Hacker News: absolute8606https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=absolute8606Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:43:39 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by absolute8606 in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"]]>They’ve announced a partnership with Motorola to have it installed on some of their phones in the future, so not just Pixels for long!

]]>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:37:34 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47936823absolute8606https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47936823https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47936823<![CDATA[New comment by absolute8606 in "What came after the 486?"]]>Oh man, my first custom build had a Phenom II 955 BE. Overclocked beautifully, I loved that system. Got it in a barebones kit from good old TigerDirect, RIP

]]>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:49:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532782absolute8606https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532782https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47532782<![CDATA[New comment by absolute8606 in "Replacing Liquid Metal on an Asus Zephyrus G15's CPU"]]>On the contrary, I've had terrible luck with Asus laptops. Most of my issues have been with their gaming laptops but I have had at least one Zenbook die on me as well. But I've had four other gaming laptops, from multiple different market segments.

Desktop hardware I've had better luck with, but between my own experience and the multitude of reports online about warranty issues people have faced with other products, I can't in good faith recommend them to people.

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