yea I agree, if you need a flash light you need a flash light
#technology-discussion
sly elk
no i mean the product pics are really lazy photoshops
sly elk
ahhhhh this dude in /r/macsetups has this
that keyboard setup looks amaaazing and totally impossible
where's the cables?!
odd sand
So what you're saying is I bought an 850watt for my current build and I'll need another new one to handle my 3080 and a 13900k? 
real edge
chances are the amd cpus will be lower in wattage
jaunty light
My edc is now a plhv2 but i wish it had a low power mode
devout nexus
thats probably with liquid nitrogen or something stupid
jaunty light
deep sapphire
<:wtfamireading:446854158654636035>
jaunty light
deep sapphire
jaunty light
deep sapphire
potent arrow
@deep sapphire
umbral moss
I don't know how you can even make a board that costs 1478 euros, is it just made out of audiophile snake oil?
deep sapphire
German engineering
umbral moss
our ground layers are 100% oxygen-free monocrystalline copper with nanoscale silver interconnects
I should really find a better technobabble thing than monocrystalline copper but it shows up so fucking often in audiophile stuff despite having zero meaning in the context of copper or its conductive qualities
modern iris
Anyone a computer expert? I think i hear a new sound from my pc, it's a bit robotic, i think from the Fans on the front, While im playn an intensive game like ff14 i think.
Huh meybe false alarm, my pc is off and i just heard that in my room but no idea from what
potent arrow
Fucking hate discord
This new update is literally an unoptimize iOS porr
Fml
23
potent arrow
ah so you got the new discord version then
I woke to this garbage
This is so fucking stupid
Half of discord is broken
dull garnet
it makes a noise or vibrates when you change server too
and i'm not sure i can turn it off
modest moss
sounds like a noisy fan spinning up and down
inland mauve
umbral moss
I guess HQ ingredients will matter again 
potent arrow
Idk why but it never occured to me that ice actually played any games
umbral moss
Idk why but it never occured to me that ice actually played any games
he doesn't, he just reads about other people playing games when his PC isn't on fire
potent arrow
i have no words
modest moss
he likes taking screenshots of catgirls with gshade too
umbral moss
live stream of icehunter's room 90% of the time
what an oddly specific time to bring up
modest moss
he was getting his annual conjugal rights
inland mauve
he was doing ur mom kek
modest moss
he was doing ur mom kek
my mum passed away 9 years ago
inland mauve
my mum passed away 9 years ago
I'm sorry to hear that, mine passed away 4 months ago 😔
modest moss
shit sucks
inland mauve
it really does
deep sapphire
@potent arrow I really want to put an LS7 into something
It’s just too awesome of an engine
umbral moss
<@829359022288797726> I really want to put an LS7 into something
put it in your bedroom
modest moss
No the Chevy LS engine lol
make a v8 snowmobile
probably only just became available after this bidding period started
umbral moss
mm, wood chips 😌
umbral moss
colonial peasants
which of us is roasting in a house with no AC?
modest moss
for a few weeks a year
umbral moss
going to be more than a few weeks a year soon enough
modest moss
which of us isn't scared that a stiff breeze will knock our house over
umbral moss
¯_(ツ)_/¯
modest moss
you don't have a house, you have a large shed
umbral moss
which of us isn't scared that a stiff breeze will knock our house over
if I had my way I'd be constructing homes out of reinforced concrete slabs with double foam insulation
but people don't particularly enjoy the idea of living in what amounts to a fortress bunker
umbral moss
prepping is cool
you're an arsenal of guns and 10,000 cans of spam away from living in montana
your roof insulation sucks
and your ventilation also sucks
you shouldn't have an air fryer in your attic
deep sapphire
make a v8 snowmobile
Lmao
umbral moss
depends on how it was fitted and what kind of spray-in you used
if you used closed cell foam it might not have completely filled the insulated region
umbral moss
since CCF is a bitch to cut after it hardens so you generally underfill the batt space with it
deep sapphire
Winter time is roughly late October/early November to early April. We don’t always get a lot of snow it’s usually just really cold
The east coast gets more snow on average than we do typically
umbral moss
I heard the mid-lake states are in for a brutal winter this year
like -40F for multiple days 
umbral moss
you just sprayed insulation on the floor of the attic?
why didn't you fill the batt space below the shingles?
deep sapphire
They’re saying an early winter and yeah going to be pretty cold
Last year was pretty chilly too
umbral moss
I'm not a super expert in home building but as I understand it you fill the batt space on the actual roof OSB with insulation
not the floor
odd sand
WFH and car is in underground parking, lets gooooo /s
umbral moss
the attic is unconditioned space so you don't want it to have a low R number in either temperature extreme
deep sapphire
Thank god I’m getting a new truck, these old trucks had zero insulation and tons of gaps for air to leak in
umbral moss
just going to piss heat out in the winter and turn into an air fryer in the summer
odd sand
My parents house had rolled insulation, but it was just on the attic "floor" not in the ceiling area
umbral moss
OCF cut down to fit 100% of the batt area brings your R value up to something like R-12 or something, instead of R-3
odd sand
By top of the house do you mean 2nd floor or in the attic?
deep sapphire
Makes me laugh when people would rather deal with the winter than the summer
umbral moss
By top of the house do you mean 2nd floor or in the attic?
attic
odd sand
Isn't it pretty normal for an attic to be hot af?
umbral moss
Isn't it pretty normal for an attic to be hot af?
not if you want to save money on HVAC
deep sapphire
No thanks, winter requires several layers of clothing to stay warm, are limited in outdoor activities, days are shorter etc
odd sand
Oh he meant there is livable space. Well then install a vent along the peak to let the air out
umbral moss
No thanks, winter requires several layers of clothing to stay warm, are limited ...
yeah, fuck the winter
especially in those horrible flyover states that get direct jet stream from the arctic
odd sand
How thick is that fill? That only looks like a couple inches of very loose fill
umbral moss
freeze your dick and balls off in -60C weather in about 15 seconds
odd sand
IANAHVACT but I would assume your options are adding some vents or slapping a layer of rolled insulation on top of that
umbral moss
it looks like polyfill and not rigid foam
read: newspaper
just in time to see the 4080 land at $1200
latent grotto
This is when you hide in your basement
umbral moss
"can try", as if nvidia hasn't literally done this generationally
latent grotto
And become a cave dweller
umbral moss
never forget that nvidia got crypto burned with the 10 series so they jacked up the 20 series to make sure they didn't cannibalize their excess inventory of last gen cards
nvidia got crypto burned with the 30 series, so...
the 20 series certainly wasn't lmao
and yet they still priced it as if it was a fucking titan product
nvidia gonna nvidia ultimately
the good old "trickle product releases at stupid prices for two years, then release a new product at even higher prices"
deep sapphire
I wouldn’t expect it to last though ETH has already recovered
umbral moss
polyfill/cellulose fill isn't sufficient in cold environments, it'll just jack up your HVAC bill if you install minisplits
cryptobros are absolutely the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet
I mean, mining is absolutely one of those things that appeals to people looking to make a buck on the side
even one coin pays for a huge chunk of bills
I mean, vented means open to the outside world
you need to do a lot of work to seal that space up
better vapor barriers, more thermal breaks, more air control/gap filling
plus reinforced rigid foam in the batt space on the roof boards
not if you remove the cellulose fill and add rigid foam to the outer shell
the problem is you have literally nothing protecting that air right now besides slowly compressive cellulose fill
so it gets hot as fuck in the summer and then infiltrates through the insulation
if you put the insulation at the roof it will get hot but keep the heat further away from your conditioned air space
so your attic will be warm(er) but not an air fryer like it is currently
¯_(ツ)_/¯
if you want to avoid roasting your chestnuts in july, you have to reinforce all that insulation at the roof level
the more insulation you add the cheaper it will be to heat/cool
🤔
that's not the info I've seen from any energy saving builders
insulating attic space is where you start your home design now
trying to get as much R value as possible at the top of the house because you don't want the heat to piss away in the winter or absorb in the summer
add in a ground-sourced heat pump with mini-split ducts and you've got a decent foundation for maintaining a comfortable interior temperature regardless of what horrible hellscape exxonmobil has converted planet earth into
building code hasn't caught up to the energy efficiency stuff yet
rule 4, but kind of
there's not a lot of movement in building code requirements because new construction is so fucking infrequent now
the US is structurally designed to fuck up at housing
with its aggressive overuse of single family home zoning
that's not really the same thing as changing the building code
that's trying to get people to retrofit homes that are already made
the problem is that homes made in the 50s and even 70s were made like absolute dogshit
the insulation in my mom's house is fucking newspaper jammed in the batt space
yeah, but the average potato US voter believes "heat pump" only makes "heat"
and the real gains in efficiency are insulation upgrades, not changing your shitty oil-based water heater/boiler
that's the real problem with US housing
homes used to be made with practically no insulation, so ambient temperature becomes a real problem real quick
during the fall and spring the temps are fine, then you die in the winter and summer
rip texas
I mean, they just changed CFCs to PFAS instead
they have to, 134 isn't a particularly good refrigerant
apparently PFOA can be broken into harmless chemical chains with a catalysed chemical reaction
it lowers the breakdown temperature from 700F to like, 120F
all these adiabatic chemicals are like that
the new heatpump designs are pretty efficient, man
just get a new one
you're already paying for it so you may as well take advantage
florida would be bad even if it had san diego temperatures
oh bro, it was so hot in my car last month that the fob stopped working until I went inside and it cooled off a little
couldn't unlock the car remotely
modest moss
take the side panel off and then turn it on for a bit, you might be able to narrow it down
dull garnet
MSI the goat
odd sand
AMD with buggy firmware and drivers? 
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/agesa-issues-could-postpone-ryzen-7000
odd sand
is that the power supply fan?
I assume there is a bad bearing in it? Your options are to get a new PSU then, or see if someone can replace the fan. I would not open the PSU yourself. Capacitors are bad juju
Did you buy it online? Or is that just how it is? Some PSUs have a switch for ecomode
Yeah I suspect its designed to only turn on when needed. Is it really that loud/noticeable when it comes on?
There may be a button or switch controlling that smart mode on the PSU
Although that would mean its on all the time and you said its super loud so 🤷♀️
If you built the system yourself, see if you can exchange the PSU for something else then
The only fan I can ever hear from my system is when the GPU one comes on. It basically has 2 settings: 1/10 and 11/10
dull garnet
can't say i ever detected my evga psu coming on
actually, i might have set it on permanently
lol
what is going on with that video
lmao
rayman
modest moss
yes it's a 'smart' psu
dull garnet
anyone on dial up
dull garnet
shouldn't have skimped on the psu ;)
modest moss
shouldn't have skimped on the psu ;)
I didn't, I bought a corsair 850 rmx
dull garnet
evga bruh
what is the percentage of dial up users now, last time i looked it was like 15%
dull garnet
what happened with that?
dull garnet
evga after Ice's gpu?
oh, super flower make the good ones
super flower are the shit
or they did
... 6 years ago
dull garnet
modest moss
@hardy sparrow it's this
dull garnet
<@216642634284924928> it's this
modest moss
that's from gigabyte's site... when your pc is using below 150w the fan is off
same shit mine does basically
ignore it
modest moss
yeah it's not that it's loud, it's noticeable when it turns on and off
it's just one of those things where it's enough that you ask the 'is it a problem' question
and it's not
there's no rattle
it's fine
it's just doing its thing
dull garnet
that has no way to interface with your psu
dull garnet
it doesn't know that
umbral moss
When going big on power, you have to go big on brakes, suspension setup, and tires, too. To that end, Lucid upgraded to carbon ceramic brakes, changed the spring rates, gave the Sapphire a higher damping, added sway bars, and upgraded the power steering and ABS system.
can't we just get normal 250-300whp EVs with normal car parts instead of these grossly overengineered land missiles
odd sand
Seems like the fans shouldn't be audible until exceeding 600w
dull garnet
used freedos to flash an abit board one time, before usb bios updating was a thing. it froze at the end of the bios update. worked fine but not comfy
modest moss
this is wise 
odd sand
Yeah I remember some HP AIO like ten years ago was like 220W PSU in it
Which is terrible, but otoh since it was an AIO it was probably fine since I doubt the housing was designed to fit a dedicated GPU.
umbral moss
member when having a 400W PSU was gross overkill and everyone was like "why"
dull garnet
my 2002 packard bell desktop came with a 250w power supply. using it after upgrading my video card eventually killed it. it also had a power passthrough for the crt
odd sand
What sort of potato are they running where they need to squeeze out a couple extra frames by setting process priority?
dull garnet
antiquated psu moment
zealous wolf
go for a PSU that is 600+W but is Platinum or Titanium branded..
odd sand
I don't join official discords usually bc they're generally shit
odd sand
What is the 2nd plug on that for?
zealous wolf
What is the 2nd plug on that for?
i always wondered about that too..
odd sand
Its set to above average by default, its fine. Most processes are set to average so it already has priority over them.
dull garnet
What is the 2nd plug on that for?
it is a passthrough
you'd use a male to female extension to your monitor
sly elk
yea those kinda died off after 486s or so
I mean, you still saw them on computers but nobody used them anymore
dull garnet
i did damn it
odd sand
My first PC was a P2, those were already gone by then
sly elk
indeed it's just a 120v passthrough
dull garnet
until like 2005 lol
sly elk
tbh I guess I'm being silly.
the only time I've ever actually had to use that was with the 286/8088s
odd sand
Although I did build a few XT systems bc UL Labs needed them to spec
sly elk
they had green monochrome monitors that came with 2 cables permanently attached
one was a power cable that'd go in like that
and the other was the like 9 pin TTL connector
odd sand
Those were a pita bc the cases weighed a ton and had to wire in hardware power switches
sly elk
pft I'm 35 :p
sly elk
i just used stuff that old because my first computer was old as shit
sly elk
Those were a pita bc the cases weighed a ton and had to wire in hardware power s...
i'm actually surprised you needed to do that
millennial counts people born as late as like 1996
odd sand
Everyone is a millenial if they're too young for you to understand and everyone is a boomer when you don't agree with their opinion, duh
Zoomer was a reaction to the over-use of the term boomer by that gen
sly elk
apparently zoomers and boomers both have computer illiteracy in common xD
odd sand
^
odd sand
And it perfectly encapsulates Zoomer culture bc they grew up on mobile and shitty MTX so they have the attention span of a peanut
sly elk
LOL
odd sand
The term zoomer perfectly encapsulates that generation
JANGLE THE KEYS
SQUIRREL!
Yeah I have a friend that worked for a daycare: The cards she had for some kids on what they couldn't eat were ... long.
"These 12 things they're allergic to and 3 of them can kill them"
Poor catering staff there...
sly elk
honestly
as much as people like to joke about thatt
the reason we didn't see that shit in school 20 years ago
was those kids either died or had to be homeschooled
odd sand
Yep, it basically comes down to you gotta "let your kid eat dirt"
odd sand
But you get CPS called if you let your kid outside these days so 🤷♀️
umbral moss
yeah, what studies have largely found is that living in a hyper clean environment actually makes allergies more common because your immune system runs out of things to do
so it overreacts to any foreign particle it detects
odd sand
We used to "play town" in the subdivision across the street from me, or have pickup baseball and football games etc
sly elk
to be fair
my mom was a neat freak
and definitely never would've let me playu in piles of cow shit hahah
umbral moss
moral of the story is that you should let your kid fuck around with stuff outside
as long as you make sure they don't eat actual shit lmao
odd sand
Kids are going to get sick regardless bc their immune systems arent primed yet
sly elk
and my level of allergies does suck a bit sometimes
odd sand
I got sick up until like age12 then I had gone thru all the common shit and just ... stopped. Outside of the common cold I don't even think I've had the flu
umbral moss
they need to have their immune systems primed or they'll turn out to be shitty bubble children
dull garnet
umbral moss
I think the makers of aspartame successfully lobbied the FDA to take that label off
sly elk
it's still there
also: I think there's a healthy limit haha
there's a difference between going outside and
like
chewing on shopping cart handles
and eating food off the floor
odd sand
My dad got my mom some chickens to take care of now that she retired, but they got rid of them after one summer bc it was too much effort
sly elk
but really
odd sand
If they wanted to go out of town for the weekend even they would need someone to watch them
sly elk
you have to ]be american
umbral moss
and eating food off the floor
you can eat food off the floor, man
sly elk
have like 10 dogs and 3 cats
umbral moss
if you live somewhere where your floor is dirty enough that you can't, that's a parent problem
odd sand
Bc they didn't have a big enough pen to just let them graze or let them in/out of the coop
umbral moss
have like 10 dogs and 3 cats
still a parent issue
clean your floors you fucks
if it goes on the floor you should be able to eat it
sly elk
still a parent issue
aww but little billy needs to sleep with the dogs!
SO CUTE! LOOK AT THE DOG LICKING HIS FACE!
HES NOT GONNA BE ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING!
odd sand
Speaking of clean floors: I had a single crumb of pizza crust with sauce on it fall to my rug and missed it and found like a dozen ants around it within an hour wtf
umbral moss
HES NOT GONNA BE ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING!
statistically speaking, this is less likely to cause allergies in the long run lmao
sly elk
lol
odd sand
I have hardwood floors and never see an ant otherwise
umbral moss
living in these weird hyper clean environments like you work at a fucking level 5 biohazard clean room is exactly how you fuck your immune system up
odd sand
Is that an Atrac there? Ohboy
umbral moss
and end up with a shitload of allergies from malformed t-cell signaling
odd sand
Well, nuance is dead in modern society.
odd sand
So the opposite of dirty is HYPER CLEANING
sly elk
ouch
umbral moss
yeah, I saw there's a shigella vaccine now and I'm like "man, I had to suffer through two weeks of itchy skin, fuck all y'all"
odd sand
36? That's some shingles in your future
umbral moss
yeah
umbral moss
your immune response isn't sufficient to chase it off
so you just kind of end up with it forever
sly elk
lol
odd sand
Surprised your parents didn't force you to have it by HS for that reason
I got mine from my younger brother, but it was like 2 marks on my stomach and I was done with it in like 2 days
umbral moss
I mean, it's fairly difficult to catch
since you need to touch something that touched an infected, actively symptomatic person
the "oh god monkeypox outbreak" numbers are hilarious compared to covid
"we have 1600 cases since june"
uh, ok? there were 1600 new covid cases per hour
gotta make sure you own $political.faction by catching a communicable disease and dying a horrible mucous filled death
dull garnet
yes
umbral moss
a vaccine doesn't make you immune
yeah it does lmao
immune doesn't mean "can never catch"
just means "this won't kill you and you will likely have no symptoms if you catch it"
umbral moss
I contributed to nothing at all lmao
sly elk
had a funny convo with the tech at the doctor yesterday lmao
umbral moss
my greatest contribution to society is shitposting
dull garnet
tell that to my ribbon
umbral moss
jesus, phlebotomists are so fucking bad everywhere I go
umbral moss
"oh this vein isn't giving blood"
sly elk
yea I've seen that before
umbral moss
buddy, if it's not giving blood it isn't a vein
nice solid C+ high school diploma and an online course from university of phoenix
now you too are licensed to stick metal in people's arms
sly elk
you need the "don't tell me, I know what I'm doing" attitude
or you become one of those badass nurse people who takes the needle from the tech and is like "fuck this I'm going to do it myself" and stabs themselves lmao
odd sand
The vaccine shot put you in bed for a week? Or you had the vaccine and still caught covid and ended up in bed for a week?
sly elk
one thing that bugs me a lot about my test results from yesterday is that they're different than the results I get at labcorp
consistently different
odd sand
Well look at the bright side: It probably would have been even worse without it then...
sly elk
i got blood tests in like 2016,2018, and yesterday from ucla and they were kinda consistent
umbral moss
it's funny because everyone says that, but they all fuck up the same way
sly elk
vs the ones from 2020 and 2021 from labcorp which were also consistent with each other
and they're different
and that bugs the shit out of me
umbral moss
if you were down for two weeks and sleeping 12 hours a day with the vaccine, you probably wouldn't be here shitposting about it if you had nothing at all
¯_(ツ)_/¯
odd sand
Yeah labcorp suddenly said my cholesterol went from like 140 to 260 in a year
sly elk
I think what happened is the ucla results - I had breakfast shortly before getting tested and they were unplanned tests
i fasted for all the labcorp ones lol
odd sand
Which I want to get labwork done now that ive moved and see what they say now
sly elk
yea ucla says my glcuose is 20 points higher than labcorp did
and fasting would make that diff
still enough to bug me though
also
seems potted plant isn't asus' only problem
umbral moss
I'm sure it looks a lot like the one for EUA vaccine deployment
you hereby affirm that you will not hold $manufacturer indemnified for any physical or emotional damage resulting from this vaccine trial
sly elk
J&J
umbral moss
anyone holding off today is actually just an asshole pretending to be "just asking questions"
I got all three pfizer shots and they could have just given me sugar water I guess
latent grotto
I had no reaction to the shots
Maybe the first one gave me lightheadedness? But it could've just been something else
umbral moss
modest moss
saffron I forgot to make my biscuit base and I blame you
it's called lemon crunch
it's like a cheesecake with no cheese
dull garnet
cake
modest moss
ginger biscuit base then the top is whipped double cream and condensed milk, with a bunch of lemon juice and rind
nah this is mine
fuck her, fuck the kids
daddy's
she has cake, gluten/dairy free cinnamon cake
waxed biscuits?
apparently the gluten free oreos are ok
sly elk
anyone holding off today is actually just an asshole pretending to be "just aski...
I'm just trying to have a conversation sir
umbral moss
I'm just trying to have a conversation *sir*
where's that gif of the guy punching the alt-right guy in the face
sly elk
idk xD
umbral moss
umbral moss
greek or elvish?
modest moss
dirty stinking elf
umbral moss
dirty stinking elf
devout nexus
umbral moss
can't wait for him to put it in the computer and the clearance is slightly off
sly elk
-shrug-
umbral moss
so it destroys that fan and he spends two weeks waiting for a replacement since they don't have the exact LED shade he wants
best I can offer you is 8
devout nexus
thats a nice build icehunter, i just did one last night in the o11 but couldnt put fans on bottom because of motherboard cables going in XD
yours looks so clean
wow nice exit valve too
ahh
look at my build i slapped together quickly last night
its hot garbage comapred to that
zero cable combs
couldnt put 2 more fans on bottom lol
like case ones, usb etc
you cant see it at that angle
potent arrow
Probally late to the party but thats normal
devout nexus
o i see interesting, i was trying to install on that line there but yours are mounted more away
potent arrow
I fucking hate how discord scrolls to the millionth message back in time
devout nexus
im totally buying that elven keyboard >.>
odd sand
the shape of those keycaps are neat
Ahh the old typewriter key style
dull garnet
Hate that
jaunty light
we're going to surely enjoy your 240p youtube video
inland mauve
it's so dumb
sly elk
wow yours is still pretty good though
inland mauve
nobody is going to watch your shitty recording, and you're not watching the concert, you're watching your screen record the concert
sly elk
you've got the white strix and the white strix psu too, it appears
you need some cable combs...
wait is that a white strix 3090 o_O
man why ya talking crap about your build it's awesome lol
jaunty light
ill trade u a black strix for the white one
odd sand
look at all those fools with their phones out
Yep, paying all that to go enjoy the moment in person... then stare at their phone screen like they're watching TV
jaunty light
i can understand if you wanna snap a photo or two for the memory but taking a video is worthless
sly elk
speaking of that
what about the places that are huge and you sit way back and all you see is the screen because the band looks like ants on the stage lol
odd sand
Be less poor I guess?
jaunty light
Be less poor I guess?
pay up to those scalpers
sly elk
i need eye bleach
odd sand
Yep. One of the biggest govt failings in the last 20 years was them allowing Ticketmaster to buy LiveNation
sly elk
clicked a cosplayer's reddit submission history to see their other cosplays
they had some very nsfw
odd sand
So now Ticketmaster also owns 85% of all live venues
sly elk
lol let's go with this though
jaunty light
every time I won a chuusen ticket they put me in the back though, cuz i'm a 4ner
so there's no avoiding it with japanese events
sly elk
when you buy a ticket for some shit
just keep in mind the total price is the actual price that the band set it at lol
and ticketmaster charges like 50% in BS fees or whatever to make the artist look good
odd sand
Sure they do...
sly elk
they;re both making out like bandits
odd sand
I think the only reason it will go thru is bc of how badly they've damaged their brand over the last 5 years
sly elk
sigh.
odd sand
Blizzard is dead and Activision is on life support after COD fell on its face
devout nexus
@sly elk awe thanks!
odd sand
Also COD will still come out for PS bc as they said, any value gained from making it exclusive to Xbox/PC would have to offset the loss of revenue from being on PS, and that's not gonna happen
Now if only Uncle Phil would fire all of the top mgmt for Activision and Blizzard
devout nexus
haha
i do alright ya know 😉
zero debt, own some commercial real estate
yeah it is a 3090 strix white. always wanted a white build
i see so many on pcmasterrace goading me
jaunty light
they're mad because they are poor
dull garnet
"Oh you don't have a succulent? 5/10"
jaunty light
Oh great Master Race Poster! Your {011_Build_White_Reddit_Template} is {random word meaning impressed}!
sly elk
you forgot the black meshify C with no lights, a felt table pad, and one of those BenQ screenbar lights
"I'm a petulant asshole who claims they're too mature for RGB"
+5000 upvotes
dull garnet
Hey...
sly elk
speed you know i'm not making fun of your build!
for one you've never posted such things on reddit
sly elk
that said if I saw that IRL
I'd ask you where the vacuum cleaner is
and I would vacuum it
don't feel bad though, I just swept under my desk, which I haven't done in about a week, and it was gross.
it feels like all the dust in the house likes to congregate down there 😦
-gives speed a cookie-
speaking of lian li O11D builds
they are pretty so I understand why they are so popular
(similar reason why the meshify C is so popular)
dull garnet
Hardly any dust! My carpet is another matter
sly elk
-feels honored speed took the side glass off to take that pic-
i think hardware looks awesome with or without rgb
Yes.
wait it's not an optiflex with security tape?
dull garnet
I did some research recently. Looks like the P12 succeeded the F12/14 so I should have just gone all P series
doi
Is that the xeons
Pathetic
dull garnet
That quadro came out 2018 apparently
tame tartan
https://i.redd.it/9ti8cnup7li91.png
money first, then we'll talk 
sly elk
for sure lol
boreal surge
https://i.redd.it/9ti8cnup7li91.png
I mean like basically leaking or deliberately breaking prod will do the trick.
sly elk
i' take the 5mil but only if it was something trivial that wouldn't keep me from getting another job lol
smoking weed in the office is a tricky one, technically legal in CA but i think the vast majority of companies would frown upon it. but you have an excuse with that whole $5m dare lol
also 100% definitely not something illegal or morally questionable or that would compromise anything ya know?
jaunty light
https://i.redd.it/9ti8cnup7li91.png
yea this would be easy for anyone working public industry
jaunty light
actually i lied if you're a fed 0 chance you're getting fired in 48 hours
jaunty light
I'm self employed, I can just fire myself
thats cheating
modest moss
it's winning
potent arrow
@modest moss is it bad I legit thought you were retired
sly elk
i didn't realize apple made a color monitor for the iie that looekd like the green one
I knew about the color monitor that looked different
like these
ahahaha they put a label telling people not to push on it
sly elk
lmao today's LGR video is on something kinda like 1998's version of kinect
it's great hahahahaa
potent arrow
doesn't that ruin the CPU
Those are Intel, it's fine
kindred brook
oh ok
modest moss
<@365232500517371914> is it bad I legit thought you were retired
Yes
I do as little as possible
fair parcel
lol
dull garnet
just dusted my setup, sneezing like crazy now lol
modest moss
I just don't want you subbing to my OF
modest moss
government aren't self employed
modest moss
if I was a govt contractor I wouldn't be this broke
umbral moss
aren't bribes core to the US government experience
er, I mean, campaign contributions
modest moss
I'm in the UK anyway
kindred brook
modest moss
Most of the IT world is at least one of; trans, furry, nd
Vik you don't need to worry about that in this server, you can relax
People would get yeeted for that kind of thing
tame tartan
the gaia online strategy 
graceful pine
US inflation is very much slowing down
month to month last month was 0
the Feds have very much taken a hawkish approach to counter it which worked
and deflation is generally a very bad thing
you want a slow steady inflation normally
modest moss
UK inflation is extreme atm
10% or some shit
but it's fine
Arsenal are top of the league
that may change tomorrow
but today is today
graceful pine
10% or some shit
8.5 in the US but going down
modest moss
zinchenko has made a big difference too, taken a ton of responsibility away from xhaka
graceful pine
so no more monthly xhaka red card
modest moss
let's not get ahead of ourselves
graceful pine
Spurs doing well too, though lucky at chelsea
well that's just incompetance
80% inflation is just staggeringly bad management lol
modest moss
let's not continue this and go all rule 4
inland mauve
it's so stupid that salaries barely increase despite the rapidly inflating costs of living and the worker shortage
the invisible hand of the free market, my ass
deep sapphire
Not sure the free market had anything to do with that, it’s bad everywhere for the pretty obvious pandemic that happened
@sly elk
I’m fuckin dead
sly elk
gg
deep sapphire
I heard the Mustang is getting clapped too
They’re unveiling it soon I think I dunno what engines they’ll offer
Dodge confirmed they aren’t canceling the challenger it’s just becoming an inline 6 turbo
umbral moss
the invisible hand of the free market, my ass
the invisible hand only ever seems to tip the scales in favor of rich pricks
umbral moss
Dodge confirmed they aren’t canceling the challenger it’s just becoming an inlin...
I thought the challenger was going to become the new EV thing
or is that the charger, for maximum puns
deep sapphire
The Charger concept was yeah
I saw on r/cars earlier the challenger is going to be an inline 6 or a hybrid
umbral moss
hybrid makes the most sense
the challenger already weighs way too much, why not make it heavier and add a high torque DC motor to get the wheels going faster on launch
deep sapphire
Being they’ve been able to make crazy amounts of power out of them I’m all for it
fair parcel
a salesman told me that Roush is going to stop modding the Mustang
idk how true it is but
deep sapphire
Yeah it’s probably bullshit
graceful pine
we have selective service if we gotta
deep sapphire
a salesman told me that Roush is going to stop modding the Mustang
Why were you at a ford dealership
graceful pine
but that would take a whole hell of a lot
fair parcel
I have a Ford 
umbral moss
I wonder if EVs will radically shift the reliability rankings for manufacturers
graceful pine
they're all going for the EV's now obviously
umbral moss
since EVs are so much simpler and there isn't a lot of variation in terms of hardware implementations
graceful pine
get those tax credits
deep sapphire
Well being most issues now days aren’t the mechanic aspects of it I doubt it
Shitty wiring will be shitty wiring
umbral moss
Well being most issues now days aren’t the mechanic aspects of it I doubt it
most of the quality issues on EVs are software, apparently
graceful pine
yeah like Tesla can only be serviced by Tesla themselves
since you're average mechanic don't have the training
umbral moss
which is why tesla ranks dead last in auto manufacturers in initial and total quality
they have like 1500 software complaints on average
deep sapphire
Imagine making a car that relies on an infotainment and making it dog shit
Thanks ford
graceful pine
never had much problems on my tesla
umbral moss
Thanks ford
every car company does that lmao
graceful pine
like we need to retrain mechanics
deep sapphire
GM has a nice smooth infotainment
graceful pine
electric vehicles need a whole lot of different maitenance
umbral moss
like we need to retrain mechanics
can't re-train mechanics on teslas when tesla uses proprietary software and communication protocols
graceful pine
just overall
umbral moss
so you can't even be like "aight let me plug in the OBD-II and see what's up"
graceful pine
since EV's are obviously gonna be big
graceful pine
like I get only allowing the batteries to be touched by the manufacturer
fair parcel
I'm going to get something new soon-ish
graceful pine
since lithium ion batteries
those are extremely dangerous if you don't know what you're doing
umbral moss
tesla is basically the apple of cars, it's all proprietary horseshit and it has this really obnoxious cult
fair parcel
Durango SRT 
graceful pine
Tesla is important for opening the market like the IPhone
we just need the rest of them to catch up
umbral moss
like I get only allowing the batteries to be touched by the manufacturer
ironically, battery tuning is becoming a cottage industry, people are starting to specialize in battery pack mods and replacements
since the dealer networks are like "eh, fuck you, buy a whole new battery pack for $18k"
graceful pine
it definitely needs training
sly elk
it's funny because they could probably make the batteries easier to service
... but it'd make them heavier
graceful pine
since they are highly dangerous if you don't know what to do
sly elk
for sure
like a serviceable battery pack would probably weigh at least a couple hundred pounds more
umbral moss
since they are highly dangerous if you don't know what to do
no less dangerous than any other HV source
at least it's HV DC and not HV AC
deep sapphire
Auto mechanics are a dying field anyway
graceful pine
no less dangerous than any other HV source
as in any damage
deep sapphire
Specially for dealerships
graceful pine
and you could have a big fire
sly elk
Auto mechanics are a dying field anyway
I agree
modest moss
return to hoss
sly elk
it
deep sapphire
You make everything overly complicated and charge flat rate
Who would want to do that
sly elk
it's not like the days when infotainment involved 2 speakers and a cheap single din radio wired probably straight to the battery lmao
and they had a fully mechanical engine
graceful pine
Auto mechanics are a dying field anyway
cars becoming too complex for an average mechanic or something
sly elk
and a like 3 speed transmission
graceful pine
too much software
umbral moss
cars becoming too complex in software bullshit
sly elk
I claim the electronics and software existing aren't a problem
but the way the electronics and software are used is a big fat giant no good problem
graceful pine
more advanced cars is a good thing
umbral moss
it's because car companies aren't software companies, so they don't know how to write software and don't want to spend money to have a software company do it for them
umbral moss
it also doesn't help they're trying to run super advanced software on hardware that was state of the art in 1999
sly elk
but I don't think a dealer ever bothers to hire an electronics person
that attitude seems to be changing lately but it's too little too late lol
graceful pine
there are some cars that do get decent computers built in
sly elk
and it's still not good
like Ford's all like
YES WE HIRE PROGRAMMERS!
COME WORK FOR US!
graceful pine
the industry suffered severely from the chip shortage
sly elk
... in michigan
.... in a random basement office because we think you nerds are shit
..... and we'll pay you 20% of what google would
graceful pine
Java is shit anyway
sly elk
-chuckle-
GM's radio system uses android and because of that, i'm sure the software is written in java
idk what ford does
chrysler used to be like
umbral moss
good luck finding candidates unless you pay 200% over average
graceful pine
GM's radio system uses android and because of that, i'm sure the software is wri...
just personally hate Java
sly elk
here's our panasonic unit!
graceful pine
I like C C++ and Python
sly elk
-2 years later- OUR NEW 8.4" SYSTEM IS GREAT AND TOTALLY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE OLD ONE! (because it was made by hitachi instead)
graceful pine
and C#
sly elk
(this shit really happened - there's like 3 different 8.4" radios chrysler makes and each one has a whole car electronics subsystem because they were made by different companies)
graceful pine
R is good too, but that's a statistics programming language so not relevant here
sly elk
amusingly the same UI software can run on all of them
my complaint about GM's current radio software is it's kinda jank
like it'll work fantastic on a test drive
you buy that car and then 3 weeks later it decides all your radio presets are invalid for no reason in particular and disables all of them
then you go on a road trip and the radio resets itself, again for no particular reason
and my least favorite thing about GM is how they do keyless ignitions
umbral moss
honestly, I hate keyless ignition systems
sly elk
every other brand of car I've used, if you push the button once while your foot is on the brake, the car starts. if you push the button without your foot on the brake, it goes to ACC mode and stays there
NOT GM.
GM goes to acc mode and turns itself off after about 5 mins
graceful pine
honestly, I hate keyless ignition systems
Keys pretty much dead now lol
unless you count keycards like how Tesla has it
though you're supposed to use your phone with the keycards as backup
sly elk
I think physical keys are overrated
umbral moss
I think physical keys are overrated
absolutely not
sly elk
absolutely yes
umbral moss
physical keys are genuine security
sly elk
especially the kind that hang on the steering column
umbral moss
"use ur phone"
fuck outta here
nothing like having your entire life on an easily misplaced item
sly elk
idk
i don't think the keys make much of a difference in terms of security
especially once the car gets older and the ignition cylinder wears out
then you can unlock/turn it on with a screwdriver lol
umbral moss
still higher security than a keyless ignition system because it requires physical access
dumb devices end up being smarter in the long run
zealous wolf
theres reasons why newer cars are also a pain to work on too...
graceful pine
now with modern cars even if they are stolen extremely easy to track disable and find
deep sapphire
I use to work in IT I’m good
I’m not an auto mechanic anyway I work at a plant
But ty
deep sapphire
cars becoming too complex for an average mechanic or something
It’s not really that I mean sure you have a lot more technology in vehicles but scan tools can do a lot of shit as well
sly elk
still higher security than a keyless ignition system because it requires physica...
if we dropped the long range rf stuff and just used tap rfids it might not be quite as bad
deep sapphire
But I wouldn’t be caught dead working on a German car
sly elk
lol
umbral moss
if we dropped the long range rf stuff and just used tap rfids it might not be qu...
nah, because rfid tap chips are hilariously low security
graceful pine
What’s wrong with Volkswagen or BMW
deep sapphire
A lot
umbral moss
and extremely easy to passively skim
graceful pine
And whatever other German manufacturers there are
sly elk
ok ed
umbral moss
you don't even need mitm, you just need to have a device that wakes the rfid chip and the chip will just happily tell you everything it knows
sly elk
volkswagen is the worst
the funny thing is porsche is owned by vw but has a rep for being reliable
deep sapphire
Germans like to make overly complicated designs that to nobody’s surprise fail
umbral moss
the funny thing is porsche is owned by vw but has a rep for being reliable
because porsche literally included a clause in their contract that they won't use VW engineers or parts
deep sapphire
Shit like having 3 different timing chains, starter motor under the intake manifold, an ass load of strict emission systems etc
umbral moss
they're owned by VW but they maintain their own engineering division and refuse to carry any rebadged VW shit in their lineup
sly elk
i've had similar experience with chrysler, things are great until it's like 5-7 years old
graceful pine
Emissions because of eu regulations or just VW up their own asses
umbral moss
afaik bmw is at least reliable during the warranty
BMW cars spend more time in the shop than the mechanics
sly elk
BMW cars spend more time in the shop than the mechanics
do they?
ed are you one of those 'toyota or nothing' people?
umbral moss
notoriously pieces of shit
umbral moss
ed are you one of those 'toyota or nothing' people?
no, toyota is reliable but they make boring cars
sly elk
i'm ngl, I think I'm ok with boring now
umbral moss
I have a moderate level of excitement for the GR corolla but the fact that it gets like 340 whp out of a fucking 1.8L engine is like... guaranteed to be a dead engine by the end of the warranty period
sly elk
but lexus designs are awful
graceful pine
I’ll just stick with my Tesla that I got when there were some nice tax credits
deep sapphire
Cam in block, push rod and yet is just as powerful and efficient as the engine I posted above
sly elk
and the two times I've rented a camry like 8 years apart, the experience was exactly the same
deep sapphire
DOHC is a meme
sly elk
solid but everything i touched felt incredibly cheap
umbral moss
jesus, every time I get a camry it makes me so irrationally angry
the automatic transaxle has so much slop in it
sly elk
like 'll go full hot take here
i think our 2006 300c had a better interior than the 2022 camry I rented
even with the gigantic square dash panel lol
umbral moss
the corolla I drove was surprisingly responsive, I liked that rental a lot
deep sapphire
The modern Camry had a bad interior I agree
umbral moss
every camry I've driven is a huge piece of shit
drives like it has lead in the trunk
deep sapphire
My old roommate had one, the doors rattled when you shut them
sly elk
I've never ever seen a car interior where the fucking paint came off the dashboard when I wiped it with a cleaning product
that's just garbage
sly elk
it was pretty ok to drive though
graceful pine
I've never ever seen a car interior where the fucking paint came off the dashboa...
That lightly put on really
umbral moss
I'm pretty sure it's the transaxle and not the engine
sly elk
That lightly put on really
yea i wish i took a pic lol
there's this fake carbon fiber stuff on the passenger side
umbral moss
there's a ton of slop between the throttle opening up and the wheels actually engaging
sly elk
if you use rubbing alcohol it'll come off
deep sapphire
My first car was a 2000 Camry and that thing you couldn’t kill
sly elk
luckily when i rent a car throuhg avis it comes with free LDW
so I didn't get charged for it lol
deep sapphire
there's a ton of slop between the throttle opening up and the wheels actually en...
I mean it’s a Camry it’s probably programmed to shift like that
umbral moss
I mean it’s a Camry it’s probably programmed to shift like that
y doe
sly elk
anyway yeaaa
deep sapphire
Because it’s a boring daily driver
sly elk
deep sapphire
Like it’s always been
umbral moss
it's fuckin dangerous to have the throttle/acceleration on a fucking 1.6 second delay
sly elk
this I agree
umbral moss
great way to die if you're making a turn through traffic
sly elk
also I have a similar distaste for shiny black plastic
deep sapphire
Maybe you have something wrong with it? You press the gas it should move regardless
umbral moss
Because it’s a boring daily driver
where are people daily driving these things that they don't have to make turns through traffic?
sly elk
the only plus side to shiny black plastic is that it doesn't absorb grease like matte black plastic does
like in the 90s hondas
umbral moss
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
sly elk
but piano plastic is gross
they just can't get over the IT LOOKS LIKE AN IPHONE interiors
deep sapphire
I read somewhere that Honda didn’t know how to engineer an automatic so they put some shit together that was essentially a manual with electronic shifting
sly elk
i'm also guessing that it makes cars look older faster so the manufacturer thinks it'll convince people to trade it in sooner
deep sapphire
I kinda doubt it but hey what do I know
deep sapphire
No
sly elk
and isn't that pretty much what a DSG does?
umbral moss
I read somewhere that Honda didn’t know how to engineer an automatic so they put...
that sounds like... actually not a bad transaxle design?
it's a little complicated, but it should work fine, I think
deep sapphire
Most automatics use a torque converter with friction plates and planetary gears
sly elk
-drags out a zf 8 speed-
deep sapphire
I mean tell that to the people who owned a V6 Honda during that time
It wasn’t a matter of it but when it would shit itself
sly elk
deep sapphire
ZF 8 speed is a legendary auto box
sly elk
it looks so complicated lol
deep sapphire
Yeah it’s pretty crazy the engineering that goes into them
Once you understand planetary gears it makes a bit more sense
Watch a guy casually take one apart
dull garnet
modern iris
I don’t know if someone can necessarily help me with this situation but does anyone know a good cheap gaming lapptop I could buy that I could use to play final fantasy on while also using mods
dull garnet
Budget?
https://www.edifier.com/product-g2000.html I kinda want to downgrade my speakers and get these
potent arrow
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/860287944307769384/1010597538686042143/...
LMFAO
modern iris
Budget?
I don’t know maybe $400-600? Idk how much cheap ones usually go for and I’ve only been seeing stuff for $1,000 or more
potent arrow
Stuff doesn't really exist in that price range
Especially to play games
Mostly ewaste.
modest moss
I don’t know maybe $400-600? Idk how much cheap ones usually go for and I’ve onl...
at that price you'd be gambling on a used laptop probably
modern iris
at that price you'd be gambling on a used laptop probably
Would this one work?
modest moss
I doubt it
latent grotto
Would this one work?
ngl but i think the best you're getting out of that is probably just watching youtube
modest moss
I mean
latent grotto
modest moss
something like this would run XIV ok
but it's gonna be not great
and is far from future proof
modest moss
that's like the bare minimum I'd suggest buying for XIV
modern iris
probably just buying it to erp anyway what with the mods
No I hate erp
modest moss
I mean that's on sale with $250 off, but sure you can try to find a better deal
newegg has nothing with a 1650 below $600
latent grotto
also i didn't realize they still made dual core cpus in 2020
how about a console instead
sub $1k feels iffy for pcs tbh
oh
then don't buy anything
and just save lol
modest moss
you won't find a lower spec laptop new that'll comfortably run XIV than the one I linked, pretty much
so you're looking at things like that, or the used market
or you save
no, we're not recommending people buy hardware without an ssd in 2022
ssds are cheap af now
modest moss
that's not ideal but eh
latent grotto
i'm gonna slap rgb on my noctua fans
modest moss
ok but don't install windows on a mechanical hdd
latent grotto
i still come across people with windows on a hdd
then again they're all basically the "watches youtube on their laptop"
modest moss
and the most noticeable upgrade they could do is almost certainly moving to an ssd
latent grotto
most noticeable upgrade is new pc 
latent grotto
look its not my fault they're on win7 with like an intel celeron
and their wifi adapter only supports 802.11n
latent grotto
probably fine for youtube anyway lol
and then they complain and be like "i'm paying for 500mbps why am i only getting 30mbps"
