Something that might work is downloading the current ISO, then mount it and run the setup

They are pushing features that nobody is asking for and is not making life feel any better (bricking ssd, and ai reading you credit card details), and now here they are telling you, that they will force an update you may not be choosing to do, and do it with AI (which imo, isn't necessary for this process. Last I checked, MS will update when it notices idle time, no?)

Forcing it does seem a little excessive

Still, I'm confused how a machine on H24 hasn't already gone to 25 via regular updates

Are there a bunch of folks who've been hitting 'don't upgrade now' since late last year?

Yes, there is a harmful meme in the world of IT/power users/devs/old people, that says you should never install updates. They are sort of right in that the updates often reduce system performance and introduce bugs, but they also patch bugs and, more importantly, security issues. A lot of avoidable hacking incidents happen because of unpatched systems.

I've had mixed luck with that auto 31 jewel Vostok movement - one still going strong (although it did have to be sent back to RU for attention), and another that completely gave up the ghost

Prior to certain geopolitical events they could be had for under three figures, which is a steal if you got a good one

The danger with the older ones is that the rubber seals might be toast - if it's an Amphibia this kind of defeats the object of a dive watch

>Sometimes I'm amazed that computers even work at all!

Funny you say this, because for a good while I was running OC'd RAM

I didn't see any instability, but Event Viewer was a bloodbath - reducing the speed a few notches stopped the entries (iirc 3800MHz down to 3600)

Not now, not ever. No toast.

Or crumpets.

The article mentions Riot Platforms, but the image seems to show Bitdeer Technologies

They're pretty much adjacent, but the orientation of the buildings is different:

https://www.google.com/maps/place//@30.5678809,-97.0740152,2...

They're in double-digit numbers for complaints. Must be a new record :)

On Dell you'll probably be stuck with the original mobo, and their SFFs don't take standard PSUs

In favor of their SFFs, they get retired 10k at a time, so you might as well pick up a second one for spares.

Not a bad call, although you'll probably need to upgrade the PSU to add a GPU (if you can find one small enough to fit the SFF case)

I got bit by this. RMA'd the bad drive and the replacement hasn't had problems (iirc it was made in a different country to the faulty one)

Long thread here:

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/samsung-870-evo-b...

The weird thing to me is 'no single entry after 9pm' implies folks by themselves /are/ allowed in before that time

I don't think that's weird, lots of places stop serving alcohol entirely after a certain time, so the time factor makes sense. Lots of people bar-hop, by that time they're already drunk.

I meant it seems contradictory that they'll let loners in at 8:50pm, but when the hour hits they suddenly start having seizures and hassling people

It'd make more sense to say no singles at all