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    Rix_77 reacted to stflames01 in Any word on when the week of downtime officially ends?   
    Seriously. I do too.
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    Rix_77 reacted to cwbypete in Any word on when the week of downtime officially ends?   
    As fun as its been watching all the hate watchers fall over themselves to show who's the most outraged, I'd much rather a return to actual content. Kinda hopeful that the GN video will nudge them to quality over quantity. More Tech Longers, and a regular Emily/Linux video pleeeeze.
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    Rix_77 reacted to HesCalledTheStig in Any word on when the week of downtime officially ends?   
    Have to agree. My YouTube feed just isn’t the same without Linus’s goofy face 10 times a day 😁
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    Rix_77 got a reaction from RotHorseKid in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    I just want mommy & daddy to stop fighting..
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    Rix_77 got a reaction from Taf the Ghost in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    I just want mommy & daddy to stop fighting..
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    Rix_77 got a reaction from OcDmn in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    I just want mommy & daddy to stop fighting..
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    Rix_77 got a reaction from Gncsmd in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    I just want mommy & daddy to stop fighting..
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    Rix_77 reacted to LinusTech in Gamers Nexus alleges LMG has insufficient ethics and integrity   
    There won't be a big WAN Show segment about this or anything. Most of what I have to say, I've already said, and I've done so privately.

    To Steve, I expressed my disappointment that he didn't go through proper journalistic practices in creating this piece. He has my email and number (along with numerous other members of our team) and could have asked me for context that may have proven to be valuable (like the fact that we didn't 'sell' the monoblock, but rather auctioned it for charity due to a miscommunication... AND the fact that while we haven't sent payment yet, we have already agreed to compensate Billet Labs for the cost of their prototype). There are other issues, but I've told him that I won't be drawn into a public sniping match over this and that I'll be continuing to move forward in good faith as part of 'Team Media'. When/if he's ready to do so again I'll be ready.

    To my team (and my CEO's team, but realistically I was at the helm for all of these errors, so I need to own it), I stressed the importance of diligence in our work because there are so many eyes on us. We are going through some growing pains - we've been very public about them in the interest of transparency - and it's clear we have some work to do on internal processes and communication. We have already been doing a lot of work internally to clean up our processes, but these things take time. Rome wasn't built in a day, but that's no excuse for sloppiness.

    Now, for my community, all I can say is the same things I always say. We know that we're not perfect. We wear our imperfection on our sleeves in the interest of ensuring that we stay accountable to you. But it's sad and unfortunate when this transparency gets warped into a bad thing. The Labs team is hard at work hard creating processes and tools to generate data that will benefit all consumers - a work in progress that is very much not done and that we've communicated needs to be treated as such. Do we have notes under some videos? Yes. Is it because we are striving for transparency/improvement? Yeah... What we're doing hasn't been in many years, if ever.. and we would make a much larger correction if the circumstances merited it. Listing the wrong amount of cache on a table for a CPU review is sloppy, but given that our conclusions are drawn based on our testing, not the spec sheet, it doesn't materially change the recommendation. That doesn't mean these things don't matter. We've set KPIs for our writing/labs team around accuracy, and we are continually installing new checks and balances to ensure that things continue to get better. If you haven't seen the improvement, frankly I wonder if you're really looking for it... The thoroughness that we managed on our last handful of GPU videos is getting really incredible given the limited time we have for these embargoes. I'm REALLY excited about what the future will hold.
     
    With all of that said, I still disagree that the Billet Labs video (not the situation with the return, which I've already addressed above) is an 'accuracy' issue. It's more like I just read the room wrong. We COULD have re-tested it with perfect accuracy, but to do so PROPERLY - accounting for which cases it could be installed in (none) and which radiators it would be plumbed with (again... mystery) would have been impossible... and also didn't affect the conclusion of the video... OR SO I THOUGHT...
     
    I wanted to evaluate it as a product, and as a product, IF it could manage to compete with the temperatures of the highest end blocks on the planet, it still wouldn't make sense to buy... so from my point of view, re-testing it and finding out that yes, it did in fact run cooler made no difference to the conclusion, so it didn't really make a difference.
     
    Adam and I were talking about this today. He advocated for re-testing it regardless of how non-viable it was as a product at the time and I think he expressed really well today why it mattered. It was like making a video about a supercar. It doesn't mater if no one watching will buy it. They just wanna see it rip.  I missed that, but it wasn't because I didn't care about the consumer.. it was because I was so focused on how this product impacted a potential buyer. Either way, clearly my bad, but my intention was never to harm Billet Labs. I specifically called out their incredible machining skills because I wanted to see them create something with a viable market for it and was hoping others would appreciate the fineness of the craftsmanship even if the product was impractical. I still hope they move forward building something else because they obviously have talent and I've watched countless niche water cooling vendors come and go. It's an astonishingly unforgiving market.
     
    Either way, I'm sorry I got the community's priorities mixed-up on this one, and that we didn't show the Billet in the best light. Our intention wasn't to hurt anyone. We wanted no one to buy it (because it's an egregious waste of money no matter what temps it runs at) and we wanted Billet to make something marketable (so they can, y'know, eat).
     
    With all of this in mind, it saddens me how quickly the pitchforks were raised over this. It also comes across a touch hypocritical when some basic due diligence could have helped clarify much of it. I have a LONG history of meeting issues head on and I've never been afraid to answer questions, which lands me in hot water regularly, but helps keep me in tune with my peers and with the community. The only reason I can think of not to ask me is because my honest response might be inconvenient. 
     
    We can test that... with this post. Will the "It was a mistake (a bad one, but a mistake) and they're taking care of it" reality manage to have the same reach? Let's see if anyone actually wants to know what happened. I hope so, but it's been disheartening seeing how many people were willing to jump on us here. Believe it or not, I'm a real person and so is the rest of my team. We are trying our best, and if what we were doing was easy, everyone would do it. Today sucks.
     
    Thanks for reading this.
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    Rix_77 reacted to Spotty in Australian Steam users presented with ACCC notice   
    It's pretty old news, the judgement was from 2016 and Valve was going to appeal it or something and then gave up or was denied, which is why Valve only issued the notice to Australian steam users a few weeks ago. The actual infringements in the case are from 2011-2014 IIRC.

    Overall the whole thing is rather a non-issue now since Valve had updated their policies to allow refunds since 2015(?).
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    Rix_77 reacted to Spotty in Australian Steam users presented with ACCC notice   
    This happened a few weeks ago, not sure why PCCG are posting about it now.

    https://store.steampowered.com/consumer_rights_notice/
     
     
    TLDR; Few years ago when Valve/Steam didn't offer refunds on games it was in breach of Australian Consumer Law that guarantees the right to a Repair, Refund, or Replacement for faulty goods.
     
    Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
    It's Australia's consumer watchdog, making sure companies adhere to good sales practices, techniques, warranties, etc.
     
     
    Information on Australia's rights to Repair/Refund/Replace. Basically if a product has a major fault (one that had you known about you would have not purchased the item), then you have the right to choose to have it repaired, replaced, or refunded.
    https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/consumer-rights-guarantees/repair-replace-refund
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    Rix_77 reacted to Dabombinable in Australian Steam users presented with ACCC notice   
    Think of them as being the FTC, except for being pro consumer and having the balls to do their job.
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    Rix_77 reacted to mr moose in Australian Steam users presented with ACCC notice   
    Just so people don't get confused, this is not the same right to repair as they are fighting for in the US,  It is a right to have the manunfacturer repair your goods if they are faulty or otherwise do not work as intended. 
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    Rix_77 reacted to mr moose in Australias broken NBN promise in lead up to 2013 election   
    UM, a 1 year old news article about a 4 year old deadline that has been amended several times and gone through 2 federal elections is hardly news.
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    Rix_77 reacted to ashypanda in Several Execs Abandon the Essential Phone Before Launch   
    lets just hope those who've reserved it, put it on a credit card, as they'd have a chance of seeing their money again.
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    Rix_77 reacted to Natanael in New Vardar EVO fans with 0dB technology   
    No RGB?
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    Rix_77 reacted to Stefan1024 in Microsoft shares what it collectes in Windows 10 Telemetry data   
    Don't bother reading just disable everything.
     
    But it doesn't matter anyway, it will reenable itself with the next update /s
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    Rix_77 reacted to Misanthrope in Microsoft further cracks down on Kaby Lake and Ryzen usage on Windows 7 and 8.1   
    More easy than supporting the CPU that's already fucking working on Windows 7 and 8? That makes no sense at all, stop defending Microsoft pointlessly.
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    Rix_77 reacted to Remixt in Microsoft further cracks down on Kaby Lake and Ryzen usage on Windows 7 and 8.1   
    God I wish we could globally adopt Linux and push Microsoft into a blackhole.
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    Rix_77 reacted to Master Disaster in Blizzard remasters original StarCraft   
    Strange choice considering how much controversy there's been over classic wow recently, you'd think they'd want to remaster that instead.
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    Rix_77 reacted to Gizmostudios in 3 MILLION SUBSCRIBER GIVEAWAY   
    I've been growing a beard for 10 years now, it's getting pretty ridiculous so trust me: the sooner I get my hands on dat Razor Blade the better. For me and those who have to bear looking at it all the time.
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    Rix_77 got a reaction from alphastrata in 3 MILLION SUBSCRIBER GIVEAWAY   
    Id be happy with either!
    One I would upgrade to / replace my gaming rig, the other I would give to my wife to replace her aging laptop for her work flow
     
    Cheers
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    Rix_77 reacted to Morgan MLGman in i7-3770 - do these numbers sound right?   
    Locked Ivy Bridge CPUs can be "overclocked" by 4 bins, which means that you can increase the Turbo frequency to 4,3gHz (on one core) and to 4,1-4,2 across all cores. Got the same with my i7-3770S. It runs at 3,9gHz base clock and turbos up to 4,3gHz.
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    Rix_77 reacted to MajorFoley in Cloning 120GB - 250GB SSD   
    Hey guys so today i have gone out and bought a samsung evo 850 250GB to replace my intel 120gb SSD. I've just ofund that 120GB isn't enough for various reasons and i have no wish to install windows again at the moment. Now i have seen alot of cloning tools, including the porgram easetodo i used to make an old PC backup. Does anyone have any recommendations for cloning softawre? when i want to clone it i also want it to use all 250 gb now clone the 120gb then have the rest of the SSD unused.
     
    Any help would be great thanks!
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    Rix_77 reacted to glitchmaster0001 in Is The AMD FX 6300 Really That Bad of a CPU?   
    i wouldn't think so. maybe the cpu can bottleneck the gpu but thtas if your running it with a gtx 970 or gtx 980 and above. from what i see if your running a gtx 970 or more then all the AMD CPUs would bottleneck it
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    Rix_77 reacted to minicale in Corsair Hydro Series H5 SF low-profile liquid CPU cooler   
    If the performance is good then I think it is a great idea but obviously it needs to outperform other small form factor air coolers or it is pointless.
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