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Here in Ohio it is common to give distance in time. Especially south/east Ohio in the hills. There are also congested areas in Col/Cle/Cin where it might take 20min to go three mil…

Pro tip: Assemble the cpu/heatsink/ram/nve on the table surface then put the whole thing in the case. No flexing :)

I wish they would drop the Trackpoint and the physical mouse buttons and make the touchpad bigger. I carry a usb trackball for that. My beater laptop that I carry everywhere is a T…

Yes I read his original article and he should have bought a assembled and shipped gaming machine. Kinda like complaining it's difficult to build a fast car with zero domain knowled…

Excellent comment! Graphics card naming schemes are the worst of the lot. Without being an enthusiast and keeping up with benchmark reporting it's impossible to tell say, if an AMD…

A lot of it is RTFM. If someone won't read the manual for their lawn mower or car they sure aren't going to bother for their computer.

I disagree on being 10x harder. Bicycles are the same concept just older. There is a frame (computer case/mobo) and you bolt on compatible parts like brakes, cranks, forks, wheels,…

I used to think this way until recently. I literally have an engineering degree in electronics and it takes me hours to research a compatible set of components. A lay person stands…

Being one of those "EE persons" specialized in semiconductors seeing lack of ESD protection drives me insane. I used to work on an electronics factory production floor where it was…

Good thing the author of the article didn't buy that Apple he kept saying was better than assembling his own computer.

I have the same problem where I work. If someone messes up it starts a long game of passive aggressiveness. I'd much rather people come right out and tell me I'm causing an issue. …

Interesting. This is the closest source I found with a quick search: https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/keys Phil Fish who created the indie game Fez (which I also purchas…

I interpreted the post as meaning when a company is given millions of dollars in tax breaks, i.e., build your new factory here and your income tax is abated for X years, then they …

I bought several indie game bundles when they were for Linux and/or DRM free. Sadly I had trouble getting most of the Linux games running, at least on Debian (thanks multiarch). I …

As a resident of the Columbus Ohio area for many years the equivalent to East Cleveland would be Whitehall. Whitehall is an inner-belt suburb that has nothing but [now] dirt cheap …