Nerdulous

I'll say the same thing to you as I said to them back then. You have to provide proof for claims like that. I really want that to be true and something to be done about it but I need evidence first.

Couple things. Firstly watchtower is no longer maintained. An alternative is what's up docker(WUD). It mostly functions the same but with a little more setup. I found this to be a near drop in replacement for me.

Secondly as someone who's consistently had a hard time with searxng, I would recommend degoog instead for aggregate search. It just feels so much more modern and usable. It's immensely more simple to setup as well since configuration is mostly done in the interface instead of some several hundred line config file.

And that is exactly what reviewers and consumers alike both realized during it's release

Nvidia focused more on the ability to perform real time ray tracing (RTX) than on the raw performance of the cards. At the time the RTX performance of the cards was hardly passable and the amount of games that even supported the technically was VERY limited but the fact that they could perform ray tracing in real time at all was a bit of a marvel.

Nvidia leaned hard into this and tried very hard to get everyone on board with this paradigm shift. As reviewers tested these cards and found out that this technology is still very immature, most of them decided to highlight the performance per dollar instead of the new technology. This meant that informed gamers didn't really consider RTX part of the equation when buying the 2000 series cards.

When you looked at it from a pure rasterization perspective the massive increase in price for the marginal increase in gains made these cards really unappealing. Especially to those who already had 1000 and even 900 series cards. As a result this was a generation a lot of gamers skipped or instead choose to go with 1600 series cards later on. These were basically 2000 series cards without the ray tracing and a cheaper price point making them more appealing.

Genuinely question. If you want something with a modern high performance processor what options do you have that also include a jack?

If they were passive speakers being powered through the cables and an amplifier wouldn't the additional impedance of the cable result in a (probably imperceptible) reduction on volume? I agree it wouldn't effect the waveform, and thus, the quality of the sound though.

Calling Windows a distro, while technically true, feels offensive

Did you see any performance change because that setup seems pretty equivalent to me

I actually feel this proves his point. Sure it got the wording right but look how unnaturally clean but also chaotic the image is compared to the original. Like the soda machine is missing all its labels and the ice tray as an example

Yes this was a super interesting read as were most of the other replies. Thanks for sharing some info!

They actually don't even have to do that. They get the money off the fees and limited interest on the transaction and sell the debt as a "prime" investment to your retirement fund or pension. Leaving the common people to hold the bag while they receive millions in fees and no liability