If someone wants to watch a 3 hour video on Sowell for whatever reason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZjSXS2NdS0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7a24BHgQLE

Another workaround is hiding the voting arrows in settings

A lot of people don’t understand that there is a difference between liberal and leftist which makes them automatically assume that anyone speaking negatively of liberals must be a conservative. A consequence of Americans calling their centre right party “the left”.

Planescape: Torment is brought up a lot. Not sure about how funny it is as I haven’t played it yet but it’s old game that is supposed to have been a major influence on DE

I think philosophy is probably the closest substitute for religion/spirituality so some sort of education in that.

You’re already paying a car tax through income tax which goes to fund public roads that are predominantly worn out by private vehicles.

Unfortunately, a lot of economic growth historically has been tied to increased fossil fuel usage so until we can decouple the two through cleaner energy sources, the only way to maintain living standards in rich countries is the continued reliance on fossil fuels, plastics etc.

That is not to say that this is an issue that regular people need to address on an individual level but that the move toward a less poluted world involves a decreased dependence on poorer countries for the production of goods that exposes them to the majority of the health risks and harms associated with industrialization. This will most likely impact your way of life if you live in a rich country because you depend on these processes even if you’re locally poor yourself.

There is a whole other discussion to be had about wealth inequality within countries and on a global scale and how neither you nor someone from a poor country should have to worry about being able to afford a dignified, healthy life.

So I guess since we’re not wearing masks anymore we should focus on decreasing the main source of CO2 in cities being cars and other modes of transport that run on fossil fuels and impact air quality and by extension cognitive ability. Would you agree?

Well There’s Your Problem, a podcast about engineering disasters and systemic failures, from a leftist perspective, with jokes.

“The Pentagon only managed to account for 39 percent of its $3.5 trillion in assets.”

They failed 5 audits in a row and got a $50 billion budget increase last time. So there’s practically no accountability for US military spending.

I could go until the late afternoon without eating with the power of nicotine. I would say it’s about the same as coffee but you can smoke more frequently than you can drink coffee (usually).

Yeah, that is true. I forget about the extra features sometimes because I tend to prefer native res most of the time though I haven’t tried the latest gen’s implementations of frame generation/dynamic res.

I have no idea why some people found the 7800 XT to be anything but a cashgrab at its current price point tbh. Benchmarks are within spitting distance of each other depending on game and resolution so it’s closer to like 3% at 1440p from what I saw. Yeah 500USD is closer to the going price for the 6800 XT these days.

It’s a Corsair TX550M so just a regular gold. If you’re just upgrading your GPU to a 6700 XT then you should be alright with a PSU from a reputable brand. I haven’t played a lot of very demanding things yet because I only upgraded recently but I can get 100ish FPS on Borderlands 3 with settings around medium-high and about 100 on Counter Strike 2 (but it’s in beta and not utilizing resources fully on my machine at the moment).

Since you seem to prefer gaming at higher settings, you’re most likely gonna be GPU bound in most titles unless you’re into stuff like CSGO or big sim games.

But it comes down to whether a 6700 XT is enough or if 6800 XT + PSU upgrade (and possibly a CPU upgrade down the line) is the better choice for you. The performance gap between the two is sizeable at around 40% at 1440p ultra (https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html).

Either is a fine choice in my opinion but it just depends on how much you want to budget for the upgrade. A 750W + 6800 XT should leave room for a future 5800X3D upgrade if they drop further in price.

For what it’s worth I have a 2600 and a 6700 XT on a 550W PSU on 1440p 144Hz coincidentally and it does alright but I don’t play super new games or max out settings. Not ideal but good enough for me.

Your current PSU is important for figuring out if you need to upgrade. Maybe consider a Ryzen 5800X3D (if your motherboard supports it with a BIOS update) and a 6800 XT because I don’t think the 2600 is gonna be pushing 100+ frames at 1440p in most newer titles (of course it depends on the title and settings). I don’t think the 7800 XT makes much sense over the 6800 XT at that price.

Fries but also the place desecrates poutine and probably shawarma too (who cares, fast food) so it’s all for the memes.

They have a channel with a bunch of skits too the guy who does them is pretty funny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEnd7SQak5A

I happily drink instant coffee. I even prefer it to something like Starbucks coffee.