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by Wirko
Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:37 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Generator Inverter Weirdness - Need Advice
Replies: 1
Views: 3480

Re: Generator Inverter Weirdness - Need Advice

Hi, I can't see any other explanation than a horrible amount of switching noise at the generator's output due to poor filtering. That could confuse a frequency meter because there would be many large voltage swings inside each period of the 60 Hz AC voltage. The meter would detect and count all of t...
by Wirko
Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:19 am
Forum: Networking
Topic: DNS puzzle. can't access 1 website
Replies: 3
Views: 4351

Re: DNS puzzle. can't access 1 website

Yes, obviously. I can't explain where those old DNS records were stuck for so many days, and why. I suggested using curl, however, you can also use a Firefox extension called LiveHosts for the same purpose. It lets you access a website with a domain name you type in and IP address you type in, ignor...
by Wirko
Wed Mar 10, 2021 5:00 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Rocket lake
Replies: 18
Views: 6424

Re: Rocket lake

Looking at the benchmarks and nothing else, one must think that the 11700K is the 10700K with a couple optimisations and AVX-512. Are there ANY reasons to believe there's a new microarchitecture hiding within, until good guys with X-ray machines and small chainsaws pick the thing apart?
by Wirko
Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:38 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: DNS puzzle. can't access 1 website
Replies: 3
Views: 4351

Re: DNS puzzle. can't access 1 website

First try all variants in your browsers: http://stamps.com, http://www.stamps.com, https://stamps.com and https://www.stamps.com . The first three should be redirected to the last one. Try to determine the IP addresses of the web site in command line: nslookup www.stamps.com Address: 45.60.155.44 ns...
by Wirko
Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:01 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: How to use an outlet adapter
Replies: 21
Views: 6708

Re: How to use an outlet adapter

Ships worldwide except Africa, Central America and Caribbean, Oceania, Southeast Asia, South America and ~130 listed countries.

And Spark? Careful reading reveals that they have dust storms there.
by Wirko
Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:54 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: How to use an outlet adapter
Replies: 21
Views: 6708

Re: How to use an outlet adapter

For those who own a telescope: eBay has an upgrade that allows you to see new planets. Finally. https://www.ebay.com/itm/6pcs-Colorful-Telescope-Filter-1-25-Filter-For-Astronomical-Telescope-Eyepieces/233651371774 Orange: Useful for Jupiter, Saturn and spark Blue: Useful on the moon, Spark, Jupiter ...
by Wirko
Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:18 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: New Bot
Replies: 28
Views: 10968

Re: New Bot

We need three more bots or botesses, then we can compile a list of top 5 list-compiling bots. Later on, when the number rises to 5*5 (or 5^5, not sure), it should be possible to compile a list of top 5 lists of top 5 list-compiling bots.
by Wirko
Mon Jan 11, 2021 5:57 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: TR Dead?
Replies: 58
Views: 23733

Re: TR Dead?

I even clicked on that "smart mattresses" thing, hoping to see more about this , but instead got a list of dumb mattresses using coil springs to direct wi-fi radiation into the user's head and all known organs. And they hav a user interface, which is not the surface to lie on but a phone a...
by Wirko
Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:07 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: W10 "Optimise" Does not see USB drives-Why
Replies: 3
Views: 4898

Re: FYI, W10 "Optimise" fixed my SSD file delays.

SSDs are doing all kinds of optimization on their own, absolutely. That's SSD makers' secret sauce, and details are not known to anyone else. TRIM is the name of a command that the OS sends to the SSD each time a file is deleted, so it must be supported by both the OS and the SSD. This is the way to...
by Wirko
Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:16 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Upgrading from 5-year-old components to ultrawide 1440p 144Hz
Replies: 10
Views: 6760

Re: Upgrading from 5-year-old components to ultrawide 1440p 144Hz

Is the short upgrade path to an i7-7700K even worth considering, in an (unlikely) case that the OP could get one on the cheap?
by Wirko
Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:59 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Mac ASi predictions
Replies: 27
Views: 8116

Re: Mac ASi predictions

What's the legal aspect of Intel ISA emulation? The combined power of the M1 and Rosetta can execute x86-64 code, and while they can't handle AVX, they can very probably handle some extensions that are still patented. Intel has threatened other large corporations before over that. https://developer....
by Wirko
Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:49 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: Issue deleting a directoryish (Linux)
Replies: 12
Views: 6663

Re: Issue deleting a directoryish (Linux)

Probably just another item to add to your list of unsuccesful attempts: try renaming the directory with both "mv" and "rename" commands. "rename" should accept regular expressions in directory names but has to be installed separately on Debian/Ubuntu.
by Wirko
Sat Oct 17, 2020 4:18 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: The Tech Report forums got a big upgrade
Replies: 137
Views: 56979

Re: The Tech Report forums got a big upgrade

I think things went down when one of the original founders died during a sporting event. He did some spectacular but dangerous sport, miscalculated and smashed to his death mid-flight during a descent. Because of that, the Tech Report lost maybe it's biggest motor. What? The man who died was Jordan...
by Wirko
Tue Oct 06, 2020 2:51 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: How to use an outlet adapter
Replies: 21
Views: 6708

Re: How to use an outlet adapter

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by Wirko
Mon Oct 05, 2020 1:26 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: How to use an outlet adapter
Replies: 21
Views: 6708

Re: How to use an outlet adapter

I tried to find out if it's compatible with 240V American plugs ... here's what I got: https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-know-if-my-electrical-outlet-is-240V "Here is a diagram showing some of the common ones" (25 different plugs in the diagram, three phase not included, IEC types not include...
by Wirko
Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:41 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: How to use an outlet adapter
Replies: 21
Views: 6708

Re: How to use an outlet adapter

Speaking of Chinese listings, I don't get why they have this annoying tendency to include an endless amount of meaningless PR photos, instead of 2-3 useful ones + text with real specs. They must have heard of that saying that Western people sometimes use, "A picture is worth a thousand words&q...
by Wirko
Fri Oct 02, 2020 4:38 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: How to use an outlet adapter
Replies: 21
Views: 6708

Re: How to use an outlet adapter

This other adapter looks the same, the $0.25 price difference buys you this explanation: "With children's electric shock protection doors design, effectively improve the safety of electricity use." So, it has a latch that prevents you from sticking a wire into the hole. You can still do it...
by Wirko
Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:23 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: RTX 3080 sells out in seconds... thanks to scalpers with bots
Replies: 5
Views: 3909

Re: RTX 3080 sells out in seconds... thanks to scalpers with bots

Does this count as high frequency trading?
by Wirko
Thu Aug 27, 2020 4:56 pm
Forum: Echo Vale
Topic: Hi-Fi VHS: It really does sound good
Replies: 42
Views: 40113

Re: Hi-Fi VHS: It really does sound good

Furthermore, even if you could invent a solid state device with 100 year archival lifetime, what are you going to read it on? Whatever interface it uses will be decades out of date by then. If I had a working USB 2.0 hard drive from the year 2000, I'd just connect it to any PC. It would most probab...
by Wirko
Sun Aug 09, 2020 3:02 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: build info
Replies: 17
Views: 4542

Re: build info

And luckily, if you want to keep yourself updated on what AMD has to offer, you needn't look further than ... The Tech Report!
by Wirko
Thu Jul 30, 2020 5:43 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: 8-bit systems w/ 128K or more.
Replies: 12
Views: 2460

Re: 8-bit systems w/ 128K or more.

Commodore 128. (Wikipedia says that 5.7 million were sold.)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128.
Yeah, memory banks, for both RAM and ROM. A primitive version of the dreaded 8086 segments.
by Wirko
Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:25 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Smartphone with ethernet
Replies: 25
Views: 5923

Re: Smartphone with ethernet

A: please tell me how
TR: let me tell you why not
by Wirko
Tue Jul 14, 2020 5:17 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: seeing the end of x86?
Replies: 30
Views: 8307

Re: seeing the end of x86?

Aranarth wrote:
x86 is not going away any time soon but it does have more competition than it sued to have.


Your autocorrector has a point here. Those "who's suing who" infographics with a large apple close to the centre will have to be redone, with a larger apple closer to the centre.
by Wirko
Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:56 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Something's different...
Replies: 1628
Views: 331022

Re: Something's different...

Wow, a full year has passed. Time to say thanks to everyone that has helped keep these forums (quite) alive and (quite) decent!
by Wirko
Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:43 pm
Forum: Apple Sanctuary
Topic: Forget building buy THIS! (awesome deal at B&H)
Replies: 4
Views: 7580

Re: Forget building buy THIS! (awesome deal at B&H)

I wish I could buy the XDR HDR FDR RDF IPS PRO 6K 2'-8" monitor on wheels too - seeing the wheels selling at $599 less than the stand.
by Wirko
Wed Jun 17, 2020 3:24 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: Blotchy Structures in Ryzen Die Shots
Replies: 8
Views: 5304

Re: Blotchy Structures in Ryzen Die Shots

There are similar-looking structures in Intel chips, too. Here's Skylake: https://www.flickr.com/photos/130561288@N04/39024590565
by Wirko
Fri May 29, 2020 5:59 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Creative uses for a dead motherboard
Replies: 37
Views: 9044

Re: Creative uses for a dead motherboard

I'm a little late the party but the wife and I agreed that dead / old hardware ends up on the office wall. Once you amass enough of it you end up with a pretty awesome tech-wall that tells a story of your hardware over time. Must be a lot of fun driving those memory ICs from 80286 motherboards into...
by Wirko
Fri May 29, 2020 5:49 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Creative uses for a dead motherboard
Replies: 37
Views: 9044

Re: Creative uses for a dead motherboard

Put it in fish tank for display. However, prudent to remove surface components that might hurt the fish. I think there's too much risk of leaching harmful chemicals, unless you encapsulate the whole thing in something clear and waterproof (a.k.a. "conformal coating"). Well you don't usual...
by Wirko
Tue May 26, 2020 6:41 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: Ryzenlake
Replies: 11
Views: 4330

Re: Ryzenlake

blastdoor wrote:
meerkt wrote:
I want 10GHz. Even 6GHz would be a good start. Where's post-silicon?


Apparently that happened back in 2005, but I somehow missed it:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/680/6


As for the second part, there was an (almost) working form of post-silicon in the Cray-3 and Cray-4.
by Wirko
Sun May 17, 2020 4:00 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: So how come young women only....
Replies: 2
Views: 1289

Re: So how come young women only....

What a neighbourhood.
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