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Roger

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    New AMD Chips

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    On 7/22/2020 at 3:14 PM, robcat2075 said:

    AMD stock went up 8% to a new high today on the announcement of new chips

    https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2020/7/21/21331824/amd-7nm-ryzen-4000-desktop-chips-apu-processor-prebuilt-systems-intel

    https://www.fool.com/investing/2020/07/22/amd-targets-oem-market-with-new-ryzen-chips.aspx

    Not available for DIYers yet but I presume their previous top-of-the-line desktop will be reduced in price soon.
     

     

    An 8-core chip that runs up to 4.3GHz yet only produces 35 watts of heat?

    I remember going to a show where someone was demonstrating a PC that ran at ... 200MHz! The fan sounded like a vacuum cleaner running and the exhaust felt like a hair dryer set on "high".

    Once they finally release their 8 core APU (their term for the cpu with onboard graphics) for the DIY crowd,  that is going to be the new bang-for buck standard.   I'm also looking forward to RDNA-2 which is rumored to be 50% faster than the Nvidia 2080ti. 

    It will be interesting to see what the stock does, it looked like it was never going to break past $60 so it will be interesting to see where it goes from here. 

    Riots

    in Off Topic

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    I thought this was noteworthy, that was why I posted it, but in retrospect maybe it wasn't the best idea.   For the record, I don't consider kneeling on someone's neck a valid use of force.  

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    Corona

    in Off Topic

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    On 4/24/2020 at 1:28 PM, robcat2075 said:

    Past forum member Dhar Jabouri has posted this video of his drive-by coronavirus test.

    Ouch!  :wacko:

    https://www.facebook.com/dhar.jabouri/videos/10222197583358923/

     

    Geez that looks painful.    

    I've seen varying degrees of masking when I'm out.   Based on what I've read about the size of the virus particles, it's more useful for keeping your sneezes in than keeping anything out.   Plus there is the psychological factor of giving people something they are in control over.   Me, I'm not going to wear one unless I'm actually sick.  Considering the number of people I see wearing them only over their mouths, I"m not sure how much good they are doing anyway, even if they are capable of filtering the virus particles.  

    Martin Minutes

    in Animation:Master

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    On 4/27/2020 at 5:05 PM, robcat2075 said:

     

    It did seem a quite magical to be able to play a movie at home.

    The first thing I ever bought with a credit card that exceeded my ability to pay off the balance in one month was a VHS tape player.

    I still have my "Telepresence" tape but no longer have a working VHS tape player for it.

    I am probably one of the last people to own a VHS player.   🤣

    Corona

    in Off Topic

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    I haven't been going out for anything but food/sundries, but I'm going to try and see what I can get online instead.   I've been staying clear of my elderly parents and texting/calling them every day to check on them.   Hopefully we get through this before too much longer and nobody on the forum is seriously ill.  

    Corona

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    4 hours ago, robcat2075 said:

    This is alarming.

    I've been "social distancing" for years but i know a lot of people will be in a bad way if they can't get back to their regular work soon.

    This is very worrying.   Waitstaff, for one...even if the restaurant owner covered their hourly pay, they'd make almost nothing because the bulk of their earnings come from tips.

    There really aren't any good choices here.  You either have people go about their business as usual and end up with a huge number of infected people, or you try and clamp down on things and end up with the economy taking a hit.   So many people are living paycheck to paycheck that it is nearly impossible for them to weather a 1-3 month downturn or lapse in employment.  Still, I'd rather see a recession than a bunch of casualties from this. 

    Bad Christmas Cards

    in Off Topic

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    18 minutes ago, Wildsided said:

    You can always rely on the Victorians for a bit of weirdness. 

    Not sure if this is Santa kidnapping a child or if it's meant to be Krampus. Although, I always thought Krampus was a horned demonic figure....It's the Victorians, it's definitely Santa kidnapping a child.

    happyxms17-720x1133.jpg

     

     

    Krampus is hung over so Santa is doing him a solid, just this once.

    How to start a DarkTree/Symbiont material

    in Open Forum

    Posted · Edited by robcat2075
    topic clarified

    I know DarkTree textures were rolled into AM at some point and the plugin is available...but how do you go about making new textures to use with the plugin?   Are they still selling the software?  Or did it go the abandonware route?   It looks like their website hasn't been updated since 2010.  

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