However, when I could previously swap over a motherboard in less than an hour, now we got multiple beginner errors. The setup only cost £70 but each CPU is far faster than the previous single Xeon X3470. Intel S5500BC board with a pair of Xeon E6240s. So I got myself a 10 yr old server board with dual Xeons and Max 32gb ram. The previous real upgrade was seven or more years ago. My box was last opened two years ago when the TV tuner card (PCIe TBS6980) died and I replaced it, with an almost exact model. However, for one reason or another (lack of time, stable hardware, iPadOS etc) I’ve not done this for some time. It’s been heavily updated with sound insulation from the car audio scene, although TBH it is much quieter now than when the motherboard was an Asus PC-DL running a pair of power hungry overclocked Xeons. I think the oldest current part is the case that is at least 15 years old. My main Linux box has been upgraded in bits and pieces for some time. I’ve generally always upgraded my own computers. and so the following weekend, following a purchase of “funky” masks (rather than my home sewed ones) we went shopping as a family again, but this time all masked up! It felt good! wearamaskĪfter returning to upgrading my main Linux box (due to playing with Docker and using some stuff (genome annotation pipelines) that needs more than the system max of 16GB RAM) I came across this blog post about a similar situation (albeit more time). I think this was what I needed to push me into wearing one. This really did make me feel ashamed of our maskless faces. I would guess at least 50% of visitors, including entire families. We were pleased to see that so many customers (not staff though) were wearing a mask. Last weekend we all visited a garden centre (partner, five year old and I). But still my mask has stayed in my pocket. To those people who refuse to wear a mask on “personal freedom issues”, then I would say the same as to those who refuse vaccinations – “your choice, but stay at home and stay the fuck away from people”.īasically if we all wear masks then we can return to ‘normality’ sooner. If we all wear a mask, it helps those who are uncomfortable with it (me!). Even if you have been extremely diligent in staying at home (which we have been), then wearing a mask sets an example to others that you are a responsible member of society. In the same way that vaccinations and not coughing in people’s faces are your contributions to a healthier society. Wearing a mask is a display of civic duty to help your community. ![]() ![]() Nonetheless I’ve felt extremely self conscious (which is not really like me) about wearing one and so my mask stayed in my pocket. ![]() I do not need to be further persuaded that wearing a mask helps reduce the transmission of the virus wearing a mask. I’ve justified this to myself that I never went inside a shop/building and observed the two metres distance at all times. However, shamefully on the few times I’ve been out my mask has stayed in my pocket. At the start of Lockdown I was sold on the future need to wear masks and so I made some masks on my 1895 Singer model 15 (treadle) sewing machine.
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