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by Brewineer
Fri Jun 22, 2018 7:37 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Intel sweepstakes starts today!!
Replies: 34
Views: 6647

Re: Intel sweepstakes starts today!!

I won, too! Neat! I just got a 2600X I planned to run for a few years, I guess that can be my productivity PC and the 8086K will be the gaming PC. My i5-3570K will be relegated to the home theater. I should be more than CPU setup for quite some time. A bit deficient on GPU power with a 290X, 7870, a...
by Brewineer
Sun Jun 10, 2018 2:08 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Replies: 40
Views: 6540

Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain

I agree 100%. The phrase "suck it up" has too strong a connotation that the course for correction - or worse, even the blame, if there is such a thing for a condition such as depression or anxiety - lies with the sufferer. It is antagonistic and unhelpful. However, I think it is key to av...
by Brewineer
Sun Jun 10, 2018 1:58 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Replies: 40
Views: 6540

Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain

I apologize to those individual who took it a little harsher than I meant. I certainly would never demean the issues that people struggle with in their life. I’m sorry. Thank you, I appreciate that. I didn't believe you meant any harm whatsoever. Please don't feel badly about it, you just shared yo...
by Brewineer
Sat Jun 09, 2018 2:17 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: RIP Anthony Bourdain
Replies: 40
Views: 6540

Re: RIP Anthony Bourdain

Maybe this should be a split into R&P but I’d be interested in the age of suiciders in that study. My uneducated opinion is that people aren’t told to suck it up or get over it as much at a young age and so find more of their life unbearable. I take issue with this generalization. Suggesting th...
by Brewineer
Thu Jun 22, 2017 2:09 am
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: What are you drinking RIGHT NOW?
Replies: 4088
Views: 788527

Re: What are you drinking RIGHT NOW?

Mad Cap Mead. Made from the cappings from my buddies bee hives from last year. To collect the honey from the hive's cells, one must scrape off the wax caps with a hot knife and then the honey can be spun free and collected. Ultimately, a big bucket of wax, honey, and bee chunks (legs, heads, and the...
by Brewineer
Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:48 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: ASUS MG279Q (144hz IPS freesync) now available from NewEgg
Replies: 24
Views: 4505

Re: ASUS MG279Q (144hz IPS freesync) now available from NewE

Finally got a chance to sit down for a significant amount of time and game on it, since I was out sick from work Only played Rome II, so spent a lot of time in the 40's FPS watching Italians stab each other Variable refresh rate tech is definitely, as others have suggested, a "notice when absen...
by Brewineer
Mon Jun 15, 2015 7:42 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: ASUS MG279Q (144hz IPS freesync) now available from NewEgg
Replies: 24
Views: 4505

Re: ASUS MG279Q (144hz IPS freesync) now available from NewE

'bout time!

The status of mine is "Packaging" at the moment
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