technology-discussion

[hot shadow]

steam deck batt is alright but i dont want it to die midgame so i plug in

oh you in a granny flat ADU thing?

yea no then

[hazy frost]

U get 2-3 hours in the hard to run triple A games and 6+ in ones that are less intensive

U can get the go S with the Z2 go and Z1E tho iirc

[hot shadow]

the person who owned the adu was supposed to give you real ethernet btw not lazy person wifi

if i own a adu in the future im giving them real internet as god intended

[wild wyvern]

Z1E is more expensive or z2 go?

[hazy frost]

Z1E is more expensive

I’m not sure if it is on the go S or not

Either way the Z2 go is adequate

Switch 2 is slightly better on battery and has a better gpu than the z2 go but not by too much

[muted compass]

Lowkey the steam deck became a paperweight so i turned it into an emulation system and all of the games give me 6-9 hours of play time and honestly im happy

The only other games i have for the deck are indie games

[hazy frost]

Steam deck battery was unusable to me until the OLED one came out anyway

[muted compass]

I've been spoiled by the DSi's battery life....

I remember playing on it for the entire day without worrying about its battery 😭😭😭

[wild wyvern]

The issue is i cant play xiv on steam tbf

Since its region locked here

[tepid gulch]

I turned my dsi on after almost 10 years

Still had charge

[hazy frost]

my ds lite has been in a cupboard for like 4 years and still had some left and it wasnt at 100% when i put it in there

that said its hardly a powerful console lol

[hazy frost]

play it outside of steam then

[muted compass]

Use xiv launcher

[muted compass]

Though it still has some gems in said console and to be fair also managed to run some 3d games to an extent before the psp came along

[hazy frost]

it had soem good games

i mean i can play gba stuff as well

[wild wyvern]

So if i get the steamos legion go s its gonna be useless

[hazy frost]

?

U don’t have to only play things from steam

[wild wyvern]

Oh so u mean u can switch to Windows?

[muted compass]

I mean depending on the storage you can do dual boot but id prefer to sticking to either one of them

Steam os also allows different launchers too in general

Like xiv launcher, heroic launcher for epic games and whatnot

[hazy frost]

SteamOS is just arch Linux

But different

U can do other stuff than play steam games with it

[hot shadow]

what kind of a cursed casual plays xiv on a steam deck

[muted compass]

Me. I am cursed casual.

[hot shadow]

maybe for gathering

gathering is comfy controller time

[muted compass]

I do it when im lying down and just have to tackle story and whatnot though

[hot shadow]

idk i cant imagine healing a savage tier on a steam deck is all

msq i can see that

but after a while its like... msq is long long over

[muted compass]

Oh yeah no thats hell idk why would someone go through that msq is just the way to go or easy dailies

[hazy frost]

Steam deck is for roleplaying

Clearly

Idk what people do bc I cancelled my subscription when I didn’t have people to do endgame with

[wild wyvern]

I mean for travelling etc

[hot shadow]

like, vacay?

[muted compass]

Playing XIV on data or on hotel wifi would drive me insane

[hot shadow]

yea

thats why

doesnt feel worth it, even airplane wifi is ass

if its family house to family house then ok its worth it

like thanksgiving or xmas travel

[muted compass]

I'd rather go bring my mouse & external game drive and go to a gaming internet cafe rather than play XIV not already on like 45fps but on 200 ping too 😭🙏

[hot shadow]

lmaoo i didnt wanna go to internet cafe anymore cause somebody always dies in there from being a boyfailure gremlin

slumped over

lung collapsed

SMOKING

[muted compass]

Tbh, i found myself not even using my steam deck during travel or when im with family even when its like night

[hot shadow]

some are good but at that point i might as well instead go to a department store and go idk, shop and exist. Drink some local smoothies. Walk.

find food

[muted compass]

During the plane however was a diff story i did play a bit but played on like idk my 3ds cuz it was easier to grab

Same goes for my switch 2

Its a handheld yes but it isnt... portable as it used to be

[muted compass]

Real

[hot shadow]

we really livin in an age where a handheld is very powerful but it feels heavy as shit and makes me tired

[muted compass]

Oh yeah idk i dont go alone id go with friends or find ones wirh private rooms 😭😭😭

[hot shadow]

a handheld that makes me want to stop gaming in 30min is hilarious

[muted compass]

Yeahhh im honestly impressed that the switch 2 packs so much power in a slim form factor but it isnt enough for me

But then again if it were smaller battery life, heat, and whatever problems for it would become more prominent

[hazy frost]

The switch is the only one that’s light enough to use as a handheld

Pc handhelds are just better than laptops

[wild wyvern]

Nah relatives house

[hot shadow]

yaa handhelds are great for that

[wild wyvern]

Im impressed too tbh

Switch 2 even could run star wars outlaws

[hazy frost]

Switch 2 is more powerful than the ps4 pro was

Better than the steam deck and Z2 go and base Z1 stuff worse than the Z1E and Z2E handhelds

People were saying it sucks when it came out for some reason even tho we’ve always known it’s actually pretty great hardware for $500

[wild wyvern]

Mhmmm

But aint the digital ps5 much cheaper and stronger?

[hazy frost]

It’s not as much worse as you’d think

They’re about the same price r

Also the switch 2 is more than adequate for docked console gameplay and u can play handheld, ps5 is good as a console but u can’t play anywhere else

[wild wyvern]

Handheld for most game is locked 30 tbh

[hazy frost]

Obviously yes?

Ps5 gets 0 fps at handheld tho unless u pay $300 for the handheld thing and u still can’t just go anywhere

[wild wyvern]

🤣

[hazy frost]

Both of them can play triple A games at 1440p or 4K 30fps and the ps5 has better graphics

Switch 2 has better exclusives imo and handheld along with it tho

In my opinion it’s way better for $500 than a ps5 if u remotely care about those things

[hot shadow]

what a pretty gemstone keycap

fluorite over abalone

[hazy frost]

$500

[hot shadow]

naw

1/5 that

[hazy frost]

Still crazy

[hot shadow]

nice to have if just one

[hazy frost]

U can get resin ones that look as cool for $20 tho

😔

[hot shadow]

dont like resin

the point isn't to save money

also resin isn't the same cool-touch

[wild wyvern]

Oh er im mostly interested in the 3rd party games that are flooding into switch 2

[hot shadow]

idk how i feel about amber dead insects keycap lmao

[muted compass]

To be fair it was also before ps5 and the xbox series x price increase so it was kinda valid then mario kart being like 114cad and whatnot

[hazy frost]

People say it’s $114 Canadian but I’m like u get paid more as well in cad once u convert it everyone is paying similar money usually

Just bc number bigger doesn’t mean it’s actually a larger cost for people

[muted compass]

Sales tax too

[hazy frost]

I pay £60 I’m paying $110 cad someone in Germany pays €70 it’s $110 cad

It’s not like they’re charging more by crazy amounts in Canada or Australia it’s just a weak currency in countries that have much higher median salary reflecting that

The people getting screwed is mostly eastern or Northern Europe bc of import fees for it

Anyway point is it was kind of standard pricing but for some reason people got mad about it only for Nintendo

[muted compass]

Yeah thats not how it works here though also we dont get paid in a pretty high minimum wage its 17.60cad that equates to like 12.87usd stuff gets deducted too and as a college student yeah... its rough being a gamer too especially in part-time jobs 😭😭😭

[hazy frost]

Minimum is bad everywhere vs cost of living

The actual average wage is basically the same converted across Canada Western Europe and OCE

[muted compass]

Because nintendo used to be affordable too but they also raised switch prices along the lite, oled, and the standard switch

[hazy frost]

The trend of £60 games has been going on for ages but people only took notice when it was Mario kart

Ur gonna pay £60 for a game anywhere now

Or more

[hazy frost]

The lite is pretty in line with what the 3DS and 2DS cost 10 or so years ago

It’s not been rly cheap since the DS/i

Which is 20 years ago now

And the Wii was about what a switch costs now in 2006

[muted compass]

Most AAA games here were not 114, at most it was 89.99 or 94.99cad for example ghost of yotei, and RE9

Nintendo still has the most expensive containing 3 digits for a standard edition

Switch 1 games were raised from 79.99 to 89.99

[hazy frost]

I mean world is equivalent to 140 cad here

[hazy frost]

That’s normal

£50 game is the standard

U won’t find Xbox or PlayStation releasing anything under that either

[muted compass]

The ps3 used to be 600usd and dropped down to nearly half rather than old games getting cheaper they made it more expensive i dont get where youre getting at because thats where the outrage was too

[hazy frost]

They were cheaper than the average for games

Now they’re the same

I can’t rly be outraged by how the market is

Not in a way where I call it a Nintendo problem at least

Whole game industry has decided to push it

[muted compass]

The standard in canada was 79.99 it changed to 89.99 but older games didnt do that they got cheaper for example Ghost of tsushima, even FF7 remake they went down in price, but for mario odyssey being 79.99 since 2017 it raised its price

[hazy frost]

Ghost of Tsushima is still £70 wdym

FF7 remake is 1/3 of a game tbf the $80 for it was crazy they want people to play the new one and the first one is mandatory for it

I’m pretty sure Tsushima was cheaper than this when it came out

Yeah Tsushima launched at £50 now it’s £60 for the ps4 one and £70 for the ps5 and 4 one

[muted compass]

Oh its on sale rn i skimmed that part but regardless tsushima the original version was 79.99 and now the directors cut isnt being upcharged in 79.99

[hazy frost]

It wasn’t

It was $60 usd

It’s now 80

[muted compass]

Its still 80cad both editions

[hot shadow]

😨

[hazy frost]

Games have gotten more expensive everywhere

It’s not a Nintendo thing

I can understand people being annoyed about it but people saying it like Nintendo is exclusively the only company doing it is wrong

[muted compass]

Im not saying that its the fact that its 20 dollars more than standard games that're 89.99 or 94.99

[hot shadow]

praying for everyone to have a mysterious uncle who passes away and gives you his millions of dollars

[hazy frost]

114 cad is £60

I have seen like 10 new games cost that much

At least

[hot shadow]

may god hear me

[hazy frost]

Mario kart isn’t a new crazy price

It’s just the industry pricing games higher every year

[wild wyvern]

@hazy frost but every single new game here is over 100+ ringgit

Even old ones too

[hot shadow]

malaysia moment

[hazy frost]

SEA moment

Tbf 100 isn’t that off what it is elsewhere

[muted compass]

Even then the wii they sold mario galaxy for 20 bucks via nintendo selects im just saying old games didnt need the price increase

[hazy frost]

Most games didn’t increase in price

[muted compass]

Most of nintendos first party switch games did

[hazy frost]

MK8 is $60 when it came out on switch it’s currently $60

Xenoblade still the same price

Zelda is $60 still

The only thing that happened is they were discounted then went back to normal

[wild wyvern]

@hazy frost most of the ps5 exclusive arent on switch 2 yet right?

Like Yotei etc

[hazy frost]

There’s not that many ps5 exclusives tbf

[hazy frost]

That’s not on anything but ps5 yet

[muted compass]

For you maybe but again im telling you right now it was 79.99 for breath of the wild, odyssey now its 89.99

[wild wyvern]

Pricing diff probably

[hazy frost]

89.99 is like what it launched at tho

It’s $85

That’s $60 usd

So what it cost when it came out

[wild wyvern]

Wait i meant currency diff

[hazy frost]

Yeah

Nothing has rly gone up

The new games cost more

But those new prices are standard not a Nintendo thing

[wild wyvern]

Many did it too

[muted compass]

It wasnt??? 79.99 was the base msrp of odyssey and botw i know that because the taxes already turns it into 90 total

[hazy frost]

$60 usd is the minimum now and a lot of the games will be $70-75

[hazy frost]

It’s $85 rn so even if it went up it’s by $5 cad

That’s $59 usd vs $62 usd

[muted compass]

From polygon too

[hazy frost]

It’s close enough to its $60 MSRP I can’t take it that seriously

[muted compass]

I dont get why you're so fine with 10 year old games getting raised in price even if its just 10 bucks dude

[hazy frost]

That’s talking about new switch 2 games pretty sure

[muted compass]

It isnt

[hazy frost]

Bc if u go on the store rn those games are still $59.99

So the article is just lying then

[hazy frost]

Bc it’s not $10

I just checked lol

It’s like $3 from what u said

If that

[muted compass]

Regardless money is money i still dont get why youre fine with older games raising in prices

[hazy frost]

Bc they didn’t

I literally have checked

Ur posting articles but if u go on the store they’re the same price

[muted compass]

Because they changed it since august????

It was 79.99 it is now 85.99-89.99

[hazy frost]

It’s $84.99

[muted compass]

I dont get where youre not getting me I'm trying to explain that old games thats nearing a decade shouldnt be raised regardless especially since its a generation old already

[hazy frost]

Ur aware this is like 3usd different and still the same price anywhere else is paying

This isn’t a big deal

It’s not like they raised it an actual substantial amount

In the US it’s $60 and always has been in the UK it’s £50 Europe similar and in Canada it’s currently $62

This is not absurd

[muted compass]

Must be nice if you don't think it isn't a big deal then cuz i thought it was. Especially for older games.

[hazy frost]

It’s a rounding difference in price atp

It’s the equivalent of every other market

And in the other markets it’s not changed at all

[pine thistle]

$85 for BotW or some other game?

It's ridiculous regardless, but it'd be extra ridiculous if thats for BotW

[hazy frost]

Botw

It’s just launch price

[muted compass]

It wasnt it was 79.99 cad because i bought it on release

[hazy frost]

It’s the equivalent of what it was everywhere else lol

Ur not gonna continue getting it cheaper

[muted compass]

And thats not okay??? Its absurd 😭😭😭

[pine thistle]

can you at least play it on the switch 2 if you owned it before

[hazy frost]

Yes

[muted compass]

You could

[pine thistle]

surprising

[hazy frost]

U can pay like $5 or whatever for the switch 2 upgrade for it

Instead of paying more for a new game

[muted compass]

The switch 2 upgrade is still around like 15cad

[hazy frost]

How is it absurd that u pay the same as every other market..?

I don’t understand

[pine thistle]

I mean I'd call the other markets prices absurd as well then :D

[muted compass]

Its absurd that i paid 79.99 and it suddenly turns 85 as it gets older

[hazy frost]

Not rly

[muted compass]

When games depreciate in value unless its popular or inaccessible

Like pokemon

[hazy frost]

I mean I’d say yes but it’s the fact people are saying it’s gone up so much and it’s like.. $2usd

Basically a difference in exchange rate lol

Actually if u look at it in 2017 it was $80cad and $60 at the exchange rate that year that’s $78cad now at current exchange rate $60 is $83 cad

So it really is that difference

[muted compass]

Switch 1 games didnt need to increase in new standard pricing on new games? Fine but for old games that has been nearly a decade old is absurd and being fine with that is insane

[hazy frost]

I am fine with paying the same amount adjusted for inflation actually yes

If it had gone up like $10+ sure but this is literally a difference that inflation makes the same cost realistically

[muted compass]

Cyberpunk wasnt adjusted elden ring wasnt either FF7 hasnt raised its price except for rebirth remaining the $90 priec and you were explaining why it got cheaper too

[hazy frost]

FF7 has a reason for getting cheaper yes

Other games just don’t

[muted compass]

And somehow the switch does?

[hazy frost]

Good for other games that didn’t change yeah but at the same time it changing by $5 is literally inflation

It is costing u the same amount to buy it effectively

So I don’t have an issue with it

I’m not gonna keep arguing about it because I’ve laid out the facts about it and it is what it is

[muted compass]

Wild.

[muted compass]

Neither am I at least you and I see eye to eye to that. I laid mine out you laid yours.

[hard drift]

now to wait for them to arrive

[hot shadow]

YYYAAASSS

SEA SALT SILENT GANG

if i get tired of my royal kludge yellow ones i might just do that too

[signal fable]

i like the sound of my linears

[hot shadow]

i lub epomaker

[signal fable]

someday i want to do the stupid decision of buying a topre board

i just really want to try those switches even if it's basically better rubber domes

[muted compass]

i like epomaker i got their halleffect keyboard for like 50 bucks and it really sounds good too

[daring elk]

those sound expensive

exquisite taste my liege

[hard drift]

it was like 50ish

found a random coupon

[daring elk]

holy pandas i got was like 30 bucks

using the same key caps on my rk

i would however buy another keycap

metal

or something heavy

[hard drift]

yeah i would love to but expensive

[daring elk]

problem is, i dont think it fits well on my frame

cause its plastic

idk if the sound is gonna be better

[hot shadow]

good shit so cheap nao

i keep typing on my friend's sea salt silent and its definitely one of the most quiet ones ive ever taktaktak'd on

like it just sounds like fingers drumming on a table, barely. whisper.

wtf is this sorcery

[daring elk]

lubed

i guess

[hot shadow]

yea and dampened

both

[daring elk]

is his frame on pe and rubber foamed

[hot shadow]

likely also dampened

idk what is in the board i havent opened it

[daring elk]

probably layers of foam and rubber

[hot shadow]

yea

its doing a great job

[hot shadow]

yum

so much layers

[daring elk]

its literally the same layered i did

well not the same but

i got layers

[compact pine]

why oh why do they have to call them creamy?

[hard drift]

I hope it sounds good in the frame i have

I have the akko mod 004 so idk but i am hopeful

[wraith agate]

are you an onion or an ogre? perhaps cake?

[potent arrow]

@pine thistle @dreamy chasm FORGIVE ME FOR I AN ABOHT TO SIN

https://youtu.be/mgRPL4lLXzI
gonna put really nice switches and keycaps and mods into this....

translucent purple with "gasket"?

from logitech

and hotswappable

it's cursed time

[pine thistle]

that so doesn't look like a Logitech keyboard lol

[hard drift]

kinda interesting

[hot shadow]

what's truly cursed is if you put different switches at random and also different keycap profile and o-ring randomly and poron foam pad randomly

now that

might kill one of us

[brave oxide]

if you want to try that keyboard the clock is ticking

every product they own gets cheapened within a year with worse parts

[hard drift]

don't call out my mystery pack of switches like that 😭

[potent arrow]

Thats why this one is weird,
they reveresed the clock a bit

Its like a pretty ok decent keyboard

[muted compass]

I found my local best buy selling the tandem oled monitors

[hazy frost]

Only have to sell ur kidney

Good to know ASUS will do anything they can to not help if ur $1400 display breaks at least

[warped siren]

very smart leaving those completely unprotected on the floor

[daring elk]

bruh

it looks like its been sitting for almost a year

[warped siren]

i wonder if the laptops behind it are cheaper

[muted compass]

Theyre the same price lmao

[muted compass]

Too bad if some one just grabs ot and runs out the door lmao

cough

[warped siren]

if this were in the US those would be wrapped in two separate spiders sitting behind bulletproof glass

[muted compass]

Im surprised they didnt do it here tbh though a lot of the staff roams around the area where said tandem oleds were

[daring elk]

is it just me or amd cpu seemed to be a bit scuffed on ff14

[hazy frost]

AMD CPUs include the best ones for FFXIV rn so no

[hot shadow]

how old is yours

generally no

also ALL mmos are cpu heavier

[daring elk]

9600x and its i see alot of forums on amd cpu mainly 5000th gen

[hot shadow]

their engines are also so old that they do not use all the cores

neither does wow btw

that's why both get janked the fuck up

[daring elk]

I know all mmo are cpu limited

[hot shadow]

so it doesnt matter what cpu you have

[daring elk]

Even gw2 is jank as hell

[hot shadow]

ya

[daring elk]

Maybe its because probably intel has like better single core performance

13 to 14th gen compared to 5th gen ryzen

I know x3d and newer models are on par with single core nowadays

[hot shadow]

it's somewhat outdated to say amd cpu can't keep up on single core, these days they closed that speed gap, ff14 came out with intel dominated industry

[daring elk]

Yeah and multi thread just came out in 2011 i think

[hot shadow]

the cpu that runs ff14 better is ryzen 7 7800x3d for example

cause of the cache

a lot of people's intel cpu cannot even keep up

[daring elk]

Like i said rn new gen on am5 can probably smoke mostly intel cpus

[hot shadow]

ya

[brave oxide]

Am4 too tbh

At least the 3d ones

[hot shadow]

am4 3d ones yea

basically if you bought a 3d type before prices jacked up, you're winning rn

[daring elk]

Yeah tbh i never really liked going into the new cpu in
Intel

Naming sucks ass

Performance wise is eh

[daring elk]

Mmo wise, i think ff14 is fine in most cases

[brave oxide]

old vid but yeah

[daring elk]

Oof 3rd gen ryzen

[brave oxide]

idk what the current intel line up is like but their 15th gen couldn't even beat their own 14th gen, let alone touch amd

[daring elk]

Power saving

They want at least to be on par in theory with less power but that backfired

13th gen intel i think back then had power issues

[daring elk]

Its the core ultra

Kinda weird they change the naming scheme

[daring elk]

Lol my friend still on the old 2700

[brave oxide]

i was on 2700 and then moved to 5700x3d

[daring elk]

I was on the 4790k

Didnt really matter cause i only play wow and gw2

But eh

[brave oxide]

friend went from that one to 5800x3d

[daring elk]

I wanted a x3d cpu but i also want to be on the newer platform

So i just go on the 9600x

Cause i cant really afford to get the 9800x3d since im also upgrading my gpu

To a 9060xt

Before the rampocalypse

Now, its literally impossible

Thank god i miss that

[potent arrow]

buying Intel in this day and age

look I know the degradation issue is "solved" but I'm never trusting that shit again for a few gens

[paper tusk]

also planned obsolescence sockets to create ewaste

[compact pine]

I have a 13700k and haven't really seen any issues with it and I've had it for three years or two I can't remember. No clue.what I want to switch.to later. Got my wife the 7800x3d and that shit runs great

[grizzled hamlet]

I am still running the 3900X lol

[brave oxide]

if you installed the relevant update before physical degradation started you wont be affected, but if degradation started then the CPU will get worse and worse over time even post patch

[compact pine]

See now even sure tbh. I haven't noticed anything wrong

[severe flax]

9800X3D is good, but like; for the big majority of games, it's interchangeable w the 7800X3D in performance

In any case, I do recommend looking at AMD side when you do think about upgrading; whenever we get thru these trying times

[hazy frost]

When u ‘solve’ something 3 times in one year I don’t trust it

[hazy frost]

It is but u can also OC the 9800x3d bc of the different design and where the cache is positioned

[potent arrow]

exactly, even if Intel performs 5% better it's gonna take a much bigger perf increase over AMD for me to trust them again

[hazy frost]

Big if they could actually start performing better anyway lol

Their complete reliance on E cores isn’t something that appeals to me either

Its just unnecessary and performs the same or worse results for 90% of multicore

[potent arrow]

I'm just not onboard with the scheduler yet

In theory E cores is good, in practice it's intelshit

[hazy frost]

I just don’t believe it’s worth putting the time into developing them

They’ve had ages to work it out and haven’t managed

Maybe when AMD starts doing it they’ll figure it out idk

[potent arrow]

it's worth it in my books, we gotta tamp power consumption somehow

[hazy frost]

Well they’re using them and still using more power than AMD 😭

[potent arrow]

but also Intel just... doesn't nail it

[hazy frost]

So there’s not any proof yet that we can actually make it work

[potent arrow]

yeah it's fucking hilarious

[hazy frost]

AM5 is ridiculously efficient as it is

And arm are future of efficiency on mobile devices atl to me

[potent arrow]

arm is the future

but we do be waiting

[hazy frost]

9950x uses like 200w and I cannot see what we’d need more for in the near future

[potent arrow]

let Intel throw some darts at the wall see what happens

[hazy frost]

So I’m not bothered about power draw outside of mobile devices

Tbf Intels mobile stuff is pretty good

[potent arrow]

x86 is curse and a half

[hazy frost]

The ultra 7 handhelds are doing well

But the ryzen AI stuff in laptops is better

[potent arrow]

I kinda tapped out of the laptop market lmao

[hazy frost]

The naming schemes have gotten ridiculous

[potent arrow]

I don't really follow it, it's so much garbage

[hazy frost]

Ryzen and Intel both have a stupid naming scheme for laptops

[potent arrow]

instead of buying a new laptop, I just revived my t480 and called it a day

[hazy frost]

I’ve got a legion slim 7 with the 100whr battery

Don’t think I’ll need a new one for ages

[potent arrow]

yep

[hazy frost]

They need to put bigger batteries in more laptops bc I’d pay more just

To not have 50whr battery

Stick a 100 in it

There’s space

[potent arrow]

72wh china knock off
24wh china knock off
New AliExpress panel
New AliExpress cooler
new Glasstouchpad
New wifi 6 card

yeah this laptop gonna carry me

[hazy frost]

Lmao

[potent arrow]

idc if it's from 2018

[hazy frost]

Mines 2022 or something

Forgot when they stopped doing the full AMD advantage stuff

[potent arrow]

Got mine on release

survived uni

[hazy frost]

Got mine on stupid Black Friday sale for like £600 for college

[potent arrow]

died last year of uni

lol I needed the power so I spent a lot of money on it

like 3k originally

[hazy frost]

Damn

Mine was down from like £1200 or smth

6800hs and big battery were what I needed

[potent arrow]

needed the onboard shit Nvidia card and ram

[hazy frost]

And something that’s not 4kg

[potent arrow]

m150

mx150 iirc

that thing is ASS

[hazy frost]

I did get one that I could put more ram in in case

But I didn’t need more than 16 mostly since I could work at home most of the time if I did

I have a 6600s or smth for the gpu which I just never use

[potent arrow]

I was always in a lab so 32 was required for compute

and datcachin

[hazy frost]

My project ended up being smaller than I thought

I just kept the laptop in case I go back to a degree lol

[potent arrow]

I would need a mental wellness check if I ever go back to school

[warped siren]

could always just learn an actual trade

you're willingly letting yourself get scammed if you go to college

[hazy frost]

Would be kind of ass but also fun to do some stuff

[potent arrow]

not really

I'm an engineer

Further education is useless effectively if you arnt in RND

[hazy frost]

If ur already enjoying what u do it’s pointless anyway

I was a CS student and I stopped bc it was ending up useless which was a good idea tbf

[potent arrow]

I mean for somethings it's necessary, for my field the certification is so we don't outright kill people lmao

[potent arrow]

yeah it's unfortunate how the CS field ended up

[hazy frost]

So I’ve been working out what I’m pivoting to instead lol

[potent arrow]

shovelware degree if you don't have any projects or experience

[hazy frost]

I could go to cybersec specifically and probably be fine

But I think I’d be dead inside doing that lol

[potent arrow]

I just fix shit for a living with a huge company

it's fun and keeps me on my toes

[hazy frost]

I don’t have anything that’s super exciting in what I was doing so

Might as well go get an art degree instead of CS

[potent arrow]

just having a degree is unfortunately needed in a chunk of fields

even if it's like an art degree lmao

[hazy frost]

Yeah pretty much

If I’m gonna do CS I might as well get a government apprenticeship and then do that for 10+ years lol

[warped siren]

i look at cameras for a living and i couldnt imagine doing anything more

"a living" when i only make a dollar more than a burger flipper but yknow. it could be worse, i could be flipping burgers

silver lining

[hazy frost]

I’ve been a mechanic and part time art commissions and worked at a supermarket mostly

[potent arrow]

I've worked multiple factory jobs, a handful of engineer jobs, now my job is a lead at a large logistics company

had my own business for a while

[hazy frost]

I did use to build PCs as well lol

When it was more profitable

[potent arrow]

haven't gotten to my dream job yet

one day

[hazy frost]

Idk what mine is which is both a good and bad thing I suppose

[potent arrow]

defense company for me lol

[warped siren]

my dream job requires as little labor as possible, aka what i do now

[hazy frost]

My dream probably requires a skill set I don’t have yet anyway so it’s not worth worrying about

[hot shadow]

my dreamjob is pimp men out

and they just give me money

time to buy an idol group

[odd talon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/RM5K6OwuJS

Press X

[warped siren]

what console has B on the left

oh gamecube

jesus

okay but what about N64

they may be in the same spot but how will i know

[sly walrus]

not enough buttons for n64

[warped siren]

just dye the d-pad yellow

[odd talon]

https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/s/dVyquFFYfJ

Steam Slab

[muted compass]

ouya is a crazy pull

[hard drift]

i came in too late, it was removed it seems

[warped siren]

https://tenor.com/view/no-fun-allowed-no-fun-sonic-gif-3237927308381590617

[hot shadow]

a story in two parts. but also AAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAaaaaaaAAAA

[dire viper]

huntsman vs cooler fans

[modest helm]

i'm in indonesia so if god had sneezed when i was born i could be born in australia and die of heart attack by now

[glossy ravine]

Given the state of the tech world. Maybe by the time AM6 is out, the world may have calmed down with its motions to everything

[hot shadow]

calm down? yea maybe from starvation

see you in da bunkers

gonna watch rich youtubers talk about testing their am6 build from a streamer space station

[tepid gulch]

Spider

[odd talon]

Spider fren

[pine thistle]

I'm surprised people still use this distro

I think this is the third time they've let their TLS cert lapse?

nvm, apparently it's the 8th time

[latent plank]

Yeah...

[hazy frost]

@potent arrow

https://www.techpowerup.com/346645/intel-plans-return-to-unified-core-design-no-more-performance-and-efficiency-core-split

Lmao

Intel realised its stupid too

[glossy ravine]

I guess you could say

Their Intel was bad

[daring elk]

fuccking finally

the evolution of the 11th gen intel

which was already good enough

[modern iris]

Anyone have any idea if this is the monitor or power bank

[warped siren]

power bank like... a portable charger?

or the power supply

the flickering might be the monitor itself honestly if its plugged into an actual outlet

[pine thistle]

I'm imagining them having some dinky phone power bank hooked up to the monitor

[warped siren]

😭

[hot shadow]

if either are fucked then the whole thing is fucked

you can't use that monitor's power supply with a different monitor unless you really read and understand the power requirements on both

so if it's fucked it's fucked

[tepid gulch]

Well... almost every modern monitor uses the same amount of power these days. Both of my monitors are interchangeable for their power supplies

[hot shadow]

they can be

ive just seen all kinda power supply for it and it's dizzying

[tepid gulch]

But that flicker doesn't look like a power issue

Looks like dead panel

[tepid gulch]

They like different shapes and sizes

[pine thistle]

Do new monitors not just have a normal cable anymore? Mine are so old I can just use any power cables that fits the slot

[tepid gulch]

They're all pretty much the same connector but some have bigger or smaller power supplies

Depends on the size

Most of them are 13 amps these days

[pine thistle]

huh, guess I'll discover that whenever I get a new monitor

[tepid gulch]

Sometimes 10

If you have a super big monitor it could be more

But almost every 1440p monitor uses exactly the same one

Up to like 30 inches

[muted spoke]

unless it's some weirdo, any C13 cable is fine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320#C13/C14_coupler

[tepid gulch]

Yeah a lot of more modern monitors have internal power supplies so

They just plug directly into an outlet

With that cable

[hot shadow]

i hate their power supplies so much holy shit, it's always a big box now

omfg i have so many wasted slot on my strip

if they made a power supply where the big box just ends in a regular plug then i wouldnt have this issue but they always insist on keeping the big box as the plug

[tepid gulch]

You could theoretically replace it with a more energy dense aftermarket one that's smaller

[pine thistle]

ye I've never seen a power supply on any of those cables

[tepid gulch]

Usually they plug into it

My monitor has one

Power supplies are magical

[hasty harbor]

alright, so i want to stream something from my ipad to my window 11 (i know its yuck) is there a program that are good

[warped siren]

you'd probably have to do some shit with airplay

[hasty harbor]

is that a app or a feature in the ipad?
or on windows

this is what im using, problem is when i stream, no sound come out to my pal
i hear it on screen and headset, but when i discord stream it, no sound

[glass wadi]

https://bsky.app/profile/sharonodea.com/post/3mfqub5njo222

Sharon O'Dea (@sharonodea.com)

Quite rare to see a chart that says quite so overtly that no one involved has the slightest clue what’s happening here

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Bluesky · Feb 26, 2026, 9:15 AM

[pine thistle]

how tf would it end scarcity

[latent plank]

If there are no humans, nothing is scarce!

[pine thistle]

ohhh

yeah that makes sense

[tepid gulch]

You're not wrong

[dire viper]

End of scarcity means things are valueless

The chart doesn’t make sense because the people who made it do not understand what they are saying

[tepid gulch]

End of humanity sounds better

[spring raven]

end of scarcity is basically the Star Trek future which is what technophiles want you to believe AI will bring

[tepid gulch]

The concept of the end of scarcity is literally not a thing cuz the universe itself is finite

If you advanced far enough as a civilization you'd always run into scarcity problems

Cuz eventually you'd run out of universe

[hard drift]

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-unlaunches-its-geforce-595-59-driver-after-reports-of-fan-and-clock-issues uh oh

[warped siren]

me who hasn't updated GPU driver in months:

[sly walrus]

oh hey, it’s the doofenschmirz projection chart

[muted compass]

Guys a genuine question (maybe a lil stupid) especially for FPS gamers do you guys leave your game capped

I left mine uncapped an old friend said it reduces input lag but since I upgraded my gpu my monitor has been tearing a bit since its pushing double the fps than it did on some of my fps games I've got like mixed answers online and on videos now i just lowkey need a second opinion 🤔🤔🤔

[hot shadow]

its up to you

because setups are diff

usually leaving it uncapped on a powerful system is fine but try to limit it to whatever your monitor is if you experience tearing

tearing bad regardless, thats priority

sometimes even limit it to 1fps below your monitor

[muted compass]

hmm alright ill try it capped once i get back home

[hot shadow]

look into the other game options if capping does nothing

what game tho?

cause it does depend

i got tearing on bf6 regardless of capping btw for a while

[muted compass]

uhhh overwatch and siege was a bit noticable

i have a 165hz monitor and since i upgraded my game has been pushing double the frames than the regular like 200fps

[hot shadow]

theres also freesync/g-sync to turn on anyway

to help it

[muted compass]

does freesync work with nvidia?

[hot shadow]

both are better than standard vsync

should be gsync for nvidia

some people set cap to 3fps below the monitor

[muted compass]

i think my monitor only has freesync 😔

[hot shadow]

hmm

well you can try ingame vsync regardless then go to nvidia options outside the game and see if you have any low latency option to turn "ultra" on

the other way is turn vsync OFF then go make sure your nvidia reflex + boost is on. Sometimes no boost. Have to play around with it

[muted compass]

oof alright thanks for the advice definitely will mess around with the settings once i get back home and just see if capping helps

[hot shadow]

so nvidia gpu since 2019 can sync with freesync monitors

[muted compass]

oh perfect

[hot shadow]

but you must use displayport cable not hdmi

unless its like a 50series probably

and like newer hdmi

i think you force g-sync in nvidia options to see your freesync monitor but that requires some googling again

[muted compass]

yeah lol okay that is a relief then

[hot shadow]

yea sorry this is just gonna require some playing around

[muted compass]

thanks for the advice again 🙇‍♀️

[muted compass]

yeahhhh it is what it is... 🤷‍♀️

[hazy frost]

Tbf they’re entirely different things where one makes it match ur monitor refresh rate and caps it and freesync and gsync change ur refresh rate to match the frame rate if it fluctuates which helps

Tearing from being above ur monitors refresh rate isn’t rly something u fix it besides using vsync and having less frames

[hot shadow]

yes thats why people just play around with settings and whatever works will work

[pine thistle]

The description for Event ID 153 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found.
The message resource is present but the message was not found in the message table

Thanks windows

[cerulean talon]

That's more of a nvidia issue not publishing what the event means.

[lost python]

monitor based upscaling is not something i expected to see
https://youtu.be/qgZJQhh-8X4

[hot shadow]

bro this pc is so fucking californian, it was cold this morning and it didnt POST

i let it sit to warm up in its failing to POST state, i reset and it works

californian-ass capacitors

ddr5 waking up like 'yawn what are we doing today, im going back to bed, no handshake for you'

[peak pollen]

Uuh, UI scaling?

[lost python]

no it straight up upscales a 1080p image to the 5k res

[peak pollen]

No I was thinking like

You only got 1080p of ui

Sone games dont look good at 1080p

Like for their UI

So usually if you get a higher res monitor, the amount of space between the ui is larger

If for example if you were trying to scale ffxiv

[lost python]

hm hm

[peak pollen]

Either you have to scale down, and maybe the text might be even too small to render for the upscaler to work

[hard drift]

Yeah it was some of the bigger stuff in monitors from ces aside from better oled

[odd talon]

I may have miscalculated how to insert the power into this case

[cerulean talon]

Looks like the place for the drives should slide up and out of the way.

[odd talon]

We good, didn't realise one part flips up

[cerulean talon]

Ahhhh

[hot shadow]

you use your third hand duh

[odd talon]

https://tenor.com/view/thumbs-up-mister-fantastic-marvel-rivals-okay-alright-gif-1402463689655543883

[daring elk]

What case is that

[odd talon]

Lian Li O11 Dynamic Evo XL

[daring elk]

Oh expensive are we

Premium for the medium

[odd talon]

This is a expensive build. Excluding all the AI bullshit ruining prices

[buoyant wasp]

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/microsoft-gets-tired-of-microslop-bans-the-word-on-its-discord-then-locks-the-server-after-backlash/

[severe stream]

Micropp move

[odd talon]

Micro pp soft

[severe flax]

How is OLED these days btw?

Does it still has burn-in from taskbars?

I am using an IPS screen on my PC cuz... idk it was cheap

[real edge]

OLEDs problem will forever be burn-in

and its why I do not bother getting an OLED display

I have too much screentime so ill get burn-in really quickly

[severe flax]

yeah

I wonder what's the lifetime

[real edge]

an LCD display might be worse but

it has a longer lifespan

because it has no burn-in

[severe flax]

Yeah I have IPS

[real edge]

my last TN display lasted me close to 10 years

[severe flax]

I noticed that the blacks aint as black

and in scenes where the contrast isnt calibrated correctly, I can end up with just a gray smear

in a place where I should see some details

[real edge]

blacks are the issue of IPS displays

personally I have the Samsung Odyssey g7 so blacks are not an issue

but its a samsung display...

I hit the lottery so to say...

[potent arrow]

I mean arguably burn in isn't as bad as it has been recently

as long as you arnt like

ignoring it's maintenance mode

I haven't had an issue after a year or more with 18-20hr a day

but it's like the when concept of it failing over time still

personally I think the tradeoff is worth it?

If it does after 3 years, whatever I'm gonna be replacing the monitor by then anyways

https://youtu.be/RbEgQrigiLc

so it's a personal thing really imo

[daring elk]

i like oleds but cant be beothered to buy one and they get burn ins pretty easily

the durable ones tend to be the expensive ones

i usually play oleds on my computer cafe

but i got a good pc now so

eh

[hazy frost]

not rly u can buy one with the same panel and general burn in protection features as the expensive ones but people dont bc they dont know the brand name

only 2 companies making the panels makes it very easy to keep track of

[lost python]

cant wait for the hyperfocus to shift to the next panel tech

[wraith agate]

Hey folks I'm looking for a new headset and would like some recommendations.

Budget: Maximum €250

Must have:

• Wireless
• built in microphone
• fabric ear cups

Good to have but not deal breaker:

• swappable ear cups
• charging station

Looking for something with a rather good audio quality and if it's not gamer headset that's fine but I usually will be watching videos, playing games and occasionally listening to music.

[potent arrow]

there's no other option then the steel series

I can't really recommend anything but the Arctis Nova Pro

everything else is just spotty connection or sounds like dog shit lmao

[wraith agate]

Fair enough

Arctic Nova Pro is it?

[potent arrow]

they spell it like Arctis

idk why

it's the one with hotswappable batteries

[wraith agate]

Hm

[potent arrow]

https://www.coolblue.nl/en/product/905404/steelseries-arctis-nova-pro-wireless.html?srsltid=AfmBOopVzuttHcYRCE_gxc9gdUqAkCYh3VwdfoAbd3MXKYcMjB95b1oL

there

that

[wraith agate]

It looks like it's not fabric ear cup tho

[potent arrow]

yeah, but you can get after market

I can't see you needing it tho

they don't get sweaty

[wraith agate]

It's more about personal comfort, I don't feel comfortable with these kind of cups

[potent arrow]

yeah idk, I would say try it first they arnt the generic ones

but the big thing is the feature set

and reliability and connection

[wraith agate]

That might be better

I'll think on it

Anything like the Logitech G Astro btw?

[real edge]

id love open back headphones that you can turn into closed back with noise cancelling very easily if bro is home shouting

but such tech probably doesn't exist

[potent arrow]

not that I can tell

https://steelseries.com/en-ca/gaming-accessories/arctis-nova-ear-cushions?srsltid=AfmBOooSy459oMAptV-Xd3vBNkP6NTLvJJ0sel4QIC-Sgstc2x3xJGvZ

looks like there are first party fabric mesh pads

[wraith agate]

what about the Arctis Nova 5?

[odd talon]

The wireless is nice. Good range before it starts disconnecting

[potent arrow]

also nice

[wraith agate]

realistically I don't go further than the kitchen which is about 3-4 meters from my laptop when it rests on my bed

well if you are a radio signal that is

[wraith agate]

I believe I go with that then, the pro is unfortunately just outside my budget

[severe flax]

Ngl if I am using a wireless headset from Corsair, HS80 or some shit

The sound quality is fine, mic quality is fine

But I'll go wired next time

When I turn on my PC, the first sound, be it a windows notification or whatever, is cut off, cuz the headset is in some sort of "sleep mode" or "power saving"

And while not really affectimg my day to day it drives me nuts

[hot shadow]

ok we'll get you mine

no mic bitch get you a strimmer mic

[severe flax]

thats too expensive for me

[potent arrow]

_> thats pretty cheap

[severe flax]

too expensive for me

I got these for like 90$ back then

[potent arrow]

I dont think ill ever be able to use a headset, just gets in my face

[severe flax]

I used to play CS GO with loudspeakers

[hot shadow]

my headset is 203grams only so it feels so airy and light

and i did actually test that one with csgo/cs2, it sounds gr8

[severe flax]

yeah but its kinda $$

I'll see about it once the ones I have break

It's been 2 years and they're still going strong

[hot shadow]

i did say we

xd

ok though

[severe flax]

Y'all seen these? Any you recommend?

[hot shadow]

i hate mine

[odd talon]

So nay?

I've been meaning to grab one from Costco

[sly walrus]

depends on how much you like spraying water on your shirt

[hot shadow]

i think theyre good i just hate them

dentists like them

its worth exploring

[hard drift]

They’re worse than actually flossing according to my dentist but if your teeth are too close and fucked up like myself it’s the best option of the two they said

[hot shadow]

it's teethmaxxing to do both anyway

some people hate it cause theyre not raised to care about their nighttime routine cause their whole habit is 'game until tired, too tired to brush' which is a no-go

[muted spoke]

it's just like me fr https://terra.incognita.net/@RainofTerra/116168632108345829

Terra Field (@[e-mail])

I wasn’t convinced Claude could really replace me until I watched it trigger fail2ban while configuring fail2ban and lock itself out, just like I would have. 🫡

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Terra Incognita · Mar 4, 2026, 2:50 AM

[tepid gulch]

Apple finally entering mid range

Using a mobile chip to save money isn't a bad idea

They also released the m5 MacBook air

[hot shadow]

but then people just pay more for garbaj cause it's still apple

[dire viper]

That much money could be spent on something more enjoyable like a controlled substance

[hot shadow]

6 grams of cali cocaine, imagine

just live it up LA style

[solemn geyser]

Jesus Christ, who's going to pay $2700 for those specs?

My PC has 32 GB of RAM and 2TB of storage and it cost probably half that.

[hazy frost]

$2700 for what

Above MacBook is $600?

If u mean for the latest MacBook Pro it’s that expensive bc I can guarantee it’s a hell of a lot better than ur pc for what people need it for still

And laptop

Unless u buy a 9900 or 9950x ur not getting much better or at all better cpu performance than the M5 pro or max

And u can’t rly get those that won’t decimate battery life on a laptop unlike apple silicon

[severe flax]

I got a 9800X3D, 64GB ram and a 7900XTX and my PC was around 2000$

Not a laptop tho

[dire viper]

Work station laptop is a myth

Just buy a pc

Use refurb overjuiced thinkpad for stuff smh

[tepid gulch]

Some people need a laptop

And there are no laptops with better performance and battery life than the MacBook pro with the m5 max for the price

A better laptop performance wise would be probably closer to 4k, and also weigh like 25 pounds

And have shit battery

Apple just makes the best mobile chips

I hate apple and even i can admit that

Sure if you want a desktop a pc will.always be a better value

[tepid gulch]

Your pc isn't portable

Some people need portability

If you want a real price to complain about complain about flagship phones getting close to $2000

[hot shadow]

gotta get to a point in your life where you can have as many laptops and desktop and consoles as you want while your wife argues with you from across the master bedroom from HER gaming pc

the dream

[tepid gulch]

I don't even use my computer

[hot shadow]

buying all that shit and just simply existing outside not even using any of it is also a good vibe

[tepid gulch]

I'll be using it soon to play a Minecraft modpack I've been interested in

Might install linux to make it run better

Might not

Idk yet

[severe flax]

I mean sure a $600 laptop w Apple tag on it is sure to sell

Especially in this day and age of electronics prices being fucked

[tepid gulch]

There's no laptops in the new neos price point with the performance and battery life rn

[potent arrow]

I mean this isn't the worst thing Apple has released lmafo

I would argue it's pretty good

[severe flax]

I prefer desktops tho
Laptop keyboards too smol and the trackpad is ass to use. If I am carrying a whole ass mouse then it kinda defeats the purpose of the sleek laptop

[potent arrow]

like this explodes the shitty 600$ price point

I mean yeah it's not for you

this is obviously for students

[tepid gulch]

Yeah that's who its marketed towards

[severe flax]

Yeh

[potent arrow]

like uni students who need a lecture laptop

[severe flax]

At an affordable price point

[tepid gulch]

The a18 chip is poweful enough to even do some rendering

If need be

It's pretty damn decent for the price

[potent arrow]

this is one of those times where I'm like hey

apple did something neat

[severe flax]

I kinda dislike MacOS tho, like I just cant stand the look of it

Its subjective

[potent arrow]

slap windows on it lol

[severe flax]

You can?

[tepid gulch]

I don't like it either but I can't shame them for making a good laptop in the price bracket

[severe flax]

Would it void your warranty?

Hold a sec why is sarah Jacksepticeye

[tepid gulch]

Bootcamp still exists right?

[potent arrow]

pretty sure it doesnt, I've seen people do it

yeah bootcamp

[tepid gulch]

That's 1st party software to dual boot

[potent arrow]

but also

most students will just use macos

[tepid gulch]

Yeah

I can't shame apple on this

They did something good

[severe flax]

Sadly every fucking tech company got skeletons in their closets these days

Aint a single saint at this point

[tepid gulch]

I have no allegiance to anyone anymore

Evrything is shit

Just gotta find the nicest shit

[copper monolith]

I bought a switch2 in the end

[severe flax]

why the fuck

Eh whatever if you find it has fun games, then whatever

I kinda outgrew Nintendo games. They just arent enjoyable for me anymore

[copper monolith]

Djura was so mad at me cus i said i wanted OLED switch xd

Just spent around 520 usd on a switch + zelda botw

[tepid gulch]

Well i did it

232 chapter manga finished in 5 and a half hours

Now that was a fun binge

[copper monolith]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1037747668274905141/1478984803050066104/IMG_20260305_131707.jpg?ex=69aa636f&is=69a911ef&hm=ba36836a4f9d1494119e1042fdae6c41a0b1712a5e9a6a57687393773f30dcb8&

weeee

[latent plank]

Uh... Boot Camp hasn't been a thing for like 3 years, definitely not available on Apple Silicon either.

[tepid gulch]

Guess you gotta pay for parallels then

[severe flax]

Play Unicorn Overlord

https://tenor.com/view/unicorn-overlord-vanillaware-witch-sitting-anime-girl-gif-4073447509722824026

[copper monolith]

I already have my list
Zelda > Animal Crossing > Xenoblade

[hazy frost]

Yeah my pc was way less for something that does a lot of what I want better but my laptop was also almost as much as my pc at full retail price despite being half as powerful lol

But then the M5 ultra in the MacBook Pro is one of the best CPUs u can buy in general not just laptops as well

[severe flax]

Quite funny that Nvidia drivers are the ones causing problems these days

[sly walrus]

if hank were here he'd be denying it up and down the block

[tepid gulch]

Nvidia drivers suck

[hard drift]

It has arrived

[hard drift]

they sound and feel so nice i love it

[hot shadow]

SEA SALT SILENT SWITCH GANGGGGGGGG

highly recommended for anybody who just really fucking hate keyboard noises

[hard drift]

they're great but i need to work on getting silencers for my space bar and any bigger key 😭

[hot shadow]

i stg its quieter than my old rubber membrane kb which is like fucking how

o ya

[hard drift]

It’s a beauty

[hard drift]

Yeah it’s crazy how silent they are

[muted compass]

Really dont know how to feel with xbox dropping their next generation

https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-confirms-project-helix-its-next-gen-console-that-will-also-play-pc-games

[dusky magnet]

Really bad timing

[warped siren]

"cosnole that will also play pc games" so a pc

i mean i guess mikesoft was already flirting with this with the asoos ally

[hazy frost]

The copilot console so exciting

I’ve lost any hope in Xbox after they’ve appointed the idiot now in charge who wants to turn it into a husk and cram AI into it’s place

[odd talon]

Xbox isn't worth it anymore

[muted compass]

I feel like most of their exclusives flopped and are pretty forgettable for both current and even last gen for xbox one I keep forgetting halo infinite existed until i see it in the store, the only games that were fun when i had the series x and one was forza most of the games I had were just third parties...

I know more of ps4s exclusives even though I didnt own one during that generation as they were promoted a lot more too... Xbox is slowly turning to sega

[wraith agate]

Well Sega was forced to stop producing consoles as they nearly went bankrupt. Microsoft has no such issues with money, they just know it's not the console that sells anymore for them

[hot shadow]

@solemn geyser hmmm now i tested somebody else's 60 dollar sale mics that are good, i like the elgato wave neo and sennheiser profile

in case you were still looking

the only thing i dont like about the elgato one is nitpicky but it has a weird long stick for base even if you connect it to a big arm

[solemn geyser]

I got the Fifine.

[solemn geyser]

I like it. Comes with that foam sock.

[peak pollen]

i can't wait that i have to login with my bankid to use my smart fridge

[spring raven]

drink verification can to continue

[warped siren]

ID verification to grab a beer I already bought out of my fridge

[tepid gulch]

Stop don't give them ideas

ID verification on the can itself

[warped siren]

wdym built in privacy display

how do you disable that

[ashen mirage]

You've got 2 options:
-send "STOP" and prayge they don't sell you to 17 other marketers as an active account
-block the address in your messages app (11112021) as I believe they use separate accounts for marketing and account notifications (such as successful payment/account issues/important notices)

[tepid gulch]

It's a software based pixel shif

Shift

It's literally a button on the pull down settings

[ashen mirage]

oh, I thought you meant the ad 🙃

[warped siren]

no, i wasn't talking about the text lmao

[warped siren]

thats so weird

[tepid gulch]

It's pretty neat

[tepid gulch]

It works well though

Somehow

It's definitely a choice of a feature

But in return they downgraded the storage standard of the phones (not actually caused by each other)

Thanks ram prices

The storage is slower now

[warped siren]

galaxy ai works just fine though right

[tepid gulch]

I disable it

Always

Fuck that noise

[warped siren]

same lmao

[tepid gulch]

The only halfway decent ai assistant is Google

And that's still shit

[warped siren]

god gemini fucked up my google assistant when it got shat onto my phone

[tepid gulch]

I just disable gemini

And use the old voice assistant

[warped siren]

like my gps just worked and suddenly i'm driving needing directions and gemini tells me "hmmm, i'm gonna need you to log in for that"

I'M DRIVING

[tepid gulch]

[warped siren]

i'm not my sister i'm not going to log into google going 45

[tepid gulch]

My next phone will probably be like

Idk

Some high spec non mainstream brand

Maybe something from oppo

Maybe a redmagic

Or I'll get a new oneplus

Or I'll get a pixel and install graphene on it

De-google the pixel

Ironic

[cerulean talon]

Openclaw with Claude is hilarious, but I’m mostly using it to meme with at the moment xD

But like hell I’m giving it access to things like my emails or calendars

[tepid gulch]

[vivid scarab]

Not sure if this goes here or not, but im trying to get ff14 on the steam deck, however, the game is not available on my steam region. Does that mean i won't be able to play it on this steam account? or is there a way i can download the game without steam? I already got the xiv launcher, but when i try to launch it, it immediately closes. Any advice?

[pine thistle]

It looks kinda cool from the ads ngl, selectively hiding content from the side instead of having the entire screen blocked like with a regular privacy screen protector

no idea how well it works irl tho

[odd talon]

There's two pins unaligned...

[hot shadow]

eh? on what

is your pc gonna blow up

[odd talon]

The motherboard

[hot shadow]

h u h

in the cpu socket?????

so um, if you are brave, you can get a mechanical pencil without the lead, use that hole to bend it back really slow and gentle ...

ive had to do this 3 times for others

be reallllllllllllllllllly gentle

that was the only way we could avoid them spending money

alternative is if there's a lot of edge ones bent, you can x-acto knife edge it back but that's hard too

some pc shops do cpu pin repair btw, they use spare donor pins for motherboard/cpu if you are desperate

[odd talon]

I'm gonna take it my cousin's place. He has something that can realign the pin

[tepid gulch]

Careful spongebob

[odd talon]

Update: we are now dealing with error code 4d

But so far looking good

[compact pine]

I sees a bent PIN

[severe flax]

Is this fixable?

Uh oh

Bottom pixels got fucked

No idea how it even happened

Its my 3rd screen

[potent arrow]

usually no

:P only the bottom few rows

[warped siren]

give it a good meaty thwack

that'll set it right

[severe flax]

I slapped it

slapped it's backside, bottom, sides

nothing

Meh its my 3rd screen so its whatever

[odd talon]

Yeah, that's why it escalated to motherboard pin repairs

[muted compass]

Just upgraded to windows 11 and my games somehow takes more resources especially cpu for ready or not, ram with ow2 and sometimes both for other games...

Ive been trying to figure stuff out and debloated w11 and nothing affects it now im slightly regretting upgrading to 11 for re9 🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️

[hazy frost]

Win 11 is just worse than 10 tbh and with the recent updates it’s probably less safe than 10 without security updates

Good luck

[muted compass]

Yeahhh thats why ive stuck with win 10 during my pc upgrade its just so stupid that as games get progressively get more demanding winslop 11 is just greedy with resources 😭😭😭

[hazy frost]

That’s why I’ve stayed on 10 still lmao

Ideal world Linux would be completely usable by the time it gets so bad I need to get off it

But I see having to use win 11 or 12 at some point in my future unfortunately

AI slop updates go hard

[muted compass]

I wouldve stuck to 10 or honestly i may revert back to it once i finish my re9 playthrough

It doesnt make sense why re9 only runs on 11 only though....

[hazy frost]

I mean did u try running it on 10

There’s other games that say win11 minimum and work on 10

They just list 11 bc 10 is now EOL anyway