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  1. wilkxus

    Headphones & Audio Devices

    Looking for recommendations for some USB DAC s with SPDIF out. Motherboard died so I am upgrading my mini ITX audio server, however new motherboards Im considering do NOT have SPDIF onboard, neither on back plate nor any header. My present Audio setup uses motherboard SPDIF via Toslink cable...
  2. wilkxus

    Diku MUD

    Anyone here play Genesis? https://www.genesismud.org/world.php Old EQ dev streaming in Monsters & Memories mentioned enjoying it. Browsing their forums seems like it has an active community.
  3. wilkxus

    Linux OS stuff Thread

    Perhaps the installer will let you select which drives you want the installer to *see* during installation? Fedora does this before you go into the partition tool. Does Win11 now force you to use the secure boot shit always? No workarounds? I'm outa touch, That UEFI security shit is all just...
  4. wilkxus

    Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO

    Some of the Blogs are still around, the Newsletters/Monthly updates I am not so certain about. If interested msg me for the Blog links.
  5. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    Crazy how much pent up demand there is for the gfx cards and CPUs. Situation is quite f*cked up at one of my local stores with a backlog of 30+ people pre-paid in full waiting for 5900Xs and only 3 total have been received since release. Wait list for 5800x is short and a fair few 5800Xs have...
  6. wilkxus

    Bicycling

    How many rides did it take for your sit bones to get sore? Its possible perhaps just ramping up km too fast before finding comfy tweaks to get used to seat? (tweaks) GCN guys on youtube have some helpful videos on bike fits and seat adjustments and selections. Well worth a look before you go...
  7. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    Soundcards are a waste of money except for special use cases with onboard digital audio being so clean. Last sound card I bought was for an Athlon or Duron build in early 2000s.... was shit, or EQ sound was shit, or both heh. Never since.
  8. wilkxus

    Bicycling

    Bears and coyotees def spice up my rides, especially the climbs. At night hard to tell exactly whats lurking noisyly in the brush..... nothing like a fooking bear or deer darting in the brush right beside you to spike that adrenaline and trubo kick the legs into overdrive on a steep climb. I do...
  9. wilkxus

    Linux OS stuff Thread

    try here. No personal experience with Netgear here.
  10. wilkxus

    Computer Issues

    Sounds like might be power supply, try a spare one first. If you suspect Gfx card try it in another PC first. Does your CPU have onboard Gfx? Take out Gfx card and try onboard video. I would not recommend randomly replacing anything (unless Gfx card is shit) until you've explored cheaper...
  11. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    Zen 3 will be supported on X470 and B450 oficially here from Reddit. F8cktards at AMD getting overconfident but at least have sense to stick to what they more or less promised and insinuated they would do. Intel needs to drop prices some more to keep AMD under at least some pressure until...
  12. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    Hopefully some minor support for Zen3 on X470 trickles out for the bigger name boards. Though even if not one can still plop in a probably cheapish Zen 2, still a decent step up from Zen+. One good thing is new Ryzen 4000 desktop 8 core APUs will be Zen 2 based.
  13. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    F*ck that blows, hope its false as I was hoping to keep all my X470 mobos and get Zen3 upgrades for both home and work machines. Maybe AMD getting complacent already after seeing Intel *upgrades* this year.
  14. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    Interesting stuff indeed, curious if either of you guys get sustained max on a single core beyond just a stat or CB? AMD is certainly here to stay with some great tech and even greater value. Only thing that really put me off with 3900x was people seemed to b e having trouble hitting anywhere...
  15. wilkxus

    Browser Addon Suggestions?

    Thanks, very nice indeed.
  16. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    What I am saying and why my asessment and HARD recommendation to avoid AMD cards atm because a great many of AMD gfx cards are simply BROKEN. Yep, just broken/flawed and disfunctional hardware. Across the BROAD spectrum of performance/models over the last few generations of cards, a significant...
  17. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    Bold assesment there, one review after years of problems? I would not hold my breath, going to take some consistent results and reviews to polish those turds.... and a turd is still a turd. Personally going to wait for the next RDNA revisions to have a near spotless record after half a year...
  18. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    CPUs are awesome. I have an Asus X470 Hero VII and stability is now rock solid with overclocked 32GB RAM 3200mhz+ on a 2700x. It was good before but OCing and stability improved slightly after last years Ryzen 3000 release. Cheap, cool and fast. From everywhere I hear nothing but even better...
  19. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    Supposed to be the last AM4 upgrade before jump to new socket and DDR5 RAM. Big IPC inreases + clock speed increases from new process. One of most important changes supposed to be a Cache redesign: unified cache, more of it and better latency (last architectural wekness). Should help with single...
  20. wilkxus

    Headphones & Audio Devices

    I use: (1) Wired Sennheiser 598. Quality wise great sound, but usually overkill for TV/movies. More comfortable for longer listening/watching sessions. (2) Sennheiser BT 4.50 through Avantree BT USB stick for wireless bluetooth. No noise cancelling needed, waste of $ unless you have good reason...
  21. wilkxus

    Headphones & Audio Devices

    Not quite sure what your specific usecases are or what audio & bluetooth equipment you have. But if youre trying to transmit the audio to Bluetooth (digital) after the mixing (analog in my example below) stage its probably not worth the cost and effort to mix (see 5). If you want to mix audio...
  22. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    For starters go full digital and head over to the FoH headphone thread for DAC ideas . I always had funky shit happen intermittently to audio when I used analog onboard or PCI(e) audio. Never again. Now I use hdmi audio (to digital reciever) or Toslink optical to a DAC that plugs to my Analog...
  23. wilkxus

    Linux OS stuff Thread

    @Kharzette : If session manager craps itself on you rather than reinstalling (system) just just fix your home directory or try/install a new window manager from the console. ) go to a console (hold CTRL-ALT F4 ) ) backup (tar.gz your /home/kharz dir) ) nuke your /home/user directory for a...
  24. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    That Asrock Desk Mini A300 looks like a great htpc system. Looks like perfect excuse to upgrade my htpc from a m-itx Fractal Cube if its compatible with Ryzen 4k APUs when they arrive. I would consider an AMD 2400G with 8gb RAM a bare minimum for decent browsing & varried 4k media content (on...
  25. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    Awesome, thx. Thats not so bad price wise considring how much I wasted on various hdmi/dp dongles and cables last time I needed a couple of machines move into closets. Next reno I will rewire rooms I need for both network and video sockets.
  26. wilkxus

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    Any suggestions here for using voice to text transcription software for software design/debugging/brainstorming meetings? I am looking to experiment with recording & transcribing some meetings. Were are just using ipad Pros w pencils for notes in iOS Notability atm but would like to pull the...
  27. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    Any trouble getting 4k to work @ 60 Hz ?
  28. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    I would say wait for Ryzen 4000 this summer/fall just because release seems reasonably close. Ryzen 4000 is supposed to be the last AM4 upgrade and its rumoured to be a big upgrade. I'm sitting on my 2700x and hanging on to wring out as much bang for buck as I can out of my X470 AM4 MB and ram...
  29. wilkxus

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    1) Checkpoint when you get stuck. I often take a note or two on my progress and map out prospects for avenues of progression to chip away in my tasks. 2) Exercise. Take a walk, bike ride etc. Exercise, sports and games (fun, exciting or physically stresfull) can be an incredibly helpfull...
  30. wilkxus

    IT/Software career thread: Invert binary trees for dollars.

    IT Hare on Soft.ware https://blog.acolyer.org/archives/ https://www.nextplatform.com/ RiP honorable mention to Dr Dobbs (in archive mode) https://arxiv.org/list/cs/recent http://www.cs.uky.edu/~jzhang/Journal.html
  31. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    Not worth the $$ extra to have nvme for gaming in my experience. Unless youre a min maxer. In personal experience , outside of dev stuff and heavy multitasking IO load situations, NVMe is overkill for very little practical return for $.
  32. wilkxus

    Bicycling

    How reliant are Wahoos on your Cell for usability? Coming from my virtually featureless but battery frugal Sigma, I'm hoping I configure/download and most routes/workout things @ home with my iPad and PC before I leave for rides .
  33. wilkxus

    Bicycling

    I'm mostly old school Local Bike Shop only but nowdays Ebay? if you know for certain what you want/need, at least for somewhat less commonly stocked parts. Ebay (Germany) is where I just got a 1" carbon fork to finish restoring/upgrading my 1990s Peugot Aluminum to a threadless headset...
  34. wilkxus

    Bicycling

    Decided to go with a Lezyne Maga XL GPS bundle . I hate charging shit so the great battery life and storage are a huge plus. Though Garmin seem better at everything else they are a fair bit pricier and I want to see how the training features all work first. Should make for a fun end of season...
  35. wilkxus

    Bicycling

    Anyone here use a GPS cycling computer they might recommend? I'm looking to upgrade a Sigma BC 23.16 STS to something that (1) I can map/record my rides with, and (2) help me pace myself during longer solo rides.
  36. wilkxus

    Bicycling

    Wow, very interesting, I had no idea there were so many accesories, will def look into expanding my collection. Should make packing for a few days much easier. My road bike has nothing but water bottle holders and an under seat bag but I thought my hybrid was maxed out with the rear rack and 2...
  37. wilkxus

    Bicycling

    Very light then. What sort of food do you bring along? I'm planning on taking my younger kids on a bike trip fishing & camping next summer but I'll be repurposing their old 2 seater Thule trailer for tent, gear and food. Only looking at 2/3 of a days ride (at kid pace) out of the city to test...
  38. wilkxus

    Bicycling

    Looks like fun! How much weight did you have on your handlebars? Looks like it would be tricky to handle on gravel.
  39. wilkxus

    Desktop Computers

    The great part of Zen 2 performance is it seems like RAM speed really will not be as much of an issue as Zen1: even 3200 CAS 14 is ok. Most average applications already fit nicely into the larger Zen 2 caches. Unless you stumble upon the occasional outlier game or custom application, those...