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6 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Seen it on here before.. bit harsh to call them retards, plus it's not nice and all that though. But yes people take the "lego" similarity a bit too far... you still need knowledge and common sense.

I mean...I've been doing PC stuff since I was 6...even then I knew what connectors went where...

4 minutes ago, MarcVez said:

a little harsh, but the mistake itself is funny

 

It's not 'politically correct', but this is the Internet where political incorrectness reigns supreme. I embrace it fully instead of fighting it, it's easier.

 

 

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we have a thread for this:

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/34813-experiences-with-non-techies/

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

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1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

we have a thread for this:

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/34813-experiences-with-non-techies/

Okay, neat. A moderator is free to move it.

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21 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

1. Status Update

2. People can make mistakes

3. No need to be a dick

4. Arsenal

1. Okay, sorry

2. Being uninformed is definitely a mistake

3. There is every need to be a dick

4. What?

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2 hours ago, H0R53 said:

THIS RETARD PUT THE FLOPPY POWER CONNECTOR ON THE CPU FAN HEADER AHAHAHAHA

2 hours ago, H0R53 said:

He came in because the power button cable was too short. Found out his friend is a retard.

As others have already said, it's not that great to be going around calling other people retards, especially using your caps lock key. Did you ever hear the saying that people who live in glass houses shouldn't be throwing stones.

2 hours ago, H0R53 said:

It's not 'politically correct', but this is the Internet where political incorrectness reigns supreme. I embrace it fully instead of fighting it, it's easier.

And this sort of statement serves to encapsulate quite well some of what's wrong with the way things are. Just become others are doing something doesn't justify that you should following along with it; all you're accomplishing by doing so is being a sheep and demonstrating how well you can bleat.

1 hour ago, H0R53 said:

3. There is every need to be a dick

Not really... Once again perpetuating/taking part in such behaviour only serves to debase oneself and indeed oftentimes casts one is an even worse light than their target. These are the tools of those that otherwise don't posses the mental aptitude to fight a battle any other way after all.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

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1 hour ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Microsoft owns the rights to an arbitrary resolution!?!?!?!!!!1111oneoneone

No, just the technology behind it. I prefer KND's 2x4 Technology more though.

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13 hours ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

These people.../

 

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My friend thinks Foxconn is a company headquartered in Shanghai, just like Intel, AMD, TAIWAN Semi conductor, ASUS, Acer, HP, Dell and basically every computer company because "Shanghai is the best place to do business"

11 hours ago, rn8686 said:

I'll let this screenshot speak for itself: 

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Recently, I've become an in-house tech at a medical diagnostics lab, and I seem to find myself quoting 'The IT Crowd' more often than not. I'm surrounded by Doctors with Ph.Ds and other degrees lightyears ahead of mine, yet they can't even figure out how to enable the preview window in Outlook!

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today i had to print about 90 copies of duplex. it was two files, made by the media students in photoshop and indesign and they could not for the life of them figure out how to do it. i told them to combine the files into either a word document or a PDF like 10x but not untill the media teacher said that might work did they do it, oh and they didnt do it, they sent the files to me so i could do it and sent it back to them... 

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

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The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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1 hour ago, Hameck said:

Recently, I've become an in-house tech at a medical diagnostics lab, and I seem to find myself quoting 'The IT Crowd' more often than not. I'm surrounded by Doctors with Ph.Ds and other degrees lightyears ahead of mine, yet they can't even figure out how to enable the preview window in Outlook!

Because they have someone like you to do it for them. :P

I have a blog! And a list of guides I've posted

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I finish my internship today, but one of the things that drove me CRAZY was that my Boss would always flick to the computer monitor when the computer was loading a CAD file. It made me cringe every time, as his little placebo actually worked... unless there is some technical explanation on how flicking the screen makes the CPU turbo xD 

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2 minutes ago, ministrsinister said:

unless there is some technical explanation on how flicking the screen makes the CPU turbo

Some CPUs have complex, but very shy AI that are sensitive to how we interact with a computer and its peripherals. They're mostly dandere, but some tsundere have been observed. Just hope you don't get a himedere.

 

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1 hour ago, Hameck said:

Recently, I've become an in-house tech at a medical diagnostics lab, and I seem to find myself quoting 'The IT Crowd' more often than not. I'm surrounded by Doctors with Ph.Ds and other degrees lightyears ahead of mine, yet they can't even figure out how to enable the preview window in Outlook!

Smart people are dumb. They're just not all around dumb.

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Break off your chains

And look what I've found in the dirt.

 

Pale battered body

Seems she was struggling

Something is wrong with this world.

 

Fierce Bloody Angel

The blood is on your hands

Why did you come to this world?

 

Everybody turns to dust.

 

Everybody turns to dust.

 

The blood is on your hands.

 

The blood is on your hands!

 

Pyo.

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3 hours ago, Drak3 said:

No, just the technology behind it. I prefer KND's 2x4 Technology more though.

Still, “Microsoft owns the right to 4K technology”

 

Sounds really dumb

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Just now, matrix07012 said:

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a macbook 'pro' is just a chromebook+, unless its a 15".

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138 is a good number.

 

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1 minute ago, matrix07012 said:

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well... some of its not THAT wrong?

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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Had a couple of people say net neutrality is bad in Apple discord

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138 is a good number.

 

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1 minute ago, themctipers said:

Had a couple of people say net neutrality is bad in Apple discord

*PAI INTENSEFIES*

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

Builds:

The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

Spoiler

"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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23 hours ago, themctipers said:

Had a couple of people say net neutrality is bad in Apple discord

Yeah. I also heard that bad buiness practices and lack of options are good.

I thought I had some money... Oh wait... I spent it all ;(

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Went looking for a cheap and small laptop for my GFs for university. 

Her: How about this one? 

Me: OH HELL NO! Stay away from everything that says 'Pentium'! 

Her: what about this one? It says 'Celeron' 

Me: AH GOD DAMNIT. 

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53 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Went looking for a cheap and small laptop for my GFs for university. 

Her: How about this one? 

Me: OH HELL NO! Stay away from everything that says 'Pentium'! 

Her: what about this one? It says 'Celeron' 

Me: AH GOD DAMNIT. 

Asus ux330ua

asus ux430ua

 

after coffee lake is out

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138 is a good number.

 

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46 minutes ago, themctipers said:

Asus ux330ua

asus ux430ua

 

after coffee lake is out

At over 1grand the 430 isn't exactly what I call cheap lol. 

Looking more at max 700€. Better even less. 

And she'd love to have it with a pen for writing and a tablet mode would be cool. 

Gaming HTPC:

R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


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R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

Reviews and Stuff:

GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino

Useful Links:
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Just now, FloRolf said:

At over 1grand the 430 isn't exactly what I call cheap lol. 

Looking more at max 700€. Better even less. 

And she'd love to have it with a pen for writing and a tablet mode would be cool. 

in canada, ux330ca was more expensive than ux440ua, while having a m3 instead of an i5 and a smaller display*

but it had a slightly better keyboard and trackpad. 

 

the 330ua was $1200! what a steal!

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138 is a good number.

 

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