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In other news, tech stocks have taken a beating over the last month. nVidia has lost nearly 25%of its value (based on market cap) in the last month. (Worth on a measly 4.3T) Google, down 18% Intel, down 55% AMD, down 37% Micron, down 38% SK Hynix, down 30% Apple seems unscathed so far...

The movie "Mayday" on AppleTV was an enjoyable light hearted action movie with some fun comedy.

Well done LG...

I will give Apple credit for telling law enforcement that they can't unlock devices (because they can't) and the continued refusal to add any type of back door that most governments around the world keep asking for. They do appear to value their users privacy. They also just closed down most of...

Valve seems to believe there is enough market to release a new VR headset....

On the Steam Machine, how well do you think it'll handle VR once the new VR headset from Valve is released? I wouldn't be surprised if a number of people make the assumption that Valve's own VR headset will work perfectly with the Steam Machine and provide a pleasant experience, as one would...

I don't think there is anything wrong with the product other than the price. (I watched the GN review as well). As Steve from Hardware Unboxed says, "there are no "bad" products, just badly priced products" and I really do think the Steam Machine falls into this category. What would be...

Louis's current rant on Samsung is so on point on this one....

That GN video is certainly worth watching. A real eye opener when most OEMs for DIY are looking at 20-40% less trade, even Asus and I think it was MSI have openly stated they are looking at 25% reduction in motherboards shipped alone. I've been asked for ball park numbers for a hardware refresh...

Out of interest, which RDP service did you try to setup? At work we have a number of RHEL 10.x workstations, and with the RHEL build of GNOME on wayland, the GNOME included RDP server works well. (when accessing from both Windows 11 and macOS via the 'Windows App' RDP client). I know GNOME isn't...

The thing is, I see Microsoft wanting to implement this with Windows, especially as a way to kill local accounts. (which imho is a shit idea). GNU/Linux and the *BSDs will simple put a notice on the download page stating that the software can't be used in California. (or any other state that...

There's a few people who believe that a land invasion will play out in the same manner as Iraq... Except the geography of Iraq is largely flat, lots of desert and well placed roads between all major city centres. Very few people and settlements outside of the main cities. Iran is closer to...

The "President of Peace" has just started a new war... I just watched his speech on the declaration of the war. I'm lost for words. Various news outlets are reporting key people in the Iran leadership have been killed in the initial strikes.

It's been announced a new Trump Tower will be built in Australia on the Gold Coast, and will be the tallest building in Australia. (well not quite, another building which has also just been approved will be taller, which itself will be located just a few kilometres from this proposed Trump...

As people pour over the latest round of Epstein files, some of the documents included email credentials (email, username, password, provider, etc) used by Epstein. Some of the accounts were still active and still accessible with aforementioned credentials. Individuals have accessed and...

For ad-blocking, uBlock Origin with Firefox, and Ghostery or Wipr with Safari. I personally don't use Chrome, and now that ad blockers can only do so much on that platform, it's making it harder to be happy with that browser (or any browser based on Chrome/Chromium). Unfortunately blocking...

I don't want to know what goes through Trump's head sometimes, but the toddler dummy spits are getting old. For example he wants to de-certify all Canadian aircraft in the US, as Canada hasn't certified the latest Gulfstream aircraft to operate in Canadian air space. Hint, Bombardier ( a huge...

I saw Cuba on that list as well...

Just like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you enjoy a safe and pleasant holiday period. For all others who also celebrate other events at this time I also wish a: Happy Hanukkah Io, Saturnalia! Happy and Joyful Kwanzaa Happy Constitution Day Joyful Feast of Winter Veil Happy...

I saw this, and noticed it's not getting a lot of mainstream traction... Trump's Core 5, essentially what some would call the New World Order. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2025/12/10/how-a-new-russia-china-us-network-could-work-00685342

Yeah, I’ve seen a few memes that Apples memory upgrade prices are now cheaper than the pc market! It’s expected graphics cards to start get more expensive in the new year due to expected GDDR shortages in the coming months so bit the bullet on the upgrade...

It was mainly for programming tasks, and have the ability to play games due to the beefed up GPU and cooling in it. Due to discounts, I managed to get one cheaper than an equivalent PC would have cost. They are excellent machines for their designed use case, and I don't see myself changing any...

My main desktop is a MacStudio (M2 Max), and an iPad for anytime I need portable compute. My wife and daughter both have iMac's (M4) and iPads... My son is still on a i5-11500 based PC, 64GB DDR4 with RTX3060 12GB and is on Windows 11 solely for gaming, otherwise he would be on Linux. He was...

LEGO has officially announced the NCC-1701-D Enterprise kit. https://www.lego.com/en-au/product/star-trek-u-s-s-enterprise-ncc-1701-d-10356

Visual Studio 2022 still supports targeting Windows 7. (1) Visual Studio 2019 was the last to support targeting Windows Vista, and could still target Windows XP if you also had VS2017 installed. Visual Studio 2017 was the last to support targeting Windows XP, and is still supported running on...

Amusing, but for classic 90's comedy, search for "The comedy company" on YT. Here is a sample: Characters such as Con the Fruiter, Uncle Arthur and Colin Carpenter were all classics at the time. However some of it is quite racist and sexist, but that was largely a reflection of Australia at...

Fun fact, on Windows 11 Home, if you disable location services in settings (during the initial setup), you cannot manually set the timezone of the system via the Settings UI. (It's greyed out). Setting the timezone is now tied to enablement of location services. There are two workarounds: User...

As a side note, it appears that MS servers are struggling due to so many users cancelling the service: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-game-pass-users-are-canceling-subscriptions-so-fast-that-microsofts-website-is-struggling-to-keep-up-and-i-dont-blame-them

On a more positive note, Project 2025 is nearing 50% completion... https://www.project2025.observer/en (The word 'positive' is used with a bigly amount of sarcasm).

IIRC, The colour grading in the Matrix series was intentional, with scenes inside the matrix being green tinted, and those based outside (in real life) were meant to have a different tint. This was done to hint to the viewer which environment they were in. IIRC, this was discussed in either...

Thanks, sorry forgot to mention it’s mostly for gaming until next year when he is off to university, then it’ll be gaming, some more gaming and then maybe some word, excel stuff for his studies. Was looking at the Crucial T500, as its only a few dollars more than the Crucial P3 plus and Crucial...

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Hi all, Just wondering what the current recommendations are for 1-2TB nvme ssds are these days. Need to replace the boot drive in my sons system due the current one starting to exhibit IO errors. Currently has a Kingston KC2500 1TB which has been fine until a month ago, where the recoverable...

It's not that they're brainwashed, but the USMCJ (US military code of justice) is rather problematic in its procedures/ruling around illegal orders. Soldiers are also generally trained to assume that any order they are given is lawful and must be followed. In most other NATO/Western countries...

Some mini-its stuff from Computex 2025

Yeah, I agree, the fish bowl design is uninspired. At least we still have companies like Chenbro making modernised 20 year old designs... https://www.chenbro.com/en-global/products/PC_Chassis/Micro_ATX_Tower/PC314...

What's wrong with the Silverstone FLP02? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/return-of-the-turbo-button-silverstone-is-making-another-80s-style-beige-pc-case/

Yep, absolutely brilliant story telling.

Just finished Bioshock and Bioshock 2 remastered editions (got them on 90% off sale when 2K games had a sale on Steam a few months ago). Never played them when they came out, so was in for a new experience. Throughly enjoyed both.

May the Fourth be with you. Just finished Star Wars Ep3 (special edition on Blu-Ray) with my son in celebration, and watched S2 E1-3 of Andor as well. The thing I don't like about Andor, is how shitty it makes the rest of the Disney Star Wars production look. Seriously, why can't Disney make...

That makes more sense if the PDF wasn't constructed correctly to allow text input with save/print, why he needs a tool with editor functionality. The other suggestions are the way to go then.

How long did you wait for the POST screen? IIRC AM5 processors can take a long time to post the first time due to memory training especially when dealing with large memory modules. (10-15 minutes having been reported on reddit with some higher end boards like the Taichi).

Does Acrobat Reader or Foxit PDF reader not work for you?

IIRC, The CM Hyper T4 will fit, but was out of stock when I built his system.

My son has the same case, and has a Cooler Master Hyper H410R for an Intel i5-11500. Works perfectly fine. (He has 3x intake on the front and 1x outlet on the back). The other option is a front mounted AIO. Just re-checked the spreadsheet I used at the time to build/price/spec, these where the...

@time, how are going after the Cyclone? My family is doing fine, we just got power back after 6 days without power. Internet and mobile services are now coming back online in my immediate area now. Otherwise minimal property damage for my home. For other members, Cyclone Alfred hit south east...

Buildzoid has a good follow up that is easy to understand why the 12VHPWR is less than desirable.

I would like to congratulate the fact that all citizens of the US are now female... "Rise of the Northern Amazon Nation" was certainly not on my 2025 bingo card.

Just an FYI for those that are not aware of how Australia works. The basic requirements are that you are licensed first (need to complete a mandatory safety course and have a genuine reason - and self defence is not a reason), and then once licensed (takes 4-8 weeks from application), then...