technology-discussion

[sharp star]

but hey they don't have silicon degradation issues

[inland mauve]

that we know of

[lost python]

still weird to release them at all

guess they really had a ton of leftover stock

[sharp star]

I get that they're for people still on AM4, but it's also extremely weird considering that the 5700X3D and to a lesser extent the 5800X3D are still available

[lost python]

yeah

and they arent exactly faster than existing AM4 cpus in workloads either

https://fixupx.com/datnofact/status/1820213413319962975

[inland mauve]

praying to nanna

she has a personal investment into Intel now

maybe she can accomplish something from beyond

[deep sapphire]

why didnt they show it compared to the 5700X3D

[hazy frost]

The 5900xt would be good if the 5950x wasn’t on sale already lmao

It should just be a cheaper 5950x really

But rn the 5950x is like £50 less

[cold yacht]

Ain’t the 5800xt and 5900xt just for production

[sharp star]

production and for people who won’t budge off AM4

even then I still think they’re in weird spots

in gaming it’s just “why” and in production it’s nothing spectacular

but the real annoying part about it all is AMD’s claims of beating the 13600K and 13700K and using crap first-party data

[inland mauve]

so a lie then

[sharp star]

iirc they used the RX 6600 which is just

https://tenor.com/view/quagsire-blink-blinking-gif-25635243

[odd sand]

The senior engineer on my team is driving me insane. I never know when he's randomly going to get mad at me for inconsequential shit.

We've been troubleshooting this issue for like 2-3 days now. I've been in all the calls with them actively troubleshooting it, etc.

Now suddenly he is concerned I said I added a query template to the tool during the troubleshooting process

"That's a production system!"

[sharp star]

if you're gonna have first-party data you can like

[odd sand]

Bruh... I added a query filter. It doesn't change any data and it doesn't even run automatically. It's simply a possible query you can run if selected...

[sharp star]

Use a reasonable GPU

but nah they gotta cherry-pick data to make it look good

I like how Hardware Unboxed got flak for using a 5950X to substitute a 5900XT prior to release

though anyone with two brain cells can figure out that they're virtually the same CPU

[deep sapphire]

gotta love that

all this does is make you not wanna speak up

[cold yacht]

https://fixupx.com/datnofact/status/1820213413319962975?s=46

[sharp star]

yeah it's been brought up a few times but Gelsinger is deeply religious and does this every Sunday

I just think it's poorly timed in the midst of Intel's latest nose dive

[lost python]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-rtx-4070-with-slower-gddr6-memory-is-on-the-way-according-to-rumors

??????

rtx 4070
rtx 4070 (slow)
rtx 4070 ti
rtx 4070 super
rtx 4070 ti super

cant they just... not?
or come up with more numbers to use? or anything?

[odd sand]

Ironically enough, them trying to limit liability by being dodgy is exactly what is killing their market cap

When it could actually be worse: At least 14th gen are compatible with the 12th and 13th gen motherboards, so they could even send a 14700K to replace say a 13700K if they didn't have stocks of them anymore and they wouldn't have to provide a new motherboard to users

[wide hill]

4gb 4090's

[lost python]

dont give them any ideas now

[deep sapphire]

thats all I need

[wide hill]

this is all i need

though that's just ffxiv..

[deep sapphire]

I have this old GTX 970 4GB VRAM meme I need to find it lmao

[sharp star]

I think we need more tech CEOs posting prayer

[wide hill]

i think my ISP is nuking my network

literally exactly 21:00 at my local time the internet broke

aand it died again

and back again

[dire viper]

My ISP does maintenance exactly at 23:30 to 23:45

And it’s usually only down for like 2 or 3 minutes, it’s down the full time if they’re doing any actual service

[deep sapphire]

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/05/business/google-loses-antitrust-lawsuit-doj/index.html?utm_source=business_ribbon

I wasnt even aware this was going on

[modern iris]

Does anyone here need to take breaks from electronics or is it just me?

[sly elk]

not me i am looking at a screen all day long xD

[inland mauve]

electronics is my job

[sharp star]

https://vxtwitter.com/envinyon/status/1820510037007118378
okay this is actually extremely funny

[hazy frost]

Me and my 12 hour screen time on my phone

Mine used to be 10 hours like every day bc I had screen auto turn off set to never and fell asleep watching YT

But it made me look insane if people saw my screen time

[sly elk]

lol 😄

[wide juniper]

pinging @deep sapphire because I need hardware help

lemme grab a picture too

[deep sapphire]

Sounds good

[wide juniper]

Finally have a new pc. Would getting some adapters to get any files I wanna keep out of these babies be out of the question?

these are the hdd and ssds from the laptop that the motherboard burnt out on

well, idk if it burnt out or what

[deep sapphire]

Yeah you can buy external drive caddy’s or drive sata adapters if you didn’t wanna hook it up internally

[wide juniper]

wondering if there are different adapters that i'd need

cause like idk if there's a specific adapter i'd need for this hdd and a specific adapter for the ssds

like if i'm correct i can get an HDD caddy pretty cheap

[deep sapphire]

The one on the left is SATA and the 2 on the right are M.2 NVME drives. I know they make SATA ones I’m sure Nvme ones exist as well

https://a.co/d/4kVcPWk

https://a.co/d/g2NC5FK

[wide juniper]

I can get a dock that's 27 bucks but there's also an adapter cable for like 8 bucks

either way looks like ordering drive docks off of amazon is infinitely cheaper than going to best buy

'sides it never hurt to learn stuff on the hardware side of things. hell maybe some day knowing how hardware works could get my mom out of a bind when she's.... well, older than she is already

[deep sapphire]

yeah its a good skill to have for sure

if your PC supports multiple NVME drives and it has an open slot you could always just install 1 at a time and transfer what you need if you wanted to save some money

up to you though

[wide juniper]

Oh also the non-acer branded one is the OS drive

The acer branded one is what I had FFXIV on.

[deep sapphire]

if you had an OS on it already and installed it natively Windows will probably show 2 versions of Windows and ask what one you wanna boot into, if you use the USB adapter it'll operate like any bog standard removable storage like an external HDD or flash drive etc.

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/l0HouBWMquo?si=HN_TlHbFvHs-k0vT

New carmudgeon show

[wide juniper]

a'ight sweet

Means i can show my dad that it's objectively cheaper to buy what i need and do it myself

[sly elk]

i can vouch for these being solid af

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XMY49BM
but i use this cable for them

[dense temple]

hey tech nerds any tech in the 20 to 40 dollar range yall would recommend off amazon

[muted spoke]

nothing, I don't want my house catching fire from random chinese shit dropshipped off alibaba

[dense temple]

how does a laptop stand catch fire

[muted spoke]

not entirely sure, but I wouldn't be surprised

[sly elk]

i mean it just depends on what you'd find use in

you can get some decent mice and usb mics in that price range sometimes. or a usb hub. or a small ssd or something of that sort. sd card.

maybe a nice wireless charger?

there are also some neat tiny screens that get into that price range

[golden stream]

Moondrop Space Travel if for earbud stuff, actually decent pair with ANC

Some few chifi earbuds can fit in that range (check crinacle stuff)
Cheap graphic tablets
I do have a lotta stuff at that price range tbh

[dense temple]

God I wish we would just ditch the earbud form factor

I want wireless headphones in the vein of the p3 style ones

[golden stream]

me SEA
we have bikes and must have helmets
earbuds only mannn

[hazy frost]

Headphones are not as convenient as earbuds for what most people use them for

Also there’s like way more cheap headphone options than earbuds so I’m not sure why you’d want them to ditch it anyway

[buoyant wasp]

https://x.com/tomwarren/status/1820788727624372408?s=19

Tom Warren (@tomwarren) on X

Intel’s crashing CPU warranty extends to OEM models. If you’re having crashing issues you can contact Intel if you purchased a boxed CPU, or your OEM or system builder otherwise. Intel has also released a list of CPUs that are getting an extended warranty https://t.co/XqSRyRjpw7

Twitter · Aug 6, 2024, 11:47 AM

[lost python]

this picture reminds me of what a clusterfuck intel CPU naming schemes are

14900
14900F
14900KF
14900K
14900KS

oh right i forgot the 14900T

[inland mauve]

[real edge]

14900KMS would be an accurate CPU naming scheme right now

[lost python]

[royal forge]

Ah yes. My CPU on the list

https://tenor.com/view/pepehmmm-pepe-pepe-dancing-gif-24387852

[modest moss]

another day, another reminder I got lucky buying 12th gen instead of waiting 3 months for 13th gen

[wraith agate]

another day... oh look ma I'm there!

[golden stream]

Dem, same, I was lucky, dodged a bullet bc cheapened out

[hazy frost]

I dodged a bullet by going AMD

AMD fans stay winning

[sharp star]

https://fxtwitter.com/RadarHits/status/1820737157570375724

[wraith agate]

sigh

[inland mauve]

"people nowadays don't want to work anymore"

[hazy frost]

Lmao

Working at tech companies rn is hell

[wraith agate]

it's why I'm not eager to switch to tech nor game studio

if not a tech company lays me off then a studio

[dire viper]

I like how silent quitting is just working the 9-5 and not doing anything extra

And that’s a problem ig

Not working unpaid overtime is anti American according to certain billionaires

[hazy frost]

Not working unpaid overtime is standard in the UK is the same

It’s expected

Idk anyone who actually gets paid for overtime at all here ngl

[dire viper]

Overtime is taxed more in the US

It’s dumb but you can get some crazy money doing overtime

I have a friend who does IT at a company and they actually pay him over time for after hours stuff and he already makes 35 an hour

[inland mauve]

yeah overtime is more expensive, that's why businesses try to fuck you over into doing it unpaid

it's double free labour for them essentially

[dire viper]

Yes

I’ve worked at companies that don’t care and had some outrageous paychecks with them

Like making 24 an hour and getting overtime on top of it and working 5 12’s lol

[hazy frost]

I just haven’t heard anyone actually get paid overtime here lol

If u get compensated like u seem to some places in the US then it’s fair

Not a bad option from people I know who do it

[cold yacht]

yeah my normal pay im taxed at like 16% my overtime pay is taxed at 40%

[solid dirge]

I take a look at my shaver and it says HELLO

Mildly unsettling.

[hazy frost]

It’s just being friendly

[deep sapphire]

I wonder if thats with EMC

[wide hill]

i wonder how many unemployed people are in total now just because they are laid off

like, these layoffs easily can turn people homeless if there are that many people needing jobs all at the same time

[sly elk]

yea the blood bath continues

[dire viper]

I’m gonna get a UX degree me thinks

About 8k total for the two year

[sly elk]

i would say, if you're getting a degree, don't let job prospects sway you too much

[dire viper]

And talking with some ppl I know it’s not a bad gig now

[dire viper]

Yuh

I would rather have a degree in something interesting that I would enjoy doing

Which UX is

[sly elk]

like heeding caution is good, and trying to become a generalist and soak up as much knowledge about different new things in college is very important

like especially for people who want to study CS

because the basic cs curriculum is just a skeleton framework

you learn your algorithms and OSes and other stuff

then you need to pick up places to apply it

[dire viper]

Don’t people treat the bare minimum bog standard computer science degrees as a red flag

[sly elk]

like do you want to get into scientific computing and help work in a bio research lab or something

[dire viper]

One of my friends hired a guy and that dude lasted 2 days

[sly elk]

or work on embedded computing and make robots/spaceships

or work on data science and ai stuff

my uni had a whole lot of classes that were basically applied cs/ee

and a lot of people did miss out on that stuff

[dire viper]

Had a 4 year degree and barely knew anything and it was an entry level IT gig helping with setting up company computers and what not

[sly elk]

a lot of people double majored cs and business

which I thought was foolish

but their goal was to get an mba so

-shrug-

[dire viper]

Real

Business degree looks good period

[sly elk]

ehhhhh

but it still leaves you short on applied cs

yea there's also background, right

like somebody who comes into cs and has never used a computer before

vs someone who's been writing programs and websites since they were like 10 or something

[dire viper]

[sly elk]

(I know at least one really good programmer who never used a computer beyond basics before they went to college lol)

[dire viper]

Half of the people in the industry it sounds like, got their two year degree cause they were told they’d get paid a lot

[sly elk]

that may be the case

and to be fair, there's a wide gradient of skill needed sometimes

like I could see someone with basic knowledge taking a code bootcamp and getting good at javascript and landing a solid job

that's like the cs equivalent of becoming a phlebotomist

or a nurse aid or whatever

[dire viper]

My friend who runs the IT department at a power company is just constantly ranting about the inability of all the entry level hires to follow directions, apparently most of the ones that apply have never had a job before

[sly elk]

solid respectable job

but it's very entry level

[dire viper]

Yuh

The reason I want a UX degree is because it’s one of those things that would eventually be something I could do as a contractor possibly

Cause most companies don’t need a full time UX designer

[hallow scaffold]

So much for the CHIPS Act

[deep sapphire]

Dell doesnt make processors

[hallow scaffold]

My brain saw "tech giant" and "layoffs" and my brain immediately saw it as Intel.

[sly elk]

lol

also it's dell

[muted spoke]

finally bought myself a soundbar and wow, what a difference from the tiny speakers in my tv

[golden stream]

some places even accept online certificates, esp UI/UX side, but ye for something really deep early, a degree is nice

some free courses are also worth taking if you don't mind not having certificate

[dire viper]

this is real

in the US we have Wester Governors but idk if they are a good online college, my uncle got his cybersec degree there that was required by IBM

but he already knew everything so he got his done in half a year

cause WGU lets you choose how long you spend on a degree, half a year to a few years

[golden stream]

you can Coursera iirc?

[dire viper]

thats true

the only thing is I have zero knowledge of programming or any sort of thing related

and I need motivation other than self motivation (like a hard deadline) to get me to do school stuff lmao

big time procrastinator

[golden stream]

lmao relatable

[dire viper]

I would join the procrastinator association of america but i keep putting it off

tthats a real thing btw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procrastinators'_Club_of_America

[golden stream]

holy s it's real

[odd sand]

Because most unis are diploma mills these days, on top of K-12 education also rubber stamping graduation so their funding doesn't get cut, so you get a lot of ppl heading into the workforce that have no practical experience.

[dire viper]

it would be cool if we had a federalized intern system for high school kids to work at registered companies with mentors that actually are good at teaching kids work ethic

I got lucky and just had a full time job when I was 16

[odd sand]

Mix in a smattering of helicopter parents, economy where entry level jobs for HS and college students are often taken by adults instead, socializing online instead of in person so they don't have experience dealing with people, etc.

[dire viper]

I dropped out and did online

[golden stream]

dem you're lucky

[odd sand]

I went back to college a few years back after being out over 10 years and it was crickets in any class where the teacher would ask for discussion or opinions

Nobody wanted to speak up about anything ever.

[golden stream]

it's even worse if in asia

asian schools are like, passive learning

[dire viper]

I do most of my social interacting online but ive worked with enough people and done customer service to be normalized to the average population :)

[golden stream]

meanwhile there are many works that you could do w/o a deg at all which downplay the degree

I kid u not, I went little to no training in IT but can assemble and diagnose PCs like nothing lololol

[dire viper]

mostly cause all my friends irl are like me and work a 9-5 and have to do other stuff to stay afloat

[golden stream]

tfw cs/social engineering is a legit skill nowaday

[dire viper]

yes

idk if I should get a UX degree

what should I really aim for?

@odd sand what do you think would be the most useful type of degree to aim for going into the CS space these days

[odd sand]

Hard to say. Something like UX is a specialty, so it could be good or bad depending on the business climate.

[golden stream]

web? app? game? that's the point, UX is HELLA HUGE

[dire viper]

obviously a degree doesnt do much in the way of experience

[cerulean talon]

Tbh, I'm strongly of the opnion that the best people in general tech work (Not like giga-deep low-level programmers), self-train in general.

[dire viper]

but I have an uncle at IBM who said he would help me get experience if need be

(he said hed get me an internship if I wanted)

[odd sand]

I'd say in general, most companies don't appreciate UX enough. Probably only the silicon valley types actually pay much attn to it

[dire viper]

so large already entrenched companies or startups/small numbers companies

[golden stream]

I did went thru a good dozen OS/distro nuking for breakfast
got 2 Tails USB readied last night

[dire viper]

its outrageous the numbers those small headcount companies push

[odd sand]

I think cybersecurity is still growing/data science

[dire viper]

people in the industry for 8 years making 150k a year base but then they get a 400k performance bonus

[golden stream]

oh ye, in addition to UX, if you can afford any psychology crash course, do et, free or paid are fine

[odd sand]

So maybe go with a general CS degree, minor in business and take some electives for network security/analyst stuff.

[golden stream]

that's also a nice income every tax season lol

[dire viper]

I could do cybersec cause

my uncle is a team lead at IBM for the Cybersec R&D

been doing it... 15 years

[odd sand]

I'm going to be biased, but I think logging tools/SIEM products like Splunk or Datadog are in big demand if you get some certs for like Splunk power user and/or enterprise admin

[golden stream]

also recommend knowing tax stuff so peepo come to you and ask for plugging their number for calc

[odd sand]

It's funny you say that, because IBM just sold off Qradar

[golden stream]

dem thicc profile

[dire viper]

yea im not really sure whats going on there

he says he still works for them

[odd sand]

https://www.crn.com/news/security/2024/ibm-qradar-acquisition-by-palo-alto-networks-marks-sea-change-in-siem-market-analyst

[dire viper]

but originally he was working for his friend at his company that IBM bought and merged

he worked on Watson and a few other hush projects for government

not sure if hes part of the main department or if hes doing contract stuff

he makes absurd money so I would assume his team is not in the normal group of cybersec people

[odd sand]

Nice thing with Splunk is they have a free license, so you can spin up a container with it in minutes and there is lots of documentation online and I know people have courses they put up on Udemy etc.

[dire viper]

so what is splunk

[odd sand]

It's a logging platform with tons of bespoke apps/addons bolted onto it

[dire viper]

a CISCO company

[odd sand]

They were recently bought out by Cisco in the past year

[golden stream]

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

[odd sand]

At it's heart though it's a platform to collect logs

[dire viper]

oh ok

the free version is business related

[odd sand]

They offer a SIEM tool for cybersecurity monitoring, ITSI for general monitoring, analytics, SOAR is playbook automation

[golden stream]

also folks, real question, is a BA in cybersecurity worth it? I'm thinking getting a degree on coursera

[odd sand]

Splunk is also used by Formula1 race cars for real-time metrics from the cars streamed to the paddock

[dire viper]

wild

[golden stream]

they do some wild stuff ya

[odd sand]

Basically anything that can be turned into text logs, you can take that into Splunk and do stuff with it

I've only half joked about making mods for games that do text metrics and send that into Splunk and setup alerting

[dire viper]

that seems crazy

[odd sand]

IE: Poll when Darktide vendors turn over their item inventory and use the API to see what it is, record that into Splunk and send myself an SMS alert for items I'm looking for That was a use-case I cooked up when I played a lot of Darktide

[golden stream]

aka XIV Universalis

[dire viper]

can splunk make assumptions using data its been fed

well

it should cause thats what you are using it for probably

[odd sand]

I heard a couple years ago Splunk was hiring ppl fresh out of school for traveling installation ppl. They would train and you'd be making 250k after 2 years. Only issue is they're in SanJo/SFO area so that's $$$ for rent

[dire viper]

WTF

I mean yea rent is high but

[golden stream]

yeah

[dire viper]

compared to the income wtf

thats crazy good

[golden stream]

$$$ + tax man

[odd sand]

You just have to be willing to be on the road 3 weeks per month I think

But you could do that for like 2-3 years and transition to something else and be set well

[dire viper]

idk even 250k you are making a lot even with tax

more than the average american

[golden stream]

but prolly also utilities when you're on the road

[odd sand]

Nice thing with a lot of cybersec is you can get remote positions

[golden stream]

tho ofc having physical access is also nice if for sensitive works

[odd sand]

I kinda wish I was on a commercial contract for work instead of govt, bc I'd totally get a travel visa for Japan and work remote from there for like 3 months or something

[dire viper]

idk I probably shoulda done more when i was fresh 18

[golden stream]

you can build your portfolio as well

[odd sand]

I could still travel domestically though. I've considered trying to find an airbnb I could rent for a month in summer and go visit Colorado or something

[golden stream]

gamejam/ludum dare, etc

[dire viper]

one of my cousins went to one of those training camps for aircraft powerplant stuff and now hes 24 working on contract for Lockheed Martin at an airforce base making 120k a year after tax

[odd sand]

Most people have no portfolio even as "fresh 22/23"

[dire viper]

idk I have worked at a lot of places

thats my main thing

I just know how to adapt

I will jump head first into the deep end with shit

[odd sand]

One thing that may not be obvious is spinning your life experiences into bullet points on the resume

[dire viper]

true

[odd sand]

eg: I was staff for Anime Central for 10 years. I put that on my resume bc by the last few years we were scheduling/managing 250 events for 30k people event.

[dire viper]

I meant more that I wish I wasnt dumb and actually decided on something like a trade school

[golden stream]

yeahhhh that thing sucks but people not like seeing too many words

[odd sand]

I called it by their LLC name "Midwest Animation Promotion Society" instead of Anime Central, but still :)

[dire viper]

lmfao

real

idk I know an excessive amount about cars

thats my main interest

ultimately I wanna do that but cant do that without money

and I also find computers interesting

so shrug

[odd sand]

If you've ever done a hobby project and had to troubleshoot or make a project plan and execute on it

[dire viper]

like my skill set is so fucking wild

I can use any shipping program currently in use, sell people shit, I know how to zinc plate and sand blast stuff, rebuild vintage cars

[odd sand]

That could be a story to tell while interviewing. Ultimately for entry level they aren't going to expect much though, no matter what the job listing says.

[dire viper]

yuh

projects are important

shows you can follow through

[odd sand]

Well, that can be a point then: Able to adapt and learn quickly.

[dire viper]

idk I sold some shit for one of Jerry Seinfelds cars that one normally gets me through the interview good enough

[odd sand]

Bc for any job you get, you're going to have to learn their tools and org environment

[dire viper]

yuh

from what ive seen newer younger companies are better about that

[odd sand]

Working on classic cars requires being meticulous and detail oriented blah blah

[dire viper]

people are very front with how they do things and whats acceptable and whats not

[dire viper]

ye this is the shit I was working on everyday

brake calipers

i was quality control cause I did all the shipping on them plus customer service

the level of knowledge I got there was insane

I can tell you what year a porsche is just by the brakes

I have mega brain rot

or uh

the 911S "S" Calipers

aluminum brake calipers produced by Fuchs that were forged

these would take 12-18 hours of hand grinding to restore properly

galvanic corrosion would eat them

[odd sand]

Speaking of brake calipers, I think I'm getting close to needing at least new front ones on my Stinger. At 40k miles now

[dire viper]

well, new pads and rotors

shouldnt need calipers

[odd sand]

That's what I meant

[dire viper]

yuh

[odd sand]

I bought it at 17k miles, so I dunno if they replaced the brakes then. I want to say they told me they didn't.

[dire viper]

I do miss working on brake calipers :C

it was very rewarding and satisfying

[odd sand]

I'm not feeling any obvious shudder while braking off the highway though, so it's probably fine.

[dire viper]

the 930 Turbo brake calipers are cool

[odd sand]

Just dreading the cost bc I dunno if I want to try doing them myself. Never worked with Brembo/oversized brakes before

[dire viper]

the aluminum casting back then was bad so they are very porous, so you have to cover them in vaseline and bake them, that is in original factory documentation lmfao

[odd sand]

Only my shitbox Saturn I had before

[dire viper]

brembos are easier than slider style calipers imo

monoblocks just require a pad slide out and then you can just hang the calipers from the strut and remove the rotor

plus unless your monoblock caliper is leaking you dont have to do anything on the caliper

[odd sand]

Yeah that's what I did with the Saturn as well. Although you needed a c-clamp to push in the piston as well

[dire viper]

brembo pistons are fully retracted when there is no pressure applied

[odd sand]

Ah okay, nice.

[dire viper]

slider styles use an adjustment mechanism so the pad makes proper contact

for all purposes the monoblock style caliper is superior to the slider but sliders are just as good when setup properly so shrug

[dire viper]

its just brembo shit is expensive

[odd sand]

Yeah...

[dire viper]

cause its still all made in italy

so you are dealing with EU export taxes and what not

[odd sand]

The alternative is my Saturn where China bought up all the OEM bearing makers, so I literally couldn't buy a good wheel bearing for it

I was replacing them every 15-25k miles...

[dire viper]

wtf

thats wild

ive seen original factory wheel bearings on a 1973 911 still kicking in 2022

car had 180k miles too so it should have had them replaced but it never did cause it never had a problem

[odd sand]

Yeah my Mazda6 I had after that, I didn't have to replace pads for like 60k miles and I think I had to replace the front right wheel bearing at like 100k

[dire viper]

yea thats about right

[odd sand]

My two banes with the Saturn were the wheel bearings and burning oil bc their head gaskets were known problematic

So by the time I got rid of it, I was adding a quart every 500mi

Started out needing a quart every 1500mi at like 150k mi, then every 1000mi at 200k, and I sent it to the junkyard at 240k and it was 500mi per quart

Granted, I could have rebuilt the motor well before then but

[dire viper]

true but why would you

beater car

[odd sand]

I couldn't diagnose a water intrusion problem, so there was some rust in the frame etc. so I was just done iwth it

[dire viper]

also I hate reading brake discussion threads

I know too much to read dumb shit

people talking about cracking in drilled rotors, they should not crack if you fucking brake properly

daily commuting you should be soft on brakes, driving hard you should brake hard to soft

[odd sand]

I mean it was a plastic car, so if I wouldn't have had that water issue, it still looked very good for 200k+ mi. Driven full time for pizza delivery in midwest winters with all that salt etc and somehow the underbody still had the original powder coating on the frame

[dire viper]

your brake pedal allows you to modulate how the car is controlled, same with the throttle, proper control is essential

[odd sand]

Haha my friend annoys tf out of me with how he brakes

[dire viper]

you also never brake through a corner, you do all your braking before you turn

[odd sand]

He does the whole firm stop shit where your head bobs for a moment as you come to a complete stop

[dire viper]

cause braking while car is experiencing weight transfer can just cause you to lose all your grip

[dire viper]

blegh

I drive for fun for like 8 hours every weekend and have done so for like 4 years

in the canyons here in the rockies

I am burdened with the knowledge of driving fast but smoothly

[odd sand]

He says I "roll stop signs" which tbf sometimes I do when there is nobody around, but what he thinks of as rolls is I softly come to a complete stop and the moment that happens I'm accelerating away again

[dire viper]

most people I get in the car with drive so poorly it takes a lot in me not to say something

[dire viper]

yuh

this is how I drive my stick

[odd sand]

When I first moved to Cali I took Kit Carson Pass in April

[dire viper]

I keep the car rolling ever so slightly so I can just give a tad of throttle and then let the clutch out

my car has a performance transmission so driving it smooth is not in my ability yet, specifically from a stop

[odd sand]

That was so much fun. It was me and this Subaru just bombing the pass at like 80-85mph

It was April so you still had the walls of snow on either side

[dire viper]

Just don't buy the cheapest. All rotors are about the same. They all come out of China these days. I'd get decent pads. They're more important. reddit is full of idiots

rotors are as important as pads cause if its a bad rotor compound you will never actually bed your brakes properly and your car wont be able to stop good ever

[odd sand]

Yeah even with my shitbox, I always got sport pads and rotors bc I knew I would be riding it pretty hard doing delivery

[dire viper]

also most rotors arent even out of china its only OE shit

if you buy aftermarket rotors for your euro car they're probably made in europe somewhere

asian car? probably made in the country of origin

It won't have any impact on how well you can brake though. It's the tires that stop the car. If you can engage the ABS your brakes are doing as much stopping as they can.

this is not entirely true

most modern tire compounds very much outperform shitty brakes

so you should only worry about the limit of tires if you have full on 6 piston brembos and 4 piston brembos on the rear that can stop the car in half the time a standard camry can

and then you have something like a Porsche/AMG/Audi RS

[odd sand]

Imagine going thru here with 5m snow walls on either side heh

[dire viper]

my 150 dollar a piece tires are so good Ive never had tire slippage even driving at the limit but also I know when my car is going to bite me so I dont go past that point cause it makes you drive slower so shrug

[dire viper]

that would be fun

[odd sand]

I've been up to Mt Evans twice as well. That's also a fun drive, but both times it was off-season so I could only get to echo lake, not the summit

Funny story: On that cross country trip my mom warned me to be careful, never know what dangerous ppl you might run into etc. and I'm like mom it's fine this is the middle of nowhere, nobody is out here to do anything

I went to echo lake to look around as the summit was closed and there was a news van in the parking lot of the campground that was closed for the season there

Turns out some lady had made death threats to some schools in Denver and then drove out there and walked off into woods and shot herself a short time earlier

So of course my mom is like SEE! SEE WHAT I MEAN!

[dire viper]

lmfao

[odd sand]

I think it was around the time of Columbine anniversary

[dire viper]

https://tenor.com/view/shikanoko-nokonoko-koshitantan-shikanoko-nokonoko-shikanoko-nokotan-head-tilt-shikanoko-gif-6165744102908635654

[odd sand]

Whereabouts are you in CO then? I'm contracted to an agency operating out of Denver

[dire viper]

im in Utah actually

but CO is a hop and skip away

[odd sand]

Ah okay. So you drive up to Grand Junction and back then I take it

[dire viper]

CO is too expensive or I woulda found a job out there already

[dire viper]

eh sorta

[odd sand]

Do you get to enjoy the wonders of BEAVER every weekend? /s

[dire viper]

utah has a large portion of the rockies so I only go up to colorado for extended trips

[odd sand]

Oh, are the mountains along 15/89 still considered the Rockies?

89 looks like it would be a lot of fun being in the valley between the mountains. Reminds me of the drive along I-395 in CA

[dire viper]

yes

its all rockies

[odd sand]

Only annoying thing about mountain driving is getting stuck behind slow traffic that won't use the gd turnouts

mfer you have like 10 ppl behind you, see that sign that says pull over for faster traffic? DO IT

[dire viper]

yep

Utah drivers are ass

they will drive 20 in a 50 cause its slightly uphill

[odd sand]

I only ever got to travel Big Sur once at full speeds. I was headed north just before sundown, so it has less traffic than heading the other way. Was able to bomb it in like 90mins for the 75mi route

Have to be careful though, bc you can't understeer or you might hit ppl coming around the outside

[dire viper]

thats why you dont go fast in a bad car

thats why so many accidents happen

people try going fast in an economy car

you dont do that

[odd sand]

They have a couple crazy fun back highways in Cali if you hit them at the time of day/week there isn't a lot of traffic:

I got to take 155 shortly after they had repaved the entire thing, so it was super smooth too

Kernville was a fun place too. They have a river going thru town that ppl hang out and swim and do canoe rides thru, and upstream is rapids so the rafters will start up there and end in town.

Gives me vibes of a less crowded version of St George maybe?

Although I've only ever driven thru St George, never stopped there to know exactly what it's like

[golden stream]

I'm thinking in getting a BA CS, but is any CS folk could review/recommend on the experience in the program in general?

[odd sand]

I got a general CS degree, so I can't help you there

[golden stream]

eh I'm sẻaching for just bachelor so should be fine lol

yeah I found a program with 4kUSD in tuition (but more traditional uni) in India, hence the price, and a 18kUSD one in US
which criteria should I check if for CS degree?
both are online btw

[odd sand]

As far as what general skills would be useful: Something like MS-101/102 certs, although they recently deprecated the classic versions of them

Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate

That is the closest thing I can find to the original MS-100-102 courses. Now they're focused on O365 and Azure

eg: General OS proficiency for Windows and Linux, familiarity with Azure and AWS

[golden stream]

[odd sand]

A SIEM tool like Splunk SOAR or Qradar

And possibly knowing a bit about PowerBI automation. Really depends on if you're looking to get a job at a place that uses Azure or is more focused on AWS or on-prem

[golden stream]

I do know a gist of PowerBI at old workplace tho

[odd sand]

Speaking of automation: At least a little experience with python, bash, and bat files.

[golden stream]

interesting

[odd sand]

A lot of CS tools have automations or data collection using scripts

How to use Postman/make REST API calls

[golden stream]

well Imma drop the links here since it's public anyway
https://www.coursera.org/degrees/bachelor-of-science-computer-science-bits
https://www.coursera.org/degrees/bach-information-technology-illinois-tech

[odd sand]

How much you need that stuff as a Tier1 analyst probably varies depending on the maturity of the org you join

[golden stream]

atm I only aim for a general deg for some odd jobs and for the sake of my resume since my current one is iffy

[odd sand]

If you aren't in India, I would probably shy away from a degree thru them.

[golden stream]

oh the tuition over there is only 4k to me (special listed country)

[odd sand]

They're broadly viewed as diploma mills where most people cheat and have low skills

[golden stream]

hmmmm fair, yeah

[odd sand]

That said, plenty of Indian devs still get hired to jobs so maybe I'm talking out of my ass

[golden stream]

like, hell, that tuition fee is even cheaper than in my place

[odd sand]

I will say that in general, those degrees seem to lead to ppl who do performative work and aren't good at troubleshooting and problem solving

Dunno if that's just the culture or tied to the quality of the degree however

I get stories from my friend whose company employs like a dozen indian devs remotely and some of the facepalm stories about them are wild

He says your chances of a competent Indian dev are like 1 in 5, and those usually quit after 2-3 years to pivot to a higher paying job then heh

[golden stream]

well that's also their work culture as well

atm I plan to get a BA just for the sake of having a degree, the actual skills like troubleshooting I'd learn w my own pace

tfw I learned how to handle linux in these years more than an IT student fiddling it in a year but then I just nuke things if it is too headache to fix

[dire viper]

CS just seems daunting cause there’s so much to learn

I would like to learn a language on my own time but I would rather not learn Java cause I’ve been told I would smash my head into a wall with it

Also from my basically zero understanding, don’t languages work off of a logic that they adhere too so understanding a language requires understanding what makes it tick basically

[golden stream]

well, that, yeah

I'm getting a few free language courses to get the gist of each of them while working on my own short visual novel lol

[lost python]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/6/24214471/google-chromecast-line-discontinued

guess i really do have to save up the 200$ for the fucking nvidia shield because somehow its the only device powerful enough to not only stream shit but also encode 1440p/60 video streams from PC

[lost python]

oh the #1 storefront for intel is also laying off a ton of people
https://www.pcmag.com/news/dell-makes-cuts-to-boost-ai-pivot-reportedly-laying-off-12500-employees

[sharp star]

but AI

[odd sand]

Look at all the jobs AI is saving /s

[wraith agate]

Yeah, saving it from humans

[sly elk]

i thought they just came out with a new one too

https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/electronics/google-tv-streamer

[lost python]

yes. google streamer

[sly elk]

doooo

[lost python]

99$ and 22% faster than chromecast

[sly elk]

sooo technically they're kiling the chromecast brand

but the chromecast lives on

[lost python]

well not quite

its expensive af now and doesnt have a cheap budget option anymore

[sly elk]

it reminds me of a tello thingy whatever that was called

the 'free' phone service that used google voice lmao

a hTHIS THING

ooma telo

it looks like that google tv thing lmao

[sly elk]

i get the vibe it's a google 'ecosystem' shit that only works with google's tv service, too

[modest moss]

at that point you might as well buy a mini pc for the same price, should get more power, no?

[lost python]

yeah but i get power that i dont need and i lose the comfort of a handy remote and instead need to get a mouse and keyboard

[modest moss]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BZGPTLPG/ I'm just running that headless

[sharp star]

https://youtu.be/rttc_ioflGo

[modest moss]

set plex up, now I just drag stuff to it over lan, watch shit using the app on my tv or via browser on other devices

[lost python]

yeah but my primary use case for these is watch streams on crunchy & twitch and decode video signals i sent over via sunshine & moonlight for gaming

the latter is the only issue because none of the usual devices is powerful enough for 1440p/60 or, in apples case, doesnt support more than 60hz

[sharp star]

“It’s not Intel” is certainly a bar

[lost python]

oh no, not again

[real edge]

5800X3D > 9700X lol

[lost python]

thats sad

[sharp star]

https://tenor.com/view/quagsire-blink-blinking-gif-25635243

[inland mauve]

oof

[lost python]

i feel like the x3d cpus that will eventually release wont be much better either

[inland mauve]

https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1elxc04/amd_the_sleeping_giant/

makes this thread even funnier

[lost python]

well, 50-60w less than the 7700x is quite neat though

[sharp star]

Someone said the 5700X3D and 5800X3D are the GTX 1080 Ti of CPUs

[inland mauve]

https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/1ema5ue/update_i_spent_a_quarter_million_dollars_on_rocks/

oh my fucking god

[sharp star]

that’s unironically true

[inland mauve]

WSB is so good man

it is so fucking funny

because someone can put up the biggest, baddest, bullshittiest shitpost you've ever seen and yet be completely sincere and about to blow their life's savings

[torpid kayak]

Hm, soundpeats air 4 pro vs soundcore liberty 4 nc. Both are on discounts and price gap is like 25$

[sharp star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF_bMt9fVm0

"It's not Intel" is the highest praise Zen 5 can get lol

[sharp star]

I’m looking through more reviews and Jay and der8auer are reporting stability issues (of the non-degrading kind) with the pre-release BIOS

Tom’s Hardware is a weird outlier because they’re not reporting stability issues

[torpid kayak]

click Order button on Liberty 4 NC
Wish me luck

[sly walrus]

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-mice/logitech-says-it-has-no-plans-for-a-subscription-mouselets-keep-it-that-way/

https://tenor.com/view/kingdom-hearts-ok-i-believe-you-gif-13519426

[torpid kayak]

how about subscription customer service? :3

[golden stream]

I kid u not, it is

Gud shite CPU for a decade if not keen to upgrade ngl

AM4 DDR4 is dirt cheap now

[potent arrow]

me

[torpid kayak]

x2 FFXIV FPS :3

[torpid kayak]

nvm, I cancelled it. The shop feels like it won't do the warranty well enough if push comes to shove. I rather buy from somewhere that I can physically access instead :/

I get paranoid easily 😦

hm... RGB fan for your gaming smartphone 😄

[wraith agate]

that's exactly the thing I was looking for /s

[paper tusk]

I noticed when looking for a mobo for when I eventually upgrade that right now a lot of brands haven't put AGESA 1.2.0.0 bios up (so it's possible to be running on bare minimum compatibility)
edit: also a bunch of recent b650 boards are unobtainable. I was eyeing a asrock steel legend but it's discontinued.

[sly elk]

Xilinx Acquisition: The Secret Weapon Everyone's sleeping on the Xilinx deal. This isn't just another boring acquisition - it's AMD's ticket to dominating adaptive computing and edge AI.

[cold yacht]

https://www.404media.co/nvidia-ai-scraping-foundational-model-cosmos-project/

[wraith agate]

Interesting, too bad I can only read half because the other half is paid

[paper tusk]

https://archive.is/Zu6RI

"Our investigation highlights the ‘don't ask for permission’ ethos technology companies have when it comes to scraping massive amounts of copyrighted content into datasets for training some of the most valuable AI models in the world."

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/334049720001626112/1270533388503089153/IMG_9957.png?ex=66b4b4ad&is=66b3632d&hm=55bc3df982a45e8ea608ee9b636198c4ee8f69e63679fc1a3f6ef332580831c0&

[sharp star]

So re-evaluating my thoughts on Zen 5: I think the problem right now is that no one is willing to admit that CPUs are Good Enough™️ and we’ve been complaining about power draw for years
Like yeah it’s not a very flashy upgrade over Zen 4 but there also has to be a point where CPU performance plateaus

I think Zen 5 being a more efficient architecture and not breaking down and degrading were achieved at the very least

anyway Zen 5 is fine and not being pushed to 95c is good

[sly elk]

i was going to say 'so it's crap because the defective intel chips outperform it at a particular game?' but then I noticed the amd 5700s also outperform it lol

[sharp star]

I also think AMD being effectively the only option for current gen is bad

[odd sand]

Me here sitting pretty with my non-rusty non-crashing 13900K

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-wat-what-wtf-are-you-kidding-gif-13598412

[sharp star]

for now

[wraith agate]

PISS

[dire viper]

why does every CS bachelors now have a full thing on AI

is it really that common in software development

[sly elk]

idk

[dire viper]

it looks like Western Governors is gonna be the only viable online university for CS :/

they do offer the most classes tho

[golden stream]

Well, it's hot stuff rn, and ngl assistant AI is somewhat useful if not hallucinated

[golden stream]

Ngl, that's a lot to cover for a BA degree

[wraith agate]

I forgot how much bios updates are pain in the rear

Btw

If I have 5 SSDs (4 full and 1 m.2) do I need to turn on intel RAID?

[golden stream]

Uhhhh depend.....??????

Like, do you want your stuff span across all disks?

[wraith agate]

nope

I bought 5 separate SSDs to keep stuffs separated

[golden stream]

Ohhhh ok fair

Shouldn't need raid atm

[wraith agate]

Probably not for this

But eventually I wanna create a personal NAS server and there I think using RAID is good

Also god I'm tired of Microsoft

I don't want your personalized ads, I don't want your onedrive, your teams, your cortana, your copilot nor your xbox subscription

And no, I don't want a Microsoft office package either

[potent arrow]

Just run TrueNas, watch a few tutorials

[wraith agate]

Will do Sarah when I get to build it

One day

[golden stream]

Okay
I plan to set up a NAS, either at my granny's place or my aunt's place
What would you suggest for a low energy consumption NAS?
I may go for SSDs over spinny for noise, space and power tho

[sly elk]

4 slice toaster, hot glue, and a lot of duct tape...

i want a hard drive toaster nas

[potent arrow]

lmao it's such an open ended question tbh. Tons of videos on YouTube and stuff. Key search phrase is TrueNas or Unraid

TrueNas I usually rec for beginners

my first Nas was a shitty optiplex

but if you need like transcoding and stuff might need something more powerful for example

[golden stream]

Yeeee would prefer to do it when I have my own place tho

[potent arrow]

I would get a bunch of used hardware and slap one together as per usual

[golden stream]

Atm I'm thinking either repurpose my stuff (AMD Cezanne APU) or commit a Pi

[potent arrow]

I hate pis

[golden stream]

Why tho

[potent arrow]

not powerful enough for anything and over rated lol

Plus fucking around with I/O

expenses etc

[golden stream]

Well, fair tho, it's k for some funsi but the expense is oomph

[potent arrow]

Like I'm an embedded engineer, PI to me is like....the thing that everyone likes but I know better so I dislike

[sly elk]

they are overrated af

but when they were new and you could get them for $20-30 they were handy

especially if you're using a53s anyway LOL

[potent arrow]

I've always had other options

I do have a few pis

but uh eh

[sly elk]

i have 2 and I can't really think of a use case where i'd use one again

even for the use cases that I use them for, they're terrible xD

[potent arrow]

yeaaaa

[sly elk]

i have a retroflag gpi (looks like an og gameboy) and it uses a pi zero w

and uhhhh

the form factor is atrocious LOL

and running it off AA batteries LOL

[cerulean talon]

I heard nas, I have many opinions xD

Imo, for a small nas, an apu is the way to go, it gives you a couple transcode threads, it’s more of a full system so expandable is a thing

[sly elk]

here i was thinking the answer is always an old thin client

lol jk

big nas requires a surprising amount of ram

[cerulean talon]

Yeeeah, my quarter pb nas is running out with 128g

I’m probally going to have to upgrade the core nas to 512 eventually

It needs more cpus and more ram, but not in a position to upgrade her atm

[sly elk]

tell me

what do you feel is the stupidest thing you've spent money on in recent history?

i think for me it was the steering wheel/pedal racing setup xD i'm glad i bought cheap-ish ones

[cerulean talon]

Not much, I’ve been slamming everything into saving up for my move

[sly elk]

last 5 years? ahh ok

yea your setup is very business hehe

[cerulean talon]

5 years? That long would be any number of things

The stupidest would probally be either the full Hotas set, or the peleton

Probally the peleton

[sly elk]

ahhhh

XD do you use the peloton as a clothes rack?

[cerulean talon]

Nah, sold it and went back to lifting weights for awhile xD

[sly elk]

ahhh ok

i bought ring fit adventure and actually played it for a while. then something happened and i stopped

i tried again a few months ago and got it going for like 2 weeks

[cerulean talon]

I’m not big into cardio as it is, gimme heavy things to pick up and put down

[sly elk]

and something happened again x_X

[cerulean talon]

I need more space for that and be

*vr

Next house will have a dedicated vr room, one way or another

[sly elk]

tbh what I want for my next house

my list of requirements is really simple hahahaha

1. one floor, no split level, no steps anywhere. 2. living room in the front with a nice front window. 3. a normal size shower without some ridiculous huge threshold because out here the showers are often tiny and stupid

4. air conditioning WOULD BE NICE FOR ONCE FFS

[cerulean talon]

I need a ton of shop space ofc, but I’m likely to just build a new house/prefab that’s close to what I want to live in

No house is really gonna be what I want, so being able to live somewhere mediocre while I build the new place is key

If imma spend 50-100k remodeling it, I’d rather just build something new and really make it mine

[sly elk]

ye

i'm just gonna keep paying rent for this place until the landlord asks us to leave

it's a piece of crap but the other houses available are even crappier crap and they cost another $1000-1500 a month

[lost python]

TIL fractal design makes a chair now https://youtu.be/_oBOFTOsFNI

[lime wasp]

Is the melting connector thing for 4090s just the adapters, or has it been happening with actual 12vHP cables that don 't need an adapter too?

[lost python]

it happened to both

[hazy frost]

Both but majority is just people not putting it in properly

The cable sucks but if u put it in properly ur most likely going to be fine

Failure rate of the cable itself is still super low just unnecessary design change and still worse than standard power cables were

iirc it has been revised once since the big melting issues as well

[lime wasp]

Oh

I saw a 4090 Open Box at my Best Buy listed as "Excellent" for $400 off that would fit in my case and I my PSU came with a native PCIE 5.0 connection and cable so I was wondering if I'd be good

[sharp star]

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/8/24216054/intel-msi-asus-bios-updates-crashing-13th-14th-raptor-lake-gen-cpus

[hazy frost]

You’re probably fine

At $400 off I’d get it but it’s up to u to decide whether u need it

Lots of 4090 owners and the amount of issues are very small considering that

Anecdotally I have the cable because I have a 4070ti and haven’t had it come loose once still after 1.5 years

[torpid kayak]

Intel Outside :d

[sharp star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e80Gqhe2Kt8

[deep sapphire]

AMD is doing a great job at capturing that spark in a glass bottle LMAO

who is this product for

and who tf would buy a shitty slow 6 core CPU in 2024

for almost 300 dollars

what a scam

[dire viper]

@deep sapphire @potent arrow rate these MOPAR welds

[deep sapphire]

what even is that, a cross member?

[dire viper]

Yes

[potent arrow]

[dire viper]

Stamped aluminum

It’s the rear member that just holds the plastic bumper to the car

Which is mounted into the crash member iirc

They both do crash stuff but that member is way cheaper than the actual crash one

[hazy frost]

People with 400w psus

Lmao

[dire viper]

I want an SL73 AMG :(

It shares the M120 V12 with the Pagani’s of the time

[hazy frost]

The 9700x uses like 60w less than the 7700x and is faster outside of gaming

9600x is considerably more mediocre

[sharp star]

yeah

[hazy frost]

They’re not terrible but they’re not great at msrp

But I doubt they stay at msrp very long since it’s AMD

[sharp star]

The 9700X is "okay" but when you remove the power limits it becomes a much better chip

[hazy frost]

Yeah the 9700x actually has OC headroom

[deep sapphire]

Why didn’t they do this from the start and advertise that

[hazy frost]

But in productivity it’s already up to the 7900x or 7950x sometimes at 60w which is still pretty good

[deep sapphire]

[sharp star]

They should! No one should have to scour the internet on how to remove power limits and overclock a 9700X

[deep sapphire]

All the press is shitting on it instead of showing that

[hazy frost]

Yeah idk why

In the tech spot benchmarks online u can see it’s decent in productivity already

Catching up to last gen’s top end CPUs

It just has nothing in terms of gaming stock

I’m more excited to see actual OC benchmarks tho

I think overall good cpu and just hope price comes down a bit

It would be amazing if u could finally recommend AMD over Intel even for overclocking lmfao

[deep sapphire]

AMD has put themselves in a predicament when gamers know it’s better to just wait for X3D lmao

[hazy frost]

yeah but intel 'OC' weirdos didnt care about gaming anyway so if they can do that its still cool

9700x matching the 7900x but at 60w is nice

[deep sapphire]

And if Intel didn’t have these problems I still think the 700K SKUs are the best middle ground between productivity and gaming

[hazy frost]

the 7700x was as good as t he 13700k was

[deep sapphire]

14700K added 2 more e cores and was clocked higher it typically did better in multi core workloads by a considerable amount

[hazy frost]

the reason intel benchmarks come off better with a lot of places is they used 6400mt ram as well

bc am5 wouldnt be stable at the time

now it can

[hazy frost]

14700k was the same price as the 7900x so

[deep sapphire]

AMD told HUB that 6000 is the absolute max they should be using

Anything higher doesn’t benefit them

[hazy frost]

people have used 6400 and got better results now

outside of reviewers

7700x is cheaper as well

and the 7900x was 14700k price

and better or equal

but with more P Cores as well

the last intel gen i commend is 12th

12900k is pretty good used and 12400 and 12600k are good new

[deep sapphire]

looks like intel micro code updates are going out for Z790

Z690 at a later date

so I gotta wait

😒

[sharp star]

yeah

[kind rune]

why do these things always leave out the 11700k and 11900k

we exist

[modest moss]

12700k gang still feeling like a solid buy

[hazy frost]

Only insane people own those

[kind rune]

but i own one :(

[hazy frost]

U know what this means

I genuinely know like no one who actually uses 11th gen lmao

[sharp star]

11th gen was a sad gen

[hard drift]

11th gen had little to no increase

[hazy frost]

Yeah but then again people bought 14th gen anyway

It’s weird no one owns 11th

[hard drift]

there was 0 reason to get 11th gen when you could get 10th gen for basically the same performance and cheaper

[hazy frost]

Yes again like I said people bought 14th recently

Exactly the same stupid decision just bc bigger number

[deep sapphire]

alderlake was a genuinely good CPU

[deep sapphire]

plus supposedly they had extremely high failure rates

[hard drift]

intel is prone to these issues

[hazy frost]

Intel has been falling off for a while and alder lake was just a fluke fr

[sly elk]

z590 only

[hard drift]

My statement stands 🔫

[sharp star]

the duality of man

[sly elk]

i couldn't make this shit up if i tried lmao

i bought another usb-c to hdmi adapter that promises better mac support with a firmware update

so I plug it into my mac work laptop and of course it won't drive my stupid fucking samsung monitor at full 7680x2160

no surprise

afaik anything other than an m2 max/m3 pro won't support it in mac land because apple's a fucking asshole

supposedly the firmware update sidesteps that

but the firmware update requires a windows machine

so I plug it into my desktop and boot into windows

well windows doesn't like this usb-c adapter lmao 😄

basically it just sits on the windows boot logo and that's that lmao

windows actually starts up fine

oh nvm

this one's actually my own fault

i disabled the onboard graphics because when onboard+gpu are present steam takes forever to launch

HOLY SHIT THE FIRMWARE WORKED

I can actually run my monitor at 7160x2180 on my work mac with the adapter now

fuuuuuck sweeeet!!!!

lmao it lets me drive it at 8k as well

surprised the monitor accepts 8k lmao

hnng this is so nice

no more fiddling with settings yay

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/08/mac-mini-to-become-smallest-ever-apple-computer/

IT BETTER BE THINNER TOO

just give it 4 usb-c plugs and make the thing the size of a pcmcia card lmao

[golden stream]

AYO SMOL BOI

[modern iris]

How the hell do these things not combust from heat buildup?

I don't see how you can pack that much power in such a small space and not have it explode. Where's the cooling? Where do they put the power supply? How does it get airflow? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS!

[sly elk]

coincidentally i realized that my gpu/motherboard get along better with my 57" monitor when connected via hdmi

so I guess i'll be retiring the cable matter dp kvm lol

[sly elk]

what, mac minis?

[modern iris]

Yes.

[sly elk]

the apple silicon ones don't really produce heat lol

and they're mostly empty space inside

that said

at one point you could buy a mac mini with the exact same chassis and an i7 8700 jammed inside

oh wut

This model is powered by a 14 nm, 64-bit "8th Generation" Intel Mobile Core i7 "Coffee Lake" (I7-8700B) processor which includes six independent processor "cores" on a single silicon chip. Each core has a dedicated 256k level 2 cache, shares 12 MB of level 3 cache, and has an integrated memory controller (dual channel).

wonder if an 8700b is undervolted

they did have a decent size vent

but it's just an exhaust vent lol. idk how they took air in

the bottom cap that goes over that is solid plastic

OH

The air inlet on the Mac Mini (2018) is located on the bottom. If you look closely at the circular plastic disc, you'll see that there's a gap between that and the metal part of the computer. This is the air inlet!

still funny because people would toss nh-d15s on the 8700k LOL

[modern iris]

huh- neat.

[sly elk]

to be fair the person using a nh-d15 on an 8700k would find the temperatures that 8700b in the mac mini would probably run... scandalous

[modern iris]

what's an nh-d15?

[sly elk]

a very large noctua cpu cooler

never held one but from the pictures i'd guess it's like a mac-mini-sized-cube LOL

[modern iris]

oh jeez

[odd sand]

Reminded of that early futurama episode where Amy has a phone that's like 2 inches by 1 inch big (That was when phones were getting smaller and smaller shortly before smartphones came out)

[sly elk]

hehe 😄

i liked the tiny phones, but you can get tiny smartphones tooooo

but they're kinda crap

[odd sand]

Doesn't get much more of a wonder device than when the StarTAC was first released:

oh baby

[sly elk]

they were so cool

the original ones were especially cool

they also had a dock so you could charge them like cordless phones

[odd sand]

I remember being a kid and seeing them at the store and being amazed they worked while being so small

When you had something this size as a home phone:

Had really good range for it's time, ngl. As a test I walked down the road with it and was a solid 100m from the base station before it started cutting out.

[inland mauve]

god it is so fucking stupid that Youtube won't let you change the thumbnail on shorts

a good thumbnail makes so much difference and I always have shit luck with the auto-generated one

there is just no reason not to allow it

fine guess ill make a tiny edit to the video tonight and reupload it a third time and hope for a better thumbnail this time

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aVa7qVKUHI

the official theme of #technology-discussion

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr_csTu07B0

[dire viper]

I love Dave, he will chop up any car

[sharp star]

so apparently PSVR2 works on PC without the adapter

Your GPU has to have VirtualLink and if it does, you can just plug it in directly

[sly elk]

lol i used a month of allowance to buy a cordless phone at some point

[sly elk]

and then a few years later cadillac swapped the location of the climate control and the cruise control LOL

actually i think the car pictured might be that one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-amAN9g5CFk&t=497s
this dude rambles on for a long time about it but uhhh yeah

[odd sand]

There has to be some guidance online of how to trick it into picking a certain section or something

[inland mauve]

I really don't understand how it decides what to show, I'll have two videos that are exactly the same and the only difference is that one has semi-transparent black boxes behind the text so it's more legible, and the algorithm picks two completely different thumbnails

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/GY5qOUSGQQY?si=nlkaZTpUl0AxDeh2

I want a Corrado :C

they are expensive af now

cause it was the expensive Volkswagen when it was being produced so not that high of sales numbers

[sly elk]

yuck

[dire viper]

:C

https://youtu.be/lTH0OouvdjA?si=Sna5iTbcu6ArlI5Y also the T.50S Niki Lauda is nuts

you can tell its just hauling pure ass up that hill

also the insane exhaust overrun

it must just dump as much fuel as possible into the engine, tbf it does rev to 11.5k

[sly elk]

https://old.reddit.com/r/LGR/comments/1ejijtl/i_found_the_original_800k_disk_version_of/

[hazy frost]

I saw this one go up the hill on the weekend

It’s funny how cars like that look average at that event tho lol

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/LUrNcI2Z7EA?si=XBk8lDDDd8-fJuEc

[lime wasp]

Alright so tech folks;

A few days ago I started getting errors while using my browser that said they were possibly related to memory/install issues where the page or the browser would crash and restart.

I also started having my GPU program (Adrenalin) and my fan/RGB (iCue) program either not starting at launch properly or not fully working without having to quit and restart then.

My CPU (7800x3D) also started randomly having the temp spike from like 55 to 73/83 while just using the internet or doing minor things like opening Steam.

Then a couple of my games would crash either during gameplay or when trying to exit.

I followed MS's troubleshooting and tried to run the Windows Mem Diagnostic, but it crashed. I tried it again but it reported no issues. I Then went into Safe Mode, did the whole SFC/DSKCHK thing which reported nothing. Just to be safe I used DDU to uninstall my GPU drivers and did a fresh reinstall and update.

For a day it seemed fine but the browser crashes came back, and then thus morning while trying to play some CP2077 my comp freaks out, the lights on stuff turn red and iCue says it's in Failsafe mode because the CPU is overheating. It doesn't crash and kept running everything but I just held the power button force shutdown.

Any ideas?

[real edge]

what cooler do you have on your cpu

have you enabled ECO mode for your CPU in the bios?

[lime wasp]

A corsair 360 AIO

[real edge]

well have you checked that your cooler works properly

also

enable ECO mode for your CPU in the bios

[lime wasp]

Its been working fine for months

[real edge]

somethings not working now

check it

just in case

and enable eco mode

[lime wasp]

Okay, let's go with the hypothetical and say that doesn't work - what would be next?

[real edge]

depends on what does not work

if its the pump or the water you can replace them

etc

[sly elk]

if the cpu is overheating then either your cooler came loose or the pump died or something

it's not unheard of for the pump to die, but corsair coolers usually have 5 year warranties, so there's at least that

[deep sapphire]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-owner-catches-car-and-house-on-fire-after-plugging-directly-into-power-line

what the fuck hahaha

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLpAinbL8vA

[hazy frost]

i agree with most of it but zen5 and the rx7600 and to a lesser degree 7700xt werent rly bad launches

the only real thing you were getting that beat the gpus was from inconsistent sales of last gen lol

7900xt and xtx sucked and so did the 7900x3d and 7950x3d

[odd talon]

Alright, what's a good cheap drawing tablet to get

Saw a wireless wacom under $100

[sly elk]

the only thing not bougie in that setup is the mac mini lol

that's even like a $1500 audio interface

actually that's not a ua apollo like i thought it was

idk what it is

[sly elk]

oh here we go

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/08/almost-unfixable-sinkclose-bug-affects-hundreds-of-millions-of-amd-cpus/

time for AMD to take an L, too

[royal forge]

[dire viper]

Simply don’t go to sus websites or click on links in discord

[sly elk]

sus

[sly elk]

never seen that logo before lol

[wraith agate]

Lmao

So where does this leave us

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/renge-shrug-non-non-biyori-idk-duck-face-gif-9724581

apple silicon? the qualcomm shit?

some kinda mips?

[wraith agate]

clearly we need to start growing our own CPUs

[lost python]

Any cheap Wacom or huion will do the job at that price

[odd talon]

Ye, that is the plan

[hazy frost]

Don’t forget about the pen holder

[hazy frost]

Tbf this one is like basically a non issue for consumers it’s not like they’re spontaneously combusting

You have to already fuck up by giving someone access to your computer already as they said

The title seems somewhat misleading to scare people lol

[pine thistle]

that's unfortunately how you get clicks

[hazy frost]

Yeah I mean just compared to the Intel headlines that are actually mostly just the problem

[sharp star]

Honestly this sounds like a day that ends in Y? This requires physical access to hardware and Intel's issues are much more serious due to the fact that:

• They have been known for at least two years but have not been publicly disclosed them until the last few months
• Intel does not have a clear path for remediation and has screwed up customer support over the course of this bullshit
• Intel unwilling or unable to provide date code ranges has eroded a lot of trust and, frankly speaking, caused more FUD than a vulnerability that won't affect most AMD end users

[wraith agate]

I won't buy that

unless the article lies about hundreds of millions then I wouldn't call it an everyday thing

most of them are probably workplace computers at multimillion dollar companies but that doesn't mean users aren't affected

[inland mauve]

well as people already pointed out, you already need nearly full access to the machine to exploit this

[wraith agate]

hmm

[dire viper]

In the grand scope of things, everything has a global exploit

Nothing is safe if you click a funny link

[hazy frost]

if u let a random person get access to any personal computer and do that i mean i just blame u at that point

[odd sand]

Probably bc that looks to be like a 386 from 35 years ago

Looking at the wiki for Pentium and it's wild the perf bonuses they were getting in those early years.

100mhz Mar 94
120mhz Mar 95
133 Jun 95
166 Jan 96
200 Jun 96
300 May 97
450 Jan 98

[sly elk]

crowdstrike already makes machines the safest possible way... unusable

[dire viper]

lmao

[sly elk]

so i'm going to home depot to buy another power tool today

.... and it's a ryobi this time because the milwaukee one costs too much lol

[dire viper]

cheap tools or bust

I know race techs that use harbor freight shit exclusively lmao

cause they have to modify tools so much they just dont commit to buying nice ones

[sly elk]

the ryobi one comes with a battery and my store has it on clearance for 134 lol

[dire viper]

I kinda wanna carbon fiber out my car cause the E46 has been around so long its cheaper than OEM plastic moldings but also I dont wanna deal with damaged carbon fiber that I cant just duct tape

never know when ur gonna eat a rock inside the brake cooling duct and explode the carbon

[sly elk]

and I coul;dn't go tool-only because the stupid milwaukee one is m12 instead of m18 so

hehehe

[dire viper]

bruh

[sly elk]

uhg

also carbon fiber looks like ass when used too much and like

idk

[dire viper]

its cause its mostly fake carbon fiber

[sly elk]

there was a guy at work that had a gla in that matte silvergrey paint job

[dire viper]

and gloss instead of matte

[sly elk]

and fake carbon fiber everywhere

[dire viper]

idfk why people like gloss carbon

it looks really bad next to any paint

[sly elk]

that car reminded me of crocks

[dire viper]

matte finish looks way better

[sly elk]

those car-uvs always gave me 'crocs' vibes

but that one somehow did it worse because of the matte paint and the stick on cf

[dire viper]

😭

[sly elk]

the only thing worse than stick-on cf

is stick-on chrome b pillars

[dire viper]

Mercedes Owners trying to make their new car look good (the design itself is bad there is no saving it)

there is a reason why the SLS is still so expensive

its just a retro car in modern skin

same with the Ford GT

[sly elk]

i have never seen stick on pillar covers look good lmao

[dire viper]

oh true

[sly elk]

aesthetically the other one that looks terrible

[dire viper]

whats kinda funny is that 911's come standard with chrome window trim but very few cars are sold with it

all of the look packages replace it with black trim

[sly elk]

chrome window trim is fine

hell I think chrome looks better than black 90% of the time

but I have unconventional taste ya know 😉

i'm like an old man hahahahha

i like chrome and the polished aluminum look

[dire viper]

997 911 in Macadamia Brown

there is a local one of these with chrome window trim and it makes it stand out way more

[dire viper]

yuh

I have to replace the aluminum trim inside my car tho

its all scratched too deeply to buff out and also it gets SUPER hot in the summer

i burnt my arm on it

[sly elk]

yeaaa

[dire viper]

oh soon we will get the CSL's in the US

https://youtu.be/0NJkUqXBJJ4?si=vNGeutslHIR7JnOn

Coupe Sport Lightweight

this has the funny humongous carbon intake that costs a few grand to get a reproduction of

[sharp star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOvJAHhQKZg what the shit is this microcode update