The "Everyday" show-off thread !

These are Ant Esports Quartz Flow Fans. These are the only reverse blade fans I could find that were affordable for me. I loved Lian Li reverse blade SL_INF fans but damn those are expensive as hell.

these do the job. The premium Lian Li asks for their stuff is not worth it and many of those requiring L-Connect 3 dont play nice with motherboard RGB software or Signal RGB.

Nice job on the spray paint job btw. I was wondering when did Zotac made White Trinity OC 3090.
 
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Got this book at 500/-.
Always wanted to feel think, colorful, informative book.
 
This is rare as in very rarely someone shows-off a book here as its 95% techno stuff always.
Well, I'm also not a vivid reader but used to work on plotting graphs using ggplot (R lang.). Hence can't resist the temptation.

Also got few other books, mostly because of quality they provide whether its paper grade, content, picture, writing style.

I’m usually skeptical of self-help books, but I think Atomic Habits does a great job of explaining self-discipline and the Kaizen approach.

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Well, I'm also not a vivid reader but used to work on plotting graphs using ggplot (R lang.). Hence can't resist the temptation.

Also got few other books, mostly because of quality they provide whether its paper grade, content, picture, writing style.

I’m usually skeptical of self-help books, but I think Atomic Habits does a great job of explaining self-discipline and the Kaizen approach.

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I think we need a separate thread for such stuff :cool:
 
i see, you are a man of culture! (handshake emoji)
Well, I'm also not a vivid reader but used to work on plotting graphs using ggplot (R lang.). Hence can't resist the temptation.

Also got few other books, mostly because of quality they provide whether its paper grade, content, picture, writing style.

I’m usually skeptical of self-help books, but I think Atomic Habits does a great job of explaining self-discipline and the Kaizen approach.

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we need to know about your entire bookshelf, plz n thank you :)
 
Since ancient times, humanity have been interested in stone. all colors, all size. this has been in our DNA and to fulfill this curiosity, I gave up to the desire to get a tool to appraise the stones. Presenting Jade Identification FlashLight. Bass ab Jade dhund ne jana he :angelic:

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100ft RGBIC about $42 each
15ft RGBIC about $15
32ft RGB about $32
TV backlight (it's a basic one, doesn't update with picture, no camera) $19
Thermo-hygro $22 for 2

Add ~50% in custom and shipping.

Haven't installed them yet.
I am not sure, why would you get a version which don't updated based on video but looking forward after installation. also just if you might be interested. you can get the sync version on fb in 2k to 4k based on TV size :)
 
Some Major Upgrade for Mac mini M4 setup. functionality and ascetic was the target.

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So basically, first we set the grip pad and then remove the outer grip pad. there are 2 layers. below is for usb hub with 10 Gbps speed supported NVME SSD.
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But I wanted more speed so below is 40Gbps speed SSD Enclosure.

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Look and feels like Double Mac Aloo Tikki :p

before formatting. this was a Windows 11 drive for my streaming pc.

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after formatting to APFS drive.
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Speed test 40Gbps enclosure with Gen3x4:

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Then I tried it on 10 Gbps speed enclosure:
I have not added extra power to the usb + ssd enclosure, so no idea if that could have resulted in a bit slow speed. but this is what I have seen with other 10Gbps enclosures.
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Issues I have observed.

1) 40Gbps Enclosure cannot be placed as pleased. It will always be at the bottom. the dust filter will not fit on the bottom size of the enclosure due to the heatsink type spreader/design.
2) No fan or exhaust so relies on surface spread. does good job but using like me with usb hub, then temps are high. 49 to 51 right now. but I think till will go till 65 to 74 on heavy usage.
3) only 1400 to 1600 mbps write speed on the 970 evo plus. might go 3500 mbps on gen4 ssd.
4) if using Samsung drives, firmware only can be updated on windows machine, that to when its installed as internal ssd. tried and tested.
5) most important, you will have to pick up the Mac mini m4 to reach the start button. and that's a mood killer.

Bonus:
120 Rs. jugged for stand before I was using :joyful::hilarious:
basically a mobile cover with electric tap. works pretty good. easy start button reach and economic.
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It already does and better than apple. Samsung without artifical walls
Oh that's a great news!

Then it must be an easy job for you to find me a 3 in 1 wireless charger that supports:
- my samsung phone, my samsung earbuds, my samsung watches
- supports Qi2 standard to max charging speeds.

I have been searching for one for last 3 months. Looked online, offline in India, in Dubai official showrooms but couldn't find one.

If you want the same thing for Apple stuff, I'll find you 3 trillion products right now you can buy on Amazon.

I also wanted to buy official Samsung tracking tags (Apple air tags equivalent). I had to import them as they were out of stock for a whole year in India.

And the walled garden? Samsung is been pushing me to use Samsung pass(password manager). Good news, you can open it on Samsung PC. Bad news? Samsung doesn't make PC.