Recent content by TJohn

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    Mozilla to Start Testing Firefox VPN Service

    $10/mo? no way Pure hs had a free FF plugin for a year (included with normal subscription)
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    Seagate Demos World's Fastest Hard Drive, Doubled Performance, HAMR Progress

    I won't be buying any mechanical drive again. Hasn't that been the goal for 50 years? The old pre-winchester multi-platter drives in the 770-80s had head pairs for each platter...but the voice-coil actuators could not compete with winchesters.
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    Best SSDs (Archive)

    Been using the SK hynix 256G since initially recommended here. C drive on my desktop. Has been flawless and fast. I always double-check with Newegg as the will beat amazon on some deals.
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    Google's 'Cloud TPU' Does Both Training And Inference, Already 50% Faster Than Nvidia Tesla V100

    "The Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) is an 8-bit matrix multiply engine, driven with Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) instructions by the host processor across a Peripheral component Interconnect Express (PCIe) 3.0 bus. It is manufactured on a 28 nm process with a die size ? 331 mm2. The...
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    Google's 'Cloud TPU' Does Both Training And Inference, Already 50% Faster Than Nvidia Tesla V100

    Good writing habits include defining acronyms the first time they are used.
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    Best SSDs (Archive)

    2/17/17 newegg is cheaper than amazon for the hynix today - $10 - but a sale. Shop around
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    Best SSDs (Archive)

    1/25/17 at Amazon the SK hynix SL308 (250GB) is only thru third parties and starts a $90.
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    Best SSDs (Archive)

    the SK hynix SL308 (250GB) today, 1/25/17, Amazon only has it thru 3rd parties with the lowest at $90
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    20 Best Amazon Alexa Skills (Archive)

    I really dislike the slide show model. It is so tedious and obviously a great tool to maximize ads. But I hate it.
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    Crucial MX300 525GB and 1050GB SSD Review

    Good grief... talk about fast technical evolution. Now I have to start figuring out what to do with my existing SSDs. I have the need for speed and space. Free coasters? Again?
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    Fujitsu To Mass-Produce NRAM Carbon Nanotube Memory In 2018

    Wow. I need to live longer. Thanks for the article.
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    Fujitsu To Mass-Produce NRAM Carbon Nanotube Memory In 2018

    Wow. I need to live longer. Thanks for the article.
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    What is SWAP usage?

    I have the same issue with rainmeter. I have never seen my 24G of main memory higher than 40% utilization. Right now it is at 26% with 27% swap usage. There should be zero swapping going on. Maybe there is a spike during boot-up that causes some swap activity and then it just sits there and...
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    Your Experience with Windows 10

    Installed in TS140 Lenovo server, Old Dell Optiplex GX520/Pent-D/2006, HP G60 laptop, ASUS i7 laptop, wife's 5yr old Acer laptop. All have Samsung SSD primary drives. Server has multiple internal and external TB drives. Had ONE issue. Windows latest driver for the old broadcom 57XX on-board...
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    Mozilla Says Microsoft Went Too Far With Windows 10

    This is a non-issue. Smoke. I have been using 10 for 6 months AND I am a FF user. Mozilla needs to learn to compete. sorry. If Edge blows them away it means they have fallen behind. Period. I do not see it happening.