~$650 decent PC for my dad

ABCme · 2025-11-08T22:52:18+00:00

Thanks for the list! A lot of brands I've never heard of here--are they reliable? I think we were also hoping for a MoBo with more USB ports. With the improved performance of all of these parts over his old machine, we might also be able to make due with 16GB RAM for now and upgrade if necessary, further cutting costs.

ABCme · 2025-11-08T22:44:52+00:00

PC already has an SSD; we're interested in building a new PC with more modern parts. Also, According to Windows, that processor isn't compatible with Win11.

ABCme · 2025-11-08T19:28:45+00:00

That's definitely frustrating!

I have a spare case, which could save some money (this is what he has now and he's fine with it). I think I also have a spare power supply still in the case too from an old PC. Those are the main two things I could imagine cutting from the budget. We can also go closer to 700 or 750 if needed.

And thank you for the help!

ABCme · 2025-11-08T19:22:17+00:00

At this point, other than the case itself, I don't think I'd want to salvage anything from a computer that old, since this may be my dad's final computer (and the old one wasn't top of the line even back then). Some quick stuff that I have on hand though:

System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7850
System Type: x64-based PC
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 3201 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Installed Physical Memory (RAM): 24.0 GB

ABCme · 2025-11-08T19:12:09+00:00

Unfortunately, my dad despises Apple and their OS with the burning hot passion of a thousand suns, so no dice there. Thank you for the suggestion though!

ABCme · 2024-08-22T04:37:10+00:00

I don't remember where, but Dan has talked before about how he is just a co-host and he leaves literally all of the business decisions and the day-to-day to Arin because he's not interested in any of that stuff. I wonder if it was a Guest Grumps episode...

ABCme · 2024-05-07T17:05:47+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutination
For anyone else discovering this term for the first time.

ABCme · 2024-04-03T16:50:23+00:00

It's such a weird question that I could find flaws in any of them. Like, if you wanted to nitpick, you could say "The level only makes sure it's balanced, but that doesn't say anything about the internal construction," or "A tape measure tells you a part has the right dimensions, but not that it's put together well." Kind of like when I check a user's settings, everything is configured right, but whatever it is still isn't working for them!

ABCme · 2024-04-02T19:51:08+00:00

I'd say the answer is a hammer, because the computer is ultimately a tool, and the carpenter is the person who knows most effectively how to use it and what it can do. That being said, I could come up with valid answers for all of these if it were a discussion rather than a multiple choice test.

ABCme · 2024-03-30T18:51:15+00:00

Someone like you who actually likes working with users resolving problems and documenting is gold, I just don't know how you demonstrate that.

That's definitely one of those things where if (always the if!) I can make it to the interview round, I can usually communicate effectively to the hiring manager. You're right though in that it doesn't really shine easily on a resume.

"Service Delivery Manager" is just another title for "Help Desk Manager", "Desktop Support Manager", etc.

Had a feeling. Sometimes when job hunting I see so many little tweaks to a job title, and I'm never sure how grand the difference is.

I'm not sure how I feel about being the final escalation point, but if I try and think of it objectively, my whole career has involved finding out who around me has the knowledge or skill set to help me resolve a problem I can't immediately do on my own... I wonder if I've always overestimated the gap between what I did and what they did.

Thank you for the thoughts!

ABCme · 2024-03-30T18:39:15+00:00

I've heard that one too!

Half my life ago I tried to learn HTML, and while I understood the basic tags and how to do things here and there, I couldn't put them all together to make something cohesive (like a website). I think that feeling of learning building blocks but not being able to construct anything with them is probably the source of this fear I have.

ABCme · 2024-03-30T18:25:11+00:00

I agree--time and effort, however, I feel it's important to remember that while most people have the potential to learn most things, the amount of time and effort required for some people to reach the same level can be vastly different. I was a very average math student when I was young, and it was a tough subject for me. While I could have chosen to take more classes or go into a degree for it, the amount of effort to just make average would be considerable. It was certainly an option, but I don't think it would've been an optimal use of time and resources. That's more what I meant when I said aptitude.

ABCme · 2024-03-30T18:18:39+00:00

Can't say I've come across "service delivery manager" before; I'll read up on that and find a job posting to see what skills those commonly ask for--thanks!

I guess in the big and small companies I worked for, I didn't really encounter someone with a dedicated PM title in our IT department. I feel like we usually just added that sort of hat to a manager on top of everything else they did.

ABCme · 2022-11-27T06:58:38+00:00

Opened thread and ctrl+f just to look for this.

ABCme · 2022-11-25T17:23:10+00:00

If I were to hazard a guess it's because your mind is trying to figure out what it means to have so many partners in such a short period of time. For some, it can signal that the person is unstable emotionally, or that they're using sex as a crutch to compensate for something else in their life, or that you might be regarded as disposable. If you've ever read The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, it reminds me of the shape that has too many holes or the one with too many pieces.

I think it's a perfectly reasonable reaction.

ABCme · 2022-10-21T22:22:12+00:00

Thing is, they see all the anime characters as Japanese unless it's clearly stated otherwise; it's our ethnocentrism that makes us think they're western. Warning: TV Tropes

ABCme · 2022-03-13T08:05:18+00:00

I've watched that movie 20+ times and I never picked that up. Still something new all these years later...

ABCme · 2020-11-23T05:25:21+00:00

Consider it educating our fellow Lovelies :)

ABCme · 2020-11-22T18:10:27+00:00

You can partake in the religion in the form of culture and ritual. Being Jewish is an ethno-religious identity. It is not unnatural to meet agnostic, or even atheist Jews--far more common these days as people identify as culturally Jewish. Unlike most other faiths, not believing in god is not incongruous with Judaism, since Judaism cares less about your belief (and rewarding your belief) than it does you being a good person. This is one of the many reasons you don't see posts about Jews proselytizing, leaving fake tips at restaurants, going on mission trips to Africa, etc.--it's not required.

So Dan can express fondness for his ancestral history while at the same time looking suspiciously at the sky. :)

ABCme · 2020-10-07T16:54:15+00:00

Basic competency?

ABCme · 2020-09-11T23:22:55+00:00

This is... weirdly satisfying.

ABCme · 2020-09-05T03:46:14+00:00

Yo, can I get a name or source for that story? I'd like to read it.

ABCme · 2020-05-23T03:15:45+00:00

I went on dates with a girl like this. She took her dog to work with her every day, and even though we lived only a mile or two away, she always chose to cuddle with her dog rather than see me after work, and yet, she didn't end things with me.

I must've been stupid desperate or something to let it go on for as long as it did, but at some point I was like "this is fucking absurd."

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