🔌│tech

[spiral island]

I’m not making these numbers up

[ashen spindle]

I know I'm just saying the US isnt the world lol

[spiral island]

Ok, I need my first coffee ☕️

[ashen spindle]

like, in SF the average might me 150k, if you look at the UK or germany, you are looking more towards 50k/60k

[spiral island]

Maybe, again I’m not in charge or making these calls. I think it’s preposterous in the long term regardless of the calculus.

[umbral heron]

Am getting 25k€ a year and I'm living here way above average

[spiral island]

You guys may be forgetting differences in say health care and other public safety nets

Which still costs money, just shifted

[ashen spindle]

well yes, I pay for that every month? in fact we have even less money left over due to it so the post tax money is even lower

[umbral heron]

I have public healthcare coming from country, private coming from corpo, a lot of social safety nets too

Oh, and free entry to all sports facilities in country

[spiral island]

Right, we have private and it buys you very little.

We don’t shift funds to the public good, so in a way the cost per worker seems a little more raw here

[ashen spindle]

like if we go by the 50k a year here that would get me 32k at the end, 4.2k into insurance, so we do pay for it constantly

you can say as its not distributed its a higher cost if you end up needing something in the US, correct, but thats not going to suddenly mean the average person needs double the money

[spiral island]

Ok

[ashen spindle]

we agree on the other points, theres more reasons to keep humans around, im just saying even the cost argument doesn't really work out as well everywhere

[nimble arch]

That's quite low by UK standards and we're chronically underpaid here.

[spiral island]

I stand by my thesis that the only reason these companies are investing so heavily into AI is to cause workforce reductions. If you believe that is to make $35/mo on ChatGPT subs, I disagree but you’re entitled to your opinion.

[ashen spindle]

well yeah that is what they want, pay someone 10$ to replace the 10k$ a month person

its just not working out

[spiral island]

Sure then we’re in violent agreement

[umbral heron]

Yeah, but factor in cost of living
Say 500g bread in UK costs what, £2?
Here it's ~45p

[ashen spindle]

cos of living in poland is like a good 40% or so lower than in the uk

[distant tapir]

Why does being a software engineer pay so much in America?

[ashen spindle]

its more that salaries are higher in the US in general

and software dev is above average everywhere anyway

[reef patrol]

Unpaid overtime, burnout, no unions, low taxes, no healthcare provided etc...

[ashen spindle]

like on one hand you get a lot, on the other the average rent in SF is like 4 grand

per month

so if you spend 50k a year on rent you better make more than that lol

[vagrant pagoda]

also they outsource all the entry level stuff, so the average is skewed

[ashen spindle]

no just entry level but yeah

good point did forget about that

take a guess why a lot of AMD software devs are in poland

[vagrant pagoda]

if you ship all the <50k jobs overseas of cource it will be 100+k average XD

plus all the 7 digit plus cobal devs kill the average

[spiral island]

This guy gets it 😣

Don’t forget housing prices 📈

[leaden kiln]

I’ve been thinking about washing my Apple Watch band for so long now I’m just gonna wear it into the shower for a bit 💀

[spiral island]

The “don’t have to scrub my legs because the soapy water runs down” theory of cleanliness 😃

[lunar elm]

real

[leaden kiln]

I wore it pretty loose and scrubbed it a little with my hand :)
not supposed to get soap on the watch body though

[umbral heron]

Meanwhile my F91W just shrugged off few months of weekly swimming pools, everyday showers, multiple rains and several falls on the floor 💪

[nimble arch]

If it's a cloth strap, just wash them in the washing machine.

[leaden kiln]

I think mine would be fine with most of those too, it's just that I think soap will weaken the waterproofing over time, I'll just usually put it on charge when I'm in the shower instead of wearing it

haven't dropped it but it does get a good smack on a wall every once in a while, and no scratches at all so far

[leaden kiln]

it's mostly cloth but part titanium, I guess I could put it in a washing bag or tie it up in a sock maybe

[loud hemlock]

The store got back to me with a picture of the GPU running furmark saying "it's fine look"

[unkempt lake]

-.-

really?

what a shitty store lol

[loud hemlock]

They asked me if they should send it back to whoever made it for repair :p

[ashen spindle]

yup, as well know if it runs furmark it runs everything just fine..

[loud hemlock]

well, another month of minecraft and geoguessr for me it seems

[marsh glade]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/from-collecting-whale-snot-to-capturing-surprising-behaviors-aerial-drones-are-giving-scientists-a-new-view-of-sea-life-180987683/
This is neat

That whale snot collector drone is the inspiration for Europa Clipper to fly through the massive methane explosions from subsurface ocean of Jupiter's coolest moon, so that it can analyze that material for indications of complex organic molecules

[reef patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/confundido-pato-lucas-looney-tunes-qué-estoy-leyendo-no-entiendo-gif-3343234075188122402

[pale sigil]

My server isn't responding....

I think it's time to replace a HDD lol

[reef patrol]

Why would you be running your server off of an HDD?

[pale sigil]

No I mean because the having issues truenas is struggling to read it.

Truenas itself is odd an ssd

When you're viewing datasheets

[reef patrol]

So your HDD isn't responding. TrueNAS is 😛

[pale sigil]

Well truenas isn't responding because it's struggling to read the drive....

[reef patrol]

[tribal dirge]

time to defrag? lol

usually I defrag the HDDs once per week

[marsh glade]

That seems excessive

[pale sigil]

It's using zfs so no

[tribal dirge]

its fine though, those HDDs get constantly written on lmao

[pale sigil]

It's also 12 years old

[tribal dirge]

makes sense, weird

[pale sigil]

[tribal dirge]

LMAO

[pale sigil]

I already replaced it for media with an 8tb Nas drive

[tribal dirge]

noice

[pale sigil]

Now I want to retire it entirely but I'm waiting for black Friday

[halcyon moss]

Defrag a nas?

[tribal dirge]

mine is literally just a computer running windows server 2019, and it stayed that way out of laziness.

it is seeing less use though since the bulk of the work that I do is on the synology rackmount in the basement

[tribal dirge]

if it aint broke dont fix it they say. LEL

[tribal dirge]

it do be loud though since its a 1u unit.

sometimes you can hear it going off from the 1st floor whenever you do any large operation on it.

[vagrant pagoda]

windows nas 🤮

[tribal kelp]

And this is why you RAID5 your storage servers
...

Drive failure is a minor annoyance in RAID 5

(unless you somehow fail 2+ drives at once)

[vagrant pagoda]

imagine using raid in 2025

[tribal kelp]

...

It's still completely relevant for redundancy.

[vagrant pagoda]

nope

not at all

[tribal dirge]

Yeah I know, but I'm lazy.

[tribal kelp]

Okay then, if you don't want to cloud-store and you're hosting your own files in storage (regardless of platter, SSD, or NVMe), and you experience a drive failure, and you need total data retention, what are you doing that's space efficient?

[vagrant pagoda]

99% of home nas unraid cant be beat

anything bigger, ceph

[tribal kelp]

Ceph on NAS is beyond the scope of most home use.

[vagrant pagoda]

block level redundecny is dumb, and wastes iops

[tribal kelp]

And sure, unraid is a fine alternative.

[spiral island]

I’m not familiar, how does unraid solve for drive failures/redundancy?

[vagrant pagoda]

has 1 or 2 metadata disks

its kind of like raid5/6 but uses normal filesystems on each disk

[tribal kelp]

It's a bit more flexible than RAID, doesn't require identical drives. Different implementation of redundancy.

[vagrant pagoda]

dosent splitting of blocks

[tribal kelp]

Yeah, and lets you mix and match drives. Still has overhead.

[vagrant pagoda]

each disks, still works as a disk

way less than raid

[spiral island]

If the meta drive fails you just can’t address the cluster as a single unit?

[vagrant pagoda]

yes you still can

i ment parity not metadata

[tribal kelp]

Rebuilding unraid isn't as foolproof as rebuilding raid 5 (or 6). But it's probably a valid assumption that if you know how to set up your NAS that using unraid isn't an obstacle. RAID is still valid.

[spiral island]

Not sure how that reduces IOPS though, just sounds like a more easy to maintain/DR solution

I will read up, always curious. Been a while since I’ve checked on the state of disk array implementations

[tribal kelp]

ZFS was mentioned though. And it's supposed to be good for this. I just don't know enough about that.

I guess that's ZFS-RAID

So theoretically should be rebuildable?

[vagrant pagoda]

zfs has normal raid levels, its just block size striping not sector size

so you get higher seqentenial, worse iops

the fastest way for me to never use a site again, is asking for a login to do something, then taking me to the fucking main page after logging in.

[tribal kelp]

Peak annoyance website behavior.

[bright briar]

[unkempt lake]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-ryzen-5-7500x3d-launches-at-269-6-core-cpu-with-3d-v-cache-is-13-faster-than-core-ultra-245kf-in-gaming

[ashen spindle]

great more shit options that people buy bc marketing names

[tribal kelp]

7800X3D or 9800X3D or no X3D is still my hot take.

Maybe if they do a 9950X3D² maybe there's a compelling case for that.

But yeah, not sure what 7500X3D brings to the market at that price.

People age going to spend almost that much on a motherboard 😂

[umbral heron]

9950X3D2 doesn't make sense, because no game uses more than 8 cores
And there's no really other use-cases than games for vcache right now

[ashen spindle]

the clock speed drops are hurting it so bad

[pale sigil]

its happening

[ashen spindle]

x3d2 also doesnt exist

[umbral heron]

Yeah, but it's rumored already

[tribal kelp]

Yeah the 6 v 8 core and loss of 500+ MHz in single and multi core performance is really hurting 7500X3D

[ashen spindle]

no that was a spoofed entry

[umbral heron]

Spoofed one was for 9700X3D

[ashen spindle]

it was both

[umbral heron]

[tribal kelp]

That's why I said, "maybe if they do a ..."

Was pretty sure it didn't exist yet.

[vagrant pagoda]

i hope linus had his nunchucks

[pallid swift]

Its my understanding that with the new Tikken switches installed there is an update needed for the 80he for it to work properly?

I thought I read something about an update

[umbral heron]

Umm... nope
Also Tikkens will work on all Wooting HE keyboards

[pallid swift]

Is there a setting that needs adjusted?

[tribal kelp]

Just plug in and go

[umbral heron]

Keyboard calibrates itself to switches automatically

[vagrant pagoda]

https://dbrand.com/shop/limited-edition/companion-cube

wonder what else will get made

though i feel like dbrand will be the only one doing cool 3d stuff

[tribal kelp]

Companion Cube was the mandatory choice.

[spiral island]

I’d argue GameCube is tied and would be my pick if anything

Some sicko out there will do an Ouya wrap

[crimson wigeon]

Source dev texture style

[vagrant pagoda]

https://tenor.com/view/thirsty-spongebob-i-dont-need-it-sweat-gif-5031443

[spiral island]

So cool. E-ink too, nerds after my own heart.

[empty wren]

Strange composition. It crumbled like an old sponge. New one, is flexible though

[vagrant pagoda]

?

[halcyon moss]

e ink blinks a lot.. not great when trying to display real time data.

[fair gull]

not like those graphs would be real time most likely

[umbral heron]

Used to - nowadays almost all e-ink displays have very precise local refreshing

[crimson wigeon]

Yeah but if you stare at it in the vid you see it's one of the slow ones when it's updating

[halcyon moss]

I've seen that screen in a video, it blinked quite a bit

[crimson wigeon]

And apparently they are not planning on selling that anyway, guess third parties will have to step in

[merry osprey]

can i use my 60he with cable from diff keyboard? im in gaming cafe rn forgot my cable

[frozen ingot]

should be fine

[empty wren]

Alcohol embrittlement perhaps

[slow anchor]

what is that?

[lunar elm]

yes

[merry osprey]

ty

[tribal dirge]

Rip, solvents are like that

Isopropyl is a relatively mild solvent but it can still damage plastics

Acetone and Hexane are pretty strong solvents though

[analog sinew]

clean your plastics with HMPTA

[minor zealot]

For desk cable management, one on the right and one on the left of these are good enough right

and then some of these to not let them dangle in the middle

[warm ore]

yeah, pretty much looked at these same things before

[minor zealot]

Yea i guess its gonna be trial and error anyway, cant really tell from pictures etc

[warm ore]

worst case, you get more

[minor zealot]

Mhm

I just ordered my mousepad

My wooting should come ob monday too

[warm ore]

i can tell the things on the first pic arent long, only 6 hole socket fits

i have 8 hole sockets for example

[minor zealot]

They are 40cm each

I only need 2 plugs for 2 monitors and a 3 one for the other monitor

But first ima see if all 3 fit in the 6 plug one

Or should i get a separate one for my oled?

[warm ore]

no need

[minor zealot]

Fair, i just wonder if my right side monitor cable will be long enough

Ill have to wait and see

[warm ore]

that i dont know, i have a 6 and 8 hole sockets, more for the whole PC setup, the separate one for my router/PON devices and the worktable

[minor zealot]

I will have 1 with a surge protector for the pc alone and then a 6 hole one for the monitors, thats all i need to power

[obsidian fox]

This is making me realize I should get cable management stuff

[minor zealot]

Im literally only doing it cuz im getting a whole new setup 🙃

@warm ore im still debating on just getting 3m tape and sticking them on the desk instead of drilling

They will only hold like 1 or 2 powerstrips each

[amber flint]

Is anybody able to tell me whether there is anything wrong on my 80he mb? Keyboard stopped working a while ago and only now just bothered to crack it to have a look

Won't power on so idk what to do other than return it and I cbfd as I live in NZ

[lyric hatch]

Probably best to reach out to support directly, nothing looks wrong it's possible the daughterboard connector became loose or a number of various other things support would be able to guide you through trying before it got to replacement

[amber flint]

ty for the confirm, ill put it back together and perhaps it'll come back to life

[halcyon moss]

https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-16-ryzen-ai-300-series

Hp G1a is a beast in these tests

[amber flint]

turns out it must have been a loose daughterboard connector working now

reckon it'd be easy to replace if it happens again?

[whole bramble]

Now show me noise and thermals

My gen 15 hp gets insanrly hot from office work

[halcyon moss]

I've got a g1a. I don't notice it getting hot

But it's also on my desk

[wheat plume]

Apparently night vision goggles have always had the battery on the back of the head strap, how has VR only adopted this now?!

[frozen ingot]

because its a more complex/less cost efficient way than just making a space for the battery inside the goggle casing

is my guess

[ashen spindle]

because vr has not only just adopted this now?

like what are you talking about

is this a case of wow valve did it so nobody else could have done it before?

[vapid ruin]

I mean, attaching battery pack on the back is pretty common when it comes to quest 3 third party headstrap.

[ashen spindle]

literally the first HTC vive mod had it in the backfor counterweight, hell even the SulonQ 9 years ago when that got announced had a battery in the back?

[wheat plume]

Oo hek

Hah
Microsoft are too busy focusing on B2B and AI integration to even pay attention to Valve

[ashen spindle]

again

what the fuck are you talking about

[wheat plume]

Isn't the majority of Microsoft income from businesses buying computers and windows and office licenses from them?

[ashen spindle]

no

azure is like 40% and office cloud is like 20%

and a steam machine isnt going to make a dent in anything

[ashen spindle]

like this is both clickbait and wrong

2/3 things dont relate to windows and the third thing we dont even know the price of

and the price is the most important thing about that

[frozen ingot]

yeah MS can keep being incompetent for another two decades at least and it won't really affect their bottom line much

[ashen spindle]

well its more that a product that isnt competing can't take something from them?

like if I start selling a phone that wouldn't compete with wootings market either

[frozen ingot]

gamers thinks they are the only ones using windows

[lyric hatch]

Microsoft is pretty good at shooting themselves in the foot in the gaming market

[frozen ingot]

they're making everything they do worse for the actual end users

its all about cramming that telemetry and ai crap into the system so they have a secure income of mined user data "to improve user experience"

[ashen spindle]

sure but here in the case of lana discovering the steam machine, microsoft isnt relevant from the start already

[frozen ingot]

internet dramabros gotta drive engagement

valve makes a linux fork that better supports windows applications/games = windows is dead

[balmy vector]

If windows dead, why do i have them in house? Make it make sense

[fickle ore]

Gamers think windows is dead because it has telemetry

[ashen spindle]

yeah but what about intel dead https://www.servethehome.com/intel-cancels-its-mainstream-next-gen-xeon-server-processors/

[fickle ore]

nice article kek

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-next-gen-granite-rapids-ws-server-cpu-lineup-leaked-xeon-654-18-core-chip-posts-solid-numbers-in-early-geekbench-listing

[ashen spindle]

yeah its a really bad title

still, 8ch is like half the offering

[fickle ore]

fk these articles are a waste of time nowadays

Someone needs to make me AI agent that shifts through the shit

[ashen spindle]

tldr 8channel DMR dead which isnt the platform but a big market

[fickle ore]

Whats the benfit of 8ch vs 16ch?

lower cost eh?

[ashen spindle]

different platform for different markets

different core configurations etc.

144c was killed alrady now the entire part is

some areas want more core some want more clocks some want more/less memory per core etc.

[fickle ore]

Meh, probably time to move forwards anyway for local cpu based AI and interference? Idek

Maybe costs will come down

[ashen spindle]

exist50
ignored

[fickle ore]

Thought it was u

xDDD jk

[ashen spindle]

I think that guy had a cat that was killed by pat gelsigner or something

very unhealthy obsession by that guy about the weirdest things at intel

[fickle ore]

Yeah lots of weird comments and idk seems to change between shill and hater

Honestly hard to think about cpu upgrades atm with the upcoming local cpu based AI stuff

Think my 5800x will rock for a few more years

[reef patrol]

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03595-3
And thus humanity lives a couple decades longer...maybe

[frozen ingot]

its an arms race between the biotic and the anti

[reef patrol]

This one is supposedly not triggering resistance. But who knows.

I suppose the end hope is to rotate between them between generations, so by the time the ones we use become resistant, the older ones are no longer.

[spiral island]

https://tenor.com/view/life-uh-finds-a-way-it-be-that-way-it-will-work-itself-out-gif-16077053

[whole bramble]

Office license and entra has to be one of the best €€€ microsoft is basically afk farming with that shit

[olive fox]

I want to Connect the 80He to a USB-Hub.
Mouse & Gamepad is on this Hub too…
Anybody have tested this? Does it work?
Thanks!

[unreal moth]

Ion see why it wouldn’t work

[frozen ingot]

if the hub has its own power it should probably work fine

80HE alone is pretty close to the current draw limit of a standard usb 2.0/3.0 port

[olive fox]

Ok, i give it a try. If it not work, i will conect it direct to the pc again

Need a other cable then

[warm ore]

I tred it on my powered hub, it worked fine, i don't see why it shouldn't for others.

[boreal meteor]

Depends on the USB controller on your Motherboard. If you have both 8k polling on m/kb it could have issues

Its recommended to have them on separate controllers on your mb

[umbral heron]

Nvidia commits to open-source driver https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Turing-Nova-Core-GSP

[wheat plume]

What actuation weight are the Tikken switches?

[unkempt lake]

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/asus-msi-other-manufacturers-panic-buying-ram-stocks-while-major-memory-chipmakers-rake-in-profits-massive-demand-for-hbm-and-rdimm-for-data-centers-driving-shortage

[unkempt lake]

55

[boreal meteor]

42-54 since you can set the actuation to anywhere

[wheat plume]

you can set the point, not the weight

[wheat plume]

o.. thanks

[boreal meteor]

The weight varies at different points

[ashen spindle]

yes.. and depending on where you set it it changes how much force/weight you need to get there...

[wheat plume]

its a linear spring though so it doesnt? idk

[boreal meteor]

So 42 at .1mm 54 at 4mm

[wheat plume]

wait no bottoming out will weigh more

[boreal meteor]

And whatever in between

[wheat plume]

aha

[analog sinew]

and in reality reserve antibiotics end up fed to cows lol

[wheat plume]

🤦‍♀️

[ashen spindle]

also yes you can switch vram technically

not that it matters anyway

[wheat plume]

You can install more VRAM, technically, if your using an APU that shares RAM with the system, then you can allocate more RAM to VRAM

[ashen spindle]

no im talking about you can solder more vram chips or use higher capacity ones

or you just replace the gpu

but mostly it just doesnt matter because you dont need more than 8gb

[wheat plume]

Wonder if there's any malware that takes advantage of kernel level anticheat to get so deep into the system it can't be detected?
And it can run without anyone knowing it's there and no malware scanner can find it as it can just manipulate shit to keep hidden

[ashen spindle]

not unless the anti cheat itself is compromised

why would you for for AC to infect it if you could just infect something thats on every pc

[umbral heron]

Can easily take advantage of kernel-level cheat
And it depends on scanner on how deep level it actually works

anti-cheats have been rarely compromised, but cheats... more of then than not

[wheat plume]

Idk if any malware scanner is kernel level

[ashen spindle]

the only feasible way that malware can make use of antio cheat to get deeper into the kernel.. would mean you already have it on the pc

so at that point why would they not use somehting everyone and not just some gamers have

kernel AC doesnt weaken your defense unless it in itself is compromised

like I know in your fantasy kernel level AC makes your pc super vulnerable and susceptible to malware and what not, when in reality it's more likely they get moved out of the kernel along with all the other things before anything will abuse them

[umbral heron]

The biggest problem AC is going to cause is basically the same thing as CrowdStrike - malformed or wrongly implemented function will put down operating system, but nothing really that can corrupt your data or can't be fixed by simple reinstall

[wheat plume]

Yeh :/

I haven't booted my Windows install in like 2 weeks
I hope it won't crash and burn on me

[ashen spindle]

why would it

[umbral heron]

Worst you can have is computer stutter for like 10 minutes once Windows Update overloads your ssd trying to download all the updates

[wheat plume]

I did a firmware update while on Linux
Idk how Windows reacts to suddenly being on entirely new firmware versions

[ashen spindle]

you mean you did a bios update?

[umbral heron]

I think she means fwupd

[ashen spindle]

or ssd firmware?

[wheat plume]

Wifi drivers
BIOS
I think something related to storage was there

[umbral heron]

Either way it'll be fine, it's firmware after all, not drivers

[ashen spindle]

well I dont think windows uses your linux wifi drivers so.. dont get why that would matter

[umbral heron]

Rarely if ever happens that firmware update breaks ABI aka communication between firmware and OS
And if, driver update fixes it

[wheat plume]

I also learned today that the HDMI DP cable I bought only works one way

Only works if the HDMI is plugged onto the computer and the DP is plugged onto the monitor

I wanted it the other way around....

[orchid ibex]

I think one of my keyboureds nearly corrupted my pc but i have a feeling it was the wire i used for it i use a second hand keybourd i got for free

Not a wooting sadly but its a trust ctx one from 7 years ago

[pale sigil]

Keyboards don't corrupt computers....

At least they definitely shouldn't

[wheat plume]

Wut
Corrupted your computer?!

Watch
Someone installed a freaking USB Killer into the cable to destroy anything it plugs into

[ashen spindle]

I mean a fault cable can cause short circuits I'd assume something like that

[orchid ibex]

We dont know if it was the wire or the keybourd but ive had the keybourd for 7 years now the keys have worn down and its falling too peices and i dont have money for a new one (i cant work) the pc is not corrupted but it nearly did we managed too turn off the pc before it killed itself but idk what to do

[ashen spindle]

also rare case of lana getting out lana-posted

[wheat plume]

That could be a really easy mod to do
Turn the USB killer into a cable instead of the typical USB stick it looks like...
People tend to trust cables without a second thought

[orchid ibex]

Its not a usb killer ive used the cable for more than 5 months on my phone and my pc

[wheat plume]

Yeh
I'm just thinking of a new thing to look into now xd

[orchid ibex]

Yuh is there any cheap keybourds you would recommend or shall i wait till another give away to see if i win?

[analog sinew]

define "killed itself"

[orchid ibex]

The pc its self was heating abnormally i was in a game of seige when it happened and the keybourd i was using stop working and the older keybourd i used at an old house (office one) wouldnt work either, and the pc shut down was trying too delete all data from the pc. Before it could we where able to umplug it

[ashen spindle]

the pc shut down was trying too delete all data from the pc
my guy thats not a faulty keyboard cable

[orchid ibex]

Idk then gng lmao

[spiral island]

That would be quite a keyboard

[orchid ibex]

My sis wont alowe me too plug it in

[ashen spindle]

that sounds more like you got a virus

[analog sinew]

more likely the keyboard stopped working cause of whatever was happening to your pc killed its connection

[orchid ibex]

Wheve had a prof come out and the pc is clear

[ashen spindle]

like did you see files being deleted or how did that happen exactly

[orchid ibex]

We went into the files top see what was happening and the files were deleting them selfs but we managed to recover the ones we lost

[ashen spindle]

either you're getting trolled, they keyboard was stuck on the delete key before it disconnected and you clicked files and thats why they got deleted

or you have a virus

[orchid ibex]

Idk gng its js im too poor to buy a new keybourd so im scared too lose this one😭

I mean im gonna need a new one soon anyways its falling apart

Could js be a faulty keybourd

[ashen spindle]

how exactly did the files get deleted

did you click them to see and then they got deleted or what went on there

[orchid ibex]

Clicked em it was prob the the keybourd thinking abt it. It is old and broken

[pale sigil]

Charlie, the guard of old hardware.

[spiral island]

Old hardware? This is my current project

[pale sigil]

Ok not old hardware

My old hardware

She's on top of my server which is also old unused hardware

[magic minnow]

She has the high ground it’s over for the little one below

[spiral island]

Don't discount the power of a bowtie

[pale sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/bowtie-cool-matt-smith-doctor-who-gif-5797412

[unkempt lake]

https://tuta.com/blog/switzerland-surveillance-plan

[spiral island]

Ah I remember PRISM like it was yesterday

[lunar elm]

Its a psychological trick! It disorients the cat below!

[lunar elm]

Oh man… I remember in my childhood people in the exam managed to spell the object “Prism” as “Prison” and “Prius”

[plush stirrup]

What is/was wrong with it?

[spiral island]

Recapping it

[plush stirrup]

I remember proton saying they’ll fight it, but the enw service they launched has EU servers alreadt not Switzerland 🤣

[plush stirrup]

Ah fair enough, is it in working order otherwise?

[spiral island]

Dunno we’ll find out 😃

With any luck it still has my games installed from mumble years ago

[plush stirrup]

Good luck!

[vapid night]

Upgrading my PC to this build someone let me know if this looks pretty good. Not sure why people crap on the motherboard it has everything that I need. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/LdwF74

I dont see the need to spend a lot of money on the motherboard for no reason

[unkempt lake]

I'm crapping more on the useless aio

The board it's not the best but its servicable abd you do not need more unless you want to run a ryzen 9

[whole bramble]

I wouldn't pick a samsung 980 and 990, look up toms hardware reviews and figure out what works for your price and what has better sustanied write performance

I would also look for cheaper or 2nd hand ram tbh ram prices are not okay right now

the scorsair obsidian series looks like a very poor choice of case, but i'm guessing it is old?

750 watts weels like a bit low. You also want to make sure its atx 3.1, my non atx 3.1 psu started failing probably due to the power spikes of modern graphics cards

You don't need to pay for windows in 99.99% of cases, you can transfer licenses etc ;)

I'm not suer a sound card is going to do you much

I would not get a superlight 2, I'd look at the gpx 1, its very discounted rn and it's still really solid no reasont to pay 100 dollars more or whtever

[dull hollow]

superlight 1 is a bad choice for a mouse with what’s out currently, i wouldn’t even take it if someone paid me to due to its non dust-proof scroll wheel encoder (guaranteed to break in a year) and horrendous side button clicks

some other choices are the wlmouse beastx, hitscan hyperlight, pulsar crazylight, vv3p, dav4p, etc. (different shapes, look into each depending on your grip style)

[unkempt lake]

asks for pc build recommendations
people focus on mice

10/10

[umbral heron]

I swear these amoebas in security team
Everyone was happy with 3-day long login token, you had to login twice during work week, it was great
Then SoC be like nOOO leT'S CHAnGe It TO 12 hOuRs
I'm defo calling them out on today's meeting, ffs, it's not the first time they do what they want despite what boss says

[halcyon moss]

Why 2 ssds? Just take 1 larger one

[unkempt lake]

i feel your pain

Its 6 hours at my job :)

Its moronic

[umbral heron]

[dull hollow]

yes

[umbral heron]

[dull hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/timmy-no-candy-gif-5909516713687615776

[alpine patio]

ye just get a 4tb no?

im assuming when u say upgrade, the mouse, windows all that u alr have

damn 2k+ for 4080?

[umbral heron]

I like separate 512 for OS and 2/4TB for games
You can format Windows in case you have to without worry about losing your data
And keeping it separate won't hurt your loading times when Windows Update is hammering OS SSD

[halcyon moss]

Loading when updating is such an absolute niche issue... Not worth it IMHO.

[umbral heron]

Once a week if you want to load a game quickly after booting up PC
Was annoying my brother enough to replace his SATA SSD for Windows with NVMe

[unkempt lake]

Just seems like his sata ssd wasn't a high end one

[umbral heron]

Nah, it was a piece of junk GoodRAM

[unkempt lake]

I ran windows on a sata ssd till june 2024 and literally never had issues

But it was a nice ssd

W dram

[umbral heron]

Problem with cheap and/or SATA SSDs is not really speed as much as IOPS and I/O queue
And yeah, dram helps a ton here

[unkempt lake]

If ur curious why i waited so long despite having nvmes in my system it was because i couldnt be assed reinstalling

So when i went from my 9700k to a 7800x3d i was like fine i'll finally move all my shit to an nvme

[umbral heron]

I switched back in 22 when my GoodRAM SSD died

[unkempt lake]

I'm just like

WHAT EVEN IS A GOODRAM SSD

WHAT IS GOODRAM

it sounds like the most chinesium brandever

[umbral heron]

Is a Polish brand
Making really good RAM sticks and really shitty SSDs and SD cards

[lyric hatch]

slapping their logos on RAM made by one of the few companies capable of manufacturing RAM

[umbral heron]

They used to make their own RAM chips
Now they just buy RAM chips and make RAM sticks

[lyric hatch]

remember that guy who got banned who said corsair made the best PSUs and seasonic sucked

now that was funny

[umbral heron]

Simpul
Get whichever is cheapest and has like A here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1akCHL7Vhzk_EhrpIGkz8zTEvYfLDcaSpZRB6Xt6JWkc/htmlview?gid=1973454078

[unkempt lake]

Tbh doesn't even need to be a tier

All depnds on the build

[umbral heron]

I mean
There are some really really cheap A tiers in there
So I don't really see bothering in anything else unless it's really not available in your country

[unkempt lake]

https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/power-supplies/263262/thermaltake-toughpower-gt-0750w-fully-modular-ps-tpt-0750fnfagu-3.html

Grabbed this for 80cad

Perfect for a living room pc

[twilit schooner]

This is what I have, sounds great

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1292258539229679658/1431156749821284487/IMG_0015.mov?ex=691c0816&is=691ab696&hm=7fa9e42155665372ce30177d7322f2f65d1b807e8ac0ab386dc6a62b3220cf3b&

[unkempt lake]

Yeah your fan failed

Happens

[twilit schooner]

It goes away after playing games

But comes back next day

[umbral heron]

Interesting stuff be happening
Datacenters for AI are getting finished and some of them are ready to use
But there's not enough power for them all
It'll take like 2~3 years to match power demand
At which point hardware in datacenters will be outdated
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers-in-nvidias-hometown-sit-idle-as-grid-struggles-to-keep-up
Looks like a lot of people are selling Nvidia stock too

[unkempt lake]

Why not rma it

Its a 5 year warranty

Use it xd

[umbral heron]

is shivering
must be cold, give it a blanket
remember to cover this big circle on the bottom, so it'll be even warmer

[unkempt lake]

Explains why it goes away when he plays games

[twilit schooner]

I'll try

[halcyon moss]

Time to make it extra green with solar wind and batteries

[umbral heron]

Still needs time to build all the infrastructure

[tribal kelp]

solor and wind and batteries can't even remotely keep up with the 24/7 AI demands
The only things that can are coal, liquid natural gas, or nuclear, and coal is nasty, and LNG is unpopular, and nuclear is overly regulated.

AI is going to take an already unstable power grid and stress it to the point of risign consumer costs, decreasing consumer reliability, and no viable alternative.

Dumbest shit ever.

[umbral heron]

b... but... AI best research tool*
-# *should absolutely be not used as a research tool as presented information may be inaccurate

[magic minnow]

We should build the data centers in Antarctica so it can melt the ice faster

[fair gull]

well microsoft did play with the idea of submerged datacenter capsules

so theyd just be anchored to the ocean floor and be effectively submersion cooled

[umbral heron]

Would be so sad if someone were to puncture them

[fair gull]

not actually sure how they are constructed and if that would cause issues or not

[umbral heron]

Hmm... but they have to be connected to power and internet lines

[fair gull]

that yes

but it was a cool idea to use less power for cooling and just use ocean water directly

[umbral heron]

https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods
@wheat plume

[tribal kelp]

It just cracks me up how the entire world was going on and on about sustainability and protecting the planet, do your part

And now that AI is here to do ouroboros investment in, everyone's like, "yeah, nah... build more datacenters"

[halcyon moss]

Root required 😮

[tribal kelp]

not sure why you'd want to airpod on an android device, when there's pixel buds... but eh, I guess if you've used iPhone and switched to Android but don't want to buy new buds? Sort of a weird thing to develop.

[halcyon moss]

what an absolute nonsense statement

[leaden kiln]

I bought airpods and used them on my samsung phone for a few months before getting an iphone while i was traveling

[alpine patio]

why not lmao

[tribal kelp]

just a minor inconvenience lol

[alpine patio]

people have developed dumber things lol

[nimble arch]

Just your average Android instruction manual

[tribal kelp]

"Need fully modded OS for basic features without root, still won't have full functionality. Otherwise, need root plus extra shit."

[leaden kiln]

I still prefer the airpods on android experience to using my galaxy buds with my iphone
Can’t change any settings for either

[umbral heron]

Needs root only because Android BT stack is buggy af

[nimble arch]

lol, lmao even

[tribal kelp]

the reason for needing root is kind of irrelevant
The fact that root is required is a problem.

I can't imagine running around with a rooted android phone sideloading apks I have no understanding of, so that I can run an iOS based earbud on a phone that has all sorts of things exposed

[umbral heron]

IT IS RELEVANT
With fixed BT stack root would not be required
And this bug has been reported a year ago

[tribal kelp]

sure, and bad on google for that

[halcyon moss]

so ppl should not create software to manage it.
it also runs on linux

[tribal kelp]

But the calculus of:

• has android phone
• has apple airpods
• must choose between purchasing $229 pixel buds or rooting phone and sideloading apks

That's what's relevant.

I mean, more power to the open source dev that made linux work with airpods. Cool for him.

[umbral heron]

You can install apks without root tho

[tribal kelp]

Anyone who roots an android and sideloads multiple apks just for that is... questionable.

sure you can

but having a rooted android isn't a great idea at all

[halcyon moss]

meh, not so sure about that.

but its too much of a hassle these days and just not really needed anymore

[fair gull]

well

until sideloaded apks/installed through apk files need to be signed as well (which is only a playstore requirement atm)

[umbral heron]

Let me turn off Play Protect and install any apks I want
I don't want corporations "worrying" about my "safety"

[nimble arch]

No, you will be safe and you will like it.

[fair gull]

play protect is a whole nother issue

like android is slowly turning into ios at this pace

[umbral heron]

Already had issues on Waydroid with this
It decided to automatically turn on Play Protect and then scream at me notification every 5 seconds that I need to verify the device
Took me good 10 minutes to even turn it off, because guess what - it's a System notification, it can't be muted

[dreamy valve]

Can anyone help me out? I’ve had my wooting just randomly stop working for whatever reason a few time. I’ve had it for less than a month…

I will be in game and then it stops working but when i open wootility it says that the keys are working. I can’t type in google chrome or anything like that but my discord bind for deafening is working

[ashen spindle]

#1019755933959733258

[rough osprey]

my wrong region yt premium got cancelled

[frozen ingot]

my yt account has had the weirdest best glitch for some 2 years now

its completely ad free without me paying a dime

[rough osprey]

damn

[marsh glade]

My youtube also has their weird glitch where I never see ads and any in-video sponsor spots get auto skipped

It's weird and I love it

[rough osprey]

if only that glitch could appear on every device

[marsh glade]

Solution: don't use Youtube mobile

[frozen ingot]

dunno about the sponsor part but yeah zero ads, not even "regular" ad spots

[rough osprey]

talking about da TV

[frozen ingot]

am using the official yt app and no ads there either

[marsh glade]

I reject smart TVs

The dumber the better

[frozen ingot]

same am allergic to anything they describe as "smart"

[rough osprey]

i turn wifi off and use an appletv

[frozen ingot]

its basically just techbro code for this thing logs everything you do and phones home with it

been speculating what makes my yt ad free and all I can really think of that could somewhat make sense is the account being part of some undisclosed test program internally or smth

account itself isn't really anything special aside from being a very early one

[vapid night]

Yes the corsair case is an old case why is it a very poor choice lol?

[vapid night]

Wdym useless aio? I dont understand what this means?

[unkempt lake]

Because you don't need an aio for a 9800x3d

Use an air cooler

9800x3d is relatively cool

[bright briar]

air coolers are more reliable

and cheaper

aio pumps is more for looks

[vapid night]

Air coolers meaning the giant ass fan that stands ontop of the CPU?

[bright briar]

even though i still like aio pumps

[warm ore]

Not necessarily, but you have very nice cases today, some of which offer much better airflow even at low costs.
Have a looksie at Lancool 216 and 217 for example, excellent value choices with great stock fans and alot of space for air cooling.

[unkempt lake]

Also i assumed that rhings like the obsidian and the 4080 you had already... are you actually buying those new?

[bright briar]

yes or you can get two fans

[vapid night]

No already have those in my current buld the only upgrades are the CPU, RAM, MOBO AND an extra SSD

[unkempt lake]

Oh ok

[ashen spindle]

damn people still pay money for sound cards?

[vapid night]

But im okay with spending the extra on the AIO because it just looks nicer and I can see everything and dont have a massive ass fan

[vapid night]

Yeah I bought that a while ago

[spiral island]

We just call them DACs now 🙂

[warm ore]

You don't even necessarily spend much extra, and liquid will always be better no matter what. (especially if your room gets hot in summers).
See Frozen Notte 360 which is like ~50 EUR.

[bright briar]

yeah but depends on the pump it can last you a couple of months or a year+

[spiral island]

After trying an AIO once and having it suddenly go dry after a year (just out of warranty), never again.

[vapid night]

couple of months year wdym lol

[bright briar]

its a gamble son

you like gambling ?

[vapid night]

No

I didnt even know that that was a thing ? Is that actually true

I'm pretty sure I looked it up before and it said that you dont need to replace any liquid

[warm ore]

It can happen, but not very likely today, it was happening much more frequently when AIOs first appeared.

[ashen spindle]

its not common but can happens yes, and some you cant really refill

[lunar elm]

Holy misinfo… modern day AIO failing is now rare. Never 0 like with any other product. But still rare.

[warm ore]

I could tell you stories about some recent EK units in the last 5 years, but then there was a H100 that lasted 12 years so.

[ashen spindle]

but its another reason why paying 4x the money means you really need to want the looks of it

[vapid night]

But no one complained about that on the website

I dont see any other bad reviews tbh either

[ashen spindle]

yeah its not common

[spiral island]

I've just never had an air cooler fail me, other than like being covered in dust or a fan dying both of which are easily solveable problems. AIO feels like the glued shut modern tech solution that is difficult to maintain in exchange for aesthetics

[ashen spindle]

it can still happen

[warm ore]

Should be fine, don't run the pump over 80%, and you already do the best you can.

Sometimes blow the fans and rad out.

[vapid night]

How do you control that

[bright briar]

like i said it depends on the pump

[warm ore]

BIOS or the mobo software, i prefer BIOS

[bright briar]

not every pump is like that

[ashen spindle]

an aircooler which is just a block of metal and a fan has a lot fewer points of failure than an AIO with pump and tubes

[lunar elm]

dude… what brand are you buying from that has consistent pump failures

[warm ore]

Depends where you plugged the pump into, some mobos have dedicated pump headers.
It will show up on whichever you plugged it into.

[lunar elm]

the only thing that could pretty much fail on a aircooled is like… the fan

[bright briar]

$40 replacement compared to $100-200+

actually less than $40 because you can just swap the fan

[spiral island]

I wouldn't go to bat too hard for the AIO industry, it's not like I'd lie about this to prop up my deep investments in Noctua

It's just a more complicated solution with more parts that can break

[bright briar]

i wasnt i was just saying it depends on the aio pump

[ashen spindle]

it just always seems bad seeing someone choose 200$ AIO when a 35$ aircooler does the same

[bright briar]

then i was getting interrogated for saying it

[spiral island]

Not you, zabadahjakdnht

[bright briar]

mb homie

[lunar elm]

Both serve different needs- And thermalright AIOs exist
I agree with the statement of the “why AIO when air” to a certain point, but theres requirements to meet for that to be questioned

[spiral island]

What requirements?

[lunar elm]

Noise
TDP needs
General aesthetic of the build which is optional

[spiral island]

To me protecting my silicon and stability are top priority, I understand others have other priorities

[lunar elm]

Im not saying “oh AIO good” or “AIO bad” really, it depends on user wants/needs

[sand ferry]

Do i rlly need this option? its my first purchase

[lunar elm]

Sorry, I dont exactly get what you mean?

[woeful lion]

can i still somehow get doouble movement setup

[ashen spindle]

no

[woeful lion]

bruh]

[spiral island]

I don't know what could be confusing about that statement. Different people have different priorities when choosing their computer hardware.

[lunar elm]

No- I just dont get what you mean by protecting your “Silicon” and “Stability”. You’d need to manually go and tweak shit for that to be fucked up.

[dull hollow]

i only use aio because i got one for free, would be using air cooler and its not hard cooling a 9800x3d

[sand ferry]

DO I REALLY NEED THIS OPTION??? ‼️ ⚠️ 🔔 🚨

[steady sail]

you need keycaps or you have some ?

[sand ferry]

i dont, i just ant to know if ,m buying them 2 times or not by clicking that option

[spiral island]

Again, my AIO dried out w/out warning

[steady sail]

you buying them once, as ISO boards doesnt have keycaps installed

[sand ferry]

OOOOOOOOK tenkiu

[lunar elm]

And, we could just chalk it up to just being unlucky? Not every product is 100% perfect

[dull hollow]

i cant even see my pump speed
i love lian li

[spiral island]

Sure, but I've been building computers for 25 years. Once burned twice shy.

[sand ferry]

DOes buying this bring the switches lubed 💦 ?

or do i need to do smthg, i guess everything is assembled

[lunar elm]

Ok so got it. Just say shit with little context like that, not even the brand- and just talk shit about the entire category

[steady sail]

switches are pre-lubed

[sand ferry]

nice

[spiral island]

Easy there, killer!

[vestal light]

What’s the difference between JCALLY JM6 pro and JM20 max. I’m going to use iem with them

[dull hollow]

🤨

[whole bramble]

For modern cases not ideal

[dull hollow]

0rpm pump is pretty quiet if i do say so myself

[ashen spindle]

he literally started by saying its his own one time experience? he never said every aio is bad or anything

[whole bramble]

New mouse

[lunar elm]

Yeah, but its like he wants to trash on AIOs in general. I just think that with those 25 years of experience you’d expect or be prepared to encounter failures.

[ashen spindle]

he literally said he experienced it one time and didnt want to bother with it again

he didnt say anything about only knowing aios breaking or that its happening constantly or anything beyond that

[spiral island]

I'm simply pointing out that AIOs have more moving parts that can fail. That's objective. I had the only one I put into service fail on me. That's also objective.

They're also less user-serviceable due to the closed nature

[lunar elm]

Could be me just being influenced by “Goku’s” statements.

[bright briar]

You're getting to angry about this. We just talked about our experiences we never said AIO pumps are shit but for some reason you're acting like all we been doing is bad mouthing it which we aren't

just sharing experiences and its possible to happen

idk where all this hostility is coming from

[lunar elm]

yeah man idk what you’re on about

im a very hostile and skeptic person in general

[spiral island]

That's a tough place to have conversations from

[lunar elm]

My bad or not, I really feel like the above context just framed the topic with just hate towards AIOs.

[spiral island]

Even if it was... is that worth getting upset over?

[lunar elm]

Im not upset?

I can tell you in a straight face that it really didnt upset me or what

[steady sail]

[bright briar]

sometimes i forget how much better keyboard modding chat really is

[spiral island]

The only one I don't touch is #💬│general

Too spooky 4 me

[steady sail]

nah best place is #🐱│pets

[bright briar]

you right mb mb

[steady sail]

tho #🔧│keyboard_modding could be comfy

[sand ferry]

if i order a wooting rn how much will it take aprox

[steady sail]

check out will tell you that

[lunar elm]

Theres estimated delivery dates at checkout iirc

[sand ferry]

yeah but its like +-7 days

i just wanted to know if rn its going fast or wslow

[alpine patio]

i think a lot of us migrated to kb modding when general became https://discordapp.com/channels/167181566978555904/195907610640121856

[ashen spindle]

it is what the checkout tells you

there is no better estimate

also pro tip, if you want to make sure you really look dumb on social media, take a pfp with a vr headset https://x.com/StefanMaier/status/1990022338985791839

Cesarus (@StefanMaier)

@ASychov With their compatibility layers Valve is tearing down all barriers. A own ARM based silicon could be the way to go…

X · Nov 16, 2025, 11:41 AM

[lunar elm]

you right

[ashen spindle]

I love how there are obvious tells of a person just going to have the worst takes on a website

[spiral island]

I used to think anime pfp but it’s so ubiquitous now

[bright briar]

also his bad hair cut

[lunar elm]

the VR pfp just gives the vibe of “Dont take me seriously”

[steady sail]

and his bio

[nimble arch]

Disgusting

[alpine patio]

not the soy smirk

[lunar elm]

Honestly rn, Im now turned against people who have edgy “cutey” pfps that give off the “edater” vibes

[spiral island]

https://tenor.com/view/burn-the-witch-monty-python-knight-mob-gif-17060812

[dull hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-beocord-no-lol-gif-24435520

[ashen spindle]

its really funny seeing the worst takes about the steam frame coming from people with VR goggles as avatars

its like nfts

[spiral island]

Ah NFTs. I miss the sorta harmless stupidity.

[lunar elm]

NFTs was one helluva bait-train

[warm ore]

They don't "dry out", they slowly evaporate fluid through the tubes (this is years and years of process).
What is more likely (without knowing the exact details) is that you experienced a pump failure OR the liquid wasn't present in the amount it should have been from the factory OR that it all leaked out (this last scenario is the least likely, you didn't indicate anything like that).

[spiral island]

Pump was still running fine. I know it wasn't some normal occurance, but the description of "drying out" seems apt since where there should have been a liquid medium there was not.

It was certainly an unexpected and severe failure.

[minor zealot]

looking for some closed back headphones, i was either looking at sennheiser hd 569 or dt 770pro 80ohm, i mainly will use it for listening to music/gaming and casual movies/series

[whole bramble]

Abuse returns

Try headphines

[ashen spindle]

yeah liquid leaking or evaporating at a rate that its not directly obvious is definitely something that people call drying out idk why that term is an issue

[minor zealot]

or just keep if the first ones are good for you and then live without knowing if the others are better

ignorance is bliss

[whole bramble]

Seems like you got it figured out

[lunar elm]

If it works for you and you’re satisfied, yes ignorance is bliss

just charge straight on

[minor zealot]

ill go with the cheaper ones first then

[spiral island]

Anyone here doing Advent of Code this year?

[whole bramble]

I tried last year, couldn't figure out what they wanted me to do, gave up

[spiral island]

Like you didn't understand the problem, or how to get the input / submit it / ?

I think it's fun but it does get rather hard. I think I heard this year that they're only doing problems every other day.

[warm ore]

Probably option 2, but then thats a serious factory QC problem, i wonder which.

[rough osprey]

https://x.com/noctua_at/status/1990419950930976979?s=46

Noctua (@Noctua_at)

Black No. 1 #ComingSoon

X · Nov 17, 2025, 2:01 PM

[spiral island]

I have to spend $500 on anything that could tangentially be considered an improvement to my "wellness". Taking suggestions.

cc @misty scaffold

[dull hollow]

buy a sim racing wheel

[frozen ingot]

you can now buy a noctua that looks like any other tower cooler for twice the price of competing models?

[spiral island]

I could probably swing it, but not a hobby I want to start down the rabbit hole of right now 🙂

Wondering if I could consider headphones pertinent to my wellness. Music is core to the human experience, after all.

[vapid ruin]

Xenns top pro

You use ear more often than your hand, so having a good audio gear is better than getting a new clothes

[spiral island]

I can probably just have them pay for the 60HEv2. Split spacebar is ergonomic, right?

[vapid ruin]

Gotta ask Aligner for dat

[spiral island]

No he'll get it shut down with a vengeance

[vapid ruin]

Lets just say split spacebar means more hand typing and less floating around

[spiral island]

Aces, thank you sir.

[misty scaffold]

Where’s the lie though

[halcyon moss]

https://youtu.be/vFwYJYl5GUQ?si=c7C5O9AZ1spV-wQK

[spiral island]

Not a lie, only 📠

[dull hollow]

those top pro iems are going for $440 on aliexpress so youd have an extra $60 laying around

think about the savings!

[misty scaffold]

He’d have to first like the tuning

[spiral island]

I've already got IEMs covered though

[dull hollow]

ill cope with astrals /s

https://tenor.com/view/copium-cat-gif-27161395

[vapid ruin]

Me likey those meta turning, just more reduction on Bass and I'll be happy (though im fine with how top pro is)

[unkempt lake]

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-rumored-to-raise-gpu-prices-just-as-radeon-rx-9070-xt-finally-reaches-msrp

[vapid ruin]

Can't wait to see 2026 meta tuning

[spiral island]

Oh EASY, I had to replace my blender and I got a Vitamix. It has "vita" right in the name.

[ashen spindle]

you can see when sites forget theres more than just the US, given the 9070 series was at msrp basically everywhere BUT the US

[misty scaffold]

Top pro bass isn’t crazy, but it is rather dynamic which I like a lot

Ppl seem to not fw the treble, but I enjoy the spiciness of it

[fair gull]

wait is that what i should store my vita in

[spiral island]

Don't you dare, the Vita is a beautiful and endangered species

[fair gull]

but its only a 3g vita

i can put the original packgin in as well

[spiral island]

I am calling the police now

[fair gull]

sure call me

im the vita police

[spiral island]

Inside vita job

[bright briar]

noc tuah blow on that thing

[spiral island]

Reset the clock - I had almost completely forgotten about her

[rough osprey]

[fair gull]

reminded me that i still need to get the microsd extender so i can place it in the simcard tray from the internal m.2 connector

[spiral island]

Didn't even know that was a thing. I should probably get mine out of the plastic bin the basement and give it a once-over.

[fair gull]

https://www.tindie.com/products/devdavisnunez/psvsd-micro-sd-adapter-for-play-station-vita-3g/
https://www.tindie.com/products/devdavisnunez/extension-psvsd-adapter-for-play-station-vita-3g/

and then you got internal microsd and can still use the vita game slot however you want

[magic minnow]

The vita as card was so pricey back in the day

[frozen ingot]

the psp deserved more

as much as I admire the insane talent of sonys portable division engineering team fitting a heckin disc drive that small and thin, it was part of the issue I think

it was always in a bit of an awkward spot with its media distribution

umd overpriced and ip locked by sony and flash cards were still precious commodity then

[fair gull]

the memory stick duo was overpriced af

[frozen ingot]

didn't help that it was also an overpriced sony standard

lolyep

[fair gull]

i played through gta vice city stories by putting my psp into standby and not ever quitting it or powering off

[frozen ingot]

same for me with lcs, once it was loaded and ready you didn't really want to close it

actually blew my mind seeing essentially gta3 I had played couple years earlier requiring a relatively beefy pc on release run on a portable

[fair gull]

yeah i was also mind blown that gta runs on a handheld

ofc only later realized all the kinds of tricks they sued to make it work

[whole bramble]

massage, 💅 , skiing,

[frozen ingot]

sure the framerate left a little to be desired at times and the screen had pretty crazy ghosting issues on faster camera movements

but it was totally playable

[grizzled gyro]

any1 here know the difference between TMR and HE for keyboards

[dull hollow]

tony what was that 🤨

[fair gull]

the sensing tech

thats it

[fair gull]

what was what

[dull hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/dexter-doakes-squint-stare-suspicious-gif-14432154109786838518

[whole bramble]

https://imgur.com/mb8cWzk

[grizzled gyro]

is one faster than the other

[fair gull]

no

well technically yes but effectively no

[fair gull]

youre implying ill end you the same way doakes ended

[dull hollow]

my gifs arent loading damnit

[quartz root]

what iems have banger waifu boxart, i use hexa’s rn

[fair gull]

im confused why the boxart matters

i never knew it contributs to quality of the audio devices

[quartz root]

the waifu’s improves your performance (trust me)

[fair gull]

i somehow doubt that

unless the printer ink is performance enhancing drugs and i have to scratch it off and sniff it

[quartz root]

i just think some of the box art is neat

not essential though obv

[vapid ruin]

Leteciel Mira, Dunu Kima 2, many of the Moondrop IEM, many of Tangzu IEM.

[quartz root]

yeah i wanted to ask about moondrop

was looking at the kadenz

[vapid ruin]

It seems okay, but bass might be lacking for some

[quartz root]

i probably wouldnt notice

[coral tartan]

i need help, Does anyone know a lot about the Wooting 60HE, please?

[quartz root]

i just bought hexa’s as my first iem pair but didnt know anything about the sound profile

[coral tartan]

i need help pls

[quartz root]

had them for a while so wanted to get a new pair, moondrop seems like a nice brand but i dont wanna break the bank

[vapid ruin]

you'll notice it, it's a good 5db reduction on the sub bass

[quartz root]

my left hexa kinda just dying now

thought the starfield II was pretty but someone told me their shape is meh

[vapid ruin]

I guess if you want anime girl and something similar with kadenz, Dunu Kima 2 should be a nice pick

cheaper than kadenz by 2x (looking through aliexpress)

[quartz root]

kima’s box definitely has bright artwork

[dull hollow]

the truthear x crinicle zeros have them

red and blue2

[quartz root]

well i have the money to spend a bit more

[vapid ruin]

oh yeah, almost forgot about that. Should be a nice pick too

[quartz root]

ik crin blue’s are loved

[vapid ruin]

mmm, it has substantially more bass than hexa (blue 2)

[quartz root]

yeah ive heard the hexa’s are very outshined now

[vapid ruin]

Red is closer though, but I'll recommend Kima 2 since same price as hexa

[quartz root]

just from small research ive seen a lot of hexa > kima in terms of price to performance

im not limited to under 100 tho i can spend a couple 100

[vapid ruin]

how many 100

[spiral island]

Only Noctua could make a vague picture of a fin stack cause so much 🥵

[quartz root]

say 2-4

[vapid ruin]

so 200-400

[quartz root]

about

thats why i asked about kadenz

[fair gull]

true cause i removed my cpu cooler so my cpu is burning rn

[spiral island]

Tony no!

[quartz root]

would rather spend less but blessing 3 caught me eye too

[frozen ingot]

doesn't sound very promising for a cooler if it makes you sweat

[fair gull]

doesnt that sound very promising? that means it removes air and heats the room

so

it does what its supposed to

[dull hollow]

im aiming for kiwi ears astrals next week but i dont think they have any waifus on them

[quartz root]

they dont

[fair gull]

no its sweating

[quartz root]

that is a good shout tho, from what i heard the astrals are like one of the best for gaming

[fair gull]

have you tried lately?

[quartz root]

kiwi ears aether are also very good for the price ive heard

[vagrant pagoda]

i got an air condioner and now my room gets hot when i click a pen to loudly

[fair gull]

oh like @reef patrol

[dull hollow]

@misty scaffold welcome back to #🔌│tech
anyways he can tell you more about the astrals

[fair gull]

whos waterloop pump died

not even aio

and he got no spares on hand

so its even funnier

[quartz root]

😭

[vapid ruin]

If you do can drop the waifu requirement, Astral is a great choice

[quartz root]

so ive heard

[vapid ruin]

Alternate option would be Ziigaat Horizon at ~$300

and Mega 7 at ~$450

[dull hollow]

go all in and get top pros

[spiral island]

"Waifu requirement"? 👀

[quartz root]

i asked for iem with cool boxart

[vapid ruin]

same new meta tuning, but treble can be slightly different

[spiral island]

Ah, huh

[quartz root]

waifu boxart like this

[spiral island]

I guess I just don't understand caring about boxes

"Shut up grandpa"

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

tl;dr it's bad and it's not gonna get better anytime soon

[quartz root]

well i mean surely the anime waifu improves your performance (cope)

[fair gull]

the worrying part is that i feel like they hinted at another investigation coming up

[dull hollow]

https://tenor.com/view/jinx-the-cat-jinx-jinx-cat-cat-computer-gif-25786466

[fair gull]

when they said smth about exposing one of the dram manufacturers doing shady stuff (rattles list off)

[crimson wigeon]

AI AI AI AI AI

[spiral island]

I watched that whole vid

[quartz root]

just download the ram, bam!

[vapid ruin]

gotta look at the bigger picture

[quartz root]

but there is no anime grill to greet my bad financial decisions

[vapid ruin]

no, but there'll be premium sound for dat ASMR that you saved up

[frozen ingot]

idk I just find it kinda tacky and offputting as a marketing choice for heckin headphones

[dull hollow]

@grok is this true

[quartz root]

true - grok

[vapid ruin]

gotta make the IEM beautiful rather than the girls you hear me

[quartz root]

how do i get cool i has wooting role

[spiral island]

Buy a superior product and print waifus for next to nothing 🧠

[frozen ingot]

if you gotta put something on the box maybe put some pics of the damn headphones on so I can see the actual product am looking to purchase

[quartz root]

like on the wootility app?

[dull hollow]

https://hub.wooting.io

[vapid ruin]

on some moondrop box art, they have the girl wearing the iem/headphone. EG: Para 2 box art.

[dull hollow]

whoops

[quartz root]

moondrop boxart so pretty

[vapid ruin]

You don't buy based on box art

[dull hollow]

ah yes

[vapid ruin]

not that way

[quartz root]

tekkusai came out with new glass pad happy

[quartz root]

take off the headphones at once!

[dull hollow]

i found another image guys its ok

[vapid ruin]

yesh

[dull hollow]

anyways these look ridiculously large

[vapid ruin]

gotta contain the big planar driver somehow

[quartz root]

im sure the noise canceling is there

[vapid ruin]

nope, it's open back

[spiral island]

Noise enhancing

[frozen ingot]

just makes me think of how we used to market random product by hiring some pretty ladies to pose next to it because if there's girls in bikini in association with it it must be good

[spiral island]

"Booth babes"

[frozen ingot]

yeah

[quartz root]

fast food commercials

[vapid ruin]

It still is lmao

[spiral island]

Don't forget cheap domain registration services

[dull hollow]

literally every sport bike show:

[frozen ingot]

same thing but now they just draw some girls instead bc its cheaper and the basement dwellers prefer that to actual women anyways

[dull hollow]

shhh youll anger them and theyll actually come out of the basement

[misty scaffold]

great for comp gaming/SP titles too, has great tuning for the price point

[spiral island]

Boss: How do we market this?

Marketing: Well, what's the target demo?

Boss: Mostly sad and lonely fellas

2005: Marketing: Booth babes!
2025: Marketing: Waifus!

[vapid ruin]

If you wanna it but branded driver, Hisenior Mega 7 is a nice 2x the price alternative if you got money to burn

[quartz root]

oh ur here now, im on hexa’s so any upgrade would be nice, 200-400$ range, less spent the better for me of course

[vapid ruin]

but just get top pro since price is very close lmao

[quartz root]

i approve

[frozen ingot]

nah m8 they too busy 100%ing genshin

[spiral island]

Damn Genshin still going?

[dull hollow]

shocker

[spiral island]

That thing must've made an absolute truckload of truckloads of money by now

[dull hollow]

all of hoyoslop games still are

[frozen ingot]

or whatever the current copypasta of it thats trending

[spiral island]

I had an eng try to convince me that Genshin is superior as a game to Zelda BotW last year

[dull hollow]

zenless goon zero is for sure the current cash cow though...

[spiral island]

I didn't want to outright dismiss him, but I had serious doubts

[quartz root]

botw i can play for hours, i uninstall genshin after 20 seconds

[dull hollow]

that or uhh.... starrail

[frozen ingot]

tbf as far as gacha goon slop goes I would reckon genshin is probably one of the better ones as an actual game

[quartz root]

wanted to try that cause of the fate collab, but meh

[dull hollow]

wuwa my #1 gacha
but i havent played in a while though... 2,8 update got me thinking i should get back on

[quartz root]

wuwa better story

(didnt play genshin)

but genshin nerd friends i have prefer wuwa, i didnt get super into it

[dull hollow]

wuwa is better in every way 💯

ive played both

[quartz root]

i installed wuwa like right before augusta came out

so im late to it

[frozen ingot]

am just considering what actual gameplay there is etc outside from the whole waifu hoarding part

[dull hollow]

chisa is the next character and i want to get her

[quartz root]

but i got augusta and iuno and their sigs

[quartz root]

wuwa u kill pokemon and then collect them to buff the waifu’s

[dull hollow]

my team compositions are so fucked beyond belief but who needs support characters when you can quickswap 3 dps characters

[dull hollow]

oh wuwa 2.8 update is this week

[quartz root]

maybe ill try it

chisa looked cool but i wanted phoebe for a bit

[frozen ingot]

I have close to zero clue what the premise of these games are or what you do outside from making financially irresponsible decisions in the mtx store

[quartz root]

u just fight bosses ig

[dull hollow]

ima try n get chisa but i lwk need phoebe for my zani team

[quartz root]

but why play wuwa when i can just play elden ring

[frozen ingot]

so they are souls-likes?

[quartz root]

no

has some dodging and parrying but its nowhere near souls like

[fair gull]

eldenring doesnt have cute girls you can play as

and no gacha

so why even bother

[dull hollow]

wuwa waifus arent gonna stare at themselves
(literally just a minute of me afk in both clips)

😭

[quartz root]

u can aura farm on giant godlike dudes

[fair gull]

what selfrespecting selfdeprecating gooner is gonna do that

[quartz root]

me

[fair gull]

you had that ready way too fast my man

[balmy vector]

[dull hollow]

i had google images pulled up for this character

[fair gull]

sure sure

[frozen ingot]

am just curious what games would be closest to the gacha stuff gameplay-wise if you just ignored the anime/waifu aspect altoghether

[dull hollow]

wait nsfw

[fair gull]

infinity nikki

[quartz root]

not that nsfw, im a fate enjoyer

[dull hollow]

man this subreddit is.. odd

[frozen ingot]

so lets say there were games that were basically 1:1 to wuwa or whatyousaid minus the waifus

would you still play it on the gameplay alone

[balmy vector]

https://tenor.com/view/dante-limbus-company-ltg-gif-1576163327419096720

[dull hollow]

i think the combats fine but visual effects is a big part of why i play

the attacks look amazing

especially the more recent characters

[quartz root]

agreed, the ults and combat vfx are great

[dull hollow]

especially now with world filters

[frozen ingot]

speaking of, where's the weeb overwatch/rivals copypasta

[quartz root]

no need for those since rivals already has gooner skins

[frozen ingot]

yeah but

more goon

[dull hollow]

this is really cool

[spiral island]

I have a buddy who is I guess a gooner in spirit. We play OW together because we like the game, but he plays Rivals because of the skins.

[dull hollow]

W qol

[dull hollow]

i still wanna get this for my jinshi

[frozen ingot]

never got on the hero shooter bandwagon myself

[dull hollow]

@quartz root i dont even know why i got iuno

[quartz root]

my games on rotation rn are cs apex deadlock kovaaks

[spiral island]

Yeah it's not for everyone. Same way I imagine I can't get into extraction shooters.

[dull hollow]

she got her dawg out

[quartz root]

and elden ring

[quartz root]

i got her cause she’s inspired by ishtar from fgo

https://tenor.com/view/ishtar-grand-fate-order-gif-3879961102532203375

[dull hollow]

i was pulling for fun and i got her 😭

[quartz root]

literally look the same

[dull hollow]

so that means i gotta get her weapon

[frozen ingot]

I played the og one for a few years and basically haven't touched any pvp fpses since

[dull hollow]

wait iuno is a support 🤨

[quartz root]

support that does more damage than some of the main dps lmao

she’s a dps that heals and also buffs like a sub dps

[dull hollow]

i have so many favorite characters 3 isnt enough for a team

[quartz root]

buffs like 38% or something dumb, she is one of the best

[dull hollow]

see like i didnt even know this

current team im running

i think best in slot other than shorekeeper instead of brant

[quartz root]

nvm a little more than that

ik it was a dumb amount tho

[dull hollow]

wait

50% heavy attack amp????

wtf

[quartz root]

yup

[dull hollow]

i need to get her on my zani team asap

[quartz root]

she is good for zani

[dull hollow]

😭 i dont have enough pulls for her weapon

abyss has to do

@frozen ingot vfx is what keeps me coming back
https://medal.tv/games/wuthering-waves/clips/lwQmNYfI4dtycEapi?invite=cr-MSxCSGssMzM3MTkzMzA&v=24

i dont think anyone does it better than wuwa

[frozen ingot]

yeah I could see how that would be appealing if you enjoy the flashy spell attacks of jrpgs and such

[lyric hatch]

#🎮│game

[dull hollow]

fun hater

[spiral island]

https://tenor.com/view/roblox-project-power-gif-4312140894696805724

[frozen ingot]

that's pretty cool by itself but I tend to get a bit overwhelmed by the visual clutter it can end up creating with a whole squad doing it at once

like a FFXIV boss battle or something good lord

[spiral island]

(The "filthy" describes the nasty shade of green we're currently inflicted with, not an indictment on you)

[dull hollow]

its great clapping normal npcs with it but when youre agaisnt a boss that also has their own special vfx.. it can be a bit much yeah

[frozen ingot]

also the constant dmg number popups

[dull hollow]

though typically its just a bunch of button mashing, dodging when the yellow circle tells you to and memorizing team rotations

[dull hollow]

that can be turned off, everything has a health bar

[frozen ingot]

yeah looks vaguely familiar to some attacks I could do in warframe when I played that for a brief period

[dull hollow]

warframe but anime style is duet night abyss ahem @magic minnow

[frozen ingot]

I didn't play it for that long, wasn't too bad of a game but the grind was kinda jarring at least at the time

[lunar elm]

as good as wuwa combat is, I have no idea what the hell is happening and when im being attacked because of the massive flashbang/VFX effect on the screen

[unkempt lake]

https://overclock3d.net/news/cases_cooling/noctua-teases-its-chromax-black-nh-d15-g2-cpu-cooler/

[magic minnow]

It’s finally here

[alpine patio]

[lyric hatch]

my nh d15 is still going strong 10 years later

Not that there's much you can kill on an air cooler

[reef patrol]

Well...the pipes could collapse or leak

[analog sinew]

sure
still a very durable longterm cooler

but companies love pushing AIOs cause they are dead or gunked up in a few years

[reef patrol]

[umbral heron]

[rotund palm]

One more

[vagrant pagoda]

i bought my nh-d14 for xmas 2009 XD

though both fans have been replaced under warrenty

best 90 bucks i ever spent