technology-discussion

[lost python]

you sure you need an HDD over, for example, another TB of SSD space?
the only other thing i would say is, if possible, save up for the 7800x3d over the 7600x. it will last you a whole lot longer

[viscid lake]

im looking for a future build when my old current pc goes down

does the 7800 xt seem excessive?

[torpid kayak]

seems solid to me 🤔

[zinc sluice]

dyde

i brought out

my old bose qc35iis

and

holy shit

my game sounds so wrong

my ears

i need to order a new headphone NOW

[torpid kayak]

XD

[zinc sluice]

WHY DOES IT SOUND MORE 3D WHEN I TURN THE HEADPHONE ON

LMFAO

[snow cypress]

Is the elgato wave dx better than the wave 3 since its an xlr mic?

[modern iris]

What else do you buy in a setup what are things you have that you think others should start using?

[umbral moss]

If you want a battlestation hack, buy a soundbar instead of expensive "audiophile" desktop speakers

Soundbars come with an on board dac and support hdmi so you can just run a cable from your GPU

Unless you buy genuine audiophile grade speakers most of those expensive speakers are just pricy radio shack speakers lmao

[inland mauve]

I use an Audient iD4 to drive both my headphones and my mic

[lost python]

i just have a decent pair of shelf speakers for my PC. they were like 80€ and they sound great

[solid dirge]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-core-i7-14700k-processor-hits-its-lowest-ever-price

Ooh.

Sub-400.

Still mighty expensive but pretty nice

[inland mauve]

[real edge]

you know what else is under 400$

[lost python]

do you know how fucking tempted i am to buy it

[real edge]

https://tenor.com/view/izuna-blue-archive-fox-anime-gif-26080871

[inland mauve]

do you have the socket for it?

[lost python]

no but that can be arranged

but i actually went and set up a list the other day for all the parts i need to upgrade my pc and the one of my gf.
would be just about 950€ minus about 100-250 if i can sell some older parts. so in best case scenario, its 700 i need to spend

worst case its about 850

[inland mauve]

are you going for amd or intel?

[lost python]

7800x3d so AMD

not touching intel anymore until they someday release a CPU that doesnt require a nuclear reactor to power it

while sweating at 90°C

[sharp star]

or requiring an aftermarket ILM to fix their shitty socket

AMD's ILM is fine, that can stay

[inland mauve]

I am developing all the PowerApps

[sly elk]

XLR mics open you up to a whole world of cheap mixers and expensive things too, but you can do all sorts of stuff with hardware widgets instead of software

[sly elk]

KEF LSX says hello

$900 'computer speakers'

and they're fugly too

and the best/worst part is they're basically the modern day logitech z5500 style because they only have 1 cone, no tweeters, afaik

but hey they come in colors, which is nice

[umbral moss]

Yeah, right? You can get a perfectly good quality Vizio 2.1 for like $150 and it will quietly fuck your face up with way higher sound pressure and better audio reproduction

For serious listening you should get good cans, but for "I just wanna have something playing in the background" soundbars are disgusting value for the money

[sly elk]

if i had the space i'd get some white yamaha hs8s

and maybe a bigass sub 😉

i don't so i bought these neat little edifers that have a comically large sub that looks like something from an alien spaceship

and the sub uses the most error prone wireless connection i've ever seen

[umbral moss]

Why kill yourself with exotic speakers when a soundbar does like 90% of that for cheap as hell

I saw a Vizio at best buy that does atmos sound imaging for like $99

[sly elk]

cuz kya don't like sound bar form factor :3

[umbral moss]

Is it as good as a proper 12 speaker setup with accurate beam imaging

[sly elk]

againif i had room

i'd just put some bigass floor speakers next to my tv

https://tenor.com/view/blown-away-maxell-tape-ad-advertising-stereo-music-gif-25588455

proper

[umbral moss]

I'm a speaker purist but for a computer battlestation it just makes things so much easier

That tiny little 30" bar does as much work as five dedicated speakers for like 20% of the cost

And it uses an otherwise empty hdmi connection anyway, so it costs almost nothing to configure

[signal fable]

I would like to have some really good speaker setup

[sly elk]

edifier has plenty of options <$200 lol

[signal fable]

But I doubt I will ever do that until I live with my parents

[sly elk]

probably including sound bars

[signal fable]

I'll go with headphones

[sly elk]

or you can find yourself some legit MULTI MEDIA speakers 😉

jkjk

[signal fable]

I got the Philips Fidelio x2hr

[sly elk]

i'm easily pleased by dumb speakers though

[signal fable]

I want to buy a DAC or something like that

[sly elk]

my last set of speakers (which I still have laying around) are hk soundsticks lol

they are joyfully gaudy

[umbral moss]

I'm just an advocate for using clean hardware for the specific task

[sly elk]

mmm

[umbral moss]

I used to have a Sony ht700 on my desk and I had to leave it at like, volume 7 most of the time because it's loud as fuck lmao

[sly elk]

speaking of DACs, I have been pondering buying an audio interface lol 😄

all the 'cheap' ones are about the same though

[umbral moss]

I'm also on the hunt for a dac because I want to replace my mobius

I love those headphones but audeze forgot they existed after they started shipping the lcd gx, there's literally no replacement parts for them

[sly elk]

and since i want to use mine with a guitar there's also the thought that instead of spending almost $200 on a sound board, I could buy a pod go for $375 instead lol

(it's a cheap digital pedal board that can plug into a computer and act as an audio input device too lol)

probably better off with a normal interface though

[signal fable]

How much does it change quality wise listening music with a DAC?

Or in general playing games?

[sly elk]

ehh hahaha

i haven't owned a cheap motherboard in a really long time. everything I use has decent DACs already.

[signal fable]

It depends on what headphones you use right?

[sly elk]

suuuure but a lot of it is snake oil and marketing

like spending $200 on schiit that will make like a 0.000025% difference in sound quality

[lost python]

always depends on what you use to listen to it and how good the quality of your source material is.
a youtube video or spotify stream wont sound much different for example.

[lost python]

the real snake oil are the "hifi cables" and "cable lifters" and shit like that

[sly elk]

yea yea a 200mb FLAC file played on the finest DAC and amp on the planet is a life changing experience

[signal fable]

Basically if I buy a DAC I would notice a quality difference only in games?

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/laugh-anime-magi-gif-18672772

[sly elk]

most of the difference will be psychological lol

what are you plugging your headphones into?

[umbral moss]

No lmao

[lost python]

again, it still depends on what you use to listen to it and how good the quality of the source material is. some games are compressed to hell and back, like ubisoft titles. some are actually mixed well and you might hear a difference

[sly elk]

imho stuff like schiit is for when you want a tube amp for your headphones to make em sound cool

[umbral moss]

The only thing a dac might do is add virtualized audio, which is fucking spooky magic when it works

[sly elk]

or when you have 600 ohm sennheisers

[umbral moss]

If you're just passing audio clean through the dac doesn't do much and that's by design, it's not supposed to alter your signal

That's why they have thd's that are like 0.0000005%

[sly elk]

but i'm being a jerk here, i never have owned a special dac box lol

i want an audio interface to hook my guitar and maybe an xlr mic up to

[umbral moss]

A good dac is invisible, the real magic is on the amp

[sly elk]

it being able to output possibly cleaner audio than my motherboard would just be a cute little bonus

what i really need is a mixer lol 😄 my speakers are usually hooked up to my mac not my pc

[signal fable]

Motherboard

[sly elk]

what kinda motherboard?

the only problem with using the motherboard audio is sometimes it'll get noise/interference

[umbral moss]

Usb dac will probably be better just because motherboard audio chips are kind of poopy

[signal fable]

Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX 1.0

[umbral moss]

But I wouldn't recommend an rca input from your board to a dac, that's a waste of money

You're just passing garbage through the dac

[sly elk]

it can either be from the way the board is laid out, or how noisy the power management/vrms/etc for your cpu are, or if you're using the front jack on your case - how good the cable inside the case is lol

[sly elk]

dacs don't have rca inputs

that's usually an amp

dacs are just usb input

[umbral moss]

Yeah, that's true

[sly elk]

it's just a fancy way of saying "usb sound card" lol

[umbral moss]

But I don't want anyone to be like "maybe I can Amp my mobo output"

[sly elk]

i mean if it's good sure why not

[sly elk]

also

[umbral moss]

It's never good lmao

[sly elk]

some monitors have pretty ok dacs for their headphone jack, I find

[umbral moss]

The reason I switched to soundbar is because every single analog output I put in a computer case ended up dying after a year or so

[sly elk]

o_O

[umbral moss]

Usb and hdmi going strong 💪

[sly elk]

analog output in a computer case?

watcha mean?

[umbral moss]

Happened to five motherboards and three sound cards

The output would just start screeching static

[lost python]

wtf did you do to them

[sly elk]

lmao that's what i'm wondering

did you have a ground loop problem?

[umbral moss]

Not that I can tell

[sly elk]

in like 25 years of owning computers i've never experienced that lmao

[umbral moss]

From what I gathered it was a windows problem because the surface I had had the same problem for like a year

They fixed it with a windows update finally

[sly elk]

that sounds a little bit plausible lol

yeesh

no wonder people buy dacs lmao

[umbral moss]

The sound driver just decided to bomb your analog out with static randomly

[sly elk]

also no wonder so many sound production people use macs

[umbral moss]

That's not for any reason other than Legacy lmao

[sly elk]

idk if ms had a come to jesus moment

but windows used to have a REALLY BAD reputation for audio stuff

especially with regards to latency

[umbral moss]

Mac gets used in "creative stuff" because it always got used for creative stuff

[sly elk]

nah that's a boomer thing

well, gen-x/older millennial thing

i don't think anyone under the age of 25 believes that shit anymore

[umbral moss]

You right, cool kids only produce content on iphones now

[sly elk]

hell most creative types I know hate macs

with a bit of a vengeance

i'm the mac loving hippy lol

[umbral moss]

But yeah, I went to digital out and had zero problems, simple solution to an annoying and expensive problem

I have a graveyard of soundcards going all the way back to the og sound blaster

[sly elk]

O_o

you sure your pc isn't like sarah's

[umbral moss]

It's been a problem since goddamn windows xp

[sly elk]

yea that doesn't specify what kinda dac it uses, so I assume nothing to write home about. you can always try things. Honestly if it has usb-c you could even just grab an apple usb-c headphone dongle lol

[umbral moss]

I thought it was a hardware issue so I'd replace the sound card and it would reappear after a year or so

[sly elk]

i've heard that one is a real popular cheap ass dac option lol

just need a usb-c port haha

[umbral moss]

Small ground level hum and eventually loud static

[sly elk]

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MU7E2AM/A/usb-c-to-35-mm-headphone-jack-adapter

[umbral moss]

The usb c problem

[sly elk]

imho it's fucking 2024

[umbral moss]

Solves everything but most things still don't have them lmao

[sly elk]

dude the case i bought in 2015 has a usb-c port on it

[umbral moss]

Even new pc cases have like, what, one or maybe two usb c on the?

[sly elk]

lmao sadly yea >>

my big case has 1 usb-c port and 2 usb-a ports on the front. the motherboard has 1 usb-c port on the back. ><

wait maybe 2

[umbral moss]

one usb c lmao

[sly elk]

it annoys me

[umbral moss]

Just plug usb c into it 6head

[sly elk]

look gaming hardware is backwards ass shit

[sly elk]

i don't think a single 'gaming monitor' has usb-c input or usb-c ports on it at all

that giant ass samsung i bought doesn't

not a single gaming video card has thunderbolt video ports

[umbral moss]

It is absolutely fucking wild that gaming hardware is so hamstrung with stupid legacy shit

[sly elk]

because they're stuck in 2002

[umbral moss]

I don't think tb supports clock recovery so you wouldn't use it if you wanted vrr anyway

[sly elk]

displayport alt mode doesn't?

that would be odd

[umbral moss]

I don't know if it's in the tb spec

Dp proper may call it from the pinout

[sly elk]

i mean i understand why they didn't do this hwen they were selling pcie 3.0 gpus

but now that we're ta pcie 4.0 and 5.0, not sure why they can't be fucked to include some thunderbolt ports

it would make VR headsets less stupid

[umbral moss]

Because they can't even be fucked to add hdmi 2.1 and dp 2.0 chips lmao

We're in the year of the affixed god 2024 and halo gpus still don't support hdmi 2.1

[sly elk]

right ;_;

-pets his monitor that uses dp 2.0 and hdmi 2.1-

[umbral moss]

One day you will witness the might of this fully operational battlestation

[sly elk]

dp 1.4 is still enough to do 7680x2160 at 120hz

good nuff

it would be neat to try running a game at 240hz though lol

it'd probably have to be like, quake 3 arena

[umbral moss]

Wake me when it's 4k/360

[sly elk]

probably not far from that

[umbral moss]

Monitor tech hasn't caught up from what I know

1440/360 is current gen blazingfast tech

Then theres that weird supercomp monitor that does like 1080/560 or some shit

[signal fable]

Even Oled PC monitors are kinda new

[umbral moss]

Yeah, and those are still plagued with new tech problems like subpixel death

[odd sand]

Everyone onboard the O11 Dynamic train huh https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811139205?Item=N82E16811139205

This is the case I have, although I think it's discontinued now: https://www.amazon.com/CORSAIR-Crystal-Mid-Tower-Tempered-Glass/dp/B01LE0ZKR2

[sharp star]

Still have my Fractal Torrent

I love having four 180mms

[sly elk]

hehe

https://www.in-win.com/en/gaming-chassis/915 the one i use doesn't make sense 😄 but it works fine. does get kinda toasty if I game with the front door closed. but whatever.

next time i'll try using a more sensible case

but I do still like mine, 5.5 years later xD

[sly elk]

https://old.reddit.com/r/battlestations/comments/kz3sxe/standing_desk_fail_when_one_motor_works_and_the/

great, one more thing for me to worry about

tbh if that happened with my desk i'd probably have to make an insurance claim

i'm left wondering how they don't make the motor controller stop the desk when 1 motor is moving and the other isn't

[umbral moss]

Because the controller doesn't know the motor isn't moving

If there's a short the stall current isn't being detected

[sly elk]

-scratches his head- that's funny. the company that made my desk frame sold out to herman miller lol

[umbral moss]

Why wouldnt they?

Herman Miller is the wageslave furniture company

[sly elk]

-recalls that scandal last year-

[celest violet]

What are some monitors you guys recommend, I'm a 1440p 144 guy rn, but I'm slightly worried my main monitor is gonna go out on me soon

I don't really know the differences between panel types a whole lot

[real edge]

pin

[celest violet]

What's the differences with the panel types

[deep sapphire]

TN is shit, IPS is the best all around for the price and OLED is the best by far but are expensive

[dire viper]

do they have any QD-OLED monitors yet

or is it still just fuck off large shit

"small" tv's meant for gaming

[deep sapphire]

yeah

prices are coming down pretty hard too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uONAbvX_KRg fuckin GM

wtf

automatically opt in to this bullshit and doesnt even tell the owner

[umbral moss]

Everyone does it, there was a huge article about it last year

All these super connected cars just harvesting your data without consent or limits to scope

[deep sapphire]

AAA asked me if I wanted to opt into it, I laughed and said no and even if I did how would I install it, my truck doesnt have OBD-II

[dire viper]

pog

that will be my next upgradeprobably then

QD is pretty neat tech

[umbral moss]

Isn't the new odyssey a qdoled?

[dire viper]

I think they have a version like that

I know Alienware has like 2 or 3 QD-OLED models and last I checked they were exceedingly expensive

[cold yacht]

Finally got my car back from the shop

Bunch of fucked up wires in my car

Whoop thought it was Chevy chat, anyway feels nice to spend government money and not mine

[dire viper]

I hope Adobe falls apart and eats shit

one of the worst companies in existence

im going to actively spend my time and money to push laws that make them go under

[sly elk]

onstar probably has sold more data over the past few decades than every other car brand combined

chrysler and toyota also do it, iirc

toyota is the only one that puts a sticker on the dashboard of new cars telling you that they do it

(and amusingly enough a lot of toyota owners never remove the sticker)

[outer sand]

recommending living off grid if you don't want anyone to sell your data pretty sure some basic stuff like browsing or gmail already done it

[celest violet]

as a non comp fps player, which panel is best for colors (aside from oled), ips still?

[deep sapphire]

Yeah

[celest violet]

my current one is oled but i'd have to save up for a while to afford another. I bought this one while still living with my parents

[sly elk]

i think oled is fine for colors, just not sharpness?

and even then it's probably good enough depending on the screen

the only ones i consider bad for colors are VA and TN

[solid panther]

Ill say it

I like the codenames intel uses for their GPUs

Alchemist, Battlemage, Celestial

Its very nerdy

10/10

[dire viper]

real

start naming them like italian cars

wtf does 4080 mean call it La Dolce Vita

[sly walrus]

it's the 4080th card they've ever made

keep up

[dire viper]

imagine a new NVIDIA release every day

I bet they would if they could

[glossy ravine]

Putting this here because it's related to the bird app.

So, 2 years back I contacted an artist. (Can't remember for the life of me where.) About a commission. I paid them and got the first of the commission. They then went silent.

When elongated Muskrat took over the bird app and deleted inactive accounts taking that account with it including sent DMs. Is there any way to recover those or am I SOL?

[odd sand]

Send bird app CS an email/ticket and pray?

Or if you remember the name they used on bird app, try googling that related to other social media or art sites like pixiv etc.

[glossy ravine]

I know they have/had a patreon. Evidently they aren't in the U.S/English isn't their first language

[outer sand]

I thought number and letters are more nerdy than those normies name

tbh if you give normies codename, they will be confused as hell

I like numbers and letters, but those numbers and letters need more meaning

not just random number thrown in

[umbral moss]

The marketing for computer parts is so fucking bad

You have the impenetrable number suffix system that each company uses, then you have the dickass board partners naming their shit like ultra elite black edition (but this isn't the highest tier version)

[potent arrow]

my curse is motherboard naming lmao

I hate every single one of them

[inland mauve]

the Glub Shitto WTF300X motherboard with USB 3.2 Gen 2 Hall-a

[umbral moss]

And this is only the second from the bottom tier 👍

My favorite is fucking gigabyte maintaining two separate GPU lines of the same sku

They have windforce and aorus but don't tell you the fucking difference anywhere

I enjoy having to navigate the byzantine sku number they use, plus figure out which product line it's part of, and then figure out which one it is in the product hierarchy

Oh, and prices don't get updated unless it's a new release so you can't use price to guess at the tier of a particular item 👍

Computer marketing people should all be shot into the sun

[inland mauve]

I have a Gigabyte GPU but don't ask me what line it is from

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING OC 24G Videokaart

that's all I know

I think I went for it because it was the cheapest one

and I couldn't really figure out that was specifically wrong with the Gigabyte 4090s during my research

[umbral moss]

I've never had a positive experience with gigabyte, honestly

Every motherboard I got from them died horribly out of the blue

[real edge]

my current gigabyte mobo runs fine

and I had a gigabyte 1070 for 6 years

[umbral moss]

The real winner was the obscure defect in the hard drive controller that corrupted the entire fucking drive attached to it

So it ran fine for about a month and then the drive stopped showing up on the board

[outer sand]

there should name it like initial P for PC, L for laptop, then so on so on

detailing more parts difference, so the code isn't just random number and letter that sounds cool lol

something that you can identiy the important spec of the parts, without having to scroll down and look up the spec list

[inland mauve]

monitors are the worst offender

usually the first few numbers tell you something about the specs but the second half of the name is just a complete wildcard

[potent arrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxCYzixV3s

im so impressed rn lol

[solid dirge]

Maybe I should pick up a 5090 to replace my 2080ti when it releases

Though tbh it's largely depending on size at this point

Apparently we've already got tech specs for the 5080 spinning about

[inland mauve]

I kind of dread how big the 5090 is going to be

[solid dirge]

Not sure about size though, haven't seen anything

[inland mauve]

you already have to build your entire PC around the 4090

[solid dirge]

Yeah

[inland mauve]

those 90° angled 12VHPWR adapters from CableMod are going to be super useful I imagine

[solid dirge]

At this point I'd be happy to get a fuckin wall-mounted mobo and an gpu separately

Have a connector runnin between the two or something

"Ayo man where's your computer?"
Literally on the wall, no tower needed.

[umbral moss]

I'm trying to stall building a new pc until the 5090 arrives but it's still so far out

[umbral moss]

Routers use a lot of power

And if your wife has those scent plug-in things those use a shit load of power

[lost python]

do they though? i thought they only take like 12W or something

saw some with 15W listed which is still less than most non-LED lightbulbs

god damn its hard to find actual numbers for these things and not just a bunch of "they dont need much".

[umbral moss]

15w over how long?

[lost python]

we calculate it on per hour, do americans use another timespan?

[opaque river]

hello. im not sure if this is the right place to ask, but i need the help of someone that is tech savvy. i recently bought a monitor that is capable of HDR and have enabled (as far as im aware of) all the settings on both the monitor and my console (ps5). my issue is that everything is so damn bright now, even after adjusting the brightness settings etc

anyone also use a ps5 and perhaps the odyssey g6 monitor and know how to set them up ?

or maybe know of a tech discord or something where i could ask

[solid dirge]

Given I'm picking up a 14700 which is current gen I'm probably gonna be aight

It shouldn't bottleneck. At all. If it does, it'll be barely so. I don't overclock shit, so.

[umbral moss]

So there are 720 hours in a month, at 15wh per plug-in...

[umbral moss]

More that I want to have the absolute sharpest cutting edge when I press buy now

If I buy a 4090 for $1900 and the 5090 is a month out, that's a huge waste of money

I'm not likely to upgrade once the thing is assembled until it's so obsolete it's whole new pc time

[lost python]

if you leave it on 24/7 then yeah it adds up
but then again, there are still plenty of people who still dont have LED lightbulbs and use halogen or similar instead.
bright bulbs of those kind need 25-50W and usually there is more than just one bulb in a lamp...

these things still dont eat a lot of power compared to all the other things people have running almost all day everyday. i still find them to be incredibly pointless though. its not like they can do anything that regular non-powered cant, not to mention that they are often just a straight up fire/life hazard because of how crappy they are manufactured

big clive took them apart once and one model straight up exploded lmao

[umbral moss]

I mean, yeah, but they're one of those "wait, what" power hogs

If you're trying to figure out where 30kwh fucked off to and you have your house in the dark ages otherwise, that's where you start looking

Personally I don't like them and I'd rather use wax melts when I want to have a scent but my girl loves the stupid things and they're all over the place

[lost python]

we just use those with the sticks you put in if my gf wants "fresh air" and they work just fine to drastically reduce air quality in the house

[umbral moss]

My girl loves strong scents so she hates those reed diffusers

They're not strong enough after like, a hour

[lost python]

cant even open the bottle without the entire place already smelling like it and its too much for me already often times

[umbral moss]

[lost python]

but im also the guy who cant walk near a douglas or similar without getting a headache

[umbral moss]

To be fair the one she bought was one of those discount store things

I think it cost like $8

[lost python]

oh yeah those usually are weak af in general

[umbral moss]

Ye lmao

She had two of them and complained the entire time they had oil in the tank

Me personally, I can't smell a damn thing in general so I have no idea if it is or isn't working

[potent arrow]

I kinda hate those difusers too lol

we prefer the incense sticks

[umbral moss]

I like incense too but gril doesn't, it gives her a headache

I'm a big fan of Palo Santo incense

Although she likes the cola scented incense from five below

It really does smell like a can of coke when you light it

[modern iris]

i like those electric wax melters. safer when you have pets. also i feel wax melts last longer than those airwick wall plugins.

[potent arrow]

I need this now

[umbral moss]

It's mad cheap, like $1.25 a piece

[potent arrow]

our house smells like paint fumes rn

[umbral moss]

Maybe don't start a fire when you smell flammable solvent fumes lmao

Sarah in two hours: "So i lit some incense sticks"

The microwave made it though 👍

[potent arrow]

LAMOOOOO

[sly elk]

i burn scented candles a lot

i like incense too but I rarely if ever use that

[outer sand]

what's the reason behind buying VR 256GB vs 128GB?

does VR app use a lot of space?

I think I'm going to pull the purchase on the quest 2 just wanted to confirm about the size

[modern iris]

depends on purpose. if you plan on using it only for a few apps standalone, or u only plan on playing pcvr, i'd say the 256gb is unnecessary. however! a lot of newer and popular vr apps do take up quite a bit of space.

[outer sand]

I just use it to play truck simulator mostly

ic ic, will 128gb ok yeah?

[modern iris]

absolutely :D

[outer sand]

ty ty

[modern iris]

oh will say tho that for the quest 2 i'd definitely buy used. it's stood the test of tech time but you can get some pretty sweet deals since ppl are migrating from q2 to quest 3.

unless ur extra precautious which is understandable

[outer sand]

ah yeah I'm getting a used one

aroudn $120 USD converted with elite strap

I'll probably won't be getting quest 3 since I'm using 6600xt

[modern iris]

sweet deal!!

[lost python]

That doesn't really matter. You can still profit from the quest 3 and they also let you change Hz and resolution however you like.
Quest 3 is a lot more expensive though

Depending on the region you might even be able to get a quest 2 for only 200-250 directly from meta, new

[outer sand]

really? what the heck

[outer sand]

is that USD?

[lost python]

Ye

They had some price drops recently which people on Reddit went nuts over, primarily NA

[outer sand]

dam, nvm that's 300ish, I'm guessing 64gb?

[lost python]

128

[outer sand]

not happening, lol https://www.google.com/search?q=meta+quest+2+price&rlz=1C1RXQR_enAU1099AU1099&oq=meta+quest+2+price&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRhAMgYIAhAjGCcyBggDECMYJzIKCAQQABixAxiABDIKCAUQABixAxiABDIKCAYQABixAxiABDIGCAcQRRg80gEIMjUxOGowajmoAgCwAgA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

price is insane for new

[lost python]

Quest 3 was on sale for a while for 450 too

[outer sand]

I just need a tool to get me to practice

I want to upgrade my license so I can drive a trailer

comfiness in long hour is prefferd, so something with strap probably

and that can be played with cable

[lost python]

Neat.
Either of those would be enough. Just keep in mind that most VR headsets still feel like you got diving goggles on

[lost python]

If you really want comfy then you will have to invest into third party straps and face pads

[snow cypress]

Steelseries headsets or Corsair?

I currently have the Steelseries Artics 3 but looking to upgrade

[buoyant falcon]

Is anyone else getting fed up with snipper and FFXIV constantly stepping on each other ever since Windows 11 came out? <_<

I just tried to use it while FFXIV was in full screen mode, every time I do, it suddenly goes into windowed mode and blocks my primary monitor. ><

[solid dirge]

What happened when I bought my 2080ti, lol. My covid cheque.

Like two months later, boom, 30 series

Then it turned out the 30xx series was a crapshoot

Sooooo

[sly elk]

i feel sorry saying this but

I hate tmux

with a passion

terminal windows should be simple >>

[deep sapphire]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-core-i9-14900ks-has-been-overclocked-to-9117-mhz-claiming-new-world-record

I forgot how good those old AMD FX CPUs were at high clocks

[solid panther]

good god why

[sly elk]

Because they wanted the world record

[torpid kayak]

If your PC crashes into a blue screen, is it often RAM problem?

[sly walrus]

can be

[outer sand]

Any camera recommendation guys?

Just for casual stuff, what should I look for?

[cold yacht]

@outer sand find used

but getting a camera from the major brands is good

well hmmm doing digital or film

[outer sand]

Digital

[cold yacht]

yeah getting a used dslr camera is nice

from like nikon, canon, or sony

[sly elk]

-hides his panasonic-

[outer sand]

I haven't heard that brand for a long time lol

[potent arrow]

panny is fine

[potent arrow]

because it's lumix

[outer sand]

Amazing it's still there

[potent arrow]

Lumix is pretty big and popular

just doesn't go by Panasonic in NA it's odd

[outer sand]

Ic ic is DSLR the one they call it for a decent digital camera?

I like Sony, my studio headphones is Sony, not sure about the camera quality

[potent arrow]

well you have DSLR and Mirrorless

Sony mainly sells Mirrorless cameras

[outer sand]

Last time big stuff was cybershot

[potent arrow]

their a7 line is their higher tier stuff

[outer sand]

Pros and cons? 🤔

[potent arrow]

cybershot is a compact not DSLR or mirrorless

DSLR has a lens in it that moves
Mirror less is just straight to sensor
in very basic terms

if you are learning and don't want to spend much, buy a used DSLR

Canon rebel and Nikon DSLR are the most common learners cameras and very affordable

DSLRs and Mirrorless are the real deal, you are wasting a lot of money if you are not gonna learn to use it properly imo

[cold yacht]

I still use my used Nikon d3200

[potent arrow]

^

[cold yacht]

Costed me $180 at my local photography shop

[potent arrow]

I love those things lmao

I still have a rebel ti3 that I use when I know I don't want to damage my A9 lmao

[outer sand]

Learn to use it properly? You mean to use the software and UI? 😭

[cold yacht]

Sort of

[outer sand]

Ok

[potent arrow]

there's a lot to it

Shutter, aperture, iso, focus

[outer sand]

There's no manual? Or you need to watch the surrounding, lighting etc?

[potent arrow]

etc

[cold yacht]

There’s a lot of nuance in photography that a lot don’t think about

[potent arrow]

This isn't a phone, you need to understand basic theory

if you just want to point and shoot, a compact camera is much better

then there's lens options and more lmfao

it's good to learn if you really are interested in the art

[cold yacht]

Ye, but if you want to get into nitty gritty then a used dslr is a starting point

[potent arrow]

exactly

[cold yacht]

I say as I’m slacking off on my photography project

At least one of my photos is getting featured in the school news paper

[potent arrow]

I have a whole 80-100tb of unedited raws

just...chilling lmao

[potent arrow]

that's cool

[cold yacht]

I started to post my photos on social media

Slowly building a following

[potent arrow]

I have given up on social media tbh

my works are mostly for my business

[cold yacht]

It’s a hobby thing for me

[potent arrow]

my hobby photography is done on analog strictly now

[cold yacht]

Though I did get asked for car photoshoots

[outer sand]

Dam it's tough

Maybe I'll have to think about it. You are right. time constraint

[outer sand]

What do you think of canon r series

Ok looking at the used price I think I'm going to rent instead..

If I ended up a backlog of photo editing...

[sly elk]

canon sells a very wide variety of cameras, even in the R series

I can't remember the numbers but they have everything from a $500 camera that can easily be beat by most phone cameras most of the time, to stuff that costs more than a house

pihole dashboard?

my favorite thing about pihole is sometimes it breaks stuff

in a stealthy manner

the most recent it broke for me was windows updates lol

[solid panther]

jumping to a 4070ti from a 2070s, and to a 14700k from a ryzen 5 5600x

and yes I know AMD has been doing better on the CPU front but It is what it is

but more importantly, DDR5 instead of DDR4 finally

All in all the build is costing me around 2500 AUD

technology is fucking expensive in Aus

[real edge]

tbh you could have went to a 5800X3D and seen little to no difference either way because the 4070ti cannot take full advantage of the 14700k

well that is my opinion anyway

[solid panther]

There'll always be a bottleneck

This idea that you can remove a bottleneck is a fallacy

you can just try to make it as least noticeable as possible

I'm not really going to notice an issue with this build

Not playing at 1440p max

Plus I'll probably upgrade to a 50 series if it ends up being good

[sly elk]

nuh I mean

unless you have a good reason for that 14700k, the 5800x3d is gonna be great

[solid panther]

And as I just said, I understand AMD has been doing better

but its hardly like the 14700k is shit

I try to stick with things i'm familiar with even if I'm sacrificing something in doing so

[sly elk]

i didn't say the 14700k was shit

just that buying new ram and a new motherboard seems like a waste if you can get a 5800x3d and get good nuff performance with that 4070ti

but!

maybe you wanted a new motherboard 🙂

nothing wrong with that either ^^

that was kinda me when I went 9700k -> 7800x3d

and for me it was the first time building amd lol

'cept for one time when I was a kid I tried to upgrade my cyrix 266 to a k6-2 500mhz and a tnt riva 2

and the computer kept crashing with those so I sent em back thinking the gpu was defective and the cpu was fine

turned out the cpu was defective and the gpu was fine xD

yea those are different things? like assigning vlans to ports vs using the firewall to isolate certain traffic to a vlan

dollar stores are such a ripoff now

they were not a bargain before really

you know, they'd sell you a box of brand name candy for $1, but it had about half what the $2 package had

but now they'll sell you that half-the-size package for $2 ><

[outer sand]

Anyone knows what these means? Lol

Swap for a motorbike? 🤔

[lost python]

yeah he only wants to trade for a bike
and also tries to advertise piracy lmao

[umbral moss]

Why do you need to pay him an extra 150 for the hacked version?

Isn't it already hacked lmao

This entire post reads like

[outer sand]

I have no idea

how do I determine which one is better DSLR?

[umbral moss]

It's the one you can afford and fits your use case

That's the best one

[outer sand]

I'm looking at 600D and D5100

just buy the one I can afford? problem is I can afford more expensive, but I don't think I will have time to take photo and edit all day

[umbral moss]

I have a d5100, it's pretty good but the sensor doesn't like low lux conditions, very noisy when you crank the sensitivity past iso... 2000ish?

Been a while since I used my 5100 instead of my d500

[outer sand]

I'm using this page, is it accurate do you think? https://amateurphotographer.com/second-hand/best-used-dslrs/

[outer sand]

what's your opinion on this https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1112173956579027?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A3f29d5cf-cf43-4e38-bdf4-c32fd84d483e

[outer sand]

I see, I just want a good camera better than my pixel 3a

[umbral moss]

Honestly, if it were up to me Id get the d7200

The 7200 shares most of its guts with the d500, just not the high speed continuous shot processor or the xqd slot

But if you want something lighter to carry all the time, you might want a micro four thirds camera like a fujifilm

Bigger sensor, bigger body, bigger lenses

So while yes, a full frame d5 will take amazing photos, it's heavy as fuck and the lenses are huge

[outer sand]

forreal, the listing I'm seeing will turn me into a professional cameraman

[umbral moss]

Again, you need to figure out what you actually want to use it for and then buy what fits your use case

Sensors are basically all made by sony so they all perform about the same, you're choosing a body based on lens options, weight, and color grading algorithm (if you're a numpty who only uses in-camera processing)

[outer sand]

my use case is to get a camera that's probably can take a photo for website background, cars, engines, guitar, and professional and travelling photoshoot probably @umbral moss

is that the correct way to mention my use case? 🤔

[umbral moss]

Auto focus is another one, and I personally think nikon's dslr pdaf is the best

But their on sensor cdaf in dslrs sucks

[umbral moss]

I mean, of those any camera will do so you have to think about what lenses you want and how heavy you want it to be

Full frame lenses are heavy as fuck, a 24-70 f/2.8 is like 6 pounds of glass with no body

[outer sand]

I think this one is perfect size, what do you think?

it's the listing I linked above, but it's canon though 🥲

are you a Nikon person?

[umbral moss]

I shoot nikon, yeah

I don't know from Canon to be like x is based

But they're all about equivalent in the last product gen for dslr

Sensors are basically iso invariant so you only get shot noise under low lux conditions (there's little to no noise introduced from the gain circuit)

[outer sand]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1549064912609394?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Aa3cba6fc-2637-4e4f-98f4-b565f8221c18 what do you think of this? low shot count, only $100 AUD

24 megapixel, higher than the 600D

I don't understand why it's not included in here https://amateurphotographer.com/second-hand/best-used-dslrs/ 🥲

[umbral moss]

The d3200 is poop, is why

It doesn't have any manual shoot function and it has a very crippled processor compared to the rest of the cameras in the line from that model year

It's entry level and it shows because of how little care nikon put into it

[outer sand]

I see..

hmm

[outer sand]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/997933974775476/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A2b16bc9c-0489-43b3-9b58-40c45012970f this perhaps?

I don't think I can find D7200 that within my price range

I'll set my budget to <$200 AUD

how do I check the shutter count in a camera? 🤔

whaa, there are a lot of 5100 in used market, perhaps this is really a good choice back then

tbh there's so many big words, I'm a bit overwhelmed lol

[outer sand]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1510634899716639?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A5c5819ce-93bb-4772-a2db-cd80d16b08ea do you think these accessories worth extra $150?

I feel like there's much better choice for and accessories..

[potent arrow]

like I said before, do some reading on the hobby before buying a DSLR

doesn't do you any good if you don't know what f stop or focal lens means lmao

or like it's iso range etc

[outer sand]

good point ty ty

[inland mauve]

does this camera have DEZ?

[potent arrow]

Rico I will put you in the ground for making a Deez nut joke

[inland mauve]

[dire viper]

@outer sand @potent arrow I’ve been using a work horse camera for a while, the Canon Rebel T5. It’s honestly a fantastic camera cause pictures look great and lenses and what not can be and for reasonable prices. Really good for learning cause Canon is a fairly large standard in the market and I see Canon’s go for cheeeeap

I got my Rebel T5 for 250 bucks with a 75-300mm lense, a fisheye to 55mm lense and a high capacity SD card

Half of photography is editing depending on what you’re doing

[potent arrow]

I literally brought up the rebel series lmaoooo

very good learners camera are the rebel series so

[dire viper]

Ye

The marketing for them is 100% aimed at beginners

[sly elk]

for that use case, I think any camera's autofocus will be fine lol

like think about most cases you'd want to use it

to me that would be recording video, or taking pictures of myself in them with an auto timer xD

but if I'm always taking pictures it doesn't matter :3

[umbral moss]

For stills, yeah, but video is a bitch because Canon and nikon let Panasonic eat their lunch

On sensor cdaf is dogshit compared to how fast the slr pdaf sensor module can rack the lens

[sly elk]

ah i was thinking about how panasonic only recently added pdaf

but uh

an s5 is a bit more expensive than a rebel t5 so there's the whole budget thing

bla i still am thinking about getting an audio interface and haven't bought one yet lol

i think id on't want a scarlett because everyone buys a scarlett

and SSL 2s are kinda ugly

audient id4 mkii, everyone speaks highly of those but the reviews have an interesting amount of 1* where it either breaks after a couple years, or driver support is janky

the universal audio stuff is expensive and never goes on sale

[dire viper]

I need to get an actual mic for my T5

so I can do car vids

[sly elk]

🙂

[potent arrow]

I would use a separate device like a zoom recorder and link in post

[dire viper]

hmmm real

[sly elk]

yea maybe

i bought one of those little ones that clips onto the top of my camera

i never use it lol

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1183909-REG/rode_videomicro_compact_on_camera.html

the dead cat it comes with is amusing enough though

ah I see they call it a 'furry windshield'

random hackernews post:

I use my Vision Pro for 10 hours a day on many days, comfortably

-shudder-

[outer sand]

Yeah the one I'm looking at is canon 600d (t3i) or Nikon d5100

They are about the same price,but the Nikon has higher megapixel

I'm using this website basically https://amateurphotographer.com/second-hand/best-used-dslrs/

I think t5 is outside my budget but If it has more lens probably I'll think about it

[umbral moss]

The d5100 is solid for the most part but it does have a bit of an issue with read noise when you crank the iso up

It doesn't like very low light conditions, but takes fine pictures when you're at iso 100-1000

Nikon generally has the best lens choices since f mount is like 60 years old so you can find a lens for whatever you need

[cold yacht]

Eh most noise not too much of an issue

Then again I have a really shallow lens of 1.8

[umbral moss]

I mean, at some point you just can't jam enough light in there lmao

The extended iso really shows it, you're Gucci before you hit hi 1

[cold yacht]

Usually night time photos is like 1600iso 1.8lens, and 1/50 shutter speed

Well night time with ambient lights and not direct

[umbral moss]

1600 is about the effective end of the d5100 sensor range before read noise starts making everything grainy

[cold yacht]

Denoise tools gotten really good as well

[umbral moss]

New sensors have practically no read noise so any "grain" you see is just shot noise

[cold yacht]

I like my d3200

[umbral moss]

Yeah, although I don't care for post processing like this

The d3200 is fine if you never need a manual shooting feature

[cold yacht]

I only shoot in manual now a days on my d3200

[umbral moss]

Did they add it back in? I remember seeing very limited options when I tested one

The d500 has like five million settings you can change

[cold yacht]

My camera has manual

[umbral moss]

Turning on manual mode in my d500 can get you lost in the weeds real quick

[sly elk]

Dxo is amazing for this

Buying those is like buying Tom's shoes

For every x670e godlike msi sells to a chump, they give one away to a YouTuber

https://slickdeals.net/f/17346615-flash-sale-take-200-off-a-comma-3x-with-car-harness-charged-extra-1050

Lord have mercy

[dire viper]

what even is this

oh cringe night vision

idek why people are going crazy over that now

do you not have eyeballs?

[sly elk]

nono it's even worse @dire viper it's slightly more sophisticated adaptive cruise control

autosteer/autobrake

[dire viper]

uh oh

[sly elk]

yea the part that makes me go is that there's so many comments about it from satisfied owners

i've always known that the first result on youtube when you look up any aftermarket radio or car model is

<car model> watch video while driving

or "disable parking brake"

or whatever it is that allows watching youtube on your screen while driving

wtf it isn't anymore interesting

this comment I find interesting

https://slickdeals.net/f/17346615-flash-sale-take-200-off-a-comma-3x-with-car-harness-charged-extra-1050?p=169771869#post169771869

I'm a motorcycle rider, Comma user, and I've also worked in the self driving car industry for the past 8 years..

... The 0.1% of time that you run over a pedestrian or bicycle, isn't an acceptable loss.. that's why there are still trained operators behind the wheel in most cases.

[sly elk]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39711725
I feel like only apple could have people who drink the kool aid this hard

wolverine876

Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right

Hacker News · Mar 15, 2024, 3:15 AM

Yes, on comfort for 10 hours. I have even worked 12 hours, then watched a long 3D movie (Blade Runner 2049, Dune I, etc.) without hesitation.

imagine having a vr headset strapped to your head 12 hours lol

[sly elk]

gah! reading more on reddit about audio interfaces

THEY ALL SOUND LIKE A PAIN IN THE ASS

[outer sand]

idk why quest 2 only have a white colour, annoying

actually deter me to actualy buying it, lol, how's quest 1?

[sly elk]

Is worth mentioning that M2 is supposed to work best with Mac computers, there is a lot of talk on that topic on the MOTU-forums. Windows just doesn't work as well with the drivers, and I have seen MOTU-staff commenting people should switch to Macs and be happy.
this makes me laugh :3

[outer sand]

what why? 🥲

audio interface was my saviour cause I didn't have enough budget to buy an amp lol

my first guitar budget was $300 AUD lol

and I still keep it

[sly elk]

i wanna get one to play with simulated amps and stuff

[outer sand]

yeah, good idea

it will save you a lot of money if you don't plan to gig

[sly elk]

just not sure what I want to blow $150-300 on lol

[outer sand]

then if you have money, you can switch to those amp modeler

[sly elk]

and the thing about the upper end

and $300 is still, in the grand scheme of things, a cheap audio interface

from what I gathered reading a ton of reviews/posts on reddit/whatever, all of those interfaces are going to all sound pretty much the same

[outer sand]

I see, I got this for my first gear

[outer sand]

yep

basically either solo or 2i2 is more than enough, that's the benefit of buying an interface

the pics I posted above only cost $300 AUD lol

[sly elk]

yea I was just looking at stuff like a ua volt and the 276 looks neat XD

but at that price

just a tad more and I could get a low end modelling pedal board thingy

[outer sand]

you can get a studio monitor or a pair of studio standard headphone like sony mdr7560 and start into music production straight away

[outer sand]

there are plenty of free DAW and amp sim

[sly elk]

and these also can be used as an input device

[outer sand]

oh yeah, that's what I meant by amp modeler, if you could afford those, then ok

[sly elk]

looks good 👍

hehe icehunter has an ibanez too right @tame fulcrum ? 🙂

i'm all over the place on that thought lol. Usually play coins are bigger

I was going to say the plastic ones are probably less likely to be kept by the kids, but for pennies who cares?

[outer sand]

solo will get everything you need, if you somehow decided to move to acoustic, there's an XLR input for your SM57 👀

also this revolutionary device just arrived yesterday https://youtu.be/BPdF7oKg86Q?feature=shared

[sly elk]

hehe

I have a mustang micro

[outer sand]

built in tuner, can connect through bluetooth, 30 preset that can be set from your phone studio

[sly elk]

i did see that video and like it

and it works with bluetooth pedals xD

or wireless pedals anyway*

[outer sand]

but it doesn't have an XLR, but defo good for guitar

[sly elk]

yea technically I can plug my mustang micro into my computer and use it as an interface as well

I just kinda hate using it that way

technically it works though

[outer sand]

true, especially when interface price is really cheap 👏

[sly elk]

not sure how the sound quality compares to a solo lol 😄

[sly elk]

I ended up ordering that 3rd Gen solo since Amazon had it for 89 lol

[outer sand]

yeah, mine also 3rd gen

grats, enjoy

[solid panther]

finally decided to buy an entry level amp for my headset

FiiO E10K specifically

[outer sand]

entry level headset amp? what does it do?

I never heard such a thing 🤔

[solid panther]

An amp essentially amplifies the source signal

aka it makes things louder

so if you have a headset you like but it cant reach the volume you need, an amp can help

thats the basic idea

[outer sand]

so you means your current headphone isn't loud enough?...

how is that possible

[solid panther]

There's basically a limit to what my hardware and my headset can output. An amp is a dedicated device that can improve that. There are other things to consider with an amp as well, but again this is just the basic idea.

But an amp is typically not super cheap

Even entry level is like 150AUD ish, or cheaper if you can find a used one

[outer sand]

what type of headphone is this? I only ever had a closed back

that's for monitoring and play silently

cause tbh in guitar world, there's also a term 'headphone amp', not sure if it's the same

[lost python]

cheap hardware will also usually introduce noise and distortion and higher volumes. a proper amp prevents that.
the fiio is a dac/amp combo though. it works pretty well, used to have it before i upgraded

[lost python]

sounds like that just refers to a guitar amp that you can use with headphones

[lost python]

and about that: there are high-ohm headphones that need a lot more power to be used. so like a 300ohm pair of headphones need a lot more power to reach a certain volume than headphones with 10ohm for example

[outer sand]

good to know

[potent arrow]

good choice

[modest moss]

I have a little FiiO A3, it's great

apparently they call it E11K now

cheap and been super reliable and bloody hell I've had it since 2015

[sly elk]

nope 😄

I mean the idea is similar but different lol

guitar headphone amps == amplifier modeler (sim) that has a headphone jack

some have bluetooth so you can stream music/youtube videos/whatever from your computer and play music alongside it

some also can be plugged into a computer so you can use it as an audio interface for ableton/garageband/whatever

[dire viper]

Yessir, it’s fantastic

I’ve been running one for years now as well

Me and like… 10 of my friends

[dire viper]

awesome

[potent arrow]

further more, the idea is actually the exact same.
Amplifiers in the technological term is taking the small signal from a device and applying gain to it so that devices can use it. Computers do output enough pnes r usually for 3.5mm headphones.
Some headphones just require more power/gain the more impedance they have.
Guitars have pickups or transducers that output small signals (like < 1v in the mv range).

the guitar stuff just has other components that work with the amplified signals

[sly elk]

ok, it's a headphone amplifier... BUT BETTER

and tbh they really are haha

as mentioned before, I have a mustang micro... you can pair it to your computer via bluetooth and any headphones you plug into it are now bluetooth headphones! ... and you can plug a guitar into it and make cool sounds

[inland mauve]

I have an Audient iD4 to drive both my headphones and my microphone

[sly elk]

I spent forever trying to figure out what to get x_X

[inland mauve]

I'm kind of amazed it can drive the microphone

[sly elk]

then the scarlet solo 3 went to $89 last night so I got that and... it's sitting right here on my table yay

sm7b?

[inland mauve]

ye

I have to knock the dB up a bit in OBS but it's fine in Discord

[sly elk]

isn't that the id4's whole shtick

it can drive the sm7b and high resistance headphones

[inland mauve]

yeah

it's lovely

the sound quality is amazing

[sly elk]

do you ever have issues with random static noise?

that was what scared me off from it

[inland mauve]

oh god yeah but only while capturing the audio of individual applications while streaming

[sly elk]

also I'm not 100% sure that I'd use the same interface for the guitar and the mic

[inland mauve]

for some reason it builds up static over time

[sly elk]

oh that makes sense

[inland mauve]

and I can't hear it because it's only on the stream

but it's fine if I capture desktop audio directly

[sly elk]

like some kinda rogue capacitance

[inland mauve]

yeah

Sarah says it's the build-up of CPU spikes over time and there's nothing you can really do about it except do it all over hardware instead

[sly elk]

i kinda want to use my mac pro for guitar stuff but if i bought a mic it'd get hooked up to my pc/work mac setup instead

[sly elk]

in other words, something with a built in DSP like an apollo

it wouldn't surprise me if that were the case though

i saw very similar complaints in reviews about the UA volt

where you'd get clicks/static noises related to how big the buffer was

[inland mauve]

wait do you think the Audient iD4 is causing it?

or what are you talking about?

[sly elk]

https://old.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/r3pfes/audient_id4_mkii_a_symphony_of_pain/

[inland mauve]

yes but this isn't happening to me

this only happens to the audio that OBS captures, and only if I use application audio capture

and therefor it's only audible on stream

it happened both with the third party plugin and with the official OBS version of application audio capture

[torpid kayak]

PC: "Press F12 or Del to enter BIOS setting*
Me: Press a random button
PC: BIOS setting, we go!

[sly elk]

ok, playing guitar through the interface into garageband is fun xD

[sly elk]

yeaaaa i think i'm satisfied with the scarlett solo xD

i'm not trying to drive a sm7b mic right now, and if I ever do, that's a future kya problem

[mortal condor]

https://vxtwitter.com/NostalgiaFolder/status/1769152669573325119?t=VTKq8bux9V4bAO9_ARWTeg&s=19

[wraith agate]

Install an ancient important software and I can guarantee it will never become obsolete

[wise jay]

emachine my beloved

[modern iris]

Wasn’t the command and control for the US’s nuclear arsenal on floppies until recently..?

[paper tusk]

yes

also the nuclear codes were 0000000

[wise jay]

ya they were worried that minutemen missiles wouldnt live up to their name if they had to wait for codes so just using the key would allow them to be fired

[modern iris]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

That is terrifying.

[wise jay]

they also loaded up missiles with a fuck ton of nukes. Everything still has the capability of MIRV loads but they stopped filling them to the brim decades ago

ya once everyone started making nukes they were really ready to use em

does a single missile need 3-12 nukes inside of it? No but they were made capable of it and usually had a few in the missile

[modern iris]

Jesus christ.

[modern iris]

anyone here crazy enough to have tried playing ffxiv in VR?

[wraith agate]

I mean that's probably nothing compared to playing games with anything but conventional controllers

Someone used a Nintendo zap to play MCH, a yugioh deck to play AST

And pretty sure I saw someone use one of those dance pad things to play DNC

[lost python]

i have tried it but as with any third person game its kinda weird and can easily make you dizzy

[sly elk]

Regular ffxiv cam make me dizzy lil

[modern iris]

I tried first person

with machinist

You never realise how exhausting it is to hold a pistol upright until you do it yourself

dizziness is due to the frame rate issue

But it was nice to walk in Eorzea first person

[outer sand]

got my quest 2, tbh I have to say, amazing experience

[modern iris]

tried ffxiv on it?

[outer sand]

ah no, can you play ff14 with it?

I just play assetto corsa and truck simulator mainly

[outer sand]

https://youtu.be/DQzpleIQ0C8?si=LWX_eieOk5JERQJ0&t=11 this one? lol

[modern iris]

lol

That’s err a weird way to play the game yeah

I usually have minimum number of players around me

[modern iris]

truck simulator is that fun?

I’d imagine people running away from a job like truck driving into vr not to it

[outer sand]

not for everyone, but yeah it's fun for me

[modern iris]

I play mostly combat games on vr

makes me sweat like crazy but fun

[outer sand]

ah yeah, I haven't tried those, but not interested in combat games, probably nice exercise

[modern iris]

there is something special

about fighting an giant club weilding orc

with a sword that is hard to describe

[outer sand]

haha

[modern iris]

what other stuff you like to play

hopefully not lawn mower simulator

[outer sand]

farming simulator? maybe

mainly assetto and truck

[zinc sluice]

Does xbox own like a good chunk of market in eu?

I thought xbox only really owned marketshares in na

[lost python]

microsoft claims it has a 20% marketshare vs sonys 80%
iirc nintendo completely overshadows both of them though

[dire viper]

I like how Nintendo is pretty high up in the Japanese economy lol

They’re only behind the car companies

So, if you get rid of Toyota/Honda they’re the top

[cold yacht]

It’s probably assumed that the consumer is gonna have a Nintendo product

So Sony and Microsoft are fighting for being the second console

[dire viper]

I feel like everybody had a Wii

Except the weird families that were the kind of “American or die” and would only buy an XBOX

I’ve only ever owned Nintendo and Sony consoles

[cold yacht]

I just get Xbox cause cheaper

Or my brother got one for free from work

[inland mauve]

Toyota is inconceivably massive

the part that builds and sells cars is only a part of the full conglomerate

[dire viper]

Yuh they own about half of Japans heavy industry

Which is why they own Subaru

[inland mauve]

they have factories and own companies all over the world in all sorts of industries

it's the kind of organization where you wonder how it can even exist

it's just so incredibly massive

[dire viper]

270 billion USD in physical assets

[inland mauve]

they're so big that if you look up a chart of the structure of the company you get a dozen different ones that all map different parts of the company

[outer sand]

I still have my Wii, although nowadays I only use emulator to play rail shooting games like Darkside and umbrella chronicles. But I still use zappers and wiimote

[outer sand]

And Toyota that sells in US I heard are made in US, while Ford are made overseas

[dire viper]

Toyota's sold in the US are made in the US, Canada and Mexico for tax reasons

Ford is the same

[outer sand]

I bet it flip those America or die people

[dire viper]

Toyota makes all over the world as well

BMW even has a US factory

[outer sand]

Oh really? Ic ic

I always thought Ford are not made in US

[dire viper]

everybody makes cars everywhere

BMW built their first factory in the US when they introduced the X5 back in the early 2000's

cause large vehicles were becoming a big deal in the US market

its also why BMW calls them SAV's and not SUV's

there is virtually 0 utility in a BMW SUV, so its a sport activity vehicle

which is why they sell so well

[outer sand]

Us is doing much better, none of the car in Aus is made in Aus anymore 😱

[cold yacht]

I think about how I can find parts easily for my Corolla but finding parts for the ranger my grandpa has is a pain in the butt

[sly elk]

made in US by union labor > made in US by non union labor > made outside of US by an american company > made outside of the US by a company that seems to try not to be awful > made outside of US by a company that is from a friendly country > idgaf

something like that is my purchasing priority lol

"is the product crap" also plays into it, to some degree

-points at his jeep- it's been fine but I've seen people say utterly awful things about jeeps (and jeep owners) and I can't really say those things aren't justified lol

looks like an LED died in my 24 pin strimer cable >>

[outer sand]

I see, to me it's purely utilitarian, hence why I hate brand like Harley or Gibson that thinks they don't need to improve. Functionality > Aesthetic / Quality per Dollar

I like to make everything buyer market, makes companies competitive to benefit the buyer

like Guitar and Motorcycle need to be durable, a work horse tool that need to be use every single day, not something that you keep in your attic

Gibson made everything is about gear, pure elitism for boomer who hate technology and staying in their circle jerk discussing the toan difference between les paul 56 vs 58, people who knows it's all about the pick-up not the guitar

it's no longer about music

[deep sapphire]

a vast majority of vehicles sold in the specific region are made in the specific region

its just they source parts globally sometimes

which is a huge sour point because there is a serious lack of accountability with quality control when you do that

if you say source parts from a local second source or make them in house its much easier to maintain quality

thats why Toyota in general has pretty high quality control because they have a great relationship with their part sources and have a tight leash on them

why they saying "US auto industry" when GM is on par with Toyota and the rest of the pack" lol

[sly elk]

guitars are real tricky though. There are a lot of options when it comes to shape/size/weight.

ofc gibson makes both the old fashioned kind and the newer kind

i think to some degree they have harley davidson-ish issues

[sly elk]

I'm surprised Ford didn't do worse

they seemed to get hit the hardest with the pandemic supply chain issues

[deep sapphire]

I think Ford also evolved its lineup too aggressively

[sly elk]

ah well, I suppose the general rule of thumb for used carss is do NOT buy a 2021 model year

[deep sapphire]

they came out with a lot of new models at the same time

yeah, all those trucks that sat outside in the weather waiting for parts

💀

fuck that

im not buying that

[sly elk]

i have another thought

the companies pivoting hard to EVs but not supporting their dealerships or especially the techs in the process

they... really fucked that up hard

IMHO they fucked it up so hard I wonder what the future for gm, vw, ford, chrysler is

i'm pretty sure, at least in the US, they'll just lobby the gov to back down on the ev targets

can you imagine any other industry pulling that stunt

like "hey employees, everything about your job is going to change drastically in the next 5 years. glhf lol"

they could have spent some time/money training techs and dealers on EV tech and maybe even made their systems more serviceable in the process

instead of being like "oh this contractor is awesome! Let's fire all our R&D people since we don't need em anymore!"

[dire viper]

like half of fords parts come from eastern europe where they have had factories since the collapse of the USSR

[sly elk]

heehee

that explains a lot about fords lol

[dire viper]

cause it was super cheap to make high quality mechanical bits cause of all the tank and weapon factories that were now up for grabs

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/russia-car-gif-19939928

[dire viper]

iirc there are two tank plants that now make ford parts

[deep sapphire]

GM makes most of its major casted parts in the US but smaller sensors and plastic shit im sure that all comes from china

back in the day GM owned its own casting plants that made accessories such as radiators, A/C compressors, power steering pumps etc.

[sly elk]

man it's amazing how a shitty sensor design can ruin a car's reputation

[deep sapphire]

transmissions

they also made their own axles and differentials

now that shit is all made by like DANA and what not

[sly elk]

interestingly, in the jeep world

people... don't really like dana...

[deep sapphire]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_10.5-inch_14-bolt_differential

this is a very desirable differential

[sly elk]

mm

GM refrigerators

and chrysler air conditioners

[deep sapphire]

yeah dana axle shafts are kinda weak

the 10.5 GM ones are extremely robust

[deep sapphire]

much better than the 10 bolt

[deep sapphire]

haha

[sly elk]

those things are badass

[deep sapphire]

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

GM basically invented the HDD

https://tenor.com/view/holy-shit-shades-off-shocked-surprised-wtf-gif-214049199930703289

[modern iris]

So.. what the fuck? Dial up still exists apparently.

[deep sapphire]

yes

some people live in extremely rural areas where DSL/dial up are really the only options

its rare though

[sly elk]

adn then

all the local tv stations are owned by sinclair

and the cheapest dish network service includes fox news but not the other news stations

xD

[modern iris]

I haven't used dial up since I was a kid.

[sly elk]

and we wonder why

[dire viper]

yea whats funny is that sensor designs are bad and designed by americans and europeans

its not the place making them

[deep sapphire]

I really dont get it either because most sensors really arent that complicated like a wheel speed sensor or knock sensor etc

I think its an ECU issue as well like there are so many variables of things now

all these safety systems like lane keep assist and stuff

who knows im not an engineer im just arm chairing it

at the end of the day though quality is subjective and any radical change in a design of a product will drastically change the overly reliability of it

that was a key point of how toyota was so reliable, they barely updated its models and worked out the bugs

[sly elk]

no

[deep sapphire]

nope

[sly elk]

let's say some arbitrary thing like you can get 50% efficiency out of a gas engine doing the basics (low compression, carburetor, basic engineering)

then you can get 75% by doing fuel injection and lots of little tweaks, but still generally it's a simple engine

then you get 90% by putting sensors everywhere, DI, vvt, etc

at some point you hit the efficiency vs complexity tradeoff

(just like with HVAC and... clothes washing machines)

[deep sapphire]

I think high efficiency has played a huge role in long term reliability

[sly elk]

but electronics in cars are compromised by default (just like washing machines) because their exposure to harsh conditions

you mount sensors on a motor that regularly see 200 degrees F

[deep sapphire]

high compression, turbos, ligher metals like cast aluminum blocks, open deck piston cooling yadda yadda

[sly elk]

and also see sub freezing conditions in some places

and then on top of that they use cheap flimsy connectors and wire harnesses made out of pipe dreams and electrical tape

[outer sand]

and the new hilux champ won't be in Australia rip

[deep sapphire]

you are right though most connectors have special connectors called weather pack (there is one that european automakers use I cant remember the name)

[outer sand]

and here I was happy we can get something barebones