But you could be a Space Marine and die a horrible death in battle, or an Imperial Guardsman and die a horrible death in battle. Or a civilian on a hive world and live in a repressive fascist theocratic hellhole, then die a horrible death when Chaos or xenos attack.

But he doesn’t charge interest and sets no deadlines for payments. All he asks is that you pay off your existing loan before he’ll give you another one.

Australian consumer law specifically protects against this. The consumer has a choice between a repair (if possible), a refund or a replacement; the retailer doesn’t get to choose for them. At today’s prices, replacement is the only sensible choice. The retailer has to take it up with the manufacturer to cover their costs.

Any purchases that require research are a big screen job.

I am also 36 and my kids are nowhere near old enough to frequent Lemmy. I certainly don’t feel old, but I am well aware of the signs that I’m not as young as I used to be.

Before it launched I thought Bulldozer would be good. I even had an FX-8350, and in hindsight I’m not sure it was even an upgrade from the Phenom II X4 955 black edition that I had before