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  1. TetraSky
    My interest in ever buying another EA title just keeps going down, somehow. Weird, huh.
  2. TetraSky
    While the cops won't do squat, it is often needed to at least report the theft for the bank to do anything for you (at least in my country). Without doing so, it's like saying it wasn't really stolen. If you can't be bothered to get a police report by reporting a theft, did a theft even happen?
  3. TetraSky
    Personally wouldn't pick either of them. Tempered glass side panels, other than looking pretty, offer nothing except downsides as far as cooling goes. But if I had to pick one... At least the corsair one doesn't make you buy a stupid addon if you want a vertical GPU. You only need the PCI-e extender.
  4. TetraSky
    Nice of the US to finally get to building some high speed rails instead of dumb ideas like hyperloop.
  5. TetraSky
    A Police Report could go a long way, to say it was stolen. Could get access to security camera and timestamp of when it was stolen. Get in touch with UPS Corporate as well. It certainly sucks, but THEY are the ones who messed up. A chargeback would be the last recourse you should take, as Newegg won't take kindly to you stealing from them when they provided the goods as demanded. It is not their fault if it was stolen once it got in the hands of the carrier. But they honestly should be able to help a little due to carrier insurance that they likely have.
  6. TetraSky
    TetraSky

    Can't imagine paying $700 USD to live in a tiny 4 foot tall "pod"...

    https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/rent-bed-pods-downtown-techies-18388110.php

    I'd sooner buy a used van like an old ford econoline and live in it. Probably would be cheaper.

    1. Levent

      Levent

      They didnt even use Noctua fans. Good luck sleeping there 😂

    2. manikyath

      manikyath

      do you guys literally not have any housing laws at all?

       

      getting busted for speeding and spending the night in jail is probably cheaper and more comfortable...

  7. TetraSky
    If I'm understanding you correctly... It doesn't display anything with the original HDMI port/cable but when you switch to the port/cable of your main monitor, it works? That could indicate either the port or the cable you're using for the tablet is faulty for sure. Even more so if it "green screened" on you. To be sure, in Windows, you did Extend / Duplicate the display, correct? If it is set to only display on the main monitor, your tablet will obviously stay dark. Pressing the Windows Key + P on the keyboard should bring up the Projection menu. Do make sure it is not set to "PC screen only". Overall, kind of hard to diagnose with the information given thus far. For now, I'm thinking it is either a Cable issue or a Windows issue. Try connecting your main monitor to the same port using the same HDMI cable as the tablet, to see if that monitor works with that cable and port.
  8. TetraSky
    This looks dumb, but I'm guessing this is aimed at streamers who want to do IRL content out and about? Instead of needing a bulky "streaming backpack".
  9. TetraSky
    They were indeed 173 hours late on the 25th of august
  10. TetraSky
    When Windows Update fails to work... There's not a lot to do. You will find guides online on how to clear the cache and what not. But in my experience, it never worked to fix the actual problem. Even SFC, DISM or whatever else to repair Windows typically doesn't work either. Save yourself the headaches, you might indeed be better off reinstalling windows. Either by taking the latest ISO and reinstalling on top of your current install without losing anything or by doing a fresh install. Something likely got corrupted along the way, which prevents it from working properly.
  11. TetraSky

    Guys can you believe I'm leveling up by posting…

    TetraSky replied to Caroline's status update

    They really do mean nothing and the difficulty curve spikes up in a ridiculous manner after Mentor. So much so it's not even worth trying.
  12. TetraSky
    TetraSky

    Well damn, we might actually see alternatives to Lithium batteries some time soon...

    I 100% figured it was just going to be vaporware. Especially when considering all these fancy battery tech we had been seeing in the news for the past, what, 15 years? And none of them ever made it to market.

    https://newatlas.com/energy/natron-sodium-ion-battery-production-startt/

     

    Charges/discharge 10x faster than lithium and doesn't burst into flames... But holds less charge. Will be interesting to see where this ends up in a few years after they tweak the capacity per kg a bit.

    (might be tech news worthy if someone wants to make a thread)

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    2. Kilrah

      Kilrah

      ... read the article maybe?

    3. Zodiark1593

      Zodiark1593

      17 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

      ... read the article maybe?

      Will get to it, just got up a bit ago. 😝
       

      Edit: still not super impressed. The longevity is certainly better than even Li-Fe, but charge/discharge rates appear to only be about on par. (Keep in mind Lithium Iron Phosphate already boasts dramatically better charge/discharge rates than Li Ion and LiPo)
       

      As the article mentions, stationary applications are probably going to play to the strengths of this tech, probably displacing home battery backups, but is unlikely to displace lithium tech in EVs. 
       

      If the tech is cheap though, then I’ll be a lot more interested, particularly in areas that frequently get power shutoffs during fire season. Though until we see products hit the market, it remains to be seen. 
       

      Lithium Iron Phosphate cells in production (ie, stuff that’s actually in use) also hits somewhere between 90-160 Wh/Kg, while this Sodium tech appears to currently hit 70-160 Wh/Kg, again, not currently commercially available. I’d definitely be pleased if commercial projects can hit the higher ranges though. 

    4. Senzelian

      Senzelian

      I will continue to wait for the 2nd or 3rd gen of solid-state batteries before I get hyped for new battery tech.

  13. TetraSky
    I used to keep old parts. I realized I had a problem. I had not used any of it in years. Now I don't. Today, the only part I have left over is my old HD7970 GPU. Mainly because I can't really sell it... Since I had modified it and it's not supported anymore.
  14. TetraSky
    Not much choice if you want to continue playing this game. They will probably patch it out to hide it soon enough. Wouldn't want people getting scared of their slimy hands all over your machines.
  15. TetraSky
    Probably part of their root kit / anti cheat system if it shows back up everytime. Just another reason not to play these invasive games. Seems like you're not the only one (unless this is you asking that question on Reddit as well, but someone in the comment said "same", soooo yeah. You're not alone) https://www.reddit.com/r/ValorantTechSupport/comments/1cixmm3/crossdevicestreamingsourcedll_file_on_desktop_for/ Also this thread on the microsoft forum, where other report the Vangard anti cheat is at the root of it: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/crossdevicestreamingsourcedll/d02d75f6-bcfb-4a1a-9b27-ba9eb505d9a2
  16. TetraSky
    That's how taxes works. He would have to pay taxes on the initial revenue given to him from Twitch ($2300). He would then have to pay taxes on what he gets back from twitch with subs ($1700). Even assuming he "writes off" the initial amount as an "investment" in his "business". There would still be money to pay on it. Buying tier1 subs for his viewers would not be considered a "business expense", since it is not required for the business to actually work. At best he could argue this counts as "marketing" for his channel. But he better pray he nevers gets investigated. Because it sure sounds like tax fraud.
  17. TetraSky
    Great, yet another account I have zero need for. Because a big company decided they wanted more player information to sell.
  18. TetraSky
    That article is reminding me of this one https://physiqonomics.com/fat-loss/ Just the no BS straight facts nature of it.
  19. TetraSky
    I am not. From my experience, it mostly happens with items worth a few hundred bucks. Like a $900 CPU. A $550 monitor... The cheap stuff is usually refunded the second I bring it to the post office and it is scanned as shipped.
  20. TetraSky
    Nice, they used it. Hope they at least offered to pay you for it.
  21. TetraSky
    Because 8M subs these days is nothing and youtube doesn't care unless you're in the top 0.1% of channels on their platform.
  22. TetraSky
    Man, that's a lot of bad luck on a single build. This is why these days I usually just buy on Amazon. The return policy is WAY better than Newegg and the others. Hassle free 95% of the time. The remaining 5% is when they take ages to refund you, so you contact them to know what is going on... Then they say to wait X number of business days before contacting them again to finally get refunded. Unless the price is over $50(w/ shipping) cheaper for the same item, I wouldn't even consider buying elsewhere. Simply not worth the hassle if and when you get a faulty part.
  23. TetraSky
    Yes. You can use an extension such as "Dark Reader" to make all/some websites "dark mode". It's not perfect. But you can tweak it and customize it site by site and/or have a single global setting for all sites. For example, this is what Dark Reader looks like when enabled on the Light Theme.
  24. TetraSky
    It's just to determine the concentration of oil in the product. The more there are, the longest lasting it will be. Eau fraiche is basically your aftershave. Last 30 minutes to an hour. Cologne tends to last about 2 hrs or so. 5% or less. Eau de toilette (EDT) usually last a bit longer but not by much, around 3-4 hrs. Typically around 5% to 10%, some go to 15%. Eau de parfum (EDP) has a higher concentration and can last anywhere between 5 to 8 hours. Around 20% oil concentration. Parfum, is by itself at the top if we exclude pure oil. Easily lasting a day. Can go to around 30% and even 40% in oil concentration. Obviously the higher concentrations are more expensive. It also entirely depends on your use case and how long you want/need to smell. I don't know if there are actual guidelines in the industry for these. This is just info I found online. But please. Do everyone a favor... Don't empty the entire bottle on yourself. 2 sprays at the minimum. 5 MAX. I swear some people are spraying this stuff all over themselves and you can still smell them 10 minutes after they passed through an area.
  25. TetraSky
    I was going to suggest booting into a live instance of either Linux or some lite version of windows... But you have bitlocker, so you're SOL on that side of things. Your best bet would be safe mode and go through entering the recovery key. Along with using a few other anti viruses, including Malwarebytes, to see if they can't help you better than MS defender.
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