Recent content by padrescout

Kinda? Those old cards ran way way way cooler than modern ones, so it's probably not actively bad, but still just kind of a "why?" situation. Well, the "why" is protection- which they dont need mounted in a computer. I could spend 10 hours having my printer spit out some armor for when i stuck...

Yeah, I have a 3d printer. I get the leaping to "someone doesnt share my point of view because they're ignorant of the situation." It's kinda neat? In one of those ... don't consider the opportunity cost sort of way. They are very colorful. I hope he is happy with the thing he did.

Yeah, that's my impulse as well, these graphics cards were designed without armor, they're a quarter of a century old and still work just fine. I should screw with them and add armor. I'm sure it will help ...something?

Yeah, raise prices 30% while also losing all the cryto market. I'm shocked, shocked that people don't find a freaking 1:1 cost over performance increase tempting.

Woah,woah, WOAH!! What've you got against the Toadies?

Oh great, now I have to find a new word processor to use when I write my weekly Vulgarians Digest? Thanks, Microsoft. You shitbergs.

@NORSEMAN4 I too clicked thinking it was a stapler. I'm ok with the the existence of guns, it's an unpleasant reality of the world we live in. That said, this weird .. fetish with guns, the "cool" mentality of them that motivated a company to sell reproductions of them because "guns are...

Welp, there's one thing I won't be buying.

It's the same reason Johnny Everyman buys a Dodge Hellcat. Nobody needs a 700 horsepower car to tool around town in. But some people like the image of having it. It implies things without saying anything and generally reflects positively on the owner in their social tribe. But mostly...