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Does your VCR have an RCA out (yellow, red and white) or is it RF only? I used a cheap $30 Amazon capture device that had RCA as well as S-Video to transfer and get a digital copy of a particular tape. On the backlog is to get another (I threw it away when we moved; I wanted to use it for old video game streaming, and all of my old systems can do S-Video, but they had terrible combing artifacts) and transfer all of our home movies to digital format before the tapes fail. I would not be surprised if they make something like this but with an RF connector for specifically this purpose, if your VCR lacks RCA out.

Thanks guys. Trying to keep up on my terminology. Just memorizing "12VHPWR" took me like a month lol

That's what I thought too, but then what's the WR stand for?

I have a pretty comprehensive knowledge of computer and IT acronyms, but just Googling the title of this thread got me nowhere. I tried looking at a Wikipedia page about PSUs and it didn't spell it out there either. Anyone know?

Congratulations Ultra. Hope your next build goes for more. P.s. if you need graphics for your Etsy storefront, let me know in a pm and what you want and I'll try to help you.

That's great but reading it, I'm not sure I'm capable of everything they're looking for. Also, they do provide health insurance, but that might be a big no because my current insurance provider has paid for a special CAT scan and eventual surgery on both hips. If their insurance doesn't cover the place I'm going to, I'm essentially screwed on getting help for my pain. Perhaps I will look again and see if they have a similar position like 6 months down the line when I've had my surgery and recovery. Thanks so much for finding that for me though.

Yeah I think it's that one. I was under the impression it was a 6 month thing. My goal or dream job in this, as tedious as it sounds, would be to work for Corsair, Thermaltake, or another PC building related company answering tickets and arranging RMAs all day. And to do it remotely. Thanks for the response E, and the encouragement, but based on what Flux said as well as Pook I probably won't waste my time and just continue being a bored, depressed NEET. Lol

Thank you flux. I should add I went to school for Systems Administration in 2005 and 2012. In 2005 I had to drop out because I couldn't continue as I was under 25 and they counted my mom's income so I could not get grants. In 2012 I went again, and have a Cisco Certification for PC repair as well as a document stating I was on the honor roll and got a 4.0. I dropped out because I realized that an associate's in Systems Administration would probably not be enough to get a job, and most companies would want a Bachelor's in Comp Sci, which I cannot do because 1. I am terrible at math and 2. I would have to take out loans. It's a good thing I didn't in retrospect because being bipolar, I could not trust myself to be able to work consistently to make the student loan payments. So I don't know if the Cisco thing and the honor roll document would help or not. Do you think they would make little difference?

Thank you for doing this!

Hi all. Everyone here knows I'm severely disabled and can't really sit at my rig for long periods of time. However, I may be getting hip surgery soon that would allow me to work on my computer. So there's this Google made IT help desk program run through Coursera, and you can finish it in 6 months. You can try it for free but after the first week, it is $300. It's supposed to cram 2 years of community college into a 6 month period. There are supposedly 400,000 to 500,000 open IT help desk jobs available in the US, and the average starting salary is $50k/year. What I'm wondering is, I don't have much of a work record having been on disability since 2011, and when I was 18-19 I worked as a delivery driver for a year and a half. Getting older and wiser I'm realizing I'm screwed getting any retirement from the government/social security because I have not paid into it. Would the Coursera certificate be enough to get an IT help desk job, or not? Thanks for any insight from anyone who works in IT.

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AI will never have true creativity or spontaneity of a real person, especially an artist. It will never have a flash of inspiration. If it's writing something, it will never have writer's block. If they can run the AI on a massive neural network that has as many synapses and nerves as a human brain, perhaps it would be capable of the above. Last I heard, the largest neural network running an AI was only simulating 12% of a human brain on a supercomputer, and it is unlikely that they will be able to simulate the human brain until at least 2050. Sorry, I don't have any sources to back this up but it was in a slashdot article or something a few years back. It seems to me to be more of a toy in practical use nowadays, or an assistant, but that is all it should be and probably will be. They need to do A LOT more research into AI ethics and AI safety especially before we allow it into our lives. Last I heard, there is research into AI safety but the results aren't very good. Personally, typing this on my phone (Google Pixel 6a) they have greatly improved the suggestion system in Gboard above the keyboard compared to my old phone, probably using AI. Other than that, we have no smart devices and no Alexa or cameras...And we live well and just fine without them.

Ai Crystal RGB lighting demo from the RGB/fan controller box that comes with the case. With 7 fans and 4 light strips connected to it.

I'm still happy with my Logitech z2300 I've had forever. I really think having *any* speakers and sub attached to your pc makes a huge difference regarding gaming, assuming you play games with their audio on and not music with the game muted. I don't have high end headphones either, but I find for pc gaming, playing something like DOOM Eternal and firing a rocket and hearing it explode has way more impact and is much more immersive when it makes the floor shake vs just hearing it over headphones. Also thank you for your kind post, pio. If not for my rig getting upgraded so much recently I'd consider getting some monitors and a sub possibly but I'm actually wondering about doing 5.1 on my downstairs living room tv. (The 77" CX OLED with my PS5 and Switch)

Oh snap... The Klipsch 2.1 was a joke? Nevermind any of my useless post then. Listen to pioneerisloud, he has decades of audio expertise and used to build and tune car systems. You can trust anything he recommends, as he recommended a replacement sub for my Polk Audio PSW-505 subwoofer after the stock speaker blew the 2nd time I used it, and what he recommended has been fantastic so far. I think bookshelf speakers/studio monitors and a sub would be best, and sorry about your onboard audio and Linux woes. I also use Linux as my main OS but my sound chip is supported with ALSA (Supreme FX onboard- ALC 4080).

I'm not that much of an audio expert or up to date with modern speakers, and am still using a 2007 Logitech z2300 (2.1; THX certified; 120w 8" sub, 40w satellites) and I love it. It goes loud but still sounds very clean. It's great for Hospital records station while racing in Forza Horizon 4 and 5. It plays music well too though not as good as my retro 90s Technics SB-A32 tower speakers on my retro modern stereo I built. (Four 8" woofers, 2.5" midrange, 1" tweeter, 300w 12", Pioneer receiver, monitor with a Raspberry Pi with Kodi and a remote to stream from my pc) That said, if I were going to replace it, I second the person who said Klipsch 2.1 setup. I think 5.1 is a waste if you're just going to stack them on top of your desk. I would imagine it would sound muddy. Too much interference between low end and high end/midrange with the center speaker. Personally I would look for Klipsch with a sub as powerful as you can get as well as desk speakers with both a midrange 2.5" and 1" tweeter, assuming those exist in a set.

CAT scan done today. Will take about two weeks for my doctor to get the 3D model back from Stryker, then I will have an office visit and possibly get scheduled for surgery on the left hip. Then 6-12 weeks of physical therapy and recovery, and they'll do a CAT on the right hip during that period, then another 2 week wait, etc.. The place I'm going to, OrthoIllinois, has xrays but they outsource other imaging to large companies/hospitals in the area, in this case Northwestern health care. Thankfully they were very on top of their game, I asked right away if the CAT was going to be Stryker Protocol and they said yes. We also needed to get a CD of the imaging to take to my next office visit with the doctor, and it took some time but they gave us two CDs in case we lost one or something. The health care here is awesome, they've done more for me in two years than they accomplished in 6 in Wisconsin.

ELIZA - Wikipedia EN.M.WIKIPEDIA.ORG Should I make a video of the evil version, AZILE, and post that here for you to see too? It's pretty mean/rude in it's responses.

That's a crazy amount of cards and power to beat my OC'ed 4090 in Linux and a worthless 3060. Maybe next month I'll get 3rd, perhaps I will try clocking my card higher.

Thanks for that. I'd get a new drive and need more capacity except I'd have to reinstall and extensively tweak Win10 as well as Linux. I do a lot to both to strip them down and speed them up, so it's not something I really want to do atm. Anyway, sorry for derailing the discussion. The FH5 thing is interesting though.

Nice looking shirt! I like the minimalism of it.

So what exactly were you running total to do it?

I was in 3rd literally the entire time, @Fluxmavencongrats for passing me up to take 3rd in like the last half hour. Crazy. Did you add an extra card in the last 8 hours or something? Pretty salty about that but great job everyone!

Doesn't the 990 Pro have like a super high failure rate and there was a news thread about it a while back? Either way- I also play FH5 and have it on my rather cramped 512GB 970 Evo. Are you talking about your car spinning on the podium with your character on it before a race? As I get stutters pretty badly when that goes on. (I play at 3440x1440 144Hz Freesync and it still stutters a decent amount when that happens).