🔌│tech

[rough osprey]

they still got windows soo

[pale sigil]

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chatsonic-chatgpt-with-su/kchaponcodemjigejilffhfchecpgdpf

[ashen spindle]

you can find mtl laptops that will be better value than the snapdragon ones lol not to mention strix/lunar beating it performance

[pale sigil]

Oh?

[ashen spindle]

the snapdragon chips arent cheap lol

[steep creek]

im just interested in real world battery tests since they seem to mention efficiency so much in those keynotes

[rough osprey]

Genmoji bruh

[pale sigil]

I know

It's the battery that interests me

[steep creek]

im excited for lunar lake in that regard

[pale sigil]

Tbh though

[ashen spindle]

pure battery get lunar lake or if theres some strix with just raw high capacity that couldnt go on a plane

[pale sigil]

I don't think I have a lot of time to wait

Getting desperate already, my life has been absolutely shit without a computer and I'm stuck for months with an android tablet.

[astral haven]

just get an intel laptop and disable background stuffs

[analog sinew]

me_irl

[astral haven]

did you make the mistake of getting an android tablet that doesnt have dex?

[pale sigil]

I thought amd was doing super great battery wise

[pale sigil]

No?

[astral haven]

wait so whats wrong?

[pale sigil]

I don't want a huge tablet for one.

[astral haven]

efficiency and battery are very different things

[pale sigil]

Dex would be nice I'll admit but not on a small screen and I don't want a 14" tablet.

[ashen spindle]

amd is going great on laptop just the current stuff is fighting agains like a half generation increase so its very even

[pale sigil]

Apple re inventing Google photos

[ashen spindle]

some 8840hs or some 185h on amd/intel side will both be great if that fits the budget

[astral haven]

11 inches is as small as you can get a decent tablet anyways

and i have been able to use dex on a 6 inch display tho it is rather janky

[pale sigil]

Got the new apple intelligence

[pale sigil]

In general I want to have a laptop whether it's windows or Linux, im sick of using my tablet even in desktop mode

[astral haven]

yea, but what issues do you have?

its irritating to set up i get it, but generally i find besides multi monitor, android works well

[pale sigil]

IDK how to describe it haha, it's like when I'm using Google docs, it's just not great to use but also multiple windows is to bleh on a smalls screen.

[astral haven]

my surface pro is smaller than the smallest samsung tablet that has dex

[pale sigil]

Wot

How big lol

[astral haven]

11 or 12 inches

[pale sigil]

IDK what to say

[astral haven]

remember the tablets that have dex externally and internally are different

they only allow it internal above a certain size

[rough osprey]

so iphone 15pro only

[astral haven]

those should all have keyboard cases

[rough osprey]

and newer

plus the m... devices

[steep creek]

i have an m2 ipad i will not be opting in to this nonsense ngl

control center redesing was cool tho

[rough osprey]

beta website still updating

[pale sigil]

@astral haven if only the hospital let me have my monitor

[astral haven]

tbh dex on a monitor without a touchpad is kinda annoying

[pale sigil]

I meant more I'd use my tablet on it.

[astral haven]

yea

[pale sigil]

Pixels had a decent desktop mode but they disabled and abandoned it.

Not surprised.

[astral haven]

with a tablet and external monitor, do you still get the full screen touchpad?

[pale sigil]

Ye

[astral haven]

i wanna try that now lol

lg g8x case for samsung tablet?

did apple say anything about how openai will be integrated??

[ashen spindle]

think just that siri can decide gpt can help and ask for permission to use it and the relay the answer

[astral haven]

"great privacy"
"Private Cloud Compute"
what did i fkn say lel

[misty saffron]

so image generation and the like are in cloud

i'm fine with that

this all only comes to a17 pro, which kind of hints at the fact most of everything is actually done on device

[steep creek]

m1 and above are also supported

[astral haven]

"Siri can tap into ChatGPT for certain requests, including questions about photos or documents. And with Compose in Writing Tools, you can create and illustrate original content from scratch."

[sudden imp]

Can we disable this bs?

[astral haven]

when it launches, it looks like it will be opt in

[sudden imp]

Oh that’s actually really nice.

I hate using siri I turn it off

[astral haven]

but its launching as a beta

so who knows when it goes live

[misty saffron]

so just say "no i don't" lol

[astral haven]

yea so if you dont use siri or the new generating features, you wont be using it? i mean that shouldnt be a shock?

[zenith silo]

Wait the iPad never had a calculator up until now?

[astral haven]

it was im pretty sure the iphone app but lorge apple is fkn dumb, you could get 3rd party apps

[analog sinew]

so the apple fanboys dont realize how many wages they spent on that thing

[wheat plume]

Nah
Ain't no way it's legit called "iOS Recents" in the launcher settig

That would be a great way to speed fun getting sued by Apple

Xiaomi HyperOS is getting an iOS like Recents app screen

But I doubt they are actually gonna say iOS in the settings, like these screenshots show

[frozen ingot]

like chinese companies care

[wheat plume]

They dont care about copying the design

but I think copying the name itself might be a problem

[astral haven]

how would it be a problem?

[wheat plume]

by mentioning iOS speciffically for a new UI layout you made??

without permissions from the owners of the name you mention?

[astral haven]

cisco probably wont bother

[frozen ingot]

yeah they've been doing visually identical copies of apple shit for like a decade now

western copyright means jack shit to china

[wheat plume]

Plausible Deniability might play a role if you copy the visual style but if you mention something by name directly, you cant do that in this case

[ashen spindle]

is the way apple does it patented?

[astral haven]

read @wheat plume

[wheat plume]

yeah, IOS in all caps

Apple iOS is with lowercase i

and didnt they already agree with eachother to allow this?

[astral haven]

read the whole thing

"is used under license"

[wheat plume]

does what?

[ashen spindle]

whatever you show there

if not then the whole point is moot

[astral haven]

that means that cisco owns it, and has to sue for it

[wheat plume]

the layout of the recent app page?
not sure, but most likely since only iOS has that style of UI for it

well, not anymore....

[ashen spindle]

so cisco would have to care about them using it for a layout that might not be patented

yeah seems like nothing would happen

[rough osprey]

its out yall

[wheat plume]

I fail to see how Cisco is involved

other than IOS vs iOS

[ashen spindle]

dear god

cisco owns the trademark

apple licensed it

so cisco is the original license owner

[balmy vector]

Lore

[wheat plume]

ok right....
but that doesnt matter in whether or not the UI style is copyrighted to Apple

if it is, then Xiaomi are gonna be in trouble if they directly mention iOS in the launcher

[astral haven]

if they manage to get a copyright for the ui, they will probably get slapped into oblivion

and even if they do win the lawsuit, its not like xiaomi sells in the us anways, so it would have to win in eu court

[rough osprey]

ipad pro 2018 still getting ipados18 :)

[balmy vector]

All i understand from the apple news is that ipad calculator is an investment

[wheat plume]

not for the UI, but for using the name iOS directly in the software

[astral haven]

again, cisco can sue, but likelyhood of that is minimal

[ashen spindle]

the name ios still belongs to cisco..

[wheat plume]

ok, then Xiaomi might get sued by Cisco and not Apple

[astral haven]

likelyhood of that is very very low, and again would have to be done in EU courts

[ashen spindle]

xiaomi doesnt sell in the us and idk if ciscos name on that is even trademarked in the eu?

[wheat plume]

so ten it would be Apple?

[astral haven]

it definetly is

[wheat plume]

oh xd

[astral haven]

cisco ios has been selling worldwide for 30+ years

[astral haven]

response to quin not you

[ashen spindle]

ok so cisco eu would have to care about them using it here

[astral haven]

yep

[ashen spindle]

dont see much happening

[astral haven]

apple could poke cisco a bunch but same

this isnt iPhone, where cisco dropped the trademark to let apple use it with some "grease" in the form of a couple million bucks
cisco still holds the trademark in general

[analog sinew]

https://tenor.com/view/stranger-things-fire-flame-gif-14920648

[steep creek]

i prob wont update until 18.0 is out as this is my only phone

[wheat plume]

Yeah, betas contain silly bugs all the time like not working hotspot or payments not working etc etc

[astral haven]

i wonder if my phone would be able to receive the beta considering its an enterprise enrolled device

[wheat plume]

o, maybe not

[astral haven]

yea looks like apple id required, and our system predates apple ids for business

[wheat plume]

how is login done then?

[astral haven]

Its part of the apple device management program which uses our company internal logins

[steep creek]

yeah also i wish it would be possible to downgrade from the beta back to ios 17, but you actually have to factory reset through itunes if im not wrong

[wheat plume]

Same for Android too

[wheat plume]

aha

[fair gull]

login is done if the mdm is set to allow login

[astral haven]

Yep but no betas for me

[steep creek]

dont think its worth it since its still the developer beta 1, maybe public beta at earliest would be better

[fair gull]

unless you know someone in IT who enrolls your device into the beta directly via mdm

[astral haven]

I'm in it, Ive never seen an option 😦

[rough osprey]

the ios eyetracking doesnt seem that good rn :/

[steep creek]

i dont think it'll be on par with vision pro tracking but hmm maybe it will improve since its still the first beta

[analog sinew]

wave to your fbi agent

[astral haven]

eyetracking?

is that a real feature or a hidden in the accessibility menu thing

[steep creek]

accessibility i think

yep
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/apple-announces-new-accessibility-features-including-eye-tracking/

[rough osprey]

you can navigate menu and stuff

but trying to type is like impossible

not that accurate ig

[misty saffron]

i don't have it at all

[fair gull]

hm i do recall an option to push custom images to devices via mdm

[astral haven]

thats possible, I didnt look that hard

this and the menu under it that is equally boring is all i get, there might be system wide something or others but i dont really wanna mess with it

[fair gull]

i didnt mess with mdm too much myself since all i wanted back then was limit a libraries ipads to no allow a lot of stuff

[whole axle]

It’s time

Let’s goo

[gusty kiln]

the only ios device I have is my company iPhone, probably won't get 18 until months later

[steep creek]

https://youtu.be/eAy-0ZOU3Lk?si=zszeoITic_A4kvsZ

[wheat plume]

Now I wanna know what the OS in Tesla cars is

Android? some embedded Linux or Windows maybe?

[steep creek]

linux

all tho i don’t know what distro they base it on

[wheat plume]

o... interesting, maybe I can find out somewhere

[ashen spindle]

if only there was a website on the internet that takes words and finds related pages to them..hmm

[steep creek]

[wheat plume]

👀 you can play Cuphead as an Easter Egg, wtf xd

no shit Tesla can use TeslaOS without anyone's permission 🤦‍♀️

[steep creek]

there are lots of easter eggs in teslas

[wheat plume]

the only one I know is the window shattering one xd

[steep creek]

aha

[wheat plume]

I wanna test drive an EV someday... but idk if there are any retailers near me that sell them :/

[steep creek]

ironically my favorite ev to drive was the ariya then leaf. i really didn’t enjoy model x and the 3 was just so stiff over bumps

tho those teslas sure were fast

[wheat plume]

I cant find shit about what its possibly based on other than "it uses FOSS components such as LibBluetooth" and shit like that

Tesla seems to be the only EV on the market where the UI doesnt feel laggy when using it .-.

[steep creek]

yea is the only bearable ui i’ve seen, for other cars i just use car play

[wheat plume]

It really makes it feel like shit cause the car costs so much money, that when its so laggy to use the UI, you feel scammed and ripped off and its not nice to use

[steep creek]

true all tho i think tesla relies too much on the screen, id prefer being able to open the glove box from a physical button, or adjust wiper speed etc

[wheat plume]

yeah...

[steep creek]

also i never got used to checking my speed from the screen, which was kinda embarrassing when taking driving lessons

[wheat plume]

wait wait

there is no speedomoeter behind the wheel itself?!

[steep creek]

not on the model 3 and y

s and x only

[wheat plume]

.....

Nah fuck that

[steep creek]

[ashen spindle]

you can still get a display behind the wheel if you cant get used to that

[steep creek]

that’s true tho i’d prefer if it came with one by default

[ashen spindle]

I mean, if you already look at one the cost of selecting the additional display isnt going to make or break it

[wheat plume]

It costs extra?

[steep creek]

also i guess it would ruin the whole look they’re going with, that one big vent

[ashen spindle]

if you want the display behind the wheel on those models instead of just having it on screen in the middle yes

https://tesloid.com/product/model-y-speedometer-display/

[steep creek]

the display is third party tho, tesla doesn’t offer it

[steep creek]

but this looks nice

[ashen spindle]

probably just a thing of getting used to it like most things for humans

looking to the side that is

but if you just cant or dont want to, just get that

[wheat plume]

I don't wanna look to the side to see my speed
Too much eyes off the road for me

[ashen spindle]

you dont turn your head 180° it's still in your peripheral vision

[steep creek]

idk ive done 6 hours of driving in the model 3 i didn’t like it. guess i have to drive it more to see if i get used to it or not

[wheat plume]

Yeh but my hand might be in the way when holding the steering wheel

[steep creek]

for now i prefer display in front

[ashen spindle]

the fuck kinda massive hands do you have that it covers that

your eyes arent in your left hand

[wheat plume]

Yeah
For speed and rev counter
I want that shit at the front

Oh
The speeds on the top corner
Ok then NVM xd

[ashen spindle]

also, uh, you do know teslas are electric vehicles and that means you arent going to look at rpm to shift gears yeah?

[steep creek]

even gear doesn’t really matter it’s just drive and reverse anyways

[wheat plume]

Yeh I know
Just saying that's the info I'd need to have at quick glance

In general
Not just in a Tesla

[ashen spindle]

I'm not sure you understand how an ev motor works

you dont have transmission so the rpm is just constant times speed

[wheat plume]

You press the gas pedal and vroom vroom

Yeh I know that

[ashen spindle]

so why would you need a rev counter

[wheat plume]

^

[ashen spindle]

yeah but you cant generalise it if you dont need it in general just on non ev motors xD

[woven laurel]

irish driver exam 2024

[wheat plume]

Nah
We still use manual here
Getting an automatic transmission requires you to have a special permit

[steep creek]

yea tbh on electric cars all i need is the speedometer, don’t even care about lights because it’s automatic these days

[woven laurel]

ha losers!

we dont need that here

[empty wren]

Where is part where you get drunk till you see rainbows and leprechauns

[wheat plume]

Nah
We too busy filling up on spice bags at the local Chinese takeout

[ashen spindle]

are you sure its not the opposite, you dont need special permit to drive automatic, if you learn automatic only you need a special one to also drive manual

[wheat plume]

You can't take a driving exam in automatic cars

[steep creek]

actually?

[wheat plume]

Afaik yeah

[ashen spindle]

so then you dont need a special permit to drive these since that is included?

not the other way

[steep creek]

here i can choose, i took the exam on an ev so i can only drive automatics

[wheat plume]

Ahh interesting

Does your license have a marker to show that? Or how does it work?

[ashen spindle]

every country has it if you learn automatic only you can only do that, manual can do both

[steep creek]

well i’d need manual driving lessons too tho

[steep creek]

yea it says on my license auto only setting like that

[ashen spindle]

so ireland is the same

[steep creek]

yeah i thought so

[ashen spindle]

everything else wouldn't have made sense

[empty wren]

Not in amedika

Liesense is liesense

[misty saffron]

i thought that’s a vienna convention thing

[wheat plume]

Loicense

[ashen spindle]

fine, every normal country*

[misty saffron]

and yes, on the backside, 14th field

[empty wren]

Would someone not just destroy the clutch if they never drove a manual though

Like they can pull over after that

[wheat plume]

Ye

The clutch is a pain
Cause it feels different to operate in literally every different car

[misty saffron]

there

gcl is glasses or contact lenses, the more you know

[wheat plume]

The clutch in my new car feels way different to moms car and my previous car

[empty wren]

https://tenor.com/view/gi-joe-knowing-is-half-the-battle-the-more-you-know-learning-gif-9715923487891305728

[steep creek]

last time i tried to drive a manual i stalled it on the highway

[empty wren]

Did you cause a 100 car crash?

[wheat plume]

So if you drive more than one car
You need to basically relearn how to use the clutch Everytime you switch

[wheat plume]

[misty saffron]

uhhhh

[ashen spindle]

how often do you switch the car you drive

[wheat plume]

Maybe you have multiple cars
Or your family has multiple cars and your insurance lets you drive any of them

[ashen spindle]

if you have multiple cars you just get used to it like any sort of muscle memory after a short time

[wheat plume]

Or you have to get a new car

[misty saffron]

being a carjacker isn’t easy

[empty wren]

Bruh

[wheat plume]

Xd

[ashen spindle]

valid point

[steep creek]

nah nothing happened just people got a bit angry and honked

but yes i prefer autos

[wheat plume]

You American?

[empty wren]

Yeah I do not understand why the manual and auto thing exists then got loiscen

[steep creek]

🇳🇴

[wheat plume]

Aha
I was about to say that seems oddly civilized for America

:')

[steep creek]

this was back when i was a learner driver so it was kinda on me for doing that inexperienced lmao

[misty saffron]

what, you expected them to get shot?

[empty wren]

To be fair surely auto is less stress

[wheat plume]

Once you start to move
Manual is fine imo

[empty wren]

I mean you can go fast from red light with manual

[wheat plume]

Trying to move is the hardest part of manual

[steep creek]

i like my adaptive cruise control just set it and steer, very relaxing on highway drives

[empty wren]

Just play that one game with the guy who jerks off his stick shift

[steep creek]

i don’t think it would work on manuals

[wheat plume]

Cruise control is great 💜
I'm so glad my new car has it

[wheat plume]

???

[misty saffron]

am i just weird for very quickly picking it up then

[empty wren]

Anybody can correct me but pretty sure there are some manual and auto cars

[misty saffron]

i accidentally started driving from 2nd or 3rd gear all the time when i was learning

[woven laurel]

u can drive?

[misty saffron]

literally no stalls

[wheat plume]

Yes

[empty wren]

https://youtu.be/a8zSuOLuU_8?si=zW-Sxwn3j13LNJPk

[wheat plume]

Got my license like 7 years ago ....

[steep creek]

i’m not sure to be honest, just thinking if car is gonna accelerate and brake on its own, it prob will mess with the gearing

[woven laurel]

[empty wren]

Probably more parts and complex

[wheat plume]

I've never driven an automatic transmission

[steep creek]

all though the minimum speed limit for adaptive cruise control in mine is 40

[wheat plume]

What does the adaptive part of adaptive cruise control do?

[woven laurel]

keep distance to the car in front of u

[steep creek]

you can set a distance to the car in front of you as well as a speed limit and it’ll maintain that. brake and accelerate on its own

[woven laurel]

no?

man im so smort. i can sleep now in happyness

[wheat plume]

The only one my car can do is maintain the speed you enabled cruise control at until you brake

[empty wren]

Do not let the Dr Phil bite

[wheat plume]

But it handles hills just fine

[steep creek]

nice

tho i’d never use adaptive cruise in the winter that’s a death wish

[wheat plume]

I think that would apply to any form of cruise control

[steep creek]

very true

[wheat plume]

I don't understand what material roads in America are made of
But I've seen so many cases where there was just a slight bit of rain on the road and people started hydroplaning

A tiny puddle and boom
Your tires slip on it

[lyric hatch]

that happens even on good roads

[wheat plume]

Roads could be wet from rain in Ireland and you'd be fine

But Ireland is mega rainy so maybe the roads are literally built different xd

[empty wren]

Bird seeds and glue

[wheat plume]

And some 4 leaf clovers too

[empty wren]

Honestly cheap enough that it cracks and then they fill it shitty but it gets worse later again

[empty wren]

You got slick tires or something?

[wheat plume]

Nah
Potholes don't get fixed here unless there is a globally recognised event going to happen at a venue nearby the damaged roads

Can't have the roads appear damaged to all those rich tourists

[empty wren]

Potholes are here so often too

Or I really do not get why this is exists

Hilly bumps

Where the road caves in from one side

And caves in from another, almost like it is rising

[wheat plume]

Hmmm

[whole axle]

Best dot skates?

[wheat plume]

Ah yes
KaOS can control the trains air-conditioning

[empty wren]

That really sounds subjective

[wheat plume]

A desktop Linux distro
Totally

[empty wren]

There are glass ones, ceramic ones and PTFE ones

[whole axle]

Is there like a go to everyone tries frist?

first

[empty wren]

Maybe glass ones today since that is a fad

Cannot imagine those or ceramic ones are gonna sound too good on a glass mousepad though

[whole axle]

bet

[wheat plume]

;_;
I hate that SimpleScreenRecorder cannot work on Wayland

It's the best screen capture software other than OBS
But OBS is too complicated just to make a quick and simple recording

[ashen spindle]

complicated? using ffmpeg for that is complicated and thats the linux native way

[wheat plume]

Yeah
Idk how tf people get ffmpeg to screen record....
Well, using GPU encoding so it's not super CPU heavy

[whole axle]

Ill be getting the type 99

so all good there

[empty wren]

Okay

[lyric hatch]

Careful with those ceramics they will wreck the surface of cloth pads a lot more quickly then PTFE

[whole axle]

oof

Ok lemme research

I was gonna get the Ghostglides Cyclone

they are ptfe

so w

[lyric hatch]

Hardened PTFE I believe

[whole axle]

ye

Is that good or bad?

[lyric hatch]

Better then glass/ceramics for sure

I have some too they're not bad

I still prefer the corepads though

[whole axle]

Corepads have dots?

[lyric hatch]

They do

[whole axle]

Why do you prefer them?

[lyric hatch]

Cyclones are faster I don't really want the extra speed

Also they're a bit scratchy on my soft pad

[empty wren]

+PTFE skate wear vs mousepad wear

[merry osprey]

i just imported it

can i customize release point for specific key

like i want alt to have 0.15 act. and 1.5 release, unlike other keys

i see set per key trigger but it doesnt change number on the key

like rn does it do what i want?

coz when i was changing press it didnt change 0.5 which was on key on the pic, it was still 0.5 till i changed set actuation point on the left

[rough osprey]

https://x.com/MaxWinebach/status/1800268778564997419

Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) on X

.@JustinLokos just texted me this, you can control the width of flashlight in iOS 18

Twitter · Jun 10, 2024, 8:48 PM

actually works

wtf

[frozen ingot]

where muh ios 18 update

still on 17.5.1

[rough osprey]

get dev beta

[whole axle]

Press dev beta

choose ios 18

[wooden wagon]

Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone knows the actual size of keycaps for Wooting 60he, I'm looking forward to get some personalised keycaps from other manufacturers, many thanks

[hasty thunder]

standard MX keycaps

[wooden wagon]

cheers bud, one more concern, is the space bar size 6.25U?🥹

[zenith silo]

Yes

[wooden wagon]

🥹🥹

Many thanks

[zenith silo]

There's a chart somewhere, probably in #🪛│modding_faq

[wooden wagon]

Sure I'll give a check

[misty saffron]

is that an elaborate troll or is my phone just too old?

[hasty thunder]

most likely a troll. I can understand the distance by making it brighter or darker. But the width? Impossible. Not even high end flash lights can do that

[misty saffron]

oh no i wouldn’t doubt it could exist

i just doubt it actually does

ok this is actually nice

nothing type beat

[cosmic thunder]

is there any ai(apple intelligence) features yet

[misty saffron]

no

[cosmic thunder]

good

[misty saffron]

are you also one of the people who are angry data may go to openai after explicitly agreeing to it with a prompt?

[cosmic thunder]

no im just saying good

i dont know anything about that

i dont even have iphone

[whole axle]

You would need a 15 pro and higher abreast

Anyway

Ai ain’t gonna be for older models

[whole axle]

Did some research

Came to this

Ready to upgrade from my apple earbuds 😭

[lyric hatch]

I went down the rabbit hole of buying a bunch of eartips to find the perfect fit and sound

[whole axle]

I hope I don’t have to go too far lol

[lyric hatch]

I actually ended up with the first ones I bought 🙃

But different iems can be different in terms of which eartips are good for them

[whole axle]

Yeah that’s fair

[zenith silo]

Got the same iems they are awesome

Unironically op for fps games

[whole axle]

Exactly why I looked at them

Can’t wait

[zenith silo]

Yeah the audio imaging is absurdly good in game

[whole axle]

Perfect

[misty saffron]

is the receipts feature new? certainly nice

[proud herald]

I prefer foam tips over silicone tips with my iems

[misty saffron]

oh there’s more

[whole axle]

Do you know the difference?

[zenith silo]

No I don't, I bought mine on Amazon and that wasn't an option

[whole axle]

Hmm

Ok

Lemme see if google knows aha

[whole axle]

I think it means you get the anime character on the box 💀

[zenith silo]

Oh like a figurine

[whole axle]

Maybe?

I can’t find any info on it 💀

[zenith silo]

The box itself has tons of anime stuff as is

[whole axle]

You got the 54.99 right?

[zenith silo]

75 because I'm Canadian

But yeah mine was 55 usd

[whole axle]

Hmmm

Then wtf is that extra thing adding $15

I need to find this out

Going on a hunt

[zenith silo]

Wouldn't be surprised if it's just some extra weeb shit added on

[whole axle]

Ok but a lego tho

Might be worth

[zenith silo]

Lego anime character for 10 more bucks? Idk I wouldn't

I also couldn't care less about anime though

[whole axle]

I mean I like anime and legos. I’m not like a total weeb about it. But like hey the Lego can go into my pc

[zenith silo]

I like Legos but not into anime at all

[whole axle]

Fair

[zenith silo]

I haven't built a Lego set it so long I wanna do it again

[whole axle]

I want to build one too

Idk what to do tho

[zenith silo]

I remember when I was a kid I used to make garages out of Lego and have car shows with my hot wheels

[whole axle]

No literally. I miss those days lmao

[whole axle]

I think I found my next one.

[zenith silo]

Wait I have built Lego recently

I helped my sister build one of those Lego flower sets a month or two ago

It was just a small little build though

[zenith silo]

I wanna buy one of those custom sets

[whole axle]

My friends Gf buys every single one of those lmaooo

[zenith silo]

Get like a mk4 supra/180sx/rx7 or something of the sort

[whole axle]

Rx7

Yes

Supra

Yes

[zenith silo]

Wonder how much those would cost I know they exist

🥴

[whole axle]

They ruined my fav car…. wtf is that

[whole axle]

Easy buy

[zenith silo]

375$ off sale though..

[whole axle]

If I had money

I’d do it

Lmao

[zenith silo]

Yeah if had 375 to blow on Legos it'd be ordered rn

[whole axle]

😭😭

The struggles of adulting

Thoughts @zenith silo?

[zenith silo]

apple dac is too quiet for me

i use a fiio ek10 for my pc

and the apple dac for my phone

[whole axle]

Hmm ok

I’ll probably stick to the k11 then

The look of it is so clean

[zenith silo]

yeah if you wanna be using the iems on your phone like i do for bike rides you can pickup the apple dongle (if you dont already have it)

but id stick with a dac for the pc so you can make sure its as loud as you want it to be

[whole axle]

Nah I got AirPods for that lol

These iems will be strictly staying in my pc setup

So yeah k11 it is

Dude this setup is going to be amazing

[zenith silo]

what fps games do you play

[whole axle]

Val, CS, and BO6 when it comes out

Other than that I play Souls Like games

That’s pretty much it

[zenith silo]

cant speak for val as i never touch that game, but the audio imaging is nuts on the zeros

[whole axle]

That’s the best option

[zenith silo]

dont touch cs much either but did try it with my iems

[whole axle]

Never download it

[zenith silo]

i tried it a few times but its just worse feeling csgo to me

[whole axle]

Can you explain audio imaging for a beginner? 💀

[whole axle]

Cs2 is ass as well.

Exactly why I’m developing my own fps rn

trying

[zenith silo]

combined with map awareness, lets say someone reloads or pulls out their gun on cs, you know EXACTLY where they did that

[rough patrol]

iems for gaming setup

[zenith silo]

if you know the map you can pinpoint the audio to a direct location basically perfectly

[whole axle]

Ah so it’s super precise

[rough patrol]

It‘s so much less comfortable than headphones

Is it a price thing?

[whole axle]

I use apple earbuds. I can’t stand over the ear

My ears get pressed on with anything I try

Earbuds I can go for 12 hours easy

[zenith silo]

not any less comfortable for me

i have really small ear canals so it was uncomfortable at first until i tried the smaller tips

[whole axle]

Do the reds come with different sizes?

The only problem now is deciding what I should get first

Keyboard, audio, new mic, mousepad, monitor, new desk, or new pc

[zenith silo]

yes

there are 3 different sizes and i believe 2 different sets in each size

[whole axle]

Ok cool

[zenith silo]

i think the difference between the 2 sets are thickness i dont really know?

they also have foam ones but i didnt like them

[whole axle]

Gotcha

[fair gull]

dont

it shite

still need to sell mine

[whole axle]

The Porsche????

No 😭😭😭😭

[fair gull]

the same garbage as all their technic cars

[whole axle]

Rip

[fair gull]

basically all their bigger cars have one or more of these issue:

• bend as if made out of rubber
• colors wrong
• no printed parts
• sticker colors dont even match plastic colors
• shapes of cars wrong
• wrong rims
• parts easily breaking off (often the spoiler or bumpers)

on top of all of those they are basically never using LEDs for the headlights/backlights and motorizing them with motors and such is almost impossible

if you want really good car models check out https://decadastore.com/collections/master-series

[whole axle]

SAY LESS

TY

[fair gull]

like price and design wise they are so much better

[old marlin]

[fair gull]

also available with motors and spots for them so you can RC drive each of them

[old marlin]

pure brick quality of technic elements with lego should still be higher, but they have so many tradeoffs

[fair gull]

no

the only thing lego still can actually do better than the rest rn is axles and gears

theyve really fallen behind

[old marlin]

also if you do enjoy motorized stuff lego probably has the worst stuff all around

[old marlin]

yea was what I meant

[whole axle]

Are they based off real cars?

[old marlin]

the injection molding is mediocre at best

[old marlin]

yes

[fair gull]

cada just cant use the names due to licensing

[zenith silo]

most definitely

[old marlin]

though cada does not license afaik

[fair gull]

well they do sometimes

[whole axle]

Ah ok

[zenith silo]

p1, 911, jesko, and i think thats a 488 or a 458?

[fair gull]

like this one https://decadastore.com/products/cada-mercedes-amg-one-c61503w

[old marlin]

ah, true

[fair gull]

fully licensed

[zenith silo]

wish they had stuff for jdm cars

[fair gull]

oh and ofc f1 cars https://decadastore.com/products/cada-alfa-romeo-f1-team-orlen-c42-c64005w?variant=46464164397378

[old marlin]

should be a 488 GTE iirc

which lego also has

and legos is SO much worse

[zenith silo]

yeah i figured it was a 488

[whole axle]

Do they have a 911? I might be blind

[fair gull]

if lego would make something close to worth the price they ask it would prob be one of the best models you can get

[fair gull]

its the smaller older design

[old marlin]

while legos also costs about as much as the motorized version from cada iirc

[zenith silo]

they have an older one, didnt see a new one though

[whole axle]

Ah ok

[zenith silo]

yeah legos are overpriced as hell

[whole axle]

I really want a high quality gt3 rs

I’d buy that so fast

[whole axle]

Or a c7 zo6

My 2 fav cars

[zenith silo]

definitely a bit older than a gt3 rs 🤣

[old marlin]

[whole axle]

Just a lil older

Decisions

[halcyon moss]

thats a pricy monitor 🤯

[whole axle]

Idk the actual price

I’m guessing

[zenith silo]

is that the dual mode?

if so its 1400 usd

[whole axle]

No

[zenith silo]

ah

[whole axle]

I don’t want dual mode

Just straight 1440p 480hz

[pale sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/umm-wait-nathan-fillion-gif-4809231

[fair gull]

can always try emailing cada and ask if they could at some time release models of those.

[whole axle]

I will

[old marlin]

ngl

[whole axle]

Doesn’t hurt to try

[old marlin]

funniest brick company has to be funwhole

just such a shit name

[pale sigil]

How are you spending so much but only $150 on the desk

[zenith silo]

oh my

[whole axle]

Yeah 1080p on a 27’ oled. Sounds like a terrible experience lmao

[zenith silo]

remove the W and that has an entirely different meaning

[pale sigil]

Why do you need a dac for iems

[old marlin]

their sets are amazing tho

[zenith silo]

makes them slightly louder

[fair gull]

buying a new 2000$ desk every 5 days when you punched a new hole in it is kinda expensive

[pale sigil]

Why so much on a mic?

[whole axle]

I mean if I could I’d get the mangus pro

[zenith silo]

i prefer my ek10 over nothing for my truthear zeros

[whole axle]

The mic is like $99 💀

[pale sigil]

[zenith silo]

too quiet

[whole axle]

In case I ever upgrade down the line. And the look is clean

[old marlin]

CX31993 not enough?

[zenith silo]

i use that for my phone though

[zenith silo]

never tried it

[pale sigil]

Only the EU version

[whole axle]

I mean I could say F it and get the sm7db for $500 💀

[fair gull]

thats not the one who made lucky luke and such right?

[old marlin]

unsure

they made the dr strange house

[zenith silo]

i also like having a dac for my iems because the cable is short asf

[old marlin]

like twice the house that lego made it

with more detail etc

[zenith silo]

so its nice to be able to keep my dac right above my keyboard and have them plugged in close to me

[whole axle]

Exactly this ^

[pale sigil]

CX31993 works too TBF

[pale sigil]

Use an extender?

[whole axle]

I don’t want to see the sag

[old marlin]

USB extender

slap the dac on the desk

[whole axle]

My pc is pretty far from where I sit

[old marlin]

ik someone that does it that way

[whole axle]

Yeah the dac would go on my desk

It would look clean

If I just got the usb c to 3.5mm

It’ll be loose

[zenith silo]

yeah i just have my dac sitting half a foot infront of my keyboard right under my monitor

[whole axle]

That’s what I’d do

[fair gull]

not using BT to connect dac to pc?

[old marlin]

I have just seen

bluebrixx announced 2 large expansions to the lighthouse of the astronomer

[fair gull]

yes

itll prob cost a grand or more like the castle they did

[old marlin]

so you will get another 12k bricks to it

[fair gull]

with all expansions that is

[old marlin]

ye

well

or which ones you want

[fair gull]

ye ofc but all of them is nice ofc

[old marlin]

yea ig

too bad I don't enjoy building it as much anymore

[fair gull]

although also massive in size

[old marlin]

ye

deffo needs a big display if you want all of them

tho these ones are more standalone

[fair gull]

they are made to connect though

[old marlin]

yea

[pale sigil]

I legit just use a audio jack extender

My pc is pretty far from my desk

[old marlin]

I would really recommend you extend the digital part and not the analog part

especially for something as sensitive as IEMs

[pale sigil]

I don't use iems tbf

[old marlin]

would still recommend it if you want whatever you got connected to sound like it is intended

higher impedance will reduces highs and make the lows more pronounced

the more sensitive your drivers the more extreme it is

[reef patrol]

https://x.com/bestofdyingtwit/status/1800295620705673372

Best of Dying Twiter (@bestofdyingtwit) on X

"If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies."

Twitter · Jun 10, 2024, 10:34 PM

Almost feels #🐸│memes worthy 😄

[ashen spindle]

Wow musk farming outrage for something that isn’t happening because he’s mad a company is doing better than his own competitor

Never saw that before

[hasty thunder]

i mean he has a point. Feeding OpenAI with customer data is quite risky, especially since Apple users are either the wannabe tech nerds who care about security/privacy or the wannabe rich ones.

[mild dome]

Musk is blowing it out proportion, but the security concerns do exist, but those concerns also existed with Siri, Cortana, and the other assistants before AI because they uploaded data to an external server. Elon is clearly more upset that his Gen AI Grok continues to completely flounder even as he steals GPUs from Tesla

[whole axle]

Nah they can have it all as long as Siri works correctly now

[hasty thunder]

pffff

keep dreaming

[whole axle]

Ik

But hey I’m on iOS 18 rn

It’s pretty good

Even without the AI

[ashen spindle]

I mean adding a link so that Siri can ask you to use ChatGPT isn’t the same as adding OpenAI into the OS level

It’s still asking you and it could do the same before when you ask it to open a browser and then copy the data just in a much more annoying way

[steep creek]

yeah imo if it was in os level i dont think siri would have asked if it could take requests to chatgpt

[hasty thunder]

not to mention the amount of traffic caused by that whole ordeal

[lime agate]

Can you disable ai? Even though i use iPhone 13 pro, if I ever buy an newer phone later on i wanna know

[ashen spindle]

Siri was disabled since day one for me

[steep creek]

same

[ashen spindle]

Also your phone still gets the update so you can see for yourself

[steep creek]

i think these ai features are only for 15 pro and above tho

oh nvm that wasnt the question

[tawny hemlock]

i almost never used it

idont really like voice assistants

i feel dumb talking to my phone

[whole axle]

Uh not sure I’d assume you can

[lime agate]

I use siri only for homepod, but on my phone i rather use siri hold button and type it or text to speech if i cant type, but ai is such bs for me its basically siri 2.0 like back in 2010

[rough osprey]

probably too old

what do u see when long pressing the button?

[astral haven]

yea i found the narrow beam to be a problem, looking forward to getting the update

[misty saffron]

the usual

apple managed to keep the first beta relatively bug free somehow

15 and 16 were a fucking disaster

[rough osprey]

im not getting notifications 😬

atleast not all of them

[wheat plume]

ayo, Discover is phone UI responsive

Dolphin is not......Yikes this is bad

[crimson wigeon]

Yeah for that you want Index, although it seems fairly dead

[wheat plume]

oh yeah....Index

forgot about Maui Kit

[unkempt lake]

Messages via Satellite allows iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 users to send iMessages without Wi-Fi or cell service, SMS via satellite as well.

Best new ios 18 feature

I'm happy

Game changer for me

Means my phone will still be usable when i drive 5 mins away

😎 epic low reception area moment

[astral haven]

yea, looking forward to that, tho the satellite service is still looking to be iridium not starlink

tmobile users gonna be getting both hopefully, tho the tmobile partnership seems to be pretty silent

[ashen spindle]

make a post in #1019755933959733258

[ancient fiber]

thank you

[unkempt lake]

I'm with Telus in Canada idk what they're partnered with

[astral haven]

oh wait its globalstar not irridium

either way its not via the isp

tmobiles deal is different

they are having starlink broadcast LTE data, acting as if they are a tmobile cell tower

[unkempt lake]

That's kinda cool

[astral haven]

or it would be if it worked lol

[unkempt lake]

s a d

[sudden imp]

What is this?

[pale sigil]

Steam deck running KDE but in this specific picture its the discovery center

[sudden imp]

Ty

[trim crane]

i was about to ask what distro but I remembered that linux is hella customizable which is super awesome

https://tenor.com/view/pleading-creepy-emoji-please-silly-gif-25488834

then again what distro

[empty wren]

OSX

[whole axle]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J2-C6yQSNNxduhowIFBFIFFAwZ4H0MCu1bc47jNiRuY/edit?usp=sharing

Hows it look guys?

[lyric hatch]

Not sure about the amp that costs over 2x your iems

[whole axle]

Future proofing

i plan on getting more high quality iems

later

[lyric hatch]

Future proof by buying some better iems now

[whole axle]

Nah id win

[lyric hatch]

You could power those off a apple dongle and get the same result

[whole axle]

People keep saying that

im using apple earbuds rn tho

and its so quiet

i have to use FXsound

[zenith silo]

Yeah they just sound really quiet with that

Prefer having my zeros plugged into my ek10 100x over the apple dongle

[lyric hatch]

Get em6l it's pretty much half price on linsoul atm and can be powered on anything

[zenith silo]

Tbh just get truthear zeros for fps games, and buy a nice pair of headphones for watching/listening to things

The zeros are cheap enough to easily just be dedicated to fps games

Truthear zeros are unironically op for fps

[lyric hatch]

I've converted to using iems for everything, em6l is good enough to replace my headphones too

[sudden imp]

I heard the simgot super mix 4 is pretty great for gaming and listening.

[zenith silo]

Yeah I just use my zeros for everything

Don't have experience with other iems but the zeros seem to be the most suggested/recommended specifically for fps titles

And I can see why, although I'm sure better exists somewhere?

[sudden imp]

Zeros are still really nice

[zenith silo]

They sound better than my hd599s did

[sudden imp]

I plan on getting kiwi ears cadenza when my AirPods break

[zenith silo]

For both music and gaming

[sudden imp]

I feel like that also is a function of the audio being closer to your ear.

[lyric hatch]

Haven't tried them, they just came out right?

[sudden imp]

Yeah I keep seeing raving reviews

For both gaming and entertainment

It seems like it undercuts some higher end iems aswell

[lyric hatch]

I do plan on upgrading my em6ls just not sure what to, I bought them just to dip my toes into iems

[sudden imp]

It’s about 150$

https://www.linsoul.com/products/simgot-supermix-4

I saw a reviewer say they even personally preferred it FROM crinacles dusks

May be slight shilling but the general consensus appears to be great value for the price

And does well In gaming applications aswell as music listening

Maybe lacking in bass (?)

I don’t have a pair this is just my knowledge from multiple different reviews

[zenith silo]

The Sennheiser ones optimum uses seem nice

[lyric hatch]

Yeah just the cable they come with sucks

[zenith silo]

I think I remember him saying something about that, he ended up breaking it and getting a custom one

[lyric hatch]

It's pretty funny paying all that money for an iem for them to pair it with like a $1 cable made of the cheapest materials they could find

[zenith silo]

What do those Sennheisers even cost?

[sudden imp]

The connectors positioning makes it proprietary

The ie series is definitely great

[zenith silo]

Yeah if you want it third party you kinda need to get a custom one made

[sudden imp]

Confront wise it’s amazing the small size is a plus

[lyric hatch]

Think he has the ie600s which are like $799

[zenith silo]

Oh Christ what the fuck nevermind

I thought they'd be like 250-300

[balmy vector]

[sudden imp]

The ie200’s are around the 250 point and has similar tuning

The cable is still an issue

[zenith silo]

This costs as much as the 240hz OLED I want😭😭

[balmy vector]

Imma stick with open backs me thinks

[zenith silo]

That's insane

I think I might pickup some dt990s or something from them

Keep the iems for listening on my phone/fps games

[whole axle]

dt 990 pro, 1990 pro, or hd560s for me

maybe the new 700x pro?

[lyric hatch]

Alright I checked he has the ie300s which are around $200

[zenith silo]

Okay that's not as bad

Probably between those and 990/990 pros

[lyric hatch]

I'm in that chifi zone now

[modern sphinx]

I have these too but not sure why I'm entertaining the idea of trying something else. EM6L's are very good imo. I might try the Aful Explorer's

[lyric hatch]

I'm not in a hurry to upgrade but if I see something interesting I could be tempted

[sly portal]

any1 in here can help with something??

i just built a new pc for my gf and it doesnt have wifi at all or ethernet

im at a dead end trying to find how to fix it

and i need help

please @ me if someone can help

[sly portal]

meaning it doesnt have access at all

[true quest]

motherboard without ethernet port sounds like a scam

[sly portal]

i figured it out

[misty saffron]

or said girlfriend is about to run windows 95

[whole axle]

If you want I use the a8000 from Netgear. I get 700mbps down and up

It’s a Wi-Fi 6e adapter. You just plugin to usb a

It’s like $100?

[wheat plume]

SteamOS xd

[trim crane]

cool

[cosmic thunder]

yoo i just got my viper v3 pro and oh my gyatt damn this is sooo smooth

[wheat plume]

Control 2 is gonna be a live service game ://

[pale sigil]

Why am I not surprised

[ashen spindle]

Because you saw it already when it was posted 3 months ago

[pale sigil]

Apple got suppressed

https://twitter.com/Apple

Apple (@Apple) on X

https://t.co/4dZx1rwvgY

Twitter

[ashen spindle]

no

they never posted anything

its all just tweets via ads

[solemn remnant]

isn't the live service / multiplayer one a separate spinoff?

[ashen spindle]

that too was about to mention that

control 2 is singeplayer, the spin off is coop multiplayer and thats live service

[solemn remnant]

yeah that's what I figured

[frozen ingot]

can't even see what the post is without logging in

fuck you elon am not making an account

[ashen spindle]

its just their account

[frozen ingot]

oh tru link gave it away, so you need an account just to view apples twitter period now

[ashen spindle]

...

apple has no tweets and never tweeted

[solemn remnant]

glad I don't want to view apple's periods

[pale sigil]

Oh lol

[frozen ingot]

well how am I supposed to know that, I never browse twitter let alone apples account

[ashen spindle]

because I literally just mentioned that after he linked it

[frozen ingot]

how am I supposed if it was in present terms or in all time terms

nvm

[pale sigil]

That's never good

[reef patrol]

Hang up.

[pale sigil]

Using my other sim for that

@ashen spindle when does the embargo end for the snapdragon laptops

[ashen spindle]

end of month or next month probably

but unless you want to splurge out they arent going to be a good choice lol

you get like 10skus and only the top 3 boost to >4ghz

Oh and you will run into windows on arm issues at some point too

[wheat plume]

I wonder if the NPU will cause issues for Linux compatibility

Or can Linux just have some check to totally ignore it
Unless it finds some use for it
....AI assistant on Linux when? Xd

[ashen spindle]

it isnt changing anything

[steep cedar]

Anyone here got some recommendation for sit/stand desks? Working from home the last 2 years and I think I need to invest into one, Lol.

[reef patrol]

What I always say is - Check your local Facebook marketplace and other used item sites. There's always someone selling motorized standing desks here, and I gave like 100 bucks for mine almost a decade ago. Still working just fine.

[ashen spindle]

get one that has multiple connection points so the entire desk doesn't rest on a single metal rod, makes it more stable

[steep cedar]

Fair point, I already have a pretty thick desk top which I'll probably reuse so FB Market might be a great idea tbf

[final flame]

you'll also want to look into cable management solutions too, that's the main issue with standing desks

[reef patrol]

It's definitely something to be aware of. But if your PC is on the desk or attached to it, your main concern is the power cable, which I managed to solve with a long extension cable breakout box. Powers monitor, pc and the desk itself and is in the desk frame.

[balmy vector]

How big is your desk mansen?

[reef patrol]

Like uhh... 180x80 I think?

It was too deep, and had that curve at the center to sit in closer, which I had cut off and a bit more.

[balmy vector]

Long desk

[reef patrol]

Pretty standard office desk size.

Which is what most of the "used - were buying new desks for the office" desks tend to be.

SO has a corner desk we shortened slightly.

[balmy vector]

Definitely will be grabbing a motorized next time i switch desks for sure

Marketplace always has some goodies

[reef patrol]

I paid roughly a third of what those IKEA motor desks cost at the entry price. And if I want to I can always swap the top later if I want a change of look.

[balmy vector]

Yeah thats pretty good

[wheat plume]

Logitechs keyboard is so shit that this reviewer put a link to the 60he in the video description instead of the Logitech board

[balmy vector]

because why buy garbage?

[wheat plume]

Exactly

[reef patrol]

this reviewer

[wheat plume]

I copied the message cause I wrote it in another server first that doesn't know he this guy is :')

[lime agate]

Even their mice?

[steep creek]

g502 my beloved

[wheat plume]

I have a g305 and I love it

Nice
Small
Simple
Cheap

And the battery I got from day one is still not run out yet

So I haven't had to replace that yet

[steep creek]

yeah i so rarely have to charge / replace the battery on logi mice its nice

allthough i wouldnt use their keyboards, not for me personally

[wheat plume]

If I know I'm gonna use the mouse the next day
I don't even bother turning it off

[lime agate]

Recently bought my superlight 1 for cheap and i really like it cause its wireless, wireless for me makes the mouse feel lighter, and the dpi at high is really great for me, but im not an expert at mice xD

[wheat plume]

It just goes into sleep mode after a bit of not being used

[steep creek]

yep mine stays on most of the day generally

[wheat plume]

Yeah
I'm team wireless after trying this mouse also

[lime agate]

No more an wireless virgin😂

[wheat plume]

I don't notice latency issues with this either and I have a 164Hz display also

[lime agate]

Is your adapter close

[wheat plume]

I had a wireless mouse a few years ago and it was pure garbage

So I got a really negative impression of them from that

[wheat plume]

It's on the back of my steam deck dock on my desk

So it's not far away but not directly in sight of the mouse

[lime agate]

I used an cheap bluetooth mouse to use it from my bed if i watch movies xD

[lime agate]

Is this an good placement?

[wheat plume]

The issue is
The really garbage wireless mouse I had before the g305 cost me the same price back then as the g305...

So the fact I was getting a new wireless mouse the same price as the bad one
I was skeptical of it

But damn
It beats the wired mouse I replace with this one any day

[wheat plume]

Yeh ofc xd

Mine is further away than that

[lime agate]

Yea its my first real gaming wireless xD

[wheat plume]

Same

I love it though

It has all I need too
No RGB
Enough buttons to suit my use case
Stores the settings onboard so I don't need software on each device I use it on
Nice clean look
Long ass battery life

[lime agate]

Yes exactly

It looks really good and no rgb just pure good grip and settings

I love the extra grip magnetic grab aswell

[wheat plume]

And it's one the mice supported by Piper so I can configure every button and all the settings in Linux

Because the Logitech software is only on Windows

[steep creek]

its on macos as well

[wheat plume]

Aha

I don't use MacOS
Mostly because I don't want to buy an Apple product

[steep creek]

tho i dont know how many people buy logitech gaming mice for their mac haha

fair

[wheat plume]

I've seen a lot of YouTubers use the Logitech Master mouse on MacOS because it's really ergonomic for long-term use

It's not necessarily a gaming mouse but it's pretty damn good for productivity

[steep creek]

yea mx master is nice, tho scrolling with any non apple mice on macs feels choppy imo. is like you skip a few frames when scrolling

i dont know how to describe it that well its just not smooth

[wheat plume]

Apparently if you use a third party mouse on iPadOS, it's really laggy and horrible to use

Idk if that's an artificial restriction made by Apple or not

[steep creek]

ill see if i can test that actually

[wheat plume]

How TF did he fit a 4090 in this?????

And water-cooling

[steep creek]

yea scrolling is pretty choppy, and it scrolls the oppsite way on my ipad lol

[astral haven]

watercooling makes any card small pretty much

[wheat plume]

Oh right
You take off the fans and shit

[steep creek]

but its not laggy exactly, just slow like i experienced on a mac

[wheat plume]

I heard there is intense latency and connection issues too

[steep creek]

no such experience on mine, just tested

[sudden imp]

Blood sweat and tears

He had a whole video series on it

[lime agate]

I had once an cheap generic office mouse. But man it felt great on my hands and the sensor was great and feeling and clicking was so satisfying and i felt greating playing csgo like in 2018 and earlier and i was like im never go rage on it and tryna break it, i adored the mouse but guess what, it killed self the left mouse button broke and i felt so depressed xD, and cause it has no brand on it just office mouse i couldn’t rebuy it. And it had an amazing scrollwheel with a blue light xD not rgb just light and the sensor was red and it was on some sides purple man i miss that mouse so much

[wheat plume]

Office mice are designed to be comfy

Long term usage and all that

[astral haven]

or just very very very cheap

[wheat plume]

Yeh ....that too

[halcyon moss]

Mostly cheap....

If mice with a ball were cheaper... That'd what most offices would use

[wheat plume]

True

[frozen ingot]

yeah optical mice are cheaper and less mechanically complex to make than ball mice

and less materials used

[balmy vector]

[umbral heron]

I want ball mice back

[frozen ingot]

apart from nostalgia I don't really miss them much

spent the first decade of my computing life using them

[lime agate]

As a kid I had an urge to eat them like a bubblegum i have no idea why

[rough osprey]

did u do it

[sudden imp]

Nvidia is getting investigated for an anti-trust

COOKED

[astral haven]

cost of doing business, nvidia is gonna profit more from gov contracts than whatever they get sued for

[sly portal]

i figured it out the motherboard or the pc was missing the intel drivers for internet

or something idk

had to download the drivers on a flash drive

transfer and download on that pc

[lime agate]

Ofcourse not its just hard plastic rubber

[steep creek]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMX2cQdPubk

[rough osprey]

sad

[lime agate]

Lol okay bro🥱

[astral haven]

they usually are rubber around a metal ball

[umbral heron]

That's what They want you to think
In fact there's candy inside

[smoky frigate]

I got one not too long ago wondering if they are any good. imo they aren't

very jittery, just how I remember them

[wheat plume]

vfat..never heard of that filesystem type before

[umbral heron]

fat32?

[wheat plume]

apparently not...

[astral haven]

might be fat16?

[wheat plume]

Maybe?

[umbral heron]

Nah, on Linux vfat is catch-all FAT kind of a thing
Even mkfs.vfat is a symlink to mkfs.fat

[wheat plume]

https://www.baeldung.com/cs/fat32-vs-vfat-file-system

[astral haven]

yea i cant find a citation of real vfat existing, it seems to be a layer on top of fat

[wheat plume]

yeah, an extension of it

[umbral heron]

It's a catch-all for all FAT filesystems
FSVer specifies if it's FAT, FAT16, FAT32 etc.

You can check it with lsblk -f

[pale sigil]

@ashen spindle any laptop news?

[ashen spindle]

no in the last few hours since you last asked nothing happened lmao

[pale sigil]

As in Intel etc

What's going on, I really want a laptop but idk if I should try to hold out