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  1. yh125d

    How do Android users feel about high-end Android phones losing performance battles against iPhones?

    Long story short I don't need that much performance. I don't play games on my phone, it's mostly used for social media, music, youtube, and text based apps. So, I have been plenty happy with my Droid Maxx 2 which is only a snapdragon 615. It's quick enough to do everything I need, while still...
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    NVIDIA Pascal Thread

    If all this is as seems, performance scaling when clamping down power may well be the best thing about pascal. That will be great for design wins in ultrabook/tablet/2n1 form factors
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    Verizon to Disconnect Unlimited Data Users Who Use More than 100GB/Month [Updated]

    Regardless of the use of the term "unlimited", if you think paying 30 or even 60 bucks a month on a plan that is very very clearly a last vestige from a bygone era of mobile devices entitles you to use multiple hundreds of GB every month in endless perpetuity in complete impunity, and that...
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    85 Chevy swb

    Here's a much less clean version selling for $4500 near me https://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/5681415072.html
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    85 Chevy swb

    Yeah I'd buy that truck. Making me want one (though I've always been more of a Ford guy)
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    85 Chevy swb

    Agreed. Looks very clean based off those 2 pics Bit of a bummer about the 305 not 350, but if the inside is about as clean as out, I'd probably pay $5k if I were in the market for it
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    Push-button-to-start ignition...like it?

    Better than my old Saab
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    Push-button-to-start ignition...like it?

    Yeah I'm not positive either, but I think it has sensors in the seats too. I know it already has them for airbags, so I presume they use it for the keyless too. I can't lock the fob in the car, even if it's running, but if I'm in it and its running, other people can't get in from the outside...
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    Push-button-to-start ignition...like it?

    Ok yeah I guess its certain models then, because my 13 focus has no code pad, but as far as I can tell has every other hallmark of a true keyless system
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    GTX 1080 Availability thread

    Availability shmailability
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    Push-button-to-start ignition...like it?

    That's the older style with a code. Newer models don't have the code, and can't lock the fob inside the car unless it's running, or it senses you're in the seat or something
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    Push-button-to-start ignition...like it?

    Ford too
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    Did I really need to change the oil in my car?

    I really don't think I'd be comfortable going more than a year regardless of circumstance or mileage
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    Push-button-to-start ignition...like it?

    My Focus unlocks when I grab the handle (actually even before then, as soon as my fingers start to go inside the handle), push button start, I can lock it by double pressing the button on the handle, or the fob, or if I just walk away it will auto lock. It's pretty awesome. Only thing I'm not...
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    Tesla driver killed in auto-pilot collision

    Maybe the better strategy for Tesla would have been for them to enable Autopilot completely fully, but just don't yet give it access to controls, instead monitor both what it *would* do vs what the driver *does* do. Times thousands of cars and thousands of miles driven, they could gather a hell...
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    Physics and chemistry of why lean-running air/fuel mixes produce more heat?

    Look at it more like this, with the assumption that complete combustion occurs when you have equal amounts fuel and air (not true, but just go with it) Normal conditions running rich are like 130 units fuel + 100 units air = 30 units unburned fuel, B units combustion byproducts, and 100 units...
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    Single GTX 970 for 1440p gaming?

    I don't actually downscale personally, but it looks alright. Here's two screenshots at 1600p and 1200p scaled to 1600p
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    second design flaw to hit the GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070

    I still use a 3007WFP from 2010 that's DVI only. Luckily I use default refresh rates so I shouldn't have any issue (assuming I can ever find a 1080 model I want in stock)
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    Single GTX 970 for 1440p gaming?

    I've been gaming at 1600p with my 970 and have been happy. I'd rather play at 1440/1600 with a couple settings turned lower than maxed at 1080p, even if only because of the productivity/normal use factor. Worst case, you just run at 1080 for top end games
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    Opinions on the Infiniti G37?

    And it doesn't have to be a beater. There are plenty of nice modern cars in good shape that will require little or no maintenance over the next 4 years, be good on gas and cheap on insurance In my area you can get 13/14 Civics, Elantras, Focii with under 50k for less than $13k. If you're set...
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    Opinions on the Infiniti G37?

    I promise, your parents would be wildly appreciative and much more proud of a child who they presumably told they will buy them a car up to $15k or so who decides to get a used elantra or something for $12k rather than spend every dime they offered on a significantly upmarket car that will...
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    Opinions on the Infiniti G37?

    As it turns out technically I didn't blow the head gasket (either that or I did but it mended itself). We parked it and sold it for $1500 to some guy who was going to try and rebuild it. He just drained and flushed the oil and it ran fine. His wife drove it a couple years after that as far as I...
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    Do you guys smoke weed?

    Unfortunately it wasn't until a few months after I quit smoking that I started having some lower back pain and difficulty sleeping. Woulda been nice! As a normally very very lazy person, I was slightly less lazy when I smoked regularly. I was a lot more likely to clean house and cook vs play...
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    Opinions on the Infiniti G37?

    Why aren't you considering cheaper cars? Are you going to be working to make your payments? Please, trust us. Spending a bunch of money you don't at all need to, on a car that costs a lot more to buy and own than you need to, right before you go to college, is a recipe for disaster. Literally...
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    Do you guys smoke weed?

    In my personal experience, there is nothing addicting about it, except that some people like it. When you like something, you don't want to stop doing that thing. I smoked most days for 6 or 8 months, then immediately stopped one day cold turkey, and had nothing that I could possibly...
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    Do you guys smoke weed?

    Used to. Never tried it til I was 21, but smoked pretty regular for 6-8 months until my work started testing, haven't since. I miss it, but it's not that big of a deal. It totally works for me, but my brother hates it. He just gets sleepy.
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    Opinions on the Infiniti G37?

    If you're going to be a poor college student I strongly suggest you forget any aspirations for a powerful luxury sedan. You need to be thinking cheap economy car. If you want something powerful-ish but reasonably cheap to live with maybe a used V6 mustang or something. If you want a nice...
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    NVIDIA Pascal Thread

    No, but when it comes to water and electronics, corrosion isn't the concern. Conductivity is.
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    What do I need to insulate my garage?

    Drywall does have some fire-resistant qualities but in practical scenarios it's not going to keep your house from burning down so I wouldn't necessarily worry about it too much. I'd bet some fiberglass would be all you need to keep it warm enough to not freeze, and I would look at putting up...
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    Question about Police Lidar Standard Deviations

    Pay the ticket, save the time you're wasting trying to get out of it (your time has value too) and if it's still bothering you buy a dashcam that tracks speed to make sure it doesn't happen again
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    $125 in Dell Promo Credit...what should I get?

    Their monitor arms are pretty good http://accessories.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&sku=332-1235
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    Cost of stereo installation these days

    For future reference if you do it again, I promise it's simpler than you think. If you can build a computer, you can install a head unit - especially if you get all the right adapters cause then you're just splicing labeled wires. The only part that could be considered "difficult" on the ones...
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    Cost of stereo installation these days

    I just had Best Buy install components in 4 doors for like $220 and am very pleased with their work. They do head unit installs for $65, but with the extra steering wheel controls and such it would probably go up some, but still probably well under $200 (assuming you provide the steering...
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    401k not growing - anyone else?

    This will be the 4th year I've maxed out my Roth contributions. I put about an additional $10k/year into my 401k through work. I had planned on within another year or two starting to max out the 401k as well, but now I'm intrigued by the HSA thing. I only contribute enough to it currently to...
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    401k not growing - anyone else?

    Fuck You money is good, Fuck Me money is better. Then you have enough money to screw yourself over so long as the other guy gets screwed also
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    401k not growing - anyone else?

    Aight, I'm moving my Voya 401k into VFIAX (no VTSAX/VTSMX option) and my Roth into VTSAX
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    401k not growing - anyone else?

    I would say in a general sense I'm thinking along similar lines, but to do something that early would require a lot more research and effort than I'm willing to take considering I don't really have any interest in anything financial. It isn't fun for me, and that is a big part of it. They way...
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    401k not growing - anyone else?

    Yeah but if I'm looking at % instead of $, and I'm looking at the same time frame (5/14-5/16 when I looked the second time), shouldn't they be the same? Maybe a little different if Voya does add an additional expense I'm not seeing, but not -3.42% to +1.3% On a general note, Since both my Roth...
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    401k not growing - anyone else?

    When I limit the Vanguard Roth to the same timeframe, It's +1.3%. Supposedly both are .16% expense ratio but I may be looking at the wrong thing I've had the VG Roth since Dec 2012
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    401k not growing - anyone else?

    My main is with Voya, 100% in a Vanguard 2473 VFFVX target 2055 retirement and is currently -3.42% over the last 2 years. Not real happy about that. My Roth though with Vanguard directly in the same fund is +4.3% since inception. I have no idea how that works.