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monsterpiece42,

There’s two on eBay right now, and one of them has a signed letter from the author.

monsterpiece42,

Yeah I don’t blame you

monsterpiece42,

Don’t have that type of two-to-one in LEGO bricks. You’d need a 1x2 plate and then plug the head stud into the middle indexing pin of said plate.

monsterpiece42,

Sinclair is a piece of shit org.

That said, is there really any doubt that Biden is not very sharp? Countless videos of him trailing off in the middle of a sentence or whatever. Trump too, both are messes mentally and should retire imo.

monsterpiece42,

I didn’t ask what the lesser of two evils is. I’m not blind.

My point is, saying that Biden is losing it mentally isn’t exactly a hot take.

monsterpiece42,

Similar to what other have said, I’m allergic to gluten. I helped my nephew with a middle school project where he had to build a tower from dry spaghetti sticks and marshmallows, and about five minutes in my fingertips were extremely itchy.

I also know my version of this is very mild compared to some.

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@games What demos did you try today? | DAY 2

Greetings festive fellowship of the fediverse, it's the second day of the , and there are still many games to discover and discuss, let's share our mutual discoveries of today

monsterpiece42,

I played the new Creeper World IXE demo, and it was excellent. Looking forward to the full release!

monsterpiece42,

Taking the tag off a mattress.

monsterpiece42,

Looks like it. His name is William Henry Davis

monsterpiece42,

Aww fuck, is that what does it?

What is the best model of used ThinkPad to purchase?

I’m thinking of picking up a used ThinkPad on eBay for cheap to serve as my daily driver. I’ll likely run LMDE, and primarily use it for web browsing, office programs, coding, and FreeCAD. Any recommendations on which model would best hit the sweet spot of capability vs price?

monsterpiece42,

I have a T580 and a T15g2 and the T580 is 100% a more rugged build–not even close.

The T15 is way lighter, so maybe that feels like stiffness?

G1s do not just “have brighter screens” than Gen 2. Those are spec-able options.

G1 had three screens, 250nit, 300nit, 500nit (4k only)

G2 had three screens, 300nit, 300nit, 600nit (4k only)

Both have the same 57wh battery. Not sure what you’re talking about there.

monsterpiece42,

You should contact Lenovo and let them know their spec sheets are wrong. Because they say exactly what I just said.

Not my problem if you have aftermarket modifications to them.

monsterpiece42,

Could be. I do have some significant Thinkpad experience (going back to the IBM days) and I do know that they will not alter the model number regardless of what’s in the machine, but you can pull a build sheet from their website with the serial number. Do you know if your HPs could have had this happen? Was your distributor HP or elsewhere? (Not hating, just curious!)

Capacity loss over time is a decent idea. The 2nd Gen machine has an 11th Gen chip, vs 10th Gen in the Gen 1, and quiet possibly is able to burn more power quicker as well. Thinkpad power consumption is also definable in the BIOS or Vantage software for many of them, so those settings all could vary.

Normally I’d be happy to help troubleshoot this sort of thing but frankly I’m not sure OP was looking to chat.

monsterpiece42,

Aaaand that’s my new phone background.

monsterpiece42,

Yes, shared joy is double joy. Where’s the question?

monsterpiece42,

I had the same laugh. So tone-deaf.

monsterpiece42,

Light slaps like you’re packing a can of dip.

monsterpiece42,

I mean it pretty clearly says that User insights will be put into development and user benefit is first.

…will that happen? Well. Probably not. But I hope so.

monsterpiece42,

It’s true, my wife is autistic and can’t even eat a single food meal. She has to have a side or something.

I’m the opposite, she used to constantly question me for taking the exact same lunch for YEARS hahaha.

In case it’s not clear, we are both legitimately autistic.

monsterpiece42,

Well… Is it?

monsterpiece42,

Jokes aside I think this is a good demonstration of why they do it.

monsterpiece42,

You can fix her.

monsterpiece42,

Idk if this was in the movie as I didn’t watch it. But if the thing they’re attached to us hardened steel a hacksaw wouldn’t have a chance of going through it. It would wear the teeth right off.

monsterpiece42,

100% this. I was on Reddit for nearly 10 years and this “type” of joke is super common.

That said, it was taken too far imo.

monsterpiece42,

Nice reference!

monsterpiece42,

As other have said, please do an SSD swap.

If it’s “unbearably slow” that is an indication of drive failure especially on old boot drives. Linux will not fix this.

After that, Cinnamon if they like windows. Gnome if they don’t or don’t care.

Pop os is a great “fire and forget” OS for normal users. I work in a computer shop and have seen tons of not-knowledgable people run it without issues.

monsterpiece42,

So that beam in the pic is not factory (dude is still a douche of course). But the point in the video is that the cybertruck is like that straight from Tesla, which is extra unacceptable.

monsterpiece42,

Good, keep the prices low for the smart people who do.

monsterpiece42,

Partially dead CPUs can absolutely still POST and boot. I work in a PC repair shop and see it all the time. Everything will work totally “fine” and you’ll get weird errors here and there similarly to failing RAM. You have to run a dedicated CPU test like the ones in OCCT (Windows-based, don’t lynch me) or similar to see if you’re getting WHEA or other errors.

The reason for this is that a lot of CPUs have built in redundancy to get around having imperfect silicon, and sometimes that is enough to make the system still work, but not be quite “right”.

The good news is, if you are producing such errors, you usually have a 3yr warranty on most CPUs and the OEM will RMA them for you.

monsterpiece42,

That’s the name of the program. You can search it and it’ll pop right up. It is now owned by Cooler Master.

Once you download it, you can run either the CPU Srress test or the Linpack test (this is for Intel mostly as it is their proprietary test) and it’ll run while looking for math or WHEA errors.

While you’re doing science, I would also recommend doing a RAM test with memtest86+. You download the .iso and make a bootable drive, and boot into it. Both RAM and CPU can make similar weird failures so checking both is a decent idea.

monsterpiece42,

What’s the story behind this? Does anyone here know?

monsterpiece42,

Gotcha, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks!

monsterpiece42,

No worries, I didn’t take it as super literal. But I always saw all the “Rule” posts and was curious.

monsterpiece42,

I got the context I was looking for from the other comment but I knew you were trying to be kind/helpful so I was attempting to reciprocate! :)

monsterpiece42,

Not a boomer, confirmed.

[Rant] A few days ago, I asked if Mint would run okay on a Lenovo T460 (I appreciate all the advice). I got it working, but the installation was a big pain and I totally blame Lenovo.

I got the T460 refurbished and I really didn’t want to run Windows 10 on it. I last used Linux for any real length of time a good 20 years ago, so I’m pretty inexperienced with it at this point and I had to figure out how to install it myself....

monsterpiece42,

This sounds like it was strictly the fault of the USB load. If you make a UEFI USB (you should use Ventoy, it’s great btw) all you would need to do is shut off Secure Boot and install.

Most bootable drives don’t support Secure Boot. You turn it off, do the install, and turn it back on if you want it. I personally just leave it off.

Outside of those caveats everything you described is industry-standard stuff. Nothing to do with Lenovo.

monsterpiece42,

Beat me too it. First thing that popped into my head for sure

monsterpiece42,

I work in a decent-sized computer repair shop and this is a very accurate representation of what the average user knows.

Just in case anyone thinks this is over the top.

monsterpiece42,

No, they are in the business of getting fucked so a union would be a bad fit for them.

God of War Creator Is Unhappy With New Games and Kratos' Story (comicbook.com)

Despite being nominated for numerous awards and even winning Game of the Year in 2018, the creator of God of War, David Jaffe, is not a huge fan of the new direction the series has gone in. Jaffe himself hasn't worked on these new God of War games, but thinks that they're not staying true to the spirit of the character and the...

monsterpiece42,

Could the author have packed any more bias into the article? Like, we get it. You like the new games.

Why didn't anyone remind me the dual booting exists?

I was talking to my dad yesterday and he talked about how he dual booted windows and Linux in his college days. I immediately left to download Ubuntu, I feel so dumb for forgetting it’s an option. I literally only use windows so I can play Fortnite with friends. PSA: you can have both Linux and Windows, or you can use a vm in...

monsterpiece42,

As others have said, I also highly recommend physically separate drives. I have found both Linux and Windows affect each other sometimes especially when you’re getting your bearings with dual booting.

For instance, after running Linux the clock in Windows will be wrong. And Windows will eat the Linux boot partition especially after feature packs (formerly called service packs), which come out about 1-2/year.

monsterpiece42,

It’s true. I work in a computer shop and we see literally thousands and thousands of dollars lost from people clicking on ads that look like normal buttons (things like “Download”, “Next”, etc). And not just the elderly either. Everyone has a a combination of inputs to get scared and comply. Folks that are otherwise extremely competent and savvy can get scammed too.

The best security you can have online is adblockers, only beaten by using trusted websites.

Edit, fair points with sites being slimy these days. I meant using legitimate versions of websites rather than copy/fake websites designed to steal credentials.

monsterpiece42,

Call of the O ring: Master Doody

‘Call of Duty’ Doesn’t Just Depict Bad History—It’s Pro-War Propaganda (progressive.org)

I just started playing COD Black Ops Cold War because I got it through my PlayStation Plus subscription and wanted to try it out. I’ve previously played some others like Modern Warfare (1 and 2) and WWII. While it always felt a bit over the top and propaganda-ish, I really liked it for the blockbuster feeling and just turning...

monsterpiece42,

You’re making a solid and valid point OP. The other guy is being a fuck. I wouldn’t pay him much mind but I do admire your willingness to explain your angle!

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