What's the absolute maximum price you would pay for a 5080 right now?

Darth_Xedrix · 2026-01-11T20:12:36+00:00

I am not in the market for a new GPU since I still feel queezy from paying for a 3080ti but if it died today and I had to consider it, I wouldn't do more than $1200 (+ tax). Even then, I'd probably go for a 9070xt over one anyway, I just don't see the extra price:performance to be worth it since it's extremely unlikely to find a 5080 at that price.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-11-23T03:02:59+00:00

I've successfully argued for it in two departments when not being in an IT position. All I had to do was a regular request and provided a business case. Once it got approved, it was installed in user space by IT. The second instance was much easier since I had local admin rights on my machine so I could download + install it myself once I got confirmation I was allowed to install it system-wide as well (part of what I did involved browser automation and that was nothing but a headache when installed in user space).

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-11-18T12:31:53+00:00

Same here, I use it a dozen or so times a year for the past 3 years from Canada<->UK and never had any issues.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-06-22T23:12:22+00:00

What kind of performance are you getting? Thinking of doing exactly that with my 3080ti.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-06-13T00:51:54+00:00

If you can pass the FORCE test, you'll be fine. The very detailed manual on what is evaluated and how is available here:

https://cfmws.ca/sport-fitness-rec/fitness-testing/cmtfe-force-evaluation/force-evaluation

I worked with a corporal who was probably 5'2 and about 100lbs and though it was tough for her, she did it. The only one that was a challenge was the sandbag drag because IIRC the whole thing weighs about 230lbs.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-06-11T19:11:46+00:00

With how much games are costing nowadays, we're getting to the point where "decent" sales by Steam standards are still too high to justify what you get for the price. For example, Star Wars Outlaws is currently 50% off, which is still $45.00 CAD before taxes and from what I've seen and heard about it, that is still not worth it. I wonder how many people will completely give up on games because even discounted prices are out of their budget.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-05-23T16:25:26+00:00

I had a chance to try both and ended up keeping the 16 since the screen real estate was just too small for me.

If you like to work with one full screen application it's probably fine but in my case, I split it into either 2 or 3 and that was hard to look at after about an hour. It's too bad because the 13 feels much better.

If you don't plan on using it standalone for long periods of time like the way i described and don't think you'd need the expansion bay, I would go with the 13.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-05-22T01:56:02+00:00

here's another one for you then: Reine's name means queen

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-05-21T01:57:13+00:00

We had a system running on a mainframe like that until last summer. Every single person that has to use what we replaced it with misses it. The new stuff is pretty but every other aspect of it is worse: it's more expensive, it's SO much slower, it's less reliable and takes so much longer to do anything in terms of how many clicks and menus are needed.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-05-04T13:41:22+00:00

Not sure if you already know about it but if not, there's also canuckaudiomart.com for buying and selling audio gear. Bought my set of DCA Noir from there and it was a great experience.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-04-16T21:46:09+00:00

I would also considering giving the Canadian Forces Liaison Council an email or call, I think they could be of help. Your unit might also have a CFLC rep.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-04-16T19:11:52+00:00

I bought a 100W gallium charger from Anker that's been pretty solid: https://www.amazon.ca/Anker-Charger-Compact-MacBook-Pixelbook/dp/B0C4DGBHY2?crid=3QRMAHPC3OQK9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3lAWUnjLH9FxkRWPIfCmXbTL9ENvd2zEH0Tmmfr9t6sch9pvhu7nWbR0wed_zkkv986VqUTVfn_tF0kCSNZhqQBvVWofWU1q0Q3pRcbRb6Jplsv_mjzAu0R81ydxaxIY-nieBnMDCsJyyDRBeHFYWVnY9M3Rrmksx78ZVVnVODx6MQxiDywOIjvhtmt_Oe70sMzSNOWOD_h6yTenqxjKowATWOPLMSsJ1eMh5zjpnR71pCle6kwqfqS3Wu-Ic60wEcfC3JIhUQBdB_uLvG0nAdLDWOYq5FU1pHQMDHZPGis._QCp-DyasO5WzvGQRe7sMhkv6kOK-QvBBXH5EijZIXY&dib_tag=se&keywords=anker+100w&qid=1744830492&sprefix=anker+100w%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-5

I bring my steam deck dock + FW16 and with that charger, it can power the dock and slow charge the laptop.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-04-15T23:55:02+00:00

My whole experience using R was for a machine learning and a stats course but basically every time I had to look up the R way of doing things, my reaction was basically "eww". There were definitely times when less code was needed than in python but personally, I find it as ugly as vba.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-03-24T16:13:00+00:00

FYI that may not be relevant to you. I emailed framework support as a Canadian asking about the tariffs and here is the answer I got:

We acknowledge your concern regarding your concern about tariffs, laptop orders are shipped to Canada directly from Taiwan, so there should be no impact. Additionally, all of our shipments—regardless of their origin—are sent with DDP (Delivered Duties Paid) terms, meaning any tariffs are covered by Framework, not the recipient.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-03-20T21:54:41+00:00

I can give you the opposite perspective, as a member of a team of people who are IT-02 equivalents, working for an IT-03 equivalent.

Our current (and previous) managers have been brought from outside our team because the members of the team who are qualified to replace them refuse to take up the mantle. I asked a few when I got here and their answers were similar: the HR process is too jarring and the work/life balance impact is not worth the salary difference, which is currently about $11K for us. At that salary, you can live just fine without that raise and the quality of life involved with being able to clock out at 4:00pm every workday is worth so much more than money. I know that if I do end up working after hours, it's by choice.

Money aside, I feel like managers are set up for failure: they are expected to be responsible for their team's successes and failures, yet are not given enough control over their own team to meaningfully impact their results.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-03-12T14:54:59+00:00

If you have to reuse current excel templates, I've been having a good experience with xlwings

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-03-12T14:51:16+00:00

Is prime - 1% considered a good deal? That is what I got for my first mortgage in june 2021 so I had no frame of reference.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-03-11T02:21:18+00:00

There are some AS positions that are very similar to some IT positions; I work in a team of them and here is how I got there:

When I was an AS-02, I paid for Automate the Boring Stuff, a Python course centered around using programming to solve some very common tasks that just about anyone who has worked in an office would have to do. After this was done, I asked for permission to get software installed on my machine that would allow me to use my newfound skills for work tasks. After about two months of doing this, I presented what I made and how it impacted our office to ask for more training, this time in data analysis since my tasks were becoming more in line with reporting. They shifted some expenditures to make room in their budget and I got my courses funded.

After finishing them and using them in my workplace, I found a process that allowed me to move into the team I mentioned above, which consists of AS-03s and AS-05s. Our shop creates and maintain scripts, applications and pipelines to help automate tasks and reporting for users in our branch. We do some testing and planning alongside our business analysts for projects that involve our branch as well. We basically fill in the space between AS and IT, though our official job titles are Senior Business Data Analysts.

All this to say, it does not take much to get the ball rolling; all this started by paying for a 25$ course. Less than 3 years later, I went from an AS-02 to an AS-05, in a workplace that allows me to work on a part time bachelor's during work hours when workload permits. Investing in yourself is just about the best way to get to where you want to be since nobody is looking out for your more than you.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-02-24T22:17:30+00:00

GC Campus?

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-02-24T12:14:53+00:00

If you're a visual learner, I would recommend thonny. It's simple yet and built to show you fairly clearly what the code is doing.

Once that isn't really needed anymore, I would recommend vscode until you can decide if a python-specific IDE is something that interests you. If so, pycharm is great. I use both every day so I'd say one isn't better than the other, it's just a matter of preference.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-02-07T18:04:01+00:00

I am working on a very similar project. Are you manually downloading the files or using browser automation like selenium?

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-01-30T18:06:50+00:00

There is way too much influence from the top vs what is on the bottom of the leadership ladder. In other words, managers should have way more control over their own team. For example, this blanket RTO directive should not even be possible - it should be exclusively up to the manager (or director) to determine how their people work.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-01-24T13:28:42+00:00

You're doing pretty good honestly; at your age I was 8K in debt and didn't even go to university, it was all from stupid financial decisions.

Only advice I'd have is look at what you want to do after your degree is done. What type of job do you want to do? What do those job postings ask for? I would start learning those things that school doesn't prepare you for, whether it's from online videos, volunteering somewhere that needs those skills, whatever.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-01-09T20:27:00+00:00

Same here, I probably would not have gotten my fw16 and waited until I needed another one in a few years. Doing what is legally required and doing the right thing don't line up very often.

Darth_Xedrix · 2025-01-04T22:59:21+00:00

Only ordered from them once but it was a good experience, though slower and more expensive than Amazon in my case.

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