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Well, as Blake said, DDR4 is already out. So far however it's mostly used in Servers and high-end boards. But I expect much wider uptake and price drop once the Intel Lake architecture comes out.
Btw, my suggestion is just that - a suggestion. If your brother needs a new PC sooner, just go with Broadwell. You won't be able to replace the parts in the future without buying surplus online via eBay, but with proper planning the machine will last at least another half decade (focus on highest end CPU and motherboard, the two parts that changes most frequently. I expect DDR3 RAM to still be around for another 2-3 years, and video cards to stay to PCIe with no further changes for another few years). I'm still using a 2009 architecture machine with only upgrades to the video card and it works fine. Just that if you're not in a hurry, waiting for the Lake architecture to launch is a better deal.
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My condolences, Wade.
You have feelings. My autism is the opposite of yours, and that doesn't make me a better person. It only makes me a person who is taken less seriously. I express my emotions very intensely. I suspect this has to do with gender, although I know exceptions both ways, one being my own brother. While I would be devastated if he died, however, I really have no idea what my reaction would be.
Human beings are complicated. The fact that you're even asking these questions means you have a good heart.
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Long rant time. As many of you might know, I have a Facebook page. I never link it here, but I have one regardless.
Facebook isn't perfect and it's privacy is a divisive issue, but so far, I find it alright though I have to tolerate posts I don't care for. That all changed today because of one thing...
Facebook is trying to ram the "Share" feature down my throat now.
Here's what happens.. whenever I click any timeline link, the "Share" link automatically opens up. It never used to do this up until a few days ago and I never used the "Share" button that much because I don't share that much directly from the timeline. I just copy and paste URL links and FB formats the rest.
This is probably not even that big of a deal to most people, but to me it sort of is. In a way, I feel FB is now trying to take control away from me by opening the "Share" box after clicking on newsfeed links. If I click on a link, I don't want to share it unless I absolutely want to. And as I stated earlier, it's very rare that I use that "Share" button anyway. The worst part? I can't find a way to turn this thing off. I looked everywhere in the settings.
I might be nitpicking, but I don't like it when any website tries to force things like this on to me. It's taking control away from me, especially if there is no option to turn said feature off. Same goes for pop-up boxes that beg for likes that osbcure page content, or those "recommended article" slide ins. uBlock can take care of some of those, but not all of them and it likely won't work on FB without causing the page to break.
This might be the thing that drives me to close my FB account, but I need to think about it for a while. I have personal friends there and if I do close my FB, I need to find alternate means of talking with them.
Rant over.... and I'm feeling a bit annoyed.
EDIT: Also discovered the "Share" replaces the comments when it opens. >.<
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Did you add some weird application? The changes you mentioned aren't showing for me- still looks the same over here.
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It's turning out to be one of those days.
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Ok. Looks like the hand is forcing it. You may need to use an ad-blocker to at least disable social network buttons. I probably never see this because I only allow ads on certain websites.
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