The Lounge 0001 [From the Beginning]

its pretty fun to hold lol

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ye kinda like it has a nice weight and texture to it?

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zero weight and a surpringly grippy texture though my hands are covered in maching oil lol

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Anything can have a use with enough imagination :wink:

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no wonder why my rig did so bad before lol…

new psu and nearly 1k higher GPU score, lol. about the same CPU though, now to test games and things.

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GOG Galaxy 2.0 is pretty neat:

Can I post this?: Yes. It doesn’t break any NDA.

There isn’t support for Bethesda’s launcher yet but that is probably coming.

Impressions: It is a beta product but overall very impressive beta. I like it.

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GOG Galaxy 2.0 does looks pretty neat. I’m really looking forward to it because it will finally have Linux support too after all this time.

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I just placed my first order on Rightstuf cause the last volume of a manga seems to be out of stock almost everywhere and Amazon Germany notified me that it’s unlikely they’ll get it back in stock and thus cancelled my (pre-)order.
If this works out (meaning no shipping damage and customs not stepping in) then I’ll use that to buy my manga from now on. But only after some research to see if the shipping fee is based on weight/amount ordered or a flatrate. Cause ~$14 shipping fee for a $12 book is too much. It’s okay this time for trying it out.

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They are the best place to buy DVDs and Blurays of Anime. I legit wish Amazon packaged DVDs & Blurays like Rightstuf does. Granted don’t know how things are priced for you.

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About the same when I take taxes into account. Barakamon volumes are ~11-15€ here on Amazon and I paid $11.24 (I think the conversion was 10,10€).
That’s also something I’ll see when it gets shipped cause Rightstuf doesn’t add taxes. Will be interesting to see what customs does with that. It’s 7% on books here, so not a big deal.

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So I played a little bit of Wolfenstein Youngblood [I got it free from my video card purchase.

Now I set it to just be me cause… I don’t want to play with someone else.

This is a different type of Wolfenstien than the other two. There is a rumor this is to hold us over till the Third Wolfenstien comes out which will be the end of the modern trilogy. Anyway…
This is a co op game but it has a really good story. Shooting is solid. I can tell Arkane designed the levels from the real option to play it stealthy if you want to. I’m playing with an AI helping me and you know what the AI is the best AI teammate. There is a level system, in game currency [you can’t buy it with real money but I’m kinda worried that could be patched in], good variety of weapons. The soundtrack is a synth 80’s German vibe. I’m liking the game so far.

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I fear this with any game that has any limit these days. No longer are the days of single price games. Now simply buying the game isnt enough :frowning:

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Nice. ~20% faster at what should be equivalent power draw.

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tuned the 5700xt, +20% power limit, 2000mhz and 1230mv core (usually sits at 1990-2010mhz in benches/games, with the boost function) and it got a little bit better with GPU score. up to 26,614 from 26,275. temps stayed the same, i probablycan push it a bit farther with table mods but this seems decent for now:

idk why my 2700x is so variable when it comes to 3dmark, lol. probably just the boost states being what they are. hence the lower scores yet higher gpu scores.

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also, warthunder at 4k :smiley:

So during my talk with IT in FL on why I should have ADMIN privileges when IT needs assistance, I got asked if I thought about going into IT. I confessed IT was a passion but I hadn’t looked into it. They offered to help with getting A + Certified and All the CISCO Certification… I didn’t say yes but it sounds like IT in FL see potential in me and is offering to pay. I’m going to talk with the lawyer who owns my Firm on Monday and see if I can do that. If it is, I’m going to run with it because if I gets those CERTs and I’ll have the experience with the IT work I’m doing I could be on a much better career path. I’ll let you guys know how it pans out.

TLDR: Suddenly becoming real system admin… I did not see this coming.

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Damn, good for you!

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If you enjoy the work and gets you on a better career path sounds like a win all round and getting those certs should be a huge help in the future too. a lot of places especially around here don’t even look at people without CISCO certification.

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I certainly don’t need to tell you this - as you work in a law firm you will know more about this than I do - but make sure to check the conditions (like paying back if you leave the company within x years).

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Yeah… I kinda have gotten in the habit of reading the fine print of things. So if it has a condition like that I’d just plan to stay with the IT for firm for that time and then start looking once that period was over.

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