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Eletriarnation posted:because forcing compliance on a company which does not wish to honor them is infeasible I always thought Canada was a bit more western European, law-wise - don’t they have consumer protection laws and government agencies that ream companies that don’t honor warranties? Is it really that US-like up north there?
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The Gillman posted:Pretty much. We also let the lawyers from large communications companies run the regulators for said companies Aaahh, so no euro-like regulations like, say, a stovetop is most def supposed to last at least five years so businesses are forced to do warranty repairs or replacements for that long. Warranties can only extend the consumer protections, not reduce them. I get it - USA jr sounds about right 
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Jamus posted:I used an ISDN line at home when I was a teenager. All of my friends had ADSL, but we lived a little too remotely, and no ISP was willing to offer us an ADSL service. Apparently, we were a few kilometers outside the maximum radius from the exchange, or something. Haha I had a mate whose ISDN box blew up every thunderstorm. Did people crash into elks a lot outside your place too? e: I love modern fiber with IPv6 though. So easy to just make your server [your /64prefix]::d3ad:b33f or something, and be able to access it from anywhere with gigabit speeds. If your ISP have proper IPv6 support, that is. F4rt5 fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Sep 13, 2023 |
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After comparing BG3 on my PC and the M1 Pro MBP: They both get similar framerates but 30-45 fps looks much smoother on the mac. I think variable refresh rate support is what makes the difference. To me, as an old, anything above 90fps is unnoticeable or useless reaction-time wise. So to me, at least, VRR is much better for smoothness in the 30-60 fps range with underpowered GPU than any benefit post-60 fps.
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K8.0 posted:See also : the G-Wagen, strong competitor for worst vehicle driven by people who spend more than they should on vehicles. I expect the Cybertruck to appeal to a similar audience of trend-chasing morons. e: I misread you and agree wholeheartedly.
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Ok Comboomer posted:the only way a G Wagen is cool is if you bought it heavily depreciated and turn it into an overlander, you can get one from 15-20 years ago and it’s basically the same car as the ones from today Yeah just get a decommisioned Norwegian military one, keep it green, and run it on 30/70 diesel/paraffin as god intended. It’s not comfy but at least you’re cooler than the wankers in the new luxury ones.
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What made me finally go Premium was being able to play in the background on the iPhone. uBlock handled everything else on anything else. I'm a poor but it's one of the few things I bother paying for. I think it's worth it - personally. Done fiddling around with apps and scripts and limitations e: horrible snipe
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And lay low on plugin use, those are the worst offenders re: updating and sec holes
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pyrotek posted:I don't normally feel sorry for marketing people, but this has the feel of some executive being pissed off about... something. They aren't able to identify what that is exactly but demands marketing fix it That’s what I was gonna say; a PII-300 would never be able to do that in anything close to realtime…
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Just Another Lurker posted:I was the first person in the family to have a computer; Amiga 500, so much fun with Deluxe Paint back then.... i learned Guru Meditation as well. You were really able to keep your balance on the joyboard? Kudos. You must be awesome at yoga  Edit for history: First computer: SVI 738 X’Press with a bunch of the greatest Quickshot controllers. Then an Olivetti (PCS-46 chassis) 486 SX-25, 4 MB RAM, 170 MB Conner HD. Original SB16 and 2x CD drive. Upgraded with a DX2-50 in the separate Overdrive CPU slot, 8 MB RAM. SB AWE32 and a 540 MB Conner HD. So many ScreamTracker mods and 3D Studio 3 animations made on that thing. Also hours of POV-ray renders… My next computer was a P166 MMX in 1998 that got a 3DFX later in life, then Voodoo2. After that a Celeron 266 that I clocked to ~400 MHz (yeah, that legendary one). Then PIII, Plextor 4x SCSI burner (also legendary, soooo many 100-disc spindles went trough that thing) before I went AMD Athlon64 3000+ that I ran WinXP 64-bit edition for no other reason but being able to. Then Plextor went ATAPI and shat themselves on quality, my two 60 GB hoarding drives died and taught me the value of backups, and I got a TiBook. Still have the 200GB mp3 library from back then with so much stuff you can’t find today unless you search for literal years. Takes me back. F4rt5 fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Dec 11, 2023 |
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Mr.Radar posted:they cut one open live on air and it turned out to only have a single layer of material. So they didn’t know about chabuduo even after having several products manufactured in China. Good job on inspecting the finished product, lol; also, random spot checks of every shipment. Which these guys honestly should know?
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Mr.Radar posted:It's because there were tons of scam accounts going around posting in the comments with display names like "Gamer's Nexxus T̶̨̧̝͉̣̩͈̹̮͙̜͍̯͂̿̿̾̓̋͛̏͑̕ͅe̸̥̖̘̟̝̱͍̯̯̜͒͛̇̀̓͛̐̓̆͆̄̏̈́l̵͈̘̥͖̖͚͕̬̳͊̓̓͜͝e̸̡̼̣̘̗̘̹̱̘̲͍̟̝̺̩̘̝̿̎̑͝ğ̵̳͍͕̗̤̞̞̉̈̓̈́̇͂̏̕͜r̶̛̛̮̩͔̓̂̂͑͐̓̕a̵̞̥̙͎̞̺͇̱̲̦̣͇͓̟͐̅̎̂̏̽̿̈͂̓̿͌̍͘̕͜͝m̴̲͕̑͆̔̐̍̄̓̑͛̋͘͠ 👉 ➕6️⃣7️⃣2️⃣..." With the comment being along the lines of "you won the giveaway, contact us on Telegram to claim your prize!" (If you actually contacted them they would require you to pay a "shipping fee" and then ghost you once you did.) They would also constantly change their display name depending on which channel they were targeting any given day so if you reported them for impersonation they would already have a different name by the time a human got around to reviewing the report so it would no longer be valid and the account wouldn't face any sanctions.
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~Coxy posted:I have no idea about the Tiktok app, but the website is full-featured on desktop with channels that you can subscribe to and scroll though all their uploads. Absolute worst thing with Insta, aside from having to log in to see anything, is their disabling any «back» feature in the browser, like that tab’s history is practically deleted.
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SpartanIvy posted:I think his overall observation that stagnation causes chaos for the sake of change is true, but there are definitely new "walkman" products and technologies that come out every once in a while. Well if manufacturers would dare to use a $2 metal pump part (like the impelller itself) instead of the $0.25 brittle plastic pump part, the 200% effective fridge could also last 20-30 years no problem. Thing is, they don't because that would mean the fridge would be $50 more expensive, and, you wouldn't have to buy a new one after 5-6 years. Planned obsolescence is sometimes just a (wonderful, for the capitalists) byproduct of making everything as cheaply as possible. The effectiveness lies in more efficient, brushless electrical motors for the pump; the insulating material used for lining; the coolant system design; and the gas they use as coolant. The only reason design changes like this affect longevity is the aforementioned cheap underdimensioned moving parts. F4rt5 fucked around with this message at 15:46 on Mar 26, 2024 |
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