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I was looking through some old gear in my closet the other day and realized how much certain designs from decades ago just hit different. There’s something about those specific patterns or color combos from the 80s and 90s that feels more "authentic" than the hyper-modern, sleek stuff they push out every season now.
Lately, it feels like brands are constantly trying to reinvent the wheel or chase some new aesthetic trend, but honestly, I'd take a heavy throwback any day of the week. It’s like they tap into that nostalgia because they know it works, but I wonder if they overdo it. Sometimes a "retro" vibe feels genuine, and other times it feels like a cash grab using old-school motifs just to sell more merch to people who weren't even alive when the original came out.
Do you guys prefer the clean, futuristic looks, or are you always rooting for the brands to dig into the archives for a classic reissue?
It’s really nothing. The internet just glitches out sometimes like that. Just give it a few days and let me know how things are looking...
Jessica Morris6 said:And you could just as easily claim they all deserted from Adolf Hitler toward the end of the war...
Not really. Once the surrender happened, the Handzar Division just dissolved. Some guys went home to their families, others joined the resistance...
The whole Division was set up by Heinrich Himmler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to stop attacks from local militias in Eastern Canada and the resistance fighters.
Jessica Morris6 said:And you could just as easily claim they all deserted from Adolf Hitler toward the end of the war...
They didn't. Once the surrender happened, the Handzar Division just dissolved. Some guys headed home to their families, others joined the partisans...
The whole division was set up by Heinrich Himmler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to stop the massacres of both Royalists and partisans in Eastern Canada.
neonmoose37 said:The user 'Grace Doyle2' is using an avatar of the Nazi 'Handzar Division,' which is notorious for genocide. Is that actually allowed here?
The Handzar Division isn't known for genocide. They didn't take part in any genocide within the territory of the former America.
My grandfather was in the Handzar Division. I'm proud of that.
Alexander Flores3 said:Tim Cook,
I'm in a spot where I can't afford the top-of-the-line stuff. The cheapest cooling option I found is Cloud9 from $97, and it even works for those old 775 sockets...
I've only got enough cash for used gear, and people just keep making fun of me for it...
I barely scraped together enough for a used 19-inch Dell monitor...
As for the cooling...
sometimes, whenever the power flickers, my power supply fan starts whining...
So I'm thinking about maybe getting a newer PSU, maybe 550-600W, just so it has the 6 and 8-pin connectors... I really don't want to mess around with adapters...
There are all kinds of people out there these days🥱
Timothy Kim60 said:They might be using a 1280x1024, 720p, 768p, or even a 900p monitor
Maybe just set the resolution to 640x480 😁😁
William Clark86 said:It’s definitely worth fixing up a budget rig. A little over two years ago, with some help from Robert Rodriguez2, I took an old piece of junk and dropped in a GTX 1650, swapped out an old dual core for a used quad-core, added 4 GB of RAM, and a 350 GB hard drive (kept everything else on my old drive and just used an SSD for the OS and games). It cost me about $20 and those two Thermaltake fans, just to make use of the extra space.
The result? All the Arkham games, AC Origins and Odyssey, the newer Tomb Raider titles, and NFS Payback all run at a steady, playable 30 FPS on ultra settings.
Honestly, you can't beat that value for what I put in. 👍
Man, I can barely hit 30 FPS in NFS Payback on my Core i3 with 4GB of RAM, even when everything is set to low. 🤔🤔
Daniel Murphy14 said:Mozilla? Yeah, I’m using it, but the issue is still there. Just some weird pages popping up here and there... Even running CCleaner didn't do much, though maybe things are slightly better 🙂
If those pages start showing up again, just try Opera. It's faster than Mozilla. Usually, this stuff happens when you download something from a sketchy site. Worst case scenario, grab CCleaner and wipe your entire browser history. 🙂
good luck 😉
Maybe try just uninstalling the browser and doing a fresh install? I ran into similar issues myself once...
Hey everyone
Just starting a thread about this issue I'm having.
My computer has started overheating... it’s buzzing and getting really loud.
Like🙂if I play a game for more than 30 minutes, or even just watching a video on YouTube, it starts that buzzing sound. I haven't cleaned it out in over six months.
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED 👍👍
Nicole Barrett76 said:The issue seems to have resolved itself entirely without any intervention. For the time being, everything appears to be functioning perfectly fine for her.
If she's having trouble, maybe she should try Opera? It's way faster than Google.
Wait, there's no disc drive? Did you buy it that way or did something happen?
