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I can only get so erect !! 

So EA probably found some remorse in their hearts and decided to give the community something amazing. They will be remastering the original Command and Conquer and Red Alert in 4K with the help Petroglyph studios which was founded by with the help of original members from Westwood Studios.
 
Does Joe Bostic, Steve Tall and Mike Legg ring a bell?  (Joe Bostic is known as the co-creator of C&C, having also served as the Lead Programmer on Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert. Steve Tall joined Joe as a Lead Programmer on Red Alert, and Mike Legg contributed to all forms of audio systems at Westwood, having been an employee since 1986!)
 
Whats better: Frank Keplacki is coming back on board for the amazing soundtrack as "Composer and Audio Director for the remaster collection!"
 
Even Better? No Microtransactions according to EA.
 
According to EA: " We have decided to remaster Command & Conquer: Tiberian Dawn. And while this is incredibly exciting on its own, we’re also aware of how passionate the community is about the Red Alert universe.  So, we will also remaster the original Command & Conquer: Red Alert™.  But what about the classic expansion packs you may ask - Covert Ops, Counterstrike, and Aftermath?  Well, C&C and Red Alert wouldn’t be the same without them, so all three expansion packs will be bundled with the base games into one remastered collection - without microtransactions."
 
https://www.ea.com/news/details-command-and-conquer-remastered
 
It will be glorious to once again experience the pucker factor of hearing Tanyas "laugh" as shes recruited.

Do not immerse the speaker in water! These “IP” tests are done on a short duration. “Immersion of up to 1 meter” should also say “for 30 seconds only”. Or 1 minute...or however long the test took. There’s another side of this story that’s quite underwhelming. 
 
Anway, the OP basically found out what the two best Bluetooth speakers are around $100. IMO, the reviews don’t say a whole lot. It’s worth your time to go to a shop and try the speakers out. The difference in sound may surprise you. The last time did something like that I was surprised how good the Bose speakers (loud, clear and no distortion at high volume) were and how little difference there was between the $100 model and the $250 model of similar size. And the SONY speakers were terrible (not as loud as Bose, distorted at high volumes) Unfortunately, I haven’t tested anything from JBL or UE. 
 
 

Intel has released their 8th gen processor with Radeon Vega m graphics. The Vega m graphics comes in 2 variants, GM and GL. It has 4gb of hbm2 using a 1024bit memory bus. Up to 24 compute units,
and tdp of 65w and 100w. 
 
Designed for thin and light systems Eight lanes of PCI Express Gen 3 connecting CPU & GPU Provides necessary throughout to feed intense gfx workloads Remaining PCIe lanes available for direct CPU access Intel Dynamic Tuning — NEW! Dynamic power sharing enables enthusiast performance in sleek systems Up front design benefit of 17.5W Same performance with up to 18% higher efficiency Efficient HBM, up to 80% less power than GDDR5 Intel Graphics efficient display and Quick Sync Video capabilities available 9 Display outputs available for design flexibility Up to 24 Compute Units Asynchronous Dispatch Per Compute Unit Power Gating Vulkan & DirectX 12Ready Supports Radeon Shader Intrinsics Offers overclocking on CPU, GPU and HBM Radeon Display Engine
6 Displays Up to 4K resolution Display Port 1.4 w/ HDR HDMI 2.0b with HDR10 support Intel Gfx Display Engine
3 Displays 4K resolution eDP/PSR for long battery life 8th Gen Intel Core with Radeon RX Vega M GL Graphics
i7-4720HQ w/ GTX950M vs 8th Gen Intel Core w/ Radeon RX Vega M GL Sysmark 2014 SE 1.6X BETTER PRODUCTIVITY 3DMark Time Spy – Graphics 2.3X BETTER 3DMark 11 Graphics 2.2X BETTER Vermintide 2 3.0X BETTER FPPS Handbrake 6.7X FASTER TRANSCODE Adobe Premiere Pro Creative Cloud 42% FASTER CONTENT CREATION I7-8550U w/ GTX1050 vs 8th Gen Intel Core w/ Radeon RX Vega M GL 3DMark 11 – Graphics 1.3X BETTER HITMAN 1.4X BETTER FPS DEUS EX: Mankind Divided 1.3X BETTER FPS Vermintide 2 1.1X BETTER FPS
 
8th Gen Intel Core with Radeon RX Vega M GH Graphics
i7-4720HQ w/ GTX960M vs 8th Gen Intel Core w/ Radeon RX Vega M GH Sysmark 2014 SE 1.6X BETTER PRODUCTIVITY 3DMark Time Spy – Graphics 2.4X BETTER 3DMark 11 Graphics 2.7X BETTER HItman 2.7X BETTER FPS Vermintide 2 2.6X BETTER FPPS Total War: Warhammer 2.0X BETTER FPS Rise of the Tomb Raider 2.0X BETTER FPS I7-7700HQ w/ GTX1060 Max-Q Graphics vs 8th Gen Intel Core w/ Radeon RX Vega M GH 3DMark 11 – Graphics 1.07X BETTER HITMAN 1.07X BETTER FPS DEUS EX: Mankind Divided 1.13X BETTER FPS Total War: Warhammer 1.09X BETTER FPS RX Vega M Up to 1.13X Higher Performance than GTX 1060 Max-Q (6GB)
 
 
https://videocardz.com/74631/intel-launches-8th-gen-core-processor-with-radeon-rx-vega-graphics

1060 or you can look at a 780ti which will boast a little better performance with a higher TDP and lower cost secondhand.

Where have you been all my life?

Where have you been all my life?

I made a thing.

nice then. It will be worth the wait by the end of this year.

The i7 2600k is still faily capable, I understand you're not into gaming but to have an idea of relative performance between an old i7 with a newer i7 it should help you out:
 
 
It is worth noting that however on this new gen the maisntream i7's will move from 4c/8t to 6c/12t and this is one of the most meaningful changes and improvements Intel has done towards their performance in quite a while, so it is a great time to buy a Processor this end of the year relatively to the performance you get for your applications.

Corsair k66:
Cherry MX Reds at $70 USD
 
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/k66-mechanical-gaming-keyboard-cherry-mx-red-na

Alright, I'll come back to you once I've done that.

you forgot the tax bro

I'm wondering if anyone has this or has seen one of these yet. It has only been out a couple of weeks and I'm finding very little in the way of pictures or videos or anything on it. One of the reviews on the newegg site states that the power supply shroud has been updated from the black version to allow for easier routing of connectors to the bottom side of the board where it meets the shroud. I am going to be buying a 570x on Tuesday and am trying to decide on this one from Newegg (which operates in my state so I'd have to pay sales tax) or getting a black one from B&H to bypass paying sales tax so really bottom line is I'm wondering how it was updated and how well it was updated... Thanks all.

The problem is the state of the economy.
When hiring a person, the less experience that the person has, the higher the risk is to the company. What type of risk? Asking a senior, more or substantially paid employee to stop what he is doing, extending projected release dates for things, to redo work that has been done by you. In addition, they have a set of budget in the department budget (this includes extra time in project delivery) for a new employee which they estimate is required for ramping up, and any training. This can be 1-2 years worth of budget. If they see they you may need 3 or their budget is, say 6 month, but they see you need 1 year, then you don't fit. Think of this, when a company hires you, to process all the paper work within the company, pay the interviewer, pay your ramping up, training and mentoring (if any), do a background check when you get hired (if any), and so on the company easily spent between 10k to 30k on you. This is added to the risk factor you are in.
 
In the old days, the economy was booming, and the demand was much greater than the supplier, so companies had no choice, but not only that, had the resources to take any hit. The company was seeing and hoping for a long term investment. Basically, as long as you were able to show great passion, and you fit in the team, and company culture, the doors were wide open.
 
So how about your situation? Well, I don't know what experience you have, but you should seek junior level jobs. Yes, they are most likely will be underpaid, and/or crappy and/or a pain to get to. But you do this for 1-2 years, especially if you push yourself, and you should have enough experience to apply elsewhere or same place, but different position that is a better wage and better position. I mean they are many paths you can take once you have experience.
 
Personal experience, personal projects, are not considered work experience. They are considered a bonus to your candidature. Usually they are valued by the team you'll be working with, but HR, depending on the company, and the person, might be valued or not at various level (it is subjective). HR are the first ones to filter your resume. Actually, that is a lie for big companies. Big companies, and now medium size ones even, uses an automatic filtering system. Everyone resume is put in a database, and they go "Windows, Active Directory, VB", and poof results shows. Then they filter them, and then they have a pack of like 20 people, they pick the first 5, do interviews, doesn't work, pick the next 5, and so on.
 
What can you do?
Ensure that your resume has all the keywords that they are looking for. Feel free to do stupid things like: "VB (Visual Basic)", to catch both terms used that can be entered. Repetition. If you have works on many things using Visual Basic (again, just an example), don't do "Here is a list of things I have done in Visual Basic:", DO: "Project ABC - blah blah blah. It's amazing. [Visual Basic, Windows 10]. Project DEF - blah blah blah. It's just as amazing. [Visual Basic, Windows 8, Active Directory]", etc. In addition, even if your application doesn't pass through an automated system, your resume is scanned by eye really quickly. You want to ensure that the keywords they are looking for is: Catches their eye Goes "Wow, looks like he did a lot of stuff in Active Directory and Windows, and Visual Basic that we are looking for... ok let's put that in the maybe pile, to be read more carefully after, once I am done going through the first filtering" Also, avoids fancy looking resume. They are most likely hard to process quickly, or break automated system from processing your resume. Remember that these automated system are much worst than taking a fancy Word document and opening in a aged old version of OpenOffice. How companies hire:
The hiring process, is extremely subjective. They don't like your voice, they don't like your face, they think you are a clown because of your tie choice, even if there is nothing wrong with your tie. It is ridiculous. But that is life. You also have unintentional discrimination, where, the interviewer happens to be the same nationality as you, and you start talking in your language, and you are having a good laugh. Making you stand out, and in their mind as they interview other people, and more qualified people might not stand out, and not kept in mind in their discussion that they have to device who to pick. But again, every people and company are different. Many, these things don't work, as they have a process in place to avoid this. Like you have an HR person with the Manager/Director you will be working with, and has interview policies that everything is in English, and other HR person is there mostly to monitor everything and ensure that everything is subjective. Of course, the HR person will ask you HR questions at some point, to show to you some level of purpose, and well, they are. But it isn't perfect. When someone doesn't like you, it is easy to pick apart potential flaws, and make a long list as to why they pick another candidate over you.
  In the computer field, that is: IT, software development, engineering, gaming, interviewing someone is VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY hard. Because, it is a complex field, and HR can't really know everything. There is no engineer, for example, that decided to work in HR. If you get what I mean. And then interview processes are not adapted for those field. I can insure you that all the big tech companies: Microsoft, Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Facebook, Amazon, Google, etc. All continuously try different interview methods every few years. They monitor who they hire, what are the company retention rate, what is the new hire productivity rate, how actually experienced they are, how well they fit in the team, how much training they actually needed, and try different approaches. So if you apply at a time where it is easy for you to nail the interview, great! So there is luck factor too.
  Reference by an internal employee is the at most valued. And hire up that person is, the greater your chances is in getting that job. If it is a large company, try and connect via LinkedIn and have a conversation with someone at the company where you can sell yourself, evaluate your profile. Connect with someone that works where you want to work, say how passionate you are, and how much you want to work at the company (give legit reasons). You might fall on someone nice that like really well his/her job, and might spend a moment of their time giving you pointers, or career advice to go in. For example, some certification that is highly valued that they suggest you do. And of course, they might even help you go in via reference, as many company give a nice bonus if the recommended person by the employee is hired. Usually 500-1000$.
  If a company sees that it have no references from current employees, or the interview didn't go well for proposed candidature (not who they are looking for), the next stage is Head Hunters. They usually have their preferred choice of Head Hunter. Like they have Company A which they like to work with, if Company A doesn't have a person, they go with Company B. And that is impossible for you to know. So you have to apply at many head hunters. A great number of them. Usually, they take you for a coffee or something, so that they get to know you. So you have a free coffee/tea or whatever. Why Head Hunters? Many Head Hunters are specialized in a field, say IT. So they have better experience in processing your candidature then HR. Some ask you to do some test which isn't a pass or fail one, but rather to evaluate your knowledge, and can see if you are a junior, intermediate, or senior/expert in terms of knowledge. So say you are a junior. But you show that you have intermediate level knowledge. Well, that is definitively shown to the company. The Head Hunter reputation is on the line, not the company or the employee. While the company still has to do an interview and all that with you, the burden of picking a wrong candidate is reduced, reducing your risk level. From Head Hunter, your job might be contract. Most of the time, Head Hunter will only have contracted job. Very few Full time position. Just be sure to know what is the process when a contract ends. Will they help you find a new contract? Also push that you are looking for, if a contract offer is available only, that has high potential or renewal or full time position after. Many companies hire with contract for 1 year or 6 month, so that it is easy to fire you, if they don't like you. If they do like you, they have full time position available. See it as a reduced risk for the company, and a trial period for you. It is best to work directly for the company you work for, then the Head Hunter. As the Head Hunter takes a cut. Say you want to be paid 30k a year, the contract is for 45k. You would be doing 45k if you were a full time employee there. So even if you end up with a 6month contract or 1 year contract with no renew, connect with people at the company. Show your passion, sell yourself daily, make yourself interesting to others and manager. Easy said then done, of course, but if you push the idea, toward the end of the contract on how much you want to work for the company, and how much yo u like the environment and how you are learning a lot, and want to pursue educating yourself (which fits in the same direction as the company), then you have high chances that they might be able to hire you full time once your contract ends. And your wage will increase (and they win, as they know your wage just increased by a lot, so they don't need to give you a promotion, saving them money, so they win and you win)
  If that fails for them, NOW they look at their website in who applied there.  
Now, the next step, is your interview. Interview is not about going over what you did... it is about SELLING YOURSELF. You need to be able to talk. You can be a super smart person that puts Tesla and Eisenstein to shame, but if you can't talk properly, people will think you have no idea what you are talking about and a fool. Body language is also everything. You need to be relaxed and connect with the interviewer. They are books on this. But in summary, you want to do whatever the interviewer is doing in terms of general body language. He/She lays back, you want to lay back as well in similar fashion. This shows that you are connecting with the company culture already.
 
Apply like crazy. But remember that your resume needs to be personalized for each company (it's fine if you go through Head Hunter, as they get commission if you get hired, sometimes they even get an increase commission at each level of interview you go up to, if they are several interviews).
 
Oh and PRACTICE. Try and learn from each interview you are doing. What questions were asked to you, and re-work your answer if you feel it wasn't the best answer. After doing a mass number of interviews, you'll notice many questions repeating yourself. Here is an example I got (I am a software developer): "What version of Visual Studio you like?". The company I applied to, I know uses Linux. Yes, you can remote compile/debug with Visual Studio, but most likely they are using CLion, or if the company is cheap Netbeans or Eclipse (those 2 are free). A trick question. You want to say a version, and expect to get a "why". But that is not the answer. The answer is that you don't care about the software you use. Regardless if you know or not how to use some software, all these are similar, and you can learn that within a day. All you need to know is how to compile, and hit the run/debug button so you can, well, debug your code. The rest will come with time. Coding knowledge/skill is more important. Also, in my field, these software (which we call IDEs for short), changes often. Some years they use A, then a few years later they discover that B is more interesting, so they switch to that. And so on and so forth.
 
Here is something you can say. You can show you passion, by saying something like: "I use Windows 10 Insider Preview Fast Ring at home on my main PC. I know it is crazy as it goes against Microsoft recommendation, as well, it is beta software. But I have an extensive backup process setup. I do this because I want to be the the most up-to-date possible on latest changes of the OS, ensure that popular software used all works, and report issues, face challenges in trying to fix issues when something goes bad in the upgrade process (give example), which gives me knowledge in understanding how Windows works, and know how to fix various problems that might occur to others, if they happen". Something like this, shows passion, that you are always seeking in learning, that you are willing to go the extra miles to get your hands dirty for this even. Going beyond books. Of course, this is just an example. I don't know where you apply, and of course it needs to fit the job at hand. Don't say this if you are applying at Fedora or something. Kinda wrong OS
 
It can easily take 6 month minimum for a person with under 3 to 5 years of experience in the field, active (depending on the job/position) to get a job. Once you apply at 300 jobs and you still can't go in, then we have a problem. And only now you have the right to be discouraged.
 
Seek advice for your resume and interview. You have many books and help. I don't know about where you are. But you can probably have governmental paid help at your disposal.
 
Anyway, to cheer you up:
 

i had a rog a few years back. drivers were pretty easy to find.

that'll run pretty much anything you want, and it doesn't exactly have that "gaming laptop" look to it, so you could probably bring it into uni classes without gettn the stink eye.

Sounds like a dud unit or something was done incorrectly, they have an interconnect cable that hooks the RGB hub from the fans to the node that are keyed so they can't go in the wrong way. I would contact corsair and see about opening up an RMA.
 
http://www.corsair.com/en-us/corsair-lighting-node-pro
 

technically yes... but there are tones of ways around the legality of certain things... which i will not state.

Cool man, i started to worry whether I'd be held back in the future because that choice but its a good relief.

yes

Can we google first?
 
 
Nas is file storage over the network.
 
Raid is multiple disks with redundancy showing up as one.

Wrong place?

He even knew you're going to say this.

Lenovo is everything better, however dell has a more powerful GPU