Post AdSmLMECBn4xXElmkK by jameshowell@emacs.ch
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 (DIR) Post #AdSmLL60Okvw1XvjLE by jameshowell@emacs.ch
       2024-01-03T05:51:27Z
       
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       ZOMG you guys I am so excited. My kid spent his Christmas money on a case, motherboard, CPU, GPU, RAM, SSD, and water-cooled radiator.Amazon delivered the last component today and we started assembling at 19:00. At midnight we got the boot screen!Right now it feels like bullets cannot hurt me.#pcmasterrace #pcgaming #custompc
       
 (DIR) Post #AdSmLMECBn4xXElmkK by jameshowell@emacs.ch
       2024-01-03T06:10:10Z
       
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       I built a PC/XT #clone (8086, #DOS 3.2) in 1987. Before I saw Windows 3 run. "DOS For Dummies" had not yet spawned a franchise. Amber monitor.I built a #Pentium II box in 1998. Ran #WindowsNT? and I got #Debian to.boot on it. I was still innocent of a "GPU"—I didn't even bother with a sound card. Ran #Emacs under Windows!Have not touched hardware since then. GOLLY THINGS SURE HAVE CHANGED#pcmasterrace #pcgaming #custompc
       
 (DIR) Post #AdSmLNLK2mNEzd6zUe by jameshowell@emacs.ch
       2024-01-03T06:29:05Z
       
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       So here's what Señor Pantalonesricos bought himself:AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3dRadeon 7900 XT32 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD, etc. etc.I find myself wondering: in which year was that amount of computing power the same as the total available to the entire US national security state?Does anyone have an informed guess?Because I am certain I have declarative memories of that year. Who was in the White House? (My guess is Clinton.)#pcmasterrace #pcgaming #custompc #computation #mooreslaw #exponentialGrowth