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Well, there's a lot of jokes in our department that I'm about to go down "Boeing style."
After 11 years here and the worst management we've ever had I've finally taken the gloves off this week.

Probably had been shipped and got lost, then found again...

squadrens is alright...

Taking advantage of the May the 4th be with you ! sale:

And the best part about this is that the money is from selling Items in CS:GO 2. EA gets no more of my real hard earned Cash

Earlier this year I received a 3TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro in the post without having ordered one. Turns out it was a gift from Ugreen. Thanks guys.
 
Two months ago I ordered some filament. To this day the shop can't tell me where to send the money .... How can you run a sustainable business if you can't tell a customer how to pay for it? 
 
Today I had another surprise: A 256GB SSD?????? I haven't ordered one of these in months.

 
Searching through my ebay purchase history this is half a year late, the first shipment got lost, never sent or whatever (seller issued a refund/cancellation of the order) and now they shipped it? 6 months later????
 

That's probrably a GOOD thing considering what it may have produced.
You know - Something like this.

It was ever productive?

For my other hobby...

 
and possibly @Skyesgaming's new one too 😄 

At this point I'd be perfectly okay with Valve putting their big boy pants on and going toe to toe with MS. Just tired of MS's bullshit at this point. Xbox is crumbling, Windows is a shitheap of bloat and ads to the point where I hardly game on my PC due to the incessant issues. My Steamdeck and PS5 get much more attention lately.

Yeah Microshit should've never been allowed to buy so many freaking Game Studios.

Upgraded to a Aorus RTX 4090 Waterforce AIO GPU and also swapped out the PSU to a 1000W unit.  The Lian Li fans should work properly (connected to fan hub now) once a plug adapter arrives from the UK.  Cablemods 90 degree adapter plug will enable me to fit the side panel on without trouble.  Need to tidy up a few cables a bit.  Nephew is getting old 3080 and 850W PSU to put in his NZXT rig.

You can bet they are going to kill many more. Embracer is the same. They buy because supposedly they want the IP in their portfolio and one studio can cover for the others, but as soon as anything goes south, they close the studio.

Yeah Microshit should've never been allowed to buy so many freaking Game Studios.

That Arkane Austin shutdown really sucks. Prey was awesome. I had little interest in playing Redfall, given its multiplayer focus. And even if by all accounts that game sucks, apparently, I would've loved to see them get another chance at an immersive sim. Because these days, Arkane seem to be the only ones in the big budget development space who are interested in this sort of thing. And it makes me worry what'll happen with Arkane Lyon. Because I'll be honest, this sort of stuff was perfectly predictable. The recent consolidation of gaming studios under a few holding companies always spelled doom for some studios. Because that's the natural course of all mergers and acquisitions. Microsoft ain't gonna make investors happy by buying studios and keeping around talent. They make investors happy by buying IP, laying off employees and thus make the drain on their resources look better in their books.

Summary
Microsoft has decided to shut down four of its game studios: Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin, Alpha Dog Games and Roundhouse Games (Alpha Dog and Roundhouse will be merged into Zenimax Online Studios).
 
Tango Gameworks confirmed all of their games will remain on the store and will remain playable, Arkane Austin confirmed Redfall online service will remain and players who bought the Hero Pass as part of the premium Bite Back Edition or the premium Back Bite upgrade will be eligible to receive the in-game credits, with no details about Prey. Alpha Dog Games confirmed Mighty DOOM development has fully stopped and has also disabled the ability to purchase in-game currency while also providing request refund option for anyone who bought the in-game currency.
 
IGN confirmed in an e-mail that were sent to staff by Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft blamed the cuts on a “reprioritization of titles and resources”. On the other side of the gate, Arkane Lyon Co-Creative Director, Dinga Bakaba, took notice of this shutdown and called out Microsoft, saying that this shutdown is "absolutely terrible."
 
Quotes
 
 
 
 
My thoughts

 
I really have no words for this other than what I wrote on the Summary, Quotes and Source. This is probably a post that are just really hard to write for me. This shutdown really hurts
 
Sources
 
https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-closes-redfall-developer-arkane-austin-hifi-rush-developer-tango-gameworks-and-more-in-devastating-cuts-at-bethesda
 
 

finally installed the 7900 xtx into the pc..back plate of the card still too tall causing the 2nd internal usb-c header to not be able to plugged in ..kinda bit dissapointed with the support bracket while is included with the card .. just screw on to the screw slots and thats it , only a small piece actually touches  the card and supporrts it , while the old card (xfx 6800xt) has a bracket which screws onto  the card .. while a distant ancestor makes a appearance .. 
 
 
 

FTFY

Before this post I didn't know they operated in various countries. I've ordered online from them once in UK. 7980XE. It works. I wish they cleaned it better as there was a load of old thermal paste on it, and under that paste was some liquid metal that nearly got in bad places.
 
It depends on the specific item but in my case that CPU was below ebay pricing plus they have warranty, which I wouldn't have got in private sales.

Mismatched serial will impact resale MUCH less than having some letters carved into a shell or a giant sanded spot will.

You can find replacement plastic clamshells on eBay. 

It's already apart since I'm replacing the sticks as the rubber coating has decided to melt. My main issue isn't really finding replacement parts. It's the serial number isn't going to match. It's a minor thing but it would affect resell value should I ever need to sell it

Pretty much all you can do is get the surrounding plastic down to the level of the bottom of the scratches. 1000+ grit wet/dry sandpaper can do that.
 
You won't see "SASS" scratched into the case anymore, but you'll also have a big, relatively flat spot with a different surface finish than the factory left. There's not much you can do to restore it to factory perfect without swapping the shell for another one.

you will ruin the surface finish of the plastic by buffing the scratches out. it's one or the other.
 
as for how: the finest wet sandpaper you can find, and a lot of elbow grease.

I hope they introduce a reason for the vision pro to exist

oof, you don't have an SSD ? Sata 3 SSDs are dirt cheap nowadays, that's a no brainer Upgrade you should definitely do right away.