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by morbidpete
Wed May 31, 2023 2:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy Birthday Morbidpete
Replies: 5
Views: 1422

Easto wrote:Happy Birthday.
Came here just for this. did not disappoint! Thank you :-D
by morbidpete
Sun May 21, 2023 3:54 pm
Forum: General Archive
Topic: R.I.P. Ken
Replies: 23
Views: 17943

wow, I don't come here enough. Terrible news :-(
by morbidpete
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:40 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Pet store crazy 5
Replies: 14
Views: 2363

That's a wild video! You have an interesting time at work!
by morbidpete
Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: God damn shoplifters
Replies: 17
Views: 2856

One on Saturday morning, 4 minutes after we opened. Nasty transient couple who screamed "watch us, we will rip you off" comes in. Guy has a dog in his arms and realized within 90 seconds neither clerk was paying any attention to him. Grabbed a dog harness, tucked it under the dog, pockete...
by morbidpete
Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:51 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy Birthday YeOldeStonecat
Replies: 9
Views: 3079

Happy Birthday Cat! Some day when this COVID thing is over I'm going to show up at your doorstep for a beer!
by morbidpete
Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: I believe that Jesse23 has passed...
Replies: 11
Views: 2484

34...man! too bad :-(
by morbidpete
Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: I'm turning off the News
Replies: 14
Views: 3499

Look, I don't mind be kept updated about the Corona Virus Pandemic, sometimes it's helpful. But I don't need it 24/7 on TV, Radio and Internet. Last night the wife and I watched a movie on Amazon and as I was sitting there I was consciously aware of how relaxed I felt. I then realized that it was b...
by morbidpete
Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:44 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: A Bachelor of Science
Replies: 9
Views: 8157

I have finished all my course work to earn my Bachelor of Science in Mathematics - Statistics. All that is left now is to wait for the paperwork to process. Also I have been accepted into graduate school for statistics and awarded a teaching assistantship, this means they will wave my tuition cost ...
by morbidpete
Tue Dec 10, 2019 1:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy birthday Meggie?
Replies: 16
Views: 5454

Man, I think this is the first time in almost 20 years that I didn’t get a happy birthday post. It’s my annual visit to speedguide to say hello to everyone before I disappear back onto modern social media. I feel like that old man in the Coco movie slowly disappearing as his family forgets him on t...
by morbidpete
Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:57 am
Forum: Distributed Computing & Crypto
Topic: Two things; 1-Drop of production 2-My thoughts on future of FAH
Replies: 14
Views: 30678

Didn't know about "ohgodaneth...", thanks for the pointer. Seems to only work with GDDR5, not sure about 1070s. As to what to mine, https://whattomine.com/ says Ravencoin should be more profitable for you. I use MPH (MiningPoolHub) and it can auto-convert with low fees to the crypto you c...
by morbidpete
Fri Dec 06, 2019 11:14 am
Forum: Distributed Computing & Crypto
Topic: Two things; 1-Drop of production 2-My thoughts on future of FAH
Replies: 14
Views: 30678

On that note, what are you mining these days? I switched my 1070 GPUs from ETH to Ravencoin at some point, not really sure whether to overclock core clock or RAM with it. BTG on the GPU's (I dont pay electric) and XMR on the CPU for the rigs. I have a lot of Ravencoin in holding along with ETH. I h...
by morbidpete
Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:35 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing & Crypto
Topic: Two things; 1-Drop of production 2-My thoughts on future of FAH
Replies: 14
Views: 30678

Philip wrote:Nice... Hardware has changed a bit in the past few years, hehe.
right, maybe some day ill move my 12 crypto 1080ti's to FAH and see what happens for a couple days
by morbidpete
Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:29 am
Forum: Distributed Computing & Crypto
Topic: Two things; 1-Drop of production 2-My thoughts on future of FAH
Replies: 14
Views: 30678

well, I moved up two spots on our team since i started with my 1080 ti last week lol
by morbidpete
Tue Nov 26, 2019 4:49 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing & Crypto
Topic: Two things; 1-Drop of production 2-My thoughts on future of FAH
Replies: 14
Views: 30678

decided to run this on my 1080ti at work. we'll see how it goes. numbers seem a bit high. estimating 449479 Points per day
by morbidpete
Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:12 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Possibly Installing an SSD Into My Newer PC
Replies: 5
Views: 7618

you could temporarily use the power and sata cable from the ODD to run the second drive for cloning.
by morbidpete
Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: hard drive recommendation
Replies: 18
Views: 5314

Crucial MX500 would be my vote, it's our preferred SSD We also occasionally get Samung Evo or WD Blue (SSD) in if we see a batch on a fire sale. Win7? Only got a few months left, updates for it stop Jan 14th 2020. Time for Win10! throw it in a VDI and get another couple years LMAO (joking of course)
by morbidpete
Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Most-used apps?
Replies: 16
Views: 7629

past 7 days according to iOS Screen Time
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by morbidpete
Thu Sep 05, 2019 4:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Facebook breach exposed phone numbers
Replies: 2
Views: 3587

What I can't figure out is why people would put their real phone number in while registering anywhere. I mean, I always use the same number, it's a number that is not in use and that we cancelled about 5 years ago. I always remember it so it's a good one to use as a place holder for phone numbers. ...
by morbidpete
Fri May 10, 2019 10:36 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Anyone take a personality test?
Replies: 8
Views: 4889

Logician Personality INTP-A / INTP-T The Logician personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the population, which is definitely a good thing for them, as there’s nothing they’d be more unhappy about than being “common”. Logicians pride themselves on their inventiveness and cre...
by morbidpete
Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Ok Old People, What do you do for Rust Removal?
Replies: 17
Views: 4716

For tools that can be dipped in stuff, vinegar or got some regular product? And for things that can't be dipped, like say a table saw top, what would you do? I'm started to look at de-rusting a bunch of crap and I was like man, old people would love to talk about this stuff, I know where I can find...
by morbidpete
Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: How Long Do you see yourself posting on Speedguide?
Replies: 83
Views: 10808

Yeah, we've had some fun times, so many personalities and friendships.. The social aspect of the Internet has expanded so much since then, we can't compete with Reddit, Facebook etc. but we don't want to, we are here around some common topics like better understanding and improving PCs/networks, ne...
by morbidpete
Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Tribal Wars - a new free addictive browser game
Replies: 192
Views: 33315

I'm on world 39 US server now. F2P is no longer an option if you want any chance to win. They monetized a lot. I pay more for this game in a month than I do any other content lol
by morbidpete
Wed Feb 06, 2019 9:20 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Tribal Wars - a new free addictive browser game
Replies: 192
Views: 33315

Anyone still play? over 10 years later I'm still playing this game.
by morbidpete
Fri Jan 18, 2019 8:41 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing & Crypto
Topic: Cryptocurrencies
Replies: 24
Views: 47448

What exchange did you use? I have transferred over 10k with coinbase over the past 2 years and only pay around 3%. You were taken for a ride. Almost forgot tax season lol. Took a 20% hit on cap gains tax for my crypto trades on my taxes this year. Can't even file yet because the cap gains form wont...
by morbidpete
Tue Jan 15, 2019 8:39 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing & Crypto
Topic: Cryptocurrencies
Replies: 24
Views: 47448

btw the fees for crypto currency are insanely high especially btc, I needed like 100 bucks worth of btc and the fee was around 60 bucks … so I switched to different one once I win a lottery I'm going to build a warehouse in Arctic full of mining machines and hopefully I will make some money LOL Wha...
by morbidpete
Tue Jan 08, 2019 8:53 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7029

there is a photo but not assembly instructions, right at this moment it's finished 100% infill ABS photo is here https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3165452 Anycubic Chiron Titan Volcano Only issue I see with 100% infill is the weight it adds. While maybe not a whole lot and I could be paranoid lol. ...
by morbidpete
Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7029

any advice how to put this together, the parts are 1-2mm off, I printed the Z endstop 100% infill ABS, the rest is 50% infill PLA but I'm going to give it another try and print everything with ABS 100% infill Was there supposed to be a photo? Thats a damn strong part using 100%. even %50 is crazy I...
by morbidpete
Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:08 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Xbox one or PS4 ?
Replies: 12
Views: 48323

XBONE until I switched to PC a couple months ago.
by morbidpete
Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7029

don't use hairspray use glue stick, much better my extruder ? I got all parts but when I look at it my head starts spinning there is one European company and they are making printing platforms from 3 materials the main one is polyurethane and everything sticks to it, I swear if you spit on it you c...
by morbidpete
Sun Jan 06, 2019 10:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7029

not yet...waiting for some TPU from amazon to come in so I can print a cell phone case for my MOTO Z3 play. SLOW SLOW SLOW! I print my TPU at 20mm/s 50% first layer with hairspray. 0 retraction. Is your extruder good to go? I had to print a better extruder to narrow the gap. also used capricorn bow...
by morbidpete
Sat Jan 05, 2019 5:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7029

My delta is probably the worst one I own. Anycubic Linear Plus. Hate it/ Love my cr-10s and cr-10s5. Use ABL (added myself) on both. One a BLTouch and the other inductive from TH3D. with the mirror and ABL, no issues. I print mostly PLA, some wood PLA and some TPU. Never messed with the metal or ABS...
by morbidpete
Sat Jan 05, 2019 5:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: It has been a while
Replies: 15
Views: 4189

nightowl wrote:Make sure you get a mirror glass bed cut at a local glass store ASAP for the ender 3. the bed adheasion pad comes pre warped.
I use mirror on all my printers along with ABL's
by morbidpete
Tue Jan 01, 2019 5:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: It has been a while
Replies: 15
Views: 4189

NICE! I was looking at the creality CR-10 but its still expensive in canada ($500+cdn). Ender 3 ($300cdn) is slightly smaller (220x220x250) but everything is attached to the frame which makes it portable and takes most of the same parts as the CR-10. I can pick it up with one hand (with filiment) a...
by morbidpete
Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: It has been a while
Replies: 15
Views: 4189

still around... my oldest kid is now 11.5 years old and passed my sholders.... still got the jeep wrangler. great for all this unstable weather we get now up north40 degree summers and -40 winters, even got tornado's in eastern ontario back in september (6 of them total hit EF1 to 3's). Got a new h...
by morbidpete
Fri Nov 23, 2018 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Damn phone/DSL problems
Replies: 18
Views: 2938

Get yourself a proper punch down tool and a jack. either RJ-11 or RJ-45. If 45 just terminate the blue pair to the 2 center pins or you can terminate the whole jack and use just the blue pair at the Telco Demarc, this way you can use it as a network jack in the future if you need to. I wouldn't trus...
by morbidpete
Tue Nov 20, 2018 8:41 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Damn phone/DSL problems
Replies: 18
Views: 2938

Yup. Found a barley chewed spot right behind the phone jack. Replaced the jack and the cabling, all good :) Funny thing...when I ran this line 15 years ago I went straight up from the phone box, through the wall into the attic, down through the wall. Phone jack is basically 1 ft away from the phone...
by morbidpete
Tue Nov 13, 2018 10:01 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Damn phone/DSL problems
Replies: 18
Views: 2938

Rodents in the walls? Had that happen to a client last year. Took forever to figure it out. We decided to run new lines and saw the chew marks when using the old pair as a pull line.
by morbidpete
Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: It has been a while
Replies: 15
Views: 4189

Hi!
by morbidpete
Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:12 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing & Crypto
Topic: Cryptocurrencies
Replies: 24
Views: 47448

Philip wrote:If you are running Windows you may want to try Nicehash, it's easy and can mine different cryptos. You can use a wallet at one of the exchanges, like Coinbase, or you can setup your own as suggested.
I always forget about nicehash, just make sure to withdraw often. they love being hacked lol.
by morbidpete
Wed Nov 07, 2018 10:21 am
Forum: Distributed Computing & Crypto
Topic: Cryptocurrencies
Replies: 24
Views: 47448

Can you mine bitcoin or is it just other currency? If so how where does it go when you mine it? Sorry complete noob with a spare PC wanting to do something with it... Mining BTC is not an option anymore. ASICS run the game with China controlling over half of the farms. If you want BTC you are best ...