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Its Rinaldo posted:Never Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:sounds like a big fat waste of time op You’re right, I’m sure you’re going to get around to reading that article any day now…
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Freaquency posted:You’re right, I’m sure you’re going to get around to reading that article any day now… Browser tabs I'm usually pretty good about, but I can't be blamed that my employer has the information I need spread around eight different Excel workbooks and nine Word documents. If having all of them open all the time makes my laptop sound like a hairdryer, so be it.
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Feb 8, 2023 21:26
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:It is extremely common. Almost all the major OEMs are doing this now, including many with their "business" oriented series. so it's for the ultralight/ultraportables with LPDDR4, a category I've never shopped in or recommended. Good to know. Article calls out dells and lenovo ranges with upgradeable ram, too, which are the brands I recommended. Still... gross
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Feb 8, 2023 21:28
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Freaquency posted:You’re right, I’m sure you’re going to get around to reading that article any day now… Well I don't know how this works but you see I suspect if I close the tab instead of simply reloading it I'm going to use up one of my five free articles for the month! I'm actually pretty good about reading articles or abandoning them, but every time I watch a sport I have like 16 different basketball/hockey/football sports reference pages open when I think of something random that I want to look up. I guess I do the same for shows but to a lesser extent.
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Feb 8, 2023 21:28
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I refuse to close my SWN and DND tabs because you never know when an idea needs to be written down RIGHT NOW
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Feb 8, 2023 21:31
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I have 15 closed tab groups plus 25 open tabs in chrome right now and I refuse to change my ways
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Feb 8, 2023 21:32
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Goddamn y’all are some grumpy old farts.
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Feb 8, 2023 21:35
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Building desktops is fun
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Feb 8, 2023 21:39
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Hot Diggity! posted:Building desktops is fun I haven’t built a computer in ages, since the little shuttle case build I threw together in college when I was still gaming on PC (TFC engineer/sniper  ) but I may have to put something together as a personal project in the upcoming few years.Honestly though what little gaming I do is on PS but I’d like to build out something for home entertainment since streaming is so hosed.
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Feb 8, 2023 21:42
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LeeMajors posted:I haven’t built a computer in ages, since the little shuttle case build I threw together in college when I was still gaming on PC (TFC engineer/sniper The resources to build your own PC now are soooooo much better than they were a decade or so ago.
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Feb 8, 2023 21:47
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I built a desktop machine for my nephew a month and a half ago. It was a good way to re-use some parts I'd just pulled from my own computer, and the balance of what he needed cost less than the laptops my sister was able to afford while being much better. He was frustrated because he'd gotten a new laptop with intel integrated graphics and some ancient, unsupported app on steam he was using didn't work with it. Anyway with modular power supplies and modern cases, it's so much easier these days. I didn't slice my hands up on sharp stamped steel case parts, the screws are mostly thumb screws, attention was actually paid to cable management and proper cooling, it was pretty great! Of course I still had to run to a store because I forgot that he'd need a wifi adapter and he also needed a power strip. But I think he's pretty happy about the comparatively huge 32" screen compared to his old laptop.
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Feb 8, 2023 21:48
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:The resources to build your own PC now are soooooo much better than they were a decade or so ago. I used to be way into it. Of course this was more like 20 years ago. Had a mixed parts bin of discarded hardware from an IT job and could put little desktops together. Then built a couple powerful desktops in the time and dicked around with Linux off and on. I prob need to dig back into it since a bit of my EE education is prob going to be in coding and hardware circuits.
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Feb 8, 2023 21:58
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I had a friend help me build my desktop like 9 years ago, and it's been a solid machine for me. I had to change out my fans because they started making a ton of noise, and I upgraded my hard drive to an SSD. Only thing I've really had to do with it in that time period. It's nice to have more knowledge of the inner workings of the thing and be able to upgrade/replace as needed. Honestly, I use it so little I could probably go another 3-4 years before replacing it. I don't play any games that require high-end hardware, so that makes things easier on me.
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Feb 8, 2023 21:59
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Impossibly Perfect Sphere posted:There's a special place in hell for people who recommend buying a Windows laptop with 8GBs of memory. I had no problem running Windows 10 on 8gb of RAM. I assume this is a thing for the newer version? Also, hi I'm the goon still running a 2017 laptop 
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Feb 8, 2023 22:03
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Hot Diggity! posted:Building desktops is fun It really is. I'm hoping to get some new stuff for mine this year and hand down the old stuff to my girlfriend's oldest. He wants a gaming PC and it'll be a good start for him.
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Feb 8, 2023 22:08
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Dango Bango posted:I had no problem running Windows 10 on 8gb of RAM. I assume this is a thing for the newer version? My work laptop is from 2016. I should really request a new one.
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Feb 8, 2023 22:12
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I got my current laptop (Dell) in 2016, put in double RAM and a small SSD as the boot drive, and it still runs great today. Gonna be really sad when I have to retire it, especially if manufacturers are soldering those "upgradeable" parts nowadays. Also it has a dedicated video card that I feel like I've barely used, not that I'm playing anything these days that needs vRAM (or playing anything period  )
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Feb 8, 2023 22:16
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Dango Bango posted:Also, hi I'm the goon still running a 2017 laptop My daily driver is an HP I bought from Office Depot in like 2016. Although I do have a really nice Dell that my last employer never requested me to send back...
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Feb 8, 2023 22:18
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I bought my desktop as an ex gov pc for 350 bucks and it's fine for word processing and streaming just about anything except 4k where it gets a little... pained. I don't game on pc at all though.
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Feb 8, 2023 22:45
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Joey Freshwater posted:Hey computer toucher people - I need a new laptop. Mine has finally given up the ghost. The fan is dead so it overheats, the screen is busted so I have to use an external monitor and the battery sucks so much I basically have to have it plugged in all the time. Go for a nice Chromebook for those needs.
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Bird in a Blender posted:My work laptop is from 2016. I should really request a new one. my work requires that we replace our laptops every 3 years like they realized it was cheaper to replace everything when the warranty runs out than it is to pay an IT dept. to service a bunch of laptops past their warranty, made this decision company-wide, and now it's mandatory if our laptops break now, in-warranty, we don't take them to IT we mail them to dell or whoever and we get a loaner from a small stack at IT till it comes back fixed honestly it's wasteful but apparently they destroy the drives and then donate the machines to schools and charities so at least they're not going straight to landfill, and while reinstalling and configuring my environment every three years is a hassle, I don't mind having a new machine, they don't suck
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Feb 8, 2023 23:05
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TITTIEKISSER69 posted:Go for a nice Chromebook for those needs. Gotta disagree here. I used one for two or three years and even using Crouton to install Linux, it always felt like I was missing something. It does work fine for email and web browsing but there are times when you need a PC and apps, and Android apps (when they finally were enabled) never cut it for me.
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Feb 8, 2023 23:33
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Leperflesh posted:my work requires that we replace our laptops every 3 years That sounds kind of nice. I keep putting it off because I don’t want to be that guy always requesting new stuff, and the thing still works fine except the battery kind of sucks now. My biggest complaint is that it’s bulky and heavy. Thing weighs over 10 lbs. and I think everyone who has a new laptop has nice thin, lightweight ones.
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My work laptop is a Surface Pro 3 and I wish I had literally anything else. This thing is so drat old. I do my actual CAD and GIS work on my personal desktop otherwise my laptop might melt or combust.
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Feb 9, 2023 00:06
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https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1623400883445805057 lol he's talking in front of a bunch of gas ranges because culture war poo poo never sleeps
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Just the biggest children
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Blowjob Overtime posted:This is how I've described my typing when explaining to people at a new workplace why I bring my own keyboard. It's extra quiet for the sake of everyone around me because I type like my keyboard has personally wronged me in some way We had a guy in our office who could best be described as sounding like a 1930s newsroom. CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK BANGBANGBANGBANG (on the backspace bar) All day long. I told him he'd type 50% faster if he went 10% slower.
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Stationary bike chat: A couple friends of mine work at VZFit which is a VR based thingie that attaches to your stationary bike so it knows how hard you're pedaling, and pipes cleaned up google streetview footage into your faceholes so you can ride on real roads and what have you without being killed by cars. Seems like a variant of the Peloton concept, and is a lot cheaper/works on any bike. I haven't tried it but their core customers seem to love the product. Might be of interest to some of y'all. Tabs chat: I once had over 2000 tabs open in a browser at work and I am pretty proud of that achievement. My job includes clicking on like 50 email links a day and who has time to close tabs when you can simply just download an extension that keeps a little counter in the top right of the browser window which you then use to brag to your slack group chat with the number occasionally. Additionally, fellow tablovers should be using Firefox. Chrome thinks each new tab is a full instance of Chrome because FF is a better browser right now. Laptop chat: You can't go wrong with a refurb'd Lenovo Thinkpad. They're durable as poo poo, ubiquitous, and corporate users are always recycling perfectly good 3 month old ones into the used sales pool.
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Intruder posted:https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/1623400883445805057 He didn't deny anything though...
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Ether Frenzy posted:Tabs chat: I once had over 2000 tabs open in a browser at work and I am pretty proud of that achievement. You don’t have to click on every PornHub link on the page, just FYI.
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Blowjob Overtime posted:This is how I've described my typing when explaining to people at a new workplace why I bring my own keyboard. It's extra quiet for the sake of everyone around me because I type like my keyboard has personally wronged me in some way Mechanical keyboard supremacy. Make those keys click while you're firing off an email telling someone it's not your problem.
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Feb 9, 2023 02:00
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I like the laptop style scissor switches on a keyboard if im doing a long writing session. Like a mechanical one for that good feedback for other stuff.
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Buy a used off lease corporate x1 carbon thinkpad on eBay, 6th gen or later can run win 11, $400 or so
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I love my MacBook. It’s pink.
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Dave Growl got his first grooming today  Before:  After  He looks so svelt. I miss shaggy dog though
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Silly Burrito posted:Gotta disagree here. I used one for two or three years and even using Crouton to install Linux, it always felt like I was missing something. Gotta disagree here. Go back and re-read his needs: "I want a laptop that can do all the basic poo poo like email and shitposting, but also maybe something that’s strong enough to run video if I’m streaming or whatever without any lag." A good Chromebook will handle that without breaking a sweat. Mine has 8GB and an 11th-gen i3. I got it for $240 during Prime Days, now it's $300ish.
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The outsourced IT "augmentation" folks my company went to to "modernize" and "speed up basic processes" decided they are going to require DNS changes to go through our company's formal change process. That means my CNAME update for a non-production, internal-only server that the same augmentation folks told me I had to migrate to Azure will now require a peer approval, system owner approval, DNS team approval, and Infrastructure Head approval as well as a 4 day lead time and implementation plan along with testing evidence. For a DNS CNAME change. I hate IT so goddamn much.
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Dango Bango posted:He didn't deny anything though... Powerful Ted Cruz energy “Donald has a beautiful wife and I….I love my wife.”
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fartknocker posted:I badly want an exercise bike or a treadmill but my apartment is small so finding space for it would be mildly tricky. Bigger concern is the noise, since I’m on the second floor and the walls are just thin enough I know my neighbors would hear it. For what it's worth the shwinn ic4 I have hasn't received any complaints in my second floor apartment. It is unwieldy and heavy to move and doesn't really fit in a closet for storage.
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Joey Freshwater posted:Dave Growl got his first grooming today I love this boy
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