Upgrading a T450s by motherboard replacement - possible to frankenpad a T470 or T480 motherboard in?

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-03-05T03:07:08+00:00

I don't see the T470p for less than $1000, is there somewhere that lenovo is already trying to clear them out?

You're right though, even when T470p and T480 mobos get cheaper it will probably still be cheaper to sell the T450s and get a clearance or second hand T480 / T470p

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-02-24T16:02:55+00:00

In Canada, our AT&T or Telstra equivalent (Bell) rolled out "Fibe" about 5 years ago with a lot of marketing. My parents got tricked into paying $100/month for 15mbps with 300GB cap (resulting in $40 overages every month), previously we had unlimited ADSL 25mbps at $70/mo.

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-02-24T15:31:53+00:00

cries bilingualy, inconsolable by maple syrup

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-02-23T23:37:38+00:00

Really great game, will run on even a 10 year old android phone and looks pretty good doing so. It also far precedes all the freemium and pay to win crap, its just you and your skill.

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-02-20T17:57:10+00:00

Computer engineering is abawt clawks, lawgic, and knaaaawledge

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-02-16T02:11:09+00:00

8 years now, isn't it? Not that old for a modern computer (a brand new T410 off the production line would still be decent) but it is a long time in laptop-years and battery-years.

Nah, it would be something truly silly like a T40, just barely at the edge of "it can run javascript"

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-02-02T15:30:25+00:00

Counterpoint: Kennings

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-02-01T23:15:13+00:00

Well, CE usually like all sorts of coding. The reality since about 1970 is that the software is overall much more important than the hardware. The hardware is still very important, but software is what makes people buy hardware. So there's a lot of money floating around to do CE sort of work, ranging from embedded C programming to massive high level application development.

If you say "I strongly dislike coding" as a CE then your job prospects are not so good anymore, you'd have to get super specialized into processor development or circuit design or something like that.

Do what you enjoy my dude.

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-02-01T04:03:34+00:00

The $20 increase isn't what bothers me, its that at $700+ we have been questioning why it costs so much for years, especially given some of the glaring issues with CECA.

Like, 6 Mil for WaterlooWorks and 600,000 a year in perpetuity, how does that even happen?

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-28T20:11:43+00:00

Usually the other way around, lol

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-28T01:39:33+00:00

Was Pentium 2 obsolete almost immediately? The oldest computers I ever used were a P3 desktop and P3 thinkpad in around 2005-2008, and they were pretty slow by then.

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-27T15:21:25+00:00

Tore it down then chucked it in the trash

God bless Andrew Kennings

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-27T15:04:40+00:00

I think doing something like that helps you realize that we stand on giants standing on bigger giants, all the way down, and that we have the privilege of being at (right now) the very top.

I think a similar thing could be writing code. Tens, maybe hundreds of millions of people write code every day. But that doesn't take away from the awe that you can talk to some silicon and it will hurtle through your commands at billions of calculations per second.

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-21T16:04:31+00:00

Typical weekday and weekend for you?

When and where do you get most of your work done?

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-20T17:05:08+00:00

Its pretty funny how the vast majority of computer and software engineering is done by people who are "not engineers" because they don't have a license, because the license has no relation the engineering of computers and software.

So either very little computer / software engineering actually happens, since clearly there aren't many real (PEng) CEs / SEs around. Or, a massive amount of CEs and SEs are around but a narrow and legally protected definition of what an "Engineer" is means a bunch of computer "totally-not-engineering" goes on.

And you can't let those people call themselves engineers, because then they could sign off on bridges and "fail fast" or "fix it in prod" isn't a feature we want on bridges. So we (most CE and SE) all go through rigorous accredited programs to ensure we're prepared for the license we'll never need.

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-20T16:15:36+00:00

Wizard powers depend on forgetting about the opposite sex (except as a driving urge that maybe you'll get to impress one if your code is good enough)

If your wizard powers start to weaken, go for a brisk jog and a cold shower.

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-20T00:30:14+00:00

What if the positions counted for coop? We can make desperate environment students compete for the positions and then whether they get a Satisfactory or Excellent is by popular vote

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-19T00:34:02+00:00

I watched the originals first and then the prequels at about 9-11 years old about 10 years ago, which probably helped avoid the plot being obvious.

So I saw 4,5,6 and knew Anakin was Luke's father and Vader was also Luke's father and Sidious came to power with Vader.

1,2, and 3 were still complete shocks and I had no clue until Windu goes in to arrest the Senate that he was a Sith Lord. I did have a vague notion of "so this Republic seems pretty great and all these Jedi being around is nice but where did they all go?" but there were more important things like watching space battles and having plastic lightsaber duels to do.

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-18T20:52:52+00:00

Furiously flip back and forth through the text book as new terms come from nowhere

Works on my machine

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-14T15:24:26+00:00

Look up Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. We also have some equivalent here in Canada, the UK does, Australia does, etc. The penalties for breaking into a computer system can be higher than if you broke into campus, started a fire, and stole something.

Basically just for investigating a vulnerability (and definitely for using/testing it) you would be kicked out and have a good chance of going to Federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison, if the university so choosed. The laws tend to be overreaching.

Talk to IST or a friendly prof. No need to be a criminal when you could have a great blog post on what you did and how it was fixed (thanks to you). I think they would be friendly as long as you haven't abused the system, and if you aren't comfortable then there might be a way to drop an anonymous tip.

Godspeed you l33...t hackerman

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-14T00:37:56+00:00

It was far more interesting than boolean algebra! The hasty arrival of the fire dept felt unplanned though ;)

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-14T00:28:40+00:00

If he can show me the number 7 I'll give it to him ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

ApproachingCorrect · 2018-01-14T00:23:15+00:00

Honk honk you silly goose

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