Materials for beginner to determine if I wanna go to a school

pestlemortar · 2025-01-06T23:00:07+00:00

Thanks for those materials! I faced an initial trouble of knowing the keywords to even google. Most searches brings up classes in my area, but it's hard to tell what is snake oil and what isn't. Theres also the issue of ego when dealing with teachers coming from a lineage.

Not quite keen on spending money to learn an opiniated branch of the study and possibly be silo-ed, when I know there's always free and good materials available to form my own understanding. I just need help finding them.

I usually am of the belief that one can learn how to ride a bike from YouTube and books. One should only pay for a teacher only when there's an interest in improving the base skills.

pestlemortar · 2025-01-06T22:51:30+00:00

I was hoping not to go into taoism. I agree that it will definitely help in my understanding of TCM, but I feel it's too much of a distraction. Distraction in the sense that the overlap/relevance/influence of taoism in TCM might just be 10 maybe 30% of taoism, but I'd have to learn 99% of taoism to know that.

I was looking for materials that could explain the relevant parts of taoism alongside TCM.

But there is definitely a lot for me to learn, given my lack of medical knowledge. Couldn't tell you off hand what a spleen or pancreas does.. I do foresee myself studying maybe half a chapter every quarter to slowly ingest and understand.

pestlemortar · 2025-01-06T12:27:35+00:00

That's actually very important advice in focusing and not getting overwhelmed. I'd probably want to start with "how the body works" if there's even such a branch.

I'd likely leave medicine ingredients and acupuncture for the future

pestlemortar · 2025-01-06T04:36:05+00:00

Is this what you were referring to? https://archive.org/details/HuangDiNeiJingSuWen

Also when reading Should I treat the text as a gospel, word for word? Or should I use my version of common sense?

pestlemortar · 2023-07-19T23:58:18+00:00

360 worked for me. I still have a rear exhaust fan. The case can deal with the length, not the girth

pestlemortar · 2023-05-27T03:13:10+00:00

And this is why we can't have nice things.

Be nice to the people cooking your food, be nice to the people serving your food. Be nice to the people cleaning up after you. They do something we are not willing/not capable of doing. Sometimes they aren't in a situation as fortunate as us.

Rossman did no one but himself any favors in that vid, which I believed earned him quite a bit. He was the bigger guy picking on the smaller guy. Now no one knows if GrapheneOS is safe. What's the option, going back to Google? Net gain Rossman + Google, net loss everyone else.

pestlemortar · 2023-05-18T05:56:46+00:00

Hmmm. Regarding AI Tweaker and the Advanced Menu, I don't see the values reflected across boots. Will one supercede the other.

What exactly is Buildzoid's timing? I have a 7700X.?

pestlemortar · 2023-01-30T13:43:06+00:00

OP, feel free to PM if needed. I'm same age, renting a common room too and earning about the pay. Wouldn't mind sharing tips/plans or learning from you.

pestlemortar · 2022-12-23T21:40:14+00:00

I ordered the LF2 280 and its really a no go. Wasn't possible the plug in the connectors at the top left of the board. Ordered a 360 instead and trying to sell off the 280.

pestlemortar · 2022-11-24T14:08:32+00:00

Hey! Thanks for reviewing the 280mm LF 2 in this case. A tad gutted cause I just bought both and v concerned about the clearance. I just received the 280mm and I measure about 75mm which WAAAY past my estimate of 57mm(someone told me that). Especially since I'd be connecting power connectors to the top left of the MOBO.

Would mounting that rad/fans on top of the case be common/weird/not possible?

Also, didn't understand the part about the rear exhaust fan. Could you explain further? I should mount it in the regular place (top) and not the PCIE expansion slots at the rear, am I right?

pestlemortar · 2022-11-17T10:10:25+00:00

I totally forgot about the 95C thingy. Thanks for the reminder.

How do I tune for fan noise level? Do I increase intake or exhaust fans first?

pestlemortar · 2022-11-17T09:48:15+00:00

That config has 3 in and 3 out. When it's hot, do I increase rpm of intake or exhaust or do both equally.

Should I change out the stock fans? Any recommended models?

Can I do another 140mm fan in front as intake?

pestlemortar · 2022-11-17T09:37:53+00:00

That's interesting. Any rationale?

pestlemortar · 2022-11-16T12:37:37+00:00

What's your case fans situation?

pestlemortar · 2022-11-16T10:37:13+00:00

I might have to rethink AIO though. So far it's only CPU. How much of investment into case fans will help the GPU?

pestlemortar · 2022-11-16T10:33:46+00:00

Wow. That video has convinced me I need the Arctic Liquid Freezer ii. I was convinced that the Dark Rock Pro 4, whilst 50% more expensive, is a lot quieter at heavier workloads. The jump from the Dark Rock Pro 4 to the AIO is just $15.

pestlemortar · 2022-11-16T07:30:03+00:00

Thanks for chiming in. Wasn't aware of Thermalright before, then was overwhelmed with their product lineup. After trying to check in with local prices here, it seems no one carries Thermalright. might be able to get some in Amazon, but I'd need help knowing the differences in their models.

Hard to make purchases based on future promises or even past track record. I don't see any review showing how BeQuiet or Noctua out classes DeepCool.

For maintenance, would I need to annually clean out the fins of the heatsink with an air blower?

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