Recent content by JackFlakk

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    News Microsoft Drops 'Series X' From the Next-Gen Xbox's Name

    The marketing people at Nintendo that got fired for inducing consumer paralysis with the insipid name "Wii U" may disagree with you. And how on earth does Microsoft manage to coin such evocative codenames for their consoles (Scorpion, Scarlett), yet flush that all away at release with an...
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    News New Windows Malware Hides in Plain Sight

    Can't it be both?
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    News France (Also) Opposes Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency

    Bloomberg reported yesterday that Switzerland wants to subject Libra to strict oversight. It's nice to want stuff. In light of the seeming inability of any government to exercise any substantive oversight over any portion of Facebook, I'm curious how the Swiss plan to pull of this Herculean feat.
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    Giveaway! Seagate Ironwolf SSD NAS #RunWithIronWolf

    I use my #QNAP TS-032X and #RunWithIronWolf so I can archive all of archive.org. Wait... would that be a meta-archive?
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    Review Console Killer: Building a Liquid-Cooled Living Room PC

    As you wish. For the money, I'd still rather have the PS4 and the 25 games. I suppose one could have an entertaining evening playing with the Ambient Occlusion slider, instead. To each their own.
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    Review Console Killer: Building a Liquid-Cooled Living Room PC

    Enjoyed the article. You put together a fantastic looking rig. Nevertheless, I wonder if perhaps you lost your way when attempting to call an $1,800 build a "console killer". To borrow from (and somewhat misuse) Shakespeare, "the play's the thing." With your budget, after spending $300 on...