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To: TobagoJack who wrote (185991)	4/5/2022 4:46:53 AM
From: maceng2	1 Recommendation Recommended By marcher Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217648

The intel i9. I use Novabench to roughly benchmark Novabench CPU Benchmarks - Compare top processors So it's about twice as fast as my Ryzen 2700. My processor is air cooled and runs max at about 60 watts with no overclock. Runs typically at about 25 to 30 watts, 35 deg C. OK for old age pensioners -g- Maybe one day I will upgrade just the processor to the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X but in no hurry. That would get me into the top 10% of the very fastest desktops but at a fraction of the price. That last 10% price increases exponentially to get to the top. A big difference in desktops these days is the VNAND SSD, Very high read and write speeds with the right motherboard and I can see Jack has that. I have 3 sticks too with 64GB of RAM I can virtualize more or less anything I want.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (185991)	4/5/2022 6:30:55 PM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217648

Extremely grim’ COVID outbreak prompts Shanghai to extend lockdown World Apr 5, 2022 10:05 AM EDT BEIJING (AP) — The COVID-19 outbreak in China’s largest metropolis of Shanghai remains “extremely grim” amid an ongoing lockdown confining around 26 million people to their homes, a city official said Tuesday. Director of Shanghai’s working group on epidemic control, Gu Honghui, was quoted by state media as saying that the outbreak in the city was “still running at a high level.” READ MORE: About 16 million Shanghai residents tested for COVID-19 as city moves to 2nd part of lockdown “The situation is extremely grim,” Gu said. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from around the country to aid the city, including 2,000 from the military, and is mass testing residents, some of whom have been locked down for weeks. Most of eastern Shanghai, which was supposed to reopen last Friday, remained locked down along with the western half of the city. Officials would reevaluate preventative measures after the results of tests on all city residents are analyzed, Gu said. “Before that, citizens are asked to continue following the current lockdown measures and stay in their homes except for medical and other emergency situations,” Gu said. Shanghai has reported more than 73,000 positive COVID-19 infections since the resurgence of the highly contagious Omicron variant in March. Shanghai recorded another 13,354 cases on Monday — the vast majority of them asymptomatic — bringing the city’s total to more than 73,000 since the latest wave of infections began last month. No deaths have been ascribed to the outbreak driven by the omicron BA.2 variant, which is much more infectious but also less lethal than the previous delta strain. A separate outbreak continues to rage in the northeastern province of Jilin and the capital Beijing also saw an additional nine cases, just one of them asymptomatic. Workers shut down an entire shopping center in the city where a case had been detected. While China’s vaccination rate hovers around 90%, its domestically produced inactivated virus vaccines are seen as weaker than the mRNA vaccines such as those produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna that are used abroad, as well as in the Chinese territories of Hong Kong and Macao. Vaccination rates among the elderly are also much lower than the population at large, with only around half of those over 80 fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, complaints have arisen in Shanghai over difficulties obtaining food and daily necessities, and shortages of medical workers, volunteers and beds in isolation wards where tens of thousands are being kept for observation. Shanghai has converted an exhibition hall and other facilities into massive isolation centers where people with mild or no symptoms are housed in a sea of beds separated by temporary partitions. Gu said about 47,700 beds are available for COVID-19 patients, with another 30,000 beds to be ready soon. It wasn’t clear how many beds were available for patients placed under observation, who number more than 100,000 according to city health authorities. Public outrage has been fueled by reports and video clips posted on the internet documenting the death of a nurse who was denied admittance to her own hospital under COVID-19 restrictions, and infant children separated from their parents. Circulation of footage showing multiple infants kept in cots prompted the city’s Public Health Clinical Center to issue a statement saying the children were being well looked after and had been in the process of being moved to a new facility when the footage was taken. At a virtual town hall Monday, the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai warned of possible family separations amid the lockdown, but said it had an “extremely limited ability” to intervene in such cases. READ MORE: ‘Stealth omicron’ variant drives multiple outbreaks in China Concern is growing about the potential economic impact on China’s financial capital, also a major shipping and manufacturing center. Most public transport has been suspended and non-essential businesses closed, although airports and train stations remain open and the city’s port and some major industries such as car plants continue to operate. International events in the city have been canceled and three out of five foreign companies with operations in Shanghai say they have cut this year’s sales forecasts, according to a survey conducted last week by the American Chamber of Commerce. One-third of the 120 companies that responded to the survey said they have delayed investments. Despite those concerns and growing public frustration, China says it is sticking to its hardline “ zero-tolerance” approach mandating lockdowns, mass testing and the compulsory isolation of all suspected cases and close contacts. Left: Workers in protective suits direct residents lining up for nucleic acid testing during the second stage of a two-stage lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Shanghai, China April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song Related Hong Kong leader Lam won’t seek new term after five years marked by protests and COVID-19By Zen Soo, Vincent Yu, Associated Press China orders millions in Shanghai to shelter in place as COVID cases surgeBy William Brangham, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Isaiah Schrader 35 killed, 42 injured in Shanghai stampede at New Year’s eventBy Joshua Barajas Go Deeper china covid-19 shanghai

To: TobagoJack who wrote (185991)	4/7/2022 10:17:32 PM
From: TobagoJack	2 Recommendations Recommended By marcher Pogeu Mahone Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217648

Jack learned about supply-chain bottleneck. The rig is almost but not just quite completely assembled due to still-missing $14 part (gasket) that sits between the liquid cooler / fan assembly and the CPU it is meant to cool. The part hopefully to arrive in 6 days time. Jack asked whether he can test the computer by switching on without the cooling assembly in place :0) and 'no', the two Star Wars characters are decorations serving no processing function :0) Almost time to deal with the software - updating BIOS, download drivers, stuff in Windows (11), and tweak the settings for resolution vs frames per second. Originally he thought the construct will be his summer project, and might still have to be should anything go wrong, but the pace of progression looking good. His friends parents calling, to enquire what be required for the IT arms race :0) My response, essentially, leave the kids alone struggling on current (old) PC to Research, and let them assemble a keyboard first, get it tuned and working w/ current old PC, then let them consult w/ the Jack on sourcing (trusted vendors, good parts, etc), do budget, make sense, and then be ready to pay. Oh, and intone just five words, Keep to good house-keeping and cable-management, and do not force any widget into any gizmo. Following on to Message 33787030