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by Krom
Wed Mar 08, 2023 8:33 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Wish me luck or don't (03/08/2023 6:01pm)
Replies: 36
Views: 6412

Re: Wish me luck or don't (03/08/2023 6:01pm)

Good luck! One of the our neighbors who smoked passed away from an aggressive lung cancer a couple years ago during chemo, he was a really great guy and we still miss him. I have never smoked myself but I work right by a door to a smoking area so I see the people all going out to smoke at every brea...
by Krom
Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Nukes on the table
Replies: 61
Views: 20232

Re: Nukes on the table

There are a whole bunch of rational reasons why Russia should not use nuclear weapons. But there were as many or even more rational reasons why Russia should not invade Ukraine and look how that turned out.
by Krom
Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Nukes on the table
Replies: 61
Views: 20232

Re: Nukes on the table

Thanks, this is a really good point I haven't considered: being fed irrational stimulus begets an irrational response. Still, I also believe that even the most authoritarian leaders maintain their power through the support of special interests, and once those special interests get tired of having t...
by Krom
Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:35 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Nukes on the table
Replies: 61
Views: 20232

Re: Nukes on the table

I think your prediction is reasonable, it has that perfect realism of "both outcomes suck". That being said, I disagree on one point: Putin and Xi are both indeed "crazy", the kind of power they wield will do that to anyone, their power will always lead to people below them only ...
by Krom
Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:37 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Dominion verses Fox News
Replies: 34
Views: 4288

Re: Dominion verses Fox News

Top Gun wrote: Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:29 pm All I think when I see a Carlson clip is that his face has looked like he accidentally shat himself daily for the past 20 years.
Only as Spidey points out, it isn't accidental, he has deliberately shat himself daily for the last 20 years.
by Krom
Thu Feb 23, 2023 2:35 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Dominion verses Fox News
Replies: 34
Views: 4288

Re: Dominion verses Fox News

Neither option is good. And as much as they disdain their audience they also fear them. They know their audience is so radicalized and unhinged that if they don't constantly reaffirm the audience's desired viewpoints they can and will violently attack and even Fox is not safe. At least liberal "...
by Krom
Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:47 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Dominion verses Fox News
Replies: 34
Views: 4288

Re: Dominion verses Fox News

I want them to force faux news to admit they are a bunch of liars and all the opinions they air are made up bull★■◆● entertainment their extremist audience wants to hear and bares no resemblance to reality whatsoever at the end of every commercial break for the next 30 years.
by Krom
Sat Feb 11, 2023 6:50 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Baldwin
Replies: 52
Views: 7076

Re: Baldwin

It has always been a fantasy, I wonder what he even thinks the country is. Probably "Freedom! Guns! Yelling racial slurs!" or some bull★■◆● like that. And he will switch back to loving the military the millisecond a Republican gets into the White House even if absolutely nothing else chang...
by Krom
Fri Feb 10, 2023 9:03 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Baldwin
Replies: 52
Views: 7076

Re: Baldwin

Don't be silly thinking he hates you because of something you said about him or his latest favorite false idol. Like most conservatives he loves his country but hates pretty much anyone who breathes in it and is too stupid to recognize that it conflicts.
by Krom
Sat Feb 04, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Flight of the Valkyries
Replies: 78
Views: 11843

Re: Flight of the Valkyries

Think of all the taxpayer money they just spent to pop a balloon.
by Krom
Sat Feb 04, 2023 4:04 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: It's baaaaack! The Huckabee Turd
Replies: 21
Views: 3415

Re: It's baaaaack! The Huckabee Turd

Because the government is way more likely to overlook someone's illegal labor practices as long as they process payroll taxes correctly.
by Krom
Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Flight of the Valkyries
Replies: 78
Views: 11843

Re: Flight of the Valkyries

Perhaps the reason the military did not shoot down the balloon is because they didn't want to reveal whatever capability they have of shooting down a balloon. Like even the Chinese have tested/demonstrated the ability to shoot down a satellite, which significantly pissed off the international commun...
by Krom
Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:31 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: It's baaaaack! The Huckabee Turd
Replies: 21
Views: 3415

Re: It's baaaaack! The Huckabee Turd

Also it is worth pointing out that the millions figure is the number of immigrants being stopped at the very not open border instead of immigrants successfully crossing the border. The right wing talking point is once again the complete opposite of reality.
by Krom
Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:12 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Gaming Performance and Win 11
Replies: 5
Views: 4039

Re: Gaming Performance and Win 11

Still running windows 10 myself, but I just recently got the offer to upgrade to 11. Debating if I want to or not, 10 is working fine and will still be supported for quite a while. I'll probably try to do a clean install of 11 when I do get around to it because there is quite a few years worth of ac...
by Krom
Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:01 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Turn about fair play
Replies: 41
Views: 5383

Re: Turn about fair play

I bet if you go snooping around the homes/private offices of some of the loudest members in congress who are going after Biden you will find unsecured classified documents there too.

Still different from Trump.
by Krom
Tue Jan 24, 2023 5:56 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: 750w PSU for Core i5 13600k + possible Geforce 1660 ti
Replies: 8
Views: 3654

Re: 750w PSU for Core i5 13600k + possible Geforce 1660 ti

The standard limit for a 3/4 pin fan header is 1 amp so it should be fine, a SATA powered hub has up to 4.5 amps available. No guarantee the RGB nonsense doesn't impact it though, just don't put it next to anything flammable.
by Krom
Mon Jan 23, 2023 6:15 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: 750w PSU for Core i5 13600k + possible Geforce 1660 ti
Replies: 8
Views: 3654

Re: 750w PSU for Core i5 13600k + possible Geforce 1660 ti

They connect into the same voltage plane so plugging in all of them is just distributing the load over a wider area/number of pins. So I don't know what the forums saying it could damage the mobo or CPU were smoking but it just doesn't work that way. Plug them all in, it will be fine.
by Krom
Sat Jan 21, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: 750w PSU for Core i5 13600k + possible Geforce 1660 ti
Replies: 8
Views: 3654

Re: 750w PSU for Core i5 13600k + possible Geforce 1660 ti

Just for further reference, I plugged only my tower into a kill-a-watt meter and ran Rage 2 for a half hour or so and I saw around 630w peak and that is with a 9900k and a 3080 Ti, the CPU was reporting around 90w of load and the GPU was reporting 385w. My PSU is a seasonic 850w 80 plus gold rated u...
by Krom
Fri Jan 20, 2023 6:20 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: 750w PSU for Core i5 13600k + possible Geforce 1660 ti
Replies: 8
Views: 3654

Re: 750w PSU for Core i5 13600k + possible Geforce 1660 ti

Should be totally fine, the RTX 3060 default TDP is 170 watts and while gaming the CPU will probably not exceed 100 watts. HDDs and SSDs are trivial, a bunch of case fans together may use more power than a SSD. I wouldn't expect the full load gaming to go much over 400w in that configuration.
by Krom
Tue Jan 10, 2023 4:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Turn about fair play
Replies: 41
Views: 5383

Re: Turn about fair play

Never, because it would piss you off. Also because they wouldn't have to, nobody was even looking for classified documents in this case, when they found some they immediately contacted the archives and handed them over at the first opportunity. Trump had almost a year worth of the archives asking ni...
by Krom
Tue Jan 03, 2023 8:12 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Mechanical hard drive error
Replies: 4
Views: 3409

Re: Mechanical hard drive error

https://crystalmark.info/en/download/#CrystalDiskInfo Download crystal disk info and check over the S.M.A.R.T. status on the drive, post a screen shot if necessary. The status indicator on crystal disk info will generally reveal if the drive firmware has detected any potential issues. But basically ...
by Krom
Mon Jan 02, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: At What Cost
Replies: 32
Views: 4077

Re: At What Cost

So, we trade poisoning the atmosphere for poisoning the land? Is that a good trade? Brine mining leaves pools of toxic water waste just like coal burning leaves toxic ash ponds, that HAVE catastrophically failed and poisoned acres of land and waterways too. Until we get a better battery technology,...
by Krom
Mon Jan 02, 2023 4:37 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: At What Cost
Replies: 32
Views: 4077

Re: At What Cost

Literally nothing is 100% efficient. That's an actual law of physics. Who claimed that, and who would believe it? Actually there are things that are exactly 100% efficient and it makes perfect sense once you think about how it works: Resistive electric heaters. They are always exactly 100% efficien...
by Krom
Mon Jan 02, 2023 12:13 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: At What Cost
Replies: 32
Views: 4077

Re: At What Cost

Lithium mining in a way that doesn't destroy the atmosphere is a solvable problem, burning coal for electricity without destroying the atmosphere is not. Pretty much everything people are complaining about WRT renewable energy are problems that can and will be resolved. Fossil fuels can not be fixed...
by Krom
Mon Dec 26, 2022 8:10 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.
Replies: 102
Views: 11722

Re: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.

Basically wealthy people bought up most of the open housing and drove the price of housing up so high that a whole bunch of people fell into homelessness. And you're saying that's a good thing? You can't see how someone owning a 2nd or 3rd home they rarely use might contribute to the ongoing housing...
by Krom
Sun Dec 25, 2022 4:48 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.
Replies: 102
Views: 11722

Re: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.

Perhaps the reason they don't seek the "available help" is because it is literally a boot on their neck.
by Krom
Sun Dec 25, 2022 4:09 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.
Replies: 102
Views: 11722

Re: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.

Crime rates depend on the area they are reported from and ours are a horrible outlier to the U.S. crimes rates. To give you an idea about how much people here are fed up, our usually solid blue state is starting to shows shades of purple in the cities. Oregon almost elected a Republican governor. I...
by Krom
Sun Dec 25, 2022 6:28 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.
Replies: 102
Views: 11722

Re: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.

Or more accurately, some Republican said "DEMOCRATS CRIMINALS BLARGH" in a campaign ad so it must be true despite all evidence to the contrary.

And then as soon as the election was over they fucked off to go looking for hunter biden dick picks.
by Krom
Sat Dec 24, 2022 9:38 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: At What Cost
Replies: 32
Views: 4077

Re: At What Cost

Buy a standard range Tesla, the batteries used in those are already cobalt free and have been for a couple years (LFP, lithium-iron-phosphate). And actually most EV battery suppliers used in America including Tesla are moving to cobalt free entirely even for their high nickel chemistries and have al...
by Krom
Fri Dec 23, 2022 1:23 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.
Replies: 102
Views: 11722

Re: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.

If DeSantis was a democrat? LMAO. What The ★■◆● Are You Smoking? Literally impossible to even imagine.
by Krom
Fri Dec 23, 2022 7:29 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.
Replies: 102
Views: 11722

Re: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.

Oh, you think that if DeShitis wins the primary that Trump will just roll over and not run anyway as an independent.
by Krom
Fri Dec 23, 2022 6:54 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.
Replies: 102
Views: 11722

Re: Let's keep this glorious quote at the top.

And you're some kind of expert? Have you ever even actually worked at an election before?
by Krom
Thu Dec 22, 2022 5:21 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Fusion
Replies: 29
Views: 3377

Re: Fusion

Wind farms directly killing some birds is bad, so we should use natural gas instead because it can indirectly kill all birds.
by Krom
Sun Dec 18, 2022 8:38 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Windows and different versions of SSD's for storage
Replies: 2
Views: 2331

Re: Windows and different versions of SSD's for storage

No difference, basically all recent (last ~3 years) NVMe drives beyond the slowest of the slow QLC+DRAMless drives are well beyond the basic windows single user requirements to max out responsiveness that they are all but indistinguishable from each other and you can mix and match whatever you need.
by Krom
Sun Dec 18, 2022 4:18 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Fusion
Replies: 29
Views: 3377

Re: Fusion

Yeah, the video I saw mentioned that the lasers are like 1% efficient, absolutely horrible (because they weren't meant for power generation) and the whole thing was at a huge overall energy loss, but if they changed the lasers up to something about ~2/3 efficient then they would actually be at break...
by Krom
Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:33 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Fusion
Replies: 29
Views: 3377

Re: Fusion

So I watched a video where they described the process used to reach ignition and it shows that this is not really a method that would be useful for generating power. They basically use lasers to create the worlds smallest fusion bomb. If this counts as ignition, then it isn't actually the first time...
by Krom
Sat Dec 17, 2022 6:57 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: bug check reboots
Replies: 37
Views: 24669

Re: bug check reboots

I handle all my fans directly in my BIOS fan control, but my system is a little different from normal in a way that makes it really simple: I have 7 fans and 1 pump on 3 channels. All 6 radiator fans are on a single channel (meaning the system sees them all as ONE fan, this is fine because they are ...
by Krom
Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:26 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Right wing terrorists attack a power station.
Replies: 47
Views: 8014

Re: Right wing terrorists attack a power station.

I agree, just that there is a disproportionate amount of posts here that seem to blame all our ills on "far right extremists" which is just not true. I will continue to point this out. Ya think that might have anything to do with a disproportionate amount of domestic terrorism coming from...
by Krom
Fri Dec 16, 2022 4:22 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The Trade
Replies: 17
Views: 1911

Re: The Trade

Yeah, I was going to mention a "good trade" probably would have been a white straight woman in my previous post. But I think Spidey deserves some benefit of the doubt so I didn't say that in my post as I didn't want to direct it at him specifically. As for the conservative internet silo an...
by Krom
Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:17 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Fusion
Replies: 29
Views: 3377

Re: Fusion

Also I'm pretty sure this isn't the first time someone has gotten a net energy gain out of a fusion reactor, just the first time its been done in the USA.