Sargallath Abraxium
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...hard ta believe it be 20 years since the Isle sunk...still dreamin' o' Unca Fergie's wee sis Jessica on occasion...
...congrats, kids...keep up the good work...an' git started on that Planescape: Torment remake, fer Jebus' sake's!!...
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...finishin' touches an' all that done...she's comin' along...
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20 hours ago, Keyrock said:
I've had some really crap luck with ASUS hardware over the last decade or so that's really soured me on the company. Nothing but problems, different problems every time. I lean Gigabyte for mobos these days.
...I honestly jus' dunna like the look o' most o' Gigabyte's boards despite their pretty reliable quality (had one in me kids ol' rig an' she lasted years wit' no issues)...find their Aorus boards ta be ugly; I knows, it ain't how she looks but how she performs, but I jus' canna get by the fugly designs o' most o' 'em...
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22 hours ago, majestic said:
My confidence in Asus mainboards took a hit lately. As someone who is pretty much exclusively #TeamBlue I can just look at exploding 7800X3Ds and laugh while I once again feel vindicated and have something to point to when inevitably the next colleague asks my why, but it does not inspire confidence in ASUS' quality control if their OCP cannot detect a short and it just blasts the CPU with enough power to melt the socket off.
Speaking of which, you should probably flash your BIOS too, just to make sure the mainboard doesn't put you on a fast track to a killed Ryzen CPU with some ridiculous SOC rail voltage that is higher than the setting in the BIOS, especially if you have EXPO on - and why wouldn't you. 7800X3Ds seem particularily susceptible, but they're not the only ones affected.
...yeah, I's been updatin' the BIOS quite often lately an' the newest one limits SoC voltage ta 1.30V...I's not a #TeamBlue or a #TeamRed guy; went wit' AMD this time cuz it was a fair bit cheaper than goin' Intel an' I dunna push me rig ta the limits anymores, them days be long over...
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24 minutes ago, majestic said:
Flashed my BIOS to the latest version so I don't forget and can't boot with the new cpu.
Forgot to save the custom POST screen, which is more of a minor nuisance, it will just bother me for the next ten or so system boots until I get used to seeing the ROG logo instead of the XMG one.
Gotta say that not only is the ASUS download area pretty bad (the bios flash utility is hidden behind a "show more" button even though it is part of the same tool suite you're supposed to install), the tools themselves are not inspiring any confidence considering that they demand to turn off Windows core security features, and for funsies I watched the YouTube video manual which is full of hilarious Chinglish.
At least they offer a removal tool, which I just used to hopefully kill every trace of "EZ Updater". Sure, the actual flashing was more comfortable to do than the last time I updated a BIOS, which was, uhm... back in the day when it was necessary to go through a ridiculous song and dance with properly named files on a floppy disc and a prayer to the BIOS gods to not brick your system and all that, so I guess that is not exactly the best comparison point, but man, uhm, yeah.
On the other hand, last time I flahsed a BIOS, that was done and over with in 20 seconds, and it certainly never had to update any "LED firmware", really, the idea that SkyNet is going to use nukes to destroy humanity did not age all too well. It will just execute "shutdown_humanity -h now", and turn off every stupid gizmo that has software on it for no real reason.
...ne'er install any o' that damnable ASUS AI Suite crap; all it does be clog shyte up...swears by ASUS mobos, I does, but I ne'er installs that "extra" shyte anymores an' me systems run smoother without 'em...
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...still jus' messin' wit' Divinity 2 moddin' an' waitin' fer the full Baldur's Gate 3 release in August...luvs the fact that the moddin' community fer D2 is still soo big, makes me miss the ol' days o' messin' wit' the Infinity Engine games...good times, they was...
...bah, gettin' a bit misty here...who's peelin' them damn onions??...
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4 hours ago, Azdeus said:
Saved a bumblebee.
...from Megatron or Starscream??...
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...our shepherd turns One tomorrow, so the wife has a Birthday Party scheduled fer the dog...grandkids comin' over, some "healthy" dog cake, the whole Nine Yards...WTF be wrong wit' women??...
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On 5/2/2023 at 4:30 PM, Malcador said:
Gordon Lightfoot.
...I's listenin' ta SUNDOWN right now...kinda fittin'...more's the pity...
...Petr Klima...only a few years older than I is...
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22 hours ago, Azdeus said:
Sounds like a lovely place
...so does Sweden...I's absolutely going ta Sweden, Finland, an' Norway before I dies...apparently there's a wee bit o' Norse in me bloodline, not jus' Scottish & Irish...the plan is ta hit 'em all before I's too old & decrepit ta enjoy the trip...so I guess it better be soon!!...
21 hours ago, Hurlshort said:In Canada, the fridges have to be resistant to Moose attacks.
...yup...dunna ferget Polar Bears too...an' there's gotta be room fer the penguins that live in the freezer part...me grandmother always said that we was lettin' the penguins out when our arses were hangin' out o' the fridge too long, lookin' fer me grandfather's chocolate stash...
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On 5/2/2023 at 10:41 AM, Keyrock said:
How often does it get hot enough in your part of Sweden to warrant running AC?
23 hours ago, Gorth said:Azdeus lives in Sweden... when the ice starts melting, it's time to switch on the A/C
14 hours ago, Azdeus said:Typically I'd say I need it from May to September, but yeah, Gorth ain't wrong
...hehehe...sounds like Nova Scotia...bah, the colder weather toughens us up at a young age...canna take the heat when it gets over 20 degrees celsius meself...
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On 5/1/2023 at 6:09 PM, LadyCrimson said:
Dunno how tall you are, but my brother is around 197cm and in his 20's he had something like this:
...watching him fold himself into it was hilarious.
...hehehe...I's 6'7 (201 cm) an' me buddy Dallas is 6'10 (209 cm) an' we used ta travel ta basketball games in his ol' '86 Honda Prelude...was farkin' hilarious ta watch us drive down main street wit' both our heads poppin' out the sunroof...was NOT fun foldin' ourselves inta pretzels ta get in & out, though...
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19 hours ago, LadyCrimson said:
I'm of the opinion that eventually most people will be driving things like this:
...because everything else on a vehicle will be by subscription/extra fee only. If it's raining, and you didn't pay for a roof, there will be a mount between the seats for a giant umbrella. Official brand umbrella $300 extra.
...hehehe...finally a vehicle I's can sit straight up in...the FLINTSTONE brakes may be a bit off-puttin', though...
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...got two more tats yesterday that finishes off me left arm sleeve...first tats I's got in o'er 4 years...middle aged an' still gettin' ink; not the sharpest axe on the rack...
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...jus' had ta RMA me second Western Digital Black 4TB hdd in the last 4 years...still 'ave an almost-13 year old 1TB WD Black that works fine; quality o' everythin' these days be crapola compared ta what theys was...
...yeah, I's gettin' old an' cranky...er...
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...thanks fer all the replies, amigos...gonna wait fer a bit 'afore I gits BG3...an' hope that she's a bit more straightforward ta mess 'round wit' moddin' than D:OS2 is...miss the ol' moddin' community fer the IE games, I does...
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...anyone gots any playin' time in on the early release o' BG3??...worth it??...
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...went ta the oldest grandkid's first Spring Hockey practice today fer the "traveling team"...li'l bugger's first year playin' goalie an' not only did he make the team but he's gonna be the Starter...jus' like Papa was when I was a wee lad...costin' me a small fortune cuz I said when he was 4 that we'd pay fer hockey an' now that he's 8 I's already regrettin' me big yap...Grandkid's be still better, though; feed 'em full o' sugar an' send 'em back fer theys mother ta deal with...revenge be sweet!!...
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18 hours ago, Azdeus said:
Forgot about this gem actually; My company pension plan was managed by Alecta whom sold off all their shares in Swedish Handelsbanken (That they'd had for 71 years) to buy more shares in american niche banks, most prominently Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. "Only" 20 billion SEK lost
18 hours ago, majestic said:Ouch. :[
18 hours ago, Azdeus said:Yeah, all of the losses are focused around people born in 1979 or later, so it hits us that haven't had a chance to work up a whole lot of pension funds yet.
...lol...'member when we "young whippersnappers" used ta make fun o' our grandparents fer jus' hidin' theys money 'round the house instead o' trustin' banks??...seems theys weren't as foolish as we's thought, eh??...
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23 hours ago, melkathi said:
I hear it gets cold in Canada.
22 hours ago, Malcador said:Canada is where Volo is
22 hours ago, melkathi said:So dwarf obsession caused freezing temperatures for a whole country.
...dunna let the Dwarf ruin yer outlook on Canada, peoples...an' ye can dress fer the cold; harder ta dress fer rampagin' lunatics legally armed ta the teeth...
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5 hours ago, majestic said:
Have fun with your coronary, please let us know if you collapse and die so we don't worry.
Discovered that I already worked enough to earn a pension. If I would retire now I'd get a measly third of my current income, but there's a problem: I can only retire after working a certain amount of months to qualify and after reaching at least 65 years of age. I don't think I can fool the government into believing that I am much older than I am. Money would also be a bit tight.
4 hours ago, Azdeus said:As things stand at the moment, I'm going to get a 200€ pension when I'm 70. "Thankfully" the government steps in and guarantees atleast 900€, not that that actually is enough to cover anything nowadays.
My private pension is going to be a shotgun I think.
...Jebus, y'all're in the wrong country's...I now takes in o'er a hundred grand a year on me Canadian Armed Forces pensions (I ain't just callin' it the Canadian Forces, despite thems takin' Armed out o' the name in the '90's after all that shyte in Somalia)...come live 'ere!!...
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...got the new rig up an' runnin'; still p*ssin' 'round wit' cable management an' such but gettin' there...
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23 hours ago, Hurlshort said:
On Saturday I'm taking the whole family on a flight to Atlanta, Georgia. We are celebrating my mom's 70th birthday. My parents and sister have lived in Georgia for about 7 years, but this is my first visit. I'm excited to see the family, but I'm a bit concerned about the flight. My kids have never actually flown, and I haven't flown in about 10 years. Last time I flew I got a terrible sinus headache that lasted for most of the flight. So yeah, I hope my brain doesn't explode and I hope my kids do alright.
20 hours ago, melkathi said:Aren't they both teenagers by now?
20 hours ago, Hurlshort said:Yep, 12 and 15, so they can take something if they need it. But honestly they will probably be fine. I'm the one that will be a mess.
...in me experience, dunna let 'em sit together; you'll wanna throw 'em out the Emergency Exit by takeoff...
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...Bob Miller, better known as Bushwhacker Butch...
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...when??...git on it!!...
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