Hey, it could happen...

I rather like their DragonFly USB DAC/amp. Granted, I didn't pay anywhere near $250+ for it, but for the ~$75 I got it for, it's nice, sounds good and is portable. My other choices for use with my work provided laptop were the usual Schiit stack and Monoprice desktop amp (11567), but the DragonFly won out on simplicity.

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The problem with a ~3 year Windows release cycle is that a lot of commercial / FOSS programs can take 1-2 years to stabilize on the new platform (eg. properly supporting new video renderer, 3rd party backup/imaging programs, etc.)

Not if you use a custom DirectShow filter chain to do custom deinterlacing, resizing, etc. (eg. ffdshow).
I need a high-speed dual core w/HT or a medium-speed quad w/o HT for that.

I'm Chinese, and even I don't know what the Firefly cast is saying 90% of the time they attempt to speak Mandarin,

Run wdidle3 or idle3tools and set the park time to 300 seconds. Problem solved. Do NOT set it to disabled with the latest generation Reds / Greens - they do not like it in the least and you WILL get funny noises from the drive.

Since we have a Backblaze staff member here, can I ask why did you guys not test Hitachi's 6TB drives?

Looks like their infamous CSM team strikes again

Accurate documentary of Murica's future...

What on earth are you smoking? A decently clocked i3 is sufficient (CPU-wise) for the vast majority of games. A 6-year old i5/i7 would even suffice. GPU? $200 for an R9 290, $120 for an R9 280X. That's not expensive at all for (TRUE) 1080p gaming.

I'm rather more concerned with his/her managerial competence, provided that they are decent enough technically.

Was this for their ASIC or FPGA miners? To their credit, the FPGA miners worked well and ran reliably. Heard some grumblings about the bundled power bricks, but don't know about that since I ran mine off of a regular PSU.

I got in early on a bunch of their FPGA miners. Made obscene money mining and a tidy profit after I sold them and decided to quit mining.

Smart enough to do the job, dumb enough to keep doing it.