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  1. Eriol

    Build your own computer guide

    "Documents" Riiiight.... ;) I'm guessing you mean the video editing that I cut out of your post? In that case, yes you need mass storage, but I can't help you with that one. But actual "documents" take up like no space whatsoever. Images and video? Holy crap space.
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    What are you playing?

    I'm about 22 hours in, starting to farm on my freighter, and having a blast. Yes there's grind, but I still feel like there's just SO MUCH MORE than I've done that is already to do. So I'm liking it! I have read though @bhamv3 that you're supposed to ask the priest for shortcuts to the...
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    Funny Pictures Thread. It begins again

    I have to work with a client who has 4, 6, 9 (omg 9, but horrifically wrong and useless), and 11 as chronic issues. He's also never heard of the principal of keeping your code "DRY" (Don't Repeat Yourself). There's always some boilerplate. He seems to see boilerplate as a POSITIVE. It's "fun"
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    Build your own computer guide

    I wish we had that multi-reaction thing. Thumbs-up for info. :eek: on price. (that's like $1k canadian, at least)
  5. Eriol

    Shopping for a new Android phone

    Here's a pro-tip that's been true for at LEAST 2 major versions of Android: closing apps COSTS you battery life. It's less battery to keep things hanging around in memory completely inactive, then you just re-focus on them, than to re-start an app from scratch, since all of the "Startup"...
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    Shopping for a new Android phone

    Seems OK. I know @Dirona isn't as much of a fan, but doesn't seem that different to me. Just a little more colorful. Just remember to go into the settings and disable the noise for the "ding" whenever you plug it in. I find that annoying, but searching the settings was quick and painless.
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    The Tech Random Crap Thread

    My WASD keys (and a few around there) don't really have clear ink on them. It was actually a SLIGHT problem when I was needing those keys for something in a menu binding recently. When typing, I just touch-type, so it's no biggie, but once in a while when looking for "d" to do something...
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    Canadian Politics

    The original thing doing it via Tweet was dumb, but at least they were SAYING the right things. Hearts in the right place for once. Baird going on TV was idiotic, especially with whom he did it with. Saying all that stuff on CBC or something? Sure, fine. Where he did it? Yikes. So...
  9. Eriol

    Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!

    Well the first problem is that you're in Edmonton. But then again, you're getting OUT, which is good. Admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. :p In all seriousness, that sucks man. Good luck.
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    [Movies] Talk about the last movie you saw 2: Electric Threadaloo

    Dark City knocked it off #1 for me, but Shawshank is still awesome, and for most people Dark City won't knock it off as they're very different movies.
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    [Rant] Minor Rant III: For a Few Hollers More

    Made me think of this for some reason:
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    Funny Pictures Thread. It begins again

    This is the type of story that almost requires multiple ratings. It's a huge WTF, but also funny, and other stuff. It's nice at the end it said "the frog appeared unharmed"
  13. Eriol

    Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

    Yes but so many other things cause it as well, and are in common usage too (lead and mercury being prominent ones). That's what makes this MORE than just a debate on "does it cause cancer -> BAN!" Or at least it should be. I still point to @Gared's post as to a good argument why this...
  14. Eriol

    Canadian Politics

    First, the year was posted by @HCGLNS not me. Minor, but if you re-read your post, you think it was me. Second, the problem we're in here is that we disagree on both the problem and the solution here. Is income inequality a problem in the first place? It arguably is if people are dying as a...
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    Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats

    This is the kind of argument I like, not a lot of the "look how bad it is!" This is a good argument as to why it shouldn't be used, as opposed to other toxic and dangerous substances which still are, because they're useful in some way. Too many other arguments in this thread come down to "its'...
  16. Eriol

    TIL: Today I Learned

    Now for the real shock: it's not pronounced like you probably think. More like "gooey-duck". The beginning is NOT pronounced like the beginning of "geography" or "geo-cache"
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    Canadian Politics

    Remember to stand by your principals Quebec, that it's much worse to have a pipeline from Alberta going through Quebec to New Brunswick, than it is to have Saudi Oil being imported so you can have gasoline. The real reason is that they don't think they can exploit such a pipeline to their...
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    The Tech Random Crap Thread

    WPA2 is dead: https://hashcat.net/forum/thread-7717.html Long live WPA3! (It can't come soon enough IMO) Short summary for the less-techie: WPA2 is what protects Wifi networks so that you need the password in order to connect. If you can break this, you can connect to anything. I'm not sure...
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    The Tech Random Crap Thread

    The robots will take over because they'll say "please don't kill me" apparently: New study finds it’s harder to turn off a robot when it’s begging for its life
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    Civil Forfieture. WTF.

    Given the number of "odd" things that have been before courts, I don't think it's ridiculous to think that may happen.
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