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@sun Yeah took them nearly 3 years to fix it. Falcon V2. It wasn't entirely Microsoft's fault though it was heavily due to TSMC using improper undefill for the GPU interposer.

I still got a working phat 360 but it's a late model. Aesthetically I like it in some ways more than the slim model but the built in wi-fi on the Xbox 360 S was a game changer and it was a more compact system. Sucked it lost the faceplate feature though because that was a really cool feature in the 360 phat that made the console unique. No other system before or after it did something like that.

@coolboymew @sun @Rocket @lain

I've RGH3 modded a OG Xbox 360 Phat Falcon V2 and a Corona V3 Xbox 360 S. The corona v3 360 S was a pain because Microsoft added an anti-tamper measure by removing the traces on the motherboard for easy access to the post fix pin needed for the RGH3 mod. Someone made a post fix adapter that rebuilds the trace by running a pogo pin under the cpu It can be a bit finnicky but I got it to work. I got paid for that one and I had to work on an OG xbox for that same kid who tried to DIY install the socket for an aladdin modchip and rebuild the traces for the LPT but ended up bridging a bunch of ports and left flux everywhere. Was a pain to clean but I cleaned it up and fixed it for the guy. been about 2 years now and I haven't heard anything back about complaints so I'd say the work was solid.

@sun @clawfulneutral It's not that they wanted a different thing it was more so of knowing the devil you already knew. We already had Trump once. We had 4 years of weekend at Biden's with the autopen and Cackles. Their mismanagement of Covid especially regarding the vaccine mandates is what set me over the edge with the dems. I voted for Trump 3 times only the first time did I vote for him with any optimism the 2nd and 3rd term were not with any eccentrism and I was wondering when he got re-elected how long he was gonna it was gonna take him to go back to his habits of performing auto-fellatio for Israel and it's lobbyists.

I liked populist candidate 2015 Trump. I really hate Zionist Neo-cons I remember well the Dubya/Cheney years from 2000-2008 since that was the formative years of my adolescence / early adulthood. Outside of evangelicals in the south and war hawks Dubya was not really liked except for a brief period after 9/11. I still think Israel and our own goverment was behind that one as they had the most to gain from it happening and laying the foundations to the orwellian / surveillance state nightmware we are living today with the patriot act and the push for AI / digital identification.

President Trump in 2026 has strayed so far away from the populist 2015 candidate version of him. I got a lot of family who still blindly support him and have butted heads since I don't blindly think everything he does is great. The far left media's constant muddying the waters with criticisms on the retarded identity politics and not the legit problems was likely intentional to help push along their agenda.

@sun @clawfulneutral

I really hate the identity politics on the left and it's not just me but a lot of moderates as well. Their constant barraging of people just wanting to mind their own business with their bullshit pushed people towards the conservatives kind of creating their own problem. The biggest thing I butt heads with on conservatives right now is the Israel issue.

I kind of wish this country had a better class of politicians and leaders who actually worked for their own countrymen and not Davos and Tel-Aviv.

@coolboymew @kaia @sun You can get lucky and get super expensive skins but the steam market cap is $2000 anyone selling high end stuff is doing it through 3rd party sites.

The timing of this lawsuit is convenient after he beat a patent troll. I think it's just short hat tricks and they called in a favor from latisha since they bailed her out of her mortgage fraud shennanigans. They're just big mad that Valve is a really successful independant company and they don't control it. At the end of the day they want to control everything. Look at why they smeared Mel Gibson over passion of the christ. They cried anti semetic dog whistles but it was because the movie made 450 million dollars without hollywoods backing or approval. They absolutely couldn't stand someone being successful without them having any control of it and had to destroy him. It's the same bullshit here with Valve and these people.