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I'm configuring my new computer back and forth on several shop websites and I'm always getting easily up to 2000€. Essentially I cannot recycle most of my components. HDDs, DVD drive only. My last configuration was an AMD 3700x, 64GB DDR4-3200, 1TB m.2 SSD, NVidia 2800 super, mainboard, 800W power supply, case. I need a new case because my current has only usb2 ports at the front and I'd like to have something better. Other than that it has some serious scratches from over 14 years of use as well as an unsightly opening on the side panel when these CPU "tubes" were in fashion for directly venting the hot CPU air out. This was never used because my cooler was not shaped in the way to benefit from that.
Monday, 09-Dec-19 11:31:47 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@adiwan Sounds about right, I just build a 3600 Ryzen 5 powered PC for my dad, Though it has only 16 GB of RAM and a GT 710 instead of 64 GB and a RTX 2080 Super.
No DVD drive though, who needs that in 2020 ? And if you do. Go USB the thing.
> I need a new case
Fractal design define R5 or S. Probably not the S if you want to mount multiple HDD's and a DVD drive up front.
Also I kinda remember Gamers Nexus saying "It is the card noone actually cares about" ( I had it running in the background while doing something else ) http://rainbowdash.net/url/875373 ... So beware on that RTX 2080 Super I guess.
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@drinkingpony I'm a programmer. It's the second best without completely pulling out a leg and an arm to afford a 2080ti. DVD is essential for me and my retro game collection. A portable USB DVD drive could be nice but I have alreay an internal drive. It's also a good cup holder.
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@adiwan Just saying that I would not fork over 10% extra money for a whopping 4% extra graphical horsies.
Also I melted my cupholder that way once.
No I was not trying to boil water with a USB drive in that one. I am still looking for a suicidal/voluntary USB for that one.Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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In the 70s Nixon ordered nuclear strikes that were ignored by military officials because he wasn’t seen as being mentally fit to make those decisions (Richard Nixon was, of course, an alcoholic). We didn’t know about the orders until decades later. Have fun thinking about that one while you sleep tonight!
Monday, 09-Dec-19 00:36:11 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Yeah if you strip down the story of details and essentials I can make anyone ( even you ) seem like a total incompetent bubbling buffoon that could play as antagonist in a Mark Groening cartoon somehow.
I do not know all the details. But I do know that North Korea shot down a 'Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star' ( essentially the 1950's version of what we understand now as AWACS ) and killed some 30 something Americans.
Some FBI agent noted how he became 'obsessed' with the EC-121 incident.
When Richard Nixon got on the phone to order PLANS for a tactical nuclear strike and target recomendations however, Henry Kissinger got the JCOS to pull a 25th amendment untill at least he sobered up. Probably because he sounded drunk.
I heard that he forgot about the B61 attached to the F-4 in Kunsan Air Base.
I like doing Trivia night with you tho.
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The full story http://rainbowdash.net/url/875372
Monday, 09-Dec-19 05:16:05 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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If your level design still makes something a 20-minute task for a speedrunner, it might be a pain in the gorram ass
Sunday, 08-Dec-19 23:02:22 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@scribus GTA SA is super bad about this, speed runners usually resort to killing themselves to warp to hospitals around the state but even then the boundaries dictating where you respawn don’t make as much sense as people like, especially in the countryside portions of the game, where it’s essentially a crapshoot figuring out where you’ll respawn.
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Let's see now. At least double gyroscope, the way that the inner skeleton meets in the nose part like that. If I were a Boeing fanboy I would say it looks like someone gave vertical UAV capability to a modified MQ-25 skeleton with N233XT engines. Because it most certainly does NOT look like any CAV ( Boeing's cargo drone ) non experimental stuff.
I do not expect Disney to keep them for long as just the maintenance, liability, and battery costs are going to be HUUGE. Especially in a time where they are already cutting costs on any live entertainment.
Comparitatively if you want to run it for longer than half a year with about just as much freedom as a pre-determined flight-path, they would have gone with good looking props and a detatchable chair lift system painted black.
I expect these drones to end up in some extreme collectors posession before long. http://rainbowdash.net/url/875371
Sunday, 08-Dec-19 20:46:42 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Tbh I think that the fact that real X-Wings have taken flight is proof that Disney needs to be stopped.
Sunday, 08-Dec-19 19:57:58 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Really ? That is the point where you go "I think Disney might have gone too far" ?
I won't rant at you for hours on end about how Rey Skywalker is a gigantic Mary Sue, or that Oscar Isaac is going to be GLAD to be gone from the franchise soon enough, or how everyone is expecting John Boyega to squeal like a piggy about how bad Disney is before long enough ( I honestly have higher hopes for Mark Hamill )... or hell, the parks...
Instead, Disney could not even secure the 'rights' to do these cargo-drone flyby 'stunts' for longer than just the weekend because the FAA does not want them to.
And after some contractor hired a contractor to install the trackless system upside down ( which meant the concrete needed to be torn out ) or the MULTIPLE breakdowns of Rise of the Resistance ( because it needed more time in the oven before being ready for prime-time ) I am not sure if I can blame ANYONE for thinking Disney is too fat&bloated&incompetent.Jonathan Chouinard likes this. -
@mrmattimation I say it doesn't count until they are capable of space flight, THEN it's too far. But I'll still hold out for warp capabilities.
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Quick ! I need the cheat-code to lower my wanted level !
Sunday, 08-Dec-19 19:55:08 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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I was going through real-life personal romantic drama when I originally wrote this comic story. I’ll post it in its entirety as one big image tomorrow or something. http://rainbowdash.net/url/875370
Sunday, 08-Dec-19 07:37:13 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Does Swole Foods take place in a real fake Virginia town or a fake fake one? I'm working on a series of novels in a fake San Bernardino, CA, myself, just curious about other people's home state integration or whatever.
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@scribus It’s a fake town that’s an amalgamation of several real towns in Northern Virginia, mostly the suburbs around Fairfax and Loudoun counties. Swole Foods itself is based on a real grocery chain based in Maryland. The skyline that you see in the cartoons and some comics is wholly made up and I’m not sure if that’s the town itself or if it’s just a city that you can see FROM the town, like Arlington or something.
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I issued a refund and Valve sent me a RMA return label. DO THEY REALLY WANT THAT EMPTY COLA BOTTLE?!?!?!?!?
Saturday, 07-Dec-19 14:08:59 UTC from web- Scribus and Jonathan Chouinard like this.
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@adiwan Then they're gonna be all "Why the heck did you send us this?" and you can be like "That's what I wanted to know!"
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@adiwan Maybe they want the DNA evidence that it was someone on-staff that drank the Cola and as such build a case that you are not lying.
On the other hand... Pretty sure the RMA combined with the original postage plus the costs of the controller at 90% off is less than the DNA kit.
Wait, I got lost in the sauce as they say... Why do they want that Cola bottle ?Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Now that Virginia’s a safe blue state can somebody PLEASE primary my DINO Senator
Friday, 06-Dec-19 08:39:56 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation I guess that is true. But I am not talking about the senator. I am talking about you seemingly not betting on a horse, but instead betting on the outcome when everyone who gets to vote. If that makes sense.
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@drinkingpony no, it doesn’t make sense, you’re just spewing again
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@mrmattimation I do not specifically know what 'spewing again' means. But it sounds nasty.
But in the very least I came to understand that you do not understand me.Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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the most wonderful thing about tiggers is that we’ve hunted them to functional extinction
Saturday, 07-Dec-19 21:46:20 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Oh goddamnit man you just made me wonder if one of the symbolically adopted animals I've gifted to people through the zoo over the years has been poached :(
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THE DOCTOR
Saturday, 07-Dec-19 20:39:39 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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EDDIE MURPHY as
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INTRODUCING
Saturday, 07-Dec-19 20:39:16 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Trungalunga gobbity dick http://rainbowdash.net/url/875367
Saturday, 07-Dec-19 08:36:59 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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I’m being investigated at work over an allegation that everyone knows is totally bogus, and now the guy is saying he doesn’t want them to check the cameras. Gee, I wonder why.
Thursday, 05-Dec-19 21:47:18 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Try not to get fired.
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@drinkingpony I went in to give my side of the story shortly after posting that, the investigation’s over now. I urged them to check the cameras but they were able to close it just on the merits of my unprepared story (I was caught pretty much off-guard when I came into work this morning) just lined up better than the customer’s story, which I’m sure he rehearsed to himself over and over before he came in.
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Yo are we banning twitch streamers because their dogs showed up and started sniffing their crotch on camera? Aight internet, Imma head out, that’s papayaing stupid.
Thursday, 05-Dec-19 18:58:05 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation I wish I had the remaining capacity to believe you were joking
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I was bored, I spend some time trying to learn what is what in that. I am sorry to say @mrmattimation was not exactly forthcoming with the information. Unless if dogs sniffing crotches is a more common occurrence. @scribus It is WAY more complicated than that.
In short. Alinity posted a video of Luna ( her dog ) sniffing her cooch for a good 8 seconds while she was doing some sort of yoga position on Twitter. Then later deleted it off of twitter, but it was also on her Twitch, which she apparently did not delete or deleted WAY later. this was in week 48 of 2019. Then in week 49 suddenly PETA started to "Demand" that she was going to be banned. She was never banned.
My sources, pretty much, Discord, http://rainbowdash.net/url/875365 http://rainbowdash.net/url/875366 PETA's twitter, This streamer's twitter & twitch.
But we still need some sort of exterminators to come over "Yeah, we have what we professionals call a 'THOT infestation' going on"
Oh, also NSFW warning, not really sure.
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@drinkingpony PETA gonna PET, I guess
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YouTube commercial : "Please buy the Game of Thrones HBO complete series on DVD or Blue-Ray."
My brain : "No thanks, I think the yearly recommended dose for rage induced haematoma's is a zero"
Its a good thing alcohol serves as a blood-thinner. or GoT might have actually killed me.
But on second thought that might have been RRM/D&D's plot from the start, hmm...Thursday, 05-Dec-19 22:51:53 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Today I learned there is a Sega Master System game called "Dragon papaya." I don't even know if it will pass the #fruitFilter, but it turns out it is *not* actually a spinoff of "Dragon Ball."
Wednesday, 04-Dec-19 18:52:55 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@drinkingpony no Controller, no Cola. Only empty bottle
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@drinkingpony The "contents" https://i.imgur.com/6dkWLYJ.jpg
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@adiwan Wait a minute, Who drank your cola ?
On a more serious note, I hope you are at least gonna get your money back. I mean, I somehow do not think there are any controllers left.Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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No Karen, there are not 26 days left in this decade. There are 396.
Yes I know it sounds like the next decade but there was no year 0.
That means the first decade was year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
That means the 202nd decade is 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.
Alright then, enjoy your retirement.
I know you are only 22, but you just said numbers are arbitrary.
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Sharing this because I am sure someone could get a laugh out of this.Thursday, 05-Dec-19 10:29:56 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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My steam controllers came in. One of the 2 boxes was all banged up and had repair-tape of the sender all over it. DoA, that story is going to be long, rough, and unpleasant.
Spend a bit of time on my working steam controller, and it is actually a nice thing. I poked a bit around on my Steam to area's where I do not go pretty often, being greeted with all sorts of soundbytes from GTA VC when I put on the music player on.
Say Goodnight Mr Diaz !
But I can see this being a real nice doohickey. Probably going to spend at least some time familiarizing myself with the device, and then if my 2nd one ever gets whole again probably load it up with all sorts of weird stuff. I already know where to begin actually.
http://rainbowdash.net/url/875362
Now the question if it will EVER work well on the Nintendo Switch. Hah, never. the actual buttons and stick are way too LDOS/RDOS to make it halfway comfortable for gaming sessions of over 5 minutes.Wednesday, 04-Dec-19 15:00:34 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@drinkingpony I was supposed to receive mine today but the delivery person is an asshole and didn't do their job.
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I love making sprawling, chaotic spreadsheets for the games I make. Maybe one day I'll actually make one of these games once the spreadsheet stops being fun.
Wednesday, 04-Dec-19 08:25:39 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@scribus You mean storyboarding ? Can we get a highly pixelated screenshot/picture of the sprawling maze, mess & chaos ?
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@drinkingpony Not quite storyboards, but I was determining enemy HP based on how many hits of what tier weapon you should have and mentally counting down ammo to get a feel for boss fights, then tweaking item drop rates to ensure you just barely get by. It's really just fields of monster names with gradually ascending numbers besides them.
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I dunno how unpopular an opinion this is, but I think the straight man in any comedy scene is 100x funnier if he just doesn’t say anything.
Wednesday, 04-Dec-19 08:40:20 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Oh yes, I agree. The moment I hear that the person tapping jokes takes it up the chocolate highway is the moment I can truely laugh at their jokes.
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@mrmattimation Kevin Smith has done well with it, but Bob Newhart made a career of being a solo straight man, so I think there's a spectrum of wiggle room.
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We’re entering the home stretch on our way to Election Day and I dunno about the rest of America, but I’M closing my eyes and plugging my ears until it’s all over.
Wednesday, 04-Dec-19 01:17:01 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation With all due respect, I think you are somehow doing what you are doing in the reverse order ?
I mean I like putting my eggs in my favorite basket as much as the next lazy hen. But you kinda want to return to see the work you do actually do pay off. What if I chose the Beto basket up early ?
Not to mention that EVERYONE ( and their mum ) are extremely on edge because of the seasonal festivities and the outside cold.
Besides, the time untill Januari 20th 2021 is a LONG one to cover your ears and plug your eyes.Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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RIP Kamala Harris, now Joe Biden won’t have anyone to argue about who locked up more people
Wednesday, 04-Dec-19 00:20:58 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Wake up, check the funnies that my friends have send me.
( >> Twenty-bleeping-ninteen. I was supposed to be on a starship by now, conversing with intelligent robots, deciding what sort of body I'd like to upload my immortal consciousness to. Instead we're all still on this bleeping rock, wondering how to placate the "bleeping working class" ... I'll never forgive the troglodyes who stole the future I EARNED to prolong their worthless existence << )
What an odd thing to say. Why is this in my daily funnies ?
Oh... OHHHH !!! I see now... It's a thing said. Ohkay so NOW it is funny :D And the more you learn about him the more you agree with the Germans that there should be an English word for Shadenfreude.
Wait, he was hired in 2018 by the same people who fired him in 2015 in order to make the content less political ?
This thing is so complicated :oTuesday, 03-Dec-19 09:22:29 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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I’m gonna go ahead and tell people at work tomorrow that I look exhausted because of all the sex I’ve been having, and NOT because I spent several hours in virtual reality instead of sleeping
Tuesday, 03-Dec-19 07:49:37 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Virtual sex is still sex I guess. So I guess technically it would not be lying.
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I know I’m behind the times but SUPERHOT VR is a batcaveing blast.... I’m super sweaty from all of the moving around though
Tuesday, 03-Dec-19 07:45:14 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Playing though Vice City on a modern day computer. Our protagonist has the tendancy to sometimes speak during the loading screens from indoors to outdoors when on missions.
At one point, just before seeing the racer you need for the heist, he pretty much says in the face of the driver "Why can't I ever meet someone normal ?" as the loading time was too short to let the audio play out. Adding to the humor right at the moment that this driver guy starts to freak out enough that even I just want to throw some crazy pills his way.
I mean, I won't since he is just a bunch of polygons, and drugs are expensive. But you got the jist of it.Monday, 02-Dec-19 23:35:40 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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Old Chinese guy who threatened to sue me a few weeks back came in today looking for vitamins that help with your memory. He must need them, because he asked me three separate times where the vitamins were. Then he tried to pay with the gift card I offered him a few weeks back, but he didn’t have the gift card, just an activation slip. I told him there isn’t enough information on the activation slip for me to charge the gift card, he tells me he never got a gift card. I tell him, sir, you’re holding the activation slip for the gift card. He says “you lie to me, i not lie to you, you mistreat customers, you bad man” and leaves. One of the more bizarre things to happen to me this week.
Monday, 02-Dec-19 07:37:49 UTC from web- Jonathan Chouinard likes this.
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@mrmattimation Oof, rough day.
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