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  • The problem is that they can’t control open source drivers. They could, however, release a printer that ran on proprietary closed source drivers. But they’d have to spend money on developers to maintain that code whereas right now, drivers are more or less stable and developed for free.

    What they could do is require the use of HP printer paper, with embedded RFID or watermarks that would be readable by HP printers. I’m honestly surprised they haven’t gone down this road.







  • I for one would not purchase any Intel hardware as long as AMD is around. Not that they’re bad or anything, but AMD gives me much Kore “bang for the buck”.

    If you have a processor line in mind, let me know. Happy to give them another look, given my experience with AMD is 30 some years old.

    And then there’s the cooling. I see you went with a radiator and fan, but I strongly suggest getting some type of liquid cooling. The prices are not that bad anymore (unlike about 10 years ago, which was insane).

    I’m not tied to the cooling solution I picked. I just picked something that looked affordable and did what I wanted. I’d love to do liquid cooling so long as it isn’t a pain. I helped my friend back in high school do liquid cooling and it was a proper mess. We came close to shorting his entire rig.

    As for the board, you’ll get all kinds of different suggestions. Some people swear by Asus, I’d rather go with Gigabyte (love the Aorus line), so it’ll come down to brand trust at the end of the day.

    I have zero brand loyalty here. The boards I’m looking at right now all have embedded wifi with the annoying antenna…I really want bluetooth embedded so it seems like I’ll have to have wifi but just not use it.









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    It took me…I’d say 2 years from being a full conservative to a left-leaning independent. And then another 2 years to being a moderate to progressive liberal.

    It does happen. But some people are so rooted in their political identity that they will never change.



  • Anyone else remember the first ad-pocalypse?

    Like when OG AdBlock was created and there was an all-out race between individual websites and AdBlock?

    Then OG AdBlock sold out and allowed “approved” ads to still show.

    We are seeing history repeat. The only reason ads survived was due to increasing number of users who weren’t using adblock.

    Now, with market saturation, Google is starting to fight back.

    I would absolutely love to see a revitalization on proxy software specifically designed to eliminate ads and tracking. I haven’t looked into this in quite some time but I think we’re crossing into this territory now.

    The pessimist in me says to look out for a bill authored by Google to make adblocking illegal.

    But the optimist in me says “the Internet sees censorship as damage and routes around it.”