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FAT32 SHAMER: Aug 16, 2012

leica posted:

If you want to come and check out the area, I could get you a good rate at my resort right on the Gulf. Would have to be after season though, were booked up for the next three months. October is the best time to come down imo, best weather and least amount of tourists.

With that budget you'd be in a really nice house.

gently caress yeah man, I might hit you up around then. Really, really appreciate the offer :3:

some texas redneck posted:

Austin is awesome, except for the traffic on 35 (holy poo poo avoid I-35 in Austin, period).

They're close enough together (~ 200 miles, 3 hour drive, 45 minute flight) than you can make an overnight trip to either area.

Dallas is a sprawling mess, but as others have said, the tech industry has exploded in both Dallas and Austin. There's tons of poo poo to do in both Austin and Dallas; Austin's a lot more quirky in general, while you're going to run into a lot more corporate culture in Dallas. DFW also has Six Flags over Texas (there's also a Six Flags in San Antonio, which is only an hour and a half drive from Austin).

Downsides to both are the heat in the summer. Also, if you're scared of the occasional tornado watch and some awesome storms, you might want to avoid Dallas. DFW has usually had a (slightly) lower cost of living than Austin, but with Toyota moving here, housing will be skyrocketing in the far northern suburbs (Plano, Frisco, etc). Upsides if kids are in the plans, Plano, Allen, and Frisco school districts are generally very well regarded (all north suburbs that connect to each other, and Frisco ISD actually extends into north Plano), while Dallas ISD is the laughing stock of the state (Plano ISD extends into a small part of far north Dallas). We also have a fantastic light rail system on the Dallas side of DFW (supposedly the largest in the US). Austin has the main University of Texas campus, while DFW has UT Arlington, UT Dallas, UT Southwestern Medical, University of North Texas, Texas Woman's University, and plenty of others.

We do have car inspections/emissions in the major metro areas (Austin, DFW, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso), but anything OBD2 will pass the emissions part as long as it has no more than 1 readiness monitor showing not ready, and the CEL isn't lit up (anything over 24 years old is exempt from emissions). The rest is basically kicking the tires - tread depth, horn, seat belts, brakes aren't grinding, all lights work, parking brake works, gas cap seals properly, windshield isn't in horrible shape. El Paso still doesn't do OBD2 testing, nor do they do dyno testing, just an idle and 1500 RPM sniff, but you won't want to live in El Paso. Or Houston.

I wouldn't mind Texas because then I could stay with Apple and work at the corporate office there, BUT I guess my FIL wouldn't be able to get a transfer there without a paycut. Also, like you said, the heat without some sort of breeze of the ocean/large body of water to be able to go to would make it unbearable for my northern wife (and probably me too since I lived on the coast when I was in Australia and I've really gotten used to how loving cold Detroit is).

I was doing a Google street view of Old Seminole Heights and Kenwood and one thing I noticed was that everyone parks their car on the grass in the front yard... What's up with that? I remember seeing it in Australia but I usually assumed they were bogans.

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 14:31

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

some texas redneck posted:

OCZ SSDs are total poo poo anyway, I'm surprised it lasted that long.

Yep, learned that the hard way! I didn't lose anything, fortunately, but I was working on a large 3D project and if I wasn't paranoid as gently caress about backing up my model to several places it could have gone badly.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:29

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

Samsung's SSDs are so unbelievably awesome. Mah boot up times.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:30

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
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Tusen Takk posted:

I wouldn't mind Texas because then I could stay with Apple and work at the corporate office there, BUT I guess my FIL wouldn't be able to get a transfer there without a paycut. Also, like you said, the heat without some sort of breeze of the ocean/large body of water to be able to go to would make it unbearable for my northern wife (and probably me too since I lived on the coast when I was in Australia and I've really gotten used to how loving cold Detroit is).

I was doing a Google street view of Old Seminole Heights and Kenwood and one thing I noticed was that everyone parks their car on the grass in the front yard... What's up with that? I remember seeing it in Australia but I usually assumed they were bogans.

That happens a lot in the older parts of some cities. The City of Dallas specifically has a law on the books banning parking on any "unimproved surface" (I've gotten a parking ticket over parking in a dirt lot next to a restaurant before thanks to that :argh:

- gravel does count as "improved" if it's graded for drainage), but outside of Dallas you see it quite a bit in older neighborhoods.

When I lived in Denton, it was very common in the historic district. Even if the house had a garage, there would just be a cutout in the curb, and ruts worn into the yard from the street to the garage.

Powershift posted:

I put a 500gb seagate drive in my laptop when i first bought it in 09. it has over 700 hours on it at this point. It saw +45*c ambient running in australia. -45*c here in canada. bounced around the back of a truck for 50,000 miles, and it still works perfectly.

that laptop all around has outlasted my expectations by a few years.

700 hours? So 29 days? :v:

I forgot about the Western Digital I had that lasted less than an hour. Though to be fair, we (friend was driving) got in a wreck on our way back to my house after buying it. That's the day I started religiously wearing my seatbelt - I got tossed around in the back seat like a rag doll.

Bummer, it's up to 2 bad sectors now. That's the drive I just use for my porn collection and torrent downloads though. Those power on hours work out to a few weeks shy of 5 years.

Still. a HDD (and laptop in general) working at -45c is pretty impressive.

Bovril Delight posted:

Samsung's SSDs are so unbelievably awesome. Mah boot up times.

From pressing the power button to seeing the desktop is about 15 seconds ever since I upgraded the motherboard to UEFI from a traditional BIOS. It cut my overclocking ability down significantly (the BIOS swap anyway - I can't get it above 4.2 GHz anymore, while it ran at 4.5 GHz for years with the old BIOS), but the POST when it had a traditional BIOS took a good 20 seconds.

randomidiot fucked around with this message at 06:34 on Mar 2, 2015

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Bovril Delight posted:

Samsung's SSDs are so unbelievably awesome. Mah boot up times.

It's not just that, when you're loading 40-50 gig of data into your modeling program it makes the difference between "15-20 seconds, barely enough time to shitpost on AI" and "go and make a cup of coffee and then really shitpost on AI for a while" load times.

edit: STR what's that program? I have it on my laptop at home but not my work PC, I should get it for some warning before the SSD in this thing shits the bed.

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HandlingByJebus: Jun 21, 2009; All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world, so there was only one thing I could do:
was ding a ding dang, my dang a long racecar.

It's a love affair. Mainly jebus, and my racecar.

Geirskogul posted:

Holy poo poo house of cards.

This. Super intense.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:39

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

Memento posted:

edit: STR what's that program? I have it on my laptop at home but not my work PC, I should get it for some warning before the SSD in this thing shits the bed.

Crystaldiskinfo

Get the portable no-ads version, or the installer version (and uncheck all the poo poo it tries to install with it), don't get the shizuku edition unless you're into anime. Also turn on SMART Reporting in your BIOS/UEFI, if it's an option. That way you'll actually get a warning during bootup if it's about to poo poo.

e: vvvv :haw:

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:40

FAT32 SHAMER: Aug 16, 2012

Memento posted:

It's not just that, when you're loading 40-50 gig of data into your modeling program it makes the difference between "15-20 seconds, barely enough time to shitpost on AI" and "go and make a cup of coffee and then really shitpost on AI for a while" load times.

edit: STR what's that program? I have it on my laptop at home but not my work PC, I should get it for some warning before the SSD in this thing shits the bed.

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskInfo/index-e.html

E;fb

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:40

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

some texas redneck posted:

700 hours? So 29 days?

my bad. 700 days. 16793 power on hours, 1122 power cycle count, 58*c worst temp recorded.

The laptop has a huge 9 cell battery that sticks out the back of it, and yet in the most intense power saving mode, i've got an estimated 55 minutes left on 77% charge.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:41

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

I think it's safe to assume that you need a new battery at this point.

They've generally lost most of their capacity after 3-4 years anyway.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:42

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

it's a media computer now, sits behind a tv. replaced it with a mbp for that sweet, sweet, 7 hour battery life.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:46

Memento: Aug 25, 2009; Bleak Gremlin

some texas redneck posted:

Tusen Takk posted:

Thanks chaps. Downloading it now.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:47

Queen_Combat: Jan 15, 2011

sofullofhate posted:

This. Super intense.

I'm on episode 4 of S3. Holy poo poo.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:48

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

Speaking of batteries, I just ordered 2 Anker replacement batteries plus a charger for my S5. I've had it since May'ish and the battery is totally shot. 10 minutes of browsing the internet in bed before work and playing a podcast on the drive in has it around 70%. God help you if you want to watch a video.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:49

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

Geirskogul posted:

I'm on episode 4 of S3. Holy poo poo.

It draaaaaags and gets really lame later on.

Bovril Delight posted:

Speaking of batteries, I just ordered 2 Anker replacement batteries plus a charger for my S5. I've had it since May'ish and the battery is totally shot. 10 minutes of browsing the internet in bed before work and playing a podcast on the drive in has it around 70%. God help you if you want to watch a video.

If the rumors of the S6 are true, and it doesn't have a replaceable battery or SD card slot, samsung can get hosed.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:52

FAT32 SHAMER: Aug 16, 2012

I'm getting two days per charge on my 6 Plus with heavy usage, very little video streaming though.

:smug:

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:54

Quite A Tool: Jul 4, 2004; The answer is... 42

So my wife's work is putting us up in an apartment for two months while we get settled in Seattle. It's within walking distance of a World of Beer, and I haven't got a job yet. Also it's a 2 bedroom/2 bath and I now know the glory of being so lazy (drunk) that I can choose the closest bathroom to whatever it is that I'm doing. It's heavenly.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:54

nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

Powershift posted:

If the rumors of the S6 are true, and it doesn't have a replaceable battery or SD card slot, samsung can get hosed.

It is true. No card slot either. No water resistance.
Good job Samsung, the reasons I picked the S5 over the HTC One is now gone.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 06:57

Powershift: Nov 23, 2009

nm posted:

It is true. No card slot either. No water resistance.
Good job Samsung, the reasons I picked the S5 over the HTC One is now gone.

Well gently caress those loving fucks in their stupid face then. Hopefully by the time my contract is up in november, there's something worth buying from someone else. hopefully something tegra K1ish

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:03

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

nm posted:

It is true. No card slot either. No water resistance.
Good job Samsung, the reasons I picked the S5 over the HTC One is now gone.

Back to USB 2.0 so you can't even use the prior cords either. Great stuff from Samsung.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:03

FAT32 SHAMER: Aug 16, 2012

cremnob predicts that Samsung will pull out of the high-end phone market soon since they spend a shitload on adverts and make very little money in return. Looks like with this level of regression coming from Samsung he may be onto something

That being said, cremnob would literally fellate Apple if Apple Incorporated had a phallus.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:09

Queen_Combat: Jan 15, 2011

Bovril Delight posted:

Back to USB 2.0 so you can't even use the prior cords either. Great stuff from Samsung.

Whaaaat? Man, I just "upgraded" from my LG Optimus G (the OG, G1), to an HTC One M7, and I'm loving it so far. I usually choose whatever phone I can get on ebay for less than $100 and I think I did well, so whenever new phones come out I look to see what the playing field will be like in a year and a half to two years. gently caress moving from USB3 back to USB 2, and removing water resistance.

Get hosed, Samsung. I had the Galaxy S and SII and loved them.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:10

MrChips: Jun 10, 2005; FLIGHT SAFETY TIP: Fatties out first

Powershift posted:

If the rumors of the S6 are true, and it doesn't have a replaceable battery or SD card slot, samsung can get hosed.

You all should be getting Nexus 6es anyway.

Speaking of which, I've had mine a month and a bit now and I have the following to say about it:

+++Screen - in every way (size, colour quality and resolution).
+++Speed and responsiveness - this thing is seriously fast. Might even be as fast as my 5-year old desktop
+++Speakers - Never thought I would say this, but the stereo speakers up front are actually pretty damned good.
++Video mode - 4K is pretty sweet, but hard on storage.
++Still mode - colour quality is fantastic, but it still does the epileptic Android autofocus.
+Size - in spite of what you might think, I got used to the size pretty quick and now it feels totally normal. Hint: no need for landscape typing anymore.
+Call quality - I live in a dead-zone for reception and I have no problems. Also the audio quality in-call is spooky good.

-Battery life - very good standby life (~36 hours), but screen-on life is pretty bad; 6 hours tops and far short of the 10 hours claimed.
-Price - if you're an existing Android user, there's some sticker shock. If you're used to iPrices, it's actually not bad.
-App compatibility - Old apps generally work fine, they just look stupid on the gigantic screen.
--That stupid back - the phone's back is curved, so you can't put it down on something and use it easily, because the stupid thing will wobble and spin like a drunk white girl.
--No removable storage or replaceable battery.
-----Android 5.0 - poo poo's seriously broken at the moment; no silent mode, poor battery life is probably caused entirely by OS optimisation, the keyboard is occasionally completely retarded (no, I don't want to long-press for line break/Enter), some of the user interface isn't so intuitive (too many symbols that aren't consistent), general instability.

All in all, it's a great phone, but it's let down by the state of Android 5 right now. Google is working hard to fix things in that aspect, but it could be months before they have something I would consider to be on par with 4.4/Kit-Kat.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:19

Applebees Appetizer: Jan 23, 2006

Tusen Takk posted:

I was doing a Google street view of Old Seminole Heights and Kenwood and one thing I noticed was that everyone parks their car on the grass in the front yard... What's up with that? I remember seeing it in Australia but I usually assumed they were bogans.

Seminole Heights is in Tampa, that's the problem. You really don't want to live in Tampa unless you absolutely have to.

Lots of people that work in Tampa commute from St.Pete because it's a much nicer place to live.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:21

nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

Doesn't work on Verizon (which is the only carrier that covers a remote area I go to with 4G [or 3g] or even reliable coverage)
And no removable battery is just stupid. It isn't like it is hard, Samsung made a high end, thin, water-resistant phone with a removable battery.
The problem I guess is that everyone cares more about how "well built" a phone feels (the s6 design is because of complaints that the S5 is plastic) than actual long life (the S5, even the non-active is very durable and more importantly, you can change the battery).

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:24

FAT32 SHAMER: Aug 16, 2012

Good to know, I was looking at what areas were bad and it seemed like it was all on the Tampa side of the bay, so that makes things easier

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:25

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
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Goddamnit. Went to the store to grab some food, came back to dead internet. TV is still working fine, modem says it's connected, but I can't get past the modem. Just went to the FiOS outage page... estimated restoration is 3pm. :smith:

At least I can tether, though while I'm tethering I can't watch TV. I can watch TV if I don't tether. :argh:

Might just switch to the laptop for posting and put the PC back on the LAN.

Racked up over 9 gigs in tethering last night, T-Mobile seems to give zero fucks as long as I use something that obscures my tethering usage.

Bovril Delight posted:

Speaking of batteries, I just ordered 2 Anker replacement batteries plus a charger for my S5. I've had it since May'ish and the battery is totally shot. 10 minutes of browsing the internet in bed before work and playing a podcast on the drive in has it around 70%. God help you if you want to watch a video.

Try to update your firmware, that's a known issue with the S5 out of the box. Stepdad had the same issue and took it to Samsung's local repair place, they updated it for him.

Or just switch to a 3rd party ROM and ditch TouchWiz, and enjoy far better battery life.

randomidiot fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Mar 2, 2015

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:32

Literally Lewis Hamilton: Feb 22, 2005

some texas redneck posted:

Goddamnit. Went to the store to grab some food, came back to dead internet. TV is still working fine, modem says it's connected, but I can't get past the modem. Just went to the FiOS outage page... estimated restoration is 3pm.

At least I can tether, though while I'm tethering I can't watch TV. I can watch TV if I don't tether.

Racked up over 9 gigs in tethering last night, T-Mobile seems to give zero fucks as long as I use PDANet.

Try to update your firmware, that's a known issue with the S5 out of the box. Stepdad had the same issue and took it to Samsung's local repair place, they updated it for him.

Or just switch to a 3rd party ROM and ditch TouchWiz, and enjoy far better battery life.

Mine is updated to the newest version and unfortunately I have to stay stock to use it for work, otherwise it remote wipes all the data.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:34

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

Okay that's some bullshit right there.

Mine's connected to an Exchange server, and the admin can remote wipe the phone if they want (hell I can log into the email account and wipe it myself), but I've had no issues. Might have a bit to do with it being a student email account from UNT, and it's hosted by outlook.com.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:40

Queen_Combat: Jan 15, 2011

I moved my M7 to cyanogenmod. I loved it, hated it for awhile, but now I'm back into "tepid acceptance".

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:40

nm: Jan 28, 2008; "I saw Minos the Space Judge holding a golden sceptre and passing sentence upon the Martians. There he presided, and around him the noble Space Prosecutors sought the firm justice of space law."

My S5 has great battery life 6 months in.
I shouldn't have posted this, I'm going to wake up tomorrow and it is going to die in 2 hours, isn't it?

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:41

INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

sofullofhate posted:

This. Super intense.

coulddntntt vetitio house of. Xards watch Boss witj the ddude from frasier

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:44

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

some texas redneck posted:

Goddamnit. Went to the store to grab some food, came back to dead internet. TV is still working fine, modem says it's connected, but I can't get past the modem. Just went to the FiOS outage page... estimated restoration is 3pm.

Annnd it's back. Wonder what the hell happened there, obviously it had to be software or hardware related on their end and not a fiber cut. I couldn't even get past the modem when doing a traceroute, so it must have been something in the CO down the street.

OFFICER 13 INCH posted:

coulddntntt vetitio house of. Xards watch Boss witj the ddude from frasier

Tide?

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:46

INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

nio frasier

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:49

randomidiot: May 12, 2006; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 11 years!)

I don't think Fraiser has an account here. I think Tide has hijacked your account.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:53

Queen_Combat: Jan 15, 2011

He's pretty sure Fraiser did. I think it was Niles.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:53

INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

GOD DAMNED NILES

# ? Mar 2, 2015 07:55

General_Failure: Apr 17, 2005

The funeral chapel did their sound test today with their depressing loving music. Currently working on my Slayer collection for a rebuttal. Unless anyone has a better suggestion. Might as well cheer some folk up.

# ? Mar 2, 2015 09:00

INCHI DICKARI: Aug 23, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

General_Failure posted:

The funeral chapel did their sound test today with their depressing loving music. Currently working on my Slayer collection for a rebuttal. Unless anyone has a better suggestion. Might as well cheer some folk up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yArThp3qRqE

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 14:31

Olympic Mathlete: Feb 25, 2011

Fo3 from the last thread:

quote:

gently caress it, I'll leave it to him in my will and he can do all the work, finance it and give 10-15k/half the proceeds to my kid/partner when I'm gone.
Kind of insulted he doesn't think much of my rx4/929 project and wants me to dump it too. They handle better and are nicer to drive.

Did you post these projects up anywhere??

# ? Mar 2, 2015 09:32

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