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I did pick up the Acer. I am happy with it. It OCed to 120hz easily. No issues at all. The reason I decided to get the Acer is because reviews for the alienware seemed to show they had some issues with the overclock to 120. Glad it is working for you! I did have to make some changes because the default settings were a bit off. This could be why the Alienware looked better in the store. I wouldn't be surprised if it had better calibration out of the box. When Acer updated the panel they screwed up their calibration. I will say in AC: Origins the monitor defaults to 60hz max for some reason. I imagine it is because of the game since tons of other people have had similar complaints. EDIT: Ah, found out why Origins fucks up the monitor. It has its own display settings and assumed 60hz was the native refresh rate.

I ended up heading over to microcenter and grabbing a 9900k, Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra, 32 gig of some G.Skill Trident Ram (3200 w/XMP) (they actually did a $70 price match), a new NVMe drive and an AIO because the 9900k is hot as hell. Especially when I decide to OC the sucker a bit down the road. I actually copied over my old drive to the new one for windows and now I can't tell which one I am booting to since they are both the exact same size Per the bios it is on the new drive but you would think windows would make it a bit more obvious. Side note. I did a benchmark in AC Origins prior to enabling XMP and after. Increasing the ram speed to 3200 actually gave me about a 5% performance boost. Tech people on youtube have also found this to be a realistic result as well. Sweet spot seems to be 3400 for Intel. Sadly finding that speed of ram at a reasonable price is difficult. I will suffer with slightly less performance as a result. Thanks everyone for your input!

Soooo Ryzen 9 is $750 due to the scarcity. Crazy since at that point a 9900k almost makes sense. Thinking about picking 3900x up at retail if it can be found. This could take a while.

I did notice that the Acer says it is 120hz Native rather than 120hz overclockable like on the Alienware. I think I shall go for the Acer. Thanks for your input! EDIT: I was wrong. Not 120 native. Microcenter was wrong. Still not a bad monitor. Looks better than the Alienware IMO.

So I hvae been finding that I continue to run out of monitor space when working on my PC. My current monitor has served me well over the last 4 years. I do want to upgrade to something with more than 60hz refresh rates. I no longer play games with tons of action (FPS, MOBA, etc) due to some Ulnar Nerve issues so I don't need more than 120hz to be honest. Gsync can be nice when cranking visuals in games. I am thinking about pairing the new monitor with a 2070S or 2080S. I have an old processor but that doesn't matter as much at higher resolutions . I may just upgrade my CPU/Mobo as well in a month or two anyway. Ryzen 3 may be calling. We shall see. Below are the two monitors I am looking at. They are both 120hz IPS panels. Suggestions are welcome. Current Monitor: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009C3M7H0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Monitor 1: https://www.microcenter.com/product/502868/predator-x34-pbmiphzx-34-uw-qhd-120hz-hdmi-dp-g-sync-curved-gaming-led-monitor Monitor 2: https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Alienware-Monitor-Resolution-Overclocked/dp/B0777RY75V/ref=sr_1_1?fst=as%3Aoff&qid=1568230570&refinements=p_n_feature_fourteen_browse-bin%3A17751789011%2Cp_n_feature_eleven_browse-bin%3A17726577011%2Cp_n_feature_twelve_browse-bin%3A17726586011&rnid=17726583011&s=pc&sr=1-1

I keep playing Factorio and I don't know why. 627 hours in the game and counting.

I wont argue with that. I am just pointing out that the Oregon GOP lied on top of the stupidity. The picture they used was taken something like a week earlier.

This was a mislabeled picture. The actual crowd they were referencing was much smaller. Still a stupid comment by the Oregon GOP.

I started reading this and I was hoping she was in the medical field.

You are going to find stupid people everywhere. In some places they just happen to be more common than others.

All I can think of that is holding them back is the fact the Ireland could go to shit if they pull the plug.

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised is HSReplay has impacted them.

Now that people know I wonder how long it will take for pictures to potentially leak.

He is just echoing what the GOP has been saying for years. Short term economic prosperity trumps long term damage to the environment and even the economy. The people in charge wont be around when the major impacts of climate change come to pass. As a result they just don't give a shit about anything other than their wallet.

A lot of people seem to enjoy GTA Online but there is a ton of DLC you would likely need to start playing. That is where Rockstar has literally made most of the money.

Aerodata is pretty much was all airlines use for performance data. Not having it causes a huge headache because we are no longer given all the performance charts for our aircraft due to having Aerodata on our paperwork and our Flight Management System. Sadly it is a single point of failure but it only causes delays and cancellations. Not a safety issue.

I stopped regularly drinking soda a long time ago and immediately lost 10 lbs. Now I only have soda if I need a short term boost. This rarely happens.

I will add one thing. The Boeing 737 Max is an interesting example of over-engineering. The 737 is a great airframe and that has resulted in it being the most popular airliner in the world. However due to the popularity customers have been wanting bigger and more efficient versions of the 737. This is because a lot of the parts they already have on hand will work with the new version and airlines will be able to phase out their older 737s at their leisure while not needing to replace or add significantly to their parts inventories. Being able to buy what is essentially the same aircraft and getting modern benefits make it a very cost effective proposition. Pilots need minimal training for the new versions. Maintenance already knows the aircraft and has a similar parts inventory. Customers know and understand the aircraft. Cost is reduced by changing a design rather than making a new design. Boeing already has 737 plants so they will require minimal change thus reducing the cost of the aircraft. I could keep going but you all get the point. Where the over-engineering comes into play is when you realize what Boeing has had to do in order to make these customer demands work. They are literally taking a 1964 design and stretching it far beyond the original design. The Max 8 and 9 for instance required a larger engine size for better fuel efficiency. The 737 design was unable to use the larger engines (plane isn't tall enough) but Boeing made it happen by moving the location of the engines. This changes the aerodynamics of the aircraft quite a bit. As a result they created the MCAS system to help compensate for the changes and make the aircraft fly "normally" when hand flying. It has been mentioned many times that had the auto-pilot been on the Lion Air crash would not have happened. When automation fails pilots tend to revert to a lessor state of automation. It is not normal nor is it in our muscle memory to engage the AP when a form of automation has malfunctioned. Honestly the 737 needs to be scrapped and Boeing needs to create a new aircraft that fits the desired mission rather than forcing an old dog to do new tricks.

I don't know if you know what trim is so I will explain just in case. Think of a car that wants to always pull to the left. That happens with the control surfaces on all aircraft. Sometimes a plane wants to always roll right, flies crooked, or wants to pitch up or down. For a pilot this causes us to have to hold control pressure to maintain the aircraft on the desired course. This can be caused for a number of reasons. In the case of pitch trim this will constantly need adjusted during the flight as fuel burns and the center of gravity changes. Pitch trim is also needed for configuration changes such as when extending or retracting the flaps. Trim itself is basically a small change to the control surface that allows you to fix the problem for the flight. For example in the aircraft I fly if it always wants to roll left I can hit the aileron trim switch to the right. The result is an electronic motor that runs and biases the aileron cabling to the right to correct for the left roll tendency. A trim runaway is when the trim does not stop at the desired spot and continues till it reaches its limit. This can cause a dangerous situation as it is possible to trim an aircraft to a point where the flight crew may not be able to overpower the extreme trim setting. It essentially is the equivalence of forcing the yoke full ward or aft when at the limit. The jets I have flown have an aural warning to warn us of a runaway situation. Some aircraft have auto-disconnects and others require pilot action to fix. In the case of one of the aircraft I currently fly we have a button on the yoke that disconnects our pitch trim and circuit breakers that have a plastic collar so they are easy to pull in case the button does not work. We test these systems every day.

Exactly. His die hard base isn't necessarily enough to help win a reelection but they are enough to guarantee a loss.

Also let us not forget at this time that the second accident isn't 100% Boeing's fault. I know AA implemented new procedures for a trim runaway after the lion air crash. I do not know if Ethiopian actually made the changes or not. Also the government shutdown delayed the new software update from Boeing by ~5 weeks according to the WSJ. Yeah you can only get so much information based on satellites/radar. I personally don't like this information because it only fuels speculation. It is fine if people use the data to error on the side of safety but it isn't great for the people actually involved. Flight Data Recorders should clear this up shortly.

Currently this is being sensationalized. From what I gather they just got the black boxes for analysis. There is no way to know if the two accidents are linked until investigators actually analyze all the data.

Technically it is a commercial flight. You mean it isn't a passenger flight. This is true, but what happened to this 767 could happen to a passenger version as well. Time will tell as the NTSB pieces the puzzle together. Every accident needs to be taken seriously regardless if it is full of people or iPads. Sadly because the public only seems to care about passenger aircraft; cargo has been left in the dust when implementing new safety regulations. You can do a search on the Part 117 cargo cut out. Apparently cargo pilots don't get fatigued like passenger carrying pilots. Then again, I almost killed myself one night due to fatigue while flying cargo.

Honestly I would say NBA2K. Regardless of how much bad PR they get people buy it by the millions. NBA2K18 had some of the most negative PR for a NBA2K game and yet it set sales records for 2K. I wouldn't be surprised if 2K19 is in a similar boat.

Interestingly enough these random elections have had a strong democratic turnout over the last couple of years. Not sure if it will continue with the house firmly in Democratic hands.