House itself looks amazing, LAN room? Meh. I kinda like PC Bang aesthetic more than some 90s alike cabinets for monitors.
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#292This is so cool. But the keyboard disturbed me, wouldn’t you at least want a mechanical keyboard? > Keyboard: Logitech K120 Wired — The world's cheapest keyboard at $13 a pop. Works perfectly fine for all gaming needs. I can’t imagine playing stuff like overwatch on a membrane office keyboard for $13 when having spent more than 100k on the setup. Especially when cheap mechanical keyboards are not that much more expen…
Mechanical keyboards aren't automatically great or durable. I've had various die on me. One from sitting in a drawer, probably corrosion. And it's not even always the keys/switches, electronics can degrade too and firmware can be horrendously buggy.
I wouldn’t get a mechanical keyboard for durability but for the feeling of the keys when pressing them.
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#293This is neat, but as a $NET shareholder and someone with another ~$1m in net worth that can't afford to buy a house for at least another 6 years this makes me think we should significantly increase taxation.
If you have 1m in liquid assets, you could outright buy 2 houses within easy drive of Austin, or a (smaller) high rise condo right in the middle of downtown.
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#295That’s awesome, a pretty neat setup! I also strongly advise you to buy a projector - they became so good that’s nuts. Makes a much bigger screen and there are almost no cons.
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#296Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also 15 years ago?
Yes. The idea was specified in 2005, and there's a related question about Windows using these addresses in 2011 [1]. I haven't tried to find older evidence. [1] https://superuser.com/questions/238625/why-is-windows-defaul...
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3927
"Microsoft Windows 98 (and later) and Mac OS 8.5 (and later) already support this capability."
And https://www.techrepublic.com/forums/discussions/win-98-fails...
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#298Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep. The fact that in most places in the US it's illegal to build apartments above shops is insane. That's the norm in the UK.
It's in Germany too, but recently it's become the norm for new-rich people to buy or rent these apartments and then sue the shop and especially bar owners for noise violations. Not allowing that kind of mixed usage in the first place completely cuts away all that crap.
My perspective on that one is broadly "screw 'em". If you buy property over a bar or restaurant that was there before you I don't think you should then be allowed to turn around and act surprised that there's a bar or restaurant downstairs.
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#299On a more serious side - with WFH now very common, perhaps new builds should contain office-like spaces with plugs everywhere, integrated desks, etc.
Maybe companies could rent these for team building weekends that mix social and work.
Perhaps friends who all work for different companies could spend a working vacation in a house like this?
What starts as a fun idea can often become a serious business!
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#300I did something like this at my last house but somewhat more covertly, with monitors going into storage but having VESA quick mounts hidden near the Ethernet hubs, a few on articulating arms that could pop out near couches etc.
My setup only supported 12, but was designed in a way where you could have 3 teams of 4 or 4 teams of 3 that got their own private area so they could more easily conspire against their opponents.
I think my most interesting design choice was that I had half the machines routed from the attic and half routed from the basement. Part of this had to do with retrofitting my setup into a house over 100 years old, but I thought it also worked very well. If I were to do it again, I'd probably mount all of the computers in the basement, since it would provide extra heat (for the house) in the winter and stay cooler (for the computers) in the summer when under load.
I have since moved, but haven't bothered to make it happen again. Life with kids is too busy, and I've largely abandoned the hobby because I believe it would not be a positive influence given the particular quirks of my children's personalities. Slowly easing back into the waters with board games, though.