48 Hours, 5 Million Points: We're ROCKING it ! !

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 04/13/2020 at 11:48 • Filed to: None

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And we’re just getting warmed up.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 11:51

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what is this?

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 11:54

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I might have to get in on this. The boys are using their computers for homework and games, but oldest son has a PC that pretty much sits there unused. He’s on his Chromebook most of the time. 

facw > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 11:57

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Warmed up is an accurate way to describe this:

Though I’m currently stuck with no GPU work units, so warming is much more limited than it could be otherwise.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 11:57

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I will get in on it tomorrow. My I7 7700 and 1070 are not doing anything during the day anyways

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 04/13/2020 at 11:57

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Saving the world.

Also: https://foldingathome.org/

For Sweden > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 11:58

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Fun fact: if you use your computer to fold proteins, you can’t use it to use slurs in video games

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 04/13/2020 at 12:00

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You wanna get on it, throw those two new gaming rigs at it. You’ll be a contender.

WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI > For Sweden 04/13/2020 at 12:01

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ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 12:01

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That will be later this week, after the video cards arrive. They should be here on Wednesday.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability 04/13/2020 at 12:01

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Yeah I have nearly identical specs and my machine is chugging through this nicely

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > For Sweden 04/13/2020 at 12:02

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You’ve lost me.

For Sweden > WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI 04/13/2020 at 12:03

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Save the world and save yourself

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > ttyymmnn 04/13/2020 at 12:12

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I don’t remember, what did you get?

Just Jeepin' > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 12:12

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https://jalopnik.com/nascar-driver-says-n-word-during-live-racing-stream-1842836035

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 12:19

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I’ve thought about joining in. If I can figure out how to get the a/c to compensate for all the heat being generated in my office already (one server, two laptops, three monitors, plus lighting), I might hop on board the train. Right now it’s nearly 80°F in here.

Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 12:37

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I’d really like to see us in the top 1000.

Not a Sunburst Miata > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 12:42

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I tried using folding at home but it had no tasks for my GPU, an RTX 2080.

It did have stuff for my CPU, a Ryzen 7 2700x. what is the team ID for oppo? I’ll join in on the fun!

ttyymmnn > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 04/13/2020 at 12:46

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I bough t a couple of cards that turned out to be too big for the box, so I reo rdered and got these instead.

TrickJos > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 12:58

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I decided to put my old 2010  MacBook Pro to work. Sadly, GPU folding is not supported on Macs. :( Oh, well. I’ll let the old i7 put in some work.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 04/13/2020 at 13:05

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Let me know when you’re ready to send me that other one. I’ll email you a label. You can pick up the flat rate medium box at the PO.

facw > Not a Sunburst Miata 04/13/2020 at 13:08

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261120

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Just Jeepin' 04/13/2020 at 13:08

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Insensitive  language. Yeah, right.

jminer > facw 04/13/2020 at 13:10

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I’m lucky if my GPUs are working a third of the time.  F@H is gotten better over the last few weeks but definitely still has less work to give than people willing to do it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/13/2020 at 13:10

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Run it at night?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! 04/13/2020 at 13:12

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We stay with it, we will be. And we’re still just getting warmed up.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Not a Sunburst Miata 04/13/2020 at 13:13

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It may take time for the FAH server to assign a task.

getFuckedHerb > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 13:15

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Got my first WU done under this team vs PCMR. Lezgo.

UserNotFound > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 13:21

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I can only imagine I’m halfway up the list because I joined early and I’m running two computers .

My work laptop (Precision) has an i7-8850H CUP and a GP107GLM (Quadro P2000 Mobile) GPU .

My home laptop (Vaio) has an i7-3612QM CPU and a GK107 (GeForce GT 640M) GPU.

I have no idea how those rank but I know my Vaio was the shit when I got it, like, 7 years ago, and my Precision is no slouch now.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 13:32

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I might give that a shot. I have to avoid burning the house down. I just realized there isn’t a smoke detector in here!

jminer > Not a Sunburst Miata 04/13/2020 at 13:54

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My CPUs are getting pretty regular jobs but my GPUs are idle more than they’re working.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Just Jeepin' 04/13/2020 at 13:59

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Shock value microphone testing: how not to do it.

Eury - AFRICA TWIN!!!!!!! > Not a Sunburst Miata 04/13/2020 at 14:19

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Waiting for work units for GPUs is what kills my productivity. Woke up this morning and it had been trying all night after finishing one worth 130k points. Same with my son’s computer. 

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 14:34

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If it’s set to idle, does it run when the computer is in sleep mode ?

getFuckedHerb > getFuckedHerb 04/13/2020 at 14:50

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Almost cracked the Top 10...

404 - User No Longer Available > Not a Sunburst Miata 04/13/2020 at 14:59

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Hit Pause, wait 20 seconds an hit Fold again.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > getFuckedHerb 04/13/2020 at 15:25

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Thanks for chipping in.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 04/13/2020 at 15:26

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I do not know.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > UserNotFound 04/13/2020 at 15:29

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I have an i5 Xeon with 6 cores and 12 threads and a Quadro 2000 GPU and I got promptly shoved down the ranking. Jminer is his own team with a cryptomining server farm in his basement and NKato has GPU envy. So we’re killing it.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/13/2020 at 16:10

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Smoke detectors are around $10 at Home Despot. Personally, I think they are a good idea.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 16:23

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T he house was pre-wired with smoke detectors and those are all connected to the house alarm system. We have them in all of the bedrooms, the living room, the kitchen and the dining room. That’s why I was surprised to discover there isn’t one in the office!

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/13/2020 at 16:46

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Yeah. I’d just install a battery-operated one for simplicity’s sake.

A thing happened a few weeks back and I thought of you. You and I had a dialogue about lane splitting some time ago. Though I’d have characterized the discussion as perhaps mildly contentious, still, it stayed with me and I am trying to be more aware of lane splitters, even though, well, I hate having that going on. Though now that I’m on the lookout for it, it doesn’t bother me as much. Anyhow, one beautiful Sunday afternoon as Missus and I drove home from church, I began losing traction and quickly realized that this was due to raw diesel fuel on the street surface and soon afterward, I realized that a Volvo half a block ahead was literally pouring diesel fuel out from its engine compartment. Mind you, this is a hilly, residential Bay Area neighborhood street. So we flashed and gesticulated and the driver stopped and we pulled up alongside and informed him that his car was pump ing out diesel fuel onto the road and as we did so, a woman on a motor cycle drove right between us , then stopped half a block ahead and turned and star ed at us as if to dare us to say anything to her. Anybody with any situational awareness _at all_ would have realized what was going on and I thought, Wow, what a bad name this woman gives to motorcyclists. I didn’t think of you because I wanted to debate the merits of lane splitting, but rather, to wonder aloud why we can’t all of us on the road work on being more excellent toward each other. And to let you know that the conversation had had some lasting impact with me. But this woman was a moron. And we’re not talking about some sassy twenty-something youngster , we’re talking someone in their 40s, dressed in clothing not appropriate for riding — if not getting a rash is part of the plan — and, well, let’s just say that the mount was narrower than she was. And she’d have been riding through the same fuel spill we were driving through for the past half a mile...

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 17:36

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That was some time ago! I’m glad that we can have a somewhat contentious discourse, yet find common ground where we can be friendly. It’s unfortunate when friends clash over something and never speak again. I’m honored that I gave you something to consider and you really did consider it, whether it changed your mind or not.

This woman probably knew what was going on and decided to be obnoxious and assert her rights. It’s the same kind of mentality that leads people to openly carry a firearm into places where they really shouldn’t. Never mind that it scares people. Forget that going armed into a place of business makes everyone wonder about your motives. Just do what you please, then be “ shocked” when bad things start to happen.

I think some people forget that there may be more important things happening that really do warrant their attention. Instead, they take a me-first attitude and nearly get themselves killed.

I’ve been guilty of that and very nearly got myself killed , but I try to remember that lesson and pay closer attention. You never know, t here might be diesel on the road.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/13/2020 at 17:48

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Friends can disagree. And I wouldn’t say it didn’t change my mind. And because that lady was a moron doesn’t mean all bikers are morons, and heaven knows there are plenty of morons operating four-wheeled vehicles.

Anyhow, the bottom line for me is that I take my Oppo seriously and every sentence I type is an exercise in improving my writing craft. Good folks here.

Did I ask, do you have cloth masks? I am making some, not cheesy speed jobs, but with serious effort. Can I mail you some for you and yours?

TheRealBicycleBuck > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 04/13/2020 at 18:08

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I converse with people on Oppo more than I do with “friends” on Facebook. I’m glad to have you among my Oppo friends. You help make this a better place.

Thanks for the offer of the masks . We have four N-95 masks for emergency use and the stuff to make our own. My wife found a pattern that includes a pocket for inserting more serious filter materials. It’s been my experience that air will take the path of least resistance, so I’m not convinced that the pocket will work. However, I will reserve judgement until she gets some made and we can test them out.

In the meantime, enjoy this photo my cousin posted of himself. In his words, “I got this.”

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/13/2020 at 18:51

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That’s hilarious, though the smoke’s going to get out if he doesn’t stand a bit closer to his razor in the morning.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > TheRealBicycleBuck 04/13/2020 at 18:51

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And thank you for the kind words.