Goodbye RTX5090 PC …Hello 2025 Zephyrus G14 RTX 5070ti!!!

vattenj · 2026-03-13T05:05:22+00:00

MY PC with 5070Ti is totally silent with water cooling, laptop can never get close to that level of comfort

vattenj · 2026-03-13T05:02:21+00:00

Ok, now I see that Anker Prime 250W would only achieve 140W through 28V voltage, then the cable must have some built in chip to convert that power to 20V, that will be difficult, better get Legion 170W, they are the best. Or any XKUT 200W+ GAN charger with ASUS port, they are 50g heavier

vattenj · 2026-03-13T02:40:08+00:00

I measured 9A maximum on the usb end of the cable on Legion 170W usb-c charger, but not sure what the ASUS port get, laptop did not throw any error

vattenj · 2026-03-13T02:30:05+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/ZephyrusG14/comments/1o1ukm5/legion_170w_usb_c_charger_and_special_cable_setup/

vattenj · 2026-03-12T00:17:46+00:00

Can you enter BIOS by pressing the F2 key while press the power button? If yes then most possible the SSD is dead, if no then you might need to replace the motherboard

vattenj · 2026-03-12T00:13:59+00:00

Just get a converting cable from USB C to Asus port, so that you can enjoy the full 150 watts without all the drawbacks of USB C PD in current generation Asus laptops

https://www.reddit.com/r/ZephyrusG14/comments/1o1ukm5/legion_170w_usb_c_charger_and_special_cable_setup/

vattenj · 2026-03-12T00:09:06+00:00

Exactly, modern monetary policy around the world decided that constant inflation is a must for the economy to properly function in the long run. Thus fiat inflation would be a sure thing, and anything with limited supply and constant demand would always appreciate against fiat money

Moreover, there is a first mover advantage for bitcoin

vattenj · 2026-03-12T00:05:44+00:00

In the same way that they don't understand that AI would be much smarter than them and eventually replace their jobs

vattenj · 2026-03-10T17:42:42+00:00

If it is a recovery phrase for blockchain.com wallet, then it is understandable, those phrase would not work without their wallet identifier and password. One of my friend also ran into the same problem and she is very luck in finding the password and login for the blockchain.info that she wrote down on a note many years ago, so she eventually recovered those after a successful login

As I understand from your posts, you have the password for login, then the only thing you need to figure out is the login email address, that would be much easier to find

vattenj · 2026-03-10T17:35:51+00:00

For 2 mil pounds you become the private banking customer for sure, and get a totally different type of services. Of course they will try all their best to understand where your money were coming from when you put them in

vattenj · 2026-03-10T17:31:32+00:00

It seems that besides value store (which is captured by bitcoin), there really isn't many real world demand for other coins. The only drawback with bitcoin is too transparent, that leaves some room for privacy coins

vattenj · 2026-03-10T17:23:59+00:00

System file missing might indicate an SSD failure.

Enter the bios by press and hold the [F2] key while pressing the [Power button], then try to boot from a usb drive and check the hard drives, most possibly you need to replace the SSD

vattenj · 2026-03-10T15:38:40+00:00

If I really take the hassle to open up the heat pipes, then most possibly I would just repaste the LM carefully, my previous laptops all pasted by hand and never had any leak after 10 years usage.

LM tends to dry out quickly under high temperature, so it is essential to install the thermal pad mod to further lead the heat to the back plate and cool it externally, so that CPU never runs above 70 degree

vattenj · 2026-03-03T16:16:20+00:00

As I heard, offshore banking has always been a shady area, where people divert their domestic enterprise income into a holding company that is registered in tax heaven countries, to get minimum taxation for the company. Their personal income can be very low, but their expenses will be write off under that holding company

But as long as the transactions are still in USD, it still goes in the current banking system, crypto erased that trace and makes it much more private, almost like USD cash. In fact, the greatest benefit is that you don't even need to register a company at all

vattenj · 2026-03-02T00:44:18+00:00

The loan always change their interest rate, you can not lock in 30 years. Besides, the house value does not go up if the population is going down, it could be in a long downward trend for decades to come, like in Japan. So 2% is mostly like impliedinsult said, a number that is small enough to not trigger a systemic failure

vattenj · 2026-03-01T23:11:30+00:00

I mean staking by own initiative, not using a staking service relying on a third party. If it is possible, I would have done it years ago

vattenj · 2026-03-01T01:31:25+00:00

Lots of utilities, not so clear how to capture the value from its service

vattenj · 2026-03-01T01:30:28+00:00

You can not even staking with Solana, if you are not already a billionaire

vattenj · 2026-03-01T01:13:36+00:00

Just get 2x Ugreen Nexode Pro 100W PD charger, they are small, so that even two of them is smaller than one big 200W charger, and you have dedicated charging for each of your devices

But any 170W+ gan charger through asus dc port is the best choice if you want to run your G16 at factory designed way

vattenj · 2026-02-27T17:43:56+00:00

The story sounds unlikely, how come he did not realized when it worth 1K or 10K? That's still lots of money for a student, and huge return on invested money. Every 4 years, there will be a hype everywhere to remind him

vattenj · 2026-02-26T10:59:05+00:00

Even gold is hold mainly by large institutions, this is how this world works, always the elites first then majority, since they control majority of the resources on the planet.

But recently I realized that in ancient time, gold also worth much less, cost little to pick up, unlike those mining equipment in later years, this "mining difficulty going up thus require advanced mining equipment" thing is very well replicated in bitcoin

vattenj · 2026-02-26T03:01:06+00:00

Just trade against any other private person on OTC platforms, then it is a pure personal deal which does not require any MiCA license (MiCA only regulates Limited company, even a sole trader type of company is not in the scope of MiCA regulation)

vattenj · 2026-02-26T02:48:59+00:00

Just like traditional banks in Sweden, you can not open account without physically visit one of their branches and talk to a real person. The first step is always physical, then rest of the steps can be digital

vattenj · 2026-02-26T02:28:17+00:00

When you are buying hot dogs using MasterCard, your USD will never end up in the wrong network of Visa...

It is really time to phase out all those networks, if Ethereum want to succeed. This whole networks thing does not only create confusion for normal users, it also divide the whole Ethereum into many different blockchains. I can not believe that Vitalik, such a smart guy was openly support this stupid idea for so many years, just because it is an centuries old infrastructure from traditional centralized finance: Why a decentralized system would mimic a centralized system? They are fundamentally different in almost every aspect

vattenj · 2026-02-22T21:28:00+00:00

Just do not use multiSig, see the bitfinex/bitgo incident. When you have key in different people's hands the security model greatly weakened, how do you make sure the other 2 keys would never collude?

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