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Continue reading →: Notes on building an AMD Threadripper machine and Seagate EXOS X16 incompatibility
Well the build of a monster machine is always interesting and being at the bleeding edge is a sheer joy (agony!). So if you are crazy enough to want to build a 32-core, 256-GB memory with 2TB SSD and 16TB hard disk (https://pcpartpicker.com/user/richtong/saved/#view=gH4K4D) As always you can either work for…
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Continue reading →: Best Vlogging Accessories for The RX100 VII – SonyAlphaLab
One of the problems with the really nice Sony RX100 series of cameras is that they don’t come with a cold shoe at the top anymore. That means you can’t mount a video light if you are shooting in low light and you can’t mount a high performance microphone if…
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Continue reading →: More Comcast games for 2020 how to activate and what’s all this then about bundles
Man, Comcast. What a racket. You pretty much need to every year, figure out what the best plan is. I would actually put it into your calendar for a yearly check. So here is what I’ve found for 2020: They have a new charge system where they have “unbundled” the…
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Continue reading →: Ugh what happens when Comcast upgrades you and you have an old modem
OK word to the wise. This is actually a really hard thing to debug. But today when we got home, the Internet connection was completely dead. It is so hard to know what happens, then, but the debugging steps are: Find a computer and see if you can get a…
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Continue reading →: Git LFS does not work on public repos
OK, some really strange things trying to get a public repo working. Many times when you are trying to recreate a machine learning work is that you need to have the data along with the actual code. It’s unfortunately completely non-standard how this is handled. I had thought that I…
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Continue reading →: Building the ultimate workstation with the Ryzen Threadripper
Ok so what if you want the ultimate machine. To our things into perspective. When the IBM PC first launched, the hot rod computer was the IBM PC XT. It had a 5MB hard disk. The first of its kind. And it cost $5-6K if you can believe that. And…
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Continue reading →: Season 2 Episode 1 Tongfamily Podcast
OK, so the first season was one episode of five minutes, that still counts! Seriously, starting the podcast series up. Getting to know the equipment. Using Anchor.fm to publish which is pretty cool. I don’t have an Apple podcast listing yet, but it is on Spotify and Google Podcast. Here…
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Continue reading →: Of Dell, UPS, Diesel and Apple Developers
More random stuff about Dell Rewards, buying a UPS. Not putting diesel into a gas car or vice versa. And some tips on becoming an Apple corporate developer. Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/richt/message
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Continue reading →: What to do with Dell Rewards?
I normally have a terrible time using the rewards programs on various merchant sites. It’s not easy, you get the rewards later and they quickly expire (which is obviously the point). A buddy got $60 of Dell Rewards that expire in March 2020, so what’s a decent deal, well, it’s…
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Continue reading →: Don’t put gas in a diesel car (and vice versa!)
Well just had a friend do this. You do need to be careful. So here’s the scoop. Don’t force the nozzle in. They are designed to be incompatible. Also diesel is black and car is clear so be aware. Finally what happens. Well if you put diesel into a gas…