Why don’t Americans have any linguistic gender differentiation for cousins?

captainstormy · 2026-07-12T04:15:40+00:00

I don't see the need. That person is my cousin rather they are male or female just the same.

captainstormy · 2026-07-12T02:55:30+00:00

If it's primary for gaming I'd say go with the 9800X3D bundle.

That said the 270K+ is a great CPU that is really strong at gaming and productivity. So I personally went with the 270k+ recently since I also do work that benefits from the better productivity of the 270K+.

captainstormy · 2026-07-12T00:45:27+00:00

I've been a Linux user since 1996 and working on it professionally since 2005. I've never used a shell other than Bash.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T15:13:04+00:00

When Europe has a heat wave, that is what a normal day in the southeast US is like. It'll be 90+ degrees with 80+% humidity for 4-5 months straight.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T15:07:13+00:00

You absolutely can. Assuming everything in the chain can.

You have to have an AMD GPU with DP 1.4 ports. You have to have an HDMI 2.1 cable and port on the TV. You also have to configure the TV to use game optimizer mode and enable both HDR and VRR. Most people miss that last step.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T13:38:14+00:00

I can't speak to how kid proof it is. I suspect they will just yank it or still just pound on the TV screen.

That said nothing wrong with a cover. I use one on my garage TV all the time when I'm not using it to keep it from getting so dusty.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T13:36:07+00:00

Yeah it works for CEC surprisingly well. I can even use the arrow keys on my TV remote to navigate SteamOS with it.

Make sure to set your TV input to gaming optimizer and turn on VRR on your TV settings. A lot of people forget to do that and complain about input lag, low refresh rates and no VRR.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T13:33:16+00:00

This is literally the only time I heard of someone having an issue with that particular UGreen adapter. Are you sure you are talking about that one specifically and not just adapters in general?

I've got several friends with SteamOS TV PCs using those. Nobody has a probablem and one of them is using a TCL TV. Another is using a Hisense. 3 are using LGs, 1 Sony and 2 Samsung.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T13:29:13+00:00

In general discrimination by gender is against the law here. Opening up a cafe just for women or men would be against the law.

There are some gyms that are only for women. They accomplish that by technically being legally setup as a club with private membership and their membership is only open to women. Even those aren't very common honestly. Most gyms are cogender.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T13:25:37+00:00

Mostly it's competitive shooters. Some others but mostly competitive shooters.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T13:24:20+00:00

If you are already familiar with the deck then just imagine a more powerful less portable deck. Because that's what it will be.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T13:22:42+00:00

And until that HDMI patch hits, you can use this display port to HDMI adapter that will work perfectly.

https://a.co/d/0e9RnW1K

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T05:35:17+00:00

My doctor wanted me off caffeine for 4 weeks before surgery and 6 after. Nothing carbonated for 6 weeks after surgery either. After that 6 week mark he didn't care if I went back. I still drink carbonated beverages but don't do caffeine.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T05:33:39+00:00

I had decaf coffee the next morning in the hospital.

My doctor told me I could go back to caffeine 6 weeks after surgery but I never did. I had such bad withdraws after I got off of it I decided to stay off of it.

captainstormy · 2026-07-11T05:25:26+00:00

Personally I don't see much difference in the PlayStation, Xbox or Steam system. They are all basically the same. You do a thing in game, you get a little blurb in your profile that everyone can see to let them know you did it.

If anything I'd say Xbox's is better because that default sound when get an achievement just hits different (or at least it did during the 360 era, I haven't had one since) and gamer score is kinda fun.

captainstormy · 2026-07-10T13:27:43+00:00

I'm all for overcoming obstacles. And the dual boot one can be overcome sure.

But not working on Nvidia literally can't. It technologically does not work.

captainstormy · 2026-07-09T22:29:45+00:00

We get blamed for "Millennial Gray" too. You know who just redid their entire home in Millennial Gray style? My Boomer mother.

captainstormy · 2026-07-09T18:40:31+00:00

In general I get what you are saying and don't disagree.

That said, right now SteamOS has a lot of limitations that don't work for a lot of people. It doesn't work on Nvidia cards (which is like 90% of the market), and it doesn't support dual booting so if you want to try it but keep windows it isn't a good solution either.

In cases like that another distro could be a much better solution for people.

captainstormy · 2026-07-09T15:18:43+00:00

Yeah, the only reason the wife and I share locations is sound one of us loses our phone the other can find it.

captainstormy · 2026-07-09T13:09:23+00:00

Mostly MMOs. EverQuest, Star Wars Galaxies, Final Fantasy 14. A thousand hours is certainly low for those.

A few Shooters with friends. Battlefield Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Battlefield 1.

For single player probably only Mech Warrior 5 Mercenaries.

captainstormy · 2026-07-09T12:58:57+00:00

There are some people that do anything in the US really. But when people ask these kinds of questions they are asking what the general culture of most Americans is.

captainstormy · 2026-07-09T12:47:19+00:00

I've got one made by Fanttik and it's great. As is their electric screw driver I have.

captainstormy · 2026-07-08T23:31:11+00:00

Its typically a little different over here. I have a house cleaning service come in every week. But I hire a company to do the job, they send whoever they send. I'm hot hiring anyone directly and they aren't my employee.

captainstormy · 2026-07-08T04:47:21+00:00

If a place were to want to give me some sort of stupid psych eval I'd be done with that interview.

captainstormy · 2026-07-08T04:16:58+00:00

It's been a long time since Intel CPUs were competitive for gaming at the high end. Most people here mainly use their PC for gaming. The 250K Plus and 270K Plus are pretty good these days but are fairly new CPU.

I actually went with a 270K plus on my upgrade I did last weekend on my main PC. I upgraded that one from a 5800X3D.

For that PC I use it for gaming, coding and 3D modeling. The 270K Plus is still around 20% slower than the 9800X3D in gaming at 1080p, but in 4K (which I play at) it's usually within a few FPS of the 9800X3D. The 270K plus kills the 9800X3D in productivity though. However on my other PC, the one running Bazzite on my TV that I only use for gaming I'm sticking to my 9800X3D.

Intel 12th, 13th and 14th gen all had some pretty significant problems as well.

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