u/Fantastic_Simple76

I'm looking for a complete historical record of all Alpha Picks selections, ideally including the recommendation date and ticker.

I want to rerun the strategy from scratch and calculate what the returns would have been if I had continuously kept the portfolio fully invested using only the original capital, with no additional deposits.

Does anyone know of a dataset, archive, spreadsheet, API, or other source that contains the full history of Alpha Picks recommendations?

I’m curious what hardware configurations people here are using for quantitative research and model training.

I currently have a large number of XGBoost experiments to run, including repeated training across different factor sets, hyperparameters, validation windows, and random seeds. My current GPU is an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, and it is becoming a serious bottleneck. Even a relatively routine batch of experiments can take more than 24 hours, and larger runs easily stretch into several days.

For those using XGBoost or similar tree-based models in quant research:

• What CPU, GPU, RAM, and storage configuration are you using?
• How much benefit do you actually get from GPU acceleration?
• Which GPU currently offers the best price-to-performance ratio for this workload?

I’m mainly interested in practical training throughput rather than gaming performance. Any real-world benchmark numbers, training-time comparisons, or configuration recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I live in Texas, and the heat here is absolutely brutal. My car sits in the parking lot for 30 minutes, and the dash get hot enough to fry an egg. My poor balls are terrified every time I open the door.

My budget is pretty limited, so I'm planning to DIY the tint.

I have experience installing reflective films on flat architectural glass. I've already practiced with a few cheap Amazon films. My installation turned out surprisingly decent, but the heat rejection was basically nonexistent. Those crappy films only made the glass darker.

Most discussions here seem to focus on how the tint looks, but honestly I couldn't care less about appearance. My only goal is to stop my balls from being slow-roasted every summer.

Can anyone recommend a 35% VLT film (legal) that offers the best balance between TSER (Total Solar Energy Rejected) and price?

I'm not looking for premium ceramic films. Besides the high price, it's difficult to buy genuine rolls as a DIY customer, and some of the higher-end films seem less forgiving to shrink. So I'm specifically looking for something in the budget or mid-range category with solid heat rejection.

Thanks!

Running Admin Panel v4.8.4 on my GL.iNet router. As soon as I enable AdGuard Home DNS interception, the domain-based VPN routing policy stops working entirely. All traffic just goes through one tunnel regardless of what rules I set. I know older firmware had conflicts between these two features, but it was never this bad. Now it is completely broken the moment AdGuard Home is on.

I found this writeup by nickdurante that tackles a similar setup:

https://nickdurante.github.io/development/privacy/AdGuardHome-GL.inet-configuration-and-troubleshooting/

I followed it as closely as I could, but domain-based geo routing still does not work correctly after applying those changes.

The diff architecture I have in mind is:

1. All client DNS queries hit AdGuard Home listening on port 53

2. AdGuard Home forwards to dnsmasq, which I would move to port 5353

3. dnsmasq applies geo routing rules and sends each domain to the correct upstream DNS and VPN tunnel exit

A few questions for anyone who has gotten this working:

- Is this architecture actually viable on current GL.iNet firmware, or does the firmware intercept DNS in a way that breaks this before it even reaches dnsmasq?

- Has anyone confirmed that manual dnsmasq port changes and custom AdGuard Home upstream configs survive a firmware upgrade? I would rather not redo this every update.

- Is there a cleaner way to chain AdGuard Home and domain VPN policy that does not require poking at dnsmasq config files directly?

Any pointers or working configs would be greatly appreciated. Happy to share my current setup in detail if it helps debug.

I tried to register a account in US east. Start the register process from my mac, with chrome, no VPN. all personal info, my credit card. but failed. I got every cloud account, but oracle. What's wrong with oracle?

Oops, we're sorry, an error occurred while creating your account We're unable to complete your sign up.

Common errors that prevent sign up include:

a) Entering incomplete or inaccurate information.

b) Intentionally or unintentionally masking your location or identity.

c) Attempting to create multiple accounts.

Please try again if this applies to you. Otherwise, reach out for assistance.

Hey everyone, first-time poster here.

I just set up a new router today and was configuring IP Passthrough on my AT&T fiber gateway at 192.168.1.254. While checking the device list at /cgi-bin/devices.ha, I noticed an unfamiliar entry I've never seen before:

MAC Address: 8c:0e:60:67:9a:29

Name: Nanjing Juplink Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.

Last Activity: Tue May 26 18:47:21 2026

Status: off

Allocation: dhcp

Connection Type: pending

Mesh Client: No

What makes this really confusing is that at that exact time I was home and nobody could have physically touched my AT&T gateway. More importantly, the Wi-Fi on this gateway has always been manually disabled:

2.4 GHz Frequency Status	Disabled
Network Name (SSID)	ATT*******
Type	Home
Status	Disabled
Password	Click here for details
Authentication Type	Disabled

5 GHz Frequency Status	Disabled
Network Name (SSID)	ATT*******
Type	Home
Status	Disabled
Password	Click here for details
Authentication Type	Disabled

My current network setup is: AT&T fiber gateway → IP Passthrough → my own new router → all my devices (phones, PCs, etc.). The AT&T gateway only has one Ethernet cable going out to my router. Nothing else is plugged in.

All the other entries in the device list are old records from a few months ago when I didn't have my old router yet. So the Juplink entry stands out.

But here's another weird thing I noticed. The AT&T gateway also shows my iPhone connecting to the AT&T Wi-Fi network (ATT*******) at Tue May 26 08:40:57 2026, even though Wi-Fi is supposedly disabled:

Name: iPhone

Last Activity: Tue May 26 08:40:57 2026

Status: off

Allocation: dhcp

Connection Type: Wi-Fi, 5 GHz Radio-1

Network Name: ATT*******

Mesh Client: No

So now I have questions:

1. Is it possible the AT&T gateway's Wi-Fi appears disabled in the UI but is actually still broadcasting? That would explain both the iPhone and possibly the Juplink entry.

2. Or could it be that devices trying to connect to my downstream router, was somehow being partially logged by the AT&T gateway?

3. Anyone recognize the Juplink OUI (8c:0e:60)? Could this be a rebranded device I own without realizing it?

I'm not jumping to any conclusions about a breach, but the combination of disabled Wi-Fi + unknown Chinese OEM device + timestamp I can account for is throwing me off. Any insight appreciated.

Hey everyone, looking for some advice on a frustrating situation.

I bought a PowerSpec G731 in November 2025. The machine has been running fine, and I even upgraded the CPU to handle Python workloads better.

The Tforce 1TB SSD that came with the system started throwing errors on May 22, which corrupted the system. Reinstalling Windows 11 failed. I then tried installing Ubuntu, and SMART showed Media Error Log at #43.

By May 24, before wiping the SSD for service, the Media Error Log count had grown to #51.

On May 25 I brought it to MicroCenter for diagnostics, which in retrospect was the worst possible day to pick (Memorial Day weekend, the place was packed). A few hours later they claimed the hardware is fine and that the problem is with Ubuntu.

Got home that evening and tried reinstalling the OS again. This time both Windows 11 and Ubuntu installs failed. The SSD seems completely unusable at this point. I booted into a USB live Ubuntu session, and while the Media Error Log count stayed at 51), attempting to format the drive failed outright.

I had no choice but to order a replacement SSD on Amazon overnight just to keep working.

So my question: what are my options for this dead drive? Should I contact Tforce directly for an RMA? Has anyone gone through their RMA process before, and is it worth the hassle? Also curious if anyone has had similar experiences with MicroCenter's diagnostics missing actual hardware failures.

Any advice appreciated, thanks.

Hi everyone,

I’m new here and could really use some advice on optimizing efficiency for a Ryzen 9950X.

I recently upgraded from a 7700X, and my primary workload is running 24/7 full-load Python quantitative backtests. Since this system is basically always under heavy load, I’m trying to tune BIOS settings for the best performance-per-watt rather than peak performance. To save my ears and better stability.

My main questions:

• What’s the best approach to find the efficiency sweet spot (PPT/TDC/EDC limits, voltage behavior, etc.) for this CPU?
• Is setting PPT to 160W (MSI default limit) and applying a Curve Optimizer of around -30 a reasonable starting point, or is that too aggressive for sustained workloads?
• Should I be tuning per-core curve offsets instead of all-core?

Also, a slightly concerning detail: this 9950X was manufactured in Nov 2024, and I noticed some kind of adhesive/sealant around the metal points on the back of the CPU. Could this indicate previous liquid metal use or extreme overclocking by the prior owner, or is this normal for newer batches?

Any guidance, especially from people running similar 24/7 compute workloads, would be really appreciated.

Thanks!