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10 minutes ago, John Drake said:

 

Name them.

if you are going to quote me, quote me in full,
as i said, i have not confirmed. literally the first two words i typed
i am not here to hold your hand
if you had asked nicer maybe i would spend my time to find for you

2 hours ago, ChipButty said:

I always thought in Thailand nobody fails

it is like that, a close friend who was teaching here told me
they just have to pass everyone regardless
if they do not pass everyone the schools funding is reduced.

10 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Online teaching cannot replace class studies with a teacher.

exactly, no teacher to just give everyone a pass regardless.

17 hours ago, Gottsy said:

Does anyone have any ideas of Housebuilding prices?

a better question might be what can i expect if i pay X?
i mean what is your budget?
you can spend as much as you want here and there is no guarantee of quality simply due to paying more
Hummin gives good advice
we built our house very cheap, but i am still fixing it.
i spent less on house (under 1m) and then added a nice solar system, well, landscaping, efficient aircons etc.

you can also hire a QC foreman to oversee the builder and ensure everything is according to plan (means you also need pay for proper plans)
a foreman is about 30k/month, but they deal with the builder so you do not have to.

7 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

Lots of Expats in the same situation.  Thought they bought the dream noisy neighbors or bars driving them insane, they can't wait to get out.

yes, but many are unwilling to take a loss or sell under market value 

you have to sell your house under market value if you actually want someone to buy it
otherwise like many, you will just be stuck trying to sell for years, while newer options become available at similar prices
i sold my house about 3m under what it cost me (buy and renovate), and about 6 million under market value
but i sold it very quick, and in 2021, also sold my condos, some at 50% of market value

2 hours ago, Presnock said:

the new OECD program of July 2023 was signed by 138 countries...I think many other countries want their slice of the action too.  Some plan to move to other lands but that country too may be changing already or planning to change their tax base too.

yes, all in preparation for BRICS/CBDCs

15 hours ago, KKra said:

how much power do the Platinum PSU's draw  , and how much can the UPS supply for how long ? 
my rather household UPS is rated 550 watt, and as I understand your PSU can draw 750 or more at peak.

machines are not under any heavy load, drawing 100-200w max
even if they did work, the heat that comes off them make them unsuitable
as i run rigs 24/7, using a UPS was just to save a few minutes downtime, as rigs set to boot up on AC restore anyway
simply not worth it if then needing to run aircon at load 24/7, as i am off grid

i got a load of these in my office
230 baht each

if you can get to a gym
you can get to a park
free beats cheap, enjoy the view

not confirmed, but there are reports that 1 BRIC will be equal to $55

On 6/10/2024 at 6:49 PM, BigStar said:

APC is the gold standard brand around here for UPS. Lazada sells them.

i bought 2 APC UPS as read i needed them for 80+ PSUs
they were absolute pooh, they made my office like an oven as they get very hot hence why they have fans to exhaust their heat
and still when i had a power blip my rigs still turned off but still had power to them
seems there is an issue with UPS or APC UPS when using 80+ platinum PSUs

On 6/10/2024 at 2:55 PM, battersea said:

Can anyone recommend anything that can keep the laptop going for a 2-3 hours whilst i am still using it..

usually the laptop battery helps for this

On 6/10/2024 at 2:55 PM, battersea said:

Also , when the power goes down..the home wifi does also.....I live near Nong Khai and the internet has died several times recently for hours... I don't know if changing provider (currently with True) would help...a friend advised 3BB...but I have no idea....

Does anyone know of a way to get around this problem ?

Plug your router into the UPS

2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The monk first had sex with the two of them separately.

yeh this bit got me thinking.......
surely there must be a bit more to this...🤔

15 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Yaba. Transliteration is medicine crazy. Thai version of meth mainly coming in from Laos and Myanmar. I agree about the pic though. Took me less than 10 seconds to get this pic and it's what the article is about.

your pic is missing the odd green one
there is always the odd green one lol

This is likely in preparation for BRICS/CBDCs

29 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Tallking bout meth which is not sold in pill form

They mean Yaba (meth and caffiene)
they recently advertised announced on the local news that the price has dropped 90% and is back to 20 baht a pop

3 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

This change, which limits pill or unit usage to a single one, is understood to be a method to reduce the number of smaller drug dealers

This change pretty much means nothing has changed,
it is more like a Yaba promotion
it will not make anyone buy a small amount of powder or crystal, especially when the seller deals in grams anyway
to suggest it will limit usage is hilarious
 

3 hours ago, scott1999 said:

The reason I bought my one was because of the aftersales is better than HR. They do go wrong

have they done any maintenance on the machine?
if so what, and what was the cost?

i could be tempted by such, but personally i would just learn what to do myself, unless it is already paid for

7 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I don't want to be the same.

And I care about privacy.

But I don't try to avoid what is impossible to avoid. Any PC which I used and installed for others in that last 10 years or more was connected to the internet. Updates, mail, www, whatever. It's impossible to lock down the system and keep everything private - except by disconnecting it from the internet and never connecting it.

So, what exactly do you win by installing Windows without MS account? Maybe it makes you feel better, but that's about all. 

i will type it again more slowly for you
the internet requirement is what you bypass to install with just a local account and not a MS account
i care about privacy
i do not want to use an MS account for login or even just install,
i do not want to have to unlock my MS account whenever they choose to lock it,
which i have had a gazillion times over many years when they deem my activity as suspicious
if i do not want to use a MS account, i should not have too (and i don't)
there are also many people that do use computers offline for whatever reasons
again and thankfully
we are not the same.
 

On 6/9/2024 at 6:48 PM, bg53 said:

You think those girls will ever pay tax? Who knows what they earn?

That is exactly the point, they will not be able to just send money home or bring back lumps without the possibility of being audited
they will not waste their time on small fry
but some farm girl who just bought her mum a 10m baht house may raise some eyebrows
they can no longer just say the money came from elsewhere

On 6/9/2024 at 6:38 PM, bg53 said:

The Thais who work abroad are not tax residents. 

pretty sure not everyone is the same
Many Thais who work abroad do so illegally,
so YES they are not tax residents in the country they are working
so no tax is paid on their earnings
Thai gov wants a slice of that action.
 

12 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

One day I will check if there is still anything important on those.

My drives are not old, we are not the same.

9 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

In theory you are right.

But who uses a Windows PC without internet these days? Almost everything needs and internet connection, and many applications want an account. So having one (more) account and set it all up with an MS account makes life easier. 

no theory about it, windows does do this, the internet connection requirement is what you disable to install without a MS account and use just a local account
this used to be as simple as clicking, "i don't have internet" but they removed that making it more difficult in recent updates
luckily it is simple to bypass, OOBE\\BYPASSNRO via CMD during install
you would be surprised how many do this, again, we are not the same.

Let them take the meter
learn to get by using less power at times
buy a generator for emergency backup

4 minutes ago, ravip said:

There is absolutely no issues with Windows 11 Pro (Licensed). I installed it on a old Intel i5 PC (over 10y), with a SSD & 8GB RAM works like a baby! OK... I am NOT doing video/audio editing and other high demanding stuff.

(HP Probook 4530s).

there was a lot of issues but this is expected with any new software, and windows have a habit of just releasing and let the public do the debugging,
and this is where many will jump in and give it a try then decide they don't like it
i don't find much wrong with win11 but on the surface there is not much difference from win10 but i only installed after issues were fixed
but unlike yourself i had no joy with win11 on some low end or older machines, which i ended up running windows 8.1 as 10&11 were too laggy

what i do not like is MS always trying to make it more difficult to install windows offline or without MS account

On 6/8/2024 at 6:25 PM, KannikaP said:

Examples please, because I have no problems with it.

first thing i had to do with win11 is bring back classic right click menu, new one is horrid and you just need click show more every time making it pointless.

one issue to be aware of though is copilot and what they plan for future
so far only limited to machines with certain chips
but having the OS screenshot every single thing you do including screenshotting passwords, is way too intrusive
when copilot is unavoidable, i will have no choice but switch to Linux