Gotcha. Unfortunately, I don’t have a spare, but maybe I can figure something else out

You’re not the boss of me! Now where’s the hose?

Thanks, but I was hoping for a more detailed response. I’m not disassembling my PC to measure the hole spacing, and I’ve been unsuccessful in finding what the standard spacing is.

How did you find the right spacing for the motherboard holes?

Honestly, dusting the entire build is something everyone should be doing, regardless of if they have positive case pressure or not. Dust has a way of getting in no matter what.

Having everything open means you need to do it more frequently, sure, but everything is also very easy to access. Probably a wash when you compare levels of relative convenience.

Microsoft makes billions of dollars every year. They command 60-80% of the desktop PC market. “Predictable and low-disruption” should be a defacto baseline.

I have fewer disruptions on my Arch machine, which is essentially bleeding-edge hobby software.

Boo Cloudflare, but I still love the idea. Given that I’m not planning to turn in this current phone for a few dollars of “credit” when I need to replace it, this seems like a cool weekend project!

I thought the name sounded familiar

100% agree, in no small part because the billionaires controlling things need to keep up the appearance of progress as long as possible. “Fake it 'til you make it,” as they say.

Tbh, I don’t see replacement of people in general as a feasible goal for two reasons:

1. AI is hemorrhaging money. It eventually needs to make money for its investors, and so subscription costs will rise for businesses. Businesses themselves are not seeing a meaningful ROI, so an unknown number will inevitably drop out entirely, leading to further price hikes.
2. AI needs human input to remain useful. It has no awareness of reality, and you can’t just play “pass the hallucination” between models.

The fact that boomer shooters and low-poly indie games are seeing a surge in popularity is proof that chasing high-fidelity graphics is a fool’s errand.

Bruh, I already wasn’t gonna buy another one of your Nvidia cards, in no small part because of what you’ve done to ruin the hobby of PC building. You don’t have to keep trying to convince me to stay away.

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I think they might mean that Windows is ultimately a dead end. I agree that its far from dead, but Valve really got the ball rolling with Proton.

Now that there’s a bunch of bigger influencers “trying Linux” as a daily driver and often having a good experience, coupled with Windows/Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot every other month, I think we’re seeing a shift in people’s perception (at least regarding what their possible options are). That said, Linux still has a ways to go until it even breaks 10% desktop share, and I don’t think it will be a threat even to Apple until Linux hits 15%.

Is this some new money laundering thing? Are companies “buying in” to hobnob with other wealthy people? Is this just the latest Country Club or whatever?

I seriously don’t understand why all these companies are throwing money at a project that is almost assuredly going to “mismanage” it.

I have an AMD laptop from 2015 with an Nvidia 960M; running Bazzite, playing Steam games, and hosting a local Jellyfin server. Works great!

That all said, I picked Bazzite specifically for the rollback. In the event that an update has bad compatibility with something (happened with a Bluetooth driver a few years ago), I can just rollback until it gets fixed.

PC gaming sure ain’t cheap

Never was, but considering I can do significantly more with it, including 240fps gaming, getting free games for my library, and modding (to say nothing of general computing), it’s still a great value if you don’t constantly upgrade.

That said, the buy-in hurdle is getting awfully tall…

On paper, at least, it’s still Nexus Mods. It might not mean a lot to users, but it could be a significant business distinction, since Nexus may be allowed to operate with some autonomy (I don’t know that, just putting forth a hypothesis).

https://steamdb.info/blog/steamdb-nexus-mods/

Cool, enjoy having product that just sits on the shelf, then.

If it does, it cost me a small amount of money for a large amount of enjoyment. Should it come to pass that it enshittifies, we can just move on and remember the good times! No big deal.

For the moment, don’t let the hypothetical scenario that isn’t real taint the current fun that is real.