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Lord Blue of Screenshire

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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to Psittac in How to find a good 3.5mm to 3.5mm replacement audio cable   
    3 - Type 3 -3.5 Right Angled – periaptcables
     
    That's 3.5 to 3.5, it's what my Fostex T50rp is, I got one from them and it's the best cable I have because I got this one extra long which is a good call for my use
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to creesch in How to find a good 3.5mm to 3.5mm replacement audio cable   
    Have a good look at the reviews on amazon though, 18% is one star so even although the average might be 4 stars that still indicates something might be wrong. When trying to determine how good a product is I often explicitly look at the one, two and three star ratings to see what they say. Of course you need to filter out the bullshit reviews but the goal is more to get an idea of the sort of defects people tend to deal with. 
     
     
    Just to be clear, with meetings at work you mean you are at an actual office and want to be able to easily use the inline microphone?  I get why you'd want that but it doesn't make things easier.
    Like I said before normal cables are relatively straightforward as there is nothing special in them. With inline microphones it still doesn't get that complicated but you do have extra cabling now, buttons where before you had none and of course the microphone itself. Not to mention that I just noticed that most of the ones I can find on the German amazon are replacements for specific headphones so they might not work for yours. 
     
     
    A bit of both, like I explained earlier you can more effectively look at the reviews but that doesn't guarantee success. Because the truth is that a lot of it is simply cheap produced rebranded Chinese white label stuff that is cheaply imported. Also as often the case the choice in often is limited compared to what is available in the U.S.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to Sandro Linux in [VPN] Stick with PIA or not?   
    Yeah, Nord VPN is no longer a good option in my opinion because it clearly does not take very good care of your data 
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to Haro in Returning the RTX 2070 Super to buy the 3070 later?   
    If possible return it and wait for ampere to launch, from the looks of it, it looks to be a fair bit faster and i would say it would be worth it to wait.
    you could get something like a 750ti, or just get like cheap 710's for like 10ish bucks used and use  that just to display an  image.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to JoostinOnline in Returning the RTX 2070 Super to buy the 3070 later?   
    Return it while you can.  Even if you want a 2070 Super, you can still get it for half the price used now.  If you want to wait for the 3000 series, then just spend $50 on a cheap card that you can resell later.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to PorkishPig in Audio cable for IOS/android, is it different?   
    Nope, this is a hardware limitation unfortunately. You can read more about this at https://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/189523-final-soultion-why-most-headsets-wont-work.html.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to PorkishPig in Audio cable for IOS/android, is it different?   
    It depends on the manufacturer, but generally for iOS-specific inline controls play/pause will work, but other media controls will not.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to Deli in CPU coolers for the NR200P   
    I just finished building in a NR200 last week.. I have a Noctua U9S. Of course it fits no problem. I also have a Scythe Mugen 5. Which also fit nicely, with about 1mm clearance when using glass side panel. The Scythe Fuma in theory should fit as well. But I read posts some people say it's a no go. Not sure why.
     
    BTW, very nice build.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire got a reaction from Jason 57 in Lian Li Lancool II - mesh or no mesh?   
    @zeusthemoose @jaslion
     
    I guess I'll scratch my urge with some more pc build videos in the mean time.
     
    This certainly is a drool-inducing vid: 
     
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire got a reaction from Jason 57 in Lian Li Lancool II - mesh or no mesh?   
    All this talk about mesh lead me back to the Evolv SHIFT Air, a case I considered in the past... It really seems like there is no "perfect case".
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire got a reaction from XR6 in Should Texas instruments be called a monopoly?   
    Certainly sounds like a monopoly, but one induced by the high schools/states. For public institutions this is normally resolved through having public tenders, the issue is that here the public institution actually isn't the consumer, the student is. You could draw parallels with software packages for certain courses (Matlab, Stata, ...) or even textbooks used in certain courses, although there it seems that either (i) we all pretty much accepted the monopoly, (ii) bought second handed, (iii) got a student licence, or (iv) cheated the system by getting unlimited free trial by pretending to be a "new" customer.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to zeusthemoose in Lian Li Lancool II - mesh or no mesh?   
    What are your system specs and what cooling will you have? Getting a case with better airflow will always be better, but for me at least, making sure you like the look of the case is very important. If you have hardware that doesn’t run too hot and have adequate cooling, it will be fine as long as your are ok with higher temps (still safe though) and/or the system being louder.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to jaslion in Lian Li Lancool II - mesh or no mesh?   
    The difference between the lancool II mesh and no mesh is pretty big and thermals could very well become an issue.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to Jurrunio in Laptop on its last breath - time for a desktop   
    Civ6 is often tested in CPU benchmarks, CS less so.
     
    No optimal core count, but optimal price. 3900X is where prices per core starts going up.steeply (compared to the 3950x)
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to Jurrunio in Laptop on its last breath - time for a desktop   
    Civ6 yes, CS not that well but it still scales somewhat
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to Aereldor in Laptop on its last breath - time for a desktop   
    Is the monitor as basic as the laptop? Because a 2080 super is completely wasted on a 1080p display.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to Aereldor in Laptop on its last breath - time for a desktop   
    If you're upgrading from a laptop, don't you need a monitor? 
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to Jurrunio in Laptop on its last breath - time for a desktop   
    these care about CPU a lot, not so much graphics card. 3900x + 2060S will still be better for these two games for example
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire got a reaction from darel919 in Thread for Linus Tech Tips Video Suggestions   
    In a recent WAN show Linus was talking about installing air-conditioning in his home. I think this would be a very interesting video. From his explanation in the WAN show I gather he would like to install a so-called "mini-split". Given LMG's good professional relationship with LG and that LG in fact makes heat pumps/mini-split setups, you might want to consider reaching out to them and inquire about whether they would be interested in sponsoring the video if you use their products.  
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire got a reaction from soldier_ph in Thread for Linus Tech Tips Video Suggestions   
    In a recent WAN show Linus was talking about installing air-conditioning in his home. I think this would be a very interesting video. From his explanation in the WAN show I gather he would like to install a so-called "mini-split". Given LMG's good professional relationship with LG and that LG in fact makes heat pumps/mini-split setups, you might want to consider reaching out to them and inquire about whether they would be interested in sponsoring the video if you use their products.  
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to TetraSky in What game stores are legit?   
    isthereanydeal will only list sites that are legitimate resellers and trusted partners of publishers. Shop with confidence by finding a good price on that site.
     
    That said, as for as way to know if any other sites are legit or not... There really isn't. Other than the insurance scam on games which makes it obvious that a store is not legitimate or if they list multiple "people" selling the game at multiple price points... There isn't really a way to tell for sure if a site is just there to scam you or not. You could google the site to find out about it, what others think of it, etc... but really, at that point, just stick to isthereanydeal.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to Slottr in What game stores are legit?   
    No they're not. They're grey markets.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to TetraSky in What game stores are legit?   
    OP asked for legit stores. G2A and eneba are third party grey market key resellers.
    They are not authorized resellers.
     
    When you need to buy an extra "shield"/insurance to protect your purchase in case something happens to it, like the key being already in use or is deactivated... That should send a massive red flag to you.
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire got a reaction from TetraSky in What game stores are legit?   
    Wow thanks! An even better deal there: only €35!
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    Lord Blue of Screenshire reacted to ewitte in Update on SLC / MLC / TLC / QLC   
    Real performance and reliability tanks significantly for the current generation of QLC drives.  I wouldn't touch one.  Maybe in a generation or two an 8TB model or so may have decent specs.  As it is I wouldn't touch TLC drives under 500GB but now that prices are good I prefer to stick to 1 & 2TB drives.
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