🔌│tech

[tribal dirge]

yup!

I will say the atmos performance on iPad is decent but not amazing

like headphones will obv be way better than the ipad speakers

Or like a proper 5.1 or 7.1 atoms surround system

Dolby Vision is amazing on the iPad Pro however

[nimble arch]

Atmos sounds pretty damn good on my AirPods Pro 3

I was looking at getting an AV receiver etc but I'm probably going to pick up the Sonos Arc Ultra this week.

No Sub 4 or rear Era 300s, for now at least, not exactly using it in a super large space.

[sullen bear]

Dont you need to pay for this? Looked into it once and was it a sub or smth?

[nimble arch]

No

[reef patrol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8Xyx2L4Nlg
I kind of hate that Linus is right. I do like 99% of my work through a browser at this point. Even Discord as the one exception has a decent browser version.

[ashen spindle]

why tf are they comparing gpus and then the newest game on the bench is like 2 years old
when it should be obvious a newer game might have some more issues so you should add one of that

[reef patrol]

Broad experience.

[ashen spindle]

not broad if you exclude a massive important point

[frozen ingot]

I like how the three gpu manufacturers colors coincidentally results in RGB

[reef patrol]

A shame there's still an overall FPS loss. Developers can do better.

[ashen spindle]

not really a developer issue

[azure otter]

gm mansen

[reef patrol]

Eh... debatable.

[ashen spindle]

nvidia issue will be mostly gone when vulkan extensions get added that are missing and then nvidia performance should be more like amd, mostly the same as on windows if it works

[reef patrol]

This one I particularly appreciate. Too many videos around with USE DISTRO A, cause it's more GAMING than other distros 😄

[ashen spindle]

see thats another point, quite often it means they have fixes sooner that make a new game playable or better vs distros that lag behind there

[reef patrol]

Indeed. And that's also something the video touches on (on the GPU driver side of things) early on in the video.

[ashen spindle]

only in parts

but yeah really should've added a more recent game because its going to be a rude awakening if someone switches and wants to play a new game, assuming you lose a few fps at worst and gets like 10fps

[reef patrol]

No one buys new* games anymore anyway

[fair gull]

didnt they also just use opensource drivers even for nvidio?

[fair gull]

also usually the arguments i hear isnt its better at gaming but its easier to start gaming on some distros.

safe to say though distro wars aint stopping soon

[warm ore]

so real, can't remember the last one i did

I want to get Dune, but everytime i get close to purchase i just find better things for that amount

[azure otter]

oi mate

im still out here playing warframe

[nimble arch]

I've retired to Nintendo games

[tribal dirge]

indeed

[tribal dirge]

if only they will make the Switch 2 OLED

[nimble arch]

I imagine that'll be the mid-gen refresh

Is there even an 8" 1080p 120 VRR OLED panel in production right now?

[tribal dirge]

nope

most AMOLED tablets are like 9-13 inches

[unkempt lake]

I don't really have any issues with the current display

I'm happy with it but yes oled woulda been nice

[pale sigil]

Tbh

Even I was surprised by the switch 2 panel

[old marlin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzyB8pQY9Qs

[old marlin]

even the t1000 in my precision 9550 can play that game in fhd at playable framerates

and that is basically a 1650m with 4gb of vram

[azure otter]

fr

[sudden imp]

Just finished watching this

https://youtu.be/UUjPhJnovRs?si=NVxmRHcT8IjSuStM

the LTT callout was rather funny

[somber coral]

Am I cooked

[vagrant pagoda]

wtf is that

[umbral heron]

Looks like Artisan after a washing cycle in a machine

[somber coral]

It’s a Raiden after I put it in soapy water

[analog sinew]

forbidden mousepad juice

[somber coral]

IDK

Is it the coating or dead skin

Idk dead skin that’s that color

[vagrant pagoda]

is it taller or shorter than the rest of the pad

[somber coral]

What

Wdym

[umbral heron]

Is it sticking out or is it a dent in a pad?

[somber coral]

Sticking out

I mean it came out of the pad

That was my pad previously

“It looks like you did a line of coke on it”
-Dashi

[vagrant pagoda]

did you try snorting it?

[wheat plume]

The kindle naming scheme sucks
It's literally Amazon Kindle Newest Gen

Cool ok ...
But what happens next year when the new model comes out???
Its not the newest gen anymore xd

[umbral heron]

The kindle naming scheme sucks

[wheat plume]

Something's wrong, I can feel it

[sullen bear]

Old macbook 🕵️

[vagrant pagoda]

the windows file transfer on osx

[wheat plume]

Windows 8

[tribal dirge]

no? just keep scrubbing to exfoliate the surface

just trust the process it will get clean

[tribal dirge]

what soap? because dish soap is not the move here

laundry detergent is what you want to use for textiles like this

[somber coral]

i have like

tide pods

[tribal dirge]

no liquid or powder?

[somber coral]

none

[sullen bear]

How do they taste

[somber coral]

like shampoo

[tribal dirge]

I guess you can dilute the tide pod a ton

like 5 ish gallons of water should be ok

you can probably eyeball it and be fine

just wear gloves when you use laundry detergent

[somber coral]

aight

thanks

[umbral heron]

Just puncture a tide pod with a pin and squeeze a tiny bit into a bowl

[tribal dirge]

ah yeah, you could dose it that way

and then throw out the stuff you dont use LMAO

@somber coral

[somber coral]

\

[tribal dirge]

just keep in mind that tide pods are more concentrated than normal laundry detergent, you dont need much

[sullen bear]

What if you just do your laundry with the left over tidepod

[tribal dirge]

you probably could ngl LMAO

[serene ruin]

Think I found the one

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/acer-predator-helios-neo-16s-ai-gaming-laptop-16-oled-240hz-intel-core-ultra-9-nvidia-geforce-rtx-5070ti-32gb-1tb-obsidian-black/JJ8V8H38XT/sku/11982421

5070 laptop gpus are equivalent to the 5060 gpus

5070ti laptop gpu is the good one to get

Lmk what you think

[umbral heron]

Please, do not get gaming laptop unless absolutely necessary and you travel a ton for example

[serene ruin]

Not for gaming lmao

Engineering softwares

SolidWorks with big projects

Want something to last me my last 2 school years and roughly 2 years of professional work

Also working on club projects now

[tribal dirge]

5070 Ti is nice to have

Ultra 9 series 2 is also nice

[vital mantle]

keyboard is poopoo and doesnt work good

[serene ruin]

U have one?

[wheat plume]

Oh
So that's what the Kindle ads look like

Thanks, I hate it

[vital mantle]

yes and support will never help so i am a wooting hater now

[serene ruin]

Oh u talking about wooting? Lmao

[umbral heron]

Look also into Ryzen AI 380/390s, or if you don't mind wait for Intel Ultra 3, way more energy efficient than Ultra 2

[tribal dirge]

5lb is yikes though

[serene ruin]

Working them forearms 👀

[tribal dirge]

they only want to spend 1500 bucks

with some leniancy

[serene ruin]

I want something powerful that wont break my bank lmao

That will last me years

Max ill go 2000

I dont have my salary yet lmaoo

My 5080 already broke it

[tribal dirge]

damn lmao

[serene ruin]

Ye my pc is good for all this. I just need something to use thats portable

[umbral heron]

I wonder if there'd be a nice Thinkpad in this range
Usually "Gaming" is like +20% to price of laptop

[tribal dirge]

nah, thinkpads are actually have worse price to performance than most gaming laptops

[tribal dirge]

an equivalently specced thinkpad to this acer helios will probably run you like 3000 dollars

or more

[serene ruin]

👁️👁️

https://tenor.com/view/thinking-looking-at-cellphone-man-thinking-statue-watching-cellphone-pondering-gif-9133796110692465311

[umbral heron]

Nope
$4400
What the fuck Lenovo

[tribal dirge]

yeah lmao, thats why I settled for an ROG Zephyrus rather than a Thinkpad P16 Gen 2/Gen3

[serene ruin]

Yepp sadly

If only u could build a laptop like a desktop

[tribal dirge]

you pay a bit of a premium for the thin and light build of the Zephyrus but to me its worth it.

[serene ruin]

#makelaptopsfullymodular

[tribal dirge]

if you want a 4 inch thick laptop then sure

LMAO

[umbral heron]

I mean, Framework, but it doesn't really have a good GPU offerings

[serene ruin]

https://tenor.com/view/seinfeld-box-gif-11543235

Carrying to class

[tribal dirge]

yeah, iirc all they have is a 5070

[lyric hatch]

I just used the lab computers/my PC when I was needing to do heavy stuff and a MacBook for general use

[serene ruin]

I want to do it while shitting tho you feel me?

[tribal dirge]

when it comes to engineering students, sometimes work has to be done outside of computer lab operating hours

trust me the grind is real

LMAO

[serene ruin]

Red shot eyes

[tribal dirge]

literally

[serene ruin]

One blink its 4:15

[tribal dirge]

yup exactly

[serene ruin]

Gotta love it tho lmao

I got a glass whiteboard in my basement

I fell asleep standing at times

😅

[tribal dirge]

THATS SO REAL LMAOOO

[lyric hatch]

Damn your lab wasn't 24 hours for students? Oof

Had many all nighters at my lab

[tribal dirge]

only certain students get that luxury at my school

also the campus I go to is relatively small

[tribal dirge]

there are design studios for the art and architecture majors where you BYOD and the computer stays there for the semester.

and those are open 24/7, but I cant swipe into the studio

[serene ruin]

Dorming privilege

[tribal dirge]

oh you're a commuter?

[serene ruin]

Yeah

Lowkey trynna get a perfect gpa this semester because i could get into the honors college

Meaning free housing

[tribal dirge]

aye!

[errant tendon]

Hello dose anyone know how to fix the double and tripple type on wootings?

[empty wren]

go through the restore procedure

[little token]

can someone recommend a good IEM ? I'm currently using moondrop blessing 3. I mainly play FPS and listen to music.

something around 500$

i just stepped on them LOL

I know

[lunar elm]

how does that even happen

[little token]

I'm an idiot 🙁

@lethal yoke pretty much anything

[vapid ruin]

do you want something similar to blessing 3 or you want a different sound signature?

[little token]

something similar

ill look into it

[vapid ruin]

anything you feel like missing with the IEM?>

[little token]

@vapid ruin not really, these are my first iems

[vapid ruin]

If possible, you can possibly get blessing 3 Aqua from a Japanse retailer/proxy. It's a japan only version that has more bass, more detail, yet retain the same sound signature of a regular blessing 3.

[vapid ruin]

If you want something slightly different feel free to look at Xenns Top Pro/Kiwi Ears Astral, their tuning are the same but pretty nicde. Ziigaat Horizon is on the same boat as two of those.

Meze Alba and 7hz Divine. For now I main my headphone HD490 pro with Moondrop Old Fashioned EQed as a side dish.

[tribal dirge]

Or you can get the dusk IEMs

[little token]

https://moondroplab.com/en/products/dusk these?

[vapid ruin]

Yeah, slightly more bass, forward vocal, and tamer treble

[vapid ruin]

yesh

[lunar elm]

I got myself crinear metas and called it a day xd

ive just heard its on like dusk quality with different characteristics

[tribal dirge]

Oh yeah project meta

[lunar elm]

(ive never tried dusk or blessings)

[tribal dirge]

They're gonna sound similar, they're tuned by the same guy

[little token]

I was able to put it back together but it does have a little crack and I do have to get a new cable now -_- because I the pins are fucked

[tribal dirge]

Rip

[little token]

This part is cracked

But they seems to work fine

[tribal dirge]

Time to use them more!!!

\o/

Unless you busted the drivers inside them

Then it's cooked

[little token]

The drivers are good

[vapid ruin]

yesh, tuning pretty much the same but meta going to have much more forward mids but slightly recessed vocal.

[tribal dirge]

Aye

[vapid ruin]

looks fine, you can use it still. Just not go near water I guess.

[tribal dirge]

Also foam tips Smhsmhsmh

[little token]

It’s just the plastic part. Everything else is fine

[tribal dirge]

Nice

Just uhh, try not to break it!

[little token]

i was actually going to ask for better tips, any recommendations?

@vapid ruin going to order this cable i guess https://www.amazon.com/Linsoul-Tripowin-Amber-Interchangeable-Replacement/dp/B0BLC2K1RY/ref=sr_1_15?crid=Q9CQV78N2HR5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BaR2eaO8WCWlj4LUxZ5W_LSQ-MmdihZmPKIKG_dJWX27szPwuDuGwZOQ2ziN1426g_jPNwjozn9NRZlO2TN9FqmYPVqkHvzDQgZXiLG5tLQho3Rqom6GYzFYLNU8iKu0hUkXuDIJAqmb4heSO2KvFin1mKfdw2BYnXUYv-5RxwTDVYSdB2uCZ24uNY4VPrAp_d9_0kr2_YXqtsbD2rSfo1n-F3p370McsFMzRmiQXJo.NWYX3MhHKrN41xElF4LgpRWg4eQh9JZnPmnoBzgXAIk&dib_tag=se&keywords=0.78%2B2%2Bpin%2Biem%2Bcable&qid=1769322934&sprefix=0.78%2B2%2Bpin%2Biem%2Bcable%2Caps%2C233&sr=8-15&th=1

So i can get it tomorrow -_-

[vapid ruin]

why differen't cable?

[little token]

cuz mine is broken. like the pins are twisted

[vapid ruin]

alrighto

[vapid ruin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xThEeMvK8dw has a google docs you can refer to

[tribal dirge]

Spinfit W1 are my favorites

Very comfy

[little token]

getting those as well ❤️

[vapid ruin]

I prefer Tangzu Sancai tips

[little token]

you guys are awesome

one last question, are there any good premium cables that i should use with my moondrop blessing 3? or the one that i sent above is going to be as good as anything else? I'm really new to these things so sorry for dumb questions

[vapid ruin]

as long as it feels comfortable, it's good enough

cable don't make much difference other than looks

[tribal dirge]

And also flexibility

Stiff cables are annoying asf

[smoky parrot]

I like the moondrop springtips tbh

[little token]

The one I’m using right now is completely trash. Looks awful and quality is meh

[smoky parrot]

Didn't your iems come with springtips?

[little token]

nope, foam 🙁

[smoky parrot]

The translucent ones with lines on them

Oh, just order those and a cable from moondrop ig

[tribal dirge]

I personally don't like the spring tips very much

They make my ears sore for whatever reason

[smoky parrot]

I know they're a bit hit or miss

But they fit my ears perfectly n.n

[tribal dirge]

Spinfit W1 is great though, they fit me better

[little token]

cables from moondrop are so expensive wow

[smoky parrot]

And they're a little bit sticky and I like that

[tribal dirge]

Spinfit silicone is the grippiest in my experience.

[smoky parrot]

Might try em

[tribal dirge]

The medical grade silicone they use is quite amazing

[smoky parrot]

I only use a cheap Robins Earphones IEM tho haha

[tribal dirge]

Lolz

[smoky parrot]

Well. Cheap

100 buckaroos

[tribal dirge]

I even use the spinfits on my cheap moondrops because it just makes it much more comfortable for my ears

[little token]

https://www.hisenior-iem.com/products/whitewhale?srsltid=AfmBOoqM-65nncF16yVbhuUPw1lxzQwcMhDAgRMyazT1pCfLPRdI_bNB

Im looking for this kind of color, but really don't feel like spending 100$ on a cable

[smoky parrot]

Can't you just buy a moondrop chu v2

They have a detachable cable afaik

They're like 20 bucks

[tribal dirge]

Cauz bro just needs a new cable

[smoky parrot]

Yeah, but this way he gets a cabke cheap and backup iems

He won't find a cable for 20 bucks I don't think

Chu 2 is crazy priced

[tribal dirge]

Truthear gate tho

[smoky parrot]

True

He also gets sillicone tips with the chu v2 :v

[little token]

damn, all that for 20$ lmao

[smoky parrot]

Yeah

It's my spare IEM

[little token]

is the cable quality okay?

[smoky parrot]

Yeah

I can make pics if you want

[little token]

please

[smoky parrot]

What do you need

[little token]

just the cable

[tribal dirge]

It's decently flexible, not stiff at all

Better than some 100-300 dollar IEM stock cables even

[little token]

how long is it?

it looks great ngl

[smoky parrot]

How long, uh

Like a meter?

Idk

Lol, sorry

I personally like the plastic wrapping at the tips

They wrap around your ear for more stability

As in the final pic

[little token]

yeah it actually looks great

[smoky parrot]

I've had no issues with daily use during commute with them

The only annoying thing for me

Is that the pin is at 90 degrees

And not a straight pin

I use a dac and it makes for a slightly awkward bend

[modern sphinx]

Canpur Silver Flash, well under your budget and a surprise release from a company that mostly sells high end iems. And much like Wooting, they're dutch so I guess that deserves some tickets. Other than that, pretty much anything sounds decent these days without bludgeoning your wallet

[leaden kiln]

got these for just the cable too lol

[odd jackal]

yo is there any rocket league config for the wooting

[tribal dirge]

lol nice

[leaden kiln]

they are pretty nice though
fit is surprisingly good, something I’ve had issues with

[smoky parrot]

How do you buy these? Their website has no actually prices or ways to buy them but do list themselves as the eu distributors?

[vapid ruin]

fairly nice tune.

[dull hollow]

astrals best stock iem wires

[little token]

Why? Are they way better than moondrop blessing 3?

[dull hollow]

i dont have the moondrops but ive never had to painstakingly untangle them

theyre pretty weighty on their own but you dont really notice it when you have them on

[covert steppe]

i need to buy some spinfits because i hate the feel of my set of iems, even their "small" size is too big for my left ear lol

[tribal dirge]

Lmao

Spinfit makes an SS size of W1 lmao

[covert steppe]

actually lol

[dull hollow]

speaking of eartips i probably should get another pair soon

thinking about sedna earfit light

[covert steppe]

god damn 12 bucks for one set of spin fits

[dull hollow]

yeah thats what im saying, $12 for 2 pairs of eartips is crazy icl

but then again i mod my keyboard and buy model cars

[covert steppe]

they're probably great, but when i need the ss on one ear and a s on the other i need to buy 2 sets which is stupid

25 bucks on eartips is insane lol

[tribal dirge]

They're my endgame eartips personally

Plus they're washable!

[covert steppe]

I wish the crinacle zero's would actually state the sizing of the tips they include, but I can't find them anywhere

[blissful halo]

I use spinfit neos

[frozen ingot]

oh no did the headphone nerds leak out of #🌐│pc_gear

[fickle ore]

If you can't live with volatility you have to accept you do not deserve possible risk premium related to stocks, and your personal risk/reward is more suited towards funds or ETF's. This is known.

[ashen spindle]

Sure but usally Stocks make more Sense even when Swings are this high xD

[fickle ore]

Yeah uh, no. This kind of swings are normal for single stocks

Sounds like you haven't followed the market for very long

[umbral heron]

https://tenor.com/view/throwing-chips-jon-pardi-mr-saturday-night-song-frustrated-losing-gif-26624720

GAMBA

At least gamblers are just gamblers
To be a shareholder you have to be sociopath on top

[ashen spindle]

I mean then you're calling most people on earth sociopaths

so many retirement plans and personal finances are in stocks or etfs

[umbral heron]

Nah, I don't mean people who invest to make some money off of a company stock
More like investing millions to get a leverage in a company

Just like going to casino to go through like 50€ doesn't really make you a gambler, but gambling off your mortgage, car and credit cards does

[fickle ore]

Everyone who has ever worked is a shareholder in europe atleast. Forced retirement savings -_-

But yeah i'd agree to be very rich that is somewhat a requirement

[ashen spindle]

nah shareholders are mostly fine, private equity is the evil one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5C4v22y3C0 applicable to any field not just medicine

[frozen ingot]

yeah getting bought by private equity is basically the corpo equivalent of getting terminal cancer

[umbral heron]

I swear Slopya Nutella laughs every time I update GRUB
Posting here for easy search when I inevitably forget to sign .efi files again

unfuck-grub(){
    sudo grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --bootloader-id=GRUB --efi-directory=/boot --modules="tpm" --disable-shim-lock && \
    sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg && \
    sudo sbctl sign-all
}```

I like going through some of my scripts

unfuck-kde(){ systemctl --user restart plasma-plasmashell.service }

unfuck-kde-hard(){ (pkill -9 plasmashell && plasmashell &) && disown }

[rough osprey]

?

[smoky parrot]

Disowning smh

[vapid ruin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utZajNmPe1Y

All I can think when looking at this is: MP3 player.

don't like where the headphone jack is though (on the side)

[vagrant pagoda]

ew they are using a ai enhanced soc

and it has driver blobs

0/10

[serene ruin]

This reminds you of mp3 player? Not a gameboy? Lol

Giving gameboy vibes

[vapid ruin]

I just imagine that you can put a click wheel on the bottom. I don't grow up with the non foldable Gameboy.

[serene ruin]

Nah i agree with you. Click wheel 100% gives it the mp3 player look. I grew up with both gameboys

[vagrant pagoda]

i just use a modded ipod video

[serene ruin]

Getting the foldable one for a bday after having the rectangle was amazing

[vagrant pagoda]

my orginal ipod video

[serene ruin]

I started with the nano for my music

[vagrant pagoda]

there isnt anyway to improve it

ipod with flash mod sounds good, lasts forever, and the interface is damn well perfect

[serene ruin]

Back when engineering/designing had their own uniqueness….

[vagrant pagoda]

but yeah i have the upgraded battery, sd mod, and type c

[serene ruin]

Oh nice

[vagrant pagoda]

classic connect

was like 200 bucks?

but i had the ipod already

the only issue is idk why they didnt add a mcu to give it pasue/play/skip support

[mortal swallow]

any ethernet pros here

or like someone who knows why i get bad jitter on games like val and ow

i have gigabyte wifi and im literally like 2 feet away from my router

[ashen spindle]

first step, dont use wifi

[loud gust]

I just bought a wooting, (it hasnt arrived yet) is that the best preforming gaming keyboard ever?

[ashen spindle]

otherwise could be anything from the router to the isp to the game connection

could try using a free vpn to have a different connection and see if that gives you stable connections

[mortal swallow]

i saidi dont

i use ethernet im saying that my router is like 2 feet from me

wifi has teh same jitter experience

[ashen spindle]

then its either router or isp probably

[mortal swallow]

i could try something like cloujdlfare

[vagrant pagoda]

get pingplotter free

then run it while gaming

[mortal swallow]

wat da heck is that

[vagrant pagoda]

it will show you where the jitter starts

[vagrant pagoda]

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=pingplotter+free

[mortal swallow]

ok unrelated but

turning on cloudflare like lessened my ping by 6

jitters a bit better

idk why my ping went down by so much jus from using cloudflare thats so weird lol

[ashen spindle]

not weird just means your ISPs default routing is bad for connecting to the game servers

[mortal swallow]

man this pingplotter app is confusing i gotta look u p a tutorial

[mortal swallow]

xfinity man

[ashen spindle]

every isp has issues with that

[mortal swallow]

oh

so is the only fix to use like cloudflare

i mean it doesnt seem to be affecting my speeds so i dont mind

[steady sail]

https://www.xfinity.com/national/

[ashen spindle]

yeah if the default routing is bad you either call your isp and ask if they can fix something or do it yourself with a vpn or similar

[mortal swallow]

ill call up rlq and ask

do i just ask like i need them to fix the routing for videogames 💀

[ashen spindle]

say you experience bad connections to certain IPs, could grab a server IP and say it works better with a VPN if they can take a look at that and find better routing settings

or smth like that

[mortal swallow]

is there a way i can find valorants ip

[ashen spindle]

pingplotter might get it, otherwise gotta google, sometimes there are sites that just list it or tell you how to easily get it

[mortal swallow]

it might but i lowkey dont know how to use it im just on this screen

🤔

[ashen spindle]

never used it but I assume it might list them when you start a connection to a server with it up

or see if reddit has it somewhere

[vagrant pagoda]

no you gotta put it in

you put in a domain or ip and it dose a traceroute

then it pings each hop

so you can see where your latency is going up at

[mortal swallow]

i lowkey found something but like theres 5 things in here lmfao

they all have different ip addresses

[pale sigil]

I had a dream where I was in a mr beast video which itself is weird but essentially it was one of those buy anything in the store in x seconds.

I went to the ram section and wiped it out

[vapid ruin]

pipe dream

[mortal swallow]

screw it im asking chatgptr

[steady sail]

don't xd

[halcyon moss]

What cloud flare service did you turn on? Dns? That only affects which ip valorant servers resolves to, not other network stuff

[ashen spindle]

cloudflare warp is a free vpn

[mortal swallow]

yeah chat gpt is useless

[mortal swallow]

uhh i used warp 1.1.1.1

[ashen spindle]

yeah thats vpn+dns resolver

[mortal swallow]

ok so normal 1.1.1.1 doesnt do anything at all for me but the warp one makes less jitter and less ping

also i tried calling xfinity and they said they see nothing wrong on their end n hungup 💀

[ashen spindle]

yes just dns resolver doesnt do anything thats why he asked

well try writing an email maybe and be more annoying and good luck

[mortal swallow]

lmfao ill try 😭

[halcyon moss]

11ms ping is absolutely great imho

[mortal swallow]

whos getting 11 ping

[ashen spindle]

hes getting 11ms jitter not ping xD

[mortal swallow]

LMFAOO

its like 2-5 ms jitter while gaming

its not that bad i suppose i was just expecting better from ethernet

getting worse numbers than when i was playin with wifi 🤣

[halcyon moss]

11ms jitter in what ping? I can't read that graph apparently.

[mortal swallow]

yea jitter in my ping

[halcyon moss]

What's the ping

[mortal swallow]

man okay its pretty bad

[mortal swallow]

25-32

on cali servers on oregon its 17-22

it could also be that i have a temu ethernet cord

idk if that mattersi got like a 100ft ethernet cord that does not have a brand name on it

[halcyon moss]

That would cause packetloss

[mortal swallow]

i have 0 packetloss

[halcyon moss]

25ms game ping, that's great. I used to play with 100ms regularly

[mortal swallow]

like entirely 0 packet loss

[mortal swallow]

its constantly fluctuating though cus the jitter so

like it jus jumps from 25 to 30+ in a milisecond

[halcyon moss]

OK. I'm not that into game pings any more these days 🙂
So good luck figuring it out

[mortal swallow]

lowkey mad annoying

[steady sail]

oof

[pale sigil]

I had a shit isp router where my ping would go from like 60 to 300 constantly due to thermal issues

And another isp router the network would become unusable when downloading as the packet loss and ping was abysmal

[mortal swallow]

this expereince was my old wifi isp

[sullen bear]

Wifi vs ethernet imo almost makes no difference anymore

Its what you’re connected to what matters, coax, copper, fibre etc? Is your modem any good

[rough osprey]

bee happy

[sullen bear]

I am, just put together my desk

On phone wifi on the toilet

[rough osprey]

what kinda desk

[mortal swallow]

coax i think? im on cable

[sullen bear]

Mittzon

[mortal swallow]

idk if my modem is good

[rough osprey]

looks clean

[sullen bear]

Got the black brown obe

[nimble arch]

Can’t say I care too much for wiring my house for Ethernet as someone that neither plays competitive games nor has a home server. I’d rather just have good WiFi across the whole house.

[sullen bear]

I mean if u have good wifi systems it’ll be just as good as ethernet

[rough osprey]

peak ergonomic chair

[sullen bear]

Ikr

[rough osprey]

cant u just fly tho

[mortal swallow]

i have good wifi across the housei jus need this jitter to die

[steady sail]

could be just rito servers

[mortal swallow]

very possible

most games ive played dont have jitter checkers

[sullen bear]

The actual setup rn

But flying is tiring man

[mortal swallow]

beautiful keyboard

i wish my wooting shined like that

[rough osprey]

work and game?

[rough osprey]

oh i see

[sullen bear]

Thats not a wooting

No clue what my gf has

[sullen bear]

Bf and gf setup

[rough osprey]

oh on one desk

cozy

[mortal swallow]

itsjus a gaming keyboard

imagine like the iphone of peripherals

cough $180 for a keyboard

[steady sail]

i spent easily double on my keyboard

[rough osprey]

ye......

😅

[mortal swallow]

oh ive 100% spent double the price of my keyboard on jus modding it lol

speaking of i need new keycaps

i got some shit black and white topographic ones

[steady sail]

and 180$ for a great gaming ones is not that bad

if u think that a fully custom mech can cost 500$ or even more

[mortal swallow]

i mean tbf i like it alot and the support is amazing

[steady sail]

i love all of my wooting keyboards

[mortal swallow]

i was telling that guy what a wooting is completley forgetting im in wooting server

[steady sail]

yeah

[tribal dirge]

Hell yeah

[grizzled prism]

I mean you don't have to pay that much for a very good HE keyboard, I paid $97 for my everglide su75 pro and it's a full aluminium body, feels very premium and great to type on. As long as you don't get unlucky and get a bad unit you can find some really good value offerings

[lunar elm]

I got myself a drunkdeer G65 for my second kb with some silent switches, havent tried it yet but yeah its silent enough and light for me to bring on the go

[wheat plume]

Hot take:

The bezel being the same thickness on all 4 sides on a phone > mega ultra thin bezels on a phone

[lyric hatch]

How about mega ultra thin bezels that are all the same thickness on each side

[wheat plume]

Yes but that's probably on a phone that costs way too much and no one really needs

And the only company rn that can do ultra thin bottom bezels is apple
Every other phone needs to have a thicker bottom bezel

So they need to make the other 3 bezels the same width as the bottom one

[lyric hatch]

Looking at my s25 ultra rn and I know that ain't true

Bezels are thinner on all sides than Apple's

[wheat plume]

and the bottom is the same width?

[lyric hatch]

Yup

[wheat plume]

ooo

[leaden kiln]

the bezels on my 16p are already so thin but I have a case on it so it doesn't reallly do much that they are

at least in this image i found they look extremely close, s25u and 16pm
they shoulda removed the screen protector for the comparison though

[frozen ingot]

ultra thin bezels is more of a hassle than a feature

can barely hold it without your fingers touching the screen edges

[leaden kiln]

haven't had that problem myself

could certainly see that being a problem with the curved edge screen on samsungs older models though lol

[wheat plume]

Curved edges suck

They look elegant but usability is a pain
Especially if you try to take landscape photos

[clear perch]

yo chat

whats a good keyboard from 80 to 130 dollars?

with good sound feel n most def fast

[lyric hatch]

Can't say I've ever purchased a phone because the bezel was thinner

[pale sigil]

Same

I had a pixel 7a

People hated the bezels so much

[halcyon moss]

Thinner bezels are nice.. But I really don't care about them that much

[leaden kiln]

I think it looks a bit goofy but almost any case would make it look close enough to most other phones

[rough osprey]

who using cases

[leaden kiln]

I don't love how squared off googles corners were, I think they're a bit rounder now

[leaden kiln]

I am but I guess I could just throw it away and use my applecare+ instead of my official apple case

screen protector too but it's a matte protector

[rough osprey]

nah just be careful

i think im at like 5years of caseless life

[lyric hatch]

I didn't use a case for ages but started using one with this s25 ultra, it's like they're trying to make them as slippery as possible with the glass back

[nimble arch]

I've been using a case with my 16 Pro Max for much longer than I used a case on any previous phone.

[leaden kiln]

sure but accidents can still happen, I don't think I've dropped this phone but I dropped my fold5 once or so, same with my fold3, I was using a case on the fold5 though, so on my iphone it feels a lot thinner comparatively lol 😅

I don't really mind it, the silicone is pretty grippy

[nimble arch]

Same for a screen protector, I usually go raw after owning the phone for a year.

[lyric hatch]

I don't use a screen protector though so I keep the anti reflection on the screen

[leaden kiln]

I like my current matte protector but you do lose a bit of clarity with the texture

[rough osprey]

hope the new phones dont get easy scratches with the newer glass

[lyric hatch]

Been about a year with mine and no scratches at all

Dropped it a few times

[leaden kiln]

one of my coworker has I think a pixel 9 pro and it's bent at the top like iphone 6 style

still works though, and neither the screen nor back are cracked

[umbral heron]

I hate thin bezels
With big screens are a perfect equation for disaster
I love pressing lower right part of my screen with my palm when reaching to upper left corner

[wheat plume]

They are all even
This is perfectly acceptable

[leaden kiln]

really? bottom one looks a bit thicker to me

[leaden kiln]

minor difference

[wheat plume]

It looks flatter not wider??

[leaden kiln]

what does flatter mean
the bottom bezel doesn't look equal to the others to me on the 7a

[tribal dirge]

High key though I do kind of want the Z tri-fold when it becomes available in the US

[pale sigil]

They are not

[leaden kiln]

it seems pretty cool

[pale sigil]

The bottom is bigger

Don't make me get my calipers out

[leaden kiln]

don't need those when we have eyes

[pale sigil]

Eh you could argue it's an illusion like effect

As a result of rendering

[umbral heron]

I mean these two look almost the same

[pale sigil]

Uh

Cals

Look at the arrow

Edges

[umbral heron]

[pale sigil]

Ite

Give me a few min

[tribal dirge]

Yee

[wheat plume]

Oh yeh it is thicker

[wheat plume]

We need more compact phones like this
It's a perfect size

[pale sigil]

I miss my 7a phone size

[empty wren]

Waste of screen to curve it inside anyways

[pale sigil]

I just can't get used to using a smashed screen again

[umbral heron]

I want <5" phones

[pale sigil]

If my pixel 7a wasn't smashed after I replaced its battery

I would have gone back to it

[leaden kiln]

it's pretty close to my phone, mine's a bit smaller but only by like a couple millimeters

[pale sigil]

I hate the steam decks bezels tho

[wheat plume]

Oh you have the LCD model
They are bad on that

[leaden kiln]

damn my screen protector is starting to peel at the top

[wheat plume]

But IDC much on big devices like that

[pale sigil]

I can infact

Confirm there's a difference between the bottom and the rest of the bezels

[wheat plume]

Wat

Same size

[pale sigil]

Photos of my findings will be published soon

I'm on about the 7a

[wheat plume]

Oh yeh they are different

[pale sigil]

We know they are but cals made me get my calibers out

[wheat plume]

LOL XD

[leaden kiln]

caliper

[umbral heron]

I really wish that Europe took more from Japan/SEA than from US
Keitai flip phones, smol kei cars, all that stuff
With each year everything must be bigger and shittier

[nimble arch]

The overly large cars are annoying

[pale sigil]

Is this the best way of doing this?

Absolutely not

[nimble arch]

At least when you’re not a passenger

[pale sigil]

But it's what you get

Surprisingly big difference

[nimble arch]

My sister and brother-in-law have a crossover SUV thingy, tons of room in the back for fully grown adults. Great ride quality as well.

[umbral heron]

SUVs are crimes against humanity
And for pickup trucks there should be required a permit that you need it specifically to haul cargo

[pale sigil]

My cousin uses one for his job, he has hundreds of tools and machines for work daily

Fucking huge

[pastel galleon]

the crease is realll

[nimble arch]

I’m a public transport enjoyer. Although I grew up getting the bus to school so that’s just a natural behaviour for me these days.

[umbral heron]

And saved

[pastel galleon]

i wish i enjoyed public transit

because i take it almost every day

[nimble arch]

Time to leave the server

[umbral heron]

I like public transport, buses drive every 15 minutes from near my home, just jump in, tap phone on the tag in bus, tap again when going out, done

[nimble arch]

The bus company in my area have kinda fucked in the tap on, tap off thing. Ticket prices are capped really low though.

Works fine on the trains because it was just an expansion of the TfL system to cover the entire commuter rail line.

[tribal dirge]

That's the part I'm scared of lmao

[umbral heron]

Here it was introduced when I was on 2nd year in uni, so like 8 years ago?
It was working like ass for first 3 months, but now it's basically flawless
And you get a discount when changing buses on the same stop or 1 stop near, because that's still your route

[leaden kiln]

I think samsung replaces it for free or cheap once, but it's probably a pain in the ass, I won't bother for this since it's 2 gens old and I haven't used it in probably half a year

[nimble arch]

COVID was the driving factor here. Buses still take cash, for now, but it seems like they’ll go cashless fairly soon.

[umbral heron]

They are cashless here, gotta use ticket machine on bus stop if you want to pay with cash
But everyone and their mother is using Blik so meh
And since seniors ride for free they are being pretty much unused

[nimble arch]

We’re not ready for cashless, the nut jobs will claim it’s all a conspiracy.

[leaden kiln]

using cash on the buses in Japan was surprisingly convenient
just drop some cash in a hopper and you get change immediately

[nimble arch]

Same for when they eventually phase out the Oyster card in London. Currently you can top up online or using card/cash at dedicated terminals in TfL stations.

I believe the Netherlands are phasing out the OV card in 2027?

[fair gull]

you guys dont have johnny cash? damn you poor souls

[nimble arch]

In favour of just using your card, phone, or watch.

[leaden kiln]

I put my public transport card on my watch but it was just a pain in the ass since the scanner was always on the right side, and I wear my watch on my left wrist

[nimble arch]

I just use my credit card via Apple Pay express transit on my Apple Watch for the train or bus.

[fair gull]

sadly. also you still cant rent bikes with ovpay just the ov card

[nimble arch]

Nobody even cares when you pay via your watch in London but outside the city, people like to judge

[leaden kiln]

it was even worse when carrying something, I'll just move the card to my phone for next time

[umbral heron]

Well, mostly the same here, but everything is marketed as "now you have a choice if you want to pay with cash or by card everywhere" so that softens that, and when cash option disappears in one way or the other no one really cares

[nimble arch]

It’s 2026, I will use my cellular connected watch for payments and phone calls.

[fair gull]

i very much like ov cards especially since it means i can just have a few with some money on it so my gf (who hates technology) doesnt have to battle with paying using her phone

[nimble arch]

The UK has too many highly regarded people that believe cash is always legal tender (it is not) and that they’re actually free masons of the land. Add in some nonsense about the Magna Carta being the actual law for bonus points.

[fair gull]

a bit sad though cause currently with the ov chipkaart you can in theory just manipulate the card and put free money onto it as the data is stored on the card itself

im not 100% sure how the ov pas will work which is supposed to replace the ov chipkaart but i guess i will have to wait and see

[nimble arch]

I saw that OV change as a suggested post on Instagram. The comments were claiming this is the DEATH of public transport in the Netherlands.

What if your phone dies? Apple Pay still works.

[fair gull]

depends on what ov-pas can do or cant

[nimble arch]

What jf the server gets hacked? Arguably a problem already.

Funny comments to read at least.

[frozen ingot]

sweden has been near cashless for almost 20 years at this point

[nimble arch]

Also these people were posting comments on a social media platform using their real names

[frozen ingot]

it went so far they had to make new laws to force some store branches to accept cash everywhere

[nimble arch]

Brother, please.

[tribal dirge]

Everything is cashless In NYC for the most part lmao. Everyone has Apple Pay and Google pay.

[tribal dirge]

And you can tap your card if your phone is dead

I've paid for the subways using my credit card before LMAO

[nimble arch]

What’s nice about the TfL contactless is that I can go onto their app, link my payment information to an account, and then see my journey/pricing history in real time.

Also makes filing a claim etc easy

[umbral heron]

That's interesting, because here that's exactly how it is
Cash is legal tender and businesses cannot refuse payment in cash
Well, with exception if the shop doesn't use money at all, so for example if you buy stuff with tickets at arcade
And if the denomination is not reasonable to be a payment for goods, so seller can refuse taking your 100zł banknote when you try to pay for a pack of chewing gum with it

[nimble arch]

Low coins are only legal tender up to £5? Something like that

Stores love to refuse a £50 note as well

Even after they changed every note in circulation

There are also some restrictions when using small coins. For example, 1p and 2p coins only count as legal tender for any amount up to 20p. And 5p and 10p coins only count for any amount up to £5. But £1 and £2 coins count as legal tender for any amount.

[leaden kiln]

cant take my forktruck and a bin of pennies to buy a car then, tragic

[umbral heron]

You can use them to pay for a ticket you get by speeding with said car

[nimble arch]

Case in points on the cashless comments

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20gevkx8gyo

The lack of punctuation is astounding.

[ashen spindle]

can only imagine the chaos if someone were to try that in germany before the entire boomer generation is gone lol

[umbral heron]

Can't check because it redirects me from .co.uk to .com

[nimble arch]

NordVPN to the rescue

[sudden imp]

Speaking of VPNS are their any vpns within browsers that allow me to see region locked content

I don’t want to spend money

[umbral heron]

Windscribe has extension and 2GB/mo no email/10GB/mo with email
That's the only one that would connect me to UK for free

[nimble arch]

I should have a Sonos Arc Ultra arriving on Tuesday. Doubt it’ll be tomorrow.

[gentle osprey]

[fickle ore]

FML AMD had put some setting that makes my GPU fry itself

Thanks for the crashes

Zero RPM ^lol. Was hard to find a way turn that shit off

[analog sinew]

wha

[ashen spindle]

local man finds feature from early 2000 that gpus turn off fans?

[unkempt lake]

Zero rpm is fine

Also its on by default... unless you change it yourself

It always was this way

[ashen spindle]

how is it fine when it seems to crash his pc?

[pale sigil]

I'm guessing you mean auto rpm

Because idk why it would be zero rpm by default

It had to be toggled surely

[unkempt lake]

It's probably not the cause

[ashen spindle]

I mean it likely didnt turn on the fans or not enough and then it overheated

[unkempt lake]

Its by default till the card goes over 55c

[ashen spindle]

not rare that the sensor either isnt relaying it correctly or something similar is not working and thus its stuck in zero rpm and thus overheating

[unkempt lake]

Could be just seems strange

My guess is the dude had some oc profile jn adrenaline and it reverted itself to default when he updated to 26.1.1

Or he's just confusing 26.1.1 fussiness for well... zero rpm

most people say something is "frying itself" when temps are perfectly fine

[ashen spindle]

idk where all these assumptions come from when he talks about having crashes

[unkempt lake]

example my 7900xtx most people would say it's "frying itself"

[ashen spindle]

is your 7900xtx crashing?

[unkempt lake]

decent chunk of people had some issues with 26.1.1

its why i was making the assumption since it literally jsut came out

[unkempt lake]

no

[ashen spindle]

then its not really a relevant comparison xD

[unkempt lake]

but nico's rig was crashing earlier in bf6 with 26.1.1

had to clear the shader cache again and now all seems well

• me having seen comments online about some wierdness in certain titles

• zero rpm being the default setting

[ashen spindle]

then there are ways to say hey it might be something else if it still happens instead of no you are wrong when we dont know that lol

[unkempt lake]

its just very unlikely that its related

also say some compaints about OW2 and i remember dag playing OW2 @ashen spindle

[tribal dirge]

oop, under what circumstances does it crash?

and if so, is the crash consistently reproducable?

[mortal swallow]

the cloudflare thing stopped giving me lower ping 🙁

[unkempt lake]

https://videocardz.com/newz/sapphire-rx-9070-xt-nitro-adds-two-more-burned-blue-tipped-12v-2x6-adapter-reports-and-issues-with-rma

more ded cards

[lunar elm]

now its amd with explosives

[unkempt lake]

sapphire nitro + and asrock taichi

only explosive models

[lunar elm]

i dont just mean gpus

sudden uprise in asus board deaths related to zen 5 made them go investigate

and its weird considering asrock has been at it since last year

[unkempt lake]

intel 2.0

[lunar elm]

intel’s had a proper cause

amd’s rn is entirely random

if my 9950x3d on the off chance explodes with my mpower I’d be forced to either another chip or I’d just make a full switch to NovaLake

[tribal dirge]

real

[iron wave]

I want more GPUs.

[latent mural]

Algum Brasileiro??

[latent mural]

[urban orchid]

i keep hearing a little weird sticky sounding click on the new 60 he v2 when i press the space bar down and its releasing ?

[vagrant pagoda]

did you hide a ham sandwitch inside?

[urban orchid]

its looking like the 2 little switches on the side of the space bare are respomsible for the sort of sticking sound

they are hitting some tinfoil looking thing underneath it ?

is that normal ?

[covert ravine]

I got a 7900xt

c:

fixed my upload speed, provider capping me till I bitched at em

[tribal dirge]

Real lmao

[mortal swallow]

why doesnt cloudflare help my ping anymore 💔

[ashen spindle]

It’s been like 2 years after launch that they found a somewhat fix for that, how’s that situation any better

[mortal swallow]

im crine ts so conmfusing

[little token]

Hi
Can anyone recommend good switches?
For gaming and typing. Like some of a hybrid. Not sure what else to ask for because I have zero knowledge about keycaps.
I use wooting 80HE

[analog sinew]

there is no good or bad really. find a profile that suits you (oem or cherry are kinda default) then pick one you like the looks of

[alpine patio]

the default

[little token]

I’m sorry
I meant switches

[little token]

I got keycaps from osume, still waiting on them

[alpine patio]

keycaps are just vibes, except pbt plastic is smooth and abs is textured

[little token]

Now I want to get switches
Like good ones

[alpine patio]

its mostly wobble and sound

my recs would be lekker tikkens, owlabs ti he and flux dc

https://link.wooting.io/soundtests

[fickle ore]

I don't OC because I play on lowest settings anyway and mostly cpu bound regardless. Yeah it's not the "real cause" ofc, which is likely too much dust inside the case or sensor malfunction or whatever, but my gpu mem temps were like 58c while browsing reddit. When I was listening spotify + playing BDO or OW it was crashing my PC. Tried updating drivers and no help. Turning off Zero RPM helped.

[fickle ore]

Lol, wasn't an issue before and haven't seen that feature before. It's rare I crash from temps esp during the winter

Good shit that u can turn it off, bc it should increase the life span of the product less fans

[analog sinew]

but how does your pc crash from temps if the zero rpm is not set to some ridiculous number

Surely the fans turn on before that happens

[lunar elm]

mlid ultimate amd glazer

[ashen spindle]

only good thing from his content is this funny frame I got that's fitting to his content so well

[lunar elm]

all this guy is spewing out is bullshit tbh

i think this is referring to him

[ashen spindle]

oh god schizophrenic fly is even worse

[lunar elm]

i dont follow rumours im just excited for novalake

lets see what this 265k can do

[ashen spindle]

the guy literally said panther lake will likely be 6Ghz because the node is better, up to the day before the official slides showed 5.1ghz for the top sku and then not once talked about it and just moved on

these people are idk grifting for fun or something

[lunar elm]

6ghz on a laptop itself is crazy

im sure some expert could get a 9950X to 6Ghz

[ashen spindle]

I mean it wouldn't be too surprising since it's the same cores as arrow lake/lunar lake just on 18A

but the whole issue is that 18A isnt that good so its not clocking as high

[lunar elm]

I just got myself a b860i and 265K

Lets see what this ARL can do

[fickle ore]

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chip-technology-finally-gives-intel-114200822.html?guccounter=1

[ashen spindle]

yeah and BSPD is the biggest hurdle on the node for engineers so good job making it too difficult

[lunar elm]

Intel needs to cook harder with this margin advantage

[lunar elm]

in my honest opinion I think the true Intel comeback starts as soon as novalake and pantherlake

[ashen spindle]

Client is irrelevant if they can’t fix Server

[lunar elm]

my hopes are higher and higher with each statement AMD makes

[fickle ore]

what are you hoping forf?

[ashen spindle]

Im hoping Nova fixes the uncore that fucks arrow lake

[fickle ore]

ye lets hope so

[ashen spindle]

My hope would be 6.2ghz and bLLC competes with zen6x3d and its out September.
My expectations are 5.7ghz and ces2027

[sullen bear]

Now fix the ping

[covert ravine]

unfortunately

I am not connected to my router

I am connected to my wifi extender via ethernet

so I cant escape latency

[sullen bear]

I am on wifi right now

[covert ravine]

Ethernet > Extender > Coxial Splitter > Coxial > Router

thats my internets pathing

too many conversions

[sullen bear]

Yeah thats quite fucked

[covert ravine]

to have good ping

but 12 ping is good, so fk you :P

[sullen bear]

On coax I also had 10-12 ping tbf

[covert ravine]

oh really?

[sullen bear]

not much u can fix for it

apart from swapping to glass fibre

[covert ravine]

fair enough, unless I did 6e cat all the way to my router

[sullen bear]

Idk if coax + ethernet would be better

[covert ravine]

issue is, thats about 150ft of cable and some annoying work I dont wanna do

[sullen bear]

but I have wifi 6E on everything

[covert ravine]

family wifi, not individual; I dont think everything in my house supports WPA3 so I cant use 6e internet

[sullen bear]

L bozo

[covert ravine]

Ill tank the extra 9ms

lmao

[raw zephyr]

I recently added a couple of MikroTik APs in my home, hAP ax2, works very well and was cheap

[raw forum]

"will beat Apple M5"

Yea I hope it does, because that's a 1 year old architecture by a company who sees the chips as their sideproject. lol ?

Waiting for that guy show a MacBook air get beaten by a air cooled plugged into power Novalake laptop.

[steady sail]

How optimized apple’s silicon yeah thats not gonna happen

[raw forum]

Even if they achieved the same on ARM it'd be irrelevant as microsoft can't get their OS together

I'm just kinda making fun of these intel fanboys (that somehow still exist)

[steady sail]

Yeah thats also true

[raw forum]

• Sent from my M5 Pro

😂😂

[steady sail]

Tho i would love to see CPU competition again

[raw forum]

I mean it's been as good as it was since I can remember this entire century

This is the best competition we had, Intel is just somehow 8 years later still slow to respond haha

They took so long the threat turned from just AMD into Apple AND AMD - somehow.

[steady sail]

https://fixvx.com/WindowsLatest/status/2015461692650709363 microslop PLS

Windows Latest (@WindowsLatest)

Breaking: Microsoft is investigating reports of some systems failing to boot after the Windows 11 January 2026 Update.

"Microsoft has received a limited number of reports of an issue in which devices are failing to boot with stop code 'UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME', after installing the January 2026 Windows security update," Microsoft said.

Microsoft is still investigating if the issue is caused by a Windows update.

The company asked users to submit feedback to help with the investigation.

Previously, Microsoft asked users to remove the January 2026 Update if Outlook did not work. Earlier today, Microsoft released a second emergency update for Windows 11 to fix underlying issues.

vxTwitter / fixvx · Jan 25, 2026, 4:28 PM

[azure otter]

[marsh glade]

Add it to the list

[crimson wigeon]

Oh no anyway

[frozen ingot]

blowing up users machines is a weekly passtime at microslop these days

[umbral heron]

I wonder if this is connected with issue that didn't allow you to start Notepad etc.
Partitions are now encypted by default with BitLocker and if key is on MS account and Windows can't retrieve it...

[crimson wigeon]

So what's the benefit of using a MS account again?

[raw forum]

Man I hope Microsoft soon locks down the kernel, so I can switch off it for all uses

[marsh glade]

Switch off... the kernel?

[raw forum]

the OS 😂

Kernel-level anti cheat restricts me from dumping windows

[marsh glade]

Ah on that bicycle

[ashen spindle]

even if they change it, linux support still aint happening until they either do the exact same setup with windows so the port happens automatically or they manually add linux support

so even if they remove kernel access for AC thats not changing anything for a while

[raw forum]

I don't actually hate kernel level anti-cheats !

[raw forum]

Linux support for what ?

[ashen spindle]

whatever anti cheat you're using

[raw forum]

Anti Cheats without Kernel Level Access routinely run fine on Linux without any adjustments (afaik)

[ashen spindle]

yeah thats the misconception, they cant live in kernel mode anymore whenver its changed, but there will still be a way to have kernel access because otherwise they cant detect certain things

how it works is unknown since microsoft hasnt said how they are doing the change

but unless it happens to be the same as linux you're not able to just run proton or whatever over it

and I dont see them copying linux setup for that

[raw forum]

But the whole point is microsoft blocking access to the kernel.

?

[ashen spindle]

yesn't

the plan is to not have programs just live in the kernel and be able to cause a crowdstrike 2.0

but you still need to provide a way for some programs to run a level beneath others, or anti virus or drivers etc. couldn't work

[raw forum]

yea that I know of

[ashen spindle]

its not like they can just kick everyone out and then its the same as linux

[raw forum]

Maybe it's enough though, we will see :)

[ashen spindle]

it could be, but only if the setup is the same as linux and that's not something I think microsoft would just copy

[raw forum]

Then again, Arc Raiders works fine on Linux with Kernel Level Anti Cheat, I am mostly complaining about GTA, League and Valo haha

and for GTA it's just a checkbox they refuse to tick apparently.

[ashen spindle]

yeah but its also a case of arc having a lot more cheaters than valorant xD

the current state for most anti cheats that work on linux sadly is that they are easier to circumvent than their windows version

[raw forum]

that is fair haha, I had cheaters in both, and Valorant technically more per hour 😂

[ashen spindle]

for example apex legends dropped linux support and that was the biggest drop in cheaters they managed to do lol

[raw forum]

Yea, fair - it's a double edged sword :)

I hate cheats but also don't want to spend a lot of time on windows anymore 😄

[ashen spindle]

yeah even if one wants to, would be nice having an option at least

[raw forum]

Guess we are stuck until better options, maybe AI can be a hero here for once

[steady sail]

AI is not gonna be a HERO xd

[raw forum]

if its about banning cheaters, maybe :p

It's kind of the type of uncodeable problem it could excel at to be honest

[steady sail]

Valve using AI and its banning random ppl

no its not gonna work

[azure otter]

i prefer my cheats to not be detected, thanks

[ashen spindle]

just because the first attempt doesnt work doesnt mean it cant work

[azure otter]

[raw forum]

1 company using the first AI available for the usecase, so it will never work 😅

[ashen spindle]

pattern recognition is like the best thing we can do with AI and finding cheaters would absolutely be a thing that fits that

its like DLSS, first version was dogshit now its useable and will get better

and if you just make sure theres human review for bans you can use it even sooner

[raw forum]

that people shat on DLSS back then was very surprising to me tbh

All the AI tech always has this curve where it starts shit, then gets good really fast and tapers off to barely any improvement

[ashen spindle]

oh I'm still shitting on dlss today

[raw forum]

from what I've seen at least

[raw forum]

DLSS4.5 is an insane step tho

[ashen spindle]

I'd still rather have native in most cases

maybe if I had a 4k screen I wouldn't see the issues

[raw forum]

my GTA got from 40-50 fps to like 60+ and it removed all the smearing, i cant even tell it's "enhanced"

I just have 1440p to be fair

[raw forum]

I want my raytracing x)

(RT on max setting because its kewl)

[rough osprey]

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/01/apple-introduces-new-airtag-with-expanded-range-and-improved-findability/

[raw forum]

not sure what games you mean tho. I always felt GTA 5 looked great with even a bit of postFX blur by FXAA back in 2015.
It made it look kinda hazy like the actual fog that lays over the city oftentimes.

I feel like it heavily depends on the game and if you're using RT. without DLSS I wouldn't be able to play it fluently without hating the lag on those fully maxxed out settings.

Talking about Enhanced edition of course.

The Legacy I easily maxxed out without DLSS on native.

[nimble arch]

[ashen spindle]

BL4 cant run shit without upscaling so I had to decide between seeing image issues or not having frames, alan wake2 was okay but also not running great but the artifacts with dlss were too annoying

[raw forum]

Alan Wake 2 without having played it I can totally see having artifacts. And Borderlands with the artstyle it goes for... yikes for AI

Yea I get that then. Did you try AW2 with 4.5 ? It's a huge improvement

(not sure if it is in AW2, i heard it really depends on the game)

[ashen spindle]

nah havent played it since I completed it

[nimble arch]

I hope the new AirTags are the same size as the original, would be annoying if I needed to buy a new attachment for my keyring and wallet.

[raw forum]

omg great idea we will make them slightly smaller but thicker. Thanks for the suggestion you disgusting customer, spits on you buy the new iphone thx - Timmy is Cooking.com

(im jk it's just would be such an Apple thing to do 😂 )

[nimble arch]

I have a Ridge wallet and key holder plus Ridge's own AirTag holders for them.

Saves me having to buy more than a 4-pack of new AirTags.

[raw forum]

Only AirTag I own is in my scooter 😄 Once the open source guys put their software on it I'll be able to GPS track it tho 😂

[nimble arch]

I have four

Wallet, key holder, backpack, carry-on luggage bag.

[sullen bear]

yeah and my grandma will be a billionaire

[raw forum]

Yea carry on luggage is goated, my wallet stays in my backpack either way as I only pay by phone since forever haha

[ashen spindle]

jealous, mine is only a bike

[nimble arch]

I've had my bag checked in once because the flight was full but otherwise I prefer carry on. No waiting around for luggage once you get to the airport, just get up and go.

[ashen spindle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-RfHC91Ewc smh people don't know the best italian british exchange

[sullen bear]

Yeah I know it, we use it in dutch a lot too

if my aunt had a mustache she'd be my uncle

[raw forum]

yea we only do it for vacations haha. I can just roll up some tshirts for most trips. Got a 25L Kahakka backpack, it's enough for me for a while ☺️

[nimble arch]

I've only travelled within Europe, a backpack under the seat and roller bag in the overhead bin has been enough for me.

Peak Design have a roller bag but it's 3.9kg empty. Oncredible build quality at least but that's a lot of the 10kg weight limit for a cabin bag taken by just the bag itself.

[raw forum]

Same haha, I mean if we go with 2 people on a vacation for 2 weeks.

[nimble arch]

I do enjoy a RyanAir flight

I don't get why people give them shit

[raw forum]

Swiss man... I miss flying Swiss

[nimble arch]

It's a budget airline

But you do usually get to your location

And the baggage allowance is honestly fine

[frozen ingot]

there are better options than ryanair in most cases

[raw forum]

If you ever can fly Swiss Air do it, relatively cheap and so nice at least the 3 flights i had with them.

Malta Air was funny tho, the planes are almost falling apart but the pilot was an absolute beast at putting that thing down in a storm as if it was no wind at all.

[nimble arch]

I've been meaning to visit Switzerland

Would fly Swiss Air from London City, probably.

[raw forum]

yea switzerland is super nice

been there a few times :D

drove through the entire thing too haha

[nimble arch]

I'd get the trains around Switzerland

That way I can take in the environment and not have to focus on driving

My work closes for extra days over Easter (Thursday to Wednesday), would be a good time to travel without needing to use any vacation days.

Might just be the time to visit Zurich, return flights are under £200.

Zurich does have trams though

Plus I'd like to spend a day or two there

[raw forum]

Oh definitely do ! The lake is beautiful, we only skipped it in the travel because we had been there for a full day before haha. We just dropped our friends off for the trains.

[raw forum]

Can confirm, work great 😂

[leaden kiln]

my wallet has a big dent from the airtag

[nimble arch]

The AirTag makes my Ridge wallet almost twice as thick

[leaden kiln]

i just have a 3d printed holder for mine
doesn’t feel much thicker except for in the very center

[unkempt lake]

I looked at ridge once for a gift and i saw the price and was like nope

[errant tendon]

anyone know where i can get good wooting 60 he key caps?

[nimble arch]

Mine were a Christmas present a few years back.

[unkempt lake]

The internet

[errant tendon]

🤦🤦 where tho like any websites?

[rough osprey]

i just got some find my credit card sized tracker

[nimble arch]

Although I was looking at buying them anyway. Both the wallet and the key holder.

[unkempt lake]

I just gave him a knockoff ridge

And he was happy

10$ instead of 100+ both aluminum

Does the same shit

[nimble arch]

I did buy myself the Peak Design Everyday Carry backpack. Only £250 for that. Very good quality, has been going strong for several years now.

[leaden kiln]

my friend had a ridge wallet and they didn't like it, there were so much ads for them in the past, happy with my secrid wallet, can hold cash or receipts too which is nice

[rough osprey]

i have their travel one

ye i wouldnt want a wallet made out of a hard material

although for me its just a card holder

[nimble arch]

I’m only carrying a few cards at this point. I’ve gone cashless for my own currency.

[unkempt lake]

1/10th the price

[nimble arch]

I’d ditch the wallet entirely if we had a digital ID.

[unkempt lake]

Works just as well

Ridge is a scam xd

[rough osprey]

Maybe i could go walletless if they had apps for ID, health insurance card and drivers license

[nimble arch]

We hold keys also

[unkempt lake]

Like 10$ vs 95$

[rough osprey]

although then their would be some risk of being found and no one can identify you (when you dead or unconscious)

[unkempt lake]

Both anodized aluminum

[errant tendon]

anyone know where i can get good wooting 60 he key caps?

[unkempt lake]

Some damn materials

[nimble arch]

These were a gift

[unkempt lake]

Yes

I gave the knockoff as a gift

[nimble arch]

I have a first party phone case from Apple as well. In yellow, of course.

[tribal dirge]

DLAA at 4K still looks better than DLSS quality on version 4.5 Preset M

[unkempt lake]

I wanted to give the proper one but i saw the price, ordered the knockoff it was good quality so i gace jt

[tribal dirge]

I will say though, DLAA is the best AA implementation i've ever seen, way better than MSAA or TAA

[leaden kiln]

my friend said his ridge wallet delaminates all his cards 💀

[nimble arch]

My parents certainly scoffed at the price but they still paid for them.

[unkempt lake]

https://youtu.be/mHui7ldMU6M?si=HwLF-vNG3BCiD0s9

3ds supremacy

[tribal dirge]

3DS is ok, 3DS XL is actually somewhat usable.

[vapid ruin]

yey

[tribal dirge]

3DS is too small tbh

[unkempt lake]

I have the og launch model and a new 3ds xl pikachu edition

[leaden kiln]

poor mans 3ds

[unkempt lake]

Xl is comfier but regular is usable

[vapid ruin]

I only have the regular 3ds xl, would be nice to have the new one but ehh, regular one seems okay still.

[tribal dirge]

hey man, emulation is perfectly fine

[tribal dirge]

my hands are big, so I cant use it comfortably

[unkempt lake]

At least in this case its a foldable, makes it work better

[leaden kiln]

not my pic but are 3ds like $2k or what

[tribal dirge]

you can get used 3DS XLs in my area for like 100 bucks on FB marketplace

[leaden kiln]

poor mans was a joke since it's a foldable

[tribal dirge]

working and even come with some games

[unkempt lake]

you're funny ducky

Have you looked at prices recently

[tribal dirge]

well I live in a suburb, and most of the people selling them for that low of a price are moms who's children are now in their 20s and in college LMAO