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I got a friend who writes for ars, mostly on zfs, or various network equipment they send him (recently did an article on various routers, and he hit me up going oh poo poo were you the one telling folks about mikrotik like 5 years back? I got some of their kit it looks like it'll break but it's cheaper, faster, and better than my homebrew bought it off alibaba shitbox). Also I bought a 43" 1080p TCL for my garage for like $250. Works for me, good set, disabled network as soon as I got it, don't give a gently caress about roku, just won't you do start up on the HDMI input instead of making me choose each time you shitbox tv.
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http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/2/3/14501812/olimex-teres-i-open-source-diy-laptop also one verge editor not a complete idiot.
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Feb 5, 2017 21:25
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Rokus aren't bad, I just don't need one on this tv. The tv in the den in the house has a firestick on it that suits my needs. I've got a projector out in my carport for parties and junk, and for being a $300 woot special (i think it's a benq?) and it's not full 1080p but it does fine enough for its intended usage (getting drunk with buddies and watching movies and grilling). It also has 3d, came with a pair of RF glasses, which we used maybe once just to test it out with pacific rim. Now like most "3d tv stuff" those glasses sit on a shelf collecting dust.
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Feb 6, 2017 15:48
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man i love the future
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Feb 8, 2017 18:27
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i actually had to close a ticket at work because someone went out and bought a big ole samsung 4k "smart tv" for his computer monitor, and is pissed that it has adverts.
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Feb 12, 2017 17:56
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infernal machines posted:i have a samsung 4k "smart tv" for my computer monitor, it does not have ads. actually yes, that is exactly what it is. . . I did not purchase this, and I also told the person wanting it that as it was not my job to go get best buy door busters i would not be doing that (and recommended them some other displays of similar quality). As that person has a business credit card of their own, and I cannot prevent them from connecting it to the network. . . i said "welp, the display turns on, sound actually runs sound through hdmi properly, that's the end of my support on this display"
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Feb 12, 2017 22:09
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I gots a kindle paperwhite, it has an ad on the lock screen which I see just long enough to swipe to unlock. got the wife a newer one, it has ads in the book selection screen as well. our local library has a pretty stellar ebook selection that works on "whispernet" works for me, won't fix.
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Feb 13, 2017 01:37
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also i may have shown people how to use calibre to break kindle DRM and they are all patronizing the library a lot more now. and the library re-did things where it more geared toward what folks want, they got a recording studio, computers with audio and video editing software, classes on that poo poo, and it pisses the olds off soooooooo much cause they want them paper books.
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Feb 13, 2017 01:39
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Mr. Apollo posted:I was going to get my parents Kindles but they mainly read library books so I got them Kobo Aura Ones since they have OverDrive. Kindles don't support borrowing library books in Canada. odd, i think overdrive is what libraries in the states use that support kindles. . . it's p. champ
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Feb 13, 2017 01:40
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Citizen Tayne posted:This is why I pirate every fuckin book I can no joke, my wife sends me an email when she gets new books on overdrive. I log into amazon, "download to transfer over USB" import them into calibre, then I hook her kindle up and put the books on and she "returns them to the library"
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Feb 13, 2017 03:21
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the thing about kindles is this. . . no matter if you get a "special offers" one or not. you don't see a lot of folks out there going stupid to jailbreak the loving kindle to get rid of ads. is a good product, it works, has a long battery life, you can get them dirt cheap left and right. . . just be a smart nerd, and if you buy an ebook, strip the drm, keep it locally, cause it ain't like you gonna have to have some huge cloud backed storage for all the azw3s you ain't actually reading
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Feb 13, 2017 04:26
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I've encountered the new format from amazon on one book. I don't remember what I did to strip it, but it was rather easy.
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