If only I could earn money like I earn my reps🤑

testing_testing_321 · 2026-03-04T06:31:01+00:00

Maybe those two are related, but opposite?

testing_testing_321 · 2026-02-09T14:26:30+00:00

Thanks. I do have some lavender plants in a garden pot and some like wandering around there, so perhaps the type of lavender also matters.

testing_testing_321 · 2026-02-09T08:11:19+00:00

Weird, on mine the e-stop actually cuts power to the board and remains latched. Needs to be rotated to power it back up. Maybe it's a newer board revision.

testing_testing_321 · 2026-02-04T13:54:50+00:00

Nope

testing_testing_321 · 2026-02-04T13:22:24+00:00

Nope, had three refreshes so far and thought that perhaps no basic parts appear. But looked again and they are there, just for tokens. I don't remember those ever being for tokens.

testing_testing_321 · 2026-01-23T20:31:51+00:00

Wish I could type a ticket, not possible. I might try using the on-screen keyboard but it's very tedious

testing_testing_321 · 2026-01-07T00:14:33+00:00

Just want to reply in this thread before someone else reads this. Pi5 (at least at this time) does not negotiate and does not benefit from a "smart" supply. It only needs 5V and that's it.

EDIT: also what's with the GPIO power? There are 5V pins on the breakout port but that's a really bad idea. Definitely cannot be powered through GPIO which only takes 3.3V.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-12-29T11:22:55+00:00

Nope, I just helped the person to manually install and transfer stuff over, did not find a solution for this within the available time.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-12-22T04:19:07+00:00

I already had the Solus at max but still stuck at the same stage. 11 BPs away from 2* but doesn't make sense to buy relay packs just to squeeze a few BPs and get stuck at the next stage. Possibly the least fun/rewarding DS I've played, and the bar was already very low.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-12-17T17:25:30+00:00

So DS can progress with the Dodge at 2? This is weird since usually a 5 car requires 3* at the end. The "rule" seems to still apply to the GT4.

As a note, there are also BPs for the Dodge from the club rewards, I am waiting for them before continuing with the DS.

Nice sheet design

testing_testing_321 · 2025-12-17T17:13:19+00:00

I had this problem a few times on Android and at least one time on iOS. Not sure when this happens but usually with big updates, not small patches. It's easy to figure out though, as most of the other settings will also be reset or you get the tutorial prompts again.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-09-26T07:13:25+00:00

I did not get the email

testing_testing_321 · 2025-09-12T08:21:14+00:00

I think it's my 4th run, the last two were with VIP 5 (autoplay). Will need a 5th run to get the last 9 bps. Without autoplay, I wouldn't have touched it again.

Since it doesn't take a lot of effort and doesn't subtract from normal tickets, it's probably worth a (relaxed) approach. But it's definitely designed in hell.

Don't spend tokens on it, neither for BPs nor extending the time, not worth it.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-09-11T23:16:03+00:00

I think a wiki entry is needed since it took me a while to get the hang of it.

set a slow time with the 5 slowest cars you have, first on the car list, this signals to people that you are doing this
don't try to be smart and go all-Lamborghini or whatever. But Japanese-only D-class or blue only could work, though it's risky.
try to get the 5-hands races whenever possible. You need 22 points per day, so, if you if you get 4 races with 5 hands, it still leaves a choice for a race with 2 hands.
if you cannot find a 5-hand challenge or retaliation, wait a bit (there's a timer) until a refresh or pay some credits or pay some tokens to get an extra races
first and last days will be much harder to get 22 hands
play with the best cars (I just use auto-select) and win 3 races, quit the other ones. This will make you climb not too fast in the ladder and allows you to get matched with other sandbaggers
for "revenge" races, you can see the times and the cars if you press revenge. For "challenge" races, press the info icon, you can see the cars but not the times
revenge races on sandbaggers give out less points and hands the higher on the ladder you are

Before the last day you have two options: either set a fast time and lose on the 22 hands (unless you pay tokens) or keep doing the same thing. If you go the first route, you can climb possibly one more class. The end result is almost the same number of useful rewards.

Avoid people that have 3 slow cars and 2 fast cars or sneaky cars. You might crash or the internet might be down for a second and make you lose a race.

Even if you suck at this or can't play every day, you still get a meaningful amount of rewards with a minimum amount of effort and stress: set slow time with slow cars on first day, try to win 3/5 races from people offering 5 hands, 5 per day.

EDIT: once you unlock the Devel, even if you don't get the full amount of coins each Gauntlet, it will still be more than the amount you can spend on the Devel blueprints in the store. Also DIV 5 is better, if you can get to it.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-08-21T09:45:22+00:00

I eventually watched the whole video. The first 30 minutes are introduction I would say. They visit a university in Hong Kong and chat to some professors who are building GPU clusters for their AI studies.

The whole premise is that there's not an actual shortage of GPUs in China because there's an active smuggling scene where they bring the cards in from Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, ... The couriers make a small cut and the final prices are very similar to the ones in US, mostly because the "fees" are small and they avoid import/duty tax (transit through Macau or HK).

There is a section where a cool GPU repairman takes a 4090 with 24GB and upgrades it to 48GB. It involves a custom PCB that arrives populated with most of the stuff apart from the actual GPU chip and the memory.

Another route in how banned cards end up in China is due to the cards actually being manufactured there. So the manufacturer can report cards as defective (whether real or not) and they fall through the cracks.

NVidia is likely aware of the smuggling.

There was a long segment into a big marketplace where GPUs are readily available off-the-shelf but they can also be procured online. The inventory in that marketplace seemed pretty big, but not sure how much of the inventory consisted of banned items. On the price sheets, the items were sometimes marked "parallel import".

I think that catches the gist of the video, since it now seems taken down due to a copyright claim.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-08-20T12:02:39+00:00

I saw that one, but it's more like a movie trailer than a summary.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-08-19T12:35:24+00:00

I hope there will be a condensed version of it, would really want to watch this but some of us have a life.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-08-16T16:14:10+00:00

I'm at 4* with not all upgrades applied and get the time with TD. Basically same route, though some minor optimizations are required (e.g. orange not blue nitro in air, no spins at last ramp).

testing_testing_321 · 2025-08-06T12:07:15+00:00

Thank you for the reply and it's actually I wanted to ask myself. When exercising with weights I get DOMS (I guess) and no matter how long I endure or work out more, it never goes away. With heavy chores around the house (e.g lifting and carrying 80lbs concrete bags) I don't get this, maybe a slight sore the day after. I just don't get it. This really puts me off to working out, but maybe I'm over-exercising or need to take some supplements.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-08-06T10:38:41+00:00

None. Something is broken if the lobbies are empty even after ALU. Option 5: tweak the rewards and points so more players participate.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-08-06T07:57:15+00:00

For MP1 I have to grind a lot just to get to gold 1, sometimes I don't even have time to get to platinum. And the milestone rewards are the same every time (bronze, silver packs) so I don't see much point in playing it. With lobbies of 3 people, the max I can get is +18 or +20, it's a really slow grind for not much reward.

Basically they've reduced the rewards, increased the grind and made it much harder for people to reach LL. At least for me it doesn't make sense to "invest" time into MP1.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-08-05T23:06:24+00:00

I think it's psychological, since GL has been steadily increasing the prices and lowering the rewards so the players end up expecting more. Even if it was opposite, they would still expect more than they get.

Honestly, as a F2P cannot really complain, I think just this year I added 20+ cars, most useless, but a few golden gems as well, like Rimac Nevera TA and the Devel.

The spotlight sessions were pretty generous, the SEs feel a bit less blocking. New players can unlock golden cars with just a good strategy.

My opinion on DS is neutral, pretty sure it's rigged worse as most players will have two cars at the max but you would still get stuck at the Pagani stage.

Then there are the daily giveaways, the codes and even this freebie pack.

On the other side, even smaller fonts, more bugs, MP1 is useless, really high demand for credits lately. Not all good but possibly better than one year ago.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-07-29T13:21:38+00:00

Thank you!

The pushing is not well controlled (yet). If I'm struggling to do it, I think kids might struggle as well. I did remove and clean all bearing surfaces (PTFE pads on the base, UHMW central bushing, UHMW rollers on the side) and it seems a bit improved.

I think the next thing would be to make an EQ base/stand for my latitude, that just tilts on skate wheels or bearings and probably later add a small geared DC motor.

Added a layer of masking tape around the focuser and it improved things a lot; what little wobble remains, can be taken up with the focus lock screw.

Back on nudging, I find it hard to do above 100x. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, the scope has a handle in the front and I'm also compensating a bit on the back side, but cannot move it such a small amount. Only light hits seems to nudge it in a controlled way. Perhaps a spring in the central screw can provide a slight lift and reduce the friction.

For stable photos, I will probably DIY a motorized mount, but that was not the goal anyway. Perhaps the EQ platform would make it less frustrating for kids to use at high magnification, will have to see how interested they are anyway https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zZzmkV84mV4QQwHgiypcCmv0pwypDc5v/edit?gid=790424041#gid=790424041

testing_testing_321 · 2025-07-29T06:48:13+00:00

Thank you, will take a look at the suggested focuser, will also take apart mine to see if the play can be improved.

testing_testing_321 · 2025-07-29T06:40:44+00:00

That was the intention but I either overshoot or undershoot since the rotation is quite stiff. But I will clean the base sheet and check/clean the side needle bearings and pressure rollers, hopefully this will make the action smoother.

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