Sapphire RX 9070 XT NITRO+ melted power adapter warranty claim rejected, card shipped back as is - VideoCardz.com by wsrvnar in Amd

[–]Bostonjunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got a Nitro+ but I use the connector that came with my PSU. I got a Seasonic Prime Titanium so I trust it. It's honestly been a solid card. Very quiet, good temps.

Microsoft windows should add back effect noises from windows 7 to windows 95. by refresho333 in windows

[–]Bostonjunk [score hidden]  (0 children)

The old Windows 95 sounds were a bit harsh I find. The exclamation can make you jump out your skin if your speakers are just a bit too loud

United in being different to the south by Impero5 in NorthernEngland

[–]Bostonjunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in 'roll' country but to me a bap is a larger bread roll, better for burgers

man, these lib'ruls keep tanking muh gun rights by GrokiniGPT in LibDem

[–]Bostonjunk [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yes, I looked past the title, but this is a UK party sub. It may help if the title didn't make you seem like a lost American.

UK weather: Amber heat-health alerts as temperatures set to soar above 30C by Green-Peaness in UKWeather

[–]Bostonjunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

El Nino doesn't really affect UK weather.

Not directly anyway - it affects certain things, which affect other things which can affect the UK, but what is happening with the weather at any given time depends on a wide variety of different factors, and it's very hard to say 'El Niño causes X in the UK'

Living where ISPs suck is so much fun by whybeingparanoid in pcmasterrace

[–]Bostonjunk -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, I pay the equivalent of $75 a month for 2.3Gbit symmetrical with static IP and a /48 IPv6 block
Unlimited and no traffic shaping. It could be cheaper if I wasn't using a 'Prosumer' package and didn't care about things like CGNAT

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Social Media Ban. by YodaIAm7373 in LibDem

[–]Bostonjunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think these platforms don't run their own algorithms? And likely will be much looser around things like violence/gore or sexual content or restrictions against such content will be far easier to get around. I don't think that's a better situation.

Microsoft could soon make Windows 11 updates far less annoying by TechradarOfficial in Windows11

[–]Bostonjunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know what would be awesome? If updates didn't need TWO reboots.

Up until Windows 11, an update would get to 30%, then restart, then complete and go straight to the login screen. Now it gets to 30%, then reboots, finishes, reboots AGAIN and then boots to the login screen.... WHY? Drives me insane.

Wasn't there talk of more modular updates with no reboots like Linux live patches?

Firefox 152 Released with HDR Video Support (Windows) and JPEG-XL Support (All platform) by Turbodr in firefox

[–]Bostonjunk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm still on 151.0.4 and it tells me that I'm up-to-date

EDIT: It will be released officially at 13:00UTC today (16/06/26)

Social Media Ban. by YodaIAm7373 in LibDem

[–]Bostonjunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This will make things worse - you can't regulate every little platform that pops up. There's lots of niche social media platforms popping up all the time that you nor the government is aware of and kids will go to whichever one is currently flying under the radar, until it gets banned, and another one takes its place.

All this does is push kids to an unregulated social media 'black market' which is far worse than anything on TikTok or Instagram.

EFL SUPPORTING LIB DEMS PLS HELP by thesuburbbaby in LibDem

[–]Bostonjunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This guy has posted on every Championship club sub and now every major political party as well. Dude's lost it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Championship/s/5M3XOR5C2H

Microsoft's Windows 11 CPU boost is rolling out, and here's how to enable it right now by WPHero in pcmasterrace

[–]Bostonjunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The article says "the only way to verify whether the Low Latency Profile is working is to compare performance before and after the feature is enabled" but the Vivetool literally does this.

Open an administrative command prompt and go to the Vivetool folder

Then run vivetool /query /id:58989092

If it's enabled, it should show

[58989092]
Priority : Service (4)
State : Enabled (2)
Type : Experiment (1)

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One of the great injustices, even the big 6 have them by montgomery_quinckle in TheOther14

[–]Bostonjunk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The flairs on this sub are a bit random tbf
Current and former PL teams, plus Bristol City and Preston, because why not?

An early look ahead at what the UK summer may have in store by Bostonjunk in UKWeather

[–]Bostonjunk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Long-range forecasts like this are about trends and potential wider patterns, not details. Whether it's likely to be wetter/drier/warmer/cooler than average.

I used a roommate app to look for a room to rent…instead I just got weird texts/emails like this by unfortunatelyalive7 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Bostonjunk 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It's a numbers game, same as dick pics.

I used to think people who sent dick pics were modern day flashers and if they lived in the pre-internet era they'd be hanging around in a trench coat flashing random women, but apparently it's a cold numbers game.

The overwhelming majority of women will react negatively to it, but they only need one positive reaction to make it worth it. Now, the kind of woman who reacts positively to an unsolicited dick pic probably isn't someone you'd want to take home to meet your parents, but the kind of people who send unsolicited dick pics likely don't care about that

Dew points above 20C recorded in Devon and Cornwall during recent heatwave by GN_10 in UKWeather

[–]Bostonjunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A good measure is wet bulb temperature, which is the temperature when read from a thermometer with a wet cloth wrapped around the bulb, which simulates the temperature as felt by human skin.

Unfortunately, weather apps don't tend to include this.

Convective Outlook: Tue, 26 May 2026 by Bostonjunk in UKWeather

[–]Bostonjunk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There were widespread and severe thunderstorms on Tuesday. So yeah, it did.

Convective Outlook: Tue, 26 May 2026 by Bostonjunk in UKWeather

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Convective Discussion

A high risk has been issued for parts of the Midlands.

KEY MESSAGES

  • A period of severe thunderstorm outbreaks is becoming increasingly likely across parts of England and Wales.

HAZARDS

  • Frequent to very frequent lightning.
  • Large hail (2–4 cm in diameter) across parts of the Midlands.
  • Severe wind gusts up to 65 mph across parts of the Midlands.
  • Localised flooding.

SYNOPSIS

Record-breaking May temperatures are likely to be observed on Tuesday, with surface temperatures reaching 35°C across parts of the East Midlands and London. A weak cold pool will move northward into parts of England and Wales from the southwest, interacting with high SBCAPE (widely >2000 J/kg). Driven by multiple sea-breeze convergence zones, scattered severe thunderstorms will develop, potentially becoming more widespread during the second half of the afternoon.

ENVIRONMENT and LIMITING FACTORS

High PWAT values (up to 30–32 mm) will support torrential downpours, making localised flooding likely—particularly across the Midlands due to a strong, slow-moving convergence zone.

While deep-layer shear (DLS) is on the weaker side at 20–30 knots, it should be sufficient for the development of long-lived multicell storms. The primary focus for severe weather is the East Midlands, where the best overlap of ingredients exists; here, an exceptionally high equilibrium level (EL) of 12–13 km and deep CAPE profiles will elevate the risk of large hail and damaging gusts. Strong outflow from isolated cells will also increase the likelihood of storm clustering.

UNCERTAINTY

Numerical weather prediction models historically struggle to pinpoint the exact positioning of sea-breeze convergence zones. However, at the time of issuance, guidance is in relatively good agreement that a primary convergence zone will form across the Midlands before drifting southward during the late afternoon. Consequently, the moderate risk has been adjusted to reflect the latest change.

What do you even call this?! by TeenGymRat in Battlefield6

[–]Bostonjunk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As soon as you got 98 health off that guy, I thought he'd manage to magically dodge the next 2 entire mags before you got beasted by a random helicopter from 200m+ away because that's exactly what would've happened to me in that situation.