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    Empire in Decline

    I'm not sure about that. The military has been selecting for and developing ideals in-line with Republican values forever.
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    Windows 11

    I'm at least 30" from my screens, I find the eye strain isn't as bad.
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    Windows 11

    Not me, once I had enough money to choose I started running 40"+ monitors. The last few have been 42" 4k with 150% scale. Before that I ran for a while with 2x 49" 5k ultrawide stacked vertically, still at 150%. That setup was interesting, but not as useful for monotasking. Now I'm considering a...
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    Empire in Decline

    That entire concept has been a joke since at least the 90s. The gap between a bunch of people with fancy guns and a small number of people with all the data, drones, smart weapons, and control of the infrastructure is insurmountable. If the military is on the side of the politicians (and it...
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    9950X3D/4090 Watercooled Build

    Sorry for the late response, did a quick road trip to Amsterdam. But Merc nailed it as usual. SSDs are no longer the bottleneck for even power users. And 96GB has been plenty for all I do. Honestly the reason I went 96GB over 64GB was just to not worry about it ever.
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    Windows 11

    I find that the big updates just don't show up for a while. No matter how many times I "check for updates" the day before travelling, my laptop waits until I'm tethered to my phone in another country before deciding that a massive update actually exists.
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    Something Random

    That suggests some good insulation, or no ventilation? The good news? At only 73F there might be an HVAC tech available.
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    Disk Issues

    I find it interesting that ya'll run such old installs on your main workstations. After a year I can feel it is slower, after two I feel it worthwhile to nuke and pave. The improvement is very noticeable every time.
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    Selfhosting fun

    N150 would probably have trouble keeping the NICs saturated, but if 900MHz long range wireless is the bar, it is sure to clear it.
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    Pi-Hole?

    I had one running when I was doing lots of system builds or repairs. Nice to have the benefits of ad blocking without having to modify systems that weren't mine. Also actually helped performance on struggling systems when I had to go online.
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    Something Random

    +1 on Merc's comment. Most of the benefits I've seen from talking to someone actually happened from me stating the thing and just looking at it again. The other person was just spectating and making sure I was being honest.
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    Something Random

    In Danish culture this is a much more common problem, as the average Dane is about as socially awkward as us, and being outgoing is frowned upon. I now find myself in several small social groups (3-5 people) who chat amongst themselves in Discord or elsewhere. It is unfortunate that culture as...
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    Something Random

    Sorry to hear it.
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    Strange network performance behavior troubleshooting

    Another thing to help rule out the switch is doing a test from System B to System C, but I think Merc might be right on the system transfer limit (bursting through the cache and then limiting).
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    Up to date Malware Removal

    One of the things in the Startup Repair toolset is rolling back changes to the PC. I wonder if it rolled back far enough to restore Norton? Either way, killing it is the right move. Uninstalling should be enough to prevent it from running, which matters more than every file and registry entry.
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