Yeah, right moving on let's talk about the keyboards because these are both mechanical Is that right? I mean mechanical keyboards on a on a laptop. It's quite rare.
What's the difference? Which is better, so on the soos. It's not full mechanical is we know it. It's mech tag which is a Tactile mechanical is what they kind of call it. I don't like it. I feel very spongy I really really don't like it Which is a big shame that goes much like yeah, it's nice to have a compact mechanical keyboard in it But I don't think it's right It's not good for typing and it's not good for gaming in My opinion my finger so like they're getting stuck wasn't able to press the keys And I wanted to whereas that if they carry Mx brown keyboard full-size is lovely it's Brilliant Yeah, and what's going on with this track right here https://gimmefrictionbaby.com/lobbying-for-and-against-online-gambling/? I can take it off. Yeah, you can take it off It's a Microsoft precision touchPad amazingly bizarre, okay? Yeah, and so it does all your gestures if you ever use the touchpad on this machine You don't want to use the touchpad flip it around you've got a number pad excellent. I just got thrown in yeah What we doing right come with me? We're doing a dropper get to the chopper to the chopper So that's all well and good so far, but if it doesn't perform if it isn't one Lakers games There's no point in these so for eight grand what am I actually getting in terms of specs so intel Core I7? 78 20 Hk 64 gigabytes is here for 64? Yes, because everyone is that and two eight gigabyte GTX 1082 1018 Yes, they are in Sli which is an interface that allows them both to work together You can overclock this beast a lot higher than this 4.8, gigahertz I was able to get this to Iowa on a laptop. Yeah, it was it was crazy fast. We've also quite loud I have to say so I was able to get about 980 and cinebench here under 850 most of the time on this one can you Say which one's the winner if you want the ultimate the fastest gaming laptop on the market? This is a big question really which is it it's going to be this one Because I was also able to overclock the gPU so this Is the ultimate laptop as far as performance goes and that's all down to that dock which gives it water cooling Yeah, absolutely okay, so if the file category of this ridiculous laptop comparison, you're calling it extremely Yes, maybe I call it value for money or something, but it's kind of out the window extremeness What does that mean in which one wins? Extremely is just how ludicrous anyone who walks in thinks This is the reaction of having people just walking around the offices always their eyes are drawn to the acer first Obviously that's because from the front it looks outrageous Everything is weird about it extremist on this side is more from the tech standpoint the fact that had the water cooling dock it's unique In the world of laptops which for me as a laptop geek? I find more important than the audacious styling on this one. So what do you reckon advise extremist guys? Well, I do like some more days of styling I do get I mean as the performance king that is quite cool, but I love an ultra wide screen I think this just stands out for me is if I'm going to spend that kind of money for something ridiculous I want something ridiculous. That's like going for a Aston Martin words This is Michael Amburgey perhaps, so we're calling it for a sir overall good I mean, I think you and I michael all the winners here What a privilege to have two of the most extreme gaming laptops Ivan genuinely delighted it's a great day of the office anyway let us know what you make of these which one you prefer whether you go for the Aether or the asus in the comments below you can click on the pole at the top right cast your vote which one you prefer And hope you enjoy the video. Thank you very much for watching and we'll see you next time right here on trusted reviews So how many times would I have to bench this to actually you know get some muscle um I think? Very rarely drafted it you probably want to start a bit lower like we're coming a little like. Maybe this one Yeah, maybe spot with on your back and learn.
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I recently travelled to Northern Ireland with the sole purpose of tracking down 24 unique moments travellers can experience - one for each hour of the day.
From food tours to Game of Thrones experiences, and coastal walks to haunted castle visits, here’s a little taste of what I experienced in Northern Ireland. So we've arrived at Giant's Causeway and I have to say that was a brilliant drive over. We saw more sheep than people and that is always a cool thing this website. Giant’s Causeway is a UNESCO Heritage Site that features no less than 40,000+ interlocking basalt columns. Legend has it that Irish giant, Finn MacCool, built the causeway across the North Channel to accept a fight from Scottish giant Benandonner. When you visit this place for sunrise, it’s easy to imagine these tales to be true. Formed by giants, formed by God or formed by molten lava over 60 million years ago. I'll let you guys decide. The reward of coming out here this early in the morning is that you beat all of tourist hordes and you kind of just have the whole place to yourself. It is 6 am in the morning and we are going on a catch and sea tour along the Causeway Coast. Can't wait to get started. Alright guys so we're back from the trip. That was quite the adventure. It was a little bit choppy out there. Actually what was really cool is that we were able to catch a lot of fish. I think we got 26 in total and yeah now we're going to have breakfast and everything is just being cooked up and I can't wait to tuck into it. A hard earned breakfast. Hahaha! It is now 07:00 am and I am now visiting the Dark Hedges and this place is probably one of the most iconic spots you can visit in Northern Ireland for Game of Thrones fans. I think the plan here is that I'm going to suit up and then ride a horse so that sounds absolutely fabulous. So we're here at the Dark Hedges at Gray's Helm and thankfully the sun is out for us. Um of course the Dark Hedges was made famous by Game Of Thrones. We are now standing on the Kings road where Arya Stark escaped after the Kings landing on her way to the Knights Watch. It is 08:00 am in the morning and it is time go along The Gobbins Coastal path walk. It is supposed to be like absolutely dramatic scenery and we're also going to be I think having to put on some helmets because of just the type of experience and walk that it is. So yeah, I'm really looking forward to it and let's get going. The Gobbins is a modern cliff path that only recently reopened to the public. It is located in County Antrim, just a short drive outside of Belfast. The walk takes you across bridges, past caves and through a tunnel, all the while you’re feeling the sea breeze and sea spray in your hair. That you could ever wish for It's absolutely fantastic It's my 2nd overall day in Ireland And the sun has yet to shine I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we will get an hour or two of sun at some point In the next week and a half And ignore the sound of that drone behind me It's actually not me for once flying it. So he's the tour guide? Yeah, absolutely. I have Peter with me from the Irish tourism board. And I want him to judge my Irish accent And i'm going to tell him what I heard yesterday At the restaurant during my first dinner. Ok Peter, ready to rank this? Let's go?
He told me and i'm going to do my accent. You have no seen Ireland, unless you've been to the south? How is that? You know who Connor McGregor is? Yeah Like Connor McGregor I'll give it a 6 out of 10 A 6 out of 10 That's not bad There's room for growth so We'll do it at the end of the event We'll see how your accent has improved. What happens if you hug a tree in Ireland? All of your stress is going to leave you The national park is absolutley beautiful Especially when the sun does actually come out After a lot of rain Very green, as you would imagine with all the rain they get here Really cool as I step over puddles. This national park is absolutely gorgeous, if you are coming to this part of Ireland You would seriously be doing yourself a disservice Not to be hiking here Stunning views everywhere you turn And now with the sun out, i'm really enjoying this day Originally when Killarney grew up, it would have been a really popular, hunting, fishing area. And they used to get groups of men who came together To do shooting parties To try and hunt deer And shoot all the deer And that's how it originated, stag parties they were always male parties Where they went after the deer That's where it came from. And now we have them all out here? All out there Is this normal after a hiking trip to drink some gin. It is yep This is what I call the end to a tour, we are getting local gin Fun tour Alright members of the barrio, vlog number 1 from Ireland is in the books That was an amazing day walking around Killarney national park As I said before You must check it out If you do come to this part of Ireland Special thanks to TBEX and all the sponsors. For letting us come out for the day, i'm going to be putting some links down below To the kayaking and the walking tour I've got at least 4 more videos coming out from Ireland So make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss out on anything Guys thank you so much. What is going on members of the Barrio It's Jon coming to you from Killarney, Ireland On the Southwestern part of this amazing country And i'm going to be here for a week and a half Exploring, I'm starting off today I'm going to go a travel blogging conference called TBEX And they're taking us on a tour of Killarney National Park Which is one of the most famous parks in the entire country.
Let's go check this out And this is our little bus compared to all the huge ones here I've got this really cool castle behind me, it's called Ross Castle . I believe it's from the 1500s And we're going to be kayaking on this lake right behind it Has everybody kayaked before All professionals ? Sort of. Are you all good at the lambada? Well that's a strange question Because this morning you're going to be going under a bridge Where you're going to have to lie back As you go under, to get out to the other side of the island We've got like professional wetsuits on right now It's actually starting to rain, it wouldn't be Ireland unless it was raining a little bit right So check this out And let's get in the water with my go pro Alright guys want to say hi? Hello Staying warm? This is the natural Irish weather Natural Irish Weather Fantastic We've been doing all sorts of crazy stuff in the water here We have been racing, we've been going underneath rocks I have no idea how those go pro shots came out But I do have Elly behind me She is paddling doing a lot of the work She has a really cool blog I'm going to link to it below She's a little camera shy But she is a great kayaker And also from Hawaii. So I owe her a lot of credit for some of those cool Hawaii videos Say Hi Elly, Hi Jon We're getting all that rain that we didn't get. We brought the rain to? You brought the rain thank you very much guys. Oh you're welcome You kind of have to do like that. You ready , go.. Now i'm ready We're alive, everyone is waiting for us The kayaking tour was really cool But I think all of us here want to stay dry Get warm, so we're going to get lunch right now And then we're going to do more exploring I ordered the lamb, i've been told that it is legendary here. That this is like a 5 course meal coming up PIgeon The lamb in Kerry is absolutely exquisite Because the sheep graze all up the mountains And in the sides of the hills around here And they drink the water washing down the rivers and streams. Down the mountains And they're eating heathers and lovely thurbidge and those unpolluted unfertilized grazing. Probably the tenderest, best lamb I have ever eaten before Walter was on to something I just finished that 5 course meal which was incredible I know that this is not a luxury vlog But we can pretend once in a while. Now we're going to go with a local guide to the national park. From everything I've heard It's the first national park in Ireland This is going to be a very interesting tour Here you are in 10,000 hectares of the, i'm not biased at all. The most beautiful land. Centuries ago nations like Portugal, and Iraq, and Syria, Spain, Mongolia, Turkey, Italy, Egypt, and Greece were the world’s most powerful, most advanced civilizations. Today, though, that’s not the case. While this group does not necessarily represent the losers in the game that is history, they’re also certainly not in first place try to play here.
Change has relegated them into second tier status despite their earlier prowess. One particularly noticeable case is that of Greece. In a span of a couple thousand years the people living on this peninsula went from shaping the way the western world would work to being boxed in by the very world around them. Greece is one of the most celebrated nations in history. They developed the political system of democracy—the very one used by many of the world’s most powerful nations today. Because of this perhaps a disproportionate amount of attention is placed upon the history of this small nation but nonetheless, ancient Greece overcame the odds to create a number of small yet powerful city-states. However, many of the factors that led to the success of this ancient civilization are the same ones holding back the modern state. On a global scale the country is far from poor but, as a European nation, it’s one of the poorest in a very rich area. Greece is exceptionally mountainous yet the terrain of Greece is different than that of many other countries. Switzerland, for example, has enormous mountains with nice, wide and long valleys in between. The mountains of Greece, though, are not as tall. The average elevation of Greece is 1,600 feet compared to 4,400 in Switzerland but the mountains in Greece are much more irregular. What this means is that there is only so much flat land in any one place. Any settlement needed enough land around it to grow the food that would feed its people and most agriculture can only grow on relatively flat land. While today we can ship food across the world, in the time of ancient Greece transportation technology was not advanced enough so one essentially had to have enough fields to feed the population directly around each settlement. Therefore, the sizes of ancient Greek settlements were essentially determined by the amount of flat land they could find in one place. It was tough for any one political entity to hold power over vast amounts of land because it was just too difficult to get around. For that reason, the peninsula was not one unified nation as it is today, it was divided into hundreds of small city-states unified by a common language and religion. The most powerful city-states, you’ll notice, were the ones that had the most flat land. The area directly surrounding Sparta, one of the historically strongest city-states, is a relatively large, flat valley that would have given them more land than other city-states to grow food and therefore Sparta was one of the largest cities. Athens was also one of the strongest city-states and still today is by far the largest city in Greece thanks to being in one of the largest single flat areas in the country. This geography did, of course, fragment the peninsula into hundreds of political entities but at the time that wasn’t really an issue. The same geography protected the entire area from outside invasion. Mountains acted as a thick shield from western Europe but this also, of course, made it tough to get to these areas, at least by land. This geography forced Greece to the ocean and the city-states became some of the most advanced maritime powers. Because of this, Greece was exposed to civilizations all around the Mediterranean and beyond and was able to learn from other nations such as Egypt and Mesopotamia. This exposure to the outside world helped turn the city-states into highly advanced and cosmopolitan civilizations that produced the era’s greatest philosophers. Nowadays, however, the mountains are less helpful. As the world has become more globalized trade linkages to other countries have become even more important and the mountains that pepper the Greek peninsula continue through the Balkans which means that land transportation infrastructure is limited to get goods and people between Western Europe and Greece. More consequently, though, 78% of the land in Greece is considered mountainous making it tied with Slovenia as the most mountainous country in the European Union. Greece is also one of the poorer countries in the European Union. As it turns out, there’s a link between how mountainous an EU country is and its GDP per capita. The average EU country with 35% of its land mountainous has a GDP per capita of $30,000 while the average EU country with only 25% of its land mountainous has a GDP per capita of $54,000 proving that there is a correlation between flatness and wealth. Now, there are some major exceptions—Sweden is one of the wealthiest EU countries while also being one of the most mountainous while Latvia is one of the poorest while being completely flat—so the correlation is not that strong and the EU also conveniently leaves out Switzerland and Norway—two exceptionally wealthy European countries that are also exceptionally mountainous—but nonetheless, it intuitively makes sense that mountains inhibit development and the statistics back this up to an extent. It’s worth pointing out that this is not just a European phenomenon. The five most mountainous countries in the world are Bhutan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, and Montenegro all of which have GDP per capita’s below the world average. What you’ll notice in Europe is that the wealthy mountainous countries such as Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Finland are all in cold climates while the less wealthy mountainous countries such as Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Greece are all in warmer climates. As it turns out, climate too is a predictor of wealth. For every additional tenth of a degree Fahrenheit of average yearly temperature in the EU a country’s GDP per capita is, on average, $1,670 lower. The reasoning behind the link between climate and wealth is massively complex, controversial, and not yet fully understood so we’ll leave that out but Greece is therefore in this double whammy situation of being both hot and mountainous which has proven itself as an inhibitor to development. Of the world’s 30 wealthiest countries none could be considered both hot and predominantly mountainous—many are one or the other but none both. The two factors together just seem to be the perfect cocktail for poor economic health. Greece suffers from strong regionalization. The same geography that cut the peninsula into small city-states today makes it difficult for a central government to govern the entire area effectively. You see this often, countries that were formerly multiple countries or nations often have problems with governance, but part of the difficulty for the Greek government is that their infrastructure is just not good. It’s hard to get around the country. Of course Greece is made up of about 6,000 islands and you cannot, of course, build roads across the Aegean Sea but the country still lacks infrastructure on the mainland. This can likely be attributed to a mix of a lack of funds and high cost to build through mountains and the country is therefore considered to have the third worst infrastructure in the European Union. With a lack of proper infrastructure to overcome the geographical boundaries this makes simple government functions like tax collection difficult. Greece receives about 28% less value added tax than it levies due to how rampant tax evasion is. The same is true for income and other forms of taxation so it’s no wonder why the country ended up in a debt crisis. In fact, this debt crisis that has devastated the country over the past ten years can too be partially linked back to geography. You see, Greece’s main geographic asset is the Aegean Sea. Part of this is economic. Many of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations from Santorini, to Mykonos, to Crete are islands in the Aegean Sea but the more significant asset of the Aegean is strategic. To the Northeast of Greece is the Black Sea which drains out into the Mediterranean through the Turkish Straits and the Aegean. While Turkey holds the most direct level of control over maritime traffic by controlling the Turkish Straits, the density of Greek islands and the strength of the country’s Navy means that it too, if it wanted to, could relatively easily blockade the Black Sea. This means that Greece holds the keys for Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, and Georgia’s only ocean access. Perhaps more significantly, Greece also controls the maritime routes to and from Russia’s most important ports. Being a very northern country, the majority of Russia’s coastline sees ice in the winter which makes shipping difficult whereas the Black Sea ports do not making them both militarily and economically critical for Russia. 17% of Russia’s shipping containers leave from the Port of Novorossiysk, for example, which is only one of the many Black Sea ports. A good portion of Greece’s little geopolitical clout is as a result of holding the Aegean. Given its importance, Greece therefore puts a lot of effort into asserting its sovereignty over this sea. This sovereignty, however, has for decades been the subject of a dispute with Turkey. The dispute is over not only who owns a number of islands near Turkey but also over the extent of Greek sovereignty over Aegean waters and airspace. Despite both countries officially being NATO allies tensions do occasionally heat up and Greece therefore regularly patrols the Aegean by sea and air. The country has a world class Navy and Air Force that are considered to be some of the strongest especially for such a small country but this, of course, comes at a cost. The country spends a full 2.5% of its GDP on its military. That’s a higher percentage than any NATO member except the US. The high government spending, which high military spending contributed significantly to, along with the country’s seeming inability to collect the taxes it levies forced the government to take on debt which, after the Great Recession hit in 2008, it could not pay off. The country was then plunged into years of economic and social crisis. This affected what is arguably Greece’s most important industry—tourism. A full quarter of jobs in Greece are in or as a result of tourism and the industry represents 20% of the country’s GDP so if tourism disappears, the whole country is affected. During the debt crisis, as violent demonstrations on the streets of Athens were publicized worldwide the number of tourist arrivals immediately declined which further exasperated the crisis. For a number of years the country actually had negative GDP growth and an unemployment rate close to 30% but, after austerity measures and a series of bailouts, unemployment rates are now shrinking and the country’s GDP is once again growing, at least slowly. The truth about Greece is that its geography, with warm weather, disconnected landmasses, sheer ocean cliffs, and soaring mountains, is terrible for most types of economic development but it’s these geographical features, along with a fascinating history and warm hospitality, that make Greece such an attractive travel destination. Tourist numbers in the country are reaching historic levels to the point where there’s starting to be a problem of too much tourism. While the country continues its path towards economic recovery the real test will be whether it can take what it has going for it, most specifically tourism, and use that to fix what’s not. What’s really fascinating about Greece is not that they fell from a position of strength, it’s that they ever had that position of strength. History has proven that the land of this peninsula, despite all its natural beauty, is not quite as hospitable and idyllic as it may seem. In this video I’m sure you noticed the stunning historical footage of Greece. This all came from Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey—a brand new game that has essentially recreated the entirety of ancient Greece during the Peloponnesian War. Ubisoft actually brought me out to Greece to try the game and visit the historical sites they recreated so most of the modern footage of Greece in this video is my own and, even as someone who doesn’t really play video games, I really enjoyed playing Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey for the ability to explore a pretty breath-taking historical world. Of course the gameplay and storylines are great too but, if you’re just in it for the exploration, they’ll be releasing a “discovery tour” mode soon which will essentially be an interactive museum in the game. If you want to learn more and maybe even buy Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey be sure to click the link at the top of the description. So you’ve got everything squared away at the house. The pets are safely nestled-in with their pet sitter, the mail’s being held at the post office, all your financial needs have been taken care of, and you’ve made sure all the necessary utilities have been cut off.
One obstacle cleared, just in time for the next one… the airport. Finding a decent parking spot, fighting your way through security, and locating your terminal are just a few of the hurdles that lie in wait before you. And let’s not even talk about all of the unexpected surprises that are bound to pop up during your stay. Never fear, though! These seven tips will help prepare you for whatever obstacles are sure to surface along the way.
These tips are meant to make your stay at the airport as seamless and stress-free as possible. Because once you’ve successfully made it through the airport, your next stop is your vacation destination. And you never want to arrive at your destination frustrated and angry.
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