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Seen as some of you have missed me......or maybe some of you have been glad that I've not been around, and some sheep hurling gave me a nudge in the lounge the other day.
Well things have been a bit busy over the last year or so, changing companies as part of the oilfield license takeover in Qatar, then having to move out of the country residential wise due to T&C changes, and move the wife and kids to Cyprus and new schools etc. etc. Then a few months after they got settled, having to move rental villa again, due to the owner deciding she was selling.
I've also been back in the UK, doing some work on that house, as looking to put it up on the market, with a view to settling down for a few years in the sun, and hopefully see the kids through school in Cyprus.
I've not been doing a lot of any coding/RasPi/Arduino or anything along those line, just don't know where the time goes.
The only thing I have done is build myself a new PC, with full watercooling on the CPU and Dual GTX1080ti. It had been a while since I had done anything on here, so decided to do a build log and benchmark pair of articles, so those of who are interested can have a nosey. You can find it at: Serenity - New Build Time - Part 1 - The Build
Hopefully now I have a new box, that doesn't deafen me every time I turn it on, I'll hopefully get back into 'stuff' again.
Think that's us all caught up now! Oh, and we got a dog earlier in the year, rescued a Boxer/Staffy cross from the local shelter in Paphos. Coral, she's ace.
Anyone else got any news/gossip?
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I built a new system over the weekend. My kid asked me about how water cooling is done (yeah, like I'd know).
Maybe I'll point him at your article.
On the motherboard I selected I notice that there are four places where fans -- or pumps!? -- can be connected.
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Yeh, more than likely, I noticed that on my board, it has a stack of them as well.
AIO Pump, CPU Fan, CPU Option, Water Pump, Chassis Fan 1, Chassis Fan 2, M.2 Fan, Ext. Fan
Things have moved on a bit since CPU Fan, Chassis Fan and that was it! 
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My chassis fan isn't connected to the motherboard; I think it's always on. But it's quiet.
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Was very fascinating to read them... You got a pretty monster there to feed...
Can I ask how much you payed for the parts? In my experience building a computer instead of buying pre-made is 2.2 times cost more when the features within 85% barrier (means the pre-made PC has the power between 85% to 100% of the home-made)...
I built my last computer some 4 years ago, but nowadays I'm thinking that it is a waste of money to build a new one every 5-6 years instead of buying one ever 3-4... But utter fun!
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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In total it is probably a $6k build, I had the GPUs and PSU from previous update, so all the new stuff this time, MB/CPU/RAM/SSD + all watercooling parts + case was around €3.5k
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At the risk of sounding thick  why do you need water cooling ?
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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primarily noise.
Secondary, you can push overclocking further with watercooling over standard air cooling.
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Hi Dave, nice to hear from you ! Looks like real life kept you away from minor Internet thingies, which all in all is a good thing.  
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Welcome back Dave! That's a very nice rig (drooling), and a very nice article about it.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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And (no spoilers here!) realised that this song: Every Breath You Take[^] is the "Unofficial Stalkers Anthem", and that it was originally written and performed by the Police ...
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I always thought that song could be misconstrued. Any guess what the 'Official Stalkers Anthem' might be?...probably 'Gonna Get Close to You' by Queensryche.
Also, the Police also did a song about teacher/pupil improper relationships. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Perhaps ***** You Is My Girlfriend[^] (Probably NSFW)
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Forever etched in my brain is a memory of it being played on ABC TV years ago, as the soundtrack to hidden cam video of police exchanging wads of cash.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Sting once said that he found it funny when this song was played at things like weddings as it is a song about stalking.
This space for rent
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Eddie Murphy: Delirious (1983)[^], it was his take home joke for the audience. It was better than the comic by the length of the straight.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Was the flightless Caesar really an Emperor Punguin?
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Dodo you really have to ask that?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Nope, you're right: His theory doesn't fly! It seems totally dead! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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no need to be so emu
This internet thing is amazing! Letting people use it: worst idea ever!
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What should I do? Just stick my head in the sand? 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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Something about that seems fishy.
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I don't know feather to reply on not to the musing of a raven lunatic. OK - ostrich the tolerable limits and just end here
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Be careful my friend. You do not want to get ostrichized.
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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