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    And I just noticed that it's going to be over 90F the rest of the week so hopefully no more kids or games at my place anyway.
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    It's possible Asus has cleaned up its warranty act after getting a crap-ton of bad press for being just the worst about RMAs. I don't...
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    Valve and Meta are IIRC the only two companies selling PC compatible VR hardware. If anything, they either have to keep making gear or...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Selfhosting fun.
    GL.inet Comet Pros were $140 last week and I bought a couple. These are IPKVMs with direct support for Tailscale and Zerotier that...
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    How much of a market does VR have in the first place? I don't think I know anyone still trying to do something with VR in 2026.
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    I've been working on PC stuff since the late 80s and I've never once had an Asus RMA complete successfully. I still buy its monitors...
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    I have to engage with it as a side effect of supporting other people who play games on PCs. I do get to tell people how wrong they are...
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    An HX 370 has very credible graphics performance for an APU. Supposedly between mobile 3060 and 4060 performance, but with assignable...
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    I've never tolerated Valve and I've never understood why anyone else does, either. Valve actively makes PC gaming worse for the...
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    A socketed CPU and one PCIe port would probably change a lot of minds, but they didn't go that route. The frustration I have here is...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    I never thought I'd see the day that I'd jump at a chance to spend $40 on a 250GB SD card, but here we are.
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    I've never been OK with Valve, but I think the mass audience of PC gamers thought it was their friend that could do no wrong, and see...
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Display standby problem.
    Windows 7 was really the last no-bullshit version of Windows. I understand wanting to cling to it.
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    Steam Machine is $1050 for 500GB Storage and $1350 for 2TB. The controller is $20 cheaper if you buy it with the PC. Ouch.
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    Mercutio replied to the thread Display standby problem.
    That is very fixable. Open the install file with 7zip, extract the files and install them by hand. At worst, you might have to modify a...
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