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latent grotto
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probably wouldn't hurt to try but i think 204.2.229.230 and 204.2.229.10 are part of the same network

solid dirge
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Dude dafuq cables are using, fuckin plastic? 42ms from PC to router?

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I get less than that from BC to fuckin cali's servers

latent grotto
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on average is 4ms

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but there was just a random packet that was 42ms

solid dirge
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Poke it, and by poke I mean bootkick it square in the nads until it stops napping

kindred brook
solid dirge
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42 ms for that tiny distance.. You'd need to be doing like a satellite connection through seawater or some shit for that to be a constant, goddamn

odd sand
latent grotto
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I'm on wifi

odd sand
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Try to get the router closer or get an extender maybe?

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If you can't suck it up and go wired

latent grotto
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Its fine

odd sand
deep sapphire
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Ah dang, did you have to melt the bushings on the leaf springs?

glossy timber
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hjonk hjonk

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im a norse duck

deep sapphire
glossy timber
sly elk
late basalt
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Lag issues often happens with the NTT node right outside the data center too

odd sand
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Japanese companies and internet ... terrible combination.

latent grotto
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i think hank is gonna be happy with the winners of GN's categories

deep sapphire
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Haha that might be tacky on a small pick up

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Give it a 10 inch lift too

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LOL

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Maybe a parking sensor for both front and back

sly elk
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i didn't realize somebody made a blu-ray/vhs player

modern iris
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looks good to me

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Yay ascree

deep sapphire
idle basin
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@latent grotto POG THAT WORKED

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THANKS I LOVE YOU

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i can finally get my fix of YoshiP's crack

latent grotto
paper tusk
modern iris
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even the gpu is slightly better

sharp star
spring tulip
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help

sly elk
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i've never seen such a blurry error

spring tulip
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this pops up every time its opened when its about to be done downloading

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is there an easy fix for this issue? it doesnt even say anything just that it failed I guess idk

wide hill
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what happens if you run the game trough the official launcher?

modern iris
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Should I consider a VPN

sly elk
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i love how the bamboo tablet i got for christmas many many years ago still works just fine in windows 10 with photoshop and stuff

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^_^

patent terrace
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i've had 2 or 3 and 100% forget i own them without fail

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i need mine though, snagged a nice xppen on sale a few months back, have not touched it yet because i dunno what drawing software to get as i am a scrub artist D:

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"artist" <-- has not drawn in nearly 20 years

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yup u_u

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i really need to though, it's hampering my modeling greatly

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nice nice

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somewhere ihave an old bamboo tablet .... somewhere

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i regret not splurging and getting ps before it went subscription only 😂

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i've got gimp as is, but it's like giving a toddler a dremmel tool with literally every possible attachment

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me: ^

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doubly so for me, since i have no idea wtf is going on at all

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that is a highly cursed image

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that is not as bad ot me, since that has actual words instead of arcane hyroglyphics

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yeah i could see that

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i think the new blue screens are more ominous like, the old ones were all PO(*&SDFB (AYNS)FPASHD ERROR: LKJHPAO&F(^6908760a9wd, the ones are all EY YO UR JACKED BRUH 😦

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i can see that

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my pc was slightly unhappy with me just rendering a 3 minute animation in blender

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not like "MY PC IS FILLED WITH BEES" mad

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more like "ah yes, i must pay the hamsters more next week"

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im still a bit mad about that

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10 days of 14 hours a day figuring out something

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took 30 minutes to make

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😐

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no no my pcv is fine

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i'm just in technical terms "kinda dumb"

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*pc

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it's not a beat by any means, but it's more than enough for most things :3

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....

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more like "walking through my house to turn on the lights since it's dark, then turning them all off on the way back out of habit"

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it was more "i want to do a thing but do not know enough to accurately decribe it to find help on google"

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*s

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then while i was in bed, angrily trying to sleep ian alternative idea popped into my head, and boom, done

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im self taught on blender, but did have proper classes on 3dsm way way the heck back

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thankfully there's a TON of free, quality blender classes

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can't sleep adhd/depression ie creativity 😂

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my anxiety is ... differnt form most ppls from what i hear

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mine is more like, a constant slight dread

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like hearing the boss music, but the boss never shows up

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me: "annnnnnnnnnnnny second now"

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but it's very low intensity

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for me it's like, when an expansion drops and you're blindly running through an area that is ENTIRELY too high for you to be in, and you hear that aggro sound, but no mob every shows up

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and you're kinda relieved, but also concerned 😂

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*ever

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same time for me

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or a bit late D:

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i've been up since abou tthis time yesterday, give or take

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i tried to sleep!

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3 hour of starring into the void

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nada

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*hours

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chug benedryl and time travel ? D:

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i love me some factorio, all that logistics porn

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*or satisfactory

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i hope satisfactory gets optional vr support one day 😄

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vr + tubes = yes (but also 🤢 )

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do you ever intentionally make your tubes go through horrifying angles because why not ?

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i am impressed, and also afraid of you now D:

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honestly, part of me really wants to 😂

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anythig to let me procrastinate instead of being productive in game

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i want to go to the space station in satisfactory

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it has a famous snack bar apparently

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but then who would pull da lever ? D:

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i wonder if ficsit inc is potentially evil

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they certainly don't care much for their engineers ficsit inc property :X

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but like, Umbrella Corporation evil, or Aperture Science "we did it because we can" evil is the question

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only a fool would fill an engineer with ideas of vengeance D:

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a bored engineer is a very bad thing potentially

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revenge could pay you in the wailing of your enemies D:

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tbf, you need coffee

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people talk about how bad it'll be when oil runs out, imagine when coffee runs out

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that's 0 to mad max really fast

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and then there's all the teachers and office workers going full purge on evveryone

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😂

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philosophy majors would be fine though, as would comedians.

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plenty of coke & ethnogens around still i'd wager

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ah yes, cola, that's what i meant

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that uh .... yeeeeeah

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rip your bones integrity :X

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well the problem on that is the calcium is kinda crap without dietary strontium

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bone structure is really interesting at scale, from a materials perspective

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what flavor of engineer are ya ?

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i'm talking about a purely mechanical sense of being neat :X

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well i shouldve known after ya mentioned the site solar panels

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😂

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i'd assume electrical engineering

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i've been debating picking up an engineering course next spring since my old major got nuked from orbit

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i'd love aerospace, but i don't want ot work for a military contractor or some rich jerk

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was a game dev major

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was

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what's with your hate for biology ? xD

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we're all just meat machines D:

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quantum biology is super interesting D:

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eh it's the same thing at the quantum scale :3

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i mean you can. But only once, and not for very long

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oddly enough, i was in a thing earlier involving nonsense math for power requirements/ production capacity

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for entirely stupid, pointless reasons

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organics are messy nonsense by default

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because some uppity protein decided to be fancy and self replicate

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i saw a thing earlier you might like, but also hate

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ominous positivity!

ominous-positivity-memes18.jpg
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i love ominous positivity D:

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a nice little inversion

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the power thing was about how much a fictional o'neil cylinder would generate if 1/2 of it was covered in standard modern solar panels

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was fun

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but the other part made me hate being conscious

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because it was math that is above my pay grade

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but it's mechanical stuff, so i assume you might hate it as well 😂

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a type of proposed space station

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rotating to generate roughly 1g of gravity at the outside surface

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aye i just did a rough estimate of capacity baed on the power needs of an estimated population

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*based

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very rough

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i mean you would be able to get pretty precise i'd wager, but it's all estimates with few hard values on the energy needed, sooooo i winged it

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i could show you my probably bad math

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but it might cause you pain

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be glad i'm not showing you the rotational velocity stuff 😂

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yeah ill show ya some cursed shit then 😂

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more cursed because i don't know the unicode for various symbols 😂

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AY-HEM

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Okay so, Side 1 was 6.4 km in diameter. So to crunch this out we need the following formula,
a=−ω2r, where ω is the angular velocity of the station, &r is it's radius.
ω = sr 9.81 m/s^2/6400 meters,
ω = .0391511484084146 radians per second.

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So to figure out how long each rotation would take is ω = 2π/T.
T= 2π/ω, so with our radians value,
T=2π/.0391511484084146
T= 160.5 seconds per rotation, or 0.015036890625 meters per second, which is 0.03363657 mph.

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then the rough estimates on power, so at 6.4km x 36km that's a surface area of 788.2, with modern day solar panels at about 150-200 watts, assuming 1/2 the surface area were solar panels with half the cylinder facing the sun, that's about 39,408,138.25 kilowatts, or 39,408.1383kwh (39.4081383mw)

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yeah i don't know that, soooooo /shrug

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<-- not an engineer or even close

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me ^

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air flow is pretty interesting on it's own i think

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which makes me violently mad at the vents in my house

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my room ? 2 vents for output, 0 return vents

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me "ah yes, those are red lines and blue things"

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my electrical knowledge is limited to the following: "treat every wire as if it was live"

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and little else

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i do. i've been zapped and really need to avoid that as i have a minor heart condition

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oh!

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and i am fascinated by the prospect of graphine batteries & using it to coat solar panels for protection and a little extra juice on the sly

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and thorium salt reactors 🥰

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"i know a little bit about a lot, and not much about anything in particular" you could say

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thorium is the way to go! .... until we get working fusion anyhow

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functionally limitless power

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doubt i'll live to see it at the current rate of progress

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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at least there should be no shortage of work for electronics anytime soon

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unless we get some nightmarish solar flare or the like

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you'd be out of work though, in a major way :X

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which would be the least of your concerns lol

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aye technically only about 8% of global currency is physical

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and even then it's only functional while we all agree it has value

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hahaha ah, society is on the thinnest of razors edges

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REVERT TO MONKEE

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ew :X

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that's a bit ironic in a way

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i can do that inside tho :X

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one of the few benefits to rural life on my part i guess

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the more ya know about a thing the less ya can enjoy it they say

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you 100% do not want my house

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it's janky af

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neighbors constantly burning trash even though the dump is a 5 minute drive away

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or another neighbor spreading manure on their yards all summer long

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eh i just close my windows and enjoy the ac

warm mesa
patent terrace
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"here's how much my help is per hour"

patent terrace
warm mesa
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I bought it

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Cuz its made for rgb strips

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And thats the kinda arduino i need

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For cosplay shit

patent terrace
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i've got my rgb room lights & pc lights syned to f.lux so it keeps my insid elighting about the same as outside to help reduce eystrain

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but sometimes the color difference can interfere with gaming :X

warm mesa
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It has extra shit

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For rgb

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If i got it right

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Anyway its a fancy arduino

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And i want it

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Do need any more reason

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It has neopixel ports

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Neopixel means you can controll rgb color with one pin

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And not 3

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Like in normal rgb

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2 pins have the neopixel function

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Its a feature not available on maker uno

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This guy has a handy guide

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Ye

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The neopixels are on the board

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Yeye i should have said that

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The german rgbduino review was talking about it but i mistranslated to ports

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LOL

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Pls no emp nuke

warm mesa
snow cypress
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Looking for a pc camera for streaming. Any recommendations? Just nothing to expensive

dull garnet
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You mean a webcam?

hard drift
snow cypress
snow cypress
hard drift
dull garnet
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C920 still a thing?

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Guess they do better products now 😔

hard drift
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just it's a pro now lol

patent terrace
snow cypress
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Ordered the logitech c922x pro off Amazon. Was $75 and it arrives today

dull garnet
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pog

hard drift
hard drift
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or whatever the software is called

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ah it's now G hub

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the old one is being discontinued deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerp

quaint spear
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haha

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I walked into Best Buy and walked out with an Xbox series X.

odd sand
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Not that surprising. Demand for the Series X is a lot lower than the PS5

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Not that it's sold poorly per se, but just that PS5 has exceeded sales pace of everything except for maybe the PS2

dull garnet
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Sony can't even make them fast enough

odd sand
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Oh, I wonder if the reason I haven't gotten a nag window for upgrading to Win11 is it doesn't like the TPM situation. I don't think I have it enabled or I have the header but not the module itself?

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Yeah I think they said production for them is 20% higher than the PS4 and they're still gone instantly

dull garnet
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@odd sand TPM situation that is what will happen indeed

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i moved back to 10 and disabled the TPM on my CPU so it wouldn't annoy me with that stuff

odd sand
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I have a 9900K and a high end mobo, but apparently it still doesn't like it

dull garnet
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you'd have to toggle on the on chip tpm

odd sand
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Yeah I don't particularly think theres anything really wrong with Win11 and quite a few nice perks, but it's always best to give them 6 months to iron out the worst of the glitches

late basalt
dull garnet
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again

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its a bios setting

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my latest board bios enables that setting by default

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specifically for 11 i suppose

odd sand
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Well technically it wants a TPM module and the CPU based one is like a fallback

late basalt
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Which is hilarious

odd sand
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It's just theres been no demand for TPM outside of enterprise environments, so you usually dont find them on consumer boards

late basalt
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Because unless there’s a LOT of failsafes on the TPM dongle itself, who knows if anyone’s going to load malware onto that

dull garnet
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aren't you kinda fucked if the module screws up too

odd sand
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eg: Our Dell i5 7500 workstations actually have TPM, despite being from like 2017 or 18

dull garnet
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as unlikely as that is

late basalt
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Yea, enterprise has a reason for TPM

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Consumer... generally doesnt

odd sand
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They got a refresh of 10th gen, but since we were WFH they sat around unused for over a year. So now we're finally using them just as 12th gen comes out rip lol

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It looks like one area the 12th gen beats the pants off 11th gen is if you still do 1080p gaming

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Benchmarks I saw showed like a 15% FPS gain

quaint spear
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I paid nothing upfront. (Xbox All Access) was told over phone to not expect to be able to make first payment for a month.

late basalt
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Pretty sure that’s because if they don’t get any payments from you, they have billing information on file already

odd sand
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What is Xbox all access?

dull garnet
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isn't that the thing where you pay out the ass and then they send you their next console when it comes

quaint spear
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😄

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no

dull garnet
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oh, which one is that

odd sand
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I've never owned an Xbox bc I still hold a grudge over Bungie/Halo heh

quaint spear
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34 dollars per month for 24 motns

dull garnet
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yeah, pay out the ass

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$816

odd sand
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$816 for a $499 console whatadeal

late basalt
dull garnet
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that comes with game pass ultimate?

quaint spear
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the xbox ultimate for a year is wroth $$360

odd sand
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"ultimate" "worth"

quaint spear
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oh, I mean 2 yeARS

dull garnet
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so you save about 2 months, roughly

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i guess that's a deal

late basalt
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Only if he got the console right after signing up

dull garnet
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i'm not sure i'm so big on a contract for a console though

late basalt
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Otherwise he’s gotten shit on

quaint spear
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it has also a sub to EAplay

late basalt
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By paying for ultimate and no console

odd sand
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Buying anything on contract is paying more later for lower cost upfront

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It's the Rent-A-Center model

quaint spear
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better than not having the money upfront to buy a console

dull garnet
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capitalism

quaint spear
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so?

odd sand
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Just don't jump into those sorts of deals regularly. It's a bad cycle

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One thing bc you really want it, sure fine w/e

quaint spear
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I plan on paying it off in six to 10 months

odd sand
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But if you roll shit like that all the time that's a self-perpetuating cycle and the reason you have no money heh

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I take it you don't have a credit card?

late basalt
quaint spear
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one. $300

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I have $75 a month allowance

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ooops

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per week .(

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why do I keep doing that?

odd sand
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okay, well that wont work then I suppose. was going to say unless the APY is outrageous, it might be cheaper to just put it on card if you planned to pay it off in 6 months

quaint spear
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I was approved the credit for the machine. that's the reason why i'm happy with ti

late basalt
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Also, I wasn’t talking about your income

quaint spear
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sorry 😄

late basalt
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Some contracts deny you the ability to pay off early, or require a penalty fee if you do

quaint spear
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not this one

odd sand
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Are you in college then?

quaint spear
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yes

dull garnet
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if it is a deal with m$ then i'm sure it is pretty lenient

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they want as many consoles in homes as possible

odd sand
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Kinda figured with the $300 limit card. That's not a bad idea though. I had one that started at 500

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Just don't let them auto-increase your limit

dull garnet
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better to have a lower limit

late basalt
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Not always

odd sand
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I had one then they raised it to 1000, 1500, 2500, etc... and got me to keep spending more and more heh

late basalt
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If you have bad spending habits, it is

dull garnet
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well yes that is what i was getting to

odd sand
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In college it's all too easy to think "well I'll pay it off over summer or once I graduate" etc.

late basalt
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But otherwise, a higher limit is a benefit because it lowers your use:limit ratio

dull garnet
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mine kept getting auto raised until like 3 years ago

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i never exceed 10%

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5 on a bad month

odd sand
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Mine got increased up to 7k eventually and it went to collections bc my hours at work were cut back to like 15hrs and I was using it for expenses

late basalt
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Mine’s maxed out as a result of my move, so I’m working on paying it back down playdead

odd sand
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I run all my monthly expenses thru it for points, so my utilization is probably more like 15-25%

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Then I have it set to pay the statement balance each month to keep a bit of utilization on the books.

quaint spear
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hah. I'm broke. this isn't my firs rodeo riding the credit monster.

odd sand
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After that card debacle I just had my debit card for awhile then I got just another $500 card thru my bank and sat on that for a years. Now I have a Real Job™ and wanted to feel like People so I got a Sapphire Preferred. That was a long time coming though.

quaint spear
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i'm in my early forties trying to do online colllege and I recently found a new part time job.

odd sand
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I still keep the CC from my old bank though bc its the oldest one I have and oldest line of credit and avg age of credit are both factors in your credit score so I just have a couple things like netflix and my verizon bill on that card to pay monthly

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Think I'm up to like 825?

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Ironically enough, the collections wrote off that old CC debt less than a year before I got the new job lol

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They kept selling it on to other collections people, so I kept getting contacted like every 1-2 years about it for over 10 years.

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"No, I'm still broke. Thanks."

late basalt
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After ~7 they cant really affect your credit anymore

odd sand
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It was still on my records until like 2 years ago

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Only 1 of the 3 bureaus tho

quaint spear
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funny thing is I was in the casino flat broke watching two peeps drop several hundred dollar bills on the black jack table

late basalt
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Could’ve disputed it due to age if you really wanted to

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Nah, that’s not funny, just sad

quaint spear
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Ironic funny

odd sand
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Such is life

quaint spear
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my buddy and his girl bet $25 each and there were some high rollers there

odd sand
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Now's a good time to start a career though: A lot of people are retiring early bc of covid. A ton of industries need people.

quaint spear
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aye

odd sand
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Even trades are still really good.

quaint spear
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I don't believe me getting a bachelor's degree will help but that's wehre im at

odd sand
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Or learn COBOL and maintain legacy systems for utilities and finance lol

quaint spear
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i'm clumsy with tools on anyhing

odd sand
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Google what industries need what for demand, or look thru Indeed, etc.

quaint spear
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I found a marketting guru on UO a few nights ago

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I'm not completely sold, but I said I might try to license him rights to my IP

odd sand
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Not a ton. Every gen is like notching up one tier of card. So a 3060 is about like a 2070

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What specifically is "breaking" about it?

latent grotto
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And what do you mean by destroyed

dull garnet
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pwn3d

odd sand
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This is the problem with laptops. You want an upgrade? You have to throw the entire thing out.

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I want an upgrade? I can either buy a new GPU, or CPU+mobo for a fraction of the cost of a new laptop

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Yeah it's really a good idea to use a fan pad if you're going to game on a laptop

latent grotto
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Is it an asus tuf?

elder hollow
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what if asus released a line of products called baka?

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asus baka

odd sand
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Their marketing pitch: "Anta baka?"

elder hollow
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why do I hear her saying "excuse me, he said no pickles"

modest moss
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$5 says that laptop just needs cleaning, a fresh install of windows and a cooling pad

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Maybe replacement fans

sly elk
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the one kinda laptop I'd never recommend to anyone is the high end laptop

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like the $2000 laptop with a 3080 and an i9

latent grotto
sly elk
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unless you have a few very specific use cases, those things are a nightmare

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waaait she's "02" too?!

odd sand
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Only problem is taking them apart to do that can be a bitch

sly elk
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that's funny >>

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I never watched that anime

odd sand
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Asuka pilots Eva-02

sly elk
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Shinon: They also tend to be larger and heavier than a normal laptop, run hotter, have way shorter battery life, and have giant power bricks

latent grotto
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I dont mind my laptop being big and thicc

odd sand
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"desktop replacement"

latent grotto
hard drift
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A laptop can’t be much hotter than levants current pc right smug

modest moss
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Levant's neighbours opening their doors

glossy timber
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I'm fucking frozen

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I cannot type properly

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Help

latent grotto
deep sapphire
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I was worried about my favorite mentor

modest moss
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Back might be a stretch, I'm still fucked

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Talking I need a rest after going to the kitchen to get a drink or snack

sly elk
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when I had a vaio, I found that the blower fan would lose effectiveness very quick even with only a little bit of dust

umbral moss
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“If the AR headset is positioned only as an accessory for the Mac or iPhone, it will not be conducive to the growth of the product. An AR headset that works independently means that it will have its own ecosystem and provide the most complete and flexible user experience.”

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who is this guy and how long will it take for tim cook to have him assassinated for thinking about the customer and not the iphone ecosystem

solid dirge
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@deep sapphire apparently I'm an OSbuddy beta tester now LUL

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recent update broke a few dudes' banks

latent grotto
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i'm sorry what

modern iris
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I’m gonna upgrade to pc from ps4 in time for Endwalker but my new monitor won’t arrive until late December, is a tv an okay holdover as a monitor until then?

latent grotto
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depends on the tv and there's probably gonna be more latency with a tv but i imagine you're using the same tv that you used with your ps4

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so i don't think you'd really notice a difference

modern iris
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Yep lol

latent grotto
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if the tv is usable with your ps4 it'd be usable with your pc

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at least until your monitor arrives

sly elk
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hehe nice.

kindred brook
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fuck

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buy this for 90

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or buy a replacement battery

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for 80 bucks

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that may or not be

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the battery issue

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to fix my UPS

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its simulated sine though

fickle stratus
velvet garnet
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pc power supplies can handle either waveform pretty well, as it all gets rectified to low voltage DC

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if you're not sure if the battery is the issue then maybe the cheaper ups might be the option

kindred brook
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I am not sure

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If its a battery issue

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That's the major problem lol.

sly elk
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810w

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i should buy like 3 of those lol

glossy timber
zealous swift
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random question: what are your gpu temps? For those who play the game on Maximum Graphic settings +gshade

sly elk
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Hot enough for my 3080ti ftw3 to get really loud. 😄

zealous swift
sly elk
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that's not bad, if you're actively playing a game

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the only real hard number I have off the top of my head, is when I had a 5700xt that card's junction temp would hit 95c in games

lost python
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man using a 27" screen as a vertical screen is awkward as hell

pseudo frigate
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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my dream machine pro will finally arrive tomorrow

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I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ALMOST 2 MONTHS

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fucking silicon ship shortages

kindred brook
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how do I DO THIS lol

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So yeah it turns on

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With nothing plugged in

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The battery slowly loses charge

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It sounds like the battery lolm

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I have the older version of this model https://www.amazon.com/CyberPower-CP1500PFCLCD-Sinewave-Outlets-Mini-Tower/dp/B00429N19W/ref=asc_df_B00429N19W/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167151358503&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=17158455544151677218&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=t&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9030255&hvtargid=pla-359920654527&psc=1

CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC Sinewave UPS System, 1500VA/1000W, 12 O...

A mini-tower UPS with line interactive topology, the CyberPower PFC Sinewave CP1500PFCLCD provides battery backup (using sine wave output) and surge protection for desktop computers, workstations, networking devices, and home entertainment systems requiring active PFC power source compatibility. ...

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Got it in 2016

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Ok

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fuck

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my brother

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misplaced

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my multimeter that i never used

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in the ups?

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I can do that lemme check

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I do not have a multimeter yet

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Will ask my brother

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When he comes back home

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Or text him later

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But now I got a good idea on how to test it thanks

humble cloak
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Question for the PC Guru's .

Is it worth it to crank up both temp limit and power limit as high as it can go , performance wise ?

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real edge
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it depends on many things

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Is your gpu being cooled well? Is the PSU capable of handling the extra power the gpu will draw?

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Is the case well ventilated?

latent grotto
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After a point you'll also get diminishing returns for the increased power and heat

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And is there any game you're playing that would benefit from you pushing the gpu harder

humble cloak
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Gpu cooled yes

PSU is a Corsair HX 850 so i am assume yes as well .

Case is cooled with 2 front fans 1 back fan and the fans on top from my AIO cooler for the CPU .

hard drift
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but powerlimit go ahead and max it if you wish 🤷‍♂️

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also i would manually set fans just because auto profiles usually suck ass

humble cloak
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do you have a recommendation for the fan profile ?

hard drift
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eh it really depends how loud it is

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this is what i have atm

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latent grotto
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Huh your fan speeds are set lower than mine

humble cloak
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@hard drift what tool is that you are using ?

hard drift
hard drift
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never even reaches 70c deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerp

humble cloak
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How does this look ?

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latent grotto
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i would've done this oldriskyDerp

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humble cloak
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did it

odd sand
umbral moss
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lead acid batteries will degrade even if you keep them topped off

odd sand
umbral moss
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I don't think there's any secondary cell chemistry that can be used for long-term storage

kindred brook
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Number of Batteries Required for a Full Replacement: 2

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so buy 2?

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O.o

umbral moss
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how many fit in your module?

kindred brook
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I nver opened it

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o.o

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lemme check

odd sand
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Oh, that's why they sold them as a 2pack then

kindred brook
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oh

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battery isn't easy to replace

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there is no door

odd sand
kindred brook
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BKNB4LQbTQ

YouTube
Cyber Power Systems, Inc.
CyberPower Battery Replacement Tutorial for PFC Sinewave Series 1,3...

This battery replacement tutorial is for the following model(s) (battery pack no.) only: CP1300EPFCLCD (RBP0124), CP1500EPFCLCD (RBP0016), CP1350PFCLCD (RB1270X2A), CP1500PFCLCD (RB1280X2B)

Before installation, please read the safety precautions that can be found in the user's manual, quick start guide and/or other related documents.

The speci...

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odd sand
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I don't think it's TOO hard bc the UPS is 90% the housing for the batteries

kindred brook
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oh

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its pretty easy

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9/10

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gotta find

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a screwdriver

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most difficult part

odd sand
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That's a cool logo, even if it's probably ripped off from somewhere if this is a chinese battery vendor lol

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kindred brook
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wait

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if I get 2

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how do I attach the adapter

odd sand
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Is the original one large battery? I haven't looked at replacement

kindred brook
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I mean mine is a sinewave

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I should just replace it

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instead of buying a 90 dollar new simulated right

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sinewave is better

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I do get brownouts

odd sand
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Yes, it doesn't make sense to throw the entire thing out

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Although you can see the price markup you pay for the genuine battery

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It looks like there might be that center wafer that both batteries connect to, then the connector slots into the end of that

kindred brook
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newegg has it cheaper

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is there an adapter

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for a center wafer

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or something

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lemme seeeeeeeeeeeee

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I'll take mine apart

odd sand
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This shows an adapter, so maybe they include one then?

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kindred brook
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Oh ok

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Yeah looks easy

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Just get battery

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Tape

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Attach hooks

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Plug cable in

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Now I got to see is these batteries are the issue

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It's probably 99% the issue

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Hmmmm

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I can't yank the battery off from the middle adapter

odd sand
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Just be careful which one you choose bc some of these say they only come with F1 connectors instead of F2 which affects power draw

kindred brook
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That's hooked on tight

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Should I pull it with pliers

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O. O

odd sand
kindred brook
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slide?

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I've been yanking on them

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o.o

odd sand
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Oh I see what you mean now. Yeah might have to pull them open with needlenose pliers

deep sapphire
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This thing looks scary to work on

sly elk
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Yeah they should slide backward off the connector, looks like they might have tightened them on haha

odd sand
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They're lead-acid batteries like your car. No chance of catching fire like a lithium battery etc. It's fine.

deep sapphire
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disgusting british engineering

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where is shue

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I need to hide

kindred brook
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I never charged any of my USB batteries

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and now they are dead

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is it worth saving any of them

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salvaging any of them

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yeah

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the portable ones

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that you can charge phones with

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like ANKER

deep sapphire
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wym you cant plug them in or did they lose their zero point

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if they lost their zero point thats impressive

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that takes years

kindred brook
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I dunno they are like

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all duds now

deep sapphire
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have you tried like

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charging them

kindred brook
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I moved from

deep sapphire
kindred brook
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CO/AZ

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yeah

deep sapphire
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well

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have you tried a different charger

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or wall

kindred brook
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UH

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I didn't try that

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but my phone

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charges fine

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using that plug

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so anyway

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not worth slavaging them right?

deep sapphire
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solar flare, TOOK OUT THE WHOLE GRID

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WE'RE DOOMED

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I guess not

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toss them in the trash like a responsible adult

kindred brook
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I mean its pretty cold

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in colorado

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when I packed them up

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in the moving truck

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it had no insulation

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so I wonder if that harmed them

deep sapphire
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I doubt it

odd sand
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I've done some stuff like replacing a radiator, brake job, EGR valve, cleaning out the exhaust manifold etc. I just don't know what the fancy terms are ;p Also theoretically they slide off, but the whole issue was he said it was stuck on there, so they probably crimped it on so it didn't fall off in transit

kindred brook
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so someone crimped them?

odd sand
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And yet here we are...

kindred brook
#

and now

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I'm screwed?

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I TRIED YANKING

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WITH PLIERS?!

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HANK

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USE YOUR ARMS

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CMERE

deep sapphire
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you could try a flat head and hammer but it will get slightly damaged

modest moss
odd sand
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unjjjjjam it in, inotherwords? /s

deep sapphire
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YOU WERENT SUPPOSED TO COME IN HERE

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GLORIOUS BIG BENJAMIN ENGINEERING

kindred brook
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OK

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WAIT

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GUYS

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UHHH

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GUYS

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IM SCARED

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so

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I YANKED ONE

deep sapphire
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RAZ STOP BREAKING YOUR SHIT

kindred brook
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one battery

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got removed

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I'm on the 2nd battery

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I pulled the black cable first

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and I am trying to yank the positive

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and there are sparks

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o.o

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I tried it twice

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and there are sparks

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the last cable?

deep sapphire
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yeah it shouldnt really matter just dont touch the leads

kindred brook
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there is only one more cable left

modest moss
#

Sarah ain't afraid of sparks

deep sapphire
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it stole mine

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WOW

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WHATS THAT MEAN

modest moss
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Sparks are just decorations to Sarah

kindred brook
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OHHHHHHHHHHH

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SO THATS WHY

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THERE WAS SPARKS

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when hank said

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don't touch the lead

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I understood why

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the pliers was touching the negative part

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that I yanked

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LOL

deep sapphire
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WELL STOP PUTTING AUTO ZONE BATTERIES IN THEM

kindred brook
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See

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Melted it twice

deep sapphire
kindred brook
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Lol

deep sapphire
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fuckin raz

kindred brook
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Guys I did it

deep sapphire
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im proud of you raz

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next time be more careful though

kindred brook
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Ok wait

deep sapphire
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if you cross the leads you basically just made the choice of buying a new car

kindred brook
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Is this still safe

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To use

deep sapphire
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no

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you need the negative terminal on there

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im so lost

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what is even going on

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I need to go to the store

kindred brook
#

Ok ok I got it

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So red goes positive in battery one

deep sapphire
#

yeah

kindred brook
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Black goes negative in battery two

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Blue goes black on battery one

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And red in battery two

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Right

deep sapphire
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I dunno

#

this all seems so silly for a cheap 30 dollar amazon battery

kindred brook
deep sapphire
#

oh its a battery for a UPS

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uuuuh typically those are in an array

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so the last battery would be the negative and first would be positive as they are essentially daisy chained

kindred brook
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ok so I should buy the replacement batteries now

deep sapphire
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which completes the circuit

modest moss
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This reminds me of that lad being coached into installing that aio in the brand new asus rog prebuilt

deep sapphire
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SHUT UP SHUE

kindred brook
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ok so is that cable

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boned though?

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the red one I had

deep sapphire
#

just go buy a new battery

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this is silly

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im going to the store buy

kindred brook
#

wait wait wait

modest moss
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Hank made him superglue it lol

kindred brook
#

guys is that positive cable I had

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boned

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that had sparks come outt

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when I was trying to yank it

deep sapphire
#

I MADE HIM SUPER GLUE IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE BACKING WAS LOSE

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WHICH IT WAS

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I DONT CONTROL HOW SOMEONE FUCKIN USES IT OKAY

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I did after

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as a joke

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😏

modest moss
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I told them to do nothing

kindred brook
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I NEEEEEEEED TECH SUPPORT

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are my cables ok

deep sapphire
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NO YOU NEED TO GO BUY A NEW BATTERY

kindred brook
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two new batteries

deep sapphire
#

THIS THING IS OUT OF YOUR CAPABILITIES AND YOU ARE GONNA DAMAGE SOMETHING

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or kill yourself or something just go buy new batteries

modest moss
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Me and speedy were like buy the prebuilt, enjoy the prebuilt

deep sapphire
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why did you have to start on this

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god I hate this discord

kindred brook
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you mean a new UPS?

deep sapphire
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im legit ignoring you all now

kindred brook
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new batteries

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or a new UPS

modest moss
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Hank is losing it hah

kindred brook
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I just wanted to know

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if that wafer is boned

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; ;

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or one of these

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https://www.amazon.com/CyberPower-RB1280X2B-Replacement-Maintenance-Free-Installable/dp/B00GOU93XA/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B00GOU93XA&psc=1

CyberPower RB1280X2B Replacement Battery Cartridge, Maintenance-Fre...

The RB1280X2B UPS Replacement Battery Cartridge restores life to CyberPower UPS systems that have weak or completely depleted internal batteries. The RB1280X2B contains two 12V/8AH batteries, certified to meet or exceed original manufacturer specifications. These leak-proof, sealed lead-acid batt...

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with the wafer

modest moss
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Raz

kindred brook
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YES

modest moss
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Didn't you link a brand new ups on offer for like 90

kindred brook
#

that was

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a simulated sine wave

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mine old one

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is an actual sinewave

modest moss
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How much is a new one

kindred brook
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90 bucks

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the batteries are technically 50 bucks

modest moss
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Because you seem to be doing dangerous diy for very little gain

kindred brook
#

what

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its not dangerous

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I figured it out already

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I'm just half asleep

modest moss
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You have not come across as knowing what you're doing lol

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I would not be doing this personally

kindred brook
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Nah I got it

modest moss
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Not just to save the price of a pizza

kindred brook
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I already got the batteries

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I'm too deep now

modest moss
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Good luck my guy

deep sapphire
#

This is why people smoke

modest moss
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But here's a thought

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When fucking Sarah warns you something sounds dangerous, pause for thought

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Right

kindred brook
#

waht

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I didn't even read

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what she said

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untila fter I came back

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cuz she said yank it

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;D

modest moss
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She says you might burn your house down

deep sapphire
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Insurance payout

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I won’t tell anyone

kindred brook
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I'll show you all!

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I'll be the best pokemon trainer!

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thats what we were talking about right

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LETS GOOOOOOOOO

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48 bucks

odd sand
#

Stop scaring them talking about burning your house down. There is very little risk in something as simple as this. How often do cars burn down replacing the car battery?

kindred brook
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I'm not scaring them

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I was just a little tired

odd sand
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Also are you sure you can get a 1000W UPS for only $90? Especially a sinewave one.

kindred brook
#

when removing one connector lol

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two 12v 9A

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looks like the same one

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that I removed

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one of these says

odd sand
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I also have a Cyberpower 1500VA sinewave and it was on PrimeDay like 2 years ago $250 MSRP marked down to $125

deep sapphire
#

I’m putting my foot down on this conversation just buy a new one and call it a day

kindred brook
#

HAAAAAAAAAAANK Doesn't believe in me

deep sapphire
#

I don’t

kindred brook
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I'll do it in my back yard

deep sapphire
kindred brook
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with electric gloves

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and

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goggles

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and

odd sand
#

Do you throw out your car when the headlights burn out?

kindred brook
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a tshirt this time

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Anyway I know how this works now

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it will be EZ PZ

deep sapphire
#

Crossing leads in a car battery would essentially fry your ECU

kindred brook
#

Don't worry Hank I got this!

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Believe in the me that believes in you

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🙏

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I'm just hoping

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the wafer still works

deep sapphire
#

Surely there is some online documentation you can use

kindred brook
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I'll just make sure

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that my pliers

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aren't touching

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other leads

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when plugging them in

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EZ PZ

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Guys I replaced LCD screens on cell phones

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this is EZ

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ok I replaced it AND it worked

odd sand
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....For a day.

kindred brook
odd sand
#

Maybe you should stop dropping your phone.

kindred brook
#

\o/

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gorilla glass

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can handle that

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new stuff is fantastic

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but yeah you shouldn't do anything when tired -.-

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I couldn't go back to sleep at after I woke up at 4 am

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and stuck at work

hard drift
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Nice

odd sand
#

Didn't want the Massdrop version? I think if I was going to spend over $500 on a headset I would hold out for the 800s heh

hard drift
#

Nice, i wish

odd sand
#

HD820 look amazing but... >$1800 oof

lost python
#

i bought my HD6XX from massdrop and the price inflated to 300 because of that kekww

desert moat
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import fee is just sales tax isnt it

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i wish i kept my 800s

lost python
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not only

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at least not here

desert moat
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rip

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im in canada and usually i only get sales tax and maybe an extra 5 bucks/500 if it's ups

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i remember ups trying to charge me like $150 just for paperwork fees on a $200 value shipment

latent grotto
#

https://youtu.be/e2BKHU2oBqE

YouTube
Osekkaiおせっかい
Kronii's Ultimate Cortana Takeover Experience【Hololive EN | Ouro Kr...

The fact that everytime Kronii insults Cortana, and then it comes back to have another revenge on her is just hilarious.

Note From Osekkaiおせっかい:
I dunno, but I find this really funny lol.

Thumbnail : https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/pm7b4i/i_couldnt_find_a_screaming_kronii_of_this_face_so/
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Huh guess this is another reason not to upgrade to win11

odd sand
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If you use a completely stock Win10 with Cortana and all the other BS enabled? Sure.

latent grotto
#

From what she's said she's disabled cortana but idk if thats a regedit disable or what

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Oh and she also had to restart to install updates like 3 times in 1 hour

odd sand
#

Upgrade to Pro, they don't hijack you like that

sly elk
hard drift
#

Sold out already 😔

umbral moss
#

SuPpLY ChaIn SHoRTaGes

sly elk
#

i mean raspberry pis are always short in supply and high in demand lol

hard drift
#

I prefer arduino but rasperry pi is nice too

sly elk
#

the "my wife made me have a super minimalist setup to not cramp her style" vs "I am the wife with the awesome battlestation"

desert moat
#

just become the wife so u can have the style and the awesome pc

velvet garnet
#

just read the entire ups battery drama since my initial recommendation and wow

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just......wow

latent grotto
#

uhh is it normal that the fan % keeps going up past 100%

unknown.png
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its at 115% now StellaSip

velvet garnet
#

i hope those fan bearings are overclocked lol

latent grotto
velvet garnet
latent grotto
#

uhm

#

is that false reporting

#

thats false reporting right

velvet garnet
#

or else it's new jet turbine cooling tech

desert moat
latent grotto
desert moat
#

in ur system going ham

odd sand
sly elk
#

lol

sudden frost
#

Installed a brace to help with the sag.

sly elk
#

ah my annual thinking about getting a new camera to replace my ancient epm2 body lol

#

every time I think about yolo and getting an a7iii

#

but then I think about getting that em5iii instead. benefit: i don't have to buy new lenses >>

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or I could use the money to buy a better lens haha

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@sudden frost it's beautiful 🙂

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are you going to put a custom plate on your water cooler's block? 🙂

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I like that model 😄

#

too bad there's still a bunch of cables coming off the waterblock 😦

sudden frost
#

Just want to get all the fans sorted first. 3 more I want in and I need to sort out the leds on the exhaust one on the back.,

sly elk
#

😄

#

cable management of corsair fans is always fun

#

looks like the rest of those are SP120s?

#

are you using a commander pro?

odd sand
#

I'm expecting it to tell me "I'm sorry, I can't let you do that Dave." and attempt to murder me

sly elk
#

i gotta admit I was expecting the a7iii to have better video performance since the sony alpha line is almost a meme for youtuber cameras

#

like I'm not sure I've ever seen a youtuber not use a sony camera

#

and supposedly full frame cameras take better night pictures

#

?

#

the software on the camera, or the software for the computer?

#

as far as I'm concerned I'd just be tossing raws into lightroom

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ahh ok lol

odd sand
#

I have a Sony a65 still. Time flies, it's like 7-8yo now I guess.

sly elk
#

yea as I said, I'm rocking an olympus pen epm2 😄 it's pretty old

#

but it does get the job done

odd sand
#

Originally bought it intending to go to the winter olympics in 2014, but then some stuff happened and I didn't have the money

sly elk
#

I just want something with mic input, better controls (the epm2 has almost none physical), better ports, etc

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better picture/video quality too 😄

odd sand
#

Buy a RED /s

sly elk
#

Oh yeah I've .. I'm probably never going to want to do that. but more power to you 😄

#

don't have anything particularly inspiring offhand but here lol a closeup of pcie power cables woooo

unknown.png
#

hehe that lens flare on the fan LED 😄

odd sand
#

I was taught how to develop B/W in highschool, but color is a PITA

sly elk
#

I was reading the process for b&w and even that sounded like a real chore >>

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and this one's of my whole computer from a while ago, it's.. actually straight off the camera, I was pretty happy with how it turned out haha

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this looks really cool :3

odd sand
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Been a long time but its one like type of chemical in the development container, then the fixer or w/e, then in the darkroom you have the projector onto the cardstock, then a couple bins in a row of various chemicals then rinse and hang to dry

sly elk
#

hehe

deep sapphire
#

USING :3 IN MY TECH CHANNEL!?

#

OH THATS IT BUDDY

sly elk
#

I'm old enough to remember when stores had legit in-store photo processing

deep sapphire
#

:3

#

;-#

#

OH FUG

#

FUGGED IT UP

sly elk
#

lol

#

nah I mean like, walmart and walgreens and stuff

odd sand
#

Most stores didn't have their own, they would usually ship it out to a local developer then get them back. (Target comes to mind)

deep sapphire
#

lmao I remember that

#

every big box store had a photo center

odd sand
#

For the film? Sure. But then there is making the pictures too

#

For color you then have that process x4 almost.

#

Now of course, they have the magical blackboxes at Walgreens that do the entire process in something the size of a corporate xerox machine

#

And you change out the chemical cartridges like a Coke Fusion machine

sly elk
#

i was thinking of when stores had these things lol

iu.png
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oooo chemical cartridges. neat!

deep sapphire
#

heh get it

#

cause it looks like one

sly elk
#

it sure does

iu.png
#

sgi machines looked freaking cool

iu.png
deep sapphire
#

BASED

sly elk
#

honestly they look more modern than anything any big box computer company makes today

deep sapphire
sly elk
#

then again, producing tons of heat and needing tons of airflow changes stuff hahaha

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yikes truck kun

deep sapphire
#

I found it

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based anime chevrolet truck chads

sly elk
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should've been a hilux

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nah

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in terms of trucks used by terrorists, the hilux is #1

deep sapphire
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should've been a Toyota T-1000

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back when they didnt even have a name for the truck

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it was just Toyota Truck

sly elk
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lol I like the 'behold' hand gesture

deep sapphire
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oh sorry it was T-100

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these are kinda rare

sly elk
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the original tacoma?

deep sapphire
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Tundra

sly elk
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I miss when trucks used to look less err threatening?

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and had normal ride heights

deep sapphire
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this was their full sized pick up but it was small and underpowered compared to the chad Chevrolet C/K

sly elk
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admittedly that t-100 was a pretty high ride height for the 90s lol

deep sapphire
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I dont see no Big Block 454 in that Toyota

sly elk
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heheh one of my friends' dads had a truck like that, was built at nummi in fremont

deep sapphire
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my uncle has a small toyota pick up

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thing rides so low to the ground its weird riding in it

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has a stick shift

sly elk
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man /r/pcmasterrace really has a problem with breaking glass

deep sapphire
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I think its a 92, he has that and a 2011 Silverado HD 2500

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how does one break glass on a PC case

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do they get angry and throw a baseball at it

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were you simulating that scene in robocop

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when he throws him through the glass like 20 times

sly elk
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I dunno. I have some glass tables that are 20 years old lol

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sometimes those /r/pcmr posts make me nervous

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I will just avoid ever inviting them to my house

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leave some dude in my living room, come back and all my furniture is broken

deep sapphire
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the CGI in that is so crude

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its funny to think Terminator 2 only came out a couple years later