Mr. Fox

I am sure the data pirates love us. If I search for my name on the web nothing comes up. Not even my LinkedIn profile or a people search site. I don't use Instagram, Facepoot or X. I have accounts on them with totally bogus personal information to use if/when I see fit and never post anything associated with my true identity. I upload pictures of random people I have never met, and don't know their names, then I tag them with totally wrong made up names. This is to deliberately harm the accuracy of the data collection and AI. And the email addresses I use for registration, while valid, have very disparaging, vulgar and hateful user names and passwords directly related to the type of people stealing information that will be visible to anyone that buys or steals the information with the intent of using it for nefarious purposes, or for unsolicited marketing. Here is one such example: I get lots of spam at those emails addresses calling me by the fake names used in registration, so I know my efforts to eff things up for them are working. If I do a people search for the fake identities with fake addresses those have also been found to appear in the people searches, LOL. Garbage in, garbage out. We should all be doing malicious things like this to corrupt and cause harm to their data collection efforts. When I was still doing beta product testing for Dell, the person handling my registration for the Dell World Convention they invited me to had to email me to get a photo for my ID badge because he could not find a real photo of me anywhere. At that time my social media name on Facepoot was Weyland Yutani. They (Facepoot) eventually figured that out and deleted the account. So, I created a new one with different fake information.

So, apparently not just "rumors" as both were misrepresented to be...

Well, maybe this won't have an undesirable ending like all the others before.

Thank you, but I honestly do wish it were not true. It is tragic and I am concerned that will have a devastating ending no matter who prevails in the upcoming election. If Trump wins they will continue their efforts to kill him and if Elvira does they'll continue their fraudulent pursuit of him and turn on all of us that reject their dystopian vision for the future. They're like mentally insane American Nazis on steroids.

Man. This deep state mess is so horrible. If we cannot destroy this mess in short order before it can get its claws sunk deeper into our throats, the world we have enjoyed living in is doomed. The only thing worse than evil people is evil lunatics in positions of power that are so insane they cannot even identify the depth of their corruption or recognize the difference between right and wrong. There is nothing beneath them and nothing they won't do to have their way. Their contempt for everyone that holds a different view has turned them all into the vilest type of domestic terrorist and the most diabolical organized crime ring the modern world has ever seen. Masters of lies and deception that serve the Father of Lies and Prince of Darkness with an army of brain-dead zombies that are willing to stop at nothing.

I can't notice any difference in system performance using a SATA SSD versus NVMe in my day-to-day activities. Nothing about the experience seems different to me in normal use. I like the M.2 form factor a lot because it consumes minimal space and doesn't require power or data wiring. It's much neater and more convenient and the extra speed is kind of a nice but almost meaningless bonus. I am sure there are limited circumstances where I would notice the faster speed, but not in normal use. Maybe game loading or something like that, but I don't do that a whole lot.

I am hoping that all of the terrible publicity they have had lately about their dishonest warranty practices will result in them turning a new leaf and I have none of the shady nonsense I have experienced with them in the past. They did update the status this evening: Your product has been received and currently undergoing diagnosing by our technicians.

Well, ASSuS received my dead Apex Encore motherboard yesterday, but they haven't updated my RMA ticket to reflect receipt of it. I hope this doesn't go like my past experiences with these retarded monkeys have gone. If they don't take care of me I may replace it with a Tachyon. I refuse to purchase a 4-DIMM POS motherboard and it's really the only 2-DIMM alternative to the Apex/Apex Encore at this point unless I downsize to ITX. @electrosoft how is the Z90i Lightning? Any regrets? Compared to the Edge? From 5:48 in the Doofus comparison video...

It bothers me that only one party to the debate was "fact-checked" in the 3-against-1 rigged journalistic assassination attempt. 25 Lies Kamala Harris Told In Her Debate Against Trump Megyn wasn't the only one disgusted...

I find it difficult to identify any politician or media source that I like, or consider good or honest. I think that most are unworthy of trust, motivated by an agenda, panderers to special interests, rather than motivated to do the right thing for their constituents. I consider myself to be a conservative American with traditional family values, not a Republican or Demoncrat. When it comes to choosing how to vote it is generally reduced to identifying the lesser evil and choosing the option that is least likely to screw things up worse than they already are. It never has anything to do with the person I am voting for or whether I like them. Chances are pretty slim that I do. That's unfortunate, but it is the reality we are faced with. It's getting easier to choose only because the options are polarized and diametrically opposed extremes... one extremely corrupt and the other less screwed up, but neither one a great option. There is no longer such a thing as middle-ground or moderate. Principles don't matter enough. So, voting is basically an essential and critically important form of damage control.

Yes, that is correct. I know I am not planning to buy any new tech at this point in time. I might buy a better bin CPU or something like that if I stumble upon a fantastic deal, but I don't see any reason to spend any money. I do not expect Arrow Lake to be anything special just as it is looking like Zen 5 isn't anything special. Another example of the fact that newer is always better newer. It seems this is the new normal now. Lots of "meh" everywhere we look.

I watched that video before work this morning. I am puzzled by it to some degree. Maybe everyone that was planning to buy/build a Ryzen system is already set and nobody is shopping now. Was there a big uplift? No. Would there be a reason to upgrade from prior gen? Maybe. Like 13900K>13900KS>14900K not much difference, but minor improvements, which probably don't matter much to people that are mostly gamers and don't care that much about overclocking. I don't want to stereotype people, but from my perspective that seems like it applies to many AMD owners. While there are exceptions, if a person is happy with what they have and are not pursuing bleeding edge incremental or fractional increases in performance it would most likely be a really silly waste of money if there is not going to be a corresponding measurable benefit. If one were going to build a new AM5 system then buying Zen 5 instead of Zen 4 would make sense. Moving from Zen 4 to Zen 5 while sticking with the newer equivalent probably doesn't make good sense for most people. But, buying a more powerful and higher core count Zen 5 CPU to replace a weaker and lower core count Zen 4 CPU would be logical.

Awesome video and makes me even sadder that the best the world has seen is dead. Vince talks about why the idea of working for another company has been difficult for him... essentially a lack of innovation and commitment to being better.

This guy's candor is refreshing and we need a lot more of it. I am surprised the speech-censoring Nazis on YouTube haven't nixed it already. What do you think, @Papusan? I think he has very clearly identified one of the major reasons why gaming in 2024 is often sucky.

I usually avoid using the term "never" because crow meat doesn't taste good. But, I think I can use it safely in saying that Crapintush will never be viewed as an option. The brand is an abomination and I think I would prefer to not own any computer or a smartphone if it meant I had to purchase filth from crApple. That doesn't excuse Micro$lop for producing trashy OSes or absolve them of any of their unacceptableness, but they are definitely the lesser evil by a pretty wide margin.

My reply to their video...

That is accurate. You can add adjectives, such as epic or unmitigated in front of disaster for added emphasis.

I use that and the old version of Chrome that still works for Windows 7, but the Chrome nagging really pisses me off. They really need to mind their own business. As long as it works I simply do not care if it is updated.

I really like this one. Their style and sound reminds me a lot of Iron Maiden.

As long as they can get away with charging more because something has their name on it they will, and as long as the sheeple believe the brand name is something that makes it special they will continue to get away with charging outlandish prices for their junk. There is probably a total system power cap and whichever component (CPU or GPU) is pushing the system to draw the most power gets emasculated. It's unfortunate that this is how turdbooks are made now, but it is very common among all of them and has been for a good while. Even the Clevo systems that had desktop CPUs had power caps, which is super stupid. There should not be any such thing. The power limit should be determined by the maximum power-drawing capacity of the components and/or the AC adapter and not limited to something that offers anything less than full and unmetered performance.

It looks like you got it installed. Nice job. The clock dropping is most likely controlled by the firmware/EC on your turdbook and you might not be able to correct that without modded firmware. You can try maxing out the minium and maximum clocks on both sliders and if it still does that you're going to have to live with it or find someone that can locate and correct the cancer code in your turdbook firmware. I have a friend with a newer ASUS gaming turdbook with a 13900HX CPU and it won't hold its overclock under load. I have tried everything I can to help him and it is hopeless with stock firmware cancer.

Hopefully stupid won't win again, but I won't hold my breath. If it does, the social media censors will silence those that are not drinking the Kool-Aid and believing all of the mainstream media lies.

I generally use Linux distros that automatically manage the NVIDIA drivers and it is generally hassle-free that way. Many of them have the option during setup to choose the installation and use of proprietary drivers, but POP!_OS and Zorin and Kubuntu make it pretty effortless. Some things are worth doing the hard way, but to me that's not one of them. I think Kubuntu is my favorite distro. It is closer to "ready to use" for me with a default installation in much the same way Zorin is.

Same kinds popular in other places. Then there is the Viking music... https://www.youtube.com/@nordikido