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I think NVK is only for newer cards though, right?

And with no real reason

The real reason is planned obsolescence. Your old GPU working is bad for NVidia because it means you're not buying a new one from them.

If the problem with the device is only those clearly damaged components, I think you can give it a shot. If there's something else wrong (which caused that resistor to slightly explode in the first place), it would at least be beyond my paygrade, I wouldn't recommend spending time trying to fix it if you're a complete novice. If my guess is correct, the problem is indeed the overheated resistor and the blown thermal fuse and it should be possible to fix-ish.

Yellow box is definitely a capacitor (a radial film 0.1 μF 275VAC X2 class capacitor to be specific - typically used for EMI suppression). It's possible that the board will work without it (as seems it's only used for filtering/interference suppression) but I would replace it. If you do replace it, definitely spring for an X2 class as well, don't cheap out or you can end up with a spicy explosion. You will need the same capacitance (0.1 μF / microfarad) and the same or greater voltage (at least 275 VAC / Volts on Alternating Current). Maybe even get the same one - https://www.ebay.com/itm/405324404548 although $10 for just two capacitors is insanely expensive. Here are some more which should work: https://eu.mouser.com/c/passive-components/capacitors/safety-capacitors/?capacitance=0.1+uF&safety+rating=X2&voltage+rating+ac=275+VAC (just make sure to get the Lead Spacing right - I'd guess yours is 10 mm, but better to measure out).

The device below that blown resistor is likely a thermal fuse, designed to prevent exactly the situation that happened (that means two things - this exact event has probably happened during manufacturer testing, and your thermal fuse is not up to spec). I would try replacing it with a thermal fuse that's at least 240VAC rated voltage, something like 10 A rated current, and something like 150°C trip temperature.

It's a bit hard to identify the exact value of the resistor because it has discolored so much. It's especially annoying since the third band kinda has the biggest effect on the value (it's the exponent) and that's gone completely. I would try desoldering it, measuring it with a multimeter (on Ω/Ohm setting) and see what value comes out, then get a 2W or 3W resistor of a larger value and see what happens. This is the most risky part of the whole ordeal, if you get it too high the thing will probably not work, if you get it too low it might explode again. Probably would stay away when plugging it in for the first time :)

This quarrel is the usual political theater intended to distract from all the awful shit happening in the background (dismantling the remains of the welfare state and safety nets, impending environmental & climate disasters, and the ol' favorite - insane wealth redistribution upwards).

However this time, with an actual fascist in power, all the prop guns on stage are actually real and I wouldn't be surprised if Elon is deported or even "found dead". He fucked around and got a fascist elected, I hope he finds out. Either way, this is not something to pay any attention to.

How is nouveau doing for those older cards these days? Are they at least still usable as a display adapter?

If it's such an obstacle for social life, I'd just give in and make an account. Given the alternative is "exchanging phone numbers" (with the intent to text or call, presumably) I'd say Instagram is no worse privacy-wise - both offer absolutely no privacy protection. If a phone number is required to register (I don't know if it is), I'd get a bootleg sim specifically for it. I would treat all communications on any proprietary platform (even 1-on-1) as though they are happening in public (Twitter-style). Avoid using apps if at all possible as they have more access to your device. If that's not possible, at least do not give those apps any permissions, however hard they are trying to eek them out of you. Do not use it for anything but chatting with your acquaintances - merely looking at your feed, even without any explicit interactions like opening a post, gives Meta a lot of data about you.

If the connection moves on from "acquaintance" to "friendship", perhaps try pushing them towards a better platform - I recommend Matrix as it is federated (unlike Signal), and has pretty nice clients/UX nowadays (unlike Tox and XMPP), and is e2e-encrypted (unlike almost everything else).

I wonder if there are any studies about general happiness and mental well-being of Parisians before and after - I'd wager it's better now.

Don’t y’all wave flags or something like that not to be murdered by a car?

Correction: to be murdered by a car anyways, but at least with a flag in hands

Randall hasn’t bothered to name any of them so the community has given them unofficial nicknames.

Megan is actually named in multiple comics though, ~~so is Danish (Black Hat's girlfrenemy)~~ (actually that was picked semi-arbitrarily by the community). Cueballs also have different names occasionally but they're all drawn the same.

And actually I do believe that certain non-named characters are the same comic-to-comic. Black hat and Beret guy almost certainly are.

Yes, as I've said, this is just me getting old rather than any issue with the joke format :)

Capitalists now: "Here is your 26 megajoule cupcake!"

Capitalists a year later: "Here is your insulin subscription, only $299/month!"

No birthright citizenship in a country founded and inhabited almost entirely by immigrants, with no mandatory national ID? Yeah that's gonna be a shitshow and a half.