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[astral ridge]

But I’d be lying if k said I didn’t wish I drove it more

[dire viper]

every exotic car owner/collector reaches a point where they dont drive as much

it is what it is

[astral ridge]

Yeah

[dire viper]

the car of the owner of where i used to work (it was featured on Jay Leno's show)

[astral ridge]

At least I’m not like all my neighboring ||CANADIANS|| who actually have their rolls and Ferraris flown down every winter - don’t touch them, then fly them back

[dire viper]

lmao

so real

Rolls is kinda ya know whatever

most expensive car to insure lmao

by a mile

[astral ridge]

Yup

[dire viper]

a Ferrari tho?

[astral ridge]

And I blacked that out because, let’s be honest

[dire viper]

you let that thing sit and it goes to shit, even the modern ones do

[astral ridge]

A lot of people cannot accept that ||Some Canadians are rich as gods||

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/fbPoBGKf0C4?si=IscY0aTU6AKLvJcd this video is so ugnng. ear porn.

[dire viper]

yea canadians are fucking stacked

one of my customers was canadian

and uh

he had like

150 mil? just in Porsche's

was like in the first 10 people on porsches call list for limited edition cars

behind oil barons and sultans

literally never gave us his name either

just initials

but mf would instantly pay an invoice for like 30-50k so I did not care

[astral ridge]

Nice. Yeah they are paying you to do your thing so

[dire viper]

ye

also one of the few mega collectors that I worked with that had taste smh

eventually I think you just lose touch with anything after owning so many cars

[astral ridge]

You definitely lose touch with cars

[dire viper]

lmao

[astral ridge]

Ok so, I’m going to be vague on some of what I’m saying next. For obvious reasons, I’ve done this many times before.. anyway

Things occur

Then the friend in Branson , Missouri

Who was at a time the only person with the right equipment to work on super cars

Built up a large selection of many cars - because artists are idiots

Anywho

Um, yeah. What you said is 100% correct

[dire viper]

I am always right

/s

[astral ridge]

He got tired of “having” all these awesome cars

It’s just how it is

1 Lambo = “AWESOME”
8 Lambos for parts and 2 working = “this is a pain”

[dire viper]

yea lmao

if its an older Lamborghini?

probably not so bad

but the only desirable ones are considerably complex cars

Lamborghini V12 is uh

[astral ridge]

Oh this was a while back tbh

[dire viper]

chaos

[astral ridge]

Pre hurrican

[dire viper]

ye

Gallardo, Murcielago etc

[astral ridge]

And even when I was a teen - it was super cool he let me sit and them and help him with them a bit but

They fucking hurt

[dire viper]

they still use the original Lamborghini V12 from when the first ever Lamborghini came out

[astral ridge]

[dire viper]

yea...

[astral ridge]

Yeah Gallardo was… pain

[dire viper]

the Gallardo is still cool

Gallardo Superleggera

sexy car

[astral ridge]

Yeah imo it’s cool in a historical way

Maybe if I were not fat but I am so - yeah

[dire viper]

tbh Lamborghini's have stayed slim

at least they've grown more proportionate to the weight gains than most brands

[astral ridge]

Yeah I really do love Lambos. Way more than any other “super car”

[dire viper]

next up is a Lamborghini Miura

tbf

any modern super car is rather posh

[astral ridge]

Yeah they really are

[dire viper]

and then you get in a Miura

and you cant hear anything

cause the engine is so goddamn loud

and it drives like a race car cause it was designed by 20 something year olds who had done nothing but work on race cars before working for Lamborghini

[astral ridge]

The companies realized no one actually is going to track this shit and if they do - well they want a Miura or something similar

[dire viper]

well

Miura is in another price bracket 💀

same with all those old race cars

[astral ridge]

It’s old as shit

[dire viper]

its also still crazy fast

170mph top speed

[astral ridge]

Is there a new one on the way?

[dire viper]

nah

[astral ridge]

Ahh

[dire viper]

they wouldnt bring back the Miura name plate

it means too much

[astral ridge]

I misunderstood what you were getting at then

[dire viper]

cause it was the most important sports car probably... ever

it was the first true super car

but I was just saying

compared to even the 90's, all these super cars are really comfortable

[astral ridge]

Oh hell yeah

[dire viper]

which is a shame for me but tbh is still a good thing

[astral ridge]

I honestly can’t even sit in a Gallardo comfortably

[dire viper]

small italian car made for small italian car designers

the Diablo is pretty nice

but Chrysler helped develop it

[astral ridge]

Oooh Diablos are special

[dire viper]

so its meant for 'muricans

[astral ridge]

[dire viper]

the Diablo GT is probably the coolest Diablo

[astral ridge]

Agreed

[dire viper]

it came with a completely carbon fiber briefcase as standard equipment

[astral ridge]

Ngl

[dire viper]

see it has its own little cubby lmao

[astral ridge]

I would buy that if I could

[dire viper]

they are Aventador money

so

not terrible tbh

[astral ridge]

And I’d put in a cassette playing “Baby got back”

[dire viper]

god

[astral ridge]

My wife is a CPA.

I try to tell her these things.

But for SOME REASON (I blame politicians) she insists that different costs are super important

[dire viper]

lmao

[astral ridge]

I get what you mean though

The price isn’t much different

[dire viper]

tbh anything under a million for cars like these is reasonable lmao

we arent in late 80's price bubble thank god

[astral ridge]

The depreciation matters a lot too

[dire viper]

in the late 80's, these expensive ass cars were going for straight double

not even joking

[astral ridge]

We got a Wrangler shortly after we married, sold it 15 years later for almost the same we paid

Well Jeep Wranglers are not normal vehicles

And cannot be treated as such

[dire viper]

a Mercedes 600SL would go for double its MSRP, so it went from being like 178k at double to now woulda been 440k

for a 600SL lmao

[dire viper]

yep

[astral ridge]

How can a Merced hold value?

[dire viper]

my neighbor is a librarian who bought a new wrangler in the 90's

nah they dont

I was just saying

[astral ridge]

Ok cool lol

[dire viper]

the old price bubble in the late 80's was crazy

imagine paying 220k over sticker

[astral ridge]

220k Argentinas pesos…

No problem

[dire viper]

lol

[astral ridge]

Well, it’s Xmas weekend where I am and gotta get going (to play games)

Nice talking to you and merry Christmas all!

[sly elk]

merry christmas! 🙂

[sly elk]

BRICKY

how many power adapters does that boat anchor need?!

[real edge]

cute

[celest violet]

Speaking of the os discussions earlier, I really need to upgrade my sata m.2 to the nvme I have, but I really don't wanna go through the OS reinstall

If I go through the work I might as well go up to windows 11 ig, just hate that because w10 is so much nicer

I honestly don't know why they didn't just make windows 10 a continuously supported platform

[inland mauve]

if you do that

a word of warning

when you install Windows 11 on the new SSD, make sure it's the only drive in your PC

if there are several drives in your PC at the time of installation, there is a good chance it will mix things up and put important boot partitions on other drives

that shit always happens with M.2 drives

but if the drive you want to install Windows 11 on is the only one in the PC at the time of installation, there's no way it can fuck it up

[celest violet]

Yeah I need back switch things around anyway

Need to get my hands on more ssds so I can retire my actual hdd that's being used for some games still

[kind rune]

firefox 121 came out

[odd sand]

I mean, it's literally a 1U server rack with an LCD slapped on top

[odd sand]

As long as it's not a type of game that needs to do a lot of loading, it's not the end of the world to have some on HDD. I generally keep the demanding or current games on my SSDs and any I don't necessarily want to reDL or they're indie/AA titles that don't require SSD ill slap them on the HDD

[celest violet]

It's honestly a mix because I have a lot of programs and big games on there, I've also had the drive since my first build which was like a little bit before ryzen released

Kinda just want to move onto an all ssd system atp

Wish I got a mobo with more m.2 slots, I suppose I could get one of those pcie cards, but they look a little tacky

[wise jay]

Ive been on all ssd for years now. its so nice

Ill never forget loading Dalaran during Legion in World of Warcraft for the first time on an SSD

That load screen was like 90-120 seconds on a hdd. It was like less than 30 on a ssd at the time

Loading in bascially the entire expansion everytime you teleported to the expansion city was a questionable decision

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/ofKw9SU9OOk?si=Eh5NVGswpK6AJZhu

[deep sapphire]

AN ILLUSION

[cold yacht]

Hmmmmm I think I thought up another reason why I don’t like Tesla as a buyer

You know how manufacturers does a model refresh every 3-5 years-ish meanwhile Tesla it feels like there’s a refresh of the internals every year or 2

Whoop mean to post in Chevy chat

[paper tusk]

sounds like the hyundai ev problem: battery pack shits out? easy just replace the vehicle because the fucking high voltage pack costs pretty much the same as everything it's attached to

now combine that with tesla marrying half the parts to the BCM...

https://www.hyundaipartsdeal.com/genuine/hyundai-battery-system-assy~37501-gi351.html

[glass wadi]

uhhh

is it possible to just plug an ssd from an old pc with the old os on it onto an otherwise completely new pc

[astral ridge]

Depends on a lot. Generally - I’m guessing no

[sly elk]

I think the american ones will have the nissan leaf problem

"oh your 8 year old car needs a new battery? Golly gee gosh! National backorder! Actually we don't even make those anymore"

"we switched suppliers for the 2028 Ford FuckU so we don't have any more 2024-2027 batteries"

"There is a TSB out so we'll offer you a $3000 bonus on trade-in for a new 2028 FuckU"

[bitter girder]

chrimis

chrimas:)

[modest moss]

Lewis are you drunk

[bitter girder]

nah

i've got a proper bad headcold im hoping it clears up on christmas

[dire viper]

crimbus

[bitter girder]

A cruelty squad fan is talking

listen and learn

[dire viper]

feet are good

[celest violet]

How old is the old drive and os

[neon shell]

https://youtube.com/shorts/ifLYspeDEHk?si=0j6gE8yUL0pZedWv

https://tenor.com/view/batman-bat-bike-bike-ride-riding-gif-10361415

[neon shell]

@deep sapphire pimp my ride

[deep sapphire]

https://youtu.be/I9KIxKP0Wlw?t=525

[neon shell]

I would ride it

[deep sapphire]

I love how it gets up to speed at literally idle

LMAO

[neon shell]

lol

I got childhood memories from the engine sound ngl. Not sure if you did this but I used to tape playing cards to my bicycle to replicate the sound of a a motorcycle

The coolest kid on the block

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raPILjM7bcg

was it cyrus

lmao when he calls him dirty dancin

[neon shell]

Dude that was hilarious xD

I need to watch this show now

[deep sapphire]

one of the funniest shows ever made

[wise jay]

It is truly a show of all time

[neon shell]

When did it come out? Curious

[deep sapphire]

early 2000s I think

[neon shell]

Good times

[deep sapphire]

2001

[neon shell]

Since the show is before 2010, I’ll watch it

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-admpLPb6S4

LMAO

https://tenor.com/view/fuck-off-got-work-trailer-park-boys-gif-9573428

[neon shell]

Side burn boys

You fucking dummy

[deep sapphire]

lmao I remember there was one episode where ricky tries to light up a cigarette in the library and gets in trouble and he goes "what you cant even fuckin smoke in here anymore!?"

[neon shell]

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o5s-DtXnaw

"why do you look like indianapolis jones"

omfg

so good

[neon shell]

Even before you wrote that

I was amazed by the thumbnail

[hard drift]

yes i do you fucker 😭

[deep sapphire]

is lords of the fallen a good game

[hard drift]

idk i don't have it

[deep sapphire]

see that was a test

[neon shell]

Wow you really dug deep

[deep sapphire]

no game 4090 having ass

[hard drift]

i have been playing tons of games smh

[deep sapphire]

yeah like

duke nukem 3D

[neon shell]

xD

[hard drift]

i always do a periodic check

[deep sapphire]

he's obsessed with this place

[hard drift]

nah there's a reason i don't really talk here much lol

[neon shell]

He’s scared of catgirls

That’s the reason

[deep sapphire]

whats that

[modest moss]

oh shit brodori is here

or was

@hard drift why don't you talk here

we know you like us

[hard drift]

discord is just super draining these days i talk to like 5 people maybe, been migrating a lot of my activities to IRL.

[modest moss]

we're hurt

[hard drift]

not intentional it just is what it is.

as i've started actually talking to people and what not i've become more extroverted than i am introverted lol so discord holds a lot less value these days.

[modest moss]

well we're happy for you

but also fu

[neon shell]

Shue got no chill xD

[modest moss]

what I was nice

[neon shell]

🙂

[hard drift]

that's okay lol

[odd sand]

Like buying an appliance where 1 part goes bad and its like 50% the cost of the unit to replace. Probably their idea is force people to trade it in instead, where they replace the battery themselves for half that price and flip the vehicle

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdqcpfHUm6s

I thought this dude was european lol

[sly elk]

i think goofing off on discord made me realize I'm really extroverted 🫠

i should've realized that in my mmo days...

[cold yacht]

A introvert realizing they’re extroverted

[neon shell]

You don't play ff anymore?

[sly elk]

after the end of ARR I haven't really played ffxiv lol

when wakfu opened their solo-character server I got excited and went to try it, but only got to level 8 before getting bored lmao

the games feel a lot less social but I also can't really commit to sitting for like an hour with no interruptions (hurray family life!)

[neon shell]

Fair

I get it. Well I’m glad you enjoyed the game for the short time that you played it

Play club penguin

Better then ff

[sly elk]

yea i kinda hit a wall with that XD
Also, I felt like the social scene (on excalibur anyway) was real hard to crack into xD

[sly elk]

i'm kinda surprised somebody that cares about audio that much uses a usb mic

also those floor tiles remind me of the ones the school I went to in kindergarten - 2nd grade had lol

asbestos tiles!

Elgato wave 1 mic because it's small and decent enough for discord

[neon shell]

I just use a Hyperx microphone for discord lol

serves me well

[sly elk]

i have a hyperx and an elgato, but I don't care that mcuh about audio 😄

theyv'e got like at least $3-4k of speakers, headphones, and amplifiers/dacs in that pic

i'm kinda guessing because the speakers alone are safely >$1k

[sly walrus]

yeah that’s an audio technician’s setup

[odd sand]

hard to tell what it is, but if it's only for comms in games, there's not really a reason to go better than that.

[sly elk]

ofc

but if you have all that gear

[odd sand]

$1k a pop each for the headphones, at least. Probably closer to $2k by how hipster they look. $800-1500 for the tube amp, another $500-800 for the DAC probably.

[sly elk]

yep lmao

that's how i guessed 3-4k

so more likely 5-6k

[sly elk]

wtf there's a vintage computimng festival happening in 'southern california'!

https://www.vcfsocal.com/

admittedly a little bit of a drive (orange, ca) but heyyy

[bitter girder]

@hard drift hello

[hard drift]

Hello and Goodnight

[sly elk]

ahh finally had some peace and quiet to play around with my guitar xD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl4CbSaV5sY

this seems appropriate! 😄

[bitter girder]

AH YES MUSIC

@sly elk i have more noise for you

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

[sharp star]

https://cablemod.com/adapterrecall/ bruh I wanted to get one of these and I'm glad I didn't

[inland mauve]

I have one of these in my PC

supplying my 4090

[paper tusk]

[lost python]

lol

[real edge]

[sharp star]

I'm so glad I got the Thermal Grizzly one that also monitors power draw

[deep sapphire]

So far no explosions

[wise jay]

https://tenor.com/view/ben10-omnitrix-xlr8-transform-gif-17381972

[deep sapphire]

BEN10 KEK

[wise jay]

The ben 10 opening went hard

https://youtu.be/_iIUGEOreiw?si=2SR4dxq-xiOGdsUn

[graceful pine]

the room doesn't look treated

and those look to be bluetooth headphones

at the same time that's a tube focusrite looks like

and I can't see any tweeters in those monitors

[odd sand]

Uhh you sure? There are cord jacks on both cans and that is a balanced headphone cable coiled up with them

[graceful pine]

oh they are wired I'm just blind

still the room looks untreated and I see no tweeters in the monitors

[odd sand]

The monitors are probably when working or something. Those cans look like they clamp hard, so your ears would be too tired to wear them all day

[graceful pine]

those looks to be subwoofers

no woofer or tweeter

[graceful pine]

good monitors are not that expensive

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Rokit5G4--krk-rokit-5-g4-5-inch-powered-studio-monitor

the favorite near field monitors among home setups

on sale right now 400 for a pair with stands and a cable

the most advanced setups you'd use passive monitors those are best but can be a pain

[graceful pine]

As someone with a degree in that stuff no treatment and what look to be only subwoofers it’s not

More like an audiophile setup it seems

The tube dac gives it away

We don’t use tube interfaces at home unless it’s some old guy

Old tube consoles you’ll find in studios that like the vintage sound

Checking the brand of the speakers those are not even marketed as monitors they are audiophile speakers

[odd sand]

I have an Asgard that I quite like, but I will admit when I tried the Lyr you could hear it was a solid step up from that. Hard to say if that was simply bc it was a tube amp or if a digital amp of the same price tier would sound similarly better https://www.schiit.com/products/lyr

[graceful pine]

We can mimic tubes with dsp pretty well nowadays

Tubes do still have a unique sound

Because it’s imperfect

Digital is cleaner

That’s very much an audiophile dac too

2k I checked

[odd sand]

I tried the cheaper DAC in the Asgard (E0248 or something) vs the multi-bit and basically couldn't hear a difference despite them charging $100 more for the multi-bit

But there was quite a big difference jumping up to the Lyr

[sly elk]

ESS dacs are the shit

[bitter girder]

christmas

incoming

[inland mauve]

I accidentally tried to stick my new DAC into a USB port on my mobo that I think is reserved for BIOS stuff

I shocked myself and my PC shut down

[modest moss]

I do not think that's meant to happen

[dire viper]

Me neither

You normally should be plugging a dac through front IO I thought

Normally I do cause it’s directly through instead of going through a billion different lanes

[sly elk]

what kinda motherboard? On most motherboards the reason a port is labeled 'bios' is just because that's where the microcontroller looks for a usb stick if you use the 'firmware update without a cpu' mode

(some boards call that feature bios flashback)

either that dac is defective, or you more likely just static shocked the computer lol

https://hardforum.com/threads/esd-caused-pc-to-turn-off.1023199/ things like this

[inland mauve]

oh!

no it just turned off

it was dark and I didn't notice the port was USB-B, while the cable was USB-C

[sly elk]

oh lol

[inland mauve]

I found the right port, then turned my PC back on without issue

[sly elk]

usb-a probably?

usb-b is the printer port

[inland mauve]

🤓

yeah USB-A

[sly elk]

sometimes square sometimes it's weirder

one of the weirdest plug designs i've seen

[inland mauve]

I know what that port looks like, I just cba to keep all the names apart because USB is so fucking stupid now

[sly elk]

it was more of a 'for reference for the other dorks in here' and also

because I wanted to poke at how weird that connector is

idk why they decided printers should have a weird ass port like that

[inland mauve]

USB-C was supposed to finally be a universal connector but now we have a billion different versions for it

[sly elk]

yea but it's still fine

[inland mauve]

at least you can't try to put it in the wrong way around anymore

[sly elk]

if you plug something with that connector into something else with that connector, usually the thing you want will happen, and nothing will blow up

[inland mauve]

unless you try to plug it into a USB-A port

[sly elk]

if you don't use a good cable, it might not flow data as fast as you wanted, or charge as fast as you wanted

[inland mauve]

I can't believe it shocked me too

it feels like a friendly family dog suddenly biting you

[odd sand]

Isn't that essentially "USB-3B"?

[bitter girder]

superspeed USB B

8head

[vestal thorn]

i'm reading a lot this month about w12 and the new cpu with "ai" and taking into account w11 launched in 2021 w12 would be for servers or something the like? because i don't know even what is this cpus with "ai" what would do? improve the code on the fly with machine learning depending of the other components of your rig? (like if that would happen without making it crash )

and because there isn't even an aprox date only rumours and more rumours and even more rumours for the cpus, i'm here with an 8700k OC waiting to upgrade to a new gen.... my idea was to upgrade in 2024 but in 2024 this thing i mentioned previously is presumably going to happen....

if someone knows anything more because I only can find aprox dates and rumours, or just want to drop any advice ping me

[paper tusk]

I haven't heard anything about win12 in a while (including in post 23h2 notes)

supposedly 12 is on the canary and dev channels but they are still branded win 11 right now

the last public patch is to add secure print (no more 3rd party drivers)

[graceful pine]

Windows 10 lasted 6 years so will be a bit before any info on 12

[golden stream]

w10: 6 years
wXP: ......oh boi

[inland mauve]

Windows XP 2

[potent arrow]

you joke but
SERVICE PACKS

[inland mauve]

yeah but that is Windows XP SP2

[solid dirge]

Huh... Apparently word on the street is windows 12 may be running on ARM instead of x86

I ain't got enough know how to fully understand ALL the ramifications there but I do know that's a hell of a leap and will cause problems, as much of a performance bump it might be.

[inland mauve]

hmm

that will be interesting

another step towards the convergence of pc and mobile device

[potent arrow]

good

1/ it keeps me in the job market
2/ARM supremacy

x86 must die

[paper tusk]

x64 builds are plenty available

[void dove]

Windows will never dump x86 platform

what are you people smoking

if it gets other platform support, sure, but x86 aint going nowhere

[paper tusk]

arm64 builds have been a thing for almost 3 years now (early 2021) in win10

[void dove]

yeah this aint new

Microsoft has been trying to get Windows on ARM off the ground since Windows 8 really

[wide hill]

RIP laptop

Hey, at lest i can still run the lenovo diagnostics uefi

[buoyant falcon]

I got a tablet with 32 gigs of storage space for Christmas. I don't plan on doing anything on it other than streaming and using it for TTRPG's, but the system is already taking up 22 gigs of the internal storage. I'm probably going to get an SD card for it to install apps on, but will I have to worry about future OS updates going beyond its storage capacity?

[deep sapphire]

are you sure its actually taking 22GB with nothing else on it or is it like a system reserved thing

[latent ore]

Seems a tad high if it’s a 32gb system

[buoyant falcon]

Yeah you're right, it's only 11. I was reading it wrong. So I should be good for a few years at least so long ad I use an SD card?

[deep sapphire]

yeah

[void dove]

christ 32 gb?

i have a pile of 128GB SSDs lying around that i can't use.

would give you some if i could

but prob not worth the shipping

[buoyant falcon]

Lol, nah. They're pretty cheap anyway.

[graceful pine]

I did not think they even made laptops with drives that small anymore

[buoyant falcon]

Laptops, definitely not.

[odd sand]

Porsche ran a commercial during the NBA game, didn't think they did TV ads

[wide hill]

Motherboard split in 2? N/A on half of em

[void dove]

n/a means not applicable

doesn't mean there is a problem

just a component that maybe it can't test

not a failure, is well, not a failure

[latent ore]

in a tablet

[odd sand]

Surprised they still sell a tablet with only 32gb in 2023. I assume you bought new old stock from like 4 years ago or something?

[modest moss]

Amazon fire hd 8 maybe

[sly elk]

lol

I've been slowly covering my work bench in various stickers over the years, but alas my asus stickers went in the trash. I wouldn't recommend it though, now my trash can is running armory crate and I can't get the goddamn rgb to turn off.

oh noooo

[neon shell]

wow lol

[neon shell]

wow the bottles too

that's genius

[dire viper]

awesome

[snow cypress]

Whats a 60% keyboard you all recommend?

[neon shell]

wdym 60%

like a small keyboard?

[modest moss]

@potent arrow keyboard alert

[neon shell]

[modest moss]

[potent arrow]

keychron

always keychron, anything keychron

get a bare bones and pick the switch and key caps you like or get one of their prebuilts

[sharp star]

seconding Keychron

I currently use a TKL and I have an overall positive experience with it

[golden stream]

If they're at SEA/asia, can check Akko as well
Keychrone is a tad expensib here
Akko's PCB does compatible w usual Cherry-ish switches

[royal forge]

Nah. I dunoe why but i managed to snag a keychron v6 for 300+ ringgit

QUITE reasonable

[wise jay]

Ya Im definitely going to try a keychron for my next board. Theyre nicely priced

[modest moss]

you'll never use it

[dire viper]

lmfao

ahhhh I wanna buy a SL500

someone stop me

its 95k cheaper than it was back in 1995

100k car for 5k

[sly elk]

easy, you're looking at a mercedes that has over a decade of previous owners farts in the seat

and god only knows how much deferred maintenance and bodges

[sly elk]

that's why i won't buy a steam deck

[dire viper]

clean carfax

one owner

[sly elk]

you can fuck a car up pretty good without carmax knowing

[dire viper]

and it was p much only worked on by a Mercedes dealers other than for tires

[sly elk]

the only thing carmax really tells you is if they filed an insurance claim on it and even if it was totaled (maybe)

[dire viper]

went to a dealer every time the maintenance miles came up

[sly elk]

but the dude that side swiped a pole in the parking lot and went and paid a shady body shop cash? naaah

[dire viper]

I mean true

but also

one owner

[sly elk]

yea I get it

amg mercedes owners wouldn't do that

[dire viper]

its not an AMG

the fact it has the M119 engine in it means its bulletproof too

[sly elk]

or the time where you have like >5k of body shop quote on a car, but the car is worth <$20k and you're like... meh...

[dire viper]

late M119 so actual modern fuel injection and no mechanical injection

so you dont have weird ass issues where when the car is cold it wont idle at all

[sly elk]

need an old ass diesel merc

that still runs after emp

[dire viper]

those are more expensive than those SL500's somehow

locally the old 300's and what not go for like 10-15k

[sly elk]

lol

no surprise

[dire viper]

I would like a SL600 but

those are very rare

390hp V12

and was like 120k+ brand new

they sound super good, engine code is M120

the engine was used by Pagani until 2017

and AMG used them extensively in motorsports running 1000bhp with no issues at all

they just had to heavily modify everything to maximize cooling

heem

also I found out most Hard top SL's are actually a removable hard top with a fold up soft top

or they made some very expensive automatic hard tops

otherwise, all soft tops in the SL500 and SL600 would have been automated which is neat

[bitter girder]

@modest moss how was your christmas

[modest moss]

pretty good thanks mate, yours?

[sly elk]

yea that was 100% the case with the really old ones lol

[dire viper]

the R129 chassis SL's were the first fully automated soft top as well

no latches for you to do yourself

it just does it all

that being said, the hydraulic cylinders it uses are expensive and eventually leak

[sly elk]

yz know

i thought using those to hold the hood open was awesome

until they failed lmao

then again mercs have the option to just open it all the way back against the windshield too no?

or is that just up vertically lol

just vertical hehehe

[sly elk]

hmm the difference between a 49" and 57" is like the difference between a 34" and 38" huh

i can't wait to see what the difference from 34" to 57" is like hahaha 😄

[golden stream]

technically:
34" = I may be able to lie on it
57" = my bed fr

[sly elk]

hnng the oled 49" though

[umbral moss]

How do people work in these battlestations where there's literally nothing on the desk

Hey yall check out my battlestation

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wall-of-flippers-detects-flipper-zero-bluetooth-spam-attacks/

Not for nothing but why the fuck are these mission critical mcus wireless enabled at all

Who develops a fucking medical device with wireless access and no way to update the eeprom or protect it from this kind of thing

[lost python]

Money is almost always the reason why. It would cost extra and the people making decisions prefer to think "what if we spend it and nothing happens" instead of "what if we don't spend it and something happens"

[umbral moss]

No, like, why does that need to be wireless enabled at all

It's the strangest design choice when failure means the patient dies

[lost python]

Some people really live that minimalist life. Others just pretend for the photo.
My desk is always a pure mess 2 weeks after I cleaned it

[umbral moss]

Dead pts don't pay for ongoing medical bills health care

Any ceo who greenlights "maybe somebody can remotely turn this off and kill our client" is a fucking moron

Fiduciary negligence motivates shareholders like nothing else 👍

[graceful pine]

Jesus Christ that’s insanely big

My desk is just a mess

Two Monitors my studio monitors specifically measured for my head to be in the sweet spot, my interface connecting to my headphones mic and monitors the boom arm for my mic and a mess of cables

[umbral moss]

Yeah, right? As soon as you have to actually do anything with your desk shit starts accumulating on it

Gril hates how my desk looks but it's mostly the usb hubs I put so there's a bunch of wires on it that go to various things like her ps4 controllers or the hand warmers she bought me

[graceful pine]

Xlr to the mic, two TRS outputs to the monitors with splitters connected to the subwoofers, my sennheisers and its 1/4 connected to the interface

And usually my lighting cable for charging my phone laying around

[umbral moss]

I have a USB c fast cable hooked up to the power strip on the ground

[graceful pine]

Yeah my surge protector just plugs into the wall

A strip would’ve been smarter

[umbral moss]

I have an isobar 8 for my main power supply and a second 8 port surge protecter daisy chained to it to connect the modem and router

[lost python]

i bought some of those cable clamps you can stick to all sorts of surfaces. put them under my desk so my charging cable is out of the way but always there when i need it. just pull it up from below the desk

[real edge]

tbh if I bought a car for that much money and got that message I'd be extremely upset

cause I bought it

now lemme drive it

why do I need an update to make my car work

[neon shell]

Why Ford? Isn’t isn’t this a Tesla car

[neon shell]

Goes into command console to bypass the update

[neon shell]

Oh

The picture

I see

I initially thought that you only had a Tesla that’s why I was confused

Ohh

lmao

Smart

I remember once I took Uber to go back home from work and he had a Tesla. I was stuck outside for 3 minutes because I couldn’t get in lmao

wow

I’m very impressed

Isn’t Porsche making an electric car too?

Or is it a concept still

[odd sand]

That ford pic was what? The mustang ev?

[neon shell]

I turn a blind eye to Mercedes a bit after they tried to pull off the subscription based speed limit shenanigans lol

I think it was them at least

[inland mauve]

subscription based speed limit?

you have to pay to go faster?

that's

the dumbest shit I've heard

we went from on-disk to in-engine DLC

[neon shell]

[inland mauve]

I think I'd rather just not bother with this kind of car at all

all that this says to me is that the extra shit is not worth the money they charge for it, if it's cheaper for them to just ship the car with all of it built in but disabled

[paper tusk]

macan ev releases next year

[neon shell]

Yeah

The pecan ev

Wth

[paper tusk]

yeah (I'm not sure on the buzz since the EU price is way more than the projected NA price also no word on if VW has fixed their shir tier user interface software)

I'm also hoping for a promaster city sized ev van but not holding my breath (might have to replace my town and country with a equinox ev once gm removes head from ass and changes the charge port to na common charger)

[odd sand]

I'm conflicted on the built-in dlc stuff for cars. If it's literally only a software limitation then fuck that, but if they're literally losing a bit of money putting something in to upsell later I think it's a bit different

[paper tusk]

I mentioned that a couple days ago (and linked to the battery assembly which goes for 32k us)

not sure a fault in BMS or the cells but hyundai clearly doesn't give the slighest fuck about their own product warranty

[odd sand]

Like all seats have warmers but you had to pay to unlock. Subscription tho can f off

[graceful pine]

I’d wait for the Toyota solid state to come out to truly look into EV’s

That should really kick the market into gear

[paper tusk]

hopefully yeah (also get rid of horror stories of vehicles self immobilizing while doing nothing)

[odd sand]

They had a commercial for the taycan during the NBA game yesterday. Was surprised

I mean, technically speaking if it's only intended to prevent scuffs, the plastic is fine

It's theoretically not intended to be actual armor

They can't replace or splice a coolant line??

[odd sand]

That's stupid. The nozzle should connect to an inner socket, so if it's damaged it can be replaced

[sly walrus]

but then they'd only have to buy a new socket

[odd sand]

Turn 180 degrees and pull it out or something

[sly walrus]

now if the socket breaks, they have to pay us all that money for a new battery

[odd sand]

Needs to be laws against this sort of thing. Force them to make things reasonably modularized

Kinda like appliances these days where a button goes bad and you have to replace the entire main board for 50%+ the price of the unit

Everything glued and welded together /s

Waiting for them to glue the whole thing together in such a way you need some sort of solvent bath to open it

Or the cases are one time use and need to be broken open to service them

Margins baby

Kinda like infotainment being powered by the same mediatek CPU in a galaxy A02 $150 phone so it lags from the factory when a better CPU would be a few dollars more

Mr moneybags here with the overpriced laptop /s

Lmao wut

[cold yacht]

Ooof trying to work on a Tesla

Yeah Elon hates when people repair their own things

[dire viper]

What coolant lines? Those large orange lines are always super high output power lines

Yea those are shielded by the bumper

If you go under most cars you will just see coolant lines hanging around lmfao

Idk

They aren’t hard plastic

Is that an Audi E-Tron or something

They all look the same underneath

Oh I scrolled up more

To me that seems that people are expecting anything of a first party repair shop

No dealer is gonna be making wack ass repairs like that unless they are very good and have existed for a long time

Mercedes dealers and like Chevy dealers will do stuff like this seeing as quite a few of their respective customers own cars way out of part availability range

If it’s not in the repair catalogue they just won’t bother unless the service advisor thinks they can do an alternative fix that works

It’s on the guy who fixed it at that point

[umbral moss]

I don't think this is margins so much as the qualification process for automotive is so fucking slow that they can't just change a part like that

If they design against cpu x it's staying that way for a long ass time to justify the bom cost change

[odd sand]

They've never been snappy though, so the first part they qualified was already shit heh

[umbral moss]

It doesn't help that the software engineers aren't great at optimization lmao

Reminder that windows phone ran on mid range hardware and was comparable to cutting edge android hardware

[odd sand]

Wasn't a big part of that bc Android ran on java via a translation layer?

It was like programming an OS that ran on Flash

[umbral moss]

Something like that, Android was incredibly inefficient those days

It's too bad Microsoft opted out of just using the windows phone os for their partnership with Ford because like, why the fuck would they develop a custom os instead of using one they already torture tested

[sly walrus]

https://fxtwitter.com/danluu/status/1739387245034139692?s=46&t=G1d_Cijptw3LJ-sqH9uVIg

god i fucking love the internet of things

[dire viper]

yea

its also not the only auto brand with this issue

Mercedes, Tesla etc

[sly walrus]

if your dashboard has an ipad stapled to it, run

[dire viper]

Mercedes actually doesnt have problems unless you have the highest trim version of that class of vehicle

so like a base E-Class is fine, but the top trim AMG one will have this issue

also I cant find the source for that one, but I did find another separate one for a Bronco

also thats the more expensive touch screen iirc

its the big boy

all the auto makers are fucking up in their rush to get new tech in

Louis Rossmann even made a video about GM's Carplay and Android auto bs

https://youtu.be/qhh4rzImufs?si=iNMIS8JrL-IXBoIv

automotive companies on their way to make the worst infotainment system ever created

even though they have computer and electrical engineers on hand

as much shit as I wanna give Mercedes their infotainment works well enough that other companies buy the licensing for it and call it a day cause its not bad all the time, only certain features dont make sense

Aston Martins use Mercedes infotainment

and it was a serious upgrade for them

made the cars actually not awful to interact with

this is uh not new lol

so I wonder if that screenshot in that tweet just got big again cause people are not in the loop on auto stuff

kinda like how BMW is still trying to push the new iX and XM despite them being incredibly awful vehicles to own

the new CEO they got for the M division probably is gonna get his head cut off cause overall the new stuff is really bad

[sly elk]

the problem here isn't the computer. The problem here is the idiots who thought it was ok to make an update process with no fallback/failover mechanism

ohhh yeaaaah

fixing a battery pack vs replacing it lmao

Training may be another issue. As it looks to keep service costs down, Tesla has determined that limiting its need for highly skilled repair professionals of the type Benoit employs is key. The solution: simply don’t offer repairs that require more skilled labor. Then concentrate battery servicing at a central facility where the batteries are manufactured and the talent is already in place, rather than training up and retaining technicians at Tesla Service Centers in local communities. Ta da!

this is way more profitable too

they can sell the customer a $16k refurb battery replacement

then take the broken battery, fix it for <$1k, and sell that one for $16k

or they can just produce a mountain of ewaste which is what they're probably doing lol

i've been saying this and I'll continue to say it: I think companies should be fined by the amount of waste they produce via defective parts

the fallout of such a rule would be truly strange i'm sure

but it'd probably eliminate the shitty "bean counter engineering" lol

[odd sand]

wtf is that thing https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/18re47b/license_plate_checks_out/

[dire viper]

Rezvani

its basically a bullet proof up armored 6x6

the only thing its missing is the most important thing of being able to eat IED's or land mines

no V shaped hull

otherwise they kind of are pointless?

the up armored Rolls Royces and Bentley's made by that one canadian company are way more worth

they are actual luxury and can stop tungsten core 7.62

[neon shell]

https://tenor.com/view/keanu-reeves-glasses-off-cyberpunk2077-gif-14311112

[sly elk]

I think it's a jeep gladiator with the most ridiculous body kit ever

People keep mentioning that this model is bulletproof but my favorite features are the electrified door handles and side mirror pepperspray shooters.

[neon shell]

Cyberpunk build

I’m telling you

[dire viper]

nah

its a ground up vehicle

its a Rezvani

https://www.rezvanimotors.com/

that 6x6 starts at 460k

https://www.rezvanimotors.com/rezvani-hercules-6x6-military-edition

[sly elk]

it does indeed use gladiator parts lol

it probably uses a custom frame though

it also uses a 6.4L hemi

but from the outside, it's using gladiator mirrors, windshield, and the doors have the same outline which makes me believe they're using the body, too

that speaker bar is almost exactly the same as the one in my wrangler, so is the shape of the seats

and the windows in the doors

oh.. wow...

lol

the funnier thing is it looks like they aren't even using a rubicon or whatever, they used the base model gladiator lol 😄

though some have better features

https://www.chicagomotorcars.com/2021-rezvani-hercules-military-edition-6x6-truck-over-164k-in-options-1400-miles-bulletproof-c-9646.htm

I wonder how much profit they're making though

https://moparinsiders.com/meet-the-jeep-gladiator-based-2021-rezvani-hercules-6x6/

[odd sand]

I guess it makes some amount of sense if you're going to be gutting it anyways

[sly elk]

it's weird because it's not as gutted as I expected

they're still using all the oem electronics

[neon shell]

From the internet

[buoyant falcon]

Every time I visit a website protected by Cloudflare, I get stuck in an endless loop of being asked to confirm that I'm human. Nothing I do seems to be able to prevent it, and I'm getting really tired of having to use Edge every time I a website I frequent starts using it to secure theri site. <_<

[dire viper]

oh huh

Rezvani was basically saying they were all custom for a while

[sly elk]

they totally weren't XD

but that's totally ok

i wonder if they got the hookup on the backend and were buying the parts from fca or they were just buying jeeps off the lot lmao

more than likely they bought full jeeps and then modified the shit out of them

also yay my new monitor is coming!

[dire viper]

back when Rezvani got big I remember them marketing themselves as bespoke armored vehicles for like high class clients, at least thats what the brochure I got said lmao

tbh these people probably have never been inside a jeep so

its the same deal as when aston martin was using ford interior parts

they could get away with it cause none of their customers had ever been inside a ford lmao

[sly elk]

that makes sense

and I don't think the parts are that bad anyway lol

hell, they're probably better than bespoke parts usually are

unless you're buying something very specific.....

and to be fair rezvani is charging >$300k for these things

[dire viper]

yea

its that expensive cause of low cost and they probably are new vin vehicles

so you have to pay the low production non safety tested tax

which is why Saleen S7's just dont exist lol

[sly elk]

this is why I was thinking it'd make sense as a startup to start with an existing platform

the jeep already has a vin

[dire viper]

Saleen had to get insane amounts of passes on safety and stuff to even build the S7

[sly elk]

wait I can actually answer that for you!

[dire viper]

yea its easier to sell a vehicle on an already homologated chassis

[dire viper]

I still cant belive the Saleen S7 exists

[sly elk]

all this to say, I don't necessarily think there's a problem with it

[dire viper]

wait so its legally a kit car

its not

a new car

lol

wait its not even that

cause it uses the vin of the jeep

[sly elk]

it's more like a shelby gt500

[dire viper]

its just an aftermarket coach basically lol

[sly elk]

or whatever

[dire viper]

the GT500 is sold through ford so its legally a ford

its not a shelby

[sly elk]

hmmm

maybe it was saleen that did it? idk

[dire viper]

its a shelby if you buy one of their custom ones through them, they get their own vins

yea saleens sometimes have their own vins

I think it was only after the S7 went into production tho

cause they brought everything in house to basically build a car from scratch

cause I know their are some one off saleen mustangs that are just tube frame carbon fiber monsters

they only look like a mustang

otherwise they are a car built based off of all the experience they learned racing mustangs and the S7

the S7 is so sexy

[sly elk]

hehe

yea it's a neat car

and yea, I think there's a careful balance between "saved costs and increased quality & reliability by digging things like window switches and engine control computers out of the parts bin"

vs "OH MY GOSH WHY AM I PAYING $300k FOR A JEEP WRANGLER"

maserati lost this with the ghibli "overpriced chrysler 300" lol

but I think the trick about "the buyer of that car has never been in the original anyway" might still apply

but would it? IDK. Rezvani's shtick seems to be preppers with money

hehe the seats have bigger bolsters though

also this

https://www.rezvanimotors.com/electro-magnetic-pulse-protection

https://www.empshield.com/vehicle-protection/

https://tenor.com/view/anime-laugh-sarcastic-smile-king-gif-15896630

[wraith agate]

Does it even work?

[sly elk]

about as well as those gas saver thingies

[wraith agate]

Uhh

[sly elk]

looking at the install video

[wraith agate]

Talk to me like I'm a cave person

[sly elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v4N-PWSvp8

actually, here

it has 3 wires. they connect it to the battery terminals and the chassis

it does nothing

[wraith agate]

N-neutral? You mean negative?

[sly elk]

i liked the way someone described it

it's basically like, if you had 2 wall outlets and plugged a surge protector into one.. and your tv into the other... and expected the tv to be protected

[wraith agate]

Makes sense

[sly elk]

this assumes there's actually anything in the box besides the led lol

[wraith agate]

I guess these people will be in a real pickle when they realize their bulletproof, super tanky pickup doesn't work

[sly elk]

Even alternators tend to not have ground or negative wire, they just ground to the engine, which is connected to the body with grounding strap

What I mean to say is that even makers of this box themselves don't understand anything about car electronics

[wraith agate]

Last time I checked the only real way to deal with EMP is having a Faraday cage around the object you want to protect

[sly elk]

The US EMP Commission did some tests on this back in the early 2000s. They zapped a cross sampling of different styles vehicles (50 total, built between 1987 and 2002) with EMP up to 50kV/m and found that most of them survived with only nuisance issues in the accessory electronics. IIRC only three cars stopped running and only two of those were unable to be restarted.

[wraith agate]

Guess also depends on vehicle model

As in fuel type

Diesel doesn't require much to start

[sly elk]

Most engine contol units all ready are. The problem is the hundreds of wires that can act like an antenna. They are what really need to be shielded.

[wraith agate]

Petrol on the other hand needs those sparky thingies

But protecting those wires can be costly as you would have to coat them all in protective layers

[sly elk]

yas

https://www.eevblog.com/forum/news/emp-shield-scam/

[wraith agate]

Absolutely mad

I want my favorite electrician Clive to tear down one of these

Stupid auto correct

[sly elk]

me too xD

but it'd be a waste of $400

my first thought when I saw it was "somebody's taken one of these apart by now, right? RIGHT?"

[wraith agate]

Seems like the stupidly expensive price tag is prohibiting that

[sly elk]

turns out someone on the jeep forum has 2 of them

I asked them if they can pop a cover off and take a picture XD

unlikely though

[wraith agate]

Yeah

[sly elk]

that dude is one of those 'gov is spying on me so I'm protecting myself' people

heh reddit

A desktop is a luxury few people actually need when a $300 laptop can do 90% of the same day to day tasks.

I remember when laptops were seen as a luxury item most people didn't need

[dire viper]

https://tenor.com/view/no-more-heroes3-gif-26958805

[real edge]

the delusion in the nvidia sub is unreal

bro got a 4060ti 16gb for christmas

I told him to refund it, provided he has the capability to

and get something better value

got told nonsense about how the 4060ti is the best value per dollar gpu

4th best consumer gpu

bro

I guess ill stick to buildapc to give advice rather than the delusional idiots in the nvidia sub lol

4060ti good value per dollar spent

[sly elk]

i usually draw the line at when they have bought something xD

up till they hit the buy button I'll give advice, after that it's "good for you mate"

[real edge]

he got it as a gift and he said he has the capability to trade it/refund it for 440

[sly elk]

and even then a lot of my thoughts on style and stuff are nonsense 😄

[real edge]

at that point refund it and get a 7800xt or 6700xt or something yea

[deep sapphire]

who cares, he got it for christmas

not everything in life is gonna be a perfect value

[sly elk]

reddit gets interesting

i saw some people talking about how stupid it is to buy a $500 case

I think whoever buys a $500 case knows how stupid it is and doesn't care

[deep sapphire]

to one person its stupid, to another who fuckin cares its their money

[real edge]

ye

4090 is good and if you got money go for it

idk what the culture around gifts are in other countries tbh

[sly elk]

man i got money and I wouldn't. at least not right now. Maybe after I get my new monitor hahaa

i don't think so though X_x

[real edge]

but here I was always given the capability by people giving me gifts to swap it if I do not like it

I just used that same logic there

[sly elk]

in this case

it sounds like they did like it

what was the context?

were they pondering if they should return it?

or just "here's my sweet new build!"

[real edge]

they were questioning if it was good value or not

asking if the 4060ti was that bad

[sly elk]

that's

[sly elk]

if they gert angry at the responses they're being an asshole xD

[real edge]

they were nice

other people werent when I told him to swap it for a 7800xt or 6800xt

[deep sapphire]

im of the opinion if you got something for christmas you should be happy with it

[dire viper]

XX60 cards

[sly elk]

i'm of the opinion that you should throw a huge tantrum

lol jk

[wise jay]

Ya I barely ever got gifts. I got a dishset this christmas and Im super happy. I never get shit

[dire viper]

Dish set goes hard

I got adidas

[sly elk]

it's been a long settled tradition in my family that all major purchases run by me, especially electronics ones

[dire viper]

Cause my other two pairs of adidas are uh biodegradable and I wore them in an extremely acidic environment

[real edge]

I was given various clothes, but I was told by those same people that I can swap it if I do not like it and they gave me the receipt to do so, personally

[sly elk]

not because of opinion but because I'm ruthless in attempting to find a better deal

the only way something like that doesn't get run past me is if it's a surprise, and if it is, I am going to be honored to receive whatever it is xD

[dire viper]

Tbh in my family we’ve always picked our Christmas presents prior to Christmas

[sly elk]

yep!

[dire viper]

Like we all go shopping lol

[sly elk]

uh huh!

[dire viper]

It’s way easier that way

Christmas is more about family than anything so presents are like very bottom burner

At least in my family

[sly elk]

yea I'm at the point where if I want to get new computer parts I just.. buy them.. whenever

I did the "build a new computer for Christmas" thing in 2018 and it had its ups and downs

the biggest plus: if you're ordering around black friday or even a couple weeks in advance, you don't really care when things arrive since you're going to wrap it all and put it under the tree anyway

also a plus: you have like 8 presents under the tree 😄

minus: trying to put together a computer while doing all your christmas activities is a pain and a half

I am never doing that again

I think somewhat better would be to unwrap the goodies on christmas and then assemble it the day after

[wise jay]

Ya my current build took a while to put together. I would not want to do that on a night like christmas

[sly elk]

lol there's a difference between throwing a build together and making the wiring all nice and neat and stuff too :3

[wise jay]

I was being way more careful than normal too because of the price

[sly elk]

especially a 95-2005 style build where you have a case with no psu basement and you just toss everything in!

mm 2018 was my first time installing a processor on those newfangled LGA sockets

i shit you not, last time I installed a processor before that was a socket 370 lmao

modular PSUs and nvme SSDs make it so much easier, too

[wise jay]

I think its really fun how the AM3, AM4, and AM5 cpus all look. Ive done a build with each now and its super funny how different they are when youre holding them

[sly elk]

yea I have no regrets going with a 7800x3d this time, plus it looks so cool

[wise jay]

I still cant believe how thick my AM4 cpu was, It was a few years between builds but I swear it was twice as thick as my AM3. Also the AM5 looks so edgy I love it

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/lisa-su-amd-ryzen-cpu-gif-18741811

i'm not sure i'd do it again yet xD

[wise jay]

Im glad the AM5 isnt as tall as the AM4s. I thought the pressure was going to snap my board when i installed my cooler on my AM4 cpu. Fuckers are so damn thick

[dire viper]

The 7800X3D is sort of crazy

Same with the 5800X3D

The 5800 punches way above where it sits

2k ultra at 144fps with Ray tracing on in cyberpunk when paired with a 4080

[sharp star]

The 5800X3D being that good of a CPU is almost criminal I can respect it

[sly elk]

mhmm

i wentr with this because my last one was a 9700k, so i didn't have the gear to just gert a 5800x3d lol

[inland ridge]

I'm debating for either a Steam Deck OLED or Lenovo Legion Go, partially because I kinda want to have the option of XIV on the go.

Any opinions on which one I should get?

[paper tusk]

the lenovo will probably have better performance although when you do have issues it'll be because of the native res

it should run xiv perfectly nice

[inland ridge]

I see... honestly, I'm leaning a bit more on Lenovo, mainly because it has the flexibility of running other things due to it being Windows based (and that my XIV account is PC based)

I know there are ways to get around that but I heard it's... not the best?

[void dove]

just use xivlauncher

done

[jaunty nacelle]

proton is usually fine to run games, you usually only have problems when they're online games with anticheat

[umbral moss]

Gril told me it might be worthwhile to just buy a new pc instead of trying to resurrect the old tower

[tough idol]

Pondering getting rid of my old XLR mic, and just swapping to something easier to work with

So, what's the hot brand right now that'll last me awhile?

Budget is between 100-200

Headset not included

I'll squeeze a bit more out of it, if it's not too far from that range

https://www.amazon.com/Sennheiser-Professional-Profile-Microphone-Built/dp/B0BTPYCD86?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1

May have already found one

Turns out it has hiss trouble

[graceful pine]

So let me understand this you have a preamp, but want to switch to usb

[tough idol]

I broke 90 bucks worth of cords trying to maintain this thing, just so I can sound better

It's more agonizing than you think

[graceful pine]

You broke your xlr cables

[tough idol]

Tiny place

[graceful pine]

They are not fragile

[tough idol]

They do bend

[graceful pine]

designed too

I work with this shit daily it’s not difficult

[tough idol]

Dude, my room is like 10 feet wide

There's a kitchen gap to my right

I'm not working with much here

If you're not willing to help, then I'm just going to drag myself through Amazon for four hours

[graceful pine]

I can’t in a right mind recommend a usb mic for anything more than like 10 bucks

[rain sand]

i want a microphone

[graceful pine]

They are just not worth it

[rain sand]

my microphone does not work

when i plug it in it saids "cant find that shit homie dont be a dumbass"

[graceful pine]

How old is it

[rain sand]

like 2 years old

i think

i haven't plugged it in in like a year or so

[graceful pine]

The bare minimum I would recommend is like an at 2020 and Scarlett solo

I’m also an audio guy

[tough idol]

https://www.amazon.com/FIFINE-Microphone-Adjustable-Instruments-Streaming-T669/dp/B07Y1C6GDS?th=1

With this, I'm blowing like 5 bucks for shipping

The rest goes on a gift card

About 22,000 good reviews

Budget gaming, here we come

The biggest irony is I'm biased for Sennheiser headsets

[graceful pine]

Sennehseir are the industry standard when it comes to headphones

Some very good mic’s like the legendary MD 421 as well

[tough idol]

This wireless set is a bit delayed when not put into the PC to charge, but it's pretty good

Also don't trip over it a lot, so that's a plus

[graceful pine]

HD 650 running into my interface’s dac

[tough idol]

Momentum 4. I love wandering around and listening to music with these

I got them on sale

Ah, don't have to get a mic after all. It comes with its own

As for the audio delay. I just need a better bluetooth to hook into

https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Bluetooth-Transmitter-High-Resolution-Device-Switching/dp/B0C144XQWW?th=1

Blowing my money on this instead

And updating the firmware~

[graceful pine]

Anything above around 44-48khz sample rate is not really useful for listening to audio(the sampling rate determines the highest frequency that can be sampled which is 1/2 sampling frequency)

Useful for recording for other reasons

Human hearing only goes up to 20khz

[tough idol]

So, overkilled for pretty much no reason then

Well, whatever. Got plenty of free money on xmas. May as well be a bit dumb with spending

Got the other piece that pairs with it, so I can remove this dreadful bluetooth

If the quality limiting to humans isn't enough of a good reason, that cursed thing definitely is

[odd sand]

Yeah need aptx adaptive LL

[tough idol]

One I got is meant for it

It's even in the pairing orders

Good to go~

[real edge]

https://old.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/18sffxt/msi_rtx_40_super_leak_confirms_rtx_4080_super_and/

seems like spec leaks were partially true at least

I do not believe those prices

cause the 4080 here costs 1100euro

[sharp star]

anyone want anime thermal paste

[sly elk]

raawr

[odd sand]

nexstream grease yum

[umbral moss]

So this begs the question of whether there will be a 4090 ti or super, and if AMD will launch a 7990xtxtxtx to counter

Since amd loves their weird incremental numbering for "slightly better but not next Gen"

[real edge]

amd is rumored to have sth in the works

[signal fable]

Well I can only hope to see some GPU's get cheaper

On Amazon most GPU's that I want are 900€ + each

I saw some AMD GPU's at the base price but mostly 900 €

[lost python]

Refresh of the 7k series with once again broken drivers for the first 3 months

[deep sapphire]

yes