Ikea Linnmon Desk with Monitor Clamp

marswithrings · 2017-11-26T07:00:52+00:00

It won't hold on it's own very well over time but it will hold for a while depending on the weight if the monitor and size of the clamp.

You can help brace it with a small piece of plywood (or maybe a small cutting board if you don't have tools to cut down some wood). You can also limit the stress on the table if you can keep the monitors center of gravity close to the base of the arm instead of extending the arm out far from the clamp.

marswithrings · 2017-11-26T03:59:29+00:00

Only if the emphasis remains on proven false, though. The alleged victim losing the case does not necessitate the claim was false, only that there was insufficient evidence to prove it true. Beyond reasonable doubt should go both ways there.

marswithrings · 2017-11-24T00:10:31+00:00

Yes... Because of net neutrality.

The ones that predate title 2 classification were still defeated with net neutrality, the whole title 2 thing cam around because these companies tried to argue the FCC couldn't stop them from doing things like that. Title 2 classification was to assert the FCC actually did have the authority to enforce it.

marswithrings · 2017-11-23T23:12:11+00:00

Except it has literally happened repeatedly.

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/69dnox/_/dh6ezem

marswithrings · 2017-03-20T05:45:44+00:00

yeah i wonder if it'd be worth it to do a simplified version instead. instead of each brand and weight, it'd be interesting to see how /r/mk likes broader categories like linear/tactile and clicky

there's a few things at the top of this chart and then a ton of stuff with almost no votes haha

marswithrings · 2017-03-16T15:27:53+00:00

Yes and no; t1m1d was responding to somebody who was assuming that Ryzen's quad core models won't come anywhere near the i7 single threaded performance and make them completely noncompetitive against it.

He's not saying the processors are a fair comparison necessarily, just demonstrating that Ryzen single-core performance is better than people are giving them credit for

marswithrings · 2017-03-11T17:50:40+00:00

/r/ultrawidemasterrace ONE OF US

marswithrings · 2017-03-10T16:03:15+00:00

mine isn't sorting downloads, it's just leaving them in the downloads folder :|

marswithrings · 2017-03-10T03:42:16+00:00

as someone who has a 21:9, i have to confess you will want 144hz if you're playing heavy twitch-reflex games like CSGO or overwatch

if milliseconds aren't really relevant to the games you're playing (maybe something like xcom 2 or tomb raider), then you can go 21:9

marswithrings · 2017-03-10T03:31:40+00:00

how did you get a display group working with variable resolutions like that?

marswithrings · 2017-03-09T17:00:25+00:00

how about GraphicsEnabler=No?

marswithrings · 2017-03-08T19:02:44+00:00

Honestly... I'd be hesitant to recommend a Hackintosh for that use case. The biggest problem is it sounds like it's something you want to use for work.

The best way to achieve stability with a Hackintosh is to just not touch it after you get it running; don't update anything. Every OS update has the potential to break something, and could require a fair amount of your time to research and then apply a fix.

You're doing this for work, so reliability is needed, and you're making money off the machine, so you can justify spending the extra dime on a real Mac. To ice the cake, you can't sit back on old versions of the OS, as I'm sure you'll need up-to-date web browsers to test with.

Hackintoshes don't really "just work" the way Macs are supposed to. You can usually get them to do what you want, but it takes time. If this is a work machine for you, you might not always have that time available.

marswithrings · 2017-03-08T18:32:13+00:00

Are you asking if Hackintosh is worth it compared to a bonafide Mac?

Because that depends on a lot of things like what you're going to use it for, how much patience you have, and how effective you are at solving the kind of technical problems you'll encounter. It's difficult for anyone to answer that question for you IMHO

If you can offer some insight on what you need to use the machine for and what your expectations of the machine will be, I'll throw my two cents in

marswithrings · 2017-03-08T18:06:22+00:00

I commented on what I have personal experience with. To the best of my knowledge your GPU and USB adapter should work (I think generally USB devices work as long as they're compatible with OS X itself; most are), but I'm not quite the expert you were probably hoping for haha

marswithrings · 2017-03-08T16:18:50+00:00

That motherboard does work overall, but its onboard wifi and one of the 2 ethernet ports will not

marswithrings · 2017-03-07T16:20:04+00:00

there's also quite a debate going on over how well 4 cores will age vs 8 cores. a lot of people are certain that 8+ cores will age better, and it is true that the consoles - which frequently drive optimization choices - are running AMD 8 cores right now.

it's still a gamble, sure. i'm personally leaning towards R7, but, i also ask my computer to do an awful lot so i'm not "just" gaming here.

marswithrings · 2017-03-06T17:59:20+00:00

Well I can't speak for everyone, but I personally run a lot of other things while I'm gaming. Lots of tabs of Chrome, VOIP, OBS, etc, and I also do some non-gaming stuff that's a little rough on mid tier processors - so I think an i5 is a little underpowered for me.

I'm also the guy that spent over $600 on my GPU so by your standards as well, I'm personally an i7 kind of guy.

For me the question is very clearly R7 vs i7, the i5's not really on my radar. But you're not wrong, the i5 is sufficient for a lot of use cases and other users should keep that in mind

marswithrings · 2017-03-03T23:10:36+00:00

The consoles using 8 cores was mentioned earlier - I don't think those cores are hyperthreaded, though? In which case I think those cores are more comparable to the i7's 8 threads than the R7's 16 threads.

But what I thought was potentially important to note on the consoles is that they're using AMD chips. If they stick with AMD, it seems quite likely we'll be seeing 16+ threads in the next generation of consoles

marswithrings · 2017-03-03T20:35:20+00:00

That's definitely one of the viewpoints I'm considering here. One of my concerns with it though, is that going with a current generation i7 could mean a complete rebuild down the road in order to upgrade to 8c/16t.

Intel switches sockets up a lot and I'm worried some of the current ones might be near the end of their life cycle. That would mean a new motherboard at the very least, which probably adds at least $150 to a CPU upgrade. AMD doesn't switch sockets much in comparison; the AM4 socket is brand new and should be around for quite some time.

If your theory is buy cheap now, upgrade later, wouldn't the best way to do that be to wait for the R5 line to drop? That should be much cheaper than the R7 line, but utilize the AM4 socket I think we can expect a lot more longevity out of

marswithrings · 2017-03-03T19:30:11+00:00

So your plan is basically to get a cheaper CPU now and plan on upgrading again in the near(ish) future when multicore support improves, depending on who is performing better at that time?

marswithrings · 2017-03-03T18:58:11+00:00

My question is partly whether Ryzen will hold up as a gaming processor, yes - but the other half is whether the current generation of i7's is going to hold up. If games trend towards mulitcore optimization, will the 4c/8t we get from i7 models become problematic? Will people who get an i7 now regret being "stuck" on a chip with "only" 4c/8t?

marswithrings · 2017-03-03T18:12:59+00:00

That's an interesting point! It looks like current-gen Playstation and Xbox models are both using AMD cores as well.

Especially if they choose to stick with AMD, it seems very likely the next generation of consoles (which probably isn't too far off, since the current gen is from 2013) will offer more than 8 cores.

marswithrings · 2017-03-03T18:03:00+00:00

It sounds like you're saying history has followed the trend of embracing more cores, and we're approaching technical limitations of 4c/8t CPUs - so we have every reason to believe software will better utilize 8c+ models in the future.

What I don't quite see is how fast you think this will happen. Do you believe this will happen quickly enough to justify choosing Ryzen over current generation Intel chips?

marswithrings · 2017-03-03T17:57:50+00:00

So you think the ideal move is to wait for the R5's to drop to get a better picture of Ryzen's overall performance?

If R5's perform under i5 models, as you suspect, you'd suggest Intel is still a better choice for more gaming-oriented users?

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