Daemon Grotto

That's not a bad move at all, Roperos. I encourage anyone who's building a new machine to go for all AMD at the moment, if they're chiefly concerned with gaming. Hell, even an Intel Arc card would work better on the budget-end vs. Team Green. NVIDIA is an "AI Company" now, so they've been dropping ...

This is more of a blog post, but I felt it fits here better:

Disconnecting Just a Little More

There comes a certain point in a man’s life when he says, “Okay, I think I’ve seen enough.” I may have reached that juncture recently. In particular, this concerns the Internet. I’ve spent roughly 28 ...

Well, I've done my bit. I closed my Capital One credit card accounts, and I'll no longer be using a bank card. It's cash, checks, and merchant gift cards from here on out, baby. (No VISA giftcards allowed.) I have been wanting to do this for a long time anyway. It's the "right" thing to do, as far ...

If life's a log jam, she's a hungry beaver. But then the river gets moving too fast and it's time to slow down again.


Woah. That's deep, man. :cool: But I get where you're coming from. I suppose I have the tendency to assign a bit too much agency to my succubus over my life. Though her ...

I hope you're right about this age verification push only applying to big-tech hubs. That was part of my motivation for putting together this website in the first place. Everything here is hosted on my little rented shared server in Provo, Utah. No CDNs. (Content Delivery Networks) As they say, if ...

Those are some LONG and ORANGE valve stems you got there. :) I can imagine riding with a group of people at different fitness levels would be frustrating.

My fitness goals? Right now, I want to be able to at least walk 20 miles without hobbling like an old man. :D I've got a rail-trail not far ...

The Internet is becoming less free and open. It’s no longer catastrophism to say this. The totalitarian process always starts with objectionable material, like pornography, so nobody will openly take a stand against the new restrictions. And then the reach of censorship inevitably extends to other ...

I believe we do continue on in some spiritual form after death, but the more pertinent question is: Will we remember, or realize, who we once were? Will our memories of this life carry over? I honestly have no idea, and I've made peace with not knowing.

I do not believe there are afterlife realms ...

Hey Roperos, thanks for adding your findings!

I guess I just assumed that AM4 prices would come down substantially for used parts. Hell, I got my X470 board open box and it was still expensive for me 3 years ago! ($200 USD) And upon a brief glance at Ebay prices in the US, that price has not ...

A continuation on my thoughts about the pricing and availability situation with PC gaming hardware:

Gamer's Nexus recently put out a click-baity type video, as they often do, called The Death of Affordable Computing - Tariffs Impact and Investigation . From what I gather, it's essentially a three ...