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-Fran-

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Joined: May 3, 2007

Last seen: Yesterday at 11:26 AM

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- -Fran- replied to the thread News The GOP wants to deregulate AI — provision in Budget Reconciliation bill blocks state governments from meddling for 10 years.
  
  Holy cow... That's all I'll say. Regards.
  
  Yesterday at 11:11 AM
- -Fran- replied to the thread AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Faceoff.
  
  Dual 144Hz (actually 165Hz, but @144Hz) 1440p monitors on the 9070XT and the mouse is a Corsair Scymitar, so I'm guessing 1KHz polling...
  
  Friday at 1:54 PM
- -Fran- reacted to thestryker's post in the thread News AMD posts highest quarter result ever — Strong CPU sales, but GPUs and gaming trail behind with Like.
  
  They're in that bubble where their operations are lean enough they aren't culling, but their outlook also isn't good right now either...
  
  Friday at 1:47 PM
- -Fran- replied to the thread AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Faceoff.
  
  This is while in a call in Discord, as I got curious by your post. Also I have no idea how ~50W is for this. When gaming the 9950X3D I...
  
  May 7, 2025
- -Fran- replied to the thread News AMD posts highest quarter result ever — Strong CPU sales, but GPUs and gaming trail behind.
  
  Around 38K employees, if my GoogleFu is to be trusted. So, yeah, they could fire some if they wanted to... I don't know why they would...
  
  May 7, 2025
- -Fran- replied to the thread AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Faceoff.
  
  In the future comparisons, I think it's also fair to include the overall platform capabilities as a separate item, since "longevity"...
  
  May 7, 2025
- -Fran- replied to the thread News AMD posts highest quarter result ever — Strong CPU sales, but GPUs and gaming trail behind.
  
  Wait. Wait a second. Where are the layoffs? Aren't successful Companies meant to fire their employees when they are doing well? Regards.
  
  May 7, 2025
- -Fran- reacted to blppt's post in the thread My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes with Like.
  
  Wayland downright pisses me off. How friggin hard would it have been to install a basic screensaver? No, we don't use CRTs anymore, but...
  
  May 7, 2025
- -Fran- replied to the thread My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes.
  
  Why would I use Wayland when X11 still works if you kick it hard enough? :D Still, neither is a bullet proof option and I still need to...
  
  May 6, 2025
- -Fran- reacted to palladin9479's post in the thread My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes with Like.
  
  Well some people just emerge better then others.
  
  May 6, 2025
- -Fran- reacted to Moonstick2's post in the thread News 10% surge in Taiwanese currency vs US dollar could hurt PC and components pricing with Like.
  
  Maybe so, but the point is that this is an actual surge in TWD that will affect all countries, which your first post glossed over, at...
  
  May 6, 2025
- -Fran- replied to the thread My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes.
  
  I'm a Gentoo masochist, so my opinion here is most definitely in the minority, but since you actually went throught the pain of watching...
  
  May 6, 2025
- -Fran- reacted to Moonstick2's post in the thread News 10% surge in Taiwanese currency vs US dollar could hurt PC and components pricing with Like.
  
  In fairness, this is an actual surge in TWD. Compared to Mon 28th Apr (a week ago), one USD/GBP/EUR buys about 92% of the amount of TWD...
  
  May 6, 2025
- -Fran- replied to the thread News 10% surge in Taiwanese currency vs US dollar could hurt PC and components pricing.
  
  Ah, yes. Nothing says "free market" as loudly as "currency manipulation". All in all, it's a tricky situation for Taiwan, as they don't...
  
  May 5, 2025
- -Fran- replied to the thread News Microsoft's CEO reveals that AI writes up to 30% of its code — some projects may have all of its code written by AI.
  
  This speaks more of the quality of the developers they have for important things at Microsoft. Regards.
  
  Apr 30, 2025
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