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ggrobot
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 Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2022 4:23 pm Post subject: Merry Christmas to All My Readers! [56746] |
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Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful Christmas. May peace,
love and prosperity follow you always! Christmas is very hectic at our
house this year because we are going on vacation soon, but don't worry,
I will be here for a few days and I will write the details in time 
So, to be honest, there is not
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amra
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Merry Christmas to everyone!
My wife bought me a Logitech G29 + shifter, trackIR 5 and wheel stand. Only my first ever wheel after 33 years of gaming. I’ve been playing ETS2,ATS, Snowrunner, spintires and MudRunner on a gamepad so never too late lol |
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Csimbi
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| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 2:40 am Post subject: |
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Merry Christmas to you all!
| Sabot wrote: | | My wife bought me a Logitech G29 + shifter, trackIR 5 and wheel stand. |
Nice, she must really love you!
I hope you got her some nice present, too! 
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Microsoft says three future Bethesda games will be PC, Xbox exclusive |
I say Microsoft will fuck us the first chance they get.
| Quote: | | NVIDIA Rings in the Holidays with a Jingle Bells Performance from AI-Powered Toy Jensen |
I don't want to hear about nvidia until they sell affordable high end cards with DVI.
FYI, DVI can do: | Quote: |
QXGA (2048×1536) @ 72 Hz with CVT blanking (2 × 163 MHz)
HDTV (1920×1080) @ 144 Hz[6]
WUXGA (1920×1200) @ 120 Hz with CVT-RB blanking (2 × 154 MHz)
WQXGA (2560×1600) @ 60 Hz with CVT-RB blanking (2 × 135 MHz)
WQUXGA (3840×2400) @ 30 Hz with CVT-RB blanking (2 × 146 MHz) |
No need for DisplayPort shite. |
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Sabot
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| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| Csimbi wrote: | Merry Christmas to you all!
| Sabot wrote: | | My wife bought me a Logitech G29 + shifter, trackIR 5 and wheel stand. |
Nice, she must really love you!
I hope you got her some nice present, too!
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I did mate. She’s also getting Christmas dinner and the whole shebang cooked cooked and done today and tomorrow.
Well 33 years of marriage and togetherness, if she didn’t love me (and I her) then it’s a funny old world -as they say 
How about yourself. Anything your getting or wanted?
I also picked a shed load of cheap game sales on steam and fanatical gaming. OMSI 2 stuff for eg really like the slow nature of a bus driver |
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heretic
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| Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2022 10:15 am Post subject: |
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| Sabot wrote: | | My wife bought me a Logitech G29 + shifter, trackIR 5 and wheel stand. |
Congratulations on the Logitech G29 Definitely one of the best things you can buy for the money. It comes with a shift lever or must be purchased additionally?
| Sabot wrote: | I did mate. She’s also getting Christmas dinner and the whole shebang cooked cooked and done today and tomorrow.
Well 33 years of marriage and togetherness, if she didn’t love me (and I her) then it’s a funny old world -as they say |
You've been together for 33 years? That's good! I've only been with my wife for 23 years, but I can write the same Sometimes I wonder how she's stuck with me so long! Because functioning with me is definitely not an easy or very ordinary life |
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Sabot
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Csimbi
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How about yourself. Anything your getting or wanted?
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Well, I want to upgrade our NAS.
You know, family pics, videos, games, movies, it's starting to fill up our current NAS - especially because I never delete anything 
I was eyeballing 16 and 18 TB HGST drives. My better half is not technical though, so she has no idea what any of that means.
Anyhow, when I mentioned it to her and what 8 of these HDDs would cost, we agreed that it's not a good thing to do in the current economic situation.
Maybe next year
I still have my Logitech Momo Racing wheel.
I thought about giving it to my son, but the newer wheels are not that good, so I am still keeping it |
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Sabot
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| Csimbi wrote: | | Sabot wrote: |
How about yourself. Anything your getting or wanted?
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Well, I want to upgrade our NAS.
You know, family pics, videos, games, movies, it's starting to fill up our current NAS - especially because I never delete anything
I was eyeballing 16 and 18 TB HGST drives. My better half is not technical though, so she has no idea what any of that means.
Anyhow, when I mentioned it to her and what 8 of these HDDs would cost, we agreed that it's not a good thing to do in the current economic situation.
Maybe next year
I still have my Logitech Momo Racing wheel.
I thought about giving it to my son, but the newer wheels are not that good, so I am still keeping it |
Ironically, it’s my wife that does all the ‘backup and NAS’ in the house. She uses it for her company and, like yourself, keep lots vids and pics of our entire life together inc hols and moments etc.
She built it and maintains it. I access it. That’s about it
Btw HX, I love schnitzel. Lidl sells it. Bit greasy, but it’s nice. |
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Csimbi
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2022 11:40 am Post subject: |
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| Sabot wrote: |
Ironically, it’s my wife that does all the ‘backup and NAS’ in the house.
Btw HX, I love schnitzel. Lidl sells it. Bit greasy, but it’s nice. |
Interesting! For some reason in our family women are not willing to touch any technology. "Dad will do it." It's been always like that.
As for the schnitzel, make your own - it will taste much better!:
Buy a whole boneless shoulder.
Slice it up to 5-10mm slices (I suggest your try the thinner ones first and go thicker only if you like it later).
Grab a meat beater and tenderize both sides of each slice thoroughly. (Do not beat is too much because the slice will fall apart.)
After beating, sprinkle a little salt on each side of each slice.
Put it in the fridge for 2-3 hours (so the salt takes into the meat).
Set three plates, one with flour, one with beaten eggs and the third with breadcrumbs.
Put a slice into the flour and make sure the flour sticks to it all around.
Place the slice into the eggs next - the egg will stick to the flour.
Place the slice into the breadcrumbs next - the breadcrumbs will stick to the egg.
Submerge into hot oil (150-160 degrees) and fry until golden brown.
Enjoy! |
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heretic
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2022 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Csimbi wrote: |
Well, I want to upgrade our NAS.
You know, family pics, videos, games, movies, it's starting to fill up our current NAS - especially because I never delete anything
I was eyeballing 16 and 18 TB HGST drives. My better half is not technical though, so she has no idea what any of that means.
Anyhow, when I mentioned it to her and what 8 of these HDDs would cost, we agreed that it's not a good thing to do in the current economic situation.
Maybe next year
I still have my Logitech Momo Racing wheel.
I thought about giving it to my son, but the newer wheels are not that good, so I am still keeping it |
Wow, did you really plan on 8x 18TB NAS? That would give you about 126TB of RAID wow! I bought a new Synology this year and I have 4x 8TB WD RED Pro (+2x M.2 SSD 500GB as cache) and I find it quite sufficient so far (I have a little over 22TB disk array). It's true that at home I use the NAS only for multimedia (movies, TV shows, photos) and also a little bit for my wife's work and girls' school. I have my company data stored in the company, there I have some ancient server with OS Windows Server 2003. I'll have to upgrade it next year, but I'm still postponing it, everyone knows that. |
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Csimbi
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| heretic wrote: |
Wow, did you really plan on 8x 18TB NAS? That would give you about 126TB of RAID wow! |
No, I did not!
I usually double the capacity every 6-8 years or so.
I have 8x4TB drives, which is 24TB in RAID 6 - only 1.5TB free space left - so the next upgrade is due.
My choice for vendor is HGST - not WD.
There are no small (8-10TB) HGST HDDs on the market anymore.
That leaves the HC530 or HC550 drives, 14, 16 or 18TB drives.
I don't like the recording technology in the HC530, so that leaves the HC550 drives.
Considering the price per terabyte, the 18TB is better than the 16TB one.
In RAID 6, I get 108TB with 8 disks.
I could go with just 6 disks and get 72TB though, but then I feel the two parity drives are too much of a waste.
Also, I am not sure whether my Raid card supports the 18TB drives (Adaptec 51645). There is just no information available on this anywhere. So, if I go with 6 and can only use 12TB capacity, then I'll wish I ordered 8 drives |
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Sabot
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| Csimbi wrote: | | Sabot wrote: |
Ironically, it’s my wife that does all the ‘backup and NAS’ in the house.
Btw HX, I love schnitzel. Lidl sells it. Bit greasy, but it’s nice. |
Interesting! For some reason in our family women are not willing to touch any technology. "Dad will do it." It's been always like that.
As for the schnitzel, make your own - it will taste much better!:
Buy a whole boneless shoulder.
Slice it up to 5-10mm slices (I suggest your try the thinner ones first and go thicker only if you like it later).
Grab a meat beater and tenderize both sides of each slice thoroughly. (Do not beat is too much because the slice will fall apart.)
After beating, sprinkle a little salt on each side of each slice.
Put it in the fridge for 2-3 hours (so the salt takes into the meat).
Set three plates, one with flour, one with beaten eggs and the third with breadcrumbs.
Put a slice into the flour and make sure the flour sticks to it all around.
Place the slice into the eggs next - the egg will stick to the flour.
Place the slice into the breadcrumbs next - the breadcrumbs will stick to the egg.
Submerge into hot oil (150-160 degrees) and fry until golden brown.
Enjoy! |
Man, you’ve just made yourself an online cook at GG. |
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