🥚┇off-topic

[trim wind]

I think its amazing there are niche specialized mouse makers but overall I always fall back on what is proven

[sharp phoenix]

Lamzu comes with grip tape if you want grip tape

weird colour grip tape though

[trim wind]

Except for my ITX case haha that is perfect

[austere crag]

they usually have weird colors yea

[trim wind]

And I found out Skeletonized has the same one

Sunny side up designs Meshilicious

[austere crag]

i think it’s time to clean my mousepad again

[sharp phoenix]

chuck it in the bath

[austere crag]

last time i did this it felt extremely off

i will try work around it this time

[sharp phoenix]

overall though, if you want a well known brand then the Logitech Superlight is probably the best

also ebay sells a ton of aftermarket switches for it to replace their meh ones

[rotund gyro]

GEE FIVE HUNDRED AND TWO X

[sharp phoenix]

HEAVY

[rotund gyro]

not at all

Remove the added weight and it becomes very light

Also

OPTO MECHANICAL SWITCHES

AND USB C

[sharp phoenix]

the usb c is massive plus side over the superlight

surprised they haven't released a revision with usb c for the superlight

[rotund gyro]

They probably will this fall, with a 2023 version

[sharp phoenix]

fair

[austere crag]

small hands and prefers lightweight > pro x superlight
big hands and prefer hevier mice with tighter grip > g502x

[rotund gyro]

Povich has giga huge hands

Ain’t that right @trim wind

[austere crag]

also does anyone know what may cause gameplay to feel laggy and stuttery, the fps is high and matching the monitor’s rr and the frame time is very smooth, but i still notice some micro stutters specially when im looking around or moving quickly

[sharp phoenix]

I suggest this mouse for massive hands https://www.rtings.com/mouse/reviews/zaunkoenig/m2k

[austere crag]

LMAO

feels like this one mouse you expect to see in the hands of a russian office employee

[rotund gyro]

Frame times can spike so that’s probably what’s happening

Are you using the ingame fps capper?

[austere crag]

i monitor it with RTTS and it seems fine I don’t really know what’s happening

yes i cap my fps

[rotund gyro]

In game or via rtss?

[topaz depot]

try capping your fps below your max fps by ~20 framesish and see if that fixes it

[austere crag]

but it seems to be something with the mouse since when i use a controller everything seems smooth

[austere crag]

rtss

[rotund gyro]

Hmm?

Maybe your cpu can’t handle the polling rate of your mouse when playing?

[austere crag]

tried, still the same issue

[austere crag]

i use a 1000, should i lower it to 500?

but my cpu is an r9 5900hx this shouldn’t be a thing

[rotund gyro]

That is true

What game is it?

[austere crag]

all games literally

[rotund gyro]

Oh

[austere crag]

apex cod and even the finals

only game where I haven’t seen that is csgo

[rotund gyro]

What’s your maximum rr of the monitor?

[austere crag]

144

[trim wind]

sure

[topaz depot]

V-Sync G-Sync etc. turned on?

[austere crag]

nope

[topaz depot]

Try turning them on.

[austere crag]

I don’t think it’s possible since i plug my monitor via HDMI to the laptop

it needs a dp

[sharp phoenix]

strange, my mate has that problem and he just restarts everytime it happens, it seems to happen whenever he has used his controller and then went to mouse afterwards

[austere crag]

does he by any chance have a g pro wireless

[sharp phoenix]

not sure, I'll ask him

[rotund gyro]

Ah 144 is a bit finicky with frame times. You need to cap it on a frame rate that’s divisible by 12

[austere crag]

120 it is then

[rotund gyro]

Yeah try that

[austere crag]

im guessing you use a 240?

[rotund gyro]

I’m on 165 but OCd to 180

But I use VRR so it doesn’t matter to me

[austere crag]

is vrr also gsync or is it a different thing

[rotund gyro]

Gsync is vrr yes

VRR is the general term

[daring fog]

FreeSync falls under it as well

[rotund gyro]

Yes

[austere crag]

My monitor seems to be freesync premium only

[daring fog]

as far as i know there is no real reason to even get gsync anymore now that nvidia cards can do freesync

[austere crag]

no idea how to use that on nividia

[sharp phoenix]

congrats on green btw @topaz depot

[daring fog]

Its natively supported by now

[rotund gyro]

Your monitor should be gsync compatible

[topaz depot]

Thanks!

[rotund gyro]

But you do need DP as gsync isn’t compatible with hdmi

[austere crag]

thing is, I can’t find a dp to hdmi 2.0

[daring fog]

Dont

[austere crag]

all are 200$+

[daring fog]

do dp to dp

[rotund gyro]

Converters aren’t supported

[austere crag]

it’s a gaming laptop plugged to a monitor unfortunately

[rotund gyro]

Oh rip

[daring fog]

OUF
Yeah that sux a bit
then Gsync in this case only applies to the interal monitor

[rotund gyro]

Then I think you might only be stuck on freesync if you go external

[austere crag]

yup that seems like the case here

[daring fog]

That should be more than fine tho

[rotund gyro]

How? Gsync only works with dp

[austere crag]

i will try the 120hz option and see now

[daring fog]

I am talking about freesync
freesync is amazing

[rotund gyro]

Yes but how does freesync work on an nvidia gpu?

[daring fog]

Nvidia supports freesync natively by now

(afaik)
gimme asec

[rotund gyro]

Interest peaked

[daring fog]

GIMME A SEC
dont wanna spread smth wrong

but i def heard smth like that around 2021

[austere crag]

that would be great

[daring fog]

YEP
Freesync works with nvidia

SINCE 2019
HOLY Sh-

[austere crag]

wait so i don't need a dp?

[sharp phoenix]

looks like FS works with HDMI

[daring fog]

if you have a 10th series GPU or above
it works

[rotund gyro]

I always just enabled gsync from the ncp on my freesync premium monitor. Is that not how to do it on nvidia?

Or can we get actual amd freesync?

[gleaming ether]

that's how I do that too, it's fine like that I think

[daring fog]

tbh
I dont know
I dont use nvidia anymore
since their pricing per performance, power usage and software locks are all very damn shady

[austere crag]

https://youtu.be/0mqWw5UH1qg

[daring fog]

NvFBC and NvENC are software locked
and thats dumb af

[austere crag]

YEEEEESSSSSS why did it take them so long

[rotund gyro]

Then it’s not freesync. It’s gsync on freesync monitors, making it gsync compatible classified

[daring fog]

Well yeah basically

But what it means in effect is that you can use your GPU alongside a freesync monitor
And it works as you expect it

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-enable-freesync-display-nvidia-gpu
ye

[rotund gyro]

Yea but you will still need dp

[daring fog]

Ah oh
That could be

[rotund gyro]

Which is the issue as the protocol used requires that

Amd freesync works on both

[austere crag]

the 120hz thing seems to work fine

should i try mess with freesync and put it back to 144

[daring fog]

https://www.reddit.com/r/nvidia/comments/10ennxy/freesync_over_hdmi_and_nvidia_gpu/

well since the 30 Series you can apparently do it

[rotund gyro]

Oh shit

[sharp phoenix]

you could try, worst comes to worst you go back to 120hz

[austere crag]

i do have a 3070

[daring fog]

Theeeeeeen it might work
Dont nail me on it tho
I have not much clue about nvidia

[rotund gyro]

Try that out then

[austere crag]

but its a laptop gpu tho idk about that

[daring fog]

if you can enable GSync for your monitor
then it works

And it says Gsync compatible it apparently works

You need to check in the Nvidia Control Panel under the Set Up G-sync section. If your monitor is listed there and gives the option for 'Enable G-sync, G-sync compatible' and you enable it, then it should work.

It depends what kind of GPU you have though. With an RTX 3000 or 4000 series GPU this should work because they have HDMI 2.1 ports which support variable refresh rate natively over HDMI. Older cards don't have HDMI 2.1 ports.

If you have an RTX 2000 series GPU with the USB C port, you may be able to use that, i believe it supports HDMI 2.1 but only through the USB C port (you would need a USB C to HDMI cable). Don't quote me on that though, can't guarantee that will work. It was set up that way for VR headsets.

GTX 1000 and earlier you are probably out of luck.

Alternatively, if you can just use a Displayport cable instead (on both sides, PC and monitor), it is much more likely you can get 'Gsync compatible' mode (aka freesync/variable refresh rate) working on an older card. Generally, it's always better to use Displayport instead of HDMI when working with a gaming monitor.

[austere crag]

no sign for g sync

[rotund gyro]

Oh…… bad news ozzi you need hdmi 2.1

[daring fog]

yeees
HDMI 2.1 is a must have

[sharp phoenix]

oof

[austere crag]

oh god lmao

[daring fog]

succ

[austere crag]

i think its possible to get lemme check

[daring fog]

Dont have a cable for that?

[austere crag]

has to be a usb c to 2,1

[sharp phoenix]

it depends if the port supports hdmi 2.1

[rotund gyro]

Don’t do converters

[austere crag]

i must

if i dont get one i cant bypass optimus

[daring fog]

Welp
No VRR For you then

rip

[rotund gyro]

I’d say stick to 120 fps

[austere crag]

so wait converters dont work with that?

[austere crag]

sure thing lmao

[rotund gyro]

Nah converters will not work

[daring fog]

prob not ( Absolutely not sure tho)
test it tho

[rotund gyro]

We’re talking a good chunk of data being streamed that changes your refresh rate as fps changes. Conversion on top of it will fuck things up

[daring fog]

I hate software patents and propietary bs
Why does this even happen in these days...
VRR over HDMI could have already arrived way earlier on Nvidia cards if AMD would not have blocked it

same with Thunderbolt
why in gods name
pls stop doing this TwT

Also you know that infinity wheel stuff on logitech mouses?
THATS ALSO A PATENT

thats why we cant have quality mouses with that """technology"""

[rotund gyro]

@austere crag if you want 144 fps try to cap the frame time at 6.94ms

See if that helps with smoothness

[austere crag]

I don’t think i know how to do that lmao

[rotund gyro]

Rtss

Should be a field for that

[austere crag]

oh really

[rotund gyro]

Yeah

[austere crag]

the second one?

[rotund gyro]

One sec

No

Trying to find the setting because I don’t use it myself

This is difficult in mobile lmao

[austere crag]

oh no need then whenever your on pc

thanks for the time and help yolks i will stick to 120 for now

[rotund gyro]

Oh, it’s the frame rate limiter

Does it for you

[nocturne tundra]

Snapping windows on win10 etc is also a patent, Mac windows don't automatically snap

[daring fog]

Why the fuck

Well apple tried to patent the while loop once.....

They wanted to patent the possibility to AUTOMATICALLY rescan your face for unlock

Disgusting

[rotund gyro]

did you guys also know that a US company has patent over having fingerprint on power button

this is why the fingerprint was disabled for sony phones in the US

[daring fog]

What is even happening to this world...

[rotund gyro]

MONEY

[trim wind]

What is it.. Apple?

They have a fingerprint reader on the ipad afaik

[rotund gyro]

no i think its qualcomm or HP

[trim wind]

Aha…

[austere crag]

nope they no longer use any fingerprint sensors

only face id

[rotund gyro]

it has to be clarified: fingerprint on power button

also, it's HP I just looked it up

https://patents.google.com/patent/US20170147800A1/en

[trim wind]

Yeah on the power button

Or well I guess it doubles as more than just a powerbutton

But that explains why apple didnt put it on the iphone

[rotund gyro]

they actually could have, the patent wasn't filed until 2015 but steve jobs had other plans I guess

[trim wind]

Hmm ah well.. my logic is can’t miss what you don’t have

[nocturne tundra]

Not like there's different methods of using fingerprints on phone

[rotund gyro]

true true

[worldly hinge]

ive been kicked twice now for literally saying nothing? is anyone else having that issue??

i opened a modmail ticket and immediately got kicked

[nocturne tundra]

L

[worldly hinge]

what im sayin

[bleak turret]

Have you read the dms sent to you by gearbot?

[worldly hinge]

i didn’t get any from gearbot at all

[bleak turret]

In this case, please change your About me section to something appropriate.

We're all ages server

[worldly hinge]

oh i didn’t even realize LOL my bad my bad

[trim wind]

https://tenor.com/view/coffee-time-dancing-dance-moves-grooves-gif-16848895

[worldly hinge]

it’s now jus compass

[bleak turret]

Thank you!

[grim helm]

when u think the finals will release guys? my guess 21.9.23

[trim wind]

I actually thought the same day haha

Seems like a nice and safe choice haha

Because its nicely before halloween so you can use that momentum to instantly get a nice event going

[full mauve]

someone save this msg and when release comes we’ll compare the prediction to the actual date

[grim helm]

if a mod reads this, If iam right give a an extra role that day

[cinder wedge]

yeah idk about that

[soft crystal]

ooh nice, I just grabbed it on a kind of unknown site on sale

[austere crag]

@rotund gyro sorry for the ping but this just came out on my mind, what if i get a usb c to dp 1.4 cable (not a converter) would this solve all we gone through?

[rotund gyro]

hmm....... i honestly don't know

you can try, but if it involves buying the cable then nah not worth it

that's my take

[austere crag]

i will definitely have to buy the cable yes so i think more digging into it to make sure it’s compatible is needed

i have also noticed some type of flickering when running 120hz but i will give it a couple of days

[real carbon]

Eggs

[nocturne tundra]

egg

[austere crag]

Egg

[austere crag]

the most average russian csgo player setup

[twin cobalt]

I like the awp

[rotund gyro]

you forgot to add the part with the realistic flashbang

[gleaming ether]

[sand crown]

what the hell is this update :D

[rotund gyro]

game? 👀

seems to be jedi survivor

[sand crown]

The Last of US

[rotund gyro]

wait what

[sand crown]

nah i won't spend 70 bucks on this! xD

[rotund gyro]

i assumed because that game just got a patch and the background of it is orange

[sand crown]

i started playing Fallen Order recently, and i'm not enjoying it that much tbh

[rotund gyro]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

BUT IT'S SUCH A GOOD GAME

[sand crown]

nah i mean i love star wars universe, i love it it's incredible

but that game doesn't hooked me up sorry

[austere crag]

jedi survivor is a way better game

[rotund gyro]

keep playing, it will be worth it in the end

[austere crag]

and it’s boring in the beginning yeah

[sand crown]

alright i give it a try

but what i can say Battlefront 2 is freaking amazing

[rotund gyro]

story wise I mean

[sand crown]

but i like main character

he is kinda cute i guess :D

[rotund gyro]

cameron monaghan!

he is also in the TV show Gotham

[wicked fable]

I recently finished fallen order, very fun game

[sand crown]

damn i guess i need to watch star wars

[wicked fable]

you can go in with a general knowledge of star wars

it's largely disconnected from everything else

[trim wind]

Eurovision was .. sigh

I don’t have to worry about having to watch the finale

[violet horizon]

might be a last of them extension

[sand crown]

yea

[violet horizon]

sry it was a rly bad joke

[nocturne tundra]

Is Germany last or just almost last

[trim wind]

hmmm

we have something truly awful this year

I tried the dancemoves but my god

Finland is gonna own this now

damn

hard to beat...

I can't beleive the Ukrianian presenter is already in her 50s

jk jk haha she's like 30 at best xD

HOLY SHIT

the presenters are better singers than the actual artists..

[gleaming ether]

what a copy-cat

[rotund gyro]

Ikr

[gleaming ether]

[coarse sleet]

fall

[gaunt badge]

Finals

[dark hatch]

Howdy howdy.

[austere crag]

what are you quitting

why are you quitting

[dark hatch]

Because I am Quitting.

[austere crag]

quit?

[sand crown]

yoooo what happened with bf1?

it's like server is full of bots

[trim wind]

It wasn’t gonna last forever 😦

[austere crag]

Wow, you don’t say

(Miaow, brrrtt mewaow waw)

I translated my response to cat because the subject in the image may not understand my initial response

[twin cobalt]

Saw that one. Had me giggle

[gleaming ether]

... for anyone that hasn't seen it yet 😂

[sharp phoenix]

Morning

[austere crag]

Late morning chat

[void brook]

haven't online for a while

what happened to this word lmao

[austere crag]

I’d like to take a moment to feel bad for the 246 individuals currently playing redfall worldwide

[void brook]

why is he not typing anymore

[austere crag]

He’s gone. Rest in peace

Apparently that word is a slur

[void brook]

damn, u have context?

gimme some

[austere crag]

IIRC it’s a racial slur of some kind so they changed their name to japple and are no longer typing

• are no longer typing because they’re banned, reason is unknown

[void brook]

lmao

kinda sad that one of the staple of the server is gone

[gleaming ether]

it was not thaaat deep

[austere crag]

Why do i have 10 followers on reddit

Who are these people and what do they want from me

[ornate maple]

Ngl most people who follow others on reddit seem to be some kind of NSFW bots

[austere crag]

I’ve got around 4-5 links to OF in my reddit DMs

[ornate maple]

Yeah

[sharp phoenix]

How's everyone this mid week?

[austere crag]

Can’t forget about this legendary conversation

[gleaming ether]

I don't even know where I'd find my followers

[ornate maple]

Hey Luke! Oh it's already mid week isn't it

[austere crag]

Dice uses AI to fill lobbies until real players join

Oops discord upload desync sorry for sending that image twice

[sharp phoenix]

Hey , thankfully so, nearly Friday again.

[austere crag]

I’m still confused which book did this guy want me to read

[ornate maple]

The Bible maybe

[austere crag]

Unfortunately i’ll never know cause their reddit account is gone

[ornate maple]

I now see beautiful trees outside my window while working, +1000 to good mood

[sharp phoenix]

Moved your office around?

[austere crag]

Maybe i’m a psychopath but waking up when it’s sunny outside hits way different

[ornate maple]

Moved entirely! Still getting settled

[austere crag]

I don’t feel like i’m about to drop dead on my keyboard

[ornate maple]

True true... Downside is the sun wakes me up at 5 am now haha

[gleaming ether]

anything better than watching construction workers work?

[sharp phoenix]

Congrats on moving

[ornate maple]

Thanks

[sharp phoenix]

It's when you wake up and hear the birds tweeting and stuff like that, always makes me feel happy

[austere crag]

I was looking at my past reddit posts and found this screenshot

The strangest part about this is that i’ve found no other instance of a badlands biome generating like this while there are no other badlands nearby

[trim wind]

Up north.. Nate lives up north

Nate moved to Sweden confirmed? 👀

But but but.. where did he move from?

[austere crag]

embark | nate soon™️

[ornate maple]

So many nate conspiracy theories, damn

[sharp phoenix]

I bet Nate is from Austria

[hoary eagle]

nate lives in a bunker in my basement

[gleaming ether]

i say poland

[sharp phoenix]

you living in Australia now @hoary eagle ? you've become a bit upside-down

[hoary eagle]

just a mental visit to the down-under

[sharp phoenix]

ahhhh, be carful down there

[ornate maple]

True

[ornate maple]

Damn, you love Poland

[ornate maple]

Should I be upside down too?

[gleaming ether]

Ohhh, trying to make a joke out of it?
Nate from poland confirmed

[trim wind]

Germans love Poland?

[hoary eagle]

who doesn't? jabłecznik 🤤

[trim wind]

You mean Prussia

[trim wind]

Isn’t that.. peach liquor?

[hoary eagle]

depends on your mood I'd say, as said just a visit

[sharp phoenix]

👀, Nate is Australian, proved it right there

[hoary eagle]

I think that's the name of an apple pie lol

[trim wind]

Oh

I guess that makes sense..

[ornate maple]

If Bear is, and I live in his basement

[trim wind]

I’m confused with something else then.. time to google

[sharp phoenix]

but what if his basement is upside-down-upside?

[ornate maple]

We're in Castlevania levels now

[sharp phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/cqt-viralhog-pet-upside-down-relax-gif-20241835

[hoary eagle]

mood

[gleaming ether]

I expected the cat to fall down

[trim wind]

Kruskovac is what I had in mind but thats croatian

That stuff hits mighty hard

For 24% at least

[ornate maple]

Googling Polish peach liqueur points me to Nalewka Babuni

[trim wind]

Yeah no it was me being confused no worries

Ignore me

[ornate maple]

Sounds mighty tasty though, never had anything with peach

[sharp phoenix]

someone get bear some coffee

[hoary eagle]

oh god when I visited Poland last the airbnb left me that peach liqeur and a hand sanitizer from the same producer that had the smell of peach. it was.. confusing lol

[ornate maple]

Nalewka Babuni hand sanitizer????

[sharp phoenix]

it's a shame that Airbnb just seems ludicrously expensive now days

[hoary eagle]

yessir, it was early 2021 I think.. apparently the distillery shifted to make hand sanitizer during that time too

[sharp phoenix]

ah, easy money strategy

[hoary eagle]

yeah it's gone all wonky.. their new approach is rooms, I'm like no fam.

[ornate maple]

That's wild but makes sense... Just pour alcohol into a different bottle

[sharp phoenix]

I wanted to get an airbnb for Cologne in August however most were like £400 a night

so just going to a hotel instead with some mates

[hoary eagle]

sounds like a good time, where's our invites?

[sharp phoenix]

you can come if you want, we're there to watch IEM Cologne CSGO and get drunk

mainly the get drunk part

german beer is the best beer ever and germans are just super nice from what I remember when I last went

[gleaming ether]

Cologne 👀

is not far from me

[wheat light]

Yummy Paulaner

[sharp phoenix]

I think it was this stuff we had before in germany https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08DQTLV99?tag=track-ect5-bing-uk-26366-21&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1&ascsubtag=ecSEP19qxjlhhhn6zm or something similar with that type of cap

[gleaming ether]

best sound

[wheat light]

That looks good

Tbh I’ve never had bad German beer so

[sharp phoenix]

you're welcome to join us for the day/days if you're not busy

[wheat light]

I’d assume it’s good too

[gleaming ether]

if I'm not on vacation somewhere I'm gonna think about it. never visited an e-sports event before though lol

[sharp phoenix]

it's great atmosphere in the arena, 100% worth going to try it

one of the pictures from 2019

[trim wind]

I don’t agree with this statement, I’m more into the Belgian beers

[gleaming ether]

I drink mostly polish beer (Tyskie) 👀

[rancid rock]

cs?

[sharp phoenix]

yeah, ESL Cologne 2019

[rancid rock]

how’s it like in person

only ever watch events on twitch

[sharp phoenix]

amazing, just the fact that you're in an arena full of energised people constantly cheering just makes it feel so good

only downside is the beer was like 7 euros per pint

[rancid rock]

10 bucks a pint 😭

[hoary eagle]

idk that sounds.. cheap to me

[ornate maple]

Swedish moment

[sharp phoenix]

luckily they had a sports bar literally just outside the arena which was playing the CS match anyway

also had a few drinks with the team "sprout" and one of the players dads

[nocturne tundra]

Cheap?

[sharp phoenix]

Cologne was also such a clean city, like coming back from Cologne to the UK really was grey

[nocturne tundra]

Cologne Clean? lol

[hoary eagle]

uhh at the last dreamhack csgo event I went to (here) a beer was like 12€

[nocturne tundra]

Boycott them

[sharp phoenix]

cleaner than going to Reading to catch a train back home

[hoary eagle]

it's the Swedish taxes and the venue that pumps up the prices

[nocturne tundra]

wat

[trim wind]

I was about to say.. big oof for the Swedes to hear that haha

[rancid rock]

the beers here are like 5-6 CAD (3-4€)

[trim wind]

I remember paying 90 SEK for the cheap but drinkable stuff

[sharp phoenix]

Town in the UK, such a shithole town

[trim wind]

Paulaner is only 2 bucks in the supermarket though

[hoary eagle]

here? that'll be a non-alc drink tho

[nocturne tundra]

That's a silly name for a town

[trim wind]

No no.. thats the prices

[sharp phoenix]

most the UK town names are silly tbf

[trim wind]

I’ll check because inflation but I never remembered paying more than that for weissbier

It was 5 bucks in the pub last year or so

I only drink German beer in Germany though.. and mostly Radlers because I generally skip straight to Austria

[trim wind]

Oh there.. yeah true true

I got a weak af porter for 25 sek in gamla stan..

3.8

[nocturne tundra]

Radler isn't Beer tho

[trim wind]

In Austria it def is

4.0%

Thats a weak beer imho

In the Netherlands they restrict it to 2.0% and only use our silly pilseners.. in Austria they mix the hard stuff

[ornate maple]

My hobby while playing Geoguessr when I don't know the location in the UK is to just try to find the funniest sounding town name in the area and guess in that spot

[sharp phoenix]

solid strat

I'm hoping to go to Stockholm one day once another CSGO tournament happens there

[trim wind]

I hope you don’t mind not getting as drunk haha

That said I wasn’t checked even once for my luggage contents so I could’ve brought in hard liquor all the way from home all this time..

#europeanlife

You probably can’t do that though Luke haha

[sharp phoenix]

yeah, I'm not gonna try

or will I

[ornate maple]

I think alcohol is much less restricted than other liquids

You can bring plenty below 20%, and a bit less above that

[sharp phoenix]

Yeah, my Israeli mate who came to the UK bought some weird alcohol thing but I also think he bought it from an duty free shop in the airport.

[austere crag]

Top 3 reasons why twitch is a bad platform:
#1 - they suspended the 24/7 Walmart stream
#2 - worst TOS award 2023
#3 - Amazon. Need I say more?

[nocturne tundra]

Silly Austrians again

[austere crag]

I loved the 24/7 Walmart stream

The community around it was amazing

[sand herald]

The walmart stream, I only recently even knew that existed.

[austere crag]

Especially the group that enlisted themselves with the task of adding every song played over the sound system into a Spotify playlist

[sharp phoenix]

TOS award?

[austere crag]

Worst terms of service award 2023.

Reason for nomination: stopping at absolutely nothing to make sure that if a rule is broken for even .03 macro seconds the person responsible for the rule break will be banned

[sharp phoenix]

xD

[trim wind]

Ah.. I mean I think their TOS is mostly unbalanced..

[sand herald]

I mean they do ban people but it seems they play favorites.

[trim wind]

I think streaming reruns nonstop shouldn’t be allowed because it takes the live out if livestream

[austere crag]

I’m pretty sure pewdiepie wasn’t banned for running a prerecorded stream, apparently the infamous PUBG bridge incident was not cut out of the video loop

[sharp phoenix]

we don't talk about bridge-gate

[trim wind]

Pubg bridge incident? The racist remarks bit?

[austere crag]

Correct

[trim wind]

Ah.. yeah that’s stupid on his end tbf

[austere crag]

It’s been 4 hours hurry up

[sharp phoenix]

I hate deliveries that don't have a timeslot

[austere crag]

Expected delivery date is today

No hour specified

[hard plank]

Ah yes, the horror of a delivery that's arriving but you don't know exactly when.

[austere crag]

The thing that confuses me is that the message I ss’d means the package was handed out to a courier to deliver

[hard plank]

And hoping they actually ring your bell or put it in the box.

[austere crag]

So some mf is driving around with my keyboard for the past 4 hours

[sharp phoenix]

and then it gets to like 3pm and you're like "I can pop to the shop for 5 minutes to grab something, it surely won't come"

[hard plank]

Instead of not caring and driving off with it for another day.

[sharp phoenix]

and you come back with a "we missed you" card by the front door

[hard plank]

Haha, oh yeaaah.

They pulled that on me once. The "you weren't there". But my door bell calls my phone and has a camera that records.

So I know when they did or didn't. So that was a bad attempt for them to lie to me.

[austere crag]

I sent it to a parcel locker nearby, more convenient and eco friendly

[hard plank]

Aye. Other places are generally smarter because they're less inclined to just.. not do it.

[trim wind]

And then find out they didnt even try to check if you’re home..

[austere crag]

I remember when I picked up my iPad: just got back home, took off my shoes, heard a vibration from my phone and got a notification confirming it’s here

[sharp phoenix]

I've had that so many times, sitting in the living room waiting, go check the door and see a card hanging out of it

yet they didn't even knock

[austere crag]

Oh no that’s the worst

I once had a package that had to be refrigerated, it was dropped off with no knock or ring at the door and sat in the sun for 5 hours

[hard plank]

Yeaaah. Ever since I got the door bell upgrade I try to fight that stuff.

I get not being here. But them not even getting on my front yard saddens me :<

[hard plank]

Speaking of. What keyboard did you end up getting?

[sharp phoenix]

the 2nd worst is probably when they give you a timeslot and then turn up like 30 minutes before the timeslot while you're doing something else

[austere crag]

Keychron K2 v2, plastic frame with per-key RGB, gateron red switch

I got lucky, they were almost outta stock because the red switch variant is the most sought after

[pliant orbit]

fellow keychron enjoyer

[austere crag]

I would’ve gone with the aluminium frame but they only had blue switches in stock which i personally really dislike

[sharp phoenix]

is it hot swappable switches?

[hard plank]

Oh, very neat. I can see why you're excited for the package.

[austere crag]

I’m pretty sure no but I don’t mind cause I wouldn’t buy different switches anyways

But I might be proven wrong, depends on if there is a separate variant with HS

[pliant orbit]

i wish i'd gotten the hot swappable one

stuck with browns until i get a new keyboard

[trim wind]

Red? Cursed

[austere crag]

I’ve been using steelseries red which are basically just gateron switches with a branded housing

Not to mention that the stabilisers and switch springs are bone-dry which makes the space at rattle and the keys scratchy

Oops also forgot to mention the insane spring ping

I can confirm this

As a former steelseries keyboard owner

[sharp phoenix]

what keyboard do you have now?

[austere crag]

Glorious gmmk pro with aquaking v2 switches and ceramic keycaps

[sharp phoenix]

oo fancy

[austere crag]

Is very nice to type on

And I picked Keychron for 3 reasons:

A) established brand that’s known for making very solid keyboards
B) Mac support, I might use the thing for my iPad/MacBook, who knows
C) wireless and charged with USB-C. The apex 7 I have now has a super thick cable (that can’t be removed) with 2 separate plugs making the keyboard a pain to move around

Get that ceramic clinking on certain keys

[sharp phoenix]

I'm still waiting for my wooting

currently on an apex pro TKL 2022 or 2021

[hard plank]

Just the description itself already sounds nice.

[soft crystal]

you've got a taste in peripherals for sure

[sharp phoenix]

depends if it's a bad taste or a good taste

[austere crag]

So now I have:

Keychron K2
Aerox 3 wireless 2023
Steelseries QCK prism XL
Arctis 5 (half-broken)
Dell Ultrasharp 25” (half-broken)

[sharp phoenix]

ayy, nice mousepad

also, why is your monitor half-broken?

[austere crag]

I’ll get a headset soon. The monitor’s a problem though…. Stuff’s expensive.

[austere crag]

LCD ribbon cable damage, the middle of the screen is covered in stripes

[sharp phoenix]

ooo, I think I remember you sending a picture of it before

[austere crag]

Indeed

[south turret]

time to buy aw3423dw to replace your broken monitor

[austere crag]

Yeah, in my dreams…

[sharp phoenix]

I suggest this badboy https://www.scan.co.uk/products/265-asus-rog-swift-oled-pg27aqdm-gaming-monitor-qhd-240hz-g-sync-compatible-2560x1440-003ms-100cd-m

[rotund gyro]

OH BABY

that's my next monitor

[ornate maple]

That thing costs more than my entire gaming laptop

[austere crag]

Hmmmmm…

Purchase ETA would be like January 2024

[rotund gyro]

yeah nvm wtf is that price LOL

[hard plank]

That's a pretty premium price.

[sharp phoenix]

Joys of OLED and it being a "gaming" monitor

[soft crystal]

exquisite

[austere crag]

Yeah it’s safe to say I’m a professional cheapskate

If you look at my gear you’d assume that’s not the case

But then you take a closer look and

MacBook? Used/Damaged
Apple Watch? Used
Apple Pencil? Used
Mousepad? Resold after a return, same thing with my mouse

And the Dell monitor I have is salvaged

[sharp phoenix]

if it's used and it works while still looking good

then you got yourself a deal

[austere crag]

The most insane deal I got was my MacBook. It’s a bit faulty, the power button is completely dead and this is unfortunately not something you can repair, but other than that I paid $350 for a fully working 16/256 2018 15” MacBook Pro

[ornate maple]

So how do you turn it on

[nimble locust]

macbook can turn on itself by opening

[austere crag]

Open lid or tap any key on the keyboard

[sharp phoenix]

so it never truly turns off?

[nimble locust]

it does, but it knows when it's open

weird xd

[austere crag]

The reason why I can’t fix it is because it’s a T2 Mac. The power button itself would work again but Touch ID is unrepairable unless it’s taken to Apple directly

[sharp phoenix]

apple repairability, the joys

[austere crag]

Yeah… bridgeOS always requests internal peripheral IDs on boot and if they don’t match the component gets disabled completely

And yes, there’s an OS Apple doesn’t ever mention called bridgeOS which controls FileVault, SMC and biometrics on all macs from 2018 and above. macOS refers to it as “iBridge”

[hoary eagle]

I have one of those and I'm about to throw it out the window from the 8th floor.

[south turret]

[nimble locust]

🙄 poor monitor

[austere crag]

…

How about you send it to me instead? I’ll happily cover the shipping price

[hoary eagle]

I'll gladly send it out the window and if you can catch it, it's yours.

[austere crag]

Considering that the monitor weighs a little over 10 kilograms, my chances of survival sound pretty unlikely

[hoary eagle]

I can head down to the third floor if that makes it more interesting.

[nimble locust]

you can tie it with a string

but a thin one, if it breaks you have to grab it

[sharp phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/throw-out-window-wii-u-gif-17445235

[trim wind]

On which side is your office?

Or is it someone else’s?

I still have one interrail day left so if I leave at midnight I should be able to get into stockholm in a single day hahaha

[austere crag]

Do it live

[trim wind]

If even you gave up on it its probably real bad

[austere crag]

https://tenor.com/view/calculation-math-hangover-allen-zach-galifianakis-gif-6219070

[hoary eagle]

idk how to decipher this message

[austere crag]

My package’s courier planning a route to get through every square kilometre of the earth before delivering my package (the ETA said it could arrive on May 11)

[ornate maple]

Determined Bear?

[austere crag]

Guess I’ll make myself dinner, hopefully the package will arrive by then

[trim wind]

If you want to yeet a monitor out its probably not worth saving since you are probably the last person to give up on fixing something.. or do you just hate the model all together?

[hoary eagle]

my main issue is the subpixel layout, it makes text and lines fringy like an oooold crt monitor or something

[trim wind]

Oh yeah I saw reviews on that

But isn’t that something they can fix partially with software?

Like.. windows should be able to update it

[austere crag]

My biggest frustration with windows is the blurry text issue on monitors above 1080p

[hoary eagle]

potentially, but on the first version you as an end-user can't update the firmware. Trust me, I've been in contact with their support for this (and we're on their enterprise-tier support so it's not the usual hello-try-and-restart-it support lol)

[trim wind]

No no I understand.. but its odd that with newer monitors having different subpixel layouts that they don’t update it accordingly..

I understand thats its a complicated problem but come oooonnn

I dunno if it persists when microled becomes a thing …

[nocturne tundra]

ok but have you tried turning it off and on??

[rotund gyro]

is that the version with the gsync module?

[hoary eagle]

yee

[rotund gyro]

my condolences for the fan making you deaf

[hoary eagle]

not had any issues with that tbh

[rotund gyro]

oh

my friend did, and then he got the updated version that is just gsync compatible

[gleaming ether]

https://youtu.be/tMmzVDlpgjk

[trim wind]

Eyy my hometown 😄

That part isn’t that busy haha

Shit hits the fan a block down haha

But yeah there is a lot of traffic there

[gleaming ether]

yeah that's a lot of traffic

[trim wind]

Its the only part of downtown that needs a traffic light haha

[weary ivy]

Just found out

Embark sponsors blender

[sharp phoenix]

sledgehammer ❤️

[weary ivy]

Luke ❤️

Back into hibernation

[sharp phoenix]

have fun

[weary ivy]

ty

[ornate maple]

Oooh sledgehammer

[austere crag]

It’s here!! Going to pick it up

[sharp phoenix]

ayyy, nice

[hard plank]

Do enjoy

[trim wind]

Sharp is back alive

[sharp phoenix]

and now he back dead

[austere crag]

Sealed cardboard box impressions: it’s very light

It feels like a 1/3rd of an iPad Pro with a Logitech folio touch

(I deserve to be put on r/anythingbutmetric for this)

[rotund gyro]

what did you buy

[sharp phoenix]

keychron keyboard

[nocturne tundra]

something with the weight of a third of an ipad

[rotund gyro]

i see

[austere crag]

It’s here and it looks amazing

[sharp phoenix]

send pics

[nocturne tundra]

send pics

[austere crag]

It’s a lot smaller than big man apex 7

Yes I didn’t switch out the keycaps yet

[nocturne tundra]

cute

[austere crag]

Naaawww why do they include a gray escape key

If you use that you’re extremely cringe

signed,
notcraft_

[rotund gyro]

why not

i would be very annoyed at one orange key being surrounded by a lot of grey and black ones

[trim wind]

I think its hot.. its sorta the "lets blow this bish" button

[rotund gyro]

im pressing escape right now povich, it's not doing anything

[trim wind]

... hurtful

[rotund gyro]

[austere crag]

The windows key is a bit weird…

[trim wind]

what were those ear tips you recommended me?

[rotund gyro]

comply foam tips for sony xm4

[austere crag]

sonys are meh

great anc tho

[trim wind]

thank you.. the foam tips I have are really starting to tear

[rotund gyro]

you can also buy the official foam tips from amazon too if you like

[trim wind]

nah they are clearly not what I need haha

[rotund gyro]

aight aight

[austere crag]

windows 10 key

[zenith bough]

I am here today

Not as a finalist, like alt f4

[trim wind]

the comply ones have a little dirt/grime guard which I think would be useful seeing how irritated my ears get at times

[austere crag]

[rotund gyro]

https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/Comply-TrueGrip-Wireless-earbuds-comfortable/dp/B081QVMDRL/ref=sr_1_8?keywords=comply&qid=1683728631&sr=8-8

[trim wind]

oh yeah Giriko you're next on the list!

[zenith bough]

But as a rising star

When will I finish?

Who knows

[rotund gyro]

never, stay a rising star

just like me

[zenith bough]

Yeah, i should

[rotund gyro]

AYYYY LET'S GOOOO

[zenith bough]

I like it better, tbh

My name pops more, so I look more important 🤷

The green is to calm, like someone who has already finished and moved on

[rotund gyro]

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO HEAR

[austere crag]

colour me surprised, the bluetooth pairing process was painless

[austere crag]

am i tripping or is it inverted?

[zenith bough]

https://tenor.com/view/hellokitty-hello-kitty-kkyugifs-hellokittydraw-gif-22433028

[austere crag]

why yes it is

[rotund gyro]

it's inverted

[trim wind]

until they introduce the next rank and you have to sweat again :3

[austere crag]

let me tell ya, the stabilizers are magical

absolutely no noise, almost like they're not even there

[sharp phoenix]

hey Quitting

[zenith bough]

eh 🤷

[austere crag]

alright everyone

it's time for my apex's funeral

[zenith bough]

🖤

[austere crag]

here lies

i need to stop buying proprietary "gaming" products, aka apex 7

may 8th 2020 - may 10th 2023

it was the keyboard of all time

ain't no way

this keyboard has a printscreen button that triggers snip & sketch instead

[nocturne tundra]

For the borinng people

[zenith bough]

that is a normal feature of windows now, they just released it

[austere crag]

brb i have to clean my nasty ass mousepad

fortunately i have just the tool for that

[zenith bough]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-changing-print-screen-to-open-snipping-tool-by-default/

[austere crag]

thank god. no more onedrive pop-ups when you press prtsc

[trim wind]

thank youuu I got it bookmarked for when the moment comes

[sharp phoenix]

it's so tiny

[rotund gyro]

be cautious though, this is the small size. make sure to pick the correct size because there's no pack containing all sizes

[trim wind]

I did look up the large

no worries I saw it :3

[rotund gyro]

ok nice

hopefully these work out better for you

[trim wind]

yeah regardless they have some benefits that likely make them a lot better for me

[austere crag]

like pnc and boomier sound

[rotund gyro]

i myself don't use them but it is what i recommend to everyone because they have really good reviews

[austere crag]

`

[zenith bough]

i agree

[austere crag]

v bnv`0.

[sharp phoenix]

I see your keyboard is working

[austere crag]

sorry i'm rearranging stuff around my desk + spray cleaning my mousepad

so my old keyboard was still picking up inputs

[sharp phoenix]

[austere crag]

i have to unlatch my entire cable pile that lives under my desk

damn it

yay cable management

[rotund gyro]

boosted my APP2 that already sounded really good

foam tips are life

[austere crag]

also before anyone asks what the hell am i doing with my mousepad: i own this 400 mililiter can of non-conductive cleaning foam, it's perfect for wiping down my mousepad

[austere crag]

my daily driver headphones have been yamaha yh e700

love those headphones

after trying sony's and apple airpod pros i fell in love with the yamahas

[rotund gyro]

i don't really think you can compare earbuds with full on headphones

[austere crag]

why won't you look at that

[trim wind]

argghh need to go to the store :c

[austere crag]

my old wristrest is just the perfect height to let me rest my hand while typing

it looks a bit weird but a TKL wristrest is too small for me

sooooo screw it 100% rubber wristrest it is

time to load in the USB-C cable to my wire pile

[austere crag]

fair but yknow apple n stuff gotta compare the popular stuff

like apple goes hard with the anc but it drains the battery same goes for sony but its not something i look for

sound quality is really good tho

[rotund gyro]

anc is everything to me because i constantly commute. these trains are so damn loud

[austere crag]

i just have music playing not too loud

yamahas have good pnc

so i live with that

[rotund gyro]

i can't have headphones on for too long because i get a dent-head if I do

so i opted for the best anc earbuds

[austere crag]

i strictly wear hats with headphones

just to avoid that

also cause hair gets in my face so win win

dear keychron,

i really like your USB-C cable and how it perfectly slots into the port found on the keyboard, but why is the cable so unbearably short? do i look like a starbucks macbook user to you?!

yes

[rotund gyro]

yes

[austere crag]

shoutouts to steelseries for giving me an actually usable cable with their mouse (i have 2)

let's not talk about the fate of cable #2.....

shoutout to steelseries for making me use up 2 usb ports for a siingle keyboard

worst part is you can't even disconnect the 2nd plug that's used just for the USB dock on the keyboard

it literally does absolutely nothing else

not so fond memories

but atleast i got bongo cat on that little display on my apex tkl

[sharp phoenix]

doesn't the keyboard have a USB passthrough?

[austere crag]

yeah, i forgot about the oled display and it died of burn-in....

[austere crag]

yes but it still takes up 2 ports on your pc

[sharp phoenix]

pretty sure you can just plug in one cable for the keyboard then

and not plug in the usb passthrough one

[austere crag]

then its a mess of cables

id rather just have the one cable

[austere crag]

yes but the problem is you can't actually remove to passthrough USB so you're stuck with a loose plug

[sharp phoenix]

the 2023 Apex TKL has no USB passthrough so only one cable

[austere crag]

good

yeah, only the 100% keyboards have passthrough

[sharp phoenix]

tbf though, I use the usb passthrough on my keyboard for steering wheel and sometimes controller

[austere crag]

i never used it

only now would it be useful for my wired mouse

i only had 1 steelseries product which i continue to really enjoy: the aerox 3

[sharp phoenix]

you could have probably snipped the usb passthrough USB to make it seem tidier

[austere crag]

something about its shape makes it sit just right in my hands

and the wireless connectivity is super responsive

[sharp phoenix]

I was tempted by the aerox 3 when I was looking for mice however the whole honeycomb thing just puts me off

[austere crag]

honeycomb is overdone now

(my mouse is honeycomb)

tbf the aerox 3 is one of the very few examples where a product's ad campaign got me to buy it

for context: when i first saw the aerox 3 i was running the naga trinity from razer

if you need to know anything about that mouse, it's that it is a fucking chonker and a half

razer mice are really good tho

[wicked fable]

I have a razer

[austere crag]

mine's LMB snapped

[wicked fable]

basilisk

[austere crag]

oof

i had a viper mini

[wicked fable]

I'm thinking of getting a new keyboard

[austere crag]

get a keychron

or a ducky

i had both the 2019 and 2022 aerox 3

i upgraded to 2022 mainly because of the improved mouse skates

[austere crag]

you could switch those out yourself tho

The OG skates were really small which made flicking hard

the new model features 2 larger pads instead of 4 small points

4 small points are my sweetspot with my mouse

glass skates on a cheaper artisan hayate ostu

also holy-- shoutouts to keychron for such an awesome quick start guide included in the box

it's a cardboard insert in full colour detailing stuff like connecting, device modes and custom keymaps

anyhow i have to hunt down that one WebHID app i forgot the name of to config this clacker

happy hunting

too bad openrgb doesn't support QMK boards

found it

it's https://usevia.app

[weary ivy]

oh god openrgb is a thing

why

[austere crag]

openrgb is great

way better than OEM rgb software + it's universal

wat even is openrgb in a summary

[weary ivy]

but but but why

[austere crag]

sure, the actual app is not very user friendly but when you get it set up it's great

[weary ivy]

open + name is used to describe an open source programming library it's so cursed that openrgb exists

[austere crag]

it's an API built to make as many RGB-enabled peripherals work under one controller

[weary ivy]

"OH DAMN I REALLY NEED SOME RGB LIGHTS LEG ME JUST PULL UP OPENRGB IN PYTHON"

[austere crag]

i see okay

[weary ivy]

sounds neat but still weird to me

[austere crag]

and then there's signalRGB which is stupid

why would you need to pay for an RGB controller

just mod an existing controller

[weary ivy]

I still don't understand the appeal of rgb

[austere crag]

haha funny LEDs

[austere crag]

it adds fps to your games

[weary ivy]

It burns my eyes I like darkness

[austere crag]

trust me

it makes your games run fast

[weary ivy]

definitely

can also delete system32 for ~20fps boost

[austere crag]

hardware smurfing

[trim wind]

woaaahh

pics or it didnt happen

[sharp phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-gif-26024597

[austere crag]

firmware update time

well i guess the setup site showed me why some many reviewers complained about the V1's angle

well i can't say that the update app looks trustworthy

here goes nothing

and there we go

it worked

[gleaming ether]

dinosaur UI screams functionality, you should be good

[austere crag]

that Mac OS X aqua styled button though 😳

let's ignore the fact that i disregarded that message completely

[gleaming ether]

yeah because of the risk of dooming your hardware while updating the firmware

some risks you gotta take xd

[austere crag]

makes it exciting

[gleaming ether]

we all kinda live for that, right?

[austere crag]

some of us want to live like that

not me tho i got expensive stuff id rather not break

[gleaming ether]

yeah that's why there is this notice; to not update your fw when not explicitly needed

[austere crag]

was browsing r/keyboards and found this masterpiece 🔥

$2.99. what a steal

sooooo i've heard that iMessage kinda works on windows now

interesting

note that this won't stop me from using intel unison

(on my AMD pc, yes, the CPU requirement is a lie)

[soft crystal]

piece of art

[austere crag]

NAAWWWW

what have i just done

[soft crystal]

did you buy it

[austere crag]

i did something extremely unreasonable to my keyboard

so uhhhhh nobody ever said you can't flash another keyboard's firmware if it's also QMK...

OH NO

OH NOOOO

YESSSSS

YOU MONSTER

nobody ever said you can't flash the firmware of the K2 pro onto the K2

yes i am a total psychopath

you don't say...

https://tenor.com/view/bike-ride-ahh-by-gabriel-hill-riding-road-gif-17868173

total cyle path

[soft crystal]

NAAAAH

[austere crag]

i mean the stinker is just another sn32 board

this is a certified qmk compile -kb keychron/k2/rgb/default -km default

moment

what you're telling me y'all don't have MSYS32 installed

i had it lying around, being useless after decompiling a n64 rom

[soft crystal]

sorry i dont speak chinese

[austere crag]

https://tenor.com/view/bing-chi-ling-alex-mei-bing-chi-ling-alex-gif-21908053

the only issue i have to iron out is that the function row has a mind of its own

i might've fucked up the keymap

[soft crystal]

what does it do now?

[weary ivy]

I want to say that I'm doing something but it's too inappropriate for this server

comic sans ms my beloved

honestly I kinda wanna slap those keycaps on my keyboard

[austere crag]

the keys work as intended, but the RGB just flashes blue and green

i reverted it to stock for now

[soft crystal]

oooh lol you could've made a cool custom lighting pattern with that

[austere crag]

am i tripping or is the orange esc key ABS

[hard plank]

Lol, that's hilarious.

[austere crag]

so i guess a review of the silly k2

Typing experience - 10/10 - keycaps are smooth, stabilizers are perfectly balanced, no rattling or ticking and all of the switches are lubricated stock
Functionality - 7.5/10 The function keys are bound to macOS by default, the Windows support is a bit lackluster. The key combinations to toggle certain options are also very weird. Although the keyboard is very compact, it feels like all of the keys that actually need to be there are right at your fingertips.
Software support - 0/10 - There is none. This keyboard is 100% standalone from the factory. You can use external software to make custom keymaps, but that's about it.

Overall - 8.5/10 - The actual keyboard is extremely nice design wise, but it falls short in compatibility with its lack of software (which Keychron promised a while ago, we never got a follow-up). If you want an inexpensive keyboard that's all quality and no nonsense, this one might be one to consider.

nice

if you're wondering why my previous embed was deleted, i accidentally forgot to cut out my full fucking legal name

if you're wondering what this app is: it's a frontend for multiple chat apps. You can use all of the services in the embed image (iMessage being the app's highlight) in 1 app that's consistent across platforms

[trim wind]

Ahaaa

[wheat light]

Do you have any keyboard recommendations for a mac (besides keychron)

I’ve been looking for 75% kbs out there and all I can find are keychron, nuphy, and the Logitech mx mechanical

[weary ivy]

Saw this, mad that it existed, thought it was dangerous to give one company all texting data, looked at website, saw that it uses matrix, cried tears of joy, signed up immediately

[austere crag]

hahaha right

it's matrix flavoured nonsense

[weary ivy]

also encryption kinda cool

[austere crag]

too bad the waitlist is so cluttered, i forgot that i ever signed up

[weary ivy]

I really wanted to get into signal message but they removed sms support so now it's ass

Let's see if I can get in

Also open source and has a GitHub, even more happy

[austere crag]

i'm in the thick of it now, gonna flash sonixQMK to my K2

imagine walking into someone's room asking to borrow a pen and you see them doing this

found my (marki)pliers, wish me luck

[weary ivy]

But why does your keyboard have firmware 🤨

[austere crag]

all qmk keyboards are basically whole-ass computers on the inside

[weary ivy]

ooo

Didn't even know qmk existed up until now

[austere crag]

stardock’s groupy 2.0 is now available in beta

I’d send an image of what it does but I’m still working on my keeb, spare me some time

Actually I’ll be nice and send it

[sturdy forge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1009830597067292743/1086318983013212200/7ev195.gif

@feral ice where you at i miss your memes

[sharp phoenix]

Been a long time since I've seen the name Jay...hey Jay

And @feral ice stop cyberpunking and be social with us

[austere crag]

off to tab my windows

rip money

yes, i admit to editing the HTML file of the website since i'm not sure if S&S has the acropalypse bug patched yet

fancy,,,

i like the combined taskbar button approach

[sharp phoenix]

Acropalypse bug ?

[austere crag]

a CVE originally discovered in Google's pixel firmware. Turns out the crop tool on their phones never removed the full image from the metadata, so it could be recovered.

turns out all major platforms suffered from this

https://acropalypse.app/

here's a tool that showcases the issue

i am so glad to have my multi-window tabs back

always thought that microsoft missed out on a big opportunity by cancelling sets

https://youtu.be/_7np1bjt1e4

here's a live demo of sets

the original video made by microsoft is now unlisted

[sharp phoenix]

That's pretty cool ngl

[austere crag]

it was most likely cancelled because of compatibility issues with win32

[sharp phoenix]

Looks like the pixel 7 one is sorted

[austere crag]

google already patched it

i'm pretty sure microsoft did too

testing discord via beeper

anyone on the other side?

soooo.... from what i can tell

i can see my messages but not the chat history

[sharp phoenix]

Discord is on bleeper? Nice

[austere crag]

it worky 👍

from my testing it can only request the chat history from DMs

also i'm pretty sure nicknames don't work

[sharp phoenix]

That looks weird af tbf

[austere crag]

it looks like a weird cross between facebook messenger and slack

[sharp phoenix]

Yeah

[austere crag]

the process of enabling iMessage is a bit weird

you have to approve login on a virtual Mac and allow it to receive text forwards

i assume it's https://github.com/Dadoum/Provision.git on a server

[sharp phoenix]

I started playing animal crossing on my switch

There is a lot of waiting

[austere crag]

Mojang, the type of studio to create a completely new category for setseed speedruns in the most random update imaginable

And matchmaking in Minecraft legends has been updated, hope the 70 people currently playing it on steam enjoy that QoL fix

[zenith bough]

good morning keyboard enthusiasts

[rotund gyro]

GOOD MORNING

[nocturne tundra]

hii

[ornate maple]

Morning my yolks

[umbral turret]

Morning

[cinder wedge]

timezone

[ornate maple]

Yeah, hope your timezone is good

Or else

[soft crystal]

shall we do a timezone tier list?

[austere crag]

I type

It’s what i do

[ornate maple]

Yes,

1. Good
2. Medium
3. Bad

[soft crystal]

nate is that how birds do a tierlist

[ornate maple]

I can't say all birds do it this way, you'd have to ask more birds. Also good morning Space Antkop

[sharp phoenix]

Morning

[ornate maple]

Heyheyyy

[trim wind]

Morning!

[ornate maple]

The crew's all here, yay

[austere crag]

I did a silly yesterday (oops)

[nocturne tundra]

hi nate

[rotund gyro]

Just had my breakfast, let’s get it folks

[austere crag]

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-ceo-says-battlefield-will-come-back-in-an-entirely-new-way/1100-6513973/?utm_source=reddit.com

I don’t like where this is going

this is the same thing they said with 2042

[rotund gyro]

Yawn

[austere crag]

"we are making an entirely new experience"

[rotund gyro]

Battlefield is dead to me

[austere crag]

battlefield shot itself in the kneee

[rotund gyro]

More like, nosedived right into a lava pit

[austere crag]

EA is experiencing a collapse

Almost all of the latest releases in their owned franchise have been total failures

Apex Legends and FIFA are the only 2 that are holding the company together

[rotund gyro]

Fifa is no longer a franchise ea can make games for

So they only got apex

[austere crag]

I mean ea sports fc my bad

they are probably the richest company in the industry now and still can’t use the money right

all their creative devs left cause of the limitations

like what’s the point

[nocturne tundra]

oh no

just give us a battlefield game

[austere crag]

So apparently the next COD will feature zombies

I genuinely couldn’t care less, the newer zombies modes are ass

[rotund gyro]

We gotta let treyarch cook in their own game

[austere crag]

I’d rather eat a 250 sheet package of A4 printing paper than play vanguard zombies for 50 rounds

[hoary eagle]

they'll still make their FC game and it'll still sell like butter I'm sure

[austere crag]

This is absolutely 1045% biased but COD BO3 had the best zombies

[rotund gyro]

Depends on how they will market it. Fifa is a really popular brand

[hoary eagle]

also their two recent Star Wars SP game have been hits too so I'm sure they'll do fine

[rotund gyro]

No one even knows that PES renamed and became free to play

[hoary eagle]

they win for them here is that no other studio has bought the rights to FIFA so there won't be another "fifa" game on the market

[rotund gyro]

That is also true

[hoary eagle]

but will be interesting to see! I'm still a fan of Apex but my interest is dipping 😅

[rotund gyro]

I understand

However

[ornate maple]

Bear

[austere crag]

The only things i dislike about BO3 zombies is the ratio between damage and health recovery and obviously all of the IAP nonsense

[hoary eagle]

nate!

[ornate maple]

Hey hey

[austere crag]

The best part / standout feature is obviously the workshop support

[trim wind]

I mean the team has some new experience now, maybe they’ll get it right next time BF2042 got back somewhat