ME: I'm really, really torn on whether to just replace my motherboard or replatform to AM5. But that would mean I'd need a new case and all cases today are RGB messes designed for edgelord teens who-
FRACTAL DESIGNS <interrupting>: Hi
After lots of possible failure point elimination yesterday, I think it's new motherboard time.
Tested different SSDs and RAM with fresh installs of Windows each time and fully up-to-date drivers. Issue of multiple BSODs, all memory access related, returns.
Dmp files not showing a program consistently causing the issue, either.
Couple that with a RAM stick randomly failing last week, and that increasingly says 'board issue' to me.
Think this is maybe the most feels short story I've ever written.
Came about because I was watching an old Cosmos episode and started thinking about light speed, and how that might affect the last letter a person could send in war.
Should probably add a trigger warning for dads, prior to reading.
@jessamyn oh I can't claim credit for updating the wiki directly! Kudos to whichever contributor did that.
I just wrote this piece about her on Monday as part of my 'Crazy Ones' column, to try and highlight how grossly overlooked by the general Silicon Valley history narrative she's been.
I pointed out her single paragraph on wikipedia in that. Been wonderful getting to add a footnote saying that's now changed. 😁