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    Question to old people.

    I think this sums it up nicely, even if worded in a somewhat aggressive/accusatory manner. I think the prevalence of always-available, high-speed internet access, combined with default-on, individually personalized recommendation engines (both of which started to become a reality at the end of...
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    What are some good starter anime?

    This I'm in my mid-30's, and I was never into anime at all growing up because (1) the style/content/ease of access was not to my personal taste at the time [mid-nineties, early-2000's] and (2) there is definitely a certain stigma associated with your average anime watcher. However, during the...
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    Xbox console sales plummet as overall revenue skyrockets

    I'm in my mid-30's and worked as a software engineer in the Xbox division of Microsoft throughout the launch of the Series S/X consoles. As someone who has been a gamer for a long time, and who has an insider perspective of what Microsoft is doing recently, news like this gives me a lot of...
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    Tutorial PSA: Check your data!!!

    Well, as soon as you start referencing standards specifications you're really opening a whole other can of worms. You can immediately see right from that page that there are at least 3 layers of abstraction between the actual memory and whatever you're using to try and interface with it, and...
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    Tutorial PSA: Check your data!!!

    What @ghjfdtg is suggesting here is that, during the process of accessing the data you have stored, the controller for whatever storage medium you are using may go through the trouble of correcting and re-writing potentially problematic data chunks. I say may here because there is no guarantee...
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    Tutorial PSA: Check your data!!!

    Before anyone gets too freaked out here, let's just refocus the conversation from "regularly perform labor intensive and high-wear maintenance on your hardware" to just "don't trust SD cards." -------------------------------------------------- Here is just a brief aside to frame the context of...
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    Alternative to iTunes?

    As others have said, use MusicBrainz Picard for getting track metadata, it is by far the best solution. It will embed all of the metadata into the music file itself, so that it will show up correctly no matter what device and playback software you end up deciding to use later. For playback...
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    Post a picture of your desktop!

    Wow, that's a pretty cool photo. Very nice!
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    Windows 7 in 2023 with SharpEnviro shell.

    Lol, I've had this same conversation on repeat like a million times with a thousand people over my adult life, and I know beat for beat how this going to play out, so we'll just call it here. That's not me being passive-aggressive, just old and tired. But yeah, totally fair. I'm happy it works...
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    Windows 7 in 2023 with SharpEnviro shell.

    I mean honestly if you're skilled/familiar enough with Linux and FOSS to go from zero to hero with Arch, then yeah you're pretty dumb if you use Windows. That's a lot of expertise that is not transferable AT ALL. However, I think you can also recognize that you are definitely a very small part...
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    Windows 7 in 2023 with SharpEnviro shell.

    Mm. TBF I turn off Windows Updates after getting everything set up how I want it. The way the completely reinstall the OS twice a year these days (what used to be called "Service Packs") is a little much. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ But hey, it could be worse, I suppose. At least they're continually adding new...
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    Windows 7 in 2023 with SharpEnviro shell.

    Very cool! Good on you for keeping that ancient-ass hardware alive and kicking! This is a very generalized statement, so I'm not going to question it too much. That being said, the NT kernel really hasn't changed that much since, like, Vista, so actual performance on any kind of relatively...
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    Weird noise when connecting PS5's external HDD to extension cord

    Geez, some of the replies in this thread... Anyway, what's causing this is most likely "dirty" 120/240V AC coming from your mains. This can be caused by a number of things (including not-so-great generation facilities/transformers in your area), but is usually a result of other devices...
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    $1000 Dolphin UWP Bounty

    Not trying to piss in your Cheerios or anything, but just a heads up that UWP is effectively a dead API at this point. Y'all should be using Gamecore (GDK) instead. Will run on console and PC.
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    PS4 Pro in 2022?

    There are probably 3 factors you should consider: 1. Your level of disposable income 2. The titles (software) you actually want to play 3. The expected time you'll spend using it All the above are determined exclusively by you - nobody else can tell you what is "best." This thread currently...
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