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my dad is down at least 800k. Multiple scams. He keeps thinking he is safe from being scammed because he knows better. Just like he always…

... and ppl shouldn't bother spending time believing old claims you can use phone app. It doesn't work any more with an app (unless things…

.. then put a small power bank in the middle for those ones.

.. so you'd replace every year instead? Your logic only works if the padding lasts five years and is only dead now. And looks matter

.. on the length of my comments? Will try not to :)

I've never tried for that purpose so not sure. You might be better off hoping someone who has replies, but I'd suspect pull weeds and then…

Get two.. dual wielding dewilding.. ?

Yes. .. but buy two, or something else at same time and....

as long as you don't skimp on amount of water or temperature, yes. Some criticise the method for maybe not killing the root of the weeds...…

At least you have your health..y sense of humour :) Hope you feel weller soon

is it blowing on the microphone? Sound is vibrations, but so is blowing air (wind chops out/maxes microphones)

Lots of people anecdotally bag Acer on build quality (esp on laptops), but as someone whose worked as a tech for decades I've only ever…

.. or an optical cable that has "gold plated contacts". Plenty of those around too.

Not all of it. Some of it's people attempting to influence demand by suggesting things they can then profit off. Ala Rene Rivkin

Oh and I've had kids as young as 5 play VR with no issues (psvr version 1, quest 2). You do need to adjust the straps down and I'd consider…

" starting to get presbyopia" I am heavily short sighted (over neg 7, plus more astig) and use my quest (2, and have used many other…

The recommendation is generally "at least a GTX 1080 or equivalent" Basically, not just a dedicated video card, but a reasonably hefty one…

Want referral links btw? :) If we are allowed to do those here? I also recommend the (tiltbrush based) quest store based "multi brush"…

after installing beat saber, install sidequest (ignore any instructions saying you can install from your android phone, the current android…

Isn't "nearly $1600" what Apple charges for upgrading ram? :)

How did you go? :) looking at current prices I'd recommend an rx 6600 8 gb if you did want to go the video card route. Can get one That…

Are you sure you want to build it yourself? As there are prebuilts that do vastly better on this site. EG:…

I figure it's part of the "slient ninja" mystique. No true ninja would follow the regular process (and thus have people informed of their…

Some people can have such shelfish ways.

How to compare cpu speeds? It's an imperfect solution as cpu makers make their cpus to be really good at benchmarks, but it's the best we…

incidentally: why do I say win 11 is important? Because windows 10's service lifespan ends in (october) 2025. But they never turned off the…

I second 8th gen intel or higher. Why? Because windows 11 only officially supports 8th gen plus. (or 2nd gen ryzen) You can fiddle around…

I've had to wash cats before (elderly cats that could no longer wash themselves and had matted and unkempt fur, cats that got into things…

Or because a good health professional dealing with really serious mental health stuff has responsibilities to other patients and doctors as…

Perhaps it might look that way, but if so only in percentage terms. Pizza dough doesn't magically become higher fat by using less of it. (I…