Can't sleep. Probably should have taken a full Zopiclone instead of a half, but I don't really like taking sleeping pills, or anything resembling a benzo.
Anyway, also ran out of ideas for my buddy's predicament regarding that either failed or locked SSD. Gonna set him up with a Crucial I have lying around so he can at least leave with both a working desktop and laptop.
And right now, I just remembered that having a GPU is no longer stopping me from installing this artifact from the HTPC-era: the HDA Xplosion 7.1 sound card. I don't have a surround setup, but I figure (assuming it even works in a modern OS) it might give me a cleaner output than the line out on this HP Compaq 6200 Pro SFF that I currently have going into my circa 1980 amplifier.
My current setup is to have the stereo cranked to 40%, which puts the upper ~75% of the living room PC's volume control in the realm of "shitty neighbour" (I live in a condo; an older one where all units are separated by concrete, but still). I find it sounds best this way. One might think the opposite would be better (PC vol up, stereo down), or at least I did, but this just sounds much clearer and fuller.
Anyway, shutting down. Remains to be seen if this even has a modern driver, so we'll burn the fidelity bridge when we get there.
Oh right... gonna need my side cutters... And maybe a nonconductive barrier because this slow is reaaaal close to the bottom/side of the case. Definitely going to short something.
@ax3 I should probably watch that again. It's been a very very long time. Think I got that for Christmas about a decade ago.
@gordoooo_z it's one of those shows that ages well. i haven't watched it since it came out. time to change it.
@ax3 Tbh, I don't think I've ever watched more than the season I have on DVD, plus some clips online. I tend to return to Kids in the Hall a lot, which is up there with Flying Circus in my book, but I should definitely amend the oversight and take in the rest of Mr. Show.
@gordoooo_z mr show really caught on with me having actor overlap from kids in the hall (another great show). one of my favorite episodes is the tapeworm episode. flying circus was pretty good, but i never got into it like i did kids in the hall
@ax3 The tapeworm sketch might just be the most Canadian thing ever broadcast on national television 🤣
@m0xee Yup, resting atop a copy of Monsters, Inc.