tech

[latent aurora]

it supports XP, Vista and Win7

and I saw on many forums it's NOT a good Idea using them on windows 8 and higher

[flat grove]

shouldn't be a problem on win 10 then
unless the installer or the program at startup has a check that only allows specific versions

and I saw on many forums it's NOT a good Idea using them on windows 8 and higher
why?

[latent aurora]

Because the Adapters aren't recognised then or the software may be pretty unstable or doesn't work even

[flat grove]

so install the drivers for the adapter that are compatabile with win 8 / 10 then

[latent aurora]

well, he can't give me them, that's okay and even if, I don't have a car what I could "test"

so yeah, I just have to work on theory, he has to work with my theory then

so yeahhh, I prefer being on the safe side instead of making more problems as needed though

[flat grove]

well, then go ahead and try setting up a vm. But always keep in mind that passing through adapters is a pain.
Which hypervisor are you going to use? Oracle VBox? Hyper-V? VMWare?

[latent aurora]

I will try first Hyper-V, that is pretty easy to set up for me, VMWare would have been my second opinion then 😄

[flat grove]

hyper-v sounds fine, especially if the maching rune win10 pro natively

[latent aurora]

it will

I don't use home versions neither I ever used them 😄

[wide temple]

I'd find it hard to believe that Windows 10 isn't supported on that. I've installed 10 on systems that are half my age and I'm quite old

[dusty timber]

I have Win 10 installed on a 16 yo notebook

[latent aurora]

Well, it's not that the PC can run it

[hasty nova]

I have windows 8 on my phone

[tiny niche]

At first I was confused when I read that, but then I remembered that my fibre internet technician came to me with a brick of a laptop with Windows to run a VM with another Windows version (one of these was Windows 7 I believe) to do some magic on the line and installing the modem. And there I was thinking FTTH was new technology 🙈

[distant sparrow]

There are literally people on Youtube installing Windows 10 on Pentium IIIs and stuff, so I guess it just depends how determined you are.

[distant zodiac]

He using software like Kess, etc?
It's the adaptors that have driver issues. He could try an internet browser that isn't Chromium based, that could be your issue

[latent aurora]

Well, no, it's not that software. And I can't tell you which one, as I have an agreement with him 😅 but I will try these days to back everything up, make a clean install with win10 pro, enables hyper-x or install VMWare and use the old OS as installation for the VM afterwards. Gladly I have the Adapter between Car & Computer with me, so I can pass it thru pretty easily 😄

[distant zodiac]

Likely ripped software and very common in alot of garages tbh since software is extortionately expensive unfortunately. Windows XP is actually the more common OS for most garages for the exact reason of compatibility. Not that I'd recommend it, but has he tried downgrading to XP and installing the unofficial patches, etc.

When I had a car which had constant issues, I had an old laptop, obd adaptor and software (forscan, elmconfig and foccus). My old laptop fried itself, getting the drivers to work for the adaptor on windows 10 was a proper pain. Ended up having to ask the manufacturer for an updated driver which took weeks to even get a reply. They had a driver, and a dodgy way of installing it by allowing unsigned drivers, etc. It did work, but by then I got rid of the car lol

The software itself ran no problems, just the adaptor which has issues on win10

[latent aurora]

Well, he didn't tried XP yet, but I guess, XP is worser than Win 7 as XP is unsupporter for longer and most probably easier to attack as win7 though. But now I keep on using win10 as main, win7 for the two softwares he has to use. I just hope, that does work then 😄

[distant zodiac]

He could try Opera, that tends to work on anything

[latent aurora]

No browser worked actually, no firefox, no chrome, no opera, nothing. Just internet Explorer

it was a pain to read anything on it lol

[distant zodiac]

Nearly 30w charging with a usb cable. Cable itself is warm now lol

I assume the full 30w charging is being lost in heat, with the cable warming up.

[spiral yew]

i've never had a usb cable get warm but i have had the connector get warm if that is what you are talking about

[distant zodiac]

The entire cable is warm, both connectors are really hot. Reading on OnePlus forums this apparently is normal lol

[jolly shoal]

cheap imported chinease shady cable

there only cables iv ever witness over heat

nevr rgenuine cables and i running a usb extender on my laptop its a 1-4 extension usb3.0

[fast anchor]

Never use cheap imported cables

I learnt this the hard way

The connector heads break off the cable and end up stuck in your device

[maiden coyote]

https://twitter.com/CDPROJEKTRED/status/1359048125403590660

CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED)

Important Update

Twitter · Feb 9, 2021, 7:54 AM

[distant sparrow]

sounds like the attackers are doing some stock market manipulation

[deep current]

Something im doing (not via hacking but via trading in things the stock market didnt expect)

[distant sparrow]

I very much doubt that given that stock market manipulation is illegal

[agile ermine]

doing unexpected stuff on your own isn't manipulation, it's called losing money

unless you're billionaire, which means you could invest enough money at once to modify the value of a stock

[brittle mountain]

sounds like karma for shafting their userbase

[jolly shoal]

btc gunna hit 100-200k in 2021 haha for real

[dusty timber]

Oh damn, GWENT source code from the leak ^ has been released

[distant sparrow]

really?

[brittle mountain]

link to the story here: https://cybernews.com/news/cyberpunk-2077-maker-cd-projekt-red-gwent-source-code-leaked-after-ransomware-attack/

[spiral yew]

https://static.displate.com/857x1200/displate/2020-11-24/e5bb8684a75715801c2c485865121416_b65c062bba21845921cc5607a9e59973.jpg

[swift plaza]

can anyone help me with my laptop

it's about that i want to put more color and contrast up due my laptop put it very down for no reason

[jolly shoal]

try advanced display setting

once in settings search fotr contrast etc

[noble sigil]

[sour phoenix]

[ashen ore]

[spiral yew]

that feeling when one of the ports on your wifi modem/router fails and you don't have smart lighting anymore

[simple cairn]

First world problems right there 😂

[nova agate]

Which is better for dashboards on mobile? SimHub or SIM Dashboard?

[spiral yew]

i use the ingame dashboard

[west dagger]

I like Sim dashboard more

[brittle mountain]

streamdeck

[brittle mountain]

its amazing for interactive macros

tho the mini and the xl are overpriced af

physical buttons > touchscreen

if you factor in the cost of the phone you're putting sim dashboard on, doesn't seem so overpriced anymore

i paid 70 euros for the normal (15 buttons) version

a Corsair K90 something full macro keyboard would've been 200+ euros

so, for me at least, 70 bucks was quite cheap

plus, my wife loves her ETS/ATS binds on the streamdeck

to each their own

[west dagger]

Physical buttons can sometimes be easier for me

More like you don’t have to look carefully

[brittle mountain]

used to have the Roccat alternative to sim dashboard on my phone, could never figure out if i actually touched a macro or not

kinda rude and language like that doesn't belong here

[west dagger]

It’s normal language in #general

[brittle mountain]

end of conversation on my end then, i'm too old to have to deal with disrespectful people

[nova agate]

ngl I would prefer to use Stream Deck as a button box because of its versatility with other programs as well as its folders.

but I already own a Saitek side panel from my Farming Simulator days so I don't need a button box atm

[modest rampart]

I mean he's right

[mighty vine]

Certainly not you

[modest rampart]

[smoky flax]

Yeah, just don't use too much at once

[spiral yew]

you talking about thermal pads?

oh those

yea those should work

just make sure you clean the block and the cpu

[mighty vine]

A grain of rice should be enough

[spiral yew]

you don't want it oozing out the sides when you apply pressure

don't do this

if the thermal paste came with one then yea

you want it to look like that

[dense crystal]

You also want to be very careful with those pins

[spiral yew]

yea the pins are very fragile

don't force it

[dense crystal]

I found one with bent pins

[spiral yew]

if the cpu doesn't drop in the slot something is wrong

[sinful monolith]

posting gore like that

[spiral yew]

oh hey 3v

[dense crystal]

I didn’t do this, just found it like that

[sour phoenix]

This

[dense crystal]

I take good care of my pc

Don’t worry

I don’t even know what happened to that. Looks as if someone was messing about and dropped it or maybe tried taking it out with a screw driver

[spiral yew]

looks more like it was dropped

[dense crystal]

Yeah, pls don’t think I did this, just showing an example of bent cpu pins

[spiral yew]

ape if you think that is bad there is one pic i saw that is even worse

[dense crystal]

The cpu is probably older then me tho

[spiral yew]

this even worse ape

[dense crystal]

Oh no

That’s not where thermal paste goes

Intel Celeron from 02

I was born in 06 btw

[spiral yew]

thanks for making me feel old ape i graduated in 06

[dense crystal]

Oof

[spiral yew]

rip cpu and motherboard

ohhhhh noo nooo nooo not mayo

[dense crystal]

How can you be that dumb

Was that AMD. I saw something that says AMD has the pins on the actual tray, not the CPU

[spiral yew]

https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/6cw46y/i_dont_really_think_mayonnaise_should_be_there/

[dense crystal]

Cooler master I believe

Thermal paste from the air cooler box

I have the hyper 212 I believe

[spiral yew]

i also have the 212 evo

[dense crystal]

It’s a good cooler

[spiral yew]

i've never gone above 70c with the 212 evo

[dense crystal]

Same here I think. I don’t really track the temps but I’ve never smelt burning so that’s good

The temp on my gpu tho 📈

[spiral yew]

my gpu is 140F right now

57c at idle

[dense crystal]

What Cpu do you have?

[spiral yew]

i7-6700

[dense crystal]

I5 4670k

What gpu tho

[spiral yew]

want a i9-10 series but not paying extortion prices for it

[dense crystal]

Gtx 960 4 GB

[spiral yew]

forgot to change one of the monitors when i updated the list

[dense crystal]

Did you upgrade to a 212 evo as well

[spiral yew]

no i've had the 212 evo for a while

[dense crystal]

Cooler master N600?

[spiral yew]

yea a old school case

[dense crystal]

Oh sorry lol

[spiral yew]

i cared more about airflow than looks

[dense crystal]

Thought that was the cooler

I’m kinda dumb

[dense crystal]

I have that same one upstairs

[spiral yew]

the front is all mesh

[dense crystal]

Used as a cloud server

[spiral yew]

thought about getting this https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Categories/Products/Cases/Mid-Tower-ATX-Cases/5000D-AIRFLOW-Tempered-Glass-Mid-Tower-ATX-PC-Case/p/CC-9011210-WW

i have plenty of case fans for that case

only problem is the case doesn't have enough front usb ports

possibility

not sure but i have used one when i play ats/ets2

my wheel is connected directly to one of the front usb ports

i use the hub for my button boxes

i can go take one

[lunar crystal]

Oof

Too much

[spiral yew]

ricky that's for gpu

my cpu is 23c

[dense crystal]

Around 43 for me while playing games

[lunar crystal]

Too much also for GPU in idle

[mighty vine]

You're looking for a case?

[lunar crystal]

Mine goes with fanless mode, so I have like 60 degrees while I’m playing and 30-27 idle

[spiral yew]

yea mine also has a fanless mode

[dense crystal]

What does that mean

[lunar crystal]

The fans don’t work till 60 degrees

[spiral yew]

the fans don't move unless it hits a certain temp

[dense crystal]

Oh yeah I probably have that too

[lunar crystal]

I have MSI RTX 2070 Gaming Z btw

[dense crystal]

GeForce GTX 960

4GB

[spiral yew]

i have a 1080ti

[lunar crystal]

I don’t think you have the fanless profile

[spiral yew]

ricky mine is also overclocked

[dense crystal]

Idk. It doesn’t turn on until a certain point

[lunar crystal]

Same

[dense crystal]

My laptop overheats like hell

[spiral yew]

https://derekspearedesigns.com/oval-champ.html this is what i use for my button box

[dense crystal]

It actually shuts off halfway through and then I get a message from the BIOS saying that the temp was over 90•F

And I have to point a external fan on it to keep it from glitching.

[lunar crystal]

Try to change thermal paste or clean the dust

[spiral yew]

ape man you need better airflow

all glass cases are good for looks but suck at airflow

[lunar crystal]

Isn’t true btw

[spiral yew]

well it depends on how they are made

[lunar crystal]

There are good glass cases with good airflow

[spiral yew]

glass cases are good if all you use is watercooling

[dense crystal]

I’m talking about my crappy laptop btw

I rarely use it

I have a thermal take case and it has mesh so I’d say it’s got good airflow

[lunar crystal]

Not true

[dense crystal]

Thermal take H200 RGB

[lunar crystal]

Good one

[spiral yew]

cases like this are ewww https://www.corsair.com/medias/sys_master/images/images/h1f/hcf/9584653860894/base-4000x-rgb-config/Gallery/4000X_BLACK_01/-base-4000x-rgb-config-Gallery-4000X-BLACK-01.png_515Wx515H

[lunar crystal]

I like it

[dense crystal]

You probably won’t like mine then

It’s basically that but less rgb

[lunar crystal]

This is my favorite

[dense crystal]

And it’s got mesh everywhere basically

Yeah, looks like those filters

[spiral yew]

like where's the front intake?

[lunar crystal]

On the other side

[dense crystal]

Also filters out the dust I believe

There is an intake on the bottom as well I believe

[lunar crystal]

Yep

[mighty vine]

I have a bequiet Pure Base 500 with a tempered glass window

[stuck grove]

When the cellulars better than the wifi

[atomic basin]

Basically everywhere in Australia

[stuck grove]

HAHAH

Australia

[sinful monolith]

basically Germany too

[stuck grove]

HAHAH

Germany

But is it as fast in Germany and Australia?

[sinful monolith]

fast enough

gets close to 300 on a good day

a bit lower than above on worse days

[stuck grove]

In one place or constant

[remote estuary]

Good enough for me, living in the countryside, very low residential area

I pay for a 200/20 but FTTC limits when it comes to distance to cabinet

[remote estuary]

I get 200/40 with mobile data

[swift plaza]

can anyone help with an hack attack

[dense crystal]

basically US too

@stuck grove Ah hey, we have the same ISP

[dense crystal]

shut off the pc. maybe they will lose access

[swift plaza]

i did

i am now just spectating what is gonna happen next if it gonna turn on again or not

[west dagger]

Starting to get jealous of your WiFi speeds

[stuck grove]

get an antivirus on a usb stick and then unplug yout router. or try starting up to your boot menu

[dense crystal]

how's Xfinity working for you, Taco?

[spiral yew]

rammstein a easier solution would've been to disconnect the internet cable

[sand valley]

What's a good recommended steering wheel for ATS? with pedals obviously

preferably one that doesn't need a shifter

[kindred vapor]

I'm using the Thrustmaster T300 RS GT (with TH8 shifter, but thats optional) - i'm quite happy with it.

[tiny niche]

Depends a bit on where you live though. In big cities I guess this holds true since there is almost full 4G coverage for all providers while DSL sucks, at least in my city (except for my apartment building which has 5G coverage and fibre sticking out of my second floor apartment wall 🙈 built in 2017 so that's why).
But in smaller cities like where my parents live, they get decent internet up to 250/40 while there is no 4G reception at the house from the same provider. So in general in smaller cities and rural areas the mobile coverage is not perfect while at least DSL tends to be better

[remote estuary]

It depends really, mobile data is the only choice in rural areas sometimes. You can also get "radio fiber" internet with satellite dish type of equipment, which I had for a while.

[dusty timber]

Grab one of these then https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1a2K9ZgNA

[remote estuary]

Ye those basically, but mine were using older technology, speed of max 100mbps

Or at least that is what the ISP used to, well, provide to people

[swift plaza]

i will try

[swift plaza]

well to late

[clever spire]

How come the upload is so slow

[distant sparrow]

they limit it

Most people don't need more than 10mbps

[deep current]

Exept gamers lmao

[tiny niche]

I did use ~30 Mbps upload regularly a while back for streaming, 10 Mbps is quite limiting imo

[distant sparrow]

there's definitely some use to higher upload speeds, but those use cases (at the moment) are in the minority

[agile ermine]

still, that's a very low limit... that's VDSL level of upload speed...

[stuck grove]

it was lower

[remote estuary]

We get up to 30mbps upload with VDSL here

And up to 300mbit up, with FTTH for consumers and even symmetrical 1gbit for businesses

[tiny niche]

The highest I can have as a consumer here is 1000/200. It comes at a great price of 80€ per month

[latent aurora]

It's definitely cheaper than mine

I'd pay 75€ for 500/50Mbit

[tiny niche]

Yeah, I could get 500/100 for 60€, but 250/50 and below is where the discounts start

[hexed lion]

oof those prices

i pay 8 euros for 1000/1000 lol

[distant sparrow]

That sounds incredible value. Where I live, many people are paying for Starlink, which is $100 for 150/25 (and that's the theoretical maximum, so it's actually less).

[frozen mantle]

Starlink is one of the coolest ideas tbh

[brittle mountain]

welcome to east EU, where you can get gigabit fiber for around 10 euros

actual speed is around 980 down and 850-ish up

[tiny niche]

They laid down fibre all the way up to my apartment and the technician said I have my very own line up to the ISP. It kinda makes me think that if they charge me 35€/mo. for 100/50 but can offer me 1000/200 for 80€ even though that wouldn't change much for them on the technical side apparently since they can't overbook that line, it's a bit overpriced 🙈 but well I'm no expert on that topic so I could be missing something. I'm just happy to have a super stable connection, 4 ms ping in speedtests and 8-9 ms to TruckersMP servers, I don't really need more speed tbh. 😁

[remote estuary]

We pay 25-30 for 1000/200-300 here

You can also request a dedicated FTTH, just for you but it costs 1000€+ per month

[dusty timber]

approx. 6 eur for 100/100 here, might have 8-10 eur for ~500/~500, but they cannot run down the CAT6 cable for me 😦

[remote estuary]

I have 6A

[dusty timber]

I'd be fine with fiber as well, I have a Mikrotik router with SFP cage

[distant sparrow]

[distant sparrow]

These prices just seem insanely good. In the UK, you'd be paying £40-50 for a connection like that, and that's assuming the necessary GFast infrastructure is in place.

[turbid vapor]

cries in old DSL at 7 down and under 1 up

[hexed lion]

@distant sparrow no reason to doubt

[latent aurora]

I don't doubt the Speed, I just doubt the Price for the speed lol

[hexed lion]

That's the price in romanian lei

40 lei

Convert 🙂

[distant sparrow]

Ok that is just insane for 1000/500

[hexed lion]

It's actually 1000/1000. They removed the limit a few months ago

On the site it still says the same tho for some reason

Rumours are they're preparing for 2GB and that's why they removed the 500 limit but idk

[weak wasp]

Hey guys, I've been having some issues lately with my pc: whenever I download something either through epic games or steam, for some reason there is no desktop icon.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue???

[dusty timber]

Do you have any desktop icons though?

[weak wasp]

Yeah

Its just when I download via Epic or Steam

@dusty timber

lemme send a screenshot

I chose the option to create a desktop icon when downloading Raceroom for example and this is what happened

[hidden shell]

What is the file extension of this file

[marble forge]

you must have accidentally set .url files to be always opened with notepad

that's how it should look like. Right click on that file, "Open with" -> "choose other app"

[weak wasp]

ok I'll try that and let you know

[stuck grove]

we get a good deal with like 60 usd a month for our internet and our landline included

[distant sparrow]

Have you seen the prices that people have been paying above?

10 dollars usd for gigabit is ridiculously good value

[gleaming parrot]

And im told that 40 bucks worth of Huf is a market leading deal for 500/20

And not even on optical just simple coax

[distant sparrow]

I mean it isn't particularly interesting for most people how their connection is delivered.

I'd take 300/30 over GFast accelerated FTTC compared to 150/10 cable any day of the week.

[stuck grove]

i mean i live in a moderately expensive area so those prices are pretty good

[candid oak]

hi just a quick question. if i buy a 8gb ram, and i install in on my pc does it automaticaly store the ram?

[clever spire]

Store the RAM? What do you mean?

[candid oak]

i mean like

[distant sparrow]

if you install it correctly and your motherboard and OS support it, it should automatically be recognised

[candid oak]

i already have 4gb ram and if i put the 8gb ram will it be 12gb ram

[candid oak]

oh oka

[spiral yew]

don't mix ram sticks of different brands and ratings

[candid oak]

ok

[mighty vine]

I mixed brands once and they worked

[hexed lion]

of course they worked. there's no real problem in mixing brands of ram. hell even mixing different speeds works, it's just not ideal

either of them

[dusty timber]

https://blog.lastpass.com/2021/02/changes-to-lastpass-free/

Really? lol

Migrate to Bitwarden, everyone

[distant sparrow]

mixing different brands is bad now?

[dusty timber]

Not bad, but not recommended

[stuck grove]

my 3200 mhz ram only runs at 2666 mhz

[turbid vapor]

Oof, was it set to 3200 in the bios?

[distant sparrow]

sometimes there is a limit from the cpu

[turbid vapor]

When I built my PC, I failed to checked the supported speed ratings of my mobo

But doesn't matter, I can still run it at slightly lower speed

[gleaming parrot]

my old B450 had the same problem it somehow didn't support anything between 2666 and 3200 and since ryzen 5 2600 only supports up to 2933 i had to run a 3600 kit at 2666

[sour phoenix]

That's why you do your homework before buying PC parts

[turbid vapor]

[stuck grove]

ive tried and in the bios it legit only goes to 2666

and the weird thing is i got it prebuilt and it came with 8 gigs of 3000 mhz ram

[turbid vapor]

Wow, waste of money then for getting ram at that speed

[agile ermine]

what's the cpu and mobo?

[sinful monolith]

probably just haven't enabled XMP (if Intel CPU) or whatever AMD calls it

[stuck grove]

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-xtreme-gaming-desktop-intel-core-i5-9600kf-8gb-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-super-1tb-hdd-240gb-ssd-black/6400455.p?skuId=6400455

[gleaming parrot]

if i had to guess that has an h series chipset mobo

[agile ermine]

that doesn't tells me what's the motherboard

but if it's not a Z390 motherboard (which is most likely the case because Cyberpower), your ram speed will be locked at 2666MHz, because intel

[gleaming parrot]

it might be an msi b365m mortar

[agile ermine]

too fancy

[gleaming parrot]

based on newegg pics

[agile ermine]

probably some kind of stupid H310 motherboard

[gleaming parrot]

$86 tho

msi has ddr4 boost so the brand is fixed

okay nvm i call bs on the pics

12pin eps on a single connector

yea if the pics are anything trustable the bottom right two vertical satas are only on b365 boards

idk prebuilts might as well have custom boards that we will never find on pcpartpicker

[stuck grove]

@gleaming parrot

[brittle mountain]

weird, my wife's R5 2600 runs 3200 CL16 without any issues

[sinful monolith]

from the page

[sinful monolith]

that mobo only supports 2666 / 2400 / 2133

[dense crystal]

Did you know that Lotion is a good alternative to thermal paste

I watched a video and it performed better than regular thermal paste

[dusty timber]

That's not true

[gleaming parrot]

lmao if that was true there would be no need for thermal paste

[dusty timber]

https://youtu.be/9xncum0d4Vk

[gleaming parrot]

Łájnösz

[stuck grove]

yet it came with 3000 ram

[agile ermine]

probably because it was a bit cheaper

or because they don't know what they're doing, that's also a possibility

[sinful monolith]

sounds like false advertising to sell a prebuilt with 3000 memory that can't do 3000

[distant sparrow]

I mean technically it's accurate

the computer has 3000 memory

if they claimed that the memory runs at 3000, then that could be

[sinful monolith]

Here's your new car with top speed of 200 km/h, but you can't go faster than 120 km/h or the body of the car will fall off

Didn't lie, the engine and wheels can do it

[distant sparrow]

I think it's a bit more like saying these are 200km/h wheels

they're rated for up to 200km/h, but that doesn't mean every car can run them @ 200km/h

[sinful monolith]

that isn't up to

[candid oak]

how do you see that

idk how

[sinful monolith]

in taskmgr

[candid oak]

oka

[distant sparrow]

Still correct technically

[dusty timber]

Working on something useful and open-sourced

[hexed lion]

that looks really nice

[hexed lion]

[brittle mountain]

it actually dropped last night in about 8 countries at the same time for around 3 minutes

[hexed lion]

Pretty sure you mean cities and yeah i know, i was one of them lol

[brittle mountain]

no, countries

among them being Romania, Bulgary, Hungary

[dusty timber]

https://youtu.be/gm0b_ijaYMQ

I hope that's tech related as well 🙂

At least, she has my name on it

Aaaand landed!

[deep current]

Cant wait to see this pic reposted everywhere on social media 😩

[frozen mantle]

Why did you ruin it :slap:

[dusty timber]

[proper cliff]

[latent aurora]

That's awesome! 😄

How did you do that though?

[dusty timber]

https://tenor.com/view/magic-shia-labeouf-snl-skit-fingers-gif-4860090

[proper cliff]

I need this CJ 😭

[dusty timber]

[mighty vine]

🤔

[distant sparrow]

Protecting their identity

[remote estuary]

That's really nice CJ

[dusty timber]

Uploaded to the stores, waiting for a review

[mighty vine]

What did CJ do?

[dusty timber]

Bugs

[distant sparrow]

Even so, it's an additional layer of protection.
I'm sure most people wouldn't want their steam friends sharing their profile to 4271+ members.

[dusty timber]

I am using this screenshot in store, so yeah

[dusty timber]

https://forum.truckersmp.com/index.php?/topic/102560-truckersmp-steam-helper/

[distant sparrow]

Really useful CJ. Thanks so much for the new feature!

My only question is: how soon is soon?

[dusty timber]

idk, for Firefox is is 47 out of 53 in queue

It is unknown for the Chrome though

[distant sparrow]

ah nice! It definitely will be really useful!

[karmic swallow]

Looks awesome! Btw the firefox link links to the Russian version of their website.

[dusty timber]

It is not yet released so yeah, I will change them as it gets available

[distant sparrow]

You could probably just change the ru to en

[sinful monolith]

you can just remove it and it'll redirect to the user's locale.

[dusty timber]

Chrome release is live! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/truckersmp-steam-helper/lodcclicinbifbajhlapkolpedcjgbme

[sour phoenix]

Waiting for Firefox

[distant sparrow]

Just installed it. Working really well, even on Microsoft Edge 😄

[remote estuary]

Something is weird on my side, can't click friends and they only show up as IDs

I see the groups

[dusty timber]

How do you mean?

[remote estuary]

Not sure if I should send a screenshot about it

[dusty timber]

You can send in my DM

[dusty timber]

Firefox is approved as well! https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/truckersmp-steam-helper/

@distant sparrow

[distant sparrow]

I didn't realise it showed the bans too, it must use a lot of the API request

[distant sparrow]

@dusty timber I'll be sure to try it on Firefox too

[dusty timber]

It doesn't show the bans, but the bans count.

It is in player endpoint already, so no bans endpoint request.

[distant sparrow]

I meant it showed the current ban status.
It's pretty cool what you can do with the player endpoint.

[dusty timber]

[sour phoenix]

Works really well CJ

Thanks

[west phoenix]

Very

It can give some interesting results tho, like these unclickable profile links

[gleaming parrot]

okay so remember when gpus were in stock

now it costs $1632 worth of HUF to get a 5700xt

[dusty timber]

It was the case with Falco as well, it turned out as a Steam fault

[mighty vine]

GPUs in stock?

https://c.tenor.com/fym4GQjsCRcAAAAM/kekwtf.gif

[gleaming parrot]

made a funi with hungarian gpu prices

[brittle mountain]

1660 Super are now in stock here
they used to be around 200 euros, now they are 400-500 euros

[sand valley]

good thing i got my 1660 super for 230€

[gleaming parrot]

i got a used strix 1060 for $170 about two months ago

[mighty vine]

I got a 1650 Super for €200 back in January

[deep current]

I suppose this is for the steam websites and not the steam app?

[latent aurora]

Exactly, Max

[deep current]

K

I never use steams website lmao

[spiral yew]

yea i also never use the website

[dusty timber]

https://youtu.be/4czjS9h4Fpg

Unbelievable.

It's freaking 4K

[deep current]

so thats where the 500k spare budget went

[dense crystal]

Oh wait

[devout jacinth]

can someone send m a good steering wheel for somewhat cheap

[clever spire]

Logitech DFGT

[devout jacinth]

ty

[devout jacinth]

question, is it this?

and does it support pc?

[clever spire]

Yes and yes, I used to use one myself

[devout jacinth]

is it good?

[clever spire]

For the price I paid at £15 I don't think it can be beaten

[devout jacinth]

ill go look at ebay

[devout jacinth]

can i get any better than this? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Logitech-Driving-Force-GT-DFGT-Sequential-Gears-Shift-Paddles/402367953986?hash=item5daeffbc42:g:FgsAAOSwrmBfPNYJ

[clever spire]

Probably not

Oh, those are just the paddles

[devout jacinth]

oh-

cant real

lol

more or less better? https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOGITECH-DRIVING-FORCE-FEEDBACK-RACING-STEERING-WHEEL-PEDALS-PS2-PLAYSTATION-2/303882883321?epid=97153990&hash=item46c0d4d0f9:g:4nYAAOSwGaRgJaUQ

[clever spire]

Looks crap but I've never used it. It's not the same thing if that's what you're asking

[devout jacinth]

no I understand

its cheaper

than anything else

cant find any goood ones

good*

yep theres nothing

[raven dome]

Is this good

@devout jacinth

[devout jacinth]

kinda looks offbrand lol

[raven dome]

Yeah but will it work with ats real question

[devout jacinth]

pc compatible

?

[raven dome]

It says it is

[devout jacinth]

i think my dad wont let me buy it :/

[raven dome]

Which one the one I sent rn

[devout jacinth]

ya

[raven dome]

Oh

Why

[devout jacinth]

ive spent so much recentlyu lol

[raven dome]

Oh

[clever spire]

Don't spend $80 on that, it'll probably only have 180 degrees of rotation with no FFB

[raven dome]

Nope

[devout jacinth]

ok, do you have anything good on ebay or somin for like 30-50?

[clever spire]

It says vibration there so it definitely has no FFB

[raven dome]

It has 270

[devout jacinth]

and btw any u guys got good truckersmp mods?

[clever spire]

270 is still poor, the DFGT has 900

Look on sites like ebay and gumtree and you'll find a DFGT cheaper

[raven dome]

Bruh.

[clever spire]

What? It looks terrible

[devout jacinth]

like i sadi

[devout jacinth]

do ya

?

[clever spire]

Off brand wheels are rarely good

[raven dome]

Ok if u have a budget u won't care

[clever spire]

You can't use mods on TMP except Promods and whatever season mod is currently being used

DFGT is cheaper and better

[raven dome]

But if u don't u would not care and get the most experience

[devout jacinth]

can i have a dfgt for like 30?

[clever spire]

Maybe, you will have to find out yourself. I got mine for £15 like I said so it's possible

[devout jacinth]

where'd ya find it

[clever spire]

Gumtree

[devout jacinth]

im in the us

damn

lemme check facebook

[raven dome]

Yeah

Check Facebook market place

[devout jacinth]

this just comes up lol

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3863375973685656/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined

[raven dome]

😂

U are looking for a wheel not a car

[devout jacinth]

lol

1 min

i could as for a better offer

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/419479599165284/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined

this doesnt seem bad

[raven dome]

Don't mind if I do

Just bought it

Lol

[devout jacinth]

lol

[raven dome]

Its a joke

I won't

[devout jacinth]

ik

nvm

i cant buy it

[raven dome]

Y

[devout jacinth]

my dad ownt let me :/

wont*

[raven dome]

Oh

How much have u spent that he won't let u

[devout jacinth]

well bday money

and i mean

its been a couple months

[raven dome]

Oh ok

[spiral yew]

tha heck did you do?

[vocal tulip]

[brittle mountain]

that is a very nice PNY 3060 and only 34.99

[sinful monolith]

an unconventional cooler that needs a massive case, but might be worth the price

[gleaming parrot]

Never heard of an external gpu?
People are dumb smh my head

[sour phoenix]

[halcyon rune]

What this button does?

[latent aurora]

Suppress Windows Keys like WIN + E/R/L, etc.

it's basically a Gaming Mode

[halcyon rune]

i see ty

useless for me tho

[latent aurora]

It's not different for me 😄

[spiral yew]

so that's where all the RTX's went

[mighty vine]

[sterile crypt]

Mouse wheel just broke 😩 any suggestions on what mouse I should get?

[mighty vine]

Razer Deathadder V2

[sterile crypt]

Welp, just now ordered a G502 wireless because the lack of a mouse wheel is getting more annoying by the second.

Main 2 things I'm looking at is wireless and having 8+ buttons

[sinful monolith]

G502 is solid

[deep current]

Still runs cyberpunk on 50 fps max

[frozen mantle]

Sli isn’t really supported any more by most games so could be a possibility

[agile ermine]

and these cards aren't even running in SLI anyways

you can't have more than 2 cards in SLI since last gen, too

[frozen mantle]

[sand valley]

any websites where i can build a custom gaming laptop?

[mighty vine]

https://www.xidax.com/

[gleaming parrot]

laptops are not as customizable as desktop pcs. I suggest you check out multiple brands (dell,hp,razer...etc) and compare their prices/performance in your budget. If you want to save a few bucks used laptops can be a way to go too, but be careful with that. if you find some laptops that you like or you have a budget limit we might be able to help you

[mighty vine]

Razer

They are Origin PC's but for laptop

[gleaming parrot]

still a laptop

[mighty vine]

Yeah

[agile ermine]

PCSpecialist, that's where I bought my laptop

[brittle mountain]

you can "DIY" a custom laptop from Clevo

[agile ermine]

not the highest quality, but the prices are really good if you want to spec a powerful laptop

yeah, Clevo is similar

[frozen mantle]

That’s why I love apple

Sure not the best but their build quality and customer service

https://tenor.com/view/perfect-sigourney-weaver-amazing-solid-great-gif-4604337

Last time I had to call apple about an issue, they asked me what genre of music I’d like to here while on hold

[sour phoenix]

What about the price you pay

Disconnected battery cable? 999$ please

[frozen mantle]

You do pay a premium yes

[sour phoenix]

anyways

i dont want to start an android vs apple war xD

[frozen mantle]

I wasn’t talking about their phones, that’s a different story

[latent aurora]

Apple is pretty expensive, yes, that's true. But their customer service, is pretty good. Well, I don't had a problem since I have my iPhone, also with my old S9+ not. But every brand has their pros and cons.

[frozen mantle]

But on the computer side they can be quite competitively priced

Bruh

You spec an iMac, then find me a pc with a same quality display, speakers, accessories and build quality pls

[distant sparrow]

Every product has a failure rate, no matter the build quality

Even the best product is going to have faulty units and dissatisfied customers. These people are usually in the minority, however they're usually the most vocal with their displeasure, so it can skew the perception of the product

[frozen mantle]

True lmao

[distant sparrow]

with any comparable systems, you don't get MacOS (at least not legally)

[frozen mantle]

True

And shock horror.. it’s free

[hidden shell]

Well it's free cause it only runs on their own hardware 😜

[dusty timber]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-NU7yOSElE

[hidden shell]

And they are soo bad with DIY people, you can't do anything to your own computer, well most of the time.

[dusty timber]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG_NRcy5mxU

[hidden shell]

Exactly

[dusty timber]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OceuTkSYNo

Good customer service, they said

[hidden shell]

I was thinking about that same Linus video :)

Everyone should check a few video from Louis Rossman on youtube and how he has issues with apple support

Apple is an horrible company

[dusty timber]

https://youtu.be/ocF_hrr83Oc

Warning: he swears a lot

[frozen mantle]

Yes you can argue about all those people

But same thing goes both ways

For pretty much any company tbh

People just like to hate on apple cause they can’t afford the product or the fact that one thing went wrong

Which is one case, the products not meant for you and the other, well can happen with anyone

[frozen mantle]

“Unauthorised” lul

[frozen mantle]

Truth be told the product wasn’t meant to be removed and installed over and over

[frozen mantle]

You open a device that isn’t supposed to be opened then break it..

[dusty timber]

You what?

Please watch the video.

[frozen mantle]

I mean, I have watched it multiple times

But, yes I understand the frustration

[dusty timber]

What about the fact you can smash the screen by accident and STILL have no official repair available?

[dusty timber]

Where is that even told officially?

[frozen mantle]

Have you watched the snazzy labs video?

He said it himself

[dusty timber]

He said that because of experience, NOT because it says so in documentation

[frozen mantle]

Welp, which person who isn’t a reviewer is going to take it off and on again?

[dusty timber]

Me, for example

IT support

[frozen mantle]

But would you actually purchase the product in the first place?

[dusty timber]

That's a different kind of question.

[frozen mantle]

Welp how can you say so then?

[dusty timber]

Because I do that with my monitors already

[hidden shell]

Do not take away from me the opportunity to fix things myself, that's a big no no and what i hate of apple

[frozen mantle]

Tons of company’s do it, take a look at Tesla

[dusty timber]

So?

[hidden shell]

Doesn't mean it's ok???

[frozen mantle]

I never said it were

[hidden shell]

It's actually very bad

And that's what we've been talking about

[frozen mantle]

I mean, being honest no real techy person would purchase an apple product

[dusty timber]

You mean, like, most of the developers?

[frozen mantle]

I mean, people would rather have performance and products with an possible upgrade future

That’s not what apple is about

[tropic tulip]

Personally i despise apples practices, however i have to use them for university some software is only available on osx

it get the job done though

[frozen mantle]

I mean, there’s a reason apple is a trillion dollar company

[dusty timber]

It doesn't make their things right

[frozen mantle]

Again, never said anywhere it were

[dusty timber]

Don't have any other explanation

[frozen mantle]

The point I’m trying to make is the fact that they try aim their products at ordinary people.. people who are going to upgrade these 2 years from when they purchase it

And people who don’t really care about performance

[dusty timber]

They are aiming on people that can pay them more and more as frequently as possible.

[frozen mantle]

Exactly

[dusty timber]

And yet, they've created a M1 chip

[frozen mantle]

Yes

[dusty timber]

Mac Pros are targeted to maximize performance

[hidden shell]

Probably to stop people from running windows natively on their machine :)

[agile ermine]

they created the M1 chip for one reason : it brings them more money

Mac pros are performance oriented, but that doesn't means they're fast... people buy powerful macs only because some softwares on macos are better than their windows equivalent

[frozen mantle]

Not many people buy them tho

[frozen mantle]

[distant sparrow]

[distant sparrow]

That's because they're target at actual professionals, which is a really small market.

[distant sparrow]

I really doubt this.
The M1 is incredibly powerful and it's available on the Macbook Air - the cheapest Macbook, so your comment doesn't make any sense :TrueStory:

[sinful monolith]

the real reason for M1 is that having control over the entire hardware+software stack gives a lot more control than using someone else's hardware platform with your own software

[gleaming parrot]

it also outperforms the 16" mac pros i7 9750h so maybe a tiny bit of extra performance might be on the list next to the ability of producing chips in house, not needing to rely on third party production, way more understanding of the working of the cpu, more ability to customize features

also smaller process

and graphics performance that can hit low-mid tier dedicated gpu levels

big.LITTLE is a nice to have if you dont do anything heavy and need longer battery life

[agile ermine]

thanks to the M1 chip they don't have to buy intel chips, so that's already an economic gain. But that's not the only thing, because now they also have a powerful chip, which is much more efficient, so they can boast about it and sell more stuff, which brings even more money

saying that something doesn't brings you more money because it's sold in "low end" products is completely false imo

[distant sparrow]

I just meant that I think the main reason behind the M1 was that it would be a massively successful product

Developing a chip is incredibly expensive too....

[agile ermine]

I mean... you don't develop something if you don't think it will be successful 🙂

also, I don't think it was that expensive to develop the M1 chip, because they already have a lot of experience with ARM chips, and the M1 has probably a lot of things in common with their A13 chip

[distant sparrow]

It uses a lot more power than the 6W A13, so I don't think it's simple to scale it up

[agile ermine]

Actually, I'm wrong, the M1 is a 5nm chip, I thought it was 7nm

so it's basically an A14 chip with higher frequencies and 2 extra high performance cores

[distant sparrow]

10w vs 6w

that's a very substantial difference in tdp

[agile ermine]

14W, actually

but that's what it takes to increase the frequency and add extra high power cores

[sand valley]

which is better, since i'm going to use the laptop for gaming and editing videos

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WG984GC/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A2TC87EJKQMY9O&th=1

or

https://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Notebook-GeForce-Windows-Computer/dp/B08W9C2DHB/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=rtx%2B3080%2Blaptop&qid=1614548850&s=electronics&sr=1-1-spons&smid=A2TC87EJKQMY9O&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExS1daT0xBUVNSSlg2JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDg0OTIyMTU0SlNSSUlIVFBKMCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNDE4MzE3MVBSTTFXTTBCRzRZTCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU&th=1

[agile ermine]

in terms of raw performances, I'd say the Aorus is better

I'm seriously worried about the cooling capabilities of these machines, though, since they're only 15' laptops

[sand valley]

Ok

[sand valley]

Hmm maybe could buy a cooling pad

[agile ermine]

all these laptops usually have vents under the chassis, so a cooling pad is a good idea

even using something to lift the back of the laptop can help

[sand valley]

Alright

[sour phoenix]

Jeez that link

[deep current]

just build a desktop instead. will save you money and is prob faster. Idk if you need to travel a lot, but advice is always desktop imo.

[dusty timber]

https://twitter.com/ianmiell/status/1366102348398006276

Ian Miell (@ianmiell)

My son informs me that Slack 'looks like a boomer discord'.

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[loud oar]

Samsung X AMD

[distant sparrow]

What would everyone recommend as the best gpu I can get for £350 that is less than 205mm long?

[agile ermine]

none atm

more seriously, you don't have more margin ? because at this length the only thing you can have is basically a single fan gpu

actually, I'm wrong, there are a few 3060 Ti that are less than 205mm long

an EVGA and an Asus

but their MSRP is probably higher than 350£... there will be similar models for the 3060

[distant sparrow]

No sadly. Despite having a "workstation" case, the OEM decided to put the harddrive case directly after the pcie interface.

[distant sparrow]

The whole mining craze is really frustrating because I was going to buy a new GPU back in August, but put it off because I thought the prices would fall

[agile ermine]

cryptomining isn't the only problem... Samsung is struggling with its process, and we're facing major semiconductor shortages... so don't expect too much about the prices and availability

[prime bough]

How much time does it take to get 1 ETH?

Its a very slow process.

I'm at 0.00043459 right now.

[clever spire]

A while... 1 ETH is $1500

[latent aurora]

I mine in 2 weeks about 20 - 25€ - well, it's not ETH or BTC, but still, it takes a decent while

[prime bough]

Then I'll use my patience...

[mighty vine]

You can wait until summer for the market to stabilize

[simple cairn]

hai frenzy

😛

[mighty vine]

Penguin

[prime bough]

Linux Penguin 😳😳😳

[frozen mantle]

if it does

[agile ermine]

it will

but it will take some time

[frozen mantle]

The rx 6700xt looks pretty good and the way amd are doing weekly drops is a good idea

[dusty timber]

Episode 3 of [Out Of Stock] saga begins...

[frozen mantle]

Lul, I hope they don’t reach 3x the price like the 3070..

I mean, even retailers are putting their prices up

[dusty timber]

They know who will buy those.

[frozen mantle]

True

But amd also has smart access memory with their CPU’s

[dusty timber]

[brittle mountain]

3060 (non-ti) is 800-900 euros at most retailers here...

[frozen mantle]

Smart access memory supposedly gives a decent performance boost

[brittle mountain]

everything else from new gen is out of stock

[frozen mantle]

Are you surprised?

[brittle mountain]

nope, shockingly i can buy as many GT710 and GT1030 as i want

stocks of these are oversaturated

[frozen mantle]

Yes, you always could, cause they’re terrible

[brittle mountain]

oh, a 6900XT just showed up in stock

~1900 euros...

[frozen mantle]

Yeah no

[brittle mountain]

this is retail mind you, not second hand market

[frozen mantle]

Smh

[brittle mountain]

my 3 year old 1080ti feels like such a solid investment right now

[frozen mantle]

1080ti is still a great card tbh

Especially for 1080p gaming

[brittle mountain]

yep, and it's still like 300-400 euros second hand

[frozen mantle]

Oof

I don’t think I’d pay that much for one..

A 2060/3060 is the same price

[brittle mountain]

better than paper launched cards

2060 here new in store is 500 euros

[frozen mantle]

Is that now?

[brittle mountain]

and it's nowhere near as good as a 1080ti

[brittle mountain]

yes

2060's are coming back in stock slowly

[frozen mantle]

It’s like £600 here

But I’d still have a 2060 over a 1080, due to reliability, newer and more power efficient

[brittle mountain]

9 units in stock, price is ~600 euros

saw cheapers ones yesterday from Gainward and Palit

seem to be gone now

[frozen mantle]

That’s stupid tbh

[brittle mountain]

paid 250 euros about 2 years ago for my wife's 1660ti

can't imagine paying almost double that now for about the same performance

[frozen mantle]

Forgot 1660 is that old tbh

[brittle mountain]

it's getting close to 2 years

i think it was early summer 2019

[frozen mantle]

Oof

I mean, I’m looking at building a new pc rn tbh but I wouldn’t buy a gpu rn

[brittle mountain]

best chance right now is a prebuilt

[frozen mantle]

Just keep with my old rx 570

[frozen mantle]

No.. never

Prebuilts now are terrible

[brittle mountain]

build a new pc with no cpu (cuz stocks) and use the old gpu until .... stocks

[frozen mantle]

Yep

[brittle mountain]

top tier availability

[frozen mantle]

I was looking at 3600, 16gb ram, 250gb m.2 ssd about £450 ish for everything

Didn’t mention case and 700w psu

But tbh I already have a 550w psu which might be enough for what I want

[brittle mountain]

3600 is inflated here, a 1600AF or 2600 is like 100 euros cheaper

[frozen mantle]

Tried getting it all in

The price difference between b450 and 550 was about £10 so made sense to me

[brittle mountain]

case is very oof

worked with one of those before

strong lack of airflow

[frozen mantle]

I don’t really like it, I want more airflow

Ye

Ones with more airflow are uglier tho

[brittle mountain]

a P400A, Lancool 2 Mesh* or something similar

[frozen mantle]

Trying to make a budget build

[brittle mountain]

Deepcool Matrexx Mesh is probably the cheapest decent case i'd recommend

[frozen mantle]

[autumn night]

apple.

[wide temple]

@white nacelle No need for that sort of language here, thanks

[white nacelle]

my fault, I wanted to write "Apple Pay 👎"... but the autimatic correction and the rush to write I think they wrote something inappropriate, right?

[wide temple]

Yes

[white nacelle]

sorry 😥

[latent aurora]

I kinda can imagine, that pay got changed to... but yeah, I also thought so not long ago too. But since I have an Apple Device after years, I can't think this way.

[white nacelle]

but i remain convinced that apple pay needs improvement, as with most of the apple architecture hahah

[latent aurora]

Well, yeah, I kinda have issues sometimes with Apple Pay ngl - but I like it

[white nacelle]

(I had an iPhone x, replaced with an s10 plus, and now an s21 5g) I have had MANY problems with apple pay, dozens and dozens of times trying to pay with apple pay ... but I gave up ... and I also made a bad impression. Now I feel good with samsung pay, both as a smartwatch and as a s21 5g. I put the pin and in 60 seconds I grant the transaction without problems

[latent aurora]

Well, It's pretty rare with issues related to Apple Pay, but still, I have some. But gladly just then, if no one is behind me

well, I changed from a s9+ to an iphone 8+, because my phone went slower and slower until it was not really useable anymore.

[white nacelle]

lol hahahah

[distant sparrow]

Sounds like you may have had a faulty device or something. I and everybody I know has had a great time with Apple Pay.

[wide temple]

I've never had an issue with Apple Pay before, only when my card is declined because the retailer doesn't accept it

[distant sparrow]

Authorisation aside, it's actually quite a simple technology - essentially it's just an NFC chip and an app...

[tiny niche]

. Only once ever have I had an issue, but that was because they didn't accept credit cards at all. Otherwise nothing, and I'm using it at least once per week for the past 2 years now (sometimes using phone, sometimes the watch). It's also great to save your skin when you forget your wallet 🙈

[distant sparrow]

The contactless limit is increasing all the time with Covid, so it's actually becoming more of a wallet replacement than a supplement for a lot of people...

[sand valley]

what is the difference between a SSD and HDD

[spiral yew]

SSD's have no moving parts so less prone to failure from dropping and since there are no moving parts really high read/write speeds

https://www.pcmag.com/news/ssd-vs-hdd-whats-the-difference

[sand valley]

ok

[autumn night]

"In perfect condition" the thing has been on fire and whoever has replaced the battery just put the new one over the melted remains of then previous

[remote estuary]

Wow.. what a scam

[autumn night]

I only paid like £25 for it

and i can restore it fully and still profit like £40 on it

lol

[remote estuary]

Ah well 25 is cheap enough, thought way more

[autumn night]

yeah no, i get some phones super cheap

i got an iphone 8 for £50 lol

restored it and sold it for 180

[remote estuary]

Good job!

[autumn night]

iphone 6s is more or less just for fun

i prefer them to newer devices but they are actually still somewhat profitable

[frozen mantle]

Or cause your broke ||probably just me on that one ||

[simple cairn]

[mighty vine]

OOf

[wide temple]

nah, I try to use Amex everywhere because you get points on it which you can claim as statement credit

unfortunately not every retailer accepts Amex, so sometimes I have to use my normal bank card, which is fine but I'd rather use my credit card where possible

[distant sparrow]

Anyone used the new MS Edge update? I think it's gone too far

the tabs are now on the left for some reason

[mighty vine]

You have to change your location to outside of the UK.

Because in the UK they drive on the left

[autumn night]

who uses ms edge

[wide temple]

Me

[sour phoenix]

ms edge actually looks nice

But I prefer privacy so I'm using firefox + duckduckgo

[autumn night]

Animal.

[sour phoenix]

[distant sparrow]

only elite people understand

[distant sparrow]

the tracking prevention is pretty good

[remote estuary]

I use Brave, really quick browser

[distant sparrow]

I've set it to stop 3rd party cookies

[sinful monolith]

blanket blocking 3rd party cookies breaks a lot of sites :/

[tiny niche]

Not that many sites in my experience, but yeah, if there are issues disabling that is one of the first things I try.
Having the tabs on the left can be switched back and forth, so you can still have it on top as usual.

[sand valley]

nope

[distant sparrow]

I'm happy to just manually reenable them then ¯_(ツ)_/¯

the irony is a lot of people use a "secure" browser, without disabling any of W10's telemetry

[wraith crystal]

Could anybody help me? ive bought a prebuilt but im looking to upgrade it, im looking for a motherboard for the i7 6700 ive got all my other parts but finding this one motherboard is giving me a headache.

[distant sparrow]

If you go onto https://ark.intel.com, you can find the socket which is FCLGA1151.

You can then find motherboards that support that socket.

It's also worth checking in the documentation of the motherboard that the i7 6700 is supported...

@wraith crystal

[wraith crystal]

Alright thank you

[brittle mountain]

so you'd need a B150 chipset mobo

[halcyon rune]

I think something went wrong while installing windows but atleast samecolor with my drink

[sour phoenix]

Does anyone know a good macro creation software?

I dont have any software for my keyboard

[distant sparrow]

Perfect Keyboard + AutoHotkey are both popular

[sour phoenix]

Im going to try perfect keyboard

[gleaming parrot]

you can also try pcpartpicker.com just add the 6700 to the cpu and the site will autofilter motherboards for you

but chipsets are b150 b250 h110 h170 h270 q170 q270 z170 z270
if you want to go for a cheap option: used h110 or other H series
middle grounds are the B series and maybe the Q
Z series is the high end option

also watch out as there is a 1151 v2 socket that might get mixed up with your parts. DO NOT buy any motherboard that uses the LGA1151v2 socket as those have a different pin layout and it will kill your cpu and motherboard

[mighty vine]

What FHD or QHD display do you guys recommend?

[dusty timber]

qHD or QHD?

These are completely different standards.

[mighty vine]

QHD?

That's 1440p right?

[dusty timber]

qHD is 1440p

Wait

The other way

qHD is 960p
QHD is 1440p

[mighty vine]

:CJconfusedcat:

[dusty timber]

Goddamn standards

[mighty vine]

Either way, QHD and FHD

[dusty timber]

It depends on your eyes and GPU, really

[mighty vine]

I have a 1650 Super

[dusty timber]

Well, FHD is your bro

[mighty vine]

I see

And my eyes?

https://c.tenor.com/GCpJBUm3YBQAAAAM/umm-confused.gif

Also, what size is recommended for FHD

[dusty timber]

I'd say 27 is a higher limit

23.5 is fine

[distant sparrow]

it is ridiculous tbf

[distant sparrow]

27 is too big for FHD. At 27, you want 1440p.

[elder pewter]

UHD is 2160p and 4320p hmm

[mighty vine]

So I should be looking for FHD 24 inch displays

144 hz?

[distant sparrow]

I'd prioritise resolution over refresh rate, but suit yourself

[dusty timber]

I use 27 with FHD at work, not that bad.

[distant sparrow]

I guess it depends on your scaling and viewing distance

[dusty timber]

100%, about my hand length

[mighty vine]

Hmmm

[dusty timber]

Ngl, I'd like to have 1440p panel, but whatever

[mighty vine]

I've found these 2

Philips E-Line 272E1GAEZ

BenQ GW2480T

The Philips is also available in 24 inch

[dusty timber]

Phillips has a FreeSync, that's neat for a future GPU upgrade

[mighty vine]

So it's a better choice to get the Philips?

[dusty timber]

That's complicated. I like BenQ more as a brand, but Phillips is the one with FreeSync, so I'd say Phillips.

[mighty vine]

FreeSync is useless for me at this time to be honest

And once I upgrade, I'll probably live on my own and then I can buy any screen and PC I want

[dusty timber]

As I said earlier, it is fine to have it for the future.

Well

[mighty vine]

Samsung C24RG50FQU

How about that one?

[dusty timber]

Looks nice. Not a fan of those bezels

[mighty vine]

You won't like my current screen

A LG Flatron W2242T

[dusty timber]

Pathetic, I had BenQ v2200 Eco

[mighty vine]

WHAT

Whoever made that design

Isn't good

[dusty timber]

I was using it on a stand anyway

They were cheap at the time

[mighty vine]

It looks ridiculous in my opinion

[dense crystal]

I’m using HP pavilion

[mighty vine]

Ah, 2009

[mighty vine]

Back when I was like 6 years old

[dense crystal]

Definitely not 2009

[mighty vine]

[dusty timber]

You don't even see the best part

[mighty vine]

Which is?

[mighty vine]

What is that green thing?

[dusty timber]

Exactly

[dense crystal]

Is that a food bowl for a cat?

Wow

[mighty vine]

Tic Tac holder?

[dusty timber]

Somewhat between card and pen holder

Also, you can open it

[dense crystal]

Gaming and looking at the cat at the same time

Hmm

I had an old monitor like that

[mighty vine]

So CJ, you recommend the Philips

Does Anti Flicker make a big difference?

[mighty vine]

If so I think I'll buy the BenQ

[dense crystal]

Like this with a pencil holder I believe

[spiral yew]

my main monitor is a MSI optix G27C4

[dense crystal]

Hey ThatJeepGuy

[distant sparrow]

I've got one, and despite the fact my RX460 can barely run the desktop at 60fps, it's pretty nice

[mighty vine]

AOC C24G1 this one seems to be quite good

[barren coral]

i have SyncMaster XL2370 2ms 1920x1080@60hz/ 2560x1440@43.8888hz

i cant play 1440

my Formula hd5750 is d

[mighty vine]

Rip

[forest pike]

guys? i am looking to buy track ir 5.. can you say your opinions on it?

cause i am worried if iam wasting my money

[tiny niche]

If money is the issue, look into SmoothTrack or in general OpenTrack

[deep current]

has a sort of headset to his mouse so there is some kind of head tracking

[remote estuary]

I've used OpenTrack before, it's quite good and you only need a webcam

[tiny niche]

With SmoothTrack you don't even need a webcam, just a phone ^^

[remote estuary]

True, but you need 10$ for that

[tiny niche]

A USB webcam might be more expensive than that 😄

Assuming you don't already have one, because yes I know a phone is more expensive than a webcam, but I'm sure you have that

[sinful monolith]

https://twitter.com/xgarreau/status/1369559995491172354 re: #truckersmp-status

Xavier Garreau (@xgarreau)

Non, les données contenues dans les serveurs de SBG2 ne seront vraisemblablement pas récupérables.
Mais si vous utilisez le Backup FTP #OVH, vos sauvegardes sont dans un autre datacenter. (Les photos sont des pompiers) https://t.co/tRonks8qIw

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Twitter · Mar 10, 2021, 8:05 AM

[dusty timber]

Yep...

[agile ermine]

good news if you are a sysadmin looking for a job, because there are a lot of idiots who thought they didn't needed a backup and they are really sweating now

[forest pike]

thanks for your advice... i chose to order the track ir and does it automatically connect to ets2?

[tiny niche]

it should. I don‘t own one myself though, but OpenTrack was automatically detected

[forest pike]

ok thanks

[simple cairn]

https://twitter.com/zwenkau/status/1369629678613446658?s=20

datunicorn (@zwenkau)

@xgarreau i fixed that for you xD

Twitter · Mar 10, 2021, 12:42 PM

Ouch 😄

[dusty timber]

oof

Too soon