A Geek Goes Flying

Xeon CPU. Back in late June I ordered what was identified as an E3-1275V2 CPU, from a U.S. based seller, on eBay. What arrived a few days later (no tracking number, but at least it did arrive) was an E3-1270V2. No internal graphics. Won’t work with my build. Annoying troubleshooting process. Tried to reach the seller, no response. Opened a case with eBay. Theoretically, today or tomorrow, I can ask them to step in. Meanwhile, I ordered a replacement E3-1275V2. Also a U.S. based seller. The tracking number they put in shows it bouncing around Massachusetts (shipped from Texas), the opposite coast from where I am in California. It was supposed to be here on the 9th. Guess what ... So I wait, still limping along on a Core i5 3rd gen. It’s just frustrating, I want to have all the pieces installed so I can button this thing up and get to using it. Right now it’s just a messy workbench project in progress that I can’t finish. Likewise ... V100 GPU Board. Same day I ordered the first Xeon I o...

Censorship emoji “The Chinese government has maintained that it’s ‘always been open and transparent’ about Covid.” ( Newly declassified report shows U.S. intelligence community remains divided over likely origin of Covid ) Sure. Like arresting a physician for “spreading rumors” when the virus first started circulating. ( Dr. Li Wenliang was arrested for warning China about the coronavirus. Then he died from it ) Sigh. ETA:  In Wuhan, doctors knew the truth. They were told to keep quiet : [T]his tableau of chaos was hidden from the Chinese people — and the world — in early 2020. Chinese authorities had acknowledged on Dec. 31, 2019, that there were 27 cases of “pneumonia of unknown origin,” and 44 confirmed cases on Jan. 3, 2020. The Wuhan health commission reported 59 cases on Jan. 5, then abruptly reduced the number to 41 on Jan. 11, and claimed there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission or any signs of doctors getting sick. That claim was a lie. The coronavirus ...