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  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Empire in Decline.
    Since this seems more relevant here...
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    sedrosken reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Empire in Decline with Like Like.
    I just BARELY remember the tail end of the 1970s,, but that also means that I do remember the '79 oil embargo, albeit mostly as...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    Where I'm at it hasn't been much over $4/gal but we had cheap gas to begin with, and it still went up almost 100% relative to what it...
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    fb reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Empire in Decline with Like Like.
    I just BARELY remember the tail end of the 1970s,, but that also means that I do remember the '79 oil embargo, albeit mostly as...
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    jtr1962 reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Empire in Decline with Like Like.
    I just BARELY remember the tail end of the 1970s,, but that also means that I do remember the '79 oil embargo, albeit mostly as...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Empire in Decline.
    I just BARELY remember the tail end of the 1970s,, but that also means that I do remember the '79 oil embargo, albeit mostly as...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Windows 11.
    Microsoft has an internal Windows build focused on improving Windows 11 "pain points" including overall Explorer and GUI responsiveness...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Disk Issues.
    If you happen to have some old ass but not suspect SSD, maybe you could transition your Windows setup to run on that instead? You can...
  • Gödel
    Gödel replied to the thread Disk Issues.
    Thanks very much, Merc and Sed, for your responses. I'm writing this on that WinPC, still going strong (?) after another half-day. And...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Ryzen.
    I feel like motherboards are getting more affordable. That's probably not too surprising given how few people are building PCs right...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    I was celebrating my first weekend of not having small human houseguests. June - early September, yes, I probably do have some...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread SSDs - State of the Product?.
    Crucial got me back just fine. Teamgroup did get me a replacement 2TB drive. It's a newer model than I sent in that uses QLC, but at...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Disk Issues.
    Any strange happenings that you think could be caused by your SSD probably are. Their failure modes tend to look much more abrupt than a...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Disk Issues with Like Like.
    Samsung's normal failure mode is to make the drive read-only, which can result in lock-ups or other strange behavior. Even if Samsung...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Disk Issues.
    Samsung's normal failure mode is to make the drive read-only, which can result in lock-ups or other strange behavior. Even if Samsung...
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