Bitcoin mining doesn’t normally use GPUs. They use dedicated ASICs. Far more effective, and cheaper in every way.

In addition, AI is in the “growth at any cost” phase. There is a TON of investor money to burn, with little need to show future profitability.

The wildest thing about making a claim is that no one believes it, and no one is expecting anyone to believe it. They might as well just issue a statement that they’re going to lie about it.

My rule of thumb is that if you have problems that make no sense, it’s probably a bad PSU. This lines up with the other comments about checking the source power.

I know it’s his brand, but it’s mostly useless stuff that you learn. His recent video about 8-tracks was fascinating, but I can’t imagine a single scenario where that info will be useful.

That said, I still recommend it to everyone.

That’s the basic premise of the entire culture war bullshit. It’s all a distraction, meant to create an “Us vs. them” mindset.

In my experience, nope. Assuming it works as promised, the situation (usually) gets viewed as a skill gap. You think their code is bad, because you don’t understand it well enough. Unless you are personally willing to redevelop it, of course.

Are they from China/Chinese clients? A number of these are modified to never seed, so they always show as having 0%.

There have been a number of cases like that. Locally, there was a case where the white cop showed up to the scene. Within 30 seconds, he shot and killed the 16-year-old black girl (Ma’Khia Bryant) that had called police in the first place. It was shaping up to be another large race relations issue.

Promptly, they released the body cam footage. It showed a chaotic scene, and a need for split-second decisions. It didn’t silence all concerns, but it also showed that it wasn’t just another racist cop murdering people.

The point is, people are rushing to judge the guy on the mountain. While it certainly looks bad, we haven’t even heard his story yet. There could (potentially) be very valid reasons for his actions.

He’s also never once said “thank you”. It really feels like a weird amalgamation of Trump’s toddler-like thoughts and a real policy document. You can see word-by-word whether it’s a Trump thought (or someone imitating him) or from someone else.

Also, due to CPU binning, it’s very unlikely you have a defective CPU. But you could have an incompatible one, and the X3D has had some very specific issues as well.

Don’t put too much faith in Memtest - I’ve had systems that passed a 48-hour test, but would reliably BSOD before Windows could finish booting. A good tool for sure, but not the complete picture.

You certainly need more testing tools. Prime95 is excellent for identifying CPU, RAM, and PSU issues. Furmark for GPU.

The first thing you’ll need to do is further develop your steps to reproduce. Ideally, you’ll have something like “Boot to Windows, launch prime 95, test X. Locks within Y minutes”. You’ll need this to know if you’ve even fixed it.

You mention testing the RAM, but not the slots. Make sure you run your test plan with just RAM 1 in slot A, then just RAM 2 in slot B. It also looks like you have onboard video. Enable it, and test without the video card. Be careful with the results here - that’s probably stressing your PSU more than the entire rest of the system combined.

Finally, if you have a problem that just doesn’t make sense, it’s probably a defective PSU.

One thing to add, synthetic/artificial only describes some of the sugar alternatives. Others, such as stevia and erithritol, are perfectly natural. Doesn’t make them any safer (or more dangerous), as you noted.

…people used to think smoking was good for colds? Was it just menthols and the mint flavor?

The article calls it “common”, but I’ve only seen it in a single brand of low-carb ice cream. I’ve actively sought low-carb options for over a decade. It’s even less common than xylitol.

Power supplies often have very large capacitors. Not all, and possibly doesn’t even apply to this model (could be an external brick).

In any event, the right answer isn’t to wait - aside from the time wasted, you aren’t measuring to know when it’s safe. You should discharge them manually. This means connecting a resistor, even if most people will just short it with a screwdriver.

If you are a complete hard-liner, you’re going to run into one very particular, and peripheral, obstacle: your employer will almost certainly issue you a Windows laptop. It may not be a large part of your job, but it will be there. Very few companies will offer a Mac, and even fewer will offer Linux.

You might have to work as a freelancer, taking on tasks that can be done without Windows. But even something like web dev will require testing on Windows.

Given the price I’ve seen for those services, that will be the first group to get gouged. People are apparently willing to pay a massive premium for them.

Somehow, the greatest music ever made is always from your senior year of high school.

How accessible are those components? How accessible are they for you? Most laptops these days require some specialized opening tools and a lot of care. It may not be something you can reasonably do on your own.

In either case, as of right now, I’d say buy on both. Later upgrades are not going to be cheap for a while.

It was a brief period where many people wanted a feature (usually playing CDs) that was not available on the installed unit. You may have also noticed the market for new aftermarket car stereos suddenly rose, and then collapsed.

These days, it’s all about adapters.