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    How hard is it to cancel Comcast cable TV these days?

    A year later they're still calling my dead grandfather about missing hardware. (That was returned.)
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    HDD; what are your temps in a NAS?

    The 8 seagate drives in my NAS all run within a tenth of a degree of 38.6c except one that likes being 39.3.
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    Yep, it's that time of year again! (Halloween costumes 2016)

    Light saber Haggrid? Or Markl from Howl's Moving Castle?
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    Westworld - HBO

    Or Ed Harris is a "secret shopper"
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    Seagate releases 5TB 2.5" 12.5mm high drive

    Disappointing there isn't a larger firecuda with more flash. I won't get a hybrid drive with less than 32gb of flash. But with these drives it seems there isn't much reason to stick with 3.5" drives. Are there any nice, compact 8+ bay NAS enclosures for 2.5" drives?
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    What price premium for internet if cord cutting? Comcast, Portland OR

    Can you switch to Frontier Fios? Their 100Mb symmetrical fiber is something like $85 by itself, no other charges. Free install if it is in your area.
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    BIG monitors?

    WHY?! To me the biggest reason for 8k is either OMFG HEUG! screens or truly high end VR.
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    On the strategy of purchasing large, expensive monitor(s)

    You may be better off getting a Vizio d series 4k 42"er during black friday sales (I could see them being $250 in that timeframe) and getting a better screen later.
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    On the strategy of purchasing large, expensive monitor(s)

    This. Currently there isn't a monitor that hits all the checkboxes of HDR, 4:4:4, 40-48", higher than 75hz, quality backlight or OLED, Gsync (I'll remove this requirement when AMD has something the speed of a 1080, and flip it to gsync/freesync) and low input lag. There are likely a couple...
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    What are you listening to right now?

    https://youtu.be/3fVUU7Drv2I
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    Adult tonsillectomy--tell me about it.

    Mine was double plus unfun. I was so freaked by the anesthesiologist I almost had a heart attack. I have a surprisingly small mouth, so they needed to run next door to get me a maskthingee. I woke up with a rather deep split down the middle of my tongue. Then I took some liquid tylanol 3...
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    One phone always listening? Fine. ALL things always listening, though...?

    I've tested my Echo devices, and their trick for getting only one to respond has worked well thus far.
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    Los Angeles to Seattle for a concert. What shouldn't I miss?

    Tis why I live there instead of seattle.
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    Los Angeles to Seattle for a concert. What shouldn't I miss?

    If you stop in tillamook, get the deep fried cheese curds in the diner. If you stop at the Evergreen air and space museum. . . I'm not too far away, in the middle of Silicon Forest. (I hate that name)
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    7700k Kaby Lake

    Not OUR fault you voted to tank your own currency! Also. . . uh. . . what tax?
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    New eGPU enclosure up on Kickstarter - The Wolfe

    How would something like this work for someone that wanted to add some Cuda processing to a Mac?
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    Beard cleaning (poll)

    I don't understand this itchy beard thing.
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    Is pimping a Dell Zino HD with SSD and extra 1GB really worth it?

    I've actually done that several times, H@. Sometimes it really isn't worth polishing a turd.
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    Los Angeles to Seattle for a concert. What shouldn't I miss?

    Mt Rainier. . . the Olympic Rainforest. . .
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    The Expanse. Expanded.

    I'm looking forward to meeting them at Norwescon this upcomming easter.