..
8lbs is actually heavy "for reduced fatigue"
no battery included
but no cord either
the battery weigh is known so only one specific battery can probably go with it
hook secures the tool when not in use
but hook not included
and what may be se securing the tool when in use ? no accessory possible for that ?
all the Caps in the first line for characteristics unordered
..
does not look nice
the only thing that looks nice is it's brushless
#off-topic-tech
wanton orchid
dusk rivet
i’m assuming you just entirely don’t want to go through the hassle of building your own pc?
dusk rivet
fair enough
mossy linden
ik there's tutorials but yeah
dusk rivet
never done it and don't want to fuck it up
relatively straight forward with lots of easy tutorials
but understandable not wanting to take that chance
just curious, what prebuilt brand are ya looking at?
dusk rivet
the company you found the pc’s at
mossy linden
its called GoldenGamers
dusk rivet
found em
maiden coyote
..
8lbs is actually heavy "for reduced fatigue"
no battery included
but no cord ...
hook is included. but it's so heavy it's pretty much useless.
dusk rivet
can’t say i’ve ever heard of the brand, so no idea what their reputation is
maiden coyote
it uses makita's lxt batteries.. pretty much any battery pack that's lxt will work. 2AH to 6AH.. I have the 6AH on it because it kills them fast
mossy linden
can’t say i’ve ever heard of the brand, so no idea what their reputation is
doubt that anyone outside from Chile will heard of them
but they have a good reputation
narrow folio
talking about a new pc, I'm on the fence for this one, but am open to suggestions: https://at.pcpartpicker.com/list/WzGLFs
add ~145 bucks for the PSU
languid gulch
is the NH-D15 really needed? i feel like an assassin 120SE would do it for a third the price
dusk rivet
talking about a new pc, I'm on the fence for this one, but am open to suggestion...
paying for windows…
sharp oasis
Who the fuck does that
dusk rivet
that’s what i’m saying!
narrow folio
paying for software is optional for some, but I do that since I earn my own money
languid gulch
it'd work well with the monitor, tho that 12gb might be pushing it a bit. i can max out my 6800XT's 16gb with SF or New World
dusk rivet
also since you’re already in the same price range as me, https://pcpartpicker.com/list/8DRZz6
narrow folio
I was thinking about the 7800 XT too. very similar to the 4070. DLSS is nice...
dusk rivet
you can omit the sff case tho
dusk rivet
doubt that anyone outside from Chile will heard of them
basically up to you, better cpu performance would be nice, but it is 70usd more
dusk rivet
yeah… i’ll be getting a job to pay for that myself
mossy linden
but hey as we say in Chile
dusk rivet
also have to factor in cost of living
mossy linden
el que quiere celeste que le cueste
narrow folio
I don't dare to say it, but... it's for my mum😁
dusk rivet
what
mossy linden
wha
dusk rivet
your mom might appreciate the sff case tbh
narrow folio
she plays gamesy yeah
dusk rivet
takes up less desk space
narrow folio
case will sit under the desk
dusk rivet
please put it on a hard surface and not carpet
narrow folio
given
narrow folio
how to clog it in no time
mossy linden
clog you pc speedrun any%
dusk rivet
bottom intake and carpet does not mix
narrow folio
"muh CPU so hot! muh pecee crashing! helps me!"
dusk rivet
-“send pic of pc”
-pc is on carpet
-“i’ll give you two guesses as to why it isn’t working well, and if you don’t get it in one, i’m taking your pc away”
also only a 1tb ssd for your mother is criminal
do better for your mother
narrow folio
she has 256GB now...
dusk rivet
*intense look of shame*
mossy linden
anyways thank you very much for the answers
dusk rivet
better be a chromebook with google drive
dusk rivet
anyways thank you very much for the answers
Happy to help
mossy linden
imma wait till the chrismashfh offers
wanton orchid
it uses makita's lxt batteries.. pretty much any battery pack that's lxt will wo...
hm ok, then problems only are
it's too heavy
does not seems to support secure wrist strap
mossy linden
forgot how to fucking write chrsismas
dusk rivet
christmas
narrow folio
but can it run chrisismas?
mossy linden
idk how its actually written 😭
dusk rivet
a childs shoebox
dusk rivet
idk how its actually written 😭
merry christmas, happy holidays
narrow folio
9.95l
dusk rivet
i just realized both of those probably have religious ties
narrow folio
just to be able to say UNDER 10l
dusk rivet
the more you no
mossy linden
thanks, have a good day/night or whatever timezone you have
dusk rivet
9.95l is tiny
narrow folio
nice case, much mesh
dusk rivet
nice case, much mesh
you need that much mesh to not suffocate your parts for the given space
there’s only a handful of 7900xt’s that’ll fit
narrow folio
very tight fit indeed
dusk rivet
so pretty tho
narrow folio
woah!
dusk rivet
lovely folks over in the sff discord were so much help picking out parts and some other helpful bits of info
narrow folio
how to shoehorn a powerhorse into a cardbox 😁
narrow folio
get on the roof and hold on tight
dusk rivet
pretty much
custom cables are basically mandatory
there’s legit just not enough room for stock cables
narrow folio
soldering iron go brrrr
dusk rivet
i could go truly custom and shorten each individual wire like “optimum” on youtube did
truly beautiful
truly must be painful to do
narrow folio
nah, soldering is easy once you figure out where the hot end is
languid gulch
i've seen someone stuff a chevy small block into a CRX, it's doable
dusk rivet
having a sff pc is gonna save me so much desk space
also should handle 1440p gaming no problem
narrow folio
7900 XT schould even handle 4k nicely
languid gulch
& with a 7800X3D, that should be good for gaming for a good long while, the 4070 will be an easier swapout when the time comes
dusk rivet
i really don’t see too many 4080’s
languid gulch
oh did you change your mind to go over to the 7900XT?
dusk rivet
loads of 4070’s and 4090’s, but not many 4080’s
dusk rivet
oh did you change your mind to go over to the 7900XT?
stm picked the 4070, i picked the 7900xt
we both have the 7800x3d tho
languid gulch
oh brain fart
dusk rivet
yeah lol
narrow folio
even when a full AMD system is tempting I'll probably stick with the 4070. have go sleep over it
dusk rivet
don’t really have much use for those nvidia only features, so amd was the right move for me
might not be true for you tho
languid gulch
i jumped from nvidia to AMD & haven't regretted it at all
narrow folio
the 'target audience' aka my mum will never see much of a difference, so could go the AMD way...
languid gulch
i have 0 brand loyalty, value over everything else
dusk rivet
extra fps from the 7900xt might be nice
oh and i would go 2tb m.2 if it were me
though kinda depends how big the games your mom plays are
if it’s stuff like rdr2, jedi survivor, cyberpunk, etc then you’re gonna need that 2tb
narrow folio
the real reason she wants a new pc anyway was when she saw my play 'stray' she got the game and it wouldnt even launch on her old rig
dusk rivet
if it’s smaller stuff, she’ll be fine with a 1tb
narrow folio
I'll go with the 1TB for now, will slap in another m.2 if needed
languid gulch
with a side order of moving my OS to another drive
dusk rivet
there’s always that option, yeah
languid gulch
with a reinstall i think, because for some reason this install has never been recognized as win11 ready even tho it very clearly is
narrow folio
win11 left a bunch od older hadware in the dust. I hope win12 will not do the same again
but as TPM 2.0 was one of the main issues from 10 to 11 that should be available anyway on everthing runing 11
languid gulch
oh yea but i'm on a 5600X
dusk rivet
hate when new os's deprecate old hardware then don't replace it
languid gulch
definitely hardware ready, just something in the OS brain farting
but if i'm moving the OS to a new drive, might as well clean it up with a fresh install
dusk rivet
i'm definitely not gonna pirate the os for the new pc
i'm definitely gonna spend more than 100usd on a legitimate key
narrow folio
the troubles you have with non legit keys are not worth it
dusk rivet
definitely
wanton orchid
the troubles you have with non legit keys are not worth it
what kind of troubles are you talking about ?
narrow folio
the hasse to circumvent whatever protection there is or may be
languid gulch
or the feature lockouts for not having activated
narrow folio
depending on where you get your cheap volume license you can have luck and it works forever. or it gets denied someday
sharp oasis
depending on where you get your cheap volume license you can have luck and it wo...
You can use some type of command to pull up a register and it just adds what is missing from a genuine Windows install without owning windows
I'd have to ask my freind again for what exactly the command is
dusk rivet
we're definitely tip toeing right on the line of what is against discord tos
narrow folio
yeah, windows is not like winrar where you click 'nah, no money for you, I'll just stay in demo mode forever, but thanks anyway!'
jagged snow
yeah, windows is not like winrar where you click 'nah, no money for you, I'll ju...
You can just stay in the free mode forever...
dusk rivet
not without windows shoving it down your throat that you haven't paid them
jagged snow
That's true
narrow folio
and I like to get payed for my own work, so I pay for others work too. even if it's M$
narrow folio
free as in free speech, not in free beer
valve is pushing gaming on linux quite hard since the deck hit the market.
dusk rivet
steam deck uses linux?
narrow folio
sure
you can throw windows at the hardware
the rog ally comes with win 11
has some benefits as you can use it like a regular pc if you want (with a dock)
but the deck can do that too and the new OLED version is kinda tempting
dusk rivet
switch did that too
just give us the better screen to begin with
only reason i’d consider the switch oled is the bigger screen
languid gulch
idk if i'll ever get over how hilarious it is to have a stick of gum with 4tb of storage on it
jagged snow
That's almost as crazy as the 1tb microsd cards
languid gulch
i just remember my first flash drive was bigger than my thumb & had a whopping 8mb on it
jagged snow
That's an insane amount of storage for something smalller than the nail on my pinkie
narrow folio
That's almost as crazy as the 1tb microsd cards
1,5TB already
microsd cards are a true marvel of technology
well, at least for now
kinda like my 540MB 3,5" HDD was back then
languid gulch
i may have also spoiled myself with some new spinning rust
narrow folio
spinning magnets are fine for some applications, but for me those are a thing of the past.
languid gulch
yea, i just wanted a big fat drive
now i have to figure out what order to do stuff in
going to be installing a 4tb nvme, which i think means i have to get rid of one of the sata SSDs, but also installing the new big drive means swapping out another SSD
which is 100% fine with me, it means going from 2x250gb sata SSDs to a 4tb nvme+ fat storage
dusk rivet
my headset is being so dumb rn
it's capping it's fps to 45 (90hz screens) despite my gpu chilling at 66% utilization
maiden coyote
hm ok, then problems only are
it's too heavy
does not seems to support secure wr...
Yeah it's not light at all.. in that class of impact I don't think any of them are. They're not exactly intended as what you'd do overhead work with
languid gulch
but now i have to decide if i put the OS reinstall on the nvme, or put it on a sata SSD since i'm pretty sure the nvme will have split lanes
narrow folio
I'd go OS on nvme
wanton orchid
but now i have to decide if i put the OS reinstall on the nvme, or put it on a s...
split lanes ?
languid gulch
already got 1 nvme drive installed
wanton orchid
and ?
narrow folio
oh, you mean to split lanes between an m.2 socket and some sata ports?
languid gulch
5600X only has 20 PCIe lanes. 16 taken up by gpu, 4 taken by 1x nvme right now
wanton orchid
and it splits to what ?
narrow folio
what board?
wanton orchid
I didn't see nvme split to x1
unless it was a third or fourth m.2 or something
would be bad
languid gulch
would the lower nvme then be shared with the sata ports then, no splitting between the 2 nvme drives?
wanton orchid
but keep in mind PCIe 3.0 x2 is still more than 4 times faster than SATA
nvme is no joke
languid gulch
k, so best idea would be to put the OS on the upper slot, then game drive on the lower, with fat drive on sata?
wanton orchid
I guess
what M.2 is splitted ?
wanton orchid
if you have a CPU M.2 and a chipset (splitted) M.2
you want higher performance ssd on the CPU port
languid gulch
right
wanton orchid
then put high demand things on it
languid gulch
ah, upper is full x4, lower is x2. so upper is 100% going to the cpu
wait now i'm confused
OH got it
x4 lists sata support
wanton orchid
so some of the games
production stuff
and why not the OS so the other one is better exploited
x4 does not mean CPU
languid gulch
yea, looks like the lower is the dedicated x2 to the cpu instead, with the upper being a full x4 if just nvme, or split x2 if using Sata drives plus nvme
wanton orchid
but IF there is cpu one
then it will not split with sata
narrow folio
languid gulch
makes sense from a maintenance standpoint too. could swap out the lower drive that's dedicated without needing to remove the gpu
narrow folio
the manual is kinda lacking that info (or I'm blind)
languid gulch
yea i'm not seeing that, just the supported CPUs & the bios revisions for it
5600X PCIe configs:
1x16+x4, 2x8+x4, 1x8+2x4+x4
wanton orchid
that's the only real kind of information we need from motherboard manuaks wtf
"2 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors"
it's "SATA3 6Gb/s connectors" and "M.2 Socket"
smfh
languid gulch
hunting thru the manual
wanton orchid
the doc really has not been written correctly
the storage slots didn't even been re read once it seems
languid gulch
it almost looks like each nvme slot is also shared with 2 sata ports
wanton orchid
ASATA
what is even this
mixing real sata ports with ssd m.2 sata mode it seems
languid gulch
or if i slot nvme in the upper, i have access to all 4 sata ports, but if i slot nvme in the lower, i only have access to sata 0 & 1 ports
wanton orchid
who ever done this never re read anything they written
wanton orchid
or if i slot nvme in the upper, i have access to all 4 sata ports, but if i slot...
yes
languid gulch
that seems really weird
& doesn't specify what sata i lose, if any, if i slot in a 2nd nvme
wanton orchid
there is literally no informations on the topology
and exactly when nvme x4 will split to x2
so assume both will be x2 AND you will not have sata ports 2 and 3
languid gulch
i mean, i was still planning on playing musical chairs with the drives
but yea some clarity to reduce the stupidity would have been nice
wanton orchid
^ that for instance is completely bullshit in writing
M.2 Sata literally aligns with SATA3 ports
it tells nothing
this is fever dream shit
languid gulch
it sounds like they tried really hard to stuff RAID into this board 🤣
narrow folio
yeah, this manual in not much telling about some of the more important things regarding motherboards
languid gulch
eh, i'll figure it out 🤣
narrow folio
but don't forget... RAID
wanton orchid
it sounds like they tried *really* hard to stuff RAID into this board 🤣
raid is just delivered with the chipset sata capability
languid gulch
1 fucking drive at a time, but i'll figure it out
languid gulch
raid is just delivered with the chipset sata capability
yea but my god it could have been explained better
wanton orchid
1 fucking drive at a time, but i'll figure it out
as I said you know SATA port 0 and 1 are always up
languid gulch
yea, definitely nice to know
wanton orchid
unless you need more you don't need to gamble
languid gulch
i think that means it'll cost me 1 more drive, but i'll still end up gaining more space in the end anyway
wasn't using it anyway
& yes, my drives are a frankenstein's mess of old laptop drives & new stuff
8tb, 2x 250gb ssd, 1tb ssd, 4tb nvme
nvme is just my game drive atm, so i can yank that, the 1tb, 8tb, & 1 250gb out without issue, slot in the new nvme, do a fresh windows install on it, & then start fiddling around with drive sorting
so by the end i should have 3 fewer drives but like 16x the ssd capacity
wanton orchid
what I don't get is what do they call "Asata
wanton orchid
nothing in the manual is reliable at that point
languid gulch
🤣 i guess i'll find out what the limits are
wanton orchid
is there a Bsata too?
no it's ASATA 0 and 1
narrow folio
maybe sata is shared with the m.2 slot and if a sata m.2 is installed the sata ports dont work?
wanton orchid
people writing the specs was really not knowing shit about motherboard stuff I bet
languid gulch
i do know that when i installed the upper nvme it disabled at least one of the sata ports
wanton orchid
maybe sata is shared with the m.2 slot and if a sata m.2 is installed the sata p...
but there are SATA 0 1 2 3 ports marked
and they show good
languid gulch
yea, should be fun, will give an update, probably once things go to shit
narrow folio
have fun!
wanton orchid
I hate that kind of shit
it's literally hurting the manufacturer itself
they know the thing
if they don't communicate it correctly at all they shoot themselves in the feet
like what the freaking hell
who does not care enough to write this shit or read this shit and tell itself "oh yeah everything's there, ready for market"
it's like if I was building a motherboard
and the whole documentation is
but I'm sure this MB can do stuff ```
languid gulch
well, successfully unplugged most of the superfluous drives, & i figured out which of the 250gb SSDs is the OS 🤣
now onto the stupidity!
narrow folio
hope you are successful and everything works as you intend it! time for bed 🛏️
languid gulch
well, both NVMe drives are recognized at the moment, as is the 1 sata drive that my OS is currently on, getting ready to install fresh OS on the new drive
ok on the subject, dumb question
once i have a new install up & running, what does the old OS look like when i access it
languid gulch
yea i know this is probably mundane & stupid compared to what professionals do regularly, but i'm the only one in my family who's ever even tried any of this
languid gulch
ok now i want to know why formatting the nvme ended up halving its capacity
twin dew
mSATA is the old standard, not related to M.2 at all, think it as M.1 or like.
winged valley
Ah okay
twin dew
Like there was MiniPCI in laptops.
Both got replaced by M.2.
twin dew
There will be no comments until the investigation is done.
That is to be expected.
And forgot about Mini PCIe before M.2 was a thing...
languid gulch
100% success on all the transfers. didn't even have to replug the sata connections
twin dew
ok now i want to know why formatting the nvme ended up halving its capacity
Check the Disk Management?
languid gulch
yea checked it, it felt like going with MBR instead of GPT
languid gulch
ah
yea brain fart. hopefully i don't need to do a reformat
honestly i'm just happy that i got all my intended drives to show up
was down to 9gb free on the original OS drive
do i need to do anything special once i'm in the bios to make it uefi
twin dew
You cannot change on the run easily for the installed OS.
Would need to disable CSM (BIOS boot emulation in UEFI), or manually boot into the correct installer, and reinstall.
languid gulch
damn
languid gulch
& 2tb of space 🤣
twin dew
Ah, 4TB OS drive?
languid gulch
yea
twin dew
And disk management only shows it as 2TB drive?
And not 2TB in use and 2TB free?
languid gulch
got a duplicate of the other drive so i can raid it if i want
yea, only 2tb recognized, can't reallocate
old OS drive was 250gb, so it's still a big upgrade
twin dew
twin dew
There was a way, just that documents it in pretty easy steps
languid gulch
yay tyty
twin dew
The previous versions of instructions I have seen were much more hazardous, even when most of the commands were same.
languid gulch
yea this doesn't seem to crazy
i was around for the xp to vista days
k, time to give it a go
be back in a bit maybe
languid gulch
ok the conversion worked but it's still not letting me allocate
the option to extend the volume doesn't work
twin dew
But does it allow creating second volume?
languid gulch
yea, wondering if i should just mount it as a folder inside the OS
lol the official microsoft advice is to download a third party partition app to deal with it
twin dew
Trying to keep the partition as MBR bootable.
languid gulch
even tho i converted it over to GPT
languid gulch
Well trying to force it REALLY didn't work. Managed to make all my drives invisible to the bios. So, fresh OS it is
twin dew
That is expected when in UEFI only mode.
You cannot boot from a drive in that mode, those are legacy.
You have Windows Boot Manager entry instead.
@languid gulch
CSM/Legacy/BIOS mode shows drives.
UEFI mode shows boot loaders.
languid gulch
yea i'll work on it tomorrow
off a fresh windows install already, so hopefully it'll be a bit more amenable to being messed with
midnight here & my clothes washer felt like dying today, so that was fun
twin dew
Point was that drives not showing up as bootable was completely normal when CSM is disabled.
night girder
There will be no comments until the investigation is done.
That is to be expecte...
It’s not a government investigation. They will give us information if it fit their narrative. Else we will hear nothing of the whole story.
twin dew
The third party investigator firm/team or whatever would probably quit working at that point.
If LTT started commenting while the thing is ongoing.
night girder
That was our whole point. Who knows wtf is going on. LTT just went on its merry business.
Most people already forgot about it.
The firm could already quit. The firm could never be hired. Or the firm is doing its job. Not like LTT is transparant.
And on that subject. What screwdriver you use?
twin dew
Various sets from Finnish hardware stores.
edgy hazel
One I stole from my dad
sharp oasis
The random Mastercraft set out of my dad's tool cabinet
night girder
Various sets from Finnish hardware stores.
No LTT screwdriver?
sand saddle
No need for a single screwdriver if you got tons to choose from
Got a whole workshop at home, my uncle repairs mainly garden tools there
twin dew
No LTT screwdriver?
Why would I order crap from overseas?
When I can get close enough stuff from any tool store for half the price for good quality and tenth the price for crap quality.
I do need to buy second ratcheting one at some point for just home use, the current one is part of the bigger toolbox.
Possibly this one for 23e:
www.bahco.com/int_en/1-4--bit-holder-ratcheting-screwdrivers-pb_808050_.html
Or this one for 40e:
www.bahco.com/int_en/1-4--heavy-duty-bit-set-for-nut-drivers---slotted-phillips-pozidriv-torxr-hex-bits-with-ratcheting-screwdriver-holder---36-pcs-pb_59-s36bcr_.html
Need to think about the length, on which one would be better.
tribal kraken
Similar to this set is about 5-10€. Had it for about 20 years and its about the only thing I've needed with PC. Allen keys too but many manufacturers suply them with parts
twin dew
Currently have this as the main home screwdriver set:
- separate torx screwdriver set from T10 up, and separate set of small security torxes for sizes 4-10, and then security bit sets for almost anything.
And then there is that toolbox with its own screwdrivers and bitsets for common sizes, etc.
And then remains of another similar as the picture set just laying around.
Just missing that second ratcheting bitdriver so I don't have to get the toolbox out.
No GN, no iFixit, no LTT.
night girder
When I can get close enough stuff from any tool store for half the price for goo...
LTT is not crap
twin dew
Might be the best ever, but close enough to much cheaper local alternatives.
So no need to order from over the sea for insane price.
night girder
Overpriced maybe yes.
twin dew
Meant "crap" as in not "bad product" but as just "unneeded product"
twin dew
Why would I order crap from overseas?
In this one.
night girder
We were talking screwdrivers yesterday evening. I said there are better alternatives than LTT, but some have set their minds on it.
twin dew
And you need normal ones first, bit driver is extra.
Because the bit ones don't fit in many places.
Yup, checked, completely normal ratcheting one with handle internal bit storage.
Maybe made to better standards than the cheap stuff, but the Bahco etc. professional tools will be at same level.
And pretty small bit storage, with only 12 normal or 6 long bits.
Cannot comment on the handling or how the ratchet will feel.
General problem with that exact style of direction swap is that you often accidentally switch it while using.
But the handle might be long enough for that not to happen.
night girder
Yeah, I don't know about the LTT one. Saw some reviews and I just know there are better ones out there.
think Jay said it best. It's for a niche crowd.
twin dew
Also missing a way to turn the shaft with external tools for more force.
Usually by having six-sided bit at the base of the metal, so between the knurled section and the direction change.
Or just slot in the tool for non-ratchets.
So you can press on the tool with one hand, and turn it with another with more leverage.
But the Bahco doesn't have one either.
More of thing for the separate screwdrivers.
Or non-ratcheting bit ones.
That Bahco has 48 teeth ratchet, vs 28 on LTT.
night girder
I heard this one is pretty epic.
dire igloo
I heard this one is pretty epic.
My dad had its predecessor, dope thing
night girder
Think they are more expensive than the LTT one. But the brand has more experience.
twin dew
77e for that one without the bits or the extension, but contains 1:4 transmission to increase turn speed.
twin dew
About 65e for that Kraftform Kompakt 20 without the transmission.
With the bits and extension
night girder
Btw, I think I solved the crashing. Not fully sure, but it didn't crash yesterday. I did change one setting, but on the other hand. I also completed the game. So I am not sure it's because I cleaned up the whole map. Or because of that settings change 🤣
I set "view distance quality" from Ultra to High to reduce the VRAM usage.
starting a few new games to get the final two achievements and so far so good. No crashes. 🤞
dire igloo
€ 114,95 incl. BTW for the whole set.
I got the Makita version of that screwdriver
night girder
I got the Makita version of that screwdriver
I like Makita 😄
dire igloo
I heard this one is pretty epic.
But I don't have this extension thingy.
Really makes me not like that screwdriver, too bulky with too little reach
sand saddle
Makita ecosystem is quite crazy
My dad has a shit ton of makita tools, but lately he has started liking einhell.
dusk rivet
mostly used ryobi
dire igloo
Makita ecosystem is quite crazy
The batteries/connectors are quite proprietary tho iirc
dire igloo
ein hell ... a hell?
In German, hell = bright, Hölle = hell
maiden coyote
Makita x:
sand saddle
The batteries/connectors are quite proprietary tho iirc
Yeah, that's what I meant
maiden coyote
That's all powertools
Last I checked, it is possible to replace the cells in makitas lxt batteries.. the BMS won't go stupid and shutdown
sand saddle
That's all powertools
Fair enough
But yeah, it seems that when my dad is buying new stuff he's transitioning to einhell, probs cuz it's cheaper.
I'd trust him to know this shit as his literal job is repairing tools.
charred pewter
ive got a lot of B&D power tools cause of the price and feature sets .... easy to repair them too if they break .... but they are probably to low end of tools and no 'pros' use them
the only higher namebrand things i have are the yellow DeWalt stuff for like my router, and hammer drill
mainly because those are two things that 'something cheap, is gonna bite you later' ... so i sprung for a more robust model lol
narrow folio
Hilti and Makita at work, Makita at home. but if I would start new I'd probably go DeWalt. Milwaukee is cool, but not really needed for home use😁
maiden coyote
pure karma
ok huh something is not right there there is no way a 15W locked cpu is hitting 62W probably a misread
night girder
Well, the TDP should be 15W. Which is an average right? So not sure, the columns you have. Isn't the last column max value while monitoring? Or is it current? 😒
If you hit an average of 61.36W then ... huh.
pure karma
62W max yea but even then i have nerver seen this chip use more than 8W on max so its still quite odd
sharp oasis
62W max yea but even then i have nerver seen this chip use more than 8W on max s...
Assume it's a misread unless you can recreate steps to cause the issue
jagged snow
Does anyone know how the rx6k h.265 encoder performance stacks up?
Can't really find any good info online
night girder
Sorry, can't help you there. I know jack about encoders 🤣
edgy hazel
edgy hazel
Does anyone know how the rx6k h.265 encoder performance stacks up?
I mean you could always test it
jagged snow
I'm just gonna roll with HEVC and see what happens
gilded helm
People still ooh and ah over the doors on the Model X to this day. I don't think the Cybertruck will age well.
jagged snow
Preliminary durability reports seem at least acceptable
To be honest, if it weren't for the polarizing aesthetics I think the cybertruck would be incredibly popular
But, as they say - no such thing as bad publicity
gilded helm
Once I'm through a couple years of the Bolt, going back to the X is a real consideration just because I've realized showiness can be useful to me.
And I do give them credit, the lightshow to Wizards of Winter is pretty cool.
DOes anyone have a USB cable tester they like? Bonus points if it's on Newegg, I've got a $20 gift card coming.
jagged snow
Testing usb cables for anything more than continuity will cost a lot more than $20
gilded helm
RIght, just a pass through dongle measuring data and power throughput. Some cables even have that built into the tip now for power.
https://www.amazon.com/Baseus-Charging-Display-Braided-Samsung/dp/B0B6CF1YYF/
This, but as a pass through dongle
maiden coyote
Charging is easy enough. Data not so much
gilded helm
Hm. Though the more I think about it, I transfer large volumes of data via a cable so rarely that I don't know whether that's relevant.
On the other hand, I'd love to at least know the power spec of all the random cables I have laying around.
jagged snow
If you don't know it, chances are it's 15w
gilded helm
I'm pretty sure I have some that are meant for QC 3.0
I kinda want to buy a Supervooc cable just to see what 12A USB looks like
edgy hazel
I love my cables 😄
gilded helm
Do they have any that go up to 240W yet?
edgy hazel
I mean you could try your luck
mine only goes to 100W and I don't have any devices that draw more
short PSA, yt seems to be slowing down on firefox on purpose. Had the issue personally. Adding
www.youtube.com##+js(nano-stb, resolve(1), *, 0.001)
to my ublock filters solved it
gilded helm
If I can get a deal on those 240W cables with power readouts I might get a bunch. Just hoping to find them from Baseus, Ugreen, or some other brand I recognize so there's at least a decent chance they all work.
wanton orchid
I would want a usb-c that can do 20gbps
all the usb-c I see have no rating (usb2.0 only)
cable *
narrow folio
wanton orchid
I have a device that do 10gbps
and I would not want to change cable next equipment I use with it
narrow folio
36€ on Amazon
gilded helm
Waiting is also probably fine. Once there are actually devices that need 240W, cables will become cheaper.
narrow folio
many gaming laptops could use the 240W
gilded helm
Looking at the 15A cable for my laptop, I'm still curious why PD 3.1 upped voltage instead of just going for thicker cables. 28V interfaces are already there, and a 12A cable gets you to 336W. Enough for (basically) all laptops.
narrow folio
those usually come with a barrel connector
gilded helm
240W hasn't been adopted quickly because of the 48V interface.
narrow folio
240W USB is 48V, so my expectation is that most laptops will be able to accept that voltage
at least in the near-mid future
thicker cables lead to more copper used, but copper is expensive, so thicker wires = bad
I also hope that some day the car industry will step up from 12 to 48V
those power amps with xx kW really suffer from this
gilded helm
It looks like Oppo did 20V 12A for their 240W charging.
narrow folio
12A over a USB C connector? How!?
gilded helm
They're eyeing 300W, though at a glance I didn't see how. Maybe 15A and 20V? 🤷
visual tree
That's some nice cyberpunk art by Mike Winkelmann
edgy hazel
Every time I plug my mouse in, I wish I had that Logitech powerplay mouse pad
And 5 seconds later I remember the price
languid gulch
i can't remember, was it anker that a couple months ago had the massive data breach of the "all your passwords are on an unencrypted notepad file" type
edgy hazel
can't find anything regarding anker
except htis one from 2022 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anker-eufy-smart-home-hubs-exposed-to-rce-attacks-by-critical-flaw/
jagged snow
i can't remember, was it anker that a couple months ago had the massive data bre...
One of their subsidiaries was the one that got introuble for the camera stuff
jagged snow
except htis one from 2022 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anker-e...
That was actually terrible
languid gulch
one of the biggish LTT sponsors, right?
jagged snow
They were untill that happened 
edgy hazel
`Finally, there’s CVE-2022-25989, a high-severity (CVSS: 7.1) authentication bypass problem triggered with a specially-crafted DHCP packet, forcing Homebase to send traffic to an external server.
An attacker might be able to exploit this flaw to receive the video feed from connected camera devices and spy on the owners.`
jagged snow
except htis one from 2022 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anker-e...
IMO that should be enough for people to never trust cloud products with video or audio access to their homes again
edgy hazel
one of the biggish LTT sponsors, right?
anker had a name before LTT
edgy hazel
IMO that should be enough for people to never trust cloud products with video or...
yup, bricks and cables 😄
jagged snow
yup, bricks and cables 😄
I'm probably going to use grapheneos on my next phone
edgy hazel
and my security stuff is in a separate vlan without internet access except the update servers
languid gulch
LOL & my parents were just looking at those for their house
well, good to know about that
no wonder they were on steep discount
edgy hazel
I'm probably going to use grapheneos on my next phone
prolly wanna go for something less.... basement dweller
jagged snow
LOL & my parents were just looking at those for their house
nightowlsp.com/ has some pretty good stuff that I'd be comfortable using, haven't touched a product of theirs for about 5 years though
edgy hazel
like arrowOS or lineage
jagged snow
Sailifish?
jagged snow
nightowlsp.com/ has some pretty good stuff that I'd be comfortable using, haven'...
Local recording to a dvr with a password-protected stream accessible via wan
But hosted from your dvr
edgy hazel
Sailifish?
maybe wanna go for something more aosp based is what I wanted to say
jagged snow
ubuntu touch
languid gulch
i'm tempted to just yank some laptop cameras out & wire em up
edgy hazel
I do not wanna troubleshoot for 5 hours on my phone
jagged snow
maybe wanna go for something more aosp based is what I wanted to say
I've thought a lot about lineage
edgy hazel
same I'm about to switch to it since arrowOS doesn't do updates anymore for my phone
jagged snow
But I'm just not at all comfortable with giving google any more data than I need to
Zenphone 8 with lineage?
Intriguing combo
soft bloom
anybody using Plotly library?
gilded helm
Is there a release date in there?
(besides 2025)
Though I guess that's a lot of wiggle room already
tough owl
nope
gilded helm
That's a crazy development cycle to think about, in terms of trying to do consumer hardware projection for PC.
narrow folio
every 10 years is enough?
narrow folio
GTA V was released on PS 3 and Xbox 360, so 6 could have been a new game for PS 4, but not even PS 5... Maybe PS 6😁
gilded helm
2014 was also... Nvidia 700 series and Radeon 200 series I think?
narrow folio
yeah, should be in the release cycle of those cards
gilded helm
And in 2025 we're going to (almost certainly) have Blackwell and RDNA4.
Even a 4050 laptop is probably better than the top end hardware configurations that existed for consumers back then. SO maybe it's going to launch with really good performance and anything will be able to run it? 😛
narrow folio
one can dream
maiden coyote
It'll be heavily optimized for ps5 and xbone x
hard goblet
Hi, I got an issue, When I try to play after the updating, I get this message and can not play the game ( Plugin 'BuildableResourceNodesRedux' failed to load because module 'BuildableResourceNodesRedux' could not be loaded. There may be an operating system error or the module may not be properly set up )
maiden coyote
Verify your game files
hard goblet
sorry to ask but how ?
jagged snow
Hi, I got an issue, When I try to play after the updating, I get this message an...
Disable your mods
winged valley
How strict are the timings for HDMI signal? I want to rotate a port 90 degrees vertically in order to better hide cables but I'm unsure if that will destroy timing or not
hard goblet
ah ok, thanks
maiden coyote
How strict are the timings for HDMI signal? I want to rotate a port 90 degrees v...
On the cable itself? Not very, clock is transmitted with the signal so as long as they're not too long is fine
To long is 10+ ft
winged valley
So modifying a port with pins of varying length wont mess up clock timings?
maiden coyote
As long as you keep the matched pairs lined up no
They probably make a right angle adapter
If you're taking about desoldering a port I wouldn't do that
winged valley
fair enough
I wouldve done it by modifying the port because I need to oractice lol but those work
hard goblet
Disable your mods
All fixed, Thank you
languid gulch
i'm a sucker for adapters
gilded helm
The annoying thing about shopping for adapters is you need to make sure they meet the same spec as the cable and port
languid gulch
true, but it's also neat to just see what kinds of adapters exist
gilded helm
This caught my eye recently, but I don't know that I would ever actually want two devices that close to one another?
twin dew
And that horror isn't standards compliant, and if you use it, you might blow one of the devices...
If both devices don't want the exact same voltage...
gilded helm
I would assume it just automatically goes to the lower voltage
jagged snow
If both devices don't want the exact same voltage...
Looking at the size of the junction, I'd assume it has some logic capabilities to avoid that
gilded helm
Some sort of failsafe maybe going all the way down to minimum spec volts and amps.
twin dew
Data sync: USB 3.0 , 480Mbps. Can transfer 1Gb file within 30s. (Note: Don't support video and audio transfer)
Also this is wrong in some way.
The speed listed is for USB 2.0.
twin dew
Looking at the size of the junction, I'd assume it has some logic capabilities t...
Yes, probably, and then one of the devices won't charge properly.
gilded helm
I would still just get a better hub and another cable rather than spending the money on a fancy cable like that.
Also I just realized that given the size of 300W chargers that exist for laptops or as USB hubs, I wonder how big the chargers will be which are going to ship with that 300W Oppo Supervooc. Or whatever it's called.
edgy hazel
www.baseus.com/products/flash-2-in-1-usb-c-cable-100w-4-9ft
Very fancy firestarter
midnight osprey
grrrr, fuck windows
I see the cursor flashing in a dicord window
and what happens, my typing affects another app? lol
languid gulch
lol that sounds like one of those incredible ARC bugs with its UI
midnight osprey
when you're looking for a tech support video and finding this ...
very inspiring, lol
midnight osprey
lol that sounds like one of those incredible ARC bugs with its UI
arc bug?
I downvoted it too
night girder
I digged the trailer.
midnight osprey
how on earth was this shared 504 times? 😮
I wish I could see like and dislike before clicking on a video
night girder
Hey, it’s all youtubes plan to make it harder for us to know the shit videos from the crap ones.
languid gulch
arc bug?
oh the new intel ARC GPUs had a massively buggy UI & would do things like be an overlay instead of just being a panel, & do weird stuff like copy your typing somewhere else or maximize whenever you'd switch windows
midnight osprey
😮
time to try steam link on apple tv
I got sooooooooooo fed up of Alexa
spent £170 to not vent at Alexa most times I wanted to instruct via my voice, lol
maybe she doesn't like my English / Irish mix of an accent, lol
having to over enunciate for it to understand me
dunno why but that drove me nuts
languid gulch
idk how i've gotten this far into the digital assistant era without ever having used Siri or Alexa
midnight osprey
I;ve been using android since I fell out with apple back in the iphone 4 days
but a friend bought me the 13 max pro for christmas so thought I would try to fully embrace it
cute emoji ❤️
languid gulch
ngl i'd return any iphone i got
midnight osprey
Hey, it’s all youtubes plan to make it harder for us to know the shit videos fro...
indeed bud, indeed
and I hate them for it! lol
would be nice to have faith in a youtube search
I really wish there was decent competition
languid gulch
the ones who have the trademarks on other video players are making............alternative content
midnight osprey
I was having a adhd related meltdown last night
so I search youtube for coping strats
now all I see is adhd recommended videos
night girder
I find playing around with YT algorythm pretty fun. My gaming PC has firefox set up to delete all cookies and data after closing of the browser. This makes YT recommend videos from a "clean slate". With the comming elections, YT somehow figures out that I live in Belgium and what do I get in my "clean slate" feed? Political videos. Because they paid YT to be viewed by us. With our money
I mean, YT has a pretty biased algorythm where money plays a BIG part when you don't log in and have no data for YT to work with.
The other video I got was "NeNe pronouncing she has big boobs and that she can eat a lot" some girl who is clearly not native english speaking trying to pronounce that sentence for her audiance.
And as a journalist pointed out in an article about YT ad war. YT has a monopoly. This is the biggest issue.
midnight osprey
lol
Meanwhile this is what stream link is showing me.
Zoom in and check the quality, lol
night girder
Wow! That looks like that pokemon red glitch
midnight osprey
lol
night girder
Time to start getting my final achievement to get 100%. I need to do this tutorial of two-three hours one more time
Because somebody though it was a fun idea to make the player do this 4x. Playing the same tutorial over and over again
twin dew
The Talos Principle 1 main campaign replayed to all three endings again (with cat variant for second this time), next: Road to Gehenna replay.
night girder
Never played that.
midnight osprey
feck
getting lag over steam link
hopefully switching to all ethernet later today will resolve that
0.5 m cable from EURO 6 router to a switch adapter
then 5m cable to TV and 10m cable to PC
all cat 8
night girder
shielded? - cat 8 sounds overkill anyway. But if you can afford it, why not 🤷♂️
midnight osprey
each time my xbox controller is turned off, it need to be reconnected in Apple TV settings (epic fail)!
barely any price difference for the cat 8
I believe cat 6 is enough for my GB internet
steam link did a test and got 100mb/sec over wifi
but there is controller input lag for sure
very noticable in a platformer that I tried
night girder
😒
rotund hamlet
steam link did a test and got 100mb/sec over wifi
what latency tho
you can have all the bandwidth in the world and garbage latency
dire igloo
Imagine you get 100% packet loss too
midnight osprey
it's frustrating the fuck out of me though
all I wanted to do is relax in front of the tv, lol
dire igloo
High speed, but everything gets dropped, so you effectively get 0 Mbps
edgy hazel
Lmaaoooo steam link via wifi?
midnight osprey
I am in the same room, not like there are walls in the way
edgy hazel
I will not repeat myself
midnight osprey
I don't expect you to
edgy hazel
Good
midnight osprey
it would have been easier to just run a HDMI cable from my PC to TV
rotund hamlet
yes
midnight osprey
steam link app needs to be active anyways to game on my TV
rotund hamlet
could use your baller cat 8 cable to run HDMI
rotund hamlet
cheap maybe but if they do cat 8 speeds then they do cat 8 speeds
night girder
You know what I hate? Games that take all control away and force you do press buttons they want. Like: "Press ESC, click Items, Click on the sword to equip it." If you don't do it, you can't progress. This is freaking obnoxious 🤣 And it does this for everything it wants to teach you.
edgy hazel
rotund hamlet
safest american household
midnight osprey
So then. Now it can find my pc on the network but won’t do a speed test or allow me to play a game.
Even though it connected to my pc after I confirmed the code.
rotund hamlet
are you connecting over wifi through a wall
night girder
So then. Now it can find my pc on the network but won’t do a speed test or allow...
What is "it" ?
midnight osprey
Pc is connected via Ethernet but Apple TV is WiFi until my delivery later
And it is the iOS steam link app
I’m drained at the moment. I just don’t wanna sit at my desk.
I’m yet to find any mobile games that appeal to me so thought I’d try steam link
@rotund hamlet & @night girder
Typical Amazon delayed my delivery! lol
night girder
the iOS steam link app can speed test?
midnight osprey
Yeah
100mbs again
But then on the connection screen it just stays there.
I’ve even removed the app and reinstalled.
twin dew
Firewall issue on your computer?
midnight osprey
Hmmmm, could be!
I shall have a look. Though it worked on my first attempt that I ditched due to a delay
night girder
Firewall issue on your computer?
normally gives pop up
twin dew
Only the first time.
night girder
or if you changed settings
midnight osprey
I never got a pop up
I turned it off manually temp and it didn't make a difference
will try again later with the cable
pure karma
The Talos Principle 1 main campaign replayed to all three endings again (with ca...
now the new problem to solve is the lack of performance to play the second one
great game tho played it aswell
night girder
So this showed up.
The Online Service Experience Packs are quite similar to the Windows Feature Experience Packs. This is because they both allow you to make updates to Windows, outside of the conventional and recommended OS updates.
The difference comes in where Windows Feature Experience Packs is able deliver broad improvements over multiple areas of Windows. On the other hand, the Online Service Experience Packs are centered on making improvements for a specific experience, like the new Your Microsoft account setting page.
Fuck off Microsoft 🤣
"Currently, we are testing this mechanism with the new “Your Microsoft account settings” page. To access the page, under Settings, click Accounts. Information related to your Microsoft account, including your subscriptions for Microsoft 365, links to order history, payment details, and Microsoft Rewards will be displayed. This allows you to access your Microsoft account directly within Settings in Windows 11."
Idiots are testing on production ffs.
edgy hazel
Idiots are testing on production ffs.
You'd would too if you weren't a coward
It's called production because we produce perfect code
dire igloo
My computer science professor told us that a good developer can write bug free code in MS Notepad
night girder
Yeah yeah, sounds like a dork from the 90's.
We are 2023 where AI can write code for us. What's the point of learning to write "bug free code" in MS Notepad for hours and hours when in the modern day and age we got tools to help us.
👆 During that era I would agree. But today, a good developer = use modern languages (multiple), be full stack, use AI tools.
rotund hamlet
We are 2023 where AI can write code for us. What's the point of learning to writ...
AI cannot write code for us
AI can just predict what the next line of code might be based on code already written
and if it writes all the code, hallucinations happen more and more frequently
night girder
Sure ... it's not that developers use AI to write whole boilerplate code 🙄
night girder
I never said it would be copy/paste code btw.
I just know developers use AI to speed up things. That a "good" developer today. Fast and flexible.
Writing flawless code in Notepad is just a big flex 🤣 (The ego needs some food).
dire igloo
We are 2023 where AI can write code for us. What's the point of learning to writ...
Except that infosec researchers are REALLY scared of zero day exploits in AI code that no one can easily fix cuz no one knows what the code exactly does
night girder
Except that infosec researchers are REALLY scared of zero day exploits in AI cod...
You let AI fix?
dire igloo
night girder
I fear, the AI train has left the station and there is no way we can turn the tide now.
Regulation is not able to keep up at the moment. So free play for AI 🤷♂️
I still find it funny that such a simple action (bug/exploit) revealed the training data of chatGPT🤣
edgy hazel
I wonder what's gonna happen when governments recognize that grabbing art/other stuff from the internet to train their stuff is copyright infringement.
And what will happen to basically any existing Ai
night girder
I wonder what's gonna happen when governments recognize that grabbing art/other ...
I wonder what's gonna to happen, when the internet is flooded with AI generated content and that AI is going to generate content based on AI generated content.
We either get a lot of the same (like the Marvel movies, creative dead) or we get really cool new things 😄
dusk rivet
hopefully people are smart enough not to consume shitty content so it forces companies to produce higher quality content
sadly won’t happen tho
edgy hazel
Here you go. Just generated this with Bing using my Microsoft account for which I pay for. So MS Basically just sold me Disney art
night girder
I learned yesterday, that this Gentlemen, probably was the first one to explore AI territory. He made a mouse and a maze. And the mouse learned the maze by trial and error. Uncontrolled.
The video I picked this up is also pretty interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMQbHMgK2rw
Why do we have to login to use all these AI tools?
Imagine you cannot search on google/duckduckgo, ... without logging in. What a shitty UX.
edgy hazel
Because these AI tools are currently basically running on loss
edgy hazel
Nah
night girder
Why else did YT suddenly go war to war with adblockers. As a simple example. Because ... 💰
edgy hazel
See apple/Nvidia
night girder
And YT = Alfabet. And Alfabet = Google.
Apple keeps raising the prices of all their products constantly. Same with Nvidia.
edgy hazel
Nvidia is swimming in cash because everyone wants ML cards
night girder
True.
edgy hazel
And iirc apple has one of the biggest cash reserves
night girder
But if you ask Nvidia why their GPU are so expensive.
They will tell us they losing money.
They will never tell us the truth and say: greed?
edgy hazel
There you gotta draw some lines
Alphabet is profitable, YouTube isnt
Or at least Youtube wasn't a few years ago. I think they're in the black now
dire igloo
They are all running on loss.
No. They are just running into the barrier of user limit.
You can't have more users than there are people on the internet.
Pair that with a bunch of shareholders demanding continuous profits, you get bullshit like YT anti-adblock or Netflix anti-account-sharing
dusk rivet
some companies need to realize we only use them for the convenience, make it annoying to use the website and imma jump ship
night girder
That still means they are making profit. Just not as much as they want.
and they probably made shit ton of loans based on a % of growth. So if they cannot keep that growth, they get less loans etc.
dire igloo
I don't see it. All I see is a slowdown of growth.
Wouldn't call it a slowdown. I'd say it's plateauing
dire igloo
Average the numbers from Q4 2020 until today
night girder
and the other part they always leave out is: mismanagement of companies. Hiring whole teams to work on features that will never see the light of day.
dire igloo
It's fluctuating, but it's essentially a plateau
night girder
implementing short videos on Youtube. Forcing it on the users.
Spending money in stealing twitch streamers to get them to YouTube.
edgy hazel
Revenue ≠ Profit !!!
night girder
All those choices are YT's choices, not mine. And what does YT do? Crack down on it's users for more money to fill the holes their own fuckups created 😉
night girder
Revenue ≠ Profit !!!
Good point.
But like I said, even if it's Revenue, it's YT choice how much of the revenue is profit. YT controls the expenses.
edgy hazel
Streaming video is super expensive tho
dire igloo
Spending money in stealing twitch streamers to get them to YouTube.
tbf, Twitch is a shit hole.
And if you can manage to provide an easy to use alternative that'll also hook at least a part of your existing audience, you can tap in on the gold mine
night girder
tbf, Twitch is a shit hole.
And if you can manage to provide an easy to use alte...
Not my point. I know what twitch is.
dire igloo
But like I said, even if it's Revenue, it's YT choice how much of the revenue is...
Well, some of them
night girder
I am saying: those are ALL expenses that aren't necessary.
dire igloo
I am saying: those are ALL expenses that aren't necessary.
It's essentially advertising for YT Live
night girder
Nobody asked for YT Live.
edgy hazel
But also check any twitch streamer that yt recruited. 90% are back on twitch after the contract
night girder
They create their own problems, and we have to fix it by watching adds, paying subscriptions etc.
You guys forget how YT became so big? It's not because of Google.
and before it was in the hands of Google it all seemed pretty chill.
I still hope I am alive to see the day YT get's replaced by a competitor.
charred pewter
heh
night girder
So I was looking at the top 10 most played games on steam and I noticed "Call Of Duty".
Seems it's an aggregation of 3 different call of duties? Didn't know steam did this.
Imagine if all games did that
jagged snow
Seems it's an aggregation of 3 different call of duties? Didn't know steam did t...
It's a trick Activision has pulled. They've merged the last four cod games into one wrapper/launcher for the purposes of shoving ads down your throat and cheating playcounts
night girder
It's a trick Activision has pulled. They've merged the last four cod games into ...
As I feared 😦 I hope GTA does it too. GTA-1-2-3-4-5 (6?) 😄
and you know what? Red dead redemption is GTA but then with cowboys. Might as well add it too the aggregation too for good measure.
pure karma
Seems it's an aggregation of 3 different call of duties? Didn't know steam did t...
i mean its something nintendo has been doing for a while for example pinkmin4 has pinkmin 1 and 2 included
however its defedently new to steam
night girder
Does nitendo also have a chart like steam?
pure karma
i think it would be a decent way to setup sequals
night girder
my issue is this: it's manipulating the charts.
pure karma
yea thats the problem
jagged snow
As I feared 😦 I hope GTA does it too. GTA-1-2-3-4-5 (6?) 😄
Yeah... that's what's allowed them to claim the "most players ever" numbers they've been touting
night girder
This is just scumbaggery.
winged valley
I dont understand dota 2 at all, I feel like steam is inflating its stats. Sure its not as popular as league but I literally never ever see or hear about it
pure karma
a fix for that would be having the difrent games be difrent launch options so steam would have a way to atleast track which launch was used and how many people are playing each launch option
winged valley
Oh im late
winged valley
That just makes it even weirder that I never see or hear about it
night girder
people from all over the world play it. Russians. Chinese. Americans. Europeans. All together.
winged valley
Hell I haven't seen a single dota meme in the last 5 years
night girder
Oh, it's not that popular maybe? But it's still free. I haven't played in ages.
I know it always ranked top on twitch too.
winged valley
Interesting
night girder
and it's free, so easy to download.
That's why TF2 is also in the top charts.
Because it's free to play and 90% of the "players" are bots 😄
TF2 is from 2007. Dang.
To be honest, top-10 is mostly free games it seems.
- NARAKA: BLADEPOINT, Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, Apex Legends, Team Fortress 2, PUBG, all free.
- Then you have GTA 5. But that's just a masterpiece.
- Wallpaper Engine is running in the background, so it's farming up a lot of hours.
Call of Duty is cheating. And Baldur's Gate 3 is 🔥 .
charred pewter
i gave up on MP games in general because of how many cheaters there are... it got to the point where i couldnt tell if i lost to an actual skilled player, or some china cheater bot
so ive just since given up bothering... i do co-op only with trusted people now, or solo only
this coming from someone who LOVED MP arena combat games and excelled at them ....
night girder
I miss shooters. They are so fun. But I am with you Frigid. Can't deal with cheaters/hackers. Can't deal with toxicity/trolls. I just want a good shooter and have fun.
charred pewter
trolls were one thing... cheaters are another. trolls you just put on mute ... cheaters you cant do anything about
night girder
I whished I knew some people to play Arma 3 with. It seems military simulators with the right crowd are tons of fun.
charred pewter
right
night girder
and it attracts a more mature crowd cuz of the way games like Arma 3 work.
charred pewter
i used to play with a group of people in Planetside2 ...... but with how many players in the game and the sprinkling of cheaters... it got tired. it wasnt like 'play with a group inside a contained server only you guys had access too'
night girder
trolls were one thing... cheaters are another. trolls you just put on mute ... c...
Bro, if I have to spawn in one single time, while every open mic around me is blasting some russians songs, I will eat my own foot.
charred pewter
LOL!
night girder
and I want open microphone in tactical shooters because it can elevate teamwork to new heights.
night girder
It's way easier to just say: enemy behind the corner, then to have to wiggle, or type it out. Or let a teammate find out themself 🤣
charred pewter
haha right 😄
night girder
That's why I played a lot of Battlebit Remastered a few months ago. But the developers are crashing that game into the ground with every patch.
charred pewter
thats how we played in ps2 ... we were only on squad comms, and could call out targets and infiltrate
night girder
thats how we played in ps2 ... we were only on squad comms, and could call out t...
Also how i played tarkov with my friends.
charred pewter
it helps to have a discor server outside the game for that too .....
night girder
Yes!
charred pewter
you see a squad of guys all moving along together not saying a word to each and moving quick.... you know they are all on a private comms channel 😄
and to 'steer clear... they good'
night girder
But on the topic of cheating. I am not sure if you were here when we had the discussion. But a little while back I said the following: "Gamers don't want cheaters. Gamers also don't want Anti-Cheat Software with privileges over their computer / privacy concerns". I know this, because developers wanted to implement faceit into their games a few times but didn't go through cuz of the backlash from community.
"Faceit has full root access! It's spyware".
Now I am not going to say what is what. I don't know. But it made me think. If we want to get rid of hackers/cheaters, we also have to compromise. A.k.a. give a bit of trust to anticheat software that they have more access to monitor your PC, but don't abuse it.
I mean, I have nothing to hide. If implementing faceit reduce cheaters dramatically. I am willing to do that.
dusk rivet
That's why TF2 is also in the top charts.
bit late, but this will always be the funniest snake in gaming
the highest poly model in the whole game
jagged snow
I mean, I have nothing to hide. If implementing faceit reduce cheaters dramatica...
I'm not... I put in too much work to keep my tech secure to give that much control to others
night girder
So you rather play with cheaters?
charred pewter
yeah, ive never been against anti-cheat software in games... heck, even Denovu never really seemed to affect my gameplay negativly (nor noticed any increase/betterment when they take it out)
jagged snow
Imo, that level of anticipation should be required for ranked playmaybe, but nothing else
jagged snow
So you rather play with cheaters?
Tbh yeah... the other solution to cheats is better server-side code
charred pewter
problem with server side detection... its hard to spot the aimbots with it
jagged snow
That's true
charred pewter
but then as i mentioned before .... aimbots generally turn someone into an NPC, and make them an easier target 😄
night girder
So is COD solution better then? They have bots hunting down cheaters and killing them? 😒
/www.theverge.com/2023/11/9/23954565/call-of-duty-anti-cheat-splat-modern-warfare-3-warzone
charred pewter
that would be hilarious ... the game begins to grief a griefer/cheater 😄
night girder
Just to annoy cheaters and hackers and hope they will leave the game. It's more psychologically warfare.
It's real 😄
Taking away parachutes isn’t the only mitigation included with Splat. If people are detected as cheating after the start of a game, Splat can turn “a bunny hop into a 10,000-foot drop,” instantly taking them out.
charred pewter
*"its a game bug" *
night girder
Activision has also been working on an improved server and client-side anti-cheat systems ahead of Friday’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III release.
And they state that they improved their server and client-side anti-cheat systems.
charred pewter
server detects aimbot... causes every bullet to miss 😄
night girder
I don't know. I rather have decent anticheat.
charred pewter
makes your bullets hit friendlys more than enemies
night girder
Faceit is London based company. I haven't read anything that made me lose trust.
charred pewter
oof 24gb patch for cp77
and ive still yet to really play the game LOL
i played it long enough to reach my apartment, then quit
night girder
Oh Frigid, I got 100% on steam 😄
charred pewter
nice!
jagged snow
I don't know. I rather have decent anticheat.
The Activision system has worked very well so far
charred pewter
tutorials are good once
night girder
The Activision system has worked very well so far
Splat?
charred pewter
..... why is there so many fraud attempts coming from france these days?! is that just what all the chinese are targetting for their IPs/VPNs now or something, geez.
(its always the chinese when it boils down to it)
night girder
..... why is there so many fraud attempts coming from france these days?! is tha...
History.
charred pewter
and thats not racist =p
charred pewter
"all these new accounts have gibberish to names, they must be fake fraud accounts!" - some idiot manager who is looking at chinese letters in the database
(thats partly NOT a joke......)
why are managers such idiots sometimes? compared to the people actually doing the real jobs under them?
i start to worry that i will suddenly become "the idiot manager" ....
edgy hazel
bit late, but this will always be the funniest snake in gaming
HE'S REAL!!!!
charred pewter
damn.... put that on a spit and roast it over a fire ! YUM!
what??? i lived in AZ ... snake was something we ate
rotund hamlet
is smol noodle fren
charred pewter
oh thats dirt? wow, that IS small
i thought it was like mulch or something chunky
earthworm sized snake ........... yeah i dont eat worms, ew
night girder
(thats partly NOT a joke......)
The chinese letters mean the player is a pro E-sport legend.
That's why everyone goes for that. To play the mind game.
charred pewter
you know, i was doing e-sports before it was even a thing
night girder
Is anyone else stoked to play Bonnie and Clyde in 2025?
charred pewter
a female in gta6? oh ... well now!
charred pewter
one thing i didnt like about gta5 .... forced to play three different characters ...
night girder
I mean, honestly, this can be interesting. I know little games that have done this.
night girder
one thing i didnt like about gta5 .... forced to play three different characters...
My first hunch is that this is going to be the case, but with these two?
charred pewter
2 of which were boring, and 1 was ... well ... a redneck wackjob
night girder
Or you play one of the two and you select gender at the start.
and then you have to play the game twice fully (male/female) to get 100% 😄
charred pewter
so long as the two are playable ...
the three in gta5 were barely playable and annoying as hell and i couldnt get behind them at all
night girder
Honestly, GTA V get's shit ton of love from me. They risked new things. Some like it. Some don't. Better than becomming a stagnant franchise like... I don't know 99% of the games atm?
What* big game franchises innovate? I know of Zelda and GTA atm.
charred pewter
stagnant franchise .... you make it sound like Far Cry and Assassins Creed 😄
charred pewter
i click ignore on every sports game that pops up on steam 😉
night girder
Total Warhammer was a reskin of the same game 3 times.
CS 2. What does it add to the table?
And call of duty? And battlefield?
charred pewter
it adds +1 !
night girder
Oh, yeah battlefield one added ladies and more vibrant colors.
To make war more fun and gender neutral.
charred pewter
🤦
night girder
So in that context (big franchises aren't innovating anymore) I give GTA and Zelda love.
and I don't know of any other game that played out a story by telling it with 3 different characters we control.
night girder
Let me look it up 😄
dusk rivet
any of y’all have sff pc’s?
charred pewter
sff ?
night girder
Small form factor
charred pewter
always pondered it, never got around to it (for my HTPC)
night girder
I got myself a big boy case.
twin dew
My computer science professor told us that a good developer can write bug free c...
Well, yes, for very trivial code and by taking multiple times more time to do checking...
edgy hazel
A good developer can write bug free in assembly on a piece of paper
dire igloo
Reminds me of COBOL
night girder
Imagine you having to push a button, to patch your code to the voyager. And then hope you didn't fuck it up 😓
There is only production 😄
dire igloo
jagged snow
There is only production 😄
They actually have exact copies of the probes at jpl so they can test everything before actually sending it off
night girder
They actually have exact copies of the probes at jpl so they can test everything...
exact copies? 🤣
jagged snow
Yep
night girder
voyager 1 and 2 are not the ones we send up into space.
The effects of space on voyager 1/2.
night girder
and sending code into space, it uses deep space relay communication or something. A network of satelites. It's just different than anything we got on the ground.
Like, true story. One of the voyagers had a bitflip in space.
twin dew
Nah, very large ground antennas.
The satellites are for just on earth orbit stuff.
jagged snow
It's pretty crazy tech considering how old it is at this point
night girder
They first had to find the bit flip. then write code to fix it up, then send that code into space. And then hope everything was alright.
So the voyager 2 was sending back garbage data.
charred pewter
checksums upon checksums to make sure the data change got there the same as they expect it too without loss/change 😄
bad enough packet loss on wired ground based internet ... imagine it in space
night girder
checksums upon checksums to make sure the data change got there the same as they...
Actually, voyagers have built in test pipeline.
When voyager get's package from earth, it first tells the voyager to stop everything it's doing. This get's queued.
night girder
Once the voyager tasks are done. It will first test the code to see if it passes.
If the test fails, the voyager will reject the patch.
charred pewter
flip smart phones .... uh huh .... and people thought i was stupid for liking my flip phone so much
night girder
(and send it back to earth) 😉
twin dew
Also dual arch AFAIK.
So it only updates one side.
edgy hazel
flip smart phones .... uh huh .... and people thought i was stupid for liking my...
Z flip is the only one I want. Fuck the big ones
tough owl
https://youtu.be/S24TDRxEna4?si=Wdar4z25a0PESYU-
It’s not relayed from a macOS VM somewhere
It’s done locally on device
night girder
goddam foldables.
tough owl
I hate them
charred pewter
one thing i wish my phone had.... was touch id
tough owl
I’ll never buy one
edgy hazel
Want
night girder
you can't even break them in two, since they are foldable 😦
tough owl
night girder
The main question I have with the foldable is still: why? I mean. What do we win?
tough owl
Thicker phone that’s half as long!
night girder
Bigger phones that fit in our pocket? But if they fold. It means they are thicker than other phones? 🤔
edgy hazel
The main question I have with the foldable is still: why? I mean. What do we win...
Smol
night girder
And why do we need bigger and bigger phones? How long are they going to keep doing that?
Untill the realize the phones are as big as ipads?
tough owl
honestly I think 15 pro max is perfect size phone for me
edgy hazel
And you can angrily close it after a bad call
tough owl
Fits in my pocket just fine and isn’t that heavy
edgy hazel
And why do we need bigger and bigger phones? How long are they going to keep doi...
Z flip isn't that big even open
night girder
Also, call me dumb but ... isn't this also a foldable phone?
charred pewter
my galaxy A10e is at the limit of big size for me and a phone
night girder
So we moved away from those foldable nokia's to smartphones.
to now go back to foldable 🤦♂️
edgy hazel
My s9 + is a bit bigger than I want
charred pewter
and now people want to go back because they realized just how good they were
night girder
Let's bring back keyboards to phones while we're at it.
And I want an antenna goddamit!
night girder
night girder
Why do you want an antenna?
Because it looks cool!
charred pewter
keyboards are on smart phones already, and antennas are already in them.... so theres really no point to bring those 'back' since they just evolved to be more efficient. However the move to giant flat screens you have to try and jamb into a pocket... was never an evolution in efficient
night girder
keyboards are on smart phones already, and antennas are already in them.... so t...
How can you say that and not realize that foldable is also freaking useless?
but yet they bring that back. Hence my sarcasm.
charred pewter
foldable fits in pockets, it protects the screen when closed
night girder
My phone (non foldable) fits perfect in my pocket?