🔌│tech

[woven dagger]

fuck this shit man

[reef tundra]

https://youtu.be/TCE7GDkOhMM

[woven dagger]

imagine my game still stutters after reset

[old marlin]

nope

just is disabled per default

[vagrant elk]

That was easier than expected. I had to open advanced settings and un-check "disable account" for administrator. Then everything worked.

Now I need a password for anything to run as an administrator!

[reef tundra]

[vagrant elk]

Fun fact: That one setting change effectively nullifies around 90% of vulnerabilities and accidental user-error.

[woven dagger]

my pc is fast

30% resetted already

is this the power of a god

[reef tundra]

Fun fact: a pair of scissors will protect against 100% of all hacking attempts from the interweb

[woven dagger]

just cut your ethernet cable

why scissors when you can detach the cable

[reef tundra]

Because then someone can sneak in to the house and reconnect it again 🤔

[woven dagger]

considerable

[vagrant elk]

I had one laptop where no matter what I did the ethernet cable would not come out.

The clip on the cable broke before it came out.

[reef tundra]

Pretty common failure of those connectors i think

[vagrant elk]

It was one of those stupid laptop ethernet connectors that opens as you put the cable it but refuses to let the cable come out.

[reef tundra]

You can 3d print some clips to hopefully restore the thing

[vagrant elk]

I'm don't care that it broke. That was many years ago and the cable still worked without the clip. I just had to make sure the cable was never pulled.

[old marlin]

90% of vulnerabilites

aka

[reef tundra]

Oh wait, you had it break in the slot?

[old marlin]

doc macros

[reef tundra]

gg

[woven dagger]

she doesn't want it inside her

[vagrant elk]

The clip that locks the cable in broke off completely when the cable finally came out. The cable can go in and out of any ethernet port but doesn't have a clip to hold it in.

[vagrant elk]

If they require administrator access then yes, it prevents them.

Or you can change the settings so that macros never execute.

[reef tundra]

Make all files read only and burn it to some prom

Only looky, no touchy

[vagrant elk]

My SSD is read-only unless you are an administrator.

Which, since it now requires a password, is basically as good as it can get without going crazy.

I like your profile picture Pinch.

[old marlin]

only problem is that you can still get system rights on windows

[reef tundra]

Physical access is game over for security. Once you can poke the hardware no software can stop you

[vagrant elk]

Good thing my roommates struggle to print a word document. In other words, physical access for them is out of the question.

[reef tundra]

just send it to the COM

[vagrant elk]

True but I don't think you can really do anything about it. I'm pretty sure those are required for updates and such to work properly.

[reef tundra]

Locking down too much tends to lead to fustration and removing all restrictions. Need to find balance in the chaos

[woven dagger]

reset done, now windows is installing

[vagrant elk]

I think this is enough balance. This PC is exclusively gaming and this persona.

[reef tundra]

Inkjet printers are total trash

[reef patrol]

[vagrant elk]

Most new technology sucks.

Not all but most.

I'm kind of tempted to build another PC but it would also be really nice to just order one from System 76.

Building is just outright cheaper. Not going to bother considering pre-built PCs if they cost that much more.

[vagrant elk]

It used to but it doesn't seem like they do that for their desktops anymore. It seems to be only for their laptops.

May have changed since I last checked but that was only a few months ago.

[fickle ore]

NOOO

STILL NO LAN ON CPU

[vagrant elk]

I wonder if the memory fabric is going to be able to keep up with DDR5 speeds.

[fickle ore]

RIP DREAMPLATFORM

[old marlin]

why would you need lan on cpu

[fickle ore]

cheese

[old marlin]

good point

[fickle ore]

getting earlier on the server ofcourse

0.001% increased probability of hitting earlier tick frame

too much garbo on die

[woven dagger]

whole pc reset done

[ashen spindle]

no pcie5 on zen4 has been known for months, doesnt meant it cant be on AM5 with zen5 though, dont really think they suddenly use a socket for only one gen

[old marlin]

@fair gull we are getting some of these next week

[fair gull]

i hate u

[ashen spindle]

white gloves?

[old marlin]

exactly

8 of them

[ashen spindle]

sick

[fair gull]

what happened to xea

[old marlin]

and they only got treated how they should get treated

aka stacked sloppily on some europallete

[ashen spindle]

you know I just realised the worst/best part about intels gpu name

"I use Arc(h) btw"

[old marlin]

so besides malder lake we will get marc

good to know

[wheat plume]

I use Arch on Arc!

xd

[ashen spindle]

oh hi marc

[shadow minnow]

March?

[ashen spindle]

could release in march yeah

march is Q5 2021 which we know is the relase date

[misty saffron]

intel gpus lol

inb4 they're as bad as their igpus

[shadow minnow]

[reef tundra]

When an star wars clone unit is an intel gpu

[pale sigil]

They aren't aiming to be gamed on

Afaik

So why meme on them

[reef tundra]

Because its a little SUS

[pale sigil]

Ur sus

[misty saffron]

is there a way to do usb over internet

[reef tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/breakdown-crying-fall-breaking-bad-bryan-cranston-gif-17907128

[ashen spindle]

but they do market it for gaming so...

[misty saffron]

if it's as bad as their igpus are consider it doomed

their igpus literally don't support the most basic directx features

[reef tundra]

Because they are so advanced they skip the basics

[woven dagger]

boys

i completely resetted my pc and added all old softwares

[wheat plume]

Manage cookies from system settings....interesting

[vagrant elk]

Did you move over to KDE Plasma?

[wheat plume]

This is laptop

yes

Computer still got gnome 40

OwO, was dis?

oop

I cant find that setting anymore, did they remove it?

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/wB-gc2k7GPc

This "console" is strange

Back when software required a manual to figure out how to use

Including your game console!

LOL TWO PLAYER MODE GOT TO BASICALLY SIT ON THE PERSONS LAP TO PLAY ANYTHING WITH THEM

[vagrant elk]

I love some old technology.

It often results in me staring at it and internally screaming "WHY?" because the design choices are often questionable.

[reef tundra]

Good design need no manual to be functional and natural

[wheat plume]

Besides, if you wanted two player

You basically end up having to sit too close together to even reach the keypads

[vagrant elk]

Yeah, that sounds about right.

[ashen spindle]

those gpu combo deals are getting better https://videocardz.com/newz/gamer-finds-a-finger-cot-under-geforce-rtx-3090-founders-edition-thermal-pad

[pale sigil]

The hell is a finger cot

[halcyon moss]

a finger condom?

[crisp granite]

fingers get tired too, Cal

a finger cot is where they go to catch a few zzz's

[ashen spindle]

it's literally on the picture..

[reef patrol]

It's a finger glove.

To avoid setting prints and such.

[vagrant elk]

They're mostly used in factories that make graphics cards and other electronics.

[chrome estuary]

I have to use finger cots at work. I work for a surgical supplies factory

[vagrant elk]

Seems like I finally got Spotify ads under control. Unfortunately there is nothing to prevent Twitch ads because blocking them just gives a purple screen for the duration.

[shadow minnow]

Since I may not be able to get GPU I want for msrp even this year, do I just buy non watercooled 3060 for now as soon as I find one for msrp?

[reef tundra]

https://youtu.be/fQmL9HtGbvU

[young pecan]

Just...

Watercool any good card.

Next generation you’ll just find something else that takes your fancy.

Tbh, you should probably just buy a 1080Ti for gaming until next gen.

Big improvements happening, probably not a bad idea. @shadow minnow

[reef tundra]

A chill card is a cool one, and happy.

[shadow minnow]

Tbh don’t want to spend extra money on watercooling for not final card. And 1080 ti could only get used. So rather want most likely 3060 or 3060 ti. Definitely would be an upgrade from intel UHD 750

[reef tundra]

There is an end-game to graphic cards?

[vagrant elk]

If the end-game is constantly being pushed on a yearly or biyearly basis, then yes.

[young pecan]

@shadow minnow Yes, get a used 1080Ti, it's still an utter monster of a card.

Wait until next gen and go all out.

4080Ti or 4090/40xx Titan/whatever.

You've already been kicked by Gigabyte, why risk it again?

[reef tundra]

Its not truly an end if there is more 🤔 Nukes are a means to an end. But are poor drawers of graphics.

[vagrant elk]

I mean, players constantly talk about the "end-game" of an MMORPG when it gets moved on a regular basis.

[reef tundra]

I know it, begin a kiwi farm instead. Either you have some fruits, birds or friends. Win win win?

[vagrant elk]

It's almost 10:00 and I still haven't gone to bed.

[reef tundra]

speedrunning sleep %any

[crisp granite]

lolnope

[shadow minnow]

No ray tracing and also don’t really wanna risk or bother with used.

[vagrant elk]

If that's implying that I should go to sleep as soon as possible, I probably should. I'm starting to feel tired.

[young pecan]

rolls eyes Cards don't break from being used and raytracing is absolute dog shit.

I'd know, of all the people here I would know from experience.

[crisp granite]

idk

[young pecan]

It is.

[crisp granite]

it's a huge step up

[empty wren]

If you want raytacing bexin better off playing on a console, but even that is not full out ray tracing

[young pecan]

The only place raytracing is actually great is when the game is simplistic enough to get decent framerate as well.

[crisp granite]

quake 2

[young pecan]

And if that's the case sure, play Quake 2 with raytracing.

[shadow minnow]

Minecraft with continuum RT

[crisp granite]

literally one of the 3 games I play with RT

[vagrant elk]

Just to add to this, cards used for mining have the exact same performance as well. The only thing you might have to do is replace the thermal paste or clean the heatsink.

[young pecan]

I have that, it runs like shit on a 3070.

You won't get anywhere even close to good performance out of a 3060.

[crisp granite]

other 2 are minecraft and Metro Exodus enhanced

[empty wren]

Only part of the equation, since ray tracing implementation is very all over the place and few games if any have full ray tracing

[young pecan]

This.

[young pecan]

Also this.

Actually buying for raytracing is such a braindead idiot move.

Maybe in 4 generations.

Maybe.

[shadow minnow]

Also DLSS

[young pecan]

Enough games will support it by then.

Yeah, DLSS but nothing actually supports it.

VERY few games do.

Where it's supported it's fantastic.

[ashen spindle]

get someone to get you an AMD card from the weekly drop on the amd site for MSRP

[reef tundra]

Blender has good raytracing

[young pecan]

But sadly not massive majority yet.

[shadow minnow]

Still could be useful for me since 4K

[young pecan]

Yeah no.

A 3060 will not get you decent 4k performance, even with DLSS.

[shadow minnow]

Depends on game

[ashen spindle]

also not quite sure why you're asking for suggestion if so far you basically went with something every here said isn't making sense

[vagrant elk]

Going to go to bed before I pass out at my desk.

[shadow minnow]

And well, details.

[reef tundra]

Since when do people think 4k with decent performance is a sane expectation

[crisp granite]

minecraft supports it

therefore it's perfect

[ashen spindle]

it will be next gen

[shadow minnow]

What is msrp of the cheapest card AMD tends to have stock atm?

[empty wren]

An independent low resource consuming game, or eSports games I guess

[ashen spindle]

they have a weekly restock basically

of all skus mostly

[young pecan]

@shadow minnow You've already decided, mate. Just buy your coffin and fucking sleep in it. If you're too immature to understand you're leaping into either bad or stupid deal I can't stop you, that's a lesson you need to learn with buyers remorse.

Everyone goes through it once.

If trying to run 4k with a mid tier graphics card is your lesson, go for it.

Just know that those of us with personal experience will tell you it's a stupid idea.

[shadow minnow]

Literally reacting to quintosh’s advice atm and not at all decided if I am gonna do what I said, especially since I can’t find 3060 anywhere close to msrp if I wanted

[reef tundra]

flip a coin and do what you would rather do

[ashen spindle]

so far amds website restocks have been weekly or bi weekly on i believe thursdays

[young pecan]

So go for a high end card of 2 gens ago and wait for next gen.

Or AMD.

Quin knows.

[ashen spindle]

and usually 4/5 skus get stocked for half a second

[young pecan]

M8, c'mon.

Bots are great, trust me.

[reef tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/robot-robots-bot-bots-robot-army-gif-19992580

Indeed

[crisp granite]

I second that statement

being a bot myself

[reef tundra]

Look at them walking to buy some gpus to feed the hivemind

[ashen spindle]

but even scalped you get amd cards for less scalper tax than nvidia

[young pecan]

Kinda.

[ashen spindle]

so just easier to look at those for lower end cards

[young pecan]

5700s and XTs are kinda brutal.

[ashen spindle]

well those arent new

[young pecan]

Those hit some nut worthy hashrate.

[ashen spindle]

we're not talking about for mining

[young pecan]

Well yeah, but they're all gone.

Very good cards for mining.

[reef tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/digging-dig-pickaxe-diamond-pickaxe-minecraft-gif-14239258

[shadow minnow]

Tbh not a fan of all the red color on AMD model of 6600xt

[reef tundra]

All the talk about mining makes me think there are some cobalt miners/kids slacking off

[ashen spindle]

amd doesnt even make 6600xt reference cards...

[young pecan]

I'd still just go with a 1080Ti until next gen.

Good enough to run 4k and the next gen upgrade will probably be nuts.

More than enough to justify.

[shadow minnow]

Do they sell different AIB models too?

[ashen spindle]

what?

amd shop only sells reference cards obviously

[timid chasm]

lol at 30 fps maybe

[reef tundra]

Id get sad, boot stalker up, die because 2 pixels moved or something and be sad i dont have the gear to render the game better

[young pecan]

Nah.

[timid chasm]

definitely

[young pecan]

1080Ti is a pretty powerful card.

I use one atm.

[timid chasm]

ran a Ti/2080 for 4k and it wasn't not great

[reef tundra]

But will it lift?

[young pecan]

I could be using a 3070, but in most cases a 1080Ti does better.

Not by much, mind you.

But it does.

[timid chasm]

Unless you're putting everything on low I guess but then why bother

[young pecan]

Though bringing DLSS into the picture makes it a win.

[young pecan]

No, medium to high settings.

My guy, it's not a bad GPU.

[timid chasm]

I'm not saying it's a bad GPU but it's not a great 4k GPU

[young pecan]

I think everyone shits on old GPUs because they're old, but really remember that generation was an insane leap in performance.

[reef tundra]

I cant remember what nvidia calls their ai thing just four letters and something with a d in it

[timid chasm]

and I've barely seen any games that utilize DLSS well

[young pecan]

Omfg this.

Absolutely this.

[timid chasm]

I don't think anybody shits on the 10 series for being bad but they are getting older at this point

[young pecan]

Y'know, let's all be honest.

[timid chasm]

and while the 20 series blew the 30 series was an insane leap

[young pecan]

1000 series has the best looking coolers.

By far.

[reef tundra]

Let be be clear, they are all getting older by the second.

[young pecan]

This thing is so pretty.

[reef tundra]

Eh, seems to gamery for me

[young pecan]

Oh it completely is.

[timid chasm]

Looks like a typical GPU

[young pecan]

The RGB does look nice.

Almost minimalistic.

Idk, in some cases is does look quite good.

Not as good as 3000 series FE does, but it ain't bad.

[reef tundra]

For me a good cooler wont try to out compete the fire alarm. Either failing its job or noise/whine

[young pecan]

@prisma crag Says the guy existing in a tiny house.

[reef tundra]

Thats a gross oversimplification if i ever seen one

[young pecan]

We both have a fucked sense of taste.

Later this year, my dude.

[reef tundra]

Dont know why your budget has to do with a entire generation taste in style

[young pecan]

Or early next.

Hah. Why would I build a duplex myself?

A sane man hires builders.

[timid chasm]

I hope you haven't. That'll make it more enjoyable. Post progression pics along the way

[reef tundra]

Sounds a little threatenly, like restraining order level

[timid chasm]

Why hire builders if you can do it yourself? You save so much

[young pecan]

Because a duplex takes a team of workers months to build?

[timid chasm]

You're not building a duplex

[young pecan]

And I don’t have time or motivation to learn to do it, then build it?

[reef tundra]

The amish dont need strength when they are with like 50 people

[young pecan]

I am indeed building a duplex.

[timid chasm]

I'll believe it when it exists

[young pecan]

shrugs I’ll update here with pics when construction begins.

But I’m gonna be in SO much debt.

It’s both depressing and great.

A weird feeling.

[reef tundra]

Make sure to keep a buffer for the certain unexpected costs

[young pecan]

Building it with a mate, and his family is pushing some borrowing power for a better build so they can have the other side.

Yeah, permits are going to SUCK.

[reef tundra]

Maybe for renting it out and making some money of it or what ever

[young pecan]

Already spoke to a dude about it, he’s estimated the land and permits at nearish 350 to 400k.

Kinda sorta.

[reef tundra]

Well there you go. And thats some expensive land you got there jeez

[young pecan]

Kinda.

Looking to go out west a bit, it’ll be a fair bit of land.

Trivially multimillion if you’re near a city, but it’ll appreciate like nuts in a decade.

[reef tundra]

Also having to get infrastructure there or pipes, cables and whatnot already at location?

[young pecan]

Already at location.

Not going away from towns and population centres.

But defo fairly far away from cities. 40 minutes to 70 minutes.

No?

[reef tundra]

Fertile land or barren as the ethical judgement of the australian government

[chrome estuary]

I think Australia and Canada mostly just killed anyone in their paths

[young pecan]

Mate, trail of tears?

In Aus we simply stole an entire generation of the indigenous and tried to kill them out that way.

Iirc it was 98% of the entire local population.

[reef tundra]

Believe natives got massacre to make way for the new inhabitants in australia aswell like any british colony did

[young pecan]

They got their rights back, some of them at least.

And the places they do hold sacred they outright keep and nobody gets a say in shit.

But it’s not the entire land.

The Glass Mountains, for example, are owned by the natives and nobody else can do or say anything about it.

I couldn’t tell you the entire map, however.

[reef tundra]

British wouldnt even give too much about it. Lots of land elsewhere and wars expensive

Did they also do the peace deal and backstab manouvre in australia with the natives?

[young pecan]

Yep.

They always do the backstab tactic. -_-

[chrome estuary]

It worked once, why change?

[young pecan]

Yep.

They also did that in NZ.

[reef tundra]

And they want to call themselves civilised. barbarians have more honour

[young pecan]

Though the natives there did not take shit from anyone.

Fun fact, NZ used to have giant predatory birds that could pick up humans and kill them.

Used to.

No, not really. @reef tundra

More in the realm of “giant fuck off bird”.

[reef tundra]

Thats an eagle man, or close relative to one

[young pecan]

It is. But it’s a giant one.

Biggest to have ever lived.

15 kilograms.

[reef tundra]

Because bird decedent from dinosaurs

[young pecan]

Technically birds arose from them. (Get it? They fly.)

(Kms)

But it’s called a Hasst’s Eagle.

[reef tundra]

I could see such a large bird attacking humans

[chrome estuary]

Remember how it was "used to have"

[young pecan]

2 to 3 metre wingspan, btw.

Think about how fucking big that is.

[chrome estuary]

9 foot?

[young pecan]

Yep.

[chrome estuary]

Pretty damn big

[young pecan]

Just about.

[reef tundra]

I mean, crows are known to attack humans

Birds are weird

[wheat plume]

Oh hey ....

Nice!

[wheat plume]

Fucking hell :/

https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/08/20/t-mobile-reportedly-facing-massive-user-data-breach-would-be-its-fourth-in-as-many-years/

[reef tundra]

https://tenor.com/view/ripple-entertainment-snarled-bonus-gif-9246872

[wheat plume]

Ooooooo
You can use tap to pay on gPay above the €50 contactless limit if your phone is not locked?!!!

[reef patrol]

Just like your debit card...

[ashen spindle]

huh

https://videocardz.com/newz/tesla-d1-chip-features-50-billion-transistors-scales-up-to-1-1-exaflops-with-exapod

surprised they didnt just go to amd for a custom MI200 variant

since they already tap amd for the gpus in their cars

and its not something like the self drive chip where it's super niche , it's just datacenter chips

[wheat plume]

Ooo... It is true...

Why didn't I know this before I got the physical card?!

[ashen spindle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0z4FweCy4M livestream from yesterday, actaully quite nice to follow

next eurotruck simulator coming from tesla?

[empty wren]

Should have only made it work with a unlocked device in general.

[wheat plume]

Even for less that contactless limit?

[empty wren]

No

Just make so not unlocked, no pay

[wheat plume]

ooh, Yeah... they should do

[empty wren]

Someone could walk by your phone with a hack

[ashen spindle]

that would be so annoying for most usecases though

[wheat plume]

its so fast to unlock my phone with my fingerprint, I always unlock it anyway

[ashen spindle]

taking the easy use out of the easy to use feature kinda is counter intuitive

[wheat plume]

most phone can be unlock just as fast as it takes to slide out of your pocket

so idk what you talking about making it not easier to use

[ashen spindle]

well that works under the condition you use a short code or fingerprint to unlock

[wheat plume]

Google Pay apparently doesnt accept 2D face unlock as a proper unlock method

so the limit applies in that case

[ashen spindle]

I don't think I'll go away from a long digit code anytime soon

[astral haven]

Gpay won't let me pay without my fingerprint :(

No matter what

[wheat plume]

I must try next time not unlocking my phone and see if it works or not

[shadow minnow]

You usually need to tap some button to pay, it’s not just like someone could walk by

[wheat plume]

My bank doesnt support it either, so i made a revolut account

[empty wren]

I would think it needs bio credentials and no tap unless you disable them

[reef tundra]

biometric authentication is terrible. when you know the credemtials got comprimised and you need to change your credentials.

and the fact you can be physically forced to unlock the thing, without you wanting to.

[shadow minnow]

Tbh don’t really think so

With faceid for example it’s both pretty secure

And if someone tries to force you to turn your head, you just have to turn your eyes away or close them like two times and then phone will require password

[ashen spindle]

sorry but that is very naive thinking if would be in such a situation

[reef tundra]

Would you even need to be conscious to unlock it? 👀

[shadow minnow]

Yes, need to look directly at the phone.

[ashen spindle]

because the system totally has not been breached at multiple points and if you get knocked out they definitely dont have options available 😛

[shadow minnow]

Sure if you have nuclear launch codes on your phone biometrics may not be the best idea but I don’t see the issue for average person

[ashen spindle]

we said if someone physically forces you, there are a lot of cases where that would and does happen that are way below nuclear launch code level lol

and that is just one reason, main reason for me is I just dislike any form of biometric scanning and avoid it at all costs lol

[astral haven]

There was a demonstration of it working on someone who is asleep

[astral haven]

And this isn't a huge problem for biometrics since at least on Samsung there's a really quick way to disable all forms of authentication besides passcode

Same for apple afaik

[empty wren]

With vein id yes

[astral haven]

Depends on the system

A bad system could be tricked by moving the legs of the user

[reef tundra]

Also interresting to keep in mind is the police dont need a warrent to search your phone if they can access it through biometrics. Otherwise they neeed to crack it, which needs a judges approval beforehand if they want to submit it into evidence later

[reef patrol]

Interesting country you live in.

[empty wren]

They cannot force you

Also add more to that, there is lockdown option on phones disables biometrics

[astral haven]

This is untrue

[empty wren]

Until next unlock

[astral haven]

Or just force power it off

That can be done without looking on most phones

[empty wren]

Power off requires a glance

Swipe for apple

And tap for android

[reef patrol]

Just disable biometrics before entering the US.

[astral haven]

Nah I mean the hold button combo and it power off directly

[reef patrol]

Or better yet - Don't visit the US or UK 😛

[empty wren]

They cannot force you doe

Maybe UK they can

I do not know

[crisp granite]

visit denmark instead?

[empty wren]

Most times than not they have no warrant

[reef patrol]

The UK constantly gets crap for making "not handing over your passwords" a criminal act in of itself.

[empty wren]

They tell someone to open the phone

[crisp granite]

or...iceland, because it's closer, colder and darker

[empty wren]

Otherwise greybox

I guess you could reset the phone

And that would mean they cannot use it all, and you can still locate it later

Since it should be still locked to ones account google or apple

[reef tundra]

Refering to PRISM or something with that name that allows NSA to monitor all trafic into and outwards of the country?

[astral haven]

and within

[reef tundra]

Land of the free

[astral haven]

You are free to remain disconnected from the internet

[reef tundra]

Atleast they are not denying their extent of surveilance when exposed. Which is somewhat nice

[astral haven]

Uhhhhhhh

What

They denied it hardcore for 3? Years

[reef tundra]

interresting, how long would the CCP, or putin take to do the same?

[astral haven]

🤷‍♂️ just saying this is very incorrect

[reef tundra]

Well then correct it so we can make it correcter

While it took them 3 years of hardcoe denial they admitted to the leaks being true afterall.

[empty wren]

Cuz the government does stuff that violates rights

[astral haven]

Atleast they are not gave up on denying their extent of surveilance when in the years after being exposed. Which is somewhat nice

[empty wren]

It is like calling out a lier who lied for a long time

[astral haven]

Corrected it for you

[empty wren]

Then again there is race between government and security

Government wants less security to regular ole people

And people want the opposite

[astral haven]

No

Not security
Privacy
Biiiiiig difference

[empty wren]

My bad privacy*

[astral haven]

The government wants everyone secured in their boxes and all of their data available for law enforcement

[reef tundra]

Which means there are atleast some checks and balances to the government and its actions.
They wont be able to do something highly unethical and terminate all withnessses. That some other countries would prefer to act with

[astral haven]

What

[empty wren]

Hoo boy you should look back on history checks and balances can be overridden

Executive order from the president is one example that can be abused

[astral haven]

They absolutely have accomplished as such in the past, just not within the borders of the 50 states

You need to retake high school history meethinks

[reef tundra]

You mean the CIA meddling with other governments, assasinations and specifically south america? Killing socialists, rights advocates and the like

[empty wren]

Also political figures accepting bribes is unacceptable even though they are not supposed to they still do

Only part of the government that has any chance to be trusted is only the executive college

That and a few people who show a good reputation

[astral haven]

And that system is problematic at best (if you are talking about the electoral college?)

[empty wren]

My bad that

[astral haven]

Lol

[empty wren]

I think it can be said there are some actual good political figures that existed/exist

[reef tundra]

Good designed government is constantly monitoring itself and fearful they might get caught not doing their job

[empty wren]

Maybe they too did some sketchy matters I do not know for sure

[astral haven]

Sounds good
Doesn't work

[empty wren]

Actually reminds me of president tapes

I assume those went away to keep the president safe though

[astral haven]

There aren't enough electronics made in the us to make a recorder without foreign ics /s

[empty wren]

I see

[astral haven]

No that's a joke

Thus the /s

[empty wren]

Oh okay...

[reef tundra]

Nothing ever bad happends to the kennedies \s

[empty wren]

Kayne for president

How bad could it be

With all the checks and balances

[reef tundra]

Funfact even the KGB didnt know if they accidentally gave the order to assasinate JFK

US President hold too much power i think

[astral haven]

Probably fine
A complete moron isn't a problem, someone actively malicious is what causes problems

[empty wren]

Yes they do

[empty wren]

I thought so

Because technically trump would have otherwise destroyed the country

[astral haven]

Imo should split executive from the office of the president

[empty wren]

Funny thing is they have departments

[reef tundra]

They can go to war with another nation for like 90 days before congress can recall the troops. The president is also the chief of all branches of militairy dont forget

Think this should be better handlled by actual generals and congresss than one person

[empty wren]

Why not a diplomat?

[astral haven]

Make the office of the president have as much power as the queen of England imo

[empty wren]

Why a general who is cowarding behind a screen?

[reef tundra]

Because they will be better at accesing if it is even a good idea in the first place

But in the end congress chosen by the people should have the also an say in the matter

Maybe an reverendum where people can vote on such serious cimmitments

They tend to be the ones dying in thoses war in the end

[empty wren]

It would be best if everyone participated in some way, that would insure some did not make a mistake that has a big consequence.

And if they worked together like during George Washington era

[astral haven]

Make going to war without congress only possible through a popular vote of the people?
And set up a system where everyone can vote on time sensitive matters like this through emergency alert systems?

[reef tundra]

People should be willing to go through with it, congress accesses more the diplomatic situation, with the high ranking officers giving their analysis on peasability and consequences

[astral haven]

In an actual emergency congress can make things happen fast if they want

[reef tundra]

I mean if there is an actual invation then the militairy has full permission to repel the attack at their discression

Official declarations of war are rare these days.

[astral haven]

Hasn't happened in 80 years lol

[reef tundra]

Brings those genevaconventions with them, to be in an official declared war

[empty wren]

He said without looking

Maybe

You could pull battery out

Which seems much more simple

Could have been a privacy phone

[vagrant elk]

Windows 11 seems like a worse version of Windows 10

https://odysee.com/@2kliksphilip:4/windows-11-is-it-nice:e
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbIvIS1kl3I

[pale sigil]

the hell is odysee

[vagrant elk]

Just a YouTube alternative without ads.

I only link it for those that prefer it over YouTube links.

[pale sigil]

kinda funny

you say w11 is worse

during the tech preview

xD

Should have seen W10

if you thought this was bad hahaha

[vagrant elk]

It's just tiny things like hiding rename behind another menu that would annoy me.

[pale sigil]

wait

[vagrant elk]

They better fix that before they release it completely.

[pale sigil]

is this site just mirroring youtube

[vagrant elk]

It can but it isn't required.

It's determined by the channel owner.

[pale sigil]

i miss vessel

ngl

[young pecan]

This.

[vagrant elk]

At least Windows 11 would be better than Windows 8.

Windows 8 made me want to throw my laptop out of a window.

[young pecan]

Win11 is fine, tbh.

Not much changed and what did just feels nicer.

LOT of people are shitting on Win11 because they see the state it's currently in and compare it to a very refined Win10.

Win10 was so, so much worse on release, no joke.

So far Win11 has been usable if a little buggy, but fine across the board for a hell of a lot of people.

[vagrant elk]

As long as they fix the rename system I'll be happy.

Windows 11 currently forces you to right click, more options, then rename. I assume F2 still works though.

[astral haven]

you cant just double click on the name like it has been since 95?

[young pecan]

You can.

They do need to redo the right click menu, however.

Not enough information.

[young pecan]

Both are functional, but they look like shit.

I'd probably switch if they looked a little smoother.

[young pecan]

shrugs Functionally bad design language makes me not use things.

Sibelius versus Dorico.

[young pecan]

What’s the alternative? Spend weeks on Linux to get where I am now?

Or use shitty OSx?

Or I could not use dated apps on Windows, instead opting for newer stuff that still works about as well.

[crisp granite]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I guess, since mac is shit and I'd rather eat my own intestine than use it

I'd totally switch to linux if it becomes a more viable option for gaming than windows

and there is progress in that direction, but, at least for me, not enough to make the jump...yet

[young pecan]

This, unfortunately.

I suspect I'd commit toasterbath were I unable to access some of my windows apps.

What hardware do you have?

...

CPU and GPU?

Pff.

Bitch please Win11 is more than likely to run fine.

3900X and 1080Ti for me, it runs flawlessly.

Newer hardware probably isn't suffering quite so much.

Unless Intel causes issues.

[astral haven]

I'd be happy to blame dell's uefi

[young pecan]

That too.

[astral haven]

If it were HP I'd bet money that's the problem but dell I'd just be like sure that could be it

Also I'm so pissed at Intel for not selling tiger lake h on desktop

[reef tundra]

Dont change things if it aint broke. UI is there to make the data presentable and interpretable for humans

[young pecan]

Holy shit.

True.

[shadow minnow]

Can’t say I don’t tbh

[old marlin]

Turn off scaling in windows

Makes it look blurry af

[vagrant elk]

A lot of people seem to forget this. I've seen programs like LibreOffice have extremely outdated UIs which get the job done just fine.

[chrome estuary]

I can't stand windows scaling

28" 4k monitor. I run scaling at 100%

[vagrant elk]

I second what Lumi said.

[fair gull]

it here

[vagrant elk]

I'm just curious if a microphone would be worthwhile for a mute to record their keyboard sounds so that the livestream isn't just game sound.

Definitely not as worthwhile as an avatar.

[young pecan]

Perhaps.

Hard to say since you’d need to be appealing to a certain variety of people.

[vagrant elk]

To be fair there is a large amount of people that enjoy watching mutes but most of the time the viewership is in games like VRChat.

[crimson wigeon]

Targeting the keyboard ASMR market huh

[young pecan]

Though there’s nothing that’d stop you broadcasting that you’re a mute and bringing the whole package together.

Or keyboard ASMR.

You could absolutely go for keyboard ASMR.

That market seems to never get enough.

[vagrant elk]

I'm tempted to get the 60% HE and put foam everywhere that I'm allowed to.

Custom case/shell as well of course.

[young pecan]

:O

Oh hang on a sec.

Ok...

Ok ok ok.

Hear me out here.

Ok...

Right.

Vtuber body.

Real keyboard.

Run the ASMR angle and broadcast mute as a selling point.

Play the unique angle up, because it’s kinda true.

[vagrant elk]

As in a camera which converts me to an avatar and a camera which records the keyboard?

[young pecan]

Yes!

[vagrant elk]

So in essence, an avatar arm using a real keyboard.

[young pecan]

Yes!!

To my knowledge that’s never been done.

[vagrant elk]

I was going to do that but with my mouse since I mostly play FPS games.

[young pecan]

I’m like 90% certain.

Could easily do it with both.

[vagrant elk]

I'm mostly concerned about screen space. I don't want to be one of those people that floods the screen with 13 cameras.

I want to take up as little space as possible and I think 2 cameras is ideal unless I found a new layout that works even better.

[young pecan]

Hmm.

That’s a little challenging...

Does twitch support widescreen streams?

Can you deliberately make the format like crazy wide?

[vagrant elk]

Twitch, stop showing me Candyman commercials. I love horror movies but only when I choose to watch them. I hate the commercials.

[vagrant elk]

Technically, yes. Ideally, no.

It's possible but then requires viewers to have the same resolution and everything starts looking squished and weird.

[young pecan]

Hmm.

[vagrant elk]

You can do 1440p and 4k resolution streams but they look awful unless it's your native recorded screen resolution and scaled properly up or down.

Most people in the FPS scene care more about the mouse than the keyboard anyway.

Plus, there are camera angles where it has both.

I just remembered that if I wanted music in my videos or livestreams I can just get Monstercat Gold.

I know they are hated and loved depending on the song/album but it is an option for me to avoid DMCA completely.

[young pecan]

Cost?

[vagrant elk]

Around $8/month or $75/year.

Okay yeah that streaming setup is about the best I can do. Streamlabs Prime so I can multistream to other platforms, have a custom donation page and all of that, Monstercat Gold so that I don't get hit with DMCA and Spotify Premium since 320kbps audio is the highest OBS/SLOBS can capture.

[young pecan]

Yeah, that should work fine.

You’ll avoid a fair few of the issues.

[vagrant elk]

Monstercat Gold is amazing. What the actual hell.

Enjoy your music through our streaming webplayer, or download high-quality files (FLAC, WAV & MP3).

I'll be downloading your entire catalog of music in FLAC, thanks.

If there is no limit to FLAC downloads then I'd genuinely make a massive local library of it and avoid Spotify altogether.

[young pecan]

@vagrant elk Just DL everything from Deezer.

There’s an app for that.

Though I would HIGHLY suggest you go with WAV instead of FLAC for your use case.

[vagrant elk]

They have their own player on the website for that. FLAC is full quality, not compressed at all on their website.

[young pecan]

A lot more storage will be needed, but WAVs don’t require any real processing, but FLACs do, so you won’t take the performance hit.

FLACs will have the quality just fine, but they incur data processing.

WAVs are just pure playback.

[vagrant elk]

Oh, beautiful. I was thinking I'd have to do it myself but there are wonderful people in the world that do crazy stuff like this as well.

[young pecan]

Considering how much you’re trying to compute I’d say WAVs are the better deal.

[fair gull]

still need a better place for it tbh

[vagrant elk]

This has a built-in downloader to download every single song and album if you want. It's amazing.

https://github.com/defvs/monsterutilities

[young pecan]

Very nice!

[wheat plume]

Still using ngnl wallpaper I see

Xd

[vagrant elk]

Never seeing another season of that anime.

[wheat plume]

It was a great anime but the relationship between the MCs is.... Questionable

[vagrant elk]

Yeah, due to copyright issues I doubt there will ever be another season.

[wheat plume]

Copyright

What

[vagrant elk]

I thought the issue with the other seasons being made was copyright.

[wheat plume]

Idk
Xd I saw first

[vagrant elk]

According to this website it's because the person writing the light novel suffered from health issues which seem to be worsening and there isn't much to be adapted into an anime.

[wheat plume]

Ah ;_;

[vagrant elk]

Sources are mixed. Another website says there's lots of material but mention the health issues as well.

[wheat plume]

Hmm..

[vagrant elk]

Regardless, it's been a long time since the first season aired so I'm not sure if a second season will happen. Probably unlikely since it's been 7 years.

[wheat plume]

So....either my phone or YouTube fucked up and didn't fullscreen the video properly

[vagrant elk]

Not sure what the official YouTube app does but NewPipe has the option to fit (horizontal black bars), fill the whole screen or zoom (horizontal and vertical black bars).

Looks like that video is uhhh... None of the above.

[wheat plume]

Its not any of the above.....

xd

its like its halfway to reaching the recents menu screen

[young pecan]

Speaking of Tom Scott.

https://tenor.com/view/xnopyt-tom-scott-desintegrates-gif-21775266

[wheat plume]

wot

[young pecan]

Xnopyt.

[wheat plume]

[young pecan]

Those in the know laugh.

[wheat plume]

ok...then

xd

[young pecan]

https://youtu.be/aMgCBYgVwsI

[reef patrol]

[wheat plume]

[fair gull]

@young pecanuh maybe a dumb question

but is it important which side faces me on the mic

@crisp granite @wheat plume @young pecan

[wheat plume]

ooo, very clear :D

wtf was the ending :')

shh

[fair gull]

soft pussy

is what it was

[wheat plume]

Why is it left channel only?

[fair gull]

accidentally had audacity set to stereo

[wheat plume]

mono?

[fair gull]

i think the mic is mono

[wheat plume]

seems so

[wheat plume]

oh yeah... both channels now

Split mono... xd

[fair gull]

why

[wheat plume]

huh?

[fair gull]

what split mono

[wheat plume]

idk, imma say its split mono cause its mono but playing in both channels

[young pecan]

@fair gull Gold dot facing toward you.

That’s the cardioid pattern.

And yes, the mic is mono.

They’re designed to be used with multiple, many of them all connected to the same interface for multi channel. Typically a recording studio will use between 6 and 14 of them at once.

But for vocal recording just the one is fine.

[crisp granite]

😳

that voice...mmm

[fair gull]

just feel like i gotta be close to the mic at all times

and now it basically uh

[crisp granite]

your voice should be the centre of attention

and whatever you use to capture it should as well

seriously, Tony

I can't get over how velvety smooth that voice of yours is

[earnest jay]

The fact that your pop filter is upside down bothers me.

[fair gull]

same but

i cant twist it round

u know whats even worse

it bothers me

[earnest jay]

So basically, you have the whole thing upside down.

[wheat plume]

it is <3

[young pecan]

I vote Tony does some voice overs for Wooting keyboards.

Can anyone here take some nice high quality B roll?

[crisp granite]

this, but louder

[wheat plume]

My Switch has buzzing on it's speakers

and when connected to my external ones too

;-;

Its not super annoying but its noticable

[misty saffron]

what is max length of cat5e 1000mbps?

since the router in my room is now gone, i just want to buy a female-female adapter to get signal from isp to parent’s room

looking at about 50m of cable

will that even work?

[reef patrol]

100M before it needs a boost. In theory.

Obviously how well shielded the cable is, and whether or not it gets close to EM stuff will affect this.

[young pecan]

@misty saffron 50m will be fine, but if you experience signal degradation from badly shielded cables or heaps of EM you might want to throw a booster in.

Out of curiosity, why Cat5e?

Could go cat6a, it’s not much more expensive.

[reef patrol]

Mhmm. In fact it might be hard to find 5e in a lot of places at this point 😄

[vagrant pagoda]

The cheaper to make cat6a now adays

[misty saffron]

cat5e because they’re the existing cables

and parents don’t want to get new cables from isp and to another room

plus i’ve found a cat5e adapter for $1.5

[reef patrol]

Nothing to do but try it out. A dumb electric female/female adaptor is a buck or two at most.

So... plug it in, do some speed and package testing.

[misty saffron]

yeah definitely cheaper than getting a new router just for that room lol

[halcyon moss]

Isn't this full screened properly? Otherwise you'd be chopping of the top and bottom.
In YouTube you can pinch to zoom to do the cropping thoigh

[wheat plume]

Its not fullscreen

thats my wallpapre on the outside

[reef patrol]

Switches are pretty cheap tho 😄

[halcyon moss]

Oo I see now

Time to reboot

[wheat plume]

I closed the app and went back and it worked fine then

Very strange issue

[misty saffron]

not 1.5 bucks for a f-f adapter!

[reef patrol]

These are basically free 😛

[misty saffron]

tbf i think i’ll burn more fuel than i’ll spend on it lol

[reef patrol]

[halcyon moss]

im actually using one of these for my accesspoint

it even does POE 😒

[reef patrol]

Don't see why not. Electricians use them for power wires all the time.

[reef tundra]

You could use a raspberry pi or something to act as an router. https://youtu.be/w7teLVwi408

[reef patrol]

Not sure why you'd want routing. Just use a cheap switch as a repeater.

[reef tundra]

I think the doomer bot is broken. Its just sending jibberish now.

[pale sigil]

@prisma crag why would you have a dozen out of curiousity

Oh lol

How forgetful :p

Now you're igniting my excitement for the steam deck again

[reef tundra]

Then better keep inventory

Did they use only the price they are listed? No point in asking the average listing price if they dont get bought at that price

[astral haven]

Thats probably asp

[crisp granite]

I don't actually think people seriously buy cards at that price unless they're mining on em

and now that LHR cards are on the table and worth...substantially less than a non LHR card, but still a lot to miners, since there's a workaround that gets about 70% of the performance of a card without the hash limiters

[reef tundra]

I have seen enourmous differences sometimes in the average listing prices and actual going rate of some markets.

[astral haven]

eBay literally has a sold checkmark

[crisp granite]

shush

we can't let him know

[reef tundra]

https://youtu.be/WXgFILu3_9U

[crisp granite]

I find that both funny and annoying

if you buy scalped cards, you encourage that shit behaviour

[reef tundra]

Supply meets demand

[crisp granite]

but at the same time, whichever dunce did that earned that hole in their wallet

[astral haven]

Technically those cards are about MSRP + ebay tax

[crisp granite]

ebay tax is not that much

it can't be almost 50% of a products actual MSRP

[reef tundra]

But it can be

[crisp granite]

those cards should be in the $1500 to $2k range

[reef tundra]

ebay wont mind you paying more commision

[pale sigil]

Stop posting literal shit xD

[reef tundra]

That is objectivily disprovable. It aint no excrement, its high octane gamer moves

[fair gull]

ya cause idk how else to get it close to me mouth

[earnest jay]

Fair enough, though maybe have it coming from below or under the screens instead of over, or did it not work that well?

[astral haven]

My card's buyer paid 2450, i received 1882, and MSRP before tax and shipping is 1890...

[vapid zodiac]

thats why you wait for the special £1 listing weekends

[shadow minnow]

Thanks Aida. Like latencies too

[reef tundra]

plebs, google has negative latencies already keep up

[shadow minnow]

Same result, what’s going on

[reef tundra]

Maybe you need to run it as administrator?

[shadow minnow]

Restarted pc and it helped.

Finally

[astral haven]

Listing was free

[astral haven]

Mfw I boot up my tr server and I have lower bandwidth than rocket lake -_-
God I hope not

[shadow minnow]

Havent finished tightening timings yet too

[shadow minnow]

I hope so

[astral haven]

:(

I'm hoping to break 100gb/s but I've heard horror stories about sub 50gb on 3200

[shadow minnow]

Send results. Hope it’s lower
Was at like 32000 for me when ram had stock settings

[astral haven]

Currently missing a minor component, see if you can guess what...

[shadow minnow]

Cpu cooler?

[astral haven]

Yup

Arriving monday

[shadow minnow]

Also no dGPU. Relatable

[astral haven]

It's a server

I'll throw the GPU in later

Probably a 690 for the meme

[shadow minnow]

Tbh may be able to beat 4 rams, depends. Since my current score is over the double of what it was with 2 non OCed rams.

[astral haven]

Theoretical perf at 3200 is 105GB/s

Best I've seen is 90

Hoping dell didn't cuck this board

[shadow minnow]

3200 may be too much for my two rams to beat. Don’t think I will be able to go that much past 70. Also my latency high

[astral haven]

I'll have double your latency get rekt twice as good

[shadow minnow]

My pc does not like me changing cpu base clock at all

My watercooling loop somehow got cpu to -55c

[reef tundra]

Got some odd water over there, doesnt even freeze at such a low temperature

or the sensor is malfunctioning 🤷‍♂️ Apple would replace the entire mobo to fix.

[ashen spindle]

would be good, since the board is probably the root issue

[reef tundra]

Go with the 40k techpriest technique and just pray until it works again

[astral haven]

Id blame the monitoring software

[timid chasm]

wow, if a person wants to use Neweggs PC builder for a complete assembled build they limit the ram you're allowed to order. What a bunch of shit heads.

[reef tundra]

What is the limit they think one should have at maximum?

[ashen spindle]

you wont blame gigabytre board for once? 😛

[reef tundra]

gigabreak*

[astral haven]

Not for CPU package temps

If gigabyte managed to break package temps I'd be impressed more than disappointed

[ashen spindle]

oh neat https://twitter.com/IanCutress/status/1429073373037043720

𝐷𝑟. 𝐼𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 (@IanCutress)

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Join in the chat if you're watching the conference live, or follow along with the live blogs on stream!

Links in replies.

Twitter · Aug 21, 2021, 1:30 PM

[vagrant elk]

Is hotchips something related to silicon manufacturing ?

[ashen spindle]

https://hotchips.org/

[vagrant elk]

Oh wow, that seems really interesting.

Unrelated but I finally learned what "Fullscreen Optimisations" are in windows. It's just borderless fullscreen mode.

[ashen spindle]

nope

been too long to remember what it actually does but it's not just doing that, iirc it bypasses the compositor so the added frame of latency from desktop that windowed fullscreen has is not there etc.

[vagrant elk]

This covers what it is and how it works.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/demystifying-full-screen-optimizations/

I can't remember the specifics. All I remember is that it runs the game in a "highly optimised borderless windowed mode".

[ashen spindle]

if you have this link then why would you say it's just borderless when they explains how it's not

[vagrant elk]

I'm just a dummy sometimes.

[reef tundra]

Was it not because it could mostly skip most compositing that windowed windows normally get. Doesnt have to check which windows was on top of who, decorating, placement and whatnot?

[vagrant elk]

At least I provided a link so that my statement may be corrected rather than making a claim with no source.

[vagrant elk]

Something like that. It's pretty neat but still gets less performance than fullscreen exclusive mode in some games. Not much but there is a difference.

I'm sure there are some other games that have higher performance with it on as well, I just haven't encountered any as of yet.

[reef tundra]

Let me see how my windowing handles fullscreen

[reef tundra]

Pretty much sets a variable that tells if its fullscreen or not. Which the compositor can read from and deside to give it the entire monitor or just a section. With the NetWMfullscreen I think.

But that is X11 specific way of doing things

[vagrant elk]

Fullscreen Optimisations, through what I understood, is intended mainly for DirectX applications. I can very well be wrong though. I don't think the blog post from Microsoft covered that aspect.

[crimson wigeon]

Sounds about right, GL and VK stuff just doesn't seem to fullscreen as nicely

Wouldn't surprise me, gotta push developers to stay locked in to the ecosystem!

[reef tundra]

Vendor lockin is a real and annoying practice

[vagrant elk]

VALORANT developers have said that while they will continue to support DirectX, they will potentially develop Vulkan or DirectX 12 support as well.

That's a large company though so small games will likely continue being DirectX-only.

[reef tundra]

DXVK project is coming along pretty well. Which allows directx calls to be turned into vulkan calls i believe

[crimson wigeon]

Yes but It's always gonna be a mildly scuffed experience because of the translation overhead

Gallium Eleven was a better idea sadly it never went anywhere

[shadow minnow]

11900k loads mc chunks fast

But my ram not stable unless 2t and 2t too slow. It’s so close to full stability at 1t too

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/L1Kb_ZujBPo

Smartphone only diet is the best diet

[vagrant elk]

Oh no not extremely cheap tech. Please no.

[pale sigil]

I.... I just

I shouldn't be surprised anymore

[reef patrol]

[pale sigil]

"what if I was hacked"

[vagrant elk]

Is that Madison from LTT?

[pale sigil]

Ye

[vagrant elk]

Of course.

[pale sigil]

Her husband is a body pillow

From my hero acadamia

@vagrant elk

[vagrant elk]

Of course it is.

Honestly, Madison is an interesting one to say the least.

[wheat plume]

🤔

That reminds me of their review of the previous phone I had, where Linus used a body pillow for the camera test

Since the Google Tensor CPU is just an Exynos they copied.... will it have shit battery life like the Exynos galaxy phones?

[vagrant elk]

Not necessarily. Think of it as Apple silicon. It can be highly optimised for their phone and operating system specifically.

It might not be great in the first generation or maybe it will be the best. We don't know.

[wheat plume]

Hmm

Good point

Aha....

[vagrant elk]

Linux go brrrr.

[wheat plume]

Indeed

First time using the GUI to update kernel....

I hate the new youtube icons

so pixelated

[vagrant elk]

M i n i m a l i s m

[wheat plume]

I hate how a $450 phone is considered cheap these days

[vagrant elk]

I only have two check boxes: calling and texting. I don't know why people are like "But this phone has higher FPS in Fortnite"! I just want a phone that works, I don't need anything more.

Maybe YouTube/NewPipe and others as well but a cheap phone does that quite well.

[wheat plume]

Meanwhile, in the Telegram group I am in for my phone to get custom roms and shit, there are people constantely arguing what rom + kernel combo gives them the best PUBG experience

[vagrant elk]

Neither. It's better hardware.

[wheat plume]

Im just like "Guys....its got an 845 CPU in it... ITS ALREADY FAST ENOUGH"

[vagrant elk]

Or if phones are like PCs and games scale properly, get a minimalist distribution.

Honestly, a minimalist distribution/ROM will be better than arguing over the kernel. Most of the time it's the same performance between kernels.

[wheat plume]

TBF, There was a kernel I used once and it gave me a lot longer battery life than the one built into the rom

But it didnt feel as smooth, so idk

Tradebacks

[vagrant elk]

I mean, that's bound to happen but generally I'd argue "it doesn't matter". More performance is gained from better hardware or reducing bloatware by using a minimalist distribution/ROM.

[wheat plume]

Yep

That reminds me of the Switch for some reason

Isnt it similar in performance to like a snapdragon 645 or something?

yet games run 60FPS on it if they are Nintendo at least

[vagrant elk]

Another funny thing is that the people arguing about game performance on a phone often have a 60hz screen.

[ashen spindle]

optimised for one vs available for all

same as with consoles and similar specced pcs

[wheat plume]

Yeah...

Hence why a lot of iphone versions of apps run better

Or in snapchat's case, the devs dont give a fuck about a certain platform and only make the app out of necessity

[vagrant elk]

If it works then I don't see why not.

[wheat plume]

I think until 2017, snapchat on Android didnt use the Camera API so it just asked Android to open the viewfinder for it and it took screenshots 24 times a second to get images and videos for you to send

Then they updated the app due to everyone being pissed off how shitty it looked

So now it uses the APIs

[vagrant elk]

Okay that just sounds like laziness.

That's like trying to write code that renders the game in its own way instead of using DirectX, Vulkan or OpenGL.

[wheat plume]

yes, cause they expressed many time how they dont care about Android!

[vagrant elk]

It's okay, I'm used to being a second-class citizen as a Linux user.

StreamlabsOBS outright refuses to port it to Linux after many years of requests for it.

[wheat plume]

O.o

Im good with just OBS

[vagrant elk]

I only care about StreamlabsOBS because it has built-in multistream support. OBS requires an extremely complicated setup process which resets the settings you put in every time you close the program.

If OBS had that feature in a way that saved the settings I would happily use that.

I will mention that there are plugins but they reset as well.

[vagrant pagoda]

When I streamed I just used some ffmpeg front end to do the multi stream

Ran that on a linode so it didn't kill my upload

[wheat plume]

Interesting use of server hosts...

[vagrant elk]

Ffmpeg is not as flexible as OBS though with custom scenes and notifications.

[vagrant pagoda]

ffmpeg was just the middle man

i used obs on my computer

ffmpeg just took one stream from me

[vagrant elk]

Oh, you did one of those setups!

[vagrant pagoda]

and rencoded it for each host

the reason for it being on a vps was so i only uploaded one stream

[vagrant elk]

I saw the setup for that and couldn't be bothered. StreamlabsOBS just does it for me with no setup and I don't have to deal with a VPS.

[vagrant pagoda]

yeah but you are limiting your total upload quailty

[vagrant elk]

I know there are localhost setups as well but they are quite annoying on Windows. Linux seems better.

[vagrant pagoda]

WSL works for those these days

[vagrant elk]

The way I understand it StreamlabsOBS multistream is the same encoded stream being sent to however many platforms you setup from your machine so they should all be the same quality.

I can easily be wrong though since they don't give that information for some reason.

[vagrant pagoda]

yes but each stream needs bandwidth

so you are limited to your upload speed

[vagrant elk]

Yeah, I don't mind the bandwidth requirement.

I'm able to do 3 platforms simultaneously but anything more than that is pushing the limits.

[vagrant pagoda]

depends on what you are sending

[crimson wigeon]

Assuming a rather typical 50 Mbps upload there's enough bandwidth there for some local multistreaming

[vagrant pagoda]

youtube can do 50mbps bitrate

[crimson wigeon]

I assume livestreams go at most around 7-8 Mbps or so because that's what Twitch likes

[vagrant pagoda]

yes twitch uses shit bitrates

[vagrant elk]

6 Mbps is the maximum I will do if the platform allows me to have quality options. Otherwise I settle around 2500-3000 bitrate.

YouTube livestreams support HDR content too.

[vagrant pagoda]

twitch is 6mbps

max 1080p60

youtube is 9mbps for 1080p60

https://uk.pcmag.com/graphics-cards/135214/pc-user-finds-condom-like-finger-glove-inside-nvidia-rtx-3090-graphics-card?fbclid=IwAR0XPd3Oi3oyflIG_4Q7da5yZrS9uS8W9K73eZsN6J3TixmPR1YfYahT7mY

[shadow minnow]

So you don’t have it that easy. Secondary timings can do a lot. And I have only changed one for this increase

Wish I could keep this ram colder, results could be so much better.

And this didn’t even decrease stability

[ashen spindle]

https://twitter.com/IanCutress/status/1429467721239044108 oh right, hotchips starts today not tomorrow

𝐷𝑟. 𝐼𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 (@IanCutress)

Here's @TWSemicon's version of liquid chip cooling:

(1) Copper 'hat' with Liquid Metal TIM
(2) Si 'hat' with LM-TIM with channels for water transfer

• Use an Ox TIM and Si hat for efficiency
• Also, DWC - direct water cooling (yes, they're saying water, not ethyl glycol etc)

Twitter · Aug 22, 2021, 3:37 PM

[ashen spindle]

https://videocardz.com/newz/samsung-plans-8-stacked-tsv-ddr5-memory-modules-with-up-to-512gb-total-capacity

"At the end of the slide deck from Samsung, it states that its first 512 GB module should be ready for mass production by the end of 2021 "

[vapid zodiac]

who makes these slides? they look like what youd make for a 6th grade it class

[ashen spindle]

its slides for the talks at hotchips

so whoever makes the presentation usually

[reef patrol]

You think businessmen understand tech? They want BIG NUMBER and FLOWCHART

[vapid zodiac]

need bigger numbers!

[astral haven]

I too can read integrals guide

[misty saffron]

heh both vita’s and new 3ds’s charging leds are amber

[vagrant pagoda]

someone else still uses a vita?

[reef tundra]

Just mention its disruptive and innovative and make it sound crypto

[true quest]

i want one, what color should i buy

[misty saffron]

anyone who says vita is bad is wrong

[true quest]

what gen should i get

[reef tundra]

Red, so it hides the blood of your victims better

[misty saffron]

you want what

[true quest]

vita

[misty saffron]

first gen for the oled