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    Mercutio replied to the thread $800 used to be enough?.
    I did a "$1000" build with a Ryzen 5700, 16GB DDR4-3200, a 1TB SATA SSD and a secondhand RTX 4060 on Sunday. I already had the RAM and...
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    My partner roasts me for playing 25+ year old games on obscene hardware, but I like to have an understanding of what I'm getting into...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Android phones: Tips, tricks?.
    RCS 4 will support native video calling in your SMS (well, RCS) messaging application as a standard. Pixels and a few Samsung phones now...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Empire in Decline.
    ... and here we have the actual Nazi shit. Actively illegal medical experiments on imprisoned transpeople with an emphasis on preserving...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    I'm just one person. I think it's silly to have a yard and a bunch of space I'm not using when it makes more sense for me to be in...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    I still don't want a home. My parents are coming up on 80 years old and want me to move in with them. I don't want to do that, but it's...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    FFS. Turns out the solution to my problems was a part or serial number mismatch between some of the chassis components and the...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    xClarity Pro isn't THAT expensive, like $100/year/node. Some of my systems are licensed because it was part of the package when I got...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    I have been through the borked .NET runtimes many times. IIRC I had a conversation with long-time member timwhit about it in the early...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread DNS issues?.
    Same line of thought, but an OpenWRT travel router or the like? Seems safer than using suboptimal encryption.
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    Mercutio replied to the thread DNS issues?.
    Maybe you could offload the tunnel to your phone and run a local hot spot for access?
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    Mercutio replied to the thread DNS issues?.
    How likely are you to do anything that needs that level of security on your older devices in the first place?
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Android phones: Tips, tricks?.
    I'm actively interested in getting a device that can run GrapheneOS, which is sort of the last gasp of functional AOSP builds. It only...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Empire in Decline.
    The most recent two episodes of the It Could Happen Here podcast have been a discussion of the goals of the Venture Capital class and...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Empire in Decline.
    What do you think made the Secretary of the Treasury look like he's going to faint after being pulled out of an interview to speak with...
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