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Trik'Stari

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    Trik'Stari reacted to wANKER in Imagine getting 0wn3d by a kid - Youngest Esport gamer signed to play fortnite   
    Imagine buying a dxracer and not even being tall enough to reach the neck support 
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    Trik'Stari got a reaction from Arika in Did apple just steal an ad?   
    Well now Apple does,
     
    inb4 lawsuit?
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    Trik'Stari reacted to SansVarnic in Did apple just steal an ad?   
    Another thing Apple innovated. LMAO
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    Trik'Stari reacted to WhitetailAni in an idea on how to stop the shorages on alot of tech products   
    Like what EVGA is doing?
     
    elephants
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    Trik'Stari reacted to Vishera in HP's 'free ink for life' plan is over because some scams are legal   
    In the legal and business worlds paper is a necessity.
    If it's folders of evidence and records or folders of business plans
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    Trik'Stari reacted to BlueChinchillaEatingDorito in HP's 'free ink for life' plan is over because some scams are legal   
    Here's an animated version for your viewing pleasure.
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    Trik'Stari reacted to WhitetailAni in HP's 'free ink for life' plan is over because some scams are legal   
    We use HP Instant Ink with our HP OfficeJet Pro 6968 (CMYK, not CYMRGBK or whatever it is) and have the 500-pages-a-month plan.
    15 pages a month?
    Naw.
    15 pages a day.
     
    elephants
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    Trik'Stari reacted to minibois in HP's 'free ink for life' plan is over because some scams are legal   
    Printers in general are a scam, but this one sounds even worse than most.
    How far have we as humanity fallen, to make placing some ink on paper so difficult.
     
    So expensive for no reason and it just does not work. These printers smell fear and just won't print (or scan) when they feel like you need them the most.
     
    As humanity we should move away from paper in general, especially because we use so much cardboard in general for product packaging.
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    Trik'Stari reacted to Kisai in Try as you might but - new Intel 8-core still behind AMD   
    I'll disagree. If you are buying a system that you intend to hang onto for 5+ years, you are better off buying the "best" or closest to it (eg the i9/R9 K part) and maxing it out. That's what I did when I built the system I have now both when it had the z87(2013) on DDR3 and the p35 (2007) on DDR2. I'm overdue to replace the system, but lack of availability of the AMD R9 parts and the i9 parts being kind of a joke for the price being asked just makes me want to wait until DDR5/PCIe5 comes out. But I can't see holding onto this until 2023. I am running headfirst into usage cases which require either a dual-gpu system and the CPU-only solutions don't scale. I'm only surviving on this platform for now as Haswell supports AVX2. AMD does not support AVX512 on current parts, and may be discontinuing the AM4+/DDR4/PCIe4 platform soon, which also gives me pause to buying something on this platform unless I don't intend to upgrade it.
     
     
     
     
    OEM machines are usually not designed for gaming, they are designed for stability, and one of the telling problems is that the chassis are designed to be as small as possible. The exception being the high end Alienware-like systems which also end up being overpriced relative to just building it yourself. Like I would absolutely not buy a system that "requires a liquid cooling solution" pre-built, because you can see how quickly that goes wrong when shipped. However unlike your white-box PC's, Dell and HP systems are usually over-engineered for being shipped. Like every HP and Dell Desktop that got recycled had additional cooling shrouds and GPU/CPU retaining clips/mounts that usually made replacing those parts much more of a pain than a whitebox system.
     
     
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    Trik'Stari reacted to SpaceGhostC2C in Google changes policy to allow file deletion after two years.   
    What is "inactive" according to Google? Storage is, or at least can be, a very passive affair.
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    Trik'Stari got a reaction from CTR640 in Try as you might but - new Intel 8-core still behind AMD   
    Do people actually expect good performance out of OEM machines? Because that makes me sad.
    I've worked on Dell, Lenovo, Apple, and HP machines for a while. None of them use thermal paste that is what I would describe as "adequate", in either their application method, or consistency. ALL of them have the consistency, at best, of chewing gum. At least that's been my experience.
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    Trik'Stari reacted to Helpful Tech Witch in Fed up with the sponsored videos?   
    Ltt is a company. They have to make money. For like 20 people. Ad revenue would not cover that. So fullyed sponsored videos have to happen.
     
    Given the timing, I think yoy are just salty you didnt win ROG Rig Reboot.
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    Trik'Stari reacted to Bombastinator in Try as you might but - new Intel 8-core still behind AMD   
    I haven’t seen a laptop in general in years that didn’t run hot.  They want small so bad (still don’t get that one) and the result is hot machines
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    Trik'Stari reacted to minibois in [Patent Discovery] Mobile ad serving platform will pause video ads if you're not watching them.   
    Yeah, anti ads should totally become more of a thing!
    I don't remember which YouTuber or company had one, but their ad was basically: "Company X paid for me to promote their business which is *one sentence synopsis of company X's products* check them out below for a special order".
    I feel like stuff like that is way more effective than a 1 minute "blah blah" advertisement many other companies give to YouTubers.
    Would it though?
    As long as this is opt-in and not opt-out, I feel like they can totally implement this in the EU. Especially when they tout the whole "anonymized data!" thing.

    I would be more weary about some of the laws protecting children. Children often watch YouTube on their parents' devices, meaning the child's face would be picked up by this system. That is something I think more 'law people' would be wary about too.
    they'd probably just ignore the user in this system, because it's just not worth the effort. which would mean people placing tape on their mobile phone front camera will become more wide-spread.
     
    But really, this is 'just' a patent, which often means someone has been thinking about this and wants to make a system which actually works, but it can take years before anything will come on the market.
    Considering a patent lasts I think for like 10-15 years, they still have a bit of time to work out all the 'issues'.
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    Trik'Stari got a reaction from Dracarris in [Patent Discovery] Mobile ad serving platform will pause video ads if you're not watching them.   
    I'd sooner use an old Flip Phone than put up with this shit.
     
    Seriously, the value that companies place on advertising needs to come down significantly. I can say that advertising has an adverse effect on me. I'm more likely to avoid a company based on advertising than I am to purchase something from them. Some examples include Raid: Shadow Legends, Sonic (the restaurants), Almost every insurance company on the planet, just about every bank you can think of, etc. All of them are so ubiquitous in their advertising that I'm annoyed by their very existence as companies, so why in the hell would I give them money?
     
    Instead of spending money making obnoxious ads that no one wants to see, just skip the ad and have something pop up that says "X company paid for you to skip this ad!", that would actually get more attention than actual adverts do.
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    Trik'Stari got a reaction from minibois in [Patent Discovery] Mobile ad serving platform will pause video ads if you're not watching them.   
    I'd sooner use an old Flip Phone than put up with this shit.
     
    Seriously, the value that companies place on advertising needs to come down significantly. I can say that advertising has an adverse effect on me. I'm more likely to avoid a company based on advertising than I am to purchase something from them. Some examples include Raid: Shadow Legends, Sonic (the restaurants), Almost every insurance company on the planet, just about every bank you can think of, etc. All of them are so ubiquitous in their advertising that I'm annoyed by their very existence as companies, so why in the hell would I give them money?
     
    Instead of spending money making obnoxious ads that no one wants to see, just skip the ad and have something pop up that says "X company paid for you to skip this ad!", that would actually get more attention than actual adverts do.
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    Trik'Stari reacted to minibois in [Patent Discovery] Mobile ad serving platform will pause video ads if you're not watching them.   
    The blind and visually impaired crowd:

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    Trik'Stari reacted to RejZoR in [Patent Discovery] Mobile ad serving platform will pause video ads if you're not watching them.   
    You don't have to say it twice that app would refuse to work if you don't. I've had such BS app on Android called VeryFit Pro for a sports bracelet. It outright demanded GPS to be enabled at all times, otherwise it would just refuse to run. Blocking location only did nothing and still refused to run. Fun part is that it literally doesn't have any function that would even require location tracking. No maps or real distance, just estimations based on steps.
     
    The other fun thing is that same app on iOS, when it asks for location, you just deny it and app continues to work. Totally different than on Android.
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    Trik'Stari reacted to abc_123 in [Patent Discovery] Mobile ad serving platform will pause video ads if you're not watching them.   
    Considering how many services there are out there that still show you ads even when you're paying money for it I think this is just going to further encourage piracy if it becomes widespread.
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    Trik'Stari got a reaction from JoshB2084 in Comcast extends data caps   
    Here's your reminder of official Comcast policy
    Oh ffs, age restricted, really?
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    Trik'Stari got a reaction from JAKEBAB in ASRock announces X570 TaiChi Razer edition motherboard   
    I'm still waiting for a Cyberpunk 2077 special edition motherboard of some kind.
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    Trik'Stari got a reaction from Letgomyleghoe in ASRock announces X570 TaiChi Razer edition motherboard   
    I'm still waiting for a Cyberpunk 2077 special edition motherboard of some kind.
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    Trik'Stari reacted to Vishera in RTX 3060 Ti Reviews Are Out - Performance of a 2080 Super For $399   
    Spoiler alert:
     
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    Trik'Stari reacted to SansVarnic in Please for the love of God stop using the term "PC Master Race"   
    -= Topic Locked =-
     
    I do believe this topic has run its course.
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    Trik'Stari reacted to THraShArD in Please for the love of God stop using the term "PC Master Race"   
    LOL, what a bunch of BS. Master Race did not originate from Nazis.  OP needs to study more on history.  It was used over 3,000 years ago.
     
    Everything in life is a repeat of something else.
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