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#3036405 14-Feb-2023 14:38

Advice I got from Reddit. Someone posted a link to earth.nullschool.net

Thought it would be cool to have that website as a live wallpaper, and someone on Reddit told me how to do it through Wallpaper Engine.

The result.

^ Though obviously live.

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#3036447 14-Feb-2023 16:02

What's your CPU and GPU usage like.

For me just looking at the earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions (nullschool.net) adds around 10% load to my GPU 😬

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#3036456 14-Feb-2023 16:26

djtOtago:

What's your CPU and GPU usage like.

For me just looking at the earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions (nullschool.net) adds around 10% load to my GPU 😬

Yeah pretty high, and my computer isn't the flashiest (AMD Radeon Vega 8). GPU is around 25%. Will probably end up changing it sooner rather than later, but cool to know that this is doable.

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#3036457 14-Feb-2023 16:27

Wakrak:
Yeah pretty high, and my computer isn't the flashiest (AMD Radeon Vega 8). GPU is around 25%. Will probably end up changing it sooner rather than later, but cool to know that this is doable.

Just run it anyway, the novelty will wear off long before you feel the need to get a new computer for it.

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#3036474 14-Feb-2023 16:55

I find it somewhat amusing that "com.apple.WebKit.GPU" uses more CPU than GPU!

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#3036479 14-Feb-2023 17:08

Behodar:
neb: Gaming night? More details...

Warcraft Classic, Remulos server, Mon/Thu 7:30. Required time investment is non-zero if you don't already have a character :)

Ah, thought it sounded like a rather large group for something like Dominion...

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#3037373 15-Feb-2023 20:29

Sharesies

Trade NZ and US shares and funds with Sharesies (affiliate link).

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#3038933 19-Feb-2023 11:10

Yesterday @ NW Wigram they had 225g boxes of Cadbury Roses chocolates for $1.99! RRP is $8.50!

PaknSave currently have them for $6.50!

Bought 20 boxes and donated them to the rural foodbank I support.

Sheesh, you couldn't ship a 250g package from Australia to here for that! (No, the best before date is over 2 months away)

I think someone ordered too many, looked at past history before Cadbury annoyed so many customers!

Glad to help Cadbury lose some money and give someone a treat!

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#3039102 19-Feb-2023 19:36

This review of a new type of automotive technology which turns the usual arguments on their heads.

From reading that I don't think it'll ever catch on, too many downsides.

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#3039177 20-Feb-2023 01:18

Looks like we didn't have a harsh winter and didn't consume as much gas in Germany as the alarmists predicted, thanks to the many smart heating controllers that have been installed. Outside it is very mild for February, uncloudy, the sun is shining and the birds are turning nuts … 😄

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#3039437 20-Feb-2023 14:50

Tinkerisk:

Looks like we didn't have a harsh winter and didn't consume as much gas in Germany as the alarmists predicted, thanks to the many smart heating controllers that have been installed. Outside it is very mild for February, uncloudy, the sun is shining and the birds are turning nuts … 😄

Do you think the climate might be changing?

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#3039552 20-Feb-2023 18:00

frankv:

Tinkerisk:

Looks like we didn't have a harsh winter and didn't consume as much gas in Germany as the alarmists predicted, thanks to the many smart heating controllers that have been installed. Outside it is very mild for February, uncloudy, the sun is shining and the birds are turning nuts … 😄

Do you think the climate might be changing?

Which one, the meteorological, political, social climate? If you mean the meteorological climate, that has already changed noticeably. The flora and fauna are migrating from the south to the north (probably vice versa in your case).

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#3039855 21-Feb-2023 07:12

The very visible mental and physical relief shown by a young lady yesterday. She has been acting as coordinator for an isolated community that we only managed to reach by road yesterday. At the sight of us and the supplies we had brought them, she hugged me, and then burst into tears, refusing to let go.

To be fair, this did more than make me smile, and I'm still choking up a little bit now as I write this.

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#3040497 22-Feb-2023 10:55

I was unexpectedly offered another career today. Actually, I don't have to work anymore and I am financially independent. But the further education institute is now asking me if it may invest in further educational training as a coach and after that I would like to work 15h per week as a much-needed, technical teacher and examiner with my professional experience? I am actually thinking about that now, weather I should do that to myself. 🙂

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#3040504 22-Feb-2023 11:23

Ge0rge:

The very visible mental and physical relief shown by a young lady yesterday. She has been acting as coordinator for an isolated community that we only managed to reach by road yesterday. At the sight of us and the supplies we had brought them, she hugged me, and then burst into tears, refusing to let go.

To be fair, this did more than make me smile, and I'm still choking up a little bit now as I write this.

Good on you, must be great knowing you and your colleagues are making a huge difference to people's lives.

Also, volunteers are awesome.

Most of the posters in this thread are just like chimpanzees on MDMA, full of feelings of bonhomie, joy, and optimism. Fred99 8/4/21

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