public-chat

[crisp mason]

im tryna get one from corsair for 180 bucks

my dads buying it later on if its still on sale

my current one is complketely broken

really hope its still on sale in like a month or two

[fleet swan]

Is Hisense any good? I may consider that brand if Amazon is a valid delivery choice.

[crisp mason]

imma make me some nutella sandihc

[icy anchor]

Put extra thermal paste on it😋

[dreamy otter]

My uncle has Hisense and has constant issues with it

it has only 4gb of storage which fills up fast with streaming apps

android on it is also very slow

[fleet swan]

I only use a few streaming services so hopefully it may hold up.

[vapid pulsar]

Cgrddb

[primal gorge]

How tall is Linus? I keep finding sources that say he is 6'1" and other sources say he is 5'6"

[crystal mirage]

nah he is 4

(inches)

[carmine merlin]

Linus is definetly less than 8'11"

[primal gorge]

🤣🤣🤣

I finally ordered my first LTT merch btw

[errant vector]

Massive W

The Canadian economy thanks you

[past elk]

Found a 3070 founders edition for roughly 308$ you guys think it's a scam?

[viscid marlin]

what sight

[viscid marlin]

shorter than taller

[finite cloud]

What’d you get

[tawdry musk]

PC's are like glorified consoles with more variables
You don't have high end GPU's in the Desktop market anymore, they are just streaming devices for pre-rendered content
If you are only integrated in gaming you should only buy a gaming console because that is what they are built for

[night heron]

based and laptop pilled

i wouldnt want a gaming laptop anyway

giant loud brick with no battery life

[smoky wadi]

Elon musk confirms that he has a secret account on Instagram with 54 followers
calling the platform a “thirst trap”

😂

[graceful burrow]

K

[glacial basin]

K

[agile jetty]

I'm taller than linus

I'm 5'7 hehe

[slim yacht]

this is 2022 sir, laptop aint like that no more

[glacial basin]

I'm 5'9

[woeful minnow]

1 foot to go

[agile jetty]

69

[night heron]

based and average height pilled

[woeful minnow]

im 6'1 last i checked

[mossy crest]

i keep saying it, but once i get a ryzen 6000 or 7000 laptop (thinkpad probably) with that sweet, sweet rdna2 iGPU, i might never need a new laptop again, barring hardware failure

[slim yacht]

well 6000u chip is already very beastly with rdna2 i gpu

if you wanna get one now, its worth it

also a battery champ

[mossy crest]

need to save up a bit more but yeah

definitely by christmas there's a v good chance i just take the plunge

[woeful minnow]

i would buy one if they didnt all either suck, have soldered ram that tops out at 16gb or they just cost too much

[mossy crest]

soldered RAM is a pita yeah

[woeful minnow]

lenovo im looking at you

[mossy crest]

i can live with it, but it's not ideal

[woeful minnow]

i play cities skylines

which just eats ram

[night heron]

if i were to buy a laptop right now it'd be one that has the 2880x1800 90Hz oled panel

[mossy crest]

i will still maintain a pc build on the side

[woeful minnow]

i at least want the option of 32gb

frfr

[night heron]

1:1

[fluid ridge]

nothing is free in the world

"free" health services come by exponentially higher taxes

[woeful minnow]

...which is the point of taxes

[agile jetty]

Nice

[vapid smelt]

Sell your free medication to Americans ez

[coarse kayak]

literally everyone who says free healthcare is better understands it comes from taxes but guess which country spends most per capita on it.... oh it's the US!

[mossy crest]

ikr god forbid we collectively share the burden of literal healthcare

[agile jetty]

yall

i broke off a chip from a ddr3 stick

and teh stick still works

thats what i did

[coarse kayak]

inb4 works but has less capacity 🥴

[mossy crest]

can ram even do that?

[coarse kayak]

idk enough about it but probably?

cause assuming cheapest thing to manufacture it would be controller can do a range of memory amounts and you just slap on more or less memory chips for each capacity

[agile jetty]

also

i can solder it back on lol

i have the exact place to solder

[glacial basin]

yoo I'm having a water gun fight with my friends later today

yeah

[agile jetty]

milk

[coarse kayak]

you'll be one of the only people in a tech server who managed to get someone wet congrats

[agile jetty]

i soldered an 11th gen laptop cpu to a 10th gen crapper
it works
somehow

[glacial basin]

nice

[agile jetty]

and i DIDNT void the lenovo warranty somehow someway

[glacial basin]

nice

[agile jetty]

you should

itd be worth it

[glacial basin]

lmao

[agile jetty]

then go over

[glacial basin]

lmao

why not have a sleepover

[agile jetty]

sleep is for the weak

[vapid smelt]

Ikea shill

[agile jetty]

yk i find it weird that men arent "allowed" to have plushes like wtf

[latent plank]

says who?

[agile jetty]

the southern united states

[latent plank]

lol you listen to other people?

[full fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/fortnite-arrested-i-am-wanted-i-am-wanted-in700states-war-crimes-gif-23875798

[latent plank]

about what YOU like

[vapid smelt]

Many guys have wifu body pillows

[agile jetty]

where i am you will be harased if you do

[latent plank]

that sounds like a you issue

[agile jetty]

dont you?

[latent plank]

no

i work with other people

but no one tell me what i can or cannot do

[agile jetty]

makes sense

ah yes, minecraft 1.17.10 NOT RESPONDING

1.7.10*

[glacial basin]

if I listened I wouldn't go out with my friends

[agile jetty]

bro whatd lenovo do

they replaced my dead ram 2.67 ghz witth 2.13ghz ram

bro do i have a virus

my pc has an updownupdown spike usage pattern

[vapid smelt]

Human or PC virus?

[agile jetty]

pc #tech-chat-1 rq

laptop moment

[charred ibex]

My country does not support spotify canvas. Any way I can enable it in my app?

[fallow echo]

Where do you live? If you don't mind me asking

Oh wait

Southern us

[pliant karma]

I haven't been to an ikea in a while lol

[agile jetty]

Vpn

[slim yacht]

its not important

dont really have to turn that on

[finite cloud]

True you’re not. And I agree that is stupid. As for how to turn it on, I don’t know unless you can maybe make a U.S. account?

[pliant karma]

Lol I haven’t updated my Spotify app since June

And all my apps aren’t up to date

[fallow echo]

It's not something Ive really noticed, saw it once and thought that's kinda cool then never really cared for it again

[waxen cobalt]

when it says update but infomation not provided. im not updating when it says that idk wut im installin then

[charred ibex]

Yea

I don't know much about it here but I love the canvas feature

[pliant karma]

Ahh I’m the devil to my neighbors my security cameras alarm goes off when it detects motion between midnight-5am since that’s I’m asleep and someone is usually up by 6. Little shit has been going off every 20/30 min. And mind you the volume is maxed.

[charred ibex]

Lol

[fallow echo]

I got it in UK so maybe not

[amber shuttle]

how invested are you into home security?

[pliant karma]

Since I did do a sound test it’s barely heard faintly in the house but I do hear it enough, my neighbors garage he rented out to tenants is next door so lord have mercy on them

[amber shuttle]

lets hope that garage door is closed

[pliant karma]

Oh let’s just say it’s gonna be amplified soon

2 more cameras are gonna be mounted up but front area which is also near the garage. The one I have up atm is alleyway

3 alarms going off one another thing of its own considering I’ve done some tuning but a lot of false alerts happen

[heavy flare]

BLÅHAJ moment

[pliant karma]

Lol I have a favorite blanket I’ve had since 6

Technically not blanket but it’s a big ass pouch that holds sheets etc I just find it soft af

[heavy flare]

yooo that's amazintg

I bought a giant plush that I love

[wary summit]

heh

[full fossil]

Dbrand Skin?

[glacial basin]

ayo

my sister literally up and left

[wary summit]

nope, its glass, clear glass

they have literally every phone that has a glass back

comes with pre-applied adhesive

[full fossil]

What phone?

[glacial basin]

bro my sister just went home herself

didn't even tell me

[wary summit]

Poco F3

[full fossil]

And?

[glacial basin]

I'm stuck waiting here

[manic torrent]

I need to fix the cable that has fallen in front of one of the cams, but yeah.

So handy, because the living area is at the back of the house. I have them up on screen permanently in the office, so I can see if there's a delivery or whatever

[past egret]

so ill be moving to the land down under in about 3 months and i was thinking if i should build a mini itx or just get a laptop

[full fossil]

u have cheese?

[manic torrent]

I am enjoying my egpu

[manic torrent]

What sort of cheese? I have several

[full fossil]

😉

plz help my gpu is garbage

[past egret]

i like a good mozzarella salad

[manic torrent]

Have you tried replacing it

[past egret]

thats a great idea, do you take your laptop on the go usually?

[full fossil]

its a rtx 3080 gigabyte vision

any better gpu cheese?

[manic torrent]

I don't really go anywhere, but yeah. I have an xps13. I changed to a gigabyte egpu. Used to be a 1070, is now a 6600XT

[full fossil]

feta cheese it seems

[full fossil]

i have images off

windows defender gets dumb when someone sends an image

[full fossil]

💯

[forest chasm]

Damn and its still cleaner than my setup 🤣

[full fossil]

I just fthew up

[keen beacon]

damn whats the name of the laptop

[manic torrent]

The gigabyte egpu has a 400W psu, 100W USB C charging, and has a carry bag

[manic torrent]

Dell xps13 with oled display

[full fossil]

with cheese

[night tulip]

morning

[full fossil]

gg

[forest chasm]

Morning, you good?

[night tulip]

yup, start my new build today

[full fossil]

😼

[manic torrent]

I think I am going to hold off upgrading my video card until maybe the end of the year. And maybe upgrade the whole system .

[forest chasm]

Noice, so you woke up and chose the path of pain 🤣

[full fossil]

pc building is fun if it isnt itx

[forest chasm]

I mean I'm still repping an I5 7500U and 1050 ti 😅

[full fossil]

ouch

[night tulip]

got a 5900x/6800xt

[full fossil]

I got a 5800x3d and 3080

[manic torrent]

Ouch. Yeah I'm on a 3700X / 3070. It's great, but could be better at 4k

[forest chasm]

I'm looooooong overdue an upgrade, it's just getting parts and time, most of my stuff is hand me downs

[full fossil]

6600xt would be decent upgrade for you

[manic torrent]

I spent time/money on my secondary setup instead (laptop+egpu 6600xt)

[full fossil]

or a 3050 if you like Nvidia

[forest chasm]

I've been debating switching to an AMD build

[full fossil]

All Amd?

SAM is a good benefit for budget amd pcs

[forest chasm]

Would depend on pricing and availability

[night tulip]

I am upgrading from a 3060

[full fossil]

3060 to a 6800xt is kinda dumb ngl

[night tulip]

how so?

[full fossil]

What did you gain?

[forest chasm]

More numbers

[night tulip]

well considering a 3060 is compared to a 6600. I gained a lot. I run 3 monitors with 5 pages with one being gaming in the center

[full fossil]

3060 is on par with the 6600xt

[stray apex]

unless you've made a drastic change to your setup like adding a new 4k display, or previously your card was grossly underpowered, 3060 to 6800xt doesn't make much sense

[full fossil]

I upgraded from a 2060 to a 3080 because I got a 144hz 4k monitor

[forest chasm]

I mean end of the day though its been done and they like the build 🤷🏼‍♂️

[full fossil]

Return period 👿

[night tulip]

plus I am planning on keeping this setup for a couple years, plus I like the 500mhz added by the 6800xt

[full fossil]

500mhz doesnt justify a upgrade

[night tulip]

whats funny is I dont need to justify anything

[stray apex]

it's not like it's not an upgrade
it's just kind of a weird decision

especially with next gen around the corner

[full fossil]

Mhz is like comparing a i5 clocked at 3.8ghz and a i7 clocked at 3.7ghz

The higher the Die has been packed the lower the volts and therefor clock speed lower, so 500mhz wont make a difference

The 3060 has a higher clock speed than the 3080 but it doesnt mean the 3060 is faster than the 3080

the 6800xt is faster but at 1080p you wont feel a difference

[night tulip]

I am giving my old setup to my nephew for his birthday anyway so I needed a new GPU

[full fossil]

You mean Computer 😏

You're story has some holes in it 😈

[night tulip]

how so? my old setup is a 5600x with a 3060. I bought a 5900x and a 6800xt. My niece turns 16 this year and is getting a car, so my dad and I didnt want my nephew to feel left out

quit being cringe guy

[full fossil]

Hes getting a car so you dont want him to feel left out so you're giving him you're old "setup"

[night tulip]

she is getting a car

[full fossil]

Saying cringe is "cringe"

[forest chasm]

He's referring to the fact you said giving away your pc to cousin, but then you only said you're getting a gpu, despite that fact earlier you're starting a new rig

[night tulip]

NEPHEW

[full fossil]

Same difference

[forest chasm]

Ah my b my reading skills are lacking from all the manuals I skip

[night tulip]

this is the problem with people not reading everything I said

[full fossil]

I read what you said

[night tulip]

I said when I logged on that I bought a 5900x and a 6800xt

[forest chasm]

Nephew and cousin are actually very different tho Java 😅

[full fossil]

🥴

[night tulip]

probably not where he is from, lmao. Sister/moms and all

[full fossil]

Im from new south whales

[forest chasm]

Ah that explains it all 🤣

[full fossil]

Does it?

Ill explain in deeper details if so

someone help

[forest chasm]

I'm just chatting crap, I have a few friends from Perth and another place I've forgotten and all they do is badmouth NSW

[full fossil]

my neighbors cat just got slammed into the asphalt by my jeep and now im not sure if I tell them, or eat it from dinner

[forest chasm]

Both, invite them to the bbq

[full fossil]

But they might notice

[forest chasm]

Tell them that extra ingredient was the love they had for the food

[full fossil]

or do I not cook its name tag?

The affection they gave gives it a tangy flavor

[forest chasm]

Are we bad people? 🤔

[full fossil]

Could be

I was tore a muscle so I tore my neighbors dogs muscle

There dog was found dead in there back yard

[hidden rock]

Hii

[night tulip]

you need help

[full fossil]

wanna help me

[night tulip]

you need professional help which I am not

[full fossil]

You act professional

so help me

ong

[full fossil]

Ain't you Nathaniel B?

[night tulip]

who is that?

[full fossil]

😈

[night tulip]

it's too early here for trolls

[hardy aspen]

@gloomy blazerand

no dbrand in this server

🥲

[full fossil]

🤡

[twilit dew]

when does pc2 release

[full fossil]

windows 12 when?

[twilit dew]

im a windows 7 user myself

[night tulip]

windows 98 here

[past egret]

do you guys trust shipping to deliver a 32 inch monitor

[twilit dew]

no personally id fly overseas to collect it

[night tulip]

Mine got delivered

[forest chasm]

Imagine all the short linus jokes if they were 😅

[full fossil]

didint ask

[twilit dew]

why is there a homeless linus pic on reddit

[forest chasm]

It's all for a giggle innit

[twilit dew]

innit mandem

[past egret]

im gonna be moving overseas and i want to keep the monitor, should i just ship it or hand carry it on the flight lmao

[full fossil]

Just sell it and buy a new one once you're moved

[twilit dew]

hand carry it

im actually moving overseas aswell to the usa

[full fossil]

or just smash it

[twilit dew]

visit a micro centre

[full fossil]

I used to live by one

than i moved back to Australia

[forest chasm]

I'm in the wrong country for a micro center

[past egret]

we have a micro center here

[twilit dew]

dang

[full fossil]

Denver

[twilit dew]

i do want to visit a micro centre

[forest chasm]

The best we got is Currys pc world 😅

[twilit dew]

currys pc is ass

[full fossil]

ong

[forest chasm]

All fax no printers

[twilit dew]

im currently using a laptop with no screen and 109gb hardrive

4gb ram

intel celuron no gpu

[hardy aspen]

Hehe

[forest chasm]

The best laptop I've ever owned I got for free, always pays to be friends with IT 🤣

[past egret]

my laptop died so i might just build a new pc for when i moved

[twilit dew]

same

[past egret]

laptop served me 4.5 years

[twilit dew]

i literally have to open the laptop and readjust the battery for it to boot

[forest chasm]

It's a Samsung np900x3c I think they call it the galaxy series or something

[twilit dew]

like it is on life support

[forest chasm]

Remind me is the windows key stored on the board or on storage?

[full fossil]

Removable laptop battery 😱

[twilit dew]

its not removable

[full fossil]

Motherboard ssi

[twilit dew]

the cables are just damaged

[full fossil]

it talks to auth servers to verify the windows key

[twilit dew]

just use windows 7

[full fossil]

if it doesnt match the motherboard ssi or sn then it will deactivate it

[forest chasm]

Ah sick, I might switch the laptop back to windows, I've been living on endeavourOS for ages thinking the windows key was on storage

[past egret]

i watched optimum techs video now i want to build a T1

[forest chasm]

It's not bad in all fairness, just some things aren't as polished as I'd like it

[full fossil]

nope if its a laptop any ssd you install and put windows on, just select you dont have a key on install and make sure its the windows version the laptop came with and itll activate it automatically

[forest chasm]

Oh I have absolutely no idea what windows this would've come with 😅 either 7 or 10 would be my assumption

[full fossil]

7 would be a free upgrade to 10

any windows 7 key to 8-8.1 will activate windows 10

[past egret]

as much as i like win 10s minimalist style, i miss win 7s stability

[full fossil]

any windows system in S mode is just in Jail

[forest chasm]

The best way I've had win10 is after using a debloater tool in github

I forget who's it is tho

[manic torrent]

huh?

Windows is on the whole, reliable enough for what it is. As a rule, if it isn't, it's because you have crap drivers

[carmine merlin]

is it just me or we can't see who's typing

[manic torrent]

I just look down at my keyboard, and I can see myself typing. There's nobody else here.

I mean, I'm not actually looking at my keyboard, but I could.

[dawn sand]

I'm thinking about getting an old iphone XR for facial performance capture. The XR has the same truedepth processing as the X right? Or is it gimped somehow

[full fossil]

All the iphones from the iphone x to iphone 12 pro have the same Face id interface

only the 13 models have a different facial id system

[carmine merlin]

what I mean is that discord no longer shows the "HardwareBob is typing" text anymore (?) or is there something wrong

[manic torrent]

No, it's not doing that for me either - either something has crashed/failed at discord, or the feature has been removed or disabled, or both.

[full fossil]

You might have a slow connection

[dawn sand]

Good to know. I'll get whatever >10 iphone i can get for the cheapest

[carmine merlin]

oh, I see

[tall laurel]

anybody good at PC specs?

[slim yacht]

go to #tech-chat-1 #tech-chat-2 #build-a-pc

[full fossil]

Ive seen renewed iphone x on amazon 232

[dawn sand]

I have a laptop with Windows hello but i don't think there is any why to use it for mocap

[full fossil]

its unlocked as well

[tall laurel]

kay

[full fossil]

Depends on the webcam it has and most windows hello cams are cheap unless its a logitech brio

[dawn sand]

Don't have Amazon where i live. I'll have to get it from fb marketplace or from a local store

[past egret]

just get a kinect

;)

[dawn sand]

Kinect doesn't do face. It can do body tho.

[full fossil]

where u from?

[dawn sand]

Asia

SEA

[full fossil]

You can use a kinect for full body vr tracking

ive done it with my index

[dawn sand]

Isn't there better solutions that just use webcams now?

[full fossil]

The kinect has the best tracking for external cam tracking that isnt infrared

[full fossil]

The vive trackers work better obv but they cost a alot more that just one kinect you can find at game x change for $30

[dawn sand]

How does it compare to the 2 webcam + april tags method?

[full fossil]

It requires more setup but the tracking is more consistent

The kinect "xbox one rev 2" had alot of work put into it but was never utilized fully on the xbox one

[rugged bridge]

@woeful minnow eyy got most of the parts.
Had to cut some costs but should still work fine. Later im going to buy another stick of ram

[twilit dew]

what kind of ram is that?

[dawn sand]

Didn't they say at e3 that it could sense individual air molecules bouncing off walls or something?

[full fossil]

Amd or intel I have images turned off

[rugged bridge]

Ram

[dawn sand]

Those were the good days

[shy geyser]

does anyone here watch a lot of HDR on windows 10/11 and can help me setup some media player

[twilit dew]

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Yg3mP6/corsair-vengeance-lpx-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr4-3600-memory-cmk32gx4m2d3600c18 - decent ram

[full fossil]

It can detect alot of hard to see things but not air molecules lol

[shy geyser]

because vlc wont work properly for HDR for me.

[twilit dew]

nononono

not just 1 stick

[full fossil]

It can tell which was air is coming from but not molecules lol

[rugged bridge]

Man did you not read

[carmine merlin]

A bit of digging later, I have confirmed my internet is running at around 42 mbps. Mobile works, and web works. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

[rugged bridge]

Im getting another stick later

[twilit dew]

nah im just blinx

but you could still get 3600 instead of 3200

[full fossil]

use a wired connection or upgrade router?

[rugged bridge]

Apparently that mobi doesnt like 3600

[full fossil]

what speeds are you paying for?

[rugged bridge]

Idk

[twilit dew]

oh

[dawn sand]

Is there a difference between the kinect and the rgbd camera Microsoft sells?

[carmine merlin]

50. But honestly 40 is enough for me

[twilit dew]

guys everyone should just buy ddr2 ram

for the performance boost

[rugged bridge]

But its not worth the price increase for me, 3200 is fine. I mean its better then my current 1600 ddr3 right now so thats all i can ask for

[twilit dew]

yeah sounds good

[carmine merlin]

Also, I may have accidentally placed my charging barrel inside the eth jack.

[full fossil]

They are very similar but the connect has hardware that accelerates more than that camera and the software it uses

[full fossil]

how?

[twilit dew]

but in the future if you want better ram

for more upgrqdes or smth so you can have more google tabs

[dawn sand]

Wait. The cheaper kinect is better than the expensive one?

[rugged bridge]

Man to be honest ram and like ram speeds is the least i worry about lmao

If it works, and its decent idgaf

Lol

[full fossil]

most of the time yeah

[carmine merlin]

The eth jack is near the port (both on the back). I have not very good eyesight and may have sticked the barrel in the eth jack

[full fossil]

that wont hurt it since it made not input to the port but I just found it funny lol

[carmine merlin]

good, I thought I have shorted it and need a replacement

[full fossil]

nope lol just a odd mistake

[rugged bridge]

@full fossil can you speak to me in java

Oh caveman

[carmine merlin]

update: just plugged in my ethernet and the feature works again (somehow)

[rugged bridge]

Can you speak in caveman?

[full fossil]

magic

[rugged bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-bean-gif-23140940

[scenic coral]

should i get the qd oled from alienware or the fold 4 currently i have a 1080 34 inch ultrawide and a s20 ultra

[full fossil]

Hi guys

[manic torrent]

Qd oled no question. It will provide a much bigger difference to your life. Real HDR and oled is incredible

[scenic coral]

ok thanks for your help : )

[livid imp]

cam summon now

pepe summon uwu

[livid imp]

ay brother

[sonic barn]

UwU

[livid imp]

💀

AMOGUS

[kind acorn]

Sus

[graceful sonnet]

[blazing pond]

Does anyone know what GPU I should get, I have a ryzen 7 5800X and a GTX 1650

[vapid smelt]

3090ti

[blazing pond]

Or should I wait for the 4000 series

[vital basalt]

Wait

100%

[manic torrent]

I mean, it depends what you want it for. A 1650 is a bit of a shit card vs your cpu

[blazing pond]

Yeah ik lol

[manic torrent]

I wouldn't buy NVIDIA currently (unless it's a bargain secondhand), I would only buy AMD.

[blazing pond]

Wait so I would get AMD cards?

And not navidia

[manic torrent]

They are way better bang for the buck

[blazing pond]

But I’ve never tried or even thought about going for AMD cards

[manic torrent]

Assuming you don't need or want NVIDIA exclusive stuff

I haven't had an AMD card for ages, but I got a 6600XT for 500aud for my egpu, and it is perfect for what it is, and much more power efficient. Particularly because the egpu box only has a 400W psu, and can do 100W PD

I have a 3070 water-cooled in my main system

[blazing pond]

I see

Or should I go for a 3080

Because my budget isn’t so high

[full fossil]

Try to search for a 6800xt

[blazing pond]

My case can’t hold 3 fans

Only 1 or 2

[full fossil]

Is it related to a 6800xt?

Or you could get a 6900xt cuz its not much more expensive than a 3080

[manic torrent]

Yeah a 6800xt would be perfect

But tbh, a 6600xt would still be chalk and cheese upgrade from a 1650

[vital basalt]

[sonic barn]

[vital basalt]

Lol

[sonic barn]

Imagine not being a fur e in 2022

[worldly burrow]

do all motherboards come with sound

or you have to buy it

[vital basalt]

You seem nice

Nahh

[vapid smelt]

but i dont i just like the sad penguin picture

[sonic barn]

Smh show me your club penguin account

[vapid smelt]

never had one

[sonic barn]

[sonic barn]

What if I made u one

[full fossil]

Mostly cuz if the hype around nvidia but still

My messages were delivered fucking out of order

[sonic barn]

Nvidia is overvalued, same with amd

[full fossil]

Im riding throught the woods and so im loosig signal often

Here the cheapest 6900xt is cheaper than the cheapest 3080

It finally got sent

[full fossil]

#tech-chat-2

[tacit falcon]

So I've just been given a study laptop for university work as a mature student.... What this Intel optane thingy?!?

[lilac sage]

nothing important to a university student

[vapid smelt]

a dead product line from intel

[lilac sage]

If you want a rundown its very fast SSDs for use in data transfer scenarios

thats it, although if it werent cancelled it prob couldve been more than that

[tacit falcon]

Fair enough, it says I have a 512gb SSD n 32gb Intel Optane...its a nice little lightweight thing so I'm happy

[full fossil]

Its a very small ssd that acts as catche for hdds and slower drives in general

[full fossil]

I think i will to get a drive like that for my build cuz its cheaper than getting a 512 and an optanr

On diffrent drives

[tacit falcon]

I was just seeing what I could do in regards of upgrades but seems the ssd+optane is already decent

[full fossil]

Is a 650VA UPS (360W) suitable for this build?

Core i7 6700K
Gigabyte GTX 1080 (non oc)
Gigabyte Z170X G1 Gaming Mobo
1x 2.5" WD Green 512GB SSD
3x 7200rpm 1TB HDDs
a 50w samsung monitor
Also it has an NZXT 140mm aio to note, he doesn't do much rather than browsing and some times light photo editing (my dad)

No

so it would trip the ups fuse? all he does is some light browsing

On idle it would work, but under load, like in a game it would crash

The psu would just cut power

If it even has opp

[full fossil]

theres absolutely no games on the pc

it is a gold rated coolermaster psu

Tricky question

just browsing, and on a lucky day he might use davinci for some editing

which is probably once a month or something

[full fossil]

Cuz under load the gpu itself would trip it, but on idle/ browser opened it shouldnt

But its still a bit risky to leave it like that

I would try to sell the 1080, and for the money you get, get an rx 6600 and a better psu

[ocean narwhal]

was jhake actually born in 2000

[full fossil]

Since he wont be using the 1080 at all, and a newer gpu and a psu that is just safer to use would be a bettet choice

so i bought this color remover powder cuz my shirts got fucked and idk how much powder i should put in the machine? a third? half?

[vapid smelt]

....

[upbeat ridge]

I have now done it and ordered the train ticket

[muted relic]

Man, seeing them screw with Win98 took me back

My first OS was 95. I had this old machine that would say IT IS NOW SAFE TO TURN YOUR COPMUTER OFF when you chose shutdown

I played Starcraft on it at half speed.

Even with the game speed maxed out, the computer chugged along.

My second computer was... Windows ME.

Yes. I know. I suffered.

That machine was the hottest of garbage.

[polar pine]

What the hell is CNVIo2 and why is it replacing PCIe on Intel Motherboards

Though you can insert these m.2 wireless modules into a standard M.2 Key E socket, they are only compatible with a system designed for the CNVi.

That just seems like a waste of silicon

[mortal grotto]

Is it a good idea to steal a hard drive from my local dump to hopefully get windows

I don’t have lots of money so I can’t get a boot stick and I need new hard drives

[vapid smelt]

you can download and use windows for free from Microsoft themselves

[polar pine]

with just a watermark

[full fossil]

Well, thats a good idea in my opinion

[vapid smelt]

you can remove the water mark for free buy playing with settings

[full fossil]

Even if you dont get windows, you at least get a drive you can put linux on

[mortal grotto]

I will probably need to get a new motherboard soon anyways

Because it might just be a motherboard problem

[full fossil]

Dont worry, its just for network cards

[median rune]

The Win98SE video is making me feel very old.

[gilded ore]

tfw i am older than half the ltt staff

[wraith sonnet]

I only now learned I'm older than Jake

Inb4 coop calls me old

[gilded ore]

i'm 24 but i feel 90 now

[lilac sage]

ngl jake feels like he's like 28

[gilded ore]

and idk if that's a bad thing for jake or a bad thing for me

[vapid smelt]

im also older then jake

[wraith sonnet]

https://c.tenor.com/xCK-Co72KrIAAAAM/jerma-jerma-sus.gif

[knotty ivy]

okay is jake only like 22 or is that a joke

wait how long has jake been with LTT?

[wraith sonnet]

He worked there while he was in high school

[knotty ivy]

oh shit

[sharp bobcat]

I have returned

[knotty ivy]

well this whole jake thing has me feeling really old and im only 26

[sharp bobcat]

dayum

[lilac sage]

jake the canadian dragon

[sharp bobcat]

I thought jake is like, 27?

I was wrong

[lilac sage]

same. at least 25 I woulda thought

[sharp bobcat]

I'm younger than jake

[gilded ore]

baby

[sharp bobcat]

3 years difference

[harsh lodge]

this good? https://www.newegg.com/asrock-radeon-rx-6600-xt-rx6600xt-cld-8g/p/N82E16814930063?Item=N82E16814930063&nm_mc=AFC-RAN-COM&cm_mmc=AFC-RAN-COM&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-PCPartPicker&AFFID=2558510&AFFNAME=PCPartPicker&ACRID=1&ranMID=44583&ranEAID=2558510&ranSiteID=8BacdVP0GFs-ScAqaXydr_Hq07zM0QaOPQ

[onyx tiger]

I feel old now, but I know there's a lot of us who grew up with the original runescape classic.

show yourselves, I come looking for friends xD

[vapid smelt]

they allow you to use discord in your retirement home?

[onyx tiger]

this nice young man showed me how to do it on my gosh darn phone, would you believe it?

I'll have to bake him some nice cookies for the next time he comes to change my bedsheets

[vapid zephyr]

Why does that sound so stereotypical

[jolly galleon]

ji

[vapid smelt]

yikes you didnt read the rules and ping LMG staff

[whole finch]

Nvm

[polar pine]

Don't they have close to 3 digit staff now

At least 40?

[vapid smelt]

nick said they had 70 staff members

[polar pine]

Geez

[onyx tiger]

hey question, will float plane videos play on the app while my phone is in my pocket or behind other apps?

[polar pine]

My first computer was a Gateway 98? with AOL

[onyx tiger]

what a blessing AOL was lol

[polar pine]

I remember that updates weren't automatic

I found windows update and installed so many updates

[slate agate]

my families first computer was windows 3.11 and then upgraded to 95 almost right away? I can't recall I was like 4

[polar pine]

OH MY GOD

Active desktop. I forgot that existed

[celest pasture]

The first computer we had in our house was a Pentium 4 PC with an FX 5200, that was built by my dad back in 2006-2007 lmao

[vapid smelt]

it cant play when the phone is locked, and you can only play the video with other apps if you have the video in small window mode

[polar pine]

My first games were Roller Coaster Tycoon and some Lego citybuilding game

[unkempt shore]

ok

[onyx tiger]

that's amazing!! I appreciate you, thank you.

[vapid smelt]

np

[onyx tiger]

I'm excited to listen to something other than the old Wan shows when I want company 🤣

[sharp bobcat]

active desktop, dreamscene, windows search companion

you know, that dog in winxp search

[onyx tiger]

I miss putt putt
did anyone play koala Lumpur?

[polar pine]

I do remember

I got so sad when he couldn't find anything

[vapid smelt]

Only way to play fp and use another app

[sharp bobcat]

wait, I never thought multi monitor support was introduced on win98

I thought it's on 2000

[onyx tiger]

I wasn't expecting that to work yet tbh. so thats really cool

YouTube makes you pay to play stuff with your phone locked so I'd rather pay floatplane and creators over YouTube lol xD

and I really miss streaming communities. looking forward to hanging with yall. I've been so overwhelmed lately that even when I do have time to sit at my computer I'm just unmotivated to even try and enjoy a game and it sucks. feel free to send memes, dog pics, advice. ❤️

[tribal briar]

Is it normal that after buying all your pc parts that somethings gonna be defective and the build wont work

[onyx tiger]

I feel that way everytime I buy pc parts

and it's always fine

but that's my friend anxiety

[pliant karma]

Heheh yes once I was returning on my trip, wan show was happening and panda was like fuck it 7$ internet on plane purely to join wan show

[onyx tiger]

aww I can't tell you to call anxiety bad things

what day is Wan show ?

[pliant karma]

Friday

[onyx tiger]

thanks xD

[pliant karma]

Timing isn’t consistent but for the most part 5pm pst for me I start watching for the notification

[onyx tiger]

oo much appreciated. I can tell from the archive that the start time isn't consistent. I love how human they are. it makes it truly worth watching even way old espisodes

[pliant karma]

Join the blue gang hehe jk but if you can Coopa would be happy

[onyx tiger]

I'm tryna figure out how to join the blue gang, I'm new and lazy

I just subscribe on floatplane, do I need to do something in discord for the role?

[pliant karma]

https://www.floatplane.com/discover

[forest crow]

The ltt minecraft server is having real big lag problems

[vapid smelt]

https://www.floatplane.com/channel/linustechtips/home

[pliant karma]

Hehehe coopa to the rescue

[forest crow]

Nice

Rip ltt mc server its laggy

With under 10 player online

Hello

[onyx tiger]

it keeps giving me an error when I try and pay, weird

it won't let me attach a screenshot

oh! duh, it's international 😂💀

okay how do I get my name blue xD

and what's tjm podcast?

[vapid smelt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjbS3U_L6KU

[onyx tiger]

oooo I appreciate you!

[celest pasture]

TIL Jake and I were born in the same year xd

[hollow zealot]

TIL Jake is young af

[vapid smelt]

i got a few months on jake

[onyx tiger]

YAY

[vapid smelt]

nice blue name

[onyx tiger]

i had to link from my discord pc for some reason, but its done lol

[random goblet]

I made the greatest (most useless) purchase I possibly could. I bought WinRAR

[pliant karma]

heh welcome to the gang

[spring mesa]

ayo I just got fp too

blu gang

[twilit dew]

pro

dude your literally chad like winrar paid>>>>>

[cursive condor]

AYYY

Assalamualaikum warahmatulahi wabarakattu

sup guys

good joining here

hope i can make new friends here especially with mods lol

[onyx tiger]

cheers!

[cursive condor]

anyone watches anime here

[vapid smelt]

[cursive condor]

good

bruh

someone revive the chat

guys

[manic torrent]

impossible, I am dead

[cursive condor]

ur alive meh guy

indeed

you muslim ya akhi

bruh my guy

nothin

i am assuming u are athiest

[manic torrent]

Who wants to edit my youtube vids? The conditions are terrible, but the pay is very bad.

[cursive condor]

me

how much money

and i can use any software

right

[manic torrent]

about $3.50

[cursive condor]

fine by me ig

it would be nice if u could increase it a little

to 5 or 6

[manic torrent]

my dude... I would not pay someone that little, that's honestly terrible.

[cursive condor]

ik ur joking

so tell me the real price

[manic torrent]

There isn't one - it's just an idea I'm playing with

[cursive condor]

i mean pay me reasonable

[vapid smelt]

7.25 min wage

[cursive condor]

anyone of you watch technoblade

[vapid smelt]

no

[sonic barn]

can I get paid in vbucks

epic games uses it for lawsuits

[slim yacht]

its like 2.05 here

😿

[night heron]

that's rough buddy

[shy geyser]

does anyone know how to watch hdr on windows 11?

[manic torrent]

yes

[shy geyser]

it dont work

[vapid smelt]

do you have a hdr supported monitor and content?

[shy geyser]

im using K Lite codec with MadVR and MPC-HC and everything

yes i can enable and disable hdr in windows settings

[manic torrent]

and does it do anything?

[shy geyser]

but heres the weird thing - when i ENABLE hdr - ITS all washed out and grey and shit looking

when i disable it it looks better and alright

[manic torrent]

yes that's normal

[shy geyser]

NO i mean the video itself

the actual video, let me send pics

the video is 100% HDR

have checked with mediaInfo

[manic torrent]

could be your player. I only use HDR with games, netflix, chrome.

[shy geyser]

ive tried multiple players as i said

i cant figure out a player that works - it works on youtube in chrome fine

[night heron]

what display are you using

if it doesn't actually support hdr it's going to look worse than sdr

[manic torrent]

so this isn't your problem

[shy geyser]

it supports HDR trust me

[night heron]

what display is it

[manic torrent]

your problem is specifically playing a video locally in HDR

[shy geyser]

its an asus rog x16 Mini LED display, local dimming

their special 'nebula' dispaly

[shy geyser]

yes. i have tried on my dgpu (rtx 3070ti) as well as my igpu (ryzen 6900HX)

can you guys see the images i sent?

i cant see them on my desktop but can on my phone for some reason

[vapid smelt]

why would i buy into a Ponzi scheme?

[manic torrent]

oh god this guy again. The person with no personality or redeeming qualities

[vapid smelt]

what about elon musk?

[manic torrent]

it is not a ponzi scheme.

[stray apex]

It is, though

All the value comes from more people buying into it

[manic torrent]

No, saying that shows you don't understand bitcoin or ponzi schemes

[stray apex]

It doesn't actually generate any value on its own

[manic torrent]

yes, but the original investors are not paid from the buy in of the others.

[stray apex]

They absolutely are

[manic torrent]

... No.

it is arguably a pump and dump

but a ponzi scheme is a very specific type of scheme, and it isn't that.

[stray apex]

It's fundamentally the same concept

[vapid smelt]

googles crypto ponzi scheme. google so you want to invest?!

[stray apex]

Older investors make money when new speculators drive the price up

All the value of Bitcoin comes from new people putting more money in

It doesn't create anything on its own

[manic torrent]

Yes, but what you're describing is attributable to all stock/currency/whatever

the value doesn't come LITERALLY from people investing

only figuratively.

[stray apex]

No, other stocks/currency represent something that actually has value

[manic torrent]

hahahhahahahahahaha

[stray apex]

Crypto literally represents no value

[manic torrent]

currency has no value.

[stray apex]

Currency absolutely has value

The US dollar has value because the American military says it does

[manic torrent]

currency has value because you can transact it backed by the government

bitcoin has value because you can transact it backed by a whole lot of computing power

[sonic barn]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/07/serious-consequences-for-not-paying-energy-bills-warn-uk-charities-dont-pay-campaign

[manic torrent]

now - note I'm not making an argument FOR crypto, but if you're going to criticise it, you need to be correct.

[sonic barn]

currency keeps the system in place

[stray apex]

Backed by computing power lmao
What's the computing power gonna do

[sonic barn]

keeps people working

[stray apex]

Can the computing power charge me taxes and arrest me if I don't pay?

[sonic barn]

they'll cut off power

[manic torrent]

.... currency doesn't arrest you if you don't pay

it provides a means to pay.

[stray apex]

Lemme send a letter to the IRS real quick

[desert mountain]

Odd question is lenovo a safe company to buy parts from?

[vapid smelt]

yes

[stray apex]

As the US dollar does not in fact hold value

I will instead pay my taxes in bitcoin

[sonic barn]

it going up

look at dxy

dollar should go higher

[slim yacht]

mathematically derived hashes wont give value for long, and theres a limit hash to the commodity. a quantum computer can just suck them all in few moments if ones decide to do so and your crypto is no longer viable after. Thus why crypto have no value

[sonic barn]

I already converted most of the money in my bank to usd

usa better keep rising interest rates

[manic torrent]

that's a technical discussion, and it has merit, but It doesn't change the fundamental nature of crypto

a ponzi scheme is run by someone who is profiting directly from investors - they are giving the money to them. You could run a ponzi scam WITH bitcoin, but it is not one.

[sonic barn]

crypto has no actual value, its a casino poker chip basically and if everyone places their odds on black then it'll make money for some people but not everyone

[slim yacht]

be that as it may unless crypto hash can be expanded/increased in amount that it can be mined instead of having a fixed value, you cannot use it as a means of exchange

[sonic barn]

in order for someone to make money, someone else losses money

[manic torrent]

it's called economics

and finance

[stray apex]

The success and failure states of Bitcoin and ponzi schemes are the same

[sonic barn]

well currency fiat is tied to a countrys resources

[manic torrent]

wrong and irrelevant.

[manic torrent]

no, to its government

[sonic barn]

but free market is messed up

[sonic barn]

government can default, thats why treasury yields are so low

sold all mine at 162

[slim yacht]

currency exchange values are heavily determined by free market in forex system in macroeconomics system.
you cant use something that is valued by how much people wants to pay for it instead

[sonic barn]

bought at 110

[vapid smelt]

the US money is tied to the Nuke standard vs our old gold standard

[manic torrent]

yes, but they can also devalue a currency

[stray apex]

All Bitcoin investing is is hoping that enough people will be willing to buy in that you can sell your Bitcoin for more than you paid for it

[manic torrent]

yes - but that doesn't mean it's a ponzi scheme. There is no hidden aspect.

[sonic barn]

usa causes inflation across different countries since they need to transact in the us dollar

their currency is already very inflated

[slim yacht]

what crypto essentially is = is just an imaginary coin which value is determined by how much big players wants to pay for it. its literally a scam

[sonic barn]

furies caused inflation, google furie inflation

[manic torrent]

it isn't a scam. Nothing is hidden.

[stray apex]

Yeah, crypto is a decentralized ponzi scheme with great marketing

[slim yacht]

when big players pulled out of crypto game recently the value dropped so damn high kekw

[manic torrent]

it. is. not. a. ponzi. scheme.

[stray apex]

Why not?

[sonic barn]

it is

[slim yacht]

it is, because that coin is just a mathematically existing hash.
you dont make a currency out of a commodity you cant grow

[manic torrent]

there are other types of schemes you guys

[sonic barn]

you're betting on the fact the next person will buy something at a higher price and you need to draw in new people

[stray apex]

There's tons of deceit, and old investors are absolutely paid off by new investors

[manic torrent]

not everything is a "ponzi" scheme

[sonic barn]

else it collapses

[manic torrent]

I am not arguing bitcoin/crypto is the best thing ever or a good idea in any way

[slim yacht]

this lmao

[sonic barn]

xmr is used for money laundering

[manic torrent]

it is simply NOT a ponzi scheme

[stray apex]

Buying illegal things online
Money laundering

[sonic barn]

same with dash, zcash and grin

[slim yacht]

speculative currency = money laundering/gamble

[stray apex]

I think that's literally it

[stray apex]

What differentiates crypto from a Ponzi scheme?

[manic torrent]

You can buy stuff with bitcoin. That is utility.

[manic torrent]

"a form of fraud in which belief in the success of a non-existent enterprise is fostered by the payment of quick returns to the first investors from money invested by later investors."

[stray apex]

That's literally crypto lmao

[sonic barn]

nfts are also a form of laundering money where you can have a piece of art be bought anonymously online to a real person who can buy it with real money, however that real money sent is now erased and you just evaded capital gains tax

[slim yacht]

traders literally need to speculate what the value of crypto will end up in the long term, and the price are determined by those who pays big and plays big.
thats literally gambling

[manic torrent]

That is not what is happening. Nobody is running the scheme. Nobody is lying

[manic torrent]

JFC are you really this stupid?

[stray apex]

Everyone who tells you that crypto is the future is lying

[manic torrent]

well yeah, but that's not inherent to bitcoin, that's crypto bros

[sonic barn]

if you actually own crypto, now's the time to sell. It'll crash

[slim yacht]

is it gonna be accepted as a form of currency in the future tho ? hell no

[sonic barn]

before nas and spy crash crypto will crash

[slim yacht]

steam pulled out of crypto because how easy it is to fraud the system

[manic torrent]

I don't, and everything crashes, because capitalism is ultimately screwed

[stray apex]

where do you think the value of bitcoin comes from?

[vapid smelt]

in the future we wont have enough electricity to power crypto mining

[stray apex]

bitcoin is worth tens of thousands of dollars because people think that if they buy it, they'll get rich

[manic torrent]

it is irrelevant, the investors are not paid off with the money from new investors.

[stray apex]

they get rich when other people pay even more money for the crypto

[sonic barn]

usa is switching to nuclear and china as well

[stray apex]

yes they are

[vapid smelt]

anyone want to buy my 1s and 0s?

[stray apex]

do you think that bitcoin actually generates USD for investors

[manic torrent]

no, the VALUE increases because of it. They are not paid by the same entity. You clearly don't understand what a ponzi scheme IS

[slim yacht]

sir, if they are not schemed that way
share to me how do crypto grow your passive money in there without actual business running behind it ?

[sonic barn]

china is far ahead of others for nuclear tech as they have fusion meanwhile in north america it's still a dream of having fusion and stuck with fission

fusion is the super hot reactors that are basically how the sun produces energy

[manic torrent]

I'm not saying any of that - the only point I'm making is that it is NOT a ponzi scheme.

[stray apex]

ah yes
all these retail investors buying billions of dollars of crypto

[slim yacht]

unlike stock you have no idea how the hell does this thing even get valued, theres no real business going on behind it, just blatant use of electricity

[stray apex]

crypto definitely isn't controlled by a small group of people who deal with all the cash, no

[manic torrent]

it doesn't matter if they are or aren't.

[sonic barn]

someone can control 42% of a coin and crash it within a day (aka luna)

[manic torrent]

dude everything is controlled by a small group of people, 8 people hold 50% of the worlds wealth

[slim yacht]

yes lol. and another corpo who sells about 11b worth of bitcoin and it crashes crypto to the whole world

if you really wanna invest in shit like that youre in for a bankcruptcy

[slim yacht]

it is a ponzi scheme no ? theres nothing behind it to back up its value

[manic torrent]

absolutely - but you can do this with a stock too.

[stray apex]

Here's the wikipedia definition for Ponzi scheme

With little or no legitimate earnings, Ponzi schemes require a constant flow of new money to survive. When it becomes hard to recruit new investors, or when large numbers of existing investors cash out, these schemes collapse.[a][1][11][12] As a result, most investors end up losing all or much of the money they invested.[11] In some cases, the operator of the scheme may simply disappear with the money.[13]```
This applies basically 1-to-1 with crypto

[sonic barn]

well thats what caused crypto crash, all these firms leveraged money from banks and firms like 3 arrows and then they defaulted

[manic torrent]

absolutely - that's my poinbt

[sonic barn]

bitcoin dropped 50%

el salvador went broke

[stray apex]

people promising high returns? check. People claiming that crypto is the future? absolutely. Does crypto work? lolno. How do people get returns on crypto? Convince more people to buy. What happens if people realize crypto doesn't actually do anything? It dies

[manic torrent]

" The returns are said to originate from a business or a secret idea run by the con artist." <- 1:1? It fundamentally isn't run by a person, and it doesn't fit at all

[stray apex]

ah yes
this one small part doesn't match so it's not the same at all!

[manic torrent]

The people promising those returns are not running bitcoin, this is far more like a pump and dump

[latent plank]

Take it to #crypto-currency

[manic torrent]

... The fundamental part of what makes a PONZI scheme a PONZI scheme

[vapid smelt]

can we all agree that crypto is some sort of scam?

dun thunk your goverment sent it out for free

[sonic barn]

a digital currency is the future, where you can't print assets. However, I believe that it shouldn't be centralized to a government and our economy shouldn't be so imbalanced that we can get a recession every 5-10 years. Right now the world's total deficit is around 400 trillion dollars, so we owe eachother so much money that no one can pay back

I believe china will take over the world though tbh

china and russia

[slim yacht]

simple equation = if your currency has economy / have an actual regulatory bank with appointed governers / have commodity to base its value, then its legit

if your currency = determined by some sort of imaginary/speculative value, no actual business, no appointed regulatory board and is voluntary across the world, then dont use it. its gonna lose value sooner than you think

[sonic barn]

they'll be one government and we'll all be sadge

[vapid smelt]

china army doesn't use body armor

[sonic barn]

they use bombs

kamakazi

[vapid smelt]

thats japan

[sonic barn]

or however you spell it

[slim yacht]

theyre both nuclear superpowers. if both of them somehow end up in places we dont want them to be, theyd probably talk it out instead

[sonic barn]

they could use drones

[slim yacht]

talking out worked in ww2, i dont see why wont it now

[vapid smelt]

the us has kamikaze drones called switch blades

[sonic barn]

yes but china is like wish.com

they'll have knock off ones

[slim yacht]

china made their own version of F35s

theyre good at cloning shit

they also made a version of their own allies knockoff, an su57 based iirc. but it never got out

at least we think it never did

[sonic barn]

they also fail rocket launches

which is funny

this segway to our sponsor

[slim yacht]

honey

[sonic barn]

nordvpn

[slim yacht]

ridgewallet

[sonic barn]

oracle

[slim yacht]

amd

[sonic barn]

nvidia

[stray apex]

fun fact
america simulates foreign stealth aircraft with our really old 1980's stealth jets

[sonic barn]

intel

[vapid smelt]

ridge wallet prices are soo fucking dumb

[sonic barn]

someone can just sim swap you and then they'll access your phone

[slim yacht]

B2 ? i thought it was decommisioned ?

[stray apex]

no?
B2 is still in service
and we don't use B2, we use F117

[slim yacht]

ah i see. very interesting

[sonic barn]

doesnt google use phone verification

for their accounts

you sure

[slim yacht]

well idk how will china fight us armed forces considering how much fleet you guys actually have. air superiority is already something you sealed

unless an ally of them decide to come in that is

[sonic barn]

I just turn my service off

I only use it for like 10s

sim swapping requires you to be connected

[alpine gale]

Without saying too much, can confirm. Even though Canada implement a confirmation SMS text message system whereby the customer is supposed to respond to a "someone requested a port out, do you approve?" with YES/NO, backend account tools don't prevent an employee from forcing confirmation of a number PORT, or in this situation, forcing a number onto another SIM card from the same carrier.

Agreed. Anything that uses SMS based 2FA is only as secure as the employees who've got access to the magic account buttons. If they're following security practices, SMS 2FA it's better than no 2FA, but tis why TOTP apps or a hardware token are better.

For some reason we accepted Adobe's contract bid to rebuild all our government websites into a single canada.ca service... Not gonna get into the politics because here isn't really the time or place. All I'll say is someone went way over budget and over time. 😅

To be fair, some sites have been improved immensely - I'm actually quite happy logging into the CRA (tax site) for stuff, as it used to be a royal pain in the butt before they overhauled it.

[sonic barn]

why does steam require it for steamguard still

you can't use regular 2fa like google

[stray apex]

steam uses email 2fa

[alpine gale]

Idk. Steam is weird. They want you to use their official Steam Mobile app instead of allowing you to configure any TOTP app, similar to Battle.net too.

[sonic barn]

if you want to wait 15 days to sell something

else if its instant for trading on the community market you need a phone verification

canada gov is 2 trillion in debt

wrong reply

[vapid smelt]

rookie numberes

[stray apex]

if you're 2 trillion in debt, it's not your problem

[alpine gale]

To be fair, seems to be the way things run. From a technical standpoint, I can see why too: many systems are built on ancient COBOL that nobody alive really understands anymore, and the cost + time to convert things is... Rather astronomical.

[sonic barn]

switch to rust

well voip numbers could work

just make your own server and number

[manic torrent]

honestly... if you're trying to protect against backend employees, who would number in the tens, then you've failed already

[sonic barn]

you can probably sue them for an easy 10x to your money

[manic torrent]

yep

[sonic barn]

win for you

[manic torrent]

and I say this as a backend employee who generally runs/fixes that sort of crap.

you can claim TOTP is more secure - but as a backend guy I can just go to the step AFTER that regardless.

and you're not wrong of course, but it won't protect you against me. Honestly, at some point you have to trust someone. You can have a zero trust system, but it costs a lot more and is a lot more trouble.

[sonic barn]

well here in canada theres 3 main providers

and they'll fork out money to solve problems

[alpine gale]

Oh for sure - account security is only as good as both the protections customers have control over (passwords, 2FA setup, etc.) and the protections on the backend. If you've got a "reset credentials to default button" any employee can press that isn't audit logged... the account was never secure to begin with.

[manic torrent]

oh everything should be audit logged, but again if I REALLY REALLY wanted to I could probably work around it.

it's just not worth it at all.

[olive hearth]

yo

[cloud marsh]

has anyone have issues with latest video?

[sonic barn]

Which

[cloud marsh]

Windows 98

[manic torrent]

Issues like what....

[sonic barn]

Didn't watch, not my type of vid

[cloud marsh]

it crashes YouTube app

[sonic barn]

Sounds like a issue with your app

[cloud marsh]

television andriod YouTube app

[sonic barn]

Could be anything

[manic torrent]

oh, all bets are off.

[cloud marsh]

it works on every video except that specific one

[manic torrent]

that's why I used chromecast.

[sonic barn]

I just use my pc

[cloud marsh]

fair enough it's probably not important.

[manic torrent]

I am using my PC right now, but if I want to see it on the TV, I use the chromecast

[sonic barn]

Why

[cloud marsh]

chrome cast works and bigger screen?

[sonic barn]

Move pc to room

[cloud marsh]

fair enough

[manic torrent]

because I don't want or need a PC connected to the lounge TV?

[sonic barn]

Hmmm

[cloud marsh]

it's just weird that video crashes except all other videos.

did ltt change video settings or smth?

[sonic barn]

Fair enough, also looks like euro is gonna go back to parity with USD soon

[manic torrent]

it might even be something youtube did

[cloud marsh]

really?

why would YouTube do something?

[manic torrent]

... it changes constantly

[cloud marsh]

as long that crash doesn't contain to every other new uploaded videos

[manic torrent]

it might

[cloud marsh]

well there goes my entertainment for while if it does.

because nobody cares about single user with one issue, gotta wait till massive people has same issue

[manic torrent]

yeah but also I'm guessing your TV is webOS or some shit

[cloud marsh]

andriod

it's updated everytime automatically

oh well, geuss no new ltt video for me.

[unkempt imp]

I wanna pick y’all’s brain real quick. I’m trying to come up with a name for my plex server that’s related to movies and tv but has the word Plex in it. I have a music server called plexual healing as an example

[edgy patrol]

Netplex

Jk haha

[unkempt imp]

One of my friends had suggested Plex R Us 😂

[edgy patrol]

Haha

Yo I found a probably kind of new pc but Ima ask my parents if I can open it up and see what specs it has

Not kind of new, kind of old. But the case looks fairly modern it just doesn’t have a side window

(Which is fine)

[manic torrent]

plexiblast

[edgy patrol]

But it has an I wanna say VGA cable sticking out the back so Ima try moving it to my room for further inspection

[edgy patrol]

That’s good

[unkempt imp]

It’s new to you so it’s fair to say new 😂

[manic torrent]

haha, fuck yeah VGA.

[edgy patrol]

Well I’ve known about it for a while but I’ve only recently gotten to the stage of wanting to try opening a pc up

[unkempt imp]

I was recently that way about opening an iMac so I get where you’re coming from man

[manic torrent]

ah, see I ALWAYS wanted to pull stuff apart to see what was inside.

[edgy patrol]

Oh haha

[manic torrent]

Apparently the answer was often: blood and guts

[edgy patrol]

what

[manic torrent]

I mean... wires. and stuff. yeah.

[edgy patrol]

Yeah I at some point had an old laptop with no doubt many viruses but the battery stopped working so we bought a replacement and then everyone was like “what if we break it” and stopped me from trying it as well

I found the cord recently so I definitely still have it somewhere but my room’s a mess

[unkempt imp]

The closest I’ve had to breaking my pc was when the hard drive just crashed from being old af 😂

[edgy patrol]

Haha

[manic torrent]

A friend of mine once smashed a cap off a motherboard while trying to mount it in my case. Fortunately we replaced it and it was fine

My brother had a bigfoot with a dead second platter - he formatted it so it only used the first half.

[unkempt imp]

I’ve never built my own pc so I haven’t had that problem luckily

[edgy patrol]

But yeah the hope is that the pc’s new enough to be able to reuse some parts and make my first build cheaper

[manic torrent]

One of my monitors fell down and smashed a while ago.

[edgy patrol]

Oofers bro

[manic torrent]

lots of dropped phones and laptops

Eh, I mean I'm super old (41) so I've had a lot of years to break stuff.

[edgy patrol]

That’s why I have an otterbox hahaa

||and a very bad addiction to trying to replicate skateboard tricks with my phone||

[vapid smelt]

otterbox is so over priced

[edgy patrol]

Yeah but I’ve literally dropped this thing on rocks several times and there’s not so much as a scratch

[unkempt imp]

My daily driver still uses ddr3 ram if that tells you anything 😂

[vapid smelt]

all my cases cost less then $10 and i have never cracked or scuffed a phone nocks on wood

[unkempt imp]

Also, why does ecc ddr3 gotta be so expensive

[sonic barn]

You can get the same quality on AliExpress for 1$

Minus OtterBox logo

[unkempt imp]

I think I paid $5 for mine on Amazon