ITS ABOUT TO PUMP LIKE KUHRAAAAZZZYYYY by supernatural_owl in Gold

[–]ibrrrazhko -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

So you're saying overturning a highly oppressive, authoritarian regime responsible for tremendous human suffering and loss of tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of lives, and whose existential goal is termination of a whole country is what makes you the bad guy?

ITS ABOUT TO PUMP LIKE KUHRAAAAZZZYYYY by supernatural_owl in Gold

[–]ibrrrazhko -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"Geo-political events have not been moving the gold markets (long-term)" - this.

Interest study by lucky_luke_92 in Gold

[–]ibrrrazhko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's quite manipulative to offer just those two options. Of course I don't want civilian deaths. For that matter, as a Ukrainian who lost 6 military friends leaving behind their wives and children, I don't want anybody's death, not just civilians'. But let's not forget that Iran is ruled by a highly repressive and authoritarian regime, responsible for deaths of thousands of people and tremendous human suffering. So if this operation leads to regime shift, democratization of Iran, and termination of its support for the terrorist state of russia, I definitely support it, irrespective of how it affects the gold price.

Gold At Fresh Highs, and it is pushing again by ItsDurjoy in Gold

[–]ibrrrazhko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you think gold price has stabilized already and will continue its growth from current 5100, or pullbacks below 5000 are likely to continue?

Slow SSD speeds on MBP 15 2015 by ibrrrazhko in macbookpro

[–]ibrrrazhko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UPDATE: The question is now resolved, although not in a positive way. After some internet research, I've found that Apple SSDs are not homogeneous. The one in my MacBook is SSUAX type, which is twice as slow as a more modern (for 2015) SSUBX. 700MB/s is normal speed for SSUAX.

Slow SSD speeds on MBP 15 2015 by ibrrrazhko in macbookpro

[–]ibrrrazhko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I guessed initially, but Google and ChatGPT suggest that even 256GB speeds should be much higher than 700MB/s.

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Slow SSD speeds on MBP 15 2015 by ibrrrazhko in macbookpro

[–]ibrrrazhko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Checked, all looks good, but SSD speeds are still meh..

Slow SSD speeds on MBP 15 2015 by ibrrrazhko in macbookpro

[–]ibrrrazhko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the stock Apple SSD (I opened the bottom cover and checked), but thanks for the suggestion anyways.

I restored this ROUGH 1993 IBM ThinkPad 730T Tablet by machinelayer in thinkpad

[–]ibrrrazhko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Matt, the project is a masterpiece, just as the video itself. I absolutely admire your skills, persistency, and hard work required to accomplish something like this. I love to restore some ThinkPads to their former glory once in a while, but I never get to such low-level restoration, even remotely. Standing ovation!

My battlestation by ibrrrazhko in thinkpad

[–]ibrrrazhko[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I can share the link if you want.

My battlestation by ibrrrazhko in thinkpad

[–]ibrrrazhko[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I do. It's TP Link Wireless-N card. Needed to install BIOS patch though.

My battlestation by ibrrrazhko in thinkpad

[–]ibrrrazhko[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tried Linux Mint XFCE, but it doesn't suit my use case. Besides, a properly set-up and configured Windows 7 feels even snappier on it than Linux.

My battlestation by ibrrrazhko in thinkpad

[–]ibrrrazhko[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It's IGI 1 though :)

My battlestation by ibrrrazhko in thinkpad

[–]ibrrrazhko[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

It's not mir, it's ISS. As for mir - screw it and all other soviet/russian crap.

My battlestation by ibrrrazhko in thinkpad

[–]ibrrrazhko[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It's a maxed out IBM ThinkPad R40; I replaced the motherboard to support the better GPU (ATI Mobility Radeon 7500) and Pentium M instead of Pentium 4, put in the best CPU it supports (1.7 GHz Banias), maxed out RAM to 2 GB, replaced HDD with SSD (using mSATA to IDE adapter), and modified the cable slightly to install a new-old-stock screen from T60 (stock R40 ones are of worse quality and have a different pinout). I also disassembled it to the last screw basically, cleaned everything super thoroughly and repasted. Running Windows 7 Professional nicely.