technology-discussion

[real edge]

before it got fucked

[odd sand]

ic

[real edge]

and she constantly complained about how slow it was haha

2gb ram and whatever that thing came out with in 2020

[odd sand]

Well that's not going to be any better with a 600 series snapdragon but...

[real edge]

I am open to listening to alternatives but she said she did not want a samsung because her Exes all had one and she does not want to be reminded of them

I did tell her ofc that for the price they were decent but she did not want to even after understanding my PoV cause of her stress thinking about her exes

there is not a lot of choice

in that price range tbh

[odd sand]

Weird association, but it is what it is I suppose.

[real edge]

other phones around the same price have mediatek processors

like the helio and the dimensity

tho I am not sure if they are better or worse than the 695

[hazy frost]

How much are the older iPhone SEs now

Even the ones that have bad processors feel snappier than the equivalent android phones just by nature

Imo

[real edge]

what is the name of one?

[hazy frost]

Wdym

[real edge]

I just want sth to search on this price aggregator

to check price

[hazy frost]

iPhone SE ideally 3rd generation but 2nd gen is probably still decent

The iPhone 8/X is also a similar price here but idk about other countries

[odd sand]

If you debloat the androids they're better tho. You can uninstall or disable a lot of extras, turn off push notifications for apps it's not necessary for to save battery etc.

Some people like speeding up the animations as well in the developer menu

[hazy frost]

U can do that but I’m assuming they’re not as technologically knowledgeable as some people

[real edge]

everything I see is 460+ euro here

[hazy frost]

Unfortunate

[pine thistle]

Don't think anybody outside the US even uses SMS anymore

[hazy frost]

Sucks they should be cheaper than that

[odd sand]

Ah, they all use signal or whatsapp in EU I take it?

[hazy frost]

I genuinely haven’t used it out of choice in years

[real edge]

mom uses viber

[hazy frost]

Whatsapp is popular in pretty much every country I know of in Western Europe

[pine thistle]

same

[hazy frost]

Especially here

[pine thistle]

the green/blue bubble thing is funny to watch from the outside tho

[hazy frost]

Yeah I didn’t even know people were still mad at that bc it’s an American problem

Everyone’s been using WhatsApp exclusively for the last 7 years here

Probably longer

[odd sand]

It is a little odd to me for the default choice to be a vendor lockin type rather than RCS. Usually the EU prefers the open standards]

[real edge]

the only complaints about the oneplus nord ce 3 lite is its price of 300pounds or euro or sth but since its 166 now that complaint gets thrown out of the window

[hazy frost]

Yeah it’s not bad

[pine thistle]

you can always switch messengers tho, not a whole lot of lockin

[hazy frost]

It won’t be fast especially on android with that processor but it is what it is

Their OS isn’t super bloated as it comes anyway

As far as modern phones go

[real edge]

not any better for that or similar price point I am guessing?

[hazy frost]

Probably hard to find

I’d just get that

[pine thistle]

and RCS is relatively new isn't it? WhatsApp was just faster

[hazy frost]

Unless u wait for more sales

Can’t expect too much for £166

[dire viper]

@deep sapphire @potent arrow the parts manager brought his GTO

Aka Holden Monaro

[deep sapphire]

Hell yeah

[dire viper]

I want one so bad :(

[modest moss]

SMS is still used heavily in the UK, lol

[deep sapphire]

does android still make you call a number to check your voicemails

I do NOT miss that

[deep sapphire]

the last car they ever made and it was the best car

[dire viper]

G8 XP?

[deep sapphire]

GXP yeah

full fat 6.2 LS3 engine matted to a 6 speed manual

https://tenor.com/view/catalina-boy-band-steve-rambo-mmmh-oh-shit-i-am-sorry-gif-22942763

[hard drift]

THOSE WERE HORRIBLE TIMES 😭

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/8FQ_q5EnC5U?si=Svdhu2x6bdk6RDpp @potent arrow DB12 review from the Canadians

[deep sapphire]

PLEASE ENTER YOUR PASSCODE THEN PRESS # or whatever lmao

YOU HAVE 3 NEW VOICEMAILS, YOU HAVE 5 WHICH ARE DUE FOR DELETION

“Shut upppppp!!!”

[hard drift]

lmao yeah it was so fucking awful

especially when my parents set that shit up back in the day and i never remembered the code so i just ignored it 😭

[deep sapphire]

Haha

I don’t even answer the phone anymore, if it’s important they’ll leave a voicemail

Too many scams

[hard drift]

did you register on the no call list?

ever since doing that i never really receive scams anymore

[deep sapphire]

Oh I didn’t know that was a thing I thought you had to tell them that

[hard drift]

you have to tell them if you're not on the list

https://www.donotcall.gov/

[deep sapphire]

Oh nice

Thanks

[hard drift]

takes 31 days to fully kick in but it for sure works

i used to get the fucking calls all the damn time

[deep sapphire]

Yeah you’ll get random calls from towns you never even heard of like fuck off lmao

[hard drift]

now the only calls i get are inquiries about a catering company because we are number buddies 😭

[dire viper]

TLDR; it’s one of the best modern sports/touring cars ever made

[deep sapphire]

why does ford offer like 10 different engines in their trucks lmao

2.7, 3.0, 3.3, 3.5 eco, 3.5 non eco, 3.5 powerboost, 5.0, 5.0 supercharged

[hazy frost]

In 1 truck?

Or is that across the whole range

[dire viper]

That’s just the F-150

Which doesn’t get the diesels

The most abominable combination of ford pickup is an F-350 full bed King Ranch 6.7

You’ll never see those off-road

They’re absolutely giant

[deep sapphire]

yeah just the F-150 lmao

[hazy frost]

Incredible

[deep sapphire]

and the 2.7 ecoboost is wildly different than the 3.5 ecoboost in how they are made

[hazy frost]

Who tf wants the 2.7 anyway

In an f150

[deep sapphire]

the 2.7 actually looks like a good engine

I dunno it gets 400 lbs ft of torque

thats not bad

and 24 MPG

[hazy frost]

3.5 eco should just be the default idk why there’s so many

Crazy

[deep sapphire]

3.5 I guess still has some bad reliability issues

[hazy frost]

Didn’t think it was that bad

[deep sapphire]

(im not a ford guy so its just what ive been reading)

chevy really doesnt offer much for engine choices you have 4 options, 2 of them are unreliable turds and one gets embarassingly bad fuel economy for being a 4 cylinder

5.3 V8 is still decent and gets 22 MPG which is really good for a V8 engine

[hazy frost]

5.3 v8 getting 22mpg in that truck is pretty good

[deep sapphire]

they have some crazy cylinder deactivation that can drop it down to as low as 2 cylinders

[hazy frost]

Most impressive v8 fuel economy I’ve ever seen from an American company

[hazy frost]

8.2

[deep sapphire]

when its that low gotta add the decimal

[hazy frost]

Tbf that’s what the German v8 in the c5 rs6 outside gets lol

8-25

[deep sapphire]

Corvettes get insanely good highway MPG

[hazy frost]

Though the American ones is more the fact they make like 150hp and still get 8mpg

[deep sapphire]

its not unheard of for them to get 34 MPG

low end torque engine with thin wedge shape it just cruises down at like 900 RPM lmao

[hazy frost]

Highway yeah probably 30 in the rs6

No ones driving those cars sensibly all the time anyway

[deep sapphire]

yeah

[hazy frost]

Atl u can I guess

[deep sapphire]

if you are buying a performance car I dont think you care about MPG all that much

because whatever it says on the sticker you arent getting with that lead foot

😂

[hazy frost]

If you can afford the car and maintenance u can probably afford fuel

Or u made a very bad financial decision

Apparently the LC500 gets over 30mpg highway as well

And the RC F

Which is pretty good compared to the German equivalents

Even tho official says 22mpg or something

[sly elk]

https://fordauthority.com/2022/06/ford-bronco-2-7l-v6-ecoboost-engine-failures-explained-exclusive/

[deep sapphire]

my brother has a 2.7 eco boost in his fusion and hasnt had any problems maybe they have slight variations in the applications? who knows

or maybe its just ford is shit

[deep sapphire]

https://youtube.com/shorts/DrpCcCoFi2E?si=3F8ALiwL_o3iWNRk

[sly elk]

maybe the 2.7 is fine and they had a bad run in the bronco

or bad gearing

[potent arrow]

I'm driving this into a ditch

[dire viper]

Hell yea

It’ll be the first one totaled

[deep sapphire]

https://youtube.com/shorts/MjBfx-Ur0tw?si=7oy-_5MDKsfRrk_w

[sly elk]

I should hook my bluetooth odb thingie up to my Jeep lol

Nothing wrong with it

Curious what it would say

[deep sapphire]

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-4090d-discontinued-next-month-in-preparation-for-next-gen-rtx-5090-5090d-gpus/

[dire viper]

@deep sapphire @sly elk jaguar can be cool!

Supercharged 5 liter V8 that makes 590hp and 520ft lbs

it and the AMG GT63S are almost identical lap times around the nurburgring

Jag is 7:23.164, the AMG is 7:23.009

technically the Jag is faster cause the Jag did a full lap that includes an extra 600 feet of nurburgring

so if you correct the AMG is lacking

the AMG does have two extra seats tho lmao

and doesnt come with a role cage

this is what the charger scat pack should have been, minus the removing rear seats lmao

an actual good performance package

with good suspension, added aero and good power

[modest moss]

Jags have been cool for decades

[dire viper]

true

but also in the UK the old jags are like

50-100k cheaper lmao

Jaguar E-Types are crazy cheap in the UK, while in the US they're very expensive

E-Type is peak car

https://youtu.be/60YxHE3pXfk?si=FgfM2coDvvjYWRRr

I will say that since Ford sold Jaguar to Tata Motors, Jaguar reliability and overall quality has skyrocketed over the last decade and a half

so much so that both Rovers are the worst globally lmao

Jaguar used to be in that same group but gahdamn are they actually nice now

[sly elk]

who ever said jaguar wasn't cool?

https://tenor.com/view/jaaaag-gif-19266466

[dire viper]

they've not been cool for a hot minute

the Project 8 is a few years old but I remembered it existed cause its insanely rare

200k base price, a lot of money for the track pack that deletes the rear seats

it is kinda cool tho that since it was a JAG nobody that was cringe bought it

most of the buyers were in the same segment as aston martin coupe buyers lmao

buy a car to hoon it

well tbf thers also the XJ220

but those uh

tbf they did build it to go GT1 racing so very expensive

@sly elk Jaguar F-Type Project 7

I love the raised back behind the seats

it only comes with a rain fly that goes over your head, no actual top

[sly elk]

looks like it's only the driver's seat

it'd be funny if the passenger one was retractable for more aero

[dire viper]

some of them have it on both sides

[sly elk]

but yeaaaaa

[dire viper]

tbf they only made 250 of them so im sure they were very customizable

[sly elk]

"I just bought a jaguar" sounds way the fuck cooler than "I just bought a BMW"

[dire viper]

most recent auction sale on a Project 7 was 148k

[dire viper]

depends on both cars

[sly elk]

well yea

i mean

[dire viper]

if you just bought a BMW 507 I would wonder how you have so much money

[sly elk]

-gets out an x-type-

the queen sure liked hers though lol

[dire viper]

5 mil in BMW's

[sly elk]

that is

[dire viper]

507's are sitting around the 2~2.5 million range now

[sly elk]

too good looking to be a bmw

[dire viper]

in house design iirc

directly post war

[sly elk]

it looks italian

[dire viper]

they only made 252 507's cause it was so fucking expensive post war

[sly elk]

admittedly

[dire viper]

literally. the 507 and Isetta were being produced at the same time

[sly elk]

the front grille stil isn't that pretty nor the surrounds of the headlights LOL

but the rest is gorgeous

[dire viper]

they made 161,728 license built Isetta's

but only 252 507's

the 507 bankrupted them iirc

but post war every company got bailed out by the German gov/American gov

[dire viper]

ye

do you know whats funny

it was Albrecht Goertz who designed the 507, the same guy who claims to have designed the 911, the Toyota 2000GT and a few other cars that he had nothing to do with

the Toyota 2000GT was cause he consulted Nissan for a car they never built that had its tech carried over from Yamaha

Yamaha basically designs an entire car for Nissan, it was too expensive for them, then Toyota was like "hey we have a lot more money yamaha lets keep doing that" which spawned the 2000GT, and the stuff that Nissan had left over is what spawned the 240Z/Fairlady Z

the 2000GT was basically a Jaguar E-Type with admittedly way superior build quality and visual looks

IT LOOKS SO GOOOOOD

id just buy a new car

240Z

[sly elk]

https://timculpan.substack.com/p/apple-mobile-processors-are-now-made

https://tenor.com/view/america-hurricane-happy4th-of-july-america-flag-independence-day-gif-21259025

[deep sapphire]

thats pretty neat

[iron ridge]

class on creating and administering networks

and then lynux desktop

https://tenor.com/view/tux-linux-tux-my-beloved-heart-locket-tux-heart-locket-gif-25296405

[sly elk]

it's only a small amount of them

[red ether]

I'm about to get a pc and not sure of which to get

[tawdry bone]

2000gt is so beautiful. I wanted to get a 240z or 280z for cheaps and LS swap it.

[real edge]

the 4060ti is trash

stay away from it

are you sure you want a prebuilt?

[red ether]

It's my first one so i'm just gonna buy it prebuilt since that's easier and less work for me

I can always upgrade later

[real edge]

prebuilts are for ppl with a lot of money usually

the premium for prebuilts is high

well I assume you are US

[red ether]

What pc would you recommend? Lots of those i was asking said 4060 was fine

[real edge]

you are absolutely sure that you want a prebuilt? also what is your budget

[red ether]

Around $1000-$1200
Building it myself leaves alot of room for error and i am NOT confident in myself to do that

[real edge]

ohh uhh....

for that money you wont get anything good out of a prebuilt

[red ether]

It should be fine for casual gaming right? Like baldurs gate and stuff

[real edge]

for that budget you are better off buying the parts yourself and going to a local mom n pop repair shop and asking them to build it for you

[red ether]

I can look into it more, what parts would you recommend

[real edge]

from scratch I assume?

you do not have anything?

[red ether]

Nope

[real edge]

ill build one for you on pcpartpicker

[red ether]

Thank you

[real edge]

do you have a monitor...?

[red ether]

Yes, ordered one a couple days ago

[real edge]

cool

based on the pins here?

[sly elk]

the nice thing about picking the parts out yourself is you can pick which style case, motherboard, gpu, etc you want

[real edge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/w32L6D

let me know if you can afford this

[red ether]

Maybe a little less, around 1200 at most. I like newegg bc they have zip and it let's me get higher priced stuff over time

[sly elk]

do.. you have a microcenter nearby? XD

[red ether]

This place? No i do not

[sly elk]

sadness

[real edge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/snQnWt

[sly elk]

fwiw

[red ether]

Hm, yea thats manageable

Ok ill save that and think over my options

[real edge]

much better than what ud get out of a prebuilt

[red ether]

If need be, i could also see if anyone nearby builds pcs and how much they charge

Thank you

[sly elk]

these haven't been great lately but
https://old.reddit.com/r/buildapcsales/new/
and of course
https://slickdeals.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=9
if you don't mind taking a little time and hunting around

you might be able to save a few bucks

like off the top of my head

[red ether]

It says there are incompatibilities with the motherboard

[real edge]

id recommend that, as they usually charge far less than the prebuilt premium

there are none

[sly elk]

the case and cooler are pretty much as cheap as you can get xD

[real edge]

just tell them to flash the latest bios

[red ether]

Oh ok

[sly elk]

but you can sometimes get those power supplies for closer to $100

(wooo a whole $18)

[red ether]

Alright i have much more to think about now, but i do think its worth getting my moneys worth when spending so much

So again, thank you alot

[real edge]

[red ether]

Gonna save these too

[real edge]

also

you can go to https://old.reddit.com/r/buildapc/

and ask there and link my build

[sly elk]

those cheap fractal cases really are cheap as they come LOL, but they are still a lot nicer than anything you'd get from msi/asus/dell/whoever

[real edge]

to see if theres anything better than what I gave

build-wise

make a thread telling you are building a pc and that you are completely new and tell them a friend gave you a build and link them mine and ask if theres anything better for your 1200$ budget

they should also be able to give you some opinions

[red ether]

Ill go do that now then

Really glad i decided to ask around before buying

[real edge]

[sly elk]

i hope you find some excitement in it 🙂

[sly elk]

i like this random build i saw on /r/battlestations

[tawdry bone]

Fancy

I wanna build an aquarium pc

[golden stream]

U mean submerge the whole PC into an aquarium?

[sly elk]

i alreadyhave a fancy case

i don't think i'd get much if i sold it and i'd feel sorry to anyway

[hazy frost]

That’s overpriced still

[hazy frost]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/V83XgB

Under $1200

[real edge]

asrock GPUs tend to be mediocre

[hazy frost]

No they don’t

None of them have had any issues

In recent times

They all perform the same worst case it gets like 5° hotter

U can spend $10 more for the powercolor one if u really want to

[real edge]

I chose mobo based off of this

(and price)

[hazy frost]

Pro rs is up there for the price

The others are like $40-50 more

[real edge]

pg lightning is 149

[hazy frost]

Said it’s $170 when I looked

[real edge]

huh

[hazy frost]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/NgjQFs

This then

[lost python]

noise is another factor and asrock is... in the middle. not bad, not great. not a terrible choice if some fan noise doesnt bother you though. id much rather take them than asus

[hazy frost]

But you’ll need a wifi card if u use the pg lightning

Or use Ethernet

Bc it doesn’t have built in wifi

[hazy frost]

Yeah I mean they’re all pretty quiet bc the cooling is overkill on the modern cards anyway

It’s not like any of them are horrendous if they’re full size cards

[lost python]

also jfc, the pop air is this cheap in the US?

[hazy frost]

Yeah

Crazy price

The 7600 being $182 is also insane

[lost python]

its like 80-90€ over here

[hazy frost]

Same

In the UK it’s normally like the g360a or phanteks XT pro that’s cheap

[lost python]

[real edge]

there were some stuff I could have cut down on

looking back

[sick mountain]

I got same one but black lol it looks like

[real edge]

I still do not know about the 7600

you have an upgrade path but its not that great

[hazy frost]

7600 is as fast as the 5700x3d in 99% of games

Unless the game specifically cares about the extra cache

Like msfs

[real edge]

I cut down on the mobo and ram and put it into the GPU

when I made the 5700 list

[hazy frost]

The gpu i used is just as good as the 4070 super anyway

U could still put the 4070 super in it would be like $1230

Going AM5 is only $35 more overall accounting for all costs

So it’s worth it

Extreme case but

7600 is equal or a bit better

[lost python]

btw if the budget can be stretched, i would recommend adding another 40$ for a better SSD, because the MP33 is not very fast and doesnt come with dram either.
the SN770 for example would be a good alternative
https://pcpartpicker.com/product/YVytt6/western-digital-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds100t3x0e

[hazy frost]

I already changed it to the Z440

[lost python]

ah

[real edge]

feel free to ping the guy btw

[hazy frost]

I realised they could afford a better one under $1200

@red ether https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LQsfJy

Ignore the other links I sent earlier just this one lol

Site is acting up on my phone and not showing some products when I filter by price

[lost python]

really solid rig actually for that price. im glad we are back to having the ability to build really good gaming pcs for less than 1500

[real edge]

https://www.cybenetics.com/evaluations/psus/2451/

same model just a bit more watts

just viewed it for the review

[hazy frost]

Why spend more money for wattage u don’t need atp

[real edge]

no

I just added the link for the review

cause its the same model being reviewed

just for a bit more watt

seems okay

[hazy frost]

Ah

They’re made with seasonic

So they’re good

They’re slightly better than the focus GX ones

[real edge]

https://www.cybenetics.com/evaluations/psus/2433/

was thinking about this one

for 20 bucks more

a bit better quality

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/R7jQFs like this with the nvidia gpu or the GRE GPU from AMD

[hazy frost]

That uses a promo to be cheap so it’s actually $115 for the psu

And the motherboard doesn’t have wifi built in on that one

So you might have to get an adaptor if u don’t have Ethernet

[real edge]

promos smh

[hazy frost]

U can turn them off in filters

I’d just get the c750 otherwise bc it still leaves u with 300w of headroom with the 4070 and 7600

Unless u can be bothered to actually do the mail in rebate lmao

[zinc sluice]

opening obs + ff16 demo kills my pc performance, 13700k 3070, what the hell

FIXED IT

POGGERS

[red ether]

Found a place nearby that will build the pc for $150, is that a fair price?

[real edge]

fair enough in the US

look at the pings as well

[red ether]

Pings?

Oh

[real edge]

my latest one or the one by waffle

[red ether]

Yea he sent one for 1211,
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LQsfJy

[real edge]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/R7jQFs

or

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LQsfJy

the difference is

the GPU

DLSS is a mighty customer

but it comes at a small premium

whether that premium is worth it

is up to you

look at reviews

hardware unboxed and stuff

and decide

@red ether choose between the two I linked

[red ether]

Thank you. Gonna go through those now. Amazon says the fractal case isnt available so ill look for it on newegg or another site

[inland mauve]

uggh I hate the update to the Dialogue Leveler in DaVinci so much

my voice track was FINE before, it worked flawlessly

but now it is all over the place

[odd sand]

Big deal, plenty of farmers have a Lambo engine in theirs /s

[dire viper]

Well Lamborghini tractors is still around also

[odd sand]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-the-joke-ranier-wolfcastle-mc-bain-the-simpsons-stand-up-comedy-gif-4372917

[deep sapphire]

Haha

[hard drift]

OH YEAH HANK i forgot to tell you apple is sneaky in they don't tell you it's been shipped until closer to/on launch day 😭 i checked ups my choice and i have a tracking number for it through that now

[deep sapphire]

shipped into someone else's car by now

[hard drift]

i've been here randomly lol

i mainly just lurk

[deep sapphire]

sometimes?

windows is always shit

which is why I dont feel bad for only paying 3 dollars for it

[hard drift]

you paid for it? 😎

[deep sapphire]

new build

[hard drift]

just get the free version and then go into registry and turn off the watermark lol

[deep sapphire]

I dont want any microsoft products

[hard drift]

how's that microsoft game going

[deep sapphire]

I knew you would say that

[hard drift]

[deep sapphire]

go back to lurking

little SHIT

[hard drift]

FUCK YOU

wait what

he's been an nvidia shill from the beginning smh

hank wishes he was manly

[deep sapphire]

bidori doesnt even play any games

[hard drift]

???

i have been playing sf6 ty very much

got to plat 4 yesterday

[deep sapphire]

SF6 looks worse than WoW

[hard drift]

that's bait

[deep sapphire]

maybe trade that 4090 in

for a 1060

street fighter

[hard drift]

no thanks

lots of people

[deep sapphire]

SF6

the first SF is a terrible game

[hazy frost]

All fighting games suck

Unless u have 8 hours a day to sweat them out

[hard drift]

nah, you can get by with 1-2

[deep sapphire]

I WANNA TAKE YOU FOR A RIDE

[hard drift]

i get by with 30 mins - 2 hours

[hazy frost]

I’m just gonna play FFXVI now

I’ve waited so long

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htMbe7tG6Sc

I had Keen V as a kid

good game

[sly walrus]

odd way of spelling third strike

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yit3pwxzPQ

[sly walrus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIuPyIs4S4c

[dire viper]

Wow I can’t believe street fighter invented jazz

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OppBvKG9KoU

[sly walrus]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-groove-party-dance-gif-19141274

[deep sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/street-fighter-dudley-rose-throw-rose-sean-gif-17390356

gutter trash

[sly walrus]

let's fight
like gentlemen

[sly walrus]

he says that to chun li

[deep sapphire]

there was some youtuber that made some really cool remixes

[sly walrus]

guile really be like "you will transition now"

[deep sapphire]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQb4RcIAnfQ

found it

so good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axibQV5YsOk

[deep sapphire]

That’s pretty nuts that you can have media playing almost all day

[hazy frost]

I mean u could have it playing almost all day with last gen’s stuff too

What’s more surprising is that the pixel battery finally doesn’t absolutely suck

[hard drift]

Oh hell yeah

I made the right choice 🙏

[hard drift]

Where is this from?

I wanna see how much my 12 should be

[potent arrow]

@dire viper didn't die hopefully I have something to share next week

[dire viper]

Hell yea

[potent arrow]

hill climbing is hard on a car you barely know .-.

[dire viper]

Lmao

At least you didn’t crash it

I’m assuming it was fun when full throttle

[potent arrow]

yes

there was a straight away and I just floored it

the chase car kept up, I was impressed

[dire viper]

@random marlin I worked on this car, Brumos Racing Porsche 911 2.8 RSR, raced by some of the most important American race car drivers back in the early 70’s

Jerry Seinfeld now owns it

Sarah was flooring it in an Aston DB12

Funny 700 something hp V8

You’d fit

They’re big

All modern cars are

It’s the actual touring car Aston Martin so it’s luxo barge

Well yea

CLA

Yuh

I fit in most vintage sports cars and race cars and I’m 6 foot and 300lbs so lmao

The exception is the Lotus Elan and first gen Miata

Those are tiny tiny

But a Ferrari 308 GTB is easy peasy to fit in

The 308 GTB is way smaller than you’d think also

I think it’s the same footprint as a modern Miata but it’s mid engine with a V8

[potent arrow]

I had to use a 3 pointer so they let me use my bucket seat lol

big ass fucking car

[dire viper]

The best way to spend 90k on a car

I’m surprised these have stayed cheap

They’re such a great looking car

I find it funny when people spend like 180k on a new car and then talk about how they couldn’t afford a Ferrari, not understanding more than half of Ferraris cars have stayed under 150k

Same with Porsche, you can get a 6-10 year old 911 for under 60k USD easy

Not really

You can only insure with specialty insurance companies

So you’re main option is hagerty, which is extremely reasonable

Plus if you own a lot of cars you get discounts etc

The most expensive car you’ll see for insurance is a modern Rolls Royce

Anywhere from 900-2000 a month

That’s probably through a standard insurance company

Cause hagerty is the gold standard ngl

Especially with exotics

Probably not, they’re in the US, UK and parts of Europe

They specialize in performance and classic cars

But if you have a classic car on your policy you can throw any other car on just fine

I had a customer who had around 50 cars and they only paid about 20 bucks a month per car through hagerty but, ya know, discount for lots of cars

That included cars worth over 10 million

Cause funnily enough most super expensive old super cars are made using off the shelf parts lmao

McLaren F1’s can go for 70 million but have Nissan headlights and VW side mirrors

The coils for your Bugatti W16 engine are just VW coils so you can find the VW part number and they work

The only cars that really stand out on insurance pricing are homologation cars

Mercedes Benz 190E EVO II only had 500 cars made, most of the parts on it are unique cause race car

Oh another funny car is the Acura/Honda NSX

It’s more expensive to maintain than almost the entire Ferrari lineup cause Honda did not make a stockpile of parts for owners like Ferrari, Porsche or BMW would

When BMW made the Z8, they stockpiled 50 years worth of parts cause they knew it would be an instant classic

They were right, these have an average sale price of 200k USD

[hazy frost]

It also raises your premiums the most if u hit one lmao

Someone hit one here after like 2 weeks of driving and couldn’t get insured at all by like any company again

[dire viper]

Holy crap

[hazy frost]

I’ve seen less of these than any other ‘rare’ car tbh

[dire viper]

Z8’s were an immediate collector car

Most of them sit

The Alpina version is also crazy rare

[hazy frost]

I’ve seen more F1 GTRs than z8s

[dire viper]

I’ve never seen a Z8 but I’ve seen a Z1

[hazy frost]

lol

[dire viper]

Yep

I’ve seen 10 different Enzo’s, 7 959’s

No Z8’s

[hazy frost]

They just never leave collectors garages

No one takes them to shows or on the road

Sucks that people never drive a car meant to be driven like that

It’s not even crazy expensive compared to what some people drive but it’s just harder to get them

[dire viper]

The Z8 is a great driving car also lmao

It’s got an E39 M5 V8

Way better chassis

[hazy frost]

Yeah people should be driving them

But a lot of rare driving cars just sit in garages

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/bEMdU-Pmqzc?si=TFSas6SPACA9-BwK

[potent arrow]

ok

that

I need that

I want to drive that

give it to me

now

how much

[hazy frost]

A lot

200k+

[dire viper]

Average price of 200k USD

[hazy frost]

Depending on the example

[potent arrow]

DEATH

[hazy frost]

U can’t get one for less than like £170k here that I’ve seen

[potent arrow]

asdklajsdlk

[hazy frost]

lol

Those are pretty low mileage still

Especially 28k

18k miles is nothing

Probably bc someone’s kept it in a garage since 2003

[dire viper]

Yes

[hazy frost]

Some cars are cool but that still isn’t worth $260k in any world tbh

U can get a Z3M for about 15% of the price

[dire viper]

Z4M even

Which is a better drivers car

[hazy frost]

Yeah

[dire viper]

The S62 V8 has so much torque for how low weight the Z8 is it flings itself insanely fast so you’ll not get many chances to row the gears

[hazy frost]

Z3M still is kind of unique tho

[dire viper]

The Z4M has the S54 which requires some work to drive fast cause it’s temperamental

[hazy frost]

U don’t see that many

[dire viper]

Z3M Coupe

Clown shoe

[hazy frost]

Funny car

[dire viper]

I see a lot of Z3M’s here

[hazy frost]

I think they’re cool

Looks stupid tho

[dire viper]

There’s about 15-20 for sale

[hazy frost]

There’s a ton of Z4s here

Not many Z3Ms

[dire viper]

They sold pretty well in the US, the issue of finding a Z3M is picking a year cause it had 3 different engines

[hazy frost]

Z3Ms go for 25-40k and Z4 goes for like lower 10-25k

[dire viper]

S50, S52, S54 iirc?

[potent arrow]

If I got a beemer which should I ge

back up camera and carplay mandatory

[hazy frost]

I would buy neither of these cars and get an ND MX5

[hazy frost]

The new M5

It’s the lightest one yet

Should drive great

Don’t fact check this

[dire viper]

F10 M5 or the early M4

M4 looks good, F10 M5 is just a sedan with a 500 something horsepower twin turbo V8 that makes most purpose built sports cars shit themselves even around a track lmao

F10 M5 isn’t that heavy either for what it is

If you want cheap the E36 M3 is the gold standard, all the parts are dirt cheap on the North American cars

It doesn’t have those things but hey

Funny car

[potent arrow]

im buying a commuter

I need those things lol

I need powaha

[hazy frost]

My favourite would be the M340i touring

[dire viper]

An M5 then lol

[hazy frost]

Bc I like estate cars

[dire viper]

Or an M340i yea

We don’t get the touring in North America tho iirc

[hazy frost]

Oh sucks

They’re actually a decent price here

Almost 400hp stock estate car

For under 30k

With all the modern stuff you’d want

B58 is cool

[potent arrow]

m5 competition 2016 for 60k CAD

gimme

[dire viper]

Yea that works

[hazy frost]

Idk if that’s expensive for NA

[dire viper]

That’s an F10

Nah 60k for a comp is normal

If it’s for good history

You can get a base base 2014 M5 for like 25-30k

[hazy frost]

Oh ok

[dire viper]

With kinda meh history

[hazy frost]

The f10 comp here is a bit less

[dire viper]

Yuh

[hazy frost]

I never know which European cars are reasonable and which are priced completely differently in the US

Like when I told my friend in California I was looking at a TTRS and they’re like 40k over there lol

[potent arrow]

its 60K cad too

so worthless dollars

[hazy frost]

Yeah

They’re about £25k here tho bc UK

Idk American markets

I think u can make like 650-700hp out of those with just a stage 1 as well tho if u want power that’s easy

Fuel economy not so much lmao

Does the F10 M5 have CarPlay?

I thought it didn’t maybe I’m crazy

[dire viper]

Oh damn then that’s low, definitely check the history

But also, Tbf, RWD car with crazy boost and crazy torque

Not the best for Canadian winters

[hazy frost]

(M340i x drive)

It looks like u can get them in Canada actually

From my limited ability to check

It’s just as fast as a stock f10 but AWD a bit newer and lighter and smaller but the estate still has good space

[dire viper]

Yuh

[hazy frost]

I think there’s 2 generations with the B58 tho

[dire viper]

I wonder if they actually sell the touring in Canada

[hazy frost]

One is like 340hp ones 380

[hazy frost]

I think they do

[dire viper]

Cause in the US no tourings allowed cause they haven’t been homologated

Except for the new M5

[hazy frost]

Hm

[dire viper]

Canada has the same restrictions and even more aggressive ones

So maybe an older 3 series touring

Which they did sell in the US

Not E90 but the one after

Those also had an xDrive

[hazy frost]

Yeah

Idk what it’s called

Like 2017?

[dire viper]

Yea

[hazy frost]

When did the current model start

[dire viper]

Fuckin

[hazy frost]

2020?

[dire viper]

2020?

2019?

[hazy frost]

Idk

Bc the one before was up to like 2020 as well

Or maybe it was 2019

[hazy frost]

2018 damn

It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long

[deep sapphire]

I want one

[deep sapphire]

I stole it off r/hardware

[hard drift]

damn, i want to see the iphone 12 😭

[sly elk]

ya know what. Me too.

but then whenever i go look at their inventory

it's white, silver, red

black

never any good colors :\

or it's the like 1Z3 LLS special edition that costs $80,000

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/NNTEVN7fJHs?si=JeHb23FVdNIEmYxK

got three Koenigseggs in the wash bay

the Agera RS has the two way top speed average record, the Jesko set the 0-400-0kmh record, and then the Regera held the 0-400-0 record until the Jesko took it lmao

these are the actual cars they did the records with also

[sly elk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Ny3j5nH0U

this is cool af

[inland mauve]

god this new DaVinci update continues to piss me off

I found out that I can prevent the Dialogue Leveller from fucking up my mic track by disabling "Background reduction"

but after trying to apply that setting change to all the mic track fragments, now the fragments all have different settings

there doesn't seem a way to mass-apply a setting to all of them

I was halfway through editing this video, there are a ton of tiny audio fragments in that track

how the fuck can I not mass-apply a setting to all of them, that makes no sense

I thought that I had found an alternative to Adobe Premiere but I can't work like this

[deep sapphire]

That camera is insane

[cold yacht]

jesus

is the camera making a render in real time?

[sly elk]

Wow it does

[sly elk]

i wonder what board that is

"x870e pro ice"

and just 359

i am a little bit disappointed in the lack of usb-c ports :\

but 359 and it has a friggin 7 segment display

better than the x670e situation where the cheapest one was 429-ish

man

that's actually a kinda solid jump lol

[hazy frost]

Wait for better reviews to come out and you’ll be able to compare

[hard drift]

I mean, I’ll be able to compare hopefully tomorrow

[hazy frost]

I’m never gonna stfu about the fact I paid 180 for mine

2 usb C is pretty normal

How many people need more than 2 + front IO

[hazy frost]

Well the cpu was overkill already and the gpu upgrade is pretty standard where the base model is now equal to last years pro model

Idk what situation u would notice that MC jump

[hard drift]

Ai once it is out surely

[hazy frost]

15 should be able to handle that fine still

[hard drift]

15 doesn’t get it

15 pro does

[hazy frost]

15 pro then

[hard drift]

But that’s where you will notice the most jump

[hazy frost]

I doubt it’ll be noticeable

There won’t even be enough features this early to make it important

[real edge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0tQ6fYkOw the goat budget monitor is back

time to update the pin

[waxen relic]

Ps6 gonna be just as expensive as the Ps5 Pro

600 to 700$

Cant see it being lower since it will be a lot more powerful

Ps6 Pro gonna be 800 or 900$ lmao

[real edge]

might as well just buy a PC at that point lol

we were able to make a good pc for a dude here for like 1200$

[waxen relic]

Yea if consoles are going to get near that price, might as well but a pc

[iron ridge]

i want upc for my pc

[waxen relic]

Just save up the extra months to double the price of the console anyways and build a solid rig

[iron ridge]

only 200pln

[hazy frost]

U can get ps5 equivalent for like $650 if u try hard

PS5 pro is probably even closer the specs would be like $750-850

[hazy frost]

Also damn it has an actually respectable contrast ratio now

Better than the G2724D

[royal forge]

Havin been recommended this by nhad, and havin the m27qp. Its p good

Might get it as a secondary

Since m27q 2nd rev is all thats available now

No more m27qp

[odd sand]

Anyone tried a barcode reader app on Android by chance? Was hoping to scan the barcodes of all my manga in order to build a catalog of them. Preferably including the ISBN lookup.

I would think the 90 degree ones would be better from a cable mgmt perspective of not overly bending the cables, but that is only assuming the connector doesn't heat up more than the normal cabling

No idea, so I won't comment bc running 600W thru those things is already yab

[hard drift]

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/intel-lunar-lake-battery-life-lenovo-test/ @deep sapphire intel might have a win finally if this turns out to be true

[deep sapphire]

INTEL BROS

[hard drift]

given that a lot of people would likely just need it for basic productivity, it will not matter as much with them not playing nice with gpus

[deep sapphire]

https://www.motortrend.com/news/2024-toyota-tacoma-transmission-replacement-tsb/

TOYOTA IS A JOKE NOW

[deep sapphire]

well this is related to the transmission

imagine a plastic transmission

that would be something

thats what I got on mine

havent had a single issue

its even some no name house brand from micro center cause thats all they had hahaha

dedicated sense one

1050 watt

they should be announcing them anytime now

[sly walrus]

do we know that the 5090 isn’t gonna use everything it renders for ai training

[deep sapphire]

it'll render jensen's coat for him so he isnt actually wearing it

"guys its just AI... everything just works"

jensen seems like a cool guy tbh, I've listened to some of his campus talks seems pretty down to earth

meeting up at denny's at 3am to start a company

I think mobos are a scam and you should only buy the bare minimum that you need

like do you really need 4 USB C ports? probably not

I dont even need 1

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/RoemdvH4jxc?si=BBNVWzEJWxQr59xR

wtf, Saab 900’s and 99’s are going for like 5-10k at auction when they’re mint condition

[deep sapphire]

https://www.torquenews.com/11826/tesla-says-cybertruck-hitch-rated-support-same-vertical-loads-model-y-no-more-160-lbs-or-2

OH NO NO NO

[dire viper]

@deep sapphire it seems like Camaro ZL1 1LE’s are depreciating pretty steeply now

[deep sapphire]

sweet im buying one

[dire viper]

50k average price

New they were like 80?

[deep sapphire]

actually no im not cause the 1LE is not a good street car

the regular ZL1 has the same magnetic dampers as the 1LE SS

which you can have soft or hard suspension

[dire viper]

50k for the best American sports car that’s not a corvette is pretty sick

Yea I’m sure non 1LE’s are cheaper

Everybody wants the 1LE

[deep sapphire]

its kinda confusing cause

the SS 1LE is a better package

but the ZL1 1LE is an entirely different machine and has very stiff track focused suspension

it is not a good road car at all

the tires are also extremely sticky and pick up road dirt like nothing

GM's brilliant wisdom of naming everything after a fuckin RPO code

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

[dire viper]

Shrug

The V6 1LE I drove was insanely stiff

Which I liked

Still very fast

Honestly that might be the Camaro to get

[dire viper]

@sly elk wow our dealer has so many pink wranglers lmao

There’s 6 pink two doors

Honestly the pink looks good

[sly elk]

took me a sec to figure out how to turn off spatial audio on my airpods max andd

.. yea I figured LOL

I don't think I like spatial audio

it changes the music too much >>

[dire viper]

Spatial is nice cause it’s the actual mix of the music half the time

Sometimes it’s not tho and just weird

[sly elk]

yea there are a few songs where it really screws with it

[dire viper]

This color is so good

It’s a Porsche color lmao

[sly elk]

in my dream build all of the ports are usb4/thunderbolt and I can just plug monitors in to any of the ports and get video out from the gpu :3

like at this point I wouldn't mind a board that has 8 usb-c and 2 usb-a lol

on my pc case I have one usb-c on the front (hey it's a 6+ year old design) and rarely use the usb-a

[sly elk]

while I am not personally interested in a pink jeep, I am really glad they made pink jeeps because that's a color that you never see in production cars

which I think is silly

[dire viper]

A lot of the Rivian colors are based on early 911 paint options and 356 paint options, the founder and CEO grew up in Florida around a Porsche shop where he learned to work on cars as a kid

[dire viper]

Yea!

I saw one of these driving down the road last week and I was like “what the hell”

I thought it was a wrap

[sly elk]

rivian's color options on the base model :\

4 shades of grey, white, black, red, blue

jeep's current base color options

looks like 4 shades of grey LOL

2 shades of red, 1 blue, 1 green

there's a new olive green color too

imho jeep frustrates me with their seasonal colors

there should always be red/green/blue/yellow/pink color options

like, fire truck red and olive drab should always 100% be available

it's a jeep ffs

same way you should always be able to get any lamborghini in bright green

[dire viper]

Yuh

It’ll get better eventually I think

They’re massively overhauling the rivian every year

This year they removed ten onboard computers, half of the fuses which were basically double or triple redundant, 1.6 miles of wiring, and got better motors

I love how the rivians look ngl

Very industrial design

Simple

Oh also @deep sapphire u know how we scientifically know that amber turn signals save lives

IIHS is no longer giving top safety ratings to vehicles without amber turn signals

So lots of companies are reverting back or redesigning vehicles to incorporate amber turn signals

[sly elk]

I've said this before. Rivians are my favorite looking trucks

I'm happy to state that loudly and proudly LOL

they have a vibe that kinda reminds me of the old tacomas

[dire viper]

The Silverado EV uses full RGB lighting apparently

[sly elk]

that friendly lil pickup vibe

[dire viper]

Which is funny

Rivians also might?

[sly elk]

ford/gm/stla trucks are just too roided up

[dire viper]

Yes

Tbf a rivian weighs almost double an F-150

[sly elk]

LOL

[dire viper]

Like 8000lbs

Which is insane

[sly elk]

7148lbs with the max battery

[dire viper]

Oh nope

Silverado EV will weigh 8100

[sly elk]

the base model has a curb weight of 6949lb

i think you're looking at gross vehicle weight ratings

though it's worth mentioning, a 7000lb vehicle having an 8000lb gvr is terrible lmao

that means you can fit like 3 americans and some odds and ends

[dire viper]

I want rivian to make a color option be terracotta, ngl ima email them and tell them to do that cause that would look so fucking good on a rivian

[deep sapphire]

the biggest danger to traffic safety besides drunk drivers is left turning

we should get rid of left turns

[sly elk]

i also think

[deep sapphire]

if your ass wants to take a left force them to do a u turn

[sly elk]

that amber rear turn signals should be legally required

like wtf

red rear turn signals are the stupidest fucking thing ever

[deep sapphire]

maybe im not a dumbass but ive never had an issue distinguishing rear tail lights

its pretty fuckin obvious when someone is turning left and braking

im more worried about ridiculously bright headlights over that

[sly elk]

i mean

[deep sapphire]

you can be like hyundai who put the turn signals on the bumper

BRILLIANT

[dire viper]

This color on a rivian

[sly elk]

i wanna say led/laser matrix headlights should be a thing, and maybe headlight height limits as well

[sly elk]

that color on fucking anything 👍

i admit that the lack of color options on used porsches is a factor in cooling off my desire to go that route 😄

the good deals are always white or silver :S

or black

https://www.carmax.com/car/26025312 I appreciate this silver/blue (with blue interior!) combo though

like if you're gonna do silver or white on a convertible at least do a red/blue/green top and interior!

[dire viper]

The cheapest way to go for interesting colors is probably a 996 Turbo

Speed Yellow looks awesome on those cars

And they stay around 50-70k

Dream car

But also this is a pre PDK car

[sly elk]

hehe

[dire viper]

So they are almost entirely manual

And the tiptronic transmission is doo doo but ngl I would still buy a turbo with it cause it’s hardcore dream car

[sly elk]

yeaaa

[dire viper]

Lots of 996’s were automatic cause they were cheap compared to peoples buying power

So lots of middle class people actually bought 911’s lmao

And especially boxsters

[sly elk]

i mean to be fair

at like 120-140k a lot of "middle class" people are still buying them

my best friend from college has a 911, and I'd still consider him middle class

he did get lucky though

he worked for a meat grinder company as a software guy out-of-college ... but it was also a kinda late stage startup

they IPO'd and he made some good money off it

but for sure, he still works a 9-5 and the vast majority of his income gets reported on a w2

[sly elk]

if you're a doctor/lawyer/get lucky as a software engineer, you can afford a 911 sure

but uh

yea imho upper class only kicks in when your income is coming from capital gains

[dire viper]

I feel like if you’re in software or a more niche field of compsci, after a few years you’ll probably make money

[sly elk]

and

[dire viper]

As long as you kinda sift around companies

[sly elk]

by capital gains income I mean like, making more than a doctor off your capital gains lmao

[dire viper]

Build up that resume of having done it at a few companies, easy pick for a management position

[sly elk]

if you make 300k/year off your investments, you're probably in the upper class tier, even if you're just barely there

[dire viper]

Well if you make that much off of investments every year you were already a millionaire long before

[sly elk]

i am in a very good spot in my niche but my niche also isn't the fastest/best way to make money as a software guy LOL

[dire viper]

That’s a stupid amount

Probably talking a few million to tens of millions in the market or in companies

[sly elk]

but technically i could buy a 911 probably?

I wouldn't feel good about it because i dont' own a house

[dire viper]

Most people could afford a 911, but yea

Idk I don’t ever intend on buying a house

[sly elk]

liiiike

[dire viper]

Maybe a condo or something

I just need a garage to work on cars

[sly elk]

i'm not cheap but I feel a bit frugal where i feel really bad at the prospect of spending more than 50k on a car

especially if it's a car just for me

[dire viper]

Which I could find and rent for 500 a month or less ya know

[sly elk]

the good thing about 996/997 911s is they probably aren't going to lose that much value if you keep em a while

so there's that i guess

[dire viper]

Eh

They won’t sink no

They probably won’t appreciate tho

[sly elk]

it's a car

[dire viper]

They had a massive surge in price that then dipped over a 5 month period

Ppl got scammed lmao

The Covid buyers had to off load the cars they overpaid for and found suckers who’d pay 30-50k over market for a car cause they didn’t know better

It’s why everybody is mad at Doug demuro, he specifically does not allow people to put reserves on auction cars that are way inflated, cause some people wanna sell a 987 cayman with a 30k reserve when those cars have always been squarely 15-20k

You can have a reserve if the car is actually something special, but normal ass STi’s and Boxsters hell no lmao

[sly elk]

hmmm

despite all the dooming, my jeep's resale still looks pretty good too :3
(not that I'd ever consider selling it LOL)

[dire viper]

Yuh

People are just stupid

They think their base car is like the top trim car

[sly elk]

oh tobe fair though

usually the base models hold their value the best when it comes to selling back to a dealer

selling direct to people you can capitalize on those options, especially if they're desirable

[dire viper]

A 987 Cayman S is not a 987 Spyder, Spyder came without AC and Radio from factory with 911 GT3 suspension and a very refined engine tune

[sly elk]

don't those have significantly different original prices too

[dire viper]

Not really?

Spyders were competitively priced when they came out

[sly elk]

ya know i was thinking this is a nice blue but WTF

that paint isn't factory is it?!

that looks even worse than ford paint

[dire viper]

That looks like a wrap

Or they’ve never had a proper paint correction

[sly elk]

good guy dealer putting that lighting on their ceiling lmao

yea but there's needing a paint correction and being fuck'd

my jeep never had a paint correction and at least the paint on the hood isn't that bad lmao

figures

[dire viper]

Also 70k for a fucking C4S is absurd

[sly elk]

yep