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I mean, I could have been responsible and dumped it savings, and put it toward a major expense or two we've put off - like we'd like to replace our furnace with a more efficient model. I don't know how Puritan that is. I think it's more about how responsible vs. irresponsible I'm being with otherwise disposable income. I do see what you're saying though.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Furnace ?
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Yes, the thing we use to heat our home in the winter.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I think of a furnace for firing clay and a boiler for heating homes ( might be a right left pond thing ) 
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Two nations divided, by common language. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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LOL
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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It’s boiler (or tank) when it heats water and furnace when it heats air. At least North of 48, that is.
Mircea
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The right-pondians (at least when I still lived there) rely more on central water-based heating systems - a water boiler in a utility room, and radiators in each room. Perhaps the left-pondians rely more on air-based heating systems - a furnace in the basement which heats air which is then distributed via vents in each room.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Good observation. Here in TX we are left-ponders except most have no basements. AC and heater are usually in the same cabinet.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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honey the codewitch wrote: like we'd like to replace our furnace
From what I read, the RTX 4080 can be used as furnace...sounds like you've just killed birds with one stone.
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The 4080 runs a lot cooler than the 4090, and at 320W TDP is not as power hungry as say, a 3090 which runs at 350.
That's why I got it - performance per watt is really good even if it's not the best card. I didn't think my chassis could handle the heat of a 4090. My 2080TI about taps out on Fallout 4, and if I don't have my chassis fans running on tilt it overheats.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Makes me wonder...which is the more efficient space heater, an actual space heater, or a modern video card? I'd love to see some actual numbers. I'm not even entirely kidding. 
I mean, yeah, space heaters use a lot more power than video cards, but in terms of heat unit per watt...is there an inflection point where you might as well just stick with a video card?
My gaming rig is old (and I couldn't be bothered to look for specs), but I know that even on cold winter days, if I just close the door, the room gets warm after some amount of time (and I block the air duct because I don't need the extra heat the furnace would otherwise try to push in).
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It's normal to have mixed feelings about a big purchase, especially when it comes to luxury items. It sounds like you have justified the purchase to yourself by saying you deserve it and that you were planning on making the purchase eventually. Giving away your old graphics card to someone you care about is a nice gesture. At the end of the day, it's important to remember that everyone makes mistakes and it's important to not be too hard on yourself. Enjoy your new RTX 4080 and happy gaming!
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Speaking of post-apocalypse games, I can't wait for "The Last of Us" for PC coming this March. And if you enjoy "Fallout" give a try to "Metro Exodus" - verry similar vibe, but better graphics and character development.
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The main reason I play fallout 4 is to mod it. I write mods for it because developing a game from scratch is more work than one person can do, but fallout 4 lets you change the entire game.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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You should not feel bad treating yourself something nice from your hard earned money when you can afford it, I certainly don't.
On that note, just updated my 1080 workhorse I got basically the week it came out with 4080 which is finally be able to drive my screen at full refresh rate and resolution. Much like you hardware I'm not using gets passed down the family tree after a revision, must have 3 or 4 generations of hardware still going somewhere with someone.
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honey the codewitch wrote: It's a bit much for Fallout 4.
Turn everything on, at high. There's always a setting.
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I'm going to try weapon debris for the first time since I started playing 7 years ago.
By default the option crashes the game - you have to install a mod to fix it. I'm guessing it went unfixed because nobody uses it, because previously we didn't have the GPUs for it.
So that should be fun. I don't even know what the feature does as guns already eject shell casings and and create environmental effects like bullet holes in the walls, albeit temporary.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I found a link to Mixed Reality Portal on my Start list. I do not know how it got there but it presented an ad to HP VR glasses . The videos were rather impressive/immersive even in 2D . Will we be developing code in a 3D envirnonment . The code can float in front of us and we can cut and paste w/ a swipe of the hand and navigate w/ a mere touch of a finger . Maybe a call tree can be presented in 3D and navigated also .
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Just don't sneeze...
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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This might be useful as a form of documentation and perhaps even as high-level design, but I can't see anyone programming like that.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Why on earth do I want to be waving my hands around (and upsetting the cat perched just in front of my laptop, his hand on my arm) when I can do it with a keypress? (alright, two keys pressed simultaneously by fingers of the same hand). Hardly seems like an "accessible" UI, either... And I certainly don't want it "floating" in front of me. That would result in constant focus changes which give me headaches as it is... No thanks.
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DerekT-P wrote: Why on earth do I want to be waving my hands around (and upsetting the cat perched just in front of my laptop, his hand on my arm) when I can do it with a keypress?
It's so when your cat decides to sleep on the laptop keyboard/touchpadheating pad you can have your arms wave around without bothering the cat.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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This reminds me of the earliest experiments with on-line shopping, where a physical store would be simulated in fake 3D to recreate the shopping experience. It's just not convenient, on-line shopping can be much better than a simulation of real-world shopping. Similarly, although VR can be impressive, just not every activity lends itself to be 'recreated' in VR.
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Or this... "Meta lost $10 billion on Reality Lab — the division focusing on building the metaverse — in 2021 and more than $9 billion in 2022".
I'm not sure why applying VR (or AI or whatever is next) to every aspect of life seems like a good idea to anyone.
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