🔌│tech

[wheat plume]

My collection is Roccat Suora and Wooting Two! XD

[pale sigil]

I used to main my wooting one till last year, I use my 60% pink keeb, I tried to main lekker but its just to big

[vagrant elk]

I may actually do that keyboard build and give it to my friend for his birthday or Christmas.

[pale sigil]

So I just use lekker for Gaming now

[vagrant elk]

I don't know if I have a need for that board anymore with the 60 HE being literally around the corner.

[pale sigil]

I csnt wait for the 60he

[vagrant elk]

Woah, that's really impressive! 😄

[pale sigil]

It will replace my current keeb

[vagrant elk]

Sometimes small collections are the best because you appreciate everything more.

[pale sigil]

I've been waiting for literal years for the 60HE being tormented by slow development xD

Glad it it ended up being hall effect and not flaretech

Though I sitll love flaretech

Especially blues

[vagrant elk]

My current Wooting One is blues and I'd trade them for linears in an instant.

[halcyon moss]

i dont like my cherry red keyboard.. i cant type on it without making many mistakes.. its not a typing keyboard

[latent mural]

what do you type on better

[halcyon moss]

best for me now is the keychron k3. i really liek the lowprofileness

[wheat plume]

Yeah, I really want a low profile

They pretty

Is there a way to use fn lock on a keychron board?

[halcyon moss]

fn lock?

[wheat plume]

so the second layer of F keys become the first layer

so I can use volume keys without needing to hold fn

[halcyon moss]

why would i ever want that

[wheat plume]

I hate using fn to change volume and whatnot

so id use fn lock almost fulltime

[halcyon moss]

well i have honestly no idea. fkeys should be f keys

there is a mac mode though.. maybe thats what it does?

nope

[wheat plume]

no

Honestly, I kinda wanna get a K3 now

But they only ship to America ;-;

[vagrant elk]

Avanna why not use a proxy?

[halcyon moss]

i found them on aliexpres

[wheat plume]

oooo THEY HAVE ISO LAYOUT FOR THE K3

[vagrant elk]

If by America you mean North America I could even be your proxy, I wouldn't mind at all.

[wheat plume]

Wait.... why do they have ISO layout if they ship to America only?

[crimson wigeon]

Because some people even in muricaland know it's the better layout

[wheat plume]

LOL

[halcyon moss]

https://www.ergowerken.nl/ergonomische-accessoires/?wsquery=keychron k3

bought mine here

the wrist rest is useless though.. waaaay too small. wooting tkl one works fine with it

they might ship to ireland, it is an option in the address list

[wheat plume]

oo

and that would avoid customs and impot tax if its from germany

[halcyon moss]

that would be from NL probably :p

[wheat plume]

ah, still applies

id like to get the red switch perhaps

[halcyon moss]

i got the browns

[wheat plume]

heavy af

The Wooting switch is still slightly too heavy for me when typing

but for games its great

[halcyon moss]

i got the gateron optical browns

not the keychron optical browns

and the noise of these has been approved for the coworking space im in :p

[old marlin]

You can buy from local retailers

Also ik that they have a rep that at least is very fluent in german

[halcyon moss]

goddammit.. i was debugging something that wasnt an bug.. i just configured it wrong. thats one whole day i wont get back

[fair gull]

gg

[wheat plume]

You seriously think Ireland had keychron? :') we only have steel series and razer here

[fair gull]

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-press-x-la-noire-meme-x-button-gif-19259237

[wheat plume]

And trust

And other cheap af brands that make everything with cheap plastic that cracks at the slightest fall

[old marlin]

There are a ton of german retailers lol

[pale sigil]

I think pihole is blocking the countdown xD

Or is it the same for everyone

[reef patrol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2dhD9zR6hk

Here you go, Pleasant.

[pale sigil]

Family bonding time

[halcyon moss]

youre gonna fan your mom?

[wheat plume]

nice Only Fans order

[old marlin]

there is also thermal paste next to them

[wheat plume]

yepp

[reef patrol]

Almost as bad as Mech GB's xD

[fair gull]

bruh i have like 10 of those at home

[pale sigil]

So

Just realised

My cpu cooler has scratches on it

[reef patrol]

Not uncommon.

This is where thermal paste comes in.

[pale sigil]

OK good

But it's quite a few xD

[reef patrol]

I've seen worse, much worse.

[pale sigil]

Also some of the thermal paste dried, I must have really butchered my orignal application

Also now I see why people use isopropyl

[reef patrol]

It can break up hardened paste - And remove the oily finish.

[misty saffron]

microshit at it again

WDK header that doesn't compile :)

[fair gull]

i use brake cleaner

[pale sigil]

beautiful

[umbral knot]

[pale sigil]

fans are on 5%

[reef patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/saturday-baby-laugh-giggle-gif-12859194

[pale sigil]

i need to adjust my curves

xD

i think i cocked up

with the thermal paste tho

we will see

wow

these are silent

[fair gull]

there is no too much thermal paste only too little and garbage paste

[pale sigil]

i think more

[umbral knot]

just submerge the entire motherboard in thermal paste and you won't have to worry about thermals

[pale sigil]

i accidently moved the block to much

when fitting in the cooler

xD

[fair gull]

so?

[umbral knot]

you will have other problems

[fair gull]

moving it doesnt change the amount

[pale sigil]

why the fuck is my gpu suddenly 51c

that makes no sense

well

ye ok

0% fan speed

but still

[fair gull]

maybe worse airflow

[pale sigil]

idk how

[latent mural]

50-60 is normal on 0 rpm

[crimson wigeon]

I dunno that seems very normal with fan off

[pale sigil]

literally getting all the air

[fair gull]

i usually get 48-50 0rpm

[pale sigil]

nob, i just noticed the rogue wire

[fair gull]

could also be env difference tbh

[pale sigil]

now i have to open it up again

[fair gull]

id guess a delta T ambient would be more helpful than raw temp

[pale sigil]

hmm

Why is ryzen so weird

with spikes

3600x was bad for it

ok now im seeing it 😎

50c in game

40c gpu 0% fan, 25c CPU 5% fans, gpu
gpu 45-50c in game d2 50c cpu fans on 30%

not the best benchmark

but major improvement

tho my room is pretty cool rn

btw @ashen spindle should i use eco mode for my psu?

never had one that had a switch before

its been off like

[ashen spindle]

I don’t see a point in using it

[pale sigil]

ite

[fair gull]

lol eco mode

isnt that kinda pointless on a good psu

it only draws whats needed anyway

[hidden yacht]

Is "eco" mode on psu not more like silent mode? at least the one psu I had with it only thing that happened where fans off

[pale sigil]

PSUs make noise?

xD

[ashen spindle]

fan noise

so yeah, if you hear that you got other issues probably

[umbral knot]

hol up you mean they aren't supposed to click

[reef patrol]

(We're being sarcastic)

[night beacon]

I knew that 100% didn’t think you were being serious

[reef patrol]

[night beacon]

I didn’t even read the other chats just that one lol

[umbral knot]

nah but fr tho my old psu did click

and I promptly filed a warranty claim and got it replaced because I'd rather not have a faulty psu that could ruin every other part in my pc

[night beacon]

I sold a cpu ok eBay for $750

I5 9th gen I guess the didn’t know a lot about pcs lol

[fair gull]

wait

psus arent supposed to make fire?

[night beacon]

No they’re suppose to emit lava

[reef patrol]

Ah yes.

P Pcobblestone
S Sgenerator
U Unit

[night beacon]

Ah yes it also emits water too to make the cobblestone

[fair gull]

i thought ud need a combo outlet like these for such a psu

[reef patrol]

[night beacon]

I was building a psu and it blew up -_-

[fair gull]

why build a psu

[night beacon]

It’s fun

I build a costume gpu and it was better than a 1080Ti so that’s something

[fair gull]

https://tenor.com/view/doubt-press-x-la-noire-meme-x-button-gif-19259237

is this some r/quityourbullshit moment

[reef patrol]

Intel would like to know your location

[night beacon]

No you can dead ass build it just like nick eh 30s dad he built 2 pcs with all costume made components

[reef patrol]

[night beacon]

I gave it to my cousin cause I have a 2060

[reef patrol]

Good luck making something even remotely similar to a graphics card by hand.

It only has a billion transistors etc.

[night beacon]

I already made one

[reef patrol]

No. No you did not. Mr. Timetraveller 😄

[latent mural]

his dad's the head of TSMC

[night beacon]

Smh it’s took a while but you can do it

[latent mural]

duh

[umbral knot]

I mean maybe like a 20 year old graphics card

[reef patrol]

No. No you can not. 😄

[umbral knot]

okie

[reef patrol]

Repairing a 1080 by soldering on new SMCs and whatnot is an entirely different matter. But not at all what you're describing

[latent mural]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS5ycm7VfXg

it would have to be much older than 20 years

[night beacon]

https://www.techrepublic.com/google-amp/article/how-to-build-an-external-gpu-for-4k-video-editing-vr-and-gaming/

[reef patrol]

My dude that's just putting an existing GPU in an enclosure.

[latent mural]

for 'homemade' at least

[night beacon]

No no back it up read the he google link form not the site

Building a GPU can be a relatively simple process, but you'll need to do plenty of research. Take stock of your current hardware rig. ... Check your hardware for compatible ports (Thunderbolt, HDMI, USB), power restrictions, and other details

[reef patrol]

And a multi billion dollar chip fab.

[pale sigil]

Yall just taking the bait

[reef patrol]

I don't do bait. I do bans.

[latent mural]

nah this guy's ahead of the industry

[reef patrol]

[latent mural]

display over USB

[fair gull]

pics or it didnt happen

i really wanna post this on r/quityourbullshit

[night beacon]

Ok I will ask my cousin for the pic

Ok maybe I underestimated how good a 1080ti was lol

[fair gull]

maybe you underestimated how hard it is to make a gpu

you made 0

[night beacon]

It’s took 8 months

It was hard finding the parts also

It’s like building a pc but harder to find parts and build

[misty saffron]

@night beacon https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/about-nvidia/careers/

[night beacon]

I don’t want to work for nvidia

I’m already majoring in computer science

[fair gull]

LOL

[night beacon]

(Cyber security)

[fair gull]

ah yes

the field known for hardware engineering

[night beacon]

Just a hobby

[fair gull]

ye ok imma collect some screens and just dump this on reddit

[night beacon]

Ok

What the r/ going to be called

[latent mural]

r/sounding

[fair gull]

r/quityourbullshit obviously

[night beacon]

-_-

Just wait until I give you the pic before you do it

Just so you know I didn’t make the parts of the gpu I just got the parts and put them together

So it’s not that hard except find parts

[fair gull]

and writing drivers

and a vbios

and designing a pcb

[misty saffron]

bro what

[fair gull]

the dude made his own gpu as a hobby

[ashen spindle]

where did you get the silicon wafer?

[fair gull]

obviously

like one does

[misty saffron]

are you dumb?

from the silicon mines

[fair gull]

lol

well imma get to stitching screenshots

[night beacon]

Of course you’re like that

[fair gull]

because u just didnt build a custom gpu

[night beacon]

How do you know

[fair gull]

because it takes entire teams around a year to design the hardware

and you did it as a hobby in 8months

ya

[night beacon]

I didn’t make thit hard ware

I just bought it

And put it together

[fair gull]

so its not a custom gpu

just custom cooling

[ashen spindle]

so you changed the cooler on it?

[latent mural]

you should've asked what he put together before suggesting that lol

[ashen spindle]

or a custom PCB?

[fair gull]

mansen already asked

he claimed its custom gpu

which is still bs

[night beacon]

Ep your saying you can’t put a gpu together with the parts

[fair gull]

thats not what makes it custom

[night beacon]

That’s like saying you can’t put a pc together with the parts l

[latent mural]

arctic

[night beacon]

If you build a pc isn’t it a codon built pc and not a prebuilt?

[latent mural]

how many tenga eggs are there in your GPU?

[night beacon]

That’s the same for fous

[fair gull]

bruh u are comparing apples to oranges

[ashen spindle]

the difference is nobody says they make a custom cpu if they switch the cooler

bc thats not what anyone associates that with

[reef patrol]

I'd like to think the phrasing was pretty hard to misunderstand. Especially given zero interest in correcting yourself throughout the discussion 😛

[fair gull]

its a custom pc cause the PARTS are different between each pc

a custom gpu would mean custom parts

not just buying a gpu in singular parts that arent soldered on

[night beacon]

Ok listen I put the gpu together with parts I didn’t build that hardware or anything

[fair gull]

so its a bog standard gpu

[night beacon]

Pretty much

[misty saffron]

friends

[fair gull]

sad

he quit his bullshit

cant post anymore

[misty saffron]

any recommendations on lightweight c++ key-value storage libs?

[night beacon]

It wasn’t bs it was just put out the wrong way

[fair gull]

id suggest writing your own tbh @misty saffron

[misty saffron]

fuck no

[fair gull]

wasnt there

uh

whats it called

no shit thats a db

but its key value based

RocksDB

[misty saffron]

yeah yikes

don't want a 100mb binary

[fair gull]

btw why not a map

or do u need persistent storage

[reef patrol]

It was though - Cause we immediately pointed out what you said and how that is physically impossible 😄

[misty saffron]

yes

[night beacon]

I thought you guys were just being weird lol

Also sorry mansen I didn’t respond fast I’m in class

[wheat plume]

anyone here know if PCSpecialist laptops are good?

[reef patrol]

Going to bet they're just rebranded Clevo? laptops from China.

[wheat plume]

https://www.pcspecialist.ie/notebooks/lafite-pro-14-pink/

[wheat plume]

I assume this should be able to get windows 11?

[ashen spindle]

what reason would there be for it to not work?

[wheat plume]

idk what laptop to get ;-;

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/computing/laptops/laptops/lenovo-ideapad-flex-5-14-2-in-1-laptop-amd-ryzen-7-512-gb-ssd-grey-10207991-pdt.html
This one looks great too

[reef patrol]

Cheaping out on TPM for one 😄

[ashen spindle]

I genuinely dont think theres a single somewhat modern chip without tpm built in

like even celerons and such

also we don't know what laptop you should get either if you say nothing about what you need 😛

[wheat plume]

Long battery life
and at least 256GB SSD

around 700-900 euro

and not loud ass fans that sound like jet engines

Isnt AMD better on a laptop cause its better thermally and has longer battery life?

[crimson wigeon]

Nah AMD is for poor people Intel is where all the good stuff's at

[earnest jay]

Correct, better thermals, power consumption, and slightly better performance.

[wheat plume]

;-;

[ashen spindle]

false

blanket statements are not accurate in all cases like that

lots of cases where amd isn't best

[crimson wigeon]

Yeah I'm just memeing

[ashen spindle]

was mostly at mew, I knew what you mean dont worry 😛

[wheat plume]

ok
The pink PC Specialist one or the lenovo flex 14?

lenovo: AMD CPU, 512 SSD, touchscreen, Windows 10 S, 65WHr battery
pc specialist: Intel 11th gen, 256 SSD, no OS, 73WHr battery

[earnest jay]

I'd go for the Lenovo.

[wheat plume]

Lenovo one has a fingerprint scanner that may or may not work in Linux

Lenovo comes with windows 10 S

so itll be packed with bloatware

and if I do a clean install of regular 10, that bloatware will reinstall like it does on my current laptop also

[earnest jay]

Well, you could deselect Windows 10 in PC specialist and use the savings to get a larger NVMe storage drive.

[wheat plume]

I did, saving 120 euro for not getting windows installed!

but its still a little more expensive than the Lenovo

with 256GB SSD

[earnest jay]

What parts did you select for the pink laptop?

[wheat plume]

I just selected the 256GB SSD and said no OS install

price is 866 now

[earnest jay]

With this specs, for me it comes out as €21,- more expensive than the Lenovo, and no Win10 selected.

[reef patrol]

soldered RAM

[wheat plume]

idc about the OS, I have windows on USB already

[crimson wigeon]

It's the future!

[wheat plume]

8GB soldered... then there is another SODIMM slot for extra ram

[reef patrol]

The future? That RAM speed is over five years old at this point.

You're literally locked at a petty 2666Mhz

[crimson wigeon]

Soldered means it got good contact with the motherboard, thus better performance!

[reef patrol]

[wheat plume]

idc about the speed much, cause I just use it for college mostly

or I would but my current laptop only lasts 50 minutes on battery so its useless to bring to college

[fair gull]

you just a foundation one

or whatever they are called

[wheat plume]

framework?

the modular one?

Do I get dead pixel insurance for a year for €24?

[earnest jay]

Framework is US only for now though, so you could try.
And I don't think so.

[wheat plume]

oh

fair enough

thats a long time

ITS NOT IN STOCK?! ffs

[earnest jay]

1.5 to 2 work weeks is not too bad, but can't pay more for faster build time?

[wheat plume]

I cant order this rn ;-;

[earnest jay]

Shame.

I myself would really like to get the Framework as a laptop, but need to wait till they broaden their market regions.

[wheat plume]

mm ;-;

I can order now

just got to wait a bit longer for it to send out

[fair gull]

im really eyeing framework

[fair gull]

would be the first laptop id buy

[wheat plume]

Its really begging me to get Windows pre-installed xd

Wait what?! it comes with Windows anyway... ?

[reef patrol]

Yep. Just without a license.

This is basically just to say "we told you so" if someone buys without an OS and complains about software.

[wheat plume]

Yeh, but I can login to it with my MS account and then itll be activated

[reef patrol]

Correct.

[wheat plume]

so I saved 120 euro xd

[wheat plume]

I wont put Windows on it though

At least not yet, if I need to for some software for college then I will

[thick elk]

Ah I have around a 5 year older version of that one

It does the job, inexpensive but workable and somewhat upgradable. Only stupid thing is that this store requires a working system and won't sell you a barebones kit you can just add storage and ram.
Ended up going for the cheapest option on both and replacing it.

You do pay a premium over sourcing the storage and ram yourself.

Personally for my next laptop I would probably get something else, back then actually getting an okay 1080p thing was far from standard in my price range

[wheat plume]

I should get the Lenovo one...

but I cant upgrade ram in that later on

but if I get this one, I need to wait a month for the stock to come back in and then 2 weeks for them to build it then 4 days for delivery

[wheat plume]

Yes, but I have to wait a month for the stock to arrive
Then the 8-10 days

then delivery

I may cancel this order

get a cheaper one thats in stock

how long should a 50.8Whr battery last with an intel core i5-1035G1 (1GHz) cpu?

screen brightness less than half

[reef patrol]

Headphones? Wat?

[wheat plume]

usually what I have mine at

[ashen spindle]

"less than half" is not a value of brightness lmao

[reef patrol]

Bluetooth headphone batteries are tiny my dude.

The headphones are not even remotely your concern when it comes to laptop battery life 😄

Not everyone brings a beefy DAC and Sennheisers with them everywhere. Just saying.

[wheat plume]

Should I cancel order

get one thats in stock

?

[reef patrol]

Do you need it before it is in stock?

Can you find a better alternative that IS in stock? Then cancel.

[wheat plume]

I dont like waiting a month for delivery

not even delivery

delivery is another 14 days

[reef patrol]

Sounds like you have plenty of time to look for alternatives then 😉

[crisp granite]

apple doing something right???

[wheat plume]

63WHr bvattery

AMD Ryzen

[crisp granite]

Ryzen go brrrr

[thick elk]

In terms of audio quality I would recommend everyone to play with eq profile, just downloading one from autoeq can make a world of difference.

[wheat plume]

my headphones arent supported by autoeq

[thick elk]

It turned my work headphones (sennheisser 598cs) from sounding pretty bad to actually being pretty good.

Oh boy, probably means really shit or pretty obscure

[wheat plume]

It seems to be just audiophile ones it has

sennheiser, sony

[thick elk]

Not just those, pretty large selection

[wheat plume]

Does this only work on Windows?

[thick elk]

No pretty much everywhere. On linux you just need to use pipewire and use easyeffects

[wheat plume]

It seems I have Pipewire installed

[thick elk]

you also generally need pipewire-pulse

[wheat plume]

hmm

[thick elk]

yes

it is a drop-in replacement

[wheat plume]

no it isnt....

[thick elk]

Actually works a lot better with bluetooth audio as well.

[crimson wigeon]

Yeah it replaces pulseaudio making your Linux audio experience finally great again

[wheat plume]

it doesnt do BT

Do I need to relog?

restart?

[thick elk]

I don't know, maybe restart the service doesn't hurt at least

[crimson wigeon]

Being able to freely route audio around is cool shit that I'm not sure other systems can do

[thick elk]

pulseaudio was always pretty bad and in dire need of replacing anyway.

[wheat plume]

hmmm

what I do now? XZD

[crimson wigeon]

You see if sound still works, and try something like pw-top in a terminal near you

[crimson wigeon]

So it works now get pulseeffects installed (or is it easyeffects now?)

[wheat plume]

OH FUCK
The volume was at maximum

[thick elk]

easyeffects now that it uses pipewire

[wheat plume]

my ears

[crimson wigeon]

Omegalul

[wheat plume]

This shit?

[thick elk]

basically you get easy effects add the convolver plugin and add the profile.
Just look at https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq for the profile and instructions

I don't know what headphone you have though

[wheat plume]

I have the CoolerMaster MH752

[crimson wigeon]

Just grab all the plugins you can find and use them all at the same time for the wildest experience

[thick elk]

just get the wav here: https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq/tree/master/results/oratory1990/harman_over-ear_2018/Cooler Master MH752

[wheat plume]

There is 2 .wav

[thick elk]

depends on if you use 44100hz or 48000hz sampling rate

really does not matter that much in practice

[wheat plume]

uh..

idk what its using

oh

48000

what are the .wav for?

[thick elk]

it's the eq profile

[wheat plume]

easyeffects couldnt install

[thick elk]

oh weird, you use manjaro right?

[wheat plume]

Arco

[thick elk]

it works on my vanilla arch just fine

[wheat plume]

hmmm

oh what

[crimson wigeon]

Looks like a real professional operation there

[thick elk]

maybe it's pacman -Syu time again?

or even pacman key time

[wheat plume]

ok, its solved now

ok, easyeffects worked now

[thick elk]

so did you get the convolver profile working?

[wheat plume]

I have this and a blank window on easyeffects

[thick elk]

you click on plugins in the bottom

add plugin

convolver

[wheat plume]

ook..one sec

ok

[thick elk]

from there you go to impulses and import it and load it

[wheat plume]

import the .wav?

[thick elk]

yea

[wheat plume]

did that

Load it?

[thick elk]

I would also lower the input volume by 5.1db as it may introduce clipping otherwise

yea

[wheat plume]

how?

[thick elk]

the bar wit hinput

[wheat plume]

Wait, does this apply only to left channel?!

[thick elk]

no on both

[wheat plume]

oh, its the same for both now

[thick elk]

yea don't mind it much

[wheat plume]

is that all I must do?

[thick elk]

does it work when playing some music

[wheat plume]

Yeah, audio still works

[thick elk]

especially fiddling with the input slider should be very noticable

[wheat plume]

I put it back to 0.0

no clipping so far

[thick elk]

but do you hear it working is mostly what I meant

[wheat plume]

Lemme play a song im familiar with..one sec

wait wait

Was I meant to be in the inmput or output tab at the top?

[thick elk]

it is basically the gain before and after processing

[wheat plume]

Oh

I pressed the "Bypass" button and that changed the sound

[thick elk]

that bypasses the effect so that means it's working

[wheat plume]

audio shit makes my brain hurt

[thick elk]

in the top right menu you can check start service at startup to auto start it.

Anyway in general this should make your headphones sound more neutral

[wheat plume]

It made my desktop freeze for like 30 seconds when I enabled it to load on startup...

[thick elk]

seems about right

[wheat plume]

oo

it does sound better

more bass

and bit more details in the back

hold on...

wut... I seletced that one and no difference
So I guess its already using it?

[thick elk]

well if it changes when you click bypass means it's working

[wheat plume]

Yep, it did change

Less "tinny" sounding

idk the proper term

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dFu8-OJQmVw
Good song
also good song to test with cause there is a lot of instruments in the background

[thick elk]

One of my prefered tests is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cjUvA9tZkU
It really hangs quite a lot on a well tuned base at around 37 seconds.

[wheat plume]

It made the output feel more "powerful"

like its not struggling to push the volume

thats not the way to describe that... idk anymore

[thick elk]

Basically looking at the profile of your headphone it had too much upper base which generally makes it sound a bit tinny and it also was lacking a bit in trebble.

[wheat plume]

I think it stopped working

Bypass makes the bars move and clicking it again makes them stop

when they move seems to be default sound

yeah, it stops working when I close the app window

OMFH WTF

WHY

[wheat plume]

the flatpak version makes the entire desktop freeze for too long for me to wait if I open up a file chooser dialog

[crimson wigeon]

Lol yeah that that menu mess is a reason why I'm not too impressed with arch distros

[wheat plume]

Easy effects only does this shit on arch?

[vagrant elk]

Sorry, I had to read up a bit and skim a bunch to figure out what that is. Easy Effects is basically audiophile software for Linux?

[crimson wigeon]

It happens because Arch don't like to split up packages so you installing a plugin pack obviously means you want all the different versions: standalone, LADSPA, LV2, LXVST, etc..

[halcyon moss]

happens on ubuntu too

kinda annoying.. but i never use that menu ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[crimson wigeon]

Ubuntu appears to split them up so it would only happen if dependencies are fucked or they all recommend each other (and you install recommends)

[halcyon moss]

i think i installed that for better sound on my laptop speakers.. but it also applied the profile on my headphones.. soooo it was too much hassle

[shadow minnow]

MacBook Air

[wheat plume]

Too expensive

[vagrant elk]

I was going to say System76 but they are out of your price range.

[halcyon moss]

to the one suggesting framework, yeah nice but waay out of her price range and not available anywhere outside usa.

[wheat plume]

Slimbook is another great brand

They use Linux by default

https://slimbook.es/en/

[vagrant elk]

Close to your budget but Starlabs laptops? They're a UK laptop company.

[wheat plume]

Nah fuck UK....
Would have to pay customs and import fees on that

[vagrant elk]

They have one starting at 400 quid and one starting at 800 quid.

[wheat plume]

I cant find the Customer RMA portal to cancel my order with

I may get this one instead

[vagrant elk]

Just thought I'd mention them because for some reason I always forget that Ireland(?) is separate from the UK.

I'm proud of myself, it was Ireland that is separate.

I almost always get it wrong.

[wheat plume]

part of Ireland is the UK

(shh, very political statement...SHUT)

[halcyon moss]

and for some reason they really want to be

oh yeah.. that reason is a slightly different view on their religion

[vagrant elk]

Well, I hate myself. I'm planning on moving to another country in the future but apparently if I move to that country I can't setup a company and use Stripe. Instead Stripe is like "If you're country isn't supported for a business, you can legally register your business in the USA, setup a USA bank account and use our platform that way" which is just overcomplicating everything.

[halcyon moss]

why cant you start a company in the other country?

where do you even want to move to?

[vagrant elk]

It's not that I can't start a company in the country I plan to move to, it's that Stripe doesn't allow businesses in that country to do business with their platform unless they make a US company.

PayPal supports the country though.

[misty saffron]

stripe

paypal

[crimson wigeon]

JuSt UsE CrYpTo

[halcyon moss]

where do you want to move to @vagrant elk ?

this list is not small https://stripe.com/global

im not sure if adyen operates where you want to move to..

[misty saffron]

that is actually what you should do when you sell digital goods

otherwise you’re shooting yourself in the foot

[vagrant elk]

Depends on the country. Some countries make it extremely hard, others don't care. In my case the country allows it so I would probably add it at some point but I would expect very few people to use it.

[misty saffron]

i only sell my online game dlcs with crypto because fuck refunding kids

[halcyon moss]

dont use crypto, its how you alienate 99% of your customers

[misty saffron]

“use stripe, it’s how you get all your funds held because of a single refund”

👍

[vagrant elk]

Cryptocurrencies are fine if you have a disclaimer saying something like "if you pay with cryptocurrencies we will be unable to offer a refund" and it would generally be fine. Add in a popup prompt or two asking if they are sure about the purchase as well.

[halcyon moss]

i still dont know where youre gonna be based, and what you're gonna sell

but not refunding is only allowed in very few circumstances

[misty saffron]

and what are they gonna do if you don’t specify that?

https://tenor.com/view/cry-about-it-cry-about-it-meme-gif-20184012

[crimson wigeon]

Make angry tweets

[halcyon moss]

bad reviews

[young pecan]

Don't use banks, that's how you alienate 99% of your customers.

• barterers

[halcyon moss]

yeah whatevs

[young pecan]

Times keep on moving, my dude. :p

[misty saffron]

it’s up to you to make this kind of people look like clowns

like, you know, actually describe what you’re selling well

[young pecan]

Y'know what?

Don't barter, that's how you lose 99% of your profits

• pillaging vikings

[misty saffron]

sell keys as means of access to digital goods

normal practice to not offer a refund after it’s been used

[young pecan]

NFTs. :p

What is an NFT other than a very sophisticated key. :D

[ashen spindle]

nft is a sophisticated piece of scam tech

[young pecan]

How so?

Platform keys function basically identically.

[ashen spindle]

because unlike btc and such I only see bullshit nft things that just sell you stupid pngs and offer no value

[young pecan]

Oh no lmao.

I meant using NFTs in better ways.

Like SteamBlockchain but keys are NFTs, basically.

[ashen spindle]

yea not seen a single good usecase of it yet

[young pecan]

Ikr.

[vagrant elk]

Well, that's a stupid but easy solution. Shopify supports the country I want to move to, handles all of the hosting for me (this is HUGE! I hate dealing with servers despite loving control) and supports a lot of payment gateways.

[vagrant elk]

Okay, you worried me for a second. I thought you typed "Steem blockchain" which is a real thing, I think it's like a cryptocurrency blogging platform. All I remember is that it sucks.

[young pecan]

Kek

[reef patrol]

https://tenor.com/view/bitcoin-btc-crypto-criptomonedas-blockchain-gif-16275500

[vagrant elk]

Honestly, I'm surprised. Shopify lets you use cryptocurrency payment processors on your website.

I do have to admit though, I feel like adding cryptocurrency checkout on your website/store makes it seem less professional. A lot of people see cryptocurrencies and assume it's a scam and for good reason.

[misty saffron]

"good reason"

ah yes all scammers

[vagrant elk]

I was more so meaning that it's extremely easy for people that don't know what they are doing to get scammed with cryptocurrencies and since they are often used as a stock and not a currency people are sceptical when companies accept cryptocurrency payments. Not saying all people are like that of course, just the normies which is a large majority.

[young pecan]

Ngl I just can't wait for a really good currency that can actually be used.

[vagrant elk]

Monero is usable, just that verification of payment takes a while.

[young pecan]

Monero is dog shit, sadly.

Good but crippled.

Needs SPEED.

[vagrant elk]

If you mean in-person then yeah, it's rough. Oxen is interesting though. It's a monero fork with all of the privacy benefits but can do instant transactions.

[young pecan]

Ooh.

[vagrant elk]

Unfortunately Oxen is so underground that exchanges don't have it listed. You basically have to buy Ethereum, swap it to wrapped Oxen and exchange that for true Oxen.

Sorry, small correction. Two exchanges have it. KuCoin and Bittrex.

[young pecan]

Mm.

Think it might actually go somewhere?

And what algo/proof is it?

[vagrant elk]

It's forked from CryptoNote and later changed to Proof-of-Stake. The reason instant transactions are possible is because they have validator nodes that stake 15,000 Oxen around the world.

[young pecan]

Interesting.

[vagrant elk]

They are trying to use it as both a currency with blink transactions which are the instant transactions (2 second verification time last I checked) and a backbone for other technology. Session messenger uses the validators as nodes to bounce message traffic between and Loki Network is their version of Tor which also uses the validators as nodes.

[young pecan]

Pretty dope.

[vagrant elk]

The website is kind of bad, I preferred their old one but this is their official website.

https://oxen.io/

They're Australian too.

I really like their idea, the cryptocurrency is pretty awesome. The Loki Network is supposed to be their version of Tor which will support both TCP and UDP connections with, according to them, low enough latency that voice and video calls over the network will be possible. Session uses the Loki Network to transmit messages between users and hide their IP addresses, basically acting as Signal without a central server or a phone number requirement. In fact, Session is a fork of Signal.

Not trying to shill, I just genuinely love the idea behind it and think it's quite interesting.

Wait, I stand corrected. Oxen is now on CoinPayments and Coinbase. They are slowly growing outwards.

[true quest]

got this credit that i need to spend by october what to buy

[umbral knot]

crack

or depending on how much maybe some games

got no idea what games but I'm sure you could figure something out

if it lasted a little longer I would say 60HE

[true quest]

cant use for wooting stuff

tried but not allowed since wooting is EU and credit is murica only

[umbral knot]

oof rip

[tender sparrow]

So if it's for American goods only that drastically shortens the list

Could buy a Xbox Series S. Good emulation machine

[pale sigil]

I just noticed my WiFi name has a typo

Fuck fixing that xD

[reef patrol]

[pale sigil]

VNC is being a right nob lately

[misty saffron]

meth

[crisp granite]

another wooting, but from the NA store...

when they start stocking ISO models here

[misty saffron]

or flakka

in case you’re american

[vagrant elk]

I don't know what it is but System76 always has me crawling back to them for PopOS! It's like an addiction, maybe something to do with familiarity or the ease of use, I don't know. I do have a love-hate relationship with their new Cosmic interface though. On one hand it looks nice and is quite useful but on the other I'm extremely used to the old layout and the new icons they added to pull up the app menu and such kind of ruin the folder organisation I had going.

[halcyon moss]

nice

[vagrant elk]

Drakonen did you get an internet upgrade?

[halcyon moss]

finally bothered to plug in a network cable at the office. its even fairly busy atm.

[cursive summit]

Got brand new fiberglass connection, why is the upload still half the download

[halcyon moss]

nice

[cursive summit]

I guess it's an ISP thing, but not a single provider in my country offers upload that matches down

[timid chasm]

wtf Amazon https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B078NSDFSB/

Are we gonna end up like that short from Love Death and Robots season 2?

[pale sigil]

xD

[timid chasm]

for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVMoLvMrC8E

it's not the whole bit though

[wheat plume]

https://youtu.be/tJP4SuwEsfM

Some handy apps!

[wheat plume]

oo, its so smol

[young pecan]

I am so confused as to the placement there.

Top middle dropdown menu button.

It just looks so weird right in the middle like that.

Like a violation I never knew could exist.

[wheat plume]

you happy now?

[young pecan]

Woo!

[umbral knot]

that middle drop down does look wacky

[wheat plume]

xd

Ive never used Peek

When is Arch getting Gnome 41?!

[fair gull]

sumsang has some real cool menus in the dialer

[vagrant elk]

That channel has an amazing intro.

In other news I am extremely sleep deprived now due to the entire building doing fire alarm tests so I'll just live with 2-3 hours of sleep.

[wheat plume]

Intro? XD

it changes each episode lol

[vagrant elk]

"This is if you friend is cheating on you because they are stupid. Put a metronome near their bed."

Thanks baby WOGUE! Now I know how to annoy my roommates and probably get physically hurt because they both work out and won't let anyone in their rooms.

Their channel has pretty good thumbnails not going to lie.

[umbral knot]

reminds me of the time my dad bought a low power speaker that would whisper stuff at random intervals and scared the shit out of me when he hid kt in my room

[wheat plume]

O.o

[wheat plume]

thats....

evil af

[vagrant elk]

SUPER CUTE TEXTURE WITH NOISE MAYBE?
Luke Smith video appears in search results
Thanks DuckDuckGo 🙂

[ashen spindle]

ddg, the real savior of bing

[wheat plume]

I love babyWOGUE channel

His posts are interesting too but I prefer the videos

[vagrant elk]

I just like that he doesn't try to hide that he's a weeb.

[wheat plume]

:')

[vagrant elk]

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you Avanna, I can turn my PinePhone into a Black Arch install from Arch Linux by adding some repositories.

Would be kind of funny using a phone as a penetration testing device.

[wheat plume]

oh LOL

is it powerful enough to be used for that?!

[vagrant elk]

As long as the tool is terminal based it seems to work. It isn't the fastest but it can manage.

[wheat plume]

I see

[vagrant elk]

I just thought it was funny that there is a "Black Arch mod" in the PinePhone community which is supposed to be shrouded in mystery when in reality they just add a few repositories.

[wheat plume]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnWBfY8sizY

my fav BabyWOGUE video

[vagrant elk]

Thanks Plasma, I'm sure lots of people use widgets and that they aren't just left there for beginner developers to have something boring to work on.

I used to use widgets all the time when I was younger, mostly to show the time but the time is always shown at the top or bottom of environments anyway. Then again I did a Plasma install a couple years ago with no task bars so I needed widgets.

[wheat plume]

Clearly this person is new to the channel

[vagrant elk]

Those comments are extremely common any time a video uses text-to-speech.

[wheat plume]

My friend overheard the last video and asked who that is cause its sounds like an autotuned person

[vagrant elk]

I actually have known about that specific text-to-speech voice for years because Sodapoppin used it in all of his donations for years, I think he still uses it.

I can't remember what it's called though.

[ashen spindle]

ah yes my favorite part of work, compiling and laying on bed

someone give me a threadripper

[pale sigil]

Use your tax evasion methods to get one

[halcyon moss]

simple screen recorder is my only choice

[wheat plume]

its almost too thin for the USB port :O

[halcyon moss]

strange port selection

i dont see a usb-c

[shadow minnow]

Yeah. Usb c is nice. Also especially for charging

[swift dust]

could go with the framework laptop and pick your own ports

[wheat plume]

this is a 350 euro laptop

not going to have USB C

[earnest jay]

Also, Framework currently NA only for now, so it'll be a problem getting it into countries outside of NA.

[shadow minnow]

Tbh if I wanted to get a laptop I would probably go for M1 MacBook Air

Or if iPad Pro could run apps like Xcode

[wheat plume]

M1 is expensive AF for me unless I get a Mac Mini

[vapid zodiac]

or just build a pc

client laptop

[wheat plume]

I did build a pc!

I need a laptop for college that doesnt suck like my current one

[vapid zodiac]

then yeah just remote into it with your laptop

[wheat plume]

while at college

thats not a bad idea

but this house is prepay power so its fucking expensive to leave computers running constantly :/

[misty saffron]

well

they have swift playgrounds

[shadow minnow]

Not enough for most of stuff. Also playgrounds overall, some things from my experience don’t run in them well.

[fair gull]

how about

build one

like the dude who build his own gpu

[ashen spindle]

[shadow minnow]

[reef patrol]

https://twitter.com/NathanBLawrence/status/1443223625105092622

Nathan Lawrence 🌈 (@NathanBLawrence)

I am a connoisseur of weird robot vacuum issues, because they all seem to get at least one thing slightly wrong, but this might be my favorite.

I discover this happened almost every morning.

Retweets

671

Likes

2943

Twitter · Sep 29, 2021, 2:38 PM

[chrome estuary]

dear god discord added per server profile pictures

[reef patrol]

But only to the elite nitro members.

[chrome estuary]

I'd be mostly interested in per server Profile tags like the "about me" and stuff

[wheat plume]

I like CouchDB's web interface

[wheat plume]

I hate Windows CLI
You cant use ' so instead you need to use \ to escape any " that arent part of the command

[ashen spindle]

yeah, how dare windows use the character that's almost always used as the default escape character

did you never do any string handling via code that needed to escape characters?

[wheat plume]

Never heard of LeftWM before

but this config looks really pretty

[sage lodge]

what major

[wheat plume]

Software dev

[sage lodge]

ah ok then

does the college not offer/require a specific model

[wheat plume]

My current laptop is really fast
But only lasts about an hour on battery and it overheats easily and causes the fans to sound like a jet engine

So I could be sitting in a lecture
Open my browser and suddenly the fans ramp up

Not good

[sage lodge]

for reference i’m doing Electrical Engineering and the college required us to purchase (at a ridiculous discount) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 from them

[wheat plume]

O o

I've never heard of a college specifying a certain laptop before

[sage lodge]

only engineering and related majors here

so we all need the power that it has

[wheat plume]

THAT FUCKERS FOR AN OLED DISPLAY

Wow

[sage lodge]

the current freshmen got a 10750H processor with a Nvidia Quadro T1000 graphics card and full day battery (even running IDEs and compiling code) for around $2k

[sage lodge]

not the one I got but a fully loaded brand new one maybe

[wheat plume]

80Wh battery

Holy shit

The laptop I ordered is 50Wh

Idk my current one but it's already down to 44% health

[sage lodge]

yeah IPS displays on the ones we have

the key for ordering a laptop for anyone doing engineering or software dev or intensive load is getting one branded a “Mobile Workstation”

that means they intend for it to be not sat behind a desk all day and to be brought out to a job where power may not be available, and still do all the work… just like college

[wheat plume]

True true

[sage lodge]

also the other reason my college makes us buy the same laptop is so IT can actually do repairs on them (we’re in the middle of nowhere so if IT can’t, say bye to your laptop for 3 days minimum)

[wheat plume]

Meanwhile the college computers take 5 minutes to boot up
And an extra 3-5 minutes to login to the desktop once you've entered your login details

[vagrant elk]

Okay you're going to laugh at me but seriously consider this. Bring your charger with you and an extremely long extension cord. One of the people I was friends with (despite them constantly bullying me and saying mean things) did exactly that for his super old laptop because it was good enough to do the work, he just needed it to keep a charge.

Professors asked why he brought an extension cord to every class and once he explained that the battery didn't last without it the professors were fine with it as long as it was out of everyone's way and nobody tripped on it.

[sage lodge]

the cs classes literally tell us day 1 to bring 2 extra things: a mouse, and the laptop charger.

[vagrant elk]

We didn't have enough space for bringing mice but laptop chargers were highly recommended. We had chargers behind most seats so if you got a good seat your charger would be long enough. If you sat in the middle they weren't close enough so extension cords were needed.

[umbral knot]

I didn't know AMOLED screens could get burn in, I thought that was only on older crt screens but my Oneplus 7 pro has a burnt in finger print scanner

[astral haven]

Burn in is the only disadvantage of oleds...

[umbral knot]

oh well, I was probably going to get a new phone soon anyway this just adds to the list of reasons

[astral haven]

Microled hype

[empty wren]

Only cause the substrate is organic

[astral haven]

Nope

Substrate is irrelevant

Samsung panels haven't switched from glass

[umbral knot]

ugh I don't know what phone to replace it with tho

[astral haven]

Even the folding screens are glass on samsung

LG with their p-oleds are plastic

[astral haven]

S22 or pixel 6

[umbral knot]

is there a release date for the pixel 6 yet?

[empty wren]

No

Exact date

[astral haven]

Before Christmas for both 🤷‍♂️

[empty wren]

Really wish the pixel 6 was not gonna use cmos fingerprint scanner

[astral haven]

What

[empty wren]

They use a camera and brighten the area where it is

[astral haven]

🤷‍♂️ not particularly in love with my ultrasonic

[empty wren]

I get that one must have a good screen protector or plastic film but it is supposed to be meant to be more secure

[astral haven]

I don't have a screen protector

[empty wren]

Or that

[astral haven]

Still isn't as fast as my old rear mounted fingerprint sensor

I'm not sure why the rear mount was removed :/

[empty wren]

Probably will never be

[umbral knot]

I had a galaxy s8 before my one plus but could never use the rear mounted because my case would block my finger

[empty wren]

Water resistance is such a big deal and change for change

[astral haven]

The S8 put it in the wrong spot
I went through 2 cases before it worked perfectly

S9 fixed it

[astral haven]

That's irrelevant

Rear mount an ultrasonic if you are really concerned
But the old capacitives are also waterproof...

[empty wren]

To be honest most of them were already glued to the back

Also Google has good face unlock data

[astral haven]

Sloooow

I want it to be unlocked before it's out of my pocket like my s8 was

[empty wren]

Faster than you think with soli on

[empty wren]

To be honest fair

[astral haven]

I now use the keep unlocked with my smartwatch despite the security and it's still slower than my s8 was

I'd also be happy with a side fingerprint tho I'd be less happy about that because there's so much space on the back

[empty wren]

If anything that can be more secure, literally a wireless security key maybe not meant to be or built for that but whatever

[astral haven]

It's not

It's a Garmin watch so it's just using bluetooth

Which is very very long range (over 50 feet) and defconned to hell and back

[empty wren]

Oh wait sorry I misread that...

I thought it was like the apple watch feature

[astral haven]

It's similar but with non Samsung watches it's not secure

Also the keep awake with apple watch has also been defconned already even tho it's less than a year old

Bluetooth is noooot a secure protocol

[empty wren]

Well of course not

[astral haven]

Hope that people start using uwb for this purpose

[empty wren]

Speaking of that really dumb the Pixel 6 Pro only has ultra wide band

[astral haven]

Woooow

Yea my s21u has uwb but it's useless for now pretty much

They made it so many buttons to enable the find by camera feature (on the tag) that it's easier to just ring it

[empty wren]

They really want to use it huh

Well at least there is another example of a good use of AR

[astral haven]

Oh wait no they changed it
Now it just doesn't allow you to enable the ar searching unless you use the non ar searching for some amount of time???

Anyways time of flight security is best security

[empty wren]

Really now?

[astral haven]

Yup
It's tough to implement but it's foolproof

If you meet the req you are guaranteed to be within the specified distance

Speed of light is slow these days :P

[empty wren]

I believe LG used it in the G8

VeinID

[astral haven]

Doubt it

Oh no

That's just ir camera?

Near infrared yep

[empty wren]

Ah

[astral haven]

Time of flight security is throw out a result that takes too long to come back

But you do it on the order of nanoseconds

Datacenter do it on the order of microseconds but you need to be precise with wireless

Lol https://xkcd.com/2522

xkcd: Two-Factor Security Key

The bruises on my fingertips are my proof of work.

[empty wren]

😂

[empty wren]

If anyone could do it, Google could back in the day their phones sold few in between.

[astral haven]

Oh Google did it phone side

But I want it watch side

(any Android on 11 or higher is a 2fa key now)

[empty wren]

I meant the ToF system.

[astral haven]

Oh yea that's more tough

[empty wren]

That we will have to wait for, betting when they announce their watch it may have hardware 2FA

[astral haven]

Rn it's datacenter and financial exchange only

[empty wren]

Qualcomm also needs to release a new SoC for watches

[astral haven]

Pretty sure they've been releasing new ones every year

[empty wren]

Oh, I do not keep with my watches especially with how neglected android wear is

[astral haven]

Same

[empty wren]

Tizen might be fine

Not sure

[astral haven]

My Garmin is a watch released in 3017

2017

2 week battery, permanent always on display

[empty wren]

Is it lcd?

[astral haven]

Actual water depth rating

[astral haven]

Sorta
Transflexive

[empty wren]

Interesting

[old marlin]

they just slapped in 2 120mm coolers under the shroud

with the full housing and all

[vagrant elk]

Yeah, seems about right. It requires the least amount of research and development or changes to the shroud/fans which saves on costs.

[reef patrol]

And it's honestly a great solution. Dead fan? Pop in a new 120mm. No fiddling on eBay for some obscure fan model and waiting a month.

[old marlin]

ig

[reef patrol]

You and your zoomer slang. We don't need Instagram here.

[old marlin]

ig

[pale sigil]

I want that

So bad

[vagrant elk]

I have at least 6 Noctua fans sitting around so if I had a dead fan I could so easily replace one.

[pale sigil]

Idk why they kept the ugly theme tho

[old marlin]

if they have the right connector that is

[pale sigil]

Why not just black

[vagrant elk]

I stopped caring about the colour because my desktop is blacked out. No lights so I can't see inside and the GPU fan faces down anyway.

I guess if the fans are replaceable like a desktop fan then you can just swap them for black.

[misty saffron]

if only they actually tried to match the colors

yuck

[wheat plume]

LOL

[pale sigil]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrackWatch/comments/pygs53/crack_watchs_5th_birthday_special_message_to/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

[umbral knot]

[ashen spindle]

https://www.anandtech.com/show/16960/intel-loihi-2-intel-4nm-4 lets hope it wont be stuck at making these chips and we gets cpus on the process as planned

[old marlin]

Corsair Xeneon 32QHD165

lol

https://au.pcmag.com/monitors/89823/corsair-xeneon-32qhd165

corsair gets into monitors soon apparently

[ashen spindle]

yep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rDeRB1dvQo

already a top model for having a normal name finally

[crimson wigeon]

For now..

[ashen spindle]

next gen it will be X3N¿MAXmik42/5rgbV2

[chrome estuary]

I love the base of that thing

[old marlin]

too bad the panel seems to be shit

base looks shit as well imo

but ig subjective af

not like I would even consider using it

since arms are better

[ashen spindle]

? panel seems to be okay based on the hub video

maybe not for the price ig

[old marlin]

what

it performed okay at best

[ashen spindle]

yea

and okay for first try is not really what I'd call shit

[old marlin]

well

[ashen spindle]

especially with how bad something established things end up

[old marlin]

no reason to buy it

unless you are a corsair stan

in which case, why tf are you a corsair stan, stop it to help yourself

[ashen spindle]

local availability would be a valid reason

[old marlin]

eh

ig

most places where that is usually is a concern are not places where people buy 32 inch QHD 165hz monitors

[ashen spindle]

idk man, with some small regions like EU/NA sometimes not getting stock for competing models in forver due to suez canal stuck again or something

[old marlin]

lol

well ig

it becomes an option by then

or when it will be discounted heavily in 2 years

[ashen spindle]

also means its worth taking a look at future corsair monitors and not ignore them like for razor where it's unlikley to suddenly be good

[young pecan]

Ngl Corsair is sometimes pretty good.

It’s not exactly common, but when they make something good it ends up being really good.

[old marlin]

I mean yea

happens to a lot of companies

also don't know a good example

besides cheap mice for the eastern european market

a handful of cases ig

and uhhh

some ram sometimes?

[young pecan]

Corsair RAM is usually pretty good. And they have some actual knockout cases.

Scimitar Pro is also pretty good for MMOs.

[fair gull]

imma make a monitor

and aim for no color accuracy

horrible refresh rates

and low res

[old marlin]

nice

[fair gull]

oh and you get statically charged when touching the screen

[old marlin]

scimitar pro is an odd one

imo

far from terrible for sure

ah wait

nvm

scimitar pro

not uhhhh

sabre pro

[young pecan]

[old marlin]

scimitar pro side buttons are giga shit

just buy a naga

[young pecan]

Odd for sure, but I found it to be quite nice.

[old marlin]

like obv some people will prefer scimitar shape

[young pecan]

Tried Naga, something about the shape was weird.

[old marlin]

but the side buttons are suuuuper terrible

[young pecan]

Agreed.

Wooting mice when?

[old marlin]

won't happen

unless someone thinks out of the box

reminds me

new m65 has bs gyro "features"

[young pecan]

Why do they need to think outside the box?

Just... make a really good normal mouse that’s really good.

[old marlin]

ehhhhh