🔌│tech

[unkempt lake]

MOTHERFUCKER

[vagrant pagoda]

XD

[unkempt lake]

HOW DARE YOU BEAT ME TO IT

I'LL BEAT YOU UP

[vagrant pagoda]

to busy looking at moumou, to slow at posting

[unkempt lake]

I'll break your knees bitch

back to the topic tho

What do yall think about asrock's response

[balmy vector]

Gimme a tldr

I’m at work

[reef patrol]

Gimme a TLDR
It's a GN video - I have places to be

[balmy vector]

[unkempt lake]

out of spec pbo they were pumping too much voltage
non pbo users if they have issues its not related to asrock
go through amd if your cpu dies
mobo is fine even if it killed your cpu previously just update it they say there's no damage to the cpus that had foo much voltage pumped into em and haven't died yet and to just update the bios if you have an asrock board

cpus with burn marks are manufacturing defects

[balmy vector]

Hmm

[unkempt lake]

Oh and they were silent for a while cuz they didnt want to give misinformation

[pale sigil]

Probably still won't use it

[reef patrol]

Haven't considered HDR for years due to it sucking so hard in Windows.

Last game I used it with was... The Mass Effect spinoff I think?

[ashen spindle]

nah its been usable for a while now

[unkempt lake]

The hell you on about hdr is poggies

[ashen spindle]

yes but its been shit in windows for ages

[nimble arch]

macOS handles it so much better

[unkempt lake]

Yes but I haven't had issues with in in forever

[reef patrol]

Windows implementation has been buggy and broken for years.

[ashen spindle]

its still has issues in win10

[rough osprey]

hdr bad

[unkempt lake]

I think you just used a trash monitor

That wasn't calibrated

If you think that

[rough osprey]

ye woled 😞

[balmy vector]

It looks

Fine

[nimble arch]

WOLED is good though… on the TVs at least

Fucking love my C2 42”

Best gaming display I’ve ever owned

[marsh pewter]

https://fxtwitter.com/dexerto/status/1927824948992561566

Dexerto (@Dexerto)

Discord is introducing a digital currency called ‘Orbs’
︀︀
︀︀They can be earned by interacting with ads, and can be used to buy ‘Nitro’ subscriptions

**💬 652 🔁 828 ❤️ 24.1K 👁️ 2.74M **

FxTwitter · May 28, 2025, 8:30 PM

[rough osprey]

mid color brightness

[unkempt lake]

oh no

discord bitcoin

[crimson wigeon]

Could be worse

[balmy vector]

WumpusCoin

[unkempt lake]

Moumoucurrency is better

[crimson wigeon]

Yeah where is moumoucoin

[crimson wigeon]

Beauty

[unkempt lake]

it was made using mouai

the only approved ai

[sudden imp]

Will the more you buy more you save?

[fair gull]

i now hate blender with a passion

[sudden imp]

Is that AI generated textures?

[fair gull]

not that im aware of

its from cash cleaner simulator

pretty sure they didnt want to use actual close resemblance given the game is about illegal activities

[sudden imp]

So wait

why do you hate blender

im confused

[fair gull]

cause their custom properties and cameras/views suck to work with

[sudden imp]

oh

[unkempt lake]

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-instagram-battery-drain-advisory-3562233/

[vagrant pagoda]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v5vCLLsqbA

[unkempt lake]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-court-trump-power-impose-tariffs-unilaterally/story?id=122290881

@dull hollow

[dull hollow]

average day as a US resident

[analog sinew]

tomorrow he will say he was trying to save america but the big bad evil whatevers stopped him then come up with the next dumb shit

[sudden imp]

Blocked than delayed the block

[marsh pewter]

anything to own the libs

[graceful wedge]

can warnings in event viewer turn into errors overtime?

[reef patrol]

Sounds like it'll be more of a bother to try and jailbreak the Switch 2.

[analog sinew]

while i hate nintendo thats not the most dystopian thing there is rn by far

[sudden imp]

^

If they wanted they could black bag you in the middle of the night

So we haven’t hit that low yet

[thick elk]

Not uncommon with games, so makes sense with a console as well. Easier to prevent them from being used, than prevent people from owning them early.

Then again Nintendo games leaked way before launch, probably new to them.

[unkempt lake]

People only have switch 1 games to test which run using a translation layer and we know that has received MULTIPLE updates as thel ist of compatible games kept getting bigger and bigger

I feel like it's most likely that its just not loaded onto the console by default

Switch 2 games would probably work tbh

Like the new ones on the new red carts

[marsh pewter]

afaik the console is usable but switch 1 games (the only games people have access to test with) don’t work yet

[unkempt lake]

Makes sense considering well the fact that they're using a proton like thing to play switch 1

[reef patrol]

That's something at least.

[ashen spindle]

https://fxtwitter.com/zachbussey/status/1928084493119705568

Zach Bussey 🇨🇦 (@zachbussey)

YouTube has officially launched AV1 for livestreams.

**💬 54 🔁 129 ❤️ 1.2K 👁️ 83.6K **

FxTwitter · May 29, 2025, 1:42 PM

[nimble arch]

Twitch H265 waiting room

[ashen spindle]

yeah thats so sad

I just want av1 everywhere

[unkempt lake]

imagine streaming vidya games

Who actually does that

[balmy vector]

My goat ZFG 🗣️

[lyric hatch]

Too many people

[whole axle]

I hope YT will make streaming more like twitch chats

Everyone would switch LMAO

true

[split girder]

Please can someone help me , my switches don’t have the 2 prongs and I have no clue on how to open them

Please can someone help me

I’m trying to lube them

It doesn’t work

[exotic plinth]

More like kick av1

[ashen spindle]

jensens net worth is like 100billion, selling stock <1b is probably just to move things around for tax reasons lol

[lyric hatch]

Just had to make room for a new mega yacht ⛵

[somber coral]

wait deadass?

damn ai making him rich asf

beacuse gamers sure arent

[ashen spindle]

yeah they are lmao

gaming has been making him super rich even before ai

they have like better profit margins than apple from gaming sales

[somber coral]

ai just makes more money

i mean tbf as a ceo his job is to make the company as much money as possible

and he'll always have customers who want the best of the best

and fortnite kids who hear rtx and think no other gpu can beaat it

normalize having amd gpus (even though me and my brother both have 50 series cards 😭 )

[gusty kiln]

Both me and Quin have amd stock and both have nvidia gpus

[unkempt lake]

i play digimon occasionally

dont tell pokemon

[somber coral]

mods perma for wrong channel

[bright briar]

which ones?

[unkempt lake]

cybersleuth is really fucking good

loved that game

[bright briar]

i only played with digivices and battle spirit 2

[unkempt lake]

Play cybersleutg

Its fucking awesome

And super cheap when it goes on sale

https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/digimon-story-cyber-sleuth-complete-edition

@bright briar 10cad

[bright briar]

did you ever buy the digivices when i sent you that link?

theyre doing v2 nows for preorder unless it sold out

[unkempt lake]

Oooo

[viscid moon]

I tried to go all AMD last year and had so many random small issues with the GPU that never again, I don’t have to deal with that. Maybe I will try again in 10 years haha

[somber coral]

i never had an issue with my 9070xt lmao

[viscid moon]

I got the 7900 xtx and had a lot of gray screens and visual artifacts, it was also ultra hot and power hungry.

I got a 4090 afterwards and had 0 issues

I tried very hard to like it and had it for almost 3 months but at the end I just got rid of it, it was so frustrating to spend hours trying to fix stuff.

The CPU is amazing though, haven’t had any issues with it

[somber coral]

bro has played all of the games before

ive only ever used a 4060ti 3060ti 9070xt and 5080

[lunar elm]

B580, 9070XT, 5080 in the photo

lowk gonna sell 5080 once im done playing with RT games

[somber coral]

how muhc

[dull hollow]

youre mot getting it 🙏

[somber coral]

I need two 5080s

[bright briar]

chang dynasty money coming clutch

[somber coral]

We bringing back sli with this one

[dull hollow]

you are not that guy bro

[trim crane]

Xperia 1 VII because I currently use the S20 Ultra which I got for 250 bucks used some years ago

it serves its purpose but it lacks things I need

for one I do play genshin impact a lot both at home and away from pc

[somber coral]

That’s what my ex said about my p-

I’m jk I don’t have an ex

[trim crane]

same, never had a gf, anyway

[somber coral]

I’m lacking a second 5080 tho

[somber coral]

Who needs an abusive relationship with ur gf when you can have one with valorant

I just keep going back 🥀

[trim crane]

so the snapdragon 8 elite, + the 50% increase in RAM will help a lot

[somber coral]

Woah why’re there like 3 mods

[lyric hatch]

Makes sense you want a phone upgrade but there's a lot of phone that don't cost €1399 that can play Genshin Impact. Some with even bigger batteries and better performance

[thin thunder]

I m lacking one at all

[trim crane]

lemme finish

[marsh glade]

We still talking about ex's?

[lyric hatch]

I got lots of exs

[marsh pewter]

did they add a new rarity?

[trim crane]

microdsxc, I need that for emulation because I love playing old games on my phone, like snes, gba, n64, wii, ds, etcetc

[somber coral]

Same same

[thin thunder]

come to the dark side come to cs

[marsh pewter]

I havent played in months

[trim crane]

easy file management

[somber coral]

Hell no

Valorant > cs

[thin thunder]

thats crazy

[marsh glade]

Rimworld > All

[somber coral]

How many exs do you have

[marsh pewter]

I tried and I hated it then promptly cried

[somber coral]

Minecraft > all

[somber coral]

I just don’t like spraying

[thin thunder]

why??

[trim crane]

other thing is it has a 3.5 jack and not even gaming phones have have sdxc anymore

which is depressing

[somber coral]

I prefer the cleaner one taps it feels better to get a kill

[thin thunder]

Just become the new scream?

[marsh pewter]

im way worse at it than val

[trim crane]

also 120Hz 10 bit depth

need that for geometry dash

[lyric hatch]

"need" is very loose here those roms are max 3gb with most below that

[trim crane]

also loaded 400 songs and tons of movies and shows on it

[marsh pewter]

all legally obtained I presume?

[somber coral]

Nah imma become the new Aspas instead

ASPASSSSSSSS

[trim crane]

so yeah tons of media

[lyric hatch]

I have 2000 songs downloaded in 320kbp/s it takes up less than 20gb

[thin thunder]

failed cs pro going valo

[trim crane]

mine take up so much storage

[somber coral]

I mean he’s litreally valorant’s goat and is better the. 99.5% of every other cs pro turned val

If not 99.99% I’d argue he’s top 3 for best players I

[trim crane]

either way that wont really sway my opinion into going to get a phone that doesn't have microsdxc

i also have IEMs I took with me to europe so that headphone jack is super nice

i dont really care about the features a much more modern phone has like ai tools

[lyric hatch]

It sounds like you want the phone and are convincing yourself you need it. But hey I spent more on keyboards in the last year

[trim crane]

lol

i mean if you know a cheaper one that has the same feature set I am all ears

[umbral heron]

It's so dumb that high-end phones don't have microsd slot anymore

[trim crane]

only the sony xperia 1 vii i can think of

and i can't NOT use it

its so useful

and gaming phones not including them and other legacy feature is a crime

they are known for legacy features

which is why i didnt turn to redmagic or ROG

also software support and security updates are 👎

had an ROG Phone 2 and it was really bad in terms of software

otherwise it had insane hardware for the time

[umbral heron]

I mean... gaming on phone besides like light games like Balatro or something is not really nice
Especially since you can get quite a good PC for the price of high-end phone

[trim crane]

i play genshin a lot on the go

[lyric hatch]

I mean before this generation sony was only offering 2 years which was a joke

[trim crane]

so I kinda do benefit from the 8 elite

[lyric hatch]

The base s25 has a 8 elite

OnePlus 13

[trim crane]

no 3.5 jack

i am not getting a dongle

it's a headache to use

also no sdxc support

lemme check oneplus 13

[lyric hatch]

Again don't need

[umbral heron]

Don't like every piece of crap device support SDXC nowadays?

[lyric hatch]

I like those things too but it ain't worth €1399 to get them

[trim crane]

no sdxc :(

[trim crane]

i do need it

well "need"

[lyric hatch]

Also it needs the SD card since it only comes in 256gb max in most markets

I'm good for a while I think

[umbral heron]

Most of my storage takes up music

[lyric hatch]

You could probably find a 1tb s25 ultra for cheaper than the 256gb Xperia

[umbral heron]

My IEMs and music player are arriving tomorrow

[lyric hatch]

What'd you end up with

[trim crane]

there is only the xperia 1 vii that is on the market that fulfills all I want at least on gsmarena

[umbral heron]

Moondrop Aria 2s

[trim crane]

o what are you getting 👀

lemme see

[lyric hatch]

Ahh I do remember you saying those looked cute

[umbral heron]

[trim crane]

currently using meze audio albas

they are super good

[lyric hatch]

I kinda want to try those

Everyone says they are comfy

[trim crane]

they are

i was able to wear them 10 hours straight on my flight from calgary to frankfurt

or 9 hours idk

and they sound great in all frequencies, like not BLOWS ME AWAY but they are very good

and the seal is snug with the large tips without any bleed

[lyric hatch]

Yeah I need some of that I had my em6ls in on the plane and my ears were dying

[trim crane]

yeah the meze audio albas are great

i got them when I knew about this local audiophile shop, so I asked him if there are any good IEMs that are like a jack of all trades (good at everything without having to exceed), and i also asked him for a price that wasnt crazy since its my first rodeo

[magic minnow]

https://youtu.be/cAbIIx8zW3s

[trim crane]

so he said meze audio alba, and it was on sale in his store

i got them and I was super satified with my purchase

[lyric hatch]

Yeah heard many good things

[halcyon moss]

Why does this feel like ai

[steep pond]

bro are these all yours

[lunar elm]

yes

im gonna sell 5080 in a few months

[unkempt lake]

If you had visual artifacts i'm pretty sure it was just a dying card...

Or an unstable uv/oc

Makes me think of that

Or a stupid memory oc

yep

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-rumored-to-reduce-rtx-50-gpus-production-in-china-in-favor-of-ai-gpus/

[viscid moon]

Everything was stock and I tried 3 of them (seller swapped it twice), but the most annoying part was the gray screen out of nowhere every 20-30 minutes and also that it heated my room 3-4C and here in Europe we don’t have AC usually

I tried to underclock and followed so many guides but it was never stable

So I just decided I don’t have time to deal with it and tried nvidia and had 0 issues in a year since I plugged it in

[ashen spindle]

Honestly at this point I’m in favor of just outright banning any wccftrash link because it’s just so dumb

[ashen spindle]

Oh also I noticed I forgot the 5090 has 32gb vram not 24 like the 4090 so be ready for a certain someone to act like they know everything again when the 9700pro pricing is actually not above a 5090 and trying to say it’s because it has less CUs again..

[viscid moon]

I know but it just uses way more energy, I got a 4090 that has more wattage and it used like 20-30% less energy on the same game same settings

[ashen spindle]

Yeah rdna3 wasn’t great in terms of efficiency

[sudden imp]

https://tenor.com/view/who-korath-the-pursuer-marvel-kree-meme-gif-14580500

[dull hollow]

i beat you in general

[sudden imp]

I pinged pleasant in memes lol

[ashen spindle]

You’ll notice when he comes back to show how he was right once the official price is out

[sudden imp]

I may not so I’ll check back in when that happens lol

[unkempt lake]

https://videocardz.com/newz/sealed-zotac-rtx-5090-box-contained-backpacks-not-gpu-microcenter-reportedly-finds-31-more-cases

[analog sinew]

lel

[tribal dirge]

Clearly them Cintas trucks aren't enough to secure those cards

Or those heavily secured containers

[fair gull]

id say this is very tech worthy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBVlL0FNbSE

[honest mulch]

I need help with the keyboard. My left ctrl does not work

[vagrant pagoda]

use the right one

[unkempt lake]

replace the switch?

[fair gull]

so its out of your..... control?

[rough osprey]

Tony....

[thick elk]

Watched it before, but yes, cool that it is even viable in that form-factor

[somber coral]

does anyone have a solution for my ping spiking and me rubberbanding every few minutes in valorant?

im on wifi at a stable 24-26 ping (when its working fine it nevers strays below 22 or past 30) but someitmes my ping goes to 33-43 and i start rubberbanding

this used to be solved by restarting my router but now that's no longer a fix

this is a vid of it being fine btw

[ashen spindle]

try not using wifi, if its wifi it oculd be any sort of interference

[somber coral]

im too far from my router to not use wifi

it's like 15 meters away in a seperate room

[ashen spindle]

I mean theres long cables

also could try powerline connection

[somber coral]

nah im moving soon so i dont want to fuck with anything in the house

and my mom would not approve of a 15m cable running through the housee

[ashen spindle]

it doesnt change anything in the house

so try powerline

[somber coral]

i have that next to my pc

but i dont use that internet provider

i use shaw

[fair gull]

do i spy french

[dull hollow]

ethans one of those people

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cats-cat-meme-meme-meme-cat-gif-14470917232397934693

[sudden imp]

fr*nch 🤮

[bright briar]

fr*nch 🤮

[rough osprey]

french

[unkempt lake]

but

he's in canada

and an anglo

And a chinese spy

[dull hollow]

a rice trafficker

@bright briar can confirm

[iron wave]

CANONICAL STOP IT

[somber coral]

im chinese not fr*nch

came here to import my rice

[halcyon moss]

A lana post, not made by Lana

[unkempt lake]

gudenau x lana when

i want to be invited to the wedding

[nimble arch]

At least Ubuntu LTS ships with a full suite of usable software

[umbral heron]

Outdated software
So half of it doesn't work with newer libraries and some snaps don't work at all
Oh, and the best thing - because of outdated libraries if you want to game on LTS, have fun with bugs that has been solved long time ago

LTS is for servers only, use recent release for your own sanity

24.04 is from over a year ago for crying out loud
Even Windows is rolling release nowadays

[nimble arch]

I really wish Canonical would go rolling release for the non-LTS channels

Most major projects aren’t updating that often anyway

GNOME is what, twice a year?

[wheat plume]

bruh wtf is it really that massive now?! thats larger than a clean install of Fedora Workstation

the install...NOT the ISO

[iron wave]

I haven't really talked to them yet so.

[pale sigil]

Lana is my waifu

[halcyon moss]

It's 6 gig, who tf cares. It's small

[pale sigil]

Full of bloat

[vagrant pagoda]

yo @astral haven did i tell you i finally got vision 3d perfected

1800x1300@100hz on my crt directly out of the quadros, with afr sli, vsync and the glasses on genlock output. literally the best 3d i have ever seen

100% how 3d was mastered and sfx was done

[wheat plume]

does Linux still have the issue where it uses the lowest monitor's refresh rate if you have more than one monitor connected?!

Im using Wayland and AMD so maybe not?!

[reef patrol]

Depends on the distribution and drivers i bet

[wheat plume]

maybe...

I loaded up Minecraft and it feels 165Hz so hopefully its good

[crimson wigeon]

That's something that only happens with a legacy X.org session

[wheat plume]

wayland should be fine?

🤔

it keeps the alignment in screenshots LOL

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/yQHFCpO6gHE

Valve said that the Steam Deck Docking Station prioritizes DP
BUT ITS DISPLAYING OVER HDMI INSTEAD FOR ME
How do I change what monitor that game mode shows up on?!?!

My only solution rn is to turn off the second screen

wait...ffs they default it to HDMI 🤦‍♀️

[unkempt lake]

Why would anyone realistically use the deck on a monitor over dp

Instead of a tv

Also i was really disapointed by the deck's dock

Its genuinely just... meh

• deck really ain't powerful enough to do much at a monitor or tv's resolution

[wheat plume]

it seems that my monitors will only run at 75Hz cause thats the rate of the slowest one :/ Thougt that was fixed on Wayland and AMD

[ashen spindle]

why does it matter what it defaults do, does something break over hdmi for you?

[crimson wigeon]

It is, I am running a combo of 165 hz + 60 hz and it works perfect

[unkempt lake]

The dock is finnicky

[crimson wigeon]

Better than Windows tbh, since right now if I tab out of something on Windows it's like proper slideshow

[unkempt lake]

It likes some displays hates some others

[crimson wigeon]

24H2 moment or just new AMD driver moment

[wheat plume]

I dont wanna play games on my second monitor cause its way off to the right and I have to keep my head turned to the right if I play games on it

[wheat plume]

oo what distro and desktop?

[unkempt lake]

That's the 24h2 bug i posted recently

[crimson wigeon]

openSUSE Tumbleweed and my private sway fork

[ashen spindle]

huh how does that relate to hdmi/dp just set the monitors as the correct ones?

[wheat plume]

You forked Sway yet IDK how to fork the new Gnome Text Editor to add the Save button back to the headerbar

[unkempt lake]

I don't know what they're even on about anymore

[wheat plume]

they are set properly in desktop mode but as soon as I log into Game Mode, it only shows on my second display

[crimson wigeon]

Because gaming mode uses a separate config

[wheat plume]

and some games run better in game mode so I switch to it a lot

[ashen spindle]

again how does that relate to hdmi/dp?

[wheat plume]

cause I wanna know how to make the dock prefer DP over HDMI cause my main is connected to it with DP

[fickle ore]

So hyped for this https://www.techpowerup.com/337342/80-plus-ruby-sets-96-5-peak-efficiency-benchmark-for-server-power-supplies yet everyone seems to be just belittling the name which I find absurd

I think most of my PC usage these days is at the 5% level

[ashen spindle]

because 80plus is a scam of a certification, they make money by having people resubmit the same thing over and over again when its just a rebrand

cybenetics is just more useful in general

[fickle ore]

Yea sure idm, just hyped that Ruby is a thing bc the comparable cybenetics is diamond which there are currently 0 of

So what if companies need to resubmit a bit? 😛

[ashen spindle]

it means they make money on dumb technicalities instead of being a useful spec

[fickle ore]

like how?

[ashen spindle]

and because titanium is already a joke ruby gets clowned on, but it is nice that i has the 5% range

[wheat plume]

uh why does it think they are both connected with DP?

[ashen spindle]

because thats just how it gets displayed sometimes

[halcyon moss]

Works fine for me. On. Pop os and wayland

Gnome shell.

120hz laptop display and 60hz monitor

[dull hollow]

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/105554/amd-rumored-radeon-rx-9080-xt-up-to-32gb-of-faster-gddr7-4ghz-gpu-clocks-450w-power/index.html
source is not to be 100% trusted tho

[nimble arch]

[ashen spindle]

likely not happening

[wheat plume]

nixOS :D https://youtu.be/fmFjV3_iIn0

I should give it a try sometime

[nimble canopy]

if you like config hell then nixos is great

[marsh pewter]

nixos is great in theory

[ashen spindle]

thats a great summary for linux in general

[marsh pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/furious-gif-26366448

[wheat plume]

I rarely use terminal on Linux now

Just use it to do stuff quicker but I could just use the GUI for that
Takes longer though

I use the windows terminal at work more often than I use Linux terminal at home ....

Wonder when winget will get a GUI?

[vapid ruin]

If it happen it'll be nice for AI

$350 for 16gb 9060xt is also nice for AI

[astral haven]

How does it compare to using a VR headset?

[vagrant pagoda]

its more like looking though a window vs being in a different world

but the 3d effect is killer

but yeah head tracking with 3d is killer

need to get a lg pro display next

120hz oled with genlock

need a used one that isnt 10k

[astral haven]

I mean I use a VR headset to watch 3d blurays and play 3dvision games

Obv VR VR is better, but how does it compare to 3d in virtual desktop for example

[raw zephyr]

https://tenor.com/view/linux-arch-linux-desktop-productive-drivers-gif-26104738

[vagrant pagoda]

its like different 3d

like i said feels like a windows

its wild

its the opposite of virtual desktop i guess

[halcyon moss]

I know meme, but.. Every work day.

[astral haven]

No I mean using the virtual desktop app to convert SBS 3d into a 3d window

[vagrant pagoda]

the effect resoultion is better for sure

my crt is right under doing fullhd, but its super sharp

the crazy thing is even you pause the video or have tons of movement in a game, there is zero blur/tearing between eyes or frames

[astral haven]

That's pretty normal for what I'm talking about...

[astral haven]

Wdym by that?

My computer struggles when I push the res past 4k, but even at 4k it's still super sharp, got more pixels than my headset

And since it's not filling my fov it's probably overkill

[frozen ingot]

most accurate meme

[vagrant pagoda]

i mean you virtual desktop, the actual resolution is better than in vr, im at 1800x1300 so its higher than per eye of most vr unless you are making it full fov in vr

[astral haven]

when i watched avatar i had it larger than my fov

[craggy egret]

Does anyone know why when I put the cable in my keyboard it doesn't turn on?

[vagrant pagoda]

is the other end plugged in

[craggy egret]

Yes

[vagrant pagoda]

have you checked the cable?

[craggy egret]

Yes

[digital cliff]

the keyboard is what

[craggy egret]

60he

[digital cliff]

then the connector's probably broken inside

[craggy egret]

Probably not, I've already tried another connector

[digital cliff]

the connector... in the keyboard

[craggy egret]

When I put it on the cable it makes the noise of a device connected in Windows, but it doesn't really work.

[digital cliff]

then you gotta do a restore in wootility

click help on the left side and follow the restore instructions

[craggy egret]

In the app I can't reset it because it says the keyboard is not connected

[digital cliff]

you click try

you click help

you follow instructions

[analog sinew]

no

[amber flame]

vv3 pro or op1 8k for tac fps?

[crimson wigeon]

yes

[steady sail]

apple magic mouse

[balmy vector]

MangoHE mouse

[lone dune]

G903

Zowie D2

[long star]

Can I use isopropyl alcohol to gently clean the inside of the 60 he?

[plush stirrup]

idk how I manage this

[dull hollow]

tf

[plush stirrup]

2 tabs of one site were using 5GB, don't think they did much optimization 🥲

[sudden imp]

Why does it say (116)

Are those tabs or instances of it running?

[plush stirrup]

processes

so more tabs I'd say

[fair gull]

you cant fudge up a site that much

im for example 100% sure firefox fudges up memory management as just leaving wowhead open crashes the browser after a few hours if you run out of memory

(and only firefox does this from my testing)

[plush stirrup]

yeah firefox has shit memory management xD

but just opening the site is 0.5GB, not sure where to see it on chrome

[sudden imp]

I just use chrome as its easy

(I’m lazy)

[plush stirrup]

currently using 1.7GB for 1 yt tab, 1 webmail tab 🤣 so 2 tabs in total

I have no idea what normal is on firefox, I average at 30GB RAM usage xD

Chrome uses 1GB for the same thing, but different extensions

[plush stirrup]

Too many to count usually

100+

[pale sigil]

That can include extensions

Eg I have like 20 something

[lunar elm]

firefox chrome and operagx eat ram

[halcyon moss]

Don't use opera, why would anyone use opera

[digital cliff]

why not

[lunar elm]

im trying opera on my laptop and so far it sucks balls imho

[somber coral]

Guys I'm back to buying mice
Currently using a Beast X Max
I have an extremely relaxed claw, close to palm
19x9.5cm hands
Mice I'm currently considering trying:
-OP1 8k/WE
-VV3
-DAVE(DAV3)
-Hitscan Hyperlight
-Zen 8K VV3 (if i like the VV3)
Tried Mice I'm not a fan of
-X2V3
-Too flat
-X2 Crazylight
-Too flat AND too small
-Pulsefire Haste Wireless
-Fit really well but prefered Beast X Max for the weight reduction
Razer Basilisk Hyperspeed V3
-Would probably main this if not for the brick-like weight of it, any lightweight alternatives are welcome (around or below 60G)
Using Artisan Zero Soft currently (with spare obi air pro skates)
Main game is Valorant

give me more suggestions

if i hear one word about me wasting money yes i am now shush and give me mice reccomendations

[magic minnow]

Viper V3 Pro

[somber coral]

ik ive heard that but i feel like its gonna feel like a brick compared to my beast x max

[magic minnow]

The only people against it are those who have a hate boner for Razer and haven’t use synapse since the 1800s

[somber coral]

and the shape is decently similar

so id have to get zen 8k

[magic minnow]

33g

[magic minnow]

I got it and that’s what made it perfect for me

But if you like playing with the weight of a rock keep using the Beast X Max

[somber coral]

its 10g more

idk if that constitues "weight of a rock"

especially since mine is solidly built

[somber coral]

9g more not 10g then

its also 250$ or smth lmao

im open to that option as well tho

[magic minnow]

You can push it down to 30g I believe

Depending on what you order

[somber coral]

I’m not doing allat for a 4g reduction

Thatci won’t notice

I’m getting solid shell probably

And buying super grips

[magic minnow]

[somber coral]

When I bring it to my friends house I don’t wanna hear “wtf is that”

Like I do with my beast max

[magic minnow]

Personally if you get the zen 8k just get the ultra coating it feels perfect

[somber coral]

“You spent 200$ for that?”

[somber coral]

I would but why get that when supergrips

Also with a solid shell you can make your friends draw on it or smth

[magic minnow]

Less weight

[somber coral]

Thought maybe that’s better suited for a gpx

[somber coral]

Like the same no? ~2g

[magic minnow]

Idk cause the coating is on the mouse instead of having to stick the little grips

[somber coral]

Pulsar sells vv3 supergrips iirc

[magic minnow]

Are you gonna wait for the Zen 8k Mini?

[raw zephyr]

op1 8k has been my favorite mouse ever since i got it

[somber coral]

No I prefer bigger mice

Like I said, I lean towards palm

[somber coral]

I wanna get it but my pc is too far for wired

And WE is too heavy

[raw zephyr]

you can get a usb extension cord and still use high polling rates without issues

but its a rather small mouse, definitely not suited for palm at least for me

[somber coral]

Your hands similar to mine?

[raw zephyr]

like 19,5x11cm

[magic minnow]

[somber coral]

So like a cm or two bigger

[hasty surge]

Can someone tell me the difference between the download speed and ping of the router? I have a 40 mbps router at home TvT will that be enough to get ping as low as 20

On val*

[analog sinew]

theyre not related

[umbral heron]

There's no correlation between speeds and ping
You can have high speeds and high ping like on mobile networks, you can have low speeds and low ping like on old networks

[hasty surge]

Oh

So will 40 be enough tho?

[analog sinew]

[hasty surge]

Did u just make it?

Thanks a lot

[umbral heron]

[hasty surge]

TvT

Mbps

2003?

TvT

[hasty surge]

I just want to play valo I don’t download or do nothing like that tho

So that won’t be an issue right?

I did :/

[digital cliff]

you have been told twice already there's no correlation

[hasty surge]

It’s enough

TvT

[umbral heron]

https://tenor.com/view/big-smoke-number9-number-nine-gif-5899637

My anime girl IEMs arrived

Quite a difference between cheap and high quality silicone tips
I don't feel discomfort at all with those

[umbral heron]

Why yes rsync, I also don't like copying to inferior file system

[umbral heron]

exfat

either that or fat32

[crimson wigeon]

Probably they desire compatibility with legacy operating systems

[umbral heron]

Because my DAP doesn't support other file systems

noooo

is mp3 when it has one hole
is dap when it has more

[magic minnow]

This cute

[halcyon moss]

mp3 player

[reef patrol]

Is that a screen or a sticker?

[old marlin]

that's a scren

[reef patrol]

Neat

[nimble arch]

Why is it called an MP3 player when all my music is FLAC?

[plush stirrup]

I don’t like their default keyboard shortcut

Still have to see if I can disable it somewhere + they only know qwerty, it’s like no other keyboards exist

So for me a keybind for the button A would show up as Q in the app 🙂

[distant tapir]

He was in a Discord server I'm in recently and he left it after some drama just yesterday. He often ended up in arguments

[pale sigil]

https://youtu.be/GBFDF9afJic?si=nK7MvwTN2II_9IH_

"Easily"

Shame there's no other methods.

Wish I knew someone good at soldering

I turned on my switch lite for the first time in over a year lol

2022 lol so even longer

[plush stirrup]

nintendo is probably stalking the one that thought about this xD they don't seem to like mods

[plush stirrup]

You should try it, it's fun!

[pale sigil]

I can solder but not at this level

The most I've done the last few years was leds lol

[pale sigil]

And even that wasn't particularly great

Tbh I'm considering giving this switch lite away anyway.

[plush stirrup]

https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-conducted-invasive-surveillance-operation-against-homebrew-hacker-201223/

[plush stirrup]

A good soldering iron also changes a lot, active vs passive tip

tried my new soldering iron with an active tip yesterday, managed to fix some soldering joints which didn't want to work on a cheaper passive tip

It's legal

from my research

[pale sigil]

So like

Anyone in the UK here with soldering skills? 🤣

I wanna backup animal crossing

[plush stirrup]

fine line I guess, it does fit in the law of stalking, yes, but I thought I read if it's a private detective it was legal

[pale sigil]

Unrelated, can you use saves from the switch on an emulator.

Time to use my totally legit copy of animal crossing on my steam deck

[vagrant pagoda]

and the other way too if you have a modded console

[pale sigil]

Does this mod chip bypass updates

Oh you can just load older firmware

With the mod chip so I can update

[plush stirrup]

I'd guess it would not be legal at this point in time, due to privacy laws being the limitation, but in 2013 (when it happened) it was all less strict.

[raw zephyr]

anyone here into cameras? i've been spying the fuji x100vi, thoughts or should i look into other options? i want something compact that can do both photo and video

[lyric hatch]

Sony a6700 fits that bill pretty well

If compact is your thang

[tribal dirge]

good luck getting an X100 mk6 though, it took me a while and a lot of hunting to even find one in stock.

like, almost a year of searching

thats how hard they are to come by

[raw zephyr]

i got my brother's a6100, i feel like it's way too big even with 35mm pancake

[tribal dirge]

its because they use normal E mount lenses

[raw zephyr]

there are a couple in stock

[analog sinew]

i wanted to get an a6700 a while back

[rough osprey]

x100 is more like a vibe camera

[raw zephyr]

i was also looking at the ricoh gr3 or the upcoming gr4, but i've seen the video is not that great

[tribal dirge]

X100VI is very fun, but for taking serious photos I would actually advise against it

if you want to have fun, X100VI is good for that, but if you want something more serious, get something else

[analog sinew]

ye

[lyric hatch]

If you want Fuji something like the XT-5 probably better suited

[analog sinew]

the x100 is rly cute but

its a bit silly at the same time

better for posing with it

[rough osprey]

fuji is just for pretty pictures without editing

[tribal dirge]

the film simulation filters are indeed very goofy and fun to mess around with lmao

[rough osprey]

[tribal dirge]

depends but for the most part that is true

their color science is more on the dramatic side

[rough osprey]

the poor mans leica

[tribal dirge]

bro I love my Leica cameras

[rough osprey]

need to get me one of them black and white sensor models

[raw zephyr]

basically i just want something that looks better than my phone while still being very compact and easy to shoot - basically click and shoot

that's my use case lol

[rough osprey]

but for what

[raw zephyr]

family photos mostly

[rough osprey]

then a fuji might be a good option

not interchangeable lens so you cant make them super bokeh portraits

but for just some casual stuff

[tribal dirge]

love my SL3, their color science is almost unbeatable.

[rough osprey]

i want something smaller kinda

but all them cameras got limitations

[raw zephyr]

i just feel like if it's something bigger then i would just stop carrying it around and use my phone instead

[rough osprey]

Can sony make an a7cr with good screen and evf

[raw zephyr]

what's the point of getting an expensive camera if it just sits on a shelf kind of view

[tribal dirge]

the single card slot is annoying too

[rough osprey]

fine for me

i trust in my cards

[tribal dirge]

sony G tough cards are what I use now

[rough osprey]

rich guy

[tribal dirge]

I used to use sandisk, but they keep dying lol

[rough osprey]

but ye i would too lol

[lyric hatch]

Pretty compact setup

[rough osprey]

when internal storage thoo

like shit so cheap and would be much faster

[tribal dirge]

until you use one of sony's bigger lenses on there with a FF to APS-C adapter

[lyric hatch]

Yeah but there's a bunch of apsc lenses you could use that wouldn't do that

[rough osprey]

ye i like small cameras but i also own a 135mm prime sooo

[tribal dirge]

sony cameras do have high speed buffer storage, but its not much

[lyric hatch]

Some nice sigma and Tamron lenses

[rough osprey]

ye just like 128gb or 256gb would be nice

[lyric hatch]

Bonus of being e mount

[tribal dirge]

yeah, but tbh whats the point when most high end sony cameras use CFE type A cards lol

[raw zephyr]

i've found some sample gallery and the x100vi isn't that great for portraits but still looks great tbh

https://www.dpreview.com/sample-galleries/7109242674/fujifilm-x100vi-sample-gallery/0765030692

[rough osprey]

saving money and not having to think about cards

[lyric hatch]

Most modern cameras are gonna look pretty damn good, differences are mainly in the out of camera colour science

[rough osprey]

35mm is a vibe

[analog sinew]

the x100v is cool but the ergonomics are oldschool :D

man maybe i should get into photography...

[tribal dirge]

also the autofocusing technology and maybe niche features that may be relevant to you.

[analog sinew]

i reserached it for weeks last year and never bought anything

[raw zephyr]

i wish there was a store nearby where i could try handling them

[lyric hatch]

Yeah but for taking family photos I'm not sure that's going to be that big of a deal

[tribal dirge]

yeah

[tribal dirge]

its a very deep and expensive rabbit hole

lmao

[rough osprey]

dont forget the lvl 4 promist

[lyric hatch]

I want to get more into bird/wildlife photography I gotta be a bit more selective

[analog sinew]

yeah definitely

i mean i have some money to space but

[rough osprey]

just get close

[tribal dirge]

sony weatherproof bodies are pretty much perfect for that

and most of their super telephoto lenses are weatherproof too

[lyric hatch]

Yeah I was thinking Sony or Nikon

[rough osprey]

dont buy sigma 100-400 tho

[analog sinew]

yeah sony seems good

[lyric hatch]

But not sure I can stretch the budget for a nice Nikon

[analog sinew]

nikon too but there are less lenses for that on the market rn since they switched mounts recently

on samsung you can get a lot of stuff

[tribal dirge]

lolz

[rough osprey]

samsung?

[analog sinew]

sony

mixed up my S companys

[tribal dirge]

like 10 years ago they tried lol

[rough osprey]

who buying sigma bf

[tribal dirge]

and failed

the NX1 royally sucked lmao

[lyric hatch]

That's one of the cameras

[rough osprey]

it does look nice

[lyric hatch]

Unfortunately that's where the nice things about it stop

[rough osprey]

sigma loves making niche cameras

[analog sinew]

when is the wooting cam dropping

[rough osprey]

the fp l was like a cheap way to get raw video

but usability uhm

[lyric hatch]

Can't be having no rangefinder

[rough osprey]

for video its okay

cant they make an fp XL with medium format sensor

[tribal dirge]

yeah, its a very very expensive point and shoot at that point lmao

2k for a point and shoot is insane to me

[rough osprey]

isnt that leica

lul

[tribal dirge]

I never really tried their Q system before

I really only have experienced their M system and SL systems

[rough osprey]

i mean M too

lowkey

[tribal dirge]

M system has a rangefinder though

albeit its an optical one shoved to the side, but its still a usable rangefinder

[rough osprey]

ye but the avg leica user wont be caring much about editing and all

[tribal dirge]

eh, only sometimes

I still like to go in and tweak the image a bunch in lightroom

[rough osprey]

the avg user seems to be a rich person that wants a camera

[raw zephyr]

this guy really makes use of the x100vi, so many amazing shots https://youtu.be/YyyYJLOR6u8

[rough osprey]

not like someone that upgraded to it after using other cameras before

[raw zephyr]

i'm on the verge of these 3 - sony a7c, fuji x100vi and ricoh gr3x

[analog sinew]

i mean every modern camera is easily overkill

its just about what you want rly

ppl took awesome photos 20 yrs ago with way shittier cams :D

[rough osprey]

im for the fuji in your case

[lyric hatch]

If you go a7c you're gonna need FF lenses

[raw zephyr]

thanks for the tips, this is going to be tough 😅

[rough osprey]

you can always return it

aslong as you dont drop it lol

[raw zephyr]

opens box -> full power slams it on the floor

[rough osprey]

probably doesnt break it but scratches

them magnesium bodys are strong

[analog sinew]

cant imagien the shutter likes it tho

[rough osprey]

time for a9 iii

[analog sinew]

yeee

i mean i would like it if you want to gift me one

[rough osprey]

for christmas maybe

[analog sinew]

u can be my sugar daaddy

[rough osprey]

ill think about it

[rough osprey]

@analog sinew i have bad news

[tribal dirge]

I did that once beause I didnt tighten one of the tripod legs fully

goodbye lens hood

lmao

the lens itself survived though.

[analog sinew]

the fall of the roman empire hit em hard

[analog sinew]

do tell

[rough osprey]

after a thorough analysis i made a shocking discovery

i dont got money

😔

[analog sinew]

aw shucks

[rough osprey]

im no frog

https://meowden.com/cdn/shop/products/frog-costume-for-cat-965.jpg?v=1679321166

noo

its a northsouthian antarctic land frog

trust me

[analog sinew]

i should undervolt my cpu

ah thank you

[rough osprey]

i should undervolt my gpu

i should overfrog my gpu

[somber coral]

balls of pure fucking steel

i could never do such a thing

[lofty pivot]

a7c ii is pretty goated as a do everything but very light camera, but like hopper said you gotta be ready for full frame lens pricing if you go that

[unkempt lake]

Cals cpu gonna explotano

[lofty pivot]

that new sony ai chip is insanely nice for autofocus and allows for much better image stabilization when doing video with latest firmware

[rough osprey]

with crop

[lofty pivot]

yeah that's it's only real downside is the 60p crop, but i assume unless he's doing full time video stuff he probably won't care about that

[sudden imp]

Do people usually have PBO on or is that more recently a trend?

[reef patrol]

Why wouldn't you put it on?

https://tenor.com/view/elmo-burning-hell-gif-1773731824984430627

[ashen spindle]

there have been plenty of issues with it being turned on from drivers or something without users enabling it manually

and well it works most of the time but its not stock so could always cause issues

[somber coral]

😭

[reef patrol]

iirc it's suggested as an option when installing AMDs software suite - which is part of installing their chipset drivers.

[somber coral]

can i buy 6 1080s and sli them together

for 3 pairs of 1080s

ok but it'll be funny.

ill have a 6480

math

[reef patrol]

Whatever happened to that DX12 replacement that would universally link up GPUs anyhow? 😄

[somber coral]

shall i cop oil kings or rosewoods

[ashen spindle]

mGPU still works in games that support it

https://forum.level1techs.com/t/the-zen-of-mgpu/219175/25 for example

[somber coral]

how about no

[ashen spindle]

its just pain to add and support it properly for devs

[somber coral]

how about

i buy an al80 and rosewoods

and some cool keycaps

(blanks probably)

[bright briar]

https://tenor.com/view/sml-brooklyn-guy-youre-under-arrest-cop-police-gif-27231944

[somber coral]

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1874744645/keyz-black-marble-keycap-set-152-keys?ls=s&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=black+and+gold+keycaps&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&pro=1&frs=1&content_source=a1bfaa069457f92a0e275015af8d337666a127cb%253A1874744645&organic_search_click=1&logging_key=a1bfaa069457f92a0e275015af8d337666a127cb%3A1874744645

ok wait thats cool

i want like black and gold accented keycaps

actually no

i will get some braincells

imma buy techno merch

[unkempt lake]

Eathan be like

1 month sgo: i'm broke
Nowdays: buys new shit dsily

[bright briar]

rice mafia

[sudden imp]

Once that paycheck comes in bad financial decisions are a must

[dull hollow]

he doesnt even work bros just sliding moms credit card

fr

[wheat plume]

not a collab I expected, but I collab I very much enjoyed https://youtu.be/g1f7iZehQ2A

[ashen spindle]

meh they basically only made the pc slow and didnt do anything interesting, boring

[sudden imp]

His videos are interesting if you are a 12 year old other than that his contents boring.

[ashen spindle]

idk if you mean linus or kit but would disagree on both, but this one didnt have anything

[umbral heron]

Kitboga funny
Linus not
If you want to defeat scammers just install your grandma Linux, she won't care either way on what OS she will launch her browser

[ashen spindle]

yeah and plenty of remote software works on more and more linux distros too and thats all they need, remote access and then use a browser

[umbral heron]

But they also need sudo access for that
And it's easy to just take root access from user away

[reef patrol]

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/ben-jerrys-waste-now-powers-vermont-homes

Pretty cool. Turning waste into biogas energy. More companies should look into that in the food industry.

[fickle ore]

Better to just sell waste to companies that specialize in producing biogas, unless you're very big like Mars or Nestle, maybe.

[ashen spindle]

it is nice, but calling it clean renewable energy idk if I'd got that far

but always nice to see more innovation

[fickle ore]

Thats a lot of Ben and Jerry tho

That is 0.8 % of Finlands Biogas production

[reef patrol]

That's what they did.

[unkempt lake]

https://community.intel.com/t5/Mobile-and-Desktop-Processors/Intel-Core-13th-and-14th-Gen-Vmin-Shift-Instabilty-Update-New/m-p/1686948#M83680

🤣

Another update

[ashen spindle]

you do realize thats a month old yes?

[marsh pewter]

shhhh just let her be

it’s better this way

[unkempt lake]

Still funny

[plush stirrup]

Is there some kind of mailing list I can subscribe to for updates 🥲

[misty turtle]

i am currently on 7800x3d and rtx 4090 with 1440p 165hz monitor, im pretty much looking to maximize frames (no matter the cost in quality - i am playing Takov and also Esports titles like cs2).. looking to drop to 1080p monitor with higher Hz.. does anyone have any experience to share before i do this? also should i aim for 240 hz or 360?

[rough osprey]

you can go all out if your budget allows it

like 540hz or 600hz

idk about tarkov fps but should be possible in cs with the right settings

[misty turtle]

id rather not go all out, i didnt do much reading but the consensus was that the higher you go - you gain less benefit? like the jump from 165 to 360 would be noticeable but anything more it probably wouldn't make much difference?

[tribal dirge]

if you want the lowest latency, get a Zowie TN panel, if you want the best image quality, get an Asus or a Samsung OLED/QD-OLED monitor.

both however will get those super high refresh rates that one would want in a high end display

some of those high end oled ones are also dual resolution

usually they can run either both 4k 240Hz or 1080p 480Hz

[misty turtle]

wow did we get this far 🙂 first time im hearing this

[tribal dirge]

yeah its a new thing that display manufacturers are doing

its really cool

[verbal nimbus]

Don’t oled panels have the quicker response latency

[tribal dirge]

OLED has worse motion clarity than TN though

TN is better when it comes to motion clarity, less motion blur and ghosting when stuff changes on the screen

Zowie monitors do something special too where they flash the backlight along with the refresh of the LCD pixels which almost eliminates motion blur.

[verbal nimbus]

If you’re going to be using the monitor for other things besides gaming I would recommend oled

[balmy vector]

oled my love

[misty turtle]

just gaming

[tribal dirge]

OLED is indeed very nice, esp if you can get one that can do DCI-P3 colors

[tribal dirge]

competitive or casual?

[misty turtle]

i have been told that on my rig, a 360 would be better than 240. so now i guess i have to choose the panel and the size

competitive

[tribal dirge]

and thats it? nothing else?

[misty turtle]

would it look ok 1080p on 27 inch?

[misty turtle]

yes nothing else

its tarkov, cs2.. and if i ever play any other game it is also competitive

[tribal dirge]

yeah get a zowie fast TN panel

[verbal nimbus]

What’s your rank

[lone dune]

Im team zowie lol

[verbal nimbus]

It depends how far you sit from the monitor

[misty turtle]

i want a better setup, i am not happy with my 1440p monitor

[tribal dirge]

tbh, arms length away a 24-25 inch display is fine lol

[misty turtle]

ye i dont stuck my face in it.. i prefer 27

[tribal dirge]

two arm lengths away I would consider a 27-32 inch display

[verbal nimbus]

Is it only because the refresh rate isn’t high enough

[balmy vector]

i do a bit over an arms length (like 1 + 1/4) for me personally on my 27in

[misty turtle]

yea this is the vibe

[verbal nimbus]

I’ve seen comp players nose length away from their monitor

[tribal dirge]

for me its a little too close since the edges of the display is basically at your peripheral vision area which can put you at a disadvantage.

[undone bear]

I want to get Signal Rgb software and I got the Wooting 60HE. Can I just turn the Signal Rgb software off when I go into Tachyon Mode for competitive games and have the Rgb Software on when I am in casual mode?

[balmy vector]

persoinally i get a clear visual of all the edges, so guess it differs from person to person, ah ok i misread. i understand

[tribal dirge]

yeah

[unkempt lake]

edges arent important

super ultrawide 32:9 gang

[magic minnow]

And if your monitor is curved no?

[lunar elm]

breathing on the monitor

[lunar elm]

its between asus and zowie tbh

asus has those 1080p fast IPS panels I think

In my region the asus is cheaper

[lone dune]

I am a comp player for R6 lol i play on my zowie monitor just about 2 inches from my eyelids lok

[unkempt lake]

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/personal-finance/buy-now-pay-never-klarna-users-struggle-repay-loans-us-consumer-debt-s-rcna207940

🤣

41% of people pay late

14% of users are relying on klarna for fucking groceries

[marsh pewter]

people cant afford to live and you're... laughing?

[unkempt lake]

I'm laughing at idiots sinking themselves into debt willingly

If you're already struggling to live buy now pay later is like one of if not the stupidest thing you could do

There's a big difference between struggling because life is harsh and making idiotic decisions

One is sad and it's unfair that those people are struggling
The other one is a fucking meme

People who use these services buy shit they do not need

It's not about survival

Its about stupidity

And i have little empathy for plain stupidity

[halcyon moss]

klarna is evil, and ppl who use it are set up to fail

at least here, there was an issue that it was so easy to register that ppl used adresses of other ppl, and that of course meant that the collections went to ppl who did not buy that stuff

[marsh glade]

Dashi that's myopic. Practically nobody who is using buy now pay later for groceries does it because they want to. They're doing it because they don't see any other option and they need to eat.

[compact relic]

I'd like know how large portion of this is people ordering takeout instead of cooking because that's pretty common too at least here

[reef patrol]

Gods... That reminds me of this super predatory company that would run TV ads about how you could buy a new washing machine cause your current one is leaking badly or whatnot.

Get now, pay in rates of up to 36 months. And you'd end up paying four times the retail price of the product in total.

I know someone who bought a gaming PC this way, and once I explained to them the cost, they almost broke down crying.

[compact relic]

Interest rates might seem like small numbers at first but really add up over the years

[umbral heron]

Buy 4 chicken legs, coat in spices and oil, throw into air fryer for 40 mins, throw some rice into pot, cover with water, boil for 15 minutes, boom - a dinner
And cheaper than takeout, and often quite faster than takeout will arrive

[ashen spindle]

Some people use it to pay for their burrito taxi and going into debt for that is usually stupidity and funny but if you need it for groceries that more shows how sad the system is

[compact relic]

I managed to live a month with 22€ food budget circa 2017, basically potatoes, onions, carrots and pasta all day

[analog sinew]

well groceries arent takeout

[magic minnow]

20$ and I eat the entire week

[umbral heron]

Same
About 30€/mo and stuff from grandma's garden
First 2 years in uni were fun

[magic minnow]

Chicken thighs, Rice, Potatoes, Carrots, and Curry Blocks

Mods this isn’t #🍲│food

[umbral heron]

yyyyyhhh...

rice cooker - that's tech

[reef patrol]

You have an oven that does the same thing, reeeeee

[analog sinew]

rice in the oven?

[magic minnow]

I love my rice cooker for white rice, but I’ll make Mexican rice on the stove

[reef patrol]

An air fryer is literally just a tiny convection oven - which most western countries already have.

[analog sinew]

but it was about rice cookers

[umbral heron]

I don't use oven anymore
Air fryer heats up faster, needs less energy, stuff comes out crispier
I only use oven for cakes nowadays

[analog sinew]

oh two convos

[fair gull]

beter use duck legs

[ashen spindle]

It does the same thing in theory but it achieves it in very different ways, no preheating needed, things go faster, you need less oil because it’s more efficient to heat up etc.

[compact relic]

air fryers are super convenient for single portions of food though

[magic minnow]

@grok is this true

[reef patrol]

I'm not a single student though. For a dorm it makes a lot of sense - I have a significant other, and I cook for two at least once a day. 😄

Just last night I made something like this, with a tray of french fries. Would be far too much for a poor ole fryer.

[ashen spindle]

Air fries can do more than just a single portion it’s just that’s one of the benefits

[compact relic]

Yeah for multiple people regular oven is more useful

[ashen spindle]

And you have double basket options that can do two meals at once etc.

It doesn’t mean you need to replace your oven with it either

It makes absolute sense to use both if you have both

[reef patrol]

Just a waste of money and kitchen space.

[ashen spindle]

It really isn’t

[reef patrol]

Like having a microwave just to make popcorn and heat leftovers.

[compact relic]

Also air fryers are pretty cheap, I think I paid like 59€ for mine

[umbral heron]

Popcorn always in wok

[reef patrol]

I paid zero for the preinstalled oven.

[ashen spindle]

Idk why you’re on such a crusade against them when they allow additional options and nobody said you can’t use your oven anymore

[rough patrol]

The thing that pisses me off about air fryers

[reef patrol]

Cause people are acting like they're the third coming of christ.

[rough patrol]

Is the marketing

Call then tabletop oven or mini oven or something

[compact relic]

I like to air fry a few sausages after work for a fast snack, much better than microwaved and faster and more convenient than oven

[rough patrol]

Air fryer is just false advertising

[reef patrol]

Oven manufacturers have had to change phrasing on the programs to "air fryer" to remind people it isn't a new thing.

https://tenor.com/view/the-universe-tim-and-eric-mind-blown-mind-blown-meme-mind-explosion-mind-explosion-meme-gif-18002878

[ashen spindle]

Well for many people it’s extremely convenient and makes the quality of live better so who care if the tech behind it isn’t new but easier to use or whatever now?

People being stupid equally does not make it a worse

[analog sinew]

it is convenient cause i'd never heat up the oven just to grill a zuccini but the air fryer does it well

[analog sinew]

and yes some people are idiots but if you use it for waht it is its a nice tool

ofc you dont need it

i can cook on open fire too but i dont do that either

[magic minnow]

Convection oven over air fryer for me

Since convection will usually have more space

[compact relic]

You dont need a dishwasher either but goddang it makes life easier

[magic minnow]

This is something I’d never trust

[umbral heron]

Now dishwasher is a waste of space
Just wash your plates right after you finish eating

[ashen spindle]

Fries are done much faster in an air fryer and use less oil, a big roast goes into the oven, very simple example of both having a nice usage

[lyric hatch]

if you don't live by yourself dishwasher is very convenient

[old marlin]

what if you wanna cook your fish in it tho

[reef patrol]

I'd be washing dishes all day - And dishwashers are much more water efficient 😄

[lyric hatch]

also your dishes are way cleaner coming out of the dishwasher

[old marlin]

I mean I could live without a dishwasher, but I do prefer having one

[analog sinew]

you can also do both at the same time. I can make my fries when the roast is in the oven at diff temps

[compact relic]

I live by myself and dishwasher is still super convenient

[magic minnow]

I guess you don’t wash your dirty dishes with hot water?

[compact relic]

Saves time and effort

[old marlin]

not as hot as the dishwasher

[magic minnow]

And more on the electric bill

[magic minnow]

I just use the hot water on the faucet all the way up

[ashen spindle]

Even with electric on top you usually save in total costs unless you use frozen water I suppose for cleaning

[old marlin]

which is prob still colder than your dishwasher

[compact relic]

Unnoticeable in my electrically heated house in Finland

[old marlin]

I hope you at least do IR heating

[compact relic]

I have a big fireplace and AC with heat pump for those cold months

[old marlin]

ok heat pump is good

[magic minnow]

I use heated blanket

[old marlin]

if your electricity is cheap it might be cheaper than oil or gas

[compact relic]

but electric floor heating is ugh

[magic minnow]

That sounds comfy

[real pewter]

Should I update to v5 for my wooting 60he

[old marlin]

I will have oil and pellet soon

indoor pellet as well

[compact relic]

And expensive

Was greeted by a 600eur electricity bill a few winters back when I had them turned up too high

[old marlin]

2 of these suckers

old wood ovens sadly have to be deactivated

[compact relic]

Pellet is good but why oil

[compact relic]

Also wtf

[old marlin]

house is from 85, the old oil burner is still in there

[lyric hatch]

here's my local costs

[old marlin]

landlord has to renovate it within the next 5 years

so it would prob end up with an assisting heat exchanger at least