SPANKING NEW DEALS! HAPPY NEW YEAR w/ PREMIUM GIVEAWAYS! FREEBIES GALORE by RackNerd.

Beniskickbutt

@xpress7 said:

@TrK said:

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@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:
I'm gonna take a break as these comments are flying in so fast it's legitimately overstimulating.

Take a break bro. I remember you haven't slept last night because of personal thing.

Likely why I am easily overstimmed, on duty tonight too.

Tonight too? how do you manage?

Like I do...... Who needs sleep anyways....

Don't want to talk about it, but he have health issues, and immune deseases get worse without sleep. Thats why I'm worried.

i trust he can take care of himself. We need him here too! Hes a member of our community and we all look out for each other. We will await whenever you return Blazin! Share some cool pics when you get back. More cars!

Beniskickbutt

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@noob404 said:

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@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

As long as there is no soldering, that would make it way easier

I'll never buy something with soldered ram

yeah i do my best to avoid those now. No reason for them to do it

Beniskickbutt

@TrK said:

@xpress7 said:

@Beniskickbutt said:

@noob404 said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

As long as there is no soldering, that would make it way easier

I'll never buy something with soldered ram

MacBook? Mac mini? 😂😂😂

yeah another big reason to avoid those outside of all the other reasons!

Beniskickbutt

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@noob404 said:

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A computer store near me has this wall of motherboards, so cool.

And just look at all these Linksys WRT series routers!

Probably acquired them when someone ran outta business.

They've been around for a while and love to collect like me, so we get along quite well.

Ahh, are these on sale BTW, the routers, esp?

They're mostly for display in the shop, but maybe if I asked really nice.

Here's my setup for the big RackNerd thread of 2021

Woah, that's impressive, man. That green lit keybaord an HP Pavillion gaming?

Yeah that's my 2019 HP 15Z, Ryzen 5 1050ti. Not a bad little rig for $450!

"Not a bad" is an understatement. That laptop had great thermal management (both hardware and software) for the price it retailed for.

Oddly enough the reviews from Best Buy said the exact opposite, but I snagged it anyway and mine is excellent still to this day. Probably fixed the cooling issue with a BIOS update by the time I purchased it, I guess the fans weren't kicking in when they should have been?

I was able to play Cyberpunk 2077 on it with no problems when it released, when people with much higher end hardware were complaining of constant problems, so I was happy with my choice.

I see, maybe you got one of the very first generations. Pavillion series you own was later famous among gamers for badass thermal management.

My first laptop was compaq. 2GB ram, pentium. 5kg weight.

Whatever happened to Compaq?!

Absorbed by HP.

Yup. That was solid laptop though. Service was also good at that time.

I have an old Compaq sitting in my mom's garage somewhere, probably only a handful of years newer than that IBM Thinkpad. I should go get it and see if she will still boot.

I think it will. Mine still turns on. Screen damaged but can see some gibberish on it.

screen replacements are probably one of the tougher repairs on laptops. had to do it once not fun

Don't want to spend anything on the ancient things. Just stored it as a collectible.

that makes sense. Maybe you can find one in working order for free eventually and bring it back to live then

Beniskickbutt

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@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

I am bad at hardware soldered hardware.

it defintily takes some practice. Find something cheap to learn on

Finding time is the real problem.

yeah thats the hardest part with anything these days i find

Beniskickbutt

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@SillyGoose said:
You guys are going fast

Too much caffeine for everyone

i think thats what keeps the fingers so nimble for most everyone else

Tea does that to mee. Stilmulates my brain and body.

maybe its some kind of magic tea if you know what i mean

Beniskickbutt

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@BlazinDimes said:

@noob404 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

As long as there is no soldering, that would make it way easier

I'll never buy something with soldered ram

MacBook? Mac mini? 😂😂😂

Nope. Thats why I prefer a PC. Most developers I've seen like the MacBook pro though. I do like the looks of it. But non upgradability is meh for me.

yeah pc by far! I wish there was some sort of portaable laptop pc combo. Something that lets you double resources or something when you dock in but then you could pop out a small part of it and carry it on the go. i feel like dell had something like this at one point

Beniskickbutt

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@chitree said:

@SillyGoose said:
You guys are going fast

Too much caffeine for everyone

i think thats what keeps the fingers so nimble for most everyone else

Tea does that to mee. Stilmulates my brain and body.

Nicotine and caffeine both are addictive by nature 😅😅

I'll never touch that first one but I do dabble in the 2nd from time to time!

Beniskickbutt

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@BlazinDimes said:

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@BlazinDimes said:

@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

As long as there is no soldering, that would make it way easier

I'll never buy something with soldered ram

MacBook? Mac mini? 😂😂😂

Nope. Thats why I prefer a PC. Most developers I've seen like the MacBook pro though. I do like the looks of it. But non upgradability is meh for me.

It's upgradable if you get the right tools, right replacement chips and a sure fire way to temper with OS core....

also just a little costly if you do it wrong. More parts are avbialble for non mac products

BlazinDimes

@Beniskickbutt said:

@BlazinDimes said:
I'm gonna take a break as these comments are flying in so fast it's legitimately overstimulating.

ha! yes you need to really mentally prepare yourself for whatsgoing on in this thread.
Hard to keep all the converations stratight but really engaging if you figure out a way

Just a lot going on around the holidays.
Christmas stuff.
Work stuff.
Hangin with you guys.
Volunteering as a support counselor for people at night.
Wasn't much time for sleep.

Beniskickbutt

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Well I beg to differ.... If spending a little can make them function better I jumps the gun....

Well, if they are like some old speakers, or some engines like that, I agree.

But not for these pcs. Latest cheap entry level one perform much better than old beasts. I don't think its worth the price, and the risk of more component failures. IMO

yeah thats true. We advance so rapidly the old tech just cannot keep up

Beniskickbutt

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TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

I was kidding. 🤣🤣

Got plans for the laptop BTW?

Don't have any plans.. will try to be active daily. Need to do lots of coding though. WIll try to manage.

Just think how nice it would be to be coding on the new laptop!

I am already dreaming it. Seeing @TrK

wait dreaming of TrK's new lappy or yours!

Beniskickbutt

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I'm gonna take a break as these comments are flying in so fast it's legitimately overstimulating.

Take a break bro. I remember you haven't slept last night because of personal thing.

Likely why I am easily overstimmed, on duty tonight too.

Tonight too? how do you manage?

Like I do...... Who needs sleep anyways....

Don't want to talk about it, but he have health issues, and immune deseases get worse without sleep. Thats why I'm worried.

Well it's manageable if it's occasionally..... But continuously doing that is not good.....

May be. He doesn't like to talk about it in the festive mood anyway. So its conversation for another time.

Let's move forward, so how's been things at home? Especially with the daughter of Mr experience....

She scolded me yesterday for spending lots of time on LET and neglecting work.

tell her she just doesnt understand!

Beniskickbutt

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A computer store near me has this wall of motherboards, so cool.

And just look at all these Linksys WRT series routers!

Probably acquired them when someone ran outta business.

They've been around for a while and love to collect like me, so we get along quite well.

Ahh, are these on sale BTW, the routers, esp?

They're mostly for display in the shop, but maybe if I asked really nice.

Here's my setup for the big RackNerd thread of 2021

Woah, that's impressive, man. That green lit keybaord an HP Pavillion gaming?

Yeah that's my 2019 HP 15Z, Ryzen 5 1050ti. Not a bad little rig for $450!

"Not a bad" is an understatement. That laptop had great thermal management (both hardware and software) for the price it retailed for.

Oddly enough the reviews from Best Buy said the exact opposite, but I snagged it anyway and mine is excellent still to this day. Probably fixed the cooling issue with a BIOS update by the time I purchased it, I guess the fans weren't kicking in when they should have been?

I was able to play Cyberpunk 2077 on it with no problems when it released, when people with much higher end hardware were complaining of constant problems, so I was happy with my choice.

I see, maybe you got one of the very first generations. Pavillion series you own was later famous among gamers for badass thermal management.

My first laptop was compaq. 2GB ram, pentium. 5kg weight.

Whatever happened to Compaq?!

Absorbed by HP.

Yup. That was solid laptop though. Service was also good at that time.

I have an old Compaq sitting in my mom's garage somewhere, probably only a handful of years newer than that IBM Thinkpad. I should go get it and see if she will still boot.

I think it will. Mine still turns on. Screen damaged but can see some gibberish on it.

Still own the old Compaq? Remember how much you got it for?

Not working. Just have it in a box. I think I got it for 32K at that time.

Do you mean 32,000 dollars?

Oh no. 32K rupees. INR.

lol makes more sense. Not the price of a car

Beniskickbutt

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@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

Absolutely. Consistency is key if you want the first prize.

Master. 🙇‍♂️

No consistency in real life though.

You'll get there.. we mature and tend to settle as we age.. or just get married.

Some people never do any of those though! And thats ok

Thats ok, and we cna't judge. Just telling my opinion as I've seen some.

good. Honesty is a virtue

Beniskickbutt

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this makes way more sense. Thanks!

I think it was around $700 may be at that time.

that is pretty costly still

Beniskickbutt

@BlazinDimes said:

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I'm gonna take a break as these comments are flying in so fast it's legitimately overstimulating.

Take a break bro. I remember you haven't slept last night because of personal thing.

Likely why I am easily overstimmed, on duty tonight too.

Tonight too? how do you manage?

Like I do...... Who needs sleep anyways....

Don't want to talk about it, but he have health issues, and immune deseases get worse without sleep. Thats why I'm worried.

I plan to get some rest tonight, I'll probably get really baked at some point so I'll have no choice but to sleep like a baby.

Good on you to get some rest. What are you baking? Apple pie? The pie fumes get to you?

Beniskickbutt

@BlazinDimes said:

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I'm gonna take a break as these comments are flying in so fast it's legitimately overstimulating.

Take a break bro. I remember you haven't slept last night because of personal thing.

Likely why I am easily overstimmed, on duty tonight too.

Tonight too? how do you manage?

Like I do...... Who needs sleep anyways....

Don't want to talk about it, but he have health issues, and immune deseases get worse without sleep. Thats why I'm worried.

Well it's manageable if it's occasionally..... But continuously doing that is not good.....

May be. He doesn't like to talk about it in the festive mood anyway. So its conversation for another time.

More like I didn't want to bring anyone down with my issues, I'm supposed to be the hype-beast!

no worries, not brining us down. Thick skin here and generally always on the bright side. If you need to rant feel free touse this platform to do so!

Beniskickbutt

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@SillyGoose said:

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@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

I am like retired professional competing with young guys.. 🤣

Retiree making a re-entry. Cue music.

🤣🤣

Feeling like Dhoni?

Definitely not. 🤣

Maybe some CSK music will get you there.

what is csk music? Im not familiar with that. a genere?

CSK is one of the teams in IPL (Indian Premier League) cricket tournament.

got it. I need to watch some cricket one of these days

Beniskickbutt

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Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

As long as there is no soldering, that would make it way easier

I'll never buy something with soldered ram

MacBook? Mac mini? 😂😂😂

Nope. Thats why I prefer a PC. Most developers I've seen like the MacBook pro though. I do like the looks of it. But non upgradability is meh for me.

It's upgradable if you get the right tools, right replacement chips and a sure fire way to temper with OS core....

I think someone who has to work to earn, and spending on MacBook to work, will not have that much time to put that effort.

That's why we see more macs in garbage dump.....

now if i found one in the garbage.. that would be the onlyw ay i would take one into possession

Beniskickbutt

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Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

I am bad at hardware soldered hardware.

Me as well. I try to stay away as much as possible, but recently I have taken an interest to it

You soldered anything recently?

Yup, a router and my Android box.

Router? what did you solder in that?

UART. It helps you get shell access to any device that supports it.

what is UART? So many acrynmoms now! You guys know too much!

I forget what it stands for but it's like old serial connection. If you're unsure what that's like, think a shell/console connection.

got it. so like an old console/device you could plug in to get to the shell/console

Beniskickbutt

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@SillyGoose said:
TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

I am like retired professional competing with young guys.. 🤣

Retiree making a re-entry. Cue music.

🤣🤣

Feeling like Dhoni?

Definitely not. 🤣

Maybe some CSK music will get you there.

Not a fan of IPL though. Basically stopped watching cricket after retirement of Dada. Fan of him since school.

What is IPL and Dada? You guys are losing me, out of my knowledge

Well you'll understand these, if you know Criket game. I think not famous in the US though.

cricket never really made it to the us. One day it will i think. Everything slowly spreads over time!

Beniskickbutt

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I know it's not physical tech, but I once built a fully functional clock in Minecraft.

How did you do that?

Complex Engineering

Well, have never played Minecraft before. But, the functioning of the clock, did you code it in Java?

Oh, friend, no this is built with items in the vanilla/unmodded version of the game. With redstone you can make some crazy circuits, most people shy away from it though.

I haven't yet played Minecraft, but, doesn't seem easy to make a functional clock. Kudos.

Thank you! It was quite the undertaking, but I had a lot of fun doing it. If I still have the save file I'll get a screen recording from my Xbox.

Sure, do share it if you have it.

Just because you're interested, I'll fire up Minecraft right now and check. It probably doesn't work due to updates they have made in all of these years, but the structure should still be there. I just hope it wasn't lost in the transition to the newest version.

Oh you don't have to go through all the trouble if it's tough.

in case you missed it, he deleivered! very cool

Beniskickbutt

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Merry Christmas Dustin and Chef as well.....

Hi @TrK -- Thank You! Having an amazing Christmas over here. Hope yours is just as awesome ❤️

well apart from lack of sleep it's pretty much good here as well... i hope you are with your family enjoying the day.

@TrK -- Plenty of time for sleep later, it's party time! That's the RackNerd way 😎 Hehehe.

The kiddos are having the best time opening gifts this morning, their excitement makes it all worth it ❤️ These moments are precious.

Oh yes. These are the rare moments in life that technology just can't capture.

I like to have them captured all on video.. Hence TBs of data. I want to give them all the childhood memories when they grow up

That's a good dada.

Dada?

Dad, father, the same thing.

thats what i thought!

Beniskickbutt

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Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

I am bad at hardware soldered hardware.

Me as well. I try to stay away as much as possible, but recently I have taken an interest to it

You soldered anything recently?

Yup, a router and my Android box.

Router? what did you solder in that?

UART. It helps you get shell access to any device that supports it.

Hells yeah. What router /device is that? I UARTed mine to install OpenWrt on it.

I just bought an openWrt router, seemed like an easy route but not as fun

I do a lot of router mods, let me know if you ever need assistance.

whats the coolest or most useful one you have ever done?

Beniskickbutt

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@xpress7 said:

@BlazinDimes said:

Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

As long as there is no soldering, that would make it way easier

I'll never buy something with soldered ram

MacBook? Mac mini? 😂😂😂

Nope. Thats why I prefer a PC. Most developers I've seen like the MacBook pro though. I do like the looks of it. But non upgradability is meh for me.

It's upgradable if you get the right tools, right replacement chips and a sure fire way to temper with OS core....

I think someone who has to work to earn, and spending on MacBook to work, will not have that much time to put that effort.

That's why we see more macs in garbage dump.....

Thats how Apple earns money.. selling new, dumping old.

and people keep flcoking back to buy more! The hardware isnt bad. its just how its used

Beniskickbutt

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@SillyGoose said:
You guys are going fast

Too much caffeine for everyone

i think thats what keeps the fingers so nimble for most everyone else

Tea does that to mee. Stilmulates my brain and body.

Nicotine and caffeine both are addictive by nature 😅😅

Nicotine I don't want to addict though

Irony you already are ......

Talking about trace levels?

I mean tea is addictive .........

True, but mostly because of the caffinee in it though. You could find non additive teas

Beniskickbutt

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How was your Christmas everyone?

Completed the debugging of my projects

Seems like a good use of christmas!

I think so as well.

So ready to launch mystery?

A lil bit of debugging left. On it right now.

Backend? what languages you are using?

PHP, always. Too dumb to go for Python.

python isnt too hard. Im sure you could manage if you use php

Beniskickbutt

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Just checked, the expected price for GTA 6 in India is around Rs. 6000!! That's a hell lot. But, I guess, the game justifies it.

What 6k? No i will definitely not spend that much on games.

Me as well. Coming from a generation of kids that used to have fun with Champak Jogo Discs, 5k for a game is unimaginable for me.

I have a big collection of PC games from EPIC games though. Btw, sale is running there. And free mystery game daily in this holidays.

Oh yah, they do that from time to time.

Thats weekly. But this holiday season it will be daily , and they've give some great games.
They even gave away GTA V once... I missed it though.

Yah, I remember. My cousin still has it from one of their GAs.

Seems I'm the only one who missed it.

Me as well. I don't have it.

Are you collecting this years? Today's one is Control.. grab it if you haven't. Its a great game.

Control keeps appearing in GAs every now and then. Already got it.

maybe it'll come up again in that case. Not sure how i managed to miss it everyt ime

Beniskickbutt

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TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

I am like retired professional competing with young guys.. 🤣

Retiree making a re-entry. Cue music.

🤣🤣

Feeling like Dhoni?

Definitely not. 🤣

Maybe some CSK music will get you there.

Not a fan of IPL though. Basically stopped watching cricket after retirement of Dada. Fan of him since school.

Me too. Never been a fan of cricket my whole life (Yes, I was an anomaly among friends). But, still watched it for Sachin, Ganguly (Dada), Sehwag, Dravid, etc. and the gang. Since their retirement, I believe it has degraded.

I need to start watching cricket one day. It seems very popular. I jsut dont understand the rules and need to take the time to learn

Its very easy actually. You dont need to follow those rueles to play. Even with 2 people we can play..

thats pretty nice if you really only need 2 . Its sometimes very hard to gather a crowd to play