Sam Weston

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Father of two, husband, lover of dogs but owner of many cats. Runner. Technology enthusiast. Metalhead. ADHDer. Cloudy DevOps type person. Admin of https://social.running.cafe so running posts at @[email protected]
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LocationHampshire, England, UK
Show threadSam WestonApr 10, 2024

I’m trying to find a slightly less dodgy vBIOS for it with more standard clock speeds so I can get a decent level of performance out of it. However the chance of me turning it into a paperweight in the process are high. Watch this space. 😆

Oh and I can’t get the heat sink off to check chip markings because one of the previous owners rounded out one of the screws. So very dodgy!

Sam WestonApr 10, 2024

In my cheap gaming rig antics my dodgy AMD RX 580 arrived from eBay. It is, as expected, pretty dodgy!

It’s got a sticker on it suggesting it’s an Asus card but it seems to be a bit of a mongrel and running a firmware with odd clock speeds optimised for crypto mining.

Oh and it’s missing a fan blade so I’ve removed the fan in question to stop it shaking itself apart.

It’s working under Linux albeit with sub-par peformance, but the Windows drivers won’t work with it at all (why it was cheap).

Sam WestonApr 10, 2024
Carl T. BergstromApr 10, 2024

Next up: Tesla's Autopilot is actually just some dude in India driving your car with a Playstation controller.

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-just-walk-out-actually-1-000-people-in-india-2024-4?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar

Amazon's Just Walk Out technology relies on hundreds of workers in India watching you shop

Amazon promoted Just Walk Out as AI-powered cashierless technology. But the tech reportedly relied on workers in India for accuracy.

Business Insider
Sam WestonApr 8, 2024
F.H.Apr 8, 2024

Some dude on the radio:
"A solar eclipse is a regularly occurring natural phenomenon."

My brain:
"Phenomenon!
♪♫ Doot doooo, doo doo doo. ♪♫
Phenomenon!
♪♫ Doot, doo doot doo. ♪♫
Phenomenon!
♪♫ Doot, doooo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doot doot doooooo doo. ♪♫"

Sam WestonApr 8, 2024
Count BinfaceApr 8, 2024
Here it is: my 2024 manifesto to be Mayor of London. Can any other candidate beat this? Not a chance! #VoteBinface #MakeYourVoteCount #IchBinEinLondoner
Sam WestonApr 8, 2024
Canonical UbuntuApr 8, 2024
20 years of #Ubuntu
Sam WestonApr 8, 2024
Outwit PlaylistApr 7, 2024
@MnemosyneSinger
Sam WestonApr 8, 2024
Ross WintleApr 3, 2024

The Verge article on the best printer in 2024 is just completely brilliant in so many ways.

And also kinda sad.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/2/24117976/best-printer-2024-home-use-office-use-labels-school-homework

Best printer 2024, best printer for home use, office use, printing labels, printer for school, homework printer you are a printer we are all printers

After a full year of not thinking about printers, the best printer is still whatever random Brother laser printer that’s on sale.

The Verge
Sam WestonApr 7, 2024
SamXaviaApr 7, 2024

The one positive of not having many people post of my instance at the moment is simply that I don't have to mute half the feed because it's not relevant to me.

People living in #Southampton you can save me from this lol

Sam WestonApr 4, 2024
Right I've finished fiddling with this hardware now. Let's do some gaming! Suddenly my 500Mb internet makes sense. 😆