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Surprised that Apple didn't do something more significant in terms of aesthetics, just to give people FOMO. Even Midnight would've swung it for people, I think. As it is the M2 is exactly the same externally. I can either drop £4100+ (with EDU discount) on a M2 Max, or get the same one...

Even crypto swings aren't this big. +/- 10% over the course of a day, sure.. ~20% up and down in < 1 hour?

The only way to stay sane in this I think is if you actually do believe in the stock, and are going long. I really feel for people who can't afford to get involved, but are getting sucked up in the hype and taking a massive bath, especially if they're on margin. Grats to those of you who...

BTC is up massively too. I dipped my toe into BTC and a few others at almost exactly the worst time (I too should stick to pedestrian S&S ISAs for "fixed" gains).. I'm actually back up to being £7 in profit, from -£1000. Milkybars are on me lads! I wonder how linked cryptos are to GME now...

The first was logical.. 140% short interest. With this it feels like 5% "safe pair of hands" in Cohen's appointment, and 95% pure greater fool insanity.

I think so, although I’ve not tested it fully. I think the VFD driver is for monitoring when Windows Media Centre (not even sure that’s a thing nowadays) is running, to shows media info. I’ve reached out to Shuttle via email to see if they have a 64 bit copy of XPC Tools anywhere. Hopefully...

Unfortunately this didn’t work, it was the 32 bit version that doesn’t run.

GME seems like a wild ride if you're prepared to accept that you could be quids in, or take a bath at the drop of a hat, based on when you enter and exit. The share price is currently like 97% speculation. People HODLing I can sortof understand, if they got in early and if they believe in the...

Will give that a blast, thanks. I tried installing the 32 bit version but it didn’t want to work. It installed but wouldn’t start, complaining that it wasn’t installed properly or something. To be honest if I could get something that could control the VFD in front, that would suffice I think.

Hi I’ve just reformatted my little old Shuttle SG33G5M and put Windows 10 64 bit on it, and need to try and get XPC Tools from somewhere so I can control the VFD on the front. Can’t find it anywhere and the Shuttle download links for it are 404 I think 1.7.3 was the last version? Thanks in...

Thanks. I assume I can't just interchange DDR2 and DDR3? Another weird thing... this Shuttle has been in its box since October 2013. I booted it up expecting it either not work at all, or have everything reset, but it booted into Windows (7) fine. I swapped the CMOS battery out anyway and...

Hi I’ve pulled my Shuttle out of storage with the aim to resurrect it as a 4K media PC. It appears I’ve got a Intel C2Q Q6600, 4GB RAM and a 8800 GT installed. I was wondering - has anyone managed to run 8GB in this? The manual suggests it supports 4GB max. It’s Socket 775 for what it’s...

As a Tesla owner myself (sadly not stock) I would not put a great deal of faith in what Elon says vs what actually happens. I find it hard to see this as anything other than market manipulation? It's not a regulated market, sure, but that doesn't mean it's immune from manipulation - if...

Problem is people want instant gratification. GME has set a standard for buying low at the start of the month and being a millionaire by the end. Doing research yourself, believing in a company's fundamentals and taking the long term view is just boring man! The same people can't disassociate...

Retail platforms halting trades was (in my opinion) an inevitable consequence of fairly obvious concerted market manipulation and volatility. I know the narrative that The Man is intervening to keep the little man down is easy to swallow, as it is both nebulous and impossible to prove...

I'm struggling to understand the thought process of people getting in on this at the point that everyone knows about it, i.e. where it's all over the mass media, /r/WSB growing by 6 million users, etc. I mean, if the cat is out of the bag so to speak, then surely the time of mad gains is pretty...

Forgive me but this doesn't make much sense to me. Maybe I'm just an idiot when it comes to logistics. Obviously only you have visibility of what was ordered, supplied, etc at whatever price. Presumably before anything was launched you had signed contracts with various AIBs for an amount of...

I don't know how you can say that with a straight face. :D Prices on GPUs on the 30x0 launches went up by £50 or more as people were checking out. The prices going up by the minute had nothing to do with the supply costs, which were sunk, and everything about creaming some extra profit off...

It is common sense, yes. Didn't stop preorders being taken for weeks for AIB 3080s that people weren't going to get for weeks or months given the queue sizes, and taking full payment up front for them. It is notable that other retailers had the good grace to stop taking preorders once their...

This update doesn't explain or even attempt to justify the price scalping of way beyond "a small percentage". People were seeing price jumps of £50+ as they were trying to check out. I personally saw the 3080 FTW3 ULTRA price oscillate up and down by a margin of £100. It's also a shame that...