We join Jim Collison, @jcollison for show #333 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network

 

 

We join Jim Collison, @jcollison for show #333 of Home Gadget Geeks brought to you by the Average Guy Network

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Tags: Podcast, Home Gadget Geeks, Cryptocurrenty, Bitcoin, Belkin, BOINC, Mining Rigs, SIAcoin, Security

We moved the show with Amber from LastPass to December 11

Wieger is back next week with an all Drone Show.  Dave and Keith Join

The Beard

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Here is what I ordered to manage the beard - Philips Norelco Multigroom All-In-One Series 3000, 13 attachment trimmer, MG3750 - http://amzn.to/2Aj16y2

The Shirt

Big thanks to Addy for coming on the program last weeks and her help with the new HGG shirts.  Get your HGG T-Shirt now!  Shirts are ready - http://amzn.to/2ig9gPA

New back in the day segment on HGG.  Contact me [email protected] and we can discuss

Tax Issues

Tax software fail - turbo tax has the wrong calculations for the standard deductions.  Not in my favor.  Refiling on paper.  I think I will go with that method from here on out.

The IRS has a pretty good website.  You can get all current and prior forms at https://www.irs.gov/

Mining Updates

I am using 2 GTX 1060s in the Studio Core i7 box .  Nicehash running full speed.  $2 to $3 a day.  65 to 75 a month.  About $20 in power each month.  Here are the cards I have been using.

ASUS PH-GTX1060-3G GeForce GTX 1060 3GB Phoenix Fan Edition VR Ready HDMI DP DVI Graphics Card - http://amzn.to/2zbLo7N

Join us on the Home Server Show Forums to chat about this conversation - https://homeservershow.com/forums/forum/203-cryptocurrency-and-mining/

You can help me by using Coinbase.  Help grow the digital currency community and earn free bitcoin.  Using digital currency is more fun with friends! You can invite your friends by sharing the provided link. Once your friend buys or sells $100 of digital currency or more, you will both get $10 of free bitcoin

Use this Link - https://www.coinbase.com/join/55b1870069702d49520000ae

 

BOINC

Get more on BOINC at https://boinc.berkeley.edu/

Most of the rest of the PCs are running BOINC with CPU processing against the World Community Grid.  https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/discover.action#introduction

World Community Grid (WCG) is an effort to create the world's largest public computing grid to tackle scientific research projects that benefit humanity.[4]Launched on November 16, 2004, it is co-ordinated by IBM with client software currently available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android operating systems.

Using the idle time of computers around the world, World Community Grid's research projects have analyzed aspects of the human genome, HIV, dengue, muscular dystrophy, cancer, influenza, Ebola, virtual screening, rice crop yields, and clean energy. As of April 2017, the organization has partnered with 466 other companies and organizations to assist in its work, has over 58,000 active registered users, and a combined total run time of over 1.