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  1. Brian_B

    Intel Core Ultra 9 285K & Ultra 5 245K CPU Review

    I can't speak for the new AT folks, who all seem decent and I'm very glad they are here. But for the older FPS guys in the crosshairs here - I can absolutely vouch they are not fanboys of anything, other than chasing performance. And they will let you know in no uncertain terms which color...
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    Xbox Consoles to Get 2nd Price Hike in Less than Six Months, Controllers and Headsets to Maintain Current Prices for Now

    Agree. Will be interesting when those with all the cash realize that a capitalist society runs like a pump - you need the cash to be moving around the economy for the economic engine to run. The goal for an healthy capitalist economy isn’t necessarily the sum in your account, but the flow in and...
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    Intel States That Its $5 Billion Collaboration Deal with NVIDIA Is Complementary to Its Roadmap and Will Continue to Have GPU Offerings

    "Complimentary" I think this is more nVidia taking advantage of a wounded competitor. "Oh, remember that time when you wouldn't license us x86? We are about to own you. This is just our way of getting around anti-trust."
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    Microsoft to Force Install Copilot on 365 App Users, Whether They Want It or Not, Beginning in October

    Work just put out this big policy saying no AI without having each query, file, and/or prompt evaluated by our It department for potential security breaches and NDA compliance I didn’t have to heart to ask if we could still use Google Search. Copilot is enabled in all our MS app suite programs...
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    NVIDIA News Roundup: RTX 5080 Launch Disrupts GeForce NOW, RTX 50 SUPER Announcement Could Happen at CES 26, and More

    Been on deaths doorstep for a long time now, unless you want to call $300+ entry level
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    With Nine Months to the Grand Theft Auto 6 Release, Rockstar Is Hiring for “The Largest Game Launch in History.”

    “Get hired now to start in 6 months and work brutal hours! The pay will be horrible but we have free Keurig coffee! And there’s more; get laid off in 12 months! Welcome to the Gaming Industry!”
  7. Brian_B

    Honey Could Be Used for Making Neuromorphic, Brain-Like CPUs

    Wonder if it tastes like silicon
  8. Brian_B

    Apple A19 Pro Bests AMD Ryzen 9 9950X And Intel Core i9-14900KS in Single-Threaded Tests While Leaving Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite in the Dust

    Yeah, there isn't much point in the whole Mac vs Windows thing - hardware has become a lot more agnostic. And while both camps have went in different directions, neither has went in a particularly good one. But still there's an awful lot of things that are still Windows only - I get it. I use...
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    Apple A19 Pro Bests AMD Ryzen 9 9950X And Intel Core i9-14900KS in Single-Threaded Tests While Leaving Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite in the Dust

    I mean, if this is true: Single-Threaded Benchmark Percentage Breakdown 11% faster than Apple A18 Pro 36% faster than Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 11.8% faster than AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 15.8% faster than Intel Core i9-14900KS Then wasn't the old A18Pro chip ~also~ faster than the 9950X and the...
  10. Brian_B

    New York State Wants to Ban Flamethrowers Because of Elon Musk

    Haven't banned nail guns or captive bolt guns yet!
  11. Brian_B

    Acer Announces 27″ Dual-Mode OLED Predator Monitor Featuring up to 720 Hz Refresh Rate

    Remember when it used to be all about GtG time, and them companies figured out they could goose that by just not going all the way to B&W. Then it was all about brightness. Now it's refresh rate.
  12. Brian_B

    Hollow Knight: Silksong Managed to Crash Multiple Storefronts on Launch Day Due to Overwhelming Sales

    Imagine the profits if they had priced this one at $70 /s I’m tempted to buy it just to support reasonable release pricing
  13. Brian_B

    DC Team

    Seconded
  14. Brian_B

    Starlink

    Yeah, it's available at that location. I just know when they were trying to push it as more reliable, the speed was ... meh, but the price was more than double (commercial internet plans are not cheap to begin with). And they just rubbed me the wrong way trying to push the reliability angle...
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    WH40K Space Marine 2

    oooo it just went on sale again
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    Database design optimization - MariaDB (MySQL)

    I mean, there are Masters level courses in this stuff, depending on how in depth you want to get. https://mariadb.com/docs/server/ha-and-performance/optimization-and-tuning/query-optimizations There's also the fact that you can optimize a table distinctly from optimizing a query (which is...
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    Database design optimization - MariaDB (MySQL)

    I'm in the same boat with some reporting tools we have for work. One of our jobs has about 20 queries, and they take about 5 minutes each to run. It only gets run once a month though, so I haven't put a lot of time into optimization. The table is very narrow, just 3 fields, but it fairly large.
  18. Brian_B

    Starlink

    I'm about to call for an ISP for a new office building we are doing down in town. My options are Comcast, AT&T, and local wireless/microwave outfit that leases Comcast backbone. And I suppose Starlink could be an option, but not really entertaining it at this time for a commercial building with...
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    Starlink

    Yeah our podunk local telecom has been doing something in the neighborhood all summer long. I’m hoping it’s fiber but I’m not holding my breath.
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