Recent content by PrimalNaCl

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    News Dude, where's my GPU? — Microcenter customer gets backpack-stuffed box instead of RTX 5090

    Ever since I was almost hosed at Fry's, my hard rule is to open and perform the best check I can before I leave the store. Hard to do with a video card outside of visual that it's at least the housing it claims to be. But it's something and because you never left there's zero provision for them...
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    News Samsung quietly launches 61.44TB SSD, talks about a 122.88TB model

    Often times cloud backup providers have disparate cost schedules for recovery vs backup. $12/month for unlimited storage doesn't sound insane especially when the backup set is approaching 17TB. But how much does it cost to retrieve that 17TB? Or even some fraction of it? Are there speed tiers...
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    News The First Ryzen 7000 Zen 4 Linux Laptop Arrives On The Market

    If they make a 16" variant in at least WQXGA then I'm interested. As the other commenter mentioned, the line about finding a notebook that will run Linux out of box is not difficult these days. In fact, unless you're Lenovo and shit the bed on having sound work through the speakers on the...
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    News Microsoft Repositions 7TB 'Project Silica' Glass Media as a Cloud Storage Solution

    Rowstron is a disingenuous jerkface wrt the tape longevity comment. LTO has a 30 year integrity-stable shelf-life. 10 years...freaking AH!