chaosCruiser

How’s power management doing these days?

Oh, that’s good to hear.

Based on the specs, I can already see two potential issues.

1. Windows 10
2. NVIDIA

Let me guess, you can’t upgrade to W11. If so, dual booting to an abandoned system like that is risky. If I had to do that, I would only do it while the computer is totally offline. If you do get updates to the Windows partition, there are reports of Windows breaking some dual boot things. This means, that you might need to fix some things after a Windows update.

Also, NVIDIA hates Linux with a burning passion. You can make things work to some extent, but it can be a rocky ride. Wifi is another potential issue in case you happen to have a wifi chip that isn’t well supported. Just try a live USB first before installing and you’ll know if something doesn’t work.

Because of all of the above, this looks like a system that can run Linux, but you might need to prepare for some tweaking. There are easier starting points too, but then you would need to sell that old computer and buy something nicer to replace it with. With hardware like that, you’re definitely not playing this game in the easy mode, that’s for sure.

If you happen to have a nice enterprise laptop, you can usually access the card very easily. For example HP EliteBook laptops (which are sort of nice laptops, but with a bad keyboard) you won’t even need any tools to open the bottom lid. Lenovo ThinkPad laptops tend to require a screwdriver. Never actually swapped a wifi card on either of these, but I guess there could be one more screw holding the card in place. Definitely doable, and it won’t take too long.

Contrast that with HP Pavilion or Acer Aspire TrashBooks. Yes, I have opened a few of those, and I regret every minute of it. Normally, you need to disassemble the whole thing before you get to even see the parts you need to swap. It’s not quite as painful as opening Apple hardware, but it’s not far behind. Verdict: 2/10, would not recommend.

Sounds like they need to hire a lot of people now. Is this how Trump is fixing unemployment?

If you start lots of pointless wars all around the globe, you’ll unlock the “war” achievement. Keep on spending like that, and “famine” will soon follow.

What about people who enjoy extreme sports and visiting dangerous places? You know like, people who visit war zones and tyranical dictatorships? I think USA might make it to the top ten along with Palestine, Afghanistan and North Korea.

Do you call them gulags, like in Soviet Russia, or did you come up with better branding?

Even if you follow the letter of the law while throwing wrenches? You know, pesky stuff like asking for evidence and such?

Make America Hammered Again? Could also be High…

So… MAGWA? Sounds oddly familiar. Where have I heard that before.

It’s just great if you own a cotton plantation. No wages, barely any rights, and the only laws you need to know are the ones regarding buying and selling slaves. It’s basically a win-win-win for everyone. Your plantation flourishes, downstream gets cheap cotton, and America becomes great.

Currently USA seems to be headed in that great direction once again, but this time there are also white slaves. They get just enough money to survive while spending every waking moment for quarterly revenue and dividends. This time though, you don’t need to worry about your slaves running away, since these gears of the corporate machine have literally nowhere to go. Hope is a luxury they can’t afford, so they’ll just bend the knee and work until they die.

When the remaining few employee rights get removed and unions get outlawed, the transformation into a slaver country is complete, and America will be Great again! Once again, slavery is the foundation.

Just when you thought you’ve already seen the bottom of the barrel, the internet proves you wrong. Let me guess, rule 34 applies here as well.

LOL, that escalated quickly. I’ve heard some people use the expression of “a hefty spoon full of salt”, but jumping straight to a truck load is pretty intense. Then again, considering the quality you get from Trump, that’s actually entirely justified.

On top of all that, increasing prices is also a great way to boost inflation.

could have been sent Google’s highest level alert - giving up to 35 seconds of warning to find safety.

Many were asleep in buildings that collapsed around them when the tremors hit.

Realistically though, if I get a notification while sleeping, it’s going to take a little more than 35 s for me to get to the nearest doorway. Even if I were awake, I would probably miss my chance to survive. If I were already staring at my phone at the exact right moment when the notification popped up, I would still have only 35 s, at most. It’s obviously better than nothing, but not exactly reassuring.

I’ve used a bunch of HPs over the years. Some of them ProBook, mostly Elitebook. Either way, the keyboards were always awful. If you want to be 100% sure each key press registers, you have to press surprisingly hard.

If you’ve always used Dell and Lenovo, this kind of thing sounds completely absurd. It’s something that would never even occur to you. Why would you even think about whether the key presses register with 100% reliability? Of course they do. You press the button, a letter appears. That’s all there’s to it, right?

Wrong! HP thinks there should be an element of surprise if you type normally. Unless you hammer the keyboard like a wild animal, there’s no way to get to 100%. Even if you get the fanciest model, the keyboard still has this HP trademark suckiness.

That’s an unusual situation. Normally, Mexicans are trying to get a US citizenship, not the other way around. In any case, I wonder how long does it take for US citizens to apply for political asylum elsewhere.

People usually think that Yersinia pestis was left in the Middle Ages, but that’s not the case. Just let the rats breed, and you can create another plague epidemic.

Well? Did it work?