technology-discussion

[hazy frost]

Lmfao

I just didn’t wanna study anything

[tepid gulch]

[cold yacht]

Go into civil engineering or chemistry

[hazy frost]

ANYTHING but that

[tepid gulch]

I wanna blow up things

Go into pyrotechnics

[inland mauve]

men outnumbered women like 5 to 1 when I started studying compsci

and that number dropped further down in the master

the difference was a lot smaller in the classes on artificial intelligence

that was still a fascinating and promising subject at the time

before all the corpo shits conflated it with free money

I think the ratio is better now, it's something that slowly shifts over time

[tepid gulch]

Now that's comedy

[low fiber]

"You're absolutely right! You did ask me to turn off the computer and it seems the power is still on. Do you want me to try again?"

[sharp star]

oh god finally

that sheet of PTM I ordered is arriving soon

(I hope)

[hot shadow]

hot

[dire viper]

The pitch of those fans gets me going

[copper monolith]

Did they remove the ms edge weather/news icon on the taskbar?

Lmao

It's normally there

[potent arrow]

@pine thistle omfg someone did it

https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/s/iBM0Om8QLn

[sharp star]

https://www.theverge.com/tech/806492/bored-ape-yacht-club-bayc-crypto-metaverse-otherside-yuga-labs everyone point and laugh now

[hot shadow]

i liked terrorizing their discord

[hasty harbor]

alright fellas, what ethernet cable is worth using, i have been using 5 for a while, should i go 6, or 6a,
if so, which brand is worth using

[sharp star]

at least 6

7 or 8 if you want futureproofing

[hasty harbor]

any brand?

[sharp star]

Generally yeah

but also I am outside of Europe so

[hasty harbor]

fair enough

[hot shadow]

cat7 is expensive 3 years ago so i hope it's come down

[sharp star]

I think it went down

[hot shadow]

btw buying random cat7 on amazon or random online shop barely passes as cat5 on a real certifier

cat7 and 8 are still considered bulkier to run around the house so most enthusiasts still stick with 6/6a

people who have actual fast internet like 2gbps could bother but a lot of people have like what, 500mbps to 1gbps or not even that

you're gonna have to think about what your family needs

avg internet speed in europe is barely above 100-200mbps lol

[hasty harbor]

i do have a insanely high mbps so

[hot shadow]

CAT6 is rated for 10 Gbps up to 164 feet. CAT6A is rated for 10 Gbps up to 328 feet there's this reality

so it also depend if router is in your room or if you're gonna run it across a huge mansion from your mom's room

your european castle

[hasty harbor]

how could you tell i live in a castle

[hot shadow]

all euros live in a castle 😌

[hasty harbor]

[hot shadow]

7 is also a bitch to throw around, idk if you've touched it before but it's stiff

so if you dont wanna go up there with a ladder you better get somebody else to do it

[hasty harbor]

never, i always had 5e

[hot shadow]

you'll be happy with 6a

[hasty harbor]

im dumb when it come to cable, still using the one i got it from the people that gave me fiber box

alright, any good brand 6a or does any 6a work

[hot shadow]

idk what your brands are, im not euro

but it's common enough that you could prob go find a big bulk container of it if you plan on cutting it, crimping it yourself, stapling it around the house

if you need a short one you just go to any electronics store irl

[hasty harbor]

gonna need a short one and a long one

[hazy frost]

I’ve got 6a and idk wtf people want more for unless they have a 10 bedroom house

[sly walrus]

can routers even see cat7

or do they just see it as cat6

[hasty harbor]

hows this

[pine thistle]

holy shit :D

[sly walrus]

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/the-multi-billion-dollar-15-hour-aws-outage-that-brought-the-internet-to-its-knees-last-week-was-apparently-caused-by-a-single-software-bug/

for want of a nail, error 404

[gentle star]

Chat

Any computer nerds in the house tonight?

[pine thistle]

Nope, everyone took up farming in the mountains now

[wraith agate]

Damn, the AWS outage hit that hard

[real edge]

what do you need help with

[gentle star]

Thanks, I was needing opinions on something related to a fresh install but then encountered an issue that needed me to redo the install regardless so no help needed

(of windows)

[weak harbor]

what is windows 11 25H2 ?

I see it has issues with dalamud atm but

what are these updates exactly, I just came from win10 and there weren't updates similar to this one, it almost sounds like android SO updates

[real edge]

stay away from it

until issues are fixed

[weak harbor]

yeah for sure I'm not installing that

I was just curious what it is

[paper tusk]

it's the most recent version of windows 11 and it's proof that prioritizing for ai was a mistake

it has performance and network issues that november patch should fix(tm)

[grizzled hamlet]

This is the first time I'm hearing about the performance issues

Does this affect hard drive speeds or just general performance? My windows OS drive feels like it's been loading things a lot slower

Either I'm just that disconnected from windows or it's 25H2

After I swapped back to Linux, I hadn't booted my windows drive in 156 days, I updated windows after booting it, and it's just sluggish.

[paper tusk]

general performance in my case with ffxiv frame rate becoming shit tier

I had to use vivetool to fix the frame rate issue although PT deep dungeon (floors with desert space) still don't perform as well as it should compared to other floor types

performance with hunt trains/s ranks is normal though post ID enable

[copper monolith]

If I want to install Linux and be done with windows 11 will it be a learning process for me?

Basically my issue is the random restarts. This started when I was still on windows 10. Then I switched to 11. I changed the psu, mobo, and even got myself an extension with a surge protector.

Still restarts randomly. The cpu isnt overheating, the gpu isnt overheating ( I monitored them) sometimes it restarts when the pc is pmuch on idle state with everything closed but discord

Updated bios, gpu, cpu, used all the settings recommended by ppl on the internet

Still didn't solve the issue

I even rebuilt the build with a new case new mobo and new psu. So I doubt it was cables issue

Replaced pmuch everything. Even the power cables so I'm giving up

[hot shadow]

when we buying the triple chamber separated cpu gpu case

helllllllllllllll yeah

fuck it prob take like 3 hours to fiddle

[soft oak]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/281629829122490369/1432191372718374962/20251027_121629.jpg?ex=690027a8&is=68fed628&hm=8b2f9df9defaf9ef96f6b2841c319f69be5ddc79531a99088c4b16f08dfc7a8f&=&format=webp&width=1826&height=1349 new keyboard all set up (Keychron V5 with Nuphy caps)

[brave oxide]

If you've replaced all of this and it still happens it might not even be your PC

[soft oak]

I really appreciate keychron's firmware/mapping software is all browser-based so I don't have another program running in the bg to bloat

[brave oxide]

I'd try an outlet tester to make sure there's nothing wrong with the outlet

If you have access to a multimeter would also help

[hot shadow]

do you know the health of your ssd

[modest helm]

the colors are perfect for halloween lol

[copper monolith]

How to check that

[hot shadow]

well, how old is it?

[copper monolith]

Yeah literally built a new pc

[hot shadow]

if it's new then nvm usually

[copper monolith]

Like 3 years old

[hot shadow]

hmmmmm

[copper monolith]

Only the ssd is old

Other components are all new

[hot shadow]

so an old ssd can cause your problems

[copper monolith]

Ooo

[hot shadow]

a lot of us have software to check or s.m.a.r.t. basically to see health

[copper monolith]

Ok i will check on that after work

[hot shadow]

people who dont have any idea will download CrystalDiskInfo with some anime girl pictures on it (for some reason) and it'll show you

lmfao

so weeb but works

[copper monolith]

💀

[hot shadow]

i think by default it's not that tho

[copper monolith]

Ok thank u

[hot shadow]

but hey whatever works

[sharp star]

lmao

[hot shadow]

hahahahahaha

[sharp star]

CrystalDiskInfo is a gateway drug into anime

[hot shadow]

i dl'd this as a joke at first but it's genuinely helpful

lol

[copper monolith]

Would be glad if it was the ssd

[hot shadow]

yea when i started having random slowdowns i suspected it was ssd first and i was right the last time, so i had to replace it

even booting up pc would take fucking forever

all games took forever to load on that particular one, there's signs...

[copper monolith]

I put my games on a nvme one

The os is on a sata ssd

[hot shadow]

if it's not your ssd/nvme then RIP not sure

[copper monolith]

Always thinking of getting a second nvme tho

[hot shadow]

same, i have all these extra slots but i still haven't bothered

i might the next time when an ssd is old again

pops in like a lil poptart

[sharp star]

Hell yeah I love funding American imperialism for lower temps

[copper monolith]

@hot shadow

my ssd

my nvme

[real edge]

84% is rough for the SSD

[copper monolith]

ohhh what should i do

defrag?

[real edge]

MY SSD started showing problems at like low 90%

but it was also 7 years old

u dont really need to defrag SSD

just buy a new one and clone your old SSD into your new SSD

[copper monolith]

alright i think that will be my last resort

prolly should go for another nvme

[real edge]

u can clone SSDs

id stick with small cheap sata SSDs for windows tbh

no reason to overspend

[copper monolith]

oo

u are right

[real edge]

and get the big terabyte SSDs for games

and cold storage HDDs for videos/pictures and very old games

[sharp star]

anime gateway drug

[real edge]

by small cheap, dont just buy any 10$ trash

obviously

just something from a known brand like 500gigs

sata which is very cheap

[hazy frost]

U do not need a separate drive for windows in 2025

Complete waste of money

Just buy one good nvme drive

[grizzled hamlet]

I have a separate drive for my windows OS

I'm planning on taking it out here soon or cloning it to another SSD and just wiping it and using it for more game storage

[real edge]

I just prefer windows to be in its own drive for longevity and just self-containment since I easily know where everything is

[hazy frost]

It’s just wasting money realistically though

The money u spend on a separate drive u could use to buy a high end nvme if that’s a concern

[real edge]

my windows drive cost me like 40 bucks

my big 2tera nvme like 200

[lost python]

do you have windows on an HDD

[real edge]

SSD ofc

sata ssds are extremely cheap

[hazy frost]

40 is a decent 1TB nvme here lol

[lost python]

jeez

[hazy frost]

But generally the extra u pay for a windows drive if u just spend on a better main drive then

U won’t need separate ones

Bc the main one is more than durable enough

And u get a better drive in general for all other stuff u do

[real edge]

I just like to keep them separate for longevity/durability and ease of access/ease of copying/making backups

my old windows ssd from the crack of dawn lasted 7 years

I liked that

[hazy frost]

My mixed ones lasted about the same

I just only buy decent quality TLC ones

my current ones like 3 years old on 98%

[real edge]

I do have a main corsair nvme I use for games

its like 2tb

pcie 4.0 or some crap

[hazy frost]

my crucial one is for everythibng on my pc

my old drive went to my laptop which i think was a samsung one bc it was the cheapest decent one back 7 years ago or whatever

options are much better now

[real edge]

that corsair cost me quite a bit :x

[hazy frost]

my p5 plus was like £130 for the 2tb one

most of the really good ones are like 120-150 for 2tb options

[lost python]

i paid 230 for my 4tb kingston kc3000

[hazy frost]

i paid like £100 for my 1tb samsung one back when i had that

cant remember which it is tho

tbf samsung probably stil ltry to charge that much today lol

[inland mauve]

kingston

[grizzled hamlet]

I just get whatever is at the local supermarket nowadays

I have to pick up another mini PC here soon and max it out with SSDs then attach it to the cluster. I have like 12tb dedicated to the cluster

[hazy frost]

theyre alright

the nv2 is pretty bad

[lost python]

yeah just like with every company: avoid the shit models

[hazy frost]

the kc3000 is pretty good

nv3 is meh

those are the only models to ca re about rly

[lost python]

sucks that they stuff the NV3 into virtually every prebuilt

[hazy frost]

theres no company who ma kes only good ssds

[hazy frost]

wayyy better than when it was the nv2 which was literally gambling on actual garbage or usable

atl u know the nv3 is just okay

they like to put cheap corsair ones in them here which are almost as bad

the one i keep recommended to people is the patriot vp4300 tho bc its always cheap and faster than pretty much anything close to its price

while also not being generic awful qlc drive

[sharp star]

https://www.newsweek.com/ai-bots-show-signs-of-gambling-addiction-study-finds-10921832

https://tenor.com/view/casino-oldpeople-oldpeopleonslots-slots-vegas-gif-27586086

[glass wadi]

guys who bet more win more

[buoyant wasp]

So when AI declares war on humans, we can just defeat them through gambling

[tepid gulch]

Ai has no actual intelligence

Yet™

[untold bough]

With its current training, it's unlikely it ever will become intelligent

[hazy frost]

It’s training off people on reddit so yeah

[tepid gulch]

We would have to make something that could think on its own without references

Which is not gonna happen anytime soon

[severe flax]

Yeah it needs to shift

Current AI is "smart" in that it has a lot of knowledge stored

It's stupid in how it applies the knowledge and sometimes making shit up when no knowledge is available

[untold bough]

Exactly. It knows a huge amount, but it understands nothing, not even a little.

[tepid gulch]

I'm tired man

[latent plank]

High INT dump WIS

[copper monolith]

What's the best brand for a sata ssd?

I have a Kingston atm and it went bad after 3 years

Google says samsung but i need a human opinion

[hot shadow]

sometimes you can get a bad one even with good brand

kingston and samsung are usually fine

it also depends what you're doing

like if you're always moving shit around and deleting and adding constantly to a drive outside normal use then it goes bad sooner

[copper monolith]

I will prolly just use it for the OS

Okie i guess I can still trust Kingston

They're cheaper

Thankk uu

[neon shell]

Any methods that you guys would recommend so that I can prevent my keyboard keys from wearing out? I saw online that using clear nail polish would create a protective layer, but I feel like that would just make the keys sticky

[sharp star]

Mechanical or rubber dome?

I assume it’s rubber dome

[neon shell]

yes

[neon shell]

what are those moniters

[copper monolith]

mobile gamers pc gaming setup

[neon shell]

[sly walrus]

setup for playing wuwa

or arknights

[neon shell]

my mobile pc set up is using my thighs as a table

[sly walrus]

do ur thighs get hot

[neon shell]

I only play like temple run on it so it barely gets hot lol

[hot shadow]

clipping your nails

[neon shell]

Ok

would sweating alot also cause issues?

[hot shadow]

it really is rng with keycaps

yes

having acidic gamer hand sweat is just a life curse

people with dry gamer hand dont wear things out as much

so you just need maybe some keycaps that account for this, dont get ones with letters just printed on

[neon shell]

ok

well I guess I will just have to accept the inevitable

sweaty gamer hands

I will chankla my genes

[neon shell]

Do you think the nail polish method would even work if I bothered to try it

[hot shadow]

no

because that wears off

[neon shell]

fair enough

[copper monolith]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2025/10/26/act-now---microsoft-issues-emergency-windows-update-as-attacks-begin/

[real edge]

this looks like a clickbait article

[lost python]

It isnt really

But its also not relevant for the average user because we dont use windows server

[real edge]

👍

[potent arrow]

[sharp star]

Pat Gelsinger is such a weirdo

holy shit

[zinc sluice]

Well it

Booted anyway?

ok.

strange

[sly walrus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCgoxQCf5Jg

[inland mauve]

immediate action is to check if the WSUS server rolei is enabled, disable it, and roll out the update in the next patch cycle, if disabling it is not an option then an out of band patch cycle is going to be necessary asap

[sly walrus]

is this crowdstrike 2

[sharp star]

maybe

[inland mauve]

hard to say

at least the vulnerability is not on by default

but WSUS is a popular way to distribute updates to Windows systems

[spring raven]

this one makes me so sad

dude was clearly having mental health issues and towards the end, internet people treated him like a big joke 🙁

[sly walrus]

many such cases

[dire viper]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/935495281095606272/1350922475545956496/attachment-2.gif

Windows

[zinc sluice]

what if i

FUCK my sub ran out

LMAO

of course it doesnt work

[wide hill]

would probably still have like generic drivers i assume

like mesa drivers that work with mostly any gpu

[zinc sluice]

its umm

three things at work

1. Lenovo Vantage software
2. amd software adrenaline whatever thing
3. nvidia app

the question is this :

1. when i set it to dgpu mode on vantage app, it works for every other game BUT ffxiv
2. #1 was not the case until like a week ago.

hmmmmm

i mean i can play ffxiv atleas with the igpu

[lost python]

oh boi, 3pm. time for boomer memes

[spring raven]

1024x768? In 2015?!?!?!

[sly walrus]

well rob did say boomer

[wraith agate]

I remember having that resolution, 15 years ago

[potent arrow]

@inland mauve @lost python

again...

[tepid gulch]

Let's gooo

[potent arrow]

AWS AS WELL!?

[tepid gulch]

Let's gooo

[sharp star]

hell yeah

[lost python]

They accidentally laid off their server maintenance team among the 20k

[sharp star]

New World died for this

[inland mauve]

how does it make you feel that so much of our internet depends on these two

[potent arrow]

LFGGGGG

I FEEL SO VINDICATED

ON PREM FOR LIFEEE

[inland mauve]

[potent arrow]

https://tenor.com/view/threddy-threddyrex-on-premises-on-prem-gif-20411904

[tepid gulch]

That's what happens

[wide juniper]

Jesus christ

Apparently ALL of microsoft is down now

First AWS now this

[potent arrow]

look up

I've been screaming about it for a bit

[spring raven]

Oh I have a teams meeting in like 35 minutes

Maybe it won't happen

[spring raven]

teams did not fully go down so it happened 🙁

[old jetty]

Btw what are some good wireless headphones under or around 200 euros?

I've been considering whatever to go wired or wireless

No need for a microphone too

[spring raven]

I love my corsair virtuosos

Comfy even in long gaming sessions

Detachable mic so you don't have to have it in your way but it's there if you want it

[hazy frost]

Depends what ur using it for

Best all round thing that’s not too expensive are the Sony WH1000XM I think the 4s are probably about $200 now

[old jetty]

Mostly gaming tbf

[hazy frost]

just get w ired ones if ur in a fixed location

always better

[dire viper]

O lmao

Azur is having issues

I was wondering why my shipping stuff wasn’t working

[tepid gulch]

Holy shit

Nvidia hit $5T worth

You're telling me Nvidia is making more money than any of the individual countries in Europe

[hard drift]

It’s a giant bubble that will pop don’t worry

[dire viper]

I mean value doesn’t correlate earnings

Never had

[severe flax]

Its estimated value

Nobody has 5trillion $ in liquid assets

[sly walrus]

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/a-former-intel-ceo-is-all-in-on-faith-based-ai-that-will-hasten-the-coming-of-christs-return-and-knows-his-1-target-i-want-zuck-to-care/

should we be worried that pat gelsinger is trying to bring about the rapture

[tepid gulch]

Well yeah

Countries don't even have that

[dire viper]

itll be a Columbus moment and he will manage to get himself exiled

[tepid gulch]

Faith based ai

What

Did somebody slip hard drugs in my whiskey earlier

[wraith agate]

So funny he says that

Recently I've been thinking about how the simulation theory is just rapture for the techbros

That how their AGI that's smarter and more powerful than any man is just an artificial god

[inland mauve]

that's just SHODAN

you don't want to make SHODAN

[wraith agate]

Well no, they want a benevolent AGI that elevates humanity that will cast the impure aside and augment the worthy ones

[inland mauve]

she was going to laser Earth

[inland mauve]

that was SHODAN's plan!!!

[wraith agate]

I guess

[inland mauve]

she doesn't actually hate humanity, she just wants it to know its place and reshape it in her idea of the perfect lifeform

[wraith agate]

But doesn't matter how many copies of "Don't build the torment nexus" we throw at them, they just get more giddy at the idea

[inland mauve]

true

[wraith agate]

But yes, the more I look at it the more it seems like this is just religion masquerading as prospective technology

[inland mauve]

it's a cargo cult

[wraith agate]

I guess ol Pat here just skipped the façade

[sharp star]

instructions unclear, made a device that makes people shit their pants within a given radius

[glossy ravine]

"How many young adult novels have we read that explictly warned us about dystopian hellscapes. It was not a fucking blueprint!!"

[wraith agate]

"How can this be a dystopia? All the rich people are enjoying immense power and wealth!"

[kindred brook]

alright finally figured out how to update my bios

my memory can actually run XMP now

went from 4800 MT to 7200 MT lol

things are loading faster for sure

[kindred brook]

.

[wise jay]

https://youtu.be/iwqN3Ur-wP0?si=cib-I_8gUZI-a57D

[hard drift]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-confirms-focus-shifts-to-rdna3-and-rdna4-rx-6000-and-rx-5000-lose-day-1-game-optimizations and now lets go back to hating amd

not optimizing for rx 6000 series is insane 5000 series just let that trash die

[lost python]

hardly surprising given that they are 5 years old

[hazy frost]

No more optimisations for 6 year old hardware

I mean yeah who could’ve guessed

It’s not like they’re programming them to explode so u can’t use them anymore anyway

[lost python]

but also it doesnt say no more optimizations, it says they arent a priority anymore. they will still get updates, just like all the previously old gens got updates ages later

just no day1 stuff etc

[hard drift]

yeah but that's still insane

nvidia still providing driver optimizations all the way back to the 700 series but amd can't even go as far back as the 5000 or 6000 is just wild

[hazy frost]

But they don’t?

They ended updates for anything pre 20 series/RTX as well

[tepid gulch]

Anything older than that is unofficial community driver's

[lost python]

1000 series is still supported by the latest drivers, but its also just that. supported by the driver.
anything older isnt getting updates anymore

and AMD has been doing the same for anything newer than 2016. even the Vega 64 got another driver this year and its from 2017

[hard drift]

yes but the 6000 series is newer than the 20 series so it's still wild

[hazy frost]

Only by like a year

Not rly wild

They’re both dropping what’s basically last gen for them respectively

[hard drift]

no, the 20 series came out with the 5000 series

[hazy frost]

Nvidia pre RTX and AMD before they improved their architecture as well

[hard drift]

6000 series came with 30 series

[hazy frost]

2 years then

Still not crazy

Idk why ur making this out to be some kind of scandal when both companies are just being reasonable lol

They’re no longer optimising for dated GPUs but are still supporting them

[severe flax]

It says they lose day 1 game optimization

Which really doesnt means shit when I can run most new games on shitty drivers pre-game release

[pine thistle]

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/10/30/windows-11-kb5067036-issue-task-manager-wont-close-and-duplicates-may-hurt-performance/

let's go

[surreal dirge]

Might as well try here too. Anyone have a Samsung Galaxy A25? This is the second such phone in 1.5 years. Both times it started asking me to check charger connection and charging real slow (9h charge time). Reports I've seen point towards this being a wide spread problem with modern Samsung phones. If that is the case I'm definitely getting a different one next

[ashen mirage]

"close?"
multiplies 🎃

[hazy frost]

i dont have one but it wouldnt surprise me with the quality of samsung products in recent years lol

next phone you get id buy smth else anyway bc theyre just not rly that good for the money usually regardless of anything else

[sharp star]

Yeah not many of us are fans of Samsung products as a whole anyway lmao

[hazy frost]

they make decent stuff like display panels and cameras that they implement terribly and other people use better lol

[sharp star]

Yeah Samsung does make some okay stuff but their consumer electronics in general? lol

[hazy frost]

people still buy it bc 'samsung premium' still and people are morons

we live in a time where its easy to find objective reviews and people are still biased

[sharp star]

That's the neat part, because when you really think about it all reviews are biased

[sharp star]

hey so is it me or did everything using Cloudflare take a supermassive shit and a good chunk of sites can't load

[pine thistle]

do you use their dns?

[sharp star]

Yep

Looks like that's the issue

Yeah I've hopped off Cloudflare's DNS for a bit

But sites that use Cloudflare are still reporting issues on my end

[tepid gulch]

If I was outside the US I would buy something besides Samsung tbh

But unfortunately they're the most up to date android phones spec wise that you can buy here

OnePlus and Google are like 2 generations behind

[hazy frost]

oneplus isnt behind rly

[tepid gulch]

I thought they were

[hazy frost]

no they just dont have a flagship on par with the s25u

for the price itsb etter than what youd get elsewhere

[tepid gulch]

I'd love something from Huawei xiaomi red magic etc

[hazy frost]

its like $600 with the SD8 gen 3

[tepid gulch]

I don't ever upgrade so it's not a big deal for me

[hazy frost]

or $800 for the s25u equivalent

[tepid gulch]

Once every 4 to 5 years

[hazy frost]

same processor

but $500 less

and u dont have to deal with samsung issues

[tepid gulch]

I'm on a OnePlus 8t rn for my daily driver

[tepid gulch]

And an s24 ultra for my home phone

Yes I have 2 phones

[hazy frost]

its a bigger battery than the s25u as well

[tepid gulch]

I'd probably get a OnePlus 13 if I were to upgrade

[hazy frost]

same processor and storage/memory configs with 256/12 and 512/16

id buy a xiaomi here bc we can get them but the oneplus 13 is cool too

id miss face ID too much tho

[tepid gulch]

I can't miss what I've never had

But I can be jealous

[hazy frost]

lol

i just use android phones sometimes still and it always upsets me not having it

[tepid gulch]

My next phone upgrade will be replacing my home phone with a foldable when they release one I'm satisfied with

The next generation of OnePlus fold probably

My old OnePlus battery sucks

I get like

4 hours on it

Just hit 5 years old

Damn

[surreal dirge]

The thing is I'm not one to jump on flagship phones. 800 is pricy. So not sure if the lower end isn't the same cheap stuff everywhere else too. Not that I haven't heard plenty bad things about Samsung specifically as of late

But One Plus is definitely high on my list for switching

[hazy frost]

every price range is better away from samsung tbh lol

they just get away with it bc samsung name on it anyway as with all their producsts

[tepid gulch]

Yeah

I agree

[surreal dirge]

Not surprised tbh

[tepid gulch]

I can't wait for the new Sennheiser hdb630's to be discounted at some point so I can justify buying them

$500 is too much even though I know they're worth it

They have equivalent sound quality to their $100k hd1's

And they support 256bit audio wirelessly through a dongle they give you and most hi-res audio codecs

If they were $350 I'd have bought them already

[surreal dirge]

Good thing I get my double paycheck in like 2 weeks. Might even get a slightly pricier phone to make sure

[tepid gulch]

If I was getting android I'd go for a OnePlus 13

Otherwise just get the newest iPhone

If that's what you like

[hazy frost]

Even the $300 oneplus one is better than the $250? A25 tho for $50 more it’s noticeably improved

The problem with the iPhone is the 16e like the pixel 9a was meh

So u have to spend like $650 as an entry point to smth decent from them which isn’t that cheap

[tepid gulch]

Found pics of my PC

[surreal dirge]

iPhone is out of the question for me

[hot shadow]

never get less than flagship

just buy yesteryear models of flagship for cheaper time

[surreal dirge]

I'm debating between One Plus 9 and One Plus 13R at the moment

[tepid gulch]

I like OnePlus a lot personally

[surreal dirge]

Tho I'll have to look into details when I'm home

[tepid gulch]

OxygenOS is probably my favorite android fork

Samsungs oneui is... Alright

Google is just a stock android

The benefit of a pixel is the ability to change your os if you want to

I have a friend that is on a pixel just cuz it lets him run an android he wanted for security

[surreal dirge]

Just looked up a comparison between the 13 and 13R. Seems the R is worth it if you're looking for good but on a budget

Especially coming from my current phone the difference is huge

This has been most helpful thanks

Love it when the random off topic channels pay off

[tepid gulch]

[hazy frost]

13R is great and way better than anything its price when its on sale probably

Which I think it is rn

It’s basically the same basic spec as the Samsung s24 ultra had

[surreal dirge]

It is a little off yes. Not much but a bit. Like 9%

[hazy frost]

9% on $700 is still $63 saved atl

[surreal dirge]

550 even

Slipped just under 500€ for me

[hazy frost]

Nice

Yeah I don’t think anything you’ll find is better for €500

[surreal dirge]

Thought for a slightly reduced flagship that's banger

[hazy frost]

The 13R has like 6 more years of software support or smth I think as well

Bc it’s basically their flagship with the 13

[pine thistle]

I kinda didnt like what they did to oxygenos after the merger with that other (was it oppo?) rom

dumb stuff like force enabling material you, so I had to use a life wallpaper to avoid my entire UI being brown

altough the last version I used was oos 13

somehow had less customizability than oneui, which is...surprising

[tepid gulch]

That's insane

Oneplus has super long software support on their devices

[frosty vessel]

What we talk about here ?

[potent arrow]

bruh

[warped siren]

you talk about this

[pine thistle]

Missing the recent task manager duplication bug

[sharp star]

I think the only solution to this is to have our very own Butlerian Jihad

[odd talon]

This some Kojima level writing

[severe flax]

I hope the AI bubble pops before my electricity bill reaches unfathomable levels

[wise jay]

I just hope i see the signs of it popping in time to make some nice money off of it crashing

[severe flax]

Man AMD latest drivers really fucked up shit

but also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_eqcim8Ozo lmao

[wraith agate]

But that's incorrect

By Halo 2, the elites spoke English

[sharp star]

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/11/02/update-and-shut-down-no-longer-restarts-pc-as-windows-11-25h2-patch-addresses-a-decades-old-bug/ how does it keep getting worse

inshallah we will destroy Microsoft

[inland mauve]

just name your AI "Pilot" at this point Microsoft

there ain't nothing co about this shit

[sharp star]

"Jesus take the wheel"

[inland mauve]

I bet that they have some stupid internal SLA about how much work has to be done by Co-Pilot and the devs literally don't get the time needed to fix the code

[sharp star]

actually nvm

it's a fix

I'm dumb

[wraith agate]

Yeah I was sitting here like "what? They just fixed a bug"

[sharp star]

sorry I'm tired

[inland mauve]

in Djura's defence, Microsoft has a recent track record of releasing horribly broken updates

they've always been inconsistent but it's getting worse

[sly walrus]

always assume malice in everything

always

[grizzled hamlet]

Can microsoft just like not keep annoying me?

I've been using this vm as a jumpbox for almost a month at this point

[sharp star]

no

[ashen mirage]

I'd imagine there is some way to corrupt this in registry enough that it fails to display, but typically that gets restored any time you apply any updates so it's only temporary sadly

[latent plank]

At this point acquiring LTSC and messing around with MAS is the only viable way to deal with Windows

[grizzled hamlet]

I only use the jumpbox for like 2 things and then I'm back to linux

The jumpbox itself is a nested vm on my proxmox cluster just so I could use libvirtd

I gave it like the bare minimum

I also got the task manager bug so yay.......

[tepid gulch]

Microsoft is so dumb

[severe flax]

Microsoft making your life macrohard

[devout nexus]

badum TSS

[pine thistle]

to be fair that bug has been a thing for a while iirc

Was a thing in win10 too, they just never bothered fixing it

[hazy frost]

It is because it still happens to me to this day

It’s extremely annoying

[sly walrus]

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/security/post-heist-reports-reveal-the-password-for-the-louvres-video-surveillance-was-louvre-and-suddenly-the-dumpster-tier-opsec-of-videogame-npcs-seems-a-lot-less-absurd/

hey, uh

should we be teaching cybersecurity in public schools

because this is goddamn embarassing

[hot shadow]

dang they didn't even make it something easy like Louvre123!

[kindred brook]

can anyone answer this

[hot shadow]

i read 'monitor audio plug' and immediately closed it

im appalled

[kindred brook]

Lol

[pine thistle]

wont do shit unfortunately

just trying to get normal people to use a password manager instead of having the same 8 char password everywhere is already a pain

[inland mauve]

YES WE SHOULD

this shit drives me up the wall because of how common it is

the fuck do you MEAN your account got hacked again because your old password was password12345 so you made the new one password123456

[hot shadow]

yeah damn at least make it Password12345!!!

[potent arrow]

the majority of my friend's password is just password with a different symbol LOL

[upper drift]

should almost just become a benevolent hacker in your social bubble to teach people

[sly walrus]

i've played too much uplink to go white hat now

[grizzled hamlet]

I'm hoping to be able to start working on my cyber security masters degree here soon.

[inland mauve]

I have a msc in cybersec

it is hard

but if you work hard it is very achievable

just don't make my mistake and do your cryptology homework

[sharp star]

I like how I briefly entertained the idea of replacing the Torx screws on my Thermalright AM5 frame with Phillips ones

But then I realized “Wait a minute, I hate Phillips!”

[upper drift]

wtf why would you ever consider that

[sharp star]

yeah

[dense monolith]

You can turn that off: Settings => System => Notifications

There must be a menu for "Addidtional Settings" and uncheck all three options
https://geekrewind.com/how-to-enable-or-disable-lets-finish-setting-up-your-device-in-windows-11/

Geek Rewind (@[e-mail])

The piece provides steps to control the visibility of the "Let's fi...

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This window will appear more frequently for devices enrolled in the Windows Insider Preview program or devices configured to receive pre-lease versions of Windows.

If you don’t always want to have to see this window, you can turn it off. However, by default, it will be displayed every time.

Please turn off or on Let’s finish setting up your device using the Settings app
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Geek Rewind · Dec 16, 2022, 9:55 PM

[modest helm]

omg that can be turned off

[grizzled hamlet]

tyty

[grizzled hamlet]

I'm glad it can be

They don't make it plainly obvious and when your options are "Continue" and "Remind me in 3 days" it feels like it's being shoved down my throat

[modest helm]

i've just been clicking remind me in 3 days or going through it and skipping

😭

[dense monolith]

Thats what i first do after (re)installing Windows

and yes Windows remembers that

ok for myself i'm using a MS account for Windows (all three options are also turned off) but i also have a VM and the PCs from my mom and dad and all of them are local accounts

[grizzled hamlet]

The last time I've installed windows onto bare metal was back in like 2020 and that was win10 that I upgraded to win11 as soon as it came out. That was back when I built my PC, so glad I stuck with AMD for it though

I've configured and set up Linux thousands of times for personal and work related reasons, but this is probably the second(?) time I've needed some sort of dedicated windows thingy for my job

[wide hill]

only time i had to use windows for work when i had to use a specific vpn software and taking online certifications trough OnVue

one thing needed just a windows on a vm

the other needed an actual laptop

[grizzled hamlet]

Literally same thing here. The vpn software was running fine on linux with openconnect-sso, but then they decided to start changing stuff around and then eventually they removed a method that completely blocked me from using linux

I'm their linux systems administrator which is super ironic

[sharp star]

https://videocardz.com/newz/third-sapphire-rx-9070-xt-nitro-with-blue-tipped-12v-2x6-adapter-shows-burn-damage bruh

[sharp star]

update: I just remembered that JIS is a thing

but it's largely obsolete afaik

[upper drift]

ye just use torx wth

[sharp star]

yeah

fuck Phillips tbh

[wild wyvern]

@sharp star you arent an mod anymore?

[sharp star]

I'd rather not talk about it

But yes

[wild wyvern]

Ah

I see

Im not gonna ask

[kindred brook]

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

TIL I learned

AIrcoolers have liquid that turns gas

[tepid gulch]

This is why we need to just use USB c ports for everything

USB a needs to die already

[sharp star]

USB is so fucked man

[tepid gulch]

I like the concept of that new port china is making

An all in one port

HDMI USB power display port

All through one cable

Just combining all the standards

[sharp star]

So is there like

any tangible difference in reducing the chance of a 12VHPWR card bursting into flames depending on what cable you use

Either native + ATX 3.1, native cable + non-ATX 3.1, or adapter with 3x8 pins

Like I'm pretty sure the last one is the most likely to burst into flames

[tepid gulch]

Find one with the best possible reviews and that hasn't burst into flames yet

I think mine is one I bought separately from Corsair

Since it hadn't burned yet

™

[sharp star]

I don’t think reviews will help

[tepid gulch]

Djura not a mod

[tepid gulch]

I mean what other metric would you use

If it hasn't exploded yet it's what you should ise

Use

[sharp star]

But I’m using a native cable to 2x8pin

So far my 4090 hasn’t exploded

[hard drift]

This is just my personal experience but try and get the 4 8pin to 12vhpwr because i have had 0 issues with it although i don’t have 50 series

[sharp star]

My PSU isn’t ATX 3.1 spec either

[tepid gulch]

Mine is

[sharp star]

Yeah though I don’t think it’s solely just 50 series cards

it’s 40 series as well as those two 9070 XTs

[hard drift]

Yeah i have a 4090

[tepid gulch]

I think mine is a 2 8 pin to 12

[hard drift]

40, 50, and the 9070 xts that use it have all had issues

[sharp star]

yeah

Like they’re all going to burst into flames one way or another

[hard drift]

Just never unplug or move it

Then it won’t burst into flames surely 😅

[hazy frost]

neithr has my 4070ti and i have the earlier cable that would come loose more lol

and im drawing simiular power to a 9070xt

[grizzled hamlet]

Are those all USB 2.0 ports??????????

Like please at least put usb 3.0

I still use USB like crazy esp for connecting my sata ssds up to my mini pc servers

[tepid gulch]

They might be

Might not be

Some motherboards color code others say fuck it

[potent arrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAX2_mPr9W8

NO EFFORT NOVEMBER STARTS

[sharp star]

No-vember

[wraith agate]

what did she mean by this

[potent arrow]

this channel does a series called no effort November every year

half ass edited info dumps

[wraith agate]

oh?

is that good or bad?

[potent arrow]

good lol

he makes great stuff

[wraith agate]

I know

[potent arrow]

just means we get more frequent videos

[wraith agate]

I just don't know if half-assing is good

[potent arrow]

it's good

his half ass is 200% ass of most tubers

[gentle star]

chat

i need vibecheck

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0BVJ4ZFPZ?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&psc=1

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0C89S5PC5/ref=ewc_pr_img_3?smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&th=1

assuming both of these were the same exact price and the NZXT came with a vertical gpu mount (cause the intent is to buy one but i gotta buy one seperately so they work out to be the same price)

which should i go for

If it matters this is what my current components look like, except I plan to exchange the cooler for 360mm version in the new case (so comes with 3 RGB fans already)

[hard drift]

honestly i like the hyte case and have personally built in it for a buddy it's very easy to work with

[hazy frost]

If u care about noise probably the NZXT one lol but realistically both quite noisy due to shape

The nzxt one is in general the better case anyway

[gentle star]

i usually have my kitchen fan on 24/7 so noise isnt too much an issue for me

helps drown out the voices helps me be less mindful of being quiet in an apartment building where noise isnt an issue lol

[hazy frost]

NZXT one much better airflow and design the quality of it is better

U don’t need a vertical gpu for the h6 either but u do with the y60

If u ever change ur mind

Bc u will 100% have thermal issues in the Y60 without one lol

[gentle star]

oh like you couldnt mount it horizontally in the hyte even if you wanted to?

o

[hazy frost]

U can but it will almost definitely hit stupid temps

That’s why it comes with the mount lol

H6 u can set up vertical or horizontal both have better temps than the Y60 does

[gentle star]

comes with 3 rgb fans too

[hazy frost]

3 bottom fans and 3 side fans encouraged for the H6 especially with the horizontal gpu setup

So using what u already have you’ll have enough to do that too

[gentle star]

i think H6 only suppoerts 2 bottom fans

i think its the... h9? that allows 3?

ill probably be opting for a vertical orientation cause my board comes with a big m.2 heatsink that wont fit if your gpu has a backplate

toyed with the idea of using one of those heatpipe heatsinks tho cause i frankly love the aesthetic of heatipipes and radiators

[hazy frost]

I thought it was 3x120 or 2x140 but maybe it’s just 2x140

Either way bottom ones encouraged

[gentle star]

2x140 yea

[hazy frost]

The hyte cases are the worst thing to come out of the aesthetic fish case trend

O11 and H9 and H6 are so much better

I’d probably get the H6 if I swapped to one

But the noise might annoy me

[hot shadow]

that liquid cooling phone is cool wtf, baldman reviewed it/scratched it

[wraith agate]

Wdym scratched it

[gentle star]

Ended up going with h6 flow in solid black cause it was cheap enough that I can just buy my own RGB fans later and have them all be the same brand etc, I'm a fan of the mixed monochrome of the hyte, but the thermals and the cost

Plus the angle of the fan cutout gives the illusion of a smaller case for the h6 flow

[surreal dirge]

New Phone arrived today. So far absolutely not regretting the choice

[grizzled hamlet]

I need to get a pixel and install GrapheneOS on it

I'm using a OnePlus 12R rn, but if OxygenOS pulls next years android fixes issues, then a lot of my apks are gonna die off

[tepid gulch]

Oh fuck

I forgot about that

Am I gonna be forced to get a pixel

[grizzled hamlet]

I had a pixel 3a in the past, but Google kept pushing their code out way too quickly so I went a little bit further downstream and got a OnePlus 6T at the time

I could install lineage OS, but I at least want a backup phone that I can do stuff with and if I do stuff with it, I want it to be running the best of the best custom roms

[tepid gulch]

What apks are they specifically not allowing

All of them or

[grizzled hamlet]

Iirc it's just Google trying to make a monopoly on everything including stuff outside their store

I don't remember the exact deets, but they're trying to make them get a cert from google

Otherwise they can't run on the phone

[tepid gulch]

I'm assuming there will be workaroundd

[grizzled hamlet]

https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/

[grizzled hamlet]

I'm hoping, but I shouldn't be holding my breath

[tepid gulch]

If I have to I will buy a pixel and use graphene

Don't fuck with me Google

[grizzled hamlet]

I'm probs gonna buy myself a pixel for Christmas

[tepid gulch]

Ironically the device that can run the os that would workaround Google is Googles own phone

Graphene solves all these problems and more

Linus finally did a video on it

[sharp star]

Linus sex tips

[tepid gulch]

"the os of choice for criminals"

According to the FBI

[grizzled hamlet]

Call me a criminal the way I want my sovereignty

[tepid gulch]

It's the os of choice for privacy and control

If you want to be in control of your own device

It's what you need

Graphene will probably put out a statement saying "no we aren't including the apk restriction update"

Cuz it goes against what they stand for

[grizzled hamlet]

It would surprise me if they DIDN'T know about the restriction

[ashen mirage]

so true it hurts

[tepid gulch]

I love you graphene team

Making an open source android

Doing the Lord's work

[grizzled hamlet]

Just bought a fresh hard drive so I don't have to take my windows drive out of my computer lol

I haven't booted it up since I updated it to 25h2 and it was being super slow so maybe the drive is bad as well. I plan on testing it after I clone it and wipe it ofc after I make sure I can mount the C: drive

If nothing is wrong with it, I can use the full 11tb in my system

[potent arrow]

@lost python board...

[lost python]

Vile

[gentle star]

that needs a cleaning

[tepid gulch]

Ewww

[hot shadow]

w t f

shoulda posted that last spooky month

[potent arrow]

Curnchy

Washed the keyboard

surprisingly works better

[hot shadow]

https://tenor.com/view/keyboard-deep-cleanse-cant-unsee-ugh-my-eyes-gif-14327122

I should prob wipe my kbm when I get home

[potent arrow]

I shoved it into a sink

LOL

[hazy frost]

I thought that was crazy expensive then I saw Monopoly money

$74 for switches

I need to buy a new keyboard but I can’t find a monsgeek m1 in white with the ISO layout and everything else crazy expensive or plastic

Might just buy smth prebuilt and swap stuff later at this point it’s too hard to find ISO stuff

[potent arrow]

ISO is always a pain

the only reliable ones I can find are keychron

but Im always a keychron shill rofl

I have so many keychron boards Ive lost track

Not the best but not the worst, the most safe bet for none boogie board users

[hazy frost]

There’s keychron for crazy prices and there’s like monsgeek/akko but with limited options

[potent arrow]

Monsgeek is like

[hazy frost]

I might get the rainy75 instead

[potent arrow]

peak budget if you can find it

[hazy frost]

I can get the black one with ISO

But why is the DIY kit £110 and the whole keyboard £120 or something

[potent arrow]

barebones is just more sought after LOL

[hazy frost]

I wanted the silver one but idk if they even make it in ISO

[hazy frost]

Hell I’ll just spend the extra time dismantling it for the stuff u get with it lol

Rainy75 i have doubts about whether they’ve fixed QC and issues with bc I haven’t heard anything in a while

And the flex cuts are crazy on it which I dislike but it’s cheap

But yeah keychron one being like £200 is out of the question I think

[potent arrow]

thats insane

they are usually cheap here

like budget cheap

[hazy frost]

Well they do cheap ones yeah

But if u want the aluminium wireless ones not so much

[potent arrow]

I also find it funny after all of these years of making boards and buying artisan or limited run ones
the end game ive sat on is a custom Azoth ROG lol

[hazy frost]

The V1 max is like £100 and that’s still plastic

Which is crazy

And no mods

[potent arrow]

jesus

[hazy frost]

Q1 is £180 and Q1 max is £240 I think

[potent arrow]

the bottom of my board is filled with silicone and car sound deadening

[hazy frost]

Lmao

[potent arrow]

and I replaced the plate with CNCed delrin

[hazy frost]

I mean doing mods myself idc but if ur charging £240 I damn hope u would have smth for me stock

[potent arrow]

: P I went a bit insane

yeah lol

[hazy frost]

I mean doing it yourself is always more fun and exactly what u want

I’d probably change it anyway in the end

Do u know of any other 75%/TKL stuff that released bc I haven’t checked much in the last year

[potent arrow]

uhh not really

I havnt bothered to look since I got this one

[hazy frost]

I got gifted my last one and full size is too big now

Debating actually just learning to live with ANSI stuff lol

[potent arrow]

lol fair

now im looking for better stabs

[hazy frost]

What board do u have

I feel like all of the stock ones on newer stuff has been stuff I wouldn’t replace ngl

From what I’ve seen

[potent arrow]

Azoth lol

meanwhile

: P

[hazy frost]

Oh lmao

Yeah fair

[potent arrow]

https://rog.asus.com/keyboards/keyboards/compact/rog-azoth-model/

Mines just really modded

Got it on release and modded, tbh nothing has touched it

[hazy frost]

One of the few half decent gaming keyboards atl

[hazy frost]

Price is still crazy here idk about Canada

[potent arrow]

Its crazy here but, I stopped crying about the price now that ive had it for so long lol

[hazy frost]

I’d buy it if it was sub £200

[potent arrow]

Its just such a good platform : P

[hazy frost]

It’s the same price as the keychron Q1 here tho so

I know what I’d pick for that price

[potent arrow]

Like a company like asus actually putting in the stuff mech enthusiasts want?

[hazy frost]

Get a new wrist rest tho please 😭

[hazy frost]

Corsair would never

[potent arrow]

Its a marble wrist rest, I have acidic sweat

so its not dirty but reacting with my sweat lol

[hazy frost]

I couldn’t cope with anything looking dirty

[potent arrow]

I cant use wood or plastic for the same reason

[hazy frost]

My sweat goes through everything as well tho

The rubberised one with my keyboard has survived

[potent arrow]

given my hand covers it

Idm

lmfaooo

[hazy frost]

Fair

I already spend too much on repairing metal and plastic objects I use that I ruin lol

[potent arrow]

I cut plastic and metal on this LOL for models and stuch

whenever I bring this stuff to the desk

Big Chunk of rock dont care

[hazy frost]

True

I have to repair and deep clean my guitar like twice as often as I should bc of sweat

Genetics costing me money

[potent arrow]

real

my work laptop has grooves where my hand rests

its riddicoulous

[hazy frost]

Lmao

I went through my old mouse pretty fast as well

[potent arrow]

I think the biggest deal with this board is that the whole pcb and plate assembly is gasket mounted

[hazy frost]

It’s why I don’t get expensive ones

[hazy frost]

I don’t think it’s a big deal

Idk why people care so much

[potent arrow]

The gpro superlight 2 as survived so far

[hazy frost]

I might try and find a cheap one of those tbf bc it actually comes in ISO

[potent arrow]

for me its the sound

which is not surprising because im an audio girl

[hazy frost]

I wear headphones a good amount of the time with music loud enough

I care about feel more

Which is why I hate the overdone flex cuts in some new stuff

It’s way too bouncy

[potent arrow]

yes, I hate flex cuts a lot

for me its gasket > Flex cut

same effect just less

[hazy frost]

Flex cut idm if it’s like normal but it became popular and now they make it as insane as they can

[potent arrow]

people want pillow boards

idky

[hazy frost]

It’s what stopped me buying the rainy75 last year

It’s so soft

lol

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Im a small girl with heavy typing so a flex board would probally trampoline effect me

[hazy frost]

But yeah I’d take gasket over it

My typing is heavy bc I have browns atm and it got me in the habit

Idk whether I will keep my tactile ones or change for next thing I get

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As for why its a big deal, it just hard to find lol

as for the bigger picture why this board? It has everything on my checklist, just how it comes down

getting something thats the perfect starting point for a build can be a pain in the ass

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Yeah that’s my problem as well

But also not wanting to spend too much as well lol

I already know pretty much what switches I’m going to try whatever I get

But I want something without stupid flex cuts, no more than TKL and not 60%, and in ISO

I don’t think it exists

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yeah gl

wihtout spending money money

Ill say my view is a bit warped,
Keyboards, Audio and PC is my no budget spenders

I need something that will fit me perfectly or its like a wash

The most elitist thing I can say rofl

[hazy frost]

I’ve spent too much on other stuff recently so i have to not be stupid with something

I also have to spend more money on some stuff I already own soon which I’m very aware of lmao

But I can’t physically fit my keyboard on my desk with my tablet so I can’t wait much longer

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fair

youve seen my set up

I only have a small board because Im small

: P

[hazy frost]

Maybe I’ll get an azoth used if I find nothing else atp

I don’t like buying used stuff but I’ll replace most of it I guess

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well it has my glwoing reviews

aliexpress has some amazing mods for it too

[hazy frost]

Yeah I saw reviews before but was kinda out of what I wanted to spend but now it’s been out a while theres a few on eBay

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Its slept on my people who see it for what it is
but popular for modders

[hazy frost]

I’m also small but I didn’t get to pick keyboard I got last time lmao

Family member saw it and decided to get me it and had it since then

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ha

[hazy frost]

Free is free

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Parents luckily know shit all about tech

[hazy frost]

Lmao

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https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/100463940835762176/1427662329721655296/IMG_7674.jpg?ex=690caea8&is=690b5d28&hm=ef2ca950372208bf38b9f91103776f418c973810602330eed1b8c7adb7a35f07&=&format=webp&width=1746&height=1310

Tiny

[hazy frost]

I’ve had to tell my family to stop buying these things for me bc they ended up getting stuff I will not use bc I hate the specific model or whatever they got me and I feel bad

[hazy frost]

If only my desk were so deep

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Its a board room desk LMAOO

[hazy frost]

I’m too short to reach my desk properly without my feet dangling lol

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foam foot rest

[hazy frost]

It’s already pretty low tho

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thats what I had

have

[hazy frost]

Yeah

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Im like barely 5ft : P

[hazy frost]

It doesn’t go back very far lmao

I was meant to get a new top to make myself one but

I didn’t

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oh yeah

[hazy frost]

When temporary solution becomes permanent

[hazy frost]

I’m 5’4 but still too short for anything

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I need to clean up my audio set up

[hazy frost]

I’m gonna get a new desk mat, keyboard and second monitor soon so I should prob do my desk

Desk mat is too small and keyboard too big

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may as well

fb marketpalce

Im ordering a new custom sized deskmat

Mines just covered in blood and oil

so its time to replace it

[hazy frost]

Yeah lots of countertop extras people didn’t use for kitchens etc here lol was what I was gonna do

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Be cray

my friend asked me to make him a newdesk

[hazy frost]

I’ll just have to support it on the wall instead of just legs

Probably

But that’s fine

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and I found a huge sheet of steel that was used for a sliding door at a factory

[hazy frost]

Lmao

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and used a plasma torch to cut it to the desk size he wanted

[hazy frost]

Definitely unique

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300lb desk

[hazy frost]

It won’t flex at least

I can see mine bending in the middle I wonder at what point it’ll snap and force me to replace it

I didn’t realise the wood I got is actually hollow in the middle bc it was expensive I assumed it was solid lol

I forgot how bad prices are rn

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woof

[hazy frost]

I definitely need my monitor further away tho

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This is why I need new keycaps btw

[hazy frost]

lol

Ceramic ones might last better

I hope

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me too

[hazy frost]

I can’t fit new keycaps on mine bc steelseries decided they would make the layout slightly different to standard MX stuff

Which is great

Unless I buy their £30 basic PBT keycaps lol

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wtf lol

[hazy frost]

Yeah some keys slightly different size so they will get stuck down unless u adjust things which I’m not gonna do bc I intend to sell this shortly