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Geezers Going Down Hard, Larry Kudlow Edition

Hopefully because Satan prioritized Kissinger. I'm not sure why it's fashionable lately to make a show of feeling bad when a tiny fraction of someone's awfulness get revisited upon them but it has solidified my antipathy for fashion. :p
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- Post #32
- Jun 14, 2018
- Forum: Politics and News
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2x 32" 2K vs 1x 48" 4K?

'Tis indeed. My biggest concern is just whether it'll artifact or lag at 1440p, plus general QC concerns.
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- Post #11
- Apr 27, 2018
- Forum: Displays
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2x 32" 2K vs 1x 48" 4K?

I wish you well on your quest to spread the semantics gospel. May you find much joy and success in a thread on that topic.
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- Post #9
- Apr 27, 2018
- Forum: Displays
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2x 32" 2K vs 1x 48" 4K?

repoman0 - I sit about 2' away from my 32" right now but I keep my desk mostly empty, could easily push back another 18" or so. I am a little concerned about the height of a 48"... right now the top of the 32" is maybe 4-6" above my eyes so going to 48 may be sacrificing ergonomics a bit. And my...
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- Post #8
- Apr 27, 2018
- Forum: Displays
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2x 32" 2K vs 1x 48" 4K?

2K = 1440p, not 1080p. Edit: looks like there's some debate about it. Not interested in debating the merits of the terminology; when I say it I mean 1440. :p
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- Post #3
- Apr 27, 2018
- Forum: Displays
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2x 32" 2K vs 1x 48" 4K?

Time to upgrade monitors. I'll be running whatever I get off the desktop in my sig. My workload is a pretty even mix of text (Python, Word, Excel, Chrome), light Photoshop/Illustrator, light gaming (mostly Starcraft II), and the occasional movie. Good text clarity is an absolute must, but I also...
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- Thread
- Apr 27, 2018
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Displays
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Toronto van-attack terrorist linked to misogynist "incel" movement

GG is about fairness the way cannibalism is about sharing. Anyone who hasn't figured that out is... not reading the news, to be as charitable as possible. And yeah, they're precisely the same human wastelands that join incel groups and think swatting is hilarious and occasionally decide it's not...
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- Post #19
- Apr 25, 2018
- Forum: Politics and News
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MS hasn't done anything overly evil in a while. Guess they got bored.

Denly that's only correct inasmuch as the activation on newer machines is embedded in the BIOS rather than on a disc.
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- Post #12
- Apr 25, 2018
- Forum: Politics and News
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MS hasn't done anything overly evil in a while. Guess they got bored.

sdifox - that was before he lost his appeal.
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- Post #9
- Apr 25, 2018
- Forum: Politics and News
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MS hasn't done anything overly evil in a while. Guess they got bored.

Fenix - that would be an issue IMHO if he was making any significant profit on them. Would've been reasonable to hit him with a small fine and tell him to cease and desist with the logos (although really the OEM restore disks I've seen have such generic branding that any disc not labeled in...
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- Post #8
- Apr 25, 2018
- Forum: Politics and News
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MS hasn't done anything overly evil in a while. Guess they got bored.

1/10, as in $15? That was legal or some shady ebay deal? Thing that pisses me off is that I have no objection to capitalism in reasonable form. Get rid of these deranged assholes making it look like legalized vampirism and we'd have a pretty good system on our hands. I'm not gonna advocate...
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- Post #6
- Apr 25, 2018
- Forum: Politics and News
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Toronto van-attack terrorist linked to misogynist "incel" movement

Yeah, I'm beginning to think psycho politics are just that one part of Cluster B we haven't properly described yet... or it's a grab bag of the existing stuff. On the flip side, I do remember reading recently that a large chunk of these domestic terrorists don't have any clinical disorder...
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- Post #8
- Apr 25, 2018
- Forum: Politics and News
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MS hasn't done anything overly evil in a while. Guess they got bored.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/04/24/recycling-innovator-eric-lundgren-loses-appeal-on-computer-restore-discs-must-serve-15-month-prison-term/ Seriously. Fsck this company. I'm not usually hyperbolic about corporate douchebaggery, but this just makes me want to get...
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- Thread
- Apr 25, 2018
- Replies: 19
- Forum: Politics and News
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Toronto van-attack terrorist linked to misogynist "incel" movement

I'll take "what is a self-fulfilling prophecy?" for 600, Alex.
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- Post #2
- Apr 25, 2018
- Forum: Politics and News
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4k tv as monitor?

Eh, I got pretty intense with gaming in college but these days it's a casual affair that often involves a beer or two. I mostly play StarCraft 2 and a bit of Doom, dabble in other stuff occasionally. I'm plenty happy with my cheap LG 32" 1080p IPS screen, just wanted more real estate for...
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- Post #3
- Dec 31, 2017
- Forum: Computer Building

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