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  • Tldr on the problem is that small differences in resistance between conductors and contacts in the cables can result in different currents in each wire. Previous cards would split pairs of pins up and have each of them current balanced (same current drawn in through each). The 40/50 series shorted all of the pins together, which doesnt allow for any current balancing on the GPU side.

    Additionally, previous cards would refuse to turn on if any of those shorted pairs were not present - something the new cards can hardly detect. This could allow all but one high side wire to be cut and the GPU might not realize and try to draw all 50+A through a single conductor which is rated for <10A

    The 9070xt that Steve at gamersnexus looked at which had the 12vhpwr connector also had this flawed design, but the power on the 9070xt is much much lower, so you are less likely to see a problem on those cards.





  • Banks send bills which are damaged or defaced back to the treasury to be destroyed and get an equal amount of new bills in return. They distribute the new bills. While any individual bill could be traced back to the original bank you got it from, non sequential bills implies they were gathered from various places and have been in circulation long enough that any given bill will have exchanged many hands and thus would be unlikely to be traceable. If you go to a bank and withdraw a bunch of bills, you might receive sequential bills. Showing up to deposit sequential bills which were withdrawn by a single person is solid evidence of you interacting with that person. If they get caught with drugs and their accounts investigated, they might see that they withdrew a bunch of bills that were then deposited by you and come after you






  • Not owning a branch of government has never stopped republicans. They would rather get dragged out kicking and screaming. Democratic politicians have largely abandoned their voting base and claim their hands are tied and there’s nothing they can do, because they are too used to being able to just skate on through without much experience fighting from a disadvantage.

    They can do things like organizing their voter base to fight back in constructive ways and pass local legislation, unify the party on voting for certain politicians, inform their voters about special elections, bills and places they can help out, push a more populist and or progressive agenda, and stop fucking abandoning and lying to their own voter base. They need to be willing to physically lead their constituents

    Republicans are so cohesively brainwashed because the republicans have been targeting media and disinformation for decades. They organize extremely well at the local level, and are willing to do almost anything for power.

    The democrats need to show equal fervor for defending democracy and they’ve just been cowards so far, telling people to just vote and tell their family to vote democrats, essentially telling us, “we cant do anything so its your problem and responsibility now”

    ETA: democrats had 4 years to plan and time to come up with a response to Project 2025. Its weird to me everyone just took “oh its not trumps plan” at face value.





  • To be more specific, the fuel tank was placed between the rear bumper and rear differential. In a rear end collision, the tank would get sandwiched by the bumper and differential, which had bolts protruding out the back and would pierce the tank, spilling fuel onto the road.

    Additionally, rear end collisions would bend the frame in a way that jammed the doors so you couldnt get out.

    They figured that people would die and their cost benefit analysis assumed a certain number of deaths and lawsuits. The resulting recall and larger than expected number of deaths and lawsuits made it a huge loss for them.




  • Another video noted that previous generations used multiple isolated shunt resistors to feed sets of VRM phases. The current measurements in these shunts was used to balance the current in the phases. If any shunt showed no current (connector or pins unplugged) the GPU wouldnt even turn on. Previous generations would do ridiculous things to ensure proper current balance in the wires.

    This is done with 6 12V wires on the 30 series. Pairs of wires go to a shunt so there are 3 shunts, which each feed maybe 4 phases. In the worst case scenario, you could somehow lose half the wires, 1 from each pair, and the GPU wouldnt notice. This would result in up to 2x overload on any individual wire. This is why the 30 series did not burn like the 40 and 50 series.

    The 4090/5090 short all of the pins together before going through 1/2 shunts, then are shorted again after the shunts. This means no individual or pair of pin currents are measured, and you can cut 5/6 of the wires and have it still think theres a good connection. This results in up to a 6x overload on a wire (e.g. all 600W going through 1 wire).

    Also sub in cut wire for bad connection on a pin.

    This is a design issue with the board at minimum.


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    All resigning does is give them a greater margin to win votes by. We have several chances to win a tie or majority in the house and senate

    Three house seats are up for special elections, two in florida and one in NY. If they all elect democrats, there will be a tie in the houde and any bill can be blocked.

    Senate votes can be held without all members present, so making sure all democrat congress members always show up and always vote gives a good chance of blocking some bills

    Also in 2026 will be the midterm and we can vote republican congressmembers out, as they only have a majority and not a supermajority.