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  1. Thread: Popping in

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    My Ryzen arrived - can you notice?:icon_lol: 369...

    My Ryzen arrived - can you notice?:icon_lol:
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    Heatsinks applied to the Raspberry Pi but I'm having issues with it restarting - from memory it was linked to the screensaver, even though it's...
  2. Thread: Popping in

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    I have indeed. I've also ordered some heatsinks...

    I have indeed. I've also ordered some heatsinks today for the Pi to put on tomorrow evening - mind, it's pretty cold in the hut without any present so I'm not sure the Pi will be overheating much!...
  3. Thread: Popping in

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    I am - well, only recently started again after a...

    I am - well, only recently started again after a job move and move across the county. Haven't done much DC for a while, but have started back on OGR-28 on a Raspberry Pi - it's sat monitoring...
  4. Thread: Ubuntu 17.10

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    I installed a copy the other day in to a VM and I...

    I installed a copy the other day in to a VM and I was surprised at how much I liked Gnome 3. When I'd tried it previously on Debian, I'd been disappointed, but I was happy with this version.

    I run...
  5. Thread: Popping in

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    Popping in

    I felt I'd been long overdue since I stuck my head in here. :icon_wink:

    How are you all? Doing well?
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    Well I solved it the easiest way I could... I...

    Well I solved it the easiest way I could... I moved to Linux. :icon_lol:

    Installed a virtual machine (or got IT to install VirtualBox) and set the machine up to run using parallell in the end...
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    Dave, thanks for the link. However, that has...

    Dave, thanks for the link.

    However, that has the same issue as Batch Runner and running them in batch files - that they execute one after another. But on a single core.

    Each model uses one core...
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    Thread Pool/Queuing Software

    Look to run a big batch of models at work - approx 30.

    I want to run 8 models at once (or 4, depending on RAM usage and hyper threading as it's a Xeon E3-1240V2) but I want all the models to be...
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    No that was the same (the results of which can be...

    No that was the same (the results of which can be viewed here.)

    Pyrosim is just a graphical front end for FDS - FDS was what we ran and what is affected by the compiler. As you can see from the...
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    Sticky: That's pretty good to know - BOINC means I can...

    That's pretty good to know - BOINC means I can run more projects but Dnet client was easier to setup. Now I could (if I wanted) run Dnet and BOINC together on the same project...
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    Not sure - I think I'm the only one I know of. ...

    Not sure - I think I'm the only one I know of.

    If others have done it, they might have done it as part of their companies and kept it within that. I know one of our competitors has their own...
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    Those are the benchmarks I'm using - the Pyrosim...

    Those are the benchmarks I'm using - the Pyrosim ones.

    Pyrosim is a java based front end for Fire Dynamics Simulator. Which is a FORTRAN based program, compiled using, AFAIK, the Intel Fortran...
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    Intel i3. Currently, it's the only model I've...

    Intel i3. Currently, it's the only model I've been able to try. Might play with some Amazon cloud servers to try it a bit more.



    The linux distributable is downloaded already compiled, probably...
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    Yeah - this is partly why I'm pushing the company...

    Yeah - this is partly why I'm pushing the company to invest in a Linux machine - I've seen speed ups of 30% just by using Linux and then I can also compile it myself without the Intel compiler for...
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    Dirk - It's a major shame that the software isn't...

    Dirk - It's a major shame that the software isn't able to benefit from GPU calculations. I think there was a group in Germany looking at it.
    Also, whilst the AMD chips are pretty good at TDP, they...
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    Thanks all. Not science, but engineering - I...

    Thanks all.

    Not science, but engineering - I hope that qualifies as a realm of "science"! I'd argue so as it's a STEM subject ;) Thesis was on fire engineering - making sure buildings are fire...
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    That has more RAM than my iMac :/

    That has more RAM than my iMac :/
  18. Played with mining Litecoins - didn't realise the...

    Played with mining Litecoins - didn't realise the GPU miners would work on them still - not that I have one I'd use for it.

    Had a few Bitcoins in the past - sold before they skyrocketed in price....
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    I'm good thanks - I guess the biggest news since...

    I'm good thanks - I guess the biggest news since I've been gone is that I'm now officially a doctor! Earned my PhD this year and passed my viva in May. I thought finishing the thesis would give me...
  20. Thread: Stepping down

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    Know the feeling - that's why I've not crunched...

    Know the feeling - that's why I've not crunched for a few years.

    Only cruncher now is a server I have with OVH that's £3 a month - it's only an Atom but it's something. I do have an A4 CPU sat on...
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    Having got an APU system the other day, it seems...

    Having got an APU system the other day, it seems to work fine for what I need it to.

    Actually, wonder if it'll play some of my older Steam games (though that might be asking to much).
  22. Thread: Proposed Race

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    Awesome, 3 day average places the finish date on...

    Awesome, 3 day average places the finish date on the 1st January!

    Wonder if we can finish it this year?
  23. Thread: yoyo@home News

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    Just in time for it to finish! That does...

    Just in time for it to finish!

    That does explain the surge in Linux/ARM based results coming in it seem.

    Though the project is now expected to end in January...
  24. Thread: Home Server

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    I've gone with Windows 8. Working fine as a media...

    I've gone with Windows 8. Working fine as a media centre, now I've found the right drivers on the AMD site (website didn't auto detect my drivers and the ones on the Acer site were old and didn't...
  25. Thread: Home Server

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    Went for the Acer machine. I've got a 3TB drive...

    Went for the Acer machine. I've got a 3TB drive I'll just plug into the server.

    Only issue now is to decide on OS. I've got a legit copy of Win 8 that I could use (and I'm tempted by) as that...
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