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You don't have to literally respond to every post more than once, what happened to the ethics we once had in these threads?

Sorry, I've had a bad day, and apparently I am irritable.

I am with you.

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Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

I wish first 5 gifts are laptops with different configs this year.. everybody wins a laptop.

Interesting. That would mean, the configs have to be lowered a bit. But, it'd guarantee more laptop winners.

Exactly.. lower specs..

Maybe Framework laptops?

Means?

Easily customisable laptops - https://frame.work/ Even GPU can be upgraded without soldering.

Oh this. Is it still in making. Seen something like this for mobiles as well few years back.

No no. This has been around for a few years now. They started doing plug and play GPUs only recently I guess.

I didnt even realize that. Feels like it has been forever

Yah, there were YT channels covering these laptops.

I dont watch much youtube so that could explain how i was living under a rock

Oh yah. I don't use it much , but , when I do, I get some interesting content.

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@xpress7 said: Ha ha. Ecosystem is wordpress's biggest strength and biggest weakness..

more like their goose who lays golden eggs for them

Obviously.. they need money. If something works.. why touch it breaking some and spoil the income?

The philosophy, if it works don't touch it

Wisdom words..

I am turning old I guess 😂😂

What am I then 🤣🤣

A kid 😂😂😂

He has a kid.

Who behaves exactly like him, now reverse it....

Now, I am confused. Oh God, really need to sleep a bit.

i could use some more as well. Really didnt get enough something awoke me in the middle of the night but im not sure what

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Yeah or apple silicon if you are able to get them.

I think getting a mac mini is easies of all

The M4 Mini is a good value item.

True.. I've seen the videos..

Yah, this is probably the most sensible item, given its price, from Apple in the recent times.

Yup price is the most tempting one.. for an Apple.. for first time.

wait how much does this thing actually cost? I was under the impression it was almsot 1k

I think its around $600 in US

And around same here as well 😉

Thats the surprising part ..

Worth the price and ofcourse cause they might have an assembly unit in India...

I am feeling same.. but noob asked if they are manufacturing this as well here.

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Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

I am bad at hardware soldered hardware.

Me as well. I try to stay away as much as possible, but recently I have taken an interest to it

You soldered anything recently?

Yup, a router and my Android box.

Router? what did you solder in that?

UART. It helps you get shell access to any device that supports it.

what is UART? So many acrynmoms now! You guys know too much!

I recently came to know of it. It gives you shell access to the device. So, even if you don't have SSH access, you can debug easily.

yeah it seems like a really niche thing not many know about it. I guess you dont need it until you need it!

Yah, it's not something most people will ever require. Only if you are into hardcore development.

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Should I just use Redis Object Cache plugin for WordPress, or should I manually setup Redis for Wordpress?

try w3 total cache or litescache if on ols/litespeed webserver.

Nah, Took your recommendation and happy with Nginx now. Loving it infact. Went with the Redis Object Cache plugin. Just completed setting it up.

Nginx is cool. Thats the one i use. LEMP stack.

Been an Apache head for quite a long time. Then, tried OLS, liked it. But, tried Nginx recently and find it better among the 3 for some reason.

Apache is the OG though. Nginx dethroned it. Still lots of web powered by Apache.

Oh yeah. It's the default on Xampp as well, the server I stayed with all these years on Windows.

Even in linux. Its the LAMP stack.

Yah. Used it there as well. Generally Shared hosting also mainly use Apache. But, due to its similarity in terms of htaccess usage and better caching possibilities, some recently have started to prefer OLS over Apache.

Yup, most shared hosting companies shifted to lite speed a some time ago.

Lite Speed is better, but paid. Most still use Open Lite Speed, as it's free.

is this sort of like the centos vs whatever setup we used to have before they ruined it? open lite speed for testing?

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Unfortunately though, for you, you will have more competition. Remember, harder the battle, sweeter the victory.

Ha ha true that.

Anyways, you got the caliber to get the gaming laptop.

yeah xpress has shwon he is a worthy contendor for you i think. Lets see if it keeps up

He only has to worry about TrK.

Trk vs Xpress, the battle of the ages. Dont forget you are technically in this battle as well! Until you pause on jan 1

Oh yah, gotta set a benchmark for these guys to beat.

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TrK recommended both Memcached and Redis, but did say Redis was better. Noticed a few ms difference for the better with Redis. That's why I decided to stick with Redis. Might notice a hell lotta difference after large data is populated.

It will be fine believe me 🙂

Hope I don't run out of RAM

can always just download some more if that ever happens

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You don't have to literally respond to every post more than once, what happened to the ethics we once had in these threads?

Sorry, I've had a bad day, and apparently I am irritable.

Don't know and honestly I don't think they are reading recent pages at all....

Thats the problem.. may be they can have chat now.. and reply to old comments later.

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Yeah or apple silicon if you are able to get them.

I think getting a mac mini is easies of all

The M4 Mini is a good value item.

True.. I've seen the videos..

Yah, this is probably the most sensible item, given its price, from Apple in the recent times.

Yup price is the most tempting one.. for an Apple.. for first time.

wait how much does this thing actually cost? I was under the impression it was almsot 1k

I think its around $600 in US

And around same here as well 😉

Thats the surprising part ..

Worth the price and ofcourse cause they might have an assembly unit in India...

I am feeling same.. but noob asked if they are manufacturing this as well here.

Not manufacturing but assembling, india got no manufacturing hub for the apple mac parts afaik

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TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

I am like retired professional competing with young guys.. 🤣

Retiree making a re-entry. Cue music.

🤣🤣

Feeling like Dhoni?

Definitely not. 🤣

Maybe some CSK music will get you there.

Not a fan of IPL though. Basically stopped watching cricket after retirement of Dada. Fan of him since school.

Me too. Never been a fan of cricket my whole life (Yes, I was an anomaly among friends). But, still watched it for Sachin, Ganguly (Dada), Sehwag, Dravid, etc. and the gang. Since their retirement, I believe it has degraded.

I need to start watching cricket one day. It seems very popular. I jsut dont understand the rules and need to take the time to learn

Oh yeah, it's really popular in India.

Is it pretty mucha n all year sport? When is prime time for cricket?

Frankly, even I am not sure. Never watched cricket very seriously. I know though that the IPL (Indian Premier League) is kinda like our SUperbowl.

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Where did everyone go?

I monitor every hour

Ha ha.. I think we won't have any giveaways until some hours may be.

Yeah second this...

Yup, I think we will get one more in the afternoon. Anyway we got plenty of time.

That we do. Let's hope for the best.

I really wish the sweaters have international shipping. Missed that. What did you do? converted?

Yeah 😅😅😅 you know me well enough 😂

What other option we have. So you must be richest after noob in our racknerd gang.

Well don't know about that so can't say much 😜

Oh come on. No tax department here. how much you have?

Currently it's sitting a solid $40 in my RN account.

What? you've hidden the arcade machine price here.

Well it's under talks....

Oh k. I thought the doors closed, as you didn't mention anything about that agian. All the best for you then.

I doubt it will go other way than credits

I mean, discussing with dustin?

Yeah with him only who else?

I thought Frobsy

The deal broke down sed 😂

He's gonna ship it to Algeria? Or, credits?

Idk he is trying to convert it to hard cash prolly got someone in the us to get it for him.

Trying to convert the arcade machine to cash? Is Racknerd giving him cash instead? Seems like a headache for taxes but nice of them to work with him if so

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Imagine you finding a big... Turns out it was a missing ; in eol 😂

Didn't get you. You mean a syntax error?

Yeah and it breaks everything

Its always the semicolon... basically while doing C.

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Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

I am bad at hardware soldered hardware.

Me as well. I try to stay away as much as possible, but recently I have taken an interest to it

You soldered anything recently?

Yup, a router and my Android box.

Router? what did you solder in that?

UART. It helps you get shell access to any device that supports it.

which router it is?

Amplifi HD. It's a friend's that I got to tinker with, cause he wasn't using it.

How do you like it? never tried that brand

They are pretty solid. Not sure of their newer models though. I believe their CEO left Apple to start the brand.

oh cool, i didnt know that. So they started with a pretty knowledgable foundation then

Oh yes they did. Infact, they followed overpricing in the beginning as well, ig.

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The deal broke down sed 😂

Yup I've seen him mentioning that. He said he is in need of some cash.

so is woocomerence a plugin for wordpress and you can add plugins to your plugins? plguin inception?

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Hmmm perhaps I will also decrease my time here

I will work most of the day though.. just wanted to have some fun here before starting.. but ben and noob happened..

What do you mean noob and ben happened?

Like they are everywhere...

Racking those numbers ..

Numbers is the ultimate goal.

Well true that....

But i am not liking this way.... but have to follow others?

It depends I am fine with recent discussion 😉

Yup. But i like a direct conversation though.

I am doing that for you though 😂😂

I am searaching and finding..

Keep doing that and I will go dig the past for ya...

Everyone spends time in the past... no more present..

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You don't have to literally respond to every post more than once, what happened to the ethics we once had in these threads?

Sorry, I've had a bad day, and apparently I am irritable.

Don't know and honestly I don't think they are reading recent pages at all....

Thats the problem.. may be they can have chat now.. and reply to old comments later.

Well what can we do they decide to go with that.... And I don't know why noob is doing exactly same....

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The deal broke down sed 😂

Yup I've seen him mentioning that. He said he is in need of some cash.

so is woocomerence a plugin for wordpress and you can add plugins to your plugins? plguin inception?

oops i clicked the wrong comment... i need some sleep i suppose

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Unfortunately though, for you, you will have more competition. Remember, harder the battle, sweeter the victory.

Ha ha true that.

Anyways, you got the caliber to get the gaming laptop.

Ha ha I will try though.

Btw you received the credits? how much it was? I just received mine , seems dustin is active.

Yah, received it a few minutes ago as well, ig. It's $850, the retail Amazon price of the gaming PC, same as the laptop that's on 1st in this thread.

rupees i assume? Good deal

Nah, got the credits in $, if that's what you mean.

nice deal. Do they also offer gift cards or credit instead? OR just rack nerd credit?

Just RackNerd credit. But, I guess you could have it added to a friend's RackNerd account instead of a gift card.

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Imagine you finding a big... Turns out it was a missing ; in eol 😂

Didn't get you. You mean a syntax error?

Yeah and it breaks everything

Its always the semicolon... basically while doing C.

It's true with all OOP languages

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I'm a new member.Go Go Go（jumpy）

Welcome. Please feel free to ask any questions you have on the giveaways or in general about RackNerd.

+1 ! All of us here can attest to how great rack nerd and its community is!

Yup, that everyone of us can do. We could also answer general queries to help Dustin out.

I try to do this when i can. If people ever post questions about the racknerd services I am sure to let them know how much faith i have in their services and how reliable they have been

You do that. I do that as well.

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TrK recommended both Memcached and Redis, but did say Redis was better. Noticed a few ms difference for the better with Redis. That's why I decided to stick with Redis. Might notice a hell lotta difference after large data is populated.

It will be fine believe me 🙂

Hope I don't run out of RAM

Just setup another server for redis you got enough to spend 😉

win some more GAs and you can setup a massive chain of redis servers.

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Should I just use Redis Object Cache plugin for WordPress, or should I manually setup Redis for Wordpress?

try w3 total cache or litescache if on ols/litespeed webserver.

Nah, Took your recommendation and happy with Nginx now. Loving it infact. Went with the Redis Object Cache plugin. Just completed setting it up.

Nginx is cool. Thats the one i use. LEMP stack.

Been an Apache head for quite a long time. Then, tried OLS, liked it. But, tried Nginx recently and find it better among the 3 for some reason.

Apache is the OG though. Nginx dethroned it. Still lots of web powered by Apache.

Oh yeah. It's the default on Xampp as well, the server I stayed with all these years on Windows.

Even in linux. Its the LAMP stack.

Lamp.. you get a lamp he gets a lamp. Everyone gets a lamp! Sounds like a lame name but it is a very popular stack i heard!

Lnmp ftw

LNMP ?

Yup LNMP FTW

You mean LEMP stack?

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Hmmm perhaps I will also decrease my time here

I will work most of the day though.. just wanted to have some fun here before starting.. but ben and noob happened..

What do you mean noob and ben happened?

Like they are everywhere...

Racking those numbers ..

Numbers is the ultimate goal.

Well true that....

But i am not liking this way.... but have to follow others?

It depends I am fine with recent discussion 😉

Yup. But i like a direct conversation though.

I am doing that for you though 😂😂

I am searaching and finding..

Keep doing that and I will go dig the past for ya...

Everyone spends time in the past... no more present..

I am in present though same as you 😄

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whoa hello from 361! I think we are hitting 400 today friends. Matter of time

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Yah, I believe I had a similar setup. Only that they decided to get me Win 98 with it, not even XP.

Why 98? I got it with XP. I used to format the system everymonth and reinstall the OS, to increase the PERFORMANCE.. 🤣🤣

Yah, remember the time, we used to measure a PC's performance based on the number of times the XP loading bar moved before desktop loaded?

Oh yeah. I spent most of the time tuning the PC than using it. Funny days..

Remember the application - SpeedumyPC and bviously, RAM Downloader?!!

i downloaded so much ram it wasnt even funny

LOL! What was your record?

ha, it has to be 0 before my computer imploded

LOL! The hope that many of my friends had for the "unlimited RAM hack!"

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I know it's not physical tech, but I once built a fully functional clock in Minecraft.

How did you do that?

Complex Engineering

Well, have never played Minecraft before. But, the functioning of the clock, did you code it in Java?

Oh, friend, no this is built with items in the vanilla/unmodded version of the game. With redstone you can make some crazy circuits, most people shy away from it though.

I haven't yet played Minecraft, but, doesn't seem easy to make a functional clock. Kudos.

Thank you! It was quite the undertaking, but I had a lot of fun doing it. If I still have the save file I'll get a screen recording from my Xbox.

Sure, do share it if you have it.

Just because you're interested, I'll fire up Minecraft right now and check. It probably doesn't work due to updates they have made in all of these years, but the structure should still be there. I just hope it wasn't lost in the transition to the newest version.

Oh you don't have to go through all the trouble if it's tough.

Oh I already posted it for you many pages back.

Yah, saw that. Commented as well. Remember how many hours or days it took. I was extremely impressed.

I dont know how he found the time do to all that! I know you said you dont play minecraft but what he did is not easy!

Yah, the circuitry diagram was insane.

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Get a game like GTA 5 if you plan on playing a game for a long time. Since it has a huge map and everything, should keep you satisfied for atelast an year, if you don't spend a major portion of the day just for it.

Will think of it, based on what I win. But I'll definitely buy the Witcher one.. or Red Dead may be if witcher 4 getting too late.

Alright, or as someone else recommended, just get PS Plus sub.

Will definitely think , but first I have to win.. lots of time left..

Yah, go for it. Mind if I go for the PS5 btw?

Oh noo.. if i don't get lappy, then i will settle for PS5.. don't come between pls.. 🥹

Alright. I am just gonna go with the flow.

You said you won't come after us..

Here is the deal, if you get PS5 give it to me, and I'll give credits of whatever I win. I am planning to get the item throuh one of the known in US, if I win.

Oh, I see. I only promised DaDev and the others that I won't go for the laptop.

You said you won't go after anything at all. and will be busy..

You said that as well. I was talking about the scenario where you and I both become inactive after Dec 31 and the rankings stagnate. Only in that odd rare scenario do I have the hope of being in top 5.

Ha ha. Lets see how it unfolds anyway.

I am more like will be will till 31st Dec. In the new year, i will get some free time I think atleast for one or two weeks may be.

Then, you are in a position to make the jump for the laptop itself.

Definitely not with competing with you people.

You people! what do you mean by that!? I dont want to compete with anyone just want to watch the telly in peace

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RACKNERD'S-NEW-YEAR-PARTY-IS-ON-FIRE

Come warm your hands !!

Hehehe, we don't need hot hands over here, the party is on fire!

Yah, this winter, I don't need warmers. I am at the RackNerd party on fire !!

racknerd keeps the firing burning in our hearts

The thread passes the fire on to us. We are like those ancient Greek marathon runners

they didnt set the ancient greek marathon runners on fire right?... right?

LOL! Hope not. Anyways, we on digital fire right now.