technology-discussion

[late basalt]

[deep sapphire]

yeah if you live near the ocean I suppose

[dire viper]

check for rust everywhere unless its an Arizona car or something lmao

my car has zero rust but it lived in arizona its entire life

[late basalt]

considering it's only going to be used for towing and other stuff, i dont intend on buying anything newer than 10 years tbh

[deep sapphire]

typically the west coast is safe from rust in general

but what kills them is the sun causing paint fade or dashes to crash

[late basalt]

unless i can get a smashing deal on a newer model that comes damn close to the mpg i get now on the escape

[dire viper]

I wish that was true 😔

some of the rustiest cars we restored were cali exclusives

aluminum bodied cars are massively better from the west coast for obvious reasons

only issue is galvanic corrosion but its rare from what I saw

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/goblin-slayer-stressed-priestess-anime-you-get-used-to-it-gif-13752108

[dire viper]

but that limits massively what would even fit

unironically the first gen cayenne S is actually nice

V8, can tow

[sly elk]

driving an old weak car today is about the same as going unvaccinated

[dire viper]

shares parts with the toureg and the Q7 of the time iirc

X5 is simply an X5. it does what it does and it the 4.8is can sound very awesome with an exhaust :3

[sly elk]

idk how to put that. all I remember is when I was a kid

it was way less common to walk away from a car accident

seeing a smashed up civic or tercel or cavalier was a real spectacle

plus a lot of cars didn't have ABS and lots of cars had drum brakes

and as I mentioned, real bad headlights

[cerulean talon]

My roomies wife still drives a scion xd, it was one of the deciding factors for me to get a new vehicle for the house

[sly elk]

a scion xd?

those aren't even that bad

i was talking like

80s civic

early 90s civic

lmao i'm sorry, to me 2005+ is a 'modern' car

[cerulean talon]

This has had its wiring harness ate twice by rats and lopes up the grade to my house

[sly elk]

although with SUVs modern didn't really kick in until 2008-2012

[cerulean talon]

It’s not well maintained, which is part of its issue

[sly elk]

because for some stupid reason nobody cared about rollover safety in SUVs until that time

[dire viper]

nah like 98

thats when they were showing off all the luxury ones at motor shows

then most of them went into production 01-04

people are sleeping on the first gen Cayenne and it shows 😔

the first gen Cayenne S or any V8 Cayenne has a 7000lb towing capacity

plus you can find well sorted ones for under 15k

the only thing I dont like is the steering wheel

oh also these came with lockers and other fun stuff if you wanna off road

although those options do bring them in around the 15k~25k range in the market

[sly elk]

98? ehh maybe

(smashed up car) but something like a 98 ford explorer wouldn't have fared so well in a rollover

up until around 2008 or so most american suvs would just pancake when they rolled

[dire viper]

well yea cause they are american

they were built on already existing truck frames and then they just added even more weight by throwing a cover over the bed

not purpose built bodies

the Explorer is just wack tho

i dont think it had proper stability control, did it?

I know that the Cayenne/Q7/Toureg/X5 had proper stability control and brake balances that were meant to stop roll overs

[sly elk]

(more car crash)

[dire viper]

plus they used mostly aluminum for everything about the mid point of them

[sly elk]

that one's a surprisingly recent one lol

[dire viper]

I believe the BMW X5 facelift was the first entirely aluminum SUV?

[sly elk]

but vs something more recent

and not even really this is... about as old as that truck o_O

i imagine circumstances matter more than anything though

but i do agree with the notion that alot of people don't take driving seriously enough x_X

https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/bart-to-offer-final-rides-on-original-equipment-on-april-20/

[dire viper]

if I can find a decent Cayenne S/Turbo or a BMW X5 4.8is I would trade my M3 for them lmao

they will appreciate sooner than the M3 will which is hilarious, and they already have started too

[sly elk]

I think the newer bart trains look lame

but it's totally understandable lol

the new ones look like a regular train from anywhere else

[muted spoke]

the new ones are quieter (at least until the rails wear down again), so that helps

[dire viper]

I could trade the M3 for this possibly

M3 is fun tho, but also X5 makes more sense

it also has the ZF 8 speed

[sly elk]

yea for reals, I'm sure the new ones are way better to ride lol

and they stopped washing the old ones at least a decade ago so they really looked like ass

[muted spoke]

yeah. glad the new ones appear easier to clean. hope they actually put in the manpower to keep it that way

[sly elk]

LOL i didn't realize they had horns too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLaAL03HsNo

i haven't been in sf in ages so i haven't heard the new cars at all lol 😄

from videos they sound similar enough

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSgHMUk5UAU

bahaha

this is awesome

total death trap shitbox

GERMAN ENGINEERING BTFO

[wraith agate]

have you seen their tanks

specifically the ww2 ones?

[dire viper]

germans also just put new tech on things constantly

BMW's dont even have actual throttles

idr how it works but

its why a lot of their engines can magically produce insane power on just a tune and no aftermarket intake manifold

The Valvetronic system is a BMW variable valve lift system which, in combination with VANOS, allows infinite adjustment of the intake valve timing and duration.

also hank clearly hasnt seen the bugatti EB110 engine and transmission situation

the crank shaft and transmission are inline with each other on a horizontal plane

so its all one block

or the Ferrari 206/246, it uses step down gears from the crankshaft to the transmission cause transverse V6

[sly elk]

Their engineers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should

[deep sapphire]

I actually haven’t

[sly elk]

ya know the problem is nobody's gonna make a vidfeo like that 'cutlass lives on' for a 35 year old 7 series lmao

[wraith agate]

their wheels are bad

[dire viper]

they were fuckin cookin

U-Boat engines in tanks

[sly elk]

the only old bmws anyone cares about are m3s

[dire viper]

uh

[sly elk]

and maybe z1s or whatever

[dire viper]

REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY bad diesel hybrid transmission setups

so diesel electric moment

they just caught on fire constantly

[sly elk]

m1*

[dire viper]

Porsche senior, not his son Ferry, designed them

and he was actually really bad at designing engines

[sly elk]

lol 😄

[dire viper]

and transmissions

his son went on to design everything good with the 356 and 911 lol lmao

the engines, chassis etc

[sly elk]

so what we need

is an unstoppable force of tanks using gm 3800 v6s

scratch that

what if we stick a 3800 into a grumman llv

[dire viper]

German tank designs were good but their powerplant expertise was not good at all

well, they were good until they let Porsche into the room LOL

Tiger II (P) turret design is garbage

also Tiger II front plates were welded so poorly that a 122mm HE could blow the welds and the front plate would fall off

now, the crew was probably going to have severe trauma from a 122 HE detonating but they wouldnt have died if the welds were good

over pressure

meanwhile the Panther vs a Russian 152mm HE

[lost python]

tbf there was probably not a single tank that could survive a direct impact of a shell this big

[dire viper]

oh definitely not

152mm HE is crazy

modern MBT's would struggle against 152mm HE

they would certainly be disabled if hit directly

45kg shell, not sure what the actual HE payload ends up being

but you are launching a bomb at like 600~800 m/s

45kg shell moving @ 655 m/s with a TNT equivalent of 5.8kg

[wraith agate]

tbh

not really

[dire viper]

which part

[wraith agate]

the struggle part

[dire viper]

modern howitzer shells are much more potent

[wraith agate]

modern MBTs have an insane amount of protection

not just armor

[dire viper]

yes but MBT's cant protect tracks and sensitive equipment on the outside of the tank

Abrams have been mission killed by HE before in combat

not destroyed

[deep sapphire]

https://youtu.be/M7DtvXExYs0?si=kop1meGXWa5mkWzq

Who tf keeps a geo around

😂

[dire viper]

if your track flies off during a battle its a mission kill

[wraith agate]

yeah

[dire viper]

there will be a Geo at the end of time

not even a Lexus will be there

[deep sapphire]

The geo prism is basically just a Toyota

My brother had one

[dire viper]

oh its a Toyota Sprinter

NUMMI PLANT CAR HAHYHAHA

ok maybe it wont last until the end of time

[lost python]

and yet they are easily countered by grenade on a drone

[dire viper]

LMAO

literally the thickest you get on a tank roof is like 80mm's of hard steel

and normally its like 40~60mm's

small shaped charge capable of penetrating 200mm of hard steel vs shitty tank roof

[deep sapphire]

NUMMI cars were fine

[sly elk]

now I do think that instead of like, tickets

someone who gets more than like 3 speeding tickets in a year should just be legally required to drive a geo metro for a year

[wraith agate]

the grenade is the bad part, because no electric component

a tank's ECM literally can't do shit against grenade

[lost python]

the drone is the electric component

[dire viper]

well, very few tanks actually have ECM

only specific models of the T-80 and T-90 have ECM

[wraith agate]

well yes but the drone is not a projectile

[dire viper]

most of them are already blown up

actually I think all of the T-90's with ECM have been destroyed

[lost python]

but i mean, its not like there are electric components inside shells either

[sly elk]

with no top. so when it rains they get wet.

[wraith agate]

that's a fucking suzuki

[dire viper]

Shtora-1 can be easily countered by launching lots of wire guided missiles or a joint attack against a T-90

[sly elk]

actually let's do this for people who get DUIs

actually no

[dire viper]

yea the Metro is a Swift

[sly elk]

but yes

[deep sapphire]

That’s all Geo was here

It was just rebadged Japanese cars

[dire viper]

Shtora is kinda goofy

[deep sapphire]

Sold by General Motors

[sly elk]

make them regret ever doing bad things behind the wheel

[deep sapphire]

😂

[dire viper]

when the Shtora system detects a wire guided missile it overwrites the turret control from the gunner/commander and instantly faces the missile

[wraith agate]

surprisingly a lot

[dire viper]

Shtora is actually very effective but also it does nothing against 1400m/s APFSDS

[wraith agate]

especially modern sabots

[lost python]

huh?

[dire viper]

wha

DU rods are just DU rods

same with Tungsten rods

modern HE has lots of electronics tho

the multi use HE that the abrams uses may be able to be confused?

[wraith agate]

hmm

[dire viper]

not sure on how the system works, but afaik its preprogrammed by the Fire Control Computer and has internal memory

how airburst normally works

[lost python]

even then it depends because a standard HE shell has chemical components but not eletric

[dire viper]

same on 40mm autocannons

[dire viper]

yuh, unless its airburst, but its not communicating via waves or anything like that

[wraith agate]

HMM

then what does it have to counter stuffs?

or is it specifically counters missiles/

[dire viper]

M1147 AMP

Air burst/point detonation/delayed detonation

[dire viper]

most tanks just have APS now

which is effective

only issue is that if you have APS, APS will instantly kill any infantry next to you

like hard core turn them into mist usually

[wraith agate]

oh that is problematic for a simple reason

[dire viper]

TROPHY, which is on the Abrams and Bradley, launches a giant cone of shrapnel to intercept the projectile

[wraith agate]

most tanks, at least on the US side, used as an infantry vehicle

[dire viper]

the Bradley is

but US doctrine, and almost all western doctrine, uses tanks as heavy fire support

so Tanks have to sit by infantry usually

which is why the Abrams has city fighting packages like TUSK

[lost python]

given that we have now seen that kamikaze drones are more or less the future, even those wont help anymore though

[dire viper]

against a well regulated and armed force idk if drones would do much

[wraith agate]

maybe using the wrong term, but in this case, the Abrams used for cover fire and protection, not to transport troops

[dire viper]

US already invested in anti drone weapons years ago

[lost python]

guess it also depends on how well equipped the enemy is

[dire viper]

they have whole squads outfitted for the job

funny laser weapons

the new JLTV can even have an anti drone kit attached to it

The CLWS can be put on vehicles or be standalone

and for a boeing product it does actually work

[lost python]

crazy how accurate the vision of the C&C generals guys was regarding future weapons lmao

[dire viper]

lmao

tbf a lot of the tech was being worked on even back in the 70's

Russia was doing giant goddamn chemical lasers iirc

like tank sized

aka they just give ppl cancer almost instantly

Russia had a lot of interest in lasers and during the Soviet Union they worked on them a lot, culminating in the 1k17 Szhatie

not sure what the actual laser tech was, but each tube used a 30kg artificial ruby

https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/1k17-szhatie/

[lost python]

fucking 30kg ruby per laser

im amazed they had some sort of portable power generation strong enough to power this thing

[inland mauve]

did it work?

[lost python]

who knows exactly but the soviets claimed it did work, but was extremely expensive.
apparently the radiation was strong enough to shut down computer systems, melt plastics, permanently insta-blind people and destroy lenses/any sort of vision equipment

[inland mauve]

[royal forge]

Its so amazing but we cant picture it at all

Just trust us bro

[outer gust]

uh, building a very budget pc for ffxiv atm, with the intention of slowly adding to it with the years. is an amd ryzen 5 5600g a good cpu/gpu option for ffxiv? obviously hard to say with the graphics update but.. I don't need ultra settings ofc, just mid to low is fine for now

[lost python]

its alright and will certainly be enough for ffxiv

the GPU will be the bigger issue and nobody can really tell you how exactly the game will run yet. anything better than an RTX 2060 should be fine though

[outer gust]

cool! thanks for the info.. I do plan on getting a dedicated graphics chip at some point but yeah rn budget is tight

[lost python]

oh well with the integrated gpu of the 5600g you most likely wont be able to play this

[real edge]

6600XT/6600/7600XT is the budget GPU we usually recommend here

[outer gust]

hmm I see lemme look into it

[lost python]

if you have a decent used market you could also look for older GPUs that people sell for cheap

[modest moss]

I would also wait before making any decisions until the benchmark has released and we can judge how close to the quoted min/req specs actually are

[cerulean talon]

I love it

[dire viper]

It did yea

As much bs there is around Soviet stuff, the stuff like that did actually work

The 152mm gun tank they were developing only ever existed as a test bed tho

The actual Black Eagle was a really shitty mock-up that never got properly tested

[dire viper]

This paint job is a tad awesome

[cerulean talon]

It is quite nice.

[deep sapphire]

bring back the XLR-V

[dire viper]

What was special about these

I remember them being cool

But also idk anything about caddies

[deep sapphire]

it was a Corvette C6 with Cadillac styling and what not

[dire viper]

Oh whaaaa

Thats awesome

[deep sapphire]

it had the updated Northstar V8 that supposedly fixed the head bolts stretching

but like typical GM

they fix the problem

then they discontinue it

[dire viper]

Camaro/Cadillac/Corvette looking thing

Tbh that hard angular Cadillac styling was the best

[deep sapphire]

agreed

[dire viper]

The CTS looked like it was way more than it actually was lmfao

Obviously the CTS-V but all of them looked like aggressive sedans

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LXSajHOx0w

[kind rune]

if you plan on getting a gpu later sure

if not.... i wouldnt do that

[dire viper]

Yea this is about right for restoring cars

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/owaQuGdRUiE?si=Q1MgZVx-2xBftx9i

[sly elk]

For reals.

IDK why GM decided Cadillacs should look like Nissans

the funny thing is they still seem to be using the angular styling in the celestiq and lyriq

I'm guessing it's because they want to use the same bodies on buick/chevy/other brands

and the angular cadillac designs are too distinct to get away with doing that

which is hella funny because chrysler with theoretically a way smaller engineering budget manages to do it all the time

ha i'm curious to see if GM styles the presidential limo after the chinese-market-exclusive CT6

why gm, why?!

such a generic looking car

[paper tusk]

the presidential limo is a truck lowered to look like a car (so that it can carry armouring and countermeasures) so style wise it's a bit open book

[sly elk]

i mean, they plop a body on top of it. They can do whatever they want.

[waxen relic]

https://www.techradar.com/computing/computing-components/brace-yourself-gamers-nvidia-is-upping-the-price-of-several-of-its-graphics-cards-by-10

[inland mauve]

does marking a video as "Made for Kids" on Youtube affect its reach?

[deep sapphire]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-13th-14th-core-raptor-lake-gaming-instability-is-now-being-investigated

I had this same issue and it was caused by ASUS's bullshit default settings

the auto OC shit should not be on by default

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tayeeSHMvMc is RCR just peddling its fuckin scam drawings in every video now

[sly elk]

yep. imho no motherboard brand is safe lol 😄

[sly elk]

I'm not sure that gamers have ever been nvidia's target audience anyway. Except maybe when they aren't selling exceptionally well to anyone else.

but that would be a rare moment in time.

[dire viper]

we must curb the loss of profit from inflation that we are creating said someone in the nvidida exec room that doesnt understand how anything works

[waxen relic]

I'm wondering why a 1650 price went up

That's not even mid range anymore

Most of the computers I see now have either a 20 series or higher starting

[sly elk]

if they still make it, the price is going up

nvidia has been notoriously stingy on their low end for a loooong time

[deep sapphire]

they also said this applies to AIB partners

so this headline is some clickbait nonsense lmao

yes 3 low end skus nobody should be buying might go up in price

[deep sapphire]

why does that have a 2.0 turbo in it

a full size luxury car with a fuckin tiny turbo engine

😒

[sly elk]

the body trying to cash checks that the engine can't deliver funds for lmao

i realize i butchered that saying but

that engine bay must be interesting

tbh the old ct6 also came standard with a turbo 4

[deep sapphire]

[sly elk]

also tbh

the ct6 had one ugly fucking engine bay

[deep sapphire]

let me just remove all this fuckin plastic

[sly elk]

like the struts look like a last minute fuck up

and the strut towers are uuugly

[deep sapphire]

remember when valve bodies and intake manifolds were made of metal

TUNED PORT INJECTION

[sly elk]

hell yea

i'm glad i got to see a few cool looking engine bays in cars for mere mortals before they went away haha

still my benchmark for engine bays even though, it's definitely not the best

but you could get these for $45,000 back in the day

and when people dressed them up oh boy

[deep sapphire]

is that the 6.1

[sly elk]

yep yep

[dire viper]

these guys dont have a Porsche 32valve V8 and it shows 😔

my interview went really well

[deep sapphire]

I almost bought one of those out of basic training bro I was almost a fuckin boot

[sly elk]

the 6.4 and hellcat are better but they don't look as cool

[sly elk]

awesome!

[deep sapphire]

I didnt even know that was a meme

until years later

[dire viper]

they had 4 Porsche 928 32 valves pulled out for rebuild

[deep sapphire]

😭

[dire viper]

and they do full restos on cars

[deep sapphire]

the 6.1 also had some pretty bad issues with lifters

[sly elk]

actually

ngl that still looks good haha

[dire viper]

[sly elk]

see i'd expect a porsche engine to look good

idk how it is on the cayman since it's hidden away

[dire viper]

look how far back the engine sits

its front mid

[sly elk]

yep

ALSO WTF IT HAS A NORMAL INTAKE

not some weird ass manifold with the filter built into it in the most awkward way possible

[dire viper]

928 GTS has a 5.4 liter 90 degree V8

[sly elk]

actually nvm it kinda still is in the back isn't it haha

why can't germans use a fucking airbox

[dire viper]

a whole ass 350hp

yea the intake runs all the way to the back of the engine bay

with a giant filter

[sly elk]

i like the vw where the air filter is built into the engine cover

[dire viper]

that then goes into the throttle bodies

[sly elk]

it's so stupid XD

[dire viper]

iirc the V8 was designed to be rear engine originally?

[sly elk]

^ to be fair, that air filter is way too small isn't it

[dire viper]

or at least mid engine

so it had some wacky placement in the car

[sly elk]

i have mixed feelings about cone filters

they look cool but they suck for performance

[dire viper]

I have mixed feelings about ppl who dont buy the special oil to put on the cone filters

[sly elk]

HAHAHAAHA

yea I tried a K&N once. Just once. the panel kind.

[dire viper]

cause the filters usually require a special oil you coat the filter with that grabs tiny particles

[sly elk]

after some time I was like ugh if i wash this i won't be able to use my car for a few days until it dries huh. Fuck this.

plus with the oil there's no good indicator on how well it'll filter vs a paper filter

like did you dry it out enough? did you apply enough oil? What if you applied too much?

[dire viper]

yuh

idk most normal filters are like fine

you really dont need to go to different filters unless you are going crazy high power N/A or going forced induction

also ram intakes exist

which work well enough

[deep sapphire]

when you see someone with a K&N filter you know it was never maintained

[dire viper]

true

I can convert my airbox to a CSL air filter and that air filter is almost as long as the engine lmfao

cause it is the entire width of the airbox which accommodates 6 ITB's

the normal air filter on my engine is a tiny guy but idk car makes 330hp (probably 100 more than the shit boxes with K&N filters)

I also hate the funny hp number

cause ppl never clarify if its crank or wheel

and then they try to pass crank numbers off as wheel

my car is 330hp crank, 290 wheel

if it had a ZF 8 speed it probably would only lose like 10hp smh

that transmission has very little driveline loss

[sly elk]

I mean the check engine light is on

[deep sapphire]

its a Silverado the gauge cluster was never meant to work right

[lime wasp]

I put my ITX build into an MATX case for better airflow and so I can accommodate bigger GPUs in the future....but the cabling looks like crap because of the placement of the headers on an ITX board

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9G4uFemgIM

how is this not a lemon lmao

Subaru should be buying this piece of shit back

[dire viper]

imagine if it went to the dealer for a minor thing, and a tech fucked up something and now its just lemoned the car

imagine if its just a bad ground

[sly elk]

“Cars these days have so much electronics!!!”

“It’s like driving a computer!”

The computers aren’t the problem though, it’s the cheap wiring, sketchy contact points, and jank sensors

I think lol

Sometimes they don’t make the computers right either though

Makes me laugh when some boomer loses their shit about screens in the dashboard when they’re way way simpler than ye olde 8 mechanical gauge cluster with a 6 cd changer and tape deck and

And 90s style PowerPC computers everywhere

Talking to eachbother on weird proprietary interfaces

[paper tusk]

also mice with a hardon for honda's wiring looms

[odd sand]

Aren't they still using CANBUS tho?

[sly elk]

nah I was talking about stuff from before canbus i guess

like ford eec iv or whatever

[sly elk]

https://old.reddit.com/r/battlestations/comments/1bz7xkm/my_latest_battlestation_panorama_includes_the/

dude's got a lot going on in that room

[umbral moss]

Canbus makes me irrationally angry because our electronics team figured out how to use can for power and data so now we use it for everything even though it's a fragile piece of shit comm spec and hot plugging devices into it has a chance of blowing up the entire chain of devices

They're running 45w heater elements off can, like, that's not what that +15 is for

[umbral moss]

To be fair, stepper motor gauges just use a reference voltage and they're not dramatically more complex to install, you need the same wiring from each monitored system and the computer is far dumber with less things it can break when the software inevitably eats shit

[earnest sedge]

Ugh i need a new logitech mouse

Somethings off with left click

[sharp star]

replace the switch

[umbral moss]

New switch plus solder and tools versus new mouse

[celest violet]

If its the g600 they aren't made anymore iirc, so repair would be an okay option

Although you can still get them on ebay tbf

[dire viper]

YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS UP

Anybody who’s done web development

Cringe

LOL

[deep sapphire]

well its like all these companies that use shorten urls

like who tf knows if you can trust that

[dire viper]

Yes but it’s super fucking bad

Any word with “x” in it because Twitter

So uh

Trying to think of another example

I mean the Netflix one is funny

Netflix becomes Netflitwitter

Whoever suggested this change (absolutely not any rational web dev) is just off their rocker

Time to run scams on wack ass urls now

[wide hill]

setwitter.com

[dire viper]

Yes

[wide hill]

elon musk doesn't know about regex

[dire viper]

I wonder if Elon himself wrote this

og X.com, before it was merged with PayPal, was by far one of the worst banking apps to ever exist

You could steal peoples money just by having half their routing number

Cause Elon did the website himself with no actual formal education on web development

[random marlin]

twitterntwittertwitter

[dire viper]

And then he got voted out of PayPal cause he was actually insane

[umbral moss]

Absolutely an Elon demand

[wide hill]

too bad they didn't just replace just the word twitter with X

instead of checking the .com

[umbral moss]

people are still calling it Twitter, it's x now so make them stop

[wide hill]

that would be hilarious

if any time you are forced to write X in an acadamic paper for accuracy's sake, you are required to add "X (Previously known as Twitter)" in every time you are going to be using the platform name

[dire viper]

They say that on the news now

[wide hill]

elon musk froathing his mouth if anyone says X in a news platform

[inland mauve]

The Social Medium Formerly Known As Twitter

[sly elk]

I mean, twitter is a team of like 100 people with h1-b visas

maybe even less

at this point I imagine anyone that could have gotten a job somewhere else has

it comes as no shock that their developers are making half assed hackjobs of everything now

[inland mauve]

iirc more than half of all Twitter accounts are bots now

[umbral moss]

The Truly Hardcore work environment

So self selecting only people who are literally wageslaves want to work there

[odd sand]

I mean, it's stupid they didn't test that and figure it out first, but at the same time I give them credit for heading off that sort of potential thing when domains cost like $2/yr. I've seen too many super obvious typosquatting domains that I wonder why companies hadn't bought up already.

Just buy up like the 500 most obvious typo ones and ohno $1000/yr in costs.

[dire viper]

Yes

[wide hill]

it is sadly if you quit your job, you would get sent back, iirc

[sly elk]

?

oh yea

you have like 30 days to get a new job to sponsor you iirc

[wide hill]

so it's almost like keeping them hostage

though i have heard issues with h1b and such where people that are on that program are more afraid of speaking back due to them can lose their job and such.

[inland mauve]

the man who tried to whistleblow on SeaGate had his status as an immigrant worker used against him by that man who owned the company

and was put under pressure to drop the case

[dire viper]

yea sounds right

my mom never got her citizenship cause they kept changing laws specifically to make it more difficult

and she had lived in the US since she was 10 lol

[buoyant falcon]

Anyone else find it weird that certain car manufacturers are assuring us that self-driving cars totally work despite the fact that the most popular form of CAPTCHA right now involves traffic-related images?

[deep sapphire]

I think the problem is the verbiage of what it is vs what it can actually do

maybe in 10 years it'll be completely viable option

[dire viper]

so far only tesla has gotten completely screwed over on how they worded their driver assists

[hallow scaffold]

I would love owning a self driving car when that shit actually works cause I hate driving. But I don't wanna die like

[dire viper]

cause they keep trying to sell it as full self driving

[hallow scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/car-is-going-down-gif-9059014168161261076

[dire viper]

despite only Cadillac having the highest rated SAE drivers assist

[buoyant falcon]

That just make me think of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fvsItXYgzk

[dire viper]

Mercedes will have a system thats a step above that apparently next year

and SAE is certifying it

[sly elk]

with the green tail lights? 😄

[cold yacht]

green tailligfhts thats weird

[deep sapphire]

doesnt europe have a thing where if you panic stop the brake lights flash rapidly

[sly elk]

TBH

european cars have actually usable tail lights

ours are just bullshit

https://tenor.com/view/technology-connections-chevy-volt-gif-18989720

"are they hitting the brakes and their left brake light isn't working? Or is that a turn signal?"

(ok ok the center light is indicating they are on the brakes)

[deep sapphire]

okay im not defending these but like we've been driving for decades and I dunno about you but ive never been confused about these lmao

one thing I use to hate before they sorta fixed it was when LED DRLs were newish and you literally couldnt see a fuckin turn signal from the front

I would like to see the adoption of people using their hazards when traffic backs up on the highway because getting rear ended from those is way too common

hell I did it to someone once when I was 20 was merging into the center lane in my camry and traffic was backed up I tried braking hard af but no avail my hood rode under their suv lmao

[sly elk]

and also tfw you're about to walk/drive past a GM vehicle with the reverse lights on

and you stop for a sec

then you realize there's nobody in the fucking car

[muted spoke]

the blue light is what they're trying to standardize on for "I'm driving autonomously"

[deep sapphire]

haha I fuckin hate that

[sly elk]

you can turn it off

in fact I'm pretty sure i did on the cadillac

probably turned itself on after replacing the battery at some point lol

[wraith agate]

That's weird

Did the driver leave it in reverse before leaving the car?

[sly elk]

nope. They do that when you turn the car off.

[wraith agate]

Bruh

[sly elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YCLj7kjamU

they turn on when you unlock too

[paper tusk]

🤡 (my chrysler only has headlights on for about 30 seconds after turning off like a normal car should as part of copied features)

[sly elk]

right

[wraith agate]

I still find it weird you guys don't have dedicated turn signals and brake lights

[sly elk]

sometimes we do get cars with it

the weird thing is euro cars for the american market often ditch them!

[paper tusk]

the regulations are dumb as rocks

[wraith agate]

Well here's the thing, if you learn the signals, that's fine and dandy, but as was mentioned, a malfunction can get someone confused and rear end another car

[paper tusk]

you can import a skoda and change the dash settings to mph and the feds will act like you are eating babies but if you get a na vw and put leds to fake it and make everyone go blind that's legit (since there's no regulation)

[wraith agate]

Oh same here

[sly elk]

it's not even a regulation, it's a lack of*

[wraith agate]

Led lights should be fixed because damn hell, they're blinding

[sly elk]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/just-under-half-of-all-new-cars-have-amber-rear-turn-signals

also the amber turn signals are considerably brighter

[sly elk]

hmmm wow I didn't expect that one

I bought a full size 5.25" dvd drive and a usb external case to watch my old DVDs and uh

it's... actually way faster to start playing a video in VLC than those little $20 dvd players

HECK YEA

quieter too

and i don't have to worry about cracking any more dvds

[odd sand]

Now we can get blinded by tailights as well as headlights? heh

[inland mauve]

god the license structure for Adobe product is actually so god awful now

not only do you have to pay through the nose monthly to use their products

they also fine you if you try to terminate your subscription?

[lost python]

It's terrible yes

[inland mauve]

I just wanted to buy the latest versions of Photoshop and Premiere, but this is stupid

[lost python]

[inland mauve]

and like

for what?

what do you actually get for it?

what makes it better than the older versions?

y'know what, fuck premiere, I think I'll try out Vegas

[lost python]

Unless you plan to actively use it for the entire year, it's not worth it anymore. It's expensive and cancelling before the renewal date has you pay the difference until then

[lost python]

Davinci

[inland mauve]

yeah that, that's so stupid

and it sounds actually illegal

[inland mauve]

thanks I'll give that a shot

Premiere is a piece of shit anyway

I accidentally overwrote one of my projects yesterday

with an empty project

[lost python]

Davinci is a little weird to get into but I like it and it's free

[inland mauve]

the warning window popped up but before I could do anything it was already too late

it's all gone

at least the video was already published

[pine thistle]

you? you don't get anything

Adobe tho, they get a lot :D

[inland mauve]

it's going to be painful to give up on Photoshop though

but enough is enough

[lost python]

Well yeah

[inland mauve]

yeah I know

[lost python]

Affinity was supposed to be close but they just fucked over their Userbase too

[pine thistle]

Yeah don't really wanna learn something else so will see what I'll do if I need PS again

Premiere I mostly used to cut and encode videos so I just use ffmpeg for that now

will also miss Illustrator

[inland mauve]

I only do light editing anyway, nothing too fancy

I don't have time to go all out, I'd never get any videos done

[lost python]

Man I wish I saved that pic on Twitter that someone shared of Adobe alternatives for every use case

[pine thistle]

the affinity stuff is decent apparently

[inland mauve]

I tried to seach for this term but then I remembered all search engines are useless now

[pine thistle]

need to try those, cause other alternatives aren't really alternatives

like people saying gimp replaces PS, pls

[pine thistle]

Kagi is nice, but paid

[inland mauve]

oh thank god, one time payment

[lost python]

https://medium.com/@colleengratzer/canva-acquires-affinity-what-it-means-for-designers-f970c9a638db

[pine thistle]

if you're gonna be a Adobe competitor you gotta get that part right at least lol

[inland mauve]

it's not paying that I have an issue with, it's the expensive subscriptions that will add up to a huge sum of money over the months

[pine thistle]

there was something about it which just felt right.”

lol

i.e. "there was a big check"

[lost python]

[inland mauve]

I'm just a tiny amateur, I'm not a big content creator who makes bank on every video

[lost python]

Krita or gimp it is then

[pine thistle]

ah yeah, but most people don't really want to pay for just search engine

Figma was nice, but they're going to shit too

[inland mauve]

it's all going to shit

I love late stage capitalism

you can't trust corpos

ever

they will fuck you over

[pine thistle]

yep

Can't even trust Hashicorp anymore

[lost python]

Every company is out to make money. Even more so when it's public and run by shareholders.
And if it isn't then it will be bought up by a company that is

[pine thistle]

granted if I was a founder and could get acquired with enough of a paycheck that I could comfortably retire I'd do it too

[inland mauve]

it's the part where they abuse their market leader position to increase revenue by introducing all these shitty awful monetization schemes without any innovation

making more money without having to do anything for it

[lost python]

Can't wait to see them become Autodesk

And then a blender comes around

[pine thistle]

god fuck Autodesk

[inland mauve]

I'll figure something out

I'll give DaVinci a shot

[inland mauve]

it's so funny to me how Blender has risen to a market leader position because it's both free and incredibly powerful

such a huge middle finger to the industry

and to corpos worldwide

Unity used to be the same but now the corpos have infected that company sadly

well at least they got rightfully slapped when they tried to smear shit all over a good thing

like wow! if your tool is free, the barrier of entry is low, people use it and learn it, and then when they become professionals, they will buy a license so they can make money with it!

who would've thought

not Adobe, that's for sure

[golden stream]

if you know 3D peep, they'll be like
3D softwares: henlo this update we'll add some irrelevent stuff anyway our decade bugs are still here don't expect patches soonTM
Blender: you're a fast learner? LEARN OUR NEW SHIET WE PUSH EVERY 4 MONTHS U WELCOME ANYWAY HERE ARE SOME QOL SHIETS
Houdini: be BLM main

[inland mauve]

what was the industry standard before Blender again?

Maya?

[golden stream]

Maya, and still standard tho

[pine thistle]

still is for rigging and animation tbh

[inland mauve]

I remember people being pushed away from it because a licence cost like a thousand bucks or something

[pine thistle]

pipelines don't move that fast

there's so much you gotta rewrite

[golden stream]

^

[pine thistle]

and people don't like change either

[golden stream]

that's how you can capitalize

[pine thistle]

the Maya riggers at work aren't a fan of us planning to do rigging in houdini

[golden stream]

also Adobe acquired Substance suit in the sneezing

[pine thistle]

should see the price for Nuke X and Houdini FX lol

[golden stream]

now 3D peep good luck paying Adobe subs for making 3D materials

[pine thistle]

shits expensive

[golden stream]

hey Houdini has free option but quite limited

[pine thistle]

yeah but that's not really viable for companies

[golden stream]

but still an option AND also allow you to buy it as perpetual license

fair, ya

[inland mauve]

they are just like actually out of their god damn minds

[pine thistle]

Autodesk also acquired Shotgun so now we're stuck with them even if we stop using maya

yayyy

[inland mauve]

this is for individual users btw

not even the company license

[golden stream]

for adobe shiet: Imma sail 7 seas

[inland mauve]

this is what they expect you to fork over even if you're an amateur

[pine thistle]

they immediately renamed it to Shotgrid after acquiring, probably cause mimimi guns

and now they renamed it to fucking "Flow Production Tracking" which is the most garbage name I've ever seen

[inland mauve]

so fuck that

[golden stream]

you haven't see the worst yet
they even take your $ if you cancel subscription as the sub contract is 1 year

[inland mauve]

yeah I saw that

someone who had to cancel their sub because they couldn't afford it anymore

and got that charge suddenly slapped on it

it should be illegal

[golden stream]

^^^^^

[inland mauve]

it's fucking evil

it's just straight up actually corporate evil

[golden stream]

it's straight evil

[inland mauve]

so fuck Adobe, I'm never paying for that shit, I'd rather learn other tools

[golden stream]

that's why to adobe imma sail 7 seas if there's no tools to replace (After Effect)

[pine thistle]

The Foundry Nuke :D

it's a lil pricey unfortunately

[golden stream]

the commercial version tho

I can use the non-commercial version and try out

[paper tusk]

lightwave 3d still has a buy once cry once license

[potent arrow]

Adobe is evil but it'll cost me so much more time to learn new tools

not to mention redoing all my profiles for print shops

[golden stream]

fair ya

but then
how many year had passed and yet AE still NOT have folder layer??????????

[potent arrow]

Like it is not black and white for people who actually do this for a living/for a jobs, its incredibly hard to learn something not industry standard and losing the ability to be super efficient with hotkeys and such is a huge net loss. I don't even look at my hotbar whenever using design tools, I just hotkey my shelf through it all

[inland mauve]

yeah I get it

that's why I am reluctant to get rid of Photoshop

and my Photoshop skills are the reason why I started looking at other Adobe tools in the first place

[potent arrow]

I just pre render each section of work so it doesn't get unruly, and then use premiere to actually stitch things together

[inland mauve]

but to then see that Adobe has such a disgusting monetization system with fines if you try to cancel your subscription

[golden stream]

there's a pain of multiple art program, then psd yeeting across programs only to find out certain functions are not compatible

[inland mauve]

it seriously makes me consider how much I am willing to give up, since I lack the experience with the rest of the Creative Suite that I have with Photoshop

no habits to unlearn when it comes to video editing etc

[potent arrow]

I will say, to me there's nothing like the Adobe work flow. I can drag their PSD for example into any of their programs and it'll act as a smart object

and I can live change them in one program

and it'll update every where

[inland mauve]

yeah that kind of interaction is going to be sorely missed

I really appreciate that kind of functionality in Office in my daily work

[potent arrow]

so I can have illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop

[potent arrow]

Personally, and this is a hot take, I feel like a lot of people are shooting themselves in the foot if they don't learn Adobe. Its no going anywhere and it's the industry standard. Its incredibly powerful, and there's so much resources out there

learning other tools is just learning to do things Adobe products can do then trying to figure it out in another program

[inland mauve]

I know but

the commitment

like I know that the five finger discount is tempting

but I actually WANTED to do this the legitimate way

[golden stream]

I'd say, if the company/workplace provides Adobe suit, I would use it, but not for personal acc/project/whatever considering the pricing

[inland mauve]

and that is exactly my problem

for companies I understand having a subscription based approach

[potent arrow]

I would get in trouble because I send my work to print shops

that's all I'll say on that matter

[inland mauve]

maybe I should just use alternatives for now

and buy the license if I ever start making money off of it

[potent arrow]

I mean

uh DMS lol

[inland mauve]

okay so different question about Youtube Shorts

apparently the reason why I can't set thumbnails is... because you can only set thumbnails if you upload them from Android

[potent arrow]

viyyyyy ITS 7 am and I CAN HEAAAT THE AE ERROR NOISE AAAAAAAAAA

AAASSAAADKFJEIEJDKD

[potent arrow]

hahahahahahaha

insanity

I do want to say, I wish there was a viable alternative to CC but aye.....gl

[golden stream]

don't ask, it's Youtube, defo something will broken

[potent arrow]

I actually retweeted this recently

https://fxtwitter.com/biggeuce/status/1776769208518402330?s=46

at least DaVinci resolve is coming for them recently

[golden stream]

DaVinci has a lite AE (Fusion) and Au intergrated lol which is actually more rounded than Premier

[inland mauve]

this is such a stupid system

[potent arrow]

its kinda nice

[inland mauve]

uploading a short from desktop has everything so much more convenient

but for SOME REASON your ability to set a thumbnail is turned off

[golden stream]

LMFAO

[inland mauve]

meanwhile uploading it from Android is such an inferior experience

you can't even set a description or separate tags from the title

but that is the only way you can choose which frame to set as the thumbnail

[potent arrow]

Rico learning how stinky content creation can be is hilarious

[inland mauve]

my latest short had Kerfur and the "Hang In There" poster in the thumbnail by accident and it pulled more than three times as many views

so the thumbnail is definitely important

[inland mauve]

IT'S SO AWFUL

WHY ISN'T THERE ONE SOLUTION THAT COVERS ALL BASES

why does Youtube have time to completely overhaul their layout but not to fix this

apparently this issue has existed since 2022

[dreamy chasm]

it's dogshit because they know people will use it anyway

[potent arrow]

yeeeep

[inland mauve]

I guess I'll hit upload on this short and see what happens

[dreamy chasm]

their dominance has gotten to the point where they aren't incentivized to improve the experience

[inland mauve]

oh god and the subtitles are also gone

[dreamy chasm]

is there any way to upload from android and edit the description and tags afterwards?

[potent arrow]

subtitles on shorts?

that's a thing?

[golden stream]

yes

[dreamy chasm]

dont people bake that into the video itself

[potent arrow]

yeah

that's what I tought

[inland mauve]

yeah I probably need to start doing that

[dreamy chasm]

also

fuck you xiaomi

[inland mauve]

instead of using the built-in sub system of Youtube

[potent arrow]

uh you should lol

[dreamy chasm]

yeah

[potent arrow]

there's a reason why people never use the built in

nobody will ever see it

[dreamy chasm]

their systems are shit so you shouldnt be relying on them as much as possible

[inland mauve]

yeah yeah I will from now on

I am a hole learner

I learn by falling into every pot hole on the way there

[dreamy chasm]

there's an innuendo to be made here

but i will not

[potent arrow]

by the time they find the button the short will be over

[potent arrow]

this is how I learnt all my shit, I do something and then my mentor goes Oi what the fuck? and does it in two button presses and I cry

or drags my work into the recycle bin and tell me to start over T-T

[inland mauve]

I know that this video had reach because it's my first short that got downvotes

[lost python]

I told you about this aaaaaaaaaa
And I said both would be best because YouTube's algorithm actually also looks at words inside their subtitles

[inland mauve]

you taught me a lot

too much, as it turns out

my brain didn't retain all the information

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/630553822036623370/1222584016197259274/utn_mhsn240327.gif

[potent arrow]

Rico imma pick you in a room and teach you Photoshop

[dreamy chasm]

you'll get used to it eventually

[lost python]

[dreamy chasm]

on that note

[inland mauve]

I know Photoshop

[dreamy chasm]

i need to start forcing myself to learn da vinci

[potent arrow]

maaaaaaiaaaaaa

[lost python]

It's neat

[dreamy chasm]

hiii

[inland mauve]

I taught myself Photoshop to make signatures for forums

[dreamy chasm]

what's up

[potent arrow]

I have golf clubs, can you help me break someone's knees

[dreamy chasm]

can we do it while

holding hands

locking fingers..

[potent arrow]

yes

[dreamy chasm]

let's fucking go

[potent arrow]

knee breaking time

[dreamy chasm]

[potent arrow]

oh btw fun fact, I've played for CC for many years now and my AI functionality is still broken lol

I guess the funny caveat is that if I receive like one or two commissions it does pay for my yearly sub....

[dreamy chasm]

i just

have a pirated ps install that i got from my arts major friend

[potent arrow]

as mentor I have to smack ya

bonk

[dreamy chasm]

harder..

i dont have money to throw around

[potent arrow]

[wraith agate]

I should pirate a newer version of ps

[dreamy chasm]

unless you need newer features, you probably dont

[potent arrow]

yep

cc2022 runs on my PC better then 2024

I've been locking it to 2022 on my machines lmao

[dreamy chasm]

funny thing about software is you just need to get the thing that does the job

[potent arrow]

THEY BROKE MAKE PATH IN THE RECENT VERSION

[wraith agate]

Yeah but my old pirated 2018 was shut down by adobe

[potent arrow]

HOLY SHIT I WAS SO MAD

[wraith agate]

Unless

I reinstall again and see if I fudged up something

[dreamy chasm]

worth a try

im pretty sure a lot of sound engineers working in the music industry are still running 10-20 year old versions of audio software just bc their workflow's already set in stone

[dreamy chasm]

[wraith agate]

Obviously worth a try, better than paying for adobe

[dreamy chasm]

yea

[potent arrow]

I wish I wasnt so busy with school

I want to do another commission for the city

they pay so much for the dumbest task

[dreamy chasm]

[potent arrow]

"I need this picture of a rep on the side of a building using this dog"

[dreamy chasm]

500 dollars

?

[wraith agate]

Sarah taking that guberment monee

[potent arrow]

great so you want a raster image of this dude holding a dog on a generic background I had in my library with a single@line of text

cool

oh you are a big governing body? easy 800$

[dreamy chasm]

I need to get off my ass and start grinding again

[potent arrow]

oh you want it on VINYL?! 1k

[dreamy chasm]

I've been trying to get into making audio, but irl bs's cut into my momentum a little bit

[potent arrow]

I think the best part is that in COLORBLIND and nobody has realized yet....

[dreamy chasm]

pay me 20 dollars and ill verify if the colors are what they should be

[potent arrow]

"This work is slightly desaturated"
spits out drinks

[potent arrow]

I use a calibrated monitor and strictly stick to pantone

it works well

[dreamy chasm]

im joking

[potent arrow]

nah I usually have a color seeing dog when doing things on a time crunch

[dreamy chasm]

woof..

[potent arrow]

I'm glad I don't do this for a livin

[golden stream]

sobbing in 4 screens with 4 different results

yeahhh I need a calibrator

[potent arrow]

T-T

reminds me I need to find someone to comission more art of my oc for the next eng conference ahdhhdhfisjs

[dreamy chasm]

I don't think I'll ever need to do color sensitive work

thankfully

[potent arrow]

[dreamy chasm]

i cant afford a calibrator anyways

[potent arrow]

LOL

[dreamy chasm]

😭

at least it isn't

an overwatch tourney

[dreamy chasm]

[potent arrow]

a local shop does it for me

[dreamy chasm]

I don't know any that carry them

I guess I'll have to look around

... none in my area that advertise, that's for sure

someone's selling a spyder 3 for 30 bucks here

[potent arrow]

Wat lol

[inland mauve]

if you ever need someone to check the colour balance on a picture with a lot of red and green in it

[dreamy chasm]

yea

let me check the

listing

[inland mauve]

my rates start at €60 per hour

[dreamy chasm]

it seems like it should work

seems like they just want to get rid of it

[potent arrow]

yolo

[dreamy chasm]

... ill consider it

maybe i can make some money off of calibrating monitors for other people too

if the listing's still up in a week i'll just jump

[potent arrow]

all my money is gone rn lol

[dreamy chasm]

ah. rip

[dreamy chasm]

I have a bit saved up but I'm hesitant to spend any of it unless I really need to

@potent arrow how big do u think the market is for asmr of husky sounding women mouthing off affirmations?...

[potent arrow]

LOL

[dreamy chasm]

im thinking abt it

[potent arrow]

judging by some users of this server, pretty big

[dreamy chasm]

time to grind..

[pine thistle]

I hate that uploading videos shorter than 60s on android automatically turns it into a short for some fucking reason

[real edge]

if you have a vtuber avatar that matches that voice and you are good at asmr you will most likely hit it big lol

[inland mauve]

what does "husky sounding" mean

[dreamy chasm]

I don't have money to pay for a vtube avatar

[royal forge]

i draw u a MS Paint one for free

[dreamy chasm]

I think I'd rather just use art of my ingame character

[royal forge]

and tbh, most vtubers start with just PNG

[dreamy chasm]

yeah

[royal forge]

thats why they get called PNGTubers

[dreamy chasm]

Do you want voice clips

[pine thistle]

apparently there's some pretty cheap generic ones

[inland mauve]

sure?

you can also go for a PNGtuber first

and plug it into veadotube

[dreamy chasm]

I could take a look at those

[potent arrow]

mine was 60$ forbav2D one or something lol

[golden stream]

also PNGtube is quite cheapo

[dreamy chasm]

here's the only non incriminating clip in my library

[royal forge]

you could do one of em Mummy tubers

[potent arrow]

mines fully rigged too

[royal forge]

ara ara

[golden stream]

you can also have one for free(TM) via REALITY app, it's a kind of social media but you use your avatar instead so kinda pseudo vtubing

[dreamy chasm]

I'd just cam if it weren't for the fact that putting on makeup is a pain in the ass

[royal forge]

Just uh

[dreamy chasm]

I get that a lot

LOL

[royal forge]

dont audition for Nijisanji

[dreamy chasm]

I don't have plans to

[golden stream]

don't, ever ever, audit to niji

audit for Phase if you're nutz enough

[royal forge]

I HOPE YOUR OSHI STAYS IN NIJI FOREVER

[golden stream]

eh at least Brave group is ok enough I think

[royal forge]

Join socks vtubing agency

meet the hags

[dreamy chasm]

I don't have the setup to be streaming anyway

[golden stream]

LOL YES

[dreamy chasm]

im p sure my cpu would die if i did it for more than 2hrs

[golden stream]

oh

if so, start as PNGtube first

it'll be easier

[dreamy chasm]

yeah

[royal forge]

Isnt there a way to stream using a "slave PC" as the one that does the encoding?

[inland mauve]

oh my

[dreamy chasm]

i don't have the money to make a new pc

[royal forge]

steal it

sheesh

[dreamy chasm]

no way

[dreamy chasm]

yeah?

[inland mauve]

you have a very pleasant voice to listen to

[dreamy chasm]

[royal forge]

u shud join Rico's stream

[dreamy chasm]

but yeah, i could maybe consider a cpu upgrade but

that'd be a good chunk of my savings

[royal forge]

i never commit savings money

[inland mauve]

[dreamy chasm]

yeah

[royal forge]

unless its specifically ear marked

[dreamy chasm]

if anyone wants to paypal me money to say stupid shit on my mic hmu

[inland mauve]

[royal forge]

https://tenor.com/view/gun-gif-4564141

[dreamy chasm]

what do you stream, anyway

[royal forge]

hentai games

he voice acts em

even the female lines

[dreamy chasm]

hmm

@inland mauve are the allegations true?

[inland mauve]

I plead the fifth, despite not being American

no but

[dreamy chasm]

[inland mauve]

lately I stream mostly Voices of the Void

[royal forge]

Rob voices the female lines

[dreamy chasm]

I see

[inland mauve]

and also coop games with Rob, Sarah and Meara

[dreamy chasm]

I might come hang sometime, if you'll have me

[inland mauve]

of course

I have a link to my Discord in my profile

it is only for cool people but if you join you're automatically cool

[dreamy chasm]

I saw

[inland mauve]

unfortunately the no self-advertisement rule forbids me from saying that I stream SHENZHEN I/O tonight

ah well

[royal forge]

MODS BAN THIS BOI

[inland mauve]

remember to like and subscribe to Lythero on Youtube

[dreamy chasm]

kofi link in bio

[inland mauve]

[modest moss]

🤔

[inland mauve]

[dreamy chasm]

I forgot I actually had mine linked

oops

[inland mauve]

nothing to see here

moving on

[dreamy chasm]

surely.

[inland mauve]

oh god I just got a dating app notification

the stalker is back

that's it I'm deleting my account

[dreamy chasm]

Dating apps were a mistake

I haven't had a good experience w them lmao

[modest moss]

Man had too much rizz and attracted a nut