technology-discussion

[lethal dune]

Buy extra power board

Any good recommendations?

Actually nevermind, we have different power board plugin

Oh btw, I do have a question about Monitor screen; which monitor screen should I buy? I don't want to spend over $300 USD for it. I prefer it to be around the $130 - $200 AUD price range.

[real edge]

I have a few pinned recommendations

but

200$ aud is too low

well

its enough to buy something

but not enough for it to be good enough to stare at for many hours

like they say right

if you stare at something for many hours

[lethal dune]

Holy moly

[real edge]

or sit on something for many hours

[lethal dune]

That LG screen

Is beeg

[real edge]

might as well make it good so your back is fine or in the case of display

good enough to make your eyes go wow when you play something

I always recommended the

m27q-x to folk

it ticks all the right boxes

and its not obscenely expensive

if you cannot find it

search for the m27q-p

like I see some folk

with 4080 and a 7800x3d

and some tiny 1080p screen

like bruh

you know

[odd sand]

Gotta account for "modern gaming" being shit coding and optimization /s

[lethal dune]

https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/lg-34-fhd-ultrawide-monitor-34wp500-lg34wp500?istCompanyId=0403b0ba-0671-498f-aeb7-e2ff71b61924&istFeedId=00ff5695-1f12-4ff3-82f4-49dd39a43a69&istItemId=ppammrwpl&istBid=t

Is this good enough?

[real edge]

I wouldn't recommend that for games

doesn't your country have a price aggregator site?

[lethal dune]

What’s a price aggregator

[real edge]

you put a piece of tech or anything really

and the results show you what stores have that something at what price

etc

@solid panther maybe you know of one such site?

[lethal dune]

300 USD is enough to buy a decent screen

Honestly I need a screen with tactile buttons

[real edge]

if you want to spend 300$ on a screen

search for the M27Q-P by gigabyte

[lethal dune]

https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/acer-nitro-m3-27-1080p-fhd-180hz-1ms-gaming-monitor-acqg271ym3

What about this one?

[real edge]

dont get a 1080p one in 2024 with a 300$ USD budget

[real edge]

https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/monitors/27-33-inch/104967-m27q-x

there

380usd

just get this one and ull have it for the next 5-10 years as your main driver

dont get a cheap ultrawide or 1080p display

[sly elk]

https://old.reddit.com/r/battlestations/comments/1c864qx/i_cast_ƈօʐʏ_աɨʐǟʀɖ_ȶօաɛʀ/

hehe a code wizard

I think that a happy monitor is 1. IPS or OLED, 2. 120Hz or higher, 3. has a solid adjustable height stand unless you're planning to vesa mount it, 4. reasonable location of usb ports

[real edge]

no clue why you are looking at officeworks tbh

do not cheap out on the monitor ull have for the next 5-10 years

and ull be looking at for hours each day

pls

[prime current]

hello folks and have a question
can you get a 4 port usb adapter to hook up to console to expand devices like i have an external hard drive and i want to use the 4 port to hook up the keyboard and mouse on it ???

[muted spoke]

sure. they should generally Just Work

a cheapo $10 hub is plenty

[prime current]

thx you and i just making sure if it works and if so certian models or what ever kind i need

[muted spoke]

check reviews for whatever you're interested and see if users complain about them on console

I'd be surprised if any do nowadays unless it's dropshipped alibaba stuff

[lost python]

https://youtu.be/b73xG1HlFhY

oh boi

[potent arrow]

fuck

[kind rune]

That isn't the one I would recommend

[real edge]

it is 240hz, good response times, IPS, etc...

why wouldn't you recommend it?

that is 380USD btw, if the $ there is AUD

[cold yacht]

Think I paid $240 for my 27inch 1440p monitor last year

Ips display 144hz

[real edge]

the dell dropped in price enough for me to recommend at around that price point

[deep sapphire]

water cooling business doesnt seem very good

what was that website that was highly regarded and then out of no where just shut their doors

and supposedly the owner was a coke addict LMAO

[wraith agate]

Which one is EK?

[sly elk]

the one with the silver round logo on all their things

[wraith agate]

No idea

[potent arrow]

its the most common water cooling company lol

[sly elk]

ek and alphacool and aquacomputer

ek is out of slovenia, alphacool out of germany

but i think the chinese companies like byski probably ate their lunch lol

maybe corsair too

that said, corsair is just a thin american veneer on a taiwanese company

all of the engineering happens in taiwan

well i'll be

seems their elgato stuff is done in germany

[deep sapphire]

so it seems that they blamed america for everything and stole the money from the branch leaving them with nothing lmao

a classic international company

reminds me of sega

same bullshit happened and ultimately killed them in the hardware business

[dreamy chasm]

Wasn't EK the oem behind half the units on the market

[sharp star]

I think so?

EK had branded waterblocks on Asus motherboards which were very vulnerable to corrosion too

[sly elk]

oem behind AIOs? nah that's asetek

[celest violet]

^

Me when I have to tell the computer sales guys at my store all the time that corsair and nzxt are both asetek

You have to have like zero knowledge to be qualified to sell pcs here and it's awful

[dreamy chasm]

Ah, oops

I'm ngl, I don't pay much attention to the aio market

I'm tempted to jump on one for my itx case, though

[wide hill]

i love tailwind peer-has-[#navbar-toggle:checked]/topnav:translate-x-0

[sly elk]

corsair AIOs these days mostly use coolit blocks

idk if asetek has changed but theirs are generally round

what happened was at some point they had a patent and were very zealous in suing everyone else who tried to make an AIO

but if you see that style it's definitely asetek

corsair also mixes and matches parts for their AIOs though

[celest violet]

Didn't know they swapped off asetek, would be nicer if they made their own design instead tho

[sly elk]

i think it's like the power supplies

just because asetek/coolit was contracted to make the waterblock doesn't mean it's not a custom design for them

[inland mauve]

huh???

there's more hydrogen than oxygen in water

even if you

take it very literally

you're pumping hydrogen gas into the water

hydrogen gas is super flammable that's genuinely a fire hazard then?

yeah and if you invoke a chemical reaction that turns it into another molecule with oxygen and hydrogen, those all have different chemical properties, most of them dangerous

I wonder how much this lady got paid to advertise this

the whole "I haven't personally tried this" makes it sound to me like she knows damn well she's selling bullshit

[sly walrus]

let them darwin that out for themselves

[inland mauve]

I think the bottle doesn't actually do anything

[dire viper]

ppl drinking heavy water

it gives you super powers

like your entire stomach and intestines turning into liquid

[icy pawn]

Anyone played FFXIV on a handheld pc like the Lenovo Legion Go before?

it's got 144hz, 8.8" screen and can run Cyberpunk, so I am guessing this is the one for me

[sly elk]

it's all fun and games until they turn water into hydrogen peroxide (for that you'd need extra oxygen though)

[graceful creek]

Looking at some reviews it should run decent on that handheld, you might have to use FSR for dawntrail though. Either the current less than ideal implementation or an updated modded one. For reference:
https://www.reddit.com/r/LegionGo/comments/1696y0v/what_gpu_is_the_lenovo_legion_go_comparable_to_it/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LegionGo/comments/1c6gtoo/legion_go_ffxiv_dawntrail_benchmark_results/
https://www.nexusmods.com/finalfantasy14/mods/2196

[green dune]

does anyone here knowhow to disable alt tab?

ive been looking for it this entire time but i havent found a clear answer

everything ive found looks really sketchy

[potent arrow]

that's kinda...odd thing to disable

its a system shortcut so you'll probably have to do it in reggedit

which I generally do not recommend messing with if you don't know computers well

[wraith agate]

I got an aneurysm reading this

this just in folks, water isn't wet

This springs to my mind the two great silicon valley creations, bodega boxes and juicero

[torpid kayak]

lol running the mod give me more scores even I go native 1440p XD
https://i.imgur.com/xyfl30r.png

[graceful creek]

Yeah it does disable the dynamic resolution scaling, which by default just goes to native resolution if you framerate is above the threshold lol.

[dire viper]

At least you got a response

I think the issue is homologating it

Cause they’d need to have fairly large interest

[marble python]

Okay, this is kind of a strange question, but I have to ask since it came to mind while I was messing with the DT benchmark: will upgrading to Windows 11 make a difference in performance? I'm still on 10 because I hate the 11 UI for trying to copy the macOS one (petty, I know)

[lost python]

also you can change the win11 layout

[frozen bolt]

Has anyone ever flashed their BIOS using the via internet option?

[sharp star]

before until they patched it out

[real edge]

I did and it went by well enough but make absolutely sure that there will be no power cuts during the process

[frozen bolt]

Why is flashing the BIOS so scary?

I'm too afraid to.

[lost python]

because shit can go wrong, there is always a chance

[cold yacht]

pretty much

[wide hill]

https://twitter.com/PirateSoftware/status/1782061638956601545

Pirate Software (@PirateSoftware) on X

Want to kill the Spy Pet bot on your favorite Discord server? They let their account ID's leak from their official API. Then they changed that to trick everyone into banning Scrumpy.

Now we have a tool to get the bot ID's anyway.

1. Turn on Discord Dev Tools. Settings >…

Twitter · Apr 21, 2024, 2:59 PM

[frozen bolt]

Yeah, I'll upgrade another time, flashing BIOS is too spooky.

[sharp star]

I think it was patched out because of vulnerability issues

[frozen bolt]

Is an r7 5700x3d a good enough CPU?

[sharp star]

It is, though you can get a 5800X3D for about $50-ish more

[sharp star]

https://youtu.be/TH8tXka6Lsg

[green dune]

hi whats spy pet im worried

[sly walrus]

that car looks like it would eat you

[paper tusk]

it's a bot designed to datamine public messages (mostly from lgbt servers for targeted harassment)

it's in a lot less servers than it is advertised to be in

I didn't look at every server I'm in but it was in the one I admin (I banned that bot) and this server (couldn't find the bot user so guess it was dealt with)

[green dune]

that sucks

[wise jay]

Typical AI jackasses

[pine thistle]

It doesn't use discord bots tho, it just uses regular accounts

[dire viper]

escalade is just big

always has been

Escalade V is the real crowd killer

700hp escalade

[dire viper]

Dual Motor Model Y isnt that fast

0-60 is like

barely a measurement worth looking at anymore

for most vehicles unless its like a top end super sport trim

Plaids/Taycan Turbo GT

quarters speak a lot of what an EV can do

its still slower in the quarter than my E46 M3

ive watched most teslas get walked in the quarter by even mildly hot sports cars

which means a tesla would get walked by any civic with an actual turbo kit

cause they certainly do in the light to light

Model S Plaid getting walked by a Ducati is very amusing to me

and then there is the Turbo S Lightweight

1.9 second 0-60 on Michelin Cup 2 R's

I do like how they claim it as the quickest accelerating production car cause its not

Turbo S Lightweight isnt even in production anymore and its still faster

0.8 second 0-30, which doesnt sound impressive, but also its the fastest ever recorded for a production car

even on stock tires they both acclerate at the same speed which is funny

[sly elk]

i spent all afternoon cleaning my computers/desk/wiring up lol

feels good now

i actually put the dang back cover on my monitor hahaha

that was the most annoying back cover i've ever dealt with >> it has like 10 clips

i wish it was easier to keep under control haha

[dire viper]

idk a 250k Mercedes-Maybach comes with similar looking menus

simple better imo

making it overly complex or flashy ruins usability and market reach

[sly elk]

i'm not sure what to say

[dire viper]

also Audi makes money on each vehicle they sell

[sly elk]

other than like

[dire viper]

cough cough tesla doesnt

[sly elk]

it's 2024

[dire viper]

they still dont make money on sales which is so insane to me

[sly elk]

luxury cars need to go back to being luxury cars

there is nothing luxurious looking about that set of screens

it looks like it belongs in a hyundai

or somebody's small budget cash strapped startup car business because they can't afford people to make buttons and knobs

[dire viper]

I feel the same way about the S680

[sly elk]

^

[dire viper]

but nobody actually cares about screens

[sly elk]

i initially liked the newer mercedes interiors but now that I've looked at them enough I really hate them

[dire viper]

ngl if the market wanted fancier shit they would give it

[sly elk]

like everything looks ok until you get to the dashboard

[dire viper]

Mercedes is one of the best companies when it comes to market research

like they sell their data to other companies

[sly elk]

like what the hell is going on here

that doesn';t look like a $120k car

but it is

[dire viper]

Porsche/Mercedes spend tens to hundreds of millions on market research

[sly elk]

it looks like a fucking ford econoline dashboard

[dire viper]

the Taycan was goofy when it came out but its completely turned around

they know their customers care about screens but they dont actually at the same time

[sly elk]

and man I've seen things

[dire viper]

its a 250k car

250~400

[sly elk]

yea but the 120k base model S class has the same dashboard

[dire viper]

in what market lol

middle of wyoming

[sly elk]

actually you know what

t

it looks better in the lower trims

lmao

[dire viper]

isnt BC average house price a million dollars now

[sly elk]

mercedes seats

they look pretty but also very uncomfortable

like why is the seat so tiny

it looks like it wouldn't even get halfway to my knees

[dire viper]

markets so inflated you wouldnt even be able to get people willing to rent close to match what your payment would be

[sly elk]

i do love merc's rgb lighting hehe

[dire viper]

US market is a great indicator

[sly elk]

and i think the s class looks good from outside

maybe not great but good

[dire viper]

yea thats 1500 USD a month for a studio

which is so insane

here in Utah, which is actually one of the more expensive markets, a Studio is like 1000 for a super duper nice one

[sly elk]

you're just used to living places with worthless property

[dire viper]

like super big

[sly elk]

ah darn

[dire viper]

nah Utah land is insanely expensive

[sly elk]

yea but it's Utah

Utah is like

ok we call the bay area a melting pot. well utah is a shit pot

[dire viper]

Utah is one of the fastest growing economies in the US

[sly elk]

or maybe we could call it

hmm

[dire viper]

including property values skyrocketing

[sly elk]

a marshmellow pot?

because based on all the things i keep hearing in here

it's just a place full of angry white people

[dire viper]

considering people are buying 20-40 million dollar houses here regularly

[sly elk]

idk why i'd wanna live there

[dire viper]

idk EV moment

ive not sat in a mercedes EV SUV

but ive sat in every SUV they offer otherwise

and im 6 foot

they're all fine for me, front or rear

just gotta lower the seat

[sly elk]

the only EVs i've sat in were model 3s and model S and hmm

i forgot what else

oh a mach E

[dire viper]

idk teslas feel so goddamn cheap lol

[sly elk]

i think i got an uber that had one of those kia ones

but i can't remember

[dire viper]

unironically have more of a luxury experience in a car from the 1960's than you do in a tesla

and thats a base bug

[sly elk]

the only mercedes i've been in recent times is a CLA i think hahaha

[dire viper]

base bugs are nice as hell, how the hell did tesla make interiors worse than a bug

[sly elk]

I've been in a bmw once

and it was a like 15 year old 3 series

it's really weird what i've been in and not

i've had a few rides in an rx8 before

(my boss used to have one lol)

[dire viper]

peak car design

wolfsburg crest and all

[sly elk]

been in a vanagon lol 😄

compelte with the westfalia roof

and a subaru engine

o h yea one of my friends in college had a fucked up ford probe

everything about it was broken lol

[dire viper]

the ford probe

aka mazda

it was the MX-6 iirc

[sly elk]

i'm not sure i've ever been in one of those ice

but i livein toyota land

ahh hmm i've ridden in a lancer evo before i think lol

pft lol

you own a tesla

i've never even test driven one

i was tempted to get a last year of last gen bmw 7 but my mom didn't like the idea. i can't even blame her.

[dire viper]

I think im biased cause ive sat in Ferrari Enzo's and Porsche 918's

[sly elk]

she doesn't like used cars

[dire viper]

I love old Ferrari's cause they have insanely well thought out cockpits that use entirely Fiat parts

we can have nice interiors using cheap shit

[sly elk]

hehe

[dire viper]

its just no company wants to spend the extra paycheck on a designer to get that properly dialed in

[sly elk]

what about when

[dire viper]

yes

back when nav systems were first coming out

[sly elk]

nah that wasn't a 1st gen nav system by any means

it had a touchscreen

[dire viper]

Lamborghini was using the same AC controls as Jaguar and Rover

[sly elk]

and tbh

it wasn't a bad system

[dire viper]

Ferrari is interesting

when Enzo died, the ppl in charge were a mix of Fiat supporters and hardcore racers

[sly elk]

for 2008 technology it was pretty ok. it had decent voice recognition. The maps were extremely legible and would show you traffic info. It could rip CDs straight to the internal hard drive lol.

[dire viper]

its why the 550 and 575 are very similar but very different

550 has fantastic handling and performance

[sly elk]

that said, the bluetooth functionality was frustrating

[dire viper]

575 just has ok performance and REALLY bad handling unless its a super duper rare handling package car

[sly elk]

mine would always start in FM mode and I'd have to switch it back to bluetooth

[dire viper]

different cars btw

[sly elk]

and if it wasn't on bluetooth and I did something stupid like start google maps navigation

it'd end every prompt with PHONE CALL COMPLETED

"in 300 feet, turn right. PHONE CALL COMPLETED"

[dire viper]

the 550 was perfect tho...

[sly elk]

-chuckle- those seats would give you weird butt imprints

[dire viper]

yes

[sly elk]

who has a butt skinny enough to fit between the bolsters perfectly

[sly elk]

it's like it was made for some 4'9 80lb waif

that green though

[dire viper]

there is no reason a Ford shouldnt have the same fit and finish as a Ferrari

[sly elk]

iu mean

that looks like it came out of a ford lol

the only thing missing is the MAX A/C setting

[dire viper]

its out of a fiat

same with the stereo

but its very well put together

the only issue I have is that its not slanted towards the driver

like a BMW would

[sly elk]

MAX A/C

[dire viper]

even a 330i had a drivers focused interior

"The Ultimate Driving Machine"

the E36 did

the E30 did as well...

BMW lost their way 😔

so did everybody else tho

they saw Tesla with ipads and wanted a piece of that cake

[sly elk]

agreed

[dire viper]

not realizing it was not the cake that people wanted. they just wanted to have a car that was "cool"

rule number one of car design

never give the customer what they want

the early 2000's ford GT is an example of that

its literally just a scaled up original GT40

and reviews of it were pretty critical on the things people were critical of on the GT40, but its what makes it so awesome

your speedometer is the furthest gauge away from your view

the GT40 wasnt even going to have a speedometer originally but it was required by FIA rules so they threw one on half assed

this one doesnt even have it lmao

[sly elk]

hahaha

triple monitor se30 setup

[sly walrus]

https://fxtwitter.com/glowcircuit/status/1782149140753100955?t=v3tItaUqoCCwy8CnCOCtUw&s=19

aight who wants to try this

[dire viper]

Does it come with the cat

And also the sexy hacker lady

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/the-apothecary-diaries-maomao-cat-hissing-the-apothecary-diaries-maomao-cat-hissing-gif-3293133517069873654

[sharp star]

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/21/apple-reportedly-stops-finewoven-production/

[sharp star]

I finally watched the Jay video on EKWB and he’s pissed

I mean anyone working with EK would be but yeah

[potent arrow]

lmao one of these days he's not gonna piggy back off other tech tubers

[sly elk]

mm

i'm thinking about getting something so I can have both my desktops plugged into my speakers

i could get a mixer board, or a schiit sys kinda audio switcher, or a mackie big knob maybe

[thorn dirge]

thanks amd

[sharp star]

The critically acclaimed MMORPG, The Elder Scrolls Online

[sly elk]

dude SERIOUSLY

i think mozilla account 2 factor is broken

[deep sapphire]

LMAO ikr

That’s like every video

IN RESPONSE TO…

[sharp star]

it is

but I'm expecting more to speak out over EKWB

[umbral moss]

Why is ek shit today?

And not yesterday when they used shit tier nickel plating that didn't adhere to the copper jet plates and they refused to acknowledge that they fucked up so they denied warranty claims 👍

[sharp star]

https://youtu.be/b73xG1HlFhY tl;dw: a lot of missed payments to employees, partners, suppliers, and governments, as well as the main Slovenian offices treating the American branch like shit

[umbral moss]

That's pretty typical for a company in deep financial trouble

Or the management is looking to take the money and run

[umbral moss]

I also recall this happening to frozencpu because the original ceo was a coke head who lost control and went on a two month bender before breaking into his own warehouse and destroying everything

[sharp star]

I remember that

[umbral moss]

Frozencpu is back apparently, but I don't know who owns them now or how good they are

I remember frozencpu being kind of shit tier even back in the day because they were so overpriced but they had fast shipping

[odd sand]

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fjtgc6zzqt0wc1.jpeg

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkNNLiob2ho they're putting this into a ford

[potent arrow]

god the scoring in the bearings from factory

[deep sapphire]

wtf GM

@JJpoint34
2 hours ago (edited)
Cripes, you bought the Friday 4:30pm end of shift engine. "Beers ain't getting any colder...fuck it, ship it"

LMAO

thats crazy whoever built this engine needs to be fired lmao

[potent arrow]

LMAO

[deep sapphire]

thats cool they are giving them a brand new engine and letting them keep the old one

[potent arrow]

Fuck yeah some one should be fired

that clip missing too aughhhh

[potent arrow]

I bet your ass they wouldn't if they weren't the bigger YouTuber lol

[deep sapphire]

right

[potent arrow]

like if I got that crate motor I'll be arguing over the phone for hours

[deep sapphire]

they can just go to the local fox detroit station to shame them 😂

you ever seen that guy

[potent arrow]

no lol

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04bl9gR6U_U

this dude goes around busting shitty people

[potent arrow]

nvm I recognize him

irl news batman

[deep sapphire]

I was trying to find the one about the jeep plant workers drinking and smoking weed on their lunch break

hahahaha people in the comments were defending them too

"leave them alone they are workin hard"

like no wonder jeeps always have terrible fit and finish

man they must've taken it down thats crazy it was up for like 15 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxK4kP1fPtA I almost feel bad for the dude

hopefully he gets some help

@dhooter
6 years ago
No damn wonder I get so many recalls. Lol

[umbral moss]

If you got time to smoke you got time to check your torque a second time

[deep sapphire]

dude chiefin in the 1992 grand am

hell yeah

[sharp star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FFRmGJ2Bz8 oh no there's more

if you don't wanna watch: der8auer ended his partnership with EK

also he explains why, still watching it though

der8auer's initial problem seems to be EK's inconsistent quality control, but the news breaking really broke the camel's back

[sly elk]

every time i rent a car with the same engine as my jeep

I wonder "why the hell is it ticking so loud"

[deep sapphire]

3.6?

[sly elk]

yeaaa

the 2 chargers i rented in the past year had a noisy tick at idle

which I found odd because i've owned 3 vehicles with 3.6 and none of them ticked like that

the rental place might not be changing the oil or using the wrong oil though

[deep sapphire]

either timing chain is slightly loose or valve train isnt getting lubricated well

[sly elk]

or it might just be abuse

idk

[deep sapphire]

my tacoma also has a noisy ass engine specially on cold starts but supposedly thats pretty common on them

[sly elk]

mine only sometimes makes noise when I start it, which all 3.6s do

they sometimes sound like

idk how to explain this but

it sounds like someone dropped a box of pots and pans

[deep sapphire]

I just think all DOHC engines with a timing chain are loud rofl

[sly elk]

for that first second or two when they turn over cold lmao

[deep sapphire]

pots and pans

[sly elk]

every 3.6 i've ever driven did that lmao

[deep sapphire]

what the hell

that is weird

[sly elk]

idk it's a really exaggerated explanation

but they all make that kinda funky clacking crashy sound when you start them for the first time in a day or two

eg that noise you hear if you test drive a brand new one at the dealer is normal

[deep sapphire]

modern DOHC engines I swear are just really fuckin loud

they all got some form of valve ticking

[sly elk]

mine's pretty quiet outside of that noise at a cold start for a sec lol

the only ticking comes from the fuel injectors

[deep sapphire]

yeah that plus the timing chain and aggressive cam phasers they probably smack the valve seats hard

[sly elk]

the 5.7 hemi i had was also quiet.. well.. until the valve seats killed it anyway lol

that's why I was surprised about the 'hemi tick' video lol

do hemis have a tick. yes. is that tick in the video normal? HELL NO

[deep sapphire]

hemi tick is largely because of high idle

the oil pump doesnt do a very good job keeping the valves lubricated at idle

[sly elk]

but they do make a little more clickety clackety noise than say, a toyota v6... at lesat before toyota started using direct injection lol

[deep sapphire]

I think the problem is overblown just because lets face it you mostly see hemis in service vehicles and police

[sly elk]

also they are like the poster child of 'car owned by people who don't take care of them'

[deep sapphire]

the toyota V6 is obnoxiously noisy

I thought there was something wrong with it

[sly elk]

i meant a quiet v6**

[deep sapphire]

yeah back when it was a timing belt and port injection

those were smooth

[sly elk]

idk i miss having a hemi lol 😄

at least in the 300c it sounded really nice

idk old cadillacs had that going too

the "it sounds like a muscle car is behind me" sound

[deep sapphire]

yeah hemis sounded pretty good

best sounding V8 I ever heard was the shelby cobra terminator

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LPnqhh-IlU4

just a wild sounding engine lmao

[dire viper]

the SVT engine ppl like swapping into F-100's

good ol supercharged bliss

the 4.6 32V

[wraith agate]

That's a car name

[deep sapphire]

ikr its a mouth full

[wraith agate]

That's like three nouns together

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/T459katnCcA?si=hy-mR1WZzE47YWCq

I got to ride in one of these cars

https://youtu.be/jcebsQw12YU?si=sOcL3kcbTS_tSdUz and here is the nearly 3 hour version

[deep sapphire]

[kindred brook]

USA usa USA

[umbral moss]

Super super turbo ti extreme ultimate

[kindred brook]

Bruh

I need

3 8 pins??

[umbral moss]

Yes

Did you think vhpwr was just for novelty and warranty headaches?

[kindred brook]

Yes

[kindred brook]

going from a 970

these last 3 weeks

to this

is like

[glossy helm]

asus, gigabyte, or msi

[deep sapphire]

Top right

[modest moss]

Nanamo obviously

[neon shell]

Love the set up

[deep sapphire]

hey dumb question can you use a 2nd monitor on ur integrated GPU

I wanna plug in my other monitor but I cant find my display port cable and all I got is HDMI

[sly elk]

huh what's ichika from

i like marin XD

[deep sapphire]

looks like I can nice

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIAiFaf0IDc

I dunno where tf my display port cable is

2500 dollars

[wise jay]

lol

[deep sapphire]

oh true

are 4090s still being scalped

https://www.microcenter.com/product/654070/asus-geforce-rtx 4090-tuf-gaming-overclocked-triple-fan-24gb-gddr6x-pcie-40-graphics-card

1819.99

it would be suicide if the 5090 came out with subpar raster performance

it will probably be 50-60 percent faster than a 4090

I dunno why people are acting like the 5090 is being rushed to market did they forget the 4090 came out 2 years ago

yeah bidori

sit down

[hard drift]

because nvidia themselves said it was a 3 year generation that's why

[deep sapphire]

did they

[hard drift]

yeah

that's why everyone is getting mad

[deep sapphire]

when did they say that? not that im doubting you just never read that

[hard drift]

it was a while ago i can't remember

[hard drift]

i think it was because of this

early 2025 was supposed to be the release

where mid 2022 was the 4090 release

[deep sapphire]

its likely it wont be out until late Q4 anyway

so that isnt that far off

4090 came out in what, september I think?

[hard drift]

october

[hard drift]

i think it's just people wanted more longevity out of their gpus

[deep sapphire]

well people need to stop whining its always been this way smh

its not like the 4090 is up and dead

still more than fast as fuck

[potent arrow]

and it will be for a while

don't think we've had a generation like this with this big of desparity between specs and what you actually need in triple a games lmfao

[deep sapphire]

https://youtu.be/Q4wMXlYuzk8?si=-Me_0_dNMHeovlsS

[sly elk]

i just remembered why i keep my old canon printer on the wired network lol

the drivers can't find it on wifi unless it's on the same subnet lol

[dreamy chasm]

There was a sale and I caved..

[lost python]

hope they survive

[dreamy chasm]

We'll see

I haven't had a proper set of headphones in a long time

so having a decent set to use when it isn't too hot in my room would be nice

[sharp star]

https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/1782774791595835690

Tom Warren (@tomwarren) on X

Apple has just announced a May 7th event for new iPads. Rumors suggest the iPad Pro will get an OLED display this time around https://t.co/nwsQJv2Qba

Twitter · Apr 23, 2024, 2:13 PM

[sharp star]

https://youtu.be/OKp7vp3LeGs?si=jT9OP6675sccph0y

[kind rune]

if microcenter is as big as it is, how big is megacenter

[wise jay]

https://tenor.com/view/bonnie-fnaf-movie-blumhouse-bonnie-the-bunny-rabbit-gif-7289689684175400256

[inland mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/bonnie-dancing-stay-calm-bonbun-films-fnaf-fnaf-bonnie-gif-24615621

[dire viper]

kinda cool tech

Raytheon HATM

Hypervelocity Anti Tank Missile

capable of reaching Mach 6+

~2000m/s

enough kinetic energy where things start to act like fluids on impact

so steel becomes a better penetrator than tungsten or depleted uranium

[potent arrow]

good bye the single Toyota Tacoma Hilux

[wraith agate]

Okay, who needs this

[dire viper]

Me

[potent arrow]

once again, blow away that Hilux

[dire viper]

Also anybody who needs to shoot tanks at any range cause most missiles travel around 500~700 m/s and average engagement range is 1500-3000 meters so high speed missiles give barely any reaction time

And a tank can just drive away from a missile cause the odds of a tank/IFV gunner continually leading the missile properly is low

[kindred brook]

any dacs

you guys recommend

[buoyant wasp]

https://vxtwitter.com/PaulTassi/status/1782851511204343839?s=19

[wraith agate]

For real

[late basalt]

target painting, onboard recognition systems, etc

quite a few methods of keeping a missile on target that dont involve being close enough to be in harm's way

[dire viper]

yes but also, that requires said system to actually keep lock

[late basalt]

i mean.. the failure rate's pretty low afaik

[dire viper]

it gets lower the farther away you are

KE missiles defeat the whole reaction time thing

[late basalt]

there are also variants that use a vertical final approach too

[dire viper]

yea but those arent on the scale of very fast either

[late basalt]

dont need to be

[dire viper]

its why TOW is getting shit canned along with a lot of other guided systems

[late basalt]

by the time they drop to vertical flight, those missiles are already too close to be avoided

TOW has it's own issues this day and age making it shitcanned

[dire viper]

you can also detect missiles fairly easily

if you are talking true peer to peer

laser warning systems are common place and there are optical systems that can detect missile launches

full top attack is where its at, otherwise KE will probably be the next step

[late basalt]

sometimes i hate trying to google the exact name of something by its description

it's like twenty minutes of "no that's not it, is it that? no, what about this?"

[dire viper]

LOSAT, CKEM and HATM never entered low production use cause TOW II B was good enough and literally the only opponents the US was facing had at most T-72A's which cant even withstand the bad 105mm darts

now modern APS and composites negate most missiles completely

that is against tanks

they still are plenty effective against light vehicles obviously

you dont even need a direct hit in most cases against anything that isnt actual hardened steel

[late basalt]

fwiw that's also why a lot of the anti-tank munitions also use kinetic penetrators now instead of explosives

overall i doubt steel's going to be used as the final penetrator material on that missile anyways

just doesnt have the mass to throw around compared to tungsten or DU ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[dire viper]

its more cause at like mach 7 normal calculations dont apply

iirc steel starts acting like a liquid that also happens to be able to penetrate vastly more than tungsten can

tungsten just explodes, steel continues like a HEAT jet

[late basalt]

HEAT and HESH rounds arent exactly that effective against tanks these days, which is why dart penetrators are used

plus even regardless of the speed, tungsten and DU would probably be the best choice of material because of density

all else equal, steel loses out because of it's lower density

overall i just want to know why they want a high velocity anti tank missile

if it was a S2A missile, then i could see the speed as a reasonable spec when considering that aircraft are able to evade in 3 dimensions

[dire viper]

im telling you that physics dont work the same at what is considered hypervelocity which is why Steel works better

HATM was steel penetrator per the reports

no info on how much it penned but there wasnt an MBT they tested it couldnt pen

your average dart is around 1400-1600m/s

soviet slug darts were at around 1700 with steel as the penetrator, and could still pen a significant amount

"slug" darts cause they werent as long as other darts at the time, but not true long rods

also iirc the soviet short darts performed better on flats instead of slopes like most darts do

except for early american stuff which performed better on flats

[sly elk]

I've heard AI described as the payday loan (or "high-interest credit card") of technical debt.

so I wrote this and it.. yea I still feel this way about tech

Part of the reason I switched from google to duckduckgo for searching was I didn't WANT "personalization" I want my search results to be deterministic. If I am in Seattle and search for "ducks" I want the exact fucking same search results as if I travel to Rio de Janeiro and search for "ducks".

I do feel very strongly about that

I don't want the search engine guessing what i want. i want it to provide me the same results no matter where I am and no matter which device I type them in from. If I search for "ducks" on my mom's computer I want the same results.

In that sense I find personalization evil.

[potent arrow]

@deep sapphire do you know anything about welders?

shop needs a new one and I need suggestions

[deep sapphire]

either a Miller or Lincoln

or Amazon special

[potent arrow]

miller it is

we had an older miller

[deep sapphire]

Millers are well made, last forever

[potent arrow]

Ours deadged

and the repairs would cost more then is worth

stainless welding is the bane of my existence

[sly elk]

ye tbh i've never not seen a Miller welder lol:D

[sly elk]

WTF

Apple Event on May 7 Has Six Artistic Logos as Tim Cook Hints at New Apple Pencil

another apple pencil?!

bitch please they're already selling 3 at the same time

[lost python]

for an incredibly high price too

imagine paying 120+ for a pen

not even wacoms are that pricey lmao

[sly elk]

the thing you have to remember about apple is they have a different idea of value

[inland mauve]

a real apple product

[sly elk]

like yea they've got some employees that probably know how to keep it real

but i think most of their product leads/marketing/whatever VPs/execs/leads/whatever are sheltered people

https://tenor.com/view/arrested-development-lucille-bluth-bananas-gif-5831031

[lost python]

yeah

what are another 120$ when you are already spending 1k on a tablet

[sly elk]

pretty much, and to some degree it's easy to stomach because it's something you buy once and it lasts you like 3-5 years

but yep, they charge $120 for something samsung would usually give you for free in the box haha

[lost python]

its kinda crazy for me that the pricier tablets dont have it included

[potent arrow]

meanwhile me spending 800$ on a tablet with a pen but no color display and can't do anything but write

[lost python]

https://tenor.com/view/why-huh-but-why-gif-13199396

[potent arrow]

its just a specialized writing tool lmfaoo

remarkable 2

got me through four years of school so far

[inland mauve]

me just writing in correctbooks

[potent arrow]

I needed the ability to digitize my stuff immediately and organize it all so

iPad is no Bruno for ADHD distraction

also eink so 1 week of battery +

[umbral moss]

I just buy a mead notebook for $5 and a pack of pens for $8

Gril transcribes every lecture she takes into the PowerPoint for the lecture, so much extra work ☠️

Especially when the professor is a fast talker or has a thick accent, what a treat to figure out what they said and put it in the notes section of the relevant slides

[late basalt]

If it worked on iPhones too I wouldn’t be so irked about the price

[vast apex]

Can wacom pens work on iPad?

[dire viper]

I need to get a Wacom

It kinda sucks doing designs on pen and paper considering my feedback comes from ppl on the other side of world and all they have is a shitty ass picture of a piece of paper

[odd sand]

looks around nervously... The surface pen2 is that price as well... or was when I got it...

[odd sand]

I mean, you can get by with like a Tab A w/pen and that's only like $200-250. Otherwise I suppose a Wacom bamboo is only like $80 but then you have to get used to drawing while looking at the screen instead of looking down

[odd sand]

I doubt it. The non-capacitance ones all have proprietary tech afaik

[vast apex]

Sucks.

[odd sand]

Oh huh... apparently they don't make S pen for the A series anymore unless you find new old stock of the Tab A from 2019 or earlier

S6 Lite 64gb comes with s pen for $236 https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Android-Lasting-Included-Speakers/dp/B09WYWJ46K/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/ipados-18-could-ship-with-built-in-calculator-app-after-14-calculator-less-years/

Wat?

Of all the random things to not have

[dire viper]

What do they monitor the taps on it lmao

[odd sand]

There are 2 separate digitizers. One for touch and one for the pen.

Technically speaking you could use a capacitance pen, but you would have no pressure sensitivity so it would be like drawing with a crayon

[sly elk]

yea this is worth mentioning. The iPad (and ms surface, and galaxy tabs with pens) are all amazing when you consider that you used to be able to just spend that much (or more) on a wacom tablet and have arguably a worse experience lol

[dire viper]

I mean but then you gotta buy an iPad

[sly elk]

i didn't realize people still bought the screenless wacom tablets

i guess it makes sense lol

[dire viper]

If you’re hardcore into the whole drawing field you just buy one of the full systems that’s a 30 inch screen that’s touch etc

[sly elk]

those are hard to get used to drawing on xD

[dire viper]

True

The one I got to try out was nice tbh

[modern iris]

You know, I want to get into music CDs but I don’t think they’ll be around in ten years.

[dire viper]

It’s weird cause it’s at a higher level but you just kinda sit a lil weird and it’s usable

[sly elk]

I remember one year I got a $120-ish wacom bamboo tablet for christmas and it was fun to play with.. actually still got it, but I haven't really used it in forever

[dire viper]

I’ve seen people put them flat into a desk

[sly elk]

technically they've been obsolete for longer than 10 years now

[odd sand]

Arguably the market for the bamboo is dead unless you really want practice with clickstudiopaint or w/e its called

[dire viper]

Vinyls were obsolete like 40 years ago but Japan pulled them out of the grave and then the US market got back into them

[odd sand]

Even budget tablets that support pens are going to have as good or better pressure sensitivity as a bamboo

[modern iris]

Why did Japan revive vinyl?

[odd sand]

Bc the entire country are hipsters or stuck decades in the past heh

[modern iris]

Fax machines?

[dire viper]

It’s cause japans culture is wack

[odd sand]

Intuos you could make a case for, but by the time you got a decent sized one you're probably into the price market of some of the chinese drawing tablets

[dire viper]

They’re much more “give it 100%” than nearly every other country

So your hobbies? They become second jobs basically

If it’s not your all you aren’t trying hard enough

Physical media somehow became one of those things lol

[odd sand]

And at this point you could pick up an older Cintiq for the same price as a new Intuous

[modern iris]

Sounds like me.

[dire viper]

All the wack ass “clean electricity” stuff came from Japan first, for playing vinyls and CD’s

[odd sand]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/315310046732?itmmeta=01HW8JTERS8QMT8FR1AYYX3DBM&hash=item4969f17e0c:g:OXAAAOSwG-5mJGmK&itmprp

$225 OBO now. I have one of those I bought in like 2010

[dire viper]

Are those still good

[sly elk]

yea but just because CDs are obsolete doesn't mean they'll stop making them or people will stop buying them

[odd sand]

Otherwise even 1st gen HDs are going cheap it seems. $280:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/126152768245?itmprp

[dire viper]

Remember, you have to get the upgraded infotainment that you pay MORE money for in a Subaru to get a CD player

[modern iris]

Yeah. I love my YT Music but I kinda like my old school boombox with CD and tape player too.

[dire viper]

Also I could get a 6 disc CD changer for my car lmao

It is an 04 tho

Some older Mercedes have 20 disc changers

[modern iris]

I paid $70 for it last year. One of the last ones they had.

[dire viper]

Oh wack I might pick one up

[sly elk]

like if you ask me

if I really like an album I still actually want to buy the whole CD lol

[odd sand]

I do like the 2nd gen where they clip onto the desk rather than sit on top of it

[sly elk]

preferably straight from the artist or via bandcamp or whatever

[odd sand]

Allows you to get it in closer to you without hunching over as much

[sly elk]

like yea i'd probably just rip the cd (or in the case of amazon use the provided mp3s and never actually open the cd) but I have a physical widget I can use in case the cloud service goes away or my HDs get nuked or whatever

[dire viper]

I buy CD’s from smaller artists I support, I buy vinyls that are cool

Like Kamasi Washington vinyls

[sly elk]

plus sometimes playing a cd on a cd player is fun

same with vinyl i'm sure

[dire viper]

Kamasi Washington vinyls usually come in a set of 3 in an elaborate folder, and then they’re all different colors

Even if the album isn’t long

[sly elk]

i don't have a record player, but I think the reasons people buy vinyl are pretty much identical to buying cds or cassettes lol

collecting the physical media and displaying the cases as art and stuff

that said, I do really appreciate being able to just buy a single mp3/aac/flac when I only like 1 song the artist made hahah

which is sadly common ;_;

i'll always find this one song that gives me goosebumps and I friggin love that song

[odd sand]

Yeah there was some article a while back that mentioned a study showed at least a third or half of all ppl that own vinyl don't own a player for them heh

[sly elk]

then I look at the musician's other stuff and none of it is even good lmao

[sly elk]

LOL that's unfortunate. It's not like a record player is expensive

assuming you are paying $15 a record, I think you can get a cheap record player for <$100

it might not be a good record player

[odd sand]

It's more that there are a lot of ppl that just do it to seem sophisticated and put them on the wall or something. Or they're only doing it to flip them to make money.

[sly elk]

oh damn amazon has a ton of cheap ones in the $50 range. audio technica ones look to be $150-400-ish

HEHE like guitars

[odd sand]

My brother does both, actually. Does a pretty high volume of record flipping and movie memorabilia now too, but also enjoys listening to vinyl and finding obscure and weird stuff.

[sly elk]

there's a channel on youtube that I'm aware of and the dude is basically a guitar collector/flipper

[odd sand]

He and his GF do auction streams on some vinyl site where they play tracks off various records as they auction them off.

[sly elk]

he knows how to play them but admits he doesn't really play them XD

also some records look super cool

[umbral moss]

I'm in this statistic and I don't like it

[sly elk]

especially these days

i think most of the time when a musician produces vinyl it's a special collectors edition deal

so you get these neat looking blue records or ones with patterns or whatever

[umbral moss]

I just like collecting the limited edition prints of vinyls like the 35th anniversary of rocky horror or the first printing of the surfragettes

Yeah, it's really rare to see the plain black one, they're usually exotic collectibles and not exactly intended for listening

[sly elk]

there was one that made me laugh, like there's a song i liked that was originally released on a record that is referred to as like

if you go through any random boomer's record library, you'll find that record lmao

i forgot what it was but i laughed about it

[dire viper]

Speaking of funny music

I’m at a ramen bar rn and they’ve been playing like…. 2000’s and late 90’s pop and dance music that’s big in Japan rn lmao

Quite a few mixes of said songs

[umbral moss]

Isn't that the synthesis of vaporwave?

[dire viper]

Yea probably

I’m not a big vaporwave person so idk

I haven’t ever heard Jamiroquai in a public place tho

And for whatever reason they’re getting popular in Japan

[odd sand]

Huey Lewis and the News - Sports ?

[dire viper]

Now they’re gonna be remembered for American psycho instead of based Back to the future :(

[umbral moss]

I think everyone who was alive in 1986 knows the power of love

[dire viper]

Lmao

I mean I have watched the back to the future trilogy like

30 times

now why don’t you make like a tree and get out of here

[umbral moss]

You sound like a damn fool when you get it wrong

[dire viper]

Peak cinema

[odd sand]

How about some Men at Work

[umbral moss]

It really is, and my favorite part is that Robert zemeckis structured the contract for the movies so that the studio does not have the rights or permission to make a reboot or continuation

They are the only three movies and will never be changed

[late basalt]

@deep sapphire found your new pet dog https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-for-under-10000/

[wraith agate]

the fucking automatons are stepping up their games

[inland mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/helldivers-helldivers-2-automatons-freedom-liber-tea-gif-4704290022450713731

[dire viper]

holy crap really

I did not know that

thats actually so peak

[inland mauve]

Telltale made a sequel

it was a Telltale game

[dire viper]

the second borderlands telltale game isnt real

lalalallala I cant hear you

[inland mauve]

I mean Back to the Future

[dire viper]

oh really

it has good reviews

wack

2010?????????

what da fuck

[inland mauve]

LMAO

Christopher Lloyd reprises his role as Doc Brown

[dire viper]

im 21 rn I was 8 years old when that came out

[inland mauve]

but another voice actor took over from Michael J. Fox

he sounds almost exactly the same though

[inland mauve]

https://tenor.com/view/so-old-gif-27277116

[dire viper]

when did the telltale walking dead come out lmao

2012 holy shit

I remember watching that on youtube when I was 10 or 11 😭

[inland mauve]

but yeah back then Telltale was still at the top of their game

that was before the decline

[deep sapphire]

Hell yeah

[dire viper]

its funny because ive had a full time job since 16 :)

damn I feel like a baby

[dire viper]

so true

what was the last good one? tales from the borderlands?

[inland mauve]

not sure

tbh I never really played their games much

I just heard a lot about them at the time

[umbral moss]

Mjf has a cameo in the third part of the story

[paper tusk]

I read that as MJF, the wrestler

[late basalt]

christ i hate making live boot usbs for linux distros

[sly walrus]

yeah he shows up to tell marty he's better than him

[sly elk]

I hate that linux still uses grub

[modern iris]

AVG gets more enshittified every year.

It is becoming the single most obnoxious anti-virus app on the planet. 🫠

[modest moss]

I haven't used AVG since Windows XP

[pine thistle]

Why would you even have it installed

[modern iris]

Because I need anti-virus software..?

[sly walrus]

it's called windows defender

[modern iris]

Huh. Didn’t know that was actually anti-virus.

[sly walrus]

the fuck do you think it was defending windows from

[modern iris]

Ok, sorry. 🥲 I just didn’t realize it was a full anti-virus program.

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-bocchi-the-rock-gif-hitori-gotoh-hitori-gotoh-gif-27237975

I thought it was just a firewall.

Look, I don’t realistically know that much about the software side of things. I can build but I’ve never thought about it. I’ve used AVG for a long time, like since I was a kid. So I figured it works- just getting to be a bit pushy in begging me to buy it.

[pine thistle]

As long as you don't download shady shit you technically don't need an antivirus at all

[odd sand]

The average home user doesn't need more than defender, especially if you're behind a router as well

Unless you're downloading warez regularly or something, that's generally the only way you might get infected by anything. Any of the actual dangerous viruses tend to be zero-day stuff you won't have definitions for anyways.

50% of all malicious files enterprise-class A/V solutions catch are less than 48hrs old

[sly elk]

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

this video lol

it's more like, macs in schools in the 90s

[modern iris]

I feel like a complete moron now.

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/kanna-kamui-pat-head-pat-gif-12018819

[modern iris]

I do sail the seas for ROMs so I guess a little extra protection helps.

[odd sand]

If you're only going to use free AV, Defender is basically the best option

They use all the data from Azure, Outlook etc. to inform trends in new malicious files so their definitions are going to be up to date really well

The last time I've gotten a virus was like 2006 and I knew I clicked wrong immediately and cleaned it up right away heh

[modern iris]

Got one from the Mass Effect wiki that nuked my system.

[odd sand]

Wut?

[modern iris]

Back in like… 2011?

[odd sand]

infected banner ad or something?

[modern iris]

I think so

Wikis are horrible.

[odd sand]

Well I run adblocker so I don't really notice them

[outer sand]

want to buy my parents a TV since they like it so much, should I get a 65 inch or a 4k projector?

they use it around 6+ hours or so per day

[odd sand]

If they like a good picture, stick with the TV. Projector can't really do HDR at all

What is your budget?

If you want reasonably priced OLED, I would say your choices are:
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-65-class-bravia-xr-a75l-oled-4k-uhd-smart-google-tv/6559011.p?skuId=6559011
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-65-class-c3-series-oled-evo-4k-uhd-smart-webos-tv/6535929.p?skuId=6535929

I personally prefer the Sony bc they have good processing and use android whereas LG has their own webos and that goofy remote wiimote controller

[outer sand]

800 aud probably haha

[outer sand]

thanks, I'll get a TV then

if I do some odd move, they probably won't like it boomer

[odd sand]

Uhh... you aren't getting a decent 65" for 800 aud lol

https://www.amazon.com.au/Sony-BRAVIA-Ultra-Smart-KD43X75K/dp/B09WQ41JSV/

[outer sand]

for 65 inch, what resolution should I be aiming for? 8k?

idk the price since I'm not a TV person lol

[sharp star]

4K

[outer sand]

thanks

[sharp star]

8K is a ways off

[odd sand]

https://www.amazon.com.au/LG-UR80-inch-Smart-Sound/dp/B0D1712S3L/ Looks like $1050 is the cheapest 65"

[sly walrus]

when 16k

[odd sand]

Don't bother with 8K yet, there is no content for it

[sly walrus]

“announcing 8k texture pack for call of duty, only 8 terabytes!”

[odd sand]

https://www.amazon.com.au/LG-UR8050-inch-Smart-Sound/dp/B0C6M2H2ZP/ 55" for 900

Sony 55" with HDR is $1100, or the non-HDR (X77) is $1035

https://www.amazon.com.au/Sony-Bravia-55-Inch-Smart-Google/dp/B0C2ZSD7VB/

What kinda brand is Kogan heh

lmao googled them and the verdict is "absolutely atrocious"

[sly walrus]

krogan tvs?

https://tenor.com/view/hello-there-krogan-gif-21506306

[odd sand]

Bloody kogans

[outer sand]

kogan is local brand haha pretty good

off brand that are good here are kogan and hi sense

[outer sand]

ah really

I have 2 x 27 monitor that I saw on my office, didn't have a complain, also my vacuum is from them, been reliable for years now, almost used it everyday

probably their TV isn't that good

[sly elk]

don't buy hisense lol

https://cohost.org/ghoulnoise/post/5286766-do-not-buy-hisense-t not after this hahaha

[outer sand]

ic ic, I thought because my acquintance bought them, it's good 😂

the one in my home that I purchased for my parents I think is 40 inch Samsung, I hardly used it unless they come over, rip

[outer sand]

how about xiaomi, my action camera is xiaomi haha

I'm guessing since my parents are happy with this samsung, I don't need to buy something like Sony to make them happy?

Samsung is also not good yeah?

this is the one I have lol, 3 stars review 😱 https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/samsung-ua40d6600-ua46d6600-ua55d6600

strangely a youngsters just came over and really impressed with the TV cause It has 3D Feature (I don't even know it has a 3D feature) lol

is 3d feature that rare?

tbh when I saw a 3d movie in the cinema back then, I wasn't that impressed

is this correct https://www.productreview.com.au/c/tvs ?

why the heck there are so many low star ratings

[sharp star]

watching tech YouTubers rant about Intel's load line specifications is a learning experience

one I'm watching said he isn't a fan of Nvidia's overclocking restrictions but admits they provide a better out-of-box experience than Intel's "yeah, sure, who cares"

[umbral moss]

Llc is such a great way to destroy your cpu

[sharp star]

lmao yeah

[umbral moss]

It doesn't actually dampen the vdroop, it just jacks up vcore so the vdroop lands in your desires vcore range

Fucking brilliant

[sharp star]

that's some memeable engineering from Intel and their board partners right there

[umbral moss]

Also, nvidia used to let you do whatever you wanted and they probably got tired of rma requests for smoked chips

[sharp star]

yeah I remember

[umbral moss]

Intel engineering to customers

They don't care because they officially push you towards a higher sku if you want more performance, so you're on your own when you start trying to play with the voltages under the hood

[sharp star]

????????????????

[umbral moss]

He included the fact he's using an aio but not any info on what he did to the cpu

[sharp star]

Apparently the 14900KS has some pretty bad QC

[umbral moss]

Smol indie company

Won't you think of the shareholders? Poor and Irish and just looking to generate passive income

[solid panther]

Not a fan of the backlight bleed on certain IPS monitors, but I love the colours.

Feel like I need to just bite the bullet and get an OLED monitor if I want the better blacks and good colours

[real edge]

samsung VAs have good blacks and good colors if you wanna play the lottery

and response times

[potent arrow]

I need a new monitor for my laptop and im thinking about shoving an razor blade 14"

gonna have to convert it to HDMI then HDMI to the laptop internally

absolutely janky

[umbral moss]

Apparently the new 27" Alienware oled is good

Fairly inexpensive too given its refresh rate and the fact it's oled

[solid panther]

yeah i'm considering it

[umbral moss]

Me too actually

[solid panther]

Might be the next purchase for my setup

[umbral moss]

I need to get it past gril though

[potent arrow]

I've avoided OLED solely because I know I'll fuck it up with burn in lol

[real edge]

OLED requires too much care for me to be worth considering, I just want something good that I can set and forget

[umbral moss]

I barely use my pc these days so it's hard to justify any new hardware purchase

[potent arrow]

I've never had the habbit if turning off my machine

or my monitor lmao

so it'll just implode

[umbral moss]

Youll probably replace it before it dies anyway

[real edge]

ive had my old TN for literally 10 years

[potent arrow]

oh jeez tn

[umbral moss]

Oled half life is pretty long now and I think the Dell display is qdoled so you don't have the blue subpixel dying faster than the others

They're all blue subpixel

[real edge]

and I am planning on keeping this one until it dies

I cannot trust an oled to last me until it dies without showing other problems

[potent arrow]

doesn't help that anything beyond the 90hz also makes me nausea for some dumb fucking reason

[solid panther]

Modern OLEDs are far far better than the early ones, so you dont really need to be too afraid of the burn in stuff

even a minimal amount of care will make it last long enough

[potent arrow]

yeah but I can't imagine 24/7 left on will help lol

[solid panther]

Alternatively you can wait for the uh

[umbral moss]

Yeah, burn in is like, only if you are literally leaving the screen on 24/7

[solid panther]

Which was the one that was super resistent?

Quantum Dot OLED?

[umbral moss]

Just have the monitor go to sleep after an hour or whatever

[potent arrow]

that's my problem, but then again I use a screensaver lmao

[solid panther]

Hell I have a C1 TV which is considered relatively 'early' and It doesnt have burn in after years of using it

[potent arrow]

I have episodes of MSG play whenever it's unattended

[umbral moss]

It's funny because screensavers were developed to protect crts from burn in and by the end of their lifecycle they were functionally immune to it

[real edge]

my monitor goes to sleep shortly after I leave it to do a chore or go outside and I turn off my PC before I go to sleep, but every other hour theres the bottom windows taskbar on or firefox in the background or farming granblue fantasy

etc

[solid panther]

Thats one thing I dont do

I never turn my PC off

[potent arrow]

yeah

[solid panther]

There's no benefit to it

[potent arrow]

I am a hypocrite for this but I have like weeks of uptime

[solid panther]

Unless I guess you're packing insane hardware and want to save a couple dollars on power lmao

[umbral moss]

You say that as if crts didn't exist for 30 years and those are just as prone to burn in as oled

[potent arrow]

despite me telling my clients to restart their of regularly because it drops issues

[real edge]

my house had a humongous CRT and it never burnt in, but it was also a TV

[solid panther]

I feel like I've heard constant restarting is more harmful than leaving your PC just on at all times lmao

[sharp star]

every week or two I reboot mine, and that's about it

[umbral moss]

Oled even has wiping features to try to equalize burn rate on the subpixels, crt was just like "deal with it bitch"

[solid panther]

Yeah I mean technically mine shuts down for updates

but thats it

[umbral moss]

That was true in the era of hdds

[potent arrow]

in the long run, it really reduces how many calls I get where it's just me restarting their PC lol

its nothing special

[umbral moss]

Since spinning up the platters from idle puts more strain on the drive motors

[solid panther]

True