Recent content by daringx

I just installed Pi-hole on my file server and it appears to be preventing those nag-screens. I haven't seen any on weather.com at least, which used to pop up all the time. Thanks to all in the forum for the recommendation! So far it's running with the default configuration and haven't had...

Good point! A bad cable will exhibit similar flickering and I have been a victim of that myself. Here's a good post on how to edit your monitor's settings with a 3rd-party utility to avoid issues with Freesync. Presumably it should work just as well to remedy any issues on Nvidia hardware for...

This is targeting the market of millionaires willing to gamble big bucks for some fun. Not us "average joes". According to this CNBC report, there were over 11 MILLION millionaires in the US in 2017....so why not tap that market? Seems like a good profit making business to me, wish I'd...

Concerning your comment of "you want a currency that slowly inflates", please read https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist/ Bottom line...any amount of inflation is not sustainable. There will be a reckoning one day. If you care about your progeny's future, you should be...

My hope is that enough people believe the hype to drive down the price of existing cards. Current prices are a sham. A Vega 56 at $250 would make me spend some bones.

Do any of these services provide 60fps on PC? I know a lot of them do on streaming devices, but I only have a Windows PC connected to my TV. I would like to find a good service for the college football season.

Ahhh...got my hopes up. Thought now would be a good time to get another of their lightweight camp chairs, but no luck. Here's a list of all excluded products, it's pretty long! https://www.monoprice.com/cart/couponproductdtl?couponid=128317&ListType=exclude&CouponName=MAY22

There's plenty of rare earth metals here in the US. It's just that China undercut US suppliers so that they became unprofitable and closed down the mines. I think a few have reopened since China started their embargo tactics a few years ago and the DoD got anxious. Rest assured, the US is not...

Not true. I pay my recommended share. My state (KS) has a "use tax" for online out-of-state purchases that don't collect state sales tax. They let you voluntarily report your tax amount, but also give recommendations based on your income level if you're not sure what you owe. I pay the the...

Yeah, there's a documentary about this incident on PBS (and currently available on Netflix and other streaming services) called "Command and Control". Definitely worth a watch. It all happened due to an errantly dropped wrench socket. The aftermath was poorly handled, though it does at least...

It is scary. The idea of peace through "mutually assured destruction" is contingent upon the sanity of those holding the launch buttons. History has shown that leaders are not always rational when making decisions. We've had a number of close encounters since 1950's, and it's still a very...

Aye, but Boeing's most experienced veterans of space travel are retired now. It's a new generation that needs to pick up the mantra, and Musk's company has just as much chance as anybody else.

I watch both the Orville and Discovery. At this point in the seaon I look forward to Discovery episodes the most. It's just better "sci-fi" than Orville. Too bad it's been demoted to CBS Online, which most people will never pay for, or even know how to watch (as very few TV's can stream from...

I tried to subscribe to Youtube TV but was denied. Apparently it's only available in select regions...so much for "internet" TV. I eventually put up an antenna but it was a major pain to assemble, mount, and position and then route 50ft of coax to get only 3 of the 4 major networks that work...

Oh yeah, I definitely have my long term goals in focus. I agree with your line of thought and have a pretty diversified retirement account that covers a variety of investment types. This Bitcoin thing is just gratis and doesn't have a significant affect on my retirement fund, hence the...