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    manikyath got a reaction from DeerDK in Fanboys will HATE my Console Tier List   
    none of which i particularly care about. PS3 was the point where a lot of the more quirky games really just vanished.. crash bandicoot (which was *the* game i bought for PS1 and PS2) gone, all ratchet &clank got was a remake of the PS2 games. yes, it had a lot of "big serious titles", but that's also the only games that it got. i did know a few people who were into PS3, and what was quite obvious at the time was the severe lack of split-screen multiplayer games.. which is quite key when you have to share with a sibling.
     
    i was actually *in the store* for a PS3 when i had to notice that none of the games on she shelf even came close to appealing to me..
    also, from the viewpoint at the time where i was deciding between PS3 and wii:
    - uncharted "series": only one was released, and at the time 13 year old me wasnt exactly looking for an action RPG.
    - the last of us: despite "not being my jam" once again - this released when my wii was already 7 years old.
    - metal gear solid.. somehow the third action RPG on this list of 3 games so far.
    - to explain to you how 'late' GTA V was to my consideration of what console to buy.. there have been 4 computer purchases between the before mentioned wii, and me buying GTA V on the pc. the only reason this is on your list is because this was available for just about anything they could shoehorn a port onto.. they'd haev stuck it on the 3DS if they could.
    - god of war.. we're on 4/5 for action RPG's here, only exception being an action adventure for GTA V...
    - dark souls.. 5/6 on the action RPG...
     
    yes.. truly vast and huge selection of games to pick from, if you're into action RPG's at all.
     
    meanwhile, my selection of wii games:
    - wii sports, that was included with the thing. i'd say i wish i had an hour tracker to see how much of this we played, but the highscores say it all.. some of the profiles on my wii have rankings so high it breaks UI elements.
    - mario kart wii.. because PS3 didnt have crash team racing. yes.. this game being on the right shelf at the right time was the deciding factor.
    - wii play was a quick addition for living room fun.
    - super mario bros wii because it is obligatory to own a mario bros game for every nintendo platform owned.
    - tiger woods PGA tour 08.. because my dad is into golf, he bought it for himself.. but it was actually plenty fun for the whole family.
    - i dont exactly recall the occasion for wii fit being added to the library, but it quickly became the most played game, despite being a glorified fitness tracker with some balance minigames.
    - a few more things like a sims spinoff, a duck hunting game, and a few more bits and pieces.. but the above are the key ones.
     
    also.. nothing your PS3 cell processor can do beats spending the entire afternoon laughing at PS1 hagrid.

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    manikyath got a reaction from Needfuldoer in UPS question   
    pure sine is always better than approximation.
     
    but that said, are other devices also affected? (do your displays also flake out, etc)
    because if it's just the pc, it might be the power supply that's struggling for some reason.
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    manikyath got a reaction from kpluck in McDonald's Locations to start using Facial Biometrics for Time Clock.   
    i'm gonna say an asshole thing here..
    - ask your manager to define it more clearly before you sign it.
    - if they will not, or force you to sign away your rights on the spot, find a different job.
     
    maybe that's coming from a very european viewpoint, where companies literally cannot find enough staff..
  4. Funny
    manikyath got a reaction from AbsoluteWoo in Fanboys will HATE my Console Tier List   
    none of which i particularly care about. PS3 was the point where a lot of the more quirky games really just vanished.. crash bandicoot (which was *the* game i bought for PS1 and PS2) gone, all ratchet &clank got was a remake of the PS2 games. yes, it had a lot of "big serious titles", but that's also the only games that it got. i did know a few people who were into PS3, and what was quite obvious at the time was the severe lack of split-screen multiplayer games.. which is quite key when you have to share with a sibling.
     
    i was actually *in the store* for a PS3 when i had to notice that none of the games on she shelf even came close to appealing to me..
    also, from the viewpoint at the time where i was deciding between PS3 and wii:
    - uncharted "series": only one was released, and at the time 13 year old me wasnt exactly looking for an action RPG.
    - the last of us: despite "not being my jam" once again - this released when my wii was already 7 years old.
    - metal gear solid.. somehow the third action RPG on this list of 3 games so far.
    - to explain to you how 'late' GTA V was to my consideration of what console to buy.. there have been 4 computer purchases between the before mentioned wii, and me buying GTA V on the pc. the only reason this is on your list is because this was available for just about anything they could shoehorn a port onto.. they'd haev stuck it on the 3DS if they could.
    - god of war.. we're on 4/5 for action RPG's here, only exception being an action adventure for GTA V...
    - dark souls.. 5/6 on the action RPG...
     
    yes.. truly vast and huge selection of games to pick from, if you're into action RPG's at all.
     
    meanwhile, my selection of wii games:
    - wii sports, that was included with the thing. i'd say i wish i had an hour tracker to see how much of this we played, but the highscores say it all.. some of the profiles on my wii have rankings so high it breaks UI elements.
    - mario kart wii.. because PS3 didnt have crash team racing. yes.. this game being on the right shelf at the right time was the deciding factor.
    - wii play was a quick addition for living room fun.
    - super mario bros wii because it is obligatory to own a mario bros game for every nintendo platform owned.
    - tiger woods PGA tour 08.. because my dad is into golf, he bought it for himself.. but it was actually plenty fun for the whole family.
    - i dont exactly recall the occasion for wii fit being added to the library, but it quickly became the most played game, despite being a glorified fitness tracker with some balance minigames.
    - a few more things like a sims spinoff, a duck hunting game, and a few more bits and pieces.. but the above are the key ones.
     
    also.. nothing your PS3 cell processor can do beats spending the entire afternoon laughing at PS1 hagrid.

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    manikyath got a reaction from will0hlep in Fanboys will HATE my Console Tier List   
    i have to say it's really an "easy content, but actually did some serious effort" type of feel on this one. aside from the tier list i like the quick "history lesson" that this turns out to be.
     
    on that note.. the PS3's rather disappointing game library made me go from PS1 to PS2, to nintendo wii.
     
    the wii is also the last console i've bought, despite returning to the game store SEVERAL more years i always ended coming home with a pc game to play on holiday, rather than a new console.
     
    on that note, i am slightly disappointed that the switch made it to S tier, but the wii didnt. i still own the wii i bought in 2007, and the balance board i bought in 2008. of ALL the gadgets we have piled up in the attic, the only thing that regularly descends from the heavens for family events is the crusty old wii.. because nothing before it, and nothing after it will capture that "quirky party game" vibe like the wii did. yes the games are incredibly simple, but the simplicity is what makes it so "timelessly fun". i can load up wii fit's ski jump minigame, and no matter the audience, everyone will have a blast.
    the only huge downside.. is that the "great" wii games are very rare.. with my "top 10" including "achtung wii kurve" - a hacky homebrew port of "achtung die kurve / curve fever", a silly snake-alike flash game, that apparently sorely needed tilt controls to be even more unplayable.
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    manikyath got a reaction from VinLAURiA in Fanboys will HATE my Console Tier List   
    i have to say it's really an "easy content, but actually did some serious effort" type of feel on this one. aside from the tier list i like the quick "history lesson" that this turns out to be.
     
    on that note.. the PS3's rather disappointing game library made me go from PS1 to PS2, to nintendo wii.
     
    the wii is also the last console i've bought, despite returning to the game store SEVERAL more years i always ended coming home with a pc game to play on holiday, rather than a new console.
     
    on that note, i am slightly disappointed that the switch made it to S tier, but the wii didnt. i still own the wii i bought in 2007, and the balance board i bought in 2008. of ALL the gadgets we have piled up in the attic, the only thing that regularly descends from the heavens for family events is the crusty old wii.. because nothing before it, and nothing after it will capture that "quirky party game" vibe like the wii did. yes the games are incredibly simple, but the simplicity is what makes it so "timelessly fun". i can load up wii fit's ski jump minigame, and no matter the audience, everyone will have a blast.
    the only huge downside.. is that the "great" wii games are very rare.. with my "top 10" including "achtung wii kurve" - a hacky homebrew port of "achtung die kurve / curve fever", a silly snake-alike flash game, that apparently sorely needed tilt controls to be even more unplayable.
  7. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from thechinchinsong in Apple Opens up parts swapping between devices   
    stolen phones might be scrapped for parts in the same way that cash may be used to buy drugs.
     
    should we then also ban cash?
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    manikyath got a reaction from filpo in Is there anyway to get the price tag down to $500?   
    off the top of my head the CX is acceptable enough, and defenately better than the "unknown value of a power supply known to have been a bait&switch and potentially lying about their 80+ cert as a result".
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    manikyath got a reaction from JobinJames in Apple Opens up parts swapping between devices   
    let me translate that for you:
     
    apple has stopped binding components to devices by serial number, using some false pretense about calibration profiles to avoid facing regulatory backlash for actively blocking any sort of repairability of their devices.
     
    you cannot get legitimate parts to repair apple devices without agreeing to horrendous agreements designed to put repair shops out of business.
     
    on top of that, the stolen phones argument is complete BS here. no one is stealing phones to harvest their battery and display.
  10. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from Dominik W in Apple Opens up parts swapping between devices   
    let me translate that for you:
     
    apple has stopped binding components to devices by serial number, using some false pretense about calibration profiles to avoid facing regulatory backlash for actively blocking any sort of repairability of their devices.
     
    you cannot get legitimate parts to repair apple devices without agreeing to horrendous agreements designed to put repair shops out of business.
     
    on top of that, the stolen phones argument is complete BS here. no one is stealing phones to harvest their battery and display.
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    manikyath reacted to Ryker Robb in Can SATA controler break you HDD?   
    You could try doing a benchmark on it, using hd tune or victoria. One that actually graphs the speed of the entire drive. Like this: 
    or this: 

  12. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from Sauron in Apple Opens up parts swapping between devices   
    let me translate that for you:
     
    apple has stopped binding components to devices by serial number, using some false pretense about calibration profiles to avoid facing regulatory backlash for actively blocking any sort of repairability of their devices.
     
    you cannot get legitimate parts to repair apple devices without agreeing to horrendous agreements designed to put repair shops out of business.
     
    on top of that, the stolen phones argument is complete BS here. no one is stealing phones to harvest their battery and display.
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    manikyath got a reaction from Eigenvektor in Help to make a statistical ppt better   
    well.. there's this "rule of thumb" to not have more than 7 lines ona slide, and not more than 7 words per slide.
    i'd assume it goes the same way with numbers.
     
    also, if you're having a presentation about what is in a spreadsheet, you may as well show the spreadsheet. the point of powerpoint (bahdumtish..) is that instead of just taking the source documents, you compress that information down to something that's easy to digest.
     
    you'd want to distill the data on the spreadsheet down to bulletpoints, perhaps with simple graphs.
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    manikyath got a reaction from Needfuldoer in Help to make a statistical ppt better   
    well.. there's this "rule of thumb" to not have more than 7 lines ona slide, and not more than 7 words per slide.
    i'd assume it goes the same way with numbers.
     
    also, if you're having a presentation about what is in a spreadsheet, you may as well show the spreadsheet. the point of powerpoint (bahdumtish..) is that instead of just taking the source documents, you compress that information down to something that's easy to digest.
     
    you'd want to distill the data on the spreadsheet down to bulletpoints, perhaps with simple graphs.
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    manikyath got a reaction from JustSolo in Help to make a statistical ppt better   
    well.. there's this "rule of thumb" to not have more than 7 lines ona slide, and not more than 7 words per slide.
    i'd assume it goes the same way with numbers.
     
    also, if you're having a presentation about what is in a spreadsheet, you may as well show the spreadsheet. the point of powerpoint (bahdumtish..) is that instead of just taking the source documents, you compress that information down to something that's easy to digest.
     
    you'd want to distill the data on the spreadsheet down to bulletpoints, perhaps with simple graphs.
  16. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from thechinchinsong in Apple Opens up parts swapping between devices   
    then lock the motherboard. there, done.
     
    dont tie the display or the battery to the motherboard. there's no reason to do that, it achieves nothing.
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    manikyath got a reaction from Fasauceome in Can't plug in the +4 pin connector   
    what motherboard, what cpu, and what +4?
     
    if you're running some i5 on a board with 8 + 4 cpu power connectors, that's fine.
    if you're running some threadripper or epyc, you want all of it plugged in.
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    manikyath got a reaction from PDifolco in Can't plug in the +4 pin connector   
    what motherboard, what cpu, and what +4?
     
    if you're running some i5 on a board with 8 + 4 cpu power connectors, that's fine.
    if you're running some threadripper or epyc, you want all of it plugged in.
  19. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from Sanedish in Can't plug in the +4 pin connector   
    what motherboard, what cpu, and what +4?
     
    if you're running some i5 on a board with 8 + 4 cpu power connectors, that's fine.
    if you're running some threadripper or epyc, you want all of it plugged in.
  20. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from Needfuldoer in Can't plug in the +4 pin connector   
    what motherboard, what cpu, and what +4?
     
    if you're running some i5 on a board with 8 + 4 cpu power connectors, that's fine.
    if you're running some threadripper or epyc, you want all of it plugged in.
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    manikyath got a reaction from GuiltySpark_ in Stop Windows from re-postioning my Windows after monitor turns off   
    you're using displayport, you're encountering my least favourite feature of displayport.
     
    *some* monitors have a configuration option to not disconnect when they go to sleep, but it's often well hidden for some back-asswards reason.
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    manikyath got a reaction from RockSolid1106 in Apple Opens up parts swapping between devices   
    then lock the motherboard. there, done.
     
    dont tie the display or the battery to the motherboard. there's no reason to do that, it achieves nothing.
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    manikyath got a reaction from RockSolid1106 in Apple Opens up parts swapping between devices   
    let me translate that for you:
     
    apple has stopped binding components to devices by serial number, using some false pretense about calibration profiles to avoid facing regulatory backlash for actively blocking any sort of repairability of their devices.
     
    you cannot get legitimate parts to repair apple devices without agreeing to horrendous agreements designed to put repair shops out of business.
     
    on top of that, the stolen phones argument is complete BS here. no one is stealing phones to harvest their battery and display.
  24. Agree
    manikyath got a reaction from Zando_ in Apple Opens up parts swapping between devices   
    let me translate that for you:
     
    apple has stopped binding components to devices by serial number, using some false pretense about calibration profiles to avoid facing regulatory backlash for actively blocking any sort of repairability of their devices.
     
    you cannot get legitimate parts to repair apple devices without agreeing to horrendous agreements designed to put repair shops out of business.
     
    on top of that, the stolen phones argument is complete BS here. no one is stealing phones to harvest their battery and display.
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    manikyath got a reaction from Holmes108 in US lawmaker proposes a public database of all AI training material used by AI models.   
    the LLM does not have a database of sources. that's not how they work. the trained model has no reference to 'each individual source used' in a way that can be traced back to said source with certainty.
     
    also, the law proposes the list of sources used should be sent to some govt office... should they then send an E-mail with millions of URL's? because the content of websites is often at least partially copyrighted... so every crawled webpage is affected by this.
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