tomthegeek

joined 1 year ago
[–] tomthegeek 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Personal vehicles made life worse over time.

When you guys are walking everywhere you'll be regretting this insanity. Don't bother responding, I'm not interested in your delusions and Lemmy.world has proven that real discussions are not possible here.

[–] tomthegeek -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, I can't criticize unless I'm an author is it? I can suppose you'll hold yourself to the same standards for praise then?

'Cause if you can't know bad without also writing, how can you know good? Otherwise that would be an illogical double standard.

[–] tomthegeek -2 points 1 year ago

Yes I read a couple of his books and that's when I stopped following boing boing and all that.

Just a waste of time.

[–] tomthegeek 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

CPU with thermal paste applied in hexagon shapes. Looks a bit weird because I removed the normal CPU bracket and installed one that just screws down. On some sockets the cpus were bending because of the way the bracket applied pressure. The one I installed is completely even.

[–] tomthegeek 2 points 1 year ago

I don't mind it. I am not a heavy graphics editor though. Usually just basic functions and those are decently usable. I haven't found much that's really stupid design wise or workflow related.

[–] tomthegeek 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They have managed to build software suites that have been stable, consistent, and near the cutting edge of their industry for decades while avoid significant bloat and legacy hangover.

Are we talking about the same Adobe here? Adobe software generally does work but avoiding bloat? Have you installed Reader lately? They have their share of instability as well.

[–] tomthegeek 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Inkscape is one of the better open source UIs IMO. There's a lot to learn about vector vs raster graphics but that's not the fault of Inkscape.

Gimp took a while to figure out.

Blender has got the be one of the steepest learning curves out there though. Not that the UI for Blender is bad. It's just that there are 5-6 different sections and each section is like learning a new app. It's huge and does everything.

[–] tomthegeek 48 points 1 year ago

A subscription isn't buying a hammer. A subscription is buying access to a hammer. Access that can be revoked at any time. That's not very reliable.

 

First time I've seen a stencil for thermal paste. Pretty slick. Also hoping the CPU bracket prevents any bending issues. Probably wasn't going to be an issue but for $7 worth it.

This is my main PC and last time I rebuilt it was 6 years ago. Not going for a huge rig as I don't game all that often. The RX 7600 is twice as fast as my previous GPU and I only paid $260 for it. If I can get another 6 years out of it that will be plenty.

Full specs:

  • Intel Core i7-12700KF
  • Gigabyte Radeon RX 7600 Gaming OC 8G
  • MSI MAG B760 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4
  • Thermaltake TOUGHAIR 510 180W TDP CPU Cooler
  • G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB
  • dual Samsung 980 PRO 2TB
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