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One thing to look into is whether your energy provider offers a rebate or discount for certain models. When we bought our house 3 years ago I replaced the thermostat and found that ComEd was offering rebates for installing smart thermostats, but it was limited to the Nest, Ecobee 3 or Honeywell. I e...

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I had a problem with a computer not being able to find my NAS and I used this video to solve it: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-access-files-network-devices-using-smbv1-windows-10 I had to enable SMB1.0 support. apparently Microsoft disabled it by default in one of their recent Windows 10 updat...

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Congratulations, and enjoy all the extra time you'll have not commuting.

(I have a 90 minute commute each way, by train)

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Last year. I was using a hackintosh based on an Intel 3770K as my desktop, dual-booting to Windows for games, and the family was using a 2009 Core 2 Mac Mini. The mini was getting a bit long in the tooth, so I decided I would give my Hackintosh to the family, and build a new system for me. The Zen c...

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Check this out: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2018/ ... rison-2018

tl;dr version: Samsung Pro+, SanDisk Ultra, Samsung Evo+

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I'm pretty sure that in 10 years, most support jobs will be replaced by AI systems of some sort anyway. Even finding a meat-ware help desk jockey that can pass the Turing test is rare these days. They don't pay enough to attract intelligent people in the US (not at entry level, anyway), because the...

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I started my career in Tech Support, and spent the first half trying to get out. My overall suggestion is not to start there if you can go straight into development. So, study development in school. It is easier to go from Dev to Support than the other way around. You'll learn a lot in school that y...

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I've experienced a variation of that, except it was delivered in blunter terms. After being told we had a month to do what we had estimated would take the whole team 3 months working overtime and assuming no interruptions (there were ALWAYS interruptions), engineering pushed back. One of the higher...

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All these cannot be a coincidence but a weak post production QC before packaging. Probably due to a rushed release. Even the bios was very immature when I first booted. (Refused to install ubuntu in UEFI mode on NVMe drive. ) FYI, mine was not an x299 board, but a Gigabyte Ryzen board. My post was ...

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Ran into a similar problem on my last build. New processor/board/RAM, system would not POST, no display, and the diagnostic LEDs suggested either CPU or RAM. And it was way past the return period. Reseated everything, tried RAM in every slot, moved things around, etc. Nothing works. Then the epiphan...

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I don't mean to be crude, but... RTFM? I usually read it front to back after drooling over new hardware but before I actually install it. Think I can go one up on that- I generally download manual and browse before considering purchase of MB. That was super cold. Actually, I do that a lot of the ti...

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I'd cut some slack here. Been building systems for enough time now and made some pretty big mistakes before - changing out a video card on a $10,000 workstation while it was powered on was probably the biggest. But as new tech becomes available, have to learn new stuff. Just built a system with an M...

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I have a 3770K in a hackintosh that I'm giving to my daughter. I'm replacing it with a Ryzen 1600. For single threads, I figure it will be about the same, maybe a bit slower, but the extra cores should help with transcoding, which I do a lot of. I'd estimate your per-clock will see a nudge upward -...

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I have a 3770K in a hackintosh that I'm giving to my daughter. I'm replacing it with a Ryzen 1600. For single threads, I figure it will be about the same, maybe a bit slower, but the extra cores should help with transcoding, which I do a lot of.

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derFunkenstein wrote:
At least the logo isn't upside down these days.

That was a fad at one point. I have an Acer with the upside down logo, and it is only 5 years old. I don't know how old that photo is, but I'm thinking it is at least 10 years old

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I too was waiting all last year for the new MacBook Pros to be delivered, but after seeing what it is, I decided that for what I want, it just isn't worth it. FYI, my main machine is a Hackintosh built around a i7-3770K, for a total of about $1000. 16 Gig RAM, SSD + HD. It is a fine machine, thou...

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mikepers wrote:
Nice deal here on a pair of U2412 1920x1200 with a dual stand!

http://bensbargains.com/bargain/2x-ultr ... ell-98607/

And by nice deal I mean 2 monitors with stand for $152. So really nice deal. Not sure how long it will last.

And.... it's gone.

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I'm a member of a makerspace/hackerspace in the Chicago area, and we have machining equipment and people with the skills to do such things. While we can't help you, it's possible there are similar groups in your area that might be able to help you out, teach you the skills to do it yourself if that...

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Heiwashin wrote:
I'm pretty jealous, there's a no pet policy at my company.

How could your employer dictate whether you can own a pet? Are you in company housing? Or did you mean landlord?

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You can't make the claim that the US is a strong contender at the same time you complain they got a bad draw. If Ghana, Germany and Portugal are all strong, and the US is as well, then only 2 of 4 good teams will move on, so at least one good team won't advance. And if the US isn't a strong team, or...

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How serious are you about this as work? Will you need a business license, etc? If you're going into people's homes, you may want to look into liability insurance in case 'something happens', as your homeowner policy may not cover it. Same thing if people are dropping off equipment at your place, sin...

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Hi everybody, it`s me again :) The other day me and a couple friends made a bet that it is impossible to build a Potent gaming PC That is capable of running modern games on medium-high settings at a resolution of 1680x1050 for 420$ What is this, "The Price is Right"? You don't say which c...

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On the whole, our benefits package is pretty great from the sounds of it. 4 weeks PTO for the year, 50% matching on 401(K) on the first 6%, and pretty nice healthcare too. I think another poster mentioned he pays close to $360 for healthcare for his family. The plan through this company would come ...

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Basically, be confident in yourself. You're worth more than you think. Good workers are VERY hard to find. Stand up for yourself. Ask for what you're worth. Make it known that the salary is their investment in the best worker money can buy and will be worth their every dime. Cocky, confident but pr...

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Salary isn't the only thing. You don't say what benefits are included. A good benefits package can easily be worth 3-4k more than bad benefits or none. I'll assume they offer some sort of health insurance, time off, maybe dental coverage, maybe some perks (free lunch?). As a young person and presuma...

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I didn't think any AM3 CPU's worked with AM2 (not AM2+) boards, I could be wrong though. Well, from my limited research, it seems that "It depends". AM2 motherboards support DDR2 memory. AM3 processors support DDR2 and DDR3 memory, so in theory it should work. However, most AM2 boards wer...

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Just completed reading the i3 vs. Athlon II article, and seems like the Athlon II x4 635 isn't a bad processor for the money. I've got a Gigabyte M61P-S3 board with DDR2 800 memory and an Athlon X2 4200. I see that the X4 635 is on the supported CPU list for the board. How far will the AM2 board and...

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Plain white vinegar works. Saves you money over CLR, and its safe to use on your coffee pot. Mix about 1:1 with some water and run it through. You can probably use it even with a reservoir pot, as white vinegar is non-toxic. Just make sure to flush some water through afterwards. As for the toilet, i...

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I'd disagree. Cats don't know anything. They're animals, they have instinct, not intelligence. They can learn simple things through repetition and reinforcement, but I really don't believe they understand death. I wouldn't say cats are not intelligent, just that there's a degree of intelligence the...

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