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that. is. hilarious. and AWESOME at the same time LOL

 

my and wifey are currently looking for a new appartment for rent and part of it is discussing how id be able to fit my upcoming BEAST desktop as well as my workout equipment (i do workouts at home since pandemic start) without it bothering her too much. now THATS a solution she couldnt refuse to accept 😄 

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As a self confessed prepper I love it...

 

as a hardware modder I love it...

 

as a game player....yeah not for me :classic_wink:

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Now all we need are energy-efficient laptops :classic_laugh:

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Currently and formerly owned laptops (specs below):

Serenity                    -> Dell Precision 5560
N-1                             -> Dell Precision 5560 (my lady's)

Razor Crest              -> Lenovo ThinkPad P16 (work)
Millenium Falcon    -> Dell Precision 5530 (work)
Axiom                        -> Lenovo ThinkPad P52 (work)
Moldy Crow             -> Dell XPS 15 9550

 

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Senenity / N-1: Dell Precision 5560
    i7-11800H CPU
    1x32 GB DDR4 2,666 MHz
    512 GB SSD
    NVIDIA T1200
    FHD+ 1920x1200
    PopOS 22.04

 

Millenium Falcon: Dell Precision 5530
    i9-8950HK CPU
    2x16 GB DDR4 2,666 MHz
    1 TB SSD
    NVIDIA Quadro P2000
    UHD 3840x2160
    Ubuntu 22.04 / Windows 10 LTSC

 

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14 hours ago, serpro69 said:

Now all we need are energy-efficient laptops :classic_laugh:

ooor legs of steel and the stamina of a marathon runner 😁

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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (TG High Perf. IHS) / Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme / MSI Geforce RTX 4090 Suprim X / Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB DDR5-8200 2x24 GB / Seagate Firecuda 530 4 TB / 5x Samsung 860 Evo 4 TB / Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 (Push/Pull 6x Noctua NF-A14 IndustrialPPC-3000 intake) / Seasonic TX-1600 W Titanium / Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2 TG (3x Arctic P12 A-RGB intake / 4x Arctic P14 A-RGB exhaust / 1x Arctic P14 A-RGB RAM cooling) / Samsung Odyssey Neo G8 32" 4K 240 Hz / Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize Cherry MX Brown / Corsair M65 Ultra RGB / PDP Afterglow Wave Black

 

My Lady's: Clevo NH55JNNQ "Alfred" (2022-24)
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Needs to have gears to increase productivity power. I swear I'd fly through the house if I pedalled on one of these.

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Brilliant, all we need is an extended family edition - a couple of people pedalling hard in concert should be able to power a high-end rig.

But more seriously, in this day and age it's not such a bad idea to generate power from exercise bikes etc.

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I use my stationary bike with a desktop surface instead of handle bars and stream to the laptop from my main pc. 

 

Perfect for ace combat or really any offline title. Ups the ante for the last mission when you have to fly underground while pedaling. Obviously fps is out but there are many genres. 

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I came across a nice guide on how to build your own household bicycle generator:

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2022/03/how-to-build-bike-generator.html

 

There are also a lot of other cool DIY projects worth a look on that website. And better still, if you click on the icon at top right you learn that even the website itself runs on a  fully solar powered server:

https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/power.html

 

So if the website is unavailable, you can reasonably guess that the weather has been cloudy of late in Barcelona :classic_laugh:

 

There is also a lot of interesting info on that page. E.g. their up time plummeted after they upgraded to a new Linux kernel which increased the average power usage of the server by 0.3 Watts  (from 1.2 to 1.5 W).  ...And solar panels are bloody expensive too; guess I'm just gonna have to start pedalling faster! :classic_ohmy:

 

 

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Wow, that's really amazing website. I can see why @Eban would like as well :D

 

Thanks for sharing @Ishayin !

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GitHub

 

Currently and formerly owned laptops (specs below):

Serenity                    -> Dell Precision 5560
N-1                             -> Dell Precision 5560 (my lady's)

Razor Crest              -> Lenovo ThinkPad P16 (work)
Millenium Falcon    -> Dell Precision 5530 (work)
Axiom                        -> Lenovo ThinkPad P52 (work)
Moldy Crow             -> Dell XPS 15 9550

 

Spoiler

Senenity / N-1: Dell Precision 5560
    i7-11800H CPU
    1x32 GB DDR4 2,666 MHz
    512 GB SSD
    NVIDIA T1200
    FHD+ 1920x1200
    PopOS 22.04

 

Millenium Falcon: Dell Precision 5530
    i9-8950HK CPU
    2x16 GB DDR4 2,666 MHz
    1 TB SSD
    NVIDIA Quadro P2000
    UHD 3840x2160
    Ubuntu 22.04 / Windows 10 LTSC

 

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5 hours ago, ryan said:

 

 

Wow...I didn't know there were such things! Nice one @ryan

 

I like my bicycle...I ride it most days to work (in good weather)

One of those pod bikes would be great for rainy days.

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The bio hybrid (the one I would buy) is gone bankrupt already.  Back to the RAD wagen and rocky mountain instinct e bikes for me.  I finally blew my knee out for good, waiting to get x rays now so I am thinking the pedal assist will be my life from now on! 

 

The rad wagon for everyday riding and commuting.

RadWagon 4 - Electric Cargo Bike | Rad Power Bikes Canada

 

and the rocky mountain for when we go riding with the family!

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I have no Idea. I know that the rocky mountain has the most powerful 48v system in any e assistance bike.  The rad wagon gets 40kms or more to a single charge and using the almost max position for power assist.  makes a big difference to an old guy like me. 

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im thinking of buying a off road e-bike. kinda dorky but im a dork and think it would be alot of fun

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