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Commoner

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  1. I currently use a GTX 760. I'm now using a 2nd hand 4k monitor that I got for dirt cheap, so I need a graphics card upgrade pretty badly.
  2. The PF1000U looks like it would make an awesome home theater setup. Not entirely sure why anyone would set it up on the floor right beside a wall where someone could easily step on or it by accident though. Personally I would probably mount it on the ceiling or up on a wall in a room that would normally be too narrow to mount a regular projector in. By the way, how exactly do you "DM" someone? To me that sounds like you're going to force someone to run a Dungeons and Dragons game.
  3. They kinda have had phone, tablet, kindle holders that clip on to your bed or other furniture for several years now. Actually, they're commonly sold in a lot of gadget and celphone shops here in Asia and are pretty easy to find. They're called Lazy Pods. Just google them if you want to see what they look like. There are quite a few different styles available already.
  4. The problem with Matte is that some manufacturers achieve the Matte texture by spraying on this rubber-like coating on top of cheap plastic (which would normally be glossy) to make the item's build quality look and feel more premium. That's all nice and good but after several months, that rubbery coating tends to degrade into this sticky mess that attracts lint and dust and leaves this sticky residue on your skin when you touch them. This kind of material is actually used a lot in products made in Asia, and the thing is that it is often hard to tell from a picture or just by looking at it if the surface in question is actually a Matte Plastic finish or if it's just treated with that rubbery coating. And believe me once that rubber coating starts to go bad, you'll either need to throw it out or just deal with the unsightly dust and lint, or worse tolerate the sticky residue it leaves on your skin if it is something you have to touch frequently. You can actually strip the rubbery coating off of plastic surfaces with some alcohol and a lot of elbow grease, but doing so can be a major pain depending on how thickly they laid down the coating in question and how uneven the coated surfaces are. And even then, you'd be hard pressed to remove all of the coating, meaning that you'd end up with a pretty unsightly end product. In either case, if several plastic items start going sticky and gross on you, you'll probably start to lean towards purchasing things with glossy plastic, knowing that at least it won't have that dreaded rubber coating that will eventually go all sticky and gross on you.
  5. Would like the keyboard since I made the mistake of getting a ten keyless keyboard to save desktop space only to discover that I use the num pad far more than I thought I did.
  6. The Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 would make a great gift for someone who's not comfortable with switching to a modern Smartphone like my Mom. It's priced modestly at $170 USD but you get pretty much flagship specs. It has a MediaTek Helio X10 MT6795 Octocore Processor clocked at 2.2 Gighz, PowerVR G6200 GPU, 3 GB Ram, 32 GB Internal Storage, 5.5 inch 1080p IPS Display, a Fingerprint Scanner, an IR Blaster, and a decent 13 megapixel camera. It's also got a premium feel with it's all metal body and has a 4000 mAh battery that can give the kind of battery life that people with non-smartphones have gotten used to. But the main reason I'm suggesting this phone as a gift for someone who's not used to Smartphones is that it's MIUI 7 OS has a Lite Mode which is super simple to use, particularly for an older person who doesn't have good eyesight. To get an idea of what Lite Mode is like so you can judge for yourself, there's a youtube video which explain it here :
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