Computers and Technology

It started with a bad power supply in my mini ITX case.

Got new small tower case w/PS. Motherboard got flaky, so got a replacement. Sound failed on it just about the time I got everything working.

Just ordered another AM3 motherboard. At least the cpu and RAM are still good. Got a new NVidia GT1030 graphics card, new 2 TB, 4 Tb, and 480 Gb SSDs…[Read more]

Now parents are blaming social media for teen suicides. Over the years, parents have attributed suicides to television, sugary breakfast cereals, comic books, music lyrics, violent video games, lack of prayer in public schools, and so on, and so on. Hey, mom and dad. Sometimes kids just get fucked up. Guess what. Mark Zuckerberg didn’t sneak into…[Read more]

USE OF CONTROVERSIAL PHONE-CRACKING TOOL IS SPREADING ACROSS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Mara HvistendahlSam BiddleMara Hvistendahl, Sam Biddle
February 8 2022, 9:00 a.m.

INVESTIGATORS WITH THE U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service frequently work to thwart a variety of environmental offenses, from illegal deforestation to hunting without a license. While these…

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Started running hot 75-80°C. Figured out the cooling block on the system wasn’t working.

$86 and a trip to the nearest Best Buy later, 3 hours and many, many, bad words later, it now keeps the cpu at 12-15°C.

Sentropy emerges from stealth with an AI platform to tackle online abuse, backed by $13M from Initialized and more
Ingrid Lunden June 11, 2020

There are a number of problems today when dealing with online abuse and the task of trying to stem and moderate it, Redgrave pointed out. The sheer volume of comments on popular sites makes the task of…

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X – Ryzen Threadripper 3rd Gen Castle Peak (Zen 2) 64-Core 2.9 GHz Socket sTRX4 280W Desktop Processor