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February 11, 2026 at 12:27 am in reply to: Just thought I would treat you. A little unknown OS #80600
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
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Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
@ Robin
Just noticed your sig. Didn’t know you knew Spike. IIRC he kept a couple of tarantulas as pets.--
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
Facebook will discontinue its News tab in the US and Australia in April 2024, halting payments to news publishers and abstaining from creating new news-specific products.
– https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/29/24087220/facebook-news-tab-united-states-australia—-
US launches ‘unprecedented’ investigation into Chinese connected cars, citing national security concerns.
– https://siliconangle.com/2024/02/29/us-launches-unprecedented-investigation-chinese-connected-cars-citing-national-security-concerns/
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Autonomous vehicle technology vulnerable to road object spoofing and vanishing attacks.
– https://techxplore.com/news/2024-03-autonomous-vehicle-technology-vulnerable-road.html--
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
Three more publishers (The Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet) sue OpenAI
– https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/28/24085973/intercept-raw-story-alternet-openai-lawsuit-copyright
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ‘betrayal’
– https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/1/24087473/elon-musk-openai-lawsuit-nonprofit-mission
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OpenAI ‘categorically disagrees’ with Elon Musk’s lawsuit against it, suggests Tesla CEO has ‘regrets’.
– OpenAI ‘categorically disagrees’ with Elon Musk’s lawsuit against it, suggests Tesla CEO has ‘regrets’.
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for potentially misleading investors.
– https://futurism.com/the-byte/sam-altman-openai-sec-investigation--
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
Apple shuts down its secretive electric car project
– https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/27/24084907/apple-electric-car-project-titan-shuts-down—-
Odysseus landed on the Moon without any altimetry data
– https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/02/it-turns-out-that-odysseus-landed-on-the-moon-without-any-altimetry-data/—-
Intel’s 1nm node is coming in 2027 with “double-digit” improvements in performance and efficiency.
– https://www.techspot.com/news/102058-intel-1nm-node-coming-2027-double-digit-improvements.html--
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
PlayStation to axe 900 jobs and close studio
– https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68404704—-
Dell promises ‘every PC is going to be an AI PC’ whether you like it or not
– https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/26/dell_ai_pc/--
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
FDA warns against smartwatches, rings claiming blood glucose measurement capability
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety warning to patients, consumers, and healthcare professionals in the US. It states that no smartwatch or smart ring has been authorized, cleared, or approved for measuring or estimating blood glucose values on its own. This warning comes as wearable technology claiming noninvasive blood glucose measurement capabilities gains more attention. The FDA has urged to be cautious of such claims and report any suspicious devices through its MedWatch Voluntary Reporting Form.
– https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/fda-issues-warning-not-to-use-certain-smartwatches-and-rings/story—-
Vision Pro owners are reporting a mysterious crack in the front glass
– https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/23/24080886/apple-vision-pro-cracks-damage-glass—-
Microsoft tried to sell Bing to Apple in 2018
– https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/science/microsoft-offered-to-sell-bing-to-apple-in-2018-google/story—-
Apple’s decision to drop iPhone web apps comes under scrutiny in the EU.#
– https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/26/24083511/apple-eu-investigation-web-app-support--
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
Neuralink’s first human patient, implanted with the company’s N1 brain chip, can now control a mouse cursor with their thoughts following a successful procedure.
Elon Musk, CEO of Neuralink, announced the patient has fully recovered without any adverse effects and is working towards achieving the ability to click the mouse telepathically.
Neuralink aims to enable individuals, particularly those with quadriplegia or ALS, to operate computers using their minds, using a chip that is both powerful and designed to be cosmetically invisible.– https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musk-claims-neuralinks-first-human-patient-can-control-cursor-with
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Adobe launches AI assistant that can search and summarize PDFs
– https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/20/adobe-launches-ai-assistant-that-can-search-and-summarize-pdfs.html—-
LockBit ransomware group taken down in multinational operation
– https://techmonitor.ai/technology/cybersecurity/lockbit-website-seized-fbi—-
Google engineers modded a PlayStation Portal to emulate PSP games
– https://www.engadget.com/google-engineers-modded-a-playstation-portal-to-emulate-psp-games-152256608.html--
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco
– https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/11/24069251/waymo-driverless-taxi-fire-vandalized-video-san-francisco-china-town—–
Neural networks are reportedly helping criminals create cheap virtual fake IDs online
– https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/12/ai_news_roundup/—
OpenAI tries to trademark ‘GPT’. US patent office says nope
– https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/19/ai_in_brief/—-
Apple faces €500m fine from EU over Spotify complaint
– https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/18/24076526/apple-music-antitrust-fine-brussels-eu-spotifyApple says Spotify wants ‘limitless’ access to its tools without paying
– https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/22/apple-says-spotify-wants-limitless-access-to-its-tools-without-paying--
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
EU opens formal probe of TikTok under Digital Services Act, citing child safety, risk management & other concerns
– https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/19/tiktok-dsa-probe/—
Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes
– https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/19/24077233/wyze-security-camera-breach-13000-customers-events—-
Nvidia is now worth more than Amazon thanks to the AI chip boomIt’s a sign of how strong demand is for chips that can run cutting-edge AI, as well as the investor appetite for the companies that make the semiconductors.
– https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/13/nvidia-market-cap-passes-amazon-on-strength-of-ai-boom.html
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
On the subject of GPU power cables problems are being reported with 12VHPWR & riser cables
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0fW5SLFphU
– https://hardwarecanucks.com/video-cards/theres-a-problem-with-riser-cables/
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
Son in law is an avid game player & uses an Oculus 2. He reports that it is quite good but is beaten by the Oculus 3 which comes with a fairly hefty price tag, so he won’t be upgrading any time soon.
HTH.
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
Yes Dave. 🙂 From the Tom’s Hardware link:
“An interesting detail about this new connector is that it is not an original design. Instead, it is a modification of the High Power Card Edge (HPCE) standard that is used heavily in the server industry. In theory, this means this new consumer-focused HPCE connector won’t succumb to similar reliability issues as the new 12VHPWR connector, since the connector has already been field-tested in the server space.”
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
CPU Unpark Utility
“If you use Windows 7/8/10 (or Windows Server variants) and own a multi-core CPU, a feature called ‘Windows Core Parking’ may be enabled that will throttle your CPU. The default settings for ‘Windows Core Parking’ are set to maximize power savings. However, these default settings are not tuned for gaming or other high performance programs. Unparking your cores will allow them to run at their highest settings (active) without being disrupted to enter parked (sleep) state when idle. This will help with lag and stutter during gaming or other high intensive programs. Games that use multi-cores like Battlefield 4/5, Far Cry 3/4/5, Crysis 3, Metro, Planetside 2 will benefit greatly from unparking CPU cores.
Another way to see which cores are parked, you can launch the Resource Monitor, which is located in the (‘Start’ button menu, All Programs), Accessories, System Tools folder. Select the CPU tab, and in the CPU Graph region you can see if a core(s) is parked.”
– https://freetimetech.com/cpu-unpark-utility-by-ftt/
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
August 10, 2023 at 12:44 am in reply to: Moved: Reply To: Seriously, is this place still working. #77706Seems I can start a new topic by using the link on the right hand side even though the banner at the bottom of the first page says I can’t (just in case anyone else wants to post).
@ Les. Wanting to use an NVMe M.2 drive to boot from, I sidelined my old rig & bought a reconditioned Dell Opliplex for less than £100. I say reconditioned but it probably only had the hard drive wiped & Windows reinstalled.
They come in 3 sizes : Midi, Small Form Factor & Micro. The specs & the ports vary even within the same form factor.
If it’s Windows 11 it probably isn’t up to spec but has the OS loaded by using the well known work arounds – not that it will worry you if you’re installing Mint.
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
The problem may be with ‘You cannot create new topics, as found at the bottom of the Archives:Forums page
– https://forumite.co.uk/forums/
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
Yep! Still check the forum every night. 🙂
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
Open-Source Application Development – for browser based extensions & software.
– https://add0n.com/index.html#products
“Hosting: add0n.com is proud to offer free-of-charge web-hosting space to the browser-based applications. Around a hundred developers have already joined add0n.com to host and maintain their open-source”projects.
Hosted Products categories
Styling
Notification
Productivity
Native
Security
Privacy
Anonymity
Enhancement
YouTube
Music
Ad Blocker
Management
Downloader
Development
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
You don’t need to purchase one as Windows Defender is built in.
Although once thought not up to par, it’s reputation is now up with the best.
It’s all I’ve used in Windows 8.1, 10 & 11 & previously Microsoft Security Essentials in Windows 7.
Except for on demand scanners any installer of a resident AV should take over from Windows Defender so that they don’t clash but don’t necessarily turn WD back on when uninstalled (free version of Malwarebytes in my case).
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
Medicat, an all-in-one bootable PC repair toolkit
26.5GB, 29,940 files, 4770 folders
– https://medicatusb.com/
Ghacks article (was DVD, now USB)
– https://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/19/medicat-dvd-bootable-toolkit-with-windows-10-winpe/--
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wasbitRig 1: Optiplex 3050 SFF
Rig 2: Asus ROG G20CB (rebuilt wreck)
Rig 3: HP Elitebook 8440PDear Starfleet, hate you, hate the Federation, taking Voyager. - Janeway
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