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1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Given how hard it can be to stick things to Stainless Steel, there's likely to be a lot of bad wraps to happen to the Cybertruck. Which should just make for more hilarious YT videos.

So, most DIY wraps.

Because regular vinyl wraps are for poor people.

8 hours ago, Leric said:

So which one should I buy?

I would get the Cyberpower.

38 minutes ago, Leric said:

Because they said “ cyber power” as a prebuilt computer Company they are using most “bad” material to build a pc to make profit, so should I concern about that? 

Cyberpower is using the same components that someone would use for DIY.

Whereas Alienware 'makes' their own, and aren't necessarily as high quality.

The Cyberpower is the better machine, only for the fact that it has more total storage and 16 threads. Otherwise, they're pretty much interchangeable.

16 minutes ago, Man said:

just because some unknown AMD machine

It's not "Some unknown AMD machine." Cyberpower is a large boutique builder, with all their parts coming from OEMs like ASUS, MSI, ASROCK, Gigabyte, etc.

19 minutes ago, Man said:

There's no gaming performance difference between 2,666MHz and 3,000MHz.

There is with Ryzen. How much varies.

On 11/3/2018 at 7:58 PM, Twilight said:

prefer to have the option of using an eGPU. 

Having played around with eGPU over TB3 in both Windows and Mac, I will never use it for a laptop. It's hot garbage. Only reason I can stand using it on my Mac Mini is because I treat it as a permanent GPU, and it is a worthwhile improvement over Intel UHD.

1 minute ago, Death_and_famine said:

doesn't that have to do with the motherboard?(I could be wrong)

Sort of. For DIMM and SODIMM RAM sticks, you need a CPU and mainboard that support ECC memory in order to use it as ECC memory.

But for GPUs, they use ECC for functions ran on the GPU. Things like rendering or large scale number crunching.

6 minutes ago, handymanshandle said:

Eh, couldn't expect less from this forum.

I expected more.

2 minutes ago, dizmo said:

With safety razors there's a significantly higher chance of cutting yourself.

And yet, it's the only type of razer I haven't hurt myself with.

3 hours ago, Neftex said:

slapping gsync on a monitor doesnt magically make it good

Nvidia had a list of requirements for G-sync monitors, Freesync had none. The end result: significantly higher quality on the lower end G-sync monitors than on low end Freesync monitors, where most manufacturers tacked on (bad implementations of) freesync.

AMD fixed that with the second edition of Freesync, by introducing similar requirements manufacturers had to follow in order to market their monitors as Freesync 2.

In the context of computing, manufacturers seem to use passive to mean that the component lacks a dedicated fan/array of fans.

6 minutes ago, Otto_iii said:

 +1 for pfp

DAMN RIGHT YEH LITTEL SHET.

38 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

Apple and Ubuntu say 1TB is 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. They don't bother with the binary method.

And strict technicality, they’re correct.

Canonical used to use TiB.

But it’s interesting that Apple actually uses the correct nomenclature for their measurements.

8 minutes ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

like 1TB being both 1,000,000,000,000 and 1,099,511,627,776 bytes,

That’s an interesting one, because it would be a non-issue if Microsoft, Apple, and Google used the proper denotations (for what they’re actually measuring); TiB, GiB, MiB, and KiB.

1 minute ago, Founders said:

I’m well aware of all of this, calling it ‘manual mode’ in an auto is acceptable. Referring to a manual transmission as ‘manual mode’ is not. The title of this thread is, Switching from Auto to Manual trans. That to me means purchasing a new car with a manual transmission, but OP keeps mentioning ‘manual mode’.

Pretty sure the original question was switching cars entirely, and after getting that answer, he’s asking about new automatics that have manual modes.

11 hours ago, Founders said:

OP I think you're mighty confused... This is what a manual gear selector would look like. Calling this a 'mode' is the wrong nomenclature. 

 

Many current automatics have a manual mode where you manually cycle through gears (they typically mimic either a short throw sequential or a paddle shift). And “Manual mode” is the correct nomenclature.

1 minute ago, Mira Yurizaki said:

Even passive consumer hardware isn't completely passive if it's in a case, because you still need fans to circulate the air.

Or water, in the case of loops so big that there doesn’t need to be fans.

6 minutes ago, Rune said:

Sounds like Apple.

Now you stop that. You stop pointing out that irony.

6 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

1. A fake argument.  Also false.

 

2. avoidance of argument.  There is no actual “no”

 

im reading this reply “I agree but I’m going to pretend I don’t”

Dealerships look to up sell expensive items customers don’t need, and do the minimum work. Some will also shirk ‘free’ work like recalls and ‘We Owe.’

And engines are still pretty easy to work on. You might spend some more time pulling parts out, but OBD2 readers offset that by telling you what is actually having issues. And the “specialist tools” is a nonargument. There have been designs that required specialized tools for decades.

36 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

People will somehow make it seem like a bad thing

Nvidia's so evil! They're doing something that doesn't fit into my worldview of Nvidia being evil!

Happy now?

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

Modern engines are near impossible to work on without manuals and specialized equipment and getting it is always a fight.

If you're a quitter, sure.

2 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Parts could only be gotten from and installed by dealerships.

No. Dealerships are the second worst option, beaten out only by the scumlord mechanics that setup in rundown areas and keep everything looking rundown (including themselves).

1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

The 3-motor always looked like the spec that would actually be a potentially solid product.

Meh. Any electrical addons have a bigger consequence on this truck.

Whereas most fossil fuel trucks can be upfitted with high end winches, power inverters, power steps, etc. and act as high capacity generators for quite a long time. It's not even that hard to upgrade the electrical system if you're looking at higher draw items. But it's not something you can do with an EV without either sacrificing range or hauling and running a generator.

Just now, Taf the Ghost said:

Actual tow range is going to be interesting.

I expect a 30-50% loss, like other Teslas.

Lego designed a better vehicle with 7 basic pieces than Elon Musk could with an entire design team.

14 minutes ago, TechyBen said:

"impossible to get out of mud

I also never actually said this. I said that EVs will have a harder time getting out.

So, if you can't stop putting words in my mouth, don't quote me.

8 hours ago, Taf the Ghost said:

"Range Anxiety" was an invented marketing term to try to shame people into buying vehicles that were a significant loss of utility at significantly higher price. Use of the phrase is either a sign you're using a Strawman Argument or you're ignoring that the term was rolled out before there were charging networks or a car that could do 150 miles on a single charge. That's not "anxiety", it's called "not being stupid". 

For some people, it's not a question about range with the truck ran stock, either. The use of winches and power inverters isn't super uncommon.

And you can very quickly eat up a power budget if your use case requires frequent use of either.

1 minute ago, TechyBen said:

REALLY?

 

I'm done.

I wouldn't constitute dry, loose top soil, non compact frozen water, or a rock bed as mud.

So far, the BEST case you've presented is a car going through a slightly muddy back road.