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20 votes
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Finland's new prime minister is spearheading youth-led centrism – but will the rest of Europe follow her lead?
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[SOLVED] Friend's computer is cutting power randomly
So my friend has a computer she put together, and after replacing what feels like every single part on the rig, multiple trips to the repair shop, and calling a priest wrestling the demons out of...
So my friend has a computer she put together, and after replacing what feels like every single part on the rig, multiple trips to the repair shop, and calling a priest wrestling the demons out of it, it is randomly cutting power and we think the replacement power supply might be just as busted as the last one. Are there decent odds of that being an issue, or could it be something that we are overlooking?
EDIT: So, I had a car issue pop up and I won't be able to to take a look at at it tonight. Will download the tools you all mentioned to a jump drive and will keep you posted.
Was there, stayed up the whole time. Really thinking it might be a bad power switch that stuck, so it would turn off randomly. Thanks for all your help.
FINAL EDIT: So I narrowed it down to the Graphics Card and/or the Cooling System. Running the Heaven Benchmark on Extreme pretty reliably cleans it's clock, especially turning it off and then turning it on again. This happens on the latest Windows Updates, with latest Nvidia Drivers. (RTX 2080) Pulling the card and running the benchmark anyway causes the same issue, and this time it powered on and then back off in a loop. CPU-Z stress caused it to crash, so I'm assuming it's the cooler. Thanks again.
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New evidence shows that the key assumption made in the discovery of dark energy is in error
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Scifi trends over the decades
I've just finished The Sirens of Titan from 1959 (after seeing it recommended here, actually) and something struck me compared to more recent books. A lot of the more technical stuff is kind of...
I've just finished The Sirens of Titan from 1959 (after seeing it recommended here, actually) and something struck me compared to more recent books. A lot of the more technical stuff is kind of hand-waved away. It's not a criticism, just something that stuck out as I was reading. Is this a trend? Do readers demand more details these days? I've read a bunch of sci fi from the 60s until the present day, but I've only really gotten back into it more recently with Sirens.
Perhaps I've read too much Neal Stephenson, who has likely never hand-waved anything away! The Martian also springs to mind, but that's very deliberately focused on the details and keeping it realistic, IIRC.
Spoilers
I'm mostly thinking about the radio-controlling of the Martian army beyond "there is a little box in their pocket" and most of the atmospheric questions beyond how they breathe.
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Release of over 100,000 leaked documents from Cambridge Analytica has started, showing the company's work in sixty-eight countries
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Meditation Games: a launcher that has a different small game for each day of the year
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After redesigns, the finish line is in sight for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship
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In the 1980s, a far-left, female-led domestic terrorism group bombed the US capitol
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How Star Wars was saved in the edit
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What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's...
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
12 votes -
New York dangled extra incentives in initial bid to lure Amazon HQ2
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Tough, waterproof 3.5 mm cables
I'm looking for some very tough, ideally waterproof 3.5mm male to male cables. Does anyone out there have a recommendation?
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CATS Movie... I have to explain
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Inside a (3rd party) iPhone battery factory in China
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Anyone here practicing Zazen?
I recently finished "Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki and was deeply moved. I've meditated sporadically over the years and dabbled in various Buddhist traditions yet never have I been...
I recently finished "Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki and was deeply moved. I've meditated sporadically over the years and dabbled in various Buddhist traditions yet never have I been so taken with an approach as I was after reading this. If there is anybody out there practicing Sōtō Zen would you be able to recommend anything to read next?
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SomaFM - SF 10-33 (SF Police scanner w/ reverb over ambient music)
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San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) - Emilie Mosseri, Joe Talbot, Daniel Herskedal
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On the PlayStation 2's 20th anniversary, the former bosses of Sony Computer Entertainment UK, Europe and US take us behind the scenes of the console's launch
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Deceased GOP strategist's daughter makes gerrymandering files public that Republicans wanted sealed
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The Egg
Her eyes are fixed on the cooker. — Look. Points at the egg. — What? — Can’t you see? — Has it gone bad? She takes a deep breath. — I noticed the way you broke the shell, but I needed to confirm....
Her eyes are fixed on the cooker.
— Look.
Points at the egg.
— What?
— Can’t you see?
— Has it gone bad?
She takes a deep breath.
— I noticed the way you broke the shell, but I needed to confirm. Can you see how the yolk is soft yet whole, with a small cut in the lower portion slowly leaking a yellow thread at a regular pace?
— Yes...
— Don’t you get it?
— No.
— When the yolk leaks like that, it can only mean two things.
She hesitates.
— You’re either going to murder me...
— What you’re talking about?
— Or you’ll get a Ph.D. in Physics in 2035.
— You’re kidding, right?
— Nope.
— You saw all that? On a fucking egg?
— I knew you wouldn’t understand...
— You were right.
A second goes by. He cleans his throat, kinda embarrassed.
— Honey?
— Yeah, babe.
— I’m terrible at physics.
He holds a knife with a confused expression on his face.
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The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world – Mette Lykke, co-founder of fitness tracker Endomondo, and CEO of food waste app, Too Good To Go
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Julián Castro endorses Elizabeth Warren for US President
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Norway's Equinor plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its domestic operations by 40% this decade and to near zero by 2050
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After weeks of vandalism, the controversial statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic in Malmö has finally been knocked over
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Toward a grand unified theory of snowflakes
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What's your ideal pizza?
I'm sitting here eating a pan crust pizza with pepperoni, sausage, mozzarella+romano cheese, and easy mushroom and basil. I feel that this is an ideal pizza with it's mixture of crunch, spices,...
I'm sitting here eating a pan crust pizza with pepperoni, sausage, mozzarella+romano cheese, and easy mushroom and basil. I feel that this is an ideal pizza with it's mixture of crunch, spices, and sweetness. The leftovers are perfect for reheating in a skillet the next day. The crust has softened but is soaked with enough grease that the skillet makes the crust have an almost puff pastry style crunch/crumble. This is probably my ideal pizza.
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Hideaki Anno details his falling out with Gainax
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What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
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Forced repatriation for Denmark's Syrian refugees? Several families are living in fear of being deported to Syria, where the civil war continues
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What the Gulf: Blood and oil
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The code of capital: How the law creates wealth and inequality
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Norway records warmest ever January day at 19C – the main cause for the record-breaking temperatures at this particular site was from a foehn wind
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Troubleshooting and fixing a dead Apple IIc
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Dan Wang's 2019 Letter
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Canceling
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‘Evidence-Based Medicine’ and the Expulsion of Peter Gøtzsche
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How do you convince someone of the value of egalitarianism?
An odd question to ask, I'll admit, but I think it's worth asking. It's hard to have a public conversation today about political or politicised topics because people will pipe up and tell you that...
An odd question to ask, I'll admit, but I think it's worth asking.
It's hard to have a public conversation today about political or politicised topics because people will pipe up and tell you that you're crazy and your ideas are completely backwards. And the reason why people say this is often driven by conflicts between personally held values rather than the ideas themselves. As a result, these conversations usually end up with both sides arguing past eachother and no concensus is ever made; nobody is happy.
One of the more common reasons for these arguements is typically because one party believes in egalitarianism - the belief that all people should be treated the same - and the other one does not. It's particularly strange to see given that so many countries have egalitarianism as a cornerstone to their government and laws. Yet we still see many people trying to take away rights and freedoms from certain classes of people.
Regardless of any particular conversation, what do you think is the best way to convince someone in the value of egalitarianism? How do you convince someone that they're not part of a higher class who has power over another?
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My 92-year-old father didn’t need more medical care
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Sandman to Hark! A Vagrant: The best comics of the decade
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1996 talk by Cliff Stoll about the future of computers and the internet
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Bruce Perens quits Open Source Initiative amid row over new data-sharing crypto license: 'We've gone the wrong way with licensing'
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A spate of new class-action lawsuits threaten the CBD industry. Will they force Washington to act?
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Iran rolls back nuclear deal commitments
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The Light Phone
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A genderless prophet drew hundreds of followers long before the age of nonbinary pronouns
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Man with 5.5-inch horn growing on his back slipped "through the net" docs say
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The art of the bodge: How I made the emoji keyboard
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Software disenchantment
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Exotic threats in mobile testing...
I'm currently in the process of reading the excellent "Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach". Early on the following is mentioned. Test common threats before exotic...
I'm currently in the process of reading the excellent "Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach". Early on the following is mentioned.
Test common threats before exotic threats.
Seems reasonable enough. That said, it got me thinking It'd be cool to generate a list of such threats for future devs/testers to draw on. So...I'm calling on the collective experience of any Tilders involved in iOS or Android development to lend a hand.
In your time working on mobile, what issues have you encountered that you would you classify as exotic? I.e those issues that infrequently arise but when they do can cause major damage. Any and all help is appreciated.
4 votes