Recent content by SHaines

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    Announcement Tom's Hardware is seeking contributors!

    Are you a technical hardware expert, and want to lend your expertise toward writing news articles, features and more for Tom's Hardware? Send along your areas of expertise, alongside samples of your writing to sayem.ahmed@futurenet.com for consideration to become a paid freelance Tom's Hardware...
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    Question Key combination CTRL+SHIFT+X is blocked in windows 11

    If you're on a fresh Windows install without that application installed and the issue has returned, there is either some of that software still installed (maybe in the registry?) or something else is the root cause of the issue. I do hope someone can help you find the specific culprit soon...
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    News Toshiba stuffs an entire PC into a dot matrix printer — Toshiba Jimucon SJ-9500 packs a mysterious CPU, 8GB RAM, and two 240GB SSDs

    There's a decent chance I owned that model. I was a writer in my younger days and used to type away at that thing at all hours in my flophouse rented room with the bathroom down the hall. Good times.
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    Political posts with no comment section

    Hey there, I hear you on this, for sure. For clarity, whenever an article is published by Tom's Hardware, it automatically creates a forum entry for that article. It's a comment bridge that allows seamless discussion on articles as they get published, but it also means articles get published...
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    News 12 diehard Razer fans got tattoos of the Razer Toaster — 5 years later, they're still patiently waiting for it to come out

    After reading the article, everyone involved has a good sense of humor about the situation, so it seems like a pretty harmless bit of fun for a few folks who wanted to show off their love of their community (in this case they were Razer supporters, but this isn't really about the specific...
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    Info Community Black Friday Spotlight Thread - 2023

    Greetings! It's that time of year again: Black Friday! If you spot any fantastic deals you think your fellow Tom's Hardware forums community members would love, post them in reply to this thread. This thread should be for sharing deals, not a broader discussion, that way every post is something...
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    Info HammerBot Feedback Round 2!

    I'd say the focus now is on making it more helpful and UI/UX will be cleaned up a bit later.
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    News Google's AI Bots Tout 'Benefits' of Genocide, Slavery, Fascism, Other Evils

    How we frame a topic is going to have a substantial impact on how a specific audience will respond to that information. It's why various organizations on any point across the political spectrum will choose their words based on the audience. This is also how human beings behave as individuals...
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    News Google's AI Bots Tout 'Benefits' of Genocide, Slavery, Fascism, Other Evils

    There are plenty of reasons to have strong feelings about all sorts of different massive corporations, but ad hoc isn't a productive one. When there's an argument to be made, please make it and folks will share their perspectives. It's the best way to have a productive discussion about any...
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    Info 7800x3D

    I'll let them know. Thanks again!
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    Thanks to this great community.

    We're always blown away by the knowledge held within this community. I used these forums for all of my computer knowledge a very long time ago and was excited to join the team coming up on four years ago now. My personal thanks to all of you for being here and for sharing your knowledge and...
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    Info Requesting Forum Account Deletion

    Hey folks, If you'd like to have your forum account deleted, please email your request to our team directly: community@futurenet.com. Once deleted the account can never be recovered, so please keep that in mind. If you don't have access to the email address on the account anymore we'll need...