🔌│tech

[reef patrol]

You sure? It's a thread based channel.

[umbral veldt]

yeah i dont have the new post option

[reef patrol]

[umbral veldt]

read only

been cucked

[fair gull]

i checked the perms and it should work

[cursive summit]

No problems here

Nitro Booster role, maybe

[umbral veldt]

lemme relogin to disc

[hearty harness]

guys why does the FN + FN2 + Windows Key not work when disabling the windows key?

[charred galleon]

What are some good monitor arms that you guys might suggest? I am looking to have a second monitor in the future but for now need one to help with cable management.

[umbral veldt]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B091ZK3DPV

This is what I have and are great

[umbral heron]

Could you show a screenshot from Fn Layer 1 in Wootility?

[hearty harness]

yes here you have it

[crimson wigeon]

That's the main layer

[hearty harness]

im so dumb

thanks @crimson wigeon lol

[umbral heron]

You have to bind Fn 2 where Caps is

[hearty harness]

thanks i did it, i had to put the key lock on the fn layer 2 right?

[umbral heron]

If Layer 2 was empty then yes

[hearty harness]

ye it was

one more thing @umbral heron what does the little circle on the top right corner do on the caps lock key and the fn 1?

[umbral heron]

That's the color of LED when Caps is active

Or, in case of Fn1, when Fn Lock on Fn Layer 1 is active

[hearty harness]

thanks @umbral heron

[wheat plume]

Fedora needs to reboot to install Chrome and Discord updates and IDK why....

I dont like it

[steep creek]

Rebooting for a chrome update is so weird lmao

[zinc tundra]

Somebody smarter than me what causes this?

[marsh glade]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS0xphCc5rI
🤯

[near coral]

thats crazy

[steep creek]

<@&490097707487330305>

[cursive summit]

Insane for videographers

Youtubers will love it

I watch a couple of youtubers that are of the "documentary" kind that add stock footage of sorts to give a visual element

This will REVOLUTIONIZE their content workloads, holy shit

Don't have to pay insane amounts for stock footage, can get anything you want from a prompt instead of wasting time looking for it, and can make it be exactly what you want as you envisioned

This is where AI shines

And yes the socioeconomic critique is there and it's valid, but humans will have to adjust to its impacts, it's too important not to exist

[sweet cairn]

The power cable with my new PSU is too short, is it safe to use another longer cable? If not, does it matter what type of power extention I buy to address it? I'm looking at something like this. https://www.amazon.ca/AmazonBasics-Extension-Cord-Feet-Black/dp/B075BCD1LP

[fair gull]

just buy a straight up cable and not extension?

and how did you old pc get power

[sweet cairn]

The cable included with that PSU was longer. I always heard not to mix and match PSU cables.

[fair gull]

thats for internal cables

the one that plugs your PSU into the wall is almost 100% the same

[sweet cairn]

Do you know what they are called so I can look up a longer one on Amazon?

[fair gull]

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Basics-Computer-Monitor-Replacement/dp/B072BYGKZZ

here

they are the same between PCs and TVs and such

since they literally just format the wall socket side into the small 3 slits

nothing else

the internal ones in the pc shouldnt be mixed cause the pinout can change.

the outside one is standardized

[sweet cairn]

I see, ty 🙂

[fair gull]

ofc if the cable on the outside going to the wallsocket is broken or such by the rubber being open or such then please do replace it for safety purposes

[final flame]

they also cannot be used as a extension cable, so don't try it

[fair gull]

?

ofc they can why wouldnt they be able to

[sweet cairn]

There's no damage. I'm just replacing a 1000w psu with another 1000w (noise upgrade). It's funny because my really old 850w psu has the longest cable of them all but I sold that one. Should have swapped the cables first lmao

[final flame]

referring about using a pc cable as a extension cord for other electronics

[fair gull]

idk why they wouldnt work either

there definitely is nema to c13 (since thats how pcs, monitors and such get power) and c14 to nema socket

so that devices can be attached to uninterrupted battery backup units

[final flame]

because the physical size is smaller on the female plug of a power cord compared to the male side on a normal plug

concerning amount of reviews of this

[fair gull]

https://www.amazon.com/CableCreation-5-Pack-Standard-Computer-Adapter/dp/B01IBIBZPG

[sweet cairn]

The 12" one inputs 15a compared to 10a so am gonna get that. My psu says 6-13a

[fair gull]

id personally not worry but thats up to you of course

[sweet cairn]

The extra length would be welcome as well so its a win win

[fair gull]

then go for it

[frigid zenith]

is there a way to make is show that i have changed profiles withg led but then turn off the led?

[reef patrol]

No.

[frigid zenith]

damn

[smoky fractal]

can make one key a certain color for each profile

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[frigid zenith]

yea i guess that'll be the move

[smoky fractal]

but yeah would be nice to do what you had described

cause I am always guessing which profile im on 😂

[umbral heron]

Make just Esc different color on every single profile and color the rest of LEDs black if you don't want to use them

[smoky fractal]

yeah that has been my solution haha

[steep creek]

80he led bar will solve this issue

[smoky fractal]

thats true

didnt even think of that

[frigid zenith]

but i dont want an 80%

[steep creek]

No worries cals’ solution was pretty good too

[woven laurel]

I have an offer

just for u

[frigid zenith]

im listening

[woven laurel]

what about 77.5%

[balmy vector]

[smoky fractal]

lmao

[frigid zenith]

interesting counter offer

60% w function row

[umbral heron]

I'm in

[balmy vector]

Then its no longer 60%

[woven laurel]

some more cool news soon cals

[frigid zenith]

true but do you see the vision

[balmy vector]

Yeah i sees it, i do like having my arrow keys as well though

So 80he was perfect fit

[lime hinge]

why the fuck wont any of my profiles save i make a wooting profile and restart my pc or just simply restart the application and my profile is gone hello????

[ashen spindle]

#1019755933959733258 but my guess is you aren’t dragging it to one of the top profiles that are active when you hit save or don’t hit the save button

[frigid zenith]

good call put it on fn 1 so my mic blocks the light but i can still tell the difference

[lime hinge]

your guess is wrong i clicked save 45000 times, dragged it too top, restarted software, profile is gone, remade profile, dragged to top, saved, restarted pc, GONE.

shit is so fucking annoying

[ashen spindle]

Then make a thread in the support area please so someone can get around to help

[frigid zenith]

dont gotta be so hostile brother

[lime hinge]

i checked for updates for software, none

nah bro idc

been trying to get this shit to save for hours

its not my fault 💀

[ashen spindle]

It’s fine to get annoyed, make a post there, take some pictures so it’s easier for people to troubleshoot it

[lime hinge]

pictures of what

this shit doesnt work

also

i cant delete profiles unless its in the inactive section

which is also frustrating i have a "New Profile" sitting in active profiles that i do not want

but i cant delete it so its just there lol

[ashen spindle]

Screenshots of wootility so people can see what’s going on

[umbral heron]

That one is by design, there must be 4 profiles on keyboard at all times

[lime hinge]

yeah i see that

i get that

dude theres nothing to screenshot tho

i make a profile

i select it

and then it dissapears

when i reopen the program

or restart my computer

[ashen spindle]

Ok make a post for it then please and someone will get around to helping

[lime hinge]

post where

community support

[ashen spindle]

#1019755933959733258

[lime hinge]

yeah nah bro too much work

[ashen spindle]

Well this is the wrong channel so people who are helping out won’t check for that here

[lime hinge]

ive already put enough effort into remaking my profile 6 times already

ill just uninstall program and reinstall idk

[ashen spindle]

Use wootility.io no need to install it

[lime hinge]

the website?

[ashen spindle]

Yea

[lime hinge]

okay im leaving this code here just incase it deletes itself again

3270938b424504d87bbe91bc29cc55e5d6cb

and im restarting my pc to see

yep my profile is gone again

this is fuckin sick bro

[ashen spindle]

make a post, its fine to just copy paste what you wrote here and im sure someone can come around and fix that for you

[gleaming oxide]

im about to clean (re) install windows for the first time from usb. should I do it offline and install gpu and chipset drivers from another usb stick directly or first let windows do its magic installing the wrong/older ones and then install the current ones?

[sweet cairn]

I personally set it all up offline before i connect to the internet

[analog sinew]

i dont think it matters really

[gleaming oxide]

ok thx.
I have saved all my videos, saved files and gpu + chipset driver on my first usb.
rn setting up installer on my second usb
trying to get a backup on my third usb.
sfc dism and crucial scan to check my drive (cause i had problems which 99% related to my wrongfully purchased ram and after reinstalling my old i had no more errors pop up...)

anything that i missed? any last tips?

digital license activated on my account

this is one of those "Do one thing wrong and its joever" situations XDD

[sweet cairn]

Double check your settings and maybe save them in a note pad somewhere or something so you can do the same settings on the fresh install

[old marlin]

maybe check if you don't have any other weird drivers

[umbral heron]

If they have legit Windows, they can just login during installation, and all settings will be synced from MS account

[old marlin]

would not rely on that

[gleaming oxide]

Ok that could be a reason to log in while being online

[umbral heron]

Used to work pretty reliably

[sweet cairn]

ive had nothing but bad experiences with MS accounts so I don't use it personally

My digital license didn't work so I used a MAS script lmao

[umbral heron]

Ya don't have to activate Windows nowadays at all

[gleaming oxide]

Is there a trick to find them listed easily?

[sweet cairn]

the watermark bothers me lmao

[limpid grail]

https://discord.com/channels/167181566978555904/1218288847100711044 Does anybody happen to know if what I'm requesting here actually exists? Or should I just stop being stubborn and use Mod Tap lol

[sweet cairn]

idk just depends on what programs you have installed and what settings matter to you

[gleaming oxide]

Ok btw I also unplugged my D drive and will do the clean install on my c where windows and all drivers are on. Later plug d in and should be fine, right?

[analog sinew]

yes

better that way anyway, windows does funky stuff sometimes with multiple drives

[old marlin]

what

never had that

[gleaming oxide]

Btw guys thank u very much ❤️

[old marlin]

not hurting anything ig?

[analog sinew]

if c is nvme and d sata it sometimes prefers the sata

[old marlin]

what

you tell it what to install to

[gleaming oxide]

Big oof

[sweet cairn]

yes that is best practice

windows installer sometimes freaks out with multiple drives and can be unpredictable, just easier to install on the drive you want then install extra drives

[frozen ingot]

windows installer is ass backwards when it comes to drives/partitions

[analog sinew]

i know and thats how it should be, but this has lead to weird partition stuff for friends and i've read it online too

[old marlin]

interesting

[frozen ingot]

it typically refuses to install on my nvme unless I unplug my storage drives

[old marlin]

never had that happen

[wanton osprey]

is there a solution to the cyberpunk mixed input UI showing controller icons?

[frozen ingot]

doubt it, its a side effect in a lot of games when mixing inputs

[wanton osprey]

what about the crouch toggle not working

[umbral heron]

https://twitter.com/jedisct1/status/1772647350554464448

Frank ⚡ (@jedisct1) on X

First practical SHA-256 collision for 31 steps. #fse2024

Twitter · Mar 26, 2024, 3:30 PM

[wheat plume]

Dafuq is this

[wheat plume]

You know how a lot of websites when using Chrome on Android can change Chrome's URL bar color and whatnot?
Is there a way to turn that off?

[reef patrol]

No, no I do not know that

[wheat plume]

It happens on a lot of sites

[reef patrol]

Literally never heard about this.

[frozen ingot]

and does it affect the user experience in any way

[reef patrol]

But to answer your question - Probably no option there cause Chrome. On Android.

[wheat plume]

True ...

[frozen ingot]

if its purely aesthetics does it matter

[wheat plume]

I just don't like it xd

[umbral heron]

That is <meta> tag in website, afaik you could turn it off in flags

[crimson wigeon]

Could also use a browser that doesn't support that feature

[umbral heron]

This one chrome://flags/#customize-chrome-color-extraction

[reef patrol]

Flags is accessible on android? I wouldn't have thunk 😄

[umbral heron]

Looks like
Missed that's on Android
But I typed it in Chrome and it seems to work

[wheat plume]

Xf

[umbral heron]

Ah wait, that's not it

[wheat plume]

Dafuq is Lacros?

[umbral heron]

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/lacros.md
Basically how Chrome interacts with Wayland in Linux and ChromeOS

[wheat plume]

O

Chrome browser itself used to be the fucking desktop environment on chromeOS?

[umbral heron]

Chrome browser is independent from window manager and rest of the system, hence why Lacros exists
Looks like there isn't flag for it, but I guess you could make a filter for some addon, which would delete <meta name="theme-color"> straight from the website

[old marlin]

what did you expect

[cursive summit]

https://youtu.be/66HkbAGX83g

[umbral heron]

Wow... It now matches 256 LCD Deck

Pretty good price for a dockable PC

[raw zephyr]

Konsola gamingowa!

[umbral heron]

Z1 Extreme version is 600 onion dollars more

[raw zephyr]

I was looking at OLED Steam Deck, but at the same time, I don't think I'd find any use for it..

I'd play for a couple of hours and then never touch it again

[umbral heron]

I play mostly old games on mine, lately AC4

[balmy vector]

Id make it in to an emulator monster when im on campus

[balmy vector]

Ac4 as in black flag?

[umbral heron]

That's my LCD one

[wheat plume]

what tf is a backtracking search procedure in Java?

[umbral heron]

Yup

[balmy vector]

Nice

Good game

[raw zephyr]

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=backtracking+search+procedure+in+Java here you go

[wheat plume]

i did that and im still lost on how to code one of them ;-;

[raw zephyr]

There are examples on geeksforgeeks in different languages: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/backtracking-to-find-all-subsets/

[cursive summit]

Onion dollars?

[umbral heron]

Cebuliony in polish

[cursive summit]

Makes sense, we have a similar word

But what does that have to do with zloty

[umbral heron]

Local joke, on how we call that złotówki

What's Poland if not country of onion and potato

[cursive summit]

Fuck off, my country is one of potatoes

Your country is one of pierogi, ||Auschwitz|| (I thought this was funny, but it's a bit insensitive) and Grzegorz, stay in your lane

Although my country is one of insane alcoholism and suicide rates so, there's that

[analog sinew]

wtf

[umbral heron]

https://tenor.com/view/i'm-inclined-to-agree-agree-sanditon-colbourne-i-agree-gif-3502890921787651617

[analog sinew]

doesn't even make sense, if anything that is associated with germany, it was some random village before that

[wheat plume]

this guy puts the methods above main as if its python...

does it matter where they are on Java, dont think so, right? xd

[ashen spindle]

as if it’s python
millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

[balmy vector]

[ashen spindle]

Ngl first time I’ve seen it compared to pythons instead of C xD

[wheat plume]

C also needs the other methods before the main method?

I've never used C....

[umbral heron]

You can put prototypes before main, and definition* under it

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/function-prototype-in-c/

Although I prefer to just keep main in one file and all other functions in other, with .h pointing in main

[ashen spindle]

Well you see generally newer languages make thing better and keep stuff from older ones, not add complications for no reasons that weren’t used before

[woven laurel]

team c#

[ruby gulch]

Is there any way to keybind to mouse scroll up and down?

[reef patrol]

Not currently.

[ruby gulch]

ugh. I will keep hope alive and keep thinking about it.

[wheat plume]

TIL you can use wildcards with cd command :D

[reef patrol]

Time to invest into macros

[ruby gulch]

I just got this board knowing it is the closest thing I can use to get me there. I wil have to play with the macros and see what can be done.

[crimson wigeon]

Yes because the * expansion (and the others) are done by the shell

[cursive summit]

https://www.techspot.com/news/102410-oled-burn-could-soon-thing-past-thanks-innovative.html

Ahahaha it's starting!

RDDT is now on stock market

[balmy vector]

Oh god

[cursive summit]

Any predictions how hard it'll fall?

I wouldn't give it more than 20$

[balmy vector]

Im betting 20 or lower

[analog sinew]

reddit is ready for its replacement

place is probably 50% bots anyway

[steep creek]

love to see the red line, im coping but hope they bring back third party app support

[umbral heron]

Give it 6 months, it'll be just like with WBD

[balmy vector]

[marsh glade]

Safe bet is 50% of the opening price

[ashen spindle]

stop spamming @dusky glacier

[steep creek]

apple has relased a "revised" version of ios 17.4.1, but it can only be installed via a computer huh
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/27/ios-17-4-1-new-build-number/

[umbral heron]

Backdoor update

[vagrant pagoda]

100% patching a low level vulnerability

[reef patrol]

The jews are at it again. Pesky Israelic security firms, breaking open iOS like a pomegranate

[steep creek]

lmao, i wouldn't be surprised if they already cracked open this revised version too

[reef patrol]

I fully expect them to keep a library of zero days and such stowed away in times of need.

[steep creek]

or if a certain government department pays enough for one

https://vxtwitter.com/spectatorindex/status/1773002047396426166?s=46

[cursive summit]

Unironically a hell of an advertisement for Civ6

[pale sigil]

This is great even if it's tied to musk

Happy for the guy

[analog sinew]

his companies can be alright

spacex is cool too

[smoky frigate]

of all the zillionaires in the world I find him the least lizardy

[analog sinew]

he's just a right wing narcisstic idiot

[hasty thunder]

C# sucks hard...

[ashen spindle]

why do you not like it

[hasty thunder]

because it's awful to program with

C++ is also awful, but at least it has a finer structure than C#

[ashen spindle]

give me an example

[raw zephyr]

c# is what java should've been

[cursive summit]

C# is wonderful

So much better than other C languages

Not that it really has much common with other ones? It's quite different

[ashen spindle]

generic language jerking isnt helping much hence im asking for specifics to see why it's not being liked

[misty saffron]

does anyone know if there are any services as good as ivpn is, but perhaps cheaper?

[pale sigil]

Run your own.

[wheat plume]

oooo these are great prices :D

[pale sigil]

forced prices

[wheat plume]

?

[misty saffron]

in every place on earth?

nah

[steep creek]

just curious isnt ivpn good?

[misty saffron]

it is good but a bit on the pricey side

[pale sigil]

Fixed

[steep creek]

ah

[pale sigil]

$6

[lyric hatch]

C# and Java are cool and all but python is the best 😎

[pale sigil]

Expensive lol

[misty saffron]

they've been excellent while i've abused their free service campaign for ukrainians and russians

[misty saffron]

$60 yearly is a bit too much for a vpn service

[pale sigil]

Bruh that's cheap compared to others lol

[steep creek]

thats fair, i was going to suggest mullvad but thats 5 usd a month so not really that much cheaper

[misty saffron]

but everything good eventually comes to an end

[misty saffron]

yeah, same price yearly anyways

[pale sigil]

Shame you didn't ask a week ago

Windscribe was doing a year for like $20

https://www.hotukdeals.com/share-deal-from-app/4315335

Ayyyup

[misty saffron]

i didn't like windscribe

[pale sigil]

Even less

https://www.hotukdeals.com/share-deal-from-app/4314575

[misty saffron]

you know it's good when it's called fastest vpn

[pale sigil]

Haha I didn't even look into it

But hey

[misty saffron]

"lifetime" too

[pale sigil]

As long as you're not in Russia when using it who cares.

[misty saffron]

those can go fuck themselves

[pale sigil]

Pretty normal for newer VPNs

[misty saffron]

lifetime subscriptions are never normal

[pale sigil]

I got 5 years for £15 when windscribe was new, kinda sad I didn't buy lifetime.

[lyric hatch]

I used pureVPN when I had a need for one

[steep creek]

i just use the proton suite, i like their offerings

[smoky frigate]

proton is pretty good for the cost of $0 on the rare occasions I need to use a vpn

[steep creek]

yep cant complain about free vpns

[misty saffron]

yeah nah

In 2017, PureVPN provided information to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents that helped result in the arrest of a Massachusetts man for cyberstalking.

goodbye

[steep creek]

yikes

[wheat plume]

Is it possible to copy a color scheme from one Wootility profile to another but preserve the key settings on the profile?

[pale sigil]

You're not going to get a good VPN cheap

[lyric hatch]

Yeah pick one or the other

[misty saffron]

ivpn it is then i guess

[lyric hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/get-ya-money-up-gif-26485285

[misty saffron]

i quite enjoy the fact they don't log anything

[smoky frigate]

I heard good stuff about Mullvad, you can get their service anonymously and they even accept mail-in cash for payments

[steep creek]

indeed they do, they're nice

[lyric hatch]

What yall doing on your VPN you need that 🤔

[misty saffron]

same for ivpn actually

[steep creek]

https://mullvad.net/no/blog/mullvad-vpn-was-subject-to-a-search-warrant-customer-data-not-compromised

[smoky frigate]

We argued they had no reason to expect to find what they were looking for and any seizures would therefore be illegal under Swedish law. based

[reef patrol]

Swedes have learned post-piratebay 😄

[misty saffron]

feeling comfortable that some random company doesn’t log which websites i visit and when

DNS is plaintext

[steep creek]

true, especially when you pay for the service haha

[misty saffron]

buying a vpn for russia to not see what i do online, only for some company to do the same for money

[pale sigil]

He is in Russia tbf

[steep creek]

yea fair point, i guess you need a good vpn more than i do

[pale sigil]

Putin will see his LGBT flag

[steep creek]

lol

[pale sigil]

He'll personally knock down his door while riding his horse.

[misty saffron]

stop reminding me of that thing where discord banned some femboy server in russia

[pale sigil]

Or was it bear

[smoky frigate]

"wait a sex, are you posting enemy propaganda again"

[pale sigil]

Can't remember

[lyric hatch]

Don't you just need a smartDNS for that not a VPN

[misty saffron]

you sweet summer child

roskomnadzor also bans ips of what they block

[lyric hatch]

Don't understand if I reset my router I get assigned a new ip

[misty saffron]

reckon i could ask twitter to do the same?

[lyric hatch]

I mean they can't IP ban because my IP isn't static

[pale sigil]

I got an IP ban from twitch once.

I'll let you imagine what caused them to do such a dramatic ban.

[misty saffron]

gamer word in chat

[lyric hatch]

I got ddosed by a guy once just reset my router and joined back within 3 minutes on a new IP

[pale sigil]

I miss having a static ip

But it does have it's perks not having one

[misty saffron]

ok so look

[smoky frigate]

you called someone a simp

[misty saffron]

you being able to get a new ip allocated to you does nothing to russia's attempts at censorship

[lyric hatch]

Yeah having to setup a dynamic dns for servers is an extra step but it's not too bad

[pale sigil]

I was IP banned from the sea or thieves discord for posting Pepe

[misty saffron]

this is what i see when trying to visit twitter

DPI does this

[pale sigil]

Well duh

It's x.com now

😒

[umbral heron]

Twitter? Blessing in disguise

[lyric hatch]

Facts

[smoky frigate]

moving to russia

[lyric hatch]

Cesspool of the internet

[pale sigil]

They don't get ads either

[misty saffron]

well not exactly, roskomnadzor in their infinite wisdom also blocked google's user-generated image cdns

[pale sigil]

YouTube premium for everyone

[misty saffron]

i get no thumbnails or avatars on youtube

actually i get thumbnails on pc, not on phone

[umbral heron]

Why would they block CDNs of all things?

[misty saffron]

butthurt about ukrainian flags

this has been my life

[smoky frigate]

kinda surprised they let you watch the youtoobs

[steep creek]

feelsbad

[lyric hatch]

Internet censorship very cringe 😬

[ashen spindle]

https://chipsandcheese.com/2024/03/27/why-x86-doesnt-need-to-die/ finally something good to link when that discussion comes up again

[misty saffron]

vpunpcklqdq my beloved

[smoky frigate]

why yes why not make 95% of consumer software incompatible to satisfy a few fanatics

[umbral heron]

Welcome to the elitist part of Linux community

[steep creek]

couple folks on youtube love saying x86 is dying lol

[misty saffron]

the other part is busy installing gpu drivers

[smoky frigate]

??? welcome to fantasy land

[ashen spindle]

ever since M1 people think arm= better

[steep creek]

yea, i mean os and software is a big player in performance and battery and all

[umbral heron]

Bought PS2 gamepad
100% working, prisitine condition

Opened it up - rumble motor cables are broken

[misty saffron]

[umbral heron]

And it looks like seller and me have different standards when it comes to calling something "cleaned"

[smoky frigate]

I like the dualshock 3, it just runs with zero fuss on loonix and I can play my phony gaystation games just how I remembered them

[reef patrol]

Proprietary USB standard

[umbral heron]

I have DualSense for my PS3 and PC
But I wanted to get that PS2 gamepad, so I'll have fully pink PS2 set
I guess I'll just solder those wires back

[smoky frigate]

there was an official Sony driver that worked for windows... DirectInput only lol, and all the mappings were fucked up by default

[smoky frigate]

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/03/08/the-apple-curl-security-incident-12604/comment-page-1/#comment-26945

I recently found this comment and it illustrates the deranged people FOSS often attracts

[reef patrol]

Sorry wireless* standard. I remember how bothersome they are to connect to an rPI 😄

[fair gull]

you mean the PS now drivers?

[smoky frigate]

oh yeah. afaik it uses bluetooth, but in a weird roundabout way. I think it was made trivial to use on newer loonix kernels, but I do not completely trust it 😛

[fair gull]

tbh not an issue if its only DInput on windows... can run anything through steam big picture and practically convert any controller to another

[smoky frigate]

nope, these: https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2854-sce-wireless-controller-driver-v3000-official-drivers-for-dualshock-3/

do not let the submitted date fool you, these are very old, but worked on 10 when I tested them

it was also the only thing that worked for me lol. all other methods failed

[fair gull]

i only know of the ps now drivers for ds3 and ds4

[reef patrol]

Yeah I think it was like an early standard, before it was finalized. So at least on rPi4 you either connected PS3 controllers...or literally anything else. Couldn't mix 😄

[smoky frigate]

at the time I was making an emulation PC that connected to an old tube television, it did not cross my mind to install PS now... I would probably try that now instead lel

[fair gull]

wonder if theyll allow ps5 controllers in ps now at some point

[latent mural]

Hi

[latent mural]

wooting mouse when

[gentle osprey]

When your friend ask you to help them build a $1500 pc and you tell em to spend half the budget on the GPU but they insist on only spending $300 on the GPU…

[ashen spindle]

ooof

I mean, have them wait a year till big APUs come and that almost works out then

[gentle osprey]

Right lol

These were the builds I made for em

The "If I had $1500 [White] Endgame Setup(s)"

• 4070 Ti Variant
  https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ytq6VW

• 7900 XT Variant
  https://pcpartpicker.com/list/h7gT7R

• Watercooling Variant
  https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FzsHjH

Ideally you want to spend half of whatever your budget is on the GPU alone
Based on what I've learned and been told

But bro wants to spend only $300 on GPU and get like a 3060 12gb or 7600xt

[ashen spindle]

lmfao

I mean, give him a build with a 7800x3d and he can upgrade his gpu when he notices how shit that 3060 will be

otherwise yeah these builds are fine, I wouldn't watercool that cpu because that just is added cost unless its one of the these "but it looks better" reasons

[wheat plume]

cries in 1660

[gentle osprey]

Yeah I only added that cause they’re obsessed with aesthetics and don’t like air coolers but I told em a $30 air cooler is fine for that cpu

I tried to help

They didn’t listen lol

[ashen spindle]

dont tell me the monitor is also going to be 1440p or 4k

[gentle osprey]

It is

[ashen spindle]

oh god

[gentle osprey]

Yep

I tried to explain everything

I’m like why you ask me if you’re not gonna take my advice

[ashen spindle]

at that point you hope they either play nothing but csgo or will be quiet after they run alan wake at 20fps

[frozen ingot]

running a 1440p with a 2060 and its fighting an increasingly uphill battle with every new title

[lyric hatch]

Bro just wants to play dragons dogma 2

[chrome lava]

27GR95QE is this worth 500 euros?

[lyric hatch]

I wouldn't that one doesn't get bright enough

[alpine ibex]

?

[lyric hatch]

I'm using it right now at 100% brightness it doesn't get anywhere near as bright as my IPS sitting next to it

It looks dim

So if you game in a basement with no light it might be a good option otherwise I'd get something that gets brighter 💡

Lots of new brighter OLEDs that are out now or coming out later this year

[gentle osprey]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jQfHZJ

What they ended up coming up with vs what I sent

https://tenor.com/view/steve-harvey-speechless-blank-face-confused-no-words-gif-7298121

Not my money

[reef patrol]

Fascinating.-

[gentle osprey]

Yeah just kinda hate seeing people waste money on PC parts, cause I been there done that

To each their own

[mild dome]

Spent more money on the cooler then the cpu, like damn bro. You might only look at it once a month

[gentle osprey]

Simply because they don't like how Air Coolers look

and even so, there's cheaper AIOs

[mild dome]

I am alittle guilty of spending a lil on aesthetic, like I bought some etching fluid to put my D&D familiar onto the glass panel, but I prioritised performance

[sweet cairn]

I'll never understand these builds lmao

You can have a better PC for the same money if you skipped the bullshit.

[gentle osprey]

Yeah I tried, they being too stubborn/ignorant

[sweet cairn]

CPU cooler literally more expensive than the cpu

Fans cost more than the case

B tier PSU for 240USD?

[gentle osprey]

apparently it was $124 when they got it

[sweet cairn]

My A tier 1000W was cheaper lmao

[gentle osprey]

But either way

I told em they could get a diff pc case that's cheaper and a normal PSU instead of SFX for cheaper

[sweet cairn]

if it does what thy need it to do and they are happy with what it looks like then whatever, but if they want the strongest PC for the money then yikes lol

[gentle osprey]

Same , I got my Corsair RM1000x for $120

[sweet cairn]

I got an FSP Hydro Pro Ti 1000W for 275CAD

I have a RM1000e but it's fan drove me crazy so I went for the most silent PSU I could find.

[gentle osprey]

Haha fair, I never hear mine

[sweet cairn]

I could literally hear the PSU fan turn on and off from across the house.

[gentle osprey]

Jeez

[sweet cairn]

Turns out it was a common issue for the RM1000e, I got it because I couldn't find any RM1000x in stock that had support for atx3

https://forum.corsair.com/forums/topic/184088-rm1000e-fan-issue/

It's more rattley in person and doesn't get drown out by any noise so it always stands out

[gentle osprey]

Ah was it only the 1000e version and not the 1000x?

[sweet cairn]

ye

https://streamable.com/cmz234

[gentle osprey]

I know they used cheaper parts in the e

[sweet cairn]

Yeah from what I red it was mostly just the fan being a cheaper one

[gentle osprey]

Fair enough

I think the capacitors are diff too

[sweet cairn]

I've read of people swapping the fan out ... but tbh if it's getting to that I'd rather just sell it and get another one which is what I am doing. Maybe ill swap out the PSUs this weekend, I hate connecting psu cables.

[gentle osprey]

Yeah Id rather get another

[nimble canopy]

he going to spent more time looking at his pc then at the monitor

not even a 5800x3d

[gentle osprey]

Yeah, I'm tryna not come off as a dick or anything but he's just like
"Trust me ive tried pushing the functionality over form lol"
and I'm like okay

[alpine ibex]

who tf uses 100% brightness

do you have a ton of lights in the background?

i used like 10-15% on my AQN

[alpine ibex]

ew… 6 cores in 2024

even for gaming

[gentle osprey]

the 7600 is pretty solid tbh but yeah I feel it

idk if you read the rest of the context lol

[alpine ibex]

its meh i would take a 14400 or 13400 over that esp when it comes to value. ddr4 is good even in 2024

[alpine ibex]

not really

[gentle osprey]

Ah okay, yeah friend asked for advice for a PC build for his gf, wants white, $1500 budget, doesn't like air coolers

[nimble canopy]

i assure you the 2 lian li unfans are essential for functionality

[sweet cairn]

As is the AIO cpu cooler that is more than the price of the CPU.

Hell even the mobo is more expensive than the CPU.

Wild distribution of funds.

[gentle osprey]

I told em you said that and he pointed out that it has -$30 promo lol

[sweet cairn]

"As is the AIO cpu cooler that is almost the same price as the CPU"

[gentle osprey]

Yeah I know lol

[sweet cairn]

Bro can have a way stronger PC if he took some advice

[gentle osprey]

Yep

[nimble canopy]

when i saw the 300$ gpu i tought well guesd they spending 600 on the cpu
but no not even 150

[lyric hatch]

Big natural light called the sun

[gentle osprey]

Yeah I shared with him all of your guys opinions and I think he just got offended but it's like, people tryna keep it real and save you money lol

and then to ask for advice and not listen

[sweet cairn]

Nobody insulted him, we just think the build he put together is not really good and he either doesn't know what he is doing or just has different priorities which is fine. If you want a basic PC and you want it to look a certain way, have at it.

[gentle osprey]

What I said

[sweet cairn]

But if you are trying to get the best PC for the money, you couldn't make a worse build.

[nimble canopy]

it looks like a build to just show off on the internet

[sweet cairn]

RGB adds 10% frames type post lmao

[lyric hatch]

It be like that, sometimes you gotta let people find out themselves, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink

[gleaming oxide]

ok all files are intact on my D drive after plugging it in again, but neither Steam nor epic recognize the file and when installing new games steam says there is 0 memory...

well actually it made a new folder instead of using the old one. so i tried using the old one and steam doesnt recognize memory

oh wow i somehow solved it XDD

ok next epicgames...

[astral haven]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvdng6cqlhI
oooooh
the 480hz mode can run with black bars at 1080p although it seems to be scaling still

i really want this but 42 inch and 5k240/1440p480

[lyric hatch]

Not sure if they'll ever make a switch monitor in that size

[astral haven]

i would very much doubt it lol

[lyric hatch]

I am tempted to get that one but isn't asus also bringing out a version with the same panel?

[astral haven]

🤷 everyone and their dog will be releasing this panel

[lyric hatch]

By the time it comes out in NZ I'm sure there will be plenty of reviews out

[cloud yarrow]

sm1 pmo to the best 240hz 1080p monitor

[lyric hatch]

32" 1080p sounds rough though

Maybe if I push it back far enough

[astral haven]

32 with integer

but you can do 27 and 24 scaled

i thought it would be 32 only but apparently you can chose

this probably also means that the panel can do 480hz 1440p native and its being held back by the ddic

which is pretty hype imo

[lyric hatch]

Yeah well I wonder if we'll see the 5k 240hz and 1440p 480hz in a year or two

[astral haven]

considering how few 5k there are, my hopes are low

[balmy vector]

Monitor tech in general has been very fun to watch these past few years

[lyric hatch]

Seems like it was stagnant for a long time

Now it's speeding along

[balmy vector]

Yeah, its so refreshing to see

[astral haven]

when has it ever been lol

[lyric hatch]

I mean I got a 1440p 165hz monitor back in 2015 seems like just recently monitors have been coming out which are actual upgrades

[astral haven]

the first hdr monitor was 2018 (checkerboard around 1,5k:1) peak 1k
same year as the first 4k144hz
maybe 2019 was a bit barren?
the first 1440p240hz was 2020 and it had passable hdr with fast va hard carrying
2021 brought us miniled at 4k144hz
the first 4k240hz was 2022 and it was miniled as well as fast va
2023 brought qdoled

2022 also brought regular oled

point is weve been riding a really sweet wave of monitors

what am i saying 2019 was a bit barren
it got us 8k60/4k120 tvs

now noone liked them but it happened

8k65 is the same density as 4k32, so 8k55 is pretty awesome with its density matching 4k27

[lyric hatch]

I mean what was between 2015-2019?

[gritty latch]

can anyone cash app me 200 so i can get a wooting 60he

[sweet cairn]

pls stop spamming every channel, no one is giving you money

[gritty latch]

hey be nice

[sweet cairn]

i am nice, i asked you politely

[gritty latch]

thats true

[latent mural]

No such thing as a free trip to Disneyland

[gritty latch]

yeah i guess ill have to wait dfor my bday

[latent mural]

Thatta boy! Stay away from anyone willing to cash app you kid. They might wanna stare at your butt hole or something.

[mild dome]

Buy bitcoin and lose all your dad's money

[gritty latch]

yo what

[gritty latch]

lmao

[latent mural]

It's a hard knock life bucko

[gritty latch]

lol

i just want one so badlyyk

[sweet cairn]

bro get a job damn

[gritty latch]

no

[latent mural]

I want a hooker everyday

[sweet cairn]

ew

[gritty latch]

wild

[latent mural]

Idk how old you are but you have a human fifi mentality. Get a damn job. Rob a homeless guy for his meth and re sell it.

[gritty latch]

how old you think i am

[astral haven]

ulmb, 1440p165hz with sync 2015
2015 also brought the first freesync monitors
1080p240hz 2016 and pascal which could actually drive insane high res displays
ultrawide hrr started in 2017 for the people who like that stuff
2018 was 4k144
doing some googling since i forgot 2019 entirely:
2019 was the first oled 4k120hz although it was 55 inch
first samsung dual 1440p panel
nvidia added freesync support

[latent mural]

13

[gritty latch]

yeah

[latent mural]

Wash cars and sell burritos

[gritty latch]

why

[latent mural]

I give up on this state our youth is in. We are doomed.

[sweet cairn]

theres always been lazy bums and there always will be

[gritty latch]

ik ur talking about me but i do agree

[gritty latch]

the edu is so messed up and there is no parental supervision nowadays

[latent mural]

Am I that transparent?

[latent mural]

Find a mexican roofing crew. You'll make your keyboard money in a week.

Sell drugs...DO SOMETHING GOD DAMNIT

[gritty latch]

ill just wait till my bday

[steep creek]

Focus on your education

[gritty latch]

no

[latent mural]

I have nothing

[gritty latch]

same

[latent mural]

Just....be ready for a butt hole sharing kinda life. Laters dweeb.

[gritty latch]

ok later

[mild dome]

Ask your parents for extra chores for cash

[alpine ibex]

man air coolers at that budget r good esp bc most of them r super low power

[alpine ibex]

ouch

idk man put up some shades or play at night lol

[crisp granite]

for that kind of money, you can't get components that a decent air cooler can't handle xD

especially when you're splashing out for the white tax

[lyric hatch]

I have blinds but it's nice letting some light through during the day, I'm just going to buy a brighter monitor (I don't actually own the LG 27GR95QE-B borrowing from a friend)

[alpine ibex]

i like sunlight as well but most the time im busy till sunset anyway so light is never an issue

[sharp badger]

@cursive summit They've released the new buds 👀 https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/eur/en/products/melomania/melomania-m100

[final flame]

interesting, cambridge isn't very known at all for audio devices outside of dacs and amps

[sharp badger]

Was thinking of getting the Melomania 1+ because of the positive reviews but that was a while ago, the fit seemed bad on the M1+ though

[marsh glade]

I got the Melomania five years ago or so, enjoyed them for several years. Towards the end of warranty I had an issue with them that they were happy to replace with a new unit. Unfortunately the new unit two years later also experienced an issue with one of the two buds

Based on that experience, I'm highly considering getting these, but 200e is a whole lot...

[cursive summit]

I had Melomania Touch for a few years now and they are incredibly good sounding

Has issues though with sometimes connection breaking

Or just refusing to pair

[cursive summit]

Not known, but they had really good TWS buds for years

200€ isn't that much though considering their 90€ Touch was far better sounding than anything Apple ever released

These are prolly incredible

[marsh glade]

If their 90e was so great, why would I spend more than double that for also great? 🤔

[sharp badger]

https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/gbr/en/products/melomania/melomania-m100/hikerdelic-how-high-edition They've got some "limited" version too

[cursive summit]

Hm, even wireless charging

And they brought back the hi-fi mode lol, except this time they have some strong solid state amps in there

[primal pagoda]

What is good guys

Im a little confused right now

I need a 60-65% keyboard but idk whether to get a $55 gaming keyboard, a $120 keyboard or a wooting.

[raw zephyr]

👋

[primal pagoda]

It's not completely out of my budget but idk if I need it 🙂

[raw zephyr]

Definitely Wooting :)

[rough patrol]

Dont get a 55 dollar keyboard, 120 dollar keyboard is probably fine but at that point ur more than half way so might as well go for the wooting

[primal pagoda]

I mostly just play counter strike and Helldivers2

[raw zephyr]

Save up a little more and get a Wooting, you won't be disappointed

[primal pagoda]

@rough patrol BRO that is exactly what I was thinking

I dont want to get a $120 keyboard and be unhappy eih it

Idk if it's the marketing or what but this wooting is stuck in my head

[rough patrol]

Tbh a good 120 usd keyboard will make you happy but if you want the best thing for gaming then wooting is the way to go

[primal pagoda]

Yeah

[rough patrol]

Like, will it matter for you? Probably not

[primal pagoda]

I have a ducky one two mini and I really miss the arrow keys on it

Ik wooting has the mod tap thing

[raw zephyr]

You can preorder the 80HE now and by the time you get it you will forget you even ordered it.

[primal pagoda]

Ikr hahah

[rough patrol]

A welcome surprise

[primal pagoda]

However my need is a 60-65%

I keep hitting my mouse on my current hyperx tkl keyboard

[rough patrol]

I dont think the 60he has arrow keys on it

[primal pagoda]

I need smaller cause I have long arms and play on low sems

Sens

[raw zephyr]

But you just said you miss arrow keys on your current keyboard

[primal pagoda]

True

But doesn't wooting have mod tap

[raw zephyr]

Yep

https://youtu.be/ei2I7wYRHlI

[primal pagoda]

In the ducky you have to press fn and then IJKL which is really awkward to do with one hand

[raw zephyr]

I can imagine, I use FN + WASD

[primal pagoda]

Lemme watch this mod tap thing

As far as I understand you tap and it works as arrow keys. You hold and it works as the key it says.

[raw zephyr]

Yep exactly

[primal pagoda]

Ok thats very good then

Now I gotta make a choice 🥲

[umbral heron]

80he

[primal pagoda]

Very good option but tkl is too big for me

[umbral heron]

It's a bit narrower than TKL, but I get it
60HE then

[cursive summit]

https://youtu.be/irTvm_uMDOw

Mic seems to have good audio isolation but not great quality

That case though is TINY

Seems the audio is about on par with wf-1000xm5

While being priced quite a bit lower

[umbral heron]

End of month, and it's suffering time again...
Why does Jira exists...

[shadow minnow]

Cambridge mentioned?

[sharp badger]

Will check this later, would want a good mic though 🧑‍💻👍

[steep creek]

Cambridge student?

[shadow minnow]

Offer holder, hopefully student in October

[steep creek]

Awesome congrats, and do your best

[shadow minnow]

Thank you!!

[tall rock]

Atlassian?

[whole axle]

Which is better between the 60he and the kb65he?

[cursive summit]

The what

[whole axle]

Wooting 60he or the EGG Kb65he

I’m deciding between those rn

I just don’t know the difference

[cursive summit]

Whatever that is, it's not as good as a Wooting

"When combined with our Rapid Trigger Technology", piss off mothercluckers, you didn't invent it

Whatever that company is it's a blatant copymill with none of the quality

[whole axle]

I mean I wouldn’t say that

I have their op1 8k mouse

Technically the best performance wise

I just don’t know much about keyboards

[rough patrol]

Wooting has the best implementation of any company with analog boards

[whole axle]

Ah gotcha

Ty

[vale haven]

2 companies hold a patent for it - since it is protected, it would be hard to copy it 😉

[cursive summit]

Rapid Trigger isn't patented

Nor is it copyrighted

[rough patrol]

Biggest fumble, not patenting it

[ashen spindle]

Nope done on purpose

[cursive summit]

Also, shouldn't you be using your own company's keyboards?

[vale haven]

Yeah, let me stay in my bubble and not use competitors products

And obviously, I am using our own board as well

[analog sinew]

DOUBLE AGENT UNCOVERED

[cursive summit]

Considering Wooting literally gives employees and contributors free gear such as latest keyboards, uh,why wouldn't you use your own keyboard when it's free

[umbral heron]

Yeah, that piece of junk

[tall rock]

Lmao i use it everyday at work

Worst part

[whole axle]

You sound mad defensive I just asked a simple question lmao

[cursive summit]

What, I wasn't talking to you

[whole axle]

You did tho? Your response to me had the “piss off mothercluckers”

Kinda defensive

[cursive summit]

It wasn't targeted towards you but the company whose product you wanted to buy

Hence plural form of clucker

[whole axle]

Rightttt

https://tenor.com/view/copium-meme-pepe-frog-gif-26117735

[cursive summit]

Huh

You work for EGG or something?

[whole axle]

No

[fossil orchid]

this guy is always so mad for 0

lmao

[whole axle]

I just don’t get the passive aggressive response for something as a simple question?

Lmao

[ashen spindle]

Because if you don’t let people use other gear how are they supposed to find things done better elsewhere, or what if the formfactor you prefer the most doesn’t exist etc. seems very simple that there are plenty of reasons to use other companies gear and not just your own

[whole axle]

I was asking the main differences between the two boards not your opinion on why they are mothercluckers

[cursive summit]

I'm not mad, just always passive aggressive to the max

[fossil orchid]

maybe if u know that u should try to fix it

[cursive summit]

Hell no, that'd mean no fun

[vale haven]

I'm quite friendly my love 😉

[fossil orchid]

unsuprising

[vale haven]

^

[whole axle]

Or you are just weird tbh

[cursive summit]

Innit?

[whole axle]

Bro said innit

[reef patrol]

Proper geezer

[cursive summit]

Innit??

[cursive summit]

No real hard feelings to a CM of a company, you don't call the shots

Someone did consciously design a product that's just a knockoff though

[vale haven]

Oof, we haven't talked and you already drawing conclusions about what I do

[cursive summit]

It's.. in your about

[vale haven]

I really have to explain how things work in a smaller company now?

[cursive summit]

Are we trying to reinvent the role of Community Manager?

[vale haven]

Nevermind 🙂

[cursive summit]

If you got extra stuff tacked on, it's fine, still a CM

No hard feelings either way

[fossil orchid]

I recommend not talking to this person nothing good can come of it

[whole axle]

Backtracking is wild

[vale haven]

Seems like good advice

[fossil orchid]

[vale haven]

Same 🙂

[sharp badger]

Oh got the One UI 6.1 update now 🤖

[cursive summit]

https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-copilot-ai-will-soon-run-locally-on-pcs-130642514.html

I doubt you can run GPT-4 that well with simple desktop chips

[balmy vector]

Ah yes, the thing i will never use

[cursive summit]

Microsoft loves bloatwaring their OS

Well, at least you can somewhat debloat it with latest EU regulations

[balmy vector]

Every day gets better to switch to linux

[cursive summit]

Ew

Spent years on Linux, never again

https://www.techspot.com/news/102419-tcl-soon-launch-115-inch-variant-x955-europe.html

Still minileds

Samsung could just make a microled already

[balmy vector]

Micro would be nice

[cursive summit]

Well microled would just be an outright superior tech than any OLEDs currently existing

I suppose if they completely negate the burnin, there was a recently posted study on how to, OLEDs could stay incredibly relevant cause of price and lack of dimming zones

https://www.xda-developers.com/windows-ai-pc-must-add-copilot-key/?user=bWlrZWF3ZXNvbWUzQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ

This is just nauseating

[balmy vector]

Copilot is so annoying lol

[cursive summit]

Literally why I'm never upgrading to Windows 11

[sharp badger]

The M100 microphone is not that good as you said

[balmy vector]

Why use it when just normally using gpt is a thing

[cursive summit]

I am hellbent to die with 10 and then, who knows, either hop onto 10 LTSC, or maybe by then Linux won't be complete ass

[cursive summit]

GPT-4 isn't free on OpenAIs webpage, Microsoft's version is

[steep creek]

i am slowly starting to like linux more

[cursive summit]

Although I started using Anthropic's Claude 3

It's so much less restricted than GPT-4

[steep creek]

i dont want my os to be bombarded with ai and all these features i have no interest in

[sharp badger]

Haven't really had too many problems with W11

[balmy vector]

Win11 only huge issue is that god damn bloat

[steep creek]

same im happy with w11 for now but will see how it goes

[jade ridge]

I have been tolerating W11 but at this rate it looks like Linux is gonna be my daily driver within a few weeks

[sharp badger]

Can always debloat

[balmy vector]

Cant get rid of copilot though

[cursive summit]

I wish someone just patched up Windows 7 or 8 to modern standards so I can downgrade

[balmy vector]

Or edge

[jade ridge]

Right, there's only so much you can do in terms of debloat

[vale haven]

It's horrible. After every installation it costs you more time to get rid of all that bs, than installing the os itself.

[cursive summit]

In EU you can finally debloat I suppose most of things now?

Idk, I don't touch 11, it's ick

[balmy vector]

Since im in NA, wont be happening lol

[vale haven]

I believe it's hard to get the latency right, since you have to sync up the leds with the screen. It does look nice on the macbook next to me, have to admit that. And being worry free about burn-in is just nice as well...

[steep creek]

my country doesnt have copilot built into the os yet, so im happy

[vale haven]

Yeah, correct, due to new DMA / DSA regulations

[tall rock]

Just be careful about free AI tools, ain’t getting away with privacy proof

[cursive summit]

Lotta tags

[cursive summit]

What's a free AI tool?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424179-ai-chatbots-are-improving-at-an-even-faster-rate-than-computer-chips/

[jade ridge]

There's probably some kind of registry hacks you can use to disable most of the new bloat that was introduced in W11

[balmy vector]

Probably

[tall rock]

3.5 gpt, Microsoft copilot and stuff

[vale haven]

They are investing so much in their new OLED tech iirc

Doubt it will be happening that they start focusing on microled

Unfortunately.

[cursive summit]

Samsung has the only microled product out right now that you can buy

It's not a cash starved company

Sammy will prolly be first to field microleds out and proper

LG will just continue to dominate the OLED market

[jade ridge]

I'm just disgusted at how aggressively Microsoft has been pushing their new so-called features. Remember how annoyed people were at W10 officially becoming "software-as-a-service"? That was just the beginning

[cursive summit]

Well soon Windows will become OS-as-a-service

[jade ridge]

Even W10 Pro users complained of the lack of control they had over their OS at the time, and even LTSB had some holdover issues

[cursive summit]

Since they are transitioning to a new-OS-per-year model

Or was it biyearly?

One of those

[jade ridge]

You could argue it already was since the start of W10

[vale haven]

They still offer stand alone versions of office and that also is happening for the new office, so that's a good sign

But yeah, I would only pay for os-aas, if I can get it completely bloat free

[cursive summit]

Cloud is simply going to take over even more

[vale haven]

In essence, that's not a bad thing.

I'm very happy with how for example apple handles the iCloud backups and how you can restore your phone

[jade ridge]

Naw the fact they kept Office 365 going for so long already put a bad taste in my mouth, I have long since moved to LibreOffice

[cursive summit]

Bad for ownership of your data

[vale haven]

Something like that for macOS or Windows would be great

But you do need to keep the option to have things locally

For indeed the ownership reason

[cursive summit]

And it's always nice to have something physical, even if it's a digital install

But with cloud you don't own anything, not even the software files

[steep creek]

i agree, as long as it gives me the choice im fine with either

[vale haven]

Yeah, but same applies to your steam account for example

Licenses everywhere

[cursive summit]

That is fair

[vale haven]

It is scary though, how much is connected to some accounts

And the power that a few companies have over it

[wheat plume]

😅 so much swap used damn

[balmy vector]

More!!

[jade ridge]

I wonder how many people know, or even care, about the command line trick to avoid creating a Microsoft account on a fresh W11 install

[wheat plume]

Apparently it doesnt work on the new builds :/

[jade ridge]

Are you serious?

[wheat plume]

I may be wrong but thats what I heard from some people recently

[vale haven]

Just use Rufus

[steep creek]

What I did last time was to just enter in the email [e-mail] and nothanks as pass worked just fine

[wheat plume]

I cant bypass the login anyway, unless I wanna use unactivated Windows

[wheat plume]

Yeah, this way seems fine for now

[vale haven]

You can with Rufus, when creating the ISO you can select the option to: Disable Account Creation bla bla

[steep creek]

Rufus too I think should work

[vale haven]

https://rufus.ie/nl/

[wheat plume]

Yeah I know :D

[jade ridge]

Rufus seems to be the only option now, no more "official" ways to bypass account creation

That is disapponting

[wheat plume]

The Official way to is buy Windows Pro .-.

[vale haven]

Not even when you disconnect ethernet/wifi?

[jade ridge]

It will just keep asking you to connect to the Internet iirc

[wheat plume]

afaik on home it wont let you continue setup until you get internet connection, you just got to stay in setup until then unless you do the command bypass

[balmy vector]

Classic

[ashen spindle]

Just don’t activate windows and use the pro I’ve been using an unactivated version for like 3 years now and I doubt they stopped that

[wheat plume]

I dont like the watermark or the lack of changing wallpaper

[ashen spindle]

You can change wallpaper

[steep creek]

Yea that’s what I do too, no issues

[jade ridge]

Same even if it feels very slightly wrong I just use the unactivated version

[ashen spindle]

And the watermark doesn’t even appear until some time later + on ultrawide screen I ignore it even more

[jade ridge]

There are registry hacks you can use to disable some of the limitations

[vale haven]

Oof that's annoying.

[steep creek]

But when I go into settings it says it’s activated so guess it’s tied to my hardware

[wheat plume]

the problem gets worse on wifi, if you dont have wifi but it detects wifi networks around you, it wont let you skip

[vale haven]

@wheat plume I would try Rufus first, create the image at the end you can select these additional options.

[wheat plume]

so even if there is wifi nearby, but its not yours, you cant connect to it, it still wont let you bypass connecting to wifi

[ashen spindle]

So just disable wifi if that’s the case

Seems like a non issue if you already work around it

[vale haven]

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/elon-musk-blasts-microsoft-about-windows-11s-account-requirement-takes-several-hours-to-bypass-it

[wheat plume]

strange, I thought hed be a Mac user

[jade ridge]

Putting your device in a Faraday cage just to spite Microsoft and their account creation protocol, that would be funny

[wheat plume]

since his OS in Tesla cars takes inspiration from Mac

[vale haven]

Yeah, thought the same

[steep creek]

He says while making twitter unusable without an account

[fair gull]

ah yes the world where people can only ever use 1 OS ever

[vale haven]

nAh YoU jUsT hAvE tO PaY a SmaLL fEe

[cursive summit]

Well, yes

[steep creek]

lol

[wheat plume]

LOL

his main complaint was the laptop connecting automatically to an unprotected network he didnt own

[vale haven]

Which is wild

[fair gull]

his main concern wasnt even that someone still has unprotected wifi hotspots who isnt mcdonalds or starbucks

[wheat plume]

I expect such shit practises from Windows, tbh

[steep creek]

I don’t think that has happened to me, taken my laptop to the library with open wifi a few times

[jade ridge]

I'll have to read the article that sounds so stupid

[vale haven]

I thought they were doing better lately, then I saw the news about their mandatory (?) AI / co pilot button on new laptops

[fair gull]

has never happened to me either. but android always tries to

[steep creek]

Yea my iPhone asks me if I’d like to connect but doesn’t force it

[wheat plume]

You can turn it off on Android too, dev options > Throttle WIFI scanning

[ashen spindle]

the new laptop button is just right windows key, doesnt really change much because nobody uses that anyway but it exists

[fair gull]

that doesnt sound like turning it off but sure

[jade ridge]

When I used to have an Android it has never done anything like that thankfully

[wheat plume]

there is a few settigns to turn off

[cursive summit]

Stopped at "used to have an android"

[vale haven]

You can turn that off btw 😉

[steep creek]

Yep I like it tho

[fair gull]

yes let me turn off wifi scanning so i have to manually search for the wifi i wanna connect to instead of it being in the list

that sounds like what i totally want

[wheat plume]

?

no, it autoconnects to networks you have previously saved still

I get to my sisters house, it connects itself, same for aunts house

so that works like normal

[jade ridge]

I don't have a high opinion of any mobile OS

[fair gull]

no shit but im not connected to all wifis ill ever wanna connect to

[wheat plume]

idk what you mean

[fair gull]

wifi scanning means it automatically searches for SSIDs around you

be it saved or not

it autoconnecting should not even be hardlinked to that

[vale haven]

Wondering if SteamOS is also a mobile os or not :-p

[wheat plume]

It still scans when you open the wifi tile

[jade ridge]

Do you think they'll ever make a Linux compatibility layer for general PCs that is as good as the one for Steam Deck?

[wheat plume]

lol no

[fair gull]

so we got an even bigger problem

[jade ridge]

I might have asked the question wrong

[fair gull]

its called scanning but doesnt influence scanning

gg

[wheat plume]

Deck literally just uses Proton, you can use proton on any Linux you want to

Proton is Valve's fork of WINE, but its available in all Linux distros...not just SteamOS

[unkempt lake]

Wine works on macos too

[umbral heron]

But only Intel ones

[fair gull]

nope

arm as well

[jade ridge]

I feel stupid now

Really, I hadn't considered this question until now because my Linux is only for development

[wheat plume]

Is Deck your first time with Linux?

oh

[jade ridge]

Never used it for anything else

[wheat plume]

Fair enough :D

Fair xd most people dont

[jade ridge]

Also I don't own a Deck

[raw zephyr]

I run linux on my main gaming pc

[vale haven]

For me, with the exception of some stupid testing when I was younger, yes.

Am using macOS for 10 years+ or so, which shares some similarities i'd say

[wheat plume]

I hate and love that Valve decided to make SteamOS read-only

1. Its great so new Linux users dont fuck up their system by accident
2. but on the other side, it heavily limits what software can run on Deck unless you disable read only, but then everything you change and install is wiped on next SteamOS version update

[raw zephyr]

I actually have a much better experience with AMD GPU + Linux when compared to Windows, their drivers are such a mess..

[wheat plume]

yeah

AMD is far better on Linux :D :P

Their drivers are built right into the kernel

[vale haven]

Can understand what you're saying, but for me it feels 'safe'

[wheat plume]

So they basically come with the OS preinstalled and loads them in if it detects the correct hardware

[fair gull]

on a related note how do i change my wine language... i dont even know what this is

[vale haven]

Believe AMD actually does a lot for the Linux community, especially compared to nvidia

Unless that changed over the recent years.

[wheat plume]

it hasnt .-.

[raw zephyr]

Yes indeed

[wheat plume]

Nvidia is worse on Linux than ever before

[jade ridge]

Nvidia has been collaborating slightly more with the Linux community but that hasn't done much

[vale haven]

Yeah, because they got so much backlash / shit for it

[jade ridge]

Yeah I second this opinion

[umbral heron]

With NVK and Nova hopefully it'll change soon

[vale haven]

Which is quite typical for them tbh

[raw zephyr]

try LANG="en_US.UTF8" wine YourBinary.exe maybe? Never had that happen lol

[fair gull]

i mainly wanna fix the double click execution to use the right lang

[umbral heron]

I think it just takes from /etc/locale.conf

[raw zephyr]

Yeah, I dont know how MacOS does locales

[wheat plume]

oh

neat

I think i went a bit overboard with my hosts file

[fair gull]

breh

cant even change the LC variables

what is this

[umbral heron]

C is "computer locale", defaults to ASCII in streams and US for humans basically, you can throw it in locale if some programs have problems with localization, I do LC_ALL=C on my PCs too

[fair gull]

welp its the only thing i can find as to why wine is using whatever language it is using

[umbral heron]

Yeah, it should default to English in this case

Maybe desktop environment locale settings? KDE for example sometimes likes to override locale with its own settings

[wheat plume]

oh yeah I had that issue with some app previously :/ you need to edit the KDE specific locale file

[wheat plume]

is this mac or did you finally decide to try desktop Linux?

[fair gull]

what do you mean finally decided

ive tried desktop linux more than enough times

[wheat plume]

oh, though you only used server linux

[fair gull]

actively yes

cause its borderline unusable as a desktop

[wheat plume]

Nah, I use Desktop Linux for many years and I love it

[fair gull]

seems that the way double clicking exe files invokes wine doesnt set locale correctly

manually starting wine from any cli works fine