
Views: 16154

Re: Cellarnoise2 - post 3 ....

Well I like the hidden factor for competitions. I don't like that there are not more controls in competitions. What kind of control do you want? It should not be that hard to make sure that new participants can't jump into new teams at the last minute? Well maybe it is. I disagree with this. These ...
by Skillz
Thu Nov 19, 2020 3:29 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Cellarnoise2 - post 3 ....
Replies: 10
Views: 16154

Re: Cellarnoise2 - post 3 ....

All new users are setup for post approval by a moderator which is basically anyone on the team can approve them. Once you're approved you'll automatically be put into a group that doesn't have moderation queue. This forum exists because we have more control over organizing it. As well as being able ...
by Skillz
Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:16 pm
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: More bad news from Arecibo Observatory
Replies: 7
Views: 12478

Re: More bad news from Arecibo Observatory

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2 ... able-break

Looks like they're gonna demolish it now.
by Skillz
Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:33 am
Forum: The Camp Fire
Topic: More bad news from Arecibo Observatory
Replies: 7
Views: 12478

Re: More bad news from Arecibo Observatory

I've been following this since the first damage that happened to to.

They think the way the cable is anchored is flawed. Which means all of the cables may end up breaking unless they can fix them.

With a second cable breaking it's not looking good.
by Skillz
Sat Nov 14, 2020 2:28 pm
Forum: The Market
Topic: Used Nvidia GPU Market
Replies: 44
Views: 53878

Re: Used Nvidia GPU Market

well I can say there is nothing in the North Carolina town you said it was shipped from. While I haven't driven through that specific town personally. I have driven that area on the way to the beach many, many times. The North Carolina and South Carolina State lines along that area are very much und...