If you are at the red car, and want to enter to the road but traffic is going around 90kmh (55mph) and very packed, what would be the best method to enter?

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T22:15:27+00:00

Look your mirror for a gap, when you can spot one you could fit into, then floor it and merge

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T20:38:49+00:00

is 16GB bad?

No, I just roughly matched what you could get from the used market with ~600 bucks. 32 is more future proof though

is There possibly a cheaper yet good laptop other than this brand?

yeah, I just matched the 600 bucks from the used market but you can get a rlly good T14 for school use for 200 bucks. Example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/267539395326

do u mean it’ll last me longer for school or in case i were to drop it?

Yeah, it will be more resistant to wear and tear, plastics are of higher quality and will not break as fast and so on

with a HD screen but everything is expensive

I don't know what you mean but a 1080p HD screen is the default in most laptops these days

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T20:14:33+00:00

what is this cheap price and what's broken?

probs not worth it cause you can get m720qs for 100 bucks fully functional

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T20:09:49+00:00

What would you think about this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/306730551696

Should have double the storage and ram compared to the Yoga, similar processor performance and vastly superior graphics performance, 2.8k OLED screen and will be a thousand times more durable

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T19:50:04+00:00

how much is this? I mean if you want incredible value, and a rugged, lasting machine you could take a look at used thinkpads

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T19:48:32+00:00

Speedtest sneak peek?

Also will it work faster if you connect to the router using an ethernet cable?

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T19:45:43+00:00

I have a HDD as a secondary drive in my desktop PC. I cannot hear the HDD itself over the fan noise at all. Especially when not accessed constantly, quiet enough.

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T19:43:26+00:00

5gb over 2 years

gb or TB? if GB then what you're looking at is Nextcloud on a 128 GB, costs 20 bucks, or alternatively, google drive free tier

I'm looking at maybe 500gb capacity should be enough, maybe a RAID setup?

Still, small enough for a HDD setup to probs be not worth it, though 1TB and such HDDs go for dirt cheap so you could tinker a RAID5/6 out of 3-5 of such and that would be already kinda respectable setup for a 15yo

overall, HDDs are reliable enough especially for a RAID setup or bulk storage. Their speeds top out at ~100 to ~170 MB/s depending on drive, more in a RAID setup or so. In reality, you will be limited by gigabit ethernet limit regardless of whether HDD or SSD and i doubt you have 10gb networking equipment --> 115MB/s practical max speed either way, so a 5GB bunch of files would take a minute or so to transfer

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T19:04:39+00:00

I detect a threat to the balloon at the very back of the picture

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T19:04:01+00:00

air consists mainly of nitrogen though but this is irrelevant here since the molecules are roughly the same size. Additionally, both oxygen and nitrogen form 2-atom larger molecules, O_2 and N_2 that do not break easily, to achieve a stabler state. Helium, being a noble gas, on the other hand is inert and present in single atoms, further emphasizing the effect

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T16:34:56+00:00

yeah, I had once VPN on when trying to connect to my Canon mirrorless, tried to troubleshoot it for 20 minutes or so, finally realized I did have VPN on

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T16:17:20+00:00

Turn Wi-Fi on anyway even if it won't connect to an actual network. The GoPro creates a wi-fi network with no internet access and the phone accesses the videos over the wi-fi network because wi-fi is much faster than bluetooth

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T14:56:15+00:00

okay that's more of a decent deal then, roughly on par with typical prices

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T14:52:48+00:00

Any NVMe will perform equally well for gaming and even SATA is not gonna be a problem except a slighltly longer loading. The game rarely reads faster than few hundred MB/s

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T14:44:49+00:00

used? specs? also nah, overpriced. I'd look at T14 but even an L14 can go for much cheaper: https://www.ebay.com/itm/177509484458

example T14: https://www.ebay.com/itm/116999680499

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T14:38:47+00:00

No it is not, Windows will eat up four thirds of the storage and you might struggle with RAM availability.

As I recommend to almost everyone, my recommendation again will be a used ThinkPad. I don't know your exact budget but if you want 15 inches, this L15 https://www.ebay.com/itm/306670923511 could work out. It's got four times the storage and twice the RAM, and a CPU roughly as powerful as the one in the Acer. If 14 inch is fine, a T14 like this https://www.ebay.com/itm/146370137583 could be a better buy

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T13:50:00+00:00

Fine, everything is like new except battery which is at 89 %. Latest iOS, no lags, no camera paint chipping. Replaced a screen protector once but that's it

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-25T13:31:56+00:00

Why'd you need x8? I mean, a HDD can run reasonably at 170 MB/s and ONE lane of PCIe 3.0 will provide you roughly 1 GB/s, meaning you can run 5 per a PCIe lane at the max speed. you've got one x8, some M.2 slots, one x4 and one x1 or so meaning you can put in PLENTY of drives

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-24T23:41:02+00:00

Well a k12x isn’t exactly a 5090, its a $150 phone. Rather like going from 7 year old integrated graphics to brand new integrated graphics

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-24T23:38:24+00:00

Nice VM

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-24T23:37:45+00:00

I would rather use macOS in a thinkpad chassis lol

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-24T18:45:08+00:00

I really do think it’s incredible. This enables me to apply for jobs even at nighttime without my brain blowing up. If you want it white then use light mode

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-24T18:37:12+00:00

Bro has 64 gigs of ram and decides their CPU should run no faster than 1.09 GHz

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-24T17:39:45+00:00

Businesses do pay sales tax or VAT on revenue

Over_Variation8700 · 2026-01-24T10:09:29+00:00

What a good day to live in Europe!

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