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It took me 9 minutes into the video to realise that those weren't googly eyes on the display in the background.

 I had one on my first trip to NZ in 2007, but it failed on me; been CF and SD cards ever since for me. (I don't have a camera that takes CF Express yet).

On 2/20/2023 at 7:34 PM, Lomac said:

More than $1, less than $5,000,000.  Vancouver.

 

Did I do that right?

 

This type of thread would likely work if you're in a regional forum or a site dedicated to a specific industry within a single country, but it's pretty much pointless here. 

Less than $5M in Vancouver? I see you live in abject poverty.

Unpopular opinion: I think being a hypocrite is bad, though I seem to be the only one who cares. /snark

Such a petty little man.

*sees all the 8-10 year upgrade cycles*

I wouldn't say I "hate" Razer, but after seeing how many of their laptops have died in the hands of LMG staff after only a few years, I won't be buying any of their products anytime soon.

2 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

Well, sort of. I'm employed by the gov't, I rarely do any actual "work"

Or to quote a line from a famous movie, "We plan ahead, that way we don't have to do anything right now."

You ever seen the BBC series "Yes Minister" and "Yes Prime Minister?" I have a mate who works for the government and I sent him the DVDs I have. He replied with, "This isn't a comedy; it's a documentary." I highly recommend it.

5 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Oof, one look at the Star Wars or Fandom is all you need for that. Toxicity everywhere in that Fandom.

IMHO, the best time to be part of an online community was the 2000s. Shit's been going downhill ever since.

Fandoms are often pretty toxic and people love finding fault with others to a degree that defies all reason and sense.

I try to get 1 year per $200 CAD spent. Got 10 years out of my last computer. I spent around $1100 on my current computer, so I'm aiming for at least 5-6 years with my current configuration.

I think the case Jake has in that video is either a Corsair 4000D or 5000D. The only reason I know that is I just bought myself the 4000D Airflow and I'm really liking it. It has easily removable dust filters on all the intakes (front, bottom, top) and with a positive pressure setup I think it'll be good for keeping the floof out. I have a very floofy cat, too and my place is pretty dusty.

6 hours ago, 8tg said:

Highly recommend the semi diy ikea desk setup:

https://gridfiti.com/ikea-gaming-desk-setup/
basically you buy a desk/tabletop and a section of evenly tall peripheral furniture pieces to hold it up, usually two Alex drawers

There’s a variety of pieces to choose from to fit different budgets and requirements

I use something similar, except I use trestles so I have a bit more control over the desk height. Only cost me $120 CAD 6 years ago

8 minutes ago, Avocado Diaboli said:

I like the clickbaity title on this one. Better than on LMGs actual videos. And it's funny to see the reactions to a post that basically concludes with "capitalism ruins everything".

 

What's also amusing to observe is Linus grappling with that concept. On the one hand, he calls himself a capitalist, he likes the theoretical idea behind it that competition fosters innovation (though there is little evidence for that actually being true, but that's a story for another time), but he has massive problems with all the baggage that comes with capitalism by design. It's classic cognitive dissonance, he loves capitalism when it provides him with new shiny toys he can make videos about and thus generate revenue for himself, but hates it when someone else maximizes their revenue at the cost of his when he's the customer. 

One can participate in a capitalist system (we don't have much choice) while still condemning it's flaws. This is why I often roll my eyes at the responses to people claiming that it's hypocritical to criticise capitalism using devices and services developed (at least in part) by capitalism. How else is one supposed to criticise capitalism? How is one supposed to criticise social media without using social media?

 "What is a capitalist" in this day and age is an interesting question since things have changed a lot since Adam Smith wrote "The Wealth of Nations." The notion that capitalism creates competition, which fosters innovation, is certainly a questionable assertion. It makes sense while philosophising, but reality and theory have a nasty habit of not overlapping as much as they're supposed to. I suppose part of the problem people will find ways to break or game any system you come up with.
 

3 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

While it may not be immediately obvious that he's using the term "failure" here in a loose sense, I'd say he did a decent job of it.

 

Hence the "tongueincheek" tag, letting you the reader know not to take the title too seriously.

Maybe I should apply for a job at The Onion (or Canada's version, The Beaverton). In all seriousness, though, I was a little bit surprised that people thought I was being literal and attacking Linus.

5 hours ago, kirashi said:

While you're not wrong about the world's existing socio-economic policies, these policies are unsustainable for the long-term well-being of humans.

 

That said, this forum is not the time or place to get into a discussion around politically-driven financial topics, so I'll say no more on this topic here.

This wasn't supposed to be an actual criticism of Linus, but rather a criticism of the world's socio-economic polies and that Linus' approach to having a sustainable business is the correct one. LMG is a success to me, but to the warped perspective of current economics, it would be seen as a failure; that's the whole point I'm criticising.

Why yes, I would like to clarify that statement.

I'm currently watching yesterday's WANShow bit on google laying off a bunch of employees and Linus is expressing his frustration about how google still makes billions upon billions of dollars yet still needs to pinch this penny and reduce that cost.

 Under the current economic mindset, the goal is not long term viability. The goal is as much money this quarter through whatever means necessary. Who cares about next quarter? Shareholders want a return on their investment, and they demand a greater return each time. This puts executives in the mindset of "as much money now" while ignoring the mid to long term future of the business. After all, who cares about viability in 2030? The current executive team will have cashed out long before then. Fuck the future. It's not "my" problem, after all. It incentivises companies to make short-sighted short-term cash grabs for the sake of a 0.05% bump in share prices that week. Shareholders' thirst for returns cannot be quenched. If returns do not consistently go up, then the business is a failure. It's not about profit; it's about more profit each time.

Wendover did a great video talking about this very thing in relation to American freight rail and how companies are focusing more on short-term gains while deferring expensive maintenance and upgrades to vital infrastructure; because being the CEO who reigned during a time of record profits (even while the ability of the business to make money deteriorates) is the legacy that executives want. No executive wants to be the one to tell their shareholders that profits are down because they had to spend money to catch up on long-neglected infrastructure. (Link to Wendover's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQTjLWIHN74

 Linus, your problem is that you care about long-term viability. It's enough that you make a decent profit, can pay your employees, cover your costs, and have a decent life for yourself. Under the current economic mindset, that is failure. If you can make a dollar today even if it costs you a hundred dollars tomorrow, then you take that dollar every single time. That is why, in the eyes of google and their ilk, you are a failure.


 

I think that's an msata slot at 19:10. I had one in my old Lenovo T530 that would have been for the WAN chip (I didn't get that included when I bought mine) but could also take an msata SSD (I added an extra 500GB to mine. I was disappointed, though not terribly surprised, that I couldn't use it in my new computer).

I once tried to heat my apartment by disconnecting the venting duct from the dryer. It... didn't work.

*looks at OP*

 

I was wondering if any Canadians here have ordered use hardware from the US and been charged customs duties. I know you usually have to pay duties for new stuff, but does that apply to used stuff, too? I would appreciate any insights.

The one with the non-removable cord on a mac that had Linus jumping around the set was a banger

Or I could just run Linux

Though, I will be checking out some these "tech tips" for my windows partition. I'm always paranoid about malware on windows.

On 1/11/2023 at 6:08 PM, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

And if it's 50 cards from all sorts of board partners, that'll even more worrying as you can't say it's maybe a cooler design/manufacturing defect causing the damage. We don't know if it's specifically one vendor or reference cards. 

Yeah, that's the part that I'm curious about: is this one vendor, reference cards, or a mix of the two?

Edit: About 30 seconds after I made that comment, the video JayzTwoCents I'm watching says that it's board partners and reference cards. (around 7:08)

I'm running an RX 6600 XT that I got for a good price and I'm very happy with it. Runs 1400 at 100FPS pretty well. I don't know why people would quit PC gaming entirely... sounds more like a temper tantrum.