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    Alec Baldwin shoots and kills a woman, injures a man.

    Fix it with CGI? Or, considering how many other unrealistic props are used in movies, maybe we can live with seeing a gun that's not 100% perfectly authentic.
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    Any solar eclipse plans?

    I definitely plan to head to the front yard to watch it. I just hope the weather is good.
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    Silicon Valley Bank collapses

    My closest experience was back in 2008 when I was a Washington Mutual customer. It didn't quite make it to an FDIC takeover, but it was close. I believe the FDIC facilitated the buyout by Chase. I was impressed by the whole operation. One day is was Wamu, then next day is was Chase without a...
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    legalizing marijuana

    Hemp derived THC was federally legalized as a side effect of the 2018 farm bill. Even here in Texas, you can legally buy hemp THC products in stores. A few states have made it illegal (including some that have legalized marijuana), but for now it's legal in most of the US. The law defined...
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    Why Voter ID laws are superfluous

    None of those are constitutional rights, so they can have more restrictions. If the government is going to require an ID to vote, they should have to go door to door providing free IDs to everyone who is eligible to vote. I still don't buy than mass numbers of people would risk prison time...
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    Renting PCs, or PC rental rates (desktops)?

    My experience selling or repairing PCs for friends/family is that they often come with an assumed lifetime warranty plus 24/7 free on site technical support and unlimited free upgrades as needed. I've learned that it best to either say no, or to not charge a penny so that they don't feel like...
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    Have You Gotten Your Covid Vaccine? Thread.

    I just got my first Moderna shot. The building my partner works in is a vaccination site, and today he called to tell me it seemed quiet, so there might be some extra doses left over at closing time. I drove over, and 20 minutes after closing I had a needle in my arm. There were people making...
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    News Fry's done gone bankrupt

    Fry's probably had a large selection of VGA cables and accessories though. The Austin Fry's had shelves that were always disorganized, and cluttered with tons of 15+ year old items that never sold.
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    Fry's Electronics shutting their doors?

    The last time I was in Fry's (just before Covid), they had no PC parts or peripherals to sell. The shelves that used to display motherboards, hard drives, printers, laptops, and monitors were totally empty. Even the TV section was empty. I went in for a bulk pack of 9v batteries for the smoke...
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    Ranges - Gas vs Induction

    I've had an induction cook top for 10 years which gets used almost every day, and it still looks like new. It's fast, provides even heat, and is very easy to control. Cleaning is easy since it doesn't get hot enough to bake things onto the glass. I had gas at two previous homes, and I prefer...
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    Bill O'Reilly Tells Sean Hannity: People In Poverty Live Very Well

    Bill has been saying that for years. The poor have "flat screen TVs", "air conditioning", and "cell phones"!!!! Well, even Goodwill doesn't sell CRT TVs anymore. Air conditioning is a necessity that's included with almost any apartment in the southern states (where there are lots of poor...
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    Elizabeth Warren billionaire tax calculator broken?

    It will never happen, but why not? It sounds no worse than property tax. Most of my net worth is my house, and I'm already taxed at 2% of its value every year. It's not worth even close to $50 million, and I'm even taxed on the portion the bank owns!
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    Sears Holdings files for Ch 11 closing 142 more stores before years end

    Not true, Craftsman was one of the first major assets to be stripped from Sears. They're owned by Stanley / Black & Decker and I believe they still honor the lifetime warranty. Speaking of ghost towns, I was traveling to the San Francisco bay area recently, and went into a K-mart out of...
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    PSA - Turn off your TV’s video smoothing, Tom Cruise said so.

    The first thing I do with any new TV is turn off all of the "image enhancing" features. With few exceptions, they all make the picture worse. They're mostly there to make them stand out in the store. Brighter, sharper, smoother, and more colorful sells, even if it's fake.
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    Bought a cheap 230V to 110V step down converter. It uses a MOSFET. Will it fry?

    I wouldn't use one of those on anything other than a simple resistive load (like a hairdryer, toaster, or lamp). For anything electronic, or with a transformer, you really need a step down transformer. It's bigger, and more expensive, but not too big for only 40W. If the device has an...
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    20 year old printer still going strong!

    I use a hp 4m+ with the duplex option every day for my business. It has had some issues over the years, but I don't mind fixing things. I have a $5 parts donor in the closet for any major parts. I had to replace every capacitor in the printer and duplexer, so I wouldn't recommend one unless...
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    Are there any Epyc workstation boards?

    I tried the Supermicro H11SSL, but as I expected, no S3. I wonder if it would be possible to modify the BIOS to enable S3? The BIOS cautions that disabling cores will also disable S3, which implies there may have been S3 support in an older version.
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    Are there any Epyc workstation boards?

    Well, I already have a CPU I'd like to use, and 8 channels of memory is attractive. I guess I may just have to wait since Epyc boards seem to be is very short supply with practically no variety. I'll post back if I find anything.
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    windows 10 pro keys selling for cheap = legit?

    I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of these sites are selling old Windows 7 keys taken from the COAs on scrap PCs. They still work to activate Windows 10.
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    Are there any Epyc workstation boards?

    I would like to build a workstation based on an AMD Epyc chip, but I'm having no luck finding an appropriate board. The Gigabyte MZ31-AR0 is almost perfect, but being a server board, it doesn't support S3 sleep. Since the system won't be used 24/7, it absolutely needs S3 support. I've built...
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    What’s your opinion on Seattle’s sugar tax?

    I wish they would tax the sugar in most of those things. I don't want sweet pasta sauce, salad dressing, bread, sausage, salsa, and so many other things that have hidden sugar. One of the main things I look for when buying certain items is sugar content. I always buy the one with the least...
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    After 31 Years, Why Does Microsoft Windows still _______?

    Auto reboot after a BSOD turned on by default. Depending on how fast your monitor can re-sync, It barely gives you enough time to see the BSOD before it reboots. There's never enough time to make a note of the error so you can fix it before the next reboot. I can't think of a reason you...
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    Question for dual citizens: passport

    Yes, that's what I've been doing for about 20 years. Neither the US nor UK check passports on the way out. The airlines only check to make sure I'll be able to get in the country I'm flying to. If the UK started requiting visas from Americans, then I guess I would show my UK passport to the...
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    Question for dual citizens: passport

    I have dual US UK citizenship, and I've never had a problem. The only place I use my UK passport is when I enter the UK. When leaving the UK, I use my US passport because the airline is making sure I can enter the US before they let me board. I've never had any questions on entering the US.
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    Obamacare premiums going way up for many (22% on average)

    I just got my notification from Blue Cross TX. It's going up 62.7% from $234.97 to $382.42. Also my deductible is going up from $6000 to $6500. I'm 38, in good health, and haven't claimed a dime on my health insurance since 2005. Looking back over the years my premium was around $100 (+/-...
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    AMD Zen CPU & AM4 Socket Pictured – PGA Design With 1331 Pins Confirmed

    The pin density looks similar to Intel's mobile chips (hard to be sure without knowing the size of the chip). With those, the shorter, more closely space pins seem less prone to getting bent that AM2/3 pins. The exposed capacitors on the bottom of Intel chips often get damaged with careless...
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    Need someone who knows something about mobo circuitry pls

    Sometimes all it takes i reseating the CPU. Also, finger prints, dust, or heat sink compound on the contacts can cause problems. It's not a bad idea to clean the bottom of the CPU with alcohol if it may have been touched. Inspect and blow out the socket with compressed air.
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    4w increase in TDP a problem in Laptop?

    Also, remember that TDP isn't a measure of how much power the CPU will use, but a spec for how much cooling capacity is required to guarantee that it won't overheat. Notice that all of the socket M Core 2 chips have a 34W TDP. I'll guarantee that the top end T7600 will run hotter than the...
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    4w increase in TDP a problem in Laptop?

    It will probably be fine. Was this same model laptop ever offered with a Core 2 Duo? If it was, try to find out if they used a different heat sink/fan in the Core 2 Duo version. For example, the Thinkpad T60 was introduced with a Core Duo, but later sold with the Core 2 Duo. They switched to...
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    Talk me out of buying an ES CPU with a ridiculous core count from ebay...

    You'll have to be very careful which motherboard and BIOS version you use unless it's a release stepping. It's handy to have a low end production chip for BIOS flashing and testing. Most of these ES chips are salvaged from e-scrap, so be sure to inspect it for damage before using it.
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    Ten Year Anniversary of Core 2 Duo and Conroe

    The top end 939 FX60 still goes for over $100 on ebay, but I think that's more of a collectible thing.
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    Lamborghini

    I'm guessing this is the car in question: http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/09/15/downpour-floods-underground-parking-lot-with-lamborghini/
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    What do you consider the best value in used processors today?

    Very true, but if you need a lot of cores and support for a lot of RAM, they're hard to beat for up front cost.
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    What do you consider the best value in used processors today?

    The best value in cores per $ has to be an AMD Opteron. A 16 core 6272 can be easily had for $50. A 12 core 6174 can be had for a mere $15! Not bad considering these were over $1000 just a few years ago. It does say a lot about how far AMD has fallen in the server market though...
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    Pulled over for "direct eye contract"

    Exactly, if he had been going any faster the cop would have given him a speeding ticket.
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    Does Olive Garden still suck?

    You can use an Olive Garden gift card at any Darden Restaurant. Depending on where you are, there may be better options.
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    Halt and Catch Fire Season 2

    I was surprised it got a second season. I had high hopes after Madmen, and I really wanted to like it, but I couldn't make it past episode 3 of season 1. The premise was good, but the characters were predictable cliches, and the glaring technical inaccuracies and contrived technical problems...
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    What's the deal w/pulled HDD's sold w/Win7 installed? Technically not allowed?

    Before moving a hard drive from one system to another, it's a good idea to change the IDE/SATA driver to the standard/generic driver. Just click on update driver, brows my computer, and let me pick a driver. There should be a standard driver under the list of compatible drivers. After booting...
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    Do you get discs delivered by Netflix?

    No option for discs only?
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    "Sold" something on eBay, buyer hasn't paid...options?

    If you sell as a fixed price listing, you can require immediate payment.
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