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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming processor announced for November 7 | 20% faster than Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
  • Work at a tech store; the technicians that build the PCs for customers recently tried building with the new Core Ultra 7 256K. Two processors were dead or unstable right out of thr box. Tried with known good RAM, two different cpus on two different motherboards. It seems that Intel hasn't really fixed their stability issue, which should be their first concern.

  • What is your pet peeve in 2024?
  • I don't even bother going that far. I just have a [words]receipts@[domain].com and use it for all of those e-receipts, accounts that make you sign up at checkout, known spam generators.

    If I need to search for a receipt for any reason, I have it there. But none of it clogs up my real email

  • Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"?
  • It's just different use cases. A tree would show relations to the individual, a line just proves they descended from a particular person. Applications of it might be a bit outdated, but I don't think there is any more reason to show relations in a tree than "oh, that's neat".

  • (Belgium) Found a mealworm in Delhaize rooibos “tea”. Return refused. Food safety report ignored. Do we rely on Twitter for food safety?
  • Supply chain and quality assurance concerns are usually handled by the manufacturer and distributor, not the end point grocery stores, though. Anything you return to the grocery store is likely simply thrown out and marked as shrink (operating cost of loss), and never reported to the manufacturer or sent back.

    If your goal is to let the manufacturer know about quality issues, you need to do that directly. Not through the end point grocery store. They are likely separate corporate entities under the same parent company, in any case, and have little to no communication between each other. The grocery store would be where you could get a refund or exchange, but that would never reach back to the manufacturer.

  • Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"?
  • I suppose it is in a fashion, but not necessarily. Let's say you know you have a ancestor that was part of the first expedition to the arctic. The line of ancestor to descendent between that person and you would be the bloodline. Everyone you are related to would be your family tree, but that could be hundreds of people depending on how far back you go, and could be thousands of people if you start looking at everyone descended from that person. But you are only concerned with the direct line of lineage between them and you, and that would be your bloodline.

  • Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"?
  • It would generally be between a person and a specific ancestors of theirs, so that depends on who is is tracking towards. Often it will be qualified with something like "Paternal Bloodline" or such, in which case it would follow the father, the father's father, the father's father's father, etc. Or for royalty, it would track from some historical sovereign figure and follow their legitimate heirs down to the individual being examined.

  • Should I or should I not use/bother with using Linux? (READ THE WHOLE POST)
  • I will add onto this, that you don't need to be a programmer or understand how everything works to use the terminal. At first, it's fine to copy the commands directly into the terminal without really knowing how it all works.

    I would very highly suggest to be careful about doing this blindly, you can and will compromise or Bork your system doing this too haphazardly. But it's fine to learn it piece by piece, looking at what commands do as you go to use them. Treat every command you copy paste into the terminal the same way you would treat a .exe file you download from the internet on Windows.

    As you use the terminal more frequently, you'll being to recognize different commands and what they do. You'll even start figuring out shortcuts or variations of commands and variables that align more with how you use the computer and what you're hoping the output to give you.

    Linux Mint is a great place to play with this, because most everything has a GUI counterpart so you can see the difference between doing the same task with a GUI vs using the terminal. It is also able to live-boot from a USB, as others have pointed out, so you don't need to worry about ruining your primary computer experience. I'd suggest trying this out before you build your new computer, just to see what it's like.

  • 'The Wicker Man' is not a horror film
  • I'd very much like to know why you think it isn't horror? I can understand why you attribute mystery/suspense to it, but that doesn't preclude it being horror. What are examples of movies you do consider horror?

  • Radio station uses AI to interview the ghost of a dead Nobel-winner with 3 quirky zoomers who don't exist, seems baffled people don't like it
  • Genuine question, why not try different podcasts? There are a variety of subjects, and plenty that are current events/news related for niche communities. That doesn't mix music between episodes, but let's you find discussions on topics you're interested in.

  • Migrant boat sinks in English Channel, killing baby
  • I was thinking the same thing, but I'm an American with limited knowledge of the social situations in Europe. Would someone explain the situation better for me? What are the pressures forcing people to make dangerous trips like that? I know refugee displacement is an issue, but that doesn't explain an illegal crossing of the channel to me, compared to staying somewhere in France for example?

  • How to clean a rescued pigeon
  • Eventually, it will. Because even with janky responses like that one, corporations will try to cost save everywhere they can. Is AI at the point where it will happen this year? Hell no! But don't think it isn't the direction they are trying to take it.

  • Suggest a GPU upgrade for my rig?
  • Processor may be a limiting factor going forward, as well as PCIE Gen 3 slot on motherboard, but you should still be able to get the majority of performance put of most GPUs. Look for Radeon 6600 or 6600 XT in your local market, or if you can find an RTX 2070 for a good price.

    Going newer, a 4060 would also be a good choice, and DLS3 would be a good feature in your build, but that's pushing a little past your budget unless you find a good sale or used one.

  • Anyone stock-piling broken electronics, waiting for a right to repair?
  • A 2008 machine and a 1996 machine are going to be drastically different in capability. Even the 2008 machine will be reaching certain limitations depending on what you want to use it for, and what the specific machine is.

    More power to you for trying to recycle and refurbish older tech, I think that is a very positive thing! But I don't think replacement parts will magically become available if they aren't already, only currently available parts might become more affordable or available to the public. What I'm saying is, don't expect an LGA 1151 motherboard to come into production again.

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