Recent content by Mercutio

I think we all know that ain't nothin' gonna happen over this. We didn't do anything about it last time he was in office and now everything is worse and checks and balances are thrown out the window when one party controls all branches of government.

For purpose of comparison, an N150 has approximately the same amount of computing power as an i7-7700 at a tiny fraction of the power budget. I can't find any of the $150 N150s with 16GB RAM that I was able to buy any day of the week last year, but I did find this guy for $190.

Greg, that is some bigly e-waste right there. it'll technically run Windows 10 but that's G41 chipset that PROBABLY uses DDR2, although I think there were some hybrid boards that had DDR3 as well. Belarc advisor will tell you for sure. Either way, you're not getting over 8GB RAM on it and it...

The EU owns around $8T of US Debt. Essentially no entity on the planet could buy all that, and no one other than a close ally would want that much exposure to liability. The value of a dollar would plummet in a re-valuation, absent the backing of those assets by European powers. I had one...

I turn all the frame generation stuff off, but nothing I do needs those settings. IIRC there's a global and per-game setting in the control panel. DLSS 4.5 supposedly decreases frame latency to the point where even 4 generated frames to 1 "real" frame is usable, but even within that there are...

Hardware Unboxed, which IIRC is an Oz-based Youtube channel, says that the 5070Ti and 16GB 5060Ti have been discontinued or functionally EOL'd by most or all AIB manufacturers in favor of the 12GB 5070 and 8GB 5060Ti.

I'm the complete opposite of a fan of firearms in any way, shape or form, but Black Flag Civilian is a sort of leftist-anarchist gun advocate. He posted this a few days ago, mostly speaking to the gun nuts who still watch his content. The Administration has a boner for attacking Minnesota...

It's going to be hilarious when the US get evicted from every military base it has in Europe.

This thing prevents cat-related uptime issues.

Apparently, the next version of Windows will be essentially immutable, just as ChromeOS, Android, iOS, MacOS and some versions of Linux are. The idea is that there will be a compatibility layer for software that expects to make changes inside the Windows directory. On one hand, this isn't a...

I have a shelf in my living room where my deceased cats stay. I put them in wooden jewelry boxes and keep them next to my favorite books.

If the US has an open, shooting war with itself, the global economy is toast. I don't think that's likely. It's not going to be Red v Blue. It'll probably look a lot more like non-stop terrorist attacks on what are perceived to be centers of power for either side, although it could be more open...

There is no doubt in my mind that something very similar to all of this this played out in Washington DC last week.

There's a trinity of factors that have to be in place prior to use of deadly force: Capability, Intent and Opportunity. This is a universal standard for law enforcement in the USA. At most, Mrs. Good could be seen as having opportunity, and only if you consider the possibility that driving a...

Did you watch any video of the event other than the one the Administration posted on its official instruments? Sarah Good's truck tires were pointed away from the ICE Officer. He was in no danger of being hit. None. Not even a tiny little bit. He had no lawful reason to fire at her. Even if Mrs...