https://youtu.be/ZwY4YPxTufs American’s first introduction to trance dot mov
#technology-discussion
deep sapphire
modest moss
I wish I could go eat cake at my mum's 😕
odd lichen
@deep sapphire thank you for the proper explanation. It actully convinced me to try firefox and it worked, tyvm. @modest moss Just because I came across as a agresive is no reason to act like a...well less than kind person yourself. If you had given me a legit awnser instead of a sarcastic one I wouldn't have reacted rudely in the first place
deep sapphire
Let’s just drop it please, no need for arguments in here. Glad it worked
odd lichen
dropped
modest moss
Sarah I still love you dw
deep sapphire
Okay back to work, GET ME TURN WRENCH OOGA BOOGA
modest moss
Hank go make canned peaches
deep sapphire
Okay will do
modest moss
Canned goods are a miracle of technology
deep sapphire
WRENCH
modest moss
Woah straighten those up buddy
modest moss
Hank needs to take pink nail varnish to work to tag all his tools
deep sapphire
RUDE
NO BULLI ZONE
There is a real mechanic, coffee cup, Rubbermaid cart and cluttered to shit
WHERE THE FUCK DID I PUT MY INCH AN AN 8TH DEEP SOCKET
paper tusk
in 10mm hell
deep sapphire
I hardly use metric here haha, old ass equipment almost everything is freedom units
modest moss
The peaches deserve better
deep sapphire
Harvest season is over sorry to let you down
modest moss
What are you canning atm?
deep sapphire
Lmao
deep sapphire
What are you canning atm?
Nothing once winter starts we just rebuild the equipment essentially
modest moss
That sounds inefficient
Surely you want to be canning 247365
Make beans
Or soup
I should be your boss
deep sapphire
Not my call sorry, we mostly just do corn and green beans
modest moss
Diversify my guy
modest moss
Yeah jolly green giant
deep sapphire
There is an actual statue of him here
modest moss
Canned corn is good shit
deep sapphire
modest moss
If I had enough land I'd build a bunker and fill it with canned goods
modest moss
Yeah, and I think prepping is kinda cool
If I were in the countryside properly I'd go all in
Get a well and air filtration and shit
deep sapphire
We also have the second largest hockey stick here, Canada obviously takes first there
Country life is comfy
Become a redneck shue
Levi jeans, Chevy truck
RUDE
YEAH WELL WE HAVE GREEN GIANT TAKE THAT
modest moss
Hank how many guns do you own
deep sapphire
None actually
Based
The only time I fired a weapon was in the army, I never really cared to own a gun
Maybe it’s my PTSD from the pile of shit M16A2 jamming
modest moss
Me: no civilised nation needs public gun ownership
Also me: I'd buy a bunch of cool guns if I lived in america
modest moss
That seems too big and inefficient
deep sapphire
Also a partial Minnesotan invention!
It is, it’s completely pointless
But counter-strike gun pew pew
modest moss
I would have a 9mm or something simple for general life shit
deep sapphire
That or a .22
modest moss
But then a fancy thing with pink wrap for fun
deep sapphire
.22 is good enough for home defense and cheap ammo
modest moss
Yeah something accurate with a big clip, I'm not hunting bear in my house
deep sapphire
I remember 10 years ago someone on 4chan had a 1911 with George Constanza handle flairs lmao
Fuckin lul
modest moss
Not pink enough
deep sapphire
True
“I love a good nap, sometimes it’s the only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning” LMAO
modest moss
was never a huge fan, saw a few episodes I liked but it never made me want to watch it all
dull garnet
Took about 4 seasons to get into it honestly
modest moss
one of those things where I can see why people would like it, good writing, talented cast, just not really my style
odd sand
Seinfeld was a "slice of life observational comedy" show if there is any way to describe it.
It along with Friends were the two biggest TV shows of the 90s
Thinking about it some more, Always Sunny is like a spiritual successor to the style
modest moss
yeah seinfeld was massive at the time
odd sand
Ensemble cast of flawed-sometimes-terrible people
dull garnet
The final episode was pretty funny
Taking testimony from all the people the group had wronged
sly elk
Me: no civilised nation needs public gun ownership
Also me: I'd buy a bunch of c...
Now available at your local library
-chuckle- I mean, some libraries check out sewing machines and 3d printers and stuff like that
I wonder if there are any rural ones that loan guns for hunting or something of that nature
if not, it would be one way to get public interest back in funding libraries with certain crowds
dull garnet
sly elk
OMG A SPICY PILLOW
deep sapphire
https://www.redbubble.com/i/throw-pillow/Forbidden-Li-on-Pillow-by-snwball/40944...
I was wondering where my swollen galaxy S3 battery went
Thanks!
sly elk
i remember there were people who refused to send their phone back
odd sand
The dreaded note7 grenade
That's actually not THAT bad an idea for WFH assuming the webcam is angled and for whatever reason you aren't on a computer the entire time
Still kinda boomer though
quaint spear
Sienfeld's catch was "its a show about nothing"
It pioneered the show where characters hang out, talk about drivel and often have wacky adventures
Ala Big Bang Theory
Also Bojak Horseman
dull garnet
Also Bojak Horseman
uhhhhhhhh
odd sand
Also video phones are peak 80s futuretech
The most wild thing about that one though: It's actually 4G LTE, not a landline
So it's a wireless phone... with a wired handset...
dull garnet
sly elk
lol
that sounds like a work phone where the company really doesn't wanna give their employees cell phones
wide hill
good for old people
sly elk
the old people where i work all have iphones lol
the handset makes zero difference if you have to make a call
quaint spear
nothing quite like slamming down a handset when you want to hang up on a person.
sly elk
true
umbral moss
there's something much more satisfying about "no, go fuck yourself" when it's followed by a plastic handset smashing into a cradle or the wall
sly elk
you know what was even more satifying
having an old phone with a bell in the base
because when you slam the handset on the base it dings
it's the phone equivalent of typing on an ibm model m
twin tusk
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, so for the past month or two my laptop's wireless driver have been malfunctioning where it just stops working. It will suddenly disconnect with current wifi and not showing other wifi nearby. when I tried to open device manager the driver just disappeared :" or showed error status code 10
I tried uninstalling the driver and the problem persists. My usual quickfix is always restarting the laptop. Anyone encountered this problem? Need some advice :")
quaint spear
Uh, my Program Files (x86) folder is blank now on my external SSD.
dull garnet
grats
quaint spear
I left it laying on the table for a few days... the other files are there.
latent grotto
Not sure if this is the right place to ask, so for the past month or two my lapt...
inb4 the wifi card is loose
twin tusk
~~inb4 the wifi card is loose~~
It's possible 🤔 thanks, will look into that
odd sand
I left it laying on the table for a few days... the other files are there.
Try using a recovery utility. If the filesystem was damaged, the files should still be there, just not in the partition table or w/e
quaint spear
such as?
modest moss
testdisk has recovered partitions and stuff for me before
quaint spear
oh i gothat
odd sand
Recuva* even. By the Ccleaner ppl
winged musk
hey guys. downloaded the trial via steam. and i cant update it. i keep getting an error.
Unable to complete version update. [30419][19901][22]
modest moss
would suggest not using the steam version though, it locks you in to steam forever
so you can't take advantage of offers
winged musk
so, excuse my ignorance. is this a 3rd party launcher that actually works?
quaint spear
ugh. my HDD died.
modest moss
but if you start on steam you must buy every expansion etc from steam
winged musk
i just want to try ffxiv, and its been extremely hard for some reason
quaint spear
modest moss
real talk, they don't make it easy
quaint spear
you'll just need to buy a ARR license.
latent grotto
wasn't that hard for me
winged musk
kuddos for you, i legit envy you. i tried the website trial, installer didnt work. tried the steam, installed, couldnt update. and now i have to use a 3rd party launcher to even try the game. can you guys see it from a new player perspective how bad that looks?
winged musk
i was replying to levant, but okay
modest moss
Levant can't even cool his own pc and mickey toasted his own hdd, ignore their smug salt
winged musk
you mean there are other trials? well, shit
quaint spear
i'm not being smug. I guess buying a 4 TB external HDD was a bad idea....
haven''t use it for six months.
modest moss
saying shit like 'not my problem' to a new player asking for help isn't a good look
quaint spear
okay, sorry
But it's the dev's responcibility to code those things better is what I meant.
winged musk
chill mickey. im 32, i dont get offended that easily by some comments on a discord server. we're good fam
quaint spear
i'm 11 years older. 😄
not that it matters. I feel sad, though. If my HDDs on my older PCs fail that external was meant to hold onto the data.
odd sand
kuddos for you, i legit envy you. i tried the website trial, installer didnt wor...
If it makes you feel any better, the 3rd party launcher does legit fix 95% of issues ppl seem to have. And yes, it shouldn't be that annoying but it is what it is.
I kinda wonder if the FF14 team is even in charge of the launcher in the traditional sense
I feel like they inherited the launcher code from the FF11 team, so it's some horrifying amalgamation of 20 years of spaghetti code
modest moss
echo revenge
late basalt
Work fatigue on a corner/bend maybe?
modest moss
I mean, he's not wrong
spare zephyr
Hi there, i could use some help
so, my laptop is being kind of a stick in the mud, and the radeon mobile graphics (integrated) is NOT doing great on frames
now, im noticing that the voltage is set at a clock of about 1101 for the GPU, and i want to overclock it a little bit to improve frames
but every time i set it a little higher with afterburner, it immediately resets back to default settings that the chip comes with
anything i can do for this type of problem?
odd sand
Laptops already have thermal issues, I hope you have a cooling pad.
deep sapphire
Hahaha
spare zephyr
Laptops already have thermal issues, I hope you have a cooling pad.
i do, but its not even getting anywhere since i cant overclock
when i play ffxiv, regardless of settings, it stays at a standard 65-75
but the frames are non-existent and the GPU stays at 400 hz when the max clock rate is closer to 1200
it spikes up a couple hundred occasionally but then dips back down
the GPU is 2 ghz and it wont overclock so i assume its some motherboard shit
snow cypress
Looking to buy a pc Monitor, is this any good or does anyone have any recommendations.
latent grotto
whats your budget
and this monitor from what i'm seeing on some sites has some pretty bad response times
snow cypress
Max $200
latent grotto
i guess this is where we ask what your use case is and what matters to you
and what you're willing to live with
i played on a 1080p tn hp monitor for the past couple of years
snow cypress
Right now using a 35 inch Sceptre tv
latent grotto
Right now using a 35 inch Sceptre tv
umbral moss
the smartest device is the one that just fuckin works and doesn't need the user to do anything
umbral moss
yes, that's the video apparently
shame, they have good surface articles for finding new stuff
they don't do any deep dives like anandtech but AT also produces one good article a year because of how thorough their testing is
"yeah so we need six months to finish this battery of tests on this SSD, so here's our annual storage drive murder count"
I remember when AT had a whole staff full of actual competent engineer types and they'd do deep dives on god damn everything
PSUs, chip design, RAM chips
AF algorithms
they used to, don't think they're as thorough after anand sold the site to some scummy news aggregator
ars technica kind of fills that niche but anandtech used to be insanely thorough
talking about board layouts and power circuitry topology
latent grotto
Same
umbral moss
I still don't really consider "youtuber" as a job so I don't like to give these "ha HAAA what's UP guys" people views
pad your video time with content you fucks
latent grotto
what about vtubers
sly elk
https://github.com/Amog-OS/AmogOS
sounds like AmigaOS hehe
paper tusk
Looking to buy a pc Monitor, is this any good or does anyone have any recommenda...
https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/pdp/hp-x24i-gaming-monitor a bit pushing the price limit though
weak lodge
This didn't really feel like it belongs in #questions-and-help but how much RAM does the FFXIV (the process on its own) use for you guys?
Playing on 4 GB RAM because I'm broke as fuck and I'm wondering if upgrading RAM would give more FPS than cooling my shitty laptop
Not sure when the model first came out, but it's a Ryzen 5 3500U with Vega 8 iGPU, and the reason it's a 4 GB model is because I live in the cheap parts of SEA
weak lodge
I love not being able to find any information about devices I purchase because they're some kind of cheap variant produced only for certain regions
paper tusk
This didn't really feel like it belongs in <#287679207432257538> but how much RA...
xiv will use up to about 3gb ram if left to its own devices + video ram since the 64 bit port is just large address awareness and not changes to the program
upgrading to 8gb will probably help a lot with swap file grind
kindred brook
finite glen
Playing on 4 GB RAM because I'm broke as fuck and I'm wondering if upgrading RAM...
I'd say consider upgrading it to 8GB if you got the chance, me too had 4GB ram and opted to upgrade it before playing the game
kindred brook
Lol
What about
That verge
Video
Lol
Wow poor anon
Sarah giving him shit
For being dog shit at building pcs
Maybe he will be the best pc builder ever
One day
Lol
Well
You guys tried to get me to quit
On my psu tho
Pffft
Nope nope nope nope I did it
It's k it works
Nothing blew up
Ez pz
inland mauve
that's quitter talk
skill issue
which error code does the printer give for a skill issue
hard drift
sad but true 
modest moss
Punch it
modest moss
you need anger management
or yoga
can't go to the gym if you keep hurting yourself dear
latent grotto
going to the gym is just hurting your muscles so its the same thing
hard drift
punch those variables 
deep sapphire
Hahahaha
I go through so much of it at work
Everything is covered in grease and oil, your clothes are lucky to even have a clean spot at the end of your shift
untold onyx
Canon error codes be like: printer error, contact repair centre
yup, it's funny how everyone's screaming right to repair yet the printer manufacturers are some of the worst for the lockdowns.
umbral moss
that's because printers are cheap as hell so nobody cares if you can repair it
it's legitimately cheaper to just buy a whole new one than to find the fucking bobbin that goes in the feed tray lifter and replace it
since the bobbin alone is probably 60% of the cost of the printer
hard drift
the only thing people should be trying for printers is the damn ink 
umbral moss
it's still cheaper to buy a whole-ass printer for the ink it comes with
than to buy a replacement cartridge
I wonder if this can be adapted to create 3d maps from the 2d sketch
odd sand
people still buying inkjet printers in 20 and 21...
umbral moss
it would also be fun to see what it thinks something like tolkien's descriptions of middle earth look like
umbral moss
>people still buying inkjet printers in 20 and 21...
personal printers have largely fallen into the "semi-pro use only" camp
where you print photos on an archival-grade pigment printer
but when you have real photos to print you use a pro service anyway
odd sand
Which makes buying a low-end inkjet even more stupid. If you actually have shit you want to print, you would want to take it to the UPS store or Walgreens etc. anyways
umbral moss
for $30 it's whatever
people spend more money on bullshit from harbor freight that breaks far more quickly and gets used fewer times
odd sand
Except it's constantly making cleaning noises, or if you decide to turn it off then it clogs immediately and none of your prints turn out well
Also I dunno where you can get an inkjet for $30. Usually they're about $75-90 on the low end, but you can get a decent B/W laser for $120
modest moss
canon all in one is £40 here, canon ink pack is £38
dull garnet
Pure shit
They don't even provide spares so when the printer goes slightly wrong it becomes e-waste
modest moss
yeah I tried one of those DIY ink cartridge refill kits and now the printer is just trash
odd sand
Yep. The average toner cartridge for a laser printer can do about 1500pgs B/W. Larger capacity toners can do upwards of 3500-5000 pages
gusty stump
I can't watch YT in the background on my 2nd monitor when i play the game, i've tried putting down the graphics but didnt' help, any ideas?
latent grotto
When you say can't watch what happens exactly
gusty stump
The sound keeps going but the video freezes
I think it has something to do with that ffxiv just goes 100% gpu cap
i dont know how to fix it so it lets some of it to yt
hehe
Basically i want to free some gpu for videos
can't even have them at 480p in background
5700 xt
radeon
latent grotto
5700xt 
welp memes aside that should run
gusty stump
5700xt <:KEKW:751122217890349116> welp memes aside that should run
What memes?
Ye i should have plenty to spare with that gpu
latent grotto
5700xt is known for driver issues and crashes
gusty stump
That's a first for me ^^
1080p
got 3 of them
I tried YT hardware accel but that didn't help
tried lowering gpu on ffxiv
it works perfectly fine when i tab into youtube
but as soon as i start playing ffxiv it freezes
sound keeps going
I can watch twitch no problem i realized now
latent grotto
maybe its a playback thing where it recognizes that youtube isn't the primary window and stops loading the video?
dull garnet
i have a samsung mono laser from 2014 or so. still on the original toner, I only use it for the occasional shipping label
toner still at 60% or so
yeah, definitely
fuck inkjet
a remanufactured toner is like £18 too
latent grotto
what if YouTube is doing what they did on mobile where you can't play videos in the background without YouTube premium
gusty stump
~~what if YouTube is doing what they did on mobile where you can't play videos i...
No way
that can't be a thing
dull garnet
vanced rulz
odd sand
How does this even happen. At work we have periodic password expiration, yet I just found a user whose password hasnt been changed in 3 years. Still lists as not expired either
odd sand
Answered my own question. Queried AD and PasswordNeverExpires=True ... 
modest moss
so it's your fault?
odd sand
Someones fault 10 years ago probably
latent grotto
it works perfectly now
👍
odd sand
We have a bunch of sam account names that don't match their UPN bc there was originally no rhyme or reason to email names originally.
So most people have the naming convention for email, then randomly you have someone with like bob@company.com
Because they've been working here for 20 years lol
modest moss
bob is the alpha
odd sand
Oh, in this person's case. 30 years. 
odd sand
User gives their work email to join Wayfair, then submits the join email as "spam" 🤦♀️
How about you don't use your work email for personal shit and you won't be getting spammed and making my job harder?
modest moss
you're not people, you're just IT
sly elk
😄
whenever i walk by someone at work and see facebook or their personal email on their work computer screen I'm thinking the same thing. whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
odd sand
At least that's their own mail. So many people use their work email for personal shit, which increases the chances they fall for phishing
Because as those places get breached, their email address circulates more, and if they're used to opening random solicitations etc. in their work email, they may hit upon a spoofed phishing one
Whereas if you keep the work email to only work stuff, it's really obvious what doesn't belong.
Secondary award goes to people that submit shit from their junk folder...
It's routed to the Junk Folder for a reason, just leave it be.
latent grotto
My workplace occasionally sends out fake emails to people to see if they click on the link
odd sand
Those only catch the most stupid people, but maybe that's a good thing
latent grotto
The idea is that no one should click on it
odd sand
They're not worthless, but a lot of them tend to be sent from internal email addresses or like "phishtest@pentestcompany.com" which if you even half pay attn you know is a test
latent grotto
Ours looks sketchier iirc
odd sand
Gotta fake the envelope info from an external SMTP
So the envelope info looks internal or such, but if you inspect the actual email address it's clearly not.
Honestly, I'm surprised more email security doesn't feature just stamping them with the true sender address.
Usually it's just a banner warning like "External message, use caution" when it could also include the true sender address like "fakeshit@nice.xyz" to drill it home
latent grotto
Yea we just have the external sender banner
ashen mirage
fakeshit@nice.xyz free win 11 nitro plus ultra win mac iphone repair domain care warranty shipping amazon delivery!! *Kindly provide all your details so we can deliver of to you
Average spam email even now lol
And yeah we have the fake emails sent out to users too. And then the poor help desk gets inundated with calls/emails about people scared they were hacked if they clicked it...
There's also a custom report button embedded in email clients though so we can see whether users identified it as fake
umbral moss
I’ve noticed in the past 15 years working in tech you can generally tell pretty easily if there are real engineers in management. MBA bros say "I should do this because I can!" whereas engineers are usually the opposite "I can do this, but should I?".
pretty accurate, you can always tell when a product was developed by marketing and not engineering
umbral moss
like tesla in general
it's telling that the CEO of lucid was tesla's chief product engineer
hard drift
i swear nvidia has to be dumb, why give it more memory but a more narrow bus... it better not be more than 350
and these specs are official 
why is it so bad
odd sand
RTX 2060? how is that new? The RTX 2000 series was 2 years ago or more
hard drift
it is "to help the shortages" supposedly
they are releasing a 12gb variant of the 2060
odd sand
Then wtf didn't they release them a year ago
hard drift
also this isn't too good when in the article this is what they said 😐
if it's more than 50 dollars extra i'm going to be mad at nvidia
odd sand
Are the names reversed on it? I thought the Super cards were always a notch above the regular
odd sand
Oh, I get it now. They're re-using the regular 2060 branding, and just giving it 12gb vram
hard drift
but the problem is this card is in a terrible position. the 3060 at msrp is 329 usd...
and given the 3060 has 12gb of vram i'm interested to see what they do
odd sand
hard drift
yeah, it's a worse 2060s with more memory
odd sand
Nobody is getting a 3060 for msrp though
hard drift
it's stupid
odd sand
It's a 2060 regular ... with double the vram
hard drift
It's a 2060 regular ... with double the vram
no, the specs aside from bandwidth/bus/memory are that of the 2060s
yeah, we'll see but on paper vs their current lineup it's actually stupid
umbral moss
they probably had a surplus of them since the 2060 came out so fucking late that the 3080 launched already
nvidia's stock valuation is a huge thonker with how fucking inept their product launches are
"b-but AI"
hard drift
lol
umbral moss
I'm still on a titan xp-2
🎺
the 40 series should be just about 2x my 10 series card performance
which is usually when my upgrade sensors start flashing
hard drift
yeah but at what wattage
odd sand
@hard drift At those memory clocks it won't come close to saturating 192bit bus, its fine.
hard drift
next gen power draw is going to be insane
umbral moss
yeah but at what wattage <:deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerp:703663073109737515>
I watercool, so who gives a shit
I'd prefer they shipped me a bare card without any of the shitty air cooling garbage they plan on using
"oh yeah, here's a six slot blower design"
fuck right off
watercooled single slot
thanks
odd sand
The rated bandwidth is 336GB/sec, but that memory won't hit higher than about 1/2 to 2/3 that amount
I haven't tried watercooling a GPU yet.
umbral moss
at that point just buy a god damned watercooled plate
you're already investing a dumb amount of space on cooling, put it to good use
umbral moss
I haven't tried watercooling a GPU yet.
it's surprisingly easy to swap and the efficiency is bonkers because of how big a GPU die is
like my GPU temp is just my radiator temp
not really, it's like $150 for a plate
odd sand
Wouldn't you need a custom loop to fit that in though? I still have an AIO
umbral moss
Wouldn't you need a custom loop to fit that in though? I still have an AIO
it's ideal if you want super high performance like mine
but a lot of people just use passive cooling on the VRMs and RAM chips and put a CPU AIO on the GPU itself
latent grotto
Probably
umbral moss
muh aesthetics
odd sand
I'm still rocking an H100i on my CPU heh
umbral moss
and the fact the card won't rip my fucking board apart from the weight
I had a G80 GPU that ran so hot it melted the fucking PCB on the top of the card
because the heatsink wasn't sufficient for the heat load
idle at 75C and load at 89C
nope, time for watercooling
my GPU hasn't gotten over 56C in its entire life 😌
umbral moss
I got to 56C because it was summertime and the ambient temperature was 45C
I don't think I bought EK
EK expensive and their nickel plating process is... not good
umbral moss
I have two 140x3 radiators and VP655 pumps ready to go for my next machine
I also have 19 140mm fans prepared for it
odd sand
How many fans are you putting in your new build? "Yes."
umbral moss
well, 2x 140x3 means I need 12 just for the radiators for push-pull
odd sand
I'll probably go for custom water in my next build. I had the money for this one, but I should be earning fuck-you money as far as building a new PC is concerned by the time I upgrade again.
umbral moss
plus some extras to get positive airflow over the other passive components
custom water is great because it's expensive up front but very flexible for reusing it for a long time
I've had the same loop in service since 2013
cost me about $700 to get everything
odd sand
I'll probably be moving into a position making 20-30k more within 6 months.
Technically I'm also moving back to where cost of living is around 40% less, but I probably won't have a roommate then, so my rent+utilities costs will probably end up about the same as now in CA
odd sand
My friend just bought himself a condo with an extra bedroom though, so maybe I could save money just staying with him for awhile
molten sluice
you can move FFXIV to a different hard drive by just dragging and dropping, right? Don't want to try to move it into my SSD and all of a sudden, something goes haywire and I have to reinstall during Endwalker week
dull garnet
pretty much
molten sluice
alright, I just wanted to double check. Thank you
quaint spear
Is a NAS a good solution to backup problem?
kind stump
when theres one fan not spinning
Havent set pwm's yet. That one is on the cpu curve unlike the rest which are connected to chasiss fan headers
molten bay
Is a NAS a good solution to backup problem?
everything far away from the system which needs the backup is a good thing.
but to be honest the most ppl think about backup only but never about how to restore the system/data
late basalt
Technically I'm also moving back to where cost of living is around 40% less, but...
little bit less actually, depending on how your ac/heat habits meshed/clashed with your not-roommate
and how much electric they sucked up with devices
sly elk
utility costs can be a lot somewhere cold
kindred brook
so good news I retested
4 of my portable batteries
2 died
I mean
didn't charge at all
2 completely charged
o.o
blazing summit
i'm unsure if this is tech but its part of a setup i guess, i've never spent more than £50 on a computer chair but decided to splash since my current chair is a mess after 6 months, hopefully more money = more longevity
if anyone has a secretlab chair let me know how it is overall, curious what its like after a while of usage
sly elk
I've been thinking about buying one of those too haha
I haven't owned one of those specifically, but I do have a dxracer king chair. aside from the upholstery starting to flake off like crazy after 3 years, it's a great chair haha
the nicer gaming chairs, including the secretlab ones afaik, use a metal frame and use elastic bands to hold the seat foam up
there's no plywood for the seat to 'bottom out' on
so even if/when the foam wears out a bit, it still is pretty comfy
unless it bottoms out on a metal bar, some chairs have that issue
the dxracer has a really fat piece of seat foam so it doesn't have that issue
blazing summit
its mainly just usage has caused the chair to crack and then tear off because i sit in quite a weird orientation but i heard that secretlab is quite durable with chairs, also heard a lot of good things about DXRacer as well
sly elk
dxracer has expensive models and cheap models, afaik the quality isn't consistent across the range unfortunately
I've mostly heard good things about secretlab but they're more expensive than anyone except for needforseat
and maybe noblechairs?
paper tusk
gaming chairs generally fall under awful by default since they place the look of a car racing seat first over such nuances as "the ass cushion wont make you go numb after 1 hour sitting"
sly elk
but they have a slightly better return policy (at least in the US)
blazing summit
it is expensive but it does come with a 5 year warranty as well
so thats pretty neat
umbral moss
gaming chairs generally fall under awful by default since they place the look of...
the funny thing is that car companies also prioritize looking cool over being comfortable
who the fuck wants to sit in an actual race car seat for more than like, 10 minutes
paper tusk
yeah really
sly elk
@paper tusk I have no qualms about the seat cushion on my dxracer, it's amazing
paper tusk
looking at you, audi
blazing summit
but i mainly got it because of the reviews, magnetic head cussion and integrated lumbar support sounds good to me
umbral moss
the extremely aggressive curve that doesn't fit the 140cm tall engineer who designed it either?
shaped like a god damned jupiter chair but with no regards for how legs are shaped
sly elk
the problem is the bolsters are not made out of foam cushions
they're made out of steel tubing with a thin amount of foam covering it
umbral moss
that's only true for the computer chairs, I guess
sly elk
in cars the bolsters are usually made out of foam
so when you sit on top of them they just squish
umbral moss
in car seats it's foam but it also gets smashed flat by fatness anyway
umbral moss
which are also insanely uncomfortable lmao
sly elk
heathcote they are pretty popular, if you look around you'll find tons of posts (good and bad) on reddit about them
umbral moss
they're great if you're super thin or you only drive your car for short periods
sly elk
anyway, if you do buy a gaming chair
I highly highly recommend double checking the measurements
and don't buy one that doesn't go into details
some are deceptively narrow
blazing summit
i have looked at a lot of reviews and the negatives of them are just the material, everything with the chair are apparently really good comfort wise
and some have issues with the lumbar support being a pain to set accurately with it being really slow to move about
so its stuff i can compromise with
sly elk
the edges of chairs sucking is a problem with mesh chairs too ahha
one time I bought a staples hyken back when they first became super popular
it wasl ike the audio technica ATH-M50 of chairs on reddit
in reality, it was a chair for midgets, and when I sat on it, it felt like sitting on a toilet seat lol
real edge
any "gaming" chair is bad
it will not support your back properly
get a very good office chair instead
your back will thank you 10 years later
sly elk
was trying to find a picture of what I meant haha
is ok, you can screw your back up with a herman miller too 😄
real edge
all of those dxracer/whatever brands that advertise gaming/racing chairs will do a bad job supporting your back so you will have problems many years down the line
the only exception is the herman miller embody
but that is by herman miller, so that is to be expected
umbral moss
it's also $2000 so
sly elk
https://dxracerair.com/collections/dxracer-air/d7100/air-d7100-gng
they do make this tacky thing hahaha
hehe i'm sitting on an embody chair as I jab at herman miller 😄
real edge
if you want a proper office chair get one that is refurbished or used, they go for much cheaper
rather than MSRP
sly elk
I can work 8 hours (with regular breaks) and not feel any soreness at all
then watch a few animes leaning to the side an fuck my back up
all in the same chair
it only works if you sit in it correctly, and when you wanna chill at your desk you don't wanna sit correctly 😄
blazing summit
i'll just have to see if its comfortable when it arrives, since i'm used to having the standard gaming chairs and not really had an issue but i've always put like pillows as lumbar support to make it bearable i guess
thats the most important thing for me in a chair is the lower back support imo
sly elk
hrmmm
i think my gripe with the embody is you can't adjust the height of the lumbar bump
for me it's a little low
still works fine though!
i mostly use it in the day and switch to my old dxracer at night if I'm not gonna sit properly 😄
blazing summit
but i do also like one that has a decent aesthetic since the look of a specific chair can bother me, its why i always had unbranded chairs so there wasnt anything on it that i would hate, so its quite neutral really
sly elk
mhm
plus a lot of office store chairs look horrendously tacky
I always wonder who designs those things XD
and why some office store chairs have like 5x the padding in the back than they do in the seat
blazing summit
yea that is true, i hate the design and looks of office chairs
like this for example it just looks a bit baggy
or puffy
not too sure
sly elk
blazing summit
it looks comfy but i think it would only be good to sit in really
sly elk
it looks like it was designed by 3 different people
sly elk
well, ya se e the thing with brown furniture is
if the dog poops on it
it doesn't show
lmao I had this discussion with a realtor once
blazing summit
but that doesnt really apply if it still looks like poop
sly elk
they always are super adamant about not using light colored carpett
blazing summit
sly elk
and I was like "look if a tenant's dog shits on my carpet I wanna know"
at least they'll try to clean it xD
"it won't look bad if it's dirty" is an excuse nobody should ever use for textiles haha
odd sand
I have a serta like that except the taller version of that one.
odd sand
Yeah it's pretty comfy. I use a pillow behind the base of it now though
Not sure if its wearing out or I just naturally slouch, so an ergo chair doesnt perfectly fit heh
sly elk
i like squishy things. my bed is hella squishy for that reason
it works better for beds than chairs though
odd sand
I mean, it was like a $225 chair, its not that fancy
sly elk
ikea chairs look hard
but they are very durable
the names are something though. JÄRVFJÄLLET
sly elk
sharky!
modern iris
a shark?
desert moat
I should buy one because Ikea plans to stop selling them
wtf really
no pls my blahaj
dull garnet
i have the secretlab omega. i wasn't sure it would be a good decision but it doesn't give me back pain or anything. had it two years now and i only have good things to say
sly elk
https://carnewschina.com/2021/11/24/the-songsan-monterey-is-a-classic-americana-sedan-with-modern-chinese-power/ this looks really neat
sadly only at first glance
the interior is really weird
and enormous even by 1950s car standards
quaint spear
movies sure make continuity hard....
Superman Returns was a sequel of sorts to a middle chapter in the Christopher Reeves Superman movies....
Man of Steel / Suicide Squad / Justice League were in sequence.....
we've have had 3 Spidermen.....
let's not get started with Batman.... his legacy is batty
modern iris
Snyder has his own trilogy
quaint spear
damn
I was gonna get that streaming service to watch Harley Quinn's new seasons
what perhaps is his "trilogy"?
modern iris
Man of Steel -> Batman V Superman -> Snyder Cut
quaint spear
was Batflek given his own movie?
modern iris
in case of Batman V Superman the definitive edition is better since it adds 30 mins
modern iris
was Batflek given his own movie?
sadly not
and we never got to see the original version of Suicide Squad
quaint spear
okay... so what is the sequel to SS called??
dull garnet
Not sure I equate more with better
quaint spear
I havne't seen the "home" Spiderman movies....
modern iris
okay... so what is the sequel to SS called??
there wasn't any
quaint spear
oh sorry? it's a reboot?
modern iris
Not sure I equate more with better
in this case it added more scenes that explained stuff better
quaint spear
I mean the new one with the shark guy played by Stallone.
modern iris
that one is basically a reboot treated as a sequel
so it's a.... soft reboot? of sorts
quaint spear
I remember one time I alledged that "Batman the Cult" was adapted by the Animated Series... I wasn't given a warm reception for that one.
let's say loose adaption.
royal forge
is it hard to setup a remote desktop?
Am legitimately considering one to download endwalker while at work
deep sapphire
RDP works fine as well
Oh for mobile
HI SARAH
oh no I’ll watch it now
Hahahaha that fastener is glowing
royal forge
😮 interesting..
royal forge
RDP works fine as well
whats RDP hank
deep sapphire
Yeah that’s a Chevy
Windows Remote Desktop protocol
Look at all these trucks in the work parking lot, don’t tell shue he will get upset
royal forge
Ah..
deep sapphire
Good set of tires you should be fine
My old Camry did okay in the winter with good tires
LMAO
modest moss
Based on what info?
hard drift
based on how it usually goes for preloads
i get up early either way for download time
modest moss
Do I need an aio and egpu for it to work?
hard drift
please no
royal forge
wait
midnight what timezone
because
I'm legit debating running off from work just to start my DL
hard drift
15 hours from now roughly
hard drift
idk gmt time zones
modest moss
It seems curious that they would only allow 4hrs for dl before early access release
royal forge
ikr
hard drift
wait 5 hours before japanese release would be 11pm est wouldn't it?
hard drift
interesting
modest moss
I guess I'll just leave quicklauncher open later and assume it'll do its thing
hard drift
damn, old enough to be my grandparents
modest moss
Bidori how old is your mum
hard drift
she's 38
modest moss
She's younger than my wife
hard drift
dad just barely turned 41
modest moss
I'm 47 this month
hard drift
O_O
hard drift
O_O sarah is younger than me
modest moss
You're a baby
hard drift
i'm old 😔
modest moss
Could easily be your dad
modest moss
I'm still twice your age sarah
Is your mum hot?
Let's do this
Set me up with all the mums
Who doesn't
Pog
hard drift
modest moss
Next up we compare sarah and bidori's mums in a milf-off
hard drift
lol
modest moss
I already get mad at you for being unsafe dear
What is hanks mum hot too?
I do not think hank counts as a milf
He's just beefcake
modest moss
Twerking won't make hank a mom
dull garnet
Hank is a himbo
deep sapphire
Okay now that I’m on break
deep sapphire
Bucket full of brake cleaner
This
deep sapphire
I haven’t eaten there in awhile because of staffing issues the wait isn’t worth it
And I feel bad for the employees
That place is always popular, can’t imagine working there short staffed
modest moss
Rock up there shirtless
deep sapphire
Haha
dull garnet
"yeah, I drive a Chevy. Can you tell?"
deep sapphire
Someone selling this square body for 9,000
I just noticed the bumper, that’s so tacky lmao wtf
What kinda Nissan is this
umbral moss
maybe it's underneath the truck
hard drift
that looks like a monster can truck
dull garnet
$400? Sold
hard drift
that seems like a good price especially given the current market
even used cars are insane here 😔
deep sapphire
Nissan be like hey we make a legendary super car killer and we make shit for people with no credit
My friend dimitry is a raging Nissan fanboy he cries at the current company
He use to own a Z31 the dash on that thing was so 80s lmao
modest moss
Someone selling this square body for 9,000
Looks kinda cool but 9k seems a lot
deep sapphire
They did a ton of work to it so not too bad, had a built motor, new trans and rear end, plus no rust which for where I live is rare on old vehicles
That’s the Z31 gauge cluster haha
“TACH”
hard drift
that's pretty cool
i wish gauge clusters were cooler, the ones these days that i've seen are pretty eh
deep sapphire
Ikr, gotta make everything a giant screen
hard drift
😔
modest moss
Maybe I'll play gta online in a bit and build a truck
hard drift
deep sapphire
Uh oh shue likes trucks now
modest moss
I have too many vehicles in gta, hard to keep up
hard drift
lol
modest moss
Don't worry I also have a dedicated garage for ev and hybrids
latent grotto
they're not working hard enough if they're posing for a photo
deep sapphire
Yeah no shit right haha
I’d replace that so quick
Oh it’s your birthday? Happy bday!
I’ll get you a car battery with 80 cold cranking amps
hard drift
👀 hopefully i remember in two weeks
carmine raptor
Does someone know one or two things about "Studio Headphones"?
deep sapphire
Does someone know one or two things about "Studio Headphones"?
They are usually catered to having good mids but not too heavy on highs and lows
IMO they aren’t that good for listening and are more for producers
umbral moss
it depends how closely tuned they are to reference levels, which makes them sonically neutral and not necessarily ideal for listening
deep sapphire
I owned some AKGs once and it was the most flat shit I’ve ever heard haha
But that’s just my opinion
umbral moss
the closer a set is to being a reference set for mastering, the less likely you'd want to actually listen to the music you're producing through them
carmine raptor
omg I was wonderig if I've dont wrong reasearch.
deep sapphire
Yeah
carmine raptor
because I bought the beyerdynamics DT 990 but after plugin it in I could only hear the mids
umbral moss
there are good headphones that require those big chonky 1/4 RCA jacks
carmine raptor
lows are literally gone
deep sapphire
Yeah that’s studio headphones in a nutshell
umbral moss
but they're not necessarily "studio" or "reference" headphones
audeze makes really good headphones but they're also expensive as shit and require beefy power amps to run
deep sapphire
You’re better off getting something that has good mids and lows
umbral moss
because they have super dense voice coils
carmine raptor
I switched from Razer Kraken 7 v2 to that and was quite sshocked
deep sapphire
I’d return them and get something else
carmine raptor
You have any recommendations?
deep sapphire
No point in paying abunch of money if it sounds like shit
carmine raptor
because I was looking for a Gaming/Producer Headphone.
umbral moss
the tuning of a headset depends very heavily on what you like to listen to and whether you prefer big bass, strong treble, or spicy highs
deep sapphire
If you want a decent affordable gaming headset look at hyperX
I usually hate gaming headsets
carmine raptor
because I do mix a bit out of fun (still rookie).
deep sapphire
But mine sound good and have been reliable
Don’t get any meme 7.1 shit just get the normal 2.1 stereo ones
umbral moss
If you want a decent affordable gaming headset look at hyperX
that's because hyperX has a contract with a couple of high-end headphone companies and they sell re-badged stuff at a discount
deep sapphire
I believe it, I love how mine sound
umbral moss
like hyperX makes a version of the audeze mobius that doesn't have the fancy 3D head tracking
it's also like $150 cheaper
deep sapphire
You can get the 2.1 hyperX Clouds for like 80 bucks
carmine raptor
So HyerX?
Is there something else you would recommend?
I want something balanced if possible.
umbral moss
dunno what you mean by "balanced"
headphones that sound good usually aren't balanced on purpose
unless you meant like, balanced XLR connectors
then you're way out in the $1500+ range with a breakout box
carmine raptor
A headphone which represents good lows and mids o-o
deep sapphire
The hyperX fits that bill
umbral moss
honestly, almost anything will be good as long as it doesn't break or get too far up its own ass trying to get a perfect frequency response curve
deep sapphire
Audio technica has some good stuff too but unless you pay abunch of money it’s all plastic and we all know how plastic headphones are
untold onyx
You can get the 2.1 hyperX Clouds for like 80 bucks
IT's a decent headset for the price. I have it. Mind you I use it for designated headset and not full audio.
deep sapphire
crack
umbral moss
isn't the ATH50 the king of the mid-priced headsets?
deep sapphire
Yeah I just think it’s a great balance
Good construction
Good sound
Good price
None of those things you can say about Radeon
Right @hard drift
hard drift
😒
deep sapphire
dull garnet
HD 6XX
quaint spear
hello
modest moss
It's a lowrider with stupid hydraulics lol
dull garnet
retroarch
quaint spear
I just found a compatible power USB cord for my Astro City Mini. 😄
Anyhow, no point to getting a bunch of those things.
dull garnet
indeed
quaint spear
but yet some fools are paying out the butt for 'em.
dull garnet
I have a real Neo Geo, a real PC Engine and a real Mega Drive
quaint spear
good for you.
I just wanted to sample the things as cheap as I could and support the IPs.
dull garnet
sad 68000 noises
quaint spear
?
molten bay
I have a real Neo Geo, a real PC Engine and a real Mega Drive <:deeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
posing is real ^^
modest moss
Or he's just old and didn't throw his tech away
dull garnet
They're right to a degree, they're not really my jam
My first console was a PS1
So that's basically my cutoff for systems I'm actually passionate about, but I have familiarity with the rest for 10-15 years so eh
Games are games
dull garnet
hacks square
deep sapphire
What’s a mega drive
modest moss
sega genesis
deep sapphire
Thank you
Jk
Back in the day when boomers called it the Nintendo or sega
And usually if it was sega they still called it a Nintendo
dull garnet
One time my mom used the term playstation when she asked for things to confiscate so I didn't give her my game boy
She was way pissed when she saw me playing that
dull garnet
I'm pandering
modest moss
LIKE ME HANK
dull garnet
But genesis sucks
modest moss
pathetic
dull garnet
And so does sega cd
And turbografx
I can imagine the board meeting
"okay so this is the PC Engine, how do we make it appealing to a US audience?"
"Make it twice the size, black and call it a turbo"
sly elk
aye
my first console was a gamecube but my first experience on consoles was an NES 😄
i still dig stuff like asteroids, pong, pac man, galaga
I think galaga is my favorite of the oldschool games
sly elk
hmm the oldest thing i played recently is kid icarus lol
royal forge
If I use a work ethernet cable, do i run the risk of compromising my laptop security?
modest moss
if it's connected to the work lan, yes
but that all depends on how well the IT is managed
deep sapphire
One day I’ll grow up to be a shue
royal forge
I believe the term is "never fucking managed"
modest moss
do you use the work wifi?
royal forge
It's an unknown status
No. I never bring my personal stuff to work
So I never mix the two
Would wifi be better? I assume not
deep sapphire
I guess it depends on what you are doing exactly, most firewall security is on windows but if you are doing sensitive work that needs to stay internal then yeah
royal forge
I just wanna use the LAN so i cb lresent some slides
Duuurrrr
So i can present some slides
modest moss
why do you need lan to present slides? just plug the projector in to your laptop?
or just stick the slides on a usb stick and use a work computer?
royal forge
Place with projector has no PC
Another person also wants to present
Hmmm
I'll DL my slides
modest moss
would consider having a device just for work if you're worried
royal forge
Then email slides to myself, DL and transfer via hp
tawdry narwhal
is there anything special i need to do to move XIV to another drive, or can i just drag and drop?
dull garnet
It'll break your shortcut targets but aside from that not really
tawdry narwhal
how would i fix my shortcut targets
latent grotto
Create new shortcuts or edit the shortcut path
hard drift
😔
modest moss
Tell your mum to beat you
modest moss
Good lad
modest moss
welp it's installed anyway
modest moss
another 6.1gb patch
warm canyon
yep, 6.1gb patch up
modest moss
Is it just me or are leatherman multitools much more expensive than they used to be?
@deep sapphire tools
Gerber or nah?
deep sapphire
I legit had no idea who they were had to google haha
seems like they have good reviews if you need a multi tool
modest moss
Just trying to think of something useful for wife to get me for xmas
deep sapphire
ultimately what would you use the tools for should be the question
do you wanna do wood working?
modest moss
Don't really need anything
modest moss
Just a bullshit gift tbh
umbral moss
I bought a bunch of woodworking stuff but I only really use the router 😔
modest moss
I want cheap and useful, not overpriced trash