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New Titan X sold out before I could get the right credit card :( Time to pay a premium from a scalper...

I have on my desk right now an elgato Thunderbolt 2 Dock and a Corning 30m Thunderbolt 2 Optical Cable. Far from cheap, but cheaper than the bonkers dual-GPU + CPU + chipset watercooling rig I've been running to keep it quiet.

I've been really happy with the build quality of Corsair cases so far, and I always swap the fans. Have you considered relocating the tower? It might be easier than designing it to be quiet. Up to now I've had the rack in the living room with a full water cooling rig, but am relocating it to...

Looking for a laptop for use in a presentation space. Ideally it will have a large screen (something larger than 15.6") with 1080P native resolution, HDMI out, screencast support, and a large enough battery to run all day. I'll also be soliciting for a list of the software you'd install on a...

Part of the "Master Plan, Part Deux" I linked above talks about Tesla making buses and trucks.

This system does not exclude ride sharing. In my experience with buses in cities, they are either too full or too empty most of the time. This can be resolved by dynamically changing the size of vehicle and frequency of service based on real-time demand. The other challenge with scheduled...

I wasn't arguing that shared transportation would die out, but that scheduled routes and vehicles seating 25+ would. An app similar to Uber connected to a serious database could offer the best of all the options, both in terms of cost and efficiency. 1. It knows where you are 2. You tell it...

Once we have autonomous vehicles, I see large buses on regular schedules becoming inefficient.

It would be difficult to get the waterproof rating with a removable back. The battery shown in the video I linked (no cable, just a fatter phone for a while, also waterproof) seems an acceptable alternative.

I thought everyone gave up on DC being able to extract their head from their ass a long time ago?

The availability of external batteries has reduced the importance of a replaceable battery, in my opinion. Granted, I swapped mine 3 times yesterday to keep things going, but I could have just as easily connected an external battery for a while. And the new note has a microSD slot...

He could also just be, you know, nice?

A potential explanation for their behavior could look like this: 1. Better support and development is required to avoid all the bad press around security holes. 2. You can do better support on a product if you have fewer products; ideally one. 3. Getting people to move to your new product is...

The upgrade for the G4 is fine. And don't stop it, that would be bad.

Did a quick search and I've never heard of any of the phones in your price point. I was comforted to see several from reputable manufacturers (LG and Samsung). No specific suggestions, though.

Are you talking Clinton or Putin? Both are true.

From my perspective, this isn't about manipulating the process. Of course everyone does that. It is about who your friends are.

400ml of straight vodka shots over a 4 hour period (personally, 1.2l for 3 of us) is probably near my limit. My liver will be happy when my father in law leaves tomorrow.

One of the radio programs has talked about the divide between those "inside" and "outside" being larger than "democrat" and "republican". I don't think we are there yet, but it is awfully close.

I don't think anyone here is particularly surprised that the world of politics has more in common with Mos Eisley than main street.

Seems pretty clear who Putin would rather have as US President. http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/07/how-putin-weaponized-wikileaks-influence-election-american-president/130163/

1. SSDs are getting better at writes 2. With 2x 512GB, even if you use 40GB of cache the card can write balance for quite a while 3. For a $10k card killing SSDs from time to time isn't a significant cost

So glad I don't deal with local re-sellers anymore. Some are good, some aren't, finding out isn't worth it.

I think you're on the right track with SATA modes in the BIOS. Can you force them into IDE mode? Maybe even SATA1 (150)? Try disabling all the ports you can?

There is a forest fire about 15 miles away, so the air quality sucks at the moment. Rather be elsewhere.

Thanks again Handruin for all you do to keep this place ticking!

We've had some warm weather here, too.

They have suggested that they are switching to an iterative model, it may only be updates for the rest of time.

A fairly recent thing to think about is that many brands now ship special fans for high static pressure in addition to the usual series. Would your application benefit from this?

Yup. At best in gaming I've seen 1.8x or so. Average is probably 1.5x. Combine that with games that won't run with an SLI setup at all (Eve Online and others), and it is a no-brainer.

So I'll be replacing the 2x "Titan X" in my home rig with 1x "Titan X" and expect a ~30% performance improvement. That isn't confusing at all....

Master Plan, Part Deux

The only time I've felt the need is when they don't offer a card big enough. One Titan X wasn't enough, so I used two. One 1080 is totally enough, so I won't be bothering.

I'm pretty sure I'm done with SLI for these reasons. NVidia has made it clear that they are trying to get away from supporting multiple card setups as much as possible. There are those new card/vendor agnostic systems, but I don't see them being that big a thing either.

So far this seems to be a pretty good cover of the two: https://youtu.be/mF4S5ZaXdgE

I was thinking about it, but this was on too short a notice.

We played CnC: Generals Zero Hour and Battlefield 4. This was a really interesting experience. The people that came over used to work for me or were regulars at the game center I owned in Monterey. At the time they were kids or close to (oldest was 19). Now they are in their mid-20s and manage...

LAN night at my place, family is out of town. Fun times and easy; all the computers and game licenses are mine. Slowest machine is 2x 290X, all are 32" 4k displays.

It shouldn't, but I've only actually done it with the Synology. I assume you intended to add a drive to an empty slot and accidentally pulled a full slot?

I haven't seen any analysis of the solar roadway proposals that address the engineering issues. And charging lanes are too socialist for the USA :p

For the most part I don't use hot spares. I will occasionally keep a spare new drive sitting nearby so that a rebuild can start ASAP.

It is entirely possible that gas prices end up going down and staying down. All that is required is for demand to shrink a bit. EVs are still selling even though gas prices are low. The most difficult industry to substitute gas is aviation, IMO.

Very happy to not have a landline, though I do still get a couple sales calls a week to the cell. I pretty much never answer, my voicemail says to send me an e-mail.

The poll wasn't for cold storage, it was for any storage. Folders with files that you don't want to lose. How do you store them, how do you maintain backups, what level of redundancy satisfies your paranoia, etc. IMO, cold storage is not reliable enough to be counted in most redundancy...

Do not want a hybrid. The added complexity and weight of two different propulsion systems in a car causes an allergic reaction in me. Also, the performance of the Volt seems pretty lame. The cheapest AWD Model S has a 0-60 of 5.2s. Slower than what I have now, but enough. The numbers I can see...

Our TV died a year ago and I haven't felt the need to replace it. Obviously I'm not the main audience.

That is the reason I'm keeping the Golf R on the list. I've seen one with 45k miles got $45k before. I might go for that, maybe $50k for one with the higher performance options.

Sounds like a touchscreen might work better?

This poll was inspired by snowhiker asking about the cold-storage / shelf-life of data on SSDs. I'm of the impression that any kind of cold-storage is too much of a risk for data you care about. There are many levels of redundancy that can be taken, but I'd imagine most here at least have a...