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TacoSenpai

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    TacoSenpai got a reaction from Bismut in Hot take: in 2024, 8GB of memory is enough for non-enthusiasts   
    Based take the Apollo 11 landed on the moon and brought astronauts back alive with 2KB of RAM.
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    TacoSenpai reacted to Levent in Hot take: in 2024, 8GB of memory is enough for non-enthusiasts   
    Hot take 4gb of ram is enough for those.
     
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    TacoSenpai reacted to podkall in I love my wife, but how do I protect her phone from her?   
    @_Omega_ or just get Nokia 3310
     

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    TacoSenpai reacted to AntsinmyEyesJohnson in Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯   
    My RX-8. 2004 with 60k on it. 6 speed manual.


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    TacoSenpai reacted to dekrypte in ryzen 7 5800x or ryzen 5 5600x   
    aight thanks
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    TacoSenpai reacted to Thepyrodex in Your Car is Watching You | What will happen when dumb-cars are outlawed?   
    1996 Chevy Tahoe with 308,000
    1998 Oldsmobile eighty eight with 211,000 on it
    1999 Chrysler Sebring 160,000 
    2003 mustang GT with 145,000 and auto crossed for 50,000 miles of its life.

    They are much easier to fix.
     
    they don’t have model specific tech like touch screens that will be impossible to find in 5-7 years or need OTA updates.  If I want a GPS I have my phone, and it isn’t permanently attached to the car, I can upgrade it easily.   Their  sound systems are great, the AC blows cold, the ride is smooth and nice, good gas mileage 24-27mpg highway (minus mustang at 18) 
     
    they are much cheaper to buy and insure.
     
    Most modern cars use turbos to make that extra power which lowers the life of the engine.  ANY forced induction system on a gasoline engine will do this.  turbos have a lot of other issues especially if you’re not perfect with the oil changes as most of them use the engine oil for the turbo also.
     
    I find it interesting that you believe being into tech means you have to want it in all your things.  To me being into tech has shown me that only thing you can afford to replace at a very regular interval will be “up to date”, and I don’t know of many people that can afford to replace their car as often as their phones.
     
    what creature comforts are to talking about?  “Auto pilot”?  Driver assists?  Heated seats?  
     
    as for the power part.  A 2023 Honda civic makes 158 HP 138 ft/lbs, My 1998 Oldsmobile makes 205 and 230.  My 99 Sebring  makes 163 hp and 170 ft/lbs torque.
     
    if you are talking about “top of the line” models of cars, made today, yes they are more powerful but again, daily driving isn’t a race track, who is actually trying to hit the listed 0-60 times at a red light in morning traffic?  If you are talking about your average family car, no they really aren’t as they are not trying to make a Honda odyssey get to 60 in under 5 seconds.
     
     
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    TacoSenpai reacted to 8tg in Your Car is Watching You | What will happen when dumb-cars are outlawed?   
    from my cold dead hands


    if they outlaw my car I will simply be an outlaw 
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    TacoSenpai got a reaction from sub68 in 10 Years of the LTT Forum   
    Wow can't believe its been that long I've been on it for a good portion of those years.  Here's to 10 more!
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    TacoSenpai reacted to Needfuldoer in Linus Tech Tips, Tech Quickie, Tech Linked channels hacked   
    Damn it, Colton!
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    TacoSenpai reacted to LinusTech in Linus Tech Tips, Tech Quickie, Tech Linked channels hacked   
    Thanks for the concern everyone. We are still in recovery mode over here and working with YouTube to get everything restored. Will hopefully have a video (or at least an update on WAN Show) to share with you all ASAP, but we want to make sure we get the details right since smaller channels may rely on our experience to help harden their own security.
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    TacoSenpai reacted to MrAeral in Linus Tech Tips, Tech Quickie, Tech Linked channels hacked   
    Yeah, we must panic for sure. A whole day or two without Linus videos. I will not make it through...
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    TacoSenpai reacted to starsmine in Noctua Poop Brown yay or nay?   
    people who see a khaki color and go "poop" are people that need to do some self reflection honestly. 
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    TacoSenpai reacted to NinJake in Noctua Poop Brown yay or nay?   
    No window here. No RGB either for that matter. I don't mind the noctua color scheme.
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    TacoSenpai reacted to XWAUForceflow in Noctua Poop Brown yay or nay?   
    I bought a PC case that doesn't have a window. I do not want to look into my case, I only want to do cable management as far as it's sensible for air-flow and nothing else.
     
    Hence I could not care any less about the color of my fans, but boy do I love the Noctua performance 🙂
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    TacoSenpai reacted to TetraSky in Noctua Poop Brown yay or nay?   
    Yay.
    I have a window on my case, it's acrylic. I sanded it. It now looks "frosted", no longer see through. I love my poop brown noctua fans in my case that I can't see. 
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    TacoSenpai got a reaction from dogwitch in Amazon RTX 3080 Scam Experience (Sumbuy)   
    I typically keep my old componets like gpus, ram, cpus, coolers, ssds.  Probably will sell my gtx1080 and 1800x since i did a refresh.  
     
    To me its even easier to play older complete titles now in days given the unfortunate state of the AAA games industry
     
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    TacoSenpai reacted to dogwitch in Amazon RTX 3080 Scam Experience (Sumbuy)   
    my flair build. mostly used parts.
    i kind of play  a lot of older stuff. that need lots of cores. i.e rts sim etc games.
    i finale have  enough core to play on.
    i got tired chasing the bleed edge gaming pc.
    when you find out server in 1 1u chassis can vm multiply clients of same spec pc...
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    TacoSenpai reacted to Crunchy Dragon in Amazon RTX 3080 Scam Experience (Sumbuy)   
    Oh for sure. I just recently upgraded to Intel X299 a few months ago, and it's perfect for what I need out of a desktop system right now.
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    TacoSenpai reacted to Crunchy Dragon in Amazon RTX 3080 Scam Experience (Sumbuy)   
    If I'm buying a new GPU, that's usually how I do it too. I've not had any issues so far buying used GPUs from Ebay and Craigslist, though.
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    TacoSenpai reacted to Crunchy Dragon in Amazon RTX 3080 Scam Experience (Sumbuy)   
    I buy a lot of my hardware used, typically the only things I only buy new are cases, power supplies, and storage devices. I haven't ran "modern" hardware in years just because it's cheaper to buy perfectly good old stuff on the used market than perfectly good expensive stuff new.
     
    You just have to know what to look for to avoid scams, bad products, etc.
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    TacoSenpai reacted to Beenz4Koni in Noctua Poop Brown yay or nay?   
    I love Noctua poop brown, it calls to me when I shop for fans. I recently found a BT controller with the same color scheme and it's my favorite 
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    TacoSenpai reacted to Zando_ in Noctua Poop Brown yay or nay?   
    I don't mind the browns, but I don't go out of my way to use them either. Have iPPC (black frame brown corners) and Redux fans in my main rig, browns in my funny Dell chassis. 
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    TacoSenpai reacted to Holmes108 in Noctua Poop Brown yay or nay?   
    I personally hate it. I want them black, like my heart. (or perhaps a dark grey).
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    TacoSenpai reacted to NobleGamer in Amazon RTX 3080 Scam Experience (Sumbuy)   
    Sorry you went through that but glad it all worked out in the end.
     
    Stories like this are why I think I may stick to a brick & mortar store like Microcenter for my GPU purchases. In 2020, I spent less time waiting outside before the store opened to get a RTX 3080 than the amount of time I wasted chasing one online: Checking Discord, configuring store site auto monitoring, trying & failing to purchase restocks, etc.
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    TacoSenpai reacted to YoungBlade in What Ryzen 5000 cpu to go for?   
    Your part list is set to private, so I can't see what your current system is like.
     
    Assuming you have the GPU fire power to back it up, the 5700X can be a worthwhile upgrade over the 5600X. The real competition, though is with the 5600 non-X, as that part performs basically the same as the 5600X while costing less - in this case, $17 less again. If you want that extra 2% performance, you can just turn on PBO and you'll basically have a 5600X.
     
    I'd say that if you have a 6700XT, RTX 3060Ti, RTX 2080 or better, you should just go with the 5700X over the 5600. Anything less than that, and you can just go with the Ryzen 5 5600 - there won't really be any difference in performance.
     
    If you're worried about troubleshooting, pick up an old card like a Quadro 600 or Quadro K400 or something off of eBay for $10 and keep it in a drawer. That's a better troubleshooting solution, anyway, as it can be used in any system - iGPU or no.
     
    While I think an upgrade over your 3400G is certainly warranted, if you're planning on replacing the motherboard, don't go with an AM4 one. Just get AM5 or LGA1700 instead. Any in-socket upgrade past a 5700X is minimal.
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