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Lee is really embracing his quarantine hair, huh?

Great, now you can hit their BS data cap even faster! /s

Yeah, I should have mentioned that. The PC is 99% only for gaming. My work laptop and MacBook are my computers of choice for other things. Spending $2k on a gaming-only box is a lot less enticing than spending $2k on a do-everything workhorse. Makes me more tempted by the $35/month Xbo.... NO...

Thanks for that. My issue is I went cheap on my rig 4 years ago. I'm running a i5-6500. My upgrade for that would be a i7-6700 or 7700, but I can't overclock on my mobo and plopping down $200-300 (the pricing I've seen) for a years-old CPU leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Leaving the 6500 in...

That's news to me as well. Good on Microsoft, it seems like a good option at first glance. New NVIDIA GPUs, New AMD GPUs coming, new consoles... It's a good time to be a gamer!

I haven't been following the next gen console news too closely, but this is the first time I'm hearing of the "all access" hardware subscription pricing. I was planning on building a new gaming PC this fall, but my PCPartPicker list is nearing $2k. Comparing that to $35/month for 2 years...

Yes. Source: I am a network engineer with a budding collection of gray hairs.

I have to get back to work, but I just want to say I love the Ars comment section so much. Intelligent discussion is so rare on the Internet, but I always find it here. Thanks Ars, and Ars readers. I love you all, even the trollish neckbeards.

Just take the L and move on, man. You are great at making assumptions about what people value, what people should pay for, and what is the best for them. Try looking outside of your own perspective for once. There are a lot of good comments on page two, and I won't reiterate all of them here...

Sigh. I know this is a waste of time, but alas... What if I don't want a server rack? What if I don't have the technical chops or desire to run something like that in my home? What about electricity, maintenance, overhead, aggravation? What's the value you put on your own time? Not everyone...

Those (rightfully) complaining about the location of the iMac ports could look to get something like the Satechi Aluminum Type-C Clamp Hub Pro? Gotta love buying accessories to fix design flaws.

Good point. I knew Wyden was a good dude, but wasn't aware of his encryption stance. Thanks for pointing that out.

It’s kinda funny hearing a government official argue FOR end-to-end encryption. If you think Twitter’s security is bad, imagine if government contractors had this power. This is example #10740737 why a “back door” for encryption that’s only accessible by the “good guys” is incompatible with...

I applaud Twitters relative transparency with this, almost as much as I want to shame them from all the details I’ve heard about how this happened in the first place. Creds posted in a slack channel? Woof. That’s a hell of a thing given how much power clearly lies in that admin panel as...

Hehe, agreed. Not all Americans want big puffy cars! I know I don't. Sigh, sometimes I feel I was raised on the wrong continent.

I get what you're saying, and the line between "small SUV/crossover" and "hatchback" seems to be getting thinner all the time. I drive a mk7 Golf, I just want an electric version of that. The ID.3 is essentially the exact same size and height as my car now. Yes, I know the eGolf is a thing...

Looks nice. I still wish VW would bring the ID.3 to the US, but I get it. Most Americans have no love for hatchbacks, unfortunately.

Agreed. Stuff like this makes me want to start my own ISP. We can, and should, do better than this.

Was it conduit or fiber? An ISP should be able to run new fiber or upgrade equipment, if it's worth the investment. Sounds like the issue is more that there may not be enough customers in your area to justify that cost. Google isn't paying 4.5 million to W. Des Moines over 20 years for fun...

Could not agree more. The sorry state of ISP's and competition in the US (and other countries, we don't have a monopoly on stupid) needs to be rebuilt from the, ahem, ground up.