No, the graphics from Intel back in 07-10 were crap. 2012-2013 would be my bare minimum, usb3 if only for loading a new OS.

They did on the Rav4 and compared to the Prius it’s selling like hotcakes. Half of the ones sold in the US were hybrids last year, and nearly as many phev rav4s as the Prius

Lol the designed to be dull excuse always sounded like they were too cheap to pay for someone to sharpen it every 4-6 months.

Couple years ago I wouldn’t have argued, but with graphics cards ballooning to 3+ slots, you have to be more careful about which slots on the motherboard have full enough lanes to support your cards. And you have to make sure your motherboard has the full x16 slot in the highest position which is less common on boards with m.2. otherwise there isn’t room for expansion cards

Jonsbo makes some decent compact nas cases with plenty of space for drives. Look at their N series N3/N4 etc.

matx would be more upgradable than itx, but nobody is making either of them with 10gb Ethernet. So I personally would be looking at full ATX boards so I could add in a nic.

It’s not impossible, but first Gen Ryzen was surprisingly good after AMD shit the bed for a few years. Most major manufacturers weren’t willing to take a chance, though you can find some 2nd Gen available on the used market.

If it were me, I’d look for a motherboard/CPU combo and assemble it into your case of choice. That way you aren’t stuck with the weird form-factors of pre-built office computers.

Yeah, this isn’t even that bad, just a little harmless mold. It’s not like this is the one filled with live wriggling maggots

If you’re ok buying used, I’d go for a first Gen Ryzen 8 core. They’re cheap as chips since they don’t support Windows 11, but the cpu is upgradable so you can upgrade if you need more power or want to run Windows 11. Also it’s a ddr4 platform so the ram is under $100 for 64gb.

A GTX 1050 would be fine for Plex, and discrete graphics would be required if you go with the Ryzen recommendation. I think rtx 3060 is probably the sweet spot for a 12gb vram card, but you won’t need that much unless your streaming to 5+ Plex users simultaneously.

Wow, that was a good read! I love his recipe for Detroit deep dish pizza dough.

A week in the transporter buffer should be roughly equivalent to overnight in the fridge

Engineer: wow, these new led lights will use a tenth of the electricity our old lights used!

Boss: So you’re saying we can use ten times as many lights then?

Fwiw, pi zeros have USB host & device/gadget modes, but I doubt a zero would have enough power to do what you need

He’s on float plane. I think he’s trying to make a living, so I’d assume YouTube ad revenue is a factor

Was that before they discovered the Romulans were long lost Vulcans?

So vegan cannibalism is a thing?

Yep, iirc Cingular was the last nail to be removed from the coffin, and that happened over a decade ago.

At&t? Ma’ Bell!

No I’m not going to smell your finger.

Episode 1: team goes to investigate weird ghostly sightings on a newly colonized planet

resolution: it actually was swamp gas reflecting off the moon. Not some alien parasite or foreign tech.

Technically not about fossil fuels exclusively, as they include hydro, bio-mass, and nuclear in their list of priorities

Sec 3a

. . . undue burden on identification, development, or use of domestic energy resources — with particular attention to oil, natural gas, coal, hydropower, biofuels, critical mineral, and nuclear energy resources . . .

In a functioning government the AG, independent from executive influence, could act on this, but I certainly don’t have hope for the current administration