technology-discussion

[latent ore]

https://tenor.com/view/guildmarm-monster-hunter-mh4-glasses-gif-17928173

[wise jay]

ya just change the bot to office ladies. Sounds like a win win to me

[latent ore]

until it ends up like before

[wise jay]

I find that unlikely

[dull garnet]

My wife

[deep sapphire]

Lmao I legit agree some of them are like super sus

[modest moss]

!hank

!catgirl

We're wholesome again gang

[inland mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-nonsense-anime-catgirl-gif-22850739

[cerulean talon]

Cats gonna be cats.

[sly elk]

I mentioned this last night! lol

[deep sapphire]

honestly I think we should get rid of it cause its been kinda cringe

[cerulean talon]

It's already gone.

[dull garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/mirikashi-cosplay-catgirl-russia-neko-gif-21313343

[cerulean talon]

Well, at least from here, this is why it's a whitelisted permission for people to decide.

[sly elk]

if it were really obviously adult cat women, sure, but it's tech chat, it's just a little funky, xD

[latent ore]

https://tenor.com/view/nekopara-gif-19276579

manually post catgirls

[sly elk]

not like tech as a subject doesn't already have a bad stigma of "guys who shouldn't be around women" or whatever

[potent arrow]

Have my cat lady

[sly elk]

the bot reinforces said stigma 😦

[cerulean talon]

Ye, we always knew it could go weird, which is also why it's not a globally enabled command/etc.

And part of why it took so long to implement.

[minor hollow]

oh hey

[sly elk]

i wouldn't feel bad about trying it in the first place lol. catgirls are cute. who can hate on cute?!

[minor hollow]

it's miller

from mgsv

on one dose of anime

[cerulean talon]

Not that I feel bad, just glad the work was put in to do it right originally.

And annoyed that the contents started to change w/o a notification being sent in the development server.

[sly elk]

wonder if there's a way to make it so you can flag the last !catgirl to add to a block list

[cerulean talon]

I could, but it's not worth it tbh.

It's a fun command, but fun isn't what's important there.

[sly elk]

sorry that aint the "Kya is interested in seeing more !catgirl" talking that's the "kya is a programmer that thinks about how to make programs better" talking xD

[cerulean talon]

Ye, I get it, for me, it's just annoying because it mirrors work issues with API's changing under my feet without anyone telling me.

😄

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/issei-hyoudou-high-school-dx-d-boosted-gear-fight-gif-12624096

lol the best/worst thing I've dealt with is systems engineers that push us specs in excel sheet form

[cerulean talon]

Oh god.

[sly elk]

where the obvious solution is to make a python script to ingest that crap and turn it into whatever I want

and it works great! Until one day they change something in the header of the excel sheet lol

[cerulean talon]

Yeah, we've got an ETL tool that does that for us, and if someone screws up a gsheet header, you might as well write it off.

[sly elk]

but ya know, to be completely fucking honest here... that's actually less annoying than relying on nlohmann JSON in C++. FUCK THAT.

"Your JSON has an error in it somehow and the json.hpp function inexplicably blew up and crashed the program"

[modest moss]

Yeah your comment made me take a closer look and way too many sus ones kept coming

[latent ore]

we can just manually post catgirls

https://tenor.com/view/anime-nekopara-cooking-clap-gif-13451256

[wise jay]

!hank

[deep sapphire]

rip bot

[wise jay]

damn I guess we arent swtiching it to office ladies

[deep sapphire]

https://youtu.be/ymVMyUCxwQQ?si=2XNAykkhI5zo-ebm

[jaunty nacelle]

Telling you shue, catboys are the future of our society

[modest moss]

I'm out of the bot image business

[wise jay]

I feel the average cat boy pic would be infinitely more sus than the average cat girl pic. Office Ladies are the way to go

[random marlin]

Office lady enjoyer so true

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/hifumi-new-game-doing-her-gif-9640503

[cold yacht]

Honestly the true !hank command will just be posting a random Chevy truck

[sharp star]

So I found out that my Liquid Freezer II has the EPDM gasket instead of the silicone one

guess I’m ordering a replacement kit

[sly elk]

YES

that or the danny lee gif

[cold yacht]

https://tenor.com/view/gachi-gachimuchi-kazuya-super-kazuya-danny-lee-gif-22011418

[modest moss]

Maybe I should make that an faq

[sharp star]

okay the Assassin IV is out of stock and I need a CPU cooler by tonight, so AK620

[real edge]

if its cheap enough in your country

[sharp star]

yeah the AK620 is my first choice because of availability

[wraith agate]

I have that

I love it

Well as much as one can love a cooler

[sly elk]

they had it in store?

nice!

i wonder if the local best buy has any cpu heatsinks

hyper 212 black and hyper 212 'halo black' (rgb)

[wraith agate]

My local stores failed to have a SATA cable in store

I'd imagine those things should be more common

[sly elk]

this is why fry's electronics was nice to have :3

[dull garnet]

Good show

[sharp star]

only white was available but looks were the absolute last thing on my mind

[real edge]

gz

enjoy :3

[dull garnet]

Chonky gpu

[royal forge]

Brother

[sly elk]

It looks good

Get yourselves some white cables

Or silver at least

If you ever feel like wasting money on a esthetics anyway 🙂

[latent ore]

i think black looks good

[royal forge]

Would it be possible to buy keycaps with comic sans font on em?

[sharp star]

I hate DDR5 training but I'm back up and running now

I would've liked to get an Assassin IV but they had no stock

This'll do regardless

[dull garnet]

I can't work out the design of that thing

It mentions a 120 and 140mm fan but I only see one fan on their product page

[sharp star]

The 120 is in the rear, the 140 is in the middle

Some reviews show where the 140mm goes

[lost python]

Much bigger than I expected. PS3 for scale.

[dull garnet]

he got the ps triple

[real edge]

plushies

[lost python]

i still have a ps2 at my parents home that i have to pick up someday
also got the oldschool playstation gun

[dull garnet]

I have one that you probably shouldn't own in the states

Hori made a Beretta light gun in Japan

lol

[lost python]

oh yeha i got this one but in grey

[lost python]

sooo

i tried connecting my TV via chromecast to my PC with the steamlink app

doesnt work at all. constantly getting the "connection lost" error and the screen just keeps flashing between blackscreen and my desktop

AMDs link app works surprisingly well, quality is also pretty good even when playing vampire survivors which is bitrate hell
but there you have quite the noticeable inputlag

and i havent figured out how to control my PC with a controller yet

[dull garnet]

when i used the steam link app i synced a bt controller to the tv directly

[lost python]

well yeah that would work, if the steam link app would work

but it doesnt at all so its not an option

[lost python]

idk how but somehow got steamlink to work without crashing or flickering
seems like even with adjusted settings the games look ass but have relatively low input lag

and the app is buggy as fuck

i can kinda get it to work well with unlimited bandwidth and a 90fps limit, however 120 is impossible and the app will randomly bug out and just lag hard for no reason after changing a random setting

[potent arrow]

Til steam link has Chromecast streaming

I use the built in windows Chromecast streaming, but that has latency. Didn't think that streaming protocol could be low latency lol

[lost python]

steam link is an app now
and you can install it on chromecast - the device

the windows built-in casting is miracast iirc

[real edge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na1y7DyDe2w hm

[modest moss]

My mate has one, it made him sell his steam deck

[lost python]

good thing its only 800€

[modest moss]

Iirc he bought the lower spec version and said it runs things like genshin and hsr great

[potent arrow]

That is an incredibly low bar

[latent ore]

only

[dull garnet]

right? lol

[sly elk]

the tv or the cabinet? XD

[lost python]

tv ofc

[cold yacht]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/writers-strike-update-union-studios-break-off-amptp-1235585993/

So seems like the big hold out on negotiation is mainly streaming companies and studio

Netflix, Max, Disney is so far holding up talks

[deep sapphire]

wanna see the weirdest Beretta

[dull garnet]

Sure

[deep sapphire]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Beretta

they got sued for using the name

[sly elk]

kinda funny that netflix would be like that hahaha

since netflix always brags about paying their software team really well

[deep sapphire]

they donated that to their museum

[sly elk]

if only it were RWD

I remember hearing those were sleeper cars

[deep sapphire]

they were pretty quick

[sly elk]

it's a problem with GM 😄

[deep sapphire]

the quad 4 was a beast of an engine for the time

just kinda unrefined

[sly elk]

they looooooooooooooooooooooove making sleeper cars

[potent arrow]

My ZR1 belongs in a junkyard mesuem

[sly elk]

is it my imagination or does chevy paint something on the rear fender of every truck

like ZR1 and ZX1 and 4x4 and stuff

[deep sapphire]

Oldsmobile was able to make 1000hp from that thing

[sly elk]

the one that makes me laugh is ford putting things like RADAR SENSOR on their tail lights

[potent arrow]

Rip Oldsmobile

[sly elk]

yee.....

GM: Let's kill pontiac and oldsmobile!

GM: but buick is invaluable

[potent arrow]

Does the paint smears from other cars count....

[sly elk]

I bet that in a boardroom somewhere in detroit, they were arguing about killing cadillac to keep buick 😄

[deep sapphire]

and this was in 1985

[sly elk]

and someone was like "that's stupid, we'll let you keep both"

[potent arrow]

Damn that quad 4 is cute

[sly elk]

if ford's factory orange peel counts, sure

[potent arrow]

It also looks super easy to service...

[deep sapphire]

back when GM made decent 4 bangers

[sly elk]

idk how but this dude at pizza hut is still delivering pizzas with a 93 ford escort

[deep sapphire]

that and the original ecotec engines were fantastic

same with the Saturn Twin Cam

fantastic engines

lasted for fuckin ever

[potent arrow]

AYEEE Saturn motors

[deep sapphire]

[sly elk]

hmm

[deep sapphire]

my family had a Mercury Sable

[sly elk]

that one doesn't look right

[deep sapphire]

thing had a phone in the center console

I dont think they ever activated it

[potent arrow]

Still got one kicking around from a Saturn SC lol

[sly elk]

lol

[deep sapphire]

but thought that was pretty awesome

[deep sapphire]

old saturns are super reliable

[sly elk]

didn't saturn usally just use toyota motors

[deep sapphire]

nope

[sly elk]

or honda motors or whatever

[deep sapphire]

it was all in house designed

transmission, engine

everything

it never shared anything with other GM vehicles

[potent arrow]

That's why I chose it as a project car 😎

JUST TOO BAD THE REST IF IT IS SHIT

[sly elk]

saturn was cool

[deep sapphire]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_I4_engine

[sly elk]

for a brief moment in time, anyway

[potent arrow]

I LOVE THE FLOOR PAN BEING 99% DUST

[deep sapphire]

sucks GM killed them off

[deep sapphire]

WELCOME TO THE RUST BELT

[potent arrow]

[deep sapphire]

just go buy some sheet metal and rivet some on

[sly elk]

i wonder what came first

[deep sapphire]

my buddy did that to his uncle's camaro

was fuckin hilarious

god the intrepid was such a pile of shit

[potent arrow]

when I first got it, my foot slipped off the brakes and went through the fucking floor pan

Like MAN

[deep sapphire]

cool car for the time but they were not reliable at all

[sly elk]

i know

the saturn and the intrepid were opposites but they looked similar lol

the saturn was just smaller and more upright

also it has this GM-ism

[sly elk]

only GM would do a thing like that

[deep sapphire]

look at that sexy beast

[potent arrow]

I'm probably going to have to redo lije all if the structural bits

[deep sapphire]

you'd be better off finding one down in texas and importing it LOL

cant be worth much

[potent arrow]

Yea lol

I'm not sure what costed me more my neon, the Saturn or the zr1

I need to stop buying rusted garbage....

[deep sapphire]

Bob Lutz's baby

[potent arrow]

🤤

I think imma make mine dark purple lol

[sly elk]

they never should've stopped making those -_-

[deep sapphire]

that rear end is sexy

[potent arrow]

Like the rest of the fleet...

[sly elk]

nuh it needs to be painted chameleon green

https://tenor.com/view/paint-metallic-gif-11731549

[cold yacht]

I see one of those parked next to the casket and cremation place everyday

[sly elk]

the cremation dude knows how to live

[potent arrow]

SC my beloved LMFAO

[sly elk]

i assume when you face death every day you decide to live it up a little bit

[deep sapphire]

WEDGE

EVERYTHING IS A WEDGE

[sly elk]

ah the days when hitting a deer was lethal

[potent arrow]

😭😭😭😭

Don't bully my door stop

[deep sapphire]

haha right into the windshield

[sly elk]

now it's just a bump in the road, but hitting a moose is still lethal

[deep sapphire]

its funny

bob lutz is like

95

and chain smokes cigars

gives no fucks

[potent arrow]

I could've bought a new truck but instead I bought 3 rust bins....

[deep sapphire]

thats the spirit

[sly elk]

i liked his monologue about the tesla model Y

[deep sapphire]

buy parts for them

and they never get used

[potent arrow]

I have a whole new transmission for my neon

....four months ago

[deep sapphire]

okay the neon is unironically fun

that thing has steering that has no business being as good as it does

my buddy derek had a 97 neon and he whipped that fucker around tight corners going 40

[potent arrow]

Yeah but uhm, it came with a blown motor and we spent a year or so putting an old CX5 into it

So it sounds like a moped.

[sly elk]

The one advantage (Musk) has is that the Model S is a gorgeous car. It’s one of the best-looking full-size sedans ever. The Model X? It looks like a loaf of bread.

I don't share his opinion about the model S, though I do think it's the best looking tesla by a lot

[deep sapphire]

did Lutz say that

[potent arrow]

The true neon owner

[sly elk]

imho the model Y really looks like a loaf of bread

and the worst part is I see them a lot

[deep sapphire]

I remember on one of his recent interviews he was making fun of the new silverado tailgate how you cant even see the lettering

[sly elk]

like if I go tot he store right now I'll see at least 20 of them

[deep sapphire]

im like TRUE

WTF IS THAT ABOUT GM

[sly elk]

ever since tesla stepped upt heir production they're everywhere now

like maybe 35% of the cars I see now

[cold yacht]

Tbh the neon was the American track day car

[sly elk]

my favorite neon was the gt cruiser 😄

[deep sapphire]

the neon was a piece of shit dont get me wrong

it just had great handling

[sly elk]

question: Was it any better than any other car of that size and weight?

[deep sapphire]

it was pretty light yeah

[sly elk]

because most small cars from that era drive like go karts

[deep sapphire]

which made them death traps

like early 90s hondas

[sly elk]

yep

[deep sapphire]

you ever seen a wrecked civic from that era

its not pretty

[sly elk]

YEP

it's like the 3 or 4 big milestones of safety were the 1980s, sometime between 99 and 2003, and around 2012 when the roof strength stuff got pushed

[deep sapphire]

jesus christ

[sly elk]

yea I saw a civic get smashed up like that when I was a kid

[sly elk]

the craziest accident I got a front row view of was a like 80s uh idk something like a gm midsize at an intersection

[deep sapphire]

LOOOL

[sly elk]

fire truck tore through intersection

basically tore the engine bay off the car

[cold yacht]

Honestly I like the new mustang look

[deep sapphire]

okay so this is crazy

[sly elk]

best part

[deep sapphire]

this reminded me of that

[sly elk]

the gm car belonged to the fire department as well

[deep sapphire]

I learned minnesota is like

[cold yacht]

Better than the last two gens

[deep sapphire]

the only state

that has intersections with emergency lights on them like

any emergency vehicle can trigger the lights

[sly elk]

?

[deep sapphire]

and stop opposing traffic

yes

[sly elk]

are you talking about opticoms?

[potent arrow]

Bro I was in NY state and man I got so many fucking TICKETS because like YOU CANT TURN RIGHT ON A REDLIGHT

LIKE???????

[deep sapphire]

they have this white flashing light on them, that indicates emergency vehicles are near

[sly elk]

oh that's neat

[deep sapphire]

and then when they approach the intersection, they trigger the lights so that they get the green

and prevents accidents like that

[sly elk]

because most intersections in general have a thing emergency vehicles can use to change all the lights to red

[deep sapphire]

like nobody else does that? its weird

its such a good idea

[sly elk]

or at least makes their direction go green

they exist here as well

[deep sapphire]

ah alright yeah I saw someone on reddit talk about it

and everyone was like "huh?"

https://www.pipestonestar.com/articles/mndot-installs-emergency-lights-on-traffic-signals/

EVP technology has been used in Minnesota since 1969, with the first installation in St. Paul. That system is now the oldest continuously operating use of EVP in the U.S.

I've never seen an intersection without, literally every single one I've seen has it

cause I saw a video of some poor lady getting killed cause there was a police pursuit in I think ohio

and she got t boned crossing an insersection cause she had the green

and the cop just blew right through

didnt even have his siren on just lights

[sly elk]

that's neat

the 'evp tech' is used all over california and nevada too, just doesn't have the flashing white light lol

the weird thing is there's a new system being used to warn drivers of oncoming emergency vehicles

where your car tells you

https://www.haasalert.com/

that said, I think the weay they approach intersections is interesting

fire trucks usually slow down at intersections here

but the cops either just use their lights slowly or they blast through at 20 over the speed limit

[solid dirge]

Forklift training atm. I don't do well with motor vehicles. Therefor:

Unrelated

https://www.techradar.com/pro/intels-futuristic-528-thread-monster-cpu-may-mark-end-of-an-era-as-chip-giant-looks-beyond-x86

Not for consumer use, but it's a neat concept that has plenty of room for downscaling. Probably.

[paper tusk]

Opticons are good shit

[wraith agate]

Look at the good side of it, you get to become forklift certified

[graceful pine]

for Darpa not surprised lol

we'll see if they can downscale it

[deep sapphire]

DARPA is great

[late basalt]

ohio has em too

though it's just a solid bright "pay fucking attention asshat" white light

[deep sapphire]

LOL

[thorn scaffold]

Hey, I'm due a new mouse and since I've been playing FFXIV a lot recently I thought to go for a mouse with some extra programmable buttons. Any suggestions? Only requirement is to be wireless and not too bulky.

[deep sapphire]

G600

oh wireless

I dont think they have a wireless G600

pretty much only option is the naga

[sly walrus]

why wireless

are you far from your pc

[potent arrow]

All the MMO mouses are wired and somewhat bulky lol

[deep sapphire]

I think razer had a wireless one

[potent arrow]

G600 and Scimitar are the common ones

[potent arrow]

Razer tho

[deep sapphire]

https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Naga-Wireless-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B08D27XXRY?th=1

[potent arrow]

[deep sapphire]

yeah I know, but if they want wireless thats their only option

[sly walrus]

got a scimtar, worked for me so far

[deep sapphire]

not a lot of players in the MMO space

I still think the G600 is the best MMO mouse

[sly walrus]

but wireless, idk

[deep sapphire]

and its dirt cheap

I've had mine for like 7 years still works flawless

[sly walrus]

spilled coffee on my logitech shit

[deep sapphire]

https://www.amazon.com/Razer-DeathAdder-Wireless-Gaming-Mouse/dp/B0B6Y52YXB/ref=sr_1_2?crid=BAE7W14RK52B&keywords=razer%2Bdeathadder&qid=1694386580&s=electronics&sprefix=Razer%2Bdead%2Celectronics%2C99&sr=1-2&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.f5122f16-c3e8-4386-bf32-63e904010ad0&th=1

WHY CANT THIS GO ON SALE

[thorn scaffold]

Not exactly, just a personal preference. I can look into wired ones and if they're good, I wouldn't mind going for them.

I've heard that the G600 is very heavy, any thoughts on that? I used to have a G502 and even with all the weights removed, it was relatively heavy. Is it similar to that?

[sly walrus]

not sure a lightweight mmo mouse exists

[thorn scaffold]

True.

[sly elk]

probably because the side button mechanisms are gonna be heavy unless they make them like those cheap ass bubble remote controls

[deep sapphire]

the G600 is heavy as fuck and you should only use it for MMOs

but its like

30-40 bucks

so if you want another mouse, then its not a big deal cause its cheap

thats what I do

[sly elk]

to be fair, and I say this using two lightweight mouse atm.....
lightweight is overrated -_-

[deep sapphire]

I have a mouse for general use and FPS games

no but this thing

[sly elk]

like it's nice and all

[deep sapphire]

is a fuckin beast

[thorn scaffold]

Oh yeah, that works as well I think.

[deep sapphire]

like you literally cant lift it up cause its so awkward

LOL

[thorn scaffold]

I've got a few lightweight mouses cause I used to play competetive FPS games before I switched to FF14.

[deep sapphire]

(obviously you can lift it up but like its just super clunky)

[thorn scaffold]

So G600 is the winning suggestion? Any other alternatives anyone wants to mention. Just so I have something to compare against as I'm new to getting mouses with more than 2 extra buttons lol.

[sly elk]

i think corsair might make one

[wise jay]

Ive played mmos since I was a kid and I never used an mmo mouse

[deep sapphire]

I really only recommend the G600, it also has 3 face buttons (clickers) which makes it really nice for having another modifer keybind

[sly elk]

does steelseries make one?

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/gaming-mouse/ch-9314311-na/scimitar-elite-wireless-mmo-gaming-mouse-ch-9314311-na
that price though lmao

[deep sapphire]

its the cheapest, its comfortable, extremely durable and has tons of customizations

[sly elk]

and I get the impression corsairs aren't made very well

[deep sapphire]

corsair isnt bad but

the buttons are huge

and the software sucks ass

like mega ass

and if anyone disagrees with that they are an idiot

god trying to configure my old keyboard was a nightmare

and its still bad

like fix it already wtf corsair

[wise jay]

logitech software can bug out sometimes but its so consistent at working well

[deep sapphire]

yeah, in comparison to corsair its day and night

modifying functions of the mouse doesnt take a PhD

[potent arrow]

I'll disagree with this

My gpro has made it so hard to use anything else lol

[sly walrus]

maybe make a lightweight that isn’t covered with holes

[deep sapphire]

they do

that trend is dying

[potent arrow]

The superlight lol

I hate holes

[sly elk]

tbh between the gpro and the g502

i like the g502 better in some ways lol

[potent arrow]

Gpro with glass skates

Yummmm

[deep sapphire]

its always gonna be personal preference but I agree light mice are game changers in competitive shooters

[latent ore]

g502 gud

[deep sapphire]

you have to play at low sens

[sly elk]

the gpro sacrifices features to make it just a little bit lighter, but that difference means jack shit to me

[deep sapphire]

and having to constantly move it around long distances and pick it up constantly

[sly elk]

but the g502 has logitech's stupid rubber stuff

[deep sapphire]

makes it so much nicer

[cerulean talon]

G502 Hero, PTFE skates, and max weight.

[sly elk]

this alone is where I think the gpro really shines

fucking hell

[cerulean talon]

Because mice are too damn light.

[sly elk]

logtiech needs to knock it off with the rubber

[latent ore]

personally i use a razer basilisk

[deep sapphire]

who needs PTFE skates

I got some teflon tape

that'll do

[latent ore]

[potent arrow]

For me there's nothing in it that's missing really

[latent ore]

[potent arrow]

I use it for everything

My biggest gripe is that it uses micro b

[sly elk]

^

same 😦

[potent arrow]

Like what in the fuck lmfao

[sly elk]

I am real sick of those stupid micro b connectors

[deep sapphire]

who the fuck

in 2023

is still putting those on things

I will murder them

[sly elk]

plus they all make this weird connector to hold it in because they expect people are usijng the mouse while it charges

[deep sapphire]

micro usb is so bad

literally the worst interface design in history

[minor hollow]

This can only be uttered by a man that correctly coinflips on a USB thumbstick every time

[deep sapphire]

USB A isnt great but it doesnt break after 3 months

wait

didnt samsung make

micro 3.1 or something

it had that weird ass design

[sly walrus]

samsung

[deep sapphire]

EUGH

EWWWWW

OH MY GOD

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/nichijou-mio-screaming-angry-yell-gif-17109432

samsung put that fucker on phones, too

[wise jay]

only thing I hate about my keyboard is that its fucking micro usb

[minor hollow]

I have this on my... Seagate external HD?

[minor hollow]

Its ugly af lol

[wise jay]

thats what you get for using seagate

[deep sapphire]

they were

extrmely unreliable

[minor hollow]

I am aware

It was a gift

[sly elk]

lmao

it was the galaxy note 3

[minor hollow]

My cousin is an accountant at Seagate so when I mentioned my external HD dying they went ahead and got me one with their employee discount

[sly elk]

it had that awful connector

[sly walrus]

fucking sata?

[potent arrow]

Micro HDMI.

[sly elk]

nah the cursed usb connector is worse

micro hdmi is stupid because hardly anyone uses it

[potent arrow]

Fucking micro HDMI breaks

And looks like micro b

It's eternally curse.me

[sly elk]

ahh

my camera uses micro hdmi

and usb-c, thankfully

[potent arrow]

[sly elk]

lol

[deep sapphire]

fuckin

[sly elk]

i didn't realize mini HDMI was also a thing

[deep sapphire]

thats fair because

I had 2 GTX 580s

and they literally melted the plastic around the connector

and I had to replace the cord twice

[sly walrus]

mini hdmi just looks like they squished hdmi

[deep sapphire]

there was no regular HDMI port

just mini HDMI

was so strange

[sly elk]

lol

[deep sapphire]

but that was when DVI-D was still common

[sly elk]

idk I hate displayport connectors

because they have that fucking button

[cerulean talon]

Yup.

Was gonna say.

[sly elk]

and half the time it always seems to face the wrong way

[cerulean talon]

DP is the fucking worst.

[deep sapphire]

yeah those are annoying

[sly elk]

youe ver get a monitor where the fucking button faces the back of the monitor

[cerulean talon]

I have 100% ripped the socket out the monitor before

[deep sapphire]

I think I hate

all interfaces tbh

on TVs

[sly elk]

but even when it faces the right way

[deep sapphire]

you cant even see the fuckin plug

[sly elk]

most asshole monitors don't have the plug on the back

they have it in this fucking recess

[deep sapphire]

dickin around with 2" of space trying to find the right HDMI port

[sly elk]

you know what, this is why I like LG monitors

the port is on the back

so you plug the plug in and it sticks out and you have full access to it

fuck dell for trying to 'hide' the plugs in a recess.

i think i'm never buying a dell monitor again because of that

fuck this ^

[cerulean talon]

Acer does the same thing.

It's annoying.

[sly elk]

also my next monitor better have usb-c >>

yea lmao it's not as if their monitors look good with the cables hanging out the bottom like that anyway

[cerulean talon]

Given how absurd my wiring is i'd never notice.

[potent arrow]

WAUGHHHB yeah

[sly elk]

if I was able to take over dell the first thing I'd do

is fire the people who design the monitors

their industrial design plagues every office ever

look at this shit

[sly walrus]

caaaaaaaad

[latent ore]

https://tenor.com/view/gagging-gag-gross-jim-carrey-gif-13338718

[sly elk]

they want $2559 for that fucker

[deep sapphire]

controversial opinion

[sly elk]

admittedly it's a 6k panel so their next competition is apple's $5k monitor haha

[latent ore]

hank no

[deep sapphire]

I like the lightning connector

because

[sly walrus]

oh that’s preety

[latent ore]

if its ur opinion

its right

[deep sapphire]

its literally never failed me

[latent ore]

oh i do too

i just wish

[deep sapphire]

it has a solid feel when you connect it

[latent ore]

iphones had a headphone jack

[deep sapphire]

it can go either way

[latent ore]

like

please apple

please

[sly elk]

ok I'm going to give you a pass on this one.

that's a fair opinion.

[deep sapphire]

type C is okay but they always get loose feeling after awhile

[latent ore]

GIVE ME A FUCKING HEADPHONE JACK

[sly elk]

in terms of the physical connector, I think the lightning connector is awesome

[latent ore]

oh wait

theres airpods with a lighting connector

[sly elk]

in terms of it only supporting usb 2.0 and having issues burning pins... it kinda sucks sometimes

[latent ore]

my issue is solved

[sly elk]

have you ever seen that happen?

[cerulean talon]

I hate lightning so much just because it's incompabile with everything.

[sly elk]

where the power pin turns black adn stops working

the nice thing about usb-c is it normalized cables that do usb-c to usb-c

[deep sapphire]

I just meant like

the connector type

its a good physical connector

[sly elk]

the not-so-nice thing is that you can hold two usb-c cables and have no idea what speed/power they can do until you try using them

[deep sapphire]

the standard and everything yeah its shit

[cerulean talon]

Any high input/output device gets magnetic connectors for me.

[sly elk]

yea the other problem with lightning is it's only for 1 type of thing: iphones, airpods, keyboards, mice, etc

usb-c can be fun

take a macbook power brick with usb-c

[cerulean talon]

If I'm gonna be inserting/removing connectors more than once a day, I'll just slap a magconn ibti ut,'

*onto it.

SO headphones, etc.

[sly elk]

it can charge a macbook, iphone, nintendo switch, any android phone, etc

[modest moss]

I'll comment on lightning connector when the iPhone you sent arrives, it's gotta get here soon

[sly elk]

but yea lightning connectors are nice, ignoring all that

but once you have a usb-c iphone you'll never have to ask anyone for "an iphone charger"

[potent arrow]

Hot take, I really fucking hate magsafe

Actually dog shit connector

[sly elk]

i'm on the fence about that

[cerulean talon]

I like magnetic conns, magsafe is mid.

[sly walrus]

better than making everything lightning

[sly elk]

I like how it works, when it works.. it can break with time... and sometimes finicky to connect... microsoft's surface version of it was awful.

but trying to plug usb-c into most laptops is an exercise in comedy

unless you're looking straight at the plug, it's like a drunk person trying to stick the key in their car

[potent arrow]

Dude are you ok lmfao USB C is as easy as it gets

[sly elk]

nobody ever chamfers the edge of the port so that it's easier to 'land'

no I mean

unless you're looking straight at the port, you are kinda 'guessing' where it is, right

and because usb-c is so tiny, it's real easy to miss

[potent arrow]

It's not that bad lol

[sly elk]

and most laptops the usb-c port is a small hole with no guidance whatsoever

[potent arrow]

Quick post videos of inserting USB c to scare kyanche :3

[sly elk]

lol

[potent arrow]

I do have a habbit for placing it flat and sliding it across tho lol

[sly elk]

ya know, I can do the same thing with my keyboard

but for some reason landing the plug into a macbook or a dell xps seems way harder lol

i think the tolerance is tighter on the laptops

like the keyboard case has a hole in it that is slightly bigger than the port

and it's a little bit rounded

the one on the laptop is perfectly flat and flush with the edge of the port, making it as small as possible

[sly walrus]

why is it flush

why is it fucking flush with the side

[sly elk]

idk but the ones on the dells with polished metal sides are similarly annoying

[sly walrus]

that’s dell, that’s its own slew of problems

[sly elk]

i think when you get used to it, it's easier though

and i doubt iphones will have that, the port on those is usually a little bit rounded

also i'm probably exaggerating some lol

[deep sapphire]

yeah its on the way

[modest moss]

Stupid slow couriers

[sly elk]

hmm i didn't want to spend $50 to get a desktop usb-c charger like what I really need so I bought this $12 usb-c anker power brick

and I'm realizing I don't really wanna use it lol

because getting to an ac plug is a bitch and a half in my current setup

?

[sly elk]

and itr's getting like 2fps lol

hmm i wonder if it's thermal throttling

[modest moss]

assuming you've rebooted and it's still doing it, I'd run a repair with xivlauncher

[sly elk]

haha strange, a reboot did fix it. thanks for that!

[jaunty nacelle]

@cerulean talon end me

i told you i was doing this and unfortunately im doing this

[cerulean talon]

Weirdos.

Just write it all in golang. nods

[wraith agate]

Ugh windows 11 being crap recently

Can't open pictures

Can't properly go to sleep without BSOD

[jaunty nacelle]

I'd rather perish

[modest moss]

go back to 10?

[wraith agate]

Can't

My CPU is 13th gen

[late basalt]

dont see why that'd be an issue?

[jaunty nacelle]

wake up babe it's time for your yearly windows reinstall

[wraith agate]

Isn't 13th gen better supported on 11?

[modest moss]

some people say 10 isn't good with both e + p cores

but eh

my 12700k is fine on 10

[late basalt]

gauranteed, but slightly worse performance is probably better than not gauranteed, but slightly better performance ¯_(ツ)_/¯

if you arent dealing with BSODs on win10, that's already a win over 11

[modest moss]

I had to turn off e cores in bios for stranger of paradise to stop stuttering, which was weird (didn't like the game so it's w/e)

[late basalt]

that could just be a game thing too

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[modest moss]

yeah probably

everything else has been great

[late basalt]

fwiw you could probably install Win2000 on a computer with a latest gen cpu and it wouldnt care

might look at you funny the entire time, but beyond that? who knows

[sly elk]

if your computer supports legacy/csm you can run windows 3.1 lol

[wraith agate]

Screw that, I say we go back to MsDOS

[cerulean talon]

Golang is love.

[dreamy chasm]

templeos

[sly elk]

heheh mkbhd on the z flip 5: he likes how it clacks shut

i'm surprised the flip's cover screen is only 60hz lol

the fold's cover screen does 120hz or 1hz or whatever

[sharp star]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/16et5z6/in_case_you_wanted_to_know_a_few_reasons_on_why/

Frankenengine

[wraith agate]

Aha

I knew they were lying through their teeth!

it just works my ass

[buoyant wasp]

https://twitter.com/theapplecycle/status/1700841064066695480?s=19

Apple Cycle (@theapplecycle)

The iPhone 15 will be 1 gram lighter than the iPhone 14!

Likes

9628

Retweets

576

Twitter · Sep 10, 2023, 11:58 AM

Everyone stop what you're doing. This is a gamechanger

[night leaf]

My sister got a 14 for her work, since she was assigned branch leader. She was nearly too afraid to use it due to the price, lmao

Also my 32 GB RAM is underway

[wraith agate]

NOOOOOOO

what am I gonna do, now my outfit is not going to be right because I'll be 1 gram lighter!

[inland mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/toad-mario-bros-game-videogame-gif-25420528

[buoyant parrot]

how could they do this, Apple really is changing for the worst 😔

[dull garnet]

https://twitter.com/leaks_legit/status/1701006451718906090?t=iPxwvBFsWJV1Arm48RFJFg&s=19

legit apple leaks (@leaks_legit)

iPhone 15 will be able to make phone calls

Likes

73752

Retweets

4236

Twitter · Sep 10, 2023, 10:55 PM

[mortal condor]

Alright so ntoskrnl.exe seems to be what's causing the bsod whenever I play Starfield

Somehow this is AMD's fault @deep sapphire

[deep sapphire]

thats a generic windows fault, you need to find out what secondary processes are contributing to it

use an app called bluescreenview

[real edge]

I used to have random BSODs with nonsense EXEs like that and nvdlkmm or some shit

I solved it by downclocking my ram a bit

turns out my old CPUs memory controller wasn't good

and it was causing issues cause my ram clocks were too high

[mortal condor]

That was going to be my next step actually, will run that when I get home later

[jaunty nacelle]

:delusional:

[sharp star]

https://twitter.com/leaks_legit/status/1701259051693195358

legit apple leaks (@leaks_legit)

iPhone 15 will have a rechargeable battery

Likes

690

Twitter · Sep 11, 2023, 3:39 PM

[deep sapphire]

LMAO

[sly walrus]

check your ram

[deep sapphire]

throw AMD out of the system and buy intel

[mortal condor]

Did that already. Diagnostic came back clean. BlueScreen will tell me for sure what's causing it but I doubt it's the ram

[dull garnet]

lol

[mortal condor]

Might be AMD Driver related because it started once I updated to the latest version, and rolling back didn't help

[real edge]

DDU the drivers in safe mode and install the version you had before

I pretty much do not update my drivers unless it has optimizations for a game I am interested in.

[inland mauve]

I've been able to overpower the unoptimization

[deep sapphire]

DDU

they should just call it

AMD fixer

cause never had to use it on nvidia

[real edge]

I had to use it on nvidia cause my 1070 randomly started artifacting on the desktop and DDUing the old drivers fixed the issue for me

[lost python]

[wraith agate]

That is a fact

[modest moss]

He's not wrong, draw me next to him

[latent ore]

Me too

[modest moss]

#istandwithhank

[latent ore]

Wrong

#westandwithhank

[modest moss]

#westandwithhank

[latent ore]

There.

[modest moss]

Preach

[dusky magnet]

Go west and with Hank?

[modest moss]

Here this might help your basic tier reading

[lost python]

oh shit its contagious

[potent arrow]

West and with Hank?

[modest moss]

That joke died a quarter of an hour ago

[potent arrow]

I should've died a quarter of an hour ago

[sly elk]

i've never used it on anything

i n my old build I went 1070ti -> 5700xt -> 3070 without ever uninstalling the nvidia drivers

last I checked the amd drivers were still on that machine, too

I have both on my current build because i'm using an amd cpu and i wanted the onboard graphics as an option

ya know I get a really good laugh out of the brand fanboys

[cold yacht]

tbh, i probably would've bought an AMD gpu if productivity is better on there

[sly elk]

especially when people are like

"I'd rather use a 1660ti than buy amd because it's better"

or whatever

[cold yacht]

cuda cores be nice in blender

[sly elk]

and poeple who are like

[potent arrow]

AMD GPUs and premiere == small localized explosive

[sly elk]

ANYTHING LESS THAN A 4090 IS A WASTE OF MONEY

[potent arrow]

Das all imma say lmfao

[sly elk]

yet they hate amd so they won't let anyone buy a cheap $300 that fits all their needs

[cold yacht]

4090 is a waste of money tbh

[sly elk]

YAS

my hot take is any gpu more than about $300 is a fucking waste

[cold yacht]

[sly elk]

get a 7600 or a 6700xt or whatever and be done, it'll run everything just fine hahahhaahaha

[cold yacht]

honestly true

[sly elk]

and it won't sound like a jet engine when you try to play ffxiv on it

[cold yacht]

4k is meh

1440p good balance

[potent arrow]

1080p for me cuz I am blind as a shit

[cold yacht]

honestly true

i remember seeing a reddit post that went like "4k gaming on a monitor is kind of pointless since the jump in quality is not as big as 1440p. Only noticeable on TV's"

[dull garnet]

sometimes i use ddu for peace of mind

[sly elk]

idk if I agree with that, I just think $1800 video cards are ridiculous lol

[dull garnet]

friend of mine has a 1600x900 monitor

[sly elk]

yikes lol

like I found that using a 1080p screen on a racing sim is.. painful...

[potent arrow]

I use an old oculus for my coressta set up :P

I can't go back

[lost python]

same

simrig + quest 2 and tons of mods for assetto corsa

[potent arrow]

shits so nice

My feedback wheel is homemade and shifter too

[dull garnet]

he has a 10700 and a 3070 lol

[lost python]

why am i not surprised

[potent arrow]

Couldn't find anything that worked for me lol

Fanatec is great but tbh the feedback is way too strong for my wrists and anything else just doesn't feel right

So I have a regular wheel on a quick DC with a few BLDC motors and a FOSS controller

[lost python]

you can just adjust it down though. you dont have to run it at full power and you shouldn't either

[potent arrow]

Twas still too much lol

My RSI flared up and I was like nope

My track car doesn't even have as much feedback as the low-end of the model I was messing with : P

[lost python]

that sounds like user error because there is like none at all when you adjust it all the way down
you can literally go down to 1% and even further when adjusting in assetto corsa

[potent arrow]

Idk, kept fiddling with it and got annoyed lmfao

Engineering momento, made it a project and made my own

I really want to figure out a good pedal system

But I havnt thought of the mechanics behind it, so I'm using an off the shelf set

[lost python]

you could probably build your own with the loadcell and damper kit extensions you can buy for the usual brands

or at least look up how they work, because they are behind the whole magic of making it feel right

[potent arrow]

Yeah

I'm using the fanatec club sports rn

Cuz I hate none inverted set ups

[lost python]

kinda same, for the clubsports, but the not inverted ones because i cant justify the 200€ price increase just to have them inverted

[potent arrow]

Lmao that's fair

[lost python]

my biggest issue right now is properly setting them up and preventing myself from pushing backwards away from them

[potent arrow]

I have a piece of tube steel that sockets into the bottom of my chair

It's held in with a pin and cauter pin

When not in use I slide it out lmao

[lost python]

i could probably also just use a smol rope or something i guess but i am too lazy rn to do that

[potent arrow]

I yearn for the day we get a better sim then assetto, it's the best rn and it makes me sad

Closest to it is BeamNG

But it requires soooo much set up

[lost python]

i mean, there are better "sim" sims, but assetto still wins just simply because of the versatility and sheer amount of mods
but assetto corsa 2 is coming and they said they will try to make it as modable as possible

[potent arrow]

"sims" for like stock cars and F1 : P

I mostly do street racing lol

[lost python]

well yeah there is nothing for that aside from assetto

[potent arrow]

Like shutoko revival

Makes me so sad

[lost python]

but same, like 90% of my time was spent on shutoko

[potent arrow]

I made my track car in game and just drive it around

[lost python]

im still too anxious to play on their servers because i am afraid to fuck up and get banned or something

[potent arrow]

It's better tuned in BeamNG then irl lmfao

[potent arrow]

People are usually chill

Usually...

Tandem drifting is so much fun

A lot of my irl driving skills translated well....except for tandem drifting

Got in a lot of shit driving outer follower >_>

[sly elk]

-scoffs- you don't understand bmw's greatness! -bans-

[cold yacht]

bmw is shit

[deep sapphire]

https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/11/go_native_or_go_home/

THANK GOD

[cold yacht]

cars got uglier when they changed the grile

[sly pebble]

BMW lookin shit

[umbral moss]

bmw has always looked terrible

[sharp star]

https://tenor.com/view/office-space-gif-18166316

[jaunty nacelle]

@cerulean talon how the fuck do you use sqlalchemy orm

this shit sucks

i cant make a select statement on a uuid, it refuses to work

[sly elk]

So basically time to get a new printer lol

Or get fucked

But I do agree with the idea in theory lol

[jaunty nacelle]

anyway impala... it's like almost done

[sly elk]

impala?

[modest moss]

impala is codingway

[sly elk]

ohh

the dude with the living room with a loooot of electronics

and wires. looks like a room in the borg cube.

https://tenor.com/view/futile-is-resistance-gif-24174115

[sly walrus]

like it’s serial experiments lain?

https://tenor.com/view/opening-pc-lain-using-gif-20747153

[sly elk]

cute

https://tenor.com/view/steins-gate-steins-gate-mayuri-shiina-mayuri-shina-gif-24521891

[potent arrow]

@deep sapphire

LMFAO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov3YW5AxtSU

[deep sapphire]

Did you watch this entire thing?

[potent arrow]

yes

Im just finishing it now

was watching while I was grinding poe lol

its always nice to see some good fabrication

[umbral moss]

poggin

she loves this keyboard

[dull garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/lain-discord-discord-mod-fortnite-cereal-gif-7843798139032906266

[lost python]

does that mean HP cant fucking force me to get an account and install their dumb ass app before i can print after this?

[deep sapphire]

In theory yes

[odd sand]

Wait what: We can use printers with a lightweight basic driver instead of 1gb of bloatware bullshit?

[lost python]

get fucked HP

[dull garnet]

Rule one of buying printers: do not buy hp

[sly elk]

I mean, it's not like generic postscript printer didn't exist 30 years ago

[paper tusk]

Or even 10 for my hp colour laser

[cerulean talon]

I don’t, I use golang

Also you can import an extended uuid support for psql specifically

As it’s not in sqlalchemy core

Past that, I just wrote sql directly because I’m a bitter old sysadmin who learned to write sql decades ago

The only python project I use these days is kupo, literally everything else is golang or bash

It’s been hilariously tempting to start rewriting kupo in golang, but it would make it borderline unmaintainable for anyone else on the dev team other than me

[royal forge]

I know some of those words

[odd sand]

Reminds me of when I had a summer job manually typing in sweepstakes entries that were written on scraps of paper. I taught myself dvorak to avoid carpal tunnel and if I would forget to change the keyboard mapping back before leaving for the day, the next person would always be like wtf??

[wild wyvern]

[cerulean talon]

Tbh, somehow I've managed to avoid carpal over the years, I assume a decade+ using MS ergo keyobards exclusively damaged my muscle memory to the point I instinctively ergo on every keyboard.

😄

[royal forge]

how the hell is an older mouse getting more and more expensive

wtf

[lost python]

because its not being made anymore

stuff that isnt produced anymore always gets very expensive unless its unpopular, which isnt the case here

[royal forge]

SIIIGGGHHH

im kinda surprised that they're not making it anymore

since it's quite popular

i've not seen one that matches it's shape exactly

its always similar

but not exact

[dull garnet]

That's because the shape sucks

[sharp star]

https://x.com/tomwarren/status/1701594098090840480?s=20

Tom Warren (@tomwarren)

Western Digital has just announced SSD upgrade drives for the Steam Deck and ROG Ally. You can now get a speedy 2TB drive to squeeze more games onto a handheld gaming PC. Details: https://t.co/E1bthBSE4c

Twitter · Sep 12, 2023, 1:50 PM

[potent arrow]

Jokes on them, put my steam deck on sale

[inland mauve]

how much?

[potent arrow]

750$ cad lol

[inland mauve]

which model?

[potent arrow]

The big boi storage one

512gb

Selling so I can buy the Lenovo one lol

[inland mauve]

hmmm

for that price I am interested in it

shame I live on another continent

[potent arrow]

[void dove]

it was replaced with basically an identical mouse, the g400, 10 years ago.

stop living in the past dad 😛

(though im not sure the g400 is still around, its changed since then)

[odd sand]

My friend had one of those. I'm not fond of having my thumb resting on that plastic part

[dull garnet]

BATTLE DAMAGED

[sharp star]

oh the Apple stream started

“WE SAVED LIVES Y’ALL”

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiP1l7jlIIA

GET IN HERE

[dull garnet]

https://x.com/leaks_legit/status/1701328330492956972?s=20

legit apple leaks (@leaks_legit)

The next iPhone will not have a headphone jack

Likes

25728

Retweets

743

Twitter · Sep 11, 2023, 8:14 PM

[modest moss]

One gram lighter.

[deep sapphire]

good, that makes the postage cheaper to send you the iPhone

[sharp star]

Comedy skits are gonna be a thing now?

[dull garnet]

they're still the most evil company in the world

[sharp star]

okay but how about Right to Repair you fucks

[modest moss]

let the first one arrive before you send another

[sharp star]

Jesus that was corny

also rip leather cases

[dull garnet]

they should sustainably kill cows for cases

[deep sapphire]

all those did was wear out after 5 seconds anyway

[sharp star]

yeah

[dull garnet]

RECYCLED COBALT LETS GOOOOOOOO

[deep sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/ss-chevy-sssedan-burnout-chevyss-gif-12666320

[dull garnet]

i hate this

[deep sapphire]

new forza next month

[dull garnet]

show product

[deep sapphire]

no they would rather show

R O U N D

[dull garnet]

i don't think i care about motorsport after horizon

[sharp star]

this is like really self-masturbatory

ngl Apple stroking themselves off right here

[dull garnet]

techbros patting themselves on the back for ethical consumption

[deep sapphire]

wym

horizon sucks ass

hope they fuckin kick that dogshit game to the curb

give me more regular forza

[dull garnet]

i played like 1000 hours of horizon 4

[deep sapphire]

horizon be like AYE DUDE BRO BRO DUDE UDE UDE XDDDDD DUDE LETS GO GET HYPPPPPE HASH TAG HYPPPPPEEEEEEEE DRIVE STRAIGHT FOR 30 MILES TO THIS EVENT YAH BROOOOOOO

how do you play 1000 hours of a boring sandbox racing game

[sharp star]

Apple Watch Ultra 2

[dull garnet]

oh no i only played 15 days and 7 hours

360 hours

[odd sand]

My Razer Phone2 is at 4 years old now. Kinda want a new phone but also not bc I can't justify the price I would pay for a new phone I'm happy with

[sharp star]

iPhone 15

[dull garnet]

1600 nits SHEESH

damn, 2k

[sharp star]

stalker tech

finally, USB-C

[cold yacht]

Cause street racing and off road racing is fun

[dull garnet]

online game modes are fun too

and cruising around doing drift sections, speed sections, speed checks

[sharp star]

3nm chips wow

USB3 on iPhone 15 Pro lol

RAY TRACING

Genshin Impact RTX, please look forward to it

[paper tusk]

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unity-to-start-charging-fee-pegged-to-game-installs

[sharp star]

The Division

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

RE Village and RE4R coming to iPhone

[paper tusk]

"this is the future of mobile gaming" a device that will burn your hand or destroy its own battery in no time

[sharp star]

AssCreed Mirage

[dull garnet]

everything is better

wow just like last year

[cold yacht]

Ayyyy eu regulation doing its thing

iPhone now on usb c

[paper tusk]

detail mode just ditches the pixel bining for res. whoopie

[sharp star]

it took a million years and government interference for them to drop Lightning

[cold yacht]

“I do have to say, we at WIRED admire Apple's commitment to mobile gaming. I do subscribe to Apple Arcade, but mainly to play the frogger game with my kids while we're waiting for food at a restaurant.”

Tbh before usb c, Apple had the best connector

Micro usb was ass

[sharp star]

true

[cold yacht]

And when usb c came out of course they change the laptop but for the phones and air pods wasn’t really in a rush to do it

[dull garnet]

i honestly prefer lightning to usb-c

[cold yacht]

Lightning is nice

[dull garnet]

there's less to go wrong

[paper tusk]

iphone main camera. topkek

[cold yacht]

The periscope camera

[sharp star]

$1000 for 128GB, $1200 for 256GB

[paper tusk]

reminds me of, oh I don't know, panasonic

the point and shoots they used to make with folded lenses

[cold yacht]

I thought about it buying a dslr but lens are expensive

[dull garnet]

that depends

if you're on a budget used is absolutely the way to go for lenses

and then sticking on Canon or Nikon is going to be the cheapest, you can even go third party with a sigma or tamron for example