What's your latest tech purchase?

[Deleted member 24505]

the TV adaptation is / was the Definitive Version
6 x 50 minute episodes

I have watched that more than once, love it.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Fantastic film Das Boot, but have to watch the German version with subs.

i watched the German version no subs when i was 10 (aka 10 years after release also ) i am Swiss from the French speaking side of Wallis ... but well, i am proficient in German and, as i like to think, English
excellent movie indeed.

edit .... i say no subs .... but there was subs ... just not the letters on screen type

the TV adaptation is / was the Definitive Version
6 x 50 minute episodes

the definitive version is the 1973 Novel from Lothar-Günther Buchheim (did read it after the movie) anything else after is add on (well, to me a definitive edition is the "hands on experience" from someone who lived it/wrote it, movie director tend to put some more "extra", not that i complain tho. )

Spoiler: that one is a little bigger than a 1:144 ...

daaaang that one looks nice, now give some time for the TIM to break in and /profit (already 15/20C less nonetheless)



the review was spot on 10/10 ease of instalation

Spoiler: Rainbow Puke for the lovers/haters ;)

fear not! MSI Mystic Light to the rescue!


allwhite! ...allright... i mean

 

[TheLostSwede]

Nice board indeed.
The map reference in case you never tried it-

25°07'29.6"N 121°28'15.8"E · No. 15, Lide Rd, Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan 112

No. 15, Lide Rd, Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan 112

www.google.co.uk

That would be the Asus/Pegatron HQ. Yes, they share the "same" building. Although, I guess technically it's multiple buildings that are interconnected. After Pegatron split from Asus, they closed up the rear entrance, so now it's much further to walk from the MRT station to get to Asus...

Edit: Actually, it seems like Asus has built a new HQ, sort of across the street. Been a while since I was there last so...

華碩電腦立功大樓 ASUS LiGong Building · No. 115號, Lide Rd, Beitou District, Taipei City, Taiwan 112

★★★☆☆ · Corporate office

goo.gl

 

[GreiverBlade]

That would be the Asus/Pegatron HQ. Yes, they share the "same" building. Although, I guess technically it's multiple buildings that are interconnected. After Pegatron split from Asus, they closed up the rear entrance, so now it's much further to walk from the MRT station to get to Asus...

what??? they closed a "backdoor" ... unconceivable! ( )

 

[TheLostSwede]

what??? they closed a "backdoor" ... unconceivable! ( )

Now now...

But yes, it really happened and everyone at Asus got pissed off about it. Apparently they made some "special" agreement to allow Asus staff through in the morning.
I know some really weird "facts".

It just struck me that both Asus and MSI are located close to a Costco.

Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. · No. 69, Lide St, Zhonghe District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 235

★★★★☆ · Electronics manufacturer

goo.gl

Gigabyte on the other hand sold half of its office building to HTC and then realised they actually needed the space...

GIGABYTE · No. 6, Baoqiang Rd, Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan 231

★★★☆☆ · Electronics manufacturer

goo.gl

Biostars HQ is located behind an apartment building you have to walk through to get to their office, very odd and hard to find.

BIOSTAR-MB - Google Search

Before Asus' new HQ, ECS actually had the nicest HQ building.

Elitegroup · 104, Taiwan, Taipei City, Zhongshan District, Section 3, Zhongshan N Rd, 22-1號9樓

★★★★☆ · Electronics manufacturer

goo.gl

Come to think of it, I've never been to ASRock's HQ.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Now now...

But yes, it really happened and everyone at Asus got pissed off about it. Apparently they made some "special" agreement to allow Asus staff through in the morning.
I know some really weird "facts".

better know weird facts than none at all xD

well, on a side note .... i am glad of "Error 41" which brought me back on TPU more actively ... damn, i forgot how fullfilling it was to order some stuff, assemble some stuff, share some stuff ... rather than just lurk and be "content" of what i had for 4/5yrs until it ran into issues ... i guess i prefer troubleshooting and the "buying/waiting game" rather than stable boring "all is fine i do not need to fix what's not broken" daily routine hehehe

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[Deleted member 24505]

the 1973 Novel from Lothar-Günther Buchheim

Is he the original author? i will have to keep an eye out for this.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Is he the original author? i will have to keep an eye out for this.

yep and also the novel was his personal experience on serving on U-96 "Der lachende Sägefisch"/"Der lachende Schwertfisch" as a war correspondent (photographer )

Lothar-Günther Buchheim - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Deleted member 24505]

yep and also the novel was his personal experience on serving on U-96 "Der lachende Sägefisch"/"Der lachende Schwertfisch" as a war correspondent (photographer )

Lothar-Günther Buchheim - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Nice, fucking brave guy. Must have been truly terrifying been depth charged.

 

[Ahhzz]

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Got another toy in mail today: Ubiquiti Edgerouter 10X.
While setting it up and playing around with feature is fun, Monday is sure gonna be not-so-fun... Gotta redo the entire network at the office. It's a tiny network, but with so many nuances and bandaids piling up over the years, that a post-work headache is guaranteed.
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So, question about your Router? How did setup go? I had a nightmare trying to get ours rolling because config file. The lack of consistent GUI effectiveness seriously made me pull hair out... I'm preferring the Synology Routers these days.

 

[silentbogo]

So, question about your Router? How did setup go? I had a nightmare trying to get ours rolling because config file.

It was fine for most things, but still a bit weird. Had to look up a few things in the manual regarding dual-WAN and balancing nuances, did most of the setup through CLI.
The only thing that drove me nuts was setting up individual rules for each client in regards to WAN balancing. We had few PCs that needed only WAN1, few PCs that only worked on WAN2, and few more that needed failover. Instead of typing 3 rules I had to duplicate them for each individual client or port, which is not fun at all.
Fortunately it's in my house after we decided to get rid of physical office, so now it's a single WAN, and the entire setup process takes around 10-15min.

I'm preferring the Synology Routers these days.

These are hard to find in my area, and they aren't cheap. I think the RT2600AC is ~$300-400 here, which is a lot more than stateside. And my Edgerouter 10x was a tad over $110 shipped, which leaves a lot of financial leeway for dedicated WiFi AP(s) or decent mesh network.

 

[Ahhzz]

It was fine for most things, but still a bit weird. Had to look up a few things in the manual regarding dual-WAN and balancing nuances, did most of the setup through CLI.
The only thing that drove me nuts was setting up individual rules for each client in regards to WAN balancing. We had few PCs that needed only WAN1, few PCs that only worked on WAN2, and few more that needed failover. Instead of typing 3 rules I had to duplicate them for each individual client or port, which is not fun at all.
Fortunately it's in my house after we decided to get rid of physical office, so now it's a single WAN, and the entire setup process takes around 10-15min.

These are hard to find in my area, and they aren't cheap. I think the RT2600AC is ~$300-400 here, which is a lot more than stateside. And my Edgerouter 10x was a tad over $110 shipped, which leaves a lot of financial leeway for dedicated WiFi AP(s) or decent mesh network.

Yikes!! that's a serious difference! Well, glad it worked out well for you . If you do manage to catch one at a steal, tho, they're pretty serious monsters, and it's all GUI, which made me happy lol

 

[tabascosauz]

Got some LED strips to finally get rid of my ghetto frosted-lamp-behind-monitor bias light. Can't keep having my desk a foot out from the wall so I can stack my frosted lamp on top of my Glenfiddich box on top of a small table under the table just so I can work at night.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Got some LED strips to finally get rid of my ghetto frosted-lamp-behind-monitor bias light.

I did that with my 3 monitors, looked good until all 3 strips fell off, not at the same time, tried different tapes, small strips of duct tape worked best, but not always easy to clean off

 

[freeagent]

Got some LED strips to finally get rid of my ghetto frosted-lamp-behind-monitor bias light. Can't keep having my desk a foot out from the wall so I can stack my frosted lamp on top of my Glenfiddich box on top of a small table under the table just so I can work at night.

Who said pimpin ain’t easy? Looks good mang.

 

[P4-630]

My Lamborghini arrived today..... It arrived in pieces though.... Let's see what I can make of it...

2 300+ pages instruction books!

 

[budgetgaming]

Bought New Corsair H115i Elite Capellix 280mm for my ITX case.....so that it can manage to cool my i9 10900K in my NR200P....

 

[Shou Miko]

I am no data horder but I want to replace 2x4TB drives with one drive.

 

[Toothless]

 

[Mussels]

Bought New Corsair H115i Elite Capellix 280mm for my ITX case.....so that it can manage to cool my i9 10900K in my NR200P....

I'm selling my H115i (non capellix) because i hate icue... ah, personal preference is an odd beast

 

[budgetgaming]

Got it on discount, not realy much on icue, and also the fan noise is noisy when you put on balance i like arctic but the hose is too stiff, deepcool does not have 280 model in my country, so does EKWB, the only choise i have is NZXT and is full price... I would love to go custom soft tube loop but again i have to buy 280 rad from aliexpress.... So h115i is the only fast option but it gets the job done i think

I'm selling my H115i (non capellix) because i hate icue... ah, personal preference is an odd beast

 

[r9]

World meet the ghetto panda:
$30 outemu hotswapable keyboad, $18 PBT keycaps, $24 Glorious pandas and $5 super lube.
In action

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

4year old daughter helping me with the computer lighting.



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Reminds me of the needler in Halo, LOL.

 

[s3thra]

World meet the ghetto panda:
$30 outemu hotswapable keyboad, $18 PBS keycaps, $24 Glorious pandas and $5 super lube.

Hmm, I like those front printed keycaps.

 

[Mussels]

$150 Au, got a guys custom water setup he upgraded from

These koolance QDC's are CHONKY boys at 13mm/19mm. I really want an easy remove GPU in this setup.

240mm and 360mm rads, alphacools

Fittings are a mix of two sizes, but i'll work with that for the QDC's, in a simple loop like this, the flow restriction/problems from using two hose sizes is negligible.