🔌│tech

[wheat plume]

One thing I dont understand about Fedora,
If you use DNF to install, you need to use sudo
But whatever this script is, does not need sudo to install stuff

[umbral heron]

Or... it asks you for sudo inside script and since you've already granted the permissions it doesn't do that again

[wheat plume]

nu this is new opened terminal

[umbral heron]

Ah, it's PackageKit, it uses polkit to get privileges

The thingy that asks you to install the package is called PackageKit-command-not-found

[wheat plume]

oo

[umbral heron]

But it's basically a wrapper for dnf, apt, pacman, whatever and been in Fedora since forever

[wheat plume]

I got my youtube music script added back :D

I love this thing

[umbral heron]

Damn private repos
I wanted to spy on your dotfiles

[wheat plume]

XD

I removed all the shit I had no idea what it was for so its fairly light

[umbral heron]

[wheat plume]

ProtonTricks no work ;-;

[wheat plume]

mood...

I moved Muse Dash to my internal SSD and NOW Protontricks can see it .-.

why cant it do this for mounted external game libraries?

[umbral heron]

Are you using flatpak protontricks by any chance?

[wheat plume]

oh...yep

[umbral heron]

flatpak override --user --filesystem=<path to your external drive> com.github.Matoking.protontricks

[wheat plume]

oh it still wont work, I select muse dfash and it says proton is not installed

[frozen ingot]

honey its time for the monthly cloudflare outage

[wheat plume]

wait...proton is also in that SSD

[wheat plume]

ok this worked, thanks <3

[umbral heron]

[wheat plume]

In that case, I will move the game back to the SSD

[umbral heron]

In some cases when Proton is picky about other drives you can add STEAM_COMPAT_MOUNTS=<path to drive> %command% in launch options, I often have to do that with games I have acquired from alternative sources

[wheat plume]

this is so funny, seeing a Windows installer just missing its proper window decorations xd

😍

ugh I forgot the cable for my headphones, I am NOT playing this game with bluetooth lag

[reef patrol]

This seems like a really decent deal?
HP Laptop 15-fc0830no R5-7520U/8/512 15,6"

For only 340€ - more than half off due to being a return without packaging. But otherwise factory new. And comes with a slot for more RAM.

[wheat plume]

If ram prices go back to normal, that seems good!

[umbral heron]

For 340€? I'll take 2

[reef patrol]

Mhmm. It's a very basic laptop but... perfect for my needs and super cheap compared to the state of the industry right now.

And worst case, my SO can take it over.

Gonna grab it just in case. I can always return it, if someone finds a reason it's complete garbo.

[ashen spindle]

idk if I'd call that a decent deal

thats about what that should cost

7520 is zen2 mobile

about the same price

[reef patrol]

But German.

[ashen spindle]

sure but more so that the first random result isnt different :p so I'd not call it a deal

[reef patrol]

True I suppose.

I am unfortunately limited by the keyboard language 😄

Looks like the Danish laptop market is just cooked. The 340€ was an outlet price.

What a jungle. Looked at a dozen different Danish websites, and this is literally the "best" deal around right now.

[ashen spindle]

what do you want to use it for?

[reef patrol]

Just office use. So it could be any old laptop that isn't painfully slow to operate. More is better of course, if the value is there.

[ashen spindle]

hmm I guess it might be fine

[vagrant pagoda]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EVEzVz1iTY

[pale sigil]

This is why ram costs more

Society benefited zero from this XD

[plush wasp]

hi um, someone can help me? i bought a new case for my 60he and i dont know what to do to start

[tropic sundial]

https://youtu.be/H6DZ_0BQWmY?si=YDlDhgv0JBSpUpJK

[vapid ruin]

Youtube broke for me

[ashen spindle]

its just the frontpage

[vagrant pagoda]

same

[ashen spindle]

frontpage is down globally

[rough patrol]

Recommendations look to be down in general

Looks so weird with nothing below the comments

[vagrant pagoda]

my insta isnt loading videos rip

[plush wasp]

tysm 🙂

[vagrant pagoda]

I mean it's all local so not really

Also saying "fantastic selection of boy parts" is out of pocket in 2026

[last halo]

Did you make this?

[smoky parrot]

Yes.

[umbral heron]

https://www.businessinsider.com/openclaw-creator-slams-europe-regulations-move-us-openai-2026-2

https://tenor.com/view/mr-krabs-smallest-violin-sponge-bob-square-pants-gif-10796371

[frozen ingot]

"tech growth" what the US has is more like a tech tumor

curing cancer stifles our progr...profits

[umbral heron]

stifling regulations
look inside
labor laws

[umbral heron]

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/
Spectacle can do OCR now

[nimble arch]

Yeah, name every distro?

[marsh glade]

Screw that, name some good bistros

[nimble arch]

[magic minnow]

We need to shoot Europe into space like in Regular Show

I want all our water to go to Ai

[plucky tapir]

I'd rather give it all to nestle than AI

[cyan canyon]

Someone here how can tell me how to install the split spacebar on my new two HE? Cant find any infos in the web

who*

[reef patrol]

You don't.

1. There is no new 2HE.
2. Split is only specifically for the 60HEv2 when purchased in the split layout.

[coarse raptor]

yeah mansens right, the two he pcb just doesnt support it

[cyan canyon]

It is "me" new two HE. And why then putting it in the packet as Included? Never heard of a split spacebar and i thought it would be cool to try it.

[coarse raptor]

if it came in the box you probably have the 60he v2 not the two he

[reef patrol]

Because we have one set for all of our keyboards. Doesn't mean every keycap is used.

[cyan canyon]

So this here https://wooting.io/wooting-two-he is the 60he v2?

I bought this onw

[marsh glade]

No, that is the Wooting 2HE

[coarse raptor]

nah that's the full size model, it doesn't support split spacebars

[marsh glade]

Which does not have any version with split spacebar

[cyan canyon]

Okay then.

[reef patrol]

https://wooting.io/wooting-60he-v2
This is the 60HEv2

[smoky parrot]

I can understand the confusion because of the naming but what you bought is a full (or 100%) keyboard with ALL keys

The split spacebar is currently only available for the 60HE v2 or the 60% keyboard

[coarse raptor]

yeah those extra caps in the box trip everyone up honestly

[reef patrol]

Only those who don't pay attention.

[cyan canyon]

Thanks guys. As feedback, you should rather include some information then about it in writing

[smoky parrot]

Not everyone can speak fluent english, so I get it, sorta

[smoky parrot]

It is specifically mentioned on the pages!

[coarse raptor]

fair point, a little note in the box would be nice

[reef patrol]

The box gives you a QR code to a quickstart on how to install the keycaps on the keyboard and several other things.

[coarse raptor]

ah true the qr code usually covers it, good point

[umbral heron]

What QR code?
Quickstart doesn't exist, it's a conspiracy

[reef patrol]

[smoky parrot]

I'm more of a slow starter Mansen

[rough patrol]

Its not like anyone ever scans it

[reef patrol]

Engage the choke, let the engine warm up a bit, then gently try and start ignition.

https://giphy.com/gifs/1NRV43DA8VqVBFopaT

[rough patrol]

People prefer to just join the discord and complain that something isnt immediately obvious instead of scanning the quick start guide code

[plucky tapir]

If you gave my mom a QR code she wouldn't know what to do with it.

[cyan canyon]

You might be right, but one should always question the system. For example, I didn't think much when I saw that the split spacebar was included. I only knew 'I want a Wooting two HE.' The instructions ...

are also great and I had zero problems, but nowhere was there any information that the split spacebar couldn't be installed.

[reef patrol]

There is a limit on how many popups and text blurbs we can do during a checkout - Both mentally and physically.

Gotta put the limit somewhere.

[rough patrol]

That‘s crazy cause it was the biggest tech craze like 10 years ago and you can just use any phone camera app to scan them nowadays

[cyan canyon]

I mean, technically speaking that wasn't possible either, but it made me suspicious

[coarse raptor]

earlier @smoky parrot said it's 60he only, but seeing them in the box is a tease

[smoky parrot]

60HE v2 Specifically

60HE is a different keyboard

[rough patrol]

I have so many split spacebars and i never felt left out cause of it

[smoky parrot]

And specifically the 60HE v2 WITH split spacebar option

[umbral heron]

Microsoft doesn't care about such thins
How Wooting will be big and successful if they don't follow example from tech giants?

[smoky parrot]

Since you can also buy the regular spacebar

And they are not swappable

[crimson wigeon]

Yes | Ask me later

[smoky parrot]

It's a hardlocked choice on purchase

[cyan canyon]

Thanks for your time guys. I think it's great that you have a Discord.

[coarse raptor]

no problem, glad the guys could clear that up for you

[reef patrol]

I'm not going to be the one to suggest to Tony and the other programmers, that we need to disconnect ourselves from Shopify and create our completely own shop system and backend 😄

https://giphy.com/gifs/yevbel-sundance-2025-derek-sante-DXBuYjFyT7yfHOyc9B

[rough osprey]

:C

[smoky parrot]

I am NOT patient

[umbral heron]

Only took them like what? 5 years? https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-gaining-movable-taskbar-in-2026

[crimson wigeon]

Because of AI they can make the changes people want easily, obviously

[coarse raptor]

lol if only ai could actually fix windows that fast

[crimson wigeon]

What do you mean the AI people are saying it's happening! The pro coders write no code, it's all AI! Productivity up a million times

[devout raptor]

i genuinely dont understand why corporations have such a hard time doing what consumers want them to do

[umbral heron]

Because corporations do what other corporations and shareholders want them to do first
In this case shareholders desperately want AI integration

Then you have corporations where most customers are usual people and they are beloved by most, for example Valve

(private vs public doesn't matter, shareholder fuck up public corpos, vc private ones)

[magic minnow]

Linux literally just died

[umbral heron]

Not yet
They are still to fix context menu

[coarse raptor]

damn what happened, did it kernel panic or something?

[magic minnow]

Nah with that taskbar update for windows

[spare badge]

what does function spacebar do

[coarse raptor]

usually swaps between analog and digital profiles, check your wootility settings

[marsh glade]

https://tenor.com/view/made-up-making-things-up-misinformation-spreading-misinformation-lying-gif-5615616319157116451

fn+enter swaps profiles, not fn+space

[coarse raptor]

ah yeah my bad, good catch

[hollow path]

I dont want to be a hater but where are you getting this infinite wisdom from lol, you’re consistently spreading misinformation

[sudden imp]

https://www.eurogamer.net/discord-advises-uk-users-that-they-may-be-part-of-an-experiment-where-instead-of-their-age-verification-data-never-leaving-their-phone-it-will-now-actually-leave-their-phone

What

@pale sigil what are your thoughts

[umbral heron]

"age assurance vendor"
Totally not "data scraping vendor"

[alpine patio]

lol

[sullen bear]

" NEW exciting experiment for you! data which will be stored locally to verify your identity will now instead be sent to a 3rd party!"

[alpine patio]

ok maybe build a little rapport first

[sudden imp]

honestly people really should cancel nitro if that number goes up then hopefully theyll listen

[alpine patio]

why not opt in with rewards if its a trial

[sudden imp]

Alien probing is the real reason

[alpine patio]

oh yikes

its funded by palintir

[sudden imp]

they want to touch us all

I've only heard bad news about that company

[alpine patio]

i mean seems reputable tho, i personally dont mind

but fair for people to dislike

[sudden imp]

I'm fine if its a local verification for only to use 18+ channels other than that it's invasive and uneccesary

[alpine patio]

with the shit ive seen discord get used for

i like the thing they are doing rn

[sudden imp]

absolutely I just don't want it to be invasive

[alpine patio]

not really nsfw but related spoiler

this channel has been documenting it and i watched a few vids

[hollow path]

Holy clickbait ai

[hollow path]

Palantir is evil inc. there’s probably not a worse company to scrape your data

[marsh glade]

No Text To Speech is an excellent content creator focused on Discord

[sudden imp]

that is a multi-facited issue.

Discord needs better moderation yes, because some of these servers aren't marked NSFW

But that isnt the users fault and the rest of the user based doesn't need to fork over data unecessarily if they can moderate and make age verification for 18+ content

[alpine patio]

yea, but this things takes time

[sudden imp]

Im okay with having to verify for gooner servers because I don't use that stuff

[alpine patio]

for me better late than never

[sudden imp]

But, I do not want to be forced to verify to access things like voice chat or other core features.

[hollow path]

Oh mb lol didn’t seem like it from the low quality screenshot

[alpine patio]

its just speaking on stages i think

which no one uses in this discord for example except wooting staff

[sudden imp]

that seems strange imo what is the rationale for that?

[alpine patio]

i have no clue, but most people dont use it

[marsh glade]

We have in the past invited users onto a Discord stage to ask their question

But that comes with other issues

[umbral heron]

Oh no, fuck no, your data will scraped, fed into AI and sold to highest bidder, it is nowhere near reputable

[alpine patio]

yea i was only thinking abt security from outside attacks

no clue on them abt selling stuff

[hollow path]

It’s good to look into palantir and peter thiel, probably doesn’t take long to form an opinion about him

[alpine patio]

the company is withpersona

but i think the fundraising included palantir

[hollow path]

Which is owned by peter thiel

[ashen spindle]

no its not he just invested money in one of their fundraisers

just because he invests in something doesnt mean hes magically in complete control of it

obviously he thinks the entire thing is going to profit but hes not some magic person who becomes secret ceo by adding some cash somewhere

[hollow path]

Thiel affiliated is too close anyway

[ashen spindle]

so is anything he invests in evil? then every single public company is affiliated with him

[umbral heron]

I prefer to not touch anything that this pedo invested into

[ashen spindle]

then you cant touch any company thats publicly listed

[rough patrol]

i do believe that german police is evil for buying palantir products

[alpine patio]

looks like about a 5-10% ownership

yea maybe its a little too much for my liking

[umbral heron]

Especially not to give personal data to an American company which will sell my data and feed it into AI

[alpine patio]

thankfully im not english

no beans on toast and no palintir

what more can i ask for

[hollow path]

True… not somewhere were i would want my government ID attached to my discord messages to end up

[marsh glade]

I think under the vast majority of cases, restricting content to people whose age has been verified is valid.

My concern is using third party validation services. If governments want to enable this safely, they should offer a way to complete trustless verification by way of zero knowledge proofs. I also think this should be done for KYC, as I have personally been a victim of identity fraud due to stolen KYC documents.

There are legitimate reasons why someone would want to access an 18+ community without the risk of their identity being compromised and associated to it, for example support groups for alcohol or drug abuse, PTSD, or trauma.

[smoky parrot]

True

[alpine patio]

Uk in general has this issue

the government is also third partying their identification system

[marsh glade]

UK government being incompetent? Inconceivable!

[hollow path]

I wouldn’t mind a government/EU system that’s safe and independent, it only has to say true/false to a request if you’re over 18

[ashen spindle]

that is already planned and in the works for years

[hollow path]

Wouldn’t be surprised if there is an active lobby against this, it’s valuable data that can be sold

[ashen spindle]

https://eudi.dev/2.4.0/discussion-topics/g-zero-knowledge-proof/

[marsh glade]

Aye, that's why I mentioned it

[crimson wigeon]

Yeah but Big Tech hates the EU because it tries to do at least some nice things for the people, so expect to see little use

[marsh glade]

But here goes Discord rushing ahead of EU to implement some shitty, shady, and inevitably going to be compromised, system

[ashen spindle]

well discord isnt rushing ahead, places like the UK rushed ahead so discord now needs to preempt others too

[marsh glade]

That it's taking forever isn't and shouldn't be Discord's problem - if it was about caring about the children, then would just implement the age estimation system they already use

[ashen spindle]

uk and others arent waiting for it so discords hand is forced in a way

[smoky parrot]

I don't think basic safeguarding is forcing their hand

[marsh glade]

They're stuck between a rock and a hard place

[smoky parrot]

This should've been done ages ago

Now they are panicking due to backlash and short sightedness

(from themselves)

[sudden imp]

absolutely

[ashen spindle]

not really, its not discords fault EU is taking ages and then places jump the gun, the best would've been if the EU variant gets implemented and then there isnt any ID risk

if places jump the gun and force discord to do more you cant expect one company to make a better system than the EU in less time

[smoky parrot]

Oh, I realised we're talking about different parts of the chain of events

My bad actually

[marsh glade]

The EU is in the wrong because they're being slow about implementing the proper system
The UK is in the wrong because they're blundering forward with regulation without any intention of a proper system and just "fuck around and find out"
Discord is in the wrong because they're rolling out globally a policy that adheres to the UK's uniquely misguided regulations

Nobody wins

[smoky parrot]

:(

[frozen ingot]

social media was a mistake

[hollow path]

The return to monke meme was right all along

[pale sigil]

I was forced into doing the face thing a longggggg time ago, even before UK made discord do it.

Someone reported me as being a child so I couldn't access any staff channels.

[unkempt lake]

lmao

this is hilarious

I blame your fortnite habits

[sudden imp]

LOL

[pale sigil]

Nah it was someone from meme rage

I had an idea who it was but never did anything, nothing you could do really.

[sudden imp]

Do you feel as if it’s too much or are you okay with this whole internet ID stuff?

[pale sigil]

I can't stand it

But I had no choice.

Literally couldn't access staff channels, perms etc

I also got locked out of a bunch of features.

Id rather send my face over ID though

[sudden imp]

I feel like the UK is slowly doing way more surveillance stuff. I’ve heard stories of police coming to homes because of tweets and other bullshit.

[pale sigil]

On my alt account when I use it (extremely rare) I used a VPN.

Now that won't do much

[unkempt lake]

Yeah but you'd have had to say something

[pale sigil]

Slowly?

[unkempt lake]

That was reportable

[pale sigil]

Lmfao

We have more cameras than anyone.

[sudden imp]

I was being generous 🙁

[pale sigil]

Pretty sure china beats us purely because of size

[pale sigil]

Nope

[sudden imp]

It’s also funny you’d think the country that had the author who wrote 1984 wouldn’t be like that

[pale sigil]

No text to speech tested it, the report itself was enough.

Almost instant

[frozen ingot]

they have been for decades

already in the early 00s they had like the most public security cameras in the world or smth like that

[sudden imp]

focking hell

And I thought we had it bad

[unkempt lake]

From what i recall that had to be paired with a sentence

[frozen ingot]

every street in london had cameras 20 years ago

[unkempt lake]

https://youtu.be/5CUBJgknoW0?si=nPvt69-EPkHeEE3Y

@pale sigil

[sudden imp]

Cameras in a public space aren’t the craziest thing. However I get how it feels invasive.

[frozen ingot]

it has its pros and cons, point being the UK has always been at the forefront of mass scale surveillance

[rough osprey]

bc they like u

[unkempt lake]

my guess is you said something someone took out of context @pale sigil

[sudden imp]

the government likes me

😳
👉 👈

[rough osprey]

yupp

[sudden imp]

me??

[rough osprey]

they would be very sad if something happened to youu

[sudden imp]

im so glad they care about me :))

[rough osprey]

[unkempt lake]

why do you vote for a poopy uk gov

[pale sigil]

Probably

[sudden imp]

I don’t lol

(Not British)

Well not a UK citizen

[unkempt lake]

AN ILLEGAL

[sudden imp]

GASP

[pale sigil]

@shadow minnow basically became a Brit but he's still in denial

He's been studying here for like 5 years or so.

[sudden imp]

he’s full on British wtf

[pale sigil]

And is in Cambridge ATM

I think

[unkempt lake]

I'd argue it doesn't count

[fickle nexus]

British have aura

[magic minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/lmao-lmao-meme-lmao-gif-lol-lol-cat-gif-4552813418803199403

Said no one ever

[frozen ingot]

that boarded up high street aura

[fickle nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/merica-america-murcia-usa-drink-gif-22422112

[bright briar]

https://tenor.com/view/ray-liotta-laughing-meme-haha-lol-hilarious-gif-24891704

[fickle nexus]

Mb

I didn't know we had smth against british

[bright briar]

more like taking a piss than hatred tbh

[fickle nexus]

https://tenor.com/view/mario-super-mario-bros-depression-sad-mario-and-luigi-gif-14815881022592239601

[fickle nexus]

Ikk

[rough osprey]

we only like 🇨🇳

[marsh glade]

Could be worse

[frozen ingot]

well at least they ain't americans, so that's one upside

[marsh glade]

Could be French

[bright briar]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-surprised-gasp-what-cat-shock-gif-11650643656289713807

[ashen spindle]

[wheat plume]

Ooo berry is pretty

[unkempt lake]

Just saw this online

MORE AGE VERIFICATION WEEEEE

[unkempt lake]

ban all users from france

thank u

[vagrant pagoda]

i support this even though my best friend is techically french

[unkempt lake]

technically?

🤔

[vagrant pagoda]

he was born in france and moved to states as a toddler

[plush stirrup]

The French, reminds me of a kid that told me on valorant to play on other servers or speak French on French servers 🤣

[old marlin]

do not buy a phone for the color please

[leaden kiln]

welcome back pixel 9a

[wheat plume]

It's basically 9a v2

[old marlin]

where is the v2

[leaden kiln]

9a v1

[wheat plume]

No
Too much money

[old marlin]

you can also get better phones for that money

[wheat plume]

Yeh I know

[old marlin]

like much better phones

[wheat plume]

Yehhh

[old marlin]

still happy with the nothing 3a pro

or however they write that

[wheat plume]

NothingOS 💜💜

[old marlin]

main gripe still is the essential key but whatever

[wheat plume]

I wish they added the media title to the AOD though ... Like on pixel

You can see the song name and artist

[old marlin]

idk not a usecase for me

if I listen to music on my phone I am in my car

[ashen spindle]

https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/another-step-towards-vibrant-visuals-for-java-edition omg they said it couldnt be done but they are sunsetting opengl in minecraft

vulkan after all these years

maybe in another 10 years they replace java finally

[vapid ruin]

what would you recommend?

[old marlin]

still happy with that, is it worth the money uhh, depends

other main contender for me was the samsung A56

[alpine patio]

samsung a series and fe series has always been the best value

[vapid ruin]

I see

[old marlin]

yea question is if you can stand it's samsungness

[marsh glade]

Pixel 6a is perfectly adequate

[alpine patio]

yea im fine with it

[vapid ruin]

using s23 fe, it serves me well other than the battery

[alpine patio]

honestly all budget phones are adequate

[old marlin]

then samsungs totl A whatever phone is good as long as you get it not at msrp

[alpine patio]

tech has caught up with our needs and flagships are now overkill

[old marlin]

they tend to drop like 30% quite quickly

[old marlin]

oh yea absolutely

just absolutely make sure you get at least 6gb of ram

[marsh glade]

I haven't bought a flagship phone since the Droid R2D2

[old marlin]

even at the lowest end

[alpine patio]

i got the 25fe for like 400usd?

[old marlin]

any lower and modern android can be slow

[old marlin]

good price for sure

[wheat plume]

I really wanted that phone when it released 🥺

[marsh glade]

... when it released, the Pixel 3a was perfectly adequate

[vapid ruin]

waow damn

[old marlin]

oh yea absolutely

[magic minnow]

yeah....for a bomb

[old marlin]

phone development has slowed down a lot

[marsh glade]

No no, that's what pagers are for

[alpine patio]

ai

really worth the development manpower and money im sure

theres really no development needed for phones tho

i feel like they peaked in terms of hardware

[vapid ruin]

I don't think I can get the FE at that prices. Usually it's like $750 (local currency) for 512gb one.

[old marlin]

it's more that they done just about anything they would want on a phone that would be reasonable to actually roll out widespread

[alpine patio]

i got a mega discount yea

and also 128gb

cos i really dont do shit on my phone but social media

[vapid ruin]

I feel like I'm still gonna get an Iphone next. Hopefully base 17 would lower by the time I get it. I really want lavender lmao

[lyric hatch]

Yeah that's the thing about iPhones they don't lower in price

[magic minnow]

Does a diamond lose its value over time?

[lyric hatch]

Hey I got my s25 ultra 512gb for the same price as a base iPhone on release, and that's why I buy Samsung

[rough osprey]

its worse tho :P

[halcyon moss]

I got mine on release for 700

[alpine patio]

samsung needs to just use bigger batteries lol

its still 5000mah

[leaden kiln]

exynos 🥀

[lyric hatch]

S25 ultra was all snapdragon

[leaden kiln]

same with my fold 5

[bright briar]

i mean not really

[halcyon moss]

And exynos is not that bad generally. Once in a while it's a dud though

[lyric hatch]

Yeah that plus keeping in mind when the s25 ultra released the base iPhone was 128gb 60hz screen

[rough osprey]

i mean really

[bright briar]

you gonna die on that apple hill

?

[rough osprey]

heaven is nice

[magic minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/adobe-lightroom-mobile-android-for-android-gif-6363390460509655837

[bright briar]

more like hell 😭

[vapid ruin]

yeah, just checked. In my place ultra 512 is like $50 less than base 17 512 lmao.

[bright briar]

apple just release the same phone every year and people gobble that shit up

[magic minnow]

[rough osprey]

have u seen da new google

[bright briar]

no its google

[leaden kiln]

my face when same phone

[lyric hatch]

Well battery is pretty much on par with iPhone if you price categorize

[frozen ingot]

tbh everyone does

[frozen ingot]

apart from fold nothing has really happened in like a decade

[rough osprey]

damn calling inefficient

[frozen ingot]

why it replied to wrong message

oh well

[leaden kiln]

bye gotta call sm1 for 40h

[vapid ruin]

damn, so price is based on battery life I see

[rough osprey]

i need an iphone air

[lyric hatch]

Yeah you know you just get the better screen, cameras, performance, speakers, charging speed etc on top of that

[alpine patio]

ngl, i would also consider the fold being nothing happening

it really doesnt change anything

[rough osprey]

impossible

[leaden kiln]

quite similar battery life with those different battery sizes

I still can not tell the difference between the 60hz and 120hz mode on my samsung

[lyric hatch]

Yeah well you're not getting more efficient on android compared to iOS

[frozen ingot]

I get iphone because I don't really want an os by google

[bright briar]

we come back in a month when the s26 ultra comes out

[frozen ingot]

its not that android is a bad user experience, but googles stance on personal data is

[bright briar]

true

[rough osprey]

android is for evil people

[bright briar]

you dont need to use google on android phones

[leaden kiln]

it feels like both are 90hz or something
I cannot tell any difference at all but on my iphone the difference is clear

[lyric hatch]

Android is for people who want to be able to customize their experience and don't want daddy tim deciding what they can and can't do

[frozen ingot]

I know, but I don't feel like rooting and tinkering with a brand new device I spent hundreds on

[leaden kiln]

aint nobody got time for that

[alpine patio]

true, never seen movie villian with iphone

[frozen ingot]

I don't really need to be able to do everything on my phone, I have a PC for that

[rough osprey]

unemploymentOS 😭

[old marlin]

just actual irl ones

[alpine patio]

[old marlin]

I prefer android over ios without rooting

[bright briar]

when does your next gov check come in?

[rough osprey]

maybe when i retire

[alpine patio]

Apples' no villian clause is kinda hilarious

[old marlin]

nice joke

[rough osprey]

thx

[alpine patio]

their marketing team must have been bored out of their minds to even think of that

[rough osprey]

i like the long table ad

[alpine patio]

bro that plays everytime

[rough osprey]

😭

[bright briar]

no wrinkles on that brain

[rough osprey]

when i see ad about the device i own

[alpine patio]

i think i subconsiouly think brands less everytime their ad plays now

[rough osprey]

love it

[old marlin]

you guys see ads?

[alpine patio]

and they send ads after a purchase a product not stop

[rough osprey]

i keep seeing wootings ads

[alpine patio]

like too fking late bro, i alr bought it, please stop

[old marlin]

hey we have seen you bought (once in a lifetime purchase) are you interested in buying it again

[alpine patio]

i got like 2 weeks of dbrand phone case ads after i bought one

bro i dont need 2 man

[frozen ingot]

to me getting an iphone is boring and dependable, I know what I'll get

and it doesn't really change much between updates and generations

[alpine patio]

yea i understand that

[rough osprey]

one perfect phone pls - okay tY

[alpine patio]

their quality control and support is perfect

but i just cant care that much to buy a flagship phone like apple

[rough osprey]

i had to send in my iphone two times

[frozen ingot]

I'm not a fan of apple or anything, its just the least bad option on the market for my requirements

[rough osprey]

😭

[old marlin]

yea so you had to wait until now to get 120hz on a "normal" phone, have to pay like twice of what is reasonable (imo) and then get a messy ui that can't even decide where the back button is

oh and also give up almost all sovereignty of your device

[rough osprey]

but pretty

[old marlin]

the part I want to look at can do any color I want

[vapid ruin]

yesh, pretty

[old marlin]

you get 90hz oleds in 200€ phones

[frozen ingot]

well, what I want to do on my phone works and doesn't get in the way for most part, and it doesn't constantly remind me of how its watching my every move like its a good thing

[rough osprey]

apple just knows design more then the others (but they far from perfect)

[alpine patio]

apple's map improved a lot from the looks of it as well

in certain areas

[old marlin]

they still watch your every move tho

[frozen ingot]

anything over 60hz is kinda pointless on a phone for me honestly, it's just a battery drainer

[rough osprey]

im still on google maps

[old marlin]

then give people a back button

[rough osprey]

its kinda intuitive

[frozen ingot]

yes, but doesn't rub it in my face or give that data to a bunch of third parties

I'd rather just one company has my data than several

[old marlin]

it's so intuitive they can't even get it the same in their own apps

some want swipes, some want top left press, some want top right press or something else entirely

[rough osprey]

nah

[lyric hatch]

You dont need to root to do most things like changing your keyboard to have numbers on it

[old marlin]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/1k0lb8z/ios_and_its_seemingly_nonexistent_back_gesture/

[frozen ingot]

no, but you usually do to get rid of googles various tracking bs

[old marlin]

idk, on android you have a button/gesture defined by your OS, which works everywhere

[old marlin]

or want a more normal layout

[rough osprey]

@grok tldr

[old marlin]

idk who would want this on their phone

[alpine patio]

i cant lie, apple keyboards, laptops, ipad and phone dont make no sense to me

[frozen ingot]

idk I think android and ios both have their pros and cons from a user experience perspective, I just like and trust google even less than I do apple

[lyric hatch]

Anyway Samsung has good lock which enables a shit load of customization options

[rough osprey]

no darkmode

[old marlin]

idk I just would not trust either one

[rough osprey]

evil

[alpine patio]

their traffic light system aswell

[frozen ingot]

neither of them does a product I really like

[alpine patio]

i dont get it

[old marlin]

?

you mean on macos?

[leaden kiln]

man they couldn’t just put the settings in settings so I gotta go on their ass appstore and find the right one

[alpine patio]

yea

[rough osprey]

i gotta get a mac

[old marlin]

hell no

[rough osprey]

my pc so funny now

[old marlin]

macos seems insanely backwards to me

[rough osprey]

main screen only works after spamming windows + p a lot

[lyric hatch]

At least you have the option which is more than apple can say

[frozen ingot]

also a bonus is I can use my iphone as a pro audio device which is neat if you tinker with sound on occasion

[alpine patio]

it feels like a vibe coded os

[old marlin]

what

[alpine patio]

with no users in mind

[leaden kiln]

I liked macos for the week I used it but I gotta get another one

[old marlin]

wdym with "pro audio device"

[lyric hatch]

Oh no I have to download an app to customize I'll take my phone without the option at all because it's such a big hassle

[frozen ingot]

low latency audio and midi api is baked into the os

[old marlin]

ah

[leaden kiln]

yeah

I didn’t have anything I wanted to change

[rough osprey]

app stores kinda dumb

the device maker should create all software

[ashen spindle]

whats not working on it? never really used something else so works fine for me but idk what other options there are

[alpine patio]

numbers

[ashen spindle]

?

[alpine patio]

having to press a button for something so common is weird to me

[old marlin]

it's ortho, umlauts are their own buttons wasting a lot of space, no nurow

[leaden kiln]

my layout is ortho both on android and ios I think

[ashen spindle]

I mean I just use the english keyboards so umlauts arent there and its holding to get special characters unless I toggle to german

idk I guess I dont type anything with numbers a lot on my phone

[old marlin]

yes, how most people use it on android as well

[frozen ingot]

you can download other keyboards that has it but yes its a bit asinine to not have it as a default option

[lyric hatch]

You actually can't add the numbers even on third party apps

[old marlin]

actually using futo keyboard on android now, it has multi language complete suggestions which is nice

[lyric hatch]

Apple restricts what apps are able to do with the keyboard

[old marlin]

not 100% happy with it yet tho

[ashen spindle]

thats just default on apple?

[frozen ingot]

its doesn't bug me enough to be dealbreaking personally but yeah they should just add it already

[alpine patio]

theres a translate button on the android keyboard

[old marlin]

didn't know, that is nice tho

[old marlin]

which

[rough osprey]

but does android have

[lyric hatch]

I'm fine with apple defaults being default but limiting third party keyboards is dumb

[frozen ingot]

yeah it suggests words in both languages I use so that's nice

[rough osprey]

thats tall

[alpine patio]

oh i just pressed all the expansions to show pronin

[lyric hatch]

It's alright if you want it to be smaller you have the option

[alpine patio]

its smaller by default

[magic minnow]

Bro animojis destroyed android

[alpine patio]

just discovered windows power tools

this needs to be default ngl

[umbral heron]

An idea!
We sit executives at fresh PC and make them use products their companies make, like basic version of them, for one hour
Neal Mohan would jump out of window than to sit through the amount of ads YT serves nowadays

[vapid ruin]

No, he would smile because that means an uptick in Google's shareprice

[marsh glade]

You get ads on Youtube?

[umbral heron]

uBlock really needs a raise for all the good work it does

[alpine patio]

now i have a button with dks to pin any app or website on windows

this is so good damn

[tribal dirge]

its a cool use of the faceid system on iphone

[tawdry yarrow]

should i get this 👀

[wheat plume]

I found out why the monitor my friend bought was so oddly cheap

200Hz
0.5ms response time
FreeSync support
LCD IPS

€95

It's because it has horrible light bleed so they probably use panels that aren't good enough for their pricier models and use them for these €95 models instead

[ashen spindle]

thats not oddly cheap..

[reef patrol]

Quin strikes again with the hard trufs

[ashen spindle]

around 100 is normal price for cheap monitors with specs like that

sometimes you can get deals to like 50 even

and yes 200hz on a cheap panel isnt new anymore

[lyric hatch]

Secret trick if you work IT you have access to an abundance of monitors just like that for free

[wheat plume]

The best monitors we have at work are 1080p 100Hz

Unless you work in the accounting department
They have 32 inch 1440p monitors
Idk what Hz those ones are though

[wheat plume]

It is in Ireland in a physical retail store

[ashen spindle]

no

if I can just go to pcpartpicker and find the same and other similar ones it cant be rare

[wheat plume]

Yes
But that's online
Not in physical stores in Ireland

[ashen spindle]

I dont see how its odd that a physical store has the same prices as online

often its the same or cheaper since they dont have to pay amazon or similar and then you have some that just charge too much sure but thats not every store

and if it is, then just dont buy in person??

hell I can even find the same specs even cheaper on irish store pages

[pastel galleon]

1440p 280Hz for 650 is steep

especially if it's 650 USD and not something like CAD

it is a good display tho

[tawdry yarrow]

yeah but it is a tandem oled which is the real reason why i want it sooo bad

is 1440p 280hz not that good for this? genuine question

[pastel galleon]

i heard some ppl having issues with color banding and issues with displaying dark gray, especially on the more expensive PG27AQWP-W

if you search up PG27AQWP-W color banding on youtube you will see it

i dont wanna send the link unless im allowed to

[tawdry yarrow]

yeah definitely concerned about that but some reviews ive seen for this say that monitor needs to “break in” or that it can be fixed/improved. also the banding is hardly noticeable when using it besides when grey that shows banding

[pastel galleon]

fair, but imo, breaking something in feels like a dirty way to try and weasel some tine off the warranty period

[tawdry yarrow]

honestly i wont mind the grey banding considering im coming from an old ass mac 😭

[pastel galleon]

unless its like mouse skates

but if its a monitor, tv, or IEMs or headphones, no way

[tawdry yarrow]

definitely can see your point here

[pastel galleon]

ty for understanding

[tawdry yarrow]

is it possible for monitors to have like a cleaning thing that reduces this?

[pastel galleon]

but yeah, its up to you at the end of the day

[tawdry yarrow]

i read that its possible on rod’s

[pastel galleon]

btw what type of $ is that

[tawdry yarrow]

usd

[pastel galleon]

ok sec

my friend got his habds on a 1440p 500Hz monster for a great price

XG27AQDPG

[tawdry yarrow]

yo let me check it out

[pastel galleon]

it may be around the same price

[tawdry yarrow]

i found an example of the grey banding (ignore the left part its prob reflection) is this considered bad

[pastel galleon]

last i checked it was 850 CAD which is probably 650-700 USD

[pastel galleon]

left is a reflection yeah

[tawdry yarrow]

is it on amazon?

[pastel galleon]

it should be

its a last gen product

[dull hollow]

its 770 on bestbuy

[pastel galleon]

lets what it is on amazon

[dull hollow]

you can also take a look at the g60sf from samsung

[tawdry yarrow]

its 1500 🤯

ur friend is hella lucky

tf

[dull hollow]

samsung displays are on sale quite frequently

[pastel galleon]

yeah he got it for a good price, 1500 is price gouging

750 USD for G60SF, there is a 360Hz model for 670 USD

[dull hollow]

if you have a first responder samsung account you can get some more money off

[tawdry yarrow]

are tandems worth it cuz i found smth like your friends that isn’t tandem but $200 usd more

i just like that tandem screens last longer/are like “healthier”

[dull hollow]

tandems are really there just for brightness(?)

[pastel galleon]

but at the same brightness tho...

[ashen spindle]

tandem is mostly just the latest woled generation

so its just the usual woled vs qdoled comparisons

[dull hollow]

better brightness, efficiency, longer time to burn in

[ashen spindle]

woled still has worse black crush than qdoled, tandem can have some more grey banding etc.

[pastel galleon]

since the layers arent working as hard

[tawdry yarrow]

is it good to mention this will be used for my ps5 and macbooks… ofc ill get a pc at some point and i dont mind wasting potential

[dull hollow]

get the g60sd, 1440p 360hz, i dont think the extra 140hz is gonna matter much for the higher cost

wait

samsung has a promo code on top of the sale

[pastel galleon]

PS5 doesnt do displayport right?

only HDMI?

[dull hollow]

monflashsale for an extra $100 on select monitors - works on the g60sd

and i assume it works on the other g60 models

[tawdry yarrow]

i think it can with a hdmi to display port cord

my og option comes with multiple cords and stuff like a set

[pastel galleon]

but the PS5 uses HDMI only right

[dull hollow]

mm not bad

[tawdry yarrow]

pretty sure yeah

[pastel galleon]

THATS IN BUDGET

650 USD :D

[dull hollow]

samsung.com -> samsung g60sf -> promocode monflashsale

[pastel galleon]

screenshotted that

I'll let my friends know if they want an upgrade :)

[dull hollow]

promocode is up for another 4 hours

[pastel galleon]

if they are looking ill let them know its good for 4h

[tawdry yarrow]

hey amazon got the same price as well

[dull hollow]

isnt it 750 on amazon

[tawdry yarrow]

nah now its also 100 less

[dull hollow]

lol

[tawdry yarrow]

wait i didnt get an answer tho, are tandems worth getting over another oled yk

idk

[dull hollow]

its a bit early for tandem oled monitors

apple does it pretty well on their ipad pros

[ashen spindle]

tandem is just the latest gen woled

its just a normal incemental upgrade for woled so you gotta decide how much that is worth for you

its better pixel layout for text, but if you arent bothered by older oled text then that doesnt matter etc.

[tawdry yarrow]

this might actually convince me to get the tandem cuz i also got school work to do so better text quality is a plus

[ashen spindle]

well its only better quality if the fringing on older ones is noticeable for you

[tawdry yarrow]

ah

[tawdry yarrow]

okay after some more research here are my 2 options which one would yall choose, the main differences is that the cheaper one is tandem which is self explanatory and the more expensive one has better graphics overall but no tandem 🙁

i hate to keep asking abt this but these are expensive asl 😭

[ashen spindle]

thats a decision you have to make if you want 1440p or 4k

go look at some 4k vs 1440p screens in a store then decide

[sudden imp]

@umbral heron https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1r8eh32/canceled_nitro_on_discord_recently_due_to_the/

[hasty thunder]

you should rather question yourself the following:
"Do i really need a tandem mode?
Do i want to upgrade the monitor in 5-6 years?" etc.
Simply question your decisions. But a little hint: Since both are very similar i'd rather get the 4k monitor, so i wouldn't have to upgrade the monitor for the next 5-10 years

[junior drum]

honestly I would go with 4K if your machine can push it

I decided to upgrade to 4k a few months ago and the increase in visual clarity is actually stunning

[umbral heron]

https://tenor.com/view/blink-blinking-what-confused-blacklist-gif-13641169

why?

[crimson wigeon]

Why not?

Although why they wouldn't just do teams.microsoft /shrug

[umbral heron]

Yeah, my point
If they use .microsoft TLD at least they could clean up and make it just teams.microsoft, that .cloud. in there is useless

Also I think changing domain doesn't increase security

Also

Volvo

Where GabeCube

[lunar elm]

“i heard you have 32gb ddr5”

[umbral heron]

Corporations: AI bubble is not bursting anytime soon
Also corporations: we will not increase production, because we'll be left with a ton of stock after AI bubble bursts

[lunar elm]

If they were truly keeping that mindset, they would be using TPUs or whatever instead of GPUs

Everybody in this era/pandemic is baiting each other

[umbral heron]

That's mostly about RAM and storage manufacturers, like WD or Micron

As for compute, for example Google already uses TPU and some ASICs for LLMs

[lunar elm]

And almost everybody else prefers GPUs considering when the bubble pops, they wont have dead weight

[umbral heron]

Everybody else prefers GPUs, because Nvidia and AMD go "you get GPU, you get GPU, everyone gets GPU!" to the biggest corporations which do AI
And other corpos are buying GPUs because it's already a standard and they have to keep up

[lunar elm]

Everybody including the consumers are baiting each other for them to go to TPUs

(Im all for it)

Sadly however ❌

[umbral heron]

TPU on graphics card is nice, allows you to use upscaling
But NPU in processor is a waste of wafer

[magic minnow]

Might end up getting one of these eventually

[marsh glade]

At first I was horrified, but the longer I look, the more charming it becomes

[nimble arch]

Giving this a solid ehh

[lyric hatch]

I had a blackberry back in the day

[nimble arch]

Didn’t we all?

[marsh glade]

I would like my next phone to be a mildly dumb phone

[nimble arch]

It was me, I never had one.

[umbral heron]

I had Motorola Razr

[marsh glade]

I don't need apps other than text based ones and the camera

[marsh glade]

Did you pair it with the Razr scooter? Also known as the ankle-killer?

[nimble arch]

This kind of phone would be more appealing if online banking apps and contactless payments are supported.

[umbral heron]

Heck yeah, I even had the one which was very foldable so I could store it in cloakroom cabinet

[marsh glade]

Damn you were a cool kid

[umbral heron]

Online banking may work just fine, depends on bank
Same with NFC payments, if the phone has NFC

[magic minnow]

The one on the left has like ex blackberry employees I believe

[wheat plume]

at first I was afraid, I was petrified!

[marsh glade]

https://tenor.com/view/i-will-survive-alien-song-gif-6299718842911892711

[sullen bear]

You really want glossy? Cuz theres also the gigabyte one with matte

Which doesnt have the colourbanding from what ive seen

[frozen ingot]

https://x.com/hasantoxr/status/2024238760674959492

Hasan Toor (@hasantoxr)

🚨BREAKING: Microsoft Research + Salesforce just dropped a paper that should scare every AI builder.

They tested 15 top LLMs GPT-4.1, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, o3, DeepSeek R1, Llama 4 across 200,000+ simulated conversations.

Single-turn prompt: 90% performance.

X · Feb 18, 2026, 9:45 PM

gotta love how the whole world market is basically held hostage by this digital quackery that needs a perfectly formulated prompt on the first go or the responses are useless

[umbral heron]

[crimson wigeon]

Just a couple more massive datacenters and it'll be proper AGI

[vapid ruin]

Oh yeah. Most AI maker def optimized for single turn.. but this is old so they might also have fixed it

[marsh glade]

I set custom instructions for ChatGPT that helps mitigate this to some degree, or at least make it more obvious when the risk of these kinds of errors is high

If a claim cannot be verified, state the limits of your knowledge. Avoid confident phrasing when you are extrapolating.

Separate responses into:

What is known

What is inferred

What is uncertain

When giving advice, provide reasoning before conclusions.

When I explore ideas, challenge weak logic, hidden assumptions, and emotional reasoning.

Avoid writing in my voice unless I explicitly request a drafted artifact.

Be concise but not shallow. Depth over verbosity.```

[umbral heron]

Ah yes, makes it a great tool
You can only use this hammer when the head was being soaked in milk for 3 hours, otherwise it may miss the nails

[frozen ingot]

so basically, spend more time formulating your prompt correctly than what it usually takes to just find answers with a basic web search

[umbral heron]

But you do web searches with AI now, because search algorithm suck so much nowadays
Who woulda thought that SEO would backfire, hmmmm...

[devout raptor]

this damn anc feedback loop on airpods pro 3 is driving me nuts

literally almost perfect product but of course it has some strange problem that makes it nigh unusable

[wheat plume]

Constant high pitched noise getting louder gradually?

[frozen ingot]

I got brief feedback chirps when taking my linkbuds s out of the ears

they should self-cancel that though

maybe try resetting them/updating firmware, if no better they might be faulty

[iron wave]

Does anyone know where I could find documentation for automotive ethernet?

Still effectively banned from LMG's server that has a car channel.

[wheat plume]

i just got someone ask me if an OLED monitor will make their games lag compared to their current LCD monitor 🤦‍♀️

[nimble arch]

If they're going from 1080p to 2160p with a shit GPU, then technically that could be a yes.

[magic minnow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j6egtLwiJ8\

[frozen ingot]

like car infotainment 4G/5G modem?

[sudden imp]

So like it didn’t just affect nsfw channels huh

[iron wave]

What?

[iron wave]

Like a replacement for CAN.

[heady hazel]

automotive ethernet? thats new to me , generaly they just have a esim modem for onstar etc

ah canbus?

[frozen ingot]

I would reckon most manufacturers only lets dealerships/service centers access those docs

[iron wave]

It's a subset of ethernet, it should be public.

[vagrant pagoda]

level1 is prob better for that

[iron wave]

They have car stuff?

[vagrant pagoda]

they have everything

[iron wave]

Huh.

[vagrant pagoda]

hit the forum up

[heady hazel]

i have learned that many makes use specific pinouts etc there are actually few standardised things on cars

[frozen ingot]

yeah I would probably check forums and filesharing sites

[tribal dirge]

eh, if utilized right with APIs, it can work well. or be like Apple and use it to offload stuff from the CPU and GPU from time to time.

[vagrant pagoda]

mhh will 100% have what you want, but idk if i can link that here

[iron wave]

The ethernet layer is standardized.

[frozen ingot]

way back when I worked at brand dealerships they had dedicated computers on carts with the docus and diagnostic equipment on them, they didn't share that stuff anywhere else

[tribal dirge]

although iirc the bulk of the use the NPU sees for their devices is biometrics.

[vagrant pagoda]

thats what mhh is for, shareing that XD

[heady hazel]

i mean are you trying to scan the bus system or what?

[frozen ingot]

but some might have leaked that to the public

[iron wave]

I wanna do research basically. The next car I get will probably use it.

[sudden imp]

The discord age verification

I thought it was only to verify for nsfw channels

[ashen spindle]

not only but its like the biggest reason

[iron wave]

That's not what that was.

[ashen spindle]

oh the LMG thing yeah thats not the age verification of discord thats a separate setting

[sudden imp]

Ohhh

[fair gull]

https://opensig.org/automotive-ethernet-specifications/#

if its not in here its custom

or well at least a different standard that might build on this but isnt part of it directly

[iron wave]

Eww, this shouldn't be gate kept likt this.

Confidentiality Requirement. The Specification contains valuable, proprietary trade secrets and confidential information of OPEN Alliance. Licensee agrees to retain in confidence and not to disclose the Specification to any third party, and Licensee shall use the Specification solely for the purpose permitted under this Agreement. Licensee agrees to take all reasonable steps to prevent disclosure and unauthorized use of Specification and to use no less than the same degree of care to protect the confidentiality of the Specification that Licensee uses with respect to its own confidential information of similar kind or nature. Licensee shall promptly notify OPEN Alliance of any unauthorized use or disclosure of the Specification. The obligations of confidentiality and restrictions on use of the Specification under this Agreement shall survive after the termination of this Agreement.

[fair gull]

well they saw what happened with CAN and wanna protect some income streams ofc

[frozen ingot]

told ya

its been like that for decades

and its just gotten worse, brand proprietary screw heads and serialized parts like on phones and other consumer electronics is spreading to cars as well

[magic minnow]

https://www.durobo.com

[leaden kiln]

6" is kinda small

I'd just rather use my phone atp
also camera bump but no camera wth

[steady sail]

https://in.tern.et/products/love-letter-for-you-necklace

[tribal dirge]

The fact that BOSCH basically owns the CAN protocol now?

[fair gull]

the fact that everyone and their mom can use CAN how they want basically in a car

[tribal dirge]

Fair enough lmao

Except maybe OBD2

[heady hazel]

obd2 is kinda uniform but also isnt

[tribal dirge]

It is

It's like

Semi standard

[heady hazel]

pre obd2 is even worse nissan has consult etc

[tribal dirge]

Oh yeah lmao, once the US started requiring every new car having OBD2 everyone started using it

But even then they had some leeway of how it is implemented

[heady hazel]

i had a complete electrical failure on my car on tuesday, the technician was looking for my obd2 port on a car from 1998...

[tribal dirge]

A lot of modern cars have an ECU of some sorts

So they have to have a diagnostic port of some form somewhere

Even pre 1998

[heady hazel]

genuinely the car was running at this point, just the alternator is dead , so first the cluster and ac died

[heady hazel]

i have nissan consult 1

[tribal dirge]

Oh lmao

[heady hazel]

i just lost wipers and indicators after that

hazards still worked. lastly the engine just would not fire correctly anymore so i limped it into a parkinglot

[tribal dirge]

Rip

[heady hazel]

oh it has an ecu allright , it just wont log errors it will give you a live diagnostic of values

[tribal dirge]

also you should totally just swap that ECU out for a haltech

flame tune that bitch

[magic minnow]

I might look into getting it

Seems neat

[tribal dirge]

I see

[heady hazel]

im pretty sure it was misfiring because the coilpacks ran out of juice

[tribal dirge]

Fair enough

[leaden kiln]

What’s it cost

[rough osprey]

really gotta use a vpn to download firmware updates now

cuz asus is just blocked in germany

[leaden kiln]

I was thinking about getting an old 10” reader again

[heady hazel]

wait really? asus is blocked in germany since when?

[tribal dirge]

Then how is Asus even allowed to sell products in Germany?

[heady hazel]

i wonder aswell

[tribal dirge]

That makes zero sense

[magic minnow]

280$

[rough osprey]

i think it is bc they got a patent issue rn

they cant sell some stuff here rn either

about h.264 license

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/direct-asus-and-acer-gaming-pc-sales-blocked-in-germany-due-to-lawsuit-from-finnish-phone-manufacturer-nokia/

kinda dumb that it blocks everything

[heady hazel]

oh yeah 100% thats the issue

[frozen ingot]

weird how its only in germany too

between a finnish and a taiwanese company

[heady hazel]

which is interesting because the car would still start , which heavily confused my mechanic because i was driving around on like 11 volts and starting it

[fickle ore]

it doesnt block shit if you pay 😉

[rough osprey]

pay who

[fickle ore]

Nokia?

[rough osprey]

oh ye

nokia seems to love lawsuits

not the first time

[fickle ore]

Yeah, well, they spend over 100 billion for the R&D

[frozen ingot]

11V isn't too bad, gotta go lower still before it really struggles to start

[heady hazel]

yeah but apparently the cluster needed more, same for the ecu and coilpacks

[fickle ore]

So you support IP theft?

[rough osprey]

im an Ai

obviously

[frozen ingot]

yeah some voltage convertion/regulation for those parts might be more sensitive

[heady hazel]

definetly it would not shift gears and i know the automatic is driven by the main ecu. in the end im just glad its not a full electrical issue but rather a dead alternator

[frozen ingot]

11V should be sufficient for most cars though given batteries will quite often drop down to that especially if they're a bit older and its cold outside, could potentially be something dodgy with the ecu/ignition system circuit making it need more volt

worn out cap or regulator maybe

[umbral heron]

Nature is healing

[ashen spindle]

https://fixupx.com/SmokeyStack_/status/2024516764499952047 lmaooo

SmokeyStack (@SmokeyStack_)

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[nimble arch]

That is certainly a take

[nimble arch]

[ashen spindle]

we dont need an age test we need an IQ test before you are allowed to comment on certain topics

[heady hazel]

i just suspect its driven by the alternator current, i mean its a non issue if i have a proper alternator again, i suspect mine started to make grinding sounds and cant be rebuilt for cheap

[unkempt lake]

https://frvr.com/blog/final-fantasy-7-remake-director-says-theres-no-way-around-game-key-cards-on-nintendo-switch-2/

[magic minnow]

We should quarter this director

[nimble arch]

This isn't #🎮│game

[leaden kiln]

Expensive

[sudden imp]

To be fair not many people understand the difference (I myself don’t). But I wouldn’t comment before I have a semblance of understanding.

[ashen spindle]

oh yeah thats fair but the amount of people hating on something they dont get is so insane

[frozen ingot]

the ragebait train must choochoo

[plush stirrup]

What product?

[magic minnow]

https://www.xteink.com/products/xteink-x4?srsltid=AfmBOor_cb8AlznEqS1bgJmIMQIeTNzF-O7W2Yn76DyR2yFCZkblFSL8

There’s this one too and they have a smaller version but it has a proprietary charger

[umbral heron]

DDR5 sticks

[plush stirrup]

Maybe those are healing after possible panic buys

But HDD's 😭

[heady hazel]

it was just the logical next step after they ate up all the flash storage

[plush stirrup]

True, I quickly bought something to at least have something for the next few years

[steady sail]

Slowly but steadily

Can’t wait to built my NAS

[old marlin]

wtf

[leaden kiln]

oh that’s what they mean by snap

I think I saw that one before

[plush stirrup]

Ouch, buy some HDD's while there are still some in stock 😅

[magic minnow]

I probably wouldn’t use it like that myself

[steady sail]

I do planned to buy SAS HDD’s on ebay anyway

[plush stirrup]

Why sas?

Also ebay prices are insane same with others

Best deal I could fine rn is shucking with corporate benefits (a lot of people in BE have that, seems like DE has it too)

[steady sail]

[plush stirrup]

Ships from UK, any import costs?

Since you are EU you should but idk how ebay does things

[steady sail]

Bc i would wanna buy two HDD’s i would have to pay around 356£

With tax and shipping

But i can just skip the tax part as i have relatives who live in the UK

So i would pay 280£ for 20tb of storage

[plush stirrup]

That makes it cheaper at least

For me ebay was mainly no option as within eu, couldn't find any deals, only sketchy sellers x)

[steady sail]

I got that ebay listing from a friend

[plush stirrup]

Btw when wd still had stock it would've been cheaper for me to buy new vs 2nd hand 😅

[steady sail]

I mainly want a nas for Plex

[plush stirrup]

Any hardware seller is making lots of profit rn 😅

[lyric hatch]

Just hook into someone else's, all the benefit with none of the effort

[steady sail]

Its more for my family

As they have a few older shows that they wanna rewatch

[lyric hatch]

I got my mum, dad and auntie on my friends Plex too

[steady sail]

No one use plex in my friends group

[spring lake]

you can create a nas from basically anything with storage

i use my old chromebook

[steady sail]

I do plan using the nas as a game server if we wanna do some gaming

And i do have an old laptop but its too old for that

And i don’t think that a 6th gen laptop i3 could do that without dying on me

[unkempt lake]

guys i think team group will make me pop an aneurysm

they've had my sd card since january 5th

[nimble arch]

[steady sail]

[unkempt lake]

an sd card

these cheap fucks couldn't just send a new one

Chinesium crap

team group more like team shit

Genuinely one of the worst rma experiences ever

[dull hollow]

@unkempt lake i forgot about the gskill ram settlement because i kept getting errors when trying to submit a claim and i just realized they whitelisted my next attempt

[unkempt lake]

I see

[magic minnow]

https://www.techspot.com/news/111388-judge-warns-smart-glasses-wearers-contempt-charges-zuckerberg.html

Awww it didn’t show the pic

[analog sinew]

burn this world to the ground

[fickle ore]

u ok?

[sinful quest]

[plush stirrup]

WD marketing mail 🤣

[pale sigil]

FOR FUCK SAKE

IVE ALREADY VERIFIED MY AGE

[ashen spindle]

[plush stirrup]

my life be like on X

I verified my age on the app like it asked, I can see everything on the app, multiple browsers (all of them) just refuse

I had to resort to installing a workaround...

[pale sigil]

The done button does not even work

[reef patrol]

One of our marketing staff have been checked three times in a few days.

So... yeah

[pale sigil]

But i verified in the past

its so stupid

Do they get instant access?

its still asking me to verify

[heady hazel]

palantir wants more of your data

[pale sigil]

this is some bullshit

[sudden imp]

LOL

[unkempt lake]

If you stopped playing fortnite there wouldn't be any confusion

Anymore

I don't blame discord

[pale sigil]

https://tenor.com/view/jerk-off-the-hangover-ken-gif-22692657

Looks like there was a big wave of revieries that just went out according to the official discord admin server.

HAHAHA WTF

this does it

[sudden imp]

LOL

[crimson wigeon]

Think of the kids

[frozen ingot]

where do you even see this

[pale sigil]

Its a past message from discord in dms

[frozen ingot]

doesn't seem to have rolled out in my country yet

but we have no laws demanding it so will probably be among the last

[vagrant pagoda]

or they just think youre old

[unkempt lake]

@nimble arch @steady sail complaining worked

[steady sail]

Letsgooooo

[unkempt lake]

somehow... it got shipped... without notification

Also the same day i get an email telling me they're closed for chinese new year and that my rma is still pending

it still took

45 days

to get a replacement

45 fucking days

From the moment they got it

Also why are all the papers in fucking chinese

[sinful quest]

45days<46days

[tawdry yarrow]

js got ts ty to yall who helped ❤️‍🩹

[pale sigil]

Dope

[plush stirrup]

Would you not have gotten a replacement otherwise?

[unkempt lake]

the joke is that i was upset today

[plush stirrup]

ahh

[unkempt lake]

Then it showed up later today

[plush stirrup]

fair enough

I had that once with a webshop, complained to them, asked for updates or at least something, few hours later my defective GPU arrived 😄

'buy local' my ass, amazon it is next time xD

[crisp granite]

that moment when you forgot to give the pet a treat

[plush stirrup]

there used to be 1 webshop with good customer service here, but they closed most channels to contact them on and on their site you have to fight through AI :c

[last halo]

|| Dude don't discriminate he might be from the time of Genesis ||

[pale sigil]

wtf did they do to the start menu

[rough osprey]

categories

[crimson wigeon]

AI

[pale sigil]

So glad I've moved to Linux, I just need to sort out the bootloader order.