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Muslims who voted for Trump upset by his pro-Israel cabinet picks in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 1 day ago

Heh. They sure will be greatly astonished once the first US troops ship to Israel. It's OK, because Israel is not in the NATO.

FrankenPC reboots randomly in c/techsupport@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 days ago

OK, wow. I checked around a little bit, and the 25A@5V PSU seems to have gone the way of the dodo. If I can’t get a stable system with a 20A@5V PSU, this project may just have increased in size quite significantly.

FrankenPC reboots randomly in c/techsupport@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

I guess I'll get a new power supply over the weekend. Seeing as this one already wasn't OEM, I'll hope that I'll get away with something generic. This machine is not new (nor are the RAM or the video card), so maybe cleaning everything while I have it open would be a good idea. Thanks.

FrankenPC reboots randomly in c/techsupport@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago

When I went to work, the UPS was fine, when I came back, it was beeping and blinking. I assumed battery failure - it was a relatively cheap one without useful diagnostic output. Well, I'll hope that whatever it was only damaged the power supply - and make sure that the replacement does 25A. Thanks.

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FrankenPC reboots randomly (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

I currently have the motherboard of a Dell XPS 8930 in a Thermaltake CTE T500 case with a Corsair CX750M power supply.

The machine complains about a defective power switch cable on boot, because the Thermaltake's power button does not have the special Dell magic - but it had been running fine like that for months.

Recently, however, the machine has been rebooting once or twice a day, most of the time when I am not around - either in the middle of the night, or while I am at work.

I was in front of it once when it happened: The screen turned black for a moment, then the machine booted up. It was as though someone had pressed the reset button. The reset button, by the way is not connected, but the cable is tied away safely, and can definitely not touch any metal parts.

This started right after my UPS died; I had the PC plugged into the wall for a while, and that was when it happened first. It is now plugged into a UPS again, but that did not make a difference.

This far, I've verified that all connectors are firmly seated (including RAM and the video card) and reinstalled the OS. I've visually inspected the motherboard - no bulging capacitors or similarly scary stuff as far as I can tell.

I guess the next step would be to replace the power supply. It is quite new, but I suppose it could have gotten damaged, or just be a lemon.

Any cool ideas for other things I could try before I do this?

America Needs Resistance, Not #Resistance in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Taking things online only gives the illusion of safety - especially in places like Facebook. If 'they' really want you, your home address is only a subpoena or two away.

Trump names Musk to co-lead newly formed Department of Government Efficiency in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 5 days ago

*checks*

Nope - not Onion.

GameStop’s CEO celebrated Trump’s victory and stock has been climbing ever since in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 days ago

I know... but they still gave me the illusion that I owned the game :(

Trump’s Israeli ambassador pick Mike Huckabee called Palestinians a ‘made-up’ people in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 86 points 5 days ago (27 children)

I wish it wasn't so tragic, so I could laugh at people who couldn't vote for Harris because Biden didn't single-handedly stop the genocide.

GameStop’s CEO celebrated Trump’s victory and stock has been climbing ever since in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Fuuuuuuuu...

Where am I going to buy my games now? Sometimes it's still nice to own the disk.

BI: AOC asked voters why they backed her candidacy and Trump's reelection. They said the economy and Gaza. in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 6 days ago

The main problem is that people don't understand that the Vice President does not set monetary policy. Neither does the President. The Federal Reserve is supposed to be completely immune to political pressure. Fortunately, King Donald will do his best to put an end to that.

I happen to believe that the current policy was correct, and averted even worse problems - but that does not happen in a matter of months. If Trump somehow fails to fudge up the trajectory we are on, he will get to take credit for policies enacted during Biden's presidency (again, not by Biden, but nobody will care).

Lee Zeldin - ‘who voted against environmental bills’ - named Trump’s EPA head in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 6 days ago

Last Trump, there was a pretty good way to predict who would get what position: Pick an agency, and google 'tried to sue '.

Bottom right in c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
[–] juergen@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

I promise that if I ever get elected Tyrant, I will pay for my own domain name out of pocket.

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So you don’t like Trump or Harris – here’s why it’s still best to vote for one of them (theconversation.com)
 

It has been said a gazillion times over the last few months, but is it getting through to those who need to hear it?

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Using ad blockers is theft (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

Most free web sites pay for their upkeep with ads. It has been an unwritten agreement since forever (or at least as long as there have been ads on the web) that if you consume the content, you pay the creator by looking at the ads on their site.

Consuming the content without looking at the ads is like shoplifting because you don't like the way a store's checkout counter works and/or the fact that they want money from you at all.

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Power Button Cable failure reported after moving Dell XPS 8930 to a new case (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

The power supply on my XPS 8930 gave up the ghost, so I replaced it with a Corsair CX750M (probably not relevant).

While I was at it, I also replaced the case with a Thermaltake CTE T500 (probably relevant).

I connected the power switch to pins 6 and 8 on the front panel connector, following the diagram at XPS 8930, GPU and CPU Liquid Cooler, PSU, Case Swap, Upgrade.

Things work as expected: I can power the computer on and off with the power button, all cool.

BUT: Every time the computer boots, I get an error message from SupportAssist during POST: "[...] Alert! Power Button Cable failure". I click Continue, and everything is peachy.

Does anyone know how I can get rid of this message? Did the power button in the original case know some secret handshake that the new one doesn't?

At this point, I would be OK with disabling the SupportAssist self check altogether. I don't need any SupportAssistance to know that the machine is getting a little cranky.

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