ALiteralCabbage

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[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 39 points 2 days ago (3 children)

How's that going in the US?

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I suppose it's not solely for gaming which turns me off the deck option; it would also be serving as the entry point for some self hosted stuff I'm running on the clunky old unit that's still chugging along.

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So possibly a false economy then?

I guess the scale of the unit is appealing - even a micro HPX doesn't come close; but that's the trade off I suppose.

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

What's the benefit of that Vs this? I don't care for portability and I like the option to at least crack this open and expand a few bits (if I need to).

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 4 days ago

How would you break it down?

PC Partpicker disagrees with you, especially at the reduced price on the Amazon micro option - making some assumptions on equivalence between the 'baked in' chips and proper GPU etc.

I'd assume that economies of scale play a part too.

But I'm willing to accept that I'm wrong!

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Are they cheaper, though?

GPU prices being what they are an equivalent full size card, and the same CPU aren't far off the full build cost of the micro unit I linked to, and that's before cases, power supplies and whatever.

I understand the service situation; but that's not worse than my laptop/integrated devices - and this still has some scope for replacing non-soldered parts, presumably.

 

So I've been looking at upgrading my PC and it looks like I can get a better "micro" pc than my current (ancient) desktop for significantly less money than a full blown gaming rig. An example of such a rig is this.

I don't have high gaming requirements - I play mostly old games, I think the newest games I play are from 5+ years ago.

What reasons are there for not buying one of these (over a comparable "proper" desktop)?

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 17 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

A few well placed commands by a few lowly 2 monitor types are always the kind of things that derail companies on a fundamental level.

What senior management always forget is that they need us vastly more than we need them...

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago

Don't do yourselves a disservice.

Brits exist.

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

I doubt it - these will have the chocolate dropped over them rather than being dipped in. They'll just run on a conveyor.

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 1 points 1 month ago

There's no ethical consumption under capitalism.

But even so, no - this is just turkeys offering to feed Christmas because they can't vote.

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 94 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It’s an ouroboros of advertising money, eating its own dick, endlessly. Telling me not to cum.

This is an incredible sentence.

[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

We have the benefit of a private education system whose primary output is financiers and politicians - give the septics time to figure it out.

 

Today I went to the supermarket, and spotted a deal on cheap earbuds.

I've been 50/50 on them, but a £40 pair for £20 was good enough for me to take a punt.

Are they great? No. Are they good enough? Yeah, sure, why not. They play music they take calls, and they act like earplugs when it's noisy out. And they don't get tangled up. Plus, if I like using them I'll consider getting a pair which aren't objectively e-waste when these inevitably die.

 

So, as we begin another week: what are your little vices or guilty pleasures that help you get through the day?

a practice, behaviour, or habit generally considered morally wrong in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhealthy habit

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