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I wonder if Ukraine was intended to be bait for NATO. Nothing about this makes any sense other than the resolve of Ukraine's people.

1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

Honestly, making only gay porn available seems quite fitting.

On 2/18/2022 at 1:19 PM, Kal-El814 said:

@Link200

The UK can get some gnarly winds. I have yet to experience them but it should be entertaining. Always gotta be prepared to go-around.

This whole deal has been the worst kept secret. Makes you wonder what Russia is doing in secret. Hard to believe they could be this inept.

If anyone in curious. Got my hands on an ASUS Zephyrus M16. Great laptop. No headaches or sickness. I just wish the released the 3070 version in the US.

On 7/25/2021 at 10:06 PM, ManUtdRedDevils said:

17” on an airplane is a nightmare unless you get Business Class. It’s also a pretty obnoxious size in meetings where you are sharing limited table space. 
 

Lenovo Legion 5 Pro might another option. This leans towards a gaming laptop but it’s 16:10 and Walmart had it for $1500. 

I looked at some Lenovo laptops at best buy. Not a fan of the keyboard. Then again, I may not like the ASUS keyboard either if I can get a good chance to try one. Every place I go has last gen stuff on display. We shall see!

2 hours ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

15” is the largest laptop I would get for travel/outside home use. Anything bigger is too cumbersome. 

If you are in a position where you can store it in a backpack then travel isn't that bad. I am personally looking at smaller laptops because I am not supposed to use a backpack in uniform. At this point I am actually looking at getting a Asus Zephyrus M16 if they ever release the model I need. Same size as the G15. Only made possible because of the 16:10 screen in the M16.

Going to send back my second XPS 15 this week. The UHD+ screen looks great as well but gives me way too much eye strain. Tested a bunch of laptops at microcenter and realized I have always used matte screens and they work much better with my eyes. The M16 has a 16:10 matte screen so that should be nice to have. Colors wont pop as well but at this point I don't care.

17 hours ago, skillzdadirecta said:

So I'm torn between getting this version

 

https://www.dell.com/en-us/member/shop/dell-laptops/new-xps-15-laptop/spd/xps-15-9510-laptop/xn9510cto230s

 

or THIS version

 

https://www.dell.com/en-us/member/shop/dell-laptops/new-xps-17-laptop/spd/xps-17-9710-laptop/xn9710cto220s

 

More powerful CPU vs Bigger screen and more powerful GPU? Thoughts?

I would say it entirely depends on what you need the laptop for. I honestly don't believe this is a gaming laptop. I personally have it for coding and working on the road with some light gaming and video consumption.

If you are doing photo/video editing I can see having the bigger screen as a benefit.

Unless you need the higher clock speed I don't see a point in paying for the i9.

I would laugh if Elon Musk just decided to hop in a Dragon Capsule and actually go into orbit for funsies at this point.

Rich people making companies to get into space isn't anything new honestly. Just a different potential customer base.

Pretty underwhelming. I do prefer SpaceX landings. Far more optimized thus reducing the fuel required.

Well I got the UHD version of the XPS 15 9510 in the mail. I don't get sick but I do get a headache. I have no idea what causes that. I can work all day long on my ACER X34 and Surface Pro 5 but Dell screens seem to wreck me. For some reason it seems like I need to focus harder on the screen to look at it. I go back to my Surface Pro and no issues. This is annoying. 

I would try out the GF's computer glasses  but they are beat to hell.

On 7/12/2021 at 3:24 PM, Dimden said:

 

I can't say that I've had that issue, but laptop purchases are an absolute crap shoot these days. Did you get a lot of flickering?

 

People really have to be careful about jumping into purchases by doing proper research before buying, less they end up with a product that doesn't actually perform up to it's advertised specs, or has some other hidden defect that leads to less than desirable operation. The practices that some of these manufacturers have is absolutely scummy.

Visually it was great. Just made me sick. Didn't notice anything wrong with the screen. Order seemed up to snuff.

Just got my next laptop. See how this one goes. Haven't had time to do more than setup.

BTW, the XPS series constantly gets good reviews as of late. I do check the hardware though. I saw where manufacturers play games with Gamers Nexus and LTT.

On 7/9/2021 at 4:36 PM, Dimden said:

 

Nice laptop! You might be having a problem with pixel response time. I have the same issue with my laptop where I have a 144Hz QHD screen, but the pixel response time seems to be around 12ms which leads to ghosting. If you have a monitor over drive setting, you could also suffer from inverse ghosting while it's enabled, which just looks bad. While this video is in regard to desktop monitors, the same holds true for laptop monitors, especially since manufacturers have been falsely advertising the quality of the hardware in them as of late.

 

 

 

I believe it is just the specific technology. PWM causes a lot of these issues from what I have read. The way they implemented it just wrecks me. My Pixel 5 OLED screen isn't an issue so I just assume it happens to be the PWM frequencies they use or something. Still learning about the tech. All I know is Dell's implementation doesn't work for me or I can deal with it on small screens with a smaller FOV.

I sent back the laptop an ordered a new one. Really wanted it to work though.

On 7/9/2021 at 4:00 PM, skillzdadirecta said:

How are you liking the laptop otherwise? I have an XPS 15 from 2017 that I'm looking to upgrade and was debating if I was gonna stick with the XPS or go with another pc Laptop.

It is expensive but the build quality is fantastic.

40 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

I think your body is just going to have to adjust. You'll probably get less sick the more you use it.

I am thinking that may be the case. Curious if anyone else had these issues or not. I did turn down the brightness a bit so that will hopefully help.

I hope I do adjust. The screen is amazing!

CD Projekt Red and Bethesda would be an interesting mix 🤣

So I decided to splurge and get the new Dell XPS 15 (9510) with the OLED screen.

The screen and laptop are fantastic. My only problem is that the OLED seems to make me motion sick ☹️

Anyone else have this issue with OLED screens? Any ideas how to prevent this? Literally contemplating returning the laptop and getting their other 4k screen.

51 minutes ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said:

The company should be forced to close, but the CEO and other executives, board members, and major share holders should still be on the hook to pay the active pensions for the rest of their lives or until all AA pensioners have died. 

That seems a bit excessive. Especially considering all the employees it would impact. Not to mention AA provides a huge portion of passenger uplift for the US economy. Other airlines would take a very very long time to cover that flying.
 

We just need a more regulated system for the executives. Hell, I would have loved to see the acceptance of the bailouts last year require new executive staffing to be required. All the big airlines had huge stock buybacks over the last decade that would have helped them stay afloat longer. Instead they let their debt increase while temporarily appeasing the stockholders.

Punish the execs, not the workers.

21 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

Cyberpunk 2077’s Better PS4 Performance Has Cost Most Of Its Pedestrians And Traffic

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Makes you almost wonder if they forgot consoles existed while developing the game.

I think it is a step in the right direction.

DLSS 1.0 was shit and has definitely improved with version 2.0. I expect similar occurring here. I honestly didn't expect AMD to actually beat nvidia right off the bat.

I have a 980TI that should be in working order. Been in storage since I replaced it a couple years ago.

36 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

hahahaha I hope the @FBI is taking notes there on Parler 

Honestly, that is probably the only good thing about the app. Way easier to find your ultra extremists. Just sort everyone by the most followers...

Surprised it had to take this long. I mean, the idiot literally directly advocated for what happened a couple days ago back in 2012. The only difference is that it actually happened this time.
 

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "We can't let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty. Our nation is totally divided!"

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“We can't let this happen. We should march on Washington and stop this travesty. Our nation is totally divided!”

15 hours ago, morph89 said:

Congrats! Was that direct from the ASUS site? Every time I got a notification they were in stock, the site would be slow as molasses, then speed up again as soon as they were sold out. 

Got it from Newegg.

I used a tracker called Stock Drops I believe. It sent me notifications min Discord. They will be tracking AMD stuff as well.

Just got a ASUS Strix 3090. Took long enough. Solid version at least!

2 hours ago, Ominous said:

Ya'll should have signed up with evga 

🤣, easy to say with hindsight. I signed up but I am so far back in line it isn't even funny.

At the beginning a sign up was worthless for emails at most stores. By the time you got the email they were sold out. I had no incentive at the time. 🤷‍♂️