Mr. Fox

It seems relatively obvious they do not care where their money comes from as long as it keeps on coming. The income generated from nefarious schemes by bad actors isn't a problem for them because they do not care about the safety and well-being of their community members. The only thing that they "police" is opinions and exchanges of views by community members that are contrary to the narrative and one-sided agenda that their organization seeks to promote.

Exactly... thanks Brother @Papusan

Send them all back to where they came from... yesterday. They shouldn't be here.

Of course. We know that will happen. It is Micro$lop, so we expect things to be goofed up. I was merely groping for something I could identify that was not negative. It is getting more difficult to find something nice to say.

I guess looking on the bright side of things, the fact that they are not screwing up the Winduhz GUI any worse than they already have is something to be happy about. I have hated the majority of the GUI changes made for the past 10 years. With very few exceptions, they generally look ugly, feel clunky, require more clicks and most of them dumb down the interface.

Thank you. Adding memory into a cooling loop is much aesthetically cleaner with a distribution block or manifold. I do not care for it when trying to tap in from the CPU or GPU block. It looks too cluttered and busy for my taste. The connections look all jammed together and chaotic to me. You'e got the network configured nicely. I bet you can feel a big improvement with how things work as well. Our home network is not nearly as sophisticated or organized, but when we had the Gigabit fibre installed by Quantum they included a couple of network mesh "pods" at no cost and having those in place dramatically improved wireless connectivity for devices at the opposite end of the home. Our home is not that big (1800 square feet, single story) but it still helped a lot. I do not know what is going on with imgbb hosting but I can hardly use their service at this point. Photos take forever (or sometimes never) to load and often show broken links. It's not user error, but something with their servers. Even viewing uploaded images from within my account on their web site it is the same.

I finally took the time to get the X870E-E Strix memory on water like the Apex. First time in quite a long time that I ran the memory with air cooling and I am so glad to not have to use a fan for it any more. I really did not like that. Water is so much better, not to mention looking a whole lot better as well. That 120mm fan hanging on a bracket from the top radiator was pretty ugly. It will take a day or two to work all of the air out of the distro block. Now it's time to hit the sack.

The problem is way too much of the new tech exists for all of the wrong reasons. Optics, aesthetics and form over function. Not better, stronger, faster, more reliable. Change purely for the sake of change, not because it was needed. They need something shiny and new to sell, and otherwise have nothing to offer. It doesn't actually need to be any good if the sheeple believe it is and buy it.

Happy Saturday. Here's some humor to brighten your weekend.

Enjoy... 📕 The Honest Guide to Social Media An unfiltered dictionary for the chronically online. Welcome to the modern digital jungle, where validation is currency, filters are armor, and everyone’s shouting into the same algorithmic abyss. Below is your field guide to the biggest platforms — rebranded to match how they actually feel after five minutes of scrolling. Proceed with caution (and maybe therapy). 🟦 FACEPOOT Origin: Facebook, aged like milk. Definition: A nostalgia machine and misinformation buffet rolled into one. Tagline: “Connecting people who should really stay disconnected.” Highlights: Wedding photos, pyramid schemes, and your uncle’s political rage posts. Symptoms of Overuse: Excessive commenting, blurry memes, and mild regret. 🐦 TWATTER Origin: Twitter, after decades of progressive emotional decay. Definition: The internet’s public restroom wall — but with more branding deals. Tagline: “Screaming into the void since 2006.” Highlights: Cancelations, performative empathy, and people mistaking sarcasm for insight. Symptoms of Overuse: Doomscrolling, passive-aggressive replies, and believing that you’re a thought leader because one tweet got 40 likes. 📸 INSTASHAM Origin: Instagram, but with 100% more self-delusion. Definition: A virtual shrine to fake happiness and overpriced lattes. Tagline: “Look perfect. Feel hollow.” Highlights: Beach photos taken three years ago, toxic positivity, and sponsored “authenticity.” Symptoms of Overuse: Comparing your life to someone’s highlight reel, compulsive face-filtering, and the urge to say “link in bio.” 🎵 TITKOK Origin: TikTok, filtered through chaos and caffeine. Definition: A 15-second dopamine slot machine powered by thirst traps and trauma jokes. A safe haven where freaks can feel normal. Tagline: “Addicted to stupidity in 15 seconds or less.” Highlights: Teenagers doing dances that require core strength you’ll never have, plus one guy who suddenly teaches you taxes. Symptoms of Overuse: Time loss, brain rot, deception, pronoun obsession, random sound bites of dysphoric maniacs, celebrations of murdered dads and husbands that dare to hold a mainstream point of view and learning more about strangers’ childhoods than your own. 💼 LICKEDIN Origin: LinkedIn, pretending to be professional while secretly desperate. Definition: A corporate cosplay convention where everyone humblebrags for attention. Tagline: “Where job titles are inflated and egos are unemployed.” Highlights: Inspirational posts from people who just got laid off and “networking” messages that feel suspiciously flirty. Symptoms of Overuse: Referring to yourself as a “thought partner,” writing essays about “resilience,” and applauding strangers like it’s church. 👽 REDDTIT Origin: Reddit, the front page of the internet — and the back alley too. Definition: A labyrinth of echo chambers where self-proclaimed geniuses debate minor details with cultlike fervor. Tagline: “Where idiots network with other idiots to prove who’s right — again.” Highlights: The same 12 opinions recycled endlessly, karma farming, and communities built entirely around hating slightly different communities. Symptoms: Chronic smugness, hateful and illogical paragraph-length replies to strangers, and the belief that you “did your own research.” 🎧 DISCHORD Origin: Discord, the world’s loudest chatroom disguised as “community.” Definition: A digital basement filled with niche obsessions, inside jokes, and arguments that last until 4 a.m. Tagline: “A place where introverts talk nonstop and logic goes offline.” Highlights: Half-baked debates, moderators on power trips, and 400 unread messages you’ll never catch up on. Symptoms: Sleep loss, cult-like server loyalty, and knowing way too much about people you’ve never met. 📱 FINAL THOUGHTS Social media promised to connect us — and it did. Mostly to anxiety, insecurity, identify theft and a steady stream of disinformation and sketchy content we can’t stop hate-scrolling. So take this dictionary as both a guide and a warning: every “like” is just another brick in the digital asylum the sheeple of the world built together. Now log off. Or at least pretend to.

When liars convince idiots that feces is good to eat, all of the idiots will be eating feces.

Another good and valid reason to build you own and not buy prebuilt garbage. It would be interesting to see if forcing a normal ASUS BIOS using an SPI flash would work.

That is a good price. I would replace my 4090 with a Windforce 5090 if I could buy it that price here. I'd like to try the mod adding the second 12VHPWR connection to the empty space on the PCB. The cheapest I have noticed here is $1999 for the Zotoc 5090 Solid (non-OC). Edit: Hmm. Looks like it is. https://www.microcenter.com/product/692139/gigabyte-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5090-windforce-triple-fan-32gb-gddr7-pcie-50-graphics-card

A$$zeus selling GPUs that can only work with one of their motherboards was likely a very deliberate act and solely the result of ulterior motives. Not a smart buy for anyone that hasn't sold their soul to the ROG clown posse. The idea itself isn't a bad one. Much better than a fragile arson 12VHPWR (aka 12V-2x6) cable. The proprietary part makes it suck. With the baloney we are seeing with respect to AMD/Radeon GPUs now, it just gives NVIDIA a stronger chokehold on the GPU market that ultimately benefits only NVIDIA. There is no reason for them to feel compelled to release a Super or 6000 GPU line because they are effectively only competing with themselves. You either take what they offer and pay more than it is worth, or you settle for something substantially less. If AMD doesn't keep their prices in check they'll have nothing to sell to budget-conscious shoppers that are willing to sacrifice performance and good thermals to save money.

I ordered mine on 10/30 as well. I should have ordered two, but I think I will wait and order one from a US distributor for the 4090 because I do not know what kind of debacle I will encounter with FedEx extortion for their "handling fees" and miscalculation of tariffs. The UPS blunder of roughly 200% over-calculation of tariffs from Germany took a week to correct for the 5090 GPU block, and FedEx is about as incompetent as USPS. (The tariff itself wasn't the actual problem, it was the incompetence and gross miscalculation and their lack of concern with respect to correcting their obvious and unmistakable error.) So, I made the 1-hour trek to and from the new Phoenix Micro Center with my VIP 20% off coupon for the pre-Grand Opening only to find a line about 5-people wide and roughly a half-mile long. So, I turned around and drove home. Didn't even look for a parking space (and did not see one). Basically wasted two hours of my evening. I am sure the store would have closed before I could make it through the door because the line was so long and there would have been nothing left available to purchase that I would be interested in purchasing. More evidence of what a truly $hitty outfit Team Group is. Basically "it sucks to be you... thanks for being stupid enough to buy from us" so they can just bite my butt. This is A$$zeus-level disregard for people that keep their lights on. I have had this happen a couple of times in the past and the merchant took care of me (the customer) and filed a claim with the shipper for failing to deliver the product to the intended destination. From: rma @ teamgroup . com . tw Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2025 1:43 AM To: 'Mr. Fox' Cc: rma @ teamgroup . com . tw Subject: RE: RMA No: 25I0985 Dear Customer, Good day! Regarding your inquiry, TEAMGROUP would like to first provide the following statements and explanations: 1. The shipping address is automatically taken from the recipient address provided in your original RMA application. Therefore, all shipments are sent according to the address you submitted during the RMA request. 2. Please also note that we only initiate claims or complaints with the shipping carrier (USPS) if the package shows as undelivered or lost. If the tracking shows the package as delivered and the simplified address displayed matches your address, we consider the RMA process completed, as we can only rely on the status provided by USPS tracking to determine completion. 3. If the tracking number indicates that the shipment process is complete, we consider the RMA fulfilled. If you have not actually received the package, you will need to check with neighbors, household members, or relatives to see if someone accepted the package on your behalf. Any claims regarding non-receipt must be submitted by you, as the actual delivery status (marked as complete) is beyond our control. TEAMGROUP has no visibility into the physical receipt of the package, so it is normal procedure for you to file a claim. 4. Unfortunately, we are unable to resend the package. Refunds are the only alternative in such cases. However, if you require assistance with the claim process or need relevant documentation, TEAMGROUP will do our best to support you. We appreciate your understanding. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused and regret that we are unable to provide further assistance in this matter. If you have any further questions, please feel free let us know.