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    "companies to make enough supply..." The problem with this is this may not be possible quickly. We could go into supply chain, manufacturing, etc., but it just may not be possible. And even if they did, it will take time to make changes to supply chain and manufacturing. By the time they fix supply, demand may have waned. What I see is a failure to adequately anticipate supply chain and changes in manufacturing (again, see my comment about Just-in-Case vs. Just-in-Time manufacturing). Companies failed to anticipate how much things have changed in a year and how quickly things have pivoted. Yes, things changed quickly, but they could have used the "good times" to sort out supply chain and manufacturing woes to see less disruption during "bad times". "The second is for consumers not to purchase from scalpers / flippers." Easier said than done. When people want something which is in such short supply, they will go to lengths to get that product. We've been telling that to GPU buyers, yet 9 months in, people are still buying well above MSRP, from secondary markets, and likely being scalped.
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    The answer to "why scalpers?" is, at its core, supply-&-demand. If people want it enough, they will pay for it. One thing that has been brought up, especially in light of the pandemic, is Just-in-Time vs Just-in-Case manufacturing. Each has their pros and cons but given our current situation, most manufacturing adopted JIT but at the same time, we're seeing high demand, which is breeding a much more lucrative secondary market.
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    Repaint.
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    I think the 256GB NVMe is probably the better deal. At the same time, it has MicroSD card support so storage isn't too much of a concern.
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    If the show continues on, I’m sure they’ll revisit Ryloth, but this thread will have to dangle for the rest of the season. The whole point was to plant the seeds for the Rebellion. Unfortunately, the do need to cover the existing threads this season; will the Kaminoians ever get Omega back, face off with Crosshairs.
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    Talk about milking. And just for a few scenes.
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    But but but but MCU Phase 4…Dr. Strange and The Multiverse of Madness….Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania…🙄
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    Just as a FYI, Freya Allan was ~16/17 when they filmed season 1. She turned 19 when they stared filming season 2 at the end of 2020. She'll be in her 20s if they make it to season 3. Kids do grow fast.
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    They'll likely come back for Season 3. They haven't started production on The Mandalorian S3 yet.
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    The supply constraints are likely the case, given TSMC's current fab-to-supply issues. From what I hear, the chips are being scooped up as soon as they come off the fab. Basically everything being manufactured is already allocated to manufacturers. There's no leftovers being produced.
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    Unfortunately Delta’s flight trainer, Messer, disagreed with that assessment. A person can be book-smart but lack that spark of improvisation and imagination that brings them up a level. That’s where Mirage is.
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    Some episode directors for The Book of Boba Fett were named. https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1459162/star-wars-the-book-of-boba-fett-release-date-temuera-morrison-jon-favreau-disney-plus Jon Favreau Robert Rodriguez Bryce Dallas Howard Dave Filoni No word on who is directing which episodes.
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    Only 6 episodes. A second season is possible. She-Hulk is currently filming, slated for early 2022. Hawkeye is currently in post and will premiere in late 2021. The next series will be What If..., followed by Ms. Marvel, then Hawkeye.
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    Likely a pass. New stand? Woohoo. Bigger OLED? OK. I think mini/micro LED would be better but OK. Same SOC line? 👎 Feels like a spec-bumb upgrade.
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    It's in the "..." pulldown menu.
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    You can use CrystalDiskInfo to check on your SSD's health. Now if you think the SSD was affected by your power issues, then maybe you should consider getting a new one.
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    If people run discrete GPUs, then a iGPU is taking space on the CPU die which could be used for other things. Given the current shortages and price gouging, AMD is finally realizing selling a "modern" Zen 3 on-die GPU-CPU might actually be beneficial to them since this shortage is probably is going to last into 2022. And while Vega graphics are workable-1080p-gaming-graphics, it's better than no GPU at all. Still better than Intel's not-worth-gaming-iGPU. Speaking of moving taskbars, I see another person with the taskbar off the bottom of the screen. Now that MS is taking that ability away, I'm noticing more people with taskbars being placed somewhere other than the bottom now.
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    Mechanical drives don't make much sense now until you hit the larger capacities (>1 TB. 2TB SSDs are fine if you find them on sale, otherwise, borderline questionable worth). My only worry about the larger SSDs is when they mysteriously die. When SSDs die, they die. HDDs usually suffer a slow death and are normally easier to recover than a SSD if it comes to that (You can use some tricks at home on HDDs to recover data. SSDs require soldering for starters.)
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    I really don’t care about leaving the taskbar at the bottom only. I never moved my taskbar. Concerning the screen real estate issue for the taskbar, I’ve always been a advocate for the 16:10 aspect ratio. How anyone can work on a 1080p/16:9 aspect is perplexing (mainly laptop screens. Desktop can use 1440p or a 4k, negating the squished 1080p screen).
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    It's worth noting those of you still using and holding onto those 600-series and 700-series cards, NVidia is cutting you off in the next few months. 900 and 1000-series cards also only have a couple of years of life support left. I'm sure they would end it sooner but you know...
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    Re: Start menu. It's also stuck to the bottom of the screen too with the Task bar. I know a few people who will be annoyed.
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    On top of this is the other news about Windows 11. Android apps on Windows. Via the Microsoft store. Via the Amazon App store. Running over Intel Bridge. Impressive but it's basically running Android apps over an application emulator layer(?) and you need both a MS app store and Amazon app store account. 🤦‍♂️ Teams integration. So, I see Skype was a dead end. While mileage may vary, my experience with Teams has been OK to Problem-prone. I've had more issues with Teams vs Zoom. Start menu: I see they're revisiting the whole touch-thing again. Did Windows 8 not teach 'em anything? Probably good for touch but my use-case for Windows will remain keyboard-&-mouse cursor for the foreseeable future. HDR-support: Meh. I care more for display scaling though. That's been a sore spot for Windows. TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot requirement: I feel a headache coming when people attempt to reinstall and those options are disabled in the BIOS (or lack the TPM 2.0 module).
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    Unfortunately my upgrade to Ryzen got delayed last year due to the parts shortages and any hopes of re-using my 8th-gen i7 to replace my 4th-gen Intel WFH box are diminishing due to the lack of and reasonably priced parts. Even with parts coming back in stock, sourcing parts for older platforms really doesn't seem like a viable.
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