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Vector laptop was returned due to it having a fan profile design by someone without functional auditory senses and multiple bluescreens / complete power off scenarios (not under load). Thus I decided ti upgrade my desktop instead, at least for now.

Picked up a Gigabyte 5070Ti WindForce at MSRP (£729) from Scan:





Currently humming away to itself at a noise level I cannot hear over the other case fans in my system (for context everything is setup with minimal fan speed and the Noctua NH-D14 is running its single fan at ~700rpm). Need to fully test the performance but it should be in line with any normal 5070Ti, that is to say basically a 4080/4080S.

Didn't go for a 9070/XT as the card will be outputting to both a 4K TV (with VRR) and a G-sync module equipped monitor. The latter may get replaced in the future but have no plans right now.

 

Enjoy mate

 

For the few hot days of the year, I was told by my significant other that we needed this.



Bring on the JD & Coke slushies!!

 

A friend of mine has this, makes good cocktails, I think, I don't remember

 

Recommendations don't get much better than that..hic!

 

Stalker 2 got acquired

 

Needed to replace my microwave at the weekend.
Remember those microwave/grill combo things? They're done. The new shiny now seems to be microwave/air fryer combo things.

 

This is weird yet... wonderful? Something about a whole roast chicken being pulled out a microwave (even if it is also an airfryer) just doesn't seem right.

Similar story here - it is rather good though!

 

Cool. We have two airfryers and we use them alll the time, and our microwave/combi has seen better days. This would allow us to get rid of the smaller airfryer.

 

It pizzas too!

 

Ooh, let us know how you get on.

When our microwave died we just didn't replace it.

A microwave/air fryer combi may be a good idea seeing as the OH keeps banging on about them.

 

I believe as a child there was a copy of that book in the house. Or at the very least one like it.

 

My wife (a retired chef) remembers the gravy browning painting trick, also, put the chicken under the grill to make the skin crispy.

 

A directional USB-C-USB-C O.MG Cable to go with the USB-A-Lightning O.MG cable. Those things are stupid cool, and I want to fiddle with the phone side

Nat's What I Reckon does some sterling cooking videos involving the Microwave. They're not positive for the microwave, but they sure are entertaining.

 

Back on the air fryer topic - bought a Ninja Crispi recently and it's an absolute godsend. Anytime we go away in the UK it's coming with me as makes self catering with coeliac disease quite a lot easier.

 

Had to look that one up…

Looks like an excellent security research tool. All of us here are probably well aware of the usual security caveats around unknown devices & cables, but like simulated phishing campaigns I can see the usefulness when it comes to educating others.

I’m not terribly concerned about it being an actual attack vector, especially the Lightning cable; iOS requires you to unlock the device and explicitly allow USB accessories to connect. No doubt people might find ways around that, but that’s part of the point of these tools - to find and address vulnerabilities.

 

Fortunately the target isn't necessarily the phone (although the direction USB-C one does do that), rather the computer. Obviously I'm a hamfisted amateur, but even I can bash out some encrypted powershell commands to grab a longer command (faster than typing out the longer command from the cable directly) that'll do just about whatever you can make powershell do and email the output. In theory they can work as keyloggers too, but I didn't have a Lightning socket keyboard, so I'm curious to see how versatile the USB-C version is in that regard.

For some reason no one at work trusts USB devices from me anymore..

They're not cheap, especially for a bit of curiosity, but since I do work with them I can claim them on my taxes, which takes some of the sting out. And they're slightly less clunky than the Rubber Ducky.

 

Big bunch of e-liquid, can't say no to 20mg at 50p a pop