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   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 3/5/26 19:56, Joel W. Crump wrote:   
   > On 3/5/2026 7:07 PM, -hh wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>>>> I had to replace certain things unexpectedly.  The value I was   
   >>>>>>>>> getting on the self-assembled PC had been exceptional.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Because ... cheap stuff fails more readily?  No insurance?  Bad   
   >>>>>>>> temper?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> None of my parts were "cheap".   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Indeed:  you've paid roughly 2x the cost of a base Mac mini to   
   >>>>>> date...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I was aiming to build a powerful Windows 11-ready box, in 2021.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Which was defined then as what?  Because even back in 2021 there   
   >>>> were more powerful CPUs than what you have today, so since it   
   >>>> clearly isn't to have another 'powerful' PC today, what is your   
   >>>> current objective?   
   >>>   
   >>> I was "current"ly trying to get something that would work.  That it   
   >>> can run Win11 decently now is really more than I assumed would happen.   
   >>   
   >> Again: capability isn't capacity.   
   >   
   >   
   > You really are a retard.  I'm using my machine to do many kinds of   
   > things.  Your nerdy nitpicking is all in your deluded little old head,   
   > "highhorse".   
      
   One can use an old computer to do "many things" (that's capability), but   
   that doesn't mean that it does them as quickly as a modern computer   
   (that's capacity).  How that difference manifests itself is important.   
   For example, lags in UI response time tend to result in a decline in   
   productivity equal to the square of the lag.   
      
      
   >>>>> And you're trying to count the cost of the old computer, when the   
   >>>>> OS and parts were paid by stimulus payments during the pandemic.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Because a personal computer doesn't need to be replaced as   
   >>>> frequently as you've done, as it has utility over several years.   
   >>>> That's why the IRS allowed depreciation rate for a PC for a business   
   >>>> is five (5) years.   
   >>>   
   >>> The 2021 PC *existed* because of the stimulus payments.  I very well   
   >>> might be using the 2010 PC today if not for that (with Linux,   
   >>> obviously).   
   >>   
   >> Yet apparently no longer in service for some conveniently vague reason.   
   >   
   > You claim you aren't interested in why that is - so SHUT YOUR PIEHOLE,   
   > NERD.   
      
   Your defensiveness implies that it was a very embarrassing event.   
      
      
   >   
   >   
   >>>>>>> I have talked about how I sweated onto the hardware, destroying   
   >>>>>>> the motherboard.  I may make use of the leftover parts, in the   
   >>>>>>> future.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sweat?  Or did it actually get splashed while you were on the   
   >>>>>> toilet? /s  Frankly, I pay little attention to your life, less the   
   >>>>>> occasional "I bought more junk!" brag attempt, usually after it   
   >>>>>> has garnered some other notoriety comments.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> If you were interested in what happened, you would have read what I   
   >>>>> said happened.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nah, it has contained far too much chaff to make it worthwhile.   
   >>>   
   >>> Then don't start *guessing* stupid bullshit in public, asshole.  This   
   >>> is why people don't like you, I'm trying to be tolerant.   
   >>   
   >> But I'm not guessing:  I've said flat-out that your life is beneath my   
   >> attention threshold.   
   >   
   > You did guess, ...   
      
   Nah, you volunteered "sweat" (still listed above) and since I've never   
   heard of anyone killing a desktop from perspiration, I simply expressed   
   my doubts.  If you prefer, I'll flat-out say that I think you lied.   
      
      
   > ... and if you don't shut the fuck up, you better give me > your full name   
   and address, or you're an anonymously baiting pussy   
   > *COWARD*.   
      
   Oh, cupcake: both have been freely available online for _decades_.   
      
      
   >>>>>>> But mini PCs are a hot commodity, since they do virtually   
   >>>>>>> everything.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> "Everything"...which doesn't require modern computational power.   
   >>>>>> The good news for your market segment is that even the cheapest   
   >>>>>> gear has become "good enough" for the level of very basic tasks   
   >>>>>> without undue UI dwell - - especially for those with very low   
   >>>>>> expectations/ standards.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Heh, the old quad-core with four threads still works.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Because "working" is a capability, not a capacity, so the same is   
   >>>> true when connected to the Internet 30 years ago on a 56kbps modem.   
   >>>   
   >>> Hell, I saw a guy with a PC so old on IRC, I figured it out because   
   >>> he was using mIRC 4.x.  I never even downloaded that in my youth, 5.x   
   >>> was current by then.  He would've been most likely literally been   
   >>> running Windows 95, in the 2020s.   
   >>   
   >> So?  If it works still for him, good for him.  After all, he wasn't   
   >> trying to claim that it was a performance peer to current products,   
   >> was he?   
   >   
   >   
   > Uh, running mIRC 4.x would have numerous security holes unpatched, in   
   > mIRC itself and in the OS, dating back so far at the time I saw him on   
   > IRC that it was just *unreal* (he was using dial-up Internet, for one   
   > thing).  You're trolling, therefore, kid.   
      
      
   The statement was merely one of principles, not geek minutia:  "If it   
   works still for him, good for him."   
      
   And regarding your geek minutia, did he ever claim he was just as   
   secure?  Because if he didn't claim "peer" then it doesn't apply.   
      
      
   -hh   
      
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