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I used to follow TR way back in early 2000s, as I was getting to know computers more in detail, and I even used the build guide to build my own "custom" PC (my family had computers for a while, but it was the first one I could say "I built this"). An Athlon 64 X2 processor, an Nv...

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derFunkenstein wrote:
It has ascended to its final form: a robotic listicle wasteland.

I miss the times when I could come here and know that this was the defacto place to learn about computers... I used the guides back when the nForce 4 chipset was all the rage... ahhh those times...

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I would invest in a mini ITX system with an SSF case, like a Dan-Case A4 or a Loque Ghost, rather than buying this NUC - sure the price may be almost the same, but you're not bound to just one supplier of a compute unit (Intel)

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sigh... yeah perhaps

there was no other forum for just keyboards, should've gone general hardware!

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Long time no see!! I managed to get the other day a brand new HHKB (the Pro Hybrid Type-S model) and I got to admit that I love the sound of this keeb! it definitively sounds better and feels definitively better compared to the other Cherry-MX compatible keyboards I have, and quite an improvement ov...

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Hey! I liked Hardcore Henry! It's not the best, but it's a fun watch!

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Well back on topic! :) Honestly this reeks of a high-up exec making a "swift" decision rather than taking a PR management approach. From the "open-ended punishments" in the contract to the "termination" (I think a ban is the right term) of the casters... and now the PR ...

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derFunkenstein wrote:
When I was a kid, the biggest employer in my area (Caterpillar) moved hundreds of jobs from my area and a lot of families up and left at that time. For a while there was a billboard as you left town saying this exact thing.

Is the town still there?

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Morrison Poe - Pearl Necklace

Quite a little gem hidden in PDZ.

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Have you tried running the software in a virtual machine?

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Ohhhh that's a very good point. I am quite sure I've connected the monitors to the wrong ports in the past

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You can forcefully set which GPU you want to use on which app through Windows Settings. You should also be able to see which adapter is being used by Overwatch in the video settings for the game. If it’s your iGPU then yes, you should be able to resolve that. However if your actual GPU is used there...

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I have them tied in Velcro Tape, and then use dividers within drawers to categorize their type (e.g. USB mini, USB-C, etc.) For those cables that I don't move/use that often I have them all stored in a single storage box from Ikea (organized by types in boxes within)

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I've heard this straight from Adam: YouTube is where PC hardware vendors spend their ad budgets. AdSense is one thing, but that's not where the real money is. You need contracts with the big vendors and they only want to spend money on YouTube. :-? It totally makes sense! I find myself more often t...

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And before anyone will say "but you cannot monetize notebook reviews with affiliate links like you can do with other hardware" - this is not true, you can monetize such reviews by using affiliate links to stuff like thermal paste, the notebooks themselves (Amazon sells most of them) and b...

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meerkt wrote:
qmacpoint wrote:
macbook from 2013 ... super easy to pull off...
Pro or normal?

both Pro! the old revision was super serviceable, whereas the new slim redesign is just a super hard to handle if you only do this as a hobby...

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derFunkenstein wrote:
I'm actively working on two of them at the moment, but neither will appear on TR.

Would you kindly share the links once they are done?

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Yes I have! an old macbook from 2013 and a new macbook from 2017. The 2013 one was super easy to pull off... and the 2017 one ended up with a daughterboard snapped out of place (I mistakenly screwed the wrong screws in the wrong standoffs) and had to replace the entire display assembly :( oh they jo...

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@JohnC, I think the problem lies on the target demographic. I am all up to address better thermal paste benefits in laptops (cfr. LTT and Dave2D videos on Thermal Paste/Liquid metal application) and measure the benefits from these, indeed would be something that could be recommended, but should be p...

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Drifting from topic but: yeah, laptops are by no means serviceable if you wanna do more than swapping drives / RAM (even the latter ain't serviceable nowadays). Not many people would dare to handle circuitry, like a current MacBook that you have to remove the motherboard before removing the heatsink...

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I agree, having a torrent of negativity and expecting them to listen to it every single time is impossible. Just look what happens at people that man the counters at any major retail like Walmart or Costco, they end up not listening after a while

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Redocbew wrote:
Heh, I remember when people were worried about TR turning into Ars. Funny how perspective can change in the face of something like this.

Hope is the last thing people lose

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Yeah that's bad. The article still exists in the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20190528190513/https://techreport.com/blog/34333/so-long-farewell/ However, you can see that when you browse to the article in the live version of the site it appends "__trashed/" to it, vs a not-...

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Don't know then. For games, maybe a used GF 1070? :) I run bootcamp + macos, I really want an Nvidia GPU, but I'm stuck with AMD If you can get a Vega 64 for ~$220 US, that's a pretty good deal. Over the course of a couple years, you'll likely pay for some of the difference in your electric bill th...

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Sorry guys, I should've said 300 CAD! (~220 USD), the prices for the 5700s are in the 500s to 600s CAD, so it was a very compelling sale to me!

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Would you guys recommend a Vega 64 for $300 (used but well maintained) or would you go for a full price RX 5700?

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WinME had a lot of issues that stemmed from bad drivers developed for Win98, as ME removed certain types of drivers, and enforced the use of WDM (afaik - I never had any problems with ME at all, never a single blue screen). However, Win98SE is probably the best choice as all the drivers were aimed a...

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Are you installing all the drivers at once? could you install them one by one to isolate the culprit? Or are you sure it's the video drivers for sure?

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just brew it! wrote:
If you have an extra Windows license you could run it inside a VM.

afaik you don't need a license if you're running the VM inside the same machine/license

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just brew it! wrote:
Blowing it out with compressed air is probably not a good idea. As likely as not, you'll force some piece of debris further down into the mechanism. A computer vac would be better.

yeah that's a way better idea!

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