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I still don't get the punch hole cameras...

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I wish they would make models with no front cameras, I really think there would be a good market for that. Lot of us don't take selfies, and each company already has like 7+ models of each, so why not one more... if you want front camera then you simply don't buy that model.
 
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someone panic sold this 3060 Eagle OC after he flashed the aorus elite bios on it and got no post. (card does not have a dual bios but i could fix it with my iGPU :D)
paid 180€ for it and it's 4 days old. (with receipt)
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someone panic sold this 3060 Eagle OC after he flashed the aorus elite bios on it and got no post. (card does not have a dual bios but i could fix it with my iGPU :D)
paid 180€ for it and it's 4 days old. (with receipt)
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Wow, the level of stupidity on display there is ... quite something. So many layers! Great deal for you though :D
 
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iPhone 4 CDMA on iOS 4.2.6, meaning it was never updated in its entire lifetime. A very rare find.
It's a weird little phone as it has no SIM slot, while the 4 GSM and 4S (GSM+CDMA) do. Sadly this means it can't be activated, as the 4 CDMA is locked to Verizon and Verizon refuses to activate any phone that doesn't have VoLTE support (which the 4 definitely doesn't as it's 3G only. VoLTE support was added with the iPhone 6).
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So it's essentially a glorified iPod touch now, except the iOS 4.2.x App Store isn't super useful and iTunes won't install apps, so it's a glorified iPod touch which is a glorified iPod.
10/10 would recommend.
 

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I wish they would make models with no front cameras, I really think there would be a good market for that. Lot of us don't take selfies, and each company already has like 7+ models of each, so why not one more... if you want front camera then you simply don't buy that model.
That's partially why I bought my previous phone, a Zenfone 6, no front camera, since it had a flip camera.
The Pixel 6 isn't even as bad as some phone and the droplets are even worse than the punch holes imho.
Just a pointless way of adding the front facing camera. I'm sure most people don't mind a slightly thicker top bezel to hide the camera in, if there must be one.
 
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The phone collection grows
iPhone 4 CDMA on iOS 4.2.6, meaning it was never updated in its entire lifetime. A very rare find.
It's a weird little phone as it has no SIM slot, while the 4 GSM and 4S (GSM+CDMA) do. Sadly this means it can't be activated, as the 4 CDMA is locked to Verizon and Verizon refuses to activate any phone that doesn't have VoLTE support (which the 4 definitely doesn't as it's 3G only. VoLTE support was added with the iPhone 6).
So it's essentially a glorified iPod touch now, except the iOS 4.2.x App Store isn't super useful and iTunes won't install apps, so it's a glorified iPod touch which is a glorified iPod.
10/10 would recommend.
Hi,
My iphone 4 is also just a ipod now works fine locked to at&t.
My new se is locked to xfinity but se was actually free unlike the at&t 4 and 5s wasn't either but using it as a security cam access devise.
 
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that is a great deal, if I am not mistake though, it is still slower in games than say a dual ranked 2x16gb 32gb setup with lower speeds and latency.

I am not 100% on that though, been awhile since I studied that stuff.
 
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Oh i got a new mouse too, but it's crap

Jumps around a lot, i think the mousepad is a bit rough

(S22 ultra 10x zoom, handheld with a moving mouse. damned impressive)
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Does it come with free Rabies software update?
 

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that is a great deal, if I am not mistake though, it is still slower in games than say a dual ranked 2x16gb 32gb setup with lower speeds and latency.

I am not 100% on that though, been awhile since I studied that stuff.

DR is faster but the gap is not that big or always the same for different platforms, besides there's also other variables like Fabric speed, and the fact that the dual rank kit would also need to be flat timings B-die to compare.

4000 16-16-16 is a brand new kit for Viper Steels, the other three old kits are mediocre B-die bins 4000CL19, 4133CL19 and 4400CL19.

They don't make dual rank, you can only piece together 2 kits to make 4x8.
 

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DR is faster but the gap is not that big or always the same for different platforms, besides there's also other variables like Fabric speed.

4000 16-16-16 is a brand new kit for Viper Steels, the other three old kits are mediocre B-die bins 4000CL19, 4133CL19 and 4400CL19.

They don't make dual rank, you can only piece together 2 kits to make 4x8.

I doubt many budget mobo's could run all 4 slots at xmp at those speeds too. so 2x8 is really your only option with the viper steels. but still, a great price if your mobo is QVL for them.

anyone got a link on amazon to these 4000 cl 16? i want to see if they still on sale. i wouldn't mind grabbing me one.
 
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I doubt many budget mobo's could run all 4 slots at xmp at those speeds too. so 2x8 is really your only option with the viper steels. but still, a great price if your mobo is QVL for them.

anyone got a link on amazon to these 4000 cl 16? i want to see if they still on sale. i wouldn't mind grabbing me one.

They're sold out currently.... Third party sellers have them listed for 160

Link if you want to keep an eye out for them

 
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Got a 5M flat ethernet cable to run across the carpet and remove a wifi link in my mesh network
It's so light, i thought the package was empty or something else - the thin cables weigh so much less than round ones

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i sell this to customers only. very good cable. i have two cat 8.1 of those as well.

Power Tools Cable GIF by Bosch Professional Power Tools and Accessories
 

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Wow, how far away was that? Impressively sharp for a phone. I'm so glad phones are finally getting useful telephoto lenses. I never really understood people fawning over ultrawides - they have their uses, but a telephoto has so much more potential for cool stuff.

Btw isn't that a rat, with the smooth tail? Either way, cute critter :D
Looks like this guy to me:
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Telephoto lenses are great, young grasshopper
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When i ordered my S22U, they screwed up and placed two orders - one 512GB black, one 256GB burgundy.

It only took 3 months after sending it back, but i finally got the refund for the 256GB burgundy... the same day the pre order bonuses arrived :D

My second A8 tablet, and another set of charging accesories (I got the car charger instead of the Trio last time)
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Wow, the level of stupidity on display there is ... quite something. So many layers! Great deal for you though :D
I remember that I bricked a X1800 XL in 2006 and sold it for 50EUR, paid 200EUR for it a month earlier :laugh:

I'll order a Corsair HS35 headset tomorrow, I'll post unboxing pics at friday if they arrive then.
 

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I'm not a gear hoarder, but got a third lens for my D610 because I wanna get into some casual macro work. Going on a few trips in the next few months.

105mm 2.8D macro, used, about $250. Funnily enough all 3 lenses cost me the same. The D misses out on the VR of the newer 2.8G, but as someone just starting out in macro I'm not paying $1100 for the 2.8G.

D610 is already living on the tripod practically full time so VR is whatever, looking forward to the 105's famed sharpness at f/16-f/32.

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"I'm not a gear hoarder" - That's exactly what a gear hoarder would say. :D
 
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Bought for my living room LSR305s. The line-out of this $25 Aptx-HD BT receiver is amazing, even better than my D50s at this purpose in clarity and output power.
 

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"I'm not a gear hoarder" - That's exactly what a gear hoarder would say. :D

literally the very minute you said that, I bought a used chonker 80-200mm 2.8D, so you might be right :D looking forward to this zoom, I checked the s/n on the macro and that one is older than me by a tiny bit

the macro and zoom round out all the kit I need, and the 4 still haven't caught up to what I paid back then for the D610, so it could certainly be worse.

I never liked or used the 35mm 2D much, so might sell that one bringing it down to just the 3 that I really need

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literally the very minute you said that, I bought a used chonker 80-200mm 2.8D, so you might be right :D looking forward to this zoom, I checked the s/n on the macro and that one is older than me by a tiny bit

the macro and zoom round out all the kit I need, and the 4 still haven't caught up to what I paid back then for the D610, so it could certainly be worse.

I never liked or used the 35mm 2D much, so might sell that one bringing it down to just the 3 that I really need

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Yeah I was wondering why you picked 35 when you already had 50. It's usually one or the other, some prefer 35 others 50.
 
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from what i read it can be used to transfer files, copy/past and as a KVM switch ... all that for 9.90chf instead of the original 29.95cf (man i love clearance sales! :love: )
they updated the model to the JUC400 but all that it add is PC to Mac transfer (The JUC100 is win to win/iPad/Android) and i only have a Powermac G4 Quicksilver 2001 :laugh: (collection purpose, paid 1chf plus 22chf port :roll: some years ago ahah) oh they also have a JUC700 (USB 3.0 and around 79chf) bah, at that price the USB 2.0 JUC100 is more than enough hehe.

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My pikachu wide mouse pad has arrived :) happy days, ironically pikachu is a mouse too
 
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pikachu is a mouse too
u never stop learning! ... i always thought it is a kind of electric squirrel. ;)
U ruined my illusion tho.... :D

rats GIF
 

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Yeah I was wondering why you picked 35 when you already had 50. It's usually one or the other, some prefer 35 others 50.

The 35 focuses closer than the 50, thought maybe better for landscapes too. But it has the AF-D blue dot design defect at <f/8, has really annoying complex distortion, is neither sharp nor fast really, and I forgot the difference in focal length so closer work was effectively about the same.

Now that I have the 105 macro the only real reason to use the 35 is gone.
 
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