🔌│tech

[ashen spindle]

why the fuck is the middle just 3 videos per row

what the fuck is that waste of space on desktop

this aint a tiktok video youtube

[gusty kiln]

Ooff

[solemn remnant]

doesn't look like that for me, not yet at least

[empty wren]

I got one luckily coming nearby soon

[gusty kiln]

Also ultrawide problem

[ashen spindle]

earlier today it was different for me too

and there I already complained because they reduced how many you see compared to months ago

[solemn remnant]

we'll see how it goes, I guess they usually roll out the updates gradually for users

for now I have 4 per row

[ashen spindle]

even for non ultrawide this is shit

[gusty kiln]

Surprised only one microcenter for all of California

[marsh glade]

Here, a song for you and the guy complaining about Reddit screwing things up too

[wheat plume]

AppImage developer wants to upgrade to LibFuse 3 on the very stupid assumption that LibFuse 3 will be the final major version and LibFuse 4 wont happen

🤦‍♀️

"Ill only update AppImage to LibFuse 3 if LibFuse 3 stays at this version forever"

that aint how software works

Unless its not being developed anymore, but LibFuse is being worked on regularly

Distros dont include version 2 cause its dead for 4 years already
and this guy be like "Nah, I aint updating cause 4 will come around eventually"

LOL

[reef patrol]

inb4 we need literal dip switches to pre-assign RAM amounts 😄

[astral haven]

The problem is it is specific to the exact sticks you use...

[reef patrol]

Surely you can cut down the time somewhat by predefining certain things 🤔

Maybe the RAM sticks need a new XMP esque chip that provides a safeboot setting or something.

https://tenor.com/view/obama-cookies-gif-13897680

[lethal hinge]

i ordered a m.2 ssd on amazon and all i got was the box

amazon employee must’ve stolen it cause the seal was broken 😭

[astral haven]

It also depends on the exact traces in the motherboard, and the exact level of memory controller quality

[reef patrol]

SMH putting memory controllers on RAM was a mistake.

[ashen spindle]

wait till you hear we will get computation done in ram soon too

[astral haven]

The memory controllers are on the cpu not on the ram

[reef patrol]

Ah my bad. I thought they moved the memory controller over. Apparently it's voltage?
Either way it bugs me that we have accepted POST times of up to a minute 😄

[astral haven]

🤷 only needed first time

[vagrant pagoda]

They used to just train one module for ddr4

But with ddr5 you have to train all modules

[reef patrol]

THAT IS THE IMPORTANT TIME

[astral haven]

[citation needed]
Every board I've owned trained each slot separately

[vagrant pagoda]

Yes each slot

But one module per stick

So it was fast

Or maybe it was only bank per stick

Ddr5 is extremely thougho on am5

[astral haven]

Its just to calculate the trace length and signal amplitude to each memory chip on ddr4

[fickle ore]

Well, intel still makes 2x the profit of nvidia, while having 1/5 of the market cap. 😄 It's all about growth predictions and regarded investors

I'd say intel still has more upside

[astral haven]

Market cap is meaningless

[fickle ore]

It's very important investing wise

[astral haven]

Nope

It's only important for gambling

Not actual investing

[fickle ore]

Heh

buy high sell low

[vagrant pagoda]

Yeah Intel has about double the income and double the net of Nvidia.

But Intel has 4.5 times the actual assets

[ashen spindle]

also lower margins

[reef patrol]

Imagine buying distro plates. At that cost or at all. They crack so easily it's ridiculous.

[gusty kiln]

for Instagram

I hope arctic releases a liquid freezer 3 with their new Max fans by the time I make a new build

[dense oracle]

Is anyone here using the wooting keyboard for MIDI control? I know that people out there are -- I see the github projects for it -- just wondering if anyone here I can ask about your experience w/ it

[dense oracle]

I was mostly curious how the switch felt for vst control

a basic keyboard wouldn't have near enough keys or an optimal layout for midi use but if the switch actually feels good for velocity control, I could imagine making a custom board layout with them

since you're looking at $1/switch, and then $0.50 per sensor

Ah, thanks, that's exactly the sort of info I was looking for

the production midi controllers out there with 100+ hall effect sensors are multiple thousands of dollars, RIP

[solemn remnant]

can't imagine replacing my midi keyboard with this one, unless I'm doing something very uh specific but I have no idea what that would be

maybe I should try to play around a bit tho

maybe with stiffer springs it'd be alright

[dense oracle]

really appreciate it. the dream dies while still in the pipe, aha

might pick up a regular keyboard just for DAW use rather than generic VST control to handle sliders or parameters or whatnot, to replace my cheapo basic pc keyboard

but won't expect much musical control from it

[mild dome]

Aussie dollars, what people around here think of Focal?

[mild dome]

In business it's best to only replace equipment once the price of maintenance overcomes the price of purchasing, training, and maintaining the new shit.

Although many times a business does stick around on the old equipment for far too long as the management is unable to factor in the value of new equipment

[true notch]

anyone got some keycaps and switches they would recommend for the 60he? im quite new to keyboards in general

[primal parcel]

it's hot swappable but only with other lekker switches, for keycaps start off with some cheap pbt mx style ones from amazon

[final flame]

never heard of the elegia but overall focal is quite respected for their open back stuff, can't say much about their closed backs

stuff like the clears and the elex

[dense oracle]

it's quite expensive compared to the beyerdynamics I have

which are very high quality on their own

[gusty kiln]

https://preview.redd.it/uu2f8top6rma1.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=2e75f8b9dcffb7e6f03979263396ee075cf9d18f

man I want

[true notch]

thx papi

[mild dome]

the He60 uses a Hall Effect sensor soldered onto the keyboard's mainboard that detects a magnet built inside the Lekker switch.

Since the Hall Effect sensors are not at all standard in the keyboard industry this means that although the Lekker switch is hot swappable; there are no alternative switches on the market that plug into the Wooting

[dense oracle]

replacing the switch is a little weird, the whole reason you buy this keyboard is for the switches

[crisp granite]

welp

monitor has a dead pixel

any suggestions for a 1080p panel?
at least 120hz and IPS

[reef patrol]

[gusty kiln]

Budget?

[crisp granite]

400 CAD?

and that's the really loose "rough ballpark" budget

I won't bat an eye if it crawls past 500 and it's a nice panel

[gusty kiln]

Xg2431 for pure gaming

You can get 1440p with that money

[crisp granite]

definitely

but

"muh FPS"

[gusty kiln]

Then get the viewsonic

It's one of the best esport monitor

While still being ips

Top tier strobing tech

[crisp granite]

seeing complaints about horrible viewing angles from reviews
any alternatives?

[primal parcel]

They aren’t better than the ViewSonic or Zowie monitors but the 360hz monitors are really cheap right now in the US, both the Asus and Alienware are down to $299 right now.

[crisp granite]

...I really don't need more than 120

nor do I have hardware that can run the games I play at 360hz

nor are they games that really require such a refresh rate

[sharp badger]

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Alienware-AW2524H-Pricing-and-availability-for-inaugural-500Hz-gaming-monitor-is-revealed.698710.0.html This has got a release date now , 21.03 , $829.99

[crisp granite]

you're trying to sell a ferrari to a person asking for a shitbox

(tbh if it's a vintage...50s-70s ferrari, you have my attention)

[crisp granite]

...that much for a 1080p panel?

...jesus

[mild dome]

Well you walk into the car dealership saying want to pay Ferrari money, so of course people point you to the Ferrari first.

"I can pay 400-500 for a smartphone, it needs X and Y"
"Might I recommend this model, it has X, Y, and Z"
"I don't need Z."
"Yes but Z is a good feature and is within your budget as outlined."

Just get the cheapest monitor I suppose, and use the money saved to buy chips

[crisp granite]

not THE cheapest, but I do see your point

next time I'll be a lot more direct (in that I don't care about refresh rate beyond a certain point)

[gusty kiln]

MSI 24.5” FHD (1920 x 1080) Non-glare with Super Narrow Bezel 240Hz 1ms 16:9 HDMI/DP/USB Height Adjustment G-Sync Compatible IPS Gaming Monitor (OPTIX MAG251RX),Black https://a.co/d/0f3Hx5E

This is pretty well regarded

[crisp granite]

that looks much more up my alley
G sync and HDR

fuck yeah

many thanks

[gusty kiln]

Hwu also has a review on it

[sharp badger]

https://www.amazon.com/ALIENWARE-AW2521HF-24-5-Gaming-Monitor/dp/B087N4LQPN This is AW's old one

Also don't know if i should go OLED or Mini Led, both have their Pros and Cons but the Burn-in is just not something i'd like to bother with, but the colours are so much better on the OLEDs 👨‍💻

[digital quail]

this monitor is super good value if you can find on the market now

its very low priced usually

[mild dome]

Irc the new Samsung oled tech is real good at avoiding burn in, such that it might take a few years to develop noticable ammounts if the claims are accurate

[sharp badger]

Examples would be like Samsung 32" Odyssey Neo G7 S32BG75 vs AW3423DW/F

Don't think i could go back to a 1080p monitor

Would preferably want a 27'' monitor but 32/34'' are doable maybe even going to the 49'' monitors

[sharp badger]

Yeah the Aspect ratio is something i've thought about so that's something that kinda pushes the buying decision but who know how the future looks there's more support for UW games nowadays

Well seems like there are rumors of it releasing

https://www.microcenter.com/product/663880/asus-swift-pg27aqdm-27-2k-qhd-(2560-x-1440)-240hz-gaming-monitor The new Asus display is out too

Don't know if the brightness is better than the LG one

Would need to see some reviews

Well seems like it's the HDMI 2.0(Not 2.1 as LG) , same coating, larger/better heatsink, ''better'' OSD system and maybe higher peak brightness according to some reddit thread

There's a ''deal'' according to a website i'm looking at on the AW3423DWF and it's 1049€ but it started selling at 1099€ so an 50€ difference 😆

Lol yeah , the AW2723DF is 599€ here the starting price was 589€ and cheapest it's been is 535€

Yeah but it's the OLED burn-in still and is there any drawback using a ''Non'' G-sync monitor with a NVIDIA card?

[reef patrol]

timestamped to the end. smh

[quartz token]

I use the Samsung Odyssey G8 OLED, it has pixel shift inside. So every now and then it just moves a few pixels to avoid sitting too long at one spot.

[reef patrol]

Very classic redtape trouble. But definitely not optimal that so much of this has to involve calling real people over and over.

[mild dome]

I recall I believe Linus saying that US states have such convoluted and confusing tax codes and regulations that it's often CHEAPER to let them fine you for the violation and fix it later rather then trying to figure out how to comply in the first place

[reef patrol]

Or you know. Hire an accountant.

But of course the US is complex af. It's +55 different countries agreeing on things to some extent.

[sharp badger]

Ok, how has your experience been with it? Good/Bad? and are you using a multiple monitors? 😀 👍

Seen some would want to choose the G8 because of Coil whine and fan on the AW3423DWF, also the Protective film that the G8 has is good too

[ashen spindle]

the DWF shouldnt have any fans only the DW due to the g sync module

[sharp badger]

Read that there's one fan instead of two

[ashen spindle]

oh huh

[quartz token]

DWF has one fan, DW has 2

But my experience hasn't been perfect though, OLED and the panel are looking beautiful. Keep in mind when the sun hits your screen it make the screen washed out, and if you are in a brightly lit room the blacks aren't deep black, but more gray. First it also had artifacting issues when entering HDR, but they fixed that in an update. Only I issue I have now is randomly my monitor's volume get increased by one like every hour or so.

LG's OLED doesn't get the gray tone I believe because it isnt QD-OLED. But it doesn't get as bright.

Also I like the glossy screen, but it does attract dust particles more easily

[sharp badger]

Ok wierd with that Volume increasing 🤔

[quartz token]

G8 has an external power supply, hence it doesn't need a fan inside. Power supply is big, but if it fails you can easily swap it out. And the stand of the G8 looks sleek and still leaves all the space on your desk. I was pretty unsure about the longevity of fans in the DWF/DW. Maybe they are silent in the beginning, but ramp up once dust gets inside or maybe fail over time? Can't be bothered opening it up.

[reef patrol]

Oof... external power bricks. The enemy of cat owners everywhere 😄

[ashen spindle]

think the grey look in very bright room is from the coating on the alienware not the qd oled inherently, they have a semi glossy semi matt coating

[quartz token]

Its the same on the G8 though

[ashen spindle]

hm interresting

thats not a qd oled panel though is it?

[quartz token]

Doesn't bother me all that much, as colors and everything is just already 500% better then a regular IPS

[sharp badger]

Yeah i've got the same opinions on the G8 with it looking sleek and the fan gone

[quartz token]

G8 is QD-OLED, but they don't mention it for some reason on their site

[sharp badger]

Yeah and some retailer i was looking at had the wrong product code too

[ashen spindle]

oh a different g8 lol

[quartz token]

G85/G8 whatever. Some retailers list it as G8 😛

Not the Neo G8

[sharp badger]

Yeah i think it's called G85SB

[quartz token]

I do see prices dropping at a decent rate though. I bought this a month ago (retail was €1500), only MediaMarkt had a discount till €1218 (site wide discount). And now I see the G8 being listed regularly for 1299/1269

Wouldn't be surprised if it would be 1000 bucks with a black friday sale

[sharp badger]

Yeah might be worth it to wait until then and find some good deal

[ashen spindle]

damn surprised the g8 is costing so much more than the alienware lol

[sharp badger]

The monitors are priced like this here : AW3423DWF - 1049€ , AW3423DW - 1227€ , G85SB - 1349€

[quartz token]

Probably perfectly fine indoors I assume. Apparently the new OLED from LG would be 190 cd/m2 compared to Odyssey G8's 250 cd/m2

[ashen spindle]

oh the g8 apparently has BFI but limited to 60hz unfortunately

[autumn cargo]

guys is there any discount code available for now ?

[ashen spindle]

no

[autumn cargo]

ok thx

[sharp badger]

Same with AWs

[ashen spindle]

oh I thought AW didnt have it at all lol

[sharp badger]

Correction, yes thought that AWs had it

[quartz token]

What is BFI?

[ashen spindle]

black frame insertion

[quartz token]

ahhh

[ashen spindle]

since I turn my brightnes down quite a bit I think that would work fine for me so if we get higher hz models that would be a great addition

though I would love to have the option to try it at 60hz too, for the few games that are locked to 60 anyway

oh speaking of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nxmwatqtjk

[fair gull]

so whats a good DWQHD monitor

[ashen spindle]

idk if there even is another one aside from the samsung

[fair gull]

i thought it was common nice for ultrawides to be in that format

[ashen spindle]

did you mean dwqhd or uwqhd?

[sharp badger]

1530€ here atm.

[fair gull]

dwqhd

[sharp badger]

Have the MSI one been released yet?

[fair gull]

is there even wider wide screens?

imo the whole 2x 1440p in 1 panel is already pretty wide on the samsung one

[ashen spindle]

oh wow didn't know there were that many actually, guess most are for productivity

[fair gull]

i mean i guess in general i just want to fit 2 monitors in 1 panel

[ashen spindle]

later this month apparently

[fair gull]

right now i have a 24" and 22" 1080p so anything really is an upgrade

but at the same time i am not really prepared to spend 2grand

[sharp badger]

Ok so the pricing might be off then

[ashen spindle]

I know the G9 is good since it uses the latest gen VA panel but does cost like 1.5k but idk anything about the other options

dwqhd is mostly for office use still so idk if there is many reviews on it really

[mossy plinth]

G9 occasionally goes on offer iirc so it's worth watching out for those

I was tempted to ultrawides when I was upgrading but the fact you have to use software to emulate multiple desktops and good window snapping put me so I just opted for triple 27" 4k monitors

works out about half the price of something like a G9 too

[sleek niche]

i can recommend alienware aw2723df or asus pg27aqn for competitive games. 27inch and 1440p is the sweet spot for competitive gaming. get an oled for single player games. i have an LG c1 oled and it looks great on any AAA games. never tried VA or TN panels my whole life and i hate curve panels

if anyone wanna upgrade their mouse this year i would recommend lamzu thorn which is coming out in april… looks like it has potential

[fair gull]

as i already use display fusion to combat windows's shitty taskbar on multiple monitors i personally dont see it as a negative. but iirc the g9 can use 2 HDMI cables and then treats them as 2 monitors so windows also sees 2 monitors

thats what attracted me to those dual panel monitors

[mossy plinth]

That feature does sound pretty nice to be honest

but then how do you play video games, does it just become one monitor?

[fair gull]

uh no

nor do i personally want to play it on the entire thing

[mossy plinth]

but would you look at just one screen for playing on it or windowed mode 🤔

[fair gull]

just one half

the other screen/half will just have browser and discord

as usual

basically ends up being the same as now but without any ugly borders in between, just 1 stand and better resolution

[sharp badger]

That's what I've been thinking of doing too

[mossy plinth]

But if it's not central your neck will be constantly looking to the left or right, right 🤔

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/a14VmciWWug

"Snap Window to Right"
Window snaps to Left

Its so cool how the GrapheneOS website can automatically install the OS to your phone when you connect it to your computer

you just got to click a few buttons on the website and it does it all for you

[wheat plume]

I dont like this change...

[wheat plume]

I do like this change though <3

[mossy plinth]

Less bezel looks good to me

[wheat plume]

Chrome is copying Firefox's download popover

[tame hedge]

Yay! The bar is really annoying lmao, takes up so much screen realestate 💀

I mean it should still exist as an option ig but i sure as hell won't use it

[wheat plume]

the open in folder option is gone :/

got to right click to get it now

[tame hedge]

Hasn't that always been a submenu thing?

[wheat plume]

yes but never right click, it was in an arrow you could click on

this is gone now, you must right click

[tame hedge]

ah right

that sounds annoying but I think I generally right clicked it anyway

[wheat plume]

hhmm,

no longer hides the date / weather when a system message shows

[wheat plume]

ISTG anytime I enable Storage Sense on Windows, its disabled again next time I open the Storage settings page

🤔

The one tool meant to never fail

[fervent shale]

I still Wait for the Day where Linux is more established for gaming
I wanna get away from Windows

[ashen spindle]

try next decade maybe

[fervent shale]

Sadly thats probably how long it will take at a minimum

[wheat plume]

The Steam Deck and Valve are really the only people trying to push it ;-;

every other game company seem to be against it, except indie devs and Apex Legends anyway

Apex is still the only large AAA game that supports it in Multiplayer

well..GTA V Online also works

[mossy plinth]

Companies just don’t want to support more devices

[wheat plume]

Funny cause Fortnite works on Android, and Android is just as fragmented in hardware and software as Linux is

[mossy plinth]

I’m theory both Unity and Unreal can build for Linux but it means more support

[fervent shale]

And that just sucks, Linux is so Nice to use

[wheat plume]

nah, the issue is AntiCheat, not the game engine

[mossy plinth]

Additionally I think the openness of Linux worries some online companies in terms of stopping cheaters and hackers

[wheat plume]

Fortnite CAN PLAY in Linux but you cant join servers due to EAC

Same for Destiny 2 and whatnot

[mossy plinth]

Even though cheaters can use PCI cards to cheat with a second PC 👀

[ashen spindle]

the difference here is you support a handful devices more and gain millions more customers, linux desktop is a fraction

[fervent shale]

They could just handle Anti cheat on the Server

[wheat plume]

handful

there is a couple thousand brands of android

all with different android versions and kernels

[ashen spindle]

handful of different variants you need to support

[mossy plinth]

and a lot of the older brands get told they can't install new software and it's no longer supported

[ashen spindle]

not like its arch vs ubuntu out there in android land

[wheat plume]

it kind of is

[ashen spindle]

you definitely dont have to manually install your desktop renderer or window manager on android phones

or similar stuff

[mossy plinth]

Why would they want to open up the can of worms that is, supporting more people who will likely be more vocal but in the minority in terms of its users?

[wheat plume]

the only real difference in Linux distros is package manager and format LOL

the desktops is what is most different and those are distro independant

[ashen spindle]

nah there is only so much you can check on server

[wheat plume]

I have no issues with cheaters in single player games, if you wanna ruin your own game experience, thats fine...but the moment they go on public multiplayer, thats the issue .-.

so server-side AC would be nicer to have

[ashen spindle]

what

server side ac means they could basically not detect aimbot or wallhacks or anything like that

how is that nicer

[wheat plume]

in theory

[mossy plinth]

Server Side Authentication is not wholly possible for every game additionally it can make game feel worse.

[wheat plume]

having only server-side would be better for everyone from a UX pov

[mossy plinth]

Whilst yes, in a perfect world it'd be great it's not practical

[ashen spindle]

??? how is having AC that literally cant detect certain things better for everyone

[wheat plume]

in theory....
dont need to have client side AC running in the background and being super invasive rootkits

[ashen spindle]

no even in theory server side anti cheat will not detect some very basic cheats

[wheat plume]

cough cough Vanguard...

[mossy plinth]

Vanguard does work though

[wheat plume]

literal rootkit

[ashen spindle]

yes I wish more AC would be like vanguard

[mossy plinth]

Vanguard is so good it'll detect cheats even in non Valorant games lmao

e.g escape from tarkov

[ashen spindle]

yea lol

tarkov cheaters have to remove valorant or they cant cheat in tarkov with some of the chets lol

[mossy plinth]

Whilst yes, it's technically a root kit and bad, it's one of the main ways to stop cheaters

[wheat plume]

🤔

Tarkov uses Vanguard too?

[ashen spindle]

no

[mossy plinth]

No

[wheat plume]

oh lol

[ashen spindle]

tarkov cheaters have to remove valorant

[mossy plinth]

Tarkov uses BattleEye which doesn't detect all cheats

[wheat plume]

yeah..

[crimson wigeon]

Sounds more like it doesn't detect any cheats

[ashen spindle]

tarkov is an example of how to do anti cheat measures really bad

[mossy plinth]

If a Tarkov cheater installs Valorant they will get banned in Valorant iirc for the Tarkov cheat

[ashen spindle]

but also a great example of why anti cheat is needed because too many people cheat otherwise

[mossy plinth]

Valorant is still cheatable using DMA hardware but they are still good at detecting that

[ashen spindle]

it will always be a battle for sure

[mossy plinth]

DMA cheats being essentially PCI cards that sends memory to another PC. That secondary PC is then the one running the cheats iirc

Harder to detect with Vanguard and even less so with Battleye

I believe a worry with Linux and multiplayer games is that it will be harder for game developers to detect cheaters and instead of gaining a larger user base of linux users, cheaters will have more advantages just moving to Linux

[ashen spindle]

and that is more stuff to suport, on a tech and support staff side

[wheat plume]

Cheaters wont move to Linux if the tools on Windows are easy to use already

[mossy plinth]

Cheaters will takes the easiest AND least-detectable route

So if that means spinning up Linux VMs, they will do that

[wheat plume]

games ban you if you play on Windows VM...not to mention Linux VMs

Unless you try your damn hardest to mask it being a VM

[ashen spindle]

and afaik one os makes it easier to mask that

[wheat plume]

you can mask a VM to the same degree in any OS

[mossy plinth]

What I'm basically saying is that with Linux its openess is also its downfall especially for the anticheat software.

[wheat plume]

Could say that for Android too but these games are still on it

how does AC on Android even work? Does EAC have an Android and iOS port?

[mossy plinth]

iirc a lot of cheats got made for android because it was less detectable

I remember that happening for Old School Runescape when the app came out

[ashen spindle]

last I checked they mostly stop things by not allowing virual keyboard inputs so you are limited to touch inputs

which doesnt eliminate cheats but makes it much less attractive

[sharp badger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibczqINifA Some interesting Friday watching

[ashen spindle]

still sceptical about that one

company/ceo apparently had some history about making tech to get bought by big silicon company then product never releases

so ehhh who knows if that stuff really comes out

[sharp badger]

Ah ok 😅

[ashen spindle]

the issue here seems to be efficency aka fans can do a lot more heat dissipation with much lower powerdraw

idk if that will be set off by other advantages

but especially on something like a phone or laptop with thin battery you dont want to spend much energy on cooling instead of hearing a fan but longer battery

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/i1J_Sd7gtSM

damn, this thing would be great for the lost footage type videos people make

dont even need to edit in the interference and scan lines

this mic sounds better than Airpod's mics

the power of a cable! mics sound way better!

[final flame]

It's almost as if Bluetooth wasn't designed to carry audio streams

[reef patrol]

Or that apple don't care about quality when they have brand value 😛

[zealous lake]

People don't seem to care about the sound quality since they keep buying em.

[ashen spindle]

People don’t usually listen to how they sound so mic quality is secondary to 99%

[reef patrol]

You can lead a horse to water....

[marsh glade]

https://tenor.com/view/horse-backflip-gif-10941923

[final flame]

Peter... The horse is here 🐴

[pale sigil]

Brings back memories

[crisp granite]

the kind of memories I'd see on liveleaks?

[pale sigil]

No but I've been kicked by a horse, thrown off and I've seen something similar to the gif at a show.

[marsh glade]

UK's Funniest Home Videos

[pale sigil]

I have farmers/horse peeps in my family

[crisp granite]

do we mean "horse peeps" or "horse peeps 😏" ?

massive difference between them

[pale sigil]

The fuck are you thinking

[reef patrol]

giddy up

[crisp granite]

who is riding who?

[pale sigil]

Shut it

[reef patrol]

[marsh glade]

https://tenor.com/view/brain-who-whom-gif-13818655

[crisp granite]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

dead pixel from yesterday unfucked itself

[marsh glade]

It's allliiiiiveee

[crisp granite]

saves me a trip to the shop for a monitor

that would...probably devolve into me going to the bakery to buy hamentashen (purim was a few days ago, I know, shut up) and liquor store for...beverages

[wheat plume]

Whom'st'tf

[crisp granite]

watch your tongue or it'll go in the stew pot

also it's Whom's'dz'tf

[marsh glade]

Y'all's grammar couldn't've been worse

[reef patrol]

All Y'all

[old marlin]

it's so mad expensive

yea idk

if you want the customizability etc I'd just recommend a fantech maxfit81

MUCH cheaper

same layout

similar features

[rough osprey]

no thanks

[old marlin]

ok

who

[reef patrol]

I have an Ergodox and I don't know who tf ZSA are xD

[tribal dirge]

Nahhhh

[old marlin]

I meant who asked but whatever

since you just randomly started rambling about it

as opposed to what was shown in the video

that you linked

?

[crisp granite]

...holy shit

makers of the planck

preonic

moonlander?

[solemn remnant]

why so hostile, makes me scared

[crisp granite]

RING ANY BELLS????

[reef patrol]

I know the names. I don't know ZSA 😄

[crisp granite]

contrary to popular belief, there is nothing between zero and 100

[old marlin]

i'm still not sure why V was so hostile against me

I just recommneded something with a comparable feature set in the same layout to what was in a vid THEY linked

[old marlin]

ZSA is the company that made the ergodox ez

they used a different name before iirc

[crisp granite]

OLKB iirc

[reef patrol]

To be clear I got my Ergodox via Drop. As a review sample. So I don't think the name ZFA was never mentioned when they offered us an... Infinity I think it was called. With the small LCD

[old marlin]

oh yea, right

yea the infinity is a different board entirely

zsa just makes the ez

[reef patrol]

I kind of regret giving my Infinity uh... were they... gateron yellows? clears? All I remember is they were like slightly lighter than MX reds.

[crisp granite]

ugh

linears for typing

never again

[reef patrol]

Oh I - LOVE - linears.

[old marlin]

clears

[crisp granite]

especially when solid tactiles are a dime a dozen

[old marlin]

they are stupid light

imo

[old marlin]

I still haven't found an mx tactile I like

[reef patrol]

I should order the spring kit and lube the other 60HE I have to compare with.

[crisp granite]

ngl clickiez in tactile mode (75g spring) and anubis switches are both pretty solid

at least IMO

[old marlin]

clickiez are horrible

just does not feel nice at all

[crisp granite]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

your mileage may vary

[old marlin]

and with a 75g it is just meme territory

[solemn remnant]

are you weak or what

[old marlin]

have you seen the force curve?

I can press it

just doesn't feel nice

[astral haven]

I got the 40g clickiez and they are wonderful

[fickle ore]

omg 75g you weaklings

lolol

[old marlin]

115g peak force

[astral haven]

Have you used them actually?

[fickle ore]

big /S btw

[old marlin]

I have the 40g ones myself

and they feel too tactile already

[astral haven]

The 75g aren't more tactile

[old marlin]

at a mere 110g

no

[astral haven]

They just have a stronger spring

[old marlin]

yes

but they still are way too tactile

[astral haven]

Not for my dad

Or my grandmother

[old marlin]

good for your dad

not a conventionally nice switch

[crisp granite]

my brother in christ
these switches by design are wickedly tactile, that's the point
and a stiffer spring usually hides some of the strength of the tactility

[old marlin]

this is already considered too stiff

[old marlin]

you still get a drop of 40g from that tactile bump

[astral haven]

The IBM wheelwriter switches were stronger and they were fancy because they were the lightest switches of the era lmao

[old marlin]

and they are waaaay too high peak force

[astral haven]

That's like your opinion maaaan

[crisp granite]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/675136556431835136/994380449201803304/spicy.gif

[old marlin]

I don't have a force curve on those, but here is a beamspring that was inspired by the selectric

[old marlin]

the general consensus I got from meetups on the skcm browns was "too stiff"

[astral haven]

Ok?

[crisp granite]

^^

also take that meetups provide a fairly limited pool

[old marlin]

was like 500 people meetup

with a good mix of vintage people in there

[crisp granite]

most of the vocal community are 65% conformists circlejerking around the latest GMK set and recoloured linear

[old marlin]

was absolutely not the case

but ok

there were more split boards there than 65%

[crisp granite]

how did you get all of em in a room?

without the stench killing someone
or not generating a carbon footprint that puts industrial cattle farms to shame?

[old marlin]

wtf is wrong with you

why are you so omega defensive and toxic

[crisp granite]

quite a lot

[fading canyon]

[astral haven]

My dad thought grey's were too light
Tho he ended getting regular blacks because all of them were too light and he liked them being cheap

And he doesn't really mind how light they are, he just was expecting heavier

[fading canyon]

I’m a simple man

I don’t need to lube my keyboard

Or customize the shit out of it

I just want a good quality item that will last me time while gaming

[crisp granite]

not like you have kids to put through college lol, lucky duck

[astral haven]

I want something that will feel nice on top of yhat

[frozen ingot]

chad stock keyboard user vs virgin custom keyboard snobs

[fading canyon]

Well yeah obviously I want it to feel nice

[sharp badger]

I've got 4 boards with different switches and yeah trying not to buy other boards ''Because''

[fading canyon]

But I don’t buy 15$ keyboards

I have a red a blue and a lekker soon

[frozen ingot]

am using my wootings stock too apart from other keycaps

[astral haven]

And I really like being able to feel when the key actuates so I bought a sampler if keys and ended up picking kailh coppers for work and clickiez for home

[sharp badger]

BUT! the latest Wooting pic will probably be bought with preferably the Coiled cable 👀 (And if the macro board becomes reality)

[astral haven]

The wooting has been collecting dust unfortunately because my wireless mousepad interferes with it 😦

[sharp badger]

What wireless mousepad have you got?

[astral haven]

Logitech

[sharp badger]

Ah

[astral haven]

It's just the charging is awesome and I found that more useful than the wooting

[sharp badger]

Feels like the G502X Lightspeed last forever

[astral haven]

Actually tho it has it's keyboard cover on so the dust is collecting on the cover but same difference

I have a gpw superlight and it just didn't last as long as the g305 did so I got the charger

[sharp badger]

What keeb you using atm. then?

[astral haven]

Gmmk2 with clickiez

[sharp badger]

Have you got the WRK LOUDR?

[sharp badger]

Ok got a GMMK PRO just not being used because the Wooting and another board which i don't remember the name of

[astral haven]

At work gmmk tkl with coppers

Was my main before wooting

Actually I could use the wooting at work

But it doesn't have built in macros (that worked well enough for me at the time) and we aren't allowed to install extra software so I've never swapped it out

[sharp badger]

What is this ''Low-end keyboard''

Probably the Reddragon lol but that is quite good tbh. after modding

Yeah

Also how do you capture videos?

What silent switches do you use?

Akko recently released their ''Pink silent switches'' they are nothing compared to the Boba U4s though

The Boba gum are quite similiar to the U4s

I've got a Z690 board would it be ''worth'' to buy the 13900KS? or would the ram support limit it?

[astral haven]

Define worth it

It's often never worth it to replace working components...

I said working

[sharp badger]

If one could get a good deal there's always possibilites

[astral haven]

Oh lol
I thought you meant an actual fax machine
God we deal with so many of them?

[astral haven]

It'll be faster but the question is how much are you paying for that performance
And a 12900k for example would be just as bottlenecked by slow ram...

[sharp badger]

Nope not at the moment and just running an 12700K

[astral haven]

Just dont

[shadow minnow]

I feel so dumb, I just spent hours because I was setting a register to a certain number, instead of setting a certain bit of a register to 1.
So like I was setting register to 4, instead of 4th bit of register to 1

[gusty kiln]

prob not worth

12700k and 3080 is an appropriate pairing

[wheat plume]

205 for ram??.

[sharp badger]

CL30, the Kingston kit is CL40

[wheat plume]

O

[sharp badger]

Yes have updated the Bios, but the things i'd like to upgrade is the Case(Fractal Torrent?) and Cooler(DeepCool Assasin IV?) with Phanteks T30 140s in the case(When they release)

I work waaay to much and hold on to money too well so i'm trying to justify spending money

Yes i do invest money too

Yes but would really like an Old-school Porsche with some BBS

YOLO? 😆

But Miatas are nice have risen in price though

Yes had a parents friend die to it sadly

https://www.benq.eu/en-eu/monitor/gaming/ex480uz.html On another note new OLED just dropped

[gusty kiln]

basically a TV

[sharp badger]

Yes would like another 27'' for my current IPS display

[gusty kiln]

anyone know of a decent 4.4mm balanced dongle for a phone?

[sharp badger]

Dongle in what way? Type-C to aux?

[gusty kiln]

ye

[sharp badger]

https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B082WG5VTK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Went with this one

[gusty kiln]

need 4.4mm

it's going to be more expensive though

[sharp badger]

Aaah yeh

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Adapter-Symmetrical-Portable-Headphone-Smartphone-silver/dp/B08V566XJM/ref=sr_1_3?crid=211DLFZIDV1G5&keywords=typ-c+auf+4%2C4+mm&qid=1678480706&sprefix=type-c+to+4.4mm%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-3 This has a few decent reviews

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/FSIjiangyi-Balanced-Adapter-19-Core-Smartphone/dp/B0BRZ4YJC1/ref=sr_1_2?crid=211DLFZIDV1G5&keywords=typ-c%2Bauf%2B4%2C4%2Bmm&qid=1678480706&sprefix=type-c%2Bto%2B4.4mm%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-2&th=1 This don't but could gamble https://www.amazon.de/-/en/TC44A-USB-C-Miniaturization-Headphone-Headphones/dp/B0BHZ9R2L3/ref=sr_1_4?crid=211DLFZIDV1G5&keywords=typ-c+auf+4%2C4+mm&qid=1678480829&sprefix=type-c+to+4.4mm%2Caps%2C107&sr=8-4

[astral haven]

Use a 4.4 to 3.5 adapter, you won't be getting ground loops with a dongle lmao

[sharp badger]

That would also be a choice with a better quality one

[gusty kiln]

https://www.amazon.com/Moondrop-Portable-Amplifier-High-Performance-768kHzDSD256/dp/B0B3RR63LC/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2SS3H6DRNHDTJ&keywords=4.4mm+dac&qid=1678480957&sprefix=4.4mm+dac%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-4&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.006c50ae-5d4c-4777-9bc0-4513d670b6bc

[sharp badger]

Moondrop is known at least but sometimes even if the brand is known the quality might suffer somtimes

[shadow minnow]

If I have a few constants to used to remap, so in my case user writes A0, and I want to return the associated channel number for adc, which I looked up, would the best way to do this be to store which pin is which channel in a struct, or what’s a better way to do it?

[vagrant pagoda]

Why not like a btr7?

Also if you need a dongle

Look for a 2.5mm balanced one and use a 2.5 to 4.4

2.5mm balanced is pretty common these days for portable stuff

[gusty kiln]

cuz I don't want to spend 200 on a dongle

both my main headphones are 4.4mm, just want the easiest plug and play

[final flame]

@gusty kiln I found another dealer they have a focal clear and lcd-2 and lcd-X

[gusty kiln]

though you'll def want to be able to EQ the Audezes while you're there

[final flame]

Ye I'll try to use my phone as a source

Using Poweramp eq

If my phone doesn't want to work with the dac then I'm just going to use a flash drive

[earnest viper]

So my 60HE will work for inputs in-game, but if I try to type, no letters type

Any idea how to fix this?

[crisp granite]

switch to a profile that isn't sending out analog stick scancodes for a given key

the keyboard is working exactly as intended

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/2hX_-ctVA18

Interesting
Using them for Dex

Can watch anything on your phone without anyone else seeing xf

[empty wren]

It kinda looks like you can see it from the video thumbnail

[wheat plume]

Yeh
Using a controller

But you can use your phone as a keyboard and touchpad in Dex mode xd

[wheat plume]

So nothing shows on the phone screen when using these if you want

[empty wren]

I think that is phone to phone

Though would be cool if Android was like windows when it came to connecting a display

[wheat plume]

There is only one phone
Xd

[astral haven]

Samsung Dex is goated

[empty wren]

Yes but one not every phone phone has display out

Two it not guaranteed to behave a certain way

Samsung Dex like carmonben said is probably the best implementation

There is also Motorolas implementation

Everybody else relies on Android desktop mode which is not guaranteed to be a smooth experience

[astral haven]

Sony apparently fixed up the stock desktop for their implementation?

Aaaand google says they broke it in android 13

Geh
Motorola should make a flagship so I can consider it

Oh wait they did but it doesn't have an SD card slot and it only has 2x telephoto
What's the point :/

Wow that's awful
The main camera is actually higher angular res than the telephoto camera

It does work on Samsung browser lel

Yep

And brave and opera etc

Oof

Welp boiz
i got me a fun toy

Does that look like a lamp to you?

this is not a gpu

4 is generous lol

[reef patrol]

I really need to reinstall Windows... and Chrome. I keep forgetting that every time I download big files, chrome just... stalls until it's done. Completely unresponsive.

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/VonHAsY4-VA

yay, fake cell towers woooo /S

[reef patrol]

That is decade or longer old info.

[wheat plume]

Yeah...

indeed

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/ZmyTmCL6Hlo

ok this is cool

the wallpaperr and gestures are so cool

Plump Butt mode in the camera xd

[glad scroll]

Not that surprising, knowing that Ring (Amazon's subsidiary) gives away camera footage from customers camera without warrant from police

[reef patrol]

And WITH warrant, which just further shows you shouldn't cloud your goddamned security footage 😄

[glad scroll]

Agreed, although cloud can be a great backup, there are numerous steps you would have to take to secure it

The most secure system to date is using a local system to record the camera footage, then encrypting it before backing it up to the cloud

[ashen spindle]

given in the us you can also just film the entire street so every neighbour has everyone else in view it doesnt really matter if you keep it secure lol

[glad scroll]

You don't film streets or public areas, you should only film your property. In some countries recording outside your property with a surveillance camera is illegal

[ashen spindle]

thats why I said in the us, the doorbell can just see everything in view lol

here you cant even use it on the front door without warning and making sure everyone living in the house is ok with it and needs to not be saved forever and needs to not include any public area

[reef patrol]

If that was the case in the US, then police wouldn't give a shit about your footage to begin with

But doorcams almost always record the street

[glad scroll]

That's because of how people mount them, they just include them with the door bell. If the took time and mounted it above the door, looking down and only capturing the area in front of the door/lawn

[reef patrol]

That's how they're designed

Thousands upon thousands of doorcam videos on YT shows the norm.

Whether wrong or not, the norm is the norm. And is why police care

[glad scroll]

Indeed, I'm just saying that half the problem is cloud abuse by admins/police, the other half is people not recording only what they own.

[ashen spindle]

but people not doing security properly is as old as security existing

thats why that will only change if its by law or design

[glad scroll]

Yeah, in all honesty it is probably better that they do it like that than not do it at all

[ashen spindle]

like its annoying to get it set up here but I prefer it that way since I know I can trust myself to do it properly and know I wont be on a dozen unsafe cameras for the web to see if I leave the house

[glad scroll]

Yeah, same here

[reef patrol]

I have a doorcam. But only active when someone rings down at the street. And it's shared with the rest of the stairwell.

Helpful to screen Mormons like today

But it's closed circuit, no storage outside of call logged timestamps (helpful for postmen claiming they rang but didn't)

And the laws about camera as pretty strict here, even on private property.

[glad scroll]

Oh yeah, cameras in apartment complex is another basket entirely, it would be best handled by the complex owner as they can just add it to the contract that you are okay with having a camera in stairwell. But some complex owners are lazy and don't invest much in safety other than required

[ashen spindle]

you cant add that to a contract

you need to ask for permission but you cant make it a requirement

[glad scroll]

Not a lawyer myself, but I think you could probably formulate that to make that they acknowledge the camera is there and give permission by signing the contract

[ashen spindle]

nope

you cant add stuff like that into a contract, just like you can add no pets allowed but it's not binding

so the contract can have it but it's not binding so it would still not be a permission

[vagrant pagoda]

I mean the us has a good level fore the most part. You can film anywhere people don't have a reason to expect privacy

The common areas of an apartment complex would be fine

Even though it's private property not open to the general public

You have no control of it's access by other people, so you'd have no expectation of privacy in common areas

[ashen spindle]

the fact you can have the whole fucking street in your doorbell view so I drive past and am captured on your camera does not make me think it has a "good level for the most part"

[vagrant pagoda]

But anybody could freely stand on the sidewalk and hold a video camera

Not even video it just write down descriptions of every car / person

[ashen spindle]

yes you cant do that here either

the video part

[vagrant pagoda]

Why it's the street

What if my kid is playing in the front yard, do I get arrested for the street in the back ground?

[ashen spindle]

you need permission from people that you film in public

you would have to make it so the camera doesnt cover the street in the back

[vagrant pagoda]

That sounds dumb

[ashen spindle]

you are covered if you capture something like a scenery, a statue or so and people are on it by nature of it being open to public

[vagrant pagoda]

How dose the news work then

They gotta film in a cardboard box?

[ashen spindle]

you can get permissions for publishing stuff like news have to do that

[vagrant pagoda]

But if it's in public and people are walking by they get permission from all of them?

[ashen spindle]

no I meant you can get permission for publishing stuff like that without having explicit permission if its in the public space

[vagrant pagoda]

So the government can give permission for people to film you?

That sounds even worse than just letting anyone film in public.

[ashen spindle]

publishing/recording has different rules and especially with gdpr you cant store it when you record your place etc.

[vagrant pagoda]

So if I tivo the news im a criminal?

[ashen spindle]

when you what

[vagrant pagoda]

Record

Tivo was the first common digital tv recorder

[ashen spindle]

oh lol no

[vagrant pagoda]

How so then

I'd be recording people without consent

[ashen spindle]

I dont think recording a recording is the same as recording live

[vagrant pagoda]

No I'm talking about live video

Does your news not do live reporting from locations?

[ashen spindle]

journalistic freedom is above it, same as for certain artistic freedom

but you recording your place is not journalism

[vagrant pagoda]

So what if I just want to report on how long it takes my neighbor's hedge to grow

So I point a camera at it

And it just happens to record the street too

[ashen spindle]

to constantly record it and not just make a single picture to document it?

[vagrant pagoda]

Well you have to record it over a long period of time in order to track how fast it grows

[ashen spindle]

yeah no chance, you gotta black out the street area or make it so the street isnt on it so you cant record people without their consent

[vagrant pagoda]

But you just said that journalists have exemption

[ashen spindle]

you're not a journalist if you want to check on your neighbours hedge lol

[vagrant pagoda]

Who sets that bar

Do I need a license to be a journalist?

[ashen spindle]

idk the exact laws for these edge cases lol

[vagrant pagoda]

Much easier to just have all the freedom

Much easier to figure out if you're a criminal or not

[ashen spindle]

its not supposed to be easy lol

having no privacy at all is easier obviously

[vagrant pagoda]

It's supposed to be hard to determine if you're a criminal or not

That sounds very authoritarian

I don't see why you think it's privacy if anybody in the public could actually use their own eyes to look at you

[ashen spindle]

because if they see me I know they cant upload their eyes or save it or send it someone else or use my likeness for anything etc. etc.

[vagrant pagoda]

You don't know that

Person could have a photographic memory and draw you in a picture and sell it

[ashen spindle]

is it realistic to expect that from an average person vs is it realistic that an average recording can be saved and used?

[vagrant pagoda]

There's also a 0% chance that you walk in public and you're not in the background of somebody's photo

[ashen spindle]

https://www.rechtambild.de/2015/02/strassenfotografie-eine-rechtlich-heikle-kunst/

An artist shot a picture of a street scene including a woman. This pic was preseented in a galery. The woman sued the photographer and the pic must be removed. The supreme court has refused the complain of the photographer.

[vagrant pagoda]

Yeah but the photo is still online

So it stopped nothing

Also consider that both iOS and Androids default cloud storage for photos does automatic facial recognition

And they both automatically upload

The fact that you expect privacy is childish. That's what I'm trying to get at.

The cat is out of the bag you cannot put it back in

[ashen spindle]

thats the whole point, to prevent it from happening in the first place...

the picture in this case is gone there was no digital copy

[vagrant pagoda]

But it already happens so you're not preventing anything

Just go on your local digital restaurant review website and tell me there's not photographs of the restaurant with people in the background online

Or Google the name of your nearest local landmark and tell me that people haven't uploaded pictures with people in the background

All of those photographs are extremely common to use for turning facial recognition algorithms

[ashen spindle]

as already said something like a landmark is not covered since that is one of the exceptions

[olive current]

Why is there only iso in stock?

[reef patrol]

Neither ISO or ANSI is in stock.

Hasn't been since... summer.

[ashen spindle]

you do not see reviews of restaurants with people in images, if a restraurant has them they usually make it obvious or ask people if they can take them

[olive current]

I mean you can’t even preorder

[reef patrol]

Can't even pre-order - What - specifically.

[vagrant pagoda]

What defines a landmark theb

[reef patrol]

According to Pokemon Go literally anything, including the local burger king.

[olive current]

There

[reef patrol]

Huh... that's unusual. Where'd ANSI go all of a sudden.

[ashen spindle]

idk man I'm not a lawyer nor do I care for these specifics since I dont take random pictures, it's not like swat is coming down on you and people in general just have an understanding here that you dont randomly film everyone

[olive current]

It’s supposed to be there?

[reef patrol]

Yes.

[olive current]

Maybe pass the word lol

[reef patrol]

Maybe I already have.

[olive current]

Lolzzz

[ashen spindle]

I know I had to get signed approval from everyone else living in this house to record the shared space outdoor, make sure I dont cover the neighbours area(bc I cba asking them for permission) and if anyone living here would not be ok with it I would have to take it down the moment they say so

[olive current]

[ashen spindle]

and have a sign that says the property is being recorded in a visible space

[reef patrol]

Trespassers will be recorded and ridiculed on YT.

[ashen spindle]

idk if I would be allowed to just randomly upload that

took a ruling in 2018 that first made dashcams a useable piece of evidence

[reef patrol]

So that wasn't only on my end. Was convinced Discord bugged out for me visually xD

[ashen spindle]

it seemed to bugg the moment you posted it from one to two images lol

[reef patrol]

Not sure how it managed to upload this twice. Scaled up - But I kind of love how aggressive it looks 😄

[ashen spindle]

but yeah having two images sometimes fucks up discord sclaing, noticed that when posting two screenshots in one instead of two posts

[reef patrol]

I only uploaded one. Or think I did at least 😄

[marsh glade]

This has now been fixed, thanks for the heads up

[reef patrol]

I can see it be a popular pet owner car. It needs easier access to the front though.

Fleet? It's a car, not a boat silly.

Either way though. That void in the front still needs easier access. If you drop anything, you're in for a jungle gym crawl if you have to go over the "dashboard"

[thick elk]

Just one thing, I personally hate is capacitive buttons, they are just a pain to deal with, especially for a commercial vehicle it seems like the wrong choice for me.

Sure they last longer but unless you mess it up bigtime mechanical buttons will last you long enough.
In general they are less reliable, don't give good feedback when interacting with them by feel and really don't work well when you use something like gloves

All things you may want in a vehicle like this.

I have just never understood why you would prefer them in most cases.

Never driven in one, but that seems pretty cringe worthy indeed.
As for space sure that could be a reason but most of the time it's not.

They could have easily made it physical buttons that would have been a lot easier to operate on feel

In terms of controls quite the contrast with my mom's car (honda civic 2014)
Image for reference: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r6fVlTnaV14/UoqkPgeKIdI/AAAAAAAAXLk/7lfG-5BP_j0/s1600/Honda+Civic+2014+interior.jpg

Note that my mom has a different version and it's a manual

[marsh glade]

Also the steering wheel is in the wrong spot

[thick elk]

Still from the screenshot it does seem like it has physical buttons everywhere

[marsh glade]

I'm not at all a fan of that interior but that's mostly opinion over functionality

[tame hedge]

@eternal pecan they truly are a different breed (regarding the discussion about FM's community 2 days ago)

that last emoji was i think a gif of turning volume down
aka "i can't accept i'm wrong so shut up"

why would anyone say "a 45g mouse has a 40g shell and 25g internals/bottom + 1g side buttons"

anyway, they were saying the total mouse weight. just lying about it

as shown in the scale picture, the chassis is only 19g -- if it were 40g the mouse would be surpassed by the logimid superbrick

huh

your m2k weighs 38g?

that's a lot

Is it a PMM wireless one?

ohhh

i thought you meant "[your] M2K weighs less than what [finalmouse] advertised [for the starlight]"

instead of zaunkoenig

[gusty kiln]

gotta wait till summer for the next logitech zzZZzzZZZZzzzz

[tame hedge]

don't expect anything interesting please

it'll just set you up for disappointment

logitech is a boooorring company currently

[gusty kiln]

I'm just expecting the superlight in the 50s with USB-C and optical switches

if they do that I might pick it over the DAV3

[tame hedge]

💀

[gusty kiln]

if not then DAV3 time

[tame hedge]

stop making me want logitech to do less than the bare minimum (as your buy conditions are wayyy too low)

[gusty kiln]

the G502 X finally got optical switches

would be surprised of the superlight didn't

[tame hedge]

And there's been a shell leaked with USB-C cutouts yes, hence less than bare minimum.

[gusty kiln]

russian apex pro team called Fire Beavers

[shadow minnow]

https://github.com/Bexin3/STMSpeeduino

Finally

[shadow minnow]

Spent like the whole week on it

[ashen spindle]

given it guarantees that you wont have screaming children on board? probably a justified amount

oh I'm just thinking about cross ocean flights

the 10+ hours eu to us are only tolerable because I somehow am able to sleep 8 hours of them

despite the loudest cries known to mankind

really wonder how many years it will be till we see actual advances in long distance transportation that isnt just more efficent turbines

[gusty kiln]

we should go back to yeeting people from a trebuchet

and the pilot's main job it to take off and land

everything in between is almost all automated

unless bad weather

[ashen spindle]

oh I was thinking more about what we will see in the way its transported, not the inevitable replacement of pilots and them being backup system only

surely musks wet dream of underground speedway tunnel wouldn't be feasible but what comes in 30 years, still just regular plane that's automated?

[gusty kiln]

^

basically like cameras on a vr headset

too see your surroundings

[empty wren]

Just hire tank crew

[gusty kiln]

or submarine crew

[empty wren]

That looks more for space

[true quest]

not necessarily

the wings would not jack all in space

would not do

[empty wren]

That nose is just so big

The plane is the nose

[true quest]

little known fact, they removed the concorde's nose and slapped some wings on it, with this as the final result

[true quest]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tv6pbDCmLk

take two

[shadow minnow]

Hmm cousins laptop got new graphics drivers and hogwarts legacy no longer works

And it has some other weird behavior too

[empty wren]

https://youtu.be/YGhfy3om9Ok

Amazing

[ashen spindle]

is it though

its interesting but just imagination IP scaled up so hard it takes 200w+ for what a 1030 does

[empty wren]

It was a joke 😵‍💫

[ashen spindle]

bit hard to detect from just one word with no emote or anything xD

[empty wren]

[true quest]

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

[shadow minnow]

Gotta love when random things breaking require you to reinstall windows

[ashen spindle]

game breaks after driver update
hm must be windwos and not the driver

[shadow minnow]

Tried installing older driver back didn’t help

[ashen spindle]

clean install with DDU?

[ashen spindle]

if a driver breaks something and you dont cleanly remove it then ofc it still has issues and reinstalling windows is just the heavy option that makes it simple, but by no means is a required step in almost all cases

[latent mural]

yo what’s a good tiny monitor I can get to sit under my main one

just to use for discord and stuff

[latent mural]

i would recommend just putting it to the side

[frozen ingot]

would just get some second hand monitor for that, people are pretty much giving away older 60hz ones

[latent mural]

yeah but i dont want a 20 inch monitor

just like some 10 - 11 inch to sit under it

ive already tried having a 2nd monitor to my side that shit aint it ngl

[frozen ingot]

I'd check aliexpress or something for smaller ones

[chrome estuary]

Or make your own from like a 13" laptop panel. 1080p at 12.5/13" looks great.

Or get one of those portable monitors

[reef patrol]

Get a cheap preowned smartphone and a stand for it?

[chrome estuary]

Or like an iPad Mini and use Duet on it

[frozen ingot]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004829140326.html

these extra wide ones would be kinda snug under a larger regular monitor

[chrome estuary]

Totally

[latent mural]

yeaaah portable was the word I was looking for

I found some cool ones on Amazon

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BHT4QY4Z?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_22W5Y4K6JPCG1S9D9586

[shadow minnow]

Anyone knows a good mipi screen for arduino?

[shadow minnow]

I wish there were drivers for them but there don’t seem to be any yet

[frozen ingot]

gauge cluster screen

[shadow minnow]

Hmm. Well it supports up to 1024x700

No 4k on arduino 😦

[empty wren]

So is that for Android auto

[shadow minnow]

Nono, it’s more that I want to have a touch display that’s a bit higher res and bigger for my arduino, as it supports it and has a 2d GPU, so I can use it for anything really, but especially want to try making basic ui to control variables of some programs and such

[empty wren]

I see

Check out some 3d printer displays

They have gotten quite large

And might work with your controller

[shadow minnow]

They placed a header there for mipi but no official driver support yet sadly
It’s standard mipi, so same thing phone screens and pi use

Portenta had one advantage, in built mipi to dp chip so it could output video by usb c

But this is more flexible

Just no drivers for now

And I don’t know how to make drivers for stuff like this yet

[reef patrol]

VAG product

[tame hedge]

tldr when you get out of the car with an infant detected, it slams the doors shut and locks them until you spend $10?

title/thumbnail are dumb so i'm not gonna watch it 😎

[reef patrol]

That sure sounds like a LAW ENFORCEMENT issue, not VW.

I'll take made up scenarios that no one sound would ever think up for 500, Alex.

If the car as geolocation, and there's a crime involved - especially regarding children, VW will 100% hand that over the second they're asked to by actual law enforcement.

Stop trying to find your car that Steve borrowed the other day and forgot where they left it, claiming your toddler was in it. Pay the damn money.

And I highly doubt police were actually involved in that silly scenario.

And sure enough, NYP confirms.

TLDR; Not procedure, someone done fucked up in this situation specifically. Police are not somehow magically incapable of serving legal warrants for information.

Moving on.

Based on this? No. Whoever handled the case was an idiot.

Oh look - Something completely different and unrelated to what we were just talking about. Your smoking gun cooled off quickly.

Having a design flaw on an entire model sold to thousands of customers is a bit of a different beast than "So one employee at VW fucked up once, we've addressed it."

"That one time something happened to one customer is YET ANOTHER REASON"

Boy must you hate - literally any company who ever did any single thing wrong if that's your pressure limit 😄

I swear this is like reading Facebook posts every time there's the tiniest thing wrong at a fast food place.

"Day old tomato found in McDonalds in Whocaresville"

OH - MY - GOD - THIS IS WHY I NEVER, EVER, DOUBLE DARE WOULD - EVER - EAT AT MCDONALDS. CONFIRMATION BIAS TO THE RESCUE

But you do you I guess.

[ashen spindle]

oh no its horrible but it makes them more money than letting people own the car

[frozen ingot]

mcd is like the safest food you can eat

[mossy plinth]

I thought VR6 is the reason people like VW 🤔

My dad always wanted a VR6 in his Mk3 golf as a swap

On yeah stuff like that's never fun especially on a lot of German cars

BMW are the worse for it with their timing chain being at the rear on some of their cars

I'm not wealthy enough for vehicles as a hobby, more that I just do the work because it's cheaper

inherited cars are the best cars

paid £250 for a Nissan Micra and after like 3 years I scrapped it and got £250 back

[vagrant pagoda]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm4hyIHe1PM

[mossy plinth]

Fixed my daily the day before the MOT test in the snow on friday, that's how close I cut it

Ours is a bit more intensive than that yeah

I got new tyres just in case because my camber had worn a part of the tyres too much lmao

yeee we have that too

My car being an import means it doesn't need to abide by the usual exhaust and noise levels

I know a guy who just bought a G60 Mk2 Golf and it passed all the tests but when he went to sell it, turns out the whole car is rotten

RX7 FB 👀 a person of culture I see

I was interested in buying one of those at one point

I ended up buying a different japanese car in the end because the price was too good

What you driving atm?

Fun and Responsible nice

I got tempted by an MX5 but I just don't have the space. Best car for a track car it seems

Yeah, I'm going to a Japanese car show with a group and it's an MX5 group 😂 I just sneak in with my non mazdas

When the engine costs £150 and parts are readily available it makes sense

[zinc sigil]

Figured here would be a good spot to ask lol. Would anyone be able to help me out with picking a motherboard?

[mild dome]

Pick the most expensive with stuff you'll never use because maybe one day in the far future you'll need 24 SATA ports, 32 pcie 5.0 slots, and 3 rgb headers

[empty wren]

Probably good idea if system is intel

[lethal hinge]

has anyone here changed their windows default font is so what font have you found looks the best?\

[chrome estuary]

Comic sans

[shadow minnow]

Oh so Samsung does use ai to improve how moon looks on the photos with zoom

[reef patrol]

No it replaces the texture.

[shadow minnow]

Well that’s worse then

[tame hedge]

haiiiii

[tame hedge]

https://www.reddit.com/r/samsung/comments/l7ay2m/analysis_samsung_moon_shots_are_fake/
It's... "strongly AI enhanced" is how I'd put it

at least it's not like the cheap random brand phones that literally just put a new png of the moon over it

but it's not "real"

[reef patrol]

Not even going to bother debating on what defines AI enhanced. If you're wholeass just taking a circular object, reading the texture and replacing it, you're not enhancing - you're replacing 😄

[tame hedge]

...

as per the link i posted, this was on their monitor
they stood back a bit and used their phone to take a pic and got image 2
notice how it's not a single grey colour, but it's still the moon, and it still has the details they added

[reef patrol]

Like I said.

[tame hedge]

not at all

what you were saying came off as the controversy from a few years ago where a png was added on top of matching objects

[reef patrol]

Yes - Also I read the thread thoroughly...when it was posted... last night.

The AI is reading the brightness values - and then putting a photoshop texture on top that's partly transparent.

[tame hedge]

again..no

[reef patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/sakshi-okay-gif-24764953

It's not like the OP of said thread literally says the same or anything.

[tame hedge]

you're thinking of something else with this btw

and the post was posted 2 years ago

[fair gull]

that font

would just hurt my eyes

[reef patrol]

It's... the same thread, GK.

[tame hedge]

no like what i'm saying is, it wasn't posted last night either here or on reddit

irrelevant of the other messages, i'm replying directly to that statement

[reef patrol]

Alright - I saw it elsewhere then. Definitely commented on it last night. And the OP of thread still literally says the same as me 😛

[tame hedge]

misunderstood then, as I kept reading your messages as thinking it's closer to the huawei controversy

[reef patrol]

Like I said - I would argue that once you're replacing stuff outright, it isn't enhancement. It is replacement.

[tame hedge]

Indeed, and I thought you were calling samsung's moon photos replacement instead of a very very strong enhancement

[reef patrol]

I call them replacement, in the sense that what they're doing is not enhancement. Not saying they're replacing it with moon.png

[tame hedge]

im too dumb for this don't bother elaborating haha

[reef patrol]

Hi Samsung. This is the moon, please read brightness values as depth and apply texture of moon.

[tame hedge]

I dislike samsung phones hence don't have one -- Can you photo it for me? 👀

[reef patrol]

I have a OnePlus. So no. And the photos you literally copied from the reddit thread show and explain what happens 😄

[tame hedge]

oh I thought you were trying to get me to demonstrate it myself haha

[reef patrol]

Mnope.

I am making my argument for why this isn't what I consider enhancement, because it discards the source material entirely except for the brightness values, since it assumes within context that dark means crater, white means surface or mountain. And then it just applies a texture to the shape with depth and shadows.

[tame hedge]

fair ig

[old marlin]

it's just putting a transparent moon texture over an upscaled image to give it more detail

doesn't even necessarily read brightness values

[fair gull]

i dont think it puts any textures on top

unless someone posted the texture files

[old marlin]

how does it generate the extra detail then?

[fair gull]

i think its literally just ai sharpening and smoothening plus the grain from the sensor

[reef patrol]

It definitely appears to be adding detail that wasn't there prior. So that implies a texture or shader (which can be a texture) of some kind.

[shadow minnow]

Looks like I caused a civil war again

[fair gull]

not really as it is a legitimate issue if samsung does use textures

but i feel like people could have taken apart the app already

[mossy plinth]

In that above reddit post there was an article that does go in depth in the whole thing https://www.inverse.com/input/reviews/is-samsung-galaxy-s21-ultra-using-ai-to-fake-detailed-moon-photos-investigation-super-resolution-analysis

Samsung has a scene optimizer that just seems to use AI (Learned Data) to improve scenes it recognizes afaik.
because it's "AI" I believe it's a bit more than just applying a texture to the image but is theoretically a similar process to improve scenes?

Like the AI Is essentially recognizing it's the moon and "enhancing" the image with known information to improve it which is essentially the same as applying a sharp texture to the image

Somebody tested it out again two days ago https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/11nzrb0/samsung_space_zoom_moon_shots_are_fake_and_here/

[old marlin]

idk why people are tying to make a big thing out of it

"ai" enhancement is how phones started to make good pictures at all

and still is how they do it

that doesn't only go for samsung

[mossy plinth]

Yeah, and it's never going to change

[old marlin]

well

it might

not for the foreseeable future

[mossy plinth]

I mean, with how AI has improved a lot of people are just going to add it to the workflow

[old marlin]

it's not always preferrable

but for what you use smartphones for it basically is

[mossy plinth]

I used Gigapixel AI for a flyer a few months ago

The photo I had was from an old digital camera like 2.1mp kinda quality so I used AI to upscale it and it was night and day difference and usable for a flyer

I mean most photographers edit their photos anyway we're probably going to see AI enhancement used even more in the future

[old marlin]

it's not as bad as iphones putting teeth on peoples lips

so I don't see the problem

[mossy plinth]

They do that 🤔

[fair gull]

ocassionally

[old marlin]

was a larger problems a few years ago

dunno if they still do it

[fair gull]

well i mean if you use the affected versions of ios/camera app probably

[old marlin]

well yea

but in that case just update

[mossy plinth]

I couldn't find anything when googling it but I might have googled the terms wrong

[charred lodge]

The guy she tells you not to worry about

[wheat plume]

That cable management
🤤

[fair gull]

its the one with the crapped up management isnt it

[halcyon moss]

the moon outage is so weird :p it gets you a better picture