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mackal
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Comment #48130858
Esync was the other one. Basically either of those enabled (honestly probably both were) and it didn't hit a corner case with issues, NTSYNC is basically no benefit. (I personally …
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Comment #48115606
no specs given. COOL.
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Comment #44337681
Those numbers are for both original and remaster.
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Comment #43794104
Gentoo also has a tracker [1] for GCC 15 issues that they've been working on as well. (Note: GCC 15 is masked in Gentoo so you have to go out of your way to install it) [1] https:/…
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Comment #43135767
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Comment #41831871
> massive SQLite fan, but this is giving me pause about using other software by the same author Even if I wanted to contribute code to SQLite, I can't. I acknowledge the fact God d…
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Comment #41045638
Intel has always had randomly supported ECC on desktop CPUs. Sometimes it was just a few low end SKUs, sometimes higher end SKUs. 14th gen it appears i9s and i7s do, didn't check i…
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Comment #39125103
All of these sort of things are just based on hours used. It's like looking at your hot water heater warranty and replacing it when it's over (I live an an area where the PPM of th…
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Comment #38059494
They fixed the easy to use exploits on the 3DS not too long ago after it had been discontinued and store shutdown etc It wouldn't surprise me if Nintendo went back and fixed someth…
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Comment #36751996
I would recommend trying to clean them with some rubbing alcohol first, using abrasives will only work so many times
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Comment #36751985
You can also put the 72 pin connector in boiling water for like 30 mins, take it out and let it cool. That should reset the pins back to "factory condition"
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Comment #36514284
I think it all comes back to people being upset about the Ubuntu PulseAudio switch. Ubuntu did a bad job when they switched to PulseAudio and caused lots of issues. Lennart Poetter…
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Comment #36273571
Most of the c string usage appears to be just for libobs, which is a C library. They have a few constants that are perfectly fine and the rest of their string usage is actually std…
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Comment #33321512
Secure boot is going to be forced on.
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Comment #33227444
Just to make sure I increase knowledge, cork taint is a very specific thing, it's from a chemical called TCA (2,4,6-trichloroanisole) not just something corks do.
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Comment #33220490
I actually would rather synthetic or screw tops, but I'm mostly into whisk(e)y not wine. Corks can fail way more than other options. I do like a nice cork pop though. Plus cork tai…
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Comment #33088644
Why must I be tolerant towards the intolerant?
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Comment #33088116
If I believed fairy tales were as real as he does religion, which is just fairy tales, you'd call me a nutcase too.
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Comment #32583746
Someday I'll have something to do with my Warhammer sprues I guess
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Comment #32035396
It should be noted that jmondi review is talking about the previous model. The one the article is talking about hasn't been out long enough for his post to be about lemp11. That do…
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Comment #31031164
I got told by a GNOME dev on reddit that I use my file browser wrong when I complained about lack of type-ahead search. I've switched to KDE since.
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Comment #30492778
I was just trying to find that bug report to comment on it, should have just read the comments XD
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Comment #29841281
I wonder if it's more just they had higher yields if they treated the AVX-512 bits as dead silicon :P
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Comment #29418727
> Gaming on the other hand, is very much still mostly Windows only. I game a lot, I haven't rebooted into Windows in well over a year. Luckily I don't really play games that requir…