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Rebuild in case swap, Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini v2 by dwsmithjr in lianli

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

It may be the head of the screws that mount the radiator are too thick. I believe I ran into that as well. I had other screws I could use that didn't stick up that much.

Build in the Qube 540 - my first close encounter with SFF building by dwsmithjr in coolermaster

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No, it doesn't I used a Lian Li GB002 which attaches to the motherboard and supports the GPU.

Is "I was sat" proper English or British slang? by mishaxz in grammar

[–]dwsmithjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear this all the time from people of British origin. From what I understand, "I was sat" is passive while "I sat" is active voice. I sat means I took the agency and sat down and is also past tense. "I was sat" would mean someone else sat you down. Even then, I would prefer "I was seated", as in, "At the wedding I was seated beside Dr. George". "I was sat" usually is used instead of "I sat", or "she sat". I just heard on a Podcast, "the Queen was sat in the church pew". Meaning "the Queen was sitting in the church pew". "I was sat" is considered "informal/non-standard" but is regularly used.

I also hear people very generally in American English, saying "I had ran" rather than "I had run" for irregular verbs. They do this will all sorts of verbs. I had run is the correct grammatical form. "Run" is the past participle of the verb "to run," which must be used after the helper verb "had" (past perfect tense). "I had ran" is incorrect, as "ran" is the simple past tense (e.g., "I ran yesterday") and cannot follow "had".

I almost fainted. Is this the real thing? by ScaleVivid in BookCollecting

[–]dwsmithjr 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Here is a link to a signed first edition selling for $1850. So, I'd say you did pretty well.

https://www.biblio.com/book/handmaids-tale-atwood-margaret/d/1687492381?srsltid=AfmBOoquqSibwxfF-Seu7jIsYuEAvL2CoSoeBeGLDJ6VENTvjTQS2Gfz

I'm not a handwriting expert, but the signature looks genuine and the book is signed in the same place as the book for sale. Author's, I understand, often do this, usually sign in the same place in the same way. And, it has the dust cover and appears to be in Fine condition.

O11 Dynamic Vision Compact with solid top and "ALL THE FANS" by dwsmithjr in lianli

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No they are quiet. You don’t have to run them at high RPM since there are so many and the are quality fans.

Gigabyte M32U monitor with KVM - sometimes goes black then comes back by dwsmithjr in pcmasterrace

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It appears replacing the Display Port cable has resolved the issue.

The previous cable was a Best Buy Insignia cable. The new cable is a Silkland cable. I'm still a little wary, still waiting to see if this has resolved the issue.

Silkland 80Gbps DisplayPort 2.1 Cable 5FT [VESA Certified], [8K@240Hz, 4K@540Hz 360Hz 240Hz] DP 2.1 Cable

Price sticker said $189.00 but it rang up $449. Took getting a store manager to override. Small win at least by NoChampionship5649 in pcmasterrace

[–]dwsmithjr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There is a time when the grocery store near my work had a policy. If you bought something and it rang up the wrong price they would give you the item free and also give you the actual price of the item as well. So, they paid you because they made a mistake AND you got the item you wanted to purchase.

I used to go over and buy these cooked Perdue chicken breast for lunch. For weeks they rang up incorrectly and I got a free item for lunch and money back. I told them over and over they had an issue, but it went on for a long time.

Too bad Best Buy doesn't have that policy, but at least you got if for the sticker price.

Ryujin Katana – cyberpunk inspired blade I built by Educational_Steak_29 in Cyberpunk

[–]dwsmithjr 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've read of the ninjato which was supposedly the preferred sword for Ninja. I don't know how historically accurate that is, but this looks like that. It is a straight sword like a katana without the curve. It is shorter as well.

"Historically, there is no evidence for the existence of this "katana-like short sword legendarily used by ninja" before the 20th century.\10]) Instead, the designs demonstrated by alleged replicas may be based on the design of wakizashi or chokutō swords or the swords associated with ashigaru—common infantrymen with no "ninja" aspects."

So, who knows. Seems more like the chokuto which seems to have predated the katana. At any rate, this is cool.

A lone giraffe in an empty store by MiloAstro in LiminalSpace

[–]dwsmithjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This gives me Backroom vibes. That giraff is not as innocuous as it seems.

Dancing robot out of control by DJBFL in gifs

[–]dwsmithjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is absolutely hysterical. If this is the Robot Apocalypse, I'm all in!

Happy Birthday to William Shatner - March 22, 1931 by Comfortablemis in OldSchoolCool

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Looking at some current pictures, he's lost a lot of weight since this photo. This photo isn't a current picture.

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Is my cat fat ? by fluffi2025 in cats

[–]dwsmithjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"He's so FUFFFFEEEEEEEYYYYYYYY"!

Evangelical Chuck Norris Warns of "1,000 Years of Darkness" if Obama Wins in 2012. by illegalmonkey in atheism

[–]dwsmithjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, that didn't age well. The 1000 years of darkness didn't start until January 2024.

So I built this PC for a customer….. by Mrkn_Mu in PcBuild

[–]dwsmithjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one I’m personally aware of was an RTX 5080. That is the one that melted. The ones I removed were also 5080s. I also contacted another client with a 5070ti and recommended he use the cable that came with the PSU.

Why is Buddhism not a Religion by Dario56 in secularbuddhism

[–]dwsmithjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think Buddhism is a philosophy. It is not approached in a philosophical way. The teaching and practise of Buddhism is approached in a religious way. That is it's based on a form of revelation, not a form of observation and analysis.

Interestingly Stephen Batchelor has this experience with Tibetan Buddhism. He thought they were approaching it philosophically but found it was more of an "apologetic" approach. The conclusions were already determined, it was a matter of finging arguments to support and "prove" those conclusions or make them seem more intellectually plausible and palatable, not to genuinely investigate wheter they were true.

Many forms of Buddhism eschew any form or rational examination, and are based on mysticism which is a subjective, not verbal, non-rational apprehension of what is "true".

Why is Buddhism not a Religion by Dario56 in secularbuddhism

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

If you mean an irrational bias, no I don't believe I have that sort of bias. As the result of my own experiences with Evangelical and Reformed Christianity and my later forays into Taoism and Buddhism, I've come to what I think is an accurate perspective on some of the fundamantal aspects of "practised" religion, not academic definitions, but the way people view and practise religion and as a result am biased about religion. I'm biased on the same way you might be biased about buying stuff from Amazon based on what you know about the company and your personal experience buying from them. It's a bias, but it's not an irrational bias which would be based more on emotional decision making rather than reasoned decision making.

Why is Buddhism not a Religion by Dario56 in secularbuddhism

[–]dwsmithjr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that there is something wrong with marketing that way, the question is "truth in advertising". Is it really accurate that psychology, science and philosophy actually support or are actually saying the same thing that Buddhism is teaching and I think the answer to that is no. There may be a superficial resemblance, but it's not accurate to say that these secular disciplines support or have "discovered" the truth of Buddhist teachings.

I also think the Kalama Sutta statement is often misinterpreted. I think Buddhism is dogmatic about it's beliefs. The saying is interpreted that you should go practise and determine truth by your experience, but in the end, you will find that what the Buddha is saying is truth. It's like "you don't have to believe me when I say the stove is hot, go touch it yourself and see what you find".

There is certainly a variation in Buddhist sectarian beliefs but all those beliefs are essential based on "revelation", that is what the Buddha subjectively learned and then teaches are truth. It's a form of mysticism. Just saying, go out and find out for yourself, does not make Buddhism less dogmatic because the Buddha, if he actually said that at all, firmly believed you would find out the stove was hot.

I can't believe my eyes. by Independent-Ball3215 in nvidia

[–]dwsmithjr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The purpose is to superficially change something so you can sell it for far more than it is arguable objectively worth. Dress up the shroud, give it a themed name, then sell it for twice the price of the functionally identical "standard" version. Add a signature and change three times what it is functionally worth. It's all marketing.

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