we need to shift the average / median IQ on the planet from about 85 where it is now to maybe about 110 ... to do this about 95% of earth population would have to be eliminated ... and absolutely nothing of value would be lost.

160+ IQ = visionary / leader 120-160 IQ = member of polite society 80 - 120 IQ = peasant -80 IQ = animal

basically what happened is i keep putting away migrating to the new PC even though i had built it like 2 years ago but i want to move to Florida before opening that can of worms so it was just easier / faster to replace a limping GPU on the old PC ... what happened is the $10,000 ( MSRP ) screen on the new PC has died and rather than buying new one and then moving a 85" screen to Florida i want to move first and then buy a new screen. i also don't want to physically move a 70 lbs workstation from one room to another either and then copy all my data etc. g-d willing simply swapping a GPU should be plug and play as the new one i ordered is the same form factor as the old one and should even run on the same drivers. it should just be 4 years and 2 generations newer, with 5X the power and 8GB VRAM instead of 3GB. a while back i noticed in the task manager performance tab i am ALWAYS using 2 out of 3 GB of VRAM even with nothing running. that was my first clue that maybe it's time for a new GPU. there were other clues as well. i just couldn't find one that made logical sense for this particular PC until now. then today i saw a refurbished card that was exactly what i was looking for ( except it was a fucking Zotac and obviously i wanted an Asus but it was 30% less than Asus with the same GPU and VRAM so i said i will give it a shot - don't need it to last forever - only need it to last about a year to give me time to migrate to the new PC ) i also purchased one year warranty for it for $20 from Newegg View quoted note →

how do you manage your hardware harem ? i get a new desktop every 6-7 years or so, a new laptop every 4-5 years or so and a new phone every 3-4 years or so i keep all my desktops for as long as they work, but for phones and laptops i keep only the latest one and give the old ones to my parents posting this now because i just ordered a new GPU for my 8 year old desktop, which is the oldest of the three computers i use. the GPU is a refurbished RTX 3070 so it is itself 4 years old, but that is half the age of GTX 1060 that it will replace. it made no sense to get anything better as i already have RTX 4080 in two other computers ( a real one in a desktop and a mobile in a laptop ). but more importantly the old mobo doesn't have PCIE 5.0 anyway so i figured to save some money and get GPU that is on a PCIE standard closer to that of the mobo it's going into. the GTX 1060 was struggling pretty bad with just regular everyday stuff like YouTube ( it's driving a 4K HDR screen ) but i won't throw it out ! i will move it to an even older PC that i haven't used in years but is still in working condition ! that old PC is hooked up to a 1080p screen and GTX 1060 should do better there.

whoever it is - it definitely isn't the Jews ! ( stole this image from @makeheroism but i seen that post on X yesterday )