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I think we all know that ain't nothin' gonna happen over this. We didn't do anything about it last time he was in office and now everything is worse and checks and balances are thrown out the window when one party controls all branches of government.

For purpose of comparison, an N150 has approximately the same amount of computing power as an i7-7700 at a tiny fraction of the power budget. I can't find any of the $150 N150s with 16GB RAM that I was able to buy any day of the week last year, but I did find this guy for $190.

Greg, that is some bigly e-waste right there. it'll technically run Windows 10 but that's G41 chipset that PROBABLY uses DDR2, although I think there were some hybrid boards that had DDR3 as well. Belarc advisor will tell you for sure. Either way, you're not getting over 8GB RAM on it and it...

The EU owns around $8T of US Debt. Essentially no entity on the planet could buy all that, and no one other than a close ally would want that much exposure to liability. The value of a dollar would plummet in a re-valuation, absent the backing of those assets by European powers. I had one...

I turn all the frame generation stuff off, but nothing I do needs those settings. IIRC there's a global and per-game setting in the control panel. DLSS 4.5 supposedly decreases frame latency to the point where even 4 generated frames to 1 "real" frame is usable, but even within that there are...

Hardware Unboxed, which IIRC is an Oz-based Youtube channel, says that the 5070Ti and 16GB 5060Ti have been discontinued or functionally EOL'd by most or all AIB manufacturers in favor of the 12GB 5070 and 8GB 5060Ti.

I'm the complete opposite of a fan of firearms in any way, shape or form, but Black Flag Civilian is a sort of leftist-anarchist gun advocate. He posted this a few days ago, mostly speaking to the gun nuts who still watch his content. The Administration has a boner for attacking Minnesota...

It's going to be hilarious when the US get evicted from every military base it has in Europe.

This thing prevents cat-related uptime issues.

Apparently, the next version of Windows will be essentially immutable, just as ChromeOS, Android, iOS, MacOS and some versions of Linux are. The idea is that there will be a compatibility layer for software that expects to make changes inside the Windows directory. On one hand, this isn't a...

I have a shelf in my living room where my deceased cats stay. I put them in wooden jewelry boxes and keep them next to my favorite books.

If the US has an open, shooting war with itself, the global economy is toast. I don't think that's likely. It's not going to be Red v Blue. It'll probably look a lot more like non-stop terrorist attacks on what are perceived to be centers of power for either side, although it could be more open...

There is no doubt in my mind that something very similar to all of this this played out in Washington DC last week.

There's a trinity of factors that have to be in place prior to use of deadly force: Capability, Intent and Opportunity. This is a universal standard for law enforcement in the USA. At most, Mrs. Good could be seen as having opportunity, and only if you consider the possibility that driving a...

Did you watch any video of the event other than the one the Administration posted on its official instruments? Sarah Good's truck tires were pointed away from the ICE Officer. He was in no danger of being hit. None. Not even a tiny little bit. He had no lawful reason to fire at her. Even if Mrs...

This guy has a set of scripts to kill pretty much all the AI nonsense baked into Windows in one shot. https://github.com/zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI

Since I finally got annoyed enough to deal with it, one actual "improvement" in the latest version of Office (365 or 2024) is that there's now a heading under options specifically for Copilot and generally only a single checkbox to turn it off. Excel has an option that says "Only for highly...

Just found this guy, who sells among other things, x16 to 2x x8 PCIe adapters and multiple varieties of SlimSAS (i.e. nvme) host adapters. His hardware looks like it all expects Bifurcation support, so it'll generally only work on AMD or Xeon hardware. All of it is somewhat affordable, around...

I actually used an 8GB Ideapad 1 7520u (these are Zen 2 chips since AMD can't be bothered to name things clearly across product lines) quite a bit over December. I found it entirely tolerable for running Office and Firefox. I spent a lot of time updating documentation and deliberately limited...

This will be a thing where the OEMs are just going to be happy to see costs per unit go up, so people who need new systems will be generally willing to pay more than they would five years ago. It's been a while since entry level was closer to $500 than $350, but I think we're going there. When...

nVidia brought zero new consumer products to CES this year and has apparently sharply reduced the number of 506x and 505x GPUs it's planning to ship in 2026 in favor of restarting production on the 3060. So if you were hoping to get a new RTX-something, maybe don't get your hopes up. Neither...

I've never lost a phone before, but continuing the trend of things that suck, my friend's kid tossed my phone out my car window when I didn't want to stop at McDonald's. My old phone is currently somewhere on I294 in approximately Harvey, Illinois and I'm not going back for it. I'm told the...

You found the one good K7S5A. I'm sure they made millions of those things but holy statistical outliers, Batman.

FWIW I suspect the reasons in this case might have been more like "There's no one on site to monitor the cameras." Gary somehow magically misses out on a lot of state grants and programs that other nearby school districts seem to get easily. I DO live in one of only two blue regions in Indiana...

He absolutely believes that he's the most popular president of all time. I suspect that his handlers don't allow him to see anything that contradicts that. It's a cold comfort, but apparently he's been getting regular MRIs and he keeps being given cognitive tests that one might offer dementia...

Since I have recently exchanged words with my folks on this topic: I no longer see National Public Radio as a worthwhile news source; since the second Bush Administration and definitely during the Obama Administration, it became increasingly willing to allow unchecked commentary from right-wing...

I've kind of spent the last few days in shock over what's been going on overall. One of the things that seems particularly awful is that these people have still had to do regular things like call off work or go and pretend nothing has happened. My one friend gets out of the hospital tomorrow. I...

Apparently, we run Venezuela now. I imagine that must come as quite a shock to the people who live there.

It's so hard to tell with cats. Their standard behavior is to mask their pain as best they can. I've brought a number of beloved animals to the gate of Valhalla and it never gets easier. Your Booster had a better life in a loving home and she didn't have to know pain at the end.

Somebody clipped me with their passenger's side rear-view mirror. My area doesn't really have sidewalks, so I was walking on the very edge of the pavement along a hill with a steep fall-off. There was a good 30" of pavement past the white line defining the road though, so my guess is that...

I have had an absolute fuck of an end of year. A friend attempted suicide in my place a couple nights ago; another former roommate had her home invaded and was SA'd this morning and to top it all off, for the first time in my life, I got left alone with a 10 month old for about six hours because...

Six months ago, I was able to price 90% health renewed 15TB Micron 9300s for $1100ish. Now I can't find one (Health% unknown) for less than $1600. Still going to buy some for my hosted systems but not as many as I'd hoped to get. This summer, Before the DRAM-pricing BS started, I picked up 12TB...

IIRC Eufy has been involved in some of the same "other people can see your video" scandal that have hit a lot of companies; they mostly stem from a couple Chinese companies that control common APIs related to video transport in easily implemented Python code. Wyse (the indoor cameras I use)...

Normal-ish. I got hit by a car a couple years ago and it's really reduced my interest in going out to get exercise. No lasting harm done. I just have to on activity somewhat. But I am old and still overweight.

Snorlax, the Diabetes-type Pokemon, weighs 1014lbs and eats 900lbs a day. This has serious implications about its metabolism. I keep getting Snorlax stuff from my friends and now that I know that it's a half ton monster that sleeps all the time and takes giant shits, I think I'm a little insulted.

I usually have a turn based game open. Often, it's a 30 year old title that I play about a round a day. My partner games nonstop. I usually watch her stream while we keep an open voice chat and I do whatever I'm doing.

I always refer to the time of year as gifting holidays. I give out horror themed cards devoted to the bleakness of short days or to Krampusnacht, the holiday for beating children. Followers of the Peacock Angel fast just before midwinter, the three days of Rojiet Ezi, and I expect all of you...

What an absolute shit show. This whole thing was painful to read. It's even worse knowing this happens to more people every day.

I got an amazing little out of nowhere gift, a Godox IT30 mini flash. It's TINY, only 130g, and charges over USB C instead of annihilating a bunch of Eneloop AAs like my traditional flashes do. Just getting an inexpensive and travel friendly flash is a big deal. I'm really excited to have...

Microsoft needs to present as not being reliant on x86 and truthfully, there's a real market for datacenter hardware with low energy consumption and scads of cores. Working with ARM also applies pressure to get AMD and Intel to improve in areas they might not have chosen otherwise Finally...

Maybe the AI bubble will finally pop and destroy the global economy sooner rather than later and then RAM will at least be cheap again.

The feeble attempt at an insurrection on January 6th was unquestionably an attempt. This time the deck is stacked with toadies who have already put loyalty toTrump ahead of any other oath or reason. The administration has been functionally declared to be above the law and has demonstrated...

Speaking of kids, my friend and her baby stayed with me for two months and they played so much goddamned Cocomelon that it was my most-played artist on Spotify this year. Cocomelon is primarily a Youtube channel, but I just read that the version is available on Netflix has a teacher character...

Curious as to that choice in particular. You've obviously chosen to stick with Apple in general, but the Studios are a particular sort of investment, especially if you're getting one with a meaningful amount of RAM. re: Linux gaming, it is extremely credible at this point and even moreso if...

The USA is kind of set up to force people to pair off somehow. I've never had a job that's offered me health insurance and that's been the one thing that might actually lead to me marrying my partner, but she doesn't get it either. Still, life is a lot easier when there's a second income, even...

I suspect that a physician doesn't have much time to mess with this stuff even if they want to. On an unrelated note, I mentioned SmartTube up-thread. SmartTube's primary developer had his Github key exposed over the weekend, so he revoked his signature for the application, which should disable...

What are you doing with the server? Is it just running file services or do you have the *RR stack operating or? I'm kind of curious to see where people have landed on Windows 10 vs 11 or if we have any consensus on Linux distros. I haven't seen any mention of contemporary Intel on SF other than...

I never thought I'd get one either. Instead I have a few now. They're small, personal and in places where only one person might see them. Each one relates to someone special in my life. A couple of my close friends and my partner likewise have tattoos to represent me. I feel like it's an...

Yes. Tattoos are hideous. A direct quote that was in fact repeated multiple times. That one I'd at least prepared my partner for, so it mostly just turned in to eye rolling. My mom grew up in a house where time stopped in about 1960 and she just kind of doesn't understand the world outside the...

There shouldn't be much more than enabling it and telling it to use Unbound or Unbound Python mode. You can add more block lists if you feel like it. Easylist et al. There's a nice guide here.