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by Rivas
Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Probably the best Putin article I've ever read
Replies: 4
Views: 2659

The article is great but ... Russian government are factions, it's different thinking, unpredictable and extremely dangerous. If Putins goes down, Nationalist will take his place and UK, Poland, all those little states are gone. (I didn't mean to use term little states but compared to Russia with 11...
by Rivas
Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Illegals?
Replies: 9
Views: 3542

I guess we are all illegals in some way, all the native massacres, broken treaties, stolen land, who are we to call them illegals ? Mexico is a narco state, and most of the south American states as well, we all got different point of view but I wouldn't separate any parent from their kids, lock them...
by Rivas
Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: I guess that it is time to say...
Replies: 5
Views: 3775

“See you at the far post”
by Rivas
Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:25 pm
Forum: General Archive
Topic: R.I.P. Ken
Replies: 23
Views: 17861

Ken passed away a couple of hour ago. His son Alex was with him. Alex has been near him for the past few months, he interrupted college to be next to his dad as Ken's health was deteriorating. Ken's son, his sister and family will miss him, but he also has us, his online family of 20+ years that wi...
by Rivas
Wed Mar 30, 2022 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Ukraine Conflict
Replies: 30
Views: 6814

Russia will annex territories with Russian speaking majorities.
Sadly Ukraine will become most likely 2nd Maldives with not even 120 square miles.
by Rivas
Wed Mar 30, 2022 7:06 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Know of a Good Free Adblocker?
Replies: 13
Views: 7228

pi-hole all you need is any raspberry pie 3 or 4, ethernet cable and power. Installation takes 2 hours for newbie, 30 minutes for pro. it even blocked my lg tv ads (what is trending right now) so I put it in whitelist. In 24 hours in blocked over 60 000 ads with medium browsing the internet is going...
by Rivas
Sat Mar 26, 2022 4:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Ukraine Conflict
Replies: 30
Views: 6814

Different people different opinions.


Anyway, just watching this war but not as tense as before and wondering, does anyone have cure for human nature ?
by Rivas
Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:56 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Ukraine Conflict
Replies: 30
Views: 6814

Good to see you too, been a long time Philip :) Great video as well ! That almost exactly explains the Russian affairs and Slavic thinking. I would use different words in private chat but as I grow older I realized I don't want to start another flame war/disturbances or use of innapropriate language...
by Rivas
Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Ukraine Conflict
Replies: 30
Views: 6814

Hello everyone, it's not about money, this conflict will end up bad for Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. I'm uploading documentary video so you can understand Russian/Soviet thinking. It starts long before WW2, how Russia was controlling population in Ukraine, how Germany and Russia attacked Poland duri...
by Rivas
Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:08 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Where be all the members?
Replies: 36
Views: 5567

Here and there ....not involved with any social media activities or gaming, different forum, icq or skype, telegram or whatever etc etc Most of the time working/being involved with a group called "Scan the world", moved from desktop to industrial 3D printing unfortunately since the pandemi...
by Rivas
Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:03 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy Birthday Rivas!
Replies: 2
Views: 1017

Hi guys, Thanks a lot !!!
Tortoises are fine ;) <3


Merry Xmas to you all and Happy New Year ! :rockin: :cool: :wave: :wave: :wave:
by Rivas
Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Happy New Year
Replies: 3
Views: 2832

Happy New Year 2020 ! :)
by Rivas
Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: It's Rivas Birthday!
Replies: 3
Views: 2076

Hi guys,

Thanks a lot !

I stopped by, few weeks later :)
by Rivas
Fri Jan 18, 2019 9:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Horror Movie Fans?
Replies: 13
Views: 5502

I love horror movie genre and first horror movie that really scared me was Psycho. My mom got really mad when she found out I was around 10. Since that time a few zombie flicks and in last 15 years there hasn't been anything what would scare me or have unexpected end ...unfortunately. EDIT: What rea...
by Rivas
Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: mods your slacking!!!!
Replies: 7
Views: 4303

MadDoctor wrote:Where do you live Rivas? Never mind. I'll check the global serial killers database.
What are you talking about ? Right next door!
We always help each other loading the trunk ….
by Rivas
Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: mods your slacking!!!!
Replies: 7
Views: 4303

MadDoctor wrote:Us sheep don't get respect. I was on my way to 20!!
Philip, why doesn't MD get negative 1 billion posts ? Just to be on the safe side ?
And the reputation ? Approach with caution ? The millennials have no respect for that, it's better be degenerate serial killer !

:D
by Rivas
Wed Jan 16, 2019 1:52 pm
Forum: Digital Media and Photography
Topic: Samsung Blu Ray Player Shuts Off
Replies: 7
Views: 8506

it might be overheating or it's pretty much dead

the roku streaming stick is solid, why don't you subscribe to iptv ? the price is around 10-15 USD / month and you can find provider just searching google or ebay
by Rivas
Mon Jan 14, 2019 8:51 pm
Forum: Distributed Computing & Crypto
Topic: Cryptocurrencies
Replies: 24
Views: 47384

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
by Rivas
Mon Jan 14, 2019 4:39 pm
Forum: Hardware & Overclocking
Topic: Qnap ts-431p nas
Replies: 4
Views: 7834

"thin" versus "thick" volumes are two different approaches to virtual disks. Thin is dynamic, say you allocate a 1TB thin volume and you only have 100 gigs on there so far, the actual virtual hard disk file is not 1TB but a certain percentage above the actual amount of data stor...
by Rivas
Mon Jan 14, 2019 1:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Sad News, Roundeye has Passed Away
Replies: 26
Views: 10418

RIP

See you on the other side
by Rivas
Mon Jan 14, 2019 12:10 pm
Forum: Hardware & Overclocking
Topic: Qnap ts-431p nas
Replies: 4
Views: 7834

I'm guessing you allocated all the space on the drives/RAID volume to storage. So turn off the threshold alert. Storage Pool....Manage...disable the Alert Threshold. Taking backups of it right? With RAID 0, if just 1x drive fails you're tanked! Yes I do have backups thanks for reminding me, it just...
by Rivas
Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:33 pm
Forum: Hardware & Overclocking
Topic: Qnap ts-431p nas
Replies: 4
Views: 7834

Qnap ts-431p nas

Hi guys, anyone has any experience with this ? I wanted a simple UI NAS and it wants create mail servers, keeps saying my pool is full but there is 13tb free, I set it up as raid 0, so now I'm transferring everything back and going to re-do it again. I gave read write delete access to all folders an...
by Rivas
Sun Jan 13, 2019 10:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Now Open The SG Tavern ***Order up***
Replies: 1375
Views: 121479

Starbucks. Americano Please
by Rivas
Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: An old forum member passed away, JCOS (Patrick)
Replies: 31
Views: 11208

always wondered how he was doing he was hell of a guy

I'm shocked, I just saw the thread ...omg


RIP JCOS
by Rivas
Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Hi all, anyone remember me?
Replies: 17
Views: 5825

are you referring to this card ?

Product Highlights
-120GB Storage Capacity
-PCIe 2.0 Interface
-Max. Read Speed: 440 MB/s
-Max. Write Speed: 400 MB/s

I could use it for 4k movies on my LG TV, it's expensive card, how much ?
by Rivas
Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:18 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Best Tool to manage SPAM in Outlook Mail Program
Replies: 5
Views: 7720

Imho there is no bulletproof protection because sometimes it 'gets' legit email as well, sometimes …. I change isp email address every 2-3 months, I got one anon email account (Hotmail) and over there i'm receiving 100k+ emails per day but that email address is 21 years old, using it just for my gam...
by Rivas
Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Is a hotdog a sandwich?
Replies: 11
Views: 3543

I don't really care as long as it tastes good …. :D
by Rivas
Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:34 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Hi all, anyone remember me?
Replies: 17
Views: 5825

forgot to mention, nice custom made trigger, almost looks like high calibre HPA gun/rifle :)
by Rivas
Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:32 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7027

Only issue I see with 100% infill is the weight it adds. While maybe not a whole lot and I could be paranoid lol. Could introduce ringing. it's not as heavy but if you want to print a material at 380 degree celsia the PLA will be toast. BUT ...I got only one roll of filament that really requires th...
by Rivas
Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:14 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7027

Lefty wrote:I have to learn this new language you speak. I didn't understand 1/4 of this post.
Leftyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :cool:

http://www.3dprinterprices.net/faqs/

it's like a building a house inside a house, you can be the worker or architect or both
by Rivas
Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7027

Was there supposed to be a photo? Thats a damn strong part using 100%. even %50 is crazy IMO. I cracked my windshield throwing a 2 perimeter %10 infill print at it haha. if parts are off in size but correct in the slicer you need to calibrate your esteps for the dimension it is off. Its the first t...
by Rivas
Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Hi all, anyone remember me?
Replies: 17
Views: 5825

of course I do, long time no see :)

Hope everything goes well in your life :thumb:

Cheers !
by Rivas
Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7027

I've always used hairspray, I refuse to change haha. My Anycubic came with a sheet, hate it. Impossible to get prints off of it. ripped it off and switched to a mirror with hairspray. Look at this, it's cheaper compared to hairspray and it does stick the bed has to be cold before you apply it then ...
by Rivas
Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:09 pm
Forum: Digital Media and Photography
Topic: How would you rate this camera ?
Replies: 0
Views: 15528

How would you rate this camera ?

For a guy who does pictures only in summer, fishing trips, camping (rockies, tundra etc) I'm not looking for something pro, I often take pictures of mama bear with cubs fishing for salmons from a very safe distance or would it be better to invest money into geomaping long distance (fpv) drone ? (4k ...
by Rivas
Mon Jan 07, 2019 6:43 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7027

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 bowden for more consistent flow rate and a seperate LA profile also. don't use hairspray use glue stick, much b...
by Rivas
Sat Jan 05, 2019 9:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7027

hi pete long time no see ! :rockin: anycubic got just the Mega and chiron, they are coming this year with anycubic predator, 3d delta printer. creality means quality you can't go wrong there loved my tevo tornado to the point when control box caught fire and tevo was unable/refused to replace it. Ho...
by Rivas
Sat Jan 05, 2019 5:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7027

The technology is maturing, there seem to be a lot of new companies, interest and consumer applications, but I don't know much about them. I've played a bit with the abs plastic cheap ones, but I wasn't impressed with the quality, other than for cheap toy applications. I am sure the more profession...
by Rivas
Sat Jan 05, 2019 5:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7027

Just got a creality ender 3. Great little 3d printer. The tech is where 2d printers were in the late 80's. creality is very good company, I was deciding between creality and anycubic and went with anycubic chiron. Unfortunately Chiron doesn't have the auto leveling feature but the build volume is m...
by Rivas
Fri Jan 04, 2019 8:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: 3D printers ?
Replies: 17
Views: 7027

3D printers ?

Hi guys, just wondering what are your thoughts about 3D printers ? I'm not talking just about overpriced NA manufacturers but especially about award winning UV Anycubic, Delta printers, Tevo Tornado/Geetech/Qidi/FLSUN printers and those are just a few that came on my mind there is like 20+ more manu...
by Rivas
Wed Jan 02, 2019 6:38 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: teksavvy good
Replies: 5
Views: 31526

awesome !

aren't they shaw resellers ?