I've been out of the loop on tech work since getting laid off 6 months ago. Still, my own personal brand preference is as follow: ASUS for motherboards, EVGA for graphics cards (or ASUS if you prefer their cooler style), it's hard to go wrong with RAM and Corsair's stuff was decently reliable. Intel and AMD CPUs were at functional parity and any hemming and hawing was over single digit percentage advantages in specific areas like gaming.

Get a microATX or ATX form factor motherboard and corresponding case. If you try to go smaller (miniITX) it gets tougher to build.

Don't skimp on power supplies, get a name brand like Corsair, Seasonic, or EVGA. I'd stay away from Seasonics highest wattage PSUs because they seemed to be DOA more than chance, but their mid range (750w) were reliable.

80 plus ratings for PSUs tell you how wasteful/efficient they are. 80 plus bronze is a basic, good level of efficiency, but I would aim for gold.

If you can give your PSU some headroom that's good for efficiency. For instance, with your PC chugging along at 100% CPU/GPU processing power and only pulling 80% of the PSU capacity. This website is a good resource for estimating usage https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

Get an **NVMe** SSD in M.2 form factor, at least 256GB, for your installation of Windows (or Linux?). Samsung and Intel make good ones. You probably won't need the Samsung Pro series. Evo is fine. Do NOT forget to install the drivers from them, you don't want to miss out on the full speed potential.

Spinning disk storage is cheap, you should be able to get a 4TB 3.5" hard drive for less than $90

Keep all your legally backed up blu-ray movies on there.

When I was last working, the GeForce GTX 1060 was the best value in graphics cards. They have since replaced the 1070/1080 with 2070/2080 upgrades and I'd be surprised if they didn't roll out the rest in the next couple months.

@Mick

I can't speak for AMD/ATI Radeon graphics cards because they have such small market share I never got to mess with them much. There's bound to be somebody who knows more and can tell you how they are competitive with Nvidia GeForce cards...

Also, avoid craigslist PCs. Everyone on there tries to advertise their old PCs as great gaming rigs. They're usually overpriced and very outdated.

I have a fridge that's working a bit TOO well in the winter months

Set to 4/9 with 9/9 being coldest, it freezes up the food...so I set it to 1/9

Is that the people's court lady?

Anyone experienced with working on F-250s? I have a question regarding brake fluid exchange / brake bleed...

I had my truck in for various service, including a brake fluid exchange. Recently it was in for something else, and my dad sent me photos (it's a couple states away right now) of what he said are the bolts you loosen to bleed the brake fluid, and there is apparently no evidence that they have been turned at all. They are still evenly rusted. So I'm wondering, is there an alternate way that a Ford dealer would do a brake fluid exchange that does not involve those bolt heads at all?

I think this was the relevant part

Sorry, I'm not mechanically inclined just yet

What about Mercedes or Lexus?

wew

I've always ironically unironically liked the named Delquan

My guess: 65%?

Result: 86.6% Dem

Zimbabwe, too

it's kinda like the Federal govt isn't very helpful

Dude, I've lived in CA my whole life and just moved to MT...yesterday I went to the post office, and all the workers there were white! It's my first time seeing that.

And none of them glared at me 😄

Right, we don't need to justify our own existence

It's not debatable

Narratives that contradict the agenda are not tolerated

Really? It was pretty bad in CA...

I hope there are already remix videos with Enter Sandman playing

@Logan Thanks for the heads up, I'll be talking to the DMV soon. My truck is not here yet but I want things to go as quickly as possible.

The Sandmann video proves that simply standing there and existing while white, or making a facial expression, is considered white supremacy

It was a matter of not knowing the service history of a truck with >100k miles on it...I had them do all sorts of stuff

Brake fluid exchange is on the work order

But my dad was concerned that they didn't do it

The brakes needed new pads and rotors too

I can't speak for any air in the line

OK as long as it's more likely they did the service than not. The brakes work just fine now. They were not so great when I got it 😉

More recently I had them do upper and lower ball joints and tie rods, because there was play in ball joints, and steering was pretty floaty. Unfortunately I haven't been able to test drive it yet, but my dad says steering is pretty tight now and feels right.

I'm really missing my truck...just waiting on shipper to say they have a guy

Thanks for the help

Early 2004 @RevStench

Valaska 😂 👌🏻

@FACINEMA just don't call it a compound lol

This guy walks up to him banging a drum and wailing, Sandmann is like... wat? 😏

And he didn't cuck! No apology!

@Volkmom Yup. I was just thinking about my time in non-white majority public school. Never quite felt safe. It's bound to be even worse for white kids these days.

door-to-door culture of critique evangelism

Janet Reno was sure keen on it

Regarding "ethno-nationalist" "ethno-state" etc...I think it's very good to keep pointing out the hypocrisy of Israel

the wall too

@Volkmom Mexico too

the people in power prefer a race to the bottom

@Der Patriot - KS I only know of Pauline Hanson for oz

Anyone know what kind of nail this is? Can they still be bought? I found a couple lodged in the beams of a shed here.

Wow, I hadn't thought of that! I thought they were some sort of old square/cut nail

It looks like you are correct

A previous resident must have been a farrier.

If only I had a horseshoe to hang up for luck

@Evan Have you since been redpilled on Kars4Kids?

Kars4Kids [...] is a United States based 501(C)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to fund educational, developmental and recreational programs for Jewish youth and their families.
Donations to Kars4Kids benefit Oorah (Joy for Our Youth, or J.O.Y.), a national organization with a stated goal of addressing the "educational, material, emotional and spiritual needs of Jewish children and their families", and whose mission, according to CharityWatch, appears to be "to persuade secular Jewish families to take on a more Orthodox Jewish lifestyle."

i.e. they use profits from donated cars to fund trips to Israel for jewish kids

Plus their musical adverts being a crime against humanity. It just started playing in my head writing this...

Anything can happen in clown world

Live and learn 😉 it's good you got a g out of it

At least in the commercials, they're hiding what they do with the money.

It's hard to argue with "donate your car to help kids in need"

Update on the fridge:
>long-term slow leak
>fix too expensive
>need new fridge
>empty_wallet_with_moths_flying_out.jpg

Any truckers here?

Thanks. ;)
I was just wondering something. Been trying to get my vehicle transported from CA to MT. Thought it wouldn't be an issue because there are supposedly a lot of California refugees going that direction, but the transport companies that post offers for truckers told me it's a long wait because hardly any truckers do the route. Is that true, or are they pulling my leg?

Or do truckers avoid the route due to winter?

I'm trying to suss out whether it's lack of willing truckers, or that the offer is too low...

OK so it may not be the direction I'm going in, but a lack of incentive to go from the northwest to CA (the other way)?

@hbutzer0511 Rotary pulse dial compatible?

You'll see 😂 👌🏻

IE branded snow shoes

@FACINEMA Binaural recording <:galaxybrain:366743669484683264>

Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a drug

@AidanGillen The Igbo?

@Jacob They are sensitive to any displays of defiance challenging their hegemonic power

Literally shaking *means* literally clinging to their remaining power

@AidanGillen in bad faith, yeah

@celticflame How are your flag-making skills?

You could be our Betsy Ross

They are the real bitter clingers 😂

If you go to CPAC, maybe a bodycam is in order?

@Conway - OK She would try to sleep with everyone

cell phone cameras 🤢

*Natural conservatives tho*

Thanks Patrick 👍🏻

I've been trying out these bamboo toothbrushes...they're not bad! Each handle is numbered. Better for the environment than throwing out plastic ones. Supposedly bamboo has some anti-bacterial properties, too.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HQXCQCF/

The first one is holding up very well, bristles included.

we wuz solutreans

Japan has this thing where students do stretches before class. I think every higher functioning society sees the benefits of such exercises.

Physical and mental

N-no....

Marketing! 😂