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a long time ago computers were really big. then they made computer small. as a sign of our degenerate culture many people opt for bigger computers still even though they can be living the tiny computer life. apple wowed the world with the tiny faceless cube macintosh miniature. raspberry pi shocked the scene by convincing computer dorks that they are electrical engineers. intel is now making a tiny compute that hugs a full sized gpu for some loving reason. post in here about advances in tiny computer and living that tiny computer life. put that shameful rear end gaming rig in the closet you nerd.
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op i want to live out in the desert with only a tiny single board computer running mac system 7 as my only companion
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Jan 25, 2020 21:22
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also, nucced but she still buckin
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Jan 25, 2020 21:24
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i own an imac op
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Jan 25, 2020 21:43
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i have a small linux box to build toolchains that suck on mac due to requiring ext4. in order to configure wifi i turned on graphical mode, set it up, then went back to cli/ssh mode
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Jan 25, 2020 21:50
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Best Bi Geek Squid posted:op i want to live out in the desert with only a tiny single board computer running mac system 7 as my only companion hell yeah brother gonadic io posted:i have a small linux box to build toolchains that suck on mac due to requiring ext4. in order to configure wifi i turned on graphical mode, set it up, then went back to cli/ssh mode  theadder posted:i own an imac op 
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Jan 25, 2020 22:54
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I want a modern version of the iMac g4
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Jan 26, 2020 00:18
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is there a computer so small i can put it up my rear end. and then run a web server off it and scream at random strangers "YOU HAVE ALL ACCESSED MY rear end SERVER"
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Jan 26, 2020 00:37
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i have one of the little celeron micro PCs that i use for my ham radio stuff. that way i can leave it on 24/7 and put my big honkin' pc into sleep mode. it does everything i need and was $139 i love it.
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Jan 26, 2020 00:41
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jimmyjams posted:is there a computer so small i can put it up my rear end. and then run a web server off it and scream at random strangers "YOU HAVE ALL ACCESSED MY rear end SERVER" your bitts are in my butt
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Jan 26, 2020 00:55
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Jonny 290 posted:i have one of the little celeron micro PCs that i use for my ham radio stuff. that way i can leave it on 24/7 and put my big honkin' pc into sleep mode. it does everything i need and was $139 i love it. yo jonny290 the pigs here are switching to digital sometime soon, do you want my police scanner when it happens?
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Jan 26, 2020 01:05
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nah, it's even less useful here =/ thank you though! the days of cop-snoopin are over, it sucks
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Jan 26, 2020 01:08
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Jonny 290 posted:nah, it's even less useful here =/ thank you though! it's a bearcat bcd996xt and I've got all the poo poo for it, it's not like I can pawn it lol
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Jan 26, 2020 01:11
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we bought 3 intel NUC8's the last month with m.2 nvme cards. they're super fast and the size of 5 CD jewel cases stacked ontop of each other. makes for a good presentation/conference room pc for go2meeting and powerpoint, and a workstation for our technicians who just do internet browsing, outlook, and excel. way faster than some of the garbage dell and lenovo laptops we have. would rec if someone needs a htpc/general dad (non-gaming use) use.
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Jan 26, 2020 01:15
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nucs are good if you need a low power machine that does a thing. now that jony ive is dead I wish Apple would look at nucs as an example of a tiny computer that can actually upgrade its storage and ram and fix the Mac mini.
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Jan 26, 2020 01:20
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jimmyjams posted:is there a computer so small i can put it up my rear end. and then run a web server off it and scream at random strangers "YOU HAVE ALL ACCESSED MY rear end SERVER" with some training, a raspberry pi
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Jan 26, 2020 01:27
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pi zero would easily fit in just anybody's butt granted, you're paying $30 for all the necessary adapters to hook into a $5 computer, but
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Jan 26, 2020 01:30
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Jonny 290 posted:nah, it's even less useful here =/ thank you though! i have a nuc, I don't really use it anymore but it served me much better than the poo poo pile of surplus market dells that I have. rpi's have been picking up the slack. arm64 for life dougdrums fucked around with this message at 01:39 on Jan 26, 2020 |
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Jan 26, 2020 01:37
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small computers are v. v. attractive. big honkin atx towers are dumb as hell because 90% of the time there ain't jack poo poo in them, bunch of wasted space. i got a sliger cerberus which is matx and therefore way bigger than a nuc or whatever but it's basically as small as you can get while still being a relatively conventional case design and layout. smaller than that and poo poo gets weird or annoying real fast. the big oems all got tiny mac mini sized systems out now, they're neat needlessly tiny portable systems give me the biggest nerd boner though and i have no idea why and someday im gonna crack and end up with a pile of stupid bullshit like the gpd micropc https://www.gpd.hk/gpdmicropc
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Jan 26, 2020 01:45
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i would advise anyone running a nuc to turn the fans to the "cool" setting
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Jan 26, 2020 01:45
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dougdrums posted:rpi's have been picking up the slack. arm64 for life don't rpis not actually boot linux (very well) in 64-bit mode? tbf i have been pretty disappointed in the pi ecosystem, seems like babby's first embedded lunix device that is actually more closed/hobbled than it should be or compared to competitors that said, i have a zero w running influxdb that works just fine for my purposes
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Jan 26, 2020 01:57
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also i just built a good gamin' rigg for vr and the case is laughably huge, criticism about it being mostly empty space is spot on. at least there's plenty of cooling and drive bays if i ever decide that caring about that is worth the time. miss my old mac mini, donated it to a friend that didn't even have a single backup computer smdh
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Jan 26, 2020 01:59
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psiox posted:also i just built a good gamin' rigg for vr and the case is laughably huge, criticism about it being mostly empty space is spot on. at least there's plenty of cooling and drive bays if i ever decide that caring about that is worth the time. i upgraded a few months back and deeply regret not going w mini itx
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Jan 26, 2020 02:27
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what happened to knuc if u buc
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Jan 26, 2020 02:34
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murdered by a cop
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Jan 26, 2020 04:48
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theadder posted:what happened to knuc if u buc buc’d too hard
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Jan 26, 2020 05:21
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he posts exclusively in imp zone now
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Jan 26, 2020 05:26
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Sham bam bamina! posted:he posts exclusively in imp zone now a couple fyad\imp zone posters closed their threads when mega drama happened like it meant anything lmao
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Jan 26, 2020 05:47
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I use an iPad Air.
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Jan 26, 2020 05:50
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Displeased Moo Cow posted:I use an iPad Air. im not sure our services are welcome here 
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Jan 26, 2020 05:56
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i threw away a tiny computer today, sign of our disposable culture op
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Jan 26, 2020 06:08
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the new nuc has a single x16 interface so if you install an nvme ssd you cut your GPU bandwidth in half
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Jan 26, 2020 06:40
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just ordered another nuc i use them as servers at home bc theyre quiet and small yet capable and needs suiting just wish there was a dual nic model
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Jan 26, 2020 09:04
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I have a Chinese fanless nuc-style computer and its surprisingly good. intel nucs are too loud
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Jan 26, 2020 09:25
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I have a nuc for console game emulation and a chromebox for pfsense. Both are needs suiting, except the garbage Realtek nic in the chromebox Good little tiny cheap computers. Would recommend
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Jan 26, 2020 10:05
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psiox posted:don't rpis not actually boot linux (very well) in 64-bit mode? i have a pi 2 connected to my tv but it cannot play videos through any browser so i have to get the stream address and put that into vlc to get it to work. a clear case for a nuc.
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Jan 26, 2020 12:31
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the gf wants big computer, not small computer
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Jan 26, 2020 12:55
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nuc is fun to say
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Jan 26, 2020 16:29
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gonadic io posted:i have a pi 2 connected to my tv but it cannot play videos through any browser so i have to get the stream address and put that into vlc to get it to work. a clear case for a nuc. a lot of bad decisions in such a short post
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reminder that nuc stands for Next Unit of Computing, because intel is terrible with marketing
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