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TopicAgeism is necessary in the political world.
KamenRiderBlade
09/18/21 8:31:35 PM
#24
ElatedVenusaur posted...
Term limits just restrict voters options while doing nothing to solve the problem: legalized bribery and power as a means to its own end. That would just kick them into unaccountable lobby groups, party positions, think tanks, etc. that their hand-picked stooges would mostly cater to anyway.
That's why businesses & organizations shouldn't have legal person-hood.

And we shouldn't allow "Legalized Bribery" in terms of campaign donations from businesses, organizations, or entities to any representatives.

The only campaign donations that should be allowed are from the local constituents.

No outsiders allowed.

Any Lobby groups, Think Tanks, etc shouldn't be allowed to solicit their ideas to representatives for Campaign contributions, gifts, trips, etc.

That should be thrown in as "Bribery".

Make the Representatives do their effing jobs.

If any Lobby Group, Think Tank, etc wants to solicit ideas, they are free to make a video and submit their ideas into the office of the Representative.
Create a FAQ on their ideas to justify their positions.

Nobody should just accept their ideas willy nilly.

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TopicAgeism is necessary in the political world.
KamenRiderBlade
09/18/21 8:06:23 PM
#22


We need Cumulative Term Limits of 12 years for the House & 12 years for Senate.

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TopicAgeism is necessary in the political world.
KamenRiderBlade
09/18/21 7:55:32 PM
#21
Smackems posted...
Oh god this topic is way too deep for me

*Slinks away*
Come back!!!!

Don't be afraid of going too deep and thinking critically!

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TopicAgeism is necessary in the political world.
KamenRiderBlade
09/18/21 7:53:31 PM
#20
Questionmarktarius posted...
take article 1 a bit more literally, and expand the house to 10000.

https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Permanent-Apportionment-Act-of-1929/

On this date, the House passed the Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, fixing the number of Representatives at 435. The U.S. Constitution called for at least one Representative per state and that no more than one for every 30,000 persons. Thus, the size of a states House delegation depended on its population. But the founders were vague as to how large future Congresses should be and what method to use to reapportion the House after each federal census. These questions vexed Congress for much of its history as U.S. territories expanded and the population grew. Usually, the House reapportioned itself in a manner that increased, or at least preserved, the representation of most states. Gradually, however, the method for calculating apportionment caused smaller rural states to lose representation to larger urbanized states. A battle erupted between rural and urban factions, causing the House (for the only time in its history) to fail to reapportion itself following the 1920 Census. Signed into law on June 18, 1929, the Permanent Apportionment Act capped House Membership at the level established after the 1910 Census and created a procedure for automatically reapportioning House seats after every decennial census. Republican Majority Leader John Q. Tilson of Connecticut approvingly declared that the act dispelled the danger of failing to reapportion after each decennial census as contemplated by the Constitution. But opponents, such as William B. Bankhead of Alabama, who doubted its constitutionality, had earlier described the plan as the abdication and surrender of the vital fundamental powers vested in the Congress of the United States by the Constitution itself. In 1941, Congress adopted the current formula for reapportioning House seats.

The current US Census data has:

https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Total%20Population&g=0100000US%2404000%24001&tid=PEPPOP2019.PEPANNRES

The US has a population estimate of 328,239,523 as of 2019/07-01

If we were to literally interpret the 30,000 person to 1 representative, the US House would currently have 10,942 seats at the moment and growing.

I think a simpler 1,000 seats with Proportional representation per seat with no limits on how many representatives can come from all political parties should be allowed.

That solves the ever growing seat problem and accurate representation issue.

1,000 seats would mean each seat would need to represent ~0.1% of the US Population each.

The US Senate should have 3 Senate Seats per State with one seat going in/out each election cycle with proportional representation per seat.

That means the US Senate would go from 100 -> 150 seats immediately.

TL;DR:
150 Seats in Senate for 50 States (Subject to change when we get more States)
1000 Seats for the House of Representatives to split the poluation representation into ~0.1% chunks of the popluation.

All using Proportional Representation per seat with no limits on the # of Candidates vying for each seat from ALL political parties.

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TopicAgeism is necessary in the political world.
KamenRiderBlade
09/18/21 7:41:41 PM
#17
sabrestorm posted...
The problem i see is everyone keeps boting the same people back into office, people need to stop doing that but i see so many say they only vote for x party, this sometimes keeps the same person in office for decades
Even if you vote for __ Party, it shouldn't be the same person / candidate going into office.

There should be a wide variety of representatives to choose from within each political party.

Views and outlooks on various political topics will shift based on the person you choose, even within that political party.

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TopicAgeism is necessary in the political world.
KamenRiderBlade
09/18/21 7:38:15 PM
#15
Trumble posted...
Dude, learn what a paragraph is.
No time for that, I'm just letting out my thoughts as fast as possible.

No time for formal structure.

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TopicAgeism is necessary in the political world.
KamenRiderBlade
09/18/21 7:35:22 PM
#13
The major problem is that the VAST majority of the world's Constitutional Democratic Representative Republics all use "First Past the Post, Winner Take-All" systems.

It's BAD, VERY BAD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Council_(Switzerland)

Switzerland got one thing right, instead of one Leader in power like a President or Prime Minister.

they have a Federal Council of 7 seats to run the Executive Branch.

The US and most other Democracies need another Constitutional Convention and re-adjust the Executive Branch from having a President/Prime Minister, to having a "Executive Council" to run the country.

Having one person have that much power is dangerous and stupid.

For everybody that hated ___ President, that bitched & moaned that my candidate should've won.

Having multiple seats in the Executive Council with Proportional representation per seat would alleviate all those BS issues with "Not my President" chants.

Every seat would get filled with their representative based on how much political power you (The Average Citizen) assigns them.

Every citizen can have 100 points split into 100 integer values.

You can assign your 100 points in integer wholes to all representatives / candidates you like per seat.

That allows you to not have to pick the "Least Worst" Candidate.

You can split your voting power amongst all candidates that you like, even amongst multiple parties.

Having to give ALL your voting power to one representative is STUPID and encourages people to pick the "Least Worst" Candidate.

Yes, people need to think, and do research on candidates when they vote.

That is a GOOD thing.

We need a more educated public, that requires more general education on civics, Government, national history, etc.

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TopicAgeism is necessary in the political world.
KamenRiderBlade
09/18/21 7:23:51 PM
#11
Over of the US is Independent and don't belong to a specific Political Party, but some independents leans towards one side or another.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/05/15/facts-about-us-political-independents/


Why are we stuck with a 2-Party system still?
It's because "First Past the Post, Winner Take-All" eventually devolves everything down to a dumb 2-Party system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo

We need to stop the Incumbency effect.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/26/here-is-why-incumbents-in-congress-are-hard-to-beat.html

The vast majority of Incumbents get re-elected for many reasons.

Academics have speculated on the multiple reasons that congressional incumbents have enjoyed an advantage over the years. Incumbents have traditionally used their positions to win favor with voters by offering a variety of constituent services or by pointing to increased funding they've captured for the home state or district. More recently, some have argued that redistricting has created politically lopsided seats that strongly favor one party over another.

Moreover, as the cost of mounting a political campaign has risen, incumbency in Congress has created an important financial advantage in attracting the money needed to win.
Since 1990, the cost of a winning a House seat has roughly doubled, adjusted for inflation, to about $1.5 million. If you're looking to win a seat in the Senate, expect to raise more than $10 million.

We need Term Limits for ALL seats in Congress in each house.
A Cumulative 12 years in the House & 12 years in Senate, then you're done serving Congress.

We need Non-Contiguous/Non-Consecutive Terms. That means you serve your term, then no matter what you have to leave and come back for a next term after a Universal Mandatory 1 year break from government at ALL levels (Federal/State/County/City/etc). This also prevents politicians from wasting their final year in office campaigning and not doing their effing jobs.

We realistically can't get rid of political parties, so let's make political parties a team sport. Somebody within your political party needs to run for your seat after you go on break. They need to have similar values to you and you can endorse the next person who runs for your seat.

And First Past the Post / Winner Take-All is the DUMBEST method for Political Representation in a Constitutional Representative Democracy.

Proportional Voting power per seat with unlimited representatives from all parties should be allowed to campaign and go into office.

That means all representatives that run for ___ seat will get voting power 1.0 vote per person.

We have Excel SpreadSheets and modern calculators

We can easily calculate the votes of all representatives per seat, up to a voting power of 1.0 voting power.

Then we can tabulate all the votes for each seat in government when making final decisions.

You want to break the 2-Party cycle, you need drastic changes.

If you're worried about who's going to pay for the difference in Annual Salary for the Politicians, we can have each political Party cover the difference in Salary by splitting the Government Annual Salary amongst all seats proportionally based on the voting power they received from the Government, and the political party will be required to pay the difference.

If we're going to have Political Parties, we're going to make it expensive and use those excess funds to pay the difference in annual salaries for all Political Representatives sent to government. This also decreases their overall funds for campaigning.

As for Districting:

You need to use the mathematically shortest Split Line algorithm for districting.

https://rangevoting.org/SplitLR.html

This avoids Gerrymandering the districts.

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TopicStar Fleet are so unethical. (spoilers for most shows)
KamenRiderBlade
09/18/21 2:47:07 PM
#28
ClunkerSlim posted...
And to be fair, Picard said children on a starship was a bad idea.
Children on the Enterprise-D were endangered how many times?

How many times did they get kidnapped?

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TopicAny Cali folks feel the earthquake 20 mins ago?
KamenRiderBlade
09/17/21 11:36:54 PM
#10
Yeah, I felt it. It felt like a mild rumble where I'm at.
Like my house was riding on light waves.

https://www.google.com/search?q=CA%20Earthquake

Google says it was a 4.2 in Carson.

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TopicMan Will and Carlton rides ATV in new hit drama, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
KamenRiderBlade
09/17/21 11:35:10 PM
#6
Why do Networks insist on reboots instead of brand new IP's and idea's?

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TopicI can't believe how poorly Deathloop runs on my PC
KamenRiderBlade
09/17/21 8:02:32 PM
#22
DarkRoast posted...
Literally everything, including raytracing, maxed at 1080p. With this kind of frame rate it should be smooth as butter, but the stuttering is just awful
The Digital Foundry video I just posted above talks about the stuttering.

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TopicFDA panel rejects plan to administer Pfizer Covid booster doses to general pubic
KamenRiderBlade
09/17/21 6:41:45 PM
#6
So it seems like if you're 65 y/o, you should get a 3rd shot.

The rest of us will have to live with 2 shots for now.

Talk about large scale Beta Testing a vaccine.

This has got to be the largest data sample size in history for any new vaccine.

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TopicI can't believe how poorly Deathloop runs on my PC
KamenRiderBlade
09/17/21 3:56:35 PM
#17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu_XHyO-6zY

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TopicDoes Los Angeles get power outa
KamenRiderBlade
09/17/21 10:17:07 AM
#3
If you really must know, SCE (Southern California Edison) has a map that covers Power Outtages.
https://www.sce.com/outage-center/check-outage-status

Here are the historical Reliability Reports section:
https://www.sce.com/outage-center/reliability-reports

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TopicStar Fleet are so unethical. (spoilers for most shows)
KamenRiderBlade
09/16/21 10:56:27 PM
#23
ElatedVenusaur posted...
Yeah, its really weird that the TNG Enterprise is loaded with kids and other non-Starfleet personnel. Seems like it would be super trivial to get a spy on-board which the Romulans literally do at one point.

And there is a reason why StarFleet ended that practice of placing non-StarFleet personnel on their vessels.

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TopicStar Fleet are so unethical. (spoilers for most shows)
KamenRiderBlade
09/16/21 2:04:15 AM
#14
cjsdowg posted...
Guinan had a reserve of real boobs back there.
Please, I'd like to see those reserves of real boobs =D

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TopicHas CHINA said SORRY yet about the virus?
KamenRiderBlade
09/12/21 4:02:48 PM
#18
WeeWeiWiiWie posted...
Shut the fuck up.
You first, we all know you're a CCP Shill.

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TopicHas CHINA said SORRY yet about the virus?
KamenRiderBlade
09/11/21 8:03:09 PM
#8
sabrestorm posted...
Is there any proof china is responsible? I guess not people just want to hate on China I think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKKxPefQ520
https://theintercept.com/2021/09/06/new-details-emerge-about-coronavirus-research-at-chinese-lab/

EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak got grant money from the US NIH (National Institute of Health) to do research on CoronaVirus research.
One of the grants, titled Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence, outlines an ambitious effort led by EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak to screen thousands of bat samples for novel coronaviruses. The research also involved screening people who work with live animals. The documents contain several critical details about the research in Wuhan, including the fact that key experimental work with humanized mice was conducted at a biosafety level 3 lab at Wuhan University Center for Animal Experiment and not at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, as was previously assumed. The documents raise additional questions about the theory that the pandemic may have begun in a lab accident, an idea that Daszak has aggressively dismissed.

The bat coronavirus grant provided EcoHealth Alliance with a total of $3.1 million, including $599,000 that the Wuhan Institute of Virology used in part to identify and alter bat coronaviruses likely to infect humans. Even before the pandemic, many scientists were concerned about the potential dangers associated with such experiments. The grant proposal acknowledges some of those dangers: Fieldwork involves the highest risk of exposure to SARS or other CoVs, while working in caves with high bat density overhead and the potential for fecal dust to be inhaled.

Alina Chan, a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute, said the documents show that EcoHealth Alliance has reason to take the lab-leak theory seriously. In this proposal, they actually point out that they know how risky this work is. They keep talking about people potentially getting bitten and they kept records of everyone who got bitten, Chan said. Does EcoHealth have those records? And if not, how can they possibly rule out a research-related accident?

According to Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University, the documents contain critical information about the research done in Wuhan, including about the creation of novel viruses. The viruses they constructed were tested for their ability to infect mice that were engineered to display human type receptors on their cell, Ebright wrote to The Intercept after reviewing the documents. Ebright also said the documents make it clear that two different types of novel coronaviruses were able to infect humanized mice. While they were working on SARS-related coronavirus, they were carrying out a parallel project at the same time on MERS-related coronavirus, Ebright said, referring to the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.

Asked about the grant materials, Robert Kessler, communications manager at EcoHealth Alliance, said, We applied for grants to conduct research. The relevant agencies deemed that to be important research, and thus funded it. So I dont know that theres a whole lot to say.

The grant was initially awarded for a five-year period from 2014 to 2019. Funding was renewed in 2019 but suspended by the Trump administration in April 2020.

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TopicZelina Vega at Smackdown
KamenRiderBlade
09/11/21 1:41:39 PM
#25
The Popo posted...
My bad on that part - her father is what is making the headlines, so I assumed that the outfit played into it somehow (never seen Naruto). That was a bad assumption on my part that I shouldnt have done.
It's all well and good that she wants to pay tribute to her father who she lost at 9/11.

But it's not because of her outfit.

Her outfit is just her cosplay hobby put on display to show off to the world.

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TopicZelina Vega at Smackdown
KamenRiderBlade
09/11/21 1:08:04 PM
#22
The Popo posted...
and her outfit was meant as an homage to him.
Her outfit is literally Naruto Cosplay because it's a Akatsuki based design.

It has nothing to do with 9/11.

She just loves to Cosplay and show off her body.

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TopicIf you could would you rather have the new mid engine corvette or the vette
KamenRiderBlade
09/08/21 1:59:17 PM
#9

This ProtoType Corvette ZR-1 designed by George Camp is what I want to see developed or made into a real vehicle.

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TopicI'm doing a watch through of supernatural for my late wife *maybe spoilers*
KamenRiderBlade
09/08/21 1:46:07 PM
#90
DarthDemented posted...
The "darkness" chick
She's HOT!!!

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TopicRec me a new mouse
KamenRiderBlade
09/06/21 1:40:06 AM
#16
OwlRammer posted...
this is what I'm doing, works great and very cheap and the battery life is pretty insane
I've tried Logitech Side Button configurations of all sorts on various Logitech mice.

From 2 buttons -> 12.

in the end, I think 6 buttons is optimal for me.

Everybody is a bit different, but from what I found, a 2x3 grid is the perfect balance for my thumb since I can easily shift between 2x clusters of 4 buttons and be responsive.

And there's the Back/Foreward buttons for the main index finger.

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TopicRec me a new mouse
KamenRiderBlade
09/05/21 2:37:18 PM
#13
Logitech G602



Get 4x AA Rechargeable batteries like Sanyo Eneloop Rechargeable(#3 rated) or Duracell Rechargeable (# 1 rated) and use low power mode and the operating time on battery will be pretty ridiculous.

I'm talking weeks to months of use before you need to swap batteries.

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TopicGentlemen, my gaming laptop arrives tomorrow!
KamenRiderBlade
09/04/21 4:02:46 PM
#64
DarkRoast posted...
It's superfluous in regards to performance, but just like most things, the overall end user experience does have merit. If I had to choose between two similar-spec laptops with similar prices, and one felt cheap-ish while the other felt somewhat luxe, I'd go with the latter.
I totally get that.

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TopicGentlemen, my gaming laptop arrives tomorrow!
KamenRiderBlade
09/04/21 3:17:39 PM
#62
DarkRoast posted...
Not to mention the Blade has clearly better build quality (aluminum unibody) and is far more portable.
The construction of the Chasis is a seperate issue entirely from the performance of the core hardware.

You like the Apple MacBook style construction, and that's fine.

That's a preference issue.

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TopicGentlemen, my gaming laptop arrives tomorrow!
KamenRiderBlade
09/04/21 2:38:32 PM
#60
DarkRoast posted...
I'm wondering if that Lenovo was less "underperforming expectations" and instead my Razer was way outperforming its specs
RTX 3080 LapTop isn't all that great of a improvement over RTX 2080 Max-Q.

Especially given that you wanted a bigger performance increase and a HD VRR Panel with 1440p class resolution

It wasn't that good of a improvement to justify all your efforts to buying a new machine.

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TopicGentlemen, my gaming laptop arrives tomorrow!
KamenRiderBlade
09/03/21 9:13:45 PM
#58
DarkRoast posted...
He paid me for it :P

I'm out like $500, whatever have fun kid
You must be the best Aunt ever.

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TopicGentlemen, my gaming laptop arrives tomorrow!
KamenRiderBlade
09/03/21 7:57:49 PM
#56
DarkRoast posted...
Eh... honestly? I actually like my Razer Blade better. It's smaller, the keyboard is better, and the performance at 1080p is about the same as this at 1600p. My nephew was gonna take the Blade but I think I'll just let him have this instead and stay with my blade.
Wow, you're so nice to give your nephew a brand new top of the line laptop.

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TopicGentlemen, my gaming laptop arrives tomorrow!
KamenRiderBlade
09/03/21 2:43:56 PM
#53
DarkRoast posted...
Yes it's a 165 Hz 2560x1600 panel

And I have to admit I sure missed a 16:10 panel. It's really the way to go for computers IMO.

Also, that comparison is fundamentally flawed. They used the Gigabyte Aero, the lowest-spec RTX 3080 you can get on a laptop. But not only that, the Aero is well-known for being thermally constricted to the point where it often loses out to laptop 3070s and even high-TDP 3060s.
Performance doesn't scale linearly with power after you pass the sweet spot / max efficiency point on each silicon design.

The power consumption scales exponentially for less than linear performance gains.

I've long suspected that RTX 3080 LapTop is long past that sweet spot.

Ergo, all that extra power didn't net you much gain compared to your old Razer Blade.

Here's an example of what you would see with a Frequency relative to power consumption scaling

e.g. CPU vs GPU:
The wider you go for a Integrated Circuit, the lower your Top End Clocks will be along with the shifting of where your "Sweet Spot" would be and how much power you would need to gain the last bit of performance.
That's usually why GPU's have lower Top end frequencies and base frequencies compared to CPU's, GPU's are just that damn wide.

The modern Radeon 6000 series:
RX 6700 XT has a default:
Base Clock = 2321 MHz
Boost Clock = 2581 MHz

RX 6900 XT has a default:
Base Clock = 1825 MHz
Boost Clock = 2250 MHz

6900 XT is much wider, so it offers more overall performance

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TopicGentlemen, my gaming laptop arrives tomorrow!
KamenRiderBlade
09/03/21 12:54:03 PM
#50
DarkRoast posted...
To be honest, though, something clearly is wrong with the GPU performance. I'm only getting a 10% uplift over my 90 W RTX 2080 Max-Q, despite an entire generation's improvement in hardware and also a near-double TDP.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3604615/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-review-the-fastest-laptop-gpu-just-arrived.html

Conclusion
Overall, we think the GeForce RTX 3080 is indeed the best mobile GPU available right now. To be fair, its not much of a bar to set if all you have to be is better than the previous GPU. Dont let your expectations be warped by the stunning GeForce RTX 3080 desktop card.
Once we settled back into the reality that a laptop, is a laptop, is a laptopseeing from 15- to 25-percent improvements in graphically intensive games, and even higher with ray-traced titles, is respectable.
Would we upgrade from an RTX 20-series laptop? Probably not, unless its a bigger step such as a side move of going from an RTX 2060 to something faster. It rarely makes sense to upgrade from one generation to the next unless you are doing it for the the huge boosts in content creation advances.
When every laptop is its own package, our first review of a new component isnt our definitive one. Well have a better feel for RTX 30-series laptops after weve tested another half-dozen or more. But clearly with a favorable implementation such as we tested, it can do very well indeed.

Don't forget that 90 watts isn't that much considering 60 watts used to be used to power basic light bulbs.

And you did opt for a higher refresh rate display panel.

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Topicgetting a monitor arm has been the best decision ive made in a long time
KamenRiderBlade
09/03/21 4:39:31 AM
#2
Makes you wonder how you managed to live without it for so long.

And now, can you go back to a traditional monitor stand once you know the joys / benefits of a computer monitor arm?

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TopicGentlemen, my gaming laptop arrives tomorrow!
KamenRiderBlade
09/02/21 9:17:32 PM
#35
DarkRoast posted...
Ermagherd why is my GPU being held back

One thing I have noticed - raytracing performance on the 3080 is waaaaaaaaaay better than the 2080 MQ.
Thermals / Power Delivery

Crappy Thermal Paste Application

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TopicStar Trek DS9 "In the Pale Moonlight" (spoilers)
KamenRiderBlade
09/01/21 4:13:00 PM
#42
Doe posted...
ok they're kinda cheating here by killing Jadzeea but saving the symbiote. That thing will have all her memories stored in it
They've established how Trills work long before Jadzea was even a character in the writers mind.

So her character being moved to a new host isn't special anymore.

The only thing they didn't establish were the spots.

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TopicI'm doing a watch through of supernatural for my late wife *maybe spoilers*
KamenRiderBlade
09/01/21 2:32:01 AM
#69
DarthDemented posted...
And now the dean/metatron fight. Would've been awesome if they could've afforded Alan Rickman to to reprise his metatron role from dogma.
Alan Rickman would've been 67 at the time of filming.

I think he can retire from acting cause he died 2 years later at age of 69 y/o

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TopicStar Trek DS9 "In the Pale Moonlight" (spoilers)
KamenRiderBlade
08/31/21 11:06:02 PM
#35
Doe posted...
I had to skip the Quark sexual harassment episode
Is that the one where he cross dresses?

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Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
TopicStar Trek DS9 "In the Pale Moonlight" (spoilers)
KamenRiderBlade
08/31/21 9:46:40 PM
#29
K181 posted...
Archer existed.
And was a Test Pilot, so he literally gone down the Aviator route.

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TopicMy ultrawide monitor has arrived
KamenRiderBlade
08/31/21 2:35:25 PM
#62
Garioshi posted...
Will definitely refer to this if it gets worse, thanks.
No Prob, there should be plenty of Good TrackBall options.

One of those should be to your liking.

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Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
TopicStar Trek DS9 "In the Pale Moonlight" (spoilers)
KamenRiderBlade
08/31/21 2:34:34 PM
#17
Doe posted...
I wouldn't call anything involving Q "dumb luck"
What would you call it?

Misfortune?

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Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
TopicStar Trek DS9 "In the Pale Moonlight" (spoilers)
KamenRiderBlade
08/31/21 12:24:59 PM
#15
cjsdowg posted...
She could have gotten them back by breeding with Q.
That was dumb luck that Q met them.

There's no gurantee that Q will meet you if you ever get lost in the middle of no-where.

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Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
TopicStar Trek DS9 "In the Pale Moonlight" (spoilers)
KamenRiderBlade
08/31/21 2:34:25 AM
#9
pegusus123456 posted...
I kind of remember her being really bad at that actually.
She managed to get home with most of her crew in tact.

Got future tech from herself that can beat the borg

Effed up the Borg Queen and blew up their Transwarp Conduit Network.

It may not have "Killed all the Borg", but it was definitely a giant kick in the nads to the Borg.

The amount of technology & knowledge she brought back will change UFP & StarFleet forever.

For the better.

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TopicMy ultrawide monitor has arrived
KamenRiderBlade
08/31/21 2:27:50 AM
#60
Garioshi posted...
It's not terrible for the most part; however, I absolutely cannot play shooters or menu-heavy games with a regular mouse. I don't think a trackball is necessary for the moment.
If you need TrackBall recommendations

Elecom TrackBalls:
- ELECOM (M-HT1URBK) = https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07353DBP9/

- ELECOM (M-XT2URBK-G) = https://www.amazon.com/ELECOM-M-XT3DRBK-Wireless-Trackball-function/dp/B0843S683T/?th=1

- ELECOM (M-MT2DRSBK) = https://www.amazon.com/ELECOM-Japan-LESS-Noise-Index-Finger-Connection-M-MT2BRSBK/dp/B07ZRG3RW3/

- ELECOM (M-MT1DRSBK) = https://www.amazon.com/ELECOM-Japan-LESS-Noise-Index-Finger-Connection-M-MT2BRSBK/dp/B07ZRGGPSK/

- ELECOM (M-RT1BRXBK) = https://www.amazon.com/ELECOM-Bluetooth-Thumb-operated-Trackball-M-RT1BRXBK/dp/B08GSCC8RX/

- ELECOM (M-XT4DRBK-G) = https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GR2K8WH/ref=emc_b_5_i?th=1

https://www.amazon.com/ELECOM-M-XPT1MRXBK-Trackball-Bluetooth-High-Performance/dp/B07DMF2DNW/

https://www.amazon.com/Trackball-M-DPT1MRXBK-Bluetooth-High-Performance-Responsiveness/dp/B07C9T4TTW/

Kensington:
https://www.amazon.com/Kensington-Pro-Fit-Ergo-K75326WW/dp/B083L6B76T/

https://www.amazon.com/Kensington-SlimBlade-Trackball-Mouse-K72327U/dp/B001MTE32Y/

LogiTech:
https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Trackman-Marble-Four-Button-Programmable/dp/B001F42MKG/

https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-M570-Wireless-Trackball-Mouse/dp/B0043T7FXE/

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Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
TopicStar Trek DS9 "In the Pale Moonlight" (spoilers)
KamenRiderBlade
08/31/21 2:22:57 AM
#7
pegusus123456 posted...
Janeway is the best captain if you don't care about human life.
Or you need to get back home from the middle of bum fuck no where.

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Are you a MexiCAN or a MexiCAN'T - Johnny Depp 'Once Upon A Time in Mexico'
TopicMy ultrawide monitor has arrived
KamenRiderBlade
08/30/21 10:42:47 PM
#57
Garioshi posted...
I will admittedly not be using the rightmost monitor, but this is glorious nonetheless.
How bad is your RSI?

Have you tried using a track ball instead of a right angle mouse?

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