deskthority

Subscribed! I don't post often but I like to see these old style web boards stay around. If there's any way I can help with the technical side of things let me know. I've been a Linux and BSD admin for well over a decade for a university and before that for their physics department. I'm also crazy ...

Subscribed! I don't post often but I like to see these old style web boards stay around. If there's any way I can help with the technical side of things let me know. I've been a Linux and BSD admin for well over a decade for a university and before that for their physics department. I'm also crazy ...

Done

I'm thinking of starting this next monday, @andrewjoy do you want to work on an introduction? Just talking users through what the pan is etc ? Sure. So just to get things right in my head. - We suggest some topics to get the ball rolling. - Community can add more / decide on topics - once chosen do...

This is getting closer and closer.

Happy to lead on organising threads etc for people

You dont want that EPSON .

Send it to me !

okay so, I believe the best course of action for a low-fi DTA 2019 is as follow: 1) Start with just one nomination thread (as per Muirium suggestion). Let people vomit their nominations, at the end check what we have and based on that create the categories. This is the most community driven DTA I c...

That Hitler car is blocking the view of the beautiful beach !

matt3o wrote: ↑

16 Oct 2019, 09:49

wondering how the top surface is so smooth being 3d printed... non-planar extrusion or just very very thin layers?

prob acetone vapour smoothing. OR just simple sanding and painting.

When I was a kid I lived in a street where at some point there was an infestation of pharaoh ants. They're very tiny and get absolutely EVERYWHERE, even in things with closed lids, like jam jars. There wasn't a meal we ate that didn't have ants in it, they even got into your drinks. The council had...

CountNoctua wrote: ↑

10 Oct 2019, 23:13

my new blacked out U12S just came in ).

Stay true to the beige and brown! I love noctua and how they do business. They refused flat out to do blacked out coolers until they could work out a way to not loose performance from raw nickle plated copper.

Not surprised a rosewill product is worse than toohpaste.

Myself i use thermal grizzly ( the paste not the liquid metal) for my high end stuff, and GD-900 from china for lower end stuff/ work, that stuff is as good as MX-4 but you can get about half a ton of it for the price of a tube of MX-4

CountNoctua wrote: ↑

09 Oct 2019, 22:50

I have done that with IPA a few times before installing the CPU .

You would be surprised how may so called "dead" boards come to life after that.

Try to get 60/40 leaded solder if you can, it much easier for inexperienced users as it flows much better and at a lower temp. ( honestly everyone should use leadded, the joints are less likely to fail due to mechanical stress ) Unfortunately, there is recent EU regulation (March 2018) that restric...

I'm also aware that the ears on the UPS don't line up: mainly as its support thingies are too long to fit between the mounting rails, so I've had to sit it on a shelf instead. I hadn't noticed until I took the picture and now it's irritating me. I wish i had space for a rack. I just have a cheap li...

Keyboards work in a matrix So a fault on one switch can cause problems for other in that part of the matrix. Chances are that one of the pads that you solder the pins from the switch into has been lifted this can happen on lower quality PCBs when using a soldering iron with poor temperature control....

I dont mind google knowing who i am. But i try to limit that info as much as possible by firstly turning off all history and logging you can inside googles settings and only using them for things i HAVE to .

Even with all services turned off, your exact location can be determined at all times. That's one of the things that freaks me out. Triangulate via cell towers yes. GPS is disabled. We are that tracked in the UK by CCTV and now bloody facial recognition cameras ( without the consent of the people) ...

Wow. I'm a bit out of touch with "modern society" (...being an insane retired hermit living on an island...) but this mandatory mobile phone crap will probably affect me eventually. I'm going to hold out against this crap as long as I can. I use a mobile but all services are turned off for every ap...

Two separate phenomena back then, but not now. it was a problem back then too, simply they didn't manage to put a tracking device in the pocket of every person back then. Now they have. And people willingly install listening devices in there own home that listen to there every word. So called "smar...

I can throw some draft threads together. What topics do we want to go for this year. Lets try to get a few prizes tho for the big ones. I was thinking we should make this more about the community rather than products. Any prize does not need to be big but i think it should be related to the area the...

I guess there is still time to order one ?

I wanted one but never did order it!

Is it possible to do split backspace without split right shift or is it too late for that ?

wobbled wrote: ↑

26 Sep 2019, 23:28

Well cmon then lad... Whip it out?
Lets 'ave a look!

If and when we get a bright day i will see what i can do.

I'm not much of a meat eater, I'm afraid. Well i can swap my sausage dog for your kishaver if you like :P that is prob as long as you desk :D Actually, that *is* a legitimate use for the Kish's loooooooong assed brother! Fancy! Mine looks ballin now with its satin black paint and that APL set and o...

Well i can swap my sausage dog for your kishaver if you like that is prob as long as you desk

Looking for a replacement keycap set for a G80 1800 (ISO , winkey bottom row) Something like them cheap china caps . Would this work do you think ? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32908785625.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.2bdb2093SzAiBG&algo_pvid=120c04c1-bfdc-4283-a5a7-200bd687d873&algo_expid=120c...

Myoth wrote: ↑

26 Sep 2019, 18:13

I'm sure he means MX blues, and not SKCM Blues

The OP did say alps.

I mean who would not want some cheap blue alps. Better than that blue cherry rubbish. ( lubed vintage blacks are still awesome tho)

Too small a desk for me but it looks nice !

Where is your monitor with its 1000 USD stand

ppCircle wrote: ↑

26 Sep 2019, 18:00

I have g80-3000 with blues for sale, but i don't know if those are vintage

You have a G80 with blue alps in it ? That is a rare find indeed!

Chances are its a faulty connector. I cannot be sure but that looks like mini USB to me ( not micro) THE WORST usb connector, they fail all the time. Back when i supported blackberry phones ( back to the super old blue ones ) it was ALWAYS the mini USB that failed.