Mercutio's latest activity
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Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.I actually managed to use all 96GB + 96GB swap on my workstation today by accidentally calling ImageMagick on on about 20M files... -
Mercutio replied to the thread Computer Cases.I appreciate having the differing failure models. Every once in a while I see an SSD switch over to read-only mode but most of the...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Laptop Boot Drive Swap Fails.For future reference, if you ever need to delete and/or recreate your recovery partition on a Windows system, you have to work from...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Computer Cases.I put a 3.5" drive in every bigger-than-ITX desktop I assemble. Usually it's just a little guy. It's easy enough to add $35 to the cost...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Computer Cases.I've been looking at Computex coverage of new chassis designs and dear god I hate everything I see. Seems like 90% of new designs are...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.I can't tell if you're too young for your dad to be having these problems or if I've been too lucky to have never had them.
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Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.My quasi-partner's new place has 5Gbit synchronous fiber according to their bill but the ONT the ISP provided only has 1Gbit ports on...
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Mercutio replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.Looks like the products do exist, at least in the form of a Pulse 8 CEC Injector. Unfortunately, they don't work with high bandwidth...
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Mercutio replied to the thread CURRENT GAME THREAD.I actually built that low-spec build last night. Ryzen 3600X, 16GB DDR4, RX 5700XT. The whole PC is worth MAYBE $350. I set it up on...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.Health care is extremely frustrating on pretty much every level and you're right that there's pretty much nothing you can do, but...
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Mercutio replied to the thread SSDs - State of the Product?.Does anyone know where to get those little rubber or nylon clips some OEMs are putting in systems for M.2 retention?
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Mercutio replied to the thread question Which Tablets.I am a heavy reader and here are my thoughts: Larger than 10" tablets are too fucking big. They're heavy and it's difficult to read...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.Basically my closest friends all live in Florida now. A lot of socialization happened over voice chats in games, but not games I play...
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Mercutio replied to the thread question Which Tablets.FireOS kind of sucks given Amazon's app ecosystem. A lot of things just aren't available from the Amazon app store. Fire tablets have...
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Mercutio replied to the thread Strange network performance behavior troubleshooting.I've seen mini PC systems get stuck at their lowest Speedstep state as a misbegotten firmware default. Turning off some of the C state...