technology-discussion

[hazy frost]

Sigma is usually way cheaper here if it’s the same price as others then it’s probably not as worth buying them

[sly elk]

( i use a lumix s5) the camera and lens combo gives me exactly what I was hoping to get out of it

[hot shadow]

meanwhile me vertical photo

[hazy frost]

I basically just needed zoom and cheap for wildlife stuff

lol

[sly elk]

shoot most of the time I barely have to do any tweaking in dxo or lightroom or whatever

[hot shadow]

I should turn it around more

[sly elk]

because I'm able to dial in exactly what I want

[hazy frost]

That’s good

[sly elk]

yea I love it

[hazy frost]

I honestly haven’t played with the settings on mine enough yet and just do minimal editing later

I’m too broke for the perfect Lens lmao

[sly elk]

hehe

there was a lumix lens I liked better but indeed it was another $400 at least I think

[hazy frost]

Yeahh

I need to look for some more stuff for car photography now my 200mm lens is not suited for that particularly

And a polariser

[sly elk]

200mm prime?

your only lens?

[hazy frost]

Nah but

It’s too chunky to be taking around for that stuff

I’d rather get like

[sly elk]

I woulda expected like a 30mm lol

[hazy frost]

A 35mm prime lens or something for the cars

[sly elk]

right

[hazy frost]

I have the 24-200 or whatever it is but it’s a lower quality one bc they’re generally expensive

[sly elk]

i used a 25mm on my m43 which really meant in practical terms it was about the same as a 50mm and I found that annoying

[hazy frost]

And I have the old one that came with it + macro lens

[sly elk]

I can't imagine using 200mm as a daily LOL

[hazy frost]

Yeah it’s not my daily one but it’s

My best quality one

Over my 24-70 bc it came with the camera iirc

[sly elk]

my lumix came with a free 80mm and it's awesome but i rarely use it lol

just because ergh

[hazy frost]

A 35 or 50 prime would do better I think

[sly elk]

extra work lol

[hazy frost]

Yeah

[sly elk]

ah here i use a sigma 28-70 f/2.8 as my daily

[hazy frost]

Yeah they’re the ideal choice but they get kinda expensive for the fancy ones

[sly elk]

i'm guessing it's also a like f4-7 and that's your pain?

[hazy frost]

Most likely- haven’t used it in a while

I was taking pictures of birds and the 24?-70 got taken off permanently lmao

It might be 28

[zinc sluice]

@lost python hi rob im sorry to disturb you but if you were to buy pc parts (brand new) would you buy it from somewhere else thats not mindfactory

or whats like the cheapest website

or whatever that price comparison site was called

[lost python]

I compare prices with gh.de and then try to get most at one place.
Mindfactory is usually the best

[zinc sluice]

my wife has said fuck it and decided to do it herself after this shit

crazy work to double it

[lost python]

Yeah

[zinc sluice]

is it just that theres no other website than mindfactory thats like.. prominent?

just about every person ive asked said mindfactory

including you

[lost python]

Alternate, notebooksbilliger, Amazon etc they are all decent

Mimdfactory is just usually the cheapest a d quickest

[zinc sluice]

thank you!@!!!@!2

surely prime day affects the prices right

[lost python]

Sure. By having fake discounts slapped onto them

[zinc sluice]

ermge

[hazy frost]

prime day has a few discounts but theyre usually worse than whatever prices other stores already gave

the only actual discounts are around black friday and usually on the bigger items

[sharp star]

Yeah nobody really thinks highly of Prime Day

[hazy frost]

prime day actually had good deals for other stuff last year but never pc hardware

the monitor deals werent half bad

but either way black friday is miles better still

[lost python]

hardware during primeday is like amazons inflated prices reduced almost to the level of other shops

[hazy frost]

fr

[sharp star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrhRYJHluyg inch resting

[sly walrus]

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/denmark-is-switching-to-linux/

[dire viper]

Holy

[sly elk]

2025 is definitely the year of the linux desktop

https://tenor.com/view/smug-gif-678896104876953280

[hazy frost]

Me watching everyone else be able to switch over to Linux while riot games can’t work out how to have vanguard not shit itself over not being on windows

[sly elk]

none of the commercial photo processing tools support linux

[hazy frost]

So much stuff still isn’t supported on it

Nothings pushing too hard for productivity on there either unlike what the steam deck did for gaming

Went from borderline unusable to almost entirely usable in a year or two

For gaming

[sly elk]

yea frfr

i'm happy that it runs the stuff i play and works fine for chilling

i should probably give rawtherapee/darktable another go

[hazy frost]

Tbf I wonder how much xboxOS and the push of more windows handhelds might slow down how fast linux improves for gaming

[sly elk]

probably a lot lol

[hazy frost]

Microsoft finally realised doing 0 for the handheld market was insane

[sly elk]

especially since microsoft themselves are backing a handheld now

but maybe not

microsoft would probably loved to have absorbed valve a long time ago

[hazy frost]

The fact windows doesn’t have a proper sleep mode for handhelds is a bigg downside

Without closing or messing up ur game too

[sly elk]

it's really funny thinking about it

[hazy frost]

Tbf problem with laptops too

It’s why I have a 99whr battery lmao

Please windows arm please

[sly elk]

the 2 biggest thorns in microsoft's side with regards to gaming are probably gabe newell and maybe john carmack although i dunno if he's relevant in that anymore lmao

[hazy frost]

The snapdragon laptops still have some funny issues iirc?

[sly elk]

both making major contributions to non-microsoft things

[hazy frost]

Idk if everything works 100% of the time on them now

[sly elk]

though valve did a lot more lol

[hazy frost]

Yeah

Microsoft with windows and Xbox just letting themselves lose money and business for no reason

[sly elk]

idk why microsoft cares so much about keeping gaming customers anyway

[hazy frost]

They really were just stupid

[sly elk]

it's not in their culture to care about end users

[hazy frost]

Well it’s very easy for them to make something so it’s free money

[sly elk]

it is

but it's funny to watch

[hazy frost]

And yet they still just went and used ASUS existing console

lol

[sly elk]

every time one of their higher up managers gets the idea to make something user focused

it'll usually get popular for a seconda nd die from lack of support

[hazy frost]

Lmao

The thing is I love valve but the steam deck just sucks as a purchase rn and I know the 2 isn’t coming until 2035

Because it’s valve

Honestly I hoped Microsoft would do more for windows handheld quality bc it would have a nice additional effect on laptops but ig not with xboxOS

[sly elk]

i mean to be fair

microsoft isn't making the xbox handheld 😄

so we already know they're half assing it

but yea, gamers tend to gravitate toward tradition

and tradition is an intel+nvidia device running windows

like 20 years of tradition lmao

even if the xbox handheld is an objectively worse experience it will probably sell better in the US

[hazy frost]

Yet every handheld is now AMD

Except uhh

That MSI one

[sly elk]

there was that arm logitech one 😄

[hazy frost]

It’s got some core ultra thing in it

The claw 8Ai+

[sly elk]

then an AMD device running windows, whatever

[hazy frost]

Core ultra 7

[sly elk]

tradition is windows

[hazy frost]

Yeah

It’s a shame Nvidia doesn’t make APUs because it’s something they should be good at

Besides the switch

Which actually proves they can

[sly elk]

come to think of it

if ms wants to kill steamos/steam deck

they should just collab with nvidia

if an nvidia steamdeck alternative stole all the market share

it would kill linux gaming dead again 😄

because nvidia on linux 😄

[hazy frost]

Yeah

Nvidia could make a far better handheld for the price but they’re on AI now

Like the switch 2 doing everything better than a lot of similar or more expensive handhelds but using less than half the power

Imagine if we got a 30wh battery console with it instead

Pc handheld

Also god damn that MSI one is over £1000 to buy

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/money-mr-crabs-mr-crabs-money-money-money-money-gif-15303388842284429427

handheld AI device 😄

[hazy frost]

AI generates ur games instead

[sly walrus]

lemme know when it figures out object permanence

because right now the only thing ai's good at is liminal spaces

[dire viper]

BMW club stuff

[tepid gulch]

What if I don't like bmw

[hazy frost]

Better start liking them

[tepid gulch]

Old bmw is aight

Anything made post 2000 can burn

[sharp star]

I will never let people forget how much damage this has done to an already-fucked industry

[brave oxide]

https://tenor.com/view/nvidia-jensen-huang-safe-to-upgrade-gif-26481071

[sly elk]

i ordered a mac studio to replace ze ole trashcan :3
a mini would've sufficed perfectly but I wanted something I could drive off my main setup for when i want to make stuff

i am curious to see how the performance compares to my 7800x3d/9070xt machine as well 🙂
I did go for the base model m4 max/32gb ram soo there's that..

b&h had a pretty good deal on the base model :3 the next one up cost a lot more

[hazy frost]

Hell of a lot faster cpu wise than the 7800x3d at least for productivity lol

GPU performance ig depends what you’re using it for still

The encoding and stuff on the 9070xt doesn’t suck now or so I’ve heard

[sly elk]

oooo

[sharp star]

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-toystory-limited-edition-pc-hardware-reveals-rtx-5070-buzz-lightyear-gpu-and-woody-motherboard

[hazy frost]

Motherboard ugly as hell but that gpu is cool

[sly elk]

oh dude some kid would love that

but yea i agree what is that

the new MSI King Ranch edition motherboard?

[hazy frost]

I just fear the demographic who aligns with that gaudiness being cool just bc ‘toy story’ is not getting a $1200 pc 😭

The sonic stuff asrock did was subtle enough it was cool for adult fans to use

[sly elk]

the sonic stuff was also really affordable

$159 non-limited-edition motherboard

[hazy frost]

Yeah it was pretty good value while still being special

[sly elk]

asus should take notes >>

[hazy frost]

Lmao

We need more collabs and special editions that aren’t super limited in the west

The only cool one was sonic and the evangelion asus stuff that cost u a kidney

[sly elk]

honestly i don't know why, if they secure a collab for a product, why they still bother to make a normal one

if you had the choice between say evangelion and STRIX on your motherboard lmao

[hazy frost]

Lmao

I would 100% buy the evangelion motherboard but it was intel

That thing was awesome tho

[hazy frost]

The gpu was also decent ig

[hazy frost]

lol

[sly elk]

the fact they made matching monitors was so cool

[hazy frost]

The monitor was also cool but damn that was an even worse price

[sly elk]

it's just a shame they made those things in such small quantities they sold out instantly

[hazy frost]

LG made some league of legends stuff iirc for peripherals

As well

But not a lot of stuff

[sly elk]

yea

[hazy frost]

I know someone with the case gpu and psu

[sly elk]

the monitors were cool

[hazy frost]

And I think motherboard

[sly elk]

i mulled around about getting a gundam case, and didn't

[hazy frost]

But they may have sold it to go amd

[sly elk]

kinda wsh i did sometimes lol

the gundam board was 11th gen intel LOL

[hazy frost]

It’s cool but they’re a pain to keep clean still looking nice and stuff

Hoping asrock brings more cool stuff soon

Who made the cyberpunk gpu? Was that evga

2080ti

Or was it an FE

It was

This was also really cool but again u cannot get one

Or u pay like $700 for a 2080ti

[tepid gulch]

That's cool looking

[hazy frost]

Yeah it’s awesome but u can buy a 5070 for the same price lmao

I believe backplates to mimic it are very easy to find now tho

So long as u have an FE

[tepid gulch]

50 series cards are real?

[sharp star]

No, they're all AI-generated

[tepid gulch]

You're AI generated

[hazy frost]

Real and overpriced

U can buy pretty much anything rn if ur willing to pay stupid prices

They’re in stock

[tepid gulch]

Well that's the case with literally anything in existence

If you got money you can get anything

Anyways here's a picture of earth from yesterday

[hazy frost]

Tbf a month ago u couldn’t buy one new even if u had money

[tepid gulch]

Look at that hurricane heading towards the east coast

[tepid gulch]

Just join the military

Navy specifically

They got them

[hazy frost]

Lmao

I’ll just buy an AMD gpu I think

As someone who hates Nvidia I want them to keep doing badly but as someone who still has a 40 series card I really do need them to fix their drivers now it’s no longer funny

[tepid gulch]

I feel that

[hazy frost]

Lmao

[tepid gulch]

I've had nothing but issues

[hazy frost]

I just want ts to WORK

[tepid gulch]

Driver updates regularly wreck my frames in certain games

[hazy frost]

It’s annoying I’m on a driver from like a year ago bc I cba to update halfway

[tepid gulch]

I love it

[tepid gulch]

Again I feel that

[hazy frost]

This is why I have to keep going back

[tepid gulch]

I rolled back to old drivers

[hazy frost]

I updated it bc I was hoping MH issues might get fixed bc DLSS is weird in that

But

It just broke every other game I play

[tepid gulch]

Perfect

Love you Nvidia

[hazy frost]

Legitimately lost like 20% of my frames in cyberpunk somehow

Idk what they’re doing

[tepid gulch]

Multi trillion dollar company can't make good drivers

[hazy frost]

For real

Like it’s funny to laugh at Nvidia but I can’t replace my gpu yet

[tepid gulch]

More money than most countries

[hazy frost]

I’m stuck here

If I have to buy an AMD gpu to escape driver issues that would truly be an event

[tepid gulch]

I bought my GPU too recently to justify upgrading

Even if drivers suck

[hazy frost]

Yeah

The best amd gpu is only like 10% faster anyway

But if they don’t fix it soon it’s gonna become a pain for newer games potentially

[tepid gulch]

If only u played new games

I

Not u

[hazy frost]

Lmao

Well I don’t regularly but having a $750 gpu not run stuff properly is annoying

[tepid gulch]

Again I feel that

X3

[hazy frost]

Also AMD has gone from like 20 to over 60 FSR 4 supported games already

Officially

Not counting that u can force it through the apps or optiscaler

[tepid gulch]

I don't use image scaling or at least try not to

[hazy frost]

The fact that quality FSR 4 and DLSS 4 look better than most TAA implementations upsets me

Hell so does balanced sometimes

I’m getting more frames and better AA with upscaling

[tepid gulch]

Why can't games run without dlss or fsr

[hazy frost]

Who’s making these games

[hazy frost]

Most do tbh

In games without DLAA tho it’s cool as well

Or sometimes DLAA is too much so DLSS quality is still better than TAA

[tepid gulch]

Ark ascended enters the chat. You'll get 60 fps and you'll like it

[hazy frost]

Yeah I refunded that game

[tepid gulch]

Single digit minimums

Perfect

[hazy frost]

FSR is better in monster hunter than DLSS is too

Somehow

DLSS doesn’t do anything in MH atm

[hazy frost]

It’s one of the choppiest games I’ve played

[tepid gulch]

Because you need a 5090 to play it

[hazy frost]

It’s pretty bad

[tepid gulch]

Actually that's still not good enough

[hazy frost]

Apparently it’s gotten better

But it’s still not great

[tepid gulch]

It has

If you want to actually play at modern frame rates you need a 4090 or 5090

And even then

[hazy frost]

I mean I could run it and play it but the servers costing over £10 a month for crossplay privately at launch annoyed me too much as well

[tepid gulch]

You probably won't

[hazy frost]

I got like 70 on high or smth at launch

[tepid gulch]

Nitrado

[hazy frost]

With DLSS on

[hazy frost]

Drove me insane

If I got some people on pc I’d try it again

[tepid gulch]

They bought the ark server rights

I have it still

[hazy frost]

I can look past performance issues for fun but now when that’s a £10 a month paywall lmaoo

[tepid gulch]

Ragnarok just released

[hazy frost]

Aberration is my favourite map anyway

[tepid gulch]

Me too

[hazy frost]

I forgot whether that’s out

It’s on sale still I believe rn so maybe

[tepid gulch]

Uhhh

I forgot

Oh right

It did

With that weird "flyer"

[hazy frost]

Just saw recommended is 3600x and 3080

In what world exactly

For 1080p medium?

[hazy frost]

I might get it then

£18 rn

[tepid gulch]

I'd say yes

[hazy frost]

Acceptable price to pay for this mess

Half price

[tepid gulch]

If you're trying for 1440 120+ you literally can't tbh

I don't think anything can run it that well

[hazy frost]

Yeah I figured that out quickly

4090 was getting 100+ with DLSS at 1440p

[tepid gulch]

Even the big ark YouTubers only get around 100

[hazy frost]

I’d take like 70-80 with DLSS balanced tho

[tepid gulch]

Ark scares me

[hazy frost]

So long as the 1% lows aren’t like 3 now

Because that was ridiculous

[tepid gulch]

I'd probably have to clean my PC

[hazy frost]

Lmao

I cleaned last week so I’m probably due to clean again by tmrw

[tepid gulch]

Also gaming rn is not a thing I can do it's too hot

Even with AC it's still warm in here

[hazy frost]

Yeah I barely played anything this week bc it was 32° and like 36 in my room

[tepid gulch]

It's like 100 out

Whatever that is in C

[hazy frost]

Idk what that is in F

Something

[tepid gulch]

Idk

[hazy frost]

96.8f

[tepid gulch]

Ask Google

[hazy frost]

Inside

Without my pc on

[tepid gulch]

Are you ok?

In your room?

[hazy frost]

No im not

It’s cooled down today back to 25 during the day

[tepid gulch]

I'd literally die

[hazy frost]

I get to play FFXIV again now

[tepid gulch]

I'm happy our lows are gonna be in the 70s at night now

[hazy frost]

This happens every year for multiple weeks atp

It’s just a thing

[tepid gulch]

Before it wasn't getting below 80

At night

It's awful

[hazy frost]

Lows now here are 60 at night

[tepid gulch]

Lucky

[hazy frost]

It feels amazing after last week they were like 85

[tepid gulch]

Tomorrow is over 100

Fuck

[hazy frost]

gg

No gaming

[tepid gulch]

When not hot

Oh wait

Never

[hazy frost]

We can blame Nvidia for this too

AI data centres

Global warming

[tepid gulch]

Nvidia causing global warming

[hazy frost]

Yes

[tepid gulch]

(probs not)

[hazy frost]

Indirectly

[tepid gulch]

I blame factories

And uhh

I blame electric cars

[wraith agate]

Nvidia creates AI cards that are used in datacenters which uses a lot of power which forced grid operators and power generators to upscale, so yes, it did.

[pine thistle]

thanks Microsoft, I like it when my clock application needs internet access

[hasty harbor]

alright im debating on what to get for my AMD Ryzen7 7800X3D
ID-Cooling FROZN A720 and Peerless Assassin 120 BLACK V3

[tepid gulch]

How else would it know the time without a time server

[pine thistle]

The NTP server is reachable as the OS is pointed at an internal one

[tepid gulch]

Windows probably only wants the external one

[sharp star]

Either should work but depends on budget

[hasty harbor]

the only dif is 20$

[sharp star]

then the A720

[hazy frost]

a720, the 140mm thermalright stuff would be on par tho

if thats cheaper

frost commander 140 or the peerless assassin 140

[hasty harbor]

this one?
just want to make sure

[hazy frost]

Yeah

It’s tied best 140mm air cooler with the NH D15 G2 and Thermalright 140mm ones

[hasty harbor]

swagger

[hazy frost]

Just make sure ur case fits it bc the 140mm ones are chunky

[hot shadow]

was looking at keycaps and i got jumpscared by the poop brown noctua lmao

[sly elk]

lol

[tepid gulch]

Gross

[lost python]

imagine if it spun and shredded your finger a little everytime you press it

[potent arrow]

I mean this is...the least insane requirement...computer programs need RTC so...

[pine thistle]

well windows is stupid then, or well, the clock app specifically, since the OS time works without issues

[cerulean talon]

Standardize OTXO's for all!

[potent arrow]

hehehe

[cerulean talon]

throws smolcat into a pile of otxo's, at least it's warm.

[potent arrow]

oooh cc

the new NICs are coming in today

[cerulean talon]

Talia's little sister servers show up today.

I'm looking forwards to seeing how they all run.

[potent arrow]

yeee

I'm waiting for those drives and gonna do my full rebuild

[sly walrus]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1608640/OTXO/

Steam

OTXO

OTXO (pronounced oh-cho) is a violent top-down shooter with roguelite elements. Play as the protagonist entering an inexplicable mansion in search of his lost love. As you venture deeper into the Mansion, more of its secrets will be unveiled to you.…

Price

$14.99

Recommendations

2863

Metacritic

81

▶ Play video

[cerulean talon]

They should be removed from the internet.

[potent arrow]

do I put the boot os on a random internal USB drive again

I probably will...

[cerulean talon]

I really need kupo to have a generic config table.

Smh.

[potent arrow]

smhh

[cerulean talon]

Hrm, do I just store all configuration types as binary blobs and make this utterly unreadable?

[potent arrow]

the latter

for shits and gigs

[dire viper]

Blow up kupo bot

[wraith agate]

the world's smallest noctua

[hazy frost]

I randomly got recommended a reddit post from the SFF pc sub and everyone was riding noctua so hard still in 2025

‘If u look at benchmarks no one matches noctua for performance and noise’ brother if u look at benchmarks that’s EXACTLY what they show

The hold this brand has on morons that do no research

[wraith agate]

I blame Linus Tech Tips for it

[hazy frost]

Tbh yeah

Be quiet has always been extremely close as well but no one loves them as much

[wraith agate]

I am personally very pleased with my Arctic Cool fans, so quiet and yet keeps the temps

[hazy frost]

I have EK ones bc RGB and sale

Arctics RGB ones are mid

Their non RGB max fans are great

[wraith agate]

I don't like RGB so I had to go out of my way to get non-RGB ones

[hazy frost]

Idk it’s not really hard to get non RGB ones lol

Neither is standard

There’s way more good non RGB fans tho

Arctic, be quiet, phanteks/sunon, noctua, and lian li make good non RGB ones

The only RGB fans I’d buy now are from lian li

EK I would besides what the company is doing, and thermaltake kind of make one? But the RGB is on the outside of the fan lol

[sharp star]

https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/23/ios-26-beta-2-changes/ man it's looking more like Liquid Ass

[spring raven]

wow that control center looks just

awful

who thought that was good

[hazy frost]

I kind of like it

As an option anyway- u can turn it off back to other designs anyway iirc

So

[potent arrow]

I'll continue to suck Bequiets dick

[hazy frost]

So will I

Mostly for their new aios

But still

Although lian li would get most of my money for fans if I built new these days

[sly elk]

i'm kinda surprised you had to go out of your way

I feel like whenever i look for fans, non-rgb are still the default?

[tepid gulch]

I like Arctic minus their lf3

[hazy frost]

They are yeah

Unless the only place u look is Amazon or smth bc I guess they push the gamer RGB aesthetic

[hazy frost]

I support this LF3 slander

Their old p12 max had bearing issues as well

And the white and black ones use different types which is a bit weird but besides that they’re great

[tepid gulch]

I use their fans and the lf2

[hazy frost]

Idk how they ruined a good design from the LF2

How do u make a worse pump than asetek

I have one p14 in my case

[sly elk]

only 1/4 of the amazon things

there were noctuas on page 1

more on page 2

https://www.amazon.com/Ocypus-Delta-F12-Low-Noies-White-1PCS/dp/B0DRYNH7YC

this seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen lmao

cuz those aint delta fans

accept no substitutes

252cfm at 66dB

[paper tusk]

I have these as intake fans and they have been good (once I changed temp sensor from cpu to MOSFETs. thanks msi.) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XMHLWWC

[slender hull]

I like rgb and fans too

[sly elk]

yyea i love rgb fans

i love rgb strimer cables too, and rgb ram

[potent arrow]

Maybe one day ill conced to a large case and get full rgb

[sly elk]

non-rgb setups require grovemade accessories

[paper tusk]

I use a controller dongle to set everything to purple so I don't have to use jank software

[cerulean talon]

Rgb is cursed and deserves to be removed from hardware

[sly elk]

you just have no taste

then again, nor do i

[cerulean talon]

Taste is overrated

[tepid gulch]

You can't taste color

Silly

[hot shadow]

nice mood lighting

I put whatever RGB like a Chinese as fuck light bar that looks like a 2000s restaurant sign

cause I miss this restaurant I used to go to in sh

[sly elk]

https://tenor.com/view/02-zero-two-darling-in-the-franxx-singing-anime-gif-17414566

[hazy frost]

Then u can enjoy spending 20% more than u need to on things to keep in line with the aesthetic like us

[sharp star]

https://videocardz.com/newz/geforce-rtx-5050-desktop-launching-july-1st-reviews-unlikely-at-release

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

[lost python]

They found a way to enshittify the 5060 even more?

[hazy frost]

basically a 4060

which ig isnt terrible if they priced it properly but i doubt that

[sharp star]

I think they should exhume Fermi

[hazy frost]

its worse in spec than the laptop 5050 tho which is funny

it needs to be under $200 which it wont be

[potent arrow]

I'm gonna buy one and put it in @inland mauve PC and somehow it'll perform better

[sharp star]

https://youtu.be/ZCvjw8B6rcg

They bought it from WHO

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-up-90s-kid-cool-good-gif-3575245

[brave oxide]

i almost missed this

more nvidia comedy coming soon

[sly elk]

hmmm i had this random thought earlier, maybe I'll change my mind after mine arrives tomorrow but the mac studio is one of the ... less pretty computers apple has made since 1998

up there with the eMac and the g5/early intel iMacs

[grand burrow]

Which is better? RTX 3080 12GB or RX 7800 XT? I wanted to buy the latter, but then I found a new stock of unused RTX 3080s and now I can't decide. I also heard that the 3080 eats alot of power (I have a 750w PSU so idk if its enough). I currently have a 12GB 3060 so I am asking which card of those two should I get. I'd like to play games like monster hunter: wilds and maybe even future games so I'd like one that is more future proof. The 3080 is also like 120 euros cheaper than the 7800 XT

[lost python]

What’s the price of both of them

[grand burrow]

3080 is 383 euro and 7800 is 504 euro

[lost python]

3080 then.
Though it’s still quite pricey imo

[grand burrow]

still cheaper than what I bought my 3060 for 5 years ago xd

[hazy frost]

Depends if you’re going to play new games at 1440p, 12GB 3080 is going to run out of vram in some titles atp

If it’s older and just some less hard to run current games then the 3080 is a better deal $ to performance wise

[grand burrow]

I'd like to play games like monster hunter wilds and maybe some upcoming games. so I am looking for something more future proof

[dapper nymph]

booted up my pc today, got a strange issue where it took slightly longer to boot than usual, then it went into a black screen.

task manager still worked, tried to use the explorer.exe method, nothing happened, opened it up and could still play music but no desktop still.

after a while, only then did the desktop show. I noticed a surge in usage on my C drive which is the boot drive, but it can't be dying as last I checked my drives, nothing notable was found as an ssd

restarted, booted like normal as usual after all of that, rebooting during that led to the same conclusion of still a black screen

probably ssd

[real edge]

https://old.reddit.com/r/Monitors/comments/1ljahfo/monitors_unboxed_these_are_terrible_results_and/

[hazy frost]

Laughably this is better than the steam deck LCD was tho lol

Should’ve just been OLED but the screen won’t be made for a while anyway

[hazy frost]

At what resolution?

Monster hunter wilds uses >12gb of vram to play with the high res textures

[grand burrow]

well I'd like to play at high res

[zinc sluice]

GUYS

IS 6950 XT OVER 9060 XT TROLL

FOR 1440P FFXIV

WITH 7500F

[dapper nymph]

90xx comes with new tech such as being able to use FSR4 while the other cards such as the 7800xt cant

in raw power, i believe the 7800xt outperforms the 9060xt, and the 6800xt was supposedly the same as the 7800xt

i think

i'd pick the 9060xt if it's cheaper + it uses less power than the 6950

if the 6950 is somehow cheaper than it....

i'd pick the 6950 assuming i have the psu for it and expect heat

although, i highly doubt that scenario would exist

[zinc sluice]

nnnnevermind its 5 HOUR DRIVE

[dapper nymph]

what's the price gap

[zinc sluice]

“Open to negotiation” and no tag.

[dapper nymph]

well

if you can get it cheaper than a 9070... i'd think a 6950 would be nice, i'd take the 9070 if the price gap is... 50 usd-ish just to make sure the hardware is new as im unsure of degradation + it'll have fsr 4.

i'd treat the 9060 like a typical xx60 budget card that should be affordable

i'd probably pick the 9060 as i'd be suspicious for how much cheaper could this... open to negotiation 6950 xt be
the more i think about it, the more i'd need to know the price

[lost python]

Then you don’t want the 3080.
and neither the 7800xt but instead a bigger budget and you need to accept that none of them will play wilds well because it just runs terrible

[grand burrow]

well I also checked the RX 9070 which is about 650 euro

but that is the base RX 9070 not RX 9070 XT. The XT one is for 800 euro

I guess I'll see. Maybe some will go on sale. I think I should roughly have about 730 euro at my disposal

but I'll also be buying a 32 GB ram kit

[lost python]

Dunno where you live but over here in Germany the 9070xt is down to 689€ now

[hazy frost]

Nah the 7800xt is fine for wilds on high if u use FSR

And FSR does better than DLSS in the game atm

Or u play on high native and just settle for the 60ish fps u get

[hazy frost]

I’d buy the 9070 or xt if u can afford it

I’m sure u can get the 9070xt for under 700 if u look around tho

[lost python]

I have a 6900xt and on mid to high settings with fsr quality at 1440p, I frequently drop down to 40fps or less during combat.
Lowering settings doesn’t do much for that either

[hazy frost]

Sounds like smth wrong with yours then

Shouldn’t be performing like that

Unless u have RT on the 7800xt does a lot better at that

What cpu do u have as well that’s more of an issue

I know someone here was getting worse fps than me with a 4080 compared to my 4070ti solely down to cpu

[grand burrow]

I did find RX 9070 XT for 727, which I technically could afford, but Since its for PCIe 5 and I have PCIe 4, idk if ts worth buying it. I know that it will still be good, but it won't run on its full potential

[hazy frost]

its not 'for' pcie 5 itll work the same on pcie 4 still

even the 5090 doesnt see a difference

gen 3 x16 is all most gpus need and majority of any realtively new motherboards have pcie 4 x16 for atl one slot

it started being standard like 5 years ago

[grand burrow]

I guess I'll see next month what I'll get. Tbh I am more inclined towards the RX 7800 xt, but I might go for the 9070 xt. Aside from that I will be getting a 32 gb ram kit and I also want to buy new boots so either I'll buy the 7800 or wait until august for another pay check from my part time job

thanks for all the help tho. I don't know much about these things, so you helped me alot. Thanks yall ❤️

[hazy frost]

At the prices u mentioned I’d def wait for the 9070xt if u can it’s like 40-50% faster than the 7800xt is and the prices are actually fair

It’ll make a big difference considering u wanna play new titles because it’s even bigger of a difference with ray tracing

[zinc sluice]

im js thinking

if

all my wife is gonna play is just

ffxiv

then is 8gb of vram on 9060xt fine?

like i know 16gb is good and its bascially like

just. dumb to not get it but

[hazy frost]

At current prices it’s just really not worth buying the 8GB one even when it’s enough

Resale value will also be awful in comparison because of it

[zinc sluice]

its at 309eur

[hazy frost]

Yeah it’s too expensive

It’s ‘enough’ for FFXIV but if she ever wants to try other games or u sell it ur going to wish u got a 16gb one for the sake of €50

[zinc sluice]

help me out waffle... where the fuck can i save like 100 euros... /hj

[hazy frost]

There’s gotta be a cheaper psu and maybe the case

Probably like €40 tho

[zinc sluice]

kleinezaigen is a fucking scam

[hazy frost]

Does the cooler come with paste u can save €3 too lmao

[zinc sluice]

nope

LOL

i thought it would

[hazy frost]

Rip

[zinc sluice]

dude

[hazy frost]

Yeah just case and maybe psu then

[zinc sluice]

im going amazon for a cheaper case

holy

[hazy frost]

U can buy an a650bn for €50

It’s not great but it’s not a bomb

[grand burrow]

I'll have to buy a better PSU, but I guess I'll see once I have the money, but thanks again for the help

[hazy frost]

You’ll need one either way then won’t u? What do u have atm

It’s only like a 50w difference

[zinc sluice]

are 80+ bronzes okay now or what

bc

when i was building pcs like years ago it used to be "gold or youre a fucking dunce"

[hazy frost]

I mean yeah they’re fine, they’re not good but they’re not going to explode and they’ll power the system

The MSI a-bn or adata XPG pylon get used a lot as a cost cutting measure

They’re like C tier on the psu tier list

2 better than bomb

[zinc sluice]

is non modular tho

surely it got everything still

[hazy frost]

Yeah there’s that

It should do

[zinc sluice]

i never fucked with non modular

..

[hazy frost]

It’ll just make cable management more annoying probably

Imo the non modular psu is a better trade off than 8GB gpu tho

[zinc sluice]

a550bn it is

were down to 880...

[hazy frost]

U can get the a650 for the same price I think?

Not sure

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/power-supplies/msi-mag-a550bn-psu-review

Review on the 550 tho

[zinc sluice]

its ok its 1x8pin

for 9060xt

[hazy frost]

Yeah it’ll be fine

Just have to stuff the unused cables somewhere

[zinc sluice]

audible? headphones drown it out

[grand burrow]

well I have msi mag a750gf

[zinc sluice]

ong

[hazy frost]

What cpu u pairing it with?

750 should be good

[grand burrow]

ryzen 9 5900x

[hazy frost]

9070xt uses like 350w

[hazy frost]

Yeah that’s finee

Ur gonna total like 500 + an extra 25ish from RGB and storage

750w is all good

[hazy frost]

Yeah tbf case fans and headphones ur unlikely to hear it since it’s fine at idle loads

The more important part is that the electrical components are fairly good

[grand burrow]

alright 👌

[zinc sluice]

do nothing
oh ok

[hazy frost]

Lmao

U can get the a650bn for €50 on Amazon I think

Or it was yesterday

[dire viper]

https://youtu.be/8n2bRPi92PM?si=o322TLgRJ4Is8DDI

Holy fucking balls

3.0 CSL for sale?????

12 days of bidding and it’s already at over 50k

[tepid gulch]

So uhh Google's co founder did some testing with AI models and found out, for some reason, they performed better when threatened with violence

[hazy frost]

The design is very human

[tepid gulch]

You get it

[hazy frost]

I just saw the dbrand post about the switch 2 case from a few days ago and I can’t believe they literally have recreated one of the funniest tech incidents in the last decade or so with the ‘you’re holding it wrong’

I didn’t think I could dislike the company more recently but ig I can now that’s hilarious. Idk how they thought ‘just don’t hold it like that’ is an acceptable response to adding a design flaw to a console with their case

[dapper nymph]

550 seems... well, it's probably fine for a 7500f and a 9060xt, need to upgrade that psu down the line if you want to change any parts

[neon shell]

I've been doing that with Siri for years. It's very effective

Is the Nvidia optimization thing any good? I don't use it but I am curious

[sly elk]

https://old.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1lkk8rm/wife_approved_5090_living_room_pc/
"wife approved" computers and fractal north cases are two things I ordinarily hate but that is a pretty good combo here lol

it blends in nicely lol

[hazy frost]

That is cool, I love the pump design on that AIO especially for these kind of builds

[sharp star]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caU0RG0mNHg

[wraith agate]

Well it was 5050

[tepid gulch]

Nvidia please stop

[wraith agate]

50-50 that it sucks or not

[tepid gulch]

Stop making e waste

[hazy frost]

it just needs to be closer to 200

its not that bad in a vacuum for a xx50 card atl compared to the 3050

[sharp star]

Still think Nvidia needs to bring Fermi back

[hazy frost]

tbf what else u gonna buy for that price new tho

it sucks

the 5050 is probably faster than the b570 for less money at msrp bc the b570 is going for like $270 not $220

and an rx7600 costs the same and its noticeably worse than either

[paper tusk]

starting to feel better about putting my 3060 ti up for 250 on fleabay

[sly elk]

i wasn't expecting this

but my new m4 max mac studio doesn't like my 7680x2160 monitor lol

apple why

you shits

at least with hdmi anyway, apparently displayport might work but I haven't been in the mood to try lol

[zinc sluice]

for what fucking reason does this open setup need extra fans for

[lost python]

visuals

but yeah its kinda stupid, id just change the design

or make them at least sit on radiators or something

[sharp star]

“More fans means more better”

[zinc sluice]

😭 😭 😭

[hazy frost]

are they just

stuick to a sheet

i thought there was a radiator or smth and was gonna say fair enough

thats incredibly ugly anyway ngl

[dapper nymph]

to increase airflow to the room so you dont have to rely on the fan ceiling

i dont know

[zinc sluice]

surely my other games are fine from turning gsync off

turns out just turning gsync off stops my ffxiv from flickering like hell

[hazy frost]

VRR flicker

Most monitors have it, OLED and VA have it more often and more noticeably than others

[zinc sluice]

i have an ips!

[hazy frost]

Unfortunate

[zinc sluice]

QHD27L from qnix

[dire viper]

I wish I had 130k to buy this 🥲

[hazy frost]

I haven’t heard that in like

Years

[zinc sluice]

o.

erm,

[hazy frost]

That doesn’t surprise me that one of those is flickering tho

[zinc sluice]

no its specifically ffxiv

[hazy frost]

I didn’t know they even still made monitors

[zinc sluice]

everything else is fine

[hazy frost]

If turning off gsync does it it’s the monitors problem tho

The game just happens to be showing it

[zinc sluice]

erm

[hazy frost]

There might be a way to make it better in FFXIV but I haven’t had an issue with it yet

I had to return my OLED monitor bc it was doing it in games I play amongst other things

[sly elk]

https://old.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/1lm0u1h/best_way_to_patch/

sometimes you see some crazy stuff in /r/diy lol

[hazy frost]

lmfao

where did they find this electrician

[sly elk]

probably one of the electricians that works on the houses cy does inspections on lol

man i love those videos

it's like how the fuck is that house even standing

[sly elk]

tfw honda and dodge are tied and jeep is higher than porsche

https://tenor.com/view/telmo-coca-harina-raquetaso-esnifar-gif-25660568

[hazy frost]

subaru feels like it should be worse

also VW and volvo below chrysler? lmao

[wraith agate]

Audi being trash is unsurprising

[sly elk]

at this point chrysler only makes the van

the problem with chrysler is the hybrid van

[hazy frost]

Never seen a good Chrysler

[sly elk]

they aren't toyotas, but if i were buying new I think i'd still trust one over a volkswagen

definitely over an audi

but also which one matters a lot

[tepid gulch]

Why is Toyota so low

[sly elk]

i think recently they switched a LOT of stuff from the old reliable NA V6 to turbos

[hazy frost]

Yaris GR go boom

[sly elk]

that too!

[hazy frost]

They’ve been making questionable engines

[tepid gulch]

We have a Kia

[hazy frost]

I mean I’d take the VW any day if it wasn’t twice the price of the others lmao

[sly elk]

FAIR

I thought VW fixed their price problem though?

[hazy frost]

Peugeot is good bang for buck

[tepid gulch]

It's a Kia made after they fixed the oil burning that was happening with the 2020-2022 models

[hazy frost]

Idk not in the market here

Especially for older models

[sly elk]

where is here?

[hazy frost]

England

[sly elk]

tbh england

[tepid gulch]

England isn't real

[sly elk]

i thought everyone there just bought BYDs now

and all the competitiors were going out of business lol

[hazy frost]

It’s not AS bad as Ford tho

[sly elk]

also what does chrysler even sell in the uk?

[hazy frost]

Not sure they even do anymore

No one buys them if they do lmfao

[hazy frost]

They’re on the rise

[sly elk]

that's the way the US car media portrays it LOL

[hazy frost]

I’ve seen a lot of Renault 5 recently, the MG EV crossover thing, and a few BYDs

[tepid gulch]

My cousin used to have a 2016 Ford fusion, 3 years later the master cylinder went

[sly elk]

that in europe all the euro car companies are going bankrupt

because everyone's buying chinese cars

but also this is the US media LOL

[hazy frost]

Idk I live in a rich part of the UK and still don’t see all that many still

[tepid gulch]

Jaguar is dead

[hazy frost]

BYD is the most popular Chinese one

(Except Volvo)

[tepid gulch]

I saw Jaguar is only selling about 600 cars a year now

o7

[hazy frost]

I think this is the EV I’ve seen the most

Technically also Chinese

But MG

They’re pretty cheap

[sly elk]

volvo/polestar had a moment where they were pretty popular out here (south california)

[hazy frost]

Older ones are real popular here but idk about the new models

2015-2021/22 but I’ve not seen many from the last few years

People here don’t have all that much money compared to California tho

[sly elk]

tesla was super popular for a while, like not unusual for me to be sitting at a red light and 3 or 4 would pull up next to/behind me

[hazy frost]

That’s basically what I’ve seen watching from afar lol

Not sure the same attitude applies now for Tesla

[sly elk]

a year or two ago kia/hyundai started to get really popular for EVs

i see a lot of ioniq 5s and 6s

[hazy frost]

Hyundai got it down ngl

Their whole range is awesome

If I was buying a brand new car it probably would be one of them

[sly elk]

and the kia ev6 and such

also ford mach Es are pretty common

[hazy frost]

God knows why

Hideous car

[sly elk]

it's a fun place to car watch sometimes

sadly no chinese EVs outside of polestars lol

i do see vinfast often enough

[hazy frost]

Polestars are cool but pricing makes me not care (as if I can afford one)

[sly elk]

like spitballing it

i probably see about as many vinfast as I do cybertrucks

[hazy frost]

I’d take a Volvo over the polestar stuff tho

[sly elk]

which is astounding

idk why anyone would buy either, but idk why anyone would pay so much for a cybertruck LOL

imagine, you have 100k to spend on a car, and you buy... that?

... why?!

[sly elk]

this kills me btw lol

what i think of when I hear MG is tiny roadsters

[sly elk]

hurray, the new cable worked

also the range of resolutions is funny

but it only does 120hz, not 240hz

hahahahahaha 1920x540 is great

the cursor is 1.5cm high lol

[tepid gulch]

[hazy frost]

Didn’t LTT do a video where they switched to macOS and had the same issue with resolution and refresh rate when plugged in lmao

Idk what it is that makes it misbehave tho

[sly walrus]

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/mrbeast-scraps-ai-youtube-thumbnail-generator-days-after-announcing-it-if-creators-dont-want-the-tools-no-worries/

https://tenor.com/view/intergalactic-back-to-the-future-intergalactic-intergalactic-quality-your-kids-are-gonna-love-it-not-ready-for-that-gif-26804220

[wraith agate]

If it's up to me, my kids will hate AI as much as I do

[sly elk]

they did, but they also had an issue with external displays taking forever to connect

which I have never seen on an apple silicon mac

in fact my experience is the opposite, resolution switches are instant lol

even with the 57" they are instant with no blink

not sure how they do that, unless the screen is always at full res

[sly elk]

ahh finally got my kvm situation sorted out lol

[sly elk]

though, now that I'm done with that, I'm realizing my 10 port usb hub is kinda broken lol

ahahahha it's not the hub .... but it is the hub

“This is actually 2x 4 port USB hubs daisy chained together (specifically the RealTek RTS5411). So the first 4 port hub exposes 3 ports externally, and the 4th port is used internally to create another 4 port hub which is exposed for the user, bringing up to 7 data ports externally.

and i'm at computer -> kvm (usb hub) -> monitor [also kvm!] (usb hub) -> this usb hub

[hazy frost]

https://youtu.be/oKFYGv0Pb98?si=zi-huXi5HUX-D7Kf

turns out steam deck LCD is also garbage unlike what steam deck fans would tell u

at least theres an oled one

and makes it clear how much better the rog ally is for an LCD

in t erms of clarity they all seem very similar between the LCD handhelds in real world tbf, the oled is obviously noticeably way better

[hazy frost]

Fr

I did really hate the original video comparing handhelds to monitors though I’m glad they made this one

Actually useful comparison since anyone with a brain already knew that handheld displays are obviously inherently worse, but most of the crowd in the hobby lack the ability to think that hard

[hot shadow]

I didn't notice ig cause I was just busy using my steam deck to do sick Tony hawk skateboard tricks on the planeride

OLED or not I'm not v picky

[hazy frost]

People act like they’re playing valorant on their damn handheld

I’d never notice these response times playing any of these story games people play on them

Most stuff people play is like ps3/4 era anyway bc deck hardware dies if u play the newest triple A games

[hot shadow]

could pull it off, all they do is stand there carefully and wiggle

and then scream

[hazy frost]

Real

That’s how I play every comp game

[sly elk]

yea honestly i'm not playing high end comp

[hazy frost]

I’d take VRR, 120hz and higher res 8” display over like slightly better response times that still aren’t good anyway

I’d say HDR but I question the implementation currently on the switch lol

If they made it work it would be cool

[sharp star]

Not surprising that the 16GB 9060 XT is almost always OoS

Gee, I wonder why, maybe Frank Azor can answer that

[hazy frost]

Is it? I can find a load easily in most countries when I’m helping people

They’re available at €350-370 in most of Europe and $370 US, and £300-315 here

Idk much about Asia but I’ve seen people buying them atl

[sharp star]

Yeah supply in Asia is almost always OoS

The 5060 and 5060 Ti, meanwhile

Funny to see SEA which is normally Nvidia world flip over to AMD for this gen at least

[hazy frost]

lol

They seem to be restocking well atl just selling out very quickly too

I’m surprised they’re not more expensive here and there’s actually retail models from multiple companies

[sly elk]

:3

[tepid gulch]

I can believe it's butter

[hallow gorge]

how does helio chips do these days compare to snap 8 series

i needa get my mom a new phone but idk if i should get one with snap 7 or helio

when i got my redmi k20 pro in 2019, people were pissing on helio chips
idk if that's still a thing now

im looking for something that could be smooth for years with basic stuff like how my k20p does cuz it's been years and there's almost no lags between gestures on it

while the redmi 12 or 13 using a snap 6 i got in 2023 started to lag just after a few months

[hazy frost]

i didnt think they even had a new helio cpu so i cant imagine its comparing very well to what SD offer

idk how much money ur looking to spend so cant give any advice on it

[hallow gorge]

the pricing might be different cuz im in SEA tho

since you said that about helio, i guess i would be looking for snap 7 or cheap snap 8

The price for this fellow in 2019 is pretty much my budget atm

[hazy frost]

If u want something to last a long time I wouldn’t buy something with 6gb of ram rn

What were they new like $350?

[hallow gorge]

ya

[hazy frost]

I’d probably say get a refurbished older flagship if u want it to last a reasonably long time

Most of the cheaper phones don’t get software support for that long either unless it’s Samsung or Google rn iirc

[hallow gorge]

getting 2nd stuff has never been easy for me

like, idk what to look for

[hazy frost]

Pretty much any flagship phone made within the last 3/4 years

[hallow gorge]

what about snap 7

[hazy frost]

If ur buying new idk if u can still get them but maybe the pixel 8a or Samsung A55

Bc at least then you still get good software support that isn’t just 2 years

[hazy frost]

I mean it depends which exact processor and how much ram u get in all the models available which one I’d say is better

8 was a big step up over 7 tho

[hallow gorge]

uhm, snap 7 in 2023-2025 maybe?
idk about it neither but i checked a few models using them and those were kinda within my budget, and i assume they are better than 6 but not sure how 7 does exactly compare to 8

[hazy frost]

There’s nothing wrong with the gen 7 ones either they’re still good

Tbh it depends exactly which processor it is tho, it’s hard to make a blanket statement

[hot shadow]

I don't think about it like that, I just buy old people yesteryear phones, iphone or Android alike

because they're old why do they care

[hazy frost]

And I’d still take a worse processor with more ram on Android rn

[hot shadow]

even young people don't care about processor

they don't even know what it is lmao

THEIR DESKTOP IS LIKE A GRANDMAS LMAO

[hazy frost]

Tbf if u want basic functionality and keep for a long time iPhone is the way to go for those people

[hot shadow]

yes

[hazy frost]

Longest software support and iOS runs so well it doesn’t matter which processor u get so long as it’s not a decade old

[hot shadow]

so just search for 2 or 3 models behind to hit the 200 dollar mark

[hallow gorge]

the problem with ip here is they are easy targets for thieving

in my region

[hot shadow]

anybody there steals any phone

I had a shitty phone and Filipinos stole it

in manila

so idk if it matters

[hazy frost]

Lmao

I was gonna say I’m pretty sure any phone would get stolen from what I know most places in SEA with that problem

[hot shadow]

I could've had a shoe with numbers draw on it and Filipinos literally steal that too yknow

they steal your fucking shoes

[hazy frost]

Just keep all ur stuff in a zipped pocket or bag always anyway

[hallow gorge]

i suppose i would put 2nd hand and ip to the later part of my choices then

thanks people

[hot shadow]

tfw I had to buy my family member new shoes when he came back from davao

cause his own family stole his damn shoes then acted like they didn't so he had to buy cheap flipflops

bruv

[hallow gorge]

bruh

i only have my dad family guilt tripping him or whatever to drain his $ and my mom mental

[hot shadow]

yea it's shit

that's why that same person is nearing retirement with 0 money

feels kinda awful watching Filipinos immigrate here and do rly well but have to send back money, then I watch cn NOT have to do that

just lie rly

[hallow gorge]

might be the bond that their religion insists upon them?

[hot shadow]

that kind of obligation ruins lives

I think ofc it's ok to send an amount

it's weird cause I'm p sure they didn't allow him to divorce

since you can't

but then that suggests you should also not care as much

[sharp star]

Yeah

I'm trying to break free from that obligation

Source: Filipino

[hot shadow]

p much all English-speaking asian diaspora under 35yo rn have to just pretend like we care

but don't actually

[sharp star]

I don't make an effort to pretend to care

I've made my disdain for my own mother obvious but she's too oblivious to realize it

I've even went on record and clarified that we're not friends

[hot shadow]

my mom sends me money one-way

I think I broke the obligation rule somehow

p sure her shop is doing well anyway

I donate clothes in the To The Shadowlands box we mail also

I'm curious if anybody has actually attempted to start in one of those Train an AI jobs and how it went

cause it sounds funny as fuk

[sly elk]

yea this sounds familiar

quite familiar lol

[hallow gorge]

"prompt engineer"

it's like, teaching a baby

except it's a machine instead of a baby

i got a glimpse of it
a few posts about it shows up on my feed as well

[sharp star]

Funny thing about this, I've went on record multiple times that I'm an atheist, but my mom likes to continue believing that I'm Catholic for whatever reason

[hallow gorge]

gaslighting

[sharp star]

She's undoubtedly a master of it

[hallow gorge]

it seems to be a common practice among parents

[hazy frost]

I’m not even from Asia and I have to deal with that one lol

Universal

[late basalt]

Sarah or any of the other wrenchies still lurking? My car may hate me and want an opinion first before I go to an auto shop

[potent arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/bebe-gif-5526812072482676565

you could always ping me

[late basalt]

I know, I just couldn’t remember your name in this server other than ‘Sarah’

[tepid gulch]

I misread that

[late basalt]

But basically I’m getting the dreaded p0420 PDTC cel. HOWEVER, I’m hoping it’s the o2 sensor because the freeze frame data it logged shows the cat at ~1200f

Because I’m not looking forward to how expensive a car replacement is going to be.

[potent arrow]

yeah possibly would be a o2 sensor, but also that's usually a cat issue so it's not like you have to replace it

[late basalt]

Hence wanting an opinion since for my car the downstream o2 sensor having a shitfit would pop the code too.

I’ll see if the odb tool I have can read the voltage off that sensor too or just the front one

[hot shadow]

sooo what did the mechanic say

or is the point that you wanna fix it

[late basalt]

Well, I want to, but don’t exactly have a lift of any kind

It’s why I’m hoping it’s the o2 sensor- less of a ball ache to replace

[lost python]

man why am i even still trying to buy from "local" stores, when i am always hit with my purchase being suspicious and getting canceled.
ooohhh so suspicious that i am trying to buy a bluray player that is on sale, oh nooooo

[potent arrow]

who tf is buying BluRay SUS

https://tenor.com/view/bebe-gif-5526812072482676565

[hazy frost]

they didnt think anyone would buy one in 2025

[modern iris]

what tf is Bluray

what happened to blutooth

[hot shadow]

is this a real question

[modern iris]

no

I was just trying to make a joke, I see it didn't land the way I wanted it to

[lost python]

as long as the ps5 continues to suck and streaming services continue to be this low quality, i will continue to buy blurays

[hazy frost]

I don’t think streaming services are rly that bad

They look more than good enough for watching at home

I’ve not had a blu ray player since I got a ps4 years ago

[lost python]

cool that they are fine for you, but they are not for me

their visual quality is ass compared to what it could be. even if their servers are stable for once

[hazy frost]

Sounds like an issue just where ur from I guess

I haven’t had to deal with that luckily