🔌│tech

[reef patrol]

Not as far as I can tell. But it does take 5-10seconds to load videos to actually block the new ads.

Also... oh no. My poor wams

[halcyon moss]

Unused memory is wasted memory

[steady sail]

i can live with this usage

[umbral heron]

[steel current]

i need to up my game..

[umbral heron]

https://tenor.com/view/good-one-arrest-cops-gif-7857592

[magic minnow]

Replace the girl with Switchy

[reef patrol]

[vagrant pagoda]

my current rimworld modlist uses 40gb, good thing I have 128gb

[reef patrol]

Do you count your game loadtime in hours instead of minutes? 😄

[lunar elm]

yo wtf i just realised thats a gif

[reef patrol]

It's technically a WEBM if we're being pedantic, but yes. It moves.

[ashen spindle]

urgh guess its time to move back to firefox for adblocking

really wish there was one option I could just be happy with but all browsers are shit in some way

[reef patrol]

I have yet to find something that can't simply be disabled in Brave.

None of the crypto ads or such are forced.

Clean as can be.

[ashen spindle]

dont want to touch brave beause of the crypto stuff, the vpn stuff, the ceo and its still chromium so more likely down the line google still fucks the options there

[reef patrol]

Yeah... Not a fan of having features go missing, cause Google wants to remove them from the flags menu. But it's the best of the worst I've had so far. Not a fan of how Firefox runs.

I only use it for very specific websites that just don't run on Chrome.

[ashen spindle]

yeah if its too sluggish or anything maybe ill have to try brave even though I dont want to but I hope firefox will be fine

[steady sail]

[ashen spindle]

dont need to appear from a different country so vpn doesnt do anything for me

[reef patrol]

Pleasant be like - I don't want to be OOK anymore. Damn you age checks!

[halcyon moss]

Haha same, but reversed. And it's only wootility

[fair gull]

there is websites that dont run on chrome?

[lunar elm]

i tried operagx on my laptop and it was shit. tried brave and all the stuttering and resource problems went away

Have been using brave on my desktop for quite a while now, its such a good browser

[halcyon moss]

Why ppl use opera is beyond me after it got sold

[ashen spindle]

because advertisement works sometimes

but yeah its super sketchy

and brave is just chromium so it makes sense most things just work

[reef patrol]

Run well? Absolutely.

[fair gull]

oh i wondered cause you just that "that just dont run on Chrome"

[reef patrol]

My definition of "doesn't work" includes "shit's buggy or runs slow".

😄

[halcyon moss]

Like seriously, what

[ashen spindle]

yeah what site for example

[reef patrol]

Websites I definitely cannot and will not share here. Suffice to say some things run on some old shit, and just don't like Chromium 😄

[ashen spindle]

weird, thought porn sites would run fine on chrome

[reef patrol]

I am nothing if not retro.

[lunar elm]

type shit

[vapid ruin]

RIP screen

[fair gull]

my main issues with firefox are css gradients, some google related websites arent always working great and no webusb

otherwise firefox always was my fav browser

[lunar elm]

It was more of a try, and my opinion is that brave smokes the shit out of it

Like, after turning on the laptop and going into the browser, they stuff a new blank tab with their shit in

Also had performance issues where it loves eating resources

Did not have this issue when I was using edge while installing like 20 things at once, nor has it happened with brave

[crimson wigeon]

Oh Opera still exists as a normal browser, I thought they went all in on the GX meme

[lunar elm]

I tried opera and the GX version, GX had more inherent issues PARTICULARLY the performance one

as a total I view opera as a knockoff ms edge

[ashen spindle]

I mean edge is literally just microsoft using chromium with a skin

[crimson wigeon]

I have not really cared about it ever since it become just another Chromium skin

[lunar elm]

I hate it when you start the PC, open edge and it asks u whether u wanna restore ur tabs lmao

[ashen spindle]

thats just a chromium feature you can disable or make automatic

[vagrant pagoda]

about 6 minutes. faster loading helps, but even the it only makes 20% difference

576 mods at the main menu

[reef patrol]

[exotic plinth]

My zomboid mods take less ram

And i have like 600+

[vagrant pagoda]

rimworld is way more complex and unity

[exotic plinth]

Zomboid is java tho

@vagrant pagoda how your modded rimworld look like?

[vagrant pagoda]

liIke normal rimworld with more shit

[vagrant pagoda]

hahaha "I haven't had to give a pitch in so long indont know how" - Josef Prusa

[reef patrol]

You get to do a ton of themed stuff.

Want to play a pirate era game with ships? You can do that.
Want to go to space and build a moonbase? You can do that.
Want to play unga bunga cavemen? You can do that (with more flavour and depth than vanilla)

[empty wren]

Healthy vesc battery

[exotic plinth]

@umbral heron are you getting it?
https://x.com/Dexerto/status/1946389552127471649?t=sQMgktaf8Haqk-Un7EsYUg&s=19

Dexerto (@Dexerto)

Asus ROG is releasing a full Hatsune Miku gaming PC collab with a case, motherboard, RTX 5080, PSU, and monitor

X · Jul 19, 2025, 2:00 AM

[kindred orbit]

Anyone got some mic recommendations

[exotic plinth]

How much do u have

[kindred orbit]

I realisticly wouldnt want to spent much more than 150 euro on a mic a bit over or under is fine

[exotic plinth]

I heard podmic usb is good

Tho watch multiple reviews of microphones

This way i chose my mic

Wave dx

But it is xlr mic tho

[tribal timber]

new monitor has a dead pixel unfortunate

[unkempt lake]

Return it

[tribal timber]

its dead center slightly to the right LOL and i play mostly fps

[exotic plinth]

Dead pixels would spread

[tribal timber]

okay will return it

[somber coral]

the ucking 50 series drivers are so ass bro

like i cant even use stretched res

and marvel rivals and fortnite kept fucking crashing like

2k gpu and its more unstable then old amd drivers

i am NOT joining that disc ord

[dull hollow]

random discord link 🔥

[somber coral]

expert guidance and assistance my ass

[vapid ruin]

Nvidia priortizing AI be like

[dull hollow]

@unkempt lake your child needs more assistance

[somber coral]

would be safer to go on random porn sites

[somber coral]

nah im just here to comaplin

[unkempt lake]

https://tenor.com/view/kpop-hide-gif-21272660

i am not there

i do not exist

[dull hollow]

told ya not to buy it

[somber coral]

did mod delete his msgs lmao

s how yourself

[digital cliff]

fifine K688 is 40€ and is amazing

[lunar elm]

L

[somber coral]

i can conjfirm as an oled owner that is burnped in

[lunar elm]

imagine trynna get stretched res

individually stretch the monitor urself

[somber coral]

ithink its disappointing how my 2k gpu just cant do it lmao

[lunar elm]

5090 for marvel rivals and fortnite

[somber coral]

nah 5080

i bought it scalped 🔥

[lunar elm]

LOL

skill issue

[somber coral]

i knew it was scalped lmao

[lunar elm]

and u went for a 5080 instead of the 70ti

[somber coral]

mhm

[vapid ruin]

I think at that point it's just a self induced pain

[lunar elm]

“Making people buy 16GB cards for 1k in 2025 should be a chinese torture method, but nvidia beat me to it”

[somber coral]

im 14 i have no financial intelligence

[lunar elm]

the only 2 cards worth this gen is 5070ti and 5090

[vapid ruin]

Waow, at least you got +1 in wisdom after this experience

[halcyon moss]

When I was 14 there was no fucking way I Could afford a 5080

[somber coral]

nope im gonna buy more scalped shit

i think my 7800x3d was also scalped

not scalped but like

way overpriced

i paid like 600cad iirc

[vapid ruin]

At that point, you're part of the scalping problem

[somber coral]

probably am

i paid 10$ for fucking 10 tiny marshmellow cubes bro

eh i mean they were for my mom and she said they were good so worth

[lunar elm]

5080 16gb? sounds like a bad dream

5080 16gb? u mean 5090 lite?

[somber coral]

ATP do I take a 4080 and 300$

[vapid ruin]

Nah, 4070ti Super

16gb vram still but very nice

And you can use the older nvidia driver version before all of the mess

[somber coral]

I meant 4080 super lmao sorry

4080s asus tuf+300$ for my 5080

[halcyon moss]

You Are Telling this boy to downgrade?

[lunar elm]

whats ur current model

of 5080

[somber coral]

I don’t need a 5080

[somber coral]

5080 pny oc no rgb

[lunar elm]

ok yea take that 300 LMAO

2k for a PNY card btw

its up 2 u in all

[somber coral]

@unkempt lake can I get ur opinion too or nah

Also has it been more then 24hr without mou pic

[halcyon moss]

Good. They belong in #🐱│pets :p

[halcyon moss]

When you play other games, you benefit. I assume you don't just play one game

[somber coral]

I play mostly esports game

MR FN VAL

[halcyon moss]

Play some other games as well.

[reef patrol]

I'll take that 5080 off your hands. I need more frames in Dune

[somber coral]

What gpu u got rn

[halcyon moss]

It's canado though

[reef patrol]

A mere 3080

[somber coral]

Yeah Nevermind

[halcyon moss]

I'll take it as well. 5700xt :p

[somber coral]

If you had like a 9070xt and cash and pay for shipping I would be down

[somber coral]

I sometimes play hd2

[halcyon moss]

Ah 0 story games

Yeah but the other shit

[somber coral]

I’ve always been competitive ok

[lunar elm]

9070xt mentioned RAAAAHHH

[lunar elm]

that gpu still shits on like 5 of my friends

x2 3060tis
x2 4060s
x1 5060

man love it when my GPU eats 200w using VSR

[stoic locust]

Hell yeah

[lunar elm]

on the 5080 it averaged like 130w with VSR

[somber coral]

1x 4070ti s
1x inter grated graphics
1x weak as laptop
6x no pc

[reef patrol]

I mean sure. But it's also not strong enough for some new games without major concessions to quality - especially at 1440P-UW

[lunar elm]

those 6 people:

[lunar elm]

One of my 3060ti friends games 3A new releases quite often, and 100% of the time he is basically forced to use DLSS (1440p)

rn 1440p sweet spot is the 5070ti/9070xt

I know a guy torturing his 9070 on a 4k TV

[halcyon moss]

@somber coral dont change what's not broken

[lunar elm]

native 4k with FSR4 FG (optiscaler) 30 fps

i forgot if its rt on or off

[leaden kiln]

yo this app works so well lol, gotta force stop it for it to go back to scaling properly 🥀

@nimble arch I'm kinda considering getting a watch ultra 2 🥀

[lunar elm]

rn trying 6400 CL28@1.45v i wonder how long this trainkng will take lmao

[nimble arch]

Do it

Great watch

[leaden kiln]

yeah it seems really nice

[nimble arch]

Great for tracking my elegant walks in Lisbon

[leaden kiln]

I would do it when I'm in japan but it's just before next release, really poor timing 😭

(gotta get an iphone too)

[nimble arch]

A very solid phone choice

[leaden kiln]

you have a 16 pro max right?

I would just go regular 16 I think

[nimble arch]

Yes

Mostly because I wanted the larger size

Plus I’m intending on upgrading every 4-5 years so might as well spring a bit extra

[leaden kiln]

yeah I hope I can keep it for a while but I'm not super interested in the features on the pro models
slightly smaller size seems nice

the always on display is kinda cool but I don't have it on right now on my samsung, especially with a watch

the larger ones have better battery though, definitely gonna try the sizes in a store first

[nimble arch]

Not sure about Samsung but the always on display turns off when you leave the room on an iPhone.

It uses the Apple Watch to determine that distance.

[leaden kiln]

that's neat
I don't have a samsung watch so maybe it works similarly but can't confirm either

it's not something I use rn though so not a big selling point for the pro models personally

[tribal dirge]

Also at some point before bed it also turns it off entirely to make it less distracting. And when it gets really dark it becomes a red monotone to make it easier to see when it's dark.

[nimble arch]

Yeah

I use the sleep tracking stuff so it’s all automated

Very cool features.

[leaden kiln]

my dad saw a runner at the store paying with their watch and no phone, so now he's gotta get a new watch too

[nimble arch]

I love that feature

I’ve got an eSIM in my Watch, although EE doesn’t provide roaming for some reason, but I can leave my phone at home when I pop to the shops or go for a walk.

Just have to carry my AirPods if I have to take a call in that scenario.

[leaden kiln]

do you know if you can have notifications for leaving an airtag behind? I'm using a smarttag in my wallet right now for that

[nimble arch]

Yes

I get those Find My notifications

[leaden kiln]

nice
gotta pick up a couple airtags too if I go for it then

[nimble arch]

I have four

[analog sinew]

just get an smart chain and attach your wallet to you if ur that forgetful

[nimble arch]

Wallet, keys, backpack and, luggage.

[leaden kiln]

I won't usually forget it on my workweeks but that's just because I almost never take it out of my work pants, easier to forget on weekends or vacation

also infuriating that I can't get samsung smartthings notifications on my current watch, it just ignores them despite having them turned on

[nimble arch]

I’ll need to buy a fifth AirTag soon. The wheels on my luggage bag are going wonky so it’ll get replaced with a hard shell check-in bag and a smaller bag for carry-on. My current carry-on is too large for some airlines (not yet been fined for using it though).

AirTags are super cool though. Same for the wider Find My functions.

[leaden kiln]

which color did you go for the watch, I like the black but I work with metal so the coating would probably get messed up for me

[nimble arch]

Black

No issues with chips or anything

[leaden kiln]

nice
I'm probably going with the natural finish, I think stainless steel should still be able to scuff it up, especially if I use it for a few years

[magic minnow]

Ultra?

[leaden kiln]

yes

ultra 2

[magic minnow]

Yeah mine hasn’t scratched at all but I also have it in a little case so I don’t accidentally press the orange button it has

[leaden kiln]

it might look huge on my little boy wrist
maybe I can see if I can 3d print a model of it

I definitely don't wanna get a case for a watch

[magic minnow]

https://a.co/d/5QdkCIZ

[magic minnow]

Smart

I had an ultra but when they announced it in black I instantly preordered it lol

[leaden kiln]

damn

dedicated

if I decide to get them I'll do it when I travel, for the exchange rate and taxfree, just too bad that I'm travelling the week before next gen is announced

fomo

[magic minnow]

Im really hoping the pixel 10 reviews well

So I can jump from Apple to Android again

[leaden kiln]

⬅️ biggest pixel hater
I wanna get back to apple

[magic minnow]

I haven’t used a pixel since the 4 I think lol

And my last phone was the S24U so wanna try out something that isn’t from Apple or Samsung again

I can’t wait for Apple to invite the iPhone Fold though

[leaden kiln]

I wonder what formfactor they would do if they did

worlds thinnest iphone once again

[magic minnow]

We got the iPhone Air coming remember

https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/18/leaked-iphone-17-air-battery-capacity-reveals-new-models-biggest-weakness/

[leaden kiln]

wow

[magic minnow]

You also have Samsung doing one https://www.samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s25-edge/

Idk slim phones are weird

[wheat plume]

Try a Nothing phone
Best Android UI ever 😍💜
Clean and pretty and no bloat

[magic minnow]

It looks nice but the little glyphs and stuff on the back is a bit too much for me

[steady sail]

U can turn those off in settings soo

[magic minnow]

I also haven’t been liking how one of the owners has been acting

With the backlash from the Nothing 3

[tribal dirge]

It's an interesting design for sure

[leaden kiln]

the watch is 👎
I guess you get what you pay for, certain things are really annoying

[halcyon moss]

New nothing phone has usb 2.0 😂

[marsh glade]

I'm waiting for the resurgence of dumb and kinda dumb phones

[steady sail]

usb-b my beloved ❤️

[magic minnow]

I hate that they didn’t add the Snapdragon Elite as well

[tribal dirge]

You know there is a reason why the light phone or similar never took off.

[steady sail]

[marsh glade]

Ahead of its time

[tribal dirge]

But I can't use slack on ittttttt 😭

[marsh glade]

Needs to solve a few issues and strike a more compelling balance

[tribal dirge]

Or teams

[marsh glade]

That sounds like a feature, not a bug

[tribal dirge]

But is it worth being that one guy in the workplace?

[steady sail]

tbh thats not that bad

[marsh glade]

Ironically I'm typing this on my phone even though I'm literally sitting at my computer, because I'm leaning back watching RimWorld play itself

[steady sail]

i kinda like the titanium white colour

[tribal dirge]

Lel

[ashen spindle]

Dann wooting salary not enough to afford a second monitor

[tribal dirge]

Honestly single monitor setups for gaming is optimal

[leaden kiln]

can't pay a wooting employee enough to type on a wooting

[tribal dirge]

Least amount of distractions, maximum immersion

[marsh glade]

Second monitor has YouTube playing

[tribal dirge]

REAL

[steady sail]

ever since im on 2 monitors like for 3 -4 years i cant switch to a single monitor setup

[tribal dirge]

I have 2 monitors for my work setup

[ashen spindle]

That’s why you put it portrait mode so half YouTube half discord

[marsh glade]

It's not a lack of screen space

It's that I'm so leaned back that I literally can't reach my keyboard

[ashen spindle]

Posture check!

[steady sail]

even when i had my 1070 i used 2 monitors its just comfy to look up things on my 2nd monitor when im gaming or something

as its much easier to look at a youtube video on the 2nd monitor for me

[tribal dirge]

True that

[magic minnow]

I hope the wooting Knob has Ai integrated into somehow

[steady sail]

no ai

[marsh glade]

No AI, only UwU

[steady sail]

CalderAI

[tribal dirge]

Knooooob

[hidden trench]

UwU ai with auto click in osu

[leaden kiln]

I thought it was gonna be enormous but thankfully that was just the brim

[kindred orbit]

im torn between the elgato wave 3 and fifine k688 anyone got any experience with either one or both?

[steel current]

look up sound comparison videos, should be more than enough to tell which one's right for you

ofc you can do EQ wonders after the fact, but between those two you really wont be missing out on any quality or features whatever you pick

[nimble arch]

Wave Link lets you do EQ and other VST stuff in real time with minimal CPU overhead

Other USB mics you can buy these days have onboard DSPs to do EQ

[kindred orbit]

well i like how both sound but mainly torn on if the extra money for the elgato is worth it for their software or if i should just go cheaper and go with the k688

[nimble arch]

Could always look for a used Elgato

Plenty of people buy their stuff to give up on streaming and then sell on the used market.

[steel current]

i'd go fifine
reason: none

[umbral heron]

Fifine
Cheap and good

Don't play around with software, with whatevers, just get a nice mic that will work after plugging it to USB

[nimble arch]

I like my realtime EQ

[steel current]

equalizer apo tho

[leaden kiln]

surprisingly not especially big, was just me having unrealistic expectations

[leaden kiln]

damn left handed

I think my wrists are about 170 so I thought it might look too big

[nimble arch]

Watch on my right wrist because I write left handed

Mouse = right hand though

[leaden kiln]

🤯

[umbral heron]

[plush stirrup]

Has anyone seen this yet? and if you click yes, what does it do and can it be disabled? xD

[steel current]

iirc they were doing a vpn thingy or proxy or something

mozilla vpn but ass cause it's not rebranded mullvad

[plush stirrup]

I'd assume it would be a proxy ish thing aswell, would love to test it, but I'm scared that if I do, they won't let me disable it xD

[plush stirrup]

this is apparently just a question, it does nothing if you click yes

[ashen spindle]

I'd guess it would scramble the data that shows sites where you are coming from

[plush stirrup]

It said my response was recorded and they're developing it or smth

[steel current]

cant really scramble data on the interwebs, you can make it go through another device to mask it

[leaden kiln]

I've already scratched up the ring, also lost it once in a forest

[steel current]

i mean you can do randomized useragents but..

[ashen spindle]

you can change the referer header parts and such

not much but some things can be faked

[fair gull]

https://youtube.com/shorts/E-ANRNhb9tc

[magic minnow]

Fuck I want a foldable phone so bad now

[vapid ruin]

Think of the turtle, what would happen if the fold broke and you're forced to buy a new phone.

[magic minnow]

A risk i’m willing to take

[leaden kiln]

I put a new front half of the case on mine today
the cases suck so bad lol

[vapid ruin]

okay... it does looks cool though. I remember watching my uncle using it and he looks slick as hell using the half as a phone stand while watching the news.

[plush stirrup]

reminds me of that asrock motherboard

xD

[crimson wigeon]

Yeah that is the future, I can't wait!

[steady sail]

its me who thinks that only USB-c is ugly on the mobos

[steel current]

it's ugly anywhere

[plush stirrup]

I mean I wouldn't mind, but in my current setup I have too many usb-a devices, though many can be fixed by ordering a usb-c to c cable instead of A to c

[steel current]

can we ditch USB for something that works like a BNC already

[fair gull]

i mean the way the asrock one does yes

[plush stirrup]

I mean how else would you do usb-c only?

[fair gull]

stack it like usb a ports

[plush stirrup]

need to think about dongle clearance too 😛

[fair gull]

thats some massive dongles then

bigger than the ones ive seen

[umbral heron]

That's your average dongle nowadays, and it's only so big, so you have where to grab it to pull it out

[fair gull]

so what you guys are saying is that usb-a on current mobos also doesnt work well because of this

[plush stirrup]

usb-c ones are a little bigger compared to the port

[plush stirrup]

I've had issues with it in the past

[fair gull]

i dont see why rotating them by 90 degrees and stacking 3 next to each other or maybe 4 is an issue

and leave some space and do another row

[reef patrol]

Meanwhile Corsair and Logitech give you ones that are as long as storage thumbdrives.

[steady sail]

tbh 3 rows with some space in between would be great

[plush stirrup]

We had this wifi dongle for out old tv, just imagine xD

[reef patrol]

Gotta have all dem megabits for the headsets.

[fair gull]

would be doable if you move the 2 usb-c power ports up as well so the antennas can squash

[steady sail]

true

[umbral heron]

They have to store their "proprietary technology" which does nothing somewhere

[plush stirrup]

and steelseries gives you... this, though like many they include some extension so you can plug it into a pc easier

[plush stirrup]

same here haha for my headset

[fair gull]

extensions? for usb? na fam now youre making stuff up

[plush stirrup]

plug a USB in next to it and my headset doesn't have reception...

[tribal dirge]

One of my friends who has a Steelseries headset needs to use a big beefy transmitter that sits on his desk to use the headset LMAO

And it has a knob and an oled display on it too

[plush stirrup]

Am I?

[fair gull]

nice ai images

[plush stirrup]

-.-

[fair gull]

usb cables never had extensions man that would solve all those issue of ports close to each other

[umbral heron]

SteelSeries as usual not being sober when desiging stuff

[fair gull]

what would we do in a world where you can snug up the ports close to each other

[reef patrol]

If I plug in a thunbdrive and start moving files, I can forget about my mouse while it's ongoing. It'll hop around at one frame per second or less.

[plush stirrup]

that's by design though

[tribal dirge]

True lol

[fair gull]

would be kinda weird if it was a tiny knob on a thumbdrive sized antenna dongle

with a 1 digit oled display

[plush stirrup]

same for logitech headset (that big ass dongle), sucks so much :c though space between ports is not that much

[umbral heron]

May I introduce you to the newest technology, zero-lag guaranteed, compatible with 100% of PCs regardless of configuration and saves space compared to traditional dongles!~
||Headphone jack ||

[plush stirrup]

Headphone jack, my case would've needed a new one by now 😛

I was bad at it before I had a wireless one, wires would get into my chair's wheels somehow all the time + now the habit of just walking around with headset would not go well going back to wired

[steady sail]

Remove chair wheels

[umbral heron]

Mlem

FiiO cables are really nice, I paid like 20€ for this one

[unkempt lake]

I still remember the time i had wired headphones plugged in, i stood up and walked away and my pc followed me

[plush stirrup]

With current pc's that would be an achievement, heavy things 😭

[steady sail]

Tbh i do love my wired IEM’s better than my Wireless headset

[reef patrol]

Did I mention that my SO's Logitech headset needs BOTH a dongle AND a USB cable? I can only charge via USB, not connect.

[umbral heron]

Open-backs in summer
Your ears can actually breathe

[unkempt lake]

Tru, my case back then was light

My current case is such a pita to move

My cat loves it tho

[unkempt lake]

That's odd, mine can connect via usb so can nico's

What model is it lol

Is it a thing with recent ones?

[umbral heron]

Come to think of it I didn't use my M50xs ever since I've got new pair

[lunar elm]

I think Im gonna go plug out that rgb header

[umbral heron]

Make Portal PC

[plush stirrup]

My G733 can't do it either according to rtings 🥲

[umbral heron]

How tf Logitech is still so popular

[unkempt lake]

I have a 733

I swear i used it with just usb before

[plush stirrup]

Interesting

Maybe to update?

[lunar elm]

aorus master is fire

[unkempt lake]

Because not everyone is an audiophile

[plush stirrup]

it's the only comfy one for me 😄 and they break like yearly

[unkempt lake]

The 733 is so comfy

But i had mine for like 4 years or some shit

[umbral heron]

I'm talking overall
In every segment they are there's better and cheaper stuff

[lunar elm]

they built a brand reputation thats all

[unkempt lake]

Stop breaking your shit magic

[umbral heron]

What reputation

[plush stirrup]

I only use their headphones 🙂 their other products aren't great indeed 😄

[unkempt lake]

When i asked for recommendations here i got told "im asking for a product that doesn't exist"

I need something light and witeless

[vapid ruin]

Parents prop work in office, probably using logitech stuff, they see their son wanna gaming, see logitech also. That's prop why

[lunar elm]

all modern day logitech products are F tier quality for S tier pricing- same with razer

[reef patrol]

G4 hundred somethings?

[plush stirrup]

I try, but either audio becomes laggy somehow, or the leather starts peeling off the earcups, heck I even got a replacement from the webshop once and I plugged it in, the LED's lit up, and that was the end, it was dead...

[vapid ruin]

Also you can find them easily in store

[lunar elm]

man i cant wait to get flashbanged

[umbral heron]

At least Razer has decent mice

[unkempt lake]

I still use my original earcups...

[lunar elm]

explode

[unkempt lake]

Never had issues with audio

I blame your pc xd

[plush stirrup]

Well, I am cursed with hardware tbh

[unkempt lake]

@umbral heron find me an ultralight wireless headset

[plush stirrup]

VR headsets dying, GPU's dying, and now my CPU possibly acting up 😄

[unkempt lake]

The world's telling you to go full amish mode

[lunar elm]

welp im gonna try ram OC another time with the igpu instead

hopefully my suspicion of the imc lottery being entirely hopeless is false

[vapid ruin]

Time to use raspberry Pi

[plush stirrup]

If only, but how do I use VR in it 😢

[umbral heron]

Corsair HS80 for example

[unkempt lake]

I shall take a look at em

https://www.amazon.ca/SteelSeries-Arctis-Wireless-Multi-Platform-Headset/dp/B0B15QM5LL

does anyone have any experience with these tho? Having the whole BT audio + dongle audio at the same time seems neat, especially when playing nintendo switch + pc audio at the same time

I saw those and they intrigued me

[hasty thunder]

so... i was annoyed enough about Asus' stupid stick to start a journey of plowing my way through NAND Chips, flash Software and USB 3.2 Gen 1 controllers. I've learned that the sticks they send with the board are actually really decent, but come with some really annoying shit

[lunar elm]

asus? u mean trash?

[plush stirrup]

my current list of broken things in the last like 2years:
Quest 3, RTX 3090, RX7900XTX, Dell Precision 5560, EAP780, possibly intel CPU 😇 possibly a Quest Pro aswell

[lunar elm]

is this good? been wanting to try out headphones again for the soundstage my iems lack

[hasty thunder]

ShitSeries... You'll need their bloatware to run any decent tuning on those and the quality isn't great either. You should avoid them

[plush stirrup]

they're nice, but I found the earcups uncomfy for long sessions compared to the logitech, but I seem really sensitive, to it

[umbral heron]

No idea, I only use headphones, because I already have a nice mic, and I prefer wired stuff

[gusty kiln]

I use this exact model for my unraid boot drive

[lunar elm]

i also have a mic so the mic with the corsair doesnt matter to me at all

[hasty thunder]

not entirely trash apparently. They've used a Phison 2251-19-29. Sure, it's a refresh of an older controller, but that thing hit the market in 2024 nonetheless. Anyway, i've learned a great deal of flashing and hacking USB Controllers, sadly the partition i wanted to get rid off was secured with an efuse. I did get rid of the partition, but also lost 4 GB of space in the process

[lunar elm]

poor noise isolation according to rtings

[lunar elm]

tldr, I consider anything asus as trash.

[unkempt lake]

I was mainly curious as those would allow me to mix in audio from my nintendo switch and my pc at once

[lunar elm]

I also think my asus router is trash but whatever

[hasty thunder]

for that you should rather pick the wireless TurtleBeach ones. They come with a USB-C receiver specifically for the Switch

[lunar elm]

My asus laptop I bought open box for like half price and they make good laptops, specs were the only one in that price range suiting my wants and needs

[unkempt lake]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-star-noted-notes-gif-17474838830648097856

[hasty thunder]

and they also come with a 2nd battery for tactical reloading

[unkempt lake]

Which model tho

There's a trillion turtle bitches

[hasty thunder]

Stealth Pro

another more pricey option would be A50's or Audeze Maxwell, but as much as i love my Maxwell, i can't recommend them... 1 and a half years after purchase the right cup suddenly refused to live

[unkempt lake]

I looked at the maxwells before, the main thing that worries me is how heavy they are

[hasty thunder]

you won't actually notice the weight

but the sudden break down at such a price point is noticeable

and the damn tight clamping force for the first couple weeks before they lax

[umbral heron]

Come on, buy audiophile headphones

[unkempt lake]

find me good lightweight wireless ones

[umbral heron]

but audiophile and wireless cancel each other out

[unkempt lake]

I NEED MY WIRELESS CALS

ITS IMPORTANT TO ME

[steady sail]

[leaden kiln]

I think there 2.4GHz wireless dongles to use with wired headphones, so you can still walk around with them, though you still have a cable to tangle on stuff, so depends how wireless you need them to be

[umbral heron]

I guess you can get wired headphones and stick them to FiiO BTR, that'll make them wireless

[hasty thunder]

you guys don't get the point

and no, wireless and audiophile do not cancel each other out

[halcyon moss]

Beyerdynamic mmx200

[umbral heron]

They very much do
You either need nice DAC with some Hi-Res wireless codec or run them wired

[hasty thunder]

it's the same with headphones as it is with everything else. There's a certain point of sound and quality where it makes sense to spend the money and then there's people who spend thousands just to have that tiny, small improvement on top

[umbral heron]

And that very tiny improvement is oh so much worth it

[hasty thunder]

again, not really. The Maxwell came really close to audiophile mid tier headphones. Sure, you pay less to have a wired pair of headphones, but we have wireless technologies with ridiculous speeds these days. You can't tell me there's no way to use todays technology to improve sound quality...

that's just utterly ridiculous

[umbral heron]

It's not about the speed, it's about digital-to-analog conversion

[ashen spindle]

if headphones would go back to using RF instead of all being on shitty bluetooth it would be a lot better

[vapid ruin]

air is air, and you can disturb the air

[umbral heron]

You can put good DACs into the headphones, but they'll warm up really quick and will need quite bigger battery
That's why you have an audio interface to do that

[vagrant pagoda]

a 950$ 5080 gotta be stolen right? XD

[steel current]

make sure to buy your audiophile wifi router for 900 dillar

[umbral heron]

Remember about your audiophile USB cable PC-audio interface

[lyric hatch]

My problem with wireless is replacement batteries, my wired headphones should last a long time. I'm not sure I could say the same for most wireless headphones

[ashen spindle]

with fresh batteries mine last like 24 hours and I've had them for like 8 years now

[lyric hatch]

Not sure you're going to be able to find replacement batteries for a lot of these wireless headphones in the future

[ashen spindle]

well these ones use default AA batteries

[vapid ruin]

Wireless dac on top of headphones headband could be one of the choice

But yeah, that's my worry for everything wireless too

[halcyon moss]

For 99%of the ppl it is absolutely fine

[umbral heron]

Spicy pillows

[fair gull]

or the core got removed

[umbral heron]

You know
You can also lie on the Internet

[fair gull]

na

[vagrant pagoda]

lie about what, its on my local FB

[umbral heron]

Ah, I thought it was about certain someone here, nevermind then

[ashen spindle]

just do the DAC conversion and then send analog wireless data

[umbral heron]

Yeah, we're making pirate radio

[hasty thunder]

or broken, make sure the seller makes screenshots of benchmark results with time stamps you have access to. Like 3dmark

[leaden kiln]

I was wondering why steamvr didn't start when I turned on my controllers but I had unplugged my headset 👴

now its fog time becuase it isnt warmed up

and my brother took my usb c to aux adapter so i gotta use a pair of wireless headphones 🥀

[rough osprey]

will apple ever make the apple music app for windows good

[crimson wigeon]

No because that would then be one less reason to get a Mac

[rough osprey]

is supposedly also bad on mac

although browser seems better then the windows app one

[umbral heron]

Ironically enough it was quite good on Android
Tidal be cheaper though and has an advantage of not being Apple

[rough osprey]

lemme try tidal again then

app kinda ugly but seems much more usable

[reef patrol]

It was called iTunes

[rough osprey]

20 years ago

[tepid lagoon]

hi, g letter is not working but in the app its showing that im clicking it

[stray arch]

anybody have experience w ceramic keycaps on any of the wootings? how does it affect the actuation if at all?

[lyric hatch]

Well you need a heavier spring for your spacebar if you do get them

[stray arch]

ty

[plush stirrup]

That... seems like an issue

[plush stirrup]

Damn

[leaden kiln]

not a big problem, it stays a bit warm if you keep it plugged in, I think most wired headsets do that too, but a beyond gets a bit more foggy because of the perfect seal between the face and headset probably

[steady sail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpN4nyftQ3M GeForce RX 9060 XT

[steel current]

in the DECIMALS?

[ashen spindle]

https://www.theverge.com/news/710535/microsoft-windows-11-performance-improvements-25h2-version

[umbral heron]

"should"

[marsh glade]

Great, in a year when that update is finally free of bugs and "unintended side effects" I'll pick it up

[plush stirrup]

Don’t know what happened, noticed sites took long to load and messages long to send. Seemed to be my tablet only 😅

[umbral heron]

[ashen spindle]

Hey maybe it’s out before win10 EOL and it’ll make for an acceptable swap

Do like how easy it is to spot the pro windows bias from tom all the time though

Microsoft already made some performance improvements to Windows 11 in 2023 to speed up the Taskbar, notifications area

Like wow such improvement

[umbral heron]

Fuck it up
Heroically solve problems you've made in the first place
Profit???

[ashen spindle]

Hey if it’s the same or better than win10 it’s fine for me since I’m still not on 11

[raw zephyr]

You could possibly switch to Windows 10 LTSC while keeping your files and everything intact 😅

[ashen spindle]

Nah ltsc has other quirks I cba dealing with

Also 11 does have the better hdr support I want

[marsh glade]

Is [insert year here, every year] finally the year of the Linux desktop?

[umbral heron]

No
But HDR works really good nowadays

[raw zephyr]

The only quirk I can think of on the top of my head could be missing Windows Store, if you use that..

[ashen spindle]

Maybe in 2-3 years when AC is out of the kernel and that’s making it easier to port things

[umbral heron]

With recent NTsync patches a lot of software has been fixed, for example Proton now runs Photoshop almost like native on Windows

[vagrant pagoda]

yall even remember how snappy xp was, especially on a ssd.

[thick elk]

Just wondering, does it work with non-cracked versions?
Could be worth trying hmm.

[vagrant pagoda]

adobe has basically no drm

so idk why it wouldn't

Unlike game devs they could give two shits about most people pirating.

[halcyon moss]

they care about companies pirating

[thick elk]

It definitely loves to randomly deactivate pirated copies though allegedly.

Thing with adobe is probably stock photo library, ai, other tools like that that are not really piratable. They probably have other things to focus on in that regard.

[umbral heron]

Funny story - Adobe has fully working license check program on Linux for some of its software, but it doesn't work with versions through Proton, so... only quacked work for now
Unless they fixed it already, everyday there are commits to repo

[vagrant pagoda]

Only if you update

[thick elk]

Just say you can't expect a typical pirated copy to just keep working if you follow the instructions. At least with indesign

[vagrant pagoda]

except they do?

[thick elk]

Recent CC versions, like 2024 or so had some trouble

[vagrant pagoda]

maybe if you got a bad Crack or didn't follow instructions.

[thick elk]

Maybe, could be or windows defender targeting it's stuff

[reef patrol]

All the AI stuff that they definitely sourced ethically, and hasn't started charging you extra for.

Remember when the AI fill tools all ran locally on your PC. Before LMs became a big thing.

[marsh glade]

Pepperridge farm remembers 👴

[thick elk]

In case of adobe I think they might be one of the less unethical ones.
Having your own stock-photo librarly to train on does help. Yes the artists don't get paid but at least it's not harvested from the wider web

[reef patrol]

Uh yes they are.

I was being VERY intentionally coy.

It's also littered with really bad, third party AI generated "stock" content.

[wheat inlet]

Anyone please help me my keyboard turns off when its turned to a side and when it turns back on its starts pressing random keys and going crazy what should i do

thank you so much im gonna kiss you i was going crazy but all it was is the wooting cable is bad i put my own cable and its perfectly fine

ur the best

[pale sigil]

Make sure to contact us.

[bright briar]

give him the kiss

it will make his day better

https://tenor.com/view/kiss-fairy-tale-mwah-muah-tsup-gif-13919539

[unkempt lake]

https://youtu.be/gpN4nyftQ3M?si=4KZaOhigjE8FvvYm

[steady sail]

poor dashi

[unkempt lake]

They put me in the trashi

[marsh glade]

No, the recycling

We're environmentally conscious shitposters

[fair gull]

no just cause its a repost. with tracking data no less

[unkempt lake]

I'll track u

[magic minnow]

https://9to5google.com/2025/07/21/pixel-10-pro-tease/

[leaden kiln]

are they gonna make it look like amogus once again

[vagrant pagoda]

Windows just did a update reboot with 10 percent

[halcyon moss]

some updates reboot multiple times even

very fun when dual booting 😉

[ashen spindle]

https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/7EZTJXLIAQLARQNTMEW2HBWZYE626IFJ/

There are/were 3 AUR Packages with malware it seems? Hard to find details

[umbral heron]

Yeah, patched Firefox, Zen and LibreWolf https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-Linux-Malicious-AURs

[crimson wigeon]

And probably not the first time and definitely not the last time

[reef patrol]

But guise. I thought the peengeen was safe

[ashen spindle]

not about that its more that im confused that there isnt some reporting/disclosure for some big distro like arch?

[halcyon moss]

an aur is like installing some random exe

[umbral heron]

For repo packages there is, and malicious package is usually taken down in matter of minutes
But AUR is like PPA - it's user content and you have to be careful what you install

[nimble arch]

Not using Flatpak for random end user software distribution

[leaden kiln]

I was surprised I got recs on youtube for several videos about it, would be interesting if it was on the official repos but not so much on the user repos

might make sense to write about it if the packages were massively popular, so affected people find out about it

[hot ore]

how to get ripple on 60he?

[somber coral]

yo can i use the adapter that came with my 5080 for a 4080s?

[crimson wigeon]

Yes it's just as likely to catch fire

[halcyon moss]

Why are you downgrading

[somber coral]

Great so no issue

[somber coral]

I’m actually gonna downgrade more by giving my 4080s to my brother for a 9070xt

[halcyon moss]

You barely got your current system working

[steady sail]

Im happy if i can get a new gpu in 2-3 years

Or atleast 4

[vapid ruin]

I hope the AI bubble burst

[steady sail]

What happened again ?

[vapid ruin]

Nothing, but Chinese AI maker seems to be dominating

[steady sail]

[halcyon moss]

It won't

[umbral heron]

I don't care what happens with AI
I just hope that that $80bn Microsoft's investment in AI backfires

[unkempt lake]

He had a 9070xt, bought a 5080, bought a 4080 and is now going back to the 9070xt

all to achieve... peak valorant performance

And stretched resolution for his valorant

[steady sail]

That message meant to Shot, i know Eaten cant stop downgrading his system

[lunar elm]

other people are upgrading this mf is devolving

[somber coral]

Slight correction 9070xt was my brothers I just borrowed it

And it’s a 4080s

[somber coral]

Yeah I’m scthallv going to a pentium tomorrow

[vapid ruin]

Time to go for the ultimate downgrade, intel i9 14th gen

[somber coral]

I considered that instead of my 7800x3d lol

So I didn’t have to buy new mobo

[vapid ruin]

Max instability, especially with rtx 5000 and latest nvidia driver

[digital cliff]

enough instability that the system just does stretched resolution by itself at random

[umbral heron]

Remember to get an extinguisher with that

[steady sail]

Or just get an FX 8350

[steady sail]

Yeah 4080 and the 4080s is the same card xd

[somber coral]

Nuh uh

[digital cliff]

y u faff with components, just play game

[steady sail]

Uhm yes

That 512 core and 16 TMUS difference is nothing

[umbral heron]

[steady sail]

Yeah like i said its the same card

Cant wait for the 5080 Super

[umbral heron]

Depends if 5080S will be 16G or 24G

[steady sail]

Tbh im still a lil sad that i didnt get the 4080 for 750€ back than

[umbral heron]

Given latest Nvidia driver shenanigans I think you made a good decision

[steady sail]

I guess

[umbral heron]

I hope that UDNA will be a nice upgrade over my XTX

[somber coral]

Wait he gave me this and says this just plugs into my psu

[analog sinew]

power cables indeed do that

[somber coral]

Yes but I thought shit that plugged directly into my psu had to be made for that specific psu

[umbral heron]

well yeah, using cables other than from the same model/manufacturer may not end well

[analog sinew]

you wanna use the manufscturers one of available but... what are you gonna do not plug it in?

and the mixing wouldnt be such an issue if nvidia wasnt dumb

[reef patrol]

https://pc-mods.com/blogs/psu-pinout-repository

PSU makers love changing the pinout, sometimes even between models of the same brand.

[umbral heron]

Why it doesn't surprise me that Corsair of all companies has two types and of course they are not 1 and 2 or A and B, but 3 and 4

[somber coral]

Ok so I can’t use my gpu until I get an adapter

Go Amazon we go

https://a.co/d/133UqDb

Can I just use this

[analog sinew]

...

[somber coral]

Ok

[old marlin]

Did it not come with an adapter

The official nvidia ones are technically the safest option

[somber coral]

Bought it second hand

[halcyon moss]

why the fuck are you downgrading

[magic fog]

wooting

[digital cliff]

i reserve your xtx for when you sell it

[plush stirrup]

I think last I remember was a complaint about drivers

[analog sinew]

wooting

[hasty thunder]

mixing is a bad idea in general. Sure, it might fit, but have fun when 12V is suddenly pinned to GND on the other side

https://tenor.com/view/overheat-computer-explosion-boom-spark-gif-17323916

[analog sinew]

atp that might be an upgrade for eathan

but yea you are right should check the pinout

[somber coral]

Cuz I don’t need 5080

Plus the difference between the cards is only 200

And I got paid 300+case of Coke

I know :D the ragebait is crazy

Jk idrgaf in the end

[halcyon moss]

if you need the moneys, you should not have bought it in the first place :p

[somber coral]

I don’t I just don’t need a 5080 lol

I thought I did

[raw zephyr]

forg.

[balmy vector]

Quite the pancake

[steel current]

oh deer

[marsh glade]

No, frog

[umbral heron]

They released 3 already?

[magic minnow]

Yeah they just dropped it apparently no marketing or anything

[umbral heron]

@wheat plume

[magic minnow]

https://us.nothing.tech/products/cmf-watch-3-pro?Colour=Orange

79$

[devout raptor]

i thought you were talking about a different kind of mixing

been using reels too much

[umbral heron]

And 99€

And still no NFC

[leaden kiln]

bruh just a month after I got the 2

[magic minnow]

Nooooo

I hate it when that happens

[leaden kiln]

not like I would wanna buy the 3 after my experience using the 2 anyway
might've been a slight improvement though

[leaden kiln]

I'm boutta make the same mistake when I buy my iphone 16 a week before the 17 releases

[magic minnow]

Why not wait for the 17?

I’m 100% gonna get a foldable next but waiting for the Pixel 10 Fold to get shown In August

If not I’ll get the Fold 7

[leaden kiln]

gonna be travelling and it's cheaper to buy it in that country

I don't mind being 1 gen behind but it is poor timing

[umbral heron]

I'm getting a foldable too

[balmy vector]

Crunch launcher

[umbral heron]

umu?

[magic minnow]

I wish Samsung would continue the W line

They just got really complacent honestly

[wheat plume]

I LEGIT JUST GOT MY WATCH 2
FFS LOL

Anyone want a watch 2 Pro??

I don't have need for 2 watches

[magic minnow]

2 wrist though!

[umbral heron]

For each arm

[wheat plume]

Xd

[leaden kiln]

I think a 16pro in japan is cheaper than a 15 is here rn
the 16 price will still drop here when the 17 releases but idk how much

[leaden kiln]

want a second one?

[wheat plume]

Nah watch 2 was about a year ago

[magic minnow]

I like my 16PM battery last a good while

Like 8 hours of heavy use

[umbral heron]

I have a great smartwatch

[nimble arch]

I love my Apple Watch Ultra 2 in black

[wheat plume]

Too massive

[nimble arch]

The iPhone + Watch + AirPods combination is strong

[wheat plume]

My wrists are tiny
Need small watch

[leaden kiln]

I'm only really looking at regular 16, maybe the smaller pro but even that doesn't have much I want, has a little bit better battery mostly

[umbral heron]

Counterpoint - Apple

[leaden kiln]

it's surprisingly not huge
my expectations were also off

[wheat plume]

The CMF Phone 2 Pro + CMF Buds Pro 2 + CMF Watch Pro 2 combo is strong

[magic minnow]

I really want a foldable phone

[nimble arch]

Foldable iPhone in 2026, apparently

[wheat plume]

Seems the CMF watch pro 3 uses the nothing x app
Which would be great cause I need a separate watch app for the 2 Pro

And it sucks

Apple gonna release a new watch next year too
And the year after thar

So is Samsung
And Google
And everyone

No point buying a watch by your logic then

[magic minnow]

Yeah they’re about to invent the true foldable

[umbral heron]

I wanted to go with some Kyocera, but incompatible with 3G/4G bands in EU
So Mive Folder 2 it is
Runs Android Go, so I can put Steam and Google Authenticator on it and hapi

[leaden kiln]

the app is so miserable
software on the watch isn't too nice either

[magic minnow]

I’m gonna sell my iPhone 16PM to my mom for 600$

[nimble arch]

Need to keep a USB-C to Lightning cable around just charge my AirPods Pro as I'm on the first gen model. Rumours point towards AirPods Pro 3 in September though.

[wheat plume]

If the new one uses the same app as my earbuds
Then I'll happily update
Cause it sucks having a totally different app for both these devices

[umbral heron]

Imagine using app for earbuds

[wheat plume]

Yeh

[umbral heron]

Good ole 3.5 is the way

[nimble arch]

I enjoy my ANC

Plus it's just super convenient with Bluetooth

[leaden kiln]

I'll just ask if my brother wants this watch when I get my apple stuff
I was considering getting airpods too but I'll probably just keep my buds2 pros since I like them and already have 2 pairs

if I needed an app to turn on anc I would never toggle anc

[umbral heron]

Bluetooth should die already
We have so much better wireless protocols but we still use this insecure piece of junk

[nimble arch]

If you have AirPods, the "app" is effectively built into the settings app on iOS. Plus the stem button defaults to ANC toggle.

[leaden kiln]

it's nice that I can change what the shortcuts do on my buds2 pros though, they don't have a volume control enabled by default

[old marlin]

Doesn't mean you need a new one very year

Wait until the incremental imrpovements actual stack up to a significant one

For example the difference between samsungs series 4 and series 7 watch is minimal, especially if you don't have a menstruation cycle to keep track of

[nimble arch]

Same reason why I used a Watch Series 3 for 5 years

[old marlin]

So why buy a 7 series watch

[magic minnow]

No bully Bluetooth

[nimble arch]

I'm going to keep my 16PM + Ultra 2 as a pair for 4-5 years (both purchased last year).

[umbral heron]

Casio F-91W
Battery alone outlives any smartwatch nowadays

[nimble arch]

iPhone 20 as the earliest upgrade but maybe I'll go one year further.

[umbral heron]

No, no bully
Kill and bury

[old marlin]

Eh, smartphones do have their uses, not saying that you should only choose one or the other

[leaden kiln]

did you get applecare?

[nimble arch]

Of course

[old marlin]

Mainly from bad versions tbh

Modern bluetooth is very capable

[nimble arch]

AppleCare+ with loss and theft for my iPhone

Saves getting separate device insurance

My smartwatch-adjacent criticism is that no UK carrier providers roaming for smartwatch eSIMs.

[umbral heron]

For me watch is a watch
Shows time, has stopwatch, I don't have to charge it every day, works for me

[leaden kiln]

I'll probably get applecare+ without theft/loss, usually I have a case and screen protector but if I plan to keep it for long enough I figure it might be worth it

[umbral heron]

I don't use smartwatch for the sole reason that I have to charge it so often

[nimble arch]

I can live with that

[leaden kiln]

didn't you get a watch pro 2? just living in the drawer or what

[umbral heron]

My mum has it now

[leaden kiln]

were you planning on using it and it just didn't work out?

[umbral heron]

Yeah, I used it for like 3 months, but software was not ideal after launch, and yeah, I was always forgetting to charge it
The thing that annoyed me the most is that I couldn't start timer and put in the background, timer had to be stopped to do anything else

[leaden kiln]

yeah software is rough both on the watch and the companion app
I don't mind charging it often but it is a bit annoying I get 2.5days when their advertising says 4-11 days despite me having most features turned off

and that's based off some imaginary usage pattern of course but I thought I would be able to get a bit more out of it I guess

[umbral heron]

Different people, different use cases I guess
I'm happy with my low tech terrorist watch

[nimble arch]

I enjoy using Apple Pay on my watch

[leaden kiln]

nah I think their website says typical usage for 11 days

[wheat plume]

CMF Buds just require you to either use the Bluetooth tile on your phone to toggle it
Or you can use the stem or the dial on the case to toggle ANC

[leaden kiln]

I don't have 24hr/o2 tracking on but I do have the aod on when I'm awake, so that's probably the main impact, I was still hoping I could get like 4 days though

[magic minnow]

Idk what storage size to get 500gb or 1tb

[balmy vector]

All for horse betting

[umbral heron]

128 and SD card

I still have phone with microSD slot

[leaden kiln]

I still haven't used 128 of my 256 gig storage, but I'll probably get 256 next time anyway, even if I had an SD slot I'm too scared of one failing, I'd rather just buy however much I want and not worry about it, maybe sds are better now too though I wouldn't know

[ashen spindle]

Meanwhile I’m beneath 60gigs probably a third is system usage

[nimble arch]

I have a 512GB phone with 100GB used currently

[umbral heron]

I use like 40/128 on the phone
But I have full 256 SD of music

[nimble arch]

A bunch of that 100GB is downloaded music

[leaden kiln]

samsungs lowest storage option on the folds is 256, I am using just a bit over 100 but I'd probably still get a 256 next time just to be safe if I use it for multiple years and my usage changes

[nimble arch]

Lossless and Dolby Atmos music

[magic minnow]

Samsung sucks in the way that they lock the higher ram on their 1tb version

[leaden kiln]

who needs 16 gigs on a phone ☠️

[nimble arch]

Android users

[magic minnow]

Gaming

And multitasking

[old marlin]

Yea, on the other hand i get upcoming weather data with a flick of the wrist, get details about why my sleep was good/bad, have a pedometer etc

[leaden kiln]

I can use like 5 apps at the same time with no problems

I have 12 gigs rn

[leaden kiln]

r u playing pc games on ur phone

[quaint scroll]

Hello, am new here, wanted to know if any1 knows if the wooting 2 he would be better then some or most 8k keybs on the market rn.
I've seen some reviews and some stuff that it technically is faster then the k70max and am looking for a full sized keyboard that would be on par or better then the 2HE (I really hope this is the proper channel)

[magic minnow]

Gacha games

[leaden kiln]

I don't think you need the 16 gigs, just guessing though
my gacha ran great on my fold 3 last year

maybe you'd notice it a bit if you're playing a game while multitasking but I haven't tried that yet so can't say

[nimble arch]

Death Stranding on my iPhone

[umbral heron]

For weather data I can look outside
For if I slept well I can just tell how I feel in the morning
For how many steps I walked it's always "enough"

[leaden kiln]

yeah, I also like seeing my important notifications at work so I don't have to take my gloves off and phone out of my pocket if it's nothing urgent

[raw zephyr]

Any GShock lovers here? 😄

[leaden kiln]

I recognize the name I think my dad might've had one a really long time ago

[analog sinew]

what was blud trying to do

[leaden kiln]

very nice that they're doing it on what looks like their beds comforter

[steel current]

i dont think i could make planned obsolescence satire more on the nose than making it practically impossible to casually swap a battery in a phone

[vagrant pagoda]

i mean pre phones loads of things had non user replaceable batteries.

also a non standard replaceable battery is almost worse on consumer goods

[umbral heron]

Sure, maybe there were like 10 types of Nokia batteries
But you could find genuine and like 10 Chinese replacements for each type

[reef patrol]

And you could swap a battery without having to smash and replace a glass backing 😄

[steel current]

nvm i think i could make satire more on the nose than the batteries

[umbral heron]

Life hack - did ya know that heat bed of 3d printer is great for heating displays of phones while replacing batteries?

[reef patrol]

Doesn't seem hot enough

Or nevermind. I guess my A1 can go much higher than I use 😄

[umbral heron]

About 60~80C, and A1/A1 mini can go up to 100C

[leaden kiln]

mini doesn't go as high as the full size a1

[umbral heron]

Oh, it's only 80C
Still that's enough

[plush stirrup]

Better lifehack, If you make it a lot hotter the phone will even open itself up :3

[nimble arch]

Free tech tip, just buy a new phone every time the battery stops holding charge

[plush stirrup]

If a phone survives me for an entire battery it deserves it's pension 🤣

[vagrant pagoda]

i break ultra rugged phones

so replacement battery is moot

[fair gull]

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/blog/2025/5/16/pwn2own-berlin-2025-day-two-results

ahhahhahahah more vmware zero days

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vmware-fixes-four-esxi-zero-day-bugs-exploited-at-pwn2own-berlin/

[ashen spindle]

Be thankful to Broadcom

Less people using VMware from making it shit means less people are affected

[fair gull]

i only used it like once since they made it free

and it was to fix a raspi install

[bright briar]

bring this bad boy back for 9070 xt cards PWEASE

[pale sigil]

Wasn't this something you could only win

[bright briar]

what are you a cop?

[pale sigil]

Yes

[bright briar]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-meme-cat-cat-chasing-police-police-police-car-gif-14123710390662801423

you'll never catch me alive copper !!!

[lunar elm]

you can 3d print the backplate for ur gpu model and waterprint it tbh

[bright briar]

bold for you to assume i have 3d printer

but youre onto something

[lunar elm]

just find a company service

they should have heat resistant plastic material if ur not willing to pay the expensive metal 3d printing

[reef patrol]

Ideally you make it from metal.

[lunar elm]

that is ideal but also too expensive for some ppl's liking

im just saying there is heat resistant plastic as an alternative

[reef patrol]

You pay the custom tax. Or you slat a heat resistant vinyl on your existing top plate instead of going custom.

A lot of these cards are essentially just a vinyl at the end of the day visually.

[lunar elm]

thats true

[bright briar]

how expensive

[lunar elm]

like hundred dollars estimated

just for the backplate i got quoted like 100 not including the 3d scanning if the manufacturer didnt release the files for the dimensions

[bright briar]

as long its not $500+

i'll probably pay for it if the work is solid

[lunar elm]

its mainly 3d scanning, printing, then waterprinting or whatever idea u have

[bright briar]

but i'll most likely do it myself since i have been interested buying a 3d printer for the last couple of months

[lunar elm]

the simple way like mansen said it vinyl

u can also uv print it ig

eh its not waterprinting its more like hydrodipping or smth

[bright briar]

do you know a site that sells custom gpu plates?

[lunar elm]

uh heres the problem with anybody wanting to sell custom gpu plates

basically very few ppl want it

[bright briar]

i see

[lunar elm]

if anything thats more like a side profile biz

and its VERY model specific

if the 3d files arent online then they are pretty fucked if you want the entire thing metal

since they’d need to obtain that card itself and 3d scan it

so the simple way is really taking the backplate for hydrodipping/uvprinting/vinyl

and some brands dont like the first 2, they will void warranty for a reason as simple as that

[bright briar]

i see

thanks for your advice

[lunar elm]

btw there are indeed custom backplates but they are literally like a flat surface with the design

[bright briar]

yeah im looking at it right now

[lunar elm]

it looks weird imho

[bright briar]

and it has some rgb on it

[lunar elm]

i wouldnt call it “custom”

i’d just call it a designed backplate

[bright briar]

kirby gpu plate

[lunar elm]

theres the vladilena 4090

made by chinese guy

he even designed a special box for it

its using the galax

like iirc he posted all the files online for ppl to go make a copy

[bright briar]

looks sick

does he have a site?

[lunar elm]

just search vladilena 4090

[unkempt lake]

@bold coyote @glass stag and i say thanks for the giveaway

We building now

[digital cliff]

you won something?

[glass stag]

Yea I won the alumaze 60he giveaway

[digital cliff]

i did not know such was happening, congrats 🎉

[unkempt lake]

He can now retire his 2HE for the 60HE

And uh

I guess moumou can use the extra 2he?

[digital cliff]

mou HE

[marsh glade]

Glad to see it arrived safely

I have it on good authority that the Switchy blankets have shipped too 👀

[unkempt lake]

We were starting to worry a little because it sat st the local warehouse for a few days but ups technically doesn't ship here they hand it off to another company so things are odd like that sometimes

XD

[halcyon moss]

switchy socks 😄

[unkempt lake]

Mou would steal those

[wheat plume]

Hot take:

Idc how thick the bezels on my phone are, up to a certain point.... As long as all 4 sides are the same thickness

I really dislike when a phone has the top and two sides super thin but the bottom one is way thicker
Makes the phone look strange

[halcyon moss]

don't care that much. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[frozen ingot]

after 25 years of having phones I really don't care much anymore either

[fair gull]

so what about top and bottom same thickness and left right same thickness

[frozen ingot]

I mostly want it to be reasonably priced now

[fair gull]

i just want one that fits nice in my pocket and works

[wheat plume]

Yeah, can do that..like the phones from like 2015 and whatnot

and the older iphones xd

[fair gull]

i thought more like xperia 1 vii

[wheat plume]

hek take me back to this. best design

[wheat plume]

Yeah xd

[frozen ingot]

phones are just extremely boring these days

[fair gull]

idk mine can bend

it feels wrong every time

but it also feels right

[wheat plume]

thats why I like Nothing and CMF, they actually make weird and fun designs on their phones

[lyric hatch]

Why not just have super thin bezels all the way around

[analog sinew]

yeah you can get rectangle or bendy one

[wheat plume]

sure on a phone but I want thicker ones on a tablet

[frozen ingot]

I miss the weird shit of the 00s

[analog sinew]

and i would never get bendy one

[wheat plume]

this is growing on me TBH

except that weird line under the flash

[frozen ingot]

still just a slab to me

[analog sinew]

nothing wants to be a flex brand so i dont want to have it

and it looks like every other phone but some techy design

can get that on a 5$ phone case

[leaden kiln]

why they gotta make it so ugly 😭

[lyric hatch]

Just hard to justify all the things you don't get with the Nothing Phone 3 compared to other phones in the same price category

[fair gull]

me while on the shitter

[marsh glade]

What kind of maniac watches a YouTube video on their phone using 20% of the screen

[leaden kiln]

its freaky how easy the flips are to open after using a fold

[fair gull]

you can fullscreen the top and its mainly so it stays up itself

it usually does what the s10 and so did in horizontal mode where it overstretches the image a bit

[marsh glade]

Solving a problem that doesn't exist

[fair gull]

it does

how else am i gonna see tutorials on whiping my butt while following them

[marsh glade]

You could tape your phone to a cat

They always follow to go bathroom

[fair gull]

doesnt work see

she too lazy

[leaden kiln]

one annoying thing on the fold is that the screen wont rotate by itself after you fullscreen youtube, probably because the aspect ratio is too close to square or something 🥲
only people with auto rotate off will care though

[frozen ingot]

there are cases with a fold out stand

[lyric hatch]

I just use this case on my phone and I can have the best of both worlds

[marsh glade]

I literally never watch YouTube on my phone, so I dunno

[leaden kiln]

im using a kickstand on my fold right now, samsung original case 😎

[fair gull]

who uses cases

[marsh glade]

I'm supposed to watch a video from Tony but I'm on my couch and refuse to watch it mobile

[frozen ingot]

apparently lots of people given the amount of cases available

[marsh glade]

I haven't used a case for my phone since my Droid R2D2

[leaden kiln]

I didn't use a case on my fold 3 but I do now, and I think I will on my next phone too

[leaden kiln]

usually I have a case but on some phones I haven't, like moto z didn't really have any cases available because of the back attachments

[marsh glade]

Coolest phone I ever owned

[lyric hatch]

I use to rock no case but with all of these phones having camera bumps now i like using one just to eliminate that

[frozen ingot]

I don't really like cases for most part but I like ones that adds practicality like a stand

[leaden kiln]

yeah I didn't have any case on my og pixel, it had a flat back but was thicker at the top of the phone, don't know if that counts as a camera bump but it laid flat

also was a pain in the ass to find a nice case for it iirc

[fair gull]

dont start itll be an unhealthy addiction before too long

[marsh glade]

Good plan

Got enough vices

[fair gull]

like good steak?

and a good drink?

while snuggling in a switchy blanket?

[analog sinew]

no like a vice to hold wood when you drill it

[marsh glade]

Those sound nice

[latent comet]

Maybe nvidia reflex 2 will be released this july 29

[analog sinew]

maybe

[leaden kiln]

didn't even know patreon served webxr content until they asked me to share the distance between my pupils

[analog sinew]

°______°

[reef patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/meat-popsicle-5th-element-solomitus-gif-27617358

[wheat plume]

Transparency mode is so good for walking
Can hear everything around you

[analog sinew]

but i dont want to

[wheat plume]

OK I CAN GET RID OF THE CMF WATCH APP
good good

Why it take to to 30 days though?!