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  • All I did for that one was search "Threadripper" and look at the pictures for ones with 4x x16 slots that were not hella expensive. There are technically filters for that, but, I don't trust people to list their things correctly.

    For which chipsets, ect to look for, check out this page. If you click on Learn More next to AM5 for example, it tells you how many PCIe lanes are on each chipset type which can give you some initial search criteria to look for. (That is what made me point out x670E as it has the most lanes, but is not newest gen, so you can find used versions.)

  • Yeah, adding to your post, Threadripper also has lots of PCIe lanes. Here is one that has 4 x16 slots. And, note, I am not endorsing that specific listing. I did very minimal research on that listing, just using it as an example.

    Edit: Marauding_gibberish, if you need/want AM5: x670E motherboards have a good number of PCIe lanes and can be bought used now (x870E are newest gen AM5 with lots of lanes as well, but both pale compared to what you can get with Epyc or Threadripper).

  • Basically no GPU needs a full PCIe x16 slot to run at full speed. There are motherboards out there which will give you 3 or 4 slots of PCIe x8 electrical (x16 physical). I would look into those.

    Edit: If you are willing to buy a board that supports AMD Epyc processors, you can get boards with basically as many PCIe slots as you could ever hope for. But that is almost certainly overkill for this task.

  • Yeah, it's a solved problem. I'm going to call the library's default sort and move on. If it somehow is a problem, I'll revisit later.

    Now, optimizing database calls, fixing (and avoiding!) security holes, writing tests that don't take forever to run, writing functions so they can be easily re-used later, and not duplicating code. Now there are some skills!

    "It's faster if we make a duplicate of this function and change this section, then we can move onto other things"

    "No it's much slower, because your code review just came back telling you to throw that idea in the garbage and do it right"

  • Don't fix things that aren't broken. There are plenty of broken things to actually work on instead.

  • I believe they get charged when products go through customs. If you want them to get to the US side of the 'gate', the importer pays the tariff. One inputs the country of origin, the product category, and the product value, and out pops the required charge.

    Probably will have some delays as the software get updated, and I wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of Chinese goods get re-routed through Vietnam or other countries with lower import tariffs.

  • Got my family's outdoor railing re-attached to the brickwork today. I had put it off for awhile since drilling into brick sounds like a ton of work. Turns out the right tool for the job, a hammer drill, makes it quite straightforward. :)

    Spring really helps with motivation, already got a few items off the list this season!

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  • Here is a feature comparison between the two.

    tl;dr: It's a great piece of software that does everything the vast majority of people will ever want it for. For the other percent, it does some things MS Office can't do and vice versa.

  • The good news is it looks like it is only the 13" systems being paused for now. And they likely can get them going again once they figure out the new tariff reqs and get the new prices integrated on the website.

  • They raised prices a ton, and they didn't even switch to the better sensor type that would fix such a persistent issue? Why?

  • Even in that scenario it will complicate the setup. Now your Roku will also have to power your TV? No, any sane setup will have a separate power cable for the TV.

  • Yeah, Jaguars/Land Rovers already don't sell great and are really damn expensive.

  • I would say, put a reasonable effort into finding the owner. If the owner cannot be found, it's finders keepers.

    Key thing about trying to find owners of lost things: You cannot just say 'is this your $200'. You need to do something more like, 'I'm trying to find the owner of some lost money' and if they claim it is theirs, ask them how much it was. This way you filter out grifters.

    I would also say going to the police over $200 is well beyond reasonable effort. It just isn't enough money to justify using their time.

  • HL1 is a bit clunky but still great.

    Try out Black Mesa. It's a proper remake of HL1, not just a reskin. They did a damn good job, including a very large build out of the Xen levels, making it into a proper portion of the game, rather than what existed in HL1 which felt a bit rushed.

  • Half life 2 is so damn good. One of my most replayed games.

    And full points to Black Mesa for actually improving the game, not just reskinning it. 10/10

  • Ah, I could see that. It does have quite a bit of such things.

  • Doom 2016 (Dropped this, sadly. Gunplay and parkour was AWESOME, but the whole devil worship thing really turned me off).

    Off topic, but this game is the exact opposite of devil worship. The primary gameplay is to travel to Hell and kill demons.

  • Cyberpunk 2077. It's a futuristic FPS that feels very similar to GTA. I personally like the integration between uploading viruses to enemies while you shoot at them. And the stories are often quite good.

    You can get it on sale for half price. And the Phantom Liberty DLC is worth getting bundled with it.