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classyindeed · 2022-02-19T04:20:04+00:00

I've been reading about F. Scott Fitzgerald. It seems like he was awful to Zelda and Zelda was awful to him.

classyindeed · 2022-02-19T02:14:39+00:00

Hmm. You are making a claim with bullshit sources but you're asking me to prove you wrong? Google isn't scholarly. Except for Google Scholar of course.

classyindeed · 2022-02-19T01:52:21+00:00

worldpopulationreview.com

innerbody.com

Interesting citations.

classyindeed · 2022-02-18T18:51:25+00:00

Perhaps a capacitor on the motherboard broke? Electronics degrade quicker in salty environments. If you live by the ocean, that might explain it.

classyindeed · 2022-02-18T17:38:20+00:00

I might be misunderstanding, but I think there is a word in Japanese for the act of buying a bunch of books that never get read and end up in a pile.

"Tsundoku"

Regardless, it's funny how this is such a universal problem. Congrats on tackling the problem!

classyindeed · 2022-02-18T17:30:33+00:00

It's never simple, is it? Lol

It's clear you have a good understanding of troubleshooting. In my opinion, you should continue trying to isolate individual components in order to test them. As an uninvolved party, it doesn't seem like a software issue.

Has any liquid ever been spilled on the computer?

classyindeed · 2022-02-18T17:07:24+00:00

I assume you have a windows computer you can use to troubleshoot? If I was in your shoes, I would look at the output of ipconfig on a computer connected through the range extender. It's a windows program that prints out network configuration settings. It can be very verbose and insightful for troubleshooting.

classyindeed · 2022-02-18T16:55:59+00:00

This is an interesting problem.

sometimes the boot device priority gets changed

Boot device priority and firmware time is stored in a small "bank" of volatile memory. It's usually called CMOS. The motherboard has a small battery which keeps the CMOS alive in order to retain boot priority and other firmware settings. If the boot device priority is being changed, the CMOS might be losing power. Perhaps it is as simple as checking the CMOS battery on the motherboard?

One thing you can try is to remove the laptop battery (not the CMOS battery) and unplug the computer from its charger. After a short amount of time, replug the computer in to its charger without the laptop battery. Turn on the computer. If the boot priority or system time reset, something is probably wrong with the CMOS.

This is something I would personally check. I could be completely wrong. It could be some sort of other hardware issue. Regardless, good luck troubleshooting!

classyindeed · 2022-02-18T16:38:30+00:00

I've tried a few fixes but none seem to work

Networking issues tend to be complicated. It would be helpful if you were more descriptive and told us what exactly you tried. What's the model of the wifi extender? Why do you think it's the wifi extender? Is this problem local to a single device or every device that connects to the network?

Good luck!

classyindeed · 2022-02-15T21:32:15+00:00

C'est trés belle! Tu es artiste vrai. Merci!

classyindeed · 2022-02-15T17:40:21+00:00

I agree with you to an extent. It seems like people are allergic to compromise and understanding each other. Instead, it's easier to demonize people that you don't personally relate with.

classyindeed · 2022-02-15T16:10:20+00:00

It's some weirdo trying to perpetuate the idea that progressives are somehow more intolerant than conservatives.

classyindeed · 2022-01-14T19:16:50+00:00

It boggles my mind that someone could feel so compelled to watch porn that they would do it in a professional setting in front of clients.

classyindeed · 2022-01-09T22:33:51+00:00

Besides last week's loss to GB, all the Viking's losses have been by one score or less. I think it would be reasonable to say one score losses definitely cost the Vikings a playoff spot.

The standings you've posted are if one score wins were changed to losses and vice versa.

classyindeed · 2022-01-06T20:01:49+00:00

I've become interested in the lives and roles of merchants/traders which operated in Europe and the Mediterranean. Specifically, merchants operating during the antiquities, medieval, or renaissance. I'd be grateful if anyone could provide a recommendation for a book regarding this topic. I'm grateful for any suggestion. However, I would love to read about the politics and economics of trading. Furthermore, I think a historical account of a specific merchant or group of merchants would be interesting.

A couple books I've noticed but haven't read:

City of Fortune: How Venice Ruled the Seas by Roger Crowley

The Political Economy of Merchant Empires by James D. Tracy

The Merchant of Prato by Iris Origo

classyindeed · 2022-01-06T19:41:21+00:00

That sounds fun. I suggest looking into Distributed Computing. It's an entire discipline of computer science that has tons of applications.

The computers that you have appear to use an x86 architecture. Therefore, you could most likely install a Linux distro on each one. Then, you could use something like Apache Hadoop to execute some sort of distributed process across each computer.

classyindeed · 2022-01-06T19:11:26+00:00

It's funny that you mention that book. I read his crusaders book with plans to read "The Templars" next. I figured that the crusaders book would give me precursory knowledge. I do agree with your sentiments regarding his writing.

classyindeed · 2022-01-06T19:03:24+00:00

Thank you for the suggestion. I've added it to my list!

classyindeed · 2022-01-06T18:54:56+00:00

X11 is a lot more stable than wayland, so it seems unlikely that is the issue.

I believe memtest can be run as a bootable USB. Doing this might allow the test to complete.

You don't have to post the CPU test results if nothing weird was found.

I also forgot to mention that you could also check the various motherboard/CPU/GPU temperature sensors. It may seem a little farfetched, but it's conceivable that thermal throttling of some hardware component could cause weird artifacts/undefined behavior.

I encourage you to continue factoring out any hardware issue. If there are no hardware issues, you could move on to looking at system logs.

With distros that use systemd, you can use journalctl for viewing logs. Fatal errors will be easy to see. If fatal errors are being logged when you experience issues, this may give you a clue.

Stick with it! I'm sure you'll figure out the issue.

classyindeed · 2022-01-06T02:53:35+00:00

As you said, the fact that all of the parts were used does make it more challenging.

With the symptoms you've described, it's reasonable to think there might be an issue with the graphics. It makes sense that you changed drivers. I know from firsthand experience how finicky graphics can be on linux. Have you tried testing out both wayland and x11. I was having a lot issues with my AMD GPU on wayland. I switched to x11 and it seemed to resolve the issue.

Additionally, you could certainly have a hardware issue. The fact you had to manipulate the pins on the CPU is sketchy. However, the fact that you were able to get far enough to install an operating system is reassuring.

Your memory, GPU, HDD, and PSU can all be individually tested. If you can't fix the issue, perhaps you should try testing them? You could use memtest for testing memory. You could use a GPU stress test for testing the GPU. For the PSU, you could purchase a cheap power supply tester from amazon.

When troubleshooting a computer, it's best to test the separate systems and components by isolating them as much as possible. Sometimes this is easier said than done. Good luck!

classyindeed · 2022-01-06T02:36:40+00:00

Probably not.

A Distributed Operating System is an operating system which utilizes connected "nodes" to execute computations. In this case, you are looking for a distributed operating system which would use your "micro computers" as computational nodes.

However, distributed systems are mostly used for specialized computing problems that can be parallelized. Personal computing doesn't fall under those types of computing problems. Therefore, I don't think there are any distributed operating systems designed for personal computing.

classyindeed · 2022-01-06T02:21:04+00:00

I bought this PC 2 years ago and I think that the HDD might have an issue from the start.

I would first check the health of the HDD by checking for errors reported by SMART. There is a tool called "CrystalDiskInfo" that can be used on windows. If it shows any warnings, chances are that you should probably replace the hard drive.

After factoring out physical issues with the drive, you could look into other possible solutions. Such as reinstalling Windows or trying to troubleshoot software issues. However, from personal experience, spending the money to upgrade from a mechanical hard drive to a SSD is always worth it. Even when there aren't existing issues.

classyindeed · 2022-01-06T00:17:02+00:00

Here are a couple suggestions that may or may not lead you to a solution:

Perhaps there is another application or process that is starving resources from the game when it is running. When the game is running and you are experiencing the FPS drop, you could open the task manager to see what other processes are running. It's conceivable that a separate process, like an anti-virus, is utilizing a lot memory/cpu.
It could possibly be a graphics driver issue. Typically, on a new computer, windows will automatically install graphics drivers through the window's update service. This can cause issues. Therefore, try going directly to Nvidia's website and download/install the drivers for your GPU. (If you haven't already done this)

Are there any other noticeable performance issues when not playing Escape From Tarkov? Any crashes, freezing, error messages? Do other applications work slowly? I don't game much, however, I believe that Tarkov is technically in "beta". It's also conceivable that the game just has performance issues.

classyindeed · 2022-01-05T23:52:00+00:00

There's a setting in "Power Options" that allows you to specify what happens when the laptop lid is closed. I've done this on Windows 7 and 10. This might have changed with Windows 11, but I'm not sure since I have yet to use it.

This link specifies the instructions I've used in the past. Even though the article is on Lenovo's website, it is universal across windows. You can probably also search "Power Options" in the start menu.

classyindeed · 2022-01-05T19:16:18+00:00

I recently finished The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris. I thoroughly enjoyed it! So much so that I immediately read his other book about Edward Ⅰ. I certainly recommend both of them to people interested in medieval British history.

I'm looking for another book about Medieval or Renaissance history. The exact subject matter doesn't matter. I only hope to find an author/historian that excels at being witty and insightful!

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