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    D4nt3 got a reaction from dalekphalm in Why Did this person approach me ? He was going to stab me right?   
    You're probably overreacting. He probably had his hands in his pocket because it's cold.
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from Dzsonz in Why Did this person approach me ? He was going to stab me right?   
    You're probably overreacting. He probably had his hands in his pocket because it's cold.
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from PCMasterDebater in Why Did this person approach me ? He was going to stab me right?   
    You're probably overreacting. He probably had his hands in his pocket because it's cold.
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from Ethycan in GT 330M or Integrated graphics?   
    Yes it will run CS GO but you won't be happy with the result. If you buy that unit, your actual cost would be over $200 because you need to add a hard drive. Even if it comes with a hard drive you're already paying too much for a first generation i5 at $160. 
     
    Here's the most practical advice I can give you if you're on a very tight budget:
     
    DOTA will run on virtually anything released in the past 7 years, it's CS GO that requires more. Try looking for a laptop with a GT6xx series or better graphics card. The GT640M is the most common. It will be able to run CS GO at around 38 frames per second (FPS) at low settings. It won't be buttery smooth but it's playable. The GT6xx is your minimum with GTX9xx as the ideal if you can find a good deal.
     
    For the processor, avoid Dual Core and Celeron completely. Stick with i5 and i7 and set the minimum to 3rd generation CPU. They're called Ivy Bridge and will have model numbers like i5-3xx0M, i53xx7U, i5-3xxSY, i7-36x0QM, i7-37xxXM, Look for i5-33xxM and i7-3630QM. These CPUs perform at 2GHz and comes with improved integrated graphics. 
     
    Ideal would be an i7-3630QM + GT640M + 4GB RAM + 500GB hard drive unit at around $200. 
     
     
       
     
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from BingoFishy in Why Did this person approach me ? He was going to stab me right?   
    You're probably overreacting. He probably had his hands in his pocket because it's cold.
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from SgtBot in What do people hate about Apple?   
    I don't hate Apple Inc., and by extension, the people who work there and the people who buy Apple products. 
     
    I simply don't buy them because:
     
    I like choice. I refuse to allow myself be trapped by a company in its own ecosystem.   I'm practical with my money. I get better technology for half the price.  I'm not a child and I refuse to surrender my freedom to decide for myself to a corporation. I place more value on function over form. They look nice but that's it. I don't find real value in what they're selling.   
     
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from ARikozuM in Why Did this person approach me ? He was going to stab me right?   
    You're probably overreacting. He probably had his hands in his pocket because it's cold.
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from asus killer in Can a company purchase a nation?   
    That's true. Even though a corporation has a legal personality distinct from the natural persons that comprises the company, it acts trough it's senior officers and board of directors. Without an authority to provide governance, the corporation may rule the country in the same way that a dictator would. 
     
    Sorry, but not really. The British East India Company was given a royal charter that gave them direct control over territories in India from 1757 to 1858. It was only after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 that the British Empire took this privilege away and instituted direct control. Appointed Governor-Generals ruled over other parts of India but are often powerless to interfere with the Company. Charles Cornwallis was one of the few exceptions.   
     
    I've given the East India Company as an example because I feel it was historically close to the issue. It was meant to serve as a possible predictor of what could happen if a corporation ruled a country. @asus killer also made a good point about King Leopold and his reign over the Congo which I personally consider one of the darkest points in human history. 
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from johnukguy in is this fake Gigabyte Windforce GeForce GTX960 - 4GB !!   
    Based on the pictures I'm confident it is 100% legit. Don't be concerned if the price seems low. The price of GTX9XX series cards have fallen in response to the GTX1050 and GTX1060 who took over the price point previously held by these cards. In SE Asia where I live, the price of GTX9XX have fallen even lower as distributors dispose of old inventory. 
     
    I would suggest going for a GTX1050 if you can find one within your budget. It will give about 10% better overall performance plus it's more power efficient because it does not require any external power, instead, it draws all it's power from the motherboard. Notice that the Gigabyte GTX960 needs to be powered by 2 external PCI power connectors and that's on top of the power it draws from the motherboard. That's one of the reasons why the GTX960 wasn't very popular with users opting to skip it and go with the 950 for cooler operation or either going with the 970 or 980 for faster operation. The 1050 also runs cooler and one fan is enough which means less possibility of noise. 
     
     
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from minibois in What do you do to stop from getting headset hair?   
    I use to remove them after a while and toss my head like those girls in them shampoo commercials. Until I realized I'm getting weird looks from other people because I'm bald. 
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from Froody129 in ASUS laptop problems   
    Random shutdowns and reboots can also be caused by failing memory. For now, let's assume what you encountered  with the battery is a separate and unrelated issue.
     
    You can try running the memory diagnostic that came with Windows, or search for a better diagnostic app. Removing the DRAM would help in isolating the problem. But, we can't obviously do that with the soldered RAM, let's hope the problem isn't here. Total shot in the dark advice: see if there's an option in the BIOS to disable the built-in memory. I'm hoping that if Asus decided to solder the RAM, then they would have foreseen the possibility that the user would want to disable it because either the memory goes bad or the user want to upgrade using a higher capacity RAM. 
     
    Failing hard drives don't normally crash systems. More often Windows is able to catch this and exit gracefully. If you suspect the hard drive, an easier way to check would be to remove it, connect it to another computer and run diagnostics there.  
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from GirvanaWantsBinnieBalls in Can someone help me with an algorithm?   
    Fashioning an algorithm to determine if it's hit or miss is easy. But I'm a bit confused about  what you meant by "and  the rest B and C chances will grow accordingly". Given that there 4 possible outcomes for three actors/players: 
     
    Only one will score a hit.  Two will score a hit, 1 will miss. All three will score a hit. All three will miss. The following questions comes to mind:
    How will the chances of other players grow? What rules will govern this change? Is only one actor expected to score a hit?  Or, am I misunderstanding the requirement?  
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from Dash Lambda in Can someone help me with an algorithm?   
    Fashioning an algorithm to determine if it's hit or miss is easy. But I'm a bit confused about  what you meant by "and  the rest B and C chances will grow accordingly". Given that there 4 possible outcomes for three actors/players: 
     
    Only one will score a hit.  Two will score a hit, 1 will miss. All three will score a hit. All three will miss. The following questions comes to mind:
    How will the chances of other players grow? What rules will govern this change? Is only one actor expected to score a hit?  Or, am I misunderstanding the requirement?  
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    D4nt3 got a reaction from Davidwr80 in Low FPS with 1080ti   
    Your GPU is barely breaking a sweat while your CPU is definitely outclassed, like a fat man in a 100 meter dash (just kidding ).
     
    But seriously, I believe the stuttering you see is the effect of your game dropping frames so your CPU can keep up. There's really no other recourse but to upgrade if you want to play triple-A titles. To give you a better perspective on how your 3770 performs, I run a 7th generation Core i7 7700K where the CPU usage never goes beyond 75%. For Battlefield 1 it averages at around 67%.
     
    Upgrading your motherboard and CPU seems like the logical step since it's already 4 generations behind. You already have most of the components for a fast gaming system, but all of that is being held back by your CPU.
     
     
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