Lyander

Two thumbs up for Poland.

By-the-numbers American slashers, history, and booze. Damn right.

@Lyander add to the list fantastic passive amps from Khozmo. :-)

I wondered if a breakup was going to happen since they had not released anything in a while...

Yeah, it wasn't until I someone else pointed out it'd been ages since RAM came out that this started seeming matter-of-course. Makes a guy wonder whether they've tried to build new stuff and just failed to meet expectations.

Good discussion on /. about this yesterday.

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/21/02/19/2221218/nvidia-limits-rtx-3060-crypto-speeds-as-it-introduces-mining-cards

Isn't it in part to allow people who actually want graphics cards to game to get some? Miners seem to be a bigger problem than scalpers as far as supply goes.

Whoops sorry, somehow missed these. Can't say for sure it's a good way to combat the GPU scarcity since as bad as miners are making things the overall market just seems fucked.

Also, say what you will but the wastefulness of this (vis a vis their lack of secondhand utility) really does rub me the wrong way.

LMAO, I actually nearly spilled fresh (instant) coffee on the keyboard with that Sanderson remark, @Imraan. There's at least ONE fantasy author's work I like that isn't in short supply (can't wait for Stormlight book XLII).

But yeah, I'm more in line with everyone else and I haven't even been waiting as long. Much as I had fun reading and re-reading "Harry Potter Meets Sex Faeries" (as a friend so eloquently described it), DoS will have to be something epochal to warrant this wait.

After I spent 20 years of my life reading the wheel of time, I vowed to never read a fantasy series till it’s done.

EDIT: unneeded. Taking a flathead screwdriver to the USB port on the mic to tighten the contact was apparently enough to increase the gain to usable levels.

...Got me thinking, hey the Grateful Dead sang something about a flat head screw driver, but on investigation, it turned out to be shiny black steel jack-hammer.

I guess anybody could make that mistake.

‘Nuff said!

When you drunk-confess being the Super Bowl streaker but then have second thoughts after.

@DigMe DAMMIT I SAID TO KEEP THAT QUIET :((

Stupidity is a great danger to our future...

@Deep Funk I think Game Stop is feeling this about now.

Well, frustrating the young generation and forcing the system (of various economies) on them leads to, among others: finding ways to break the system; finding ways to manipulate the system and profiting of its weaknesses because Wall Street says "greed is good." Every civilisation creates its own monsters...

Medical practice is well paid in the end, right? And you are doing your bit to help save the world.

One nice perk about this job is that the bar seems subterranean almost. Now I'm hardly a proficient communicator on the forum since I don't always proofread before posting (sorry), but holy light above the premade modules and lesson plans (another perk, that)? Yeah they need heavy edits.

Who knows, maybe I can negotiate a bonus for correcting all the typos and horrendous Engrish on their site and educational materials. Seems like that'd be SIGNIFICANTLY more difficult than just teaching though.

We have the Onkyo LB401 (which is old now), it has S/PDIF optical & coax, USB, and a 3.5mm analog inputs on the back. Hmm, but no HDMI (it stays on all the time, though in low-power mode). And it sounds decent for a soundbar.

Prolly Onkyo will have a newer one with HDMI also?

I hooked up the cheapo Behringer monitor bookshelves as a bandaid fix (not enough room for them and the TV so everything's kinda skewed) but that seems like a grand permanent one. Thanks for the tip, will look into em! Samsung has a few bars that look interesting but no RCA lmao.

Used to get entire 2U server boards marked for parts and try to revive the chips. Ended up getting half a dozen working Xeon's although some required a few kludges. I'd go with the tray.

It's a fair chunk of change saved but I do worry about the possible lack of recourse if it turns out to be an arse unit. The vendor seems pretty cool though and offered a year's personal warranty, but words are easy and all.

Also no stock cooler unlike boxed R5 3600s so that's something else to spend on

yeah you want the stock cooler. Just good to have for testing post.

Hopefully both our other cats get along with the new baby so they each at least have a new friend to play with. Heck, maybe Theo'll even play peacemaker between them somehow and the other grump will stop trying to maul my kid (the other cat)

"you have a heart of gold, don't let them take it from you"

Will pass the words along to family, haha.

Asus and pretty much all manufacturers had to raise prices yesterday because of tariffs exemptions expiring. Newegg did a drop yesterday and Best Buy today but notably it both dropped at old MSRP. Small retailer I spoke to, got stock in right before the price hike and said he was going to keep old MSRP but if his cost increases he will increase his prices to new MSRP.

Buying PC parts is so shitty right now. Nvidia raised their prices on AIBs and then AIBs also are getting hit by the tariffs again, so a double whammy. The end result has been the consumer quite quickly overpaying for gear that may end when the next administration comes in and revokes tariffs.

@netforce excellent summary. I'm somewhat glad that I wasn't aiming for a "modern" build to begin with on account of this but it's pretty much a lose/lose scenario for consumers anyway because this seems to have empowered scalpers.

@fraggler unfortunately it isn't and I don't really have a mind to try and spoof location if that's even an option cuz I'm lazy haha. Besides that the old lappy needs a bit of a breather, she's been through a lot.

I buy used GPU's because I don't play games.

I do sometimes but it's more just that I want to play some AAA games from years past that my current laptop can't really run at pretty high settings just because

Free shipping within my area too, but given the state of the market and the fact that this is a legit stranger I'm honestly wondering if I might be wiser to just put together a budget AMD rig at the same price point and shrug off the loss in performance.

Seems pretty nice, though my friend just got a PC on FB market with i7-8700, GTX 2080, 1tbssd, 32gb ram for $1k

Haha nice! What's sucky is taxes generally make components significantly more expensive here so I kinda just have to take an L when it comes to value. I ultimately decided to just stick with a new, less TOTL build because I'd rather have mfg. warranty.

Haha, it's definitely a film that benefits from immersive sound IMO. I got into a discussion with a friend that went on way too long about whether it had crud sound design or nah, she was a bit taken aback when I said I loved what the film did.

88, which I'm told is supposed to be lucky haha.

Good for you. I am frankly surprised that these are not more popular.

Considering what they cost, yeah they're surprisingly grand. They don't blow my mind like the CA kids do but that's a genuinely unfair comparison, and these are much more comfortable to me regardless

With every day, it seems like I need to remind myself that it's all too easy to run on autopilot and for said autopilot mode to kinda screw you over, especially in conversations.

As to coffee: only thing I have access to at the moment is more instant stuff so yeah, eww. Better than no coffee though

Coffee is Vitamin C. It's essential.

Oh damn is THAT what it's been all this time? All that time wasted eating fruits. Sigh.

So basically I should have remembered this: https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/108086459780347679/

Haha, will ask owner if he doesn't mind some tape.

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the first sentence.

Hahaha, I mean it's mildly frustrating that because of the video the whole screen just pans to the side if I'm just a little bit off when scrolling, but it's a minor nitpick.

I am somehow unsurprised by the JoJo reference, but that was still hilarious. Guess I'll be growing it out for a while longer!

Keep it long, when mosh-pits are possible again release the hair and rip of your shirt to celebrate existence...

Unfortunately even medium length hair can be a pain in the butt for me. Also for some inexplicable reason no one else at home cares for it so I'm just sidestepping the drama.