So having been using this thing for a week+ I can say it's a pretty nice computer. The keyboard isn't as nice as the old Alienware and is taking a bit of getting used to. The main thing about the keyboard that annoys me is that it doesn't have traditional dedicated home and end keys, but it has 3 options to have either home and end on the numpad as a single key press or you can use other keys for home and end with a modifier key in combination. I haven't settled on what works best for me yet.

Some that confused me a little is why have laptop screens gone back to 16:10 aspect ration again? This 4K screen is 3840x2400. I don't mind having a little extra height to the display I'm just confused why it's changed again. I've had laptops that have gone from 4:3 to 16:10 to 16:9 and back to 16:10!?!

The default fan curves are weird, on linux at least. In 'quiet' mode the fans just never do anything it seemed and in 'balanced' and 'performance' the fans do nothing for 20 seconds then the computers hit a slight higher temperature and suddenly you have 3 fans blowing at full force. 20 seconds later it cools enough and the fans go off only for the process to repeat endlessly! I have created better fan curves that gently ramp up the fan power rather than it being all or nothing.

Other than the problem with the screen brightness not working correctly if I use the intel gpu and not being able to make use of the dolby atmos sound capability I've had no other issues with this hardware on Linux. To be clear the the brightness works perfectly in nVidia only mode and the sound is great in standard stereo mode.

Overall I'm really pleased with this laptop and I think it'll give me many years of happy use.

And for some reason it has this funky led display thing, called the AniMe Vision display, on the top of the lid, where you can't see it! Thankfully it can be turned off XD

"The Strix SCAR 18 sports an AniMe Vision display on the laptop’s lid. With an array of 810 LEDs shining through 8,522 precision-milled holes, you can show off your style with a wide selection of pre-made animations, import a GIF of your choice, or animate your own image from scratch."

What in the fuck is this stupid old fuckwit talking about. I'd love to know if he knows he's talking bullshit or if he truly believes what he says is real!?! Mind blowing!

>>39897 I don't remember what the comment limit is XD

How much do YOU like dogs?

If all things fail become a politician and blame it on the other party

Or this..

Perfect! I'm amazed google haven't done something about that XD

An iconic voice. Optimus Prime in particular is a voice I can always hear clear as day.

And still not yet the one(s) we hope for.

Incredibly sad to see this. She was such a good person. She did so much to help people, and specifically kids, have access to books.

Doesn't Trump know a guy who can do it for cheaps?

This is just so sad. A genuinely good person who got caught up in drug addiction. I imagine mental health was the underlying issue.

There's probably more than 22K racists but the really special ones probably couldn't understand how to vote :/

Went up the hill to watch the solar eclipse yesterday evening to find there had been a fire up there which had burnt a fairly large area.

I also noticed it was quite hazy and sure enough there were several wildfires to the south!

Crazy shit!

The ground is solid down at least 3 feet (914.4mm)! I'm using a narrow post-hole spade when I can, but have been having to use my SDS drill on chisel only mode to carve my way through the ground quite a lot! There is also quite a lot of stone to deal with so again the SDS drill makes that much easier to deal with.

Expecting low 30's over the next couple of days so might not get much done. We'll see.

Wow! It's really well supported then. That really makes the expense a much smaller issue.

I'm pleased you've seen sense and converted another PC to linux. I can't think why Windows would be 'read-only' though. Maybe it was doing some kind of disk/file management? Well a quick search suggests it's a fairly common problem! Micro$oft really do suck!

I was cycling the route to work on my personal cycle and was passed by old & young on electric cycles. And I couldn't keep up.. I felt so 1900's, lol.

As soon as this bike is mine I'd like to up the limit too. The resistance at 26.2 km/h is annoying me. I guess I'll have to deep dive in hacking the software ;)

I have ideas for a long wheelbase truck, not sure if it would be 4 or 6 wheels. Maybe an old style cab or a oshkosh military style cab, most likelt 3D printed. I like the idea of it being very different in wheelbase so it provides a different driving experience.

We have too many of those already, but I hear there is an opening in Clacton that might be of interest to them.

This is super sad :(

I didn't even realise he was that old either.

3 days of 'joy' here too.

Soon the new summer, coming to you fo' free!

My bad. I stand corrected :D

Much better XD

I saw a video were it looks like an Igla MANPADS 'killed' that innocent fuel storage tank. Somebody might be send to the gulag..if they make it.

>>39778 I'd like to try this at some point

I've been cleaning up the car after it's run in the quarry and found a bent bolt on the top of the front left shock absorber. Thankfully no other damage found. I do have some concerns for the chassis though. That 3mm aluminium plate is only going to take so many rocks hitting it before it needs replacing XD

Boo!

We've had a few power cuts over the last couple of days, something is wrong about a mile down the road. Again!

Thankfully the UPS has worked perfectly and for the short cuts it's kept the server running. For the longest cut it also then shut the server down.

It was still doing it's beeping to start with but I finally found a setting to stop it and it's all quiet now XD