🔌│tech

[umbral knot]

nah do away with the new tech, get several thousand if not millions of floppy disks

[crimson wigeon]

Abort, Retry, Fail?

[reef patrol]

https://youtu.be/QKzmYsySGFQ?t=1480

Oh Linus...

[astral haven]

Linus drop tips

[pale sigil]

Out of curiousity

Am I better using this adapter and using a USB c front port to multiple USB 3 ports

Or just use multiple USB 3 ports

Like would there be a difference

If i used usb c vs 3

@ashen spindle i summon thee

[astral haven]

Multiple USB ports is better

[pale sigil]

Ye but multiple USB ports via USB c or USB 3

I'm guessing they'd be the same regardless

Did some digging with the whole mess of naming

[astral haven]

The blue wide connector has 2 USB signals
The small silver connector has 1 USB signal

A blue to silver adapter throws away one of the signals

[astral haven]

Like this one

[wheat plume]

https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/06/github_merges_useless_garbage_says/

Lol :") ok

[fair gull]

https://discordjs.moe/gjv03dckoh5d.png

nice overhaul with new unifi ui

https://discordjs.moe/1jqmh370j7s0.png

thats the old one

[wheat plume]

oo

[fair gull]

also i can finally select stat ranges without resetting every month to get monthly usage

https://discordjs.moe/2aic4yqz06ru.png

also offers new breakdowns like this

last clear of traffic data ever i hope

[wheat plume]

My friend came up with a plan for my previous computer

For when we are all in the house together for the next year

Itll be a cache server, media server, and we can use it for game servers too

and NAS maybe if we get a large ass HDD for it

and I just hope the only thing wrong with it is needing a new CMOS battery

and needing a HDD cause the SSD that I had in it is in my new build now

[fair gull]

inb4 its like a dual core pc

that doesnt have the power to do all that

[wheat plume]

It has enough power for game servers for sure

[halcyon moss]

If you're paying for power, old computers are not particularly power efficient.

And this starts to matter when it is left on 24/7

[fair gull]

i really want arm to advance faster

[young pecan]

The only problem is that the new UI is really lacking on advanced settings.
It’s so beautiful, but actually doing any work with it can get a little annoying.

[fair gull]

i mean i never reay change settings anymore

havent in like over a year

except when setting up ipv6 2 days ago

which wasnt much of an issue

[wheat plume]

Why does Gnome Terminal not have rounded corners but it's preference settings panel does..... WTF?!

[young pecan]

Linux noises intensify

[wheat plume]

:')

TBF, Gnome Terminal was the last offical Gnome app to get a headbar instead of a menu bar

It used the menubar for a very very long time when all the other gnome apps swapped to headerbars

:o there is like 100+ themes to choose from

wtf!

[young pecan]

sad Linux noises

[wheat plume]

Shh xd

[young pecan]

[ashen spindle]

yknow I liked the video aside from them leaving out the point about psus shorting the system if installed wrongly? seems like an important point to cover

[young pecan]

@shadow minnow F

Decent deal, big sad that's it's a waterblocked card. :C

[true quest]

my gigabyte 1060 sagged more than my evga 1080

never again

[young pecan]

nods

Gigashit card longer than most others for no reason at all.

I have 3 Aorus Master cards, they're needlessly bulky.

Like really, they have more bulk on 3070s than a 3080Ti Suprim has.

[astral haven]

Actually those connectors are super slim

[crisp granite]

not to be a dunce

but I'm pretty sure what you coat your connectors with matters little

as long as it's conductive enough to not catch fire while supplying power

[astral haven]

Correct

And you can't even gold plate the pins last I checked because it messes with the impedance

You have to use brass or something

[young pecan]

Ok that's retarded.

Lmao wot?

[crisp granite]

wow

that's...

design 100

blin

just add an extra couple centimetres because you couldn't be fucking bothered to put the EPS connectors on the top of the card, directly from the PCB, and it was somehow an issue to have them poking out the back instead

[young pecan]

This is why we don't buy gigabyte.

Braindead design.

[crisp granite]

I mean...

if gigabyte is what is reasonably priced...you buy gigabyte

pls don't kill me for my heresy

I'll call bullshit on that

just...know where to look

who to ask

and temper your expectations to the current market

jeez

take a stock purchase option and leave me alone

we'll match like...10% of what you put in, up to 5% of your pay

[astral haven]

I much prefer connectors at the very tail of the card and cables are alot cheaper than pcb

[crisp granite]

👌

that's a solid amount of money ngl

[young pecan]

Go for it.

Cheap cookies and money?

[crisp granite]

Locke

get that job mate

23 bucks an hour

wow

I get $14.25 per hour

and my dollars are worth less, Canuckistan gang

you work a 40 hour week at 23 an hour and you got a pretty solid life

[young pecan]

Technically I get $6 USD an hour.

[crisp granite]

all passive, and 24/7

I'm working less than 30 hours a week

[astral haven]

You don't
Your computers do lol

[young pecan]

Shhhh.

[crisp granite]

close enough

still, 6 bucks an hour, 24/7, on top of whatever else you do, solid existence

could probably afford many GPUs

[young pecan]

About one every 9 days, yeah.

[crisp granite]

actually though, I'm thinking I should score a 6900XT...

$1800 CAD from canada computers

[young pecan]

Very good.

[crisp granite]

a buddy works at one of the stores getting a shipment in

[young pecan]

Will do about 60MH/s as well and you can play games at the same time.

[crisp granite]

I wouldn't mine on it, jeez

no

[young pecan]

shrugs Why not?

Can do both.

[crisp granite]

purely for the latest far cry game at 1080p

[crisp granite]

of course, most GPUs can mine and game

[young pecan]

No I mean that GPU can game, lose 0 performance, and mine at the same time.

You just need shitloads of VRAM.

[crisp granite]

but I don't trust crypto at all, and I've got about enough brain cells to know I don't have the mental bandwidth to mine

[young pecan]

Are you literally a child?

[crisp granite]

last I checked, no

[young pecan]

Oh so you have the mental capacity to operate 2 files.

Good to know.

[crisp granite]

last I checked, yes

[young pecan]

Yep.

[crisp granite]

I've spliced mod files into fallout new vegas manually

[young pecan]

And my guy, who cares if you don't trust crypto?

[crisp granite]

shit

you got a point

[young pecan]

Best case scenario you get pleasantly surprised, worst case nothing happens.

Either way you lose nothing.

[crisp granite]

always one sucker out there a little dumber than I

[crisp granite]

best case scenario, I make some lines of code to sell to some chump on the other side of the world for my local fiat currency

[young pecan]

Yep.

[crisp granite]

at worst...I gave myself an excuse to overspend on a new GPU

[young pecan]

Worst case scenario you break even and nothing changes.

Why not go for it?

Hell, that's a good 3 grand extra a year, it ain't bad.

[crisp granite]

fine...if I get a 6900XT

[young pecan]

Dude, a 6900XT mines about as well as a 3070 does by all accounts. :p

[crisp granite]

here's the thing

I want another reason to motivate me towards the 6900XT camp

[young pecan]

Anything between a 3060Ti and a 6900XT will do a bare minimum of free netflix every month. :p

[crisp granite]

if you tell me anything saying my 3070 is just as good, if not better, you're only demotivating me

[young pecan]

Nah, only for mining.

[crisp granite]

for gaming, it's a cut above

[young pecan]

And a 6900XT will have much higher resell power.

FSR and all that.

[crisp granite]

I mean...newest far cry game may as well be built around the RX6000 series' tech

I'd like to see intel be competitive too

but they haven't for years and I have my doubts

[astral haven]

Nah it's built around the consoles which are technically rdna1

[crisp granite]

:(

shut

just agree with my shit so I have more excuses to spring for a 6900XT

[astral haven]

Amd's best GPU engineer is there rn

You will regret it

[young pecan]

Don't bother with an excuse, Doge.

[astral haven]

No matter what you buy

[young pecan]

Just buy something good.

And know it'll pay itself back.

Something with above 10 gig of VRAM.

Will literally pay for itself.

[astral haven]

A 3080 won't pay for itself?

[young pecan]

He's gaming on it at the same time.

You want 12G+ for that so the mining isn't screwed and the gaming doesn't suck.

[astral haven]

And?

6gb is alot of vram

[young pecan]

Y'know, at least on Ethash.

Sure, but the DAG for Ethash will need 4GB, and that leaves you 2 for modern texture streaming.

Ok then.

[astral haven]

Like don't play at 8k?

[young pecan]

4k will take 6GB depending on your game easily.

Meaning you need 11GB to stay on top of the VRAM usage.

[astral haven]

Some games will consume alot more than they need

[crisp granite]

RE8 hits a VRAM limit on my card easily at 1080p

[young pecan]

Lmfao no, mining doesn't hurt ping at all.

[crisp granite]

totally depends on the game

[astral haven]

It's like 4kb per minute lmao

[crisp granite]

👀

[young pecan]

Even with 25 graphics cards mining in my house I don't even see a difference.

[crisp granite]

that's nothing

jeez

[young pecan]

Yep.

[astral haven]

Yup

[crisp granite]

4kb...a minute

may as well be nothing

[young pecan]

Yeh.

[crisp granite]

that concern is addressed

[young pecan]

Mining is very resource light.

[crisp granite]

but at the same time...wouldn't it be best to save

wait till next gen

then mine heavily on that

[young pecan]

Kinda sorta, that depends.

[astral haven]

Yes but that's gonna be a looong time

[crisp granite]

a year

[young pecan]

Next gen is going to be insanely expensive on launch and be a full year.

[astral haven]

Yup

[young pecan]

May as well buy something now because it'll generate enough cash for another GPU next year.

[crisp granite]

better start saving my booze money now then

[astral haven]

Same tbh

[young pecan]

Buy a 3080Ti or something.

[crisp granite]

nah

[young pecan]

By this time next year it'll have made more than 3k.

[astral haven]

3080ti is a pog gpu

[young pecan]

Ikr.

[crisp granite]

like a 3090

except a lower price

[young pecan]

Just a cheaper 3090, same hashrate and everything.

So nut.

[astral haven]

It's a 3090 but doesn't need a waterblock

[crisp granite]

that is cool and all

[astral haven]

Literally

[crisp granite]

but...2k on a GPU is a bit much for me

1800 on a 6900XT though 👌

[young pecan]

Join a stock drop discord and wait for one.

[astral haven]

I've already spent 2700 USD on mine...

[crisp granite]

jeez

[astral haven]

6900xt is pain

[young pecan]

Earlier we had a 3080Ti for like... 2400 AUD.

That was good.

[astral haven]

2 folks i personally know got 6900xt
Both regret

[crisp granite]

honestly though, I'll probably just buy next gen's xx80, x800XT or intel equivalent

¯_(ツ)_/¯

immediately start mining on my 3070 then

better to have one GPU for general use, and a separate mining rig, at least in my eyes

[astral haven]

Intel doesn't have an x80 equivalent

[crisp granite]

then I'll skip that entirely

[astral haven]

That ruins the value of that general use gpu

[young pecan]

Wait, so wait a year before mining on the 3070...?

Am I confused?

[crisp granite]

or should I mine on the new card and keep using the 3070?

not like I have a backup if shit goes horribly wrong rn

[young pecan]

You should mine on the 3070 now and sometime soon you can buy another GPU.

Then keep growing the number of them.

It's mining, nothing is going to fuck up realistically.

[astral haven]

Actually hmm

Only 1 GPU
Gigabyte GPU
Might not be a great idea to mine

[young pecan]

Nah, gigabyte is fine for mining.

[crisp granite]

gaming is a worse workload

[astral haven]

Untill it breaks

[young pecan]

It's just updating their shit and dealing with their BS when you first get it going.

[crisp granite]

mining is consistent load, and a reasonable one at that

gaming is just spikes of activity

[astral haven]

Yes but the warranty will take a month to get the GPU back

[young pecan]

Assuming it breaks.

Just run the fans at 65% constant and it's fine.

[crisp granite]

gigabyte GPUs will at least last till the end of warranty

which is...4 years iirc

[astral haven]

gigabyte
It'll break when you need it

[astral haven]

Hahahahahahahahaha

[young pecan]

Don't let anything on the card push insanely far and absolutely undervolt it.

That's how you get Gigabyte stableish.

[astral haven]

And don't run games on it...

[crisp granite]

I personally don't see how any corporate entity can feasibly sell a product that can't even last their own stated warranty

it just costs them a lot in the long run if cards are failing front, right and centre and they're on the hook for each and every one

[young pecan]

Yep.

Gigabyte cards are finicky.

[astral haven]

Warranty is just banking on how many users will take you up

[young pecan]

Also true.

But tbh the cards will likely be fine.

[astral haven]

Unless you need it

Then it breaks

[young pecan]

All of my gigabyte cards, of which I own 5, haven't shown issues beyond the setup.

[astral haven]

Because you don't need them

[young pecan]

I really do.

Having to RMA all of them would cost me so much money. Easily in the hundreds.

[astral haven]

You don't need all of them

[young pecan]

And my ROI cycle atm needs to be as low as possible. Having bad fuckups like that is a huge issue.

[astral haven]

You could lose 1 and not have any trouble gaming

[young pecan]

Mining is actually super profitable rn.

Eth is hitting close to ATH.

Really close.

Fractions of a percent within range.

[astral haven]

Meh

I want a 1050 TI founders

[young pecan]

1500 of what currency?

USD...?

Jesus fuck.

[umbral knot]

cheaper to buy a prebuilt and sell the other parts

[astral haven]

R9 nano was available retail

[umbral knot]

although it is a larger initial payment

[astral haven]

There are always 2-3 nanos on ebay at any time

I kinda want a white nano
Those are rare asf

But not "review sample only"

[vagrant elk]

Look at all of those ports. I love looking at high-end audio equipment even if I can't afford it, don't judge.

[shadow minnow]

Not at all. Saw waterblocked highest model of 3080 for 1500€, and both 3080 ti and 3090 for 2000€

[young pecan]

That's in AUD, mate.

Lmfao

[shadow minnow]

Oh, nvm, that means how much in $?

[young pecan]

What currency?

[shadow minnow]

Normal dollars

[young pecan]

USD?

1100 or so.

[shadow minnow]

So it looks like notes being gone from note app is not just issue that happened to me. Still no idea how to fix though

[old marlin]

https://twitter.com/andre_meister/status/1435275416147791875?s=19

Andre Meister (@andre_meister)

Die Bundesregierung hat soeben offiziell bestätigt, dass sie morgen die Cybersicherheitsstrategie beschließt. Inklusive "Nutzung von 0-day-Schwachstellen zu Zwecken der nachrichtendienstlichen Aufklärung, Gefahrenabwehr und Strafverfolgung". Zwei Wochen vor der Bundestagswahl.

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[fair gull]

gg

[old marlin]

https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/DE/veroeffentlichungen/2021/06/entwurf-cybersicherheitsstrategie-2021.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1

page 89 btw

Die Nutzung von 0-day-Schwachstellen zu Zwecken der nachrichtendienstlichen Aufklärung, Gefahrenabwehr und Strafverfolgung erfolgt aktuell nach den für die jeweilige Sicherheitsbehörde geltenden internen Behördenvorgaben. Für diese im Einzelfall durchzuführende Nutzung gelten die allgemeinen Vorschriften.

"Aufklärung" means they can use it anytime they want

essentially

[halcyon moss]

my isp offers a backup sim card in case the internet goes down... is it worth the trouble...?

[old marlin]

dunno how much downtime you have

[halcyon moss]

practcally none

[old marlin]

sounds like another way ISPs try to pull money out of their customers pockets though

[halcyon moss]

its free

but.. effort

[ashen spindle]

I mena, you could say you want it and just store it somewhere till you need it?

unless it's not free

[halcyon moss]

yea.. i guess ill do that

done.. also read the terms and conditions, i am really only supposed to use it in case of down time

[fair gull]

just use it outside ur town and if they ask u said ur wifi didnt supply internet

so u assumed its an outage

[fickle ore]

if u never needed it before its useless to take, even if it's free

[ashen spindle]

you have way too unrealistic expectations of an isp not randomly fucking up your line when they only touched a cable in a different town

[fair gull]

bruh

since last wednesday i didnt have internet

only me phone

they said it should be fixed today

and i sure as fuck hope so

[umbral knot]

[fair gull]

if not ill get some new rugs

[pale sigil]

Sheep 101

[old marlin]

[crimson wigeon]

Not M1?

[halcyon moss]

eah..strange

[vapid zodiac]

painful thing is i know people who did that

it hurt inside

[pale sigil]

Didn't notice that till you pointed it out xD

I do want an M1 mac tho

Just can't justify one

[fair gull]

bad callum

bad

u need to manage ur money better

[pale sigil]

I just said I can't justify one

Ol

Ain't got the money even if I wanted xD

[fair gull]

the m1 one is also literally cheaper than the one u got there

so how could u not justify it

[pale sigil]

Yes

I made a mistake

Fite me

[crisp granite]

maybe spend the 1550 quid on another 833 quid 3080 and save the rest for shitty warm british beer

[pale sigil]

I meant to select the M1 Pro 16gb

[crisp granite]

and you did

[fair gull]

i do want a beafy arm proc

[crisp granite]

not

[fair gull]

but

not mac

fuck apple

[crisp granite]

great work, Cal

[pale sigil]

Nope

Don't have the energy for this

[crisp granite]

I tried that, don't recommend

[pale sigil]

So I'll stop you right there

[crisp granite]

anyway

cal now has last gen macbook

so he'll get bullied at the local cafe by all the other hipsters using macbooks in public

[pale sigil]

I don't have anything

[crisp granite]

you ordered it...surely you can cancel it, no?

[pale sigil]

No xD

I didn't order it

Was just the basket

[crisp granite]

good

[pale sigil]

I was making a sheep joke

[crisp granite]

ah

[pale sigil]

Yanno

Ipad, watch and macbook

[crisp granite]

I don't actually

[pale sigil]

Anyway, if I was to get a macbook it would be stupid to not get an M1

Ik that

[halcyon moss]

last gen has its advanages

[pale sigil]

But i cent justify it personally

Because support is still lacking

And well

It has no advantages for me

[halcyon moss]

like.. being able to connect 2 external displays, not having shit with installing dev dependencies

[pale sigil]

Personally

Totally want an apple watch tho

[crisp granite]

:(

[pale sigil]

And want a new ipad

[halcyon moss]

more memory is also quite nice to have

have you ever used a smart watch?

[ashen spindle]

given the m2 probably comes soon, yes it would be somewhat stupid

[fair gull]

i want arm pcs to take off

[halcyon moss]

i used one for 2 weeks. i hated it

[pale sigil]

I want arm to take off too

[astral haven]

Getting an OLED smartwatch is probably not the best for your first one

[pale sigil]

Ipad pro arm is so cool but hardly useful

[fair gull]

https://www.chip1stop.com/USA/en/product/detail?partId=SOCI-0000003&mpn=SC0FQAA-B-000#

like we already have server boards

[pale sigil]

Be so cool if I could get osx on the ipad pro lol

[fair gull]

24cores

with pcie

[pale sigil]

Ye which is why I'd prob just go for the SE with cellular

I think smart watches are kinda shit

If you go for Bluetooth sync only

[astral haven]

Garmin

[crisp granite]

would be incredible, only issue is that it would be hard for arm to compete at desktop x86 levels rn, no?

[shadow minnow]

It’s really useful for some stuff like Apple Pay, especially for students… that are every day in town. Also apple wallet overall can be used with lots of stiff

[halcyon moss]

i just really disliked to concept of getting notifications. it was so distracting

[astral haven]

For 99.9% of users there's no difference now

[crisp granite]

👌

[pale sigil]

Ye j know its useful bexin

[halcyon moss]

just use a contactless card :p

[pale sigil]

But it's pointless imo if you don't use cellular

I wouldn't ever buy a series 6 tho

[crisp granite]

then I eagerly await NVidia CPUs, built off of arm

assuming that doesn't get shot down

[astral haven]

The problem is there's actually no difference whatsoever
The fast arm chips are bloated just like the x86 ones...

[shadow minnow]

I would not, but EE wanting 20£ and 24 month contract for 120gb, + 7£ a month Apple Watch… decided to continue with Bluetooth sync

[pale sigil]

In good time

Other companies will support it

[shadow minnow]

Tbh it’s more convenient to never have to carry that with you, especially when Apple Watch can replace more of them. And also in some cases your phone, if you only need it for some stuff during some times.

[pale sigil]

Thing is I want my apple watch to be an independent device

[fair gull]

have u seen apples macbook?

[pale sigil]

Not reply on another device

[fair gull]

it runs as good as most higher end rigs

while doing x86 translation

to arm

[crisp granite]

[halcyon moss]

desktop rigs

not just laptop

[pale sigil]

Apple watches are just not great if you use them via Bluetooth outside of ios lol

[shadow minnow]

I really hope three adds support for Apple Watch. Also want it to be able to be independent, only issue being that I tend to take a lot of pictures of nature… when walking outside, so still would have to carry a phone.

[astral haven]

Wow what a surprise, apple product doesn't work outside of the ecosystem???? 😱

[fair gull]

like apple has proven that arm might be the future

[shadow minnow]

I wish you could get an Apple Watch with camera

[pale sigil]

I mean I'd still have a phone

I meant more I just hate devices that rely on others

That's why I simply hate smart watches atm

[astral haven]

The problem is that it's not actually arm that is providing any benefit...
Arm in and of itself is what it is
Refactoring the code to be more streamlined is what actually got the performance and efficiency...

[pale sigil]

I don't wanna have to have a phone synced constantly

Constantly

[crisp granite]

just waiting for an arm CPU I can actually use in something other than a shitty apple product

[pale sigil]

I just want a phone for basic shit

[astral haven]

Garmin

[fair gull]

thats the problem

like the server boards are good and all

proving u can use bog standard hardware wtih arm

but

[pale sigil]

Sure, are you paying XD

[fair gull]

they have slow cores

lots of em

cause server

[astral haven]

What

[pale sigil]

They look insanely expensive

[shadow minnow]

Tbh I think that’s still quite far away. Unless like Microsoft would do really big changes to windows and introduce their new arm CPUs to replace non arm ones.

[astral haven]

Garmin makes insanely expensive watches but you don't need solar do you?

[halcyon moss]

rasp pi :p

[astral haven]

60 day battery with solar is definitely expensive...

Raspi is awfully slow

[pale sigil]

I don't care about flashy looking watches

Oh

Nvm

Way cheaper than I thought

[astral haven]

Even the atomic pi with windows is a better experience than Linux desktop raspi

[ashen spindle]

windows for arm is a thing and MS doesnt need to make arm for those chips to be good...

[shadow minnow]

Same. If I could have my watch invisible to anyone but me I would take it

[astral haven]

Y'all really underestimate how small goldmont is

[pale sigil]

Umm are these closed OSes

[shadow minnow]

True. But if it was supposed to change very soon, is what I mean.

[astral haven]

Y'all just writing off x86 like it isn't the better option

[fair gull]

https://www.gigabyte.com/uk/Enterprise/Edge-Server/E252-P30-rev-100#Specifications

fucking 80cores

in one chassis

1 cpu

the frick

i think

i have my new love

[crisp granite]

nutty

[astral haven]

wait till you hear about xeon phi

[pale sigil]

watch discussion

[shadow minnow]

Just think that unless windows 11 is only for arm and huge company releases atm CPUs integrated into OS it’s unlikely we would see wide spread custom arm CPUs in next few years. Definition not this year.

[fair gull]

dont those suck a gigaton of power

[astral haven]

??

[fair gull]

and arent they secondary plugin cards

[astral haven]

Oh geez

250w for 72 cores isn't much power

[fair gull]

unless i misremember phi

[astral haven]

And the phi coprocessors are add in cards

But even the addin cards run their own os

But the xeon phi processors are uh
Processors

[fair gull]

i mean as far as i read

[astral haven]

And these are 2015 cores

[fair gull]

the ampere arm cpu also only eats just under 250w

more cores

[astral haven]

But it's alot slower

[pale sigil]

GARMIN feels way to budget like

[fair gull]

and its lga4926

[pale sigil]

Vs an SE apple watch

[astral haven]

Phi is 288 threads...

[astral haven]

Wut

You want an expensive watch you can have it...

You want a functional watch that doesn't need to be charged every day you can get a Garmin...

[fair gull]

threads isnt cores

[astral haven]

Threads is threads

[fair gull]

hardware cores is what i want

[astral haven]

But a 288 thread design from 2015 using the same amount of power as a 2018 80 core...

[fair gull]

that dont need to split compute between 2 ht cores

[astral haven]

4

[fair gull]

even worse

[pale sigil]

@astral haven ye but like an apple SE costs a significant amount less than their higher end and offers the same

[astral haven]

But the point is those cores exist

[astral haven]

Not 2 weeks of battery

And always on display that entire 2 weeks

Like tony these are ancient

The replacements for these would be the 160 mont core xeons that are coming relatively soon

No ht hurts, but 160 cores

And yes it's also 250w

[fair gull]

no ht doesnt hurt for the layman

[astral haven]

It really does

On a sub 16c cpu

[fair gull]

more physical cores = more work done at a time

ht just increases the throughput to those cores

doesnt mean it gets worked at faster

[pale sigil]

60 hours GPS 15 hours music

[astral haven]

Tho a 16c mont core CPU would slaughter all the consumer CPUs so far

[pale sigil]

GARMIN

[shadow minnow]

Tbh really like combination of this Watch band and watch color

[pale sigil]

Garmin Fenix 6 is impressive though

[shadow minnow]

(Looks better irl)

[astral haven]

Old isn't it?

[pale sigil]

But £459 bleh

What?

[astral haven]

Also you can get the forerunner series which is just the Fenix but plastic case

[pale sigil]

Old?

[astral haven]

2019

[pale sigil]

That watch has seen some abuse

I mean watches don't tend to progress much

[shadow minnow]

It’s just not clean

[astral haven]

Ye
My forerunner 935 is from 2016?

[shadow minnow]

It has two scratches, one random and one from climbing rocks with like 80* angle and too many of them, which I am kinda surprised since I haven’t used it a lot tbh. Apart from UK, where I use it basically every day

[astral haven]

2017

[pale sigil]

Anyway the SE is pretty much perfect for me or anything close to it

[halcyon moss]

if you got the spare money... sure

[astral haven]

Just gotta charge it every day...

[pale sigil]

£250 ain't much

[astral haven]

It's alot for a watch that needs to be charged every day

Basically means no sleep tracking...

[pale sigil]

I mean

[halcyon moss]

not much? heh weve got different ideas of not much

[pale sigil]

Sure if you hammer it

Music and GPS none stop

[shadow minnow]

For me it usually could last overnight too

[pale sigil]

It's the same on other watches

[astral haven]

Just need to enable the display...

[pale sigil]

15-20 hours

[shadow minnow]

Tbh could last 24 for me

Also always on display is off in sleep mode

[astral haven]

Garmins all have always on display no exceptions...

[shadow minnow]

Sounds bad

[pale sigil]

But ye if it csnt last a day Id re consider

[shadow minnow]

Don’t like lights during night

[pale sigil]

I hate always on display

[astral haven]

Light is separate from display

It's lcd

[pale sigil]

Why do people love always on display

[shadow minnow]

Without that it would last longer

[astral haven]

Oh that's another thing

[halcyon moss]

time

[shadow minnow]

Using smart watch also as normal watch

[astral haven]

It gets brighter in sunlight
Not dimmer

[pale sigil]

I'd rather literally just use the flick feature

Were it only turns on when you are going to view your wafch

Watch

[shadow minnow]

Sure, but still not a fan of any light source when I sleep. So being able to have it automatically turned off is nice. Also can’t say I am a fan of LCD overall but that’s just me. Since I am really a fan of OLED blacks and contrast

[astral haven]

🤷‍♂️ it's a watch

And the Garmin doesn't emit light

It has a backlight that you can have it flick on but it doesn't need it

It's clearly readable as long as some light is hitting it

Like ePaper

[shadow minnow]

Also useful. In always on mode it makes it brighter when you look at it.

[astral haven]

But lcd speed

[shadow minnow]

Oh, did not know that

[astral haven]

The Garmin is bright enough to use as a torch

Retroflective lcd
Insane tech

[fair gull]

so perfect for torching the eyes of unsuspecting users

[shadow minnow]

But also under direct sun my Apple Watch tends to be brighter than my phone.

[astral haven]

Nah it has a dedicated flashlight mode

[astral haven]

And that uses battery

[fair gull]

who says they dont push some update one day that is made to blind their users permanently

[astral haven]

It's not thaaaaat bright

[shadow minnow]

But it’s visible. Still wish Apple Watch had few more things, like camera, and especially more realistic temp sensor and light sensor, to have adaptable display brightness so it does not burn your eyes when you look at it during night

[astral haven]

It's just bright enough to be a torch

[fair gull]

welp will never have to worry none the less

my watch doesnt emit light

[shadow minnow]

Same with Apple Watch. It’s quite bright but not the same as phone flashlight, since well, OLED lifespan is not a fan of high brightness.

[astral haven]

Every watch since the 90s has had a backlight button....

Oh yea it's alot dimmer than my phone

[fair gull]

my watch doesnt have a backlight button

its not even a year old

altho rpob on the market for a longer time

obviously

[shadow minnow]

But 12 pro max has really dim flashlight compared to 6s plus. Still nothing compared to a bigger flashlight, or the flashlight things that you wear on head, that are also quite cool with adjustable brightness based on distance

[astral haven]

Yea it's slightly dimmer than the minimum on my phone

The max on my phone is definitely blinding

[shadow minnow]

Yeah. Actually if I turn it onto myself after being outside during a very sunny day during summer it’s not the worst. But otherwise it’s terrible

Even seeing edge of it is completely blinding

[astral haven]

I love being able to adjust it

[fair gull]

when u check ur watch for the time

[empty wren]

Que hora es?

[fair gull]

excuse you? im not a whore

[empty wren]

Puta

[fair gull]

wha?

[empty wren]

It means whore

[fair gull]

it means it

[true quest]

that is a nice bowl of meat

[fair gull]

whore means whore

[fair gull]

thats cornflakes

coco pops

[empty wren]

And theyre fakkkkee

[fair gull]

yes

im poor

[empty wren]

Just kidding if it tastes good

Then does it matter

[crisp granite]

dude, pretty sure multigrain cheerios are cheaper than cocopops

[fair gull]

the fuck are cheerios

[empty wren]

O's

[crisp granite]

real broke nibbas eat the no name cheerio knock off

[fair gull]

i still dont know what cheerios are

[empty wren]

https://c.tenor.com/PS7kEfFzFIsAAAAM/cheerios-used-cereal-boxes.gif

https://c.tenor.com/coUtufCHSmMAAAAM/cereal-cheerios.gif

[crisp granite]

those

[fair gull]

looks like non tasty garbage

[halcyon moss]

its ptrobably got tons of sugar

[crisp granite]

this is what I usually go for

yes, the 1 kilo boxes

fite me

[fair gull]

fuck man

whats wrong with yall

[empty wren]

https://c.tenor.com/f91OcFXtygIAAAAM/cereal-sourpatch.gif

I only saw this in a amish store

[fair gull]

thats the shit

[empty wren]

Hmm looks like small cashews

[fair gull]

is not

[crisp granite]

it's just puffed reject animal feed

covered in sugar

[crisp granite]

🤨

wow

[crisp granite]

benchmark for living in the middle of nowhere squared

amish lands

[empty wren]

I only passed the lands

I live in the city/suburbs

[crisp granite]

ah

[empty wren]

There just is a lot of good flat land

[reef patrol]

You and your sugar breakfasts...

noms on banana yoghurt with far too much sugar

[vagrant elk]

noms on Cheerios

[crisp granite]

eyyy

you know what's up

cheerios are the best

[vagrant elk]

Indeed they are.

[pale sigil]

https://twitter.com/Titanfall4Ever/status/1435675587889311746?t=R_wihUF8ptobHhFbX48aEA&s=19

Titanfall Forever (@Titanfall4Ever)

Please uninstall Titanfall 2. Apparently something malicious may be going through the game currently. I’ll push out more information when I get it

Retweets

442

Likes

853

Twitter · Sep 8, 2021, 6:45 PM

Someone be fear mongering without sources

[wheat plume]

Oh hey... I have that game

[crimson wigeon]

Or maybe people found a dangerous exploit

[wheat plume]

does the game connect to internet if you dont launch multiplayer?

[reef patrol]

Oh wow

[pale sigil]

Ye but... Throwing claims around and scaring the community without any credible source or proof lol

[reef patrol]

What community?

😛

[crimson wigeon]

The tiny dedicated community still playing

I dare not play because they are the people who play it all day erry day I'd get dumpstered so fast

[wheat plume]

print(True + 5)

Why does this print 6?! xd Why is True = 1?

[ashen spindle]

https://twitter.com/DirectXeon/status/1435708105162170369

Leon Benkovic (@DirectXeon)

Okay here's some more clarity on this:

The temporary buffer that titanfall uses for game invites has a size cap. If the decoded username of the person who invited you is larger than that size cap, it'll start overwriting random memory to store the name. 1/3 https://t.co/YKWpXniQw4

Twitter · Sep 8, 2021, 8:54 PM

so yes the first post is quite fearmongering

[crimson wigeon]

Because true is just 1 and false is just 0

[ashen spindle]

but it seems like it has subtsance to it

[wheat plume]

wait

[ashen spindle]

it's not a confirmation of it being used to exploit something

[wheat plume]

the guy who posted that is the one who did the fear mongering

DirtectXeon

[ashen spindle]

but RCE on source engine is nothing new, team fortress 2 had it, csgo had it

so in general it makes sense, just advising people to uninstall it makes no sense

[crimson wigeon]

Because even just having it installed is enough to give the hackers access!!!

[pale sigil]

He literally says all platforms are vunrable

[empty wren]

This is why we cannot have nice things.

[pale sigil]

Which makes next to no sense for consoles

[crimson wigeon]

They can brick your console!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[pale sigil]

No sources or proof

But ye

[pale sigil]

Scaring and throwing claims around is just attention seeking

[pale sigil]

Linked already

[reef patrol]

Ugh.

xD

[ashen spindle]

I feel like an admin of the a big community that is fighting for the game to get fixed etc. would not falsely claim this to have the last people playing it leave

[misty saffron]

look data in computers is ones and zeroes

[wheat plume]

yes

[misty saffron]

there are no special true and false memory cells

[crimson wigeon]

Why don't they use 2s and 3s and stuff? Think of the efficiency!!

[misty saffron]

very true and very false?

[pale sigil]

The reason I linked the tweet I did is because it had the screenshot of DXeon

[misty saffron]

sounds cool

[ashen spindle]

no, sounds very cool 😛

[pale sigil]

Also op is a marketing peep

Their job is to manipulate people

https://tenor.com/view/evil-laugh-bwahaha-bobs-burgers-gif-5632048

[reef patrol]

Into doing what.

Buying Titanfall 3? X

[ashen spindle]

into uninstalling the game so they dont interact with the community he admins anymore?...

[misty saffron]

isn’t titanfall 2 source

[ashen spindle]

yes

[reef patrol]

Give me some motivation for why they'd lie xD

[misty saffron]

oh, makes perfect sense now

[wheat plume]

True....

[ashen spindle]

nah from the looks it's not one of the RCEs that tf2/csgo had

[misty saffron]

valve really likes their rces in source though

new day new rce

[ashen spindle]

yeah but it sounds like this is more on the origin/account system not the engine

[pale sigil]

Nah I'm just throwing pointless shade

:p

[misty saffron]

now how do you fuck that up

[crimson wigeon]

EA GAMES CHALLENGE EVERYTHING

[misty saffron]

oh it’s published by ea

right

only competent code there is microtransactions then

[reef patrol]

Welp... Protonmail is no longer private 😄

They just handed over info about an activist to swiss authorities.

[ashen spindle]

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/09/privacy-focused-protonmail-provided-a-users-ip-address-to-authorities/

[reef patrol]

[ashen spindle]

as long as they still keep the content safe probably still the best option

tbf even before that, if you did anything where ip log is enough to get you and you dont vpn/tor etc. the shit out of that, your fault xD

[vagrant elk]

I only use them because my emails are allegedly encrypted on their servers and the fact that I don't get ads.

Even if my emails can be read and shared by the company at least they have optional security measures in place which let me harden the account and drastically reduce the chance of being hacked.

[reef patrol]

I mean Europol managed to use IP addresses to convict activists...

So... yeah 😄

[crisp granite]

convict activists

sounds great

[ashen spindle]

hence you should protect them yourself and not have your mail provider cover that for you 😛

[crisp granite]

just...conduct your incriminating communications through dead drops

I thought this was common knowledge

[chrome estuary]

or just... don't do criminal stuff?

[reef patrol]

Sure - But sometimes unlawful behaviour is needed.

[ashen spindle]

example: Snowden

[vagrant elk]

To be fair, most activists use email only for something like "add me on x platform, it's safer" and it's usually with PGP and Tor being used.

[reef patrol]

Another example: Investigative journalists who want to keep their sources private.

[empty wren]

Hmm the lockscreen at the bottom look oddly familiar

[wheat plume]

I want Android 12 ;_;

[pale sigil]

I just want a new phone

[wheat plume]

A what?

Oooo

O.o

Sell out immediately??

Wow

Ah..

That makes sense... It looks like it's designed from that time

[timid chasm]

street legal? top speed?

so yes street legal it seems

so not above 60 so great for town but definitely no interstate and maaaybe no highway

[halcyon moss]

I think this is because of historical reasons.
Python didnt use to have a boolean type, 0 or 1 was deemed good enough.

[fickle ore]

6800 vs 6700 xt?

I have a 1080p monitor guess 6700 xt shud be enuff?

[timid chasm]

6700 xt is likely enough unless you really want to try and hit 144 or something

even then you can turn some things down

[fickle ore]

got a 280hz monitor

but at 1080p idk

[timid chasm]

well you ain't hitting that with most unless it's just an esports title

or you're okay turning everything down

[fickle ore]

I usually put stuff to lowest or med

[wheat plume]

ooooh

[timid chasm]

241 avg on R6 Siege at 1440p for 6700xt

[fickle ore]

ah not bad

[timid chasm]

1440p Ultra*

the only other game that's close to that I imagine is maybe csgo or that one fucking game nobody plays

the 4 player pharaoh co-op thing

fuck what's it caleld

Strange Brigade*

That's the one that somehow worked well with dual 3090's

[fickle ore]

I'm looking at Diablo 2 resurrected and Pantheon atm :). I guess 6700 xt is enough

[timid chasm]

I've never played a diablo that ran well

or an ARPG rather but I think it's just the nature of that genre

if you can find them for MSRP I say why not just get the 6800 but that's me

[pale sigil]

https://ukstore.hermanmiller.com/products/aeron-office-chair?variant=37239750754457

[ashen spindle]

well before pantheon comes out you have time to switch to next gen so that'll work out 😛

[pale sigil]

Why so much

[timid chasm]

cause apparently Herman Miller are fucking great

[fickle ore]

it's about 496€ vs 602€

[halcyon moss]

how much does a bad back cost ya?

[timid chasm]

well avg in R6 ultra is 241 vs 296 so up to you if that's work the diff

[fickle ore]

I have a HM Mirra, but it's definitely a woman's chair. My legs are too long for the seath depth.

[timid chasm]

apparently 242 1% low on 6800

[fickle ore]

Do your research regarding seat depth. Perhaps the most important part of chair.

[pale sigil]

i dont get how they can be comfortable

[fickle ore]

yeah, idk, 600€ is tjust too much

[pale sigil]

when its just a thin later of mesh

*layer

[timid chasm]

air flow to the butt ho'

[fickle ore]

I don't think HM's are best. They're nice but there are better

[ashen spindle]

the mesh isn't a mesh with big holes, so unless you sit naked on it it's not uncomfortable

[halcyon moss]

mesh adapts to your huge ass butt shape

[pale sigil]

second hand is temping

but umm

[fickle ore]

The mesh is indeed quite uncomfortable. It wasn't as bad when I was going to gym 4 days and had a big ass. But now during Corona my ass is hurt af again.

[timid chasm]

I prefer the big holes honestly

[pale sigil]

second hand

[timid chasm]

like small hands gripping my goods

[pale sigil]

doesn't matter anyway since i cant afford it

[fickle ore]

mesh bad = unless big muscly ass

[halcyon moss]

but you can affort a new ipad? :p

[pale sigil]

no

i never said i bought one

[crisp granite]

Ok, good to know that isn't an issue for me

[pale sigil]

but also a huge difference between 500 and 1000

lol

[halcyon moss]

that chair will last you over 20 years probably

but yeah.. buy second hand

[pale sigil]

even so

i cant afford one rn

i haven't been sat at my desk for weeks

because im at that point

[fickle ore]

WTS 8-9 year old Mirra

[pale sigil]

id rather bin my chair

[fickle ore]

😛

[timid chasm]

20 years? damn

[pale sigil]

which tbh im going to try and get a return on

this chair is literally the worst chair ive ever had

and i paid more than usual hoping for the opposite

[halcyon moss]

it wast a gamer chair hopefully?

[pale sigil]

No

never again xD

i tried that in uni, lasted a year before i binned it

[halcyon moss]

well the internet told you so :p

[pale sigil]

naH

this was before they were a trend

back in like 2014

[fair gull]

what chair u got cal

[wheat plume]

This is tooooo much Edge...

[earnest jay]

They have HM Mirra (gen1) at my work place, I find them to be reasonably comfy to sit in for hours, though they pale in comparison to my home pc chair.

[wheat plume]

My chair all last year was a wooden diner table chair

[pale sigil]

I'm doubting life

[earnest jay]

I've only had my current chair for some months now, as before that, I used a fold-out bed folded into a couch as my PC seat. 😆

[pale sigil]

Does this look level

[ashen spindle]

nope

[crisp granite]

Yes

[earnest jay]

Not really.

[crisp granite]

That keyboard is hideous though

[pale sigil]

fuck you

[crisp granite]

[pale sigil]

i can use my desk

everything feels wrong its

pissing me off

[crisp granite]

Nicest thing anyone has said to me today

[pale sigil]

My desk is mostly level

Nvm

Only the middle is straight

Wot

[earnest jay]

That's quite the trick.

[pale sigil]

So confused

[earnest jay]

Is the middle part of your desk lower? If so, it may need support.

[pale sigil]

ye it does seem like that

[earnest jay]

Than that's pretty common from what I've seen.

[pale sigil]

could it be why my monitors feel fucked

[earnest jay]

Yeah.

[pale sigil]

So basically

Till I I get extra support

I should probably have the mount point more inwards

Idk

[earnest jay]

Something like that.

[pale sigil]

problem is

when i physically add support in the middle via myself

it doesn't fix it

[earnest jay]

Do you try to use a support beam or a support leg?

[pale sigil]

hmm

wish i could drive to ikea rn xD

[earnest jay]

Do you know how long your desk's been like that?

[pale sigil]

umm, i noticed it only the last few months

by my monitors

which made me think the armor they use have just got bad or something

but then i put my monitors back on their normal things a

and they felt worse

[reef patrol]

The center monitor is ever so slightly rotated right compared to the table

[earnest jay]

Ahh, well, it may be too late, or it will take a very long time to flatten the 'warped' desk

[pale sigil]

it didn;t cost me much like

i had a feeling id need a fifthleg

when i built this

but shrugged it off

[reef patrol]

You're like that one Linus staff member who did the same xD

[earnest jay]

You often do with desks that will have 'heavy' stuff on them.

[reef patrol]

Never installed the third leg, so the table warped. Third leg no longer possible.

[crimson wigeon]

Just install it anyway and wait for it to unwarp ecks dee

[wheat plume]

third leg

[earnest jay]

Well, Mansen, if Pleasant is patient enough, the desk may flatten after a long time.

[pale sigil]

you mean 5th lana

:p

[wheat plume]

:')

[pale sigil]

we already came to that conclusion xD

*you know i meant

considering i only paid 40 quid

for the wood

might just be worth getting a fifth leg

and waiting till i can afford another cut

and just make another

or wait for needs assesment

see if i can give them the bill

[earnest jay]

Hehe, fair enough, I just splurged my own money on my desk, needed to replace my old setup after all.

[pale sigil]

for context basically they will help me live a comfortable/safe life haha

ye i always have

but if they offer i cant say no

its new to me

[earnest jay]

Fair enough, free/discounted is always a nice bonus.

I myself am happy with the desk and chair I bought, worth every cent imho.

[pale sigil]

hmm ok

moving my monitor arm closer to the middle helped

[earnest jay]

That's good.

[pale sigil]

ill get another leg when mum comes back

[wheat plume]

Wait.... the Xbox Series X and S have different controllers?!

That seems pointless

[earnest jay]

They're the same, or do you mean the colour?

[pale sigil]

they shouldnt have different controllers

[wheat plume]

why it only mention the X controller?

[pale sigil]

because said feature can only be activated when using xbox series x

?

[wheat plume]

the "extended feature support"?

[earnest jay]

Could just be a dev too lazy to write "Xbox Series S/X", so they just went with "Xbox Series X"?

[wheat plume]

I guess

Ive got to sort out all of my documents .-. cause they are all so messy and in 3 different locations and possibly duplicated

[earnest jay]

And maybe they even meant Xbox Elite Series 2 controller?

[wheat plume]

And once I sort out my documents
I got to clean install my OS's

[earnest jay]

Good luck.

[wheat plume]

I should install Windows first, so that I dont install to the wrong drive .-.

cause it only labels them as "Disk 0" and "Disk 1" etv in the windows installer .-.

and gives the size

[earnest jay]

You could always just remove the non OS drives.

[wheat plume]

I aint removing an NVME xd

[earnest jay]

Fair enough. 😆

[wheat plume]

both my OS drives are 256GB
My storage one is 1TB

[earnest jay]

1 Windows drive and 1 other OS drive?

[wheat plume]

how tf is FH4 larger than BFV?! XD

[earnest jay]

FH4 with all DLC is easily 100GB+

[wheat plume]

🤔 Im worried about windows breaking itself when updating .-.

Hence why I pause updates

also... hehe :D Got my games onto my Library now

[earnest jay]

Understandable reason.

[wheat plume]

I paused updates for so long that it wont let me press the pause button anymore

[earnest jay]

Hehehe.

[wheat plume]

:')

Edition Windows 10 Home Version 20H2 Installed on ‎05/‎12/‎2020 OS build 19042.1110 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3530.0

[earnest jay]

I myself wait a few weeks to a month before running updates.

[young pecan]

I just let them run whenever.

Weirdly enough that’s actually been viable in Win11, usually I put them off.

[wheat plume]

If I wasnt dual booting, I would keep it updated at all times
but sometimes updates fuck up the bootloader

causing me to need to reinstall everything

[young pecan]

Wait why...?

[wheat plume]

IDK?!! ;-;

[crimson wigeon]

Sounds more like a you problem

[wheat plume]

no

[crimson wigeon]

I just install updates whenever I feel like it no problemos

[earnest jay]

Can't you make it so it always show the boot menu?

[young pecan]

The fuck did you do? I dual boot as well with constantly updating Win11 dev and see no issues.

[wheat plume]

I always show GRUB
cause I set Linux to boot first in BIOS

[young pecan]

It’s absolutely a you problem.

Did you screw around with GRUB?

[wheat plume]

No, just updated it when I installed Linux to get it to detect Windows

[young pecan]

Or the boot sector of Windows.

[wheat plume]

Should I save these documents for the games?

[young pecan]

That is ultra weird.

[wheat plume]

or is this fine?

[young pecan]

If you want your save data, yeah.

[wheat plume]

fml