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    Is there a gaming mice that is not garbage ?

    It seems that most will last about 2 years of heavy gaming before the buttons start double clicking or the scroll wheel stops working. I am right at 2 years on my G502 lightspeed and thus far no problems but if it dies I will just get another one as the ergonomics work well with my right hand.
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    Need advice on commercial generator for animal hospital

    We have a Generac 100kw unit that runs on natural gas, the server racks have APC server rack UPS, all computer workstations have APC UPS.
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    What's the fastest way to erase a mechanical drive?

    At a previous company they had me smash 30 drives out of the server and provide photos of the smashed drives. Was a fun time, took almost 2hr to thoroughly destroy them all.
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    Amazon CEO Andy Jassy threatens employees to return to office or "things are probably not going to work out for you"

    Sounds like a direct threat to your life which in most states legally permits a lethal force response.
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    Ryzen 7 3700X Trades Blows with Core i7-10700, 3600X with i5-10600K: Early ES Review

    By what benchmarks? All that I am seeing on the various benchmark sights seem to show them about on par with one being just a few percent above the other back and forth. Maybe the next generation of AMD will be good enough to care about building a new rig, sidegrades are pointless. I honestly...
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    Ryzen 7 3700X Trades Blows with Core i7-10700, 3600X with i5-10600K: Early ES Review

    Let me know when AMD comes out with a processor that has single core performance that beats my existing 7700k @ 5ghz by at least 10%
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    Go master quits because AI 'cannot be defeated'

    So start pitting the bots against each other and lets get this AI apocalypse started.
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    Netflix Password Sharing Crackdown

    The smart thing to do for netflix would be to make a family share plan, give up to 4 unique login locations and profiles for say 1.5x normal sub rate but restrict to a max of 2 login at the same time.
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    Obsidian Entertainment: The Outer Worlds – Come to Halcyon Trailer

    Well at least they used an engine that has quite a bit of capability and are not stuck in a corner with an engine that is maxed out with no path forward.
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    Cherry mx Speed

    I had a K70 with the speed switches and found it very hard to type on as I was constantly getting double hits. I replaced that keyboard with a K70 MK2 with red switches and have been quite happy with the usability in and out of gaming.
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    A "Legend" Reborn: Logitech Brings Back the MX518 Gaming Mouse

    I miss my old G500 but the G900 makes a good replacement and even better the wireless on battery lasts days.
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    The NSA to Release Free "GHIDRA" Reverse Engineering Tool

    So like IDA? I have been using it for 15 years...
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    Credit Card Chips Fail to Halt Fraud, Survey Says

    Ditch the credit card form factor and go with an RSA 2FA key fob with the chip / nfc system built in, for each transaction you push the button and input the code. Why is this so hard to do? I have had a 2FA key fob on my Blizzard account for a decade.
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    Windows 10 Buggy Updates? Our Patching Is Simple, Regular, Consistent Says Microsoft

    My work computer was updated this week, the USBC dock was updated and my god the damn thing actually works right now, no screen flickering after sleep, monitors come back up at the right resolution even!
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    AMD ThreadRipper 2nd Generation, Intel i7-9600K & i9-9900K Cinebench Scores Leaked

    Multicore benchmark, crap, its 2018 and most programs still don't multithread for shit.
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    PUBG Losing Players at a Furious Pace

    The aimbot users on pubg mobile has grown to unfun levels. Guy on the other side of the map headshot with a shotgun. Next game, another guy kills me with a sniper rifle again from the other side of the map through hills etc. Next game, guy headshot kills me with a pistol from half way across the...
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    Google Unceremoniously Removes the Tablet Section from Official Android Website

    I have a nexus 7 and I have an ipad, to be honest the nexus 7 just collects dust and the ipad is used daily.
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    Star Citizen’s $27,000 Bundle Raises Eyebrows

    Is this some sort of money laundering scheme?
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    New Doom Movie Will Have a Female Lead

    Smells like a bomb already.
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    How big is your Gaming screen?

    32" HP Omen, love this monitor.
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    GM Plans 20 All-Electric Models by 2023

    I want a plugin electric hybrid turbo diesel option for my VW GTI! The 2.0 diesel with a 45kw battery would be the ticket, could daily drive to work and charge over night but if I want to go to Austin for the weekend I do't have to find another vehicle due to lack of charging options.
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    EVGA Caught Sampling PSUs to Reviewers Not the Same as Retail

    Hmm, does not make me happy, I went with an evga psu for this computer.
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    Cutting the Cable Cord? Savings Aren't What They Were

    Cord cutting. Getting rid of cable only to replace it with 10 other services isn't cable cutting. Cable cutting is to get rid of cable and replace it with nothing.
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    The Hybrid Car Is Already Facing Obsolescence

    Even factoring in fuel cost and tax deduction the base line S is still almost twice the price of my 2015 Vw GTI... I am hoping the 3 will actually retail in the 30k price point...
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    CIOs Have Stopped Fighting the Cloud

    Hmm, at work we have such shitty internet that youtube videos buffer and using the VPN results in you "downloading" 500kb excel files over a few minutes. We have about 2gb of Computer Aided Engineering CAE data per job with about 10tb of job history that gets referenced on the regular. If we...
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    Gamer Specific Chairs: Are They Worth Buying?

    Get a Steelcase Leap V2 and be done with it, they can be had for ~$300 if you look around a bit.
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    FCC Chair Wants Carriers to Block Robocalls from Spoofed Numbers

    This started happening a few weeks ago, I am getting 2-3 calls a day with my own phone number on the caller ID. I called Tmobile and they are at a loss as how to block it and are looking into it.
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    Relid Your Intel CPU on the Cheap with no Delid Tools @ [H]

    I did a delid with some waxed dental floss, no risk of chipping or scratching stuff. Just saw back and forth under the corners and work in to the flats.
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    It's Time To Embrace Wireless Gaming Mice

    I have had a Logitech G900 for about 2 months now and I love this thing. It actually feels faster and smoother than my old G5.
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    HP Omen 32" QHD Monitor - 2560x1440, 5ms, 75Hz freesync, VA panel

    The screen looks great even at default settings, even on 1920x1200 text is easily readable and clear with the screen at arms length away. I wish I could turn up the resolution to the max but my busted ass pos laptop can't do it... time to build a new gaming rig.
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    Westworld Is A Lot Tamer Than Video Games

    Westworld is like running a tabletop RPG with a few people who are not really interested in the game. Tons of leads for quests, party hangs in town and fucks the whores and shoots random people.
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    how many times did you open & close your laptop before the hinges broke?

    The left hinge on my MSI GT70 just made a nice loud crunch and spewed out some plastic fragments last week after just about 5 years of service. The laptop still works fine but I can no longer close the lid and I have to support it via a brace so the screen doesn't fall over backwards. I had...
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    Uber And Lyft To Shut Down In Austin

    Want to reduce DUI? Mandatory death penalty for the offender and his/her nearest relative.
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    How To Kill Patent Trolls Once And For All

    Reduce patent lifespan to 5 years and patent trolling would vanish for the good of all.
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    PC Shipments Are In Decline...AGAIN!

    I was going to build but I am waiting for the next gen of i7 x99 chips with 6 or 8 cores and for nvidia to roll out the 10980 gpu. I have been getting by with my 5 year old laptop that still plays fallout 4 at ~30 fps on middle settings at 1080. The upgrade cycles have been getting slower and...
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    Why Are We Obsessed With Zombies?

    Zombies are a metaphor for people who will turn on you in the event of shit hitting the fan. Looters, rioters etc.
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    Survey Respondents Say 'Yes' To Windows 10

    Most of the machines running XP wouldn't run for shit on Vista/7/8/10 thus are not worth upgrading. These machines will eventually be replaced as they burn out and those replacements will run win7/8/10.
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    Workstation laptop suggestions

    I run Solid Edge and Autocad on a Dell E-4550 with two 27" 3k resolution monitors and have great frame rate in autocad, solid edge not so much after assemblies go over 200 or so parts.
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    Docking station dual 2560x1600

    At work I use a Dell E5440 docked to a E-port+ connected to two P2715Q monitors for the use of drafting in AutoCAD, SolidEdge and soon to be doing modeling in Abaquas. That said, no issues at all running autocad on one screen and solidedge on another... it looks awesome!
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    Carmakers Still Trying To Use DMCA To Stop Car Mods

    If you have a pre 95 you can easily get all kinds of Eprom chips like DSMLink, for the 2G cars you can also get DSMLink but it was more expensive. Or you could go AEM EMS or the like for total stand alone computer but those were expensive and required tons of dyno time to get setup. I have a...
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