technology-discussion

[dull garnet]

https://tenor.com/view/shaking-gif-5982592

[deep sapphire]

My truck reeks of smoke

[hard drift]

Lmao

[modest moss]

first 3 days are the worst

[dull garnet]

imagine all the big blocks you could have bought with that smoking money

[hard drift]

Imagine the things you could do hank, you could afford your ford repairs

[deep sapphire]

I’m a firm believer that once you start smoking you don’t quit forever but if you can go a long time without slipping up you’re essentially free from it

I’d rather smoke

[hard drift]

3090sli????

[deep sapphire]

All 3 miles to the gallon

Smiles per gallon

That channel is crack

[deep sapphire]

Lmao

[kindred brook]

I NEED TECH SUPPORT

one of you guys

did this

outage all day

[late basalt]

Stop calling us for hell desk questions then

[kindred brook]

I'm genji

and I need healing

[hard drift]

You need something all right

And healing is only a part of it

[sly elk]

@deep sapphire thoughts? https://www.directtoolsoutlet.com/product/P747KN

i'm annoyed that they don't seem to have the bare tool for $30 deal because i'd rather buy the 4ah battery kit

https://www.directtoolsoutlet.com/product/PSK003 that for example

[deep sapphire]

Seems like a good deal

[sly elk]

oih actually they do have just the inflator for 34.99

https://www.directtoolsoutlet.com/product/ZRP739 this looks like fun but I have no need for air tools beyond tire stuff

geez xD

what kinda programmer are they looking for?

ahhhhh

I know nothing about blockchain 😦 I could learn! but I don't know if my experience is valuable there XD

[dull garnet]

embrace the scam

get in, make your money and get out

[umbral moss]

blockchain does have something of a value, but not in the way these numpties are trying to push it

[sly elk]

https://www.directtoolsoutlet.com/product/ZRP4500 I want that for scrubbing the shower >>

[dull garnet]

or this

[umbral moss]

I think crypto is doomed now that the US is considering its own cryptographically signed currency

[sly elk]

sadly the amazon reviews tell a different story

lots of "I used it once and it broke" stories

[still cypress]

Sell all your crypto now

[umbral moss]

I don't think there was ever money to be had in hodling in this fuckfest of a speculative market

the big brain strategy to make money is derivatives trading

[zealous wolf]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tpt1q1vNgk hope this kickstarts more things....

[sly elk]

haha

[zealous wolf]

[sly elk]

I put $500-ish into crypto when it was 3/4 the way to ath

it's worth like $200 now

[umbral moss]

that's wsb logic

[sly elk]

pretty much 😦

[umbral moss]

the best way to get a million dollars is start with ten million dollars

don't worry guys, it's gonna go to the moon

[zealous wolf]

i can literally smell the burning dumpster with those words...

[sly elk]

ah I was wrong, it's worth $270

still a little more than half overall

[modest moss]

https://tenor.com/view/aiich-aich-the-good-place-eleonor-weird-smile-gif-15001388

[umbral moss]

😔

USB A to C cables seem to be limited to 10ft if you want data and power

the funny thing is that people will go to XXXTREME lengths to safeguard their hodl stash

but not their credit card or exchange login

"someone might steal my bitcoins" uses weak password on an unsecured site run by dipshits

your bank is also likely required to reimburse you if something happens to your money

crypto exchanges are basically founded on the idea of having people entrust their coins to the exchange, then the exchange owners steal all the coins and disband the site

they will be if you want to convert them to real money

oh, sorry Demonstrably Inferior Fiat Currency

[kindred brook]

I can't access my brothers network files

I'm going to build a new pc

=)

I haven't tried restarting my pc yet

it should be a public

[modest moss]

Fix this Ice.

Get it done, push a hotfix for Raz asap

but yeah you may need to restart computers and/or router

[kindred brook]

Nope same issue

I just started my PC

same error

RIP

[modest moss]

probably his end not yours

[kindred brook]

OH WAIT

did my brother change it

to a private

[modest moss]

idk but mine is private

[kindred brook]

oh

maybe I'll turn my settings off

then on

because windows is janky like that sometimes

[modest moss]

Ice he's talking shit about you

called your code janky

[kindred brook]

oh damn

do I get to yell at him

for my BSODs

I experienced in my 35 years of existence

yeah that didn't fix it

[modest moss]

just use dropbox or something?

[kindred brook]

its like

a movie

:x

that may or may not be uillicit

illicit*

has a red/blue character

lol

I'll just have my brother put it on my thumbdrive

[modest moss]

literally the line before

you're windows to us now pal

BSOD? fu Ice
Windows update forces restart? fu Ice
Directx crash? fu Ice
etc

no, we don't care, you're now the official #technology-discussion microsoft scapegoat for every single MS thing

accept it

[glossy timber]

my friend has issues on linux and we still blame microsoft

its how it goes

[modest moss]

Ice works for MS, he'll fix Linux for you

[glossy timber]

jokes aside it was some ms framework stuff that was fucked so

technically ms

i like corn

[potent arrow]

@deep sapphire

I got it free earlier, a sawzall was used

[kindred brook]

woot

we got a default person

we can complain abotu windows now

[jaunty light]

Y u hatin on windows

I love Microsoft!

[modest moss]

what a shock, MS employee shit talking the competition

(you never get what you pay for with Apple)

[jaunty light]

Woah dell sucks nuts

Apple best products ever

[hard drift]

what's going on in here

[jaunty light]

:bidori:

[hard drift]

no

eww why

no thanks

well duh lol

i mean it's not set to even launch until the middle-end of next month saying "ask me in two months" is reasonable 🤨

[deep sapphire]

[hard drift]

😔 i'm not dealing with this 😭

[hard drift]

smh

[deep sapphire]

smh

[hard drift]

i can't do this right now lol

[deep sapphire]

[hard drift]

😭

[deep sapphire]

better log off little boy

[hard drift]

you're right, i drank too much to continue being on lol

[deep sapphire]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/937383005675221012.webp?size=96&quality=lossless

[jaunty light]

Arent u 12

[hard drift]

😒 i'm 20

[jaunty light]

Woah illegal

[hard drift]

smh

I’m going to bed now

[jaunty light]

I made a pint size car bomb and it curdled

Cant chug like i used to when i was a youngun

[deep sapphire]

fat

[hard drift]

Wtf is a car bomb

[deep sapphire]

a ford

[hard drift]

Lol

[jaunty light]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-standing-fat-epic-gif-23115386

[deep sapphire]

that u

[jaunty light]

A stout, usually guinness, with a shot of irish cream and whisky dropped into it

[hard drift]

Oh

[jaunty light]

Tastes a bit of chocolate milk

However i only have nitro cold brew guinness

[modest moss]

Bidori you've been drinking illegally?

[hard drift]

No

[modest moss]

dad gave you a sip of his sherry?

[deep sapphire]

yeah dont you need to be 21 to drink

im reporting you to the discord trust and safety

[hard drift]

Nah it’s sake, and my family won’t drink it

[deep sapphire]

sake...

[modest moss]

weeb

[deep sapphire]

what a fuckin weeb!

[hard drift]

It was for a ff recipe smh

[modest moss]

https://tenor.com/view/seth-meyers-late-night-seth-late-night-with-seth-meyers-nbc-high-five-gif-5150392

[deep sapphire]

OH MY GOD

[modest moss]

you have to be chris pratt

I'll be her

she's smarter

[hard drift]

I’m about to go to bed though, my world is spinning lol

[modest moss]

are you playing XI again or something?

[jaunty light]

Im interested

[modest moss]

the eternal XI debate, do I parse better on MNK with accuracy or attack food

my wife made a fortune from yag drinks

yagudo drinks, marron glace and wizard cookies

that sweet sweet mp food

I went from competent endgame player in XI to delivering post in XIV

I don't know my login details

RIP my Herald's Gaiters

[kindred brook]

man

servers are still down

o.o

[deep sapphire]

to what

[kindred brook]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-pepe-frog-pepe-smile-pepe-happy-pepe-excited-gif-17928593

work

[modest moss]

who cares, salaryman still getting paid

[kindred brook]

I mean true

But I don't want it to be MORE work I have to do

I already do like 3 hours of work a day

anymore actual labor

and I'll feel like I'm actually working

[deep sapphire]

raz use this free time to check out home depot and buy power tools

[kindred brook]

lol

oof that was considered exceding? should have slowed down some more

the more you excel the more work they give you

[kindred brook]

my brother has a bunch of power tools

😮

[deep sapphire]

they better be milwaukee

[sly elk]

nope, pittsburgh

[deep sapphire]

[sly elk]

PROSTORMER

21v 😄

what an odd voltage

why spend $500 on a drill when you can buy 3 for $29.99

now what would be great is if you could daisy chain them

for more torque

[deep sapphire]

gotta get that fake makita that project farm had

[sly elk]

thing is you can build a whole house out of this

[paper tusk]

21v is what 18v batteries is full charged (4.2v x 5 cell) so its misleading at best

[deep sapphire]

yeah the whole 20-24v system is a meme lol

they all run at 18v sustained

[paper tusk]

so made of tofu?

[deep sapphire]

look its bidori's apartment

[sly elk]

i wanna know more about this one

that's impressive but we've been headed down that path a whole

[paper tusk]

tofu dredge project

[sly elk]

we decided we wanted in on the defective buildings thing

[paper tusk]

the foundation wasn't properly made for the building load to make more profit

[sly elk]

and built millennium tower 😄

(some of that appears to be intentional)

[jaunty light]

Are these.. metal staples?

[paper tusk]

yeah the quality of materials is shit tier

between rebar made of zinc/pot metal, and concrete that doesnt have concrete so the tensile stregnth is non existent

[sly elk]

yea it s a tower that was built in SF like 5 years ago

the company went way cheap and didn't dig deep enough for the pilings

so the building sank on one side

[paper tusk]

yeah its still sinking

probably will self destruct in about 2 years

[sly elk]

and it's crooked by like 17" at the top

[paper tusk]

and take out a neighbouring building with it

[sly elk]

which sounds like a TON but apparently it's still within the envelope of how much the building could theoretically lean

given its height

yea the cracked concrete looks freaky

I wouldn't wanna go anywhere near it personally

[paper tusk]

considering the plumbing doesn't work anymore in half the building i dont think so

[jaunty light]

Ill live there

$100 a month?

[sly elk]

but my limited experience with reinforced concrete structures is they tend to crack a lot anyway

[sly elk]

o_O really?!

[jaunty light]

Whats wrong scared of a little concrete?

[sly elk]

when you live in an apartment building and utilities start failing like that

gtfo 😄

[paper tusk]

the drain slope isnt in spec anymore

[sly elk]

that actually saved one dude in the florida apartment building

the night of the collapse his power went out

so he decided to get a hotel room elsewhere

and came back for his scooter or something like an hour before it collapsed

[paper tusk]

[sly elk]

not cutting it as close as the woman who woke up because she felt a cold draft

and went to her living room to check if the window was open

and saw the ceiling start cracking

she juuuuuuuust made it out lol

[paper tusk]

the one who went to the security guard instead of elevator? (which saved her)

[sly elk]

nah she was in her apartment and ran to the wrong stairway and THAT was what saved her

she ran to the side that didn't collapse

[paper tusk]

ahh same person

[sly elk]

tbh after the florida thing I decided I never want to live in a multi unit building ever

[paper tusk]

chaplin tower collapse is the result of shitty construction, and everyone spiderman pointing at each other because they didn't want to pay millions in deferred maintenance (when the pool deck drain was completely fucked and rotting the concrete)

[sly elk]

yea some of the residents in the identical building a block away were like "we take care of our building so we feel safe here!"

i get it...

but I wouldn't live there lol

[paper tusk]

same and not just because it's probably dummy expensive

or the bay harbour island toll charge

or the shitty internet options

(comcast is set up in north miami, it's some janky telco on the island and miami beach)

yeah and a maintenance fund with monthly owner fee

but that requires thonking

[sly elk]

some of these are interesting

[paper tusk]

hmm

was trying to remember what the numbers were for encoding a dvd rip of titan a.e. to h265 (on max motion estimation. i think it was 15 min. need to redo it because of added noise/dvd source is shit)

(yeah i was using animation preset in handbrake)

[sly elk]

watching this video of tesla full self driving screwing up

I like to think of myself as a patient driver and I don't think I'd have the patience to deal with the car driving like that

gross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByKE6RZjYes

[paper tusk]

oof

[sick edge]

Youve obviously never had a cc's pizza

it's never been about the width, it's about the thickness.

That along with the soda, it's like an airbag for your stomach.

Physics is literally against you! You're being suckered out of twoce your money for a 20$ meal!... well should be 20

probably charge 28 or something though

man food is a racket

[jaunty light]

Tbh yeah i feel like i could eat half easily

Preemptive fuk u @deep sapphire im not thicc

The 32oz drinks are the killer id think. Make them give you orange juice or lemon water not soda

[jaunty light]

https://arcserve.statuspage.io/ f in the chat for this business that is gon die

[sick edge]

carbonation would fill you. Yiu have tonmake it flat while you eat the pizza

how is the business dying?

[jaunty light]

ehh, maybe, but rubrik doesn't lock you into their own storage only, you can choose to replicate to s3 or something

[jaunty light]

arcserve merged with storagecraft which I didn't know, but if the current action report is true they lost a massive amount of customer backups with 0 recovery potential

we use it, I like it a lot

expensive as fuck, but it works 100% of the time

that and it's a lot more than just a backup box if you want it to be, every other environment we have that uses some other flavor of backup doesn't have a quarter of what I can do (if I wanted to, anyways)

before we went iwth rubrik we were using https://www.quest.com/products/netvault/ and it was godawful

||kace also sucks ass||

[sly elk]

?

[jaunty light]

but make it miku thanks

but willfully installing mihoyo malware on y our system

hm

||its from china of course it's malware||

[sly elk]

-ponders-

i should reinstall that game in a vm shouldn't I

or at least, stop doing anything important on my gaming computer

I have pondered getting a mac mini and using it to drive my side monitors

hahaha frontpage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqydVNaLR1w

frontpage was always kinda crap

pirating dreamweaver was where it was at

till adobe bought macromedia

[jaunty light]

"sfp+ and sfp28 are totally compatible" says the internet well I tried to shove an sfp+ in my sfp28 port and that shit did not fit

[deep yarrow]

i wanna replace my 2015 mac for something slimmer/lighter and kind of fast (basically just enough to run TFT in league)

got any recommendations?

maybe i'm just a weak fuck but my macbook still feels slightly heavy to me

[dull garnet]

MacBook Air

[deep yarrow]

really expensive tho

[deep sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/antonio-banderas-oh-sweet-impressed-not-bad-gif-9592821

another good day knowing I dont have AMD inside my PC

[hard drift]

[deep sapphire]

https://tenor.com/view/antonio-banderas-oh-sweet-impressed-not-bad-gif-9592821

[hard drift]

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-gpu-now-on-sale-samsung-galaxy-book2-pro-laptop-listed-for-1350-usd next up desktop

[potent arrow]

LG gram 14" aquired

[hard drift]

nice

[kindred brook]

When are we going to get mecha to fight Kaiju

[sharp star]

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/apple-m1-ultra-rtx-3090-benchmarks lmao

[hard drift]

we knew this would happen

[kindred brook]

a 6200 apple

can't beat me 3000 graphics card

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-dab-dabbing-pepe-dabbing-janitors-gif-12699075

[hard drift]

3000$ graphics card vs 6200 system

[trail flame]

ok so like i generally like apple systems

...but who games on a macbook

dont you just get default locked out of most games

cause they aren't on OSX

👁️ 👄 👁️

i had to play games in wineskin

[latent grotto]

Yea game support on Mac is shit

Just accept the only game you're gonna be able to play is solitaire

[odd sand]

Really 1500 MSRP GPU that should actually be like 1000-1200 anyways.

[sharp star]

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1504847327705530372

Wario64 (@Wario64)

Apple Pencil (1st Generation) is $69.99 on Amazon https://t.co/8367tmJD47 #ad https://t.co/27MciPPf3N

Twitter · Mar 18, 2022, 3:48 PM

[hard drift]

Then it’d be around 3080 12gb ish

[odd sand]

...Which is itself not worth 1200.

You're paying 50% more than the MSRP of the 3080 10GB for 2GB of VRAM

[hard drift]

I mean yeah but oh well

It’s a highest end/enthusiast card for a 3090 the price doesn’t matter because people will always buy it

[odd sand]

The 3080 12GB was made solely for Nvidia to capture some of the scalping/inflation profits from prices going insane

[hard drift]

Well they also didn’t give it an msrp so it’s up to the consumer to decide what it’s worth

[kindred brook]

pog

were almost at 100%

[deep sapphire]

https://i.4cdn.org/o/1647461170096.jpg

[modest moss]

chonky

[deep sapphire]

I found @jaunty light

[deep sapphire]

[modest moss]

you sure that isn't just your new vehicle?

[deep sapphire]

[odd sand]

Old ping to Google in Chicago: 52ms, new ping: 7ms. Tracert to Valve washington servers: 17 hops for 120ms. New: 8 hops for 52ms

[dull garnet]

those sticks are probably worth more than the vehicle

[kindred brook]

https://www.pcworld.com/article/622772/chinese-customs-seize-thousands-of-mislabelled-graphics-cards.html

"Please forgive me, I must have misread the labels"

[dull garnet]

the Chinese authorities just wanted to protect the consumer from inferior AMD products

[odd sand]

Hmm the speedtest doesn't seem right though. Why is the upload testing so low? Even to ATT Chicago node it was only 34Mbps upload https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/163886330454081538/954445144575340584/unknown.png

[dull garnet]

oh yeah, watch this

https://www.speedtest.net/result/12913905679.png

[sly elk]

Hoi

[modest moss]

and I thought mine was bad

[sly elk]

lmao

someone in /r/apple comments compared the 27" 5k to that alienware 34" qd-oled

-bites them-

[somber solar]

Aye we got practically the same speed

[dull garnet]

more upload would be nice but i get by with the dl

[somber solar]

Yeah same if I got something big I usually just leave it going while im asleep

[deep sapphire]

What is this

[dull garnet]

🐢

[earnest sedge]

My download speed alwsys gets throttlted by game launchers

[deep sapphire]

God damn I want a cigarette

IM GONNA BULLY BIDORI IF I DONT GET ONE

[modest moss]

stay strong

first 3 days are the worst

then the next 3 weeks are meh

after that you start to forget

[hard drift]

That’s fine I’m about ready to quit discord lol

[dull garnet]

too young to be wasting your life here

[hard drift]

True

[modest moss]

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-it-i-dont-believe-you-will-farrell-anchor-man-gif-5332521

he won't quit

he simps over too many people in #general-discussion

[dull garnet]

oofie

There are other channels?

[sly elk]

hehe

I can have heated discussions over parts

[dull garnet]

flip a coin

[sly elk]

-gets out a torch and some copper pipe-

we'll fix ya up with some home depot water cooling!

this is da wae

idk also

[dull garnet]

wouldn't that be awful

[boreal surge]

Ask NASA, they might have some

[deep sapphire]

GOD I FEEL LIKE SHIT

LOL

[dull garnet]

lol

only an AMD fan would smoke

[deep sapphire]

thats a good way to keep me off the cigs

I cant be a smelly AMD fan

[umbral moss]

why can't they just make a QDOLED that comes in 16:9 wehhhhhhh

who was asking for 21:9

you're a terrible person

I just wanted a 32" DCI-4k QDOLED with actual good colors and black level 😔

[dull garnet]

too bad punk

good way of throwing money away

[deep sapphire]

Ive had 2 pieces of nicotine gum for the day

this shit burns your throat

LMAO

[umbral moss]

I'm really excited to see what sony charges for their version of the QDOLED panel

[dull garnet]

double

[umbral moss]

I can only assume samsung got some kind of bulk pricing on these things because they're selling them through so many outlets

I doubt they're going to charge $4400

[dull garnet]

wanna bet?

[umbral moss]

samsung's own version of it is only $2200 for the 55 inch

[jaunty light]

How many sata ports you want bro?
Yes.

[deep sapphire]

how many ports do you have

[jaunty light]

Many

[sly elk]

ahhahah

[deep sapphire]

based contractor

[sly elk]

still protects the people on the ground

[modest moss]

I was going to make a Sarah joke but I think she's mad at me after the last one

@potent arrow do you still love me?

[deep sapphire]

https://videocardz.com/newz/canadian-retailer-lists-asus-geforce-rtx-3090-ti-series-for-3683-usd-and-4148-usd

[jaunty light]

Why bother this late in the SKU

[deep sapphire]

https://i.4cdn.org/o/1647104666185.webm

SUBARU OWNERS BTFO

BRZ SLOW AS FUCK

LOOOOOOL

[odd sand]

Why release 3000 cards at 100% MSRP, when you can release 1000 cards at 500% MSRP

[jaunty light]

Yeah the brz sucks

Its the poor mans GTR lmao

Shit its a poor mans modern supra

[deep sapphire]

pretty much

[odd sand]

Isn't the GT86 and BRZ pretty much the same car?

[jaunty light]

I only see people that plaster it with anime stickers

@odd sand ye

If i had 50k i would buy an r32 or r34 though

[odd sand]

Need to bring back the Silvia rite

[jaunty light]

The new supra is soulless

Lame bmw

Shitty design, ugly, buffetting

[odd sand]

I always thought the early 2000s Celica looked pretty good

Also the Supra for that matter in the late 90s

[deep sapphire]

why are you making fun of my looks

😭

[odd sand]

Toyota claims "developing new sports cars in the current day is tedious and highly expensive" hence partnering with Subaru for the BRZ/GT86. And BMW for the new Supra

They want to bring back the Celica and MR2, but they would presumably want to partner for those as well

[jaunty light]

@deep sapphire

@odd sand toyota sucks

Why bother if you arent gonna do it right

[deep sapphire]

yeah buy a chevy

[odd sand]

Why settle for a Chevy when you can have fine Chrysler quality

Do they even release anything under the Chrysler brand anymore other than the Grand Caravan?

[deep sapphire]

300

[odd sand]

Oh nm grand caravan was dodge. The internets says Chrysler has the Voyager and Pacifica minivans with a hybrid version of the Pacifica as well. Then they're still selling the Chrysler 300 which hasn't been updated since 2011

[sly elk]

it was updated in 2015

barely updated, but updated nonetheless

[odd sand]

Damn the updated Sedona Carnival looks really nice inside https://www.caranddriver.com/kia/carnival

[sly elk]

kinda unfair because almost no 300 has the blue/white interior XD

[odd sand]

"Minivan"

[sly elk]

most of them have the basic interior

[deep sapphire]

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

[deep sapphire]

that actually looks pretty clean

I like it

[sly elk]

oh i'm 10/10 with 300s I'd drive one again

that interior looks cramped for a van xD

but if that's what ya want, that's what ya get!

hmmm

this one matches my jeep

[odd sand]

They call it an "MPV" instead of a minivan

[sly elk]

it's definitely a minivan

I don't see the problem with this

[odd sand]

Yeah, all the sites like car and driver and such still count it as a minivan lol

It has captains chairs for the 2nd row, then the rear is the bucket seat

[sly elk]

that chair looks comfy

[odd sand]

I guess they make the front seats not feel like you're driving a minivan to make the parents feel better

[sly elk]

yea when they make the seats fold down they lose their comfy

[odd sand]

I bet the bucket folds down, but the captains chairs need to be removed

[sly elk]

i wouldn't wanna remove them, too heavy. XD

[odd sand]

That's easy, you can push them sideways and have them fall out the door and lie there /s

[deep sapphire]

washes hands by accident

[sly elk]

that's when you

enthusiastically dispense soap

[jaunty light]

https://tenor.com/view/soap-slash-shampoo-squirt-gif-14570341

[sly elk]

oh noooo

[jaunty light]

I think I need to buy a new porta AC

mine smells disgusting now and idk why

tore that bitch apart last year and completely dried it and cleaned it, turned it on last week and it was fine, ran it for like 2 hours today and it smells like musty ass air

[odd sand]

Looks like a Honda Odyssey maybe?

Oh the one I linked before with the tan seats? The Kia Carnival (formerly Sedona)

[sly elk]

i wonder why they decided to call it carnival

oo this reminds me

of the dumbest jeep mod I've ever seen

[solid dirge]

Hank is asleep, post fords

[sly elk]

"Just have to hope you don’t like any one you put in that row in the case of an accident. "

[solid dirge]

Then leave the channel absolutely barren so he can suffer when he wakes

[sly elk]

sure let's do it

[solid dirge]

I don't exactly keep fords saved on this machine, but

https://tenor.com/view/ford-truck-gif-11531603

[sly elk]

idk about today but 90s fords had great seats lol

but compare this to that carnival

the mid-90s version was a tiny bit better

[jaunty light]

"how much room should we waste with the gear selector?"

ALL OF IT

[jaunty light]

this is from my era of truck, all my dials look like that lol

and the dash design ll

that stalk is fucked up though why is it curved so aggressively

[solid dirge]

Curves are cool

And totally doesn't make something structurally weaker, no sir

FORD TOUGH SIR

https://tenor.com/view/builttough-built-tough-ford-builttolast-gif-15533605

[sly elk]

idk lol

i guess it's probably an ergonomics thing

[solid dirge]

Why not just put it on the fucking side

[sly elk]

as a kid i thought the aerostar was cooler than the astro

[solid dirge]

Those are indeed words

[sly elk]

the astro looked so boxy

now i think they're all cool

[jaunty light]

my f150 has aslightly curved stalk but thats it

[solid dirge]

https://tenor.com/view/dan-cool-guy10-white-smoke-ford-focus-power-gif-14445889

[sly elk]

the weird thing is the aerostar is the same as a ranger

afaik

[solid dirge]

Future note:
Do not look up ford in tenor

[jaunty light]

and I still prefer stalks over putting a god damn gear selector in the center console like newer fords, its a waste of space for a digital seelctor

[solid dirge]

Mistakes were made

[sly elk]

lol

I agree though

[jaunty light]

I prefer the ram dials

[sly elk]

in fact I don't know what the point is of a floor shifter in a car that doesn't have a manual option

[jaunty light]

yeah it makes sense to put a digi there if there's also a manual opt but not in anything else

[sly elk]

not having a floor shifter makes more room for seats

[jaunty light]

however they went back to the fucking center selector in the TRX

[sly elk]

hahahha speaking of this

[jaunty light]

so uggo

[sly elk]

i wonder what kinda coke the designers were snorting

[solid dirge]

Probably flour

[sly elk]

crown vics always had kinda meh interiors though

there's a 1979

[solid dirge]

Clogs the brain enough, makes the terrible ideas make sense

[sly elk]

the thing I remember about crown vics was the disappointing amount of rear seat legroom

[jaunty light]

The murder interior

[sly elk]

having ridden in a car like that one before though omg it was so soft xD

was a random taxi company that somehow had one of those

yea comfy sounds nice

or ya just fold them all into the floor

unfortunately i don't think the back seats in those are any good for comfy

but folding into the floor sounds nice to me, because you don't have to do anything to 'prepare'

i can't imagine the back seat of the pacifica being any comfy at all lol

better than the back of an suv 😄

tesla model y 3rd row?

i'm surprised they didn't put the 3rd row backwards

lol

poor kid

[jaunty light]

Tbf my lexus had nice seats, but i normally hate leather

[sly elk]

hey I'm with ya on styling

[jaunty light]

Opt for cloth

[sly elk]

gotta buy something you can stand looking at

[jaunty light]

All black interior

200f in summer

[sly elk]

(I don't like toyota styling either and I don't think I like the pacifica either xD)

hehe the 3rd row seats in the xc90

[jaunty light]

I still want a g80 they look badass

[sly elk]

the back looks nice but the seat bottom looks awful

[jaunty light]

Bri what the fuck

What is that LMFAO

[odd sand]

I don't think you're allowed to do that anymore. I haven't seen that since 80s wagons

[jaunty light]

When you do hardcore upper body but skip leg day @sly elk

[odd sand]

Those look like coach airline seats

[sly elk]

right?!

it looks like it'd hurt your butt after a little bit

[jaunty light]

For the passengers you hate

Aka inlaws

[sly elk]

omg

no, here.

mitsubishi outlander optional 3rd row

yea it's ugly

[jaunty light]

BRO

WHAT

[sly elk]

this vw looks nice

headrests are a little tiny bit whack

[jaunty light]

Holy shit tbe designer was like "lets make the back look like a discount rabbit"

Stretch cloth over our shittiest foam. Headrests? Fuck it.

[jaunty light]

I remember these seats

[sly elk]

how to get car sickness 101

[jaunty light]

Dad used to have a ol ol chevy with seats like that in the bed

[sly elk]

ahahahaha

this makes the xc90 seat look good

3rd row of a bmw x of some sort

[jaunty light]

I would bream those seats with my fat ass

[odd sand]

I guess they assume you're gonna toss kids back there and/or they'll be in a car seat on top of that

[sly elk]

i wonder if you can break them

[odd sand]

So what does it matter if the seat is a board /s

[sly elk]

from my experience as a kid, I can say

it DOES matter

[odd sand]

Car seats weren't a thing when I was a kid so

[sly elk]

i envied the kids whose parents had vans

[odd sand]

Now I hear they recommend kids use them until like age12

[sly elk]

but the back seat of my dad's mercury mystique may have been small adn cramped, but at least it was soft

[odd sand]

What 12yo wants to be in a fucking kids seat

[sly elk]

i think it's a height thing

[odd sand]

My state says until 8yo, or 80lbs or 4'9"

[jaunty light]

Bring back the cosmo

[sly elk]

yea i've been in the 3rd row of an oldschool station wagon a couple of times xD

the last time I think my mom's friend thought i'd like it

i hated it xD

[potent arrow]

Ugh

[jaunty light]

This gives me nightmares

[odd sand]

IMHO if the back seat has cross-shoulder restraints and it has one of those clips to bring down the height of the cross part so you aren't going to strangle the kid with it, then you shouldnt need the booster

[potent arrow]

I'm tired and just finished work

It's 4 am

Kill me

[sly elk]

aw

-gives saraa a cookie-

[jaunty light]

I have a memory of going with my friend to the vet in a seat like that

[potent arrow]

Fuck I need to eat lol

[jaunty light]

Their dog was having a panic attack and it barfed on me

[sly elk]

ew

[jaunty light]

It also shit itself

That.. thankfully was on the seat and not me

[sly elk]

there's like a law

that if you buy a forester

whenever you mention it you are legally obligated to exclaim that you love it

idk

looks like a lunch bag

[potent arrow]

My god it took me like..

[potent arrow]

....

[jaunty light]

tfw my friend as fuck

[potent arrow]

10hrs

Holy shit

[jaunty light]

except he gave it to his wife and now has a brz

[potent arrow]

Fucking awful

Replaced the gasket and AC compressor on my car

Civic

Im tired.

[jaunty light]

genuinely dont understand the culture of buying japanese cars and exclaiming they're lovely, when like 99% of them have interiors from 2 decades ago cough toyota

[potent arrow]

I'm buying japanese for reliability

And ease of repairs

[sly elk]

i think I have to take the front grille off my wrangler to change the headlight

[potent arrow]

Not looks

[sly elk]

i think

maybe not

[potent arrow]

Lol mine is the classic style

[jaunty light]

thats entirely valid but people often exclaim that for reasons but reliability

[potent arrow]

Where you twist the bulb out

So it's easy as fuck

[sly elk]

oh yep I have to take it out

but taking the grille off is pretty easy

there's like 5 plastic clips on top you pull off

and then you yank on it

[odd sand]

I did the gasket for the engine cover on my Saturn, as well as cleaned out the exhaust manifold and replaced the radiator. That was a lot of work heh

[sly elk]

and the other clips are the friction kind

[jaunty light]

on the opposite end people buy japanese bikes for the reliability, but aren't claiming how space age they are.. and rightfully complain about the trash that is italian bikes

[potent arrow]

Basically what I did lol

[sly elk]

i bought my jeep because i liked it xD

[odd sand]

I drove it to 240k miles but it was in pretty rough shape at that point

[sly elk]

I wouldn't tell my friends to buy jeeps because I know they're going to buy a toyota because reliability

[odd sand]

Needed new engine mounts, engine rebuild, new clutch

[potent arrow]

Yeah I had to do this all without my engine lift .-.

[odd sand]

was leaking/burning oil really badly by the end

[jaunty light]

i know too many jeep owners that have broken the shit out of their rig doing literally nothing

[sly elk]

lol

[jaunty light]

they went over a 1 inch rock and suspension snapped

[sly elk]

i'm not even going to try and defend it

if you buy a wrangler you're probably paying $60k for a car that would otherwise be worth $30k

[odd sand]

Mine you didn't need to lift the motor to do the gasket. Did you need that to access the A/C compressor?

[sly elk]

because it's a bespoke chassis built specifically to be

[potent arrow]

Engine mounts were bone existent Lmfao

[jaunty light]

yea like I genuinely dont understand how jeeps can be so fragile

[sly elk]

a small amount better at rock crawling

[potent arrow]

So it replaced them

[sly elk]

and much worse at literally everything else

[potent arrow]

With hockey pucks drilled through

[jaunty light]

my truck got torsion bars and ive done some hardcore whoops in that bitch with no issue

[sly elk]

it .. was a wrangler?

[jaunty light]

comfortable? certainly not eating all of the g forces but damn

[potent arrow]

Also the radiator connector was such a pain to get too with the engine in

[jaunty light]

yeha it was a wrangler

[sly elk]

I'm going to go with they got lucky and managed to slam a suspension component on the worst possible spot lol

[jaunty light]

whatever the top end model was

[sly elk]

the one thing I know for sure

[jaunty light]

not a lot of people with the truck jeep i know , havent heard any of them break something yet

[sly elk]

is if you take one off the lot with no offroad experience at all

and try to do the things from the commercials

you're probably going to break something

[jaunty light]

a lot of guys around here with their overlanding rigs are highway queens tho

ah yeah peeps will go to that famous spot that is almost vertical to test their shit then roll it

APPLY 100% THROTTLE WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS ARE OFF THE GROUND BRILLIANT

[odd sand]

The CMs are always funny bc 99% of ppl aren't going to do that, and those that try will break something bc most of them aren't actually designed for offroading without aftermarket stuff

[sly elk]

which is fucking dumb xD

afaik you can do a lot with even the cheapest wrangler

[jaunty light]

theres one jeep bro I work with and its hilarious to talk to him

[sly elk]

but you can do quite a bit with a normal car ahhahahaha

[jaunty light]

because its like, he buys a 70k jeep.

then 20k in suspension.

then 20k in other mods

[sly elk]

but you can do quite a bit with a stock jeep

just by virtue of them sitting high off the ground

[potent arrow]

I am AND IDIOT

[jaunty light]

i only shit on jeep because of the jeep bros

[sly elk]

they deserve it

[potent arrow]

I HAD GREASE ON MY SHIRT AND I LIED ONTO MY BED

[sly elk]

fuck them

[jaunty light]

its the same thing wiht truck bros that shill their brand because it's brand

[potent arrow]

AHDHIWIE

[jaunty light]

its unbelievable how tribal trucks are

[sly elk]

i'm a dumb ass 😄

[odd sand]

I showed an old work buddy my stinger and he commented on if there was any point to the AWD with it having a normal sedan ride height

[sly elk]

i wanted to drive around with no doors and no top

and stuff

idc about driving off road that much

[odd sand]

I guess I didn't have a good response to that but it still has to be better traction in rain/snow even if you only have a standard 12" ride height or w/e

California has some neat areas to offroad

[sly elk]

better power delivery!

yea and I wouldn't say no

[odd sand]

There are a couple dunes areas where you don't have to worry about wrecking your shit on rocks

[sly elk]

but I probably will never take my jeep anywhere i couldn't take a regular suv haha

I think that's where the bronco is doing it better

[odd sand]

All I know is with AWD I can corner like a sumbitch

[sly elk]

but then you have to deal with a finicky ford drivetrain

[odd sand]

Curves that made my Mazda body roll at 55mph hard were np at 75mph in the Stinger

[sly elk]

like the crazy stories i hear on reddit about chryslers gone bad

[jaunty light]

curious, but why the stinger over the g70

[sly elk]

i've only had friends with fords have that many issues with cars

if you hear the same ole

"My caravan had to get 3 new transmissions in 5 years!" stuff

I wonder at what point the problem is sitting in the driver's seat lol

[odd sand]

Honestly didn't know about the G70 until after I bought it. Also G70 is too preppy for me. Stinger looks nice but not like Infiniti posh

[sly elk]

Infiniti

The luxury car brand for people who REALLY don't give a shit about brand image

[jaunty light]

i was really close to buying a g70, and i compared it to the stinger for a long time but the gd interior pushed me off the stinger

[sly elk]

i like the g90?

that proper c pillar ❤️

[jaunty light]

the new g80 please

i nut at the interior

[sly elk]

it kinda looks like a giant saab

idk

imho the dashboard always kills it for me

[jaunty light]

new! not old

[sly elk]

first there's that ugly steering wheel

[odd sand]

The layout of the buttons and stuff for the interior are the same as the stinger, but yeah the faux wood and shit is the same reason I dont like Infinitis

[sly elk]

that's the g70

[odd sand]

Especially the stupid analog clocks in them

[jaunty light]

this is a g80

[sly elk]

sigh

[jaunty light]

the g70 still has the smaller tft screen

[jaunty light]

true luxury

[sly elk]

it'd look so much better

without the fucking lcd 😄

[jaunty light]

it does look like an afterthought but i prefer it over the indash shit

[sly elk]

this gibes me 70s car vibes

i'm digging it

[jaunty light]

when my sis was gonna buy a new car and couldnt decide I went full nerd with my unreasonable knowledge of korean cars and got her to buy a 21 sonata

[odd sand]

This is the G70 pic from their website. Looks almost identical to the Stinger except different look and feel to the speedometer and tach etc.

[sly elk]

ahahhaa

i like the red

[jaunty light]

ngl what killed the stinger for me was the retarded 50s jet engine design for the air blowers

[sly elk]

i like their design team haha

[odd sand]

I'm picky about logos. I don't really care for the aviator wings

[sly elk]

but i gotta step back and say

[odd sand]

Same reason I can't bring myself to buy a Ford. I find their giant Ford logo on the front looks tacky and ruins the aesthetic

[sly elk]

they're using that 'chrome line across the dash' thing too muhc

the santa fe has it, even

[jaunty light]

WHAT A DISASTER

GOOD LORD

[sly elk]

lol

i think it's cool

ugly but cool

[jaunty light]

THAT STEERING WHEEL HOLY FUCK

[sly elk]

it reminds me of a 50s car

[jaunty light]

BUT ALSO THE SPACESHIP ASS LOOKING DASHBOARD

[sly elk]

I LIKE THAT

[paper tusk]

reminds me i need to vacuum my car out tomorrow

[odd sand]

Stinger has a LED bias lighting along the dash and floor and you can select between like 8 colors

[jaunty light]

when i buy a new car its legitimately going to have to be when we get GITS design

or cp77

so either this

[odd sand]

Some of the upcoming electric cars look pretty wild

[jaunty light]

or

[sly elk]

lagonda

lol

[jaunty light]

i normally dont like muscle cars but i would 100% buy a quadra

[paper tusk]

citroen wants their one spoke steering wheels back

[jaunty light]

lol i love the VX for that reason

CX*

[sly elk]

oh wow

[jaunty light]

other than its seats that look like the door to a building

[sly elk]

check out those gauges lmao

[odd sand]

Save like 20-30k and show that pic to one of those pimp your ride places

I bet they could do it heh

[jaunty light]

idk about that. i know shops that do like restore custom mustang type muscle cars but they are 200-300k+

[odd sand]

Back before you needed a full cordon airbag in the steering wheel :)

[jaunty light]

like all custom interior body panels and shit like that

[sly elk]

oh man it's like a face hahaha

[jaunty light]

honestly i dig it

i dont like the font but

its unusual and cool

[sly elk]

i also find it weird how some old cars have the rearview mirrror on the dashboard

i was trying to find a picture of this one

[jaunty light]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjy9cU-3NA

[jaunty light]

i like this though

that's fuckin neat

[sly elk]

it's sexy

[jaunty light]

i want to do a swap on my trucks lights but its a pain in the ass

takes like 6 hours

[sly elk]

the rest of the interior is just ok

[jaunty light]

i have all the LEDs to do it but i have to take the entire dash out then the gauge cluster

[odd sand]

Well, once our dashes are full LED screens, I'm sure we will start seeing modding for the looks

[sly elk]

but the cluster is hella cool

I want to see a return to analog gauges >>

[jaunty light]

ye aanalog just be cooler

[odd sand]

All you're gonna get are fake-analog at this point like the Challenger

[sly elk]

i wonder why that jerk painted thir steering wheel

it's supposed to be clear plastic 😄

[jaunty light]

probably yellowed

[sly elk]

i guess 😦

[sly elk]

fake analog? like the gauges being analog but having a computer drive them?

[jaunty light]

i dont really like how they went with the interior on this though

[sly elk]

ahhh basic but high quality

it looks like a bra hahaha

[odd sand]

I mean they're just a graphic that looks like an analog gauge but its just on an LED

[jaunty light]

the classic challenger outside + redesign of the headlights and glass is super cool but interior is.. hmm..

[sly elk]

no?

[jaunty light]

but i think they quoted this specific build at like 250k

so i aint getting a quadra any time soon

[sly elk]

idk which challenger we're talking about

[jaunty light]

the vid i posted above

[sly elk]

but the current one still has regular analog lol

oh

[odd sand]

For the gas gauge and I think the coolant temp they're like that

[jaunty light]

its a 1970s complete rebuild

[sly elk]

oh yea they did that in the 2015 update

[jaunty light]

like this engine bay is fucking siiiiiiiick

[sly elk]

but the speedo/tach are still analog

[sly elk]

idk if dodge does it with the challenger but the cheapest wrangler has a smaller screen and actual gauges for fuel and temp lmao

[jaunty light]

hybrid is best imo

having an analog dash for tach/speed then PIP for everything else

I like that the sonata has a PIP that enables when you start signalling that shows your blindspot

[odd sand]

ok sleep time, I need to be up before noon tomorrow lol

[jaunty light]

[odd sand]

Friends want me to watch/feed their dogs this weekend, so I need to stop over and say hi before they leave on their trip

[sly elk]

sweet dreams!

gotta have the fancier one to have the fake gauges 😄

[sly elk]

nice

[potent arrow]

;-;

I'm so tired

I spilled ATF on my garage floor and I realized it's staining

So I'm just sitting here debating in how best to clean it

[sly elk]

oh noo

iddk 😦

[potent arrow]

I have a steamer

I think that'll work

I saved money by doing all this myself

But uhm

So much work

[sly elk]

😦

[potent arrow]

All of my ac gasses were gone before I realized my compressor was fucked

And I don't have a machine to charge it

So I'll have to bring it to the shop to charge it

But otherwise it was pretty low cost

[paper tusk]

if the compressor is fucked might have to replace other parts

otherwise metallic particles from the old compressor will come back around and destroy the new one

[potent arrow]

System was flushed

It's fine

Compressed nitrogen flush

And the radiator was flushed with water

Smaller condenser thing too

[paper tusk]

a purge with nitrogen or just holding vaccum to replace air?

[potent arrow]

Purge

[jaunty light]

ATF?

[paper tusk]

and there's no signs of debris?

[potent arrow]

Used a crappy fisher science pump thing from my school

None

[paper tusk]

Automatic Transmission Fluid

[potent arrow]

I'm not really sure what happened but the casing was cracked

But the internals of the compressor was fine

I was just like

Yo where is my AC lol

[sly elk]

fuck

those are not studio displays

that's like $30k of computer X_X

The lack of multiple input sources makes it a pain to switch computers. I use a 16" MBP from work and every time I use it, I need to move 3 TB cables from the MP to the MBP.

[paper tusk]

oof

[sly elk]

I was nerding out about that lol

Not really the price but that hardware looks so cool lol

I don’t think I’ve seen an XDR in person but I bet the image quality is lovely

He’s driving so many pixels though lol

Would probably get 2fps in cyberpunk 2077 or whatever

I think if I did that I’d use the 27” for the side screens because seriously what do you need a 6k side screen for

But that dude didn’t bother rationalizing XD

I respect that

It’s like the bonkers custom loop warercolling setups with dual 3090:

[sage hound]

is anyone here using anne pro 2 kb for ffxiv?

[real edge]

👀

[deep sapphire]

@modest moss when is the gum supposed to help

[modest moss]

ngl I never used it, I just went cold turkey

[deep sapphire]

probably for the best

[modest moss]

I made the mistake of trying to give up caffeine at the same time

legit felt rough

so I went back on the tea

it's tough though, wasn't the first time I gave up

my strategy was throw myself into a big video game to stay distracted

[deep sapphire]

im pretty sure I got the flu as well rofl, yeah it aint easy for sure

[modest moss]

it gets easier, first 3 days is shit though