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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 15, 2016, 6:17:46 PM
In Reply To @Baffo_il
@Baffo_il @chx nah standby is cheating (system is not really running). Idle numbers are best.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 15, 2016, 6:09:43 PM
In Reply To @jwatte
@jwatte yeah it also does not magically make the pixels per inch requirement lower either. Would save GPU though
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 15, 2016, 6:06:45 PM
In Reply To @Baffo_il
@Baffo_il @chx 10w idle is.. not good. My 35w TDP HTPC build does that https://t.co/3E6WdAHNBA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 15, 2016, 5:37:55 PM
In Reply To @sebfung
@sebfung you are just a straight shooter with upper management written all over you!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 15, 2016, 5:23:04 PM
In Reply To @wilshipley
@wilshipley fancy single quote? Seriously? That is some artisanal Mac bullshit!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 15, 2016, 4:57:41 PM
In Reply To @dorianmuthig
@dorianmuthig it's not really that hot, so it depends on scale. Cables warm from exhaust.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 15, 2016, 3:41:10 PM
In Reply To @TedDennison
@TedDennison it is from a movie
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 15, 2016, 2:26:17 AM
In Reply To @chx
@chx this is such a great recommendation, I cancelled my other order and bought 6 of these, 5200u/8gb/128gb -- thanks!!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 10:18:44 PM
In Reply To @chx
@chx true. That is a great find.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 10:02:44 PM
In Reply To @MalwareMinigun
@MalwareMinigun seriously? Dongles?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 9:55:41 PM
In Reply To @chx
@chx very good price indeed but massive overkill for what I need. Wish there was i3 version!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 9:27:43 PM
In Reply To @chx
@chx that is a good deal though! Anything similar with two Ethernet ports?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 9:26:49 PM
In Reply To @chx
@chx also, needs two Ethernet ports for network use
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 9:24:46 PM
In Reply To @chx
@chx pay attention to TDP budgets, otherwise, apples and watermelons
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 9:17:21 PM
In Reply To @chx
@chx at 4.5w tdp passively cooled?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 9:14:34 PM
In Reply To @chx
@chx this is more vs. bay trail
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 8:58:41 PM
In Reply To @alphacolin
@alphacolin interesting to look at official specs from pfsense, just bay trail again.. https://t.co/g4jscymgRi
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 8:48:49 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@alphacolin no wait, that is a slower models so yeah in the ballpark! What CPU grunt does pfsense require to work?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 8:40:51 PM
In Reply To @alphacolin
@alphacolin looks like the AMD A4 is quite a bit faster per core https://t.co/XEhsL3TOCP
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 8:36:13 PM
In Reply To @alphacolin
@alphacolin how much perf does pfsense need?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 8:35:45 PM
In Reply To @alphacolin
@alphacolin hmm Bay Trail. So atom.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 8:34:27 PM
In Reply To @MalwareMinigun
@MalwareMinigun with two Ethernet ports?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 7:32:44 PM
In Reply To @wintaru
@wintaru much smaller, 4.5w TDP, fanless. Different weight class though.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 7:10:27 PM
In Reply To @adamwika
@adamwika yep, have linked that on Twitter in the past.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 6:10:51 PM
In Reply To @zofrex
@zofrex So bri'ish
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 2:41:29 PM
In Reply To @cottonbureau
@cottonbureau sure shoot me an email
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 4:28:46 AM
In Reply To @nayafia
@nayafia great stuff, VERY surprised you didn't mention the OpenSSL debacle which was a huge wakeup call.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 2:59:45 AM
In Reply To @ChiaraM_87
@ChiaraM_87 masochist!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 2:29:13 AM
In Reply To @TheEvanCarroll
@TheEvanCarroll I guess what I'm trying to say, Evan, is https://t.co/EerqXTkJ8H
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 2:26:07 AM
In Reply To @TheEvanCarroll
@TheEvanCarroll it's funny, I ended up on this today. Good work! https://t.co/wnnzUpXruq (we hit a related gso/gro/tso bug)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 14, 2016, 12:48:21 AM
In Reply To @cshirky
@cshirky @mathewi “Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.”
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 13, 2016, 9:07:37 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly I get all my newsletters via fax
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 13, 2016, 7:32:57 PM
In Reply To @benhnet
@benhnet simple, looks good in plain ASCII on all devices, optimizes for readability
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 13, 2016, 7:13:16 PM
In Reply To @JohnKaster
@JohnKaster exactly
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 13, 2016, 6:09:39 PM
In Reply To @ranhoder
@ranhoder @marcprecipice @LDamour oooh, as a parent of 3 (nearly 4) year old twin girls, adding this to the list
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 13, 2016, 3:32:21 PM
In Reply To @jachands
@geostyx so far so good!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2016, 8:56:07 PM
In Reply To @Supermathie
@Supermathie @netflix @Netflix_CA @Netflixhelps CA is California so you are all good. #thereifixedit
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2016, 4:23:41 AM
In Reply To @George__Lee
@George__Lee any articles on this automation?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2016, 4:21:34 AM
In Reply To @George__Lee
@George__Lee does that cover cheating? Can you actually _cheat_ at LOL??
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2016, 4:14:50 AM
In Reply To @tensorbodega
@nicksahler long term best case you get the YouTube copyright detection system: to 100% evade it you must degrade (fakeplay/act) video
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 12, 2016, 3:37:31 AM
In Reply To @ajtowf
@ajtowf sorry, I don't accept any reasons I am an idiot that are not in list form
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 8:23:46 PM
In Reply To @GABeech
@GABeech @Nick_Craver deceptive, they are running a custom test. But there are Skylake Xeon e3s, yes.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 8:22:05 PM
In Reply To @xor
@xor the man who fell to earth
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 8:20:15 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @GABeech these were non ECC though. I also had a confirmed bad Intel CPU. Figure the odds on that one.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 7:31:29 PM
In Reply To @GABeech
@GABeech @Nick_Craver I can't believe memory used to cost MORE than 2.5x from Dell. Datapoint: out of 28 16gb DIMMs I ordered, one was DOA
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 7:03:10 PM
In Reply To @parkr
@parkr the truth is out there
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 6:50:38 PM
In Reply To @hairboat
@hairboat @kevinmontrose WELCOME TO HELL
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 4:15:54 PM
In Reply To @johnolilly
@johnolilly @ansanelli excellent article, has a dupe para under "Do you have a great team?"
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 3:43:09 PM
In Reply To @rfagen
@rfagen Hall and Oates is a gift
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 4:48:43 AM
In Reply To @dave_heath
@dave_heath 3 years. some keys were pretty worn. keycaps are designed to be replaced, like tires on a car etc
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 4:13:52 AM
In Reply To @ewh105
@ewh105 every meeting should have a few action items to do afterward, otherwise, that meeting was pointless
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 3:22:12 AM
In Reply To @sonyasupposedly
@sonyaellenmann depends how much people are into masochism, I suppose
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 2:54:38 AM
In Reply To @richardtomsett
@richardtomsett consider that multi-core CPUs weren't mainstream until 2008-2009 for example
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 2:39:13 AM
In Reply To @richardtomsett
@richardtomsett no there was tons of raw CPU perf gain from 2004-2011
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 2:17:33 AM
In Reply To @chrisrgc
@chrisrgc no need, I've run it on a dozen Skylake CPUs. But whatever gets you through the night.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 2:03:32 AM
In Reply To @chrisrgc
@chrisrgc nah, that's a custom run of Prime95. All other Skylakes I've used passed normal Prime95 torture test without issue.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 2:01:32 AM
In Reply To @elaptics
@elaptics @tenderlove @andrewdotnich I literally type by firing guns at the keyboard. Too loud? You're too old.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 1:38:28 AM
In Reply To @rossipedia
@rossipedia @JasonPunyon if you followed the links in replies, it is https://t.co/SA1RyKOqNa
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 1:37:24 AM
In Reply To @tinkertim
@tinkertim @JasonPunyon figuratively. Or literally. You know, whatever gets me through the day.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 1:25:29 AM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon would you fuck these keys? I'd fuck these keys.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 1:07:45 AM
In Reply To @codeyoxley
@codeyoxley you'd have to contact WASD, but warning, hardware is a whole different world. minimum 2 years for the smallest change at all
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 1:03:19 AM
In Reply To @codeyoxley
@codeyoxley TBH I prefer real buckling spring, but neither is gonna happen..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 12:19:03 AM
In Reply To @FlatFootFox
@FlatFootFox https://t.co/SA1RyKOqNa so far so good, number keys are a bit :( on backlight but otherwise, good!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 12:17:31 AM
In Reply To @MalwareMinigun
@MalwareMinigun @mhi_inc it would be like buying a new car because your tires are bald. I mean, you /could/, but..
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 11, 2016, 12:17:14 AM
In Reply To @MalwareMinigun
@MalwareMinigun @mhi_inc you don't really NEED to, the keycaps are the main things that wear out and they're *designed* to be replaced.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 10:56:28 PM
In Reply To @xaade
@xaade I don't think being a high ranking Nazi is a good thing?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 10:55:33 PM
In Reply To @spncrhkm
@spncrhkm found some on Amazon, best kind double shot backlit pbt https://t.co/PDazbCU6pk
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 9:20:12 PM
In Reply To @jonobacon
@jonobacon I need to take the kids to benihana!
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 7:45:22 PM
In Reply To @yuhong2
@yuhong2 @Nick_Craver the transition to non-insane priced 32gb is well underway today. 64gb, gonna be 2-3 years.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 1:10:43 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @JasonPunyon @GABeech well, it would not be the end of the world for SO to be read only for, say, an hour.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 1:08:59 PM
In Reply To @waxpancake
@waxpancake the spelunky hell speed run kid? Yeah nooooo thanks
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 1:04:14 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @JasonPunyon @GABeech I agree it has a lot of downsides but for handling unexpected stuff, it is unbeatable.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 1:02:47 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon @Nick_Craver @GABeech no no, this is for the "unexpected things broke a lot" scenario. Not ram.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 1:01:53 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @JasonPunyon @GABeech oh right per core, isn't software licensing fun? I really miss that. Wait no. I don't.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 1:00:43 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @GABeech hybrid cloud is the answer there. Cloud is awesome at unexpected crap, but perf lousy and expensive
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:59:16 PM
In Reply To @JasonPunyon
@JasonPunyon @Nick_Craver @GABeech but who will pay for the SQL server licenses on all those CPU holes
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:57:59 PM
In Reply To @GABeech
@GABeech @Nick_Craver this is the Linux way, I just buy 2x-3x the hardware we need, still end up ahead. Sysadmin time ain't free though
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:55:02 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @GABeech luckily I was able to afford twice as many spares so, still good ;)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:53:20 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @GABeech everything I touch has to survive memtest86 overnight no matter how magically blessed the dimms may be
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:51:46 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver @GABeech my view ain't shifting enough to spend 2.5x the fair market cost of a 16gb ddr4 dimm. I could buy two and be ahead.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:32:52 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver bit rapey pricing for my tastes, but it will be a cold day in hell before Dell gets any of my money.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:29:24 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver nah you are just seeing crazily inflated 16gb costs because enterprisey gnome underpants from Dell
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:28:28 PM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@Nick_Craver that 250% price gap better have a lot of Magic enterprisey super sauce rubbed into it :)
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:26:22 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver it is nice to have 32gb dimms as a safe future upgrade path for sure.. Seems quite safe, will approach 2x 16gb price soon-ish
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:24:57 PM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver wow, that is a super ripoff price for 16gb ECC ddr4 dimms vs. newegg. Discount would need to be over 50%.
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:21:07 PM
In Reply To @loseth
@loseth click the button, leave feedback at https://t.co/WISdthEyGz
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 12:12:19 PM
In Reply To @loseth
@loseth no room in a quick reference cheatsheet. Click the tutorial button for live real examples
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 11:59:06 AM
In Reply To @loseth
@loseth click the tutorial button
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 11:56:39 AM
In Reply To @loseth
@loseth it does already? Maybe you can screenshot what you are referring to?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 11:19:40 AM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver 32gb / dimm price is 3x the 16gb / dimm cost on newegg right now, probably worse in the past?
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 11:17:22 AM
In Reply To @codinghorror
@Nick_Craver 64gb per dimm on the other hand is a hurt pup, at least for now
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 11:16:01 AM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver number of newegg ddr4 ECC options next to each native size, 32gb looks ok https://t.co/Bq1FyQgM6G
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 10:43:30 AM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver possibly! Most of the supermicro boards I looked at have max eight dimm slots per socket, but there are so many variants
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 10:39:52 AM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver "With Purley, Intel is moving from a quad-channel memory architecture to a hex- channel memory ..." 50% more as I already said
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 10:34:37 AM
In Reply To @Donny_V
@Donny_V go read the relevant blog posts I already wrote
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 10:33:45 AM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver so 32gb x 8 or in 2017, 32gb x 12. Beyond that 64gb dimms have to become possible and a lot cheaper
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 10:32:05 AM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver you are right though we can go from 16gb to 32gb / dimm right now and by 2017 Purley gives us 50% more dimm slots per cpu
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Jeff Atwood @codinghorror
Jan 10, 2016, 10:13:38 AM
In Reply To @Nick_Craver
@Nick_Craver might not matter, 32gb dimms are possible now and by 2017 Purley / Skylake Xeon e5/e7 with 50% more dimm slots per socket
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