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- Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:33 am
- Forum: Discussion Forum
- Topic: Cop vs Acorn
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1793
Re: Cop vs Acorn
Wow, that's bad. I didn't know you had cops like that there too. We generally don't (they wouldn't be for long... they'd be in prison if they fired through a doorway like that). Most police here have University degrees. It's not a requirement, but most do before they go off to police academies. I wa...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 8:23 am
- Forum: Discussion Forum
- Topic: HP's Printer Rental
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1980
Re: HP's Printer Rental
Yeah, the whole device stops working if even one of your cartridges is detected as empty. That makes me very angry.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:38 am
- Forum: Discussion Forum
- Topic: Cop vs Acorn
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1793
Re: Cop vs Acorn
Well, in the U.S. ex military are a shoe-in for policing. Perfect for remorselessly treating the population as the enemy. Soldier vs. police are (should be) different mindsets.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:35 am
- Forum: Discussion Forum
- Topic: HP's Printer Rental
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1980
Re: HP's Printer Rental
I heard about their antics, first ink subscriptions and now this. The CEO actually said that if customers aren't buying their ink, they are a bad investment. (In other words they don't want you as a customer) This house is HP free, there is not one thing here that bears their name. I hate their kit,...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:10 am
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Re: Gathering parts for new build
The courier did come just as I was about to pull out of the driveway today, with a very small box. I didn't even open it, it felt like just the box of screws I ordered. So when I got home tonight, I found that it had the CPU (very small packaging when there's no stock cooler), the 2 RAM kits, the NV...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:02 pm
- Forum: Discussion Forum
- Topic: FB Posts
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1422
Re: FB Posts
I'm sorry it was so short, but that's good to hear that you met him while you could. I'll bet it made his passing more peaceful.
Thanks for posting this stuff, I'm the only guy not on Facebook. I just can't stomach that platform. (had bad experiences)
Thanks for posting this stuff, I'm the only guy not on Facebook. I just can't stomach that platform. (had bad experiences)
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Discussion Forum
- Topic: Cop vs Acorn
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1793
Re: Cop vs Acorn
It's kind of hard to predict what a human may do with a gun. You hear about crazy shootings, like someone got their order wrong at McDonalds.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:10 am
- Forum: Gaming
- Topic: Proton and Wine
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3261
Proton and Wine
Well, we don't have a Proton/Wine thread yet. I just went to do a new build of my proton-tkg and noticed that Valve Bleeding Edge is now Wine 9.0 based! I got as far as building the vr_client and it bombed out on inapplicable patches. I looked at the source file and see they aren't needed anymore so...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Re: Gathering parts for new build
Everything is shipped. I should have the first 5 items tomorrow (CPU, screws, RAM, NVME) but the motherboard is shipping from dog knows where and I have a shipping date of March 7 - March 13. That doesn't make a lot of sense, it's Purolator courier and it wouldn't take that long from anywhere in the...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:12 pm
- Forum: Linux and Unix
- Topic: New Kernel
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4255
Re: New Kernel
Linux 6.7.7 today https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.7.7 Anyone using zswap (swap file with compressed pages in RAM) would want this kernel. There are a few fixes for zswap but this one is serious mm/zswap: invalidate duplicate entry when !zswap_enabled commit 678e54d4bb9a4822f...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:39 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Re: Gathering parts for new build
I also see my NVME drive is sold by a third party, but "fulfilled" by Amazon. That sounds like they initiate cross shipping, rather than "shipped by Amazon" or letting the seller handle it. I really have to pay more attention to that instead of being all gimme gimme when ordering...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Re: Gathering parts for new build
Oops, I fucked up... motherboard not shipping from Amazon. Oh well, I guess I'll just see what happens instead of trying to go back and cancel and re-order that one thing. Damn, I wondered why it was a few bucks cheaper than the item I looked at the other day. (but who looks a gift horse in the mout...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Re: Gathering parts for new build
Well, I'm a master of procrastination (doesn't help that I still love my current computer) but there's no turning back now :mrgreen: One stop shopping: amazonpartsbuy.jpg Next is going to be the video card, as that's also potentially volatile. (anything with memory and especially video cards for GPU...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:01 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Re: Gathering parts for new build
Cable management to me means having them loose, so they are easy to get at without having to remove hardware from the case. When I hooked everything up in this one, I took a picture of it so you all could laugh at me. Ugly floppy ribbon cable draped from top to bottom too. I have a plexi side pane, ...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:05 am
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
- Replies: 7
- Views: 721
Re: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
It wasn't in too bad a state when I got poking/cleaning/disabling. It had actual McCrappy Antivirus and the web shield installed though, I was surprised to see. I promptly removed that. It also had Microsoft Office 365 both English and French editions fully installed. Not having that. We're not goin...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:37 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
- Replies: 7
- Views: 721
Re: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
I wish I had "wget" lol
(I've either got to use Microsoft Edge to download Firefox, or transfer the download via USB stick. I don't want to run Microsoft Edge even once. I'll be deleting the icons for it so nobody does)
(I've either got to use Microsoft Edge to download Firefox, or transfer the download via USB stick. I don't want to run Microsoft Edge even once. I'll be deleting the icons for it so nobody does)
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:24 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
- Replies: 7
- Views: 721
Re: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
It's even worse than that, the Acer setup won't proceed without connecting to a network. There's no way to bypass it, no way to kill it (alt+F4 doesn't work) and the only option if you can't connect to a network is to "use another device to access the following troubleshooting steps" Fuck ...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:12 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
- Replies: 7
- Views: 721
Re: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
I got the laptop today, it actually came from Indianapolis by FedEx so it took a few days (ordered on Saturday). I haven't powered it up yet, as it's been on cold trucks for days, but everything looks to be in order. It was shipped in 3 cartons within each other. A shipping carton, with the laptop i...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:06 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Re: Gathering parts for new build
Oh wow, look at the price on that monitor. That would almost put me off, thinking it would be too crappy. I would have never considered that, but if that's what you're using it's got to be pretty good. That just incentivized me (probably half the cost I would have considered for a display with fast ...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Re: Gathering parts for new build
Thanks man, that looks pretty good. I didn't mean for you to spend all that time. I wasn't sure if the TPM was something they let you disable anymore since it's for "security" against you. I think that's the board I'm going for then. I'm just sitting here thinking about all the shit I'm go...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:33 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Re: Gathering parts for new build
Yeah, my nephew has a good MSI board. He's done a few builds pretty much exactly like his with his friends, too. Though, my record with Gigabyte has been very good. They use good capacitors and shit. No way I'm buying that one though, "Warning! Choking Hazard -- Small Parts. Not for children un...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Re: Gathering parts for new build
I'm probably going to go with that i9-12900K then, it should be enough CPU. I am still undecided on motherboard.
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:46 pm
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: Set up Windows 11 with a local account
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2979
Set up Windows 11 with a local account
Something that I'm going to be doing in the next few days (hopefully, whenever dad's new laptop comes). There are a few ways to do this. This is a pretty good link here, with screenshots and stuff, so I'll post it and summarize a few things https://www.windowscentral.com/how-set-windows-11-without-m...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 7:22 pm
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Gathering parts for new build
- Replies: 51
- Views: 3249
Gathering parts for new build
I might as well start a thread for this. Well, it looks like the Rocket Lake (11th gen i9) plan is bust, due to the availability of Z590 boards. I know if I look, I'd find one, but I'm unwilling to trust unknown retailers. Currently I'll shop at Amazon (still have Prime) or Canada Computers. I won't...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: Discussion Forum
- Topic: Cop vs Acorn
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1793
Re: Cop vs Acorn
I don't get how an acorn would spook a cop to start firing in a panic. There are some excitable boys that probably shouldn't have guns.
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: Discussion Forum
- Topic: Cop vs Acorn
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1793
Re: Cop vs Acorn
Testicling this media embed extension I just installed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bBdXdAhzBg You just have to paste the URL (I was confused by an old FAQ entry for the addon that indicated using [embed] [/embed] tags but that neither is necessary nor recognized). It's changed to [media] [/med...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:34 am
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
- Replies: 7
- Views: 721
Re: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
Me too, I like Acer. Good quality for the money (at least the hardware, maybe housings and shit not so much). I said "we're getting an Acer... I'll go to their web site and pick a model"
Last time we bought two laptops for the kids direct from Acer, the shipping was excellent.
Last time we bought two laptops for the kids direct from Acer, the shipping was excellent.
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:50 am
- Forum: Universal Hardware
- Topic: Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
- Replies: 7
- Views: 721
Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP
Aspire 5 Laptop - A515-58M-56BP https://store.acer.com/en-ca/aspire-5-laptop-a515-58m-56bp We ordered this for my Dad yesterday, he needs to have his own surf buggy because Mom is on the PC a lot. The CPU is "Intel® Core™ i5-1335U processor Deca-core 1.30 GHz" (low base frequency for power...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:52 pm
- Forum: Linux and Unix
- Topic: Zema Updated LibreWolf PKGBUILD
- Replies: 5
- Views: 962
Re: Zema Updated LibreWolf PKGBUILD
Something I forgot to mention: cat >>../mozconfig <<END # Arch upstream has it in their PKGBUILD, ALARM does not for aarch64: #ac_add_options --disable-elf-hack There is no need to --disable-elf-hack. That is a useful method of reducing relocation overhead in that big libxul.so. Distributors routine...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Linux and Unix
- Topic: Zema Updated LibreWolf PKGBUILD
- Replies: 5
- Views: 962
Re: Zema Updated LibreWolf PKGBUILD
Updated PKGBUILD for LibreWolf 123.0 Changes: pkgver and pkgrel, sha256sum of librewolf tarball. If not for wanting the checksums to match, I'd have just had you change the pkgver lol The patch is still the same, comment out the patch line if you don't want it. I tested this as far as prepare(), you...