- I did end up ordering a Mac Mini as a new home desktop PC, so now I need to order RAM
- I got the higher end model and bumped the processor to the 3.2GHz 6‑core 8th‑generation Intel Core i7, but everything else base — 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD.
- I had previously Sept 26th, 2020 looked up OWC RAM, and I can order direct from them. Are there local places in Vancouver? Listed as resellers, dmac don’t list the 2018/2020 Mac Mini and Simply doesn’t seem to list the right RAM either.
- Why don’t small businesses keep their websites up to date???
- OK, guess I order direct from OWC, Total cost was $258CAD including shipping and duties.
- OWC have one eGPU enclosure, the AKiTiO Node Titan (as well as bundles that include AMD graphics cards). I haven’t done any research on eGPUs yet, other than noting that Apple had the Blackmagic eGPU available for sale from them directly.
- External storage is a whole other thing. I looked up the Filecoin guide to storage mining and basically you need a $3KUSD AMD machine at a minimum to do mining. Just syncing the Filecoin blockchain (which I do want to experiment with), needs 12GB per week:
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If you don’t wish to mine, but would still like to run the Lotus client for the purposes of keeping a wallet or interfacing with the network, a system with 2-4 CPU cores, 8GiB of RAM, and enough storage for the Filecoin blockchain should be sufficient (the current testnet chain grows at about 12GiB per week; improvements to reduce this storage requirement are ongoing).
- Like I said, researching the right combination of external enclosures and drives and such is for another time. I’ve never really stored a lot of media on drives / at home.
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- Biked over to Hinge Park and hung out with @cambel and @catthekin:
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Caught up with @catthekin in way too long today. Along with pro photographer @bmann
— Campbell Macdonald (@cambel) October 3, 2020 - We sort of talked about Fifth Generation Management, but only in between other topics.
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- Messed around with a Fission timing log of publishing this site.
- Path of Exile now has a MacOS client! 26GB download, and hard to find the links required.