Improbable Insights

The Meaning of Geek Eric and Loyd muse on what it means to be a geek in 2015. And what will 2016 bring? Meaning Being a geek used to mean belonging to an exclusive community -- sometimes a community of one. It also mean alienation, loneliness, and being the weird person. Today, geekery is almost mainstream. And geeks of every stripe exist. The Internet has made being a geek easy, where it used to be hard. But does the ease and acceptance of geekery means we've lost something in the process? Will commercialization and merchandising destroy the exclusivity of geekdom? Are we just old men yelling at clouds? Tools Loyd builds his Skylake production system, and tosses in a new graphics card for good measure. He also talks about new tires and fenders for bicycling in the rainy season. Eric gets a second Dell Ultrasharp U3415W, this time using the built-in speakers. And he's amazed -- they're the best built-in monitor speakers he's ever hard. Fun  Loyd wraps up his first run-through in Fallout 4 -- but of cours