public-chat

[exotic barn]

I only read when on the toilet

[stoic beacon]

It's good for your intellectual and emotional health to read

[exotic barn]

Does it make me money? No

[stuck stratus]

well the problem is it doesn't work nearly as well as onedrive for that (even across platforms)

[dull granite]

reading books is such a waste of time
watching Top 10 Epic Pranks Slime Challenge (Gone Smexual) is good tho

[stoic beacon]

It could if you read the right stuff

[dull granite]

billionaire grind

never stop hustlin'

[exotic barn]

I use YouTube for music and a random video once in a bit

[dull granite]

n

[exotic barn]

Ong making money is the best thing ever

[stuck stratus]

I'd say most programs are optimized for it- even microsoft ones ironically

[stoic beacon]

Microsoft ones are missing key features. When I was a CPA, for example, we couldn't use Excel on Macs because it was missing 30% of the program.

[barren galleon]

Fair, though my school uses google drive so I cant use onedrive, so i just made it work

[dull violet]

Its my birthday

[exotic barn]

Chromebooks are worse then a 2005 iMac

[barren galleon]

happy birthday but ur off topic

[stoic beacon]

Also, Microsoft Office is one of the most widely used softwares in existence, so it's obviously going to be made for Mac as well

[stoic beacon]

Not for Discord and YouTube they aren't

[stuck stratus]

that's probably changed at this point, but yes microsoft office mac products are built from the ground up for mac

[dull granite]

14

[exotic barn]

I used discord on a Chromebook before it’s buggy

[stoic beacon]

Nope, still hasn't changed.

[stoic beacon]

In a browser?

[dull granite]

browser

[stuck stratus]

what was it missing?

[exotic barn]

Terribly

Even the app is fucked

[dull granite]

windows sucks

but everything works on windows so you gotta use it anyway

[stuck stratus]

windows is very good for multi-monitor setups

[dull granite]

it's pretty ass even

[exotic barn]

Windows feels so buggy to me man

[stuck stratus]

but it falls behind macOS in terms of single-monitor productivity imo

[dull granite]

being forced to log into fuckin Microsoft teams account

[stuck stratus]

forced?

[dull granite]

ye

[stuck stratus]

I haven't been forced into microsoft teams

[dull granite]

also big L to all ppl who paid 300$ for windows 11

[dull granite]

to install OS

it asks you for Microsoft account

[stuck stratus]

you mean a microsoft account?

yeah, apple does that too now

[dull granite]

and you have to do yoinky sploinky to refuse

[stuck stratus]

you're all but forced to use an apple ID instead of local user accounts

[dull granite]

fuck both of em then

[stoic beacon]

They've done that for a while now

[stuck stratus]

monterey was the tipping point

where they made it the default

[dull granite]

also apple products sucks in terms of service

[stuck stratus]

break?

my macbook air doesn't have any moving parts so

it's unlikely to break anytime soom

[dull granite]

ik

but what if your screen gets broken

[stuck stratus]

I'll replace it?

[dull granite]

you gotta buy a new one

[gilded quest]

how do you pay $300 for windows 11

[graceful jackal]

the chip will melt

[gilded quest]

even pro is only $200

[stuck stratus]

a new screen yes

[stuck stratus]

that do be what thermal throttling is for

[dull granite]

ohh

it's 200$ max

[graceful jackal]

how tf

where the hell did you buy your win 11 key how is it so expensive

[dull granite]

you could get 2tb of high speed nvme ssd for 200$

[vapid smelt]

Or a rx 6600

[dull granite]

or like 8tb of hdds

[stuck stratus]

and a friendly reminder that windows is completely free to use, you're only paying for the watermark to be removed

[gilded quest]

or 200 taco bell burritos

[dull granite]

this ain't that cheap i don't believe it

[stuck stratus]

microsoft will also tie windows keys to your account so you only have to buy one key

[dull granite]

or none

just CMD it

[stuck stratus]

well that's just piracy

[gilded quest]

i bought a windows 10 home key 7 years ago and in theory i'll never have to buy a windows key for my desktop again

heck i even upgraded it to windows 11 pro for free

[dull granite]

[stuck stratus]

I got windows 10 education (basically pro) free through my university

[gilded quest]

naw its better than pro

its enterprise

[stuck stratus]

oh yeah

[gilded quest]

although i stopped using Windows EDU since it would occasionally break windows updates

[stuck stratus]

yeah a windows 11 update caused some fun bluescreens recently

but otherwise it's been stable

it just gets updates very slowly

[gilded quest]

didn't have BSOD issues

[stuck stratus]

because it's enterprise

[stuck stratus]

honestly that was probably just a windows 11 issue in general

and it did fix itself

[gilded quest]

but both computers with EDU on them suddenly would be unable to install updates for weeks or months once i upgraded to W11

[stuck stratus]

after 4 boot loops 🫠

[gilded quest]

reinstalling with non-EDU fixed all the broken updates

[fossil frost]

never had a bsod in win11, or win10, only time i have had any issues at all is when win11 first came out and ran like dogshit on amd cpus. and about 2 months after that, been fine since

[stuck stratus]

yeah all in all I'm liking windows 11

[dull granite]

i found a ddr3 1gb ram stick

1066 transfer rate

[stuck stratus]

nice task scheduler improvements so it just feels more reliable than windows 10

[stuck stratus]

well it even has a visual basic editor straight from the 90's so idk what it could be missing

[stoic beacon]

Oh sorry, I completely forgot to respond...there were issues with pivottables, vlookup, and several other advanced features

[stuck stratus]

ah

[errant flame]

Does anyone here know if MyUS is any good and if I can trust it? I am thinking of buying a pc but in my country it is a thousand bucks more than in the US so I was thinking of forwarding it. Has anyone else done this?

[stoic beacon]

But I believe some of the features directly interacted with the operating system itself, so maybe it was just that Macs didn't have the "translator" needed

[stuck stratus]

seems to be a reputable service, but not sure what kind of buyer protection they offer

especially if you're shipping an entire PC, there's a less than zero probability it's going to break in shipping

[errant flame]

It's multiple parts, I am building it myself when it arrives. Does that increase my chances a bit? lol

or was that what u meant

[stuck stratus]

yeah individual parts are unlikely to break in shipping

thought you were shipping a prebuilt

you might want to buy the case locally if you can though since it's large and heavy

[errant flame]

I thought about that but it's legit double the price. Maybe I will look into getting a cheaper one but it sucks that I have to go so cheap with a high budget

Thanks for the insight

[stuck stratus]

np

[errant flame]

I know you probably know nothing about the site but when I enter my address to sign up it says I have to have an english name, doesn't that seem a bit counter intuitive for a site that is for shipping to foreign countries, my address has "ä" in it and that doesn't work. Should I replace it by "a"?

[inner knoll]

Would you recommend people upgrade to 11 from 10?

I've been reasonably content with 10 for a while

[stoic beacon]

So far, it's been a straight upgrade in every way. Better window management, better animations, better file explorer, better user interface, better settings menu

[inner knoll]

Are settings still weirdly split between classic control panel and the newer interface?

[stoic beacon]

Yes, but it's getting better. I haven't needed to open the control panel in a VERY long time

[inner knoll]

Or did they get everything into a newer one in a smart way

Okay that's nice

[stoic beacon]

The new settings menu has pretty much everything I've ever needed, and I need a lot

[inner knoll]

Idk, change is scary and everything works fine right now

I still occasionally worry about odd compatibility issues

[stoic beacon]

Disk management is the only thing I can think of that I still use that has the old interface

If you feel no need to upgrade, you don't have to

[inner knoll]

I run VR applications pretty often and I have an all AMD rig

Which alone sounds like it would be more vulnerable to compatibility issues

But I've been doing alright with it

I'll probably just keep what I have until I upgrade then go with the w11 flow at the time

[hard crypt]

do you guys think you need a brace or backet for the 3090? thing looks massive i just ordered it and am kind of worried about slagging never thjought about that but i just saw a video about it

[inner knoll]

It's nice to know it'll be better

90 series scares me personally lol, I'd probably want one even if it isn't needed

[errant flame]

Should I wait for black friday to buy my components or is there not much of a difference?

[inner knoll]

Cyber Monday deals are worth it I think

[errant flame]

aight

[stoic beacon]

It sags, but it won't break anything...they're more flexible than people think. No real reason to not get a stand though, unless your case doesn't allow for it

[full fossil]

ha

[hard crypt]

yeah i was looking into brackets but i found like these braces like this https://www.amazon.ca/Graphics-Brace-Support-Holder-Bracket/dp/B09FPJL1KY/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=GPU%2BSupport%2BBracket&qid=1668629559&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI1LjQxIiwicXNhIjoiNC45NSIsInFzcCI6IjQuNTYifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&smid=A2TXA4J670DVSA&th=1

cheap and looks like it should do the job

but then theres whole ass brackets like this https://www.amazon.ca/EZDIY-FAB-GPU-Graphics-RTX3090-309EZ-Black/dp/B09466LNV3/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?keywords=GPU%2BSupport%2BBracket&qid=1668629559&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI1LjQxIiwicXNhIjoiNC45NSIsInFzcCI6IjQuNTYifQ%3D%3D&sr=8-3-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

[vapid smelt]

I just bent my spare pcie slot cover to support my GPU

[fossil frost]

i got a ruler out and fusion 360, and 3D printed a bracket 😄

[jovial depot]

I recently pirated a game from a highly trusted website. Is there an app that checks if it's malicious or not?(just making sure)

[full fossil]

dont pirate games

[jovial depot]

i can't affor money : (

[fossil frost]

if you pirate stuff, you always run the risk, you either accept that, or pay money for genuine

[full fossil]

there are a lot of free games

[jovial depot]

shit games

[full fossil]

L take

[jovial depot]

the good ones won't work on my goofy slow ahh laptop

[full fossil]

what does that have to do with them being free

[fossil frost]

as i said... you run the risk, its up to you to decide if you want to take that risk... nothing to do with us

[jovial depot]

ok

but is there an app that checks files for malicious stuff or not? @fossil frost

[full fossil]

i mean windows defender 💀

[fossil frost]

yeah, a virus scanner... and your own common sense... and asking about piracy best practices, isnt gonna allow you to survive on this server for very long

[jovial depot]

does virustotal work

[surreal mesa]

yes

[jovial depot]

thx

[surreal mesa]

np

[fossil frost]

ive given my answer, and given you advice, yet you are dumb enough to keep asking

im not spoon feeding it to you

[full fossil]

i'm not saying any of this is excusable, but I really dislike when people say they are spoonfeeding someone something

if they had any idea what they were doing they would have done it already

[fossil frost]

asking a question, then ignoring the answer, and clearly having done no work on it at all, and then when i said to stop asking, they continued asking, yes... they are asking for spoonfeeding... they want somebody to do it for them to justify their own bad decision making

[full fossil]

i've seen this in multiple circles and especially as someone who has been in positions where they are very new to something, you CANNOT assume any sort of baseline knowledge

[jovial depot]

i was just asking if there is an app that checks files for malicious stuff or not

[hard crypt]

OH BOY

caps oops**

[full fossil]

i'm not saying they aren't asking for spoonfeeding, i'm saying that when somebody doesn't even know what an antivirus is spoonfeeding is what they need, it's not them being lazy, they just don't even know what questions to ask

[fossil frost]

and i told you, a virus scanner... and then you dug in further and asked about specific virus scanners... and i could guess that your next question would be "how do i do that"...

[jovial depot]

they can check specific files?

i don't think windows defender scans specific files

[full fossil]

^^ see @fossil frost, this is exactly what i am talking about

[fossil frost]

you can tell windows defender, or any virus scanner, to scan specific files, directories, or anything

[surreal mesa]

they can check anyfiles like if u use virustotal it scans anything

[jovial depot]

oh

[vapid smelt]

Just a piece of metal to stick under it

[jovial depot]

thx

[lilac sage]

just make it scan downloads every time :P

[hard crypt]

i just found this sick rgb coolermaster one but its pricey https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08VVPPPZK?tag=coolermaste0b-20&keywords=Cooler Master GPU holder&geniuslink=true#customerReviews

[fossil frost]

its also what im talking about... they want spoon feeding... if they dont have the knowledge to do this... and are asking somebody to do it for them, because they wont go and figure it out for themselves with some simple google searches

[hard crypt]

looks like its more blend in then the cheaper ones

[vapid smelt]

The pcie cover you took off to insert your gpu is a stick just use that

[hard crypt]

i just ordered all the parts so i dont have them all here but yeah ima look into that when they all get here

[full fossil]

what do you say is a "simple google search" you need to realize that some people simply do not have the muscle memory to google things or would even know what to google at all. you'd be surprised by some peoples incompetence at using a computer.

[hard crypt]

was supposed to be a 3080 12gb but was sold out and got a 3090 instead just worried about its size thats why i started thinking abotu this issue

[full fossil]

you can't do something if you don't even know that you should or have the idea to

[fossil frost]

so, they could ask the question "how do i scan a single file with windows defender" here... they can type it into google

[vapid smelt]

Ez to bend and shove under the card

[hard crypt]

might be dumb but do you think since its metal to metal touching to hold it that would be okay compared to these plastic amazon ones?

[vapid smelt]

I've been fine for 4 years the GPU shroud is plastic

[hard crypt]

oh okay awesome

[vapid smelt]

Since it's the fan side

Might want to place electrical tape so it won't scratch the paint

But if you want to spend $8-25 on a fancy stick you could

I just did this since it was free and easy

[jovial depot]

you won't believe how much people spend on Harry potter's magic wand in Magic kingdom

[hard crypt]

lmao

[vapid smelt]

Aha I found my photo of it

[fossil frost]

i spent £20 on hermione's light up wand... was for my sister for her birthday though 😄

[jovial depot]

what did you get her since you kept the light up wand for yourself

[fossil frost]

she got the light up wand... shes 9, im 37

[vapid smelt]

Tf

[jovial depot]

adults can play with toys

[jovial depot]

that's common tbh

[wide copper]

Tbf, adults play with a different kind of wand

[fossil frost]

yeah, im 37, my 2 brothers are 35 and 33, and my sister is 9, my mum was 17 when i was born

[jovial depot]

wtf big dawg

[jovial depot]

😏

[vapid smelt]

I thought my uncle's 18 year gap was weird, my oldest uncle drove my gma to the hospital

[jovial depot]

how old is your oldest uncle

[vapid smelt]

55-60

[fossil frost]

i picked my mum up from the hospital with my sister when she was born, with my son also in the car, who was 1 at the time 😄

[jovial depot]

dang

[jovial depot]

so your mom had your sister at 41-42 smth?

[vapid smelt]

My oldest brother and youngest uncle are 5ish years apart

[night heron]

having a kid at the same time that your kid is having a kid is strange

[fossil frost]

something like that

[lilac sage]

the weirdest scenarios are when ur younger than a niece/nephew or older than an aunt/uncle

[jovial depot]

having a child at 41 is common ye

[night heron]

old people babies

[jovial depot]

this sentence baffles me

[gilded quest]

People are waiting till later in life to start families

[jovial depot]

i don't wanna start a family ever.

[fossil frost]

no not really, its super dangerous.. but she got remarried and they decided they wanted another child

[gilded quest]

Kids are way too expensive

[jovial depot]

ah

[lilac sage]

damn, not even marriage?

[jovial depot]

i wanna get married sure

[night heron]

id be more likely to have children than get married

my parents have been together since they were 13, theyre 45 now, never married

[vapid smelt]

Kids are expensive loud and messy

[lilac sage]

thats why you gotta let them mature. adopt a 6-10 year old :P

[night heron]

raise your kid to not be loud and messy

[fossil frost]

yep, but you can teach them to like the things you like, and hate the things you hate... 😄

[jovial depot]

studies show that it takes more than a million dollars to raise a kid till they turn 18

[gilded quest]

I would like to have kids at some point, but the cost of having kids, along with the impending climate crisis, is quite off putting. At this time I wouldn't have any, but maybe that will change in 15 years

[night heron]

big cap

[vapid smelt]

And do chores for free!

[jovial depot]

have kids when you can afford them

[night heron]

maybe in the most expensive cities in the world, not in most places

[gilded quest]

if* I can afford them

[vapid smelt]

Thought it was 310k

[jovial depot]

most american parents pay their child to do chores. that's some bad parenting 💀 they should it for free

[jovial depot]

that's what google said. my bad.... 310k is still a lot of money tbh

[fossil frost]

it varies wildly between very low numbers and very high numbers

[vapid smelt]

If I did EXTRA chores I got money. If I didn't do any I lost privileges for things like tv, or phone

[jovial depot]

ay man, you never know. you may become wealthy in the future

[gilded quest]

Maybe lol

But that's only half the equation

[lilac sage]

I buried our new water line to our house with a shovel. my reward was a gameboy printer

[jovial depot]

my indian parents don't give me money for chores. On the other hand, i have one chore to do every week which is vacuuming the apartment

[gilded quest]

Although adoption is far more appealing than the traditional way

Worst thing you can do for the environment is have a child

[fossil frost]

worst thing you can do is have more than 2

[vapid smelt]

I got a ds lite for surviving 40 40days in the hospital :p

[jovial depot]

the world population is 8 billion. We don't need more people in this world 😭

[lilac sage]

35 on the ACT and I got 5 gameboy games

[fossil frost]

if everyone stuck to 1 or 2, population would decline or go stable

[gilded quest]

More like there are plenty of children out there who need parents already.

[jovial depot]

my dad did say that if i get a good score on the SAT, he will give me money so i can build myself my own gaming PC :DDDD

[gilded quest]

I've also never held a baby

Or really even seen one up close

[lilac sage]

any1 remember the kid who got like 10k-15k for doing good on his SAT or was it getting into college or graduating?

[vapid smelt]

@manic torrent out here with 15+ fostered kids

[jovial depot]

Spoiled kids basically

[jovial depot]

bruh

[gilded quest]

@manic torrent is that real

If so, you're a saint, sir

[fossil frost]

i have, and i would murder anybody who hurt them... and thats not a figure of speech... if somebody hurt any of my kids... they wouldnt live long enough to regret it, i would stop that person from being alive

[vapid smelt]

I know for sure it's a high number

[jovial depot]

how 💀 his life must be hell... he is fostering 15 kids

[jovial depot]

what if a disease hurts them?

[lilac sage]

#tech-chat-1 message

[vapid smelt]

Not all at once ofc

[fossil frost]

dont be obtuse

[gilded quest]

I'm sure it has its hardships, but is also very rewarding.

[vapid smelt]

They do get $$$

[jovial depot]

fine

don't you get money for fostering kids?

[gilded quest]

Also being a parent can be rewarding at times

[vapid smelt]

Then he will find the dumbass that infected them

[vapid smelt]

Being a cat parent is very rewarding

[jovial depot]

cancer isn't infected by other people. He will prolly find the cancer cell and beat it so bad, the cancer goes away

[gilded quest]

Naturally

[lilac sage]

he beats himself up

[gilded quest]

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/16/23462123/2023-toyota-prius-glow-up-redesign-still-hybrid-not-ev

[lilac sage]

cool

[vapid smelt]

Would second hand smoke count 🤔

[lilac sage]

starting to look like hotwheels cars

[jovial depot]

cancer is a bad thing.... leaves your family in debt and your chances of dying early highly increase

[jovial depot]

yes lel

[gilded quest]

New Prius looking.... good?!

[jovial depot]

looks cool

it looks similar to the new KIA sedan @gilded quest

[vapid smelt]

Awd with lots of power?!

[lilac sage]

44000USD prob

[fossil frost]

it looks like it was designed with a photo of the old prius, the tesla model 3, some scissors, and some tracing paper

[vapid smelt]

Omg I hate the headlights I just noticed

[lilac sage]

old prius? like the 1997 one?

[jovial depot]

nah, they won't increase the price that much

[gilded quest]

Bring back popup headlights

[lilac sage]

bring back chonk prius

[jovial depot]

good to know that gas is decreasing. my dad fills up his gas at costco and its 3.40

[lilac sage]

with no hatchback

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/dadlis-miatalar-pop-and-down-headlights-car-gif-17801514

[gilded quest]

Lol gas is still well above $4.50 here

[vapid smelt]

3.80 at maverick here

[lilac sage]

technology connections had a video on basically why pop up headlights existed

[fossil frost]

americans are not allowed to complain about petrol prices...

[gilded quest]

Costco is getting back down to $4.50, but some places are $5 or more still

[vapid smelt]

$10 gas lmao

[jovial depot]

Oh yea, i remember you teaching me about europe gas prices

[lilac sage]

yup we still do anyway cuz 50% of us havent set foot outside our country

[jovial depot]

I live in FL and gas is slowly getting cheap here

[gilded quest]

Do Europeans have to drive 50miles each way to work every day?

[jovial depot]

i moved to the US from india in 2016 so eh

[jovial depot]

my dad has to drive like 30 miles from home to work. It takes like 1 hour cause of the morning and evening traffic...

[vapid smelt]

Did you bring curry with you?

I want some authentic curry

[jovial depot]

🗿 no lel

[fossil frost]

i have to walk about 4 seconds from home to work... gotta love the home office 😄

[jovial depot]

you won't find authentic curry in Indian restaurants in the US

Indian restaurants in the US are literal DOGSHIT

unless it's in NY

NY has good indian food

[vapid smelt]

But not at India prices 😢

[jovial depot]

true. india is pretty cheap lmao

[gilded quest]

I remember when WFH started. They said it was helpful to keep routines so I spent half an hour before work each morning driving in circles around the neighborhood

[vapid smelt]

Get a full meal for $2

[gilded quest]

(/s if it isn't obvious)

[jovial depot]

less my boi

[vapid smelt]

Even with dessert?

[fossil frost]

there is a very very large indian community in the next town over from me, and its really easy to get full authentic spices and other ingredients, so i buy them and make genuine proper indian food, or i go to the genuine indian owned restaurants in that town, its awesome living so close to a big indian community 😄

[wheat karma]

I bought MW2 via Battle.net. How can I update it via steam?

[jovial depot]

yea if you want food poisoning. indian street food is very cheap but the downsides are, you are highly likely to get sick if you eat indian street food

[fossil frost]

in fact. im running out of some shit, and my gf wants a curry at the weekend. gonna have go to get some more ingredients on saturday

[jovial depot]

we have a indian grocery store near us so we just get spices and vegeetables to make shaak from there

[jovial depot]

you haven't married the mother of your child yet?

[jovial depot]

what type of curry does she wants to eat

[vapid smelt]

He did

[jovial depot]

gf...

[vapid smelt]

Had a wife then got a gf

[fossil frost]

i married the mother of 2 of my children... then got divorced 10 years later... now i am together with somebody else, who already had a young child, who now lives with me

[jovial depot]

how old are you 💀 💀 💀

[vapid smelt]

In the pc world we call this a upgrade

[fossil frost]

37, ive mentioned that a couple of times

[jovial depot]

i thought you were like 47 judging from that sentence brah

[jovial depot]

what do you think the normal age is to have a child?

[vapid smelt]

16-45

[jovial depot]

my mom and dad had me when they were 28

[jovial depot]

16 💀

[vapid smelt]

Did people in your highschool not get pregnant,?

[jovial depot]

my best friend who is 16 got pregnant but then got an abortion

[jovial depot]

my best friend did lmao

[fossil frost]

there is no normal age, i was 26 when my first was born, some of my friends had kids at 16, some are just having kids now at 37... its a wide range

[gilded quest]

If anyone in my graduating class was pregnant, it was extremely well hidden

[vapid smelt]

My mom had my oldest sibling at 18

[jovial depot]

they have a huge ass bear belly.... how was it hidden?

[gilded quest]

Well

You can be in early stages of pregnancy and not be showing lol

[jovial depot]

eh true

[vapid smelt]

A couple of the pregnant girls at my hs went to a special school made for girls that are pregnant

[fossil frost]

depending on the girl, and on the baby, you dont get "a huge belly", friend of mine is super super slim, like... stupid slim, and with a jacket on, you would never know she was pregnant with her 2nd when she was pregnant

[night heron]

[jovial depot]

ah

[gilded quest]

Yeah not everyone is the same

[jovial depot]

freedom of speech my ass

[fossil frost]

what does that have to do with freedom of speech?

[jovial depot]

i worded that wrong

[gilded quest]

You went to high school in Utah, right?

[jovial depot]

my bad

[vapid smelt]

Yup

[jovial depot]

Never met someone who was from goofy ahh Utah

[gilded quest]

The Mormons don't really believe in protection iirc

[jovial depot]

bruh 💀

[turbid falcon]

what's with the random add?

[gilded quest]

They added me too

[vapid smelt]

The only do the deed if they are married for Mormons

[jovial depot]

same

[fossil frost]

they added a lot of people. spamming

[jovial depot]

bro just wanted to increase his friends list to show his parents that he has friends

[fossil frost]

its spamming...

[jovial depot]

i was jk

i can't wait for the final walking dead episode anymore 😭

[turbid falcon]

sent them to the ignored list

[fossil frost]

i cant believe anybody is still watching the walking dead

[vapid smelt]

Shit show

[gilded quest]

An acquaintance from high school (Mormon guy) got a girl pregnant his freshman year of college and was promptly kicked out of BYU

[turbid falcon]

didn't it end like a year or 2 ago?

[jovial depot]

nah its decent. it did get worse but its decent

[jovial depot]

It's FINAL episode is gonna release on the 20th

[vapid smelt]

Up until a few years ago caffeine/sodas were not allowed to be sold on byu campus

[jovial depot]

i like it. they are gonna have spinoffs

[jovial depot]

why not?

[gilded quest]

That's just cruel

[fossil frost]

no idea, i stopped watching it at about series 5, very very repetitive, and from what ive seen, its the same shit every season after that, rinse and repeat

[gilded quest]

I thought adults were allowed to have caffeine

[vapid smelt]

Against the Mormon rules to have caffeine and coffee/soda/alcohol AND tea

[jovial depot]

nah big dawg. season 5, 6, and 7 were one of the best

season 9 and 10 were bad but 11 got interesting

they are gonna have a spinoff of rick and Michonne so that's nice

[vapid smelt]

Mormons are taught not to drink any kind of alcohol (see D&C 89:5–7). Mormons are also taught not to drink “hot drinks,” meaning coffee or any tea other than herbal tea (see D&C 89:9), and not to use tobacco (see D&C 89:8).

[fossil frost]

sounds like they are super buzz-killers

[vapid smelt]

In 2012, the church released an official statement stating explicitly that caffeinated soda is allowed under church doctrine

[fossil frost]

"you are not allowed to do anything enjoyable"

[vapid smelt]

It's true Utah has a boring night life

[jovial depot]

at least it ain't Ohio. All the goofy shit happens in Ohio

[full fossil]

Ohio 😂

[vapid smelt]

Ew the Paul brothers state

[jovial depot]

huh

oh

[vapid smelt]

Jake and Logan Paul

[wary summit]

uwu

[jovial depot]

fr

[fossil frost]

i dont get how those morons are still relevant

[vapid smelt]

By showing dead bodies

[full fossil]

I tried prime and I thought it would just taste like Gatorade.. it takes wayy different. More sweet

[gilded quest]

Prime?

[jovial depot]

they have less sugar tho

way less sugar

[full fossil]

Logan Paul energy drink

[gilded quest]

Ew

[jovial depot]

energy drink made by KSi and logan paul

[vapid smelt]

Energy drinks are so bad

[full fossil]

Yeah i was surprised when it said 2g sugar.. i was like no way. Turns out it’s very sweet because of the coconut water

[fossil frost]

energy drink made by KSI and they paid logan paul to endorse it, but he had nothing to do with it

[full fossil]

It’s not an energy drink

[jovial depot]

coconut water is so good

[gilded quest]

What's a KSI

[vapid smelt]

Person

[full fossil]

It’s a sports drink. Big difference

[jovial depot]

an influencer that's not cringe like logan paul

[vapid smelt]

The uk fellow that boxed Logan

[gilded quest]

Ah

[full fossil]

Sir you’ve got it all wrong. Logan Paul has really matured and actually acts like an adult now. You’re thinking of Jake Paul

[jovial depot]

they could paid someone else to endorse it considering logan fell off very hard

[jovial depot]

eh true.

[vapid smelt]

Logan showed YouTube a dead body

[full fossil]

Yes he’s learned from past mistakes. Like most people do

Also wasn’t that like 5 years ago

[jovial depot]

gatorade isn't that bad. zero sugar gatorade is good

[jovial depot]

actually?

[full fossil]

Gatorade isn’t an energy drink. That’s why it’s not bad

Literally a sports drink. No caffeine or gaurana

[vapid smelt]

I hate the zero sugar Gatorade

[fossil frost]

Gatorade is flavoured water with salts in it..

[jovial depot]

gives me energy after i finish working out in weightlifting class

[gilded quest]

Zero sugar Gatorade isn't worth it. The half sugar stuff tastes better than the full sugar imo

[full fossil]

That’s not what makes something an energy drink. It’s what it’s made of.
Drinks like bang, Red Bull, monster are energy drinks and they are very bad and addictive

[vapid smelt]

Gatorade marking is it has electrolytes and shit

[gilded quest]

Although I rarely drink sports drinks anyways

[gilded quest]

I love me some caffeine poison

[jovial depot]

same. my dad never buys them cause he says they are bad

[vapid smelt]

You don't need a Gatorade for a work out unless you're extremely dehydrated and worked your ass off it's almost off

[full fossil]

Yeah i used to be heavily addicted . Like 2 bangs a day
“Peace Tea” is a good drink that helped me get off of caffeine

[gilded quest]

They're pretty sugary.

[fossil frost]

i drink them all the time, sports drinks are literally sugar, water and salt... and are a requirement when you go out on the bike for 4-5 hours, or go and run for 3-4 hours

[jovial depot]

exactly why he doesn't wanna buy them

[gilded quest]

Jfc that's 600mg of caffeine a day. That would actually kill me

[fossil frost]

most sports drinks have less sugar than a can of coke

[vapid smelt]

Powerade bottles are 2.5 servings

[full fossil]

Yeah the daily limit is 400mg. I was getting a bloody nose almost every night because of high blood pressure from energy drinks

[gilded quest]

I tried a bang once and it made me feel super jittery

[jovial depot]

cokes and any soda except fanta taste like absolute shit

[gilded quest]

Coke is great

[full fossil]

Fanta garbage

[gilded quest]

Dr pepper is great

[jovial depot]

....

[gilded quest]

Pepsi is straight trash

[jovial depot]

yea...

[full fossil]

Pepsi > coke > man dew > DP

[vapid smelt]

Pepsi and coke are so similar

[gilded quest]

Gtfo

[fossil frost]

that wasnt the point. your dad doesnt want you having sports drinks because of the sugar, but, he wouldnt stop you from having coke would he

pepsi max > *

[full fossil]

Doctor pepper tastes so bad

[gilded quest]

Pepsi is too sweet tasting

[jovial depot]

no, he doesn't care that if i have soda. i just don't like the taste of it

[gilded quest]

Coke has a "bite" to it

[full fossil]

Yuppy guppy

[vapid smelt]

That's a ban able statement

[full fossil]

Agreed

[gilded quest]

Dr pepper is medicinal in a good way?

[fossil frost]

full fat coke tastes like you are drinking fur

[whole tapir]

What's a good mouse for a small hand in Valorant

[gilded quest]

G305?

[whole tapir]

Oh ok, thanks

[fossil frost]

grow bigger hands

[jovial depot]

g203 is a better choice

[gilded quest]

Start with a G305 or viper mini

[whole tapir]

Ehh, i'm not in my 30's yet + I don't know how.

[jovial depot]

@whole tapir razer viper mini is a good option as well

[gilded quest]

Katar pro XT is also pretty decent

[vapid smelt]

African Pygmy Mouse not sure how well it can play valorant

[vapid smelt]

Ew razer e waste

[whole tapir]

Ok, where can I get one.

[jovial depot]

wut

[vapid smelt]

Africa in the forest

[fossil frost]

beat me to it 😄

[vapid smelt]

Majority of razer products fail

[jovial depot]

its an actual mouse lmao

not the tech mouse

[vapid smelt]

Ltt had 8? Laptops that all had problems and broke after a year

[jovial depot]

oh

[turbid falcon]

goes great with rum

[whole tapir]

Dang, I'm from Australia, that's quite far.

[gilded quest]

Yeah razer laptops are not known for longevity/reliability

[gilded quest]

Unfortunately I just can't get liquor down

[vapid smelt]

Razer headset sounds like bass boosted trash cans

[turbid falcon]

isn't that where they're usually found from?

[vapid smelt]

I can only get liquor at state liquor stores, regular stores can't have anything stronger then beer

[jovial depot]

don't get why people spend so much money on gaming headsets. regular $20-30 work fine

[whole tapir]

I agree. But the mic is pretty good. I'm using one right now

[gilded quest]

Up until a year ago I couldn't stand beer, but vodka was fine. Now I love beer and any liquor makes me wince

[manic torrent]

I mean, not all at the same time, shiiiiit

[fossil frost]

the local corner shop has a wall of all types of alcohol... from beer, through to wine, through to whiskey and vodka and all sorts of others... i could just go and buy it now, at any shop

[gilded quest]

Of course not at the same time, but still

[jovial depot]

is it true that you foster 15 kids?

[manic torrent]

20+1

[gilded quest]

👏👏

[jovial depot]

bro is raising 21 kids 💀

[manic torrent]

no I am raising one kid 🙂

[jovial depot]

he must be rich

[gilded quest]

That's awesome

[jovial depot]

oh

[manic torrent]

21 overall, up to three at a time

[full fossil]

bro i just get malt. cheapest price to get drunk

[vapid smelt]

Utah laws suck it's like 90% of the political people are Mormons

[gilded quest]

Get out of utah

[fossil frost]

im not trying to get as drunk as i can for as little money as possible, im getting whatever taste nice

[full fossil]

ah youre an adult

[vapid smelt]

1 forever kid right?

[jovial depot]

why get drunk anyway lmao?

[full fossil]

fun

[gilded quest]

Depression

I mean, yes, fun!

[manic torrent]

yeah poor dude is stuck with us

[jovial depot]

ah

[fossil frost]

getting drunk CAUSES my depression

[lilac sage]

some ppl suck so much they are more interesting ppl when drunk. im prob one of them

[jovial depot]

is it fun hallucinating and throwing up after?

[vapid smelt]

I've never been drunk

[full fossil]

adults drink because depression
young adults drink because party fun

[manic torrent]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1036679608805892199/1041876583914410044/IMG_20221115_114356619_HDR.jpg

[full fossil]

i dont throw up because i eat good. but yes hallucinating is fun

[jovial depot]

i swore to myself that i will never touch alcohol or cigarettes.

[lilac sage]

I see an idea for a sleeper PC in the right side of that picture

[full fossil]

that will change in 5 years

[jovial depot]

don't most people throw up after getting drunk?

[manic torrent]

I drank a lot when I was young. I never hallucinated and I threw up I think... 3 times?

[vapid smelt]

Poor kid has a nerd for a dad

[gilded quest]

Being a little drunk is fun. Being so drunk that you can't remember stuff sound awful

[fossil frost]

which is why i dont drink too often, and when i do, i dont drink much... except for maybe once or twice a year, when i just go nuts and drink probably 2 bottles of burbon in 1 night, then sleep until the next day and be fine

[full fossil]

my first time ever drinking was last year when i was 17. i had 9 shots of vodka. didnt throw up

[jovial depot]

nah. It's called having indian parents. they won't let me get drunk lmao

[turbid falcon]

i drink to remember, also it mellows me out

[jovial depot]

don't drink much cause it can cause pancreas cancer

[full fossil]

can

[jovial depot]

you dont wanna be more depressed

[gilded quest]

I've thrown up from alcohol twice, and both times I was drinking on a relatively empty stomach

[full fossil]

yeh literally. all u have to do is eat good throughout the day and u wont throw up

[fossil frost]

once, because i drank a full bottle of peach schnapps when i was 17

[vapid smelt]

Can you use a hookah?

[gilded quest]

I didn't drink till I was basically 21

Too much of a boy scout to be fun :/

[full fossil]

i had my first drink and lost my virginity on the same day last year

[jovial depot]

why would i need a hookah lel

plus i dont wanna get lung cancer

[manic torrent]

work xmas party. 35+ degrees C. sweating like a sweaty person. No food. free booze. no air conditioning, inside.

[fossil frost]

on about all this drinking talk... its the work's xmas party in 2 weeks... and, we have just been told... FREE BAR 😄

[full fossil]

notice how we're talking about this in a tech discord 💀

[jovial depot]

bro got drunk and railed a girl on the same day. nice

[full fossil]

yeh

[gilded quest]

Was there secret Santa at least?

[jovial depot]

general channel so eh

[turbid falcon]

because big industry and alot of tech is used making alcohol

[full fossil]

youre honestly lucky. i feel like my parents didnt discipline me enough growing up

[gilded quest]

I just drink beer now

[fossil frost]

making alcohol was likely the very first technology

[gilded quest]

Beer tastes good at least. Liquor tastes like gasoline

[vapid smelt]

Or a bikini Santa/ Ms Claus

[turbid falcon]

second, after fire 😉

[jovial depot]

thx.

[gilded quest]

What about dominatrix Ms claus

[full fossil]

VERY unpopular opinion: Smirnoff tastes good alone. dont need anything to wash it down

[gilded quest]

I don't think I've had Smirnoff

[vapid smelt]

I only like ciders

[pliant leaf]

Christ almighty the latest video

[fossil frost]

smirnoff is a brand, not a particular thing

[gilded quest]

Ciders & Sours

[full fossil]

its a vodka brand, goofball

[turbid falcon]

dry/medium/sweet?

[fossil frost]

its an alcohol brand, they make many different alcohols

[pliant leaf]

I didn’t think creatures more unbearable than audiophiles existed but coffee nerds may just take the cake

[full fossil]

really

[gilded quest]

Dry is less sweet?

[manic torrent]

I really don't know what happened after I vomited in the urinal

[gilded quest]

I think I've been a fan of dry lately

[vapid smelt]

Yes

[pliant leaf]

Dry=no sugar

[gilded quest]

Poor urinal

[turbid falcon]

which of them?

[full fossil]

the smirnoff vodka i had. had an 'merican flag on it 🇺🇸

[manic torrent]

also bear in mind this was 1999, so it was a different time

[jovial depot]

does carrot juice taste good? never had it before

[vapid smelt]

I like them all

[pliant leaf]

No shit it’s made by Pepsi

[manic torrent]

It was a pre nine eleven world

[full fossil]

Pepsi is based soooo

fuck coke with the bluepill shit

[fossil frost]

at least you made it to the urinal... my last work xmas party. guy was sat at the table and just threw up on the table... stood up.. walked out... got in a taxi... went home :D...

[gilded quest]

Coke is better

Time to put the coke back in Coke

[full fossil]

taste wise you could argue that. but not company wise

[fossil frost]

im almost always last man standing, then get bored and go home

[gilded quest]

Yeah Pepsi fucking sucks as a company

[full fossil]

Pepsi is based and redpilled. and isnt racist like coke

[gilded quest]

When I was in retail, the Pepsi vendor was awful

[pliant leaf]

No nvm it was the company that owns Guinness

[full fossil]

the entire company is bad because of one worker?

[gilded quest]

Coke would show up daily with 3-4 guys to stock their shit. Pepsi was twice a week with just one dude

[manic torrent]

honestly.... you couldn't do it like that today. It's completely irresponsible to be serving alcohol under those conditions.

[fossil frost]

this was 2019

[gilded quest]

Not the particular worker, but how much they spent on distribution

Coke cared about distribution, Pepsi couldn't be bothered

[fossil frost]

the uk has a dramatically different alcohol culture to almost anywhere else in the world

[manic torrent]

oh yeah, it's well fucked

[full fossil]

our vape shop doesnt ID anybody. i saw some middle schoolers buy shit when i was on my addiction

[gilded quest]

Which is hilarious cause the Frito lay vendor, which is same parent company as Pepsi, was super reliable and kept their shelves full

[fossil frost]

i could be practically unconscious, as long as im able to request a drink, most places will still give me more

[pliant leaf]

Barry (61)

[manic torrent]

in australia, there's a legal obligation on the venue not to do that

[gilded quest]

Best drinking experience was flying first class

[fossil frost]

same here too, but... its ignored

[manic torrent]

These days I don't drink much at all. Just not worth it.

[full fossil]

how long was the flight. and where did u fly to

[gilded quest]

Something about a bloody Mary at 30 thousand feet

[gilded quest]

3 hours Phoenix to Seattle

[pliant leaf]

My man went first class and ordered a BLOODY MARY

[gilded quest]

Just american airlines first class

[full fossil]

u bought first class for a 3 hour flight

[fossil frost]

i dont like feeling spinny... hate it... so i know my limits, and stick to spinny minus 0.5 drinks

[gilded quest]

3, actually

[pliant leaf]

ah so just business class

[gilded quest]

Used rewards miles. First class was less miles than economy+

[pliant leaf]

Is there a worse cocktail on this planet than a Bloody Mary

[full fossil]

oh wow

[pliant leaf]

I genuinely cannot think of one

[gilded quest]

Shoulda had a v8

[manic torrent]

most of my hobbies are much better done without alcohol 🙂 - hard to code or drive RC or work on them when you're three sheets to the wind

[pliant leaf]

It just fucking sucks

[pliant leaf]

Idk about that I had a uni buddy who would make his best python code while dunking bayles

[gilded quest]

Yeah when using miles, sometimes the "pricing" is funny like that. I'm sure it only happens for domestic flights tho

[fossil frost]

ive written some of my finest code when wasted... couldnt read fuck all of it or work out HOW i got to where i got to when i sobered up, but man it worked like a dream

[manic torrent]

I doubt it 😉

[pliant leaf]

Really wish I was smart enough to code though they seem to have fun

Except when it doesn’t work

[gilded quest]

The first time I drank my nerd ass sat down and did differential equations homework

[manic torrent]

yeah but that's garbage code 🙂 the MOST important thing about code is that someone can read it.

[pliant leaf]

And it almost never works

[full fossil]

im going on a plane for the second time in my life in one month. my first time i was like 4, and it was when we moved from North Carolina to New Mexico. this time im going on a trip to Florida for disney world with my family

[thin widget]

Wish I was smart enough to figure out why half my ram slots randomly stopped working

[fossil frost]

i wind people up at work with "it was hard to write, it should be hard to read"

[manic torrent]

If it needs a comment to understand (and it isn't a regex), you have almost certainly Done It Wrong

[full fossil]

bob what is FIGJAM?

[gilded quest]

Jam made from figs, duh (I have no clue tho)

[full fossil]

lol

sounds fire tho

[fossil frost]

yep. should be able to follow it without needing comments... or as we refer to it at work "self commenting code"

[full fossil]

im gonna try out my 2018 macbook pro with gaming on bootcamp. its got i7-8850H 6-core, radeon pro vega 20(4gb vram) , 32gb ram
downloading bootcamp gaming drivers rn

[candid magnet]

what drink isn't flavoured water

[fossil frost]

ethanol... so... alcohol

which technically probably still is flavoured water

[candid magnet]

50% alcohol drinks would be flavoured ethanol ig

[pliant leaf]

Milk?

[gilded quest]

Ah moonshine

[fossil frost]

milk is mostly water

[pliant leaf]

No that’s also water…

[gilded quest]

I'm too afraid to ask what the other 98% of milk is

[pliant leaf]

Fat and proteins

[fossil frost]

98% of milk is water... the other 2% is fat and proteins and sugars

[pliant leaf]

Wait I mean you could drink caramel

That probably doesn’t have enough water to be defined as flavored water

Like honey too

[candid magnet]

caramel would be sugar

[fossil frost]

if you want your caramel to remain liquid, you wanna add a bunch of water

honey has a lot of water in it too

[candid magnet]

or keep it warm

[manic torrent]

especially when it's boiling on the stove

[fossil frost]

yep, cold water, straight into the boiling sugar 😄

[pliant leaf]

What if I added ethanol instead

[candid magnet]

I feel like this should exist already

[full fossil]

Just a daily reminder for y’all. Don’t forget to use listerine!

[candid magnet]

alcohol + caramel

[pliant leaf]

Ok but then does ANY water in a liquid make it flavoured water

[candid magnet]

well water has to be the majority for it to be flavoured water

[pliant leaf]

Or is there a percentage where it stops being flavoured water

[candid magnet]

water >=50%

[pliant leaf]

So we’re talking around 50%

So a sufficiently strong whiskey stops being flavoured water

[manic torrent]

humans are just flavoured water.

[pliant leaf]

Ok next question, is beer technically a tea

[gilded quest]

No

[manic torrent]

No

beer is watery bread

[gilded quest]

Beer is fermented, right?

[pliant leaf]

But the hops are added to hot water

[fossil frost]

no, tea is made with tea leaves... beer is a brew, tea is also a brew

[manic torrent]

tea is not fermented, tea is steeped

[gilded quest]

I recently tried a "fresh hops" ipa... surprisingly didn't hate it

[candid magnet]

maybe >=50% water and pourable

[fossil frost]

IPA is the best beer

[gilded quest]

Sours are best

But I will admit, there is something kind of refreshing about IPAs

[manic torrent]

maybe not water - more like an orange. You need to squeeze it to get the juice out

[gilded quest]

Although the super hoppy ones are just too floral for me

[fossil frost]

you can squeeze humans and get their juice out too

[candid magnet]

Juicing humans for my flavoured water with salt

[manic torrent]

that's literally what I said

[candid magnet]

Human gatorade

the ocean is gatorade

[fossil frost]

ahhh, thought you were on about oranges 😄

[manic torrent]

how many dead bodies per L is acceptable in water?

and it isn't none, because there's heaps in the ocean

[fossil frost]

depends on your individual government and food standards agency

[candid magnet]

how far is the space between dead bodies/L for drinkable water and dead bodies/L for swimmable water

[manic torrent]

nono I mean personally

[fossil frost]

as long as im not drinking bits from the body (i dont like bits in my orange juice either), im ok

[manic torrent]

bizzehdee is the dude in tank girl shoving water sucking bottles into peoples backs

[fossil frost]

i wouldnt go out of my way to kill you, but, if it ends up being "me or you"... its 100% gonna be you 😄

and by you, i mean anybody

[gilded quest]

OJ pulp is sooooo good

[fossil frost]

get out... leave here.. now...

[true raft]

Ok so I have a i9 13900k and rtx 4090 coming in and im looking for a monitor anyone care to throw me a few recommendations looking for a 4k 144hz 27-32in monitor within the $800usd range

[gilded quest]

Medium pulp is great

[true raft]

Or is this not the right channel for that?

[gilded quest]

#build-a-pc is probably gonna be the best place to ask

[true raft]

Ok gotcha

[gilded quest]

👍

[gilded quest]

https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/14/23458097/amazon-layoffs-expected-10000-employees

😬

wouldn't be surprised if we hit a quarter million by the end of the year

[stuck stratus]

high score!

[stuck stratus]

only if you like the aesthetic (or if you have intel 12th/13th gen)

I personally like all the little details but

they're purely aesthetic

[pliant leaf]

American

[fossil frost]

What?

[pliant leaf]

Orange juice without pulp is the most American thing

[gilded quest]

says the smart fridge guy

[fossil frost]

Not really. It's how I've had it since I was a child, and I'm in the UK.

[pliant leaf]

Odd

In my country every juice has pulp because you know, that’s kinda where the nutrients are

[fossil frost]

A lot of it is in the juice too...

[pliant leaf]

Even here in the Netherlands if you want orange juice there’s machines that squeeze it fresh

And the Dutch have the worst culinary traditions on the planet these mfs should not be allowed near anything beyond a deep fryer

[fossil frost]

Yep, can get that here, and choose if you want it filtered or straight from the orange via the machine

[gilded quest]

y'all have machines that squeeze it fresh for you?

[fossil frost]

You sound very closed minded, and I'm going to sleep. So I'm done with this conversation 😊

[stuck stratus]

fresh-squeezed orange juice do be expensive

[lilac sage]

its all about the location

[gilded quest]

grocery store "not from concentrate" is a decent middle-ground

[stuck stratus]

^

[lilac sage]

in the store, yes

in the fields of california and florida? no

[gilded quest]

Simply Orange is worth it every time

[gilded quest]

rip this years orange crop

[lilac sage]

orang

[stuck stratus]

even then, the machines for that are thousands of dollars (unless you're a sadist and spend 10-15 minutes squeezing out a single glass)

[lilac sage]

tbh my family does something even easier

questionable things

[stuck stratus]

you eat the oranges?

[drowsy geyser]

What courier does lttstore use to send to UK?

[lilac sage]

dumpster diving

[stuck stratus]

I don't like the odds of finding a $7,000 juicer in the trash can

[lilac sage]

no i mean for orange juice lol

[stuck stratus]

oh

[lilac sage]

well food in general

[stuck stratus]

hm

[lilac sage]

ye rn we're on bottle number 4 or 3 of the 6 that got found in the garbage

I think its tropicana in those plastic bottles

with the green top

[pliant leaf]

God the more I watch this fucking video the more irrationally angry I get

[lilac sage]

nvm thats simply orange

[pliant leaf]

Why do people fall for the diminishing returns meme every single time for everything

[elfin ivy]

just out of curiosity, can anyone suggest a nice wireless keyboard/mouse combo? a nice price/performance pick?

[pliant leaf]

For mouse my current fling is a g703

Really nice weight and a good form

Not really a keyboard guy so I can’t speak on that

[elfin ivy]

i have to agree with you. i think the form is the same as g305 which i've tried yesterday in a shop

[pliant leaf]

G703 has the radio dongle though

So if you’re looking for BT it’s not that

Although dongles have far lower latency issues

[elfin ivy]

not really sure if i should go with bt or radio keyboard, but it looks like i'm gonna stick to cable here and get the master mx3 or g305 or even g703 but i somehow wanna touch a mouse before petting it every day lol

hopefully i can find a store to touch a demo mouse or something before straight buying it 🙂

[wraith sonnet]

I have come to a radical conclusion

Galaga doesn't work on modern devices

Sure they can play them but the charm of the game is the clunkiness and necessity of buttons

Tldr galaga wars is the worst game I've ever played

[slim yacht]

Aerox 3 wireless/G502X/G pro/superlight/GMMK model 0 wireless/G304
spoilt for choice in terms of mouses

for keyboards, it depends whether you want those nice custom keyboards or readily built gaming keebs (G913, Steelseries Apex line)
something custom like kailh switches with wireless capable barebones can give u quite good time

[dusky patrol]

They're turning winie the pooh into a horror movie....

[rough forge]

This is silly, but I subnetted an IPv4 network for the first time today, although it was in a simulated environment.

[wraith sonnet]

Public domain

Restrictions breed creativity and with Winnie the Pooh there are no restrictions apart from certain characteristics

[dusky patrol]

Disney keeps pushing back how long it is before something goes into public domaib

Domain

[full fossil]

I take that back for correction:

Fountain drink DP is good.
but i hate canned DP. It tastes complete different from fountain and is not good at all
And i hate bottled soda no matter what it is. Plastic is Very taste-altering

[hollow pulsar]

Why is it silly? Valuable skill you’re learning there.

[rough forge]

I dunno, tbh. Probably because it's presumably something that's pretty intuitive for most people in this server, lmao.

[polar fern]

Little do people know that post mix soft drinks and bottled/canned are actually formulated differently

[hollow pulsar]

Pretty sure there’s other factors at play here. If I recall, the syrup is in plastic bags and the soda machine mixes it as it dispenses.

[polar fern]

For one post mix soft drinks have more water in them

Also, the carbonation is done completely differently

[full fossil]

depends on restaurant. ik McDonalds does

[full fossil]

yeah, i like minimal carbonation. cans have the most

[hollow pulsar]

Not necessarily, though that may be up to the mix settings. I’ve had almost pure mtn dew red syrup before

[polar fern]

There isn’t really a mixture setting, but there is a valve on the syrup lines & the water line

[hollow pulsar]

Canned soda probably preserves the intent (taste) from the manufacturer best after glass bottle.

[hollow pulsar]

Valve then. 🙂

[polar fern]

Dry mix beverage machines do actually have “settings”.

[hollow pulsar]

With a can, I believe there is a kind of wax or some other kind of liner on the inside of the can.

…makes them kind of nasty for melting down. (Yes, I wanted to get in to metal casting)

[polar fern]

There is a clear plastic film on the can inside & out.

The artwork on the can is actually printed on the coating

I am a big proponent of using glass for beverages, though the one downside is that it needs some way of heating the raw material

[hollow pulsar]

Heating the raw material?

[polar fern]

Yes, do you think bottles just are found in the Earth naturally?

[hollow pulsar]

Well, same for cans

[wheat solstice]

We have a fusion reactor in the sky we can get as much heat as we need

[hollow pulsar]

I was struggling to find the difference between heating metal and glass based on heating

[wheat solstice]

I miss glass

[polar fern]

Not really the same, as smelting is hundreds of times more polluting/energy intensive

[wheat solstice]

Bauxite be like

[full fossil]

actually i take this message back because my carbontion preference depends on the drink. for pepsi(my favorite soda) and MTN dew i prefer can. but for DP and coke i prefer fountain.

[hollow pulsar]

But glass is fairly easy to recycle. Cans are kind of nasty.

[wheat solstice]

Can wouldn't be so bad if not for the plastic layers

[hollow pulsar]

Agreed

[polar fern]

Cans need the lining - which burns off during recycling plus you can’t really mix different alloys or grades of alu

[wheat solstice]

We know

[polar fern]

Glass is more forgiving though there’s still mixtures that aren’t good for bottle/jar.

[jovial depot]

my dad gave me $110 to spend on black friday. what should i buy?

[jagged dune]

save it i think

If you don't know what to buy.. then dont buy.. save

[jovial depot]

i can't do that... he says i gotta spend it

[jagged dune]

ohhh

well then idk

[jovial depot]

well im buying airpods but i stil have like 60 dollars left

[jagged dune]

Pokemon scarlet/Violet is $60

[jovial depot]

tf is that

[jagged dune]

It's a game :P

[jovial depot]

i don't like pokemon so eh

[jagged dune]

f

then idk lol, buy smth random ig

[jovial depot]

what 💀

[jagged dune]

you dont needa spend it all tbf..

[sonic spruce]

Is this good enough for a gtx 960?

Cable Matters 2-Pack 6 Pin to 8 Pin PCIe Adapter Power Cable - 4 Inches https://a.co/d/4XzJhuH

[full fossil]

does gamersnexus have a discord lol

[gilded quest]

For Patreon backers

[full fossil]

lame

[gilded quest]

Naw. It's smart. Encourages more people to directly support them so they can be less reliant on brands/advertisers.

[full fossil]

no i get that lol i just cant support them unfortunately

[gilded quest]

Besides to get discord is only like $1-2 a month

If you don't have a credit/debit card then yeah it sucks

[full fossil]

yeah thats the thing

dont got a payment method

could use a visa gift card

[gilded quest]

The prepaid visa gift cards probably work for Patreon, for what it's worth

[full fossil]

yeah

[gilded quest]

You can buy those with cash

[sonic spruce]

Ok so

[full fossil]

yes

[sonic spruce]

Is this good enough for a gtx 960?

Cable Matters 2-Pack 6 Pin to 8 Pin PCIe Adapter Power Cable - 4 Inches https://a.co/d/4XzJhuH

[full fossil]

i can

[gilded quest]

Probably

[manic torrent]

the best thing for a GTX 960 is an e-waste bin

[full fossil]

yeah should be fine

[gilded quest]

Take that back

[full fossil]

ratio 960 is swag

[gilded quest]

My 960 FTW would like to have a word, sir

[manic torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/robin-williams-gif-6037089

[gilded quest]

(I bought it for $180 in 2015)

[slim yacht]

960 got that it aint much but its mine vibe

[manic torrent]

like a 960 was rad, but it's old AF

[full fossil]

still rockin a 1080ti i see

[full fossil]

hey man at least it still has driver updates

looking at you amd

and 700 series

[slim yacht]

vega 64 sitting there with no update be like =

[full fossil]

wait what

they cut vega 64

i thought it was only the furys and below

[slim yacht]

i dont remember
lemme check

[sonic spruce]

2014

[slim yacht]

apparently still there

so vega 64 is good

[full fossil]

oh good

id be very angry

[sonic spruce]

Ight thx

[full fossil]

im trying to finesse my friends v64 frontier edition from him

[full fossil]

low power enough

what psu you got with it

[sonic spruce]

Yeah my psu is 460 watts

[full fossil]

what model?

[sonic spruce]

I can’t send a pic of it here

[sonic spruce]

Hp oem

[full fossil]

yeah nbd

ah

[sonic spruce]

32 gbs of ddr3 ram is overkill right?

Like 24gbs is enough right?

[full fossil]

kinda yea

id use 32 if you have it

[sonic spruce]

25 usd

[full fossil]

but if you dont id stick to 16

[full fossil]

worth

[sonic spruce]

8484

[ember raptor]

So I watched the new video on the main channel. Tanner, the guy who went first and likes the movie Cats. I know the people at NBC Universal who work in the DVD + Home Video Department and made the main menus and intros.

What's the best way to get in touch with him to send him photos?

[full fossil]

nah

[sonic spruce]

Yeah for 25 usd I can get 32gbs of ram

[full fossil]

motherboard might act up

[sonic spruce]

That’s what I have now

I’ve had it like that for almost a year

[full fossil]

oh

id stick with it then

[sonic spruce]

Actually imma check the exact date

March 2022

[manic torrent]

email

[sonic spruce]

Yeah I had my ram like that since March @full fossil

[manic torrent]

Or possibly a post in the forums

[sonic spruce]

But if I want to, 32gbs for 25 usd

[full fossil]

oh sick

[sonic spruce]

It’s gonna be used mostly for playing cod and overwatch 2

[full fossil]

stick to your current config

[sonic spruce]

Ok

[full fossil]

what cpu you got

[sonic spruce]

I5 3570s

[full fossil]

all too familiar with that chip

[sonic spruce]

Also this happened once
I was playing a game while streaming on YouTube and playing music

[full fossil]

gave one to my friend along with a gtx 760

[sonic spruce]

And my pc froze, couldn’t even get to task manager

Was that ram related or?

[sonic spruce]

Oof

[full fossil]

id try basic troublshooting

[sonic spruce]

It happened once so

[full fossil]

clear cmos

[sonic spruce]

Or twice since I got it

[full fossil]

yeah

hp motherboard?

[sonic spruce]

I’ve had it for 3 years

[sonic spruce]

Yes

I’m not resetting bios cuz idk how to do bios shit

[full fossil]

just do it man

hp probably has some preconfiged shit

[gaunt cave]

Was watching an ltt video that made me think i shd check what my local ix is... Well. Tldr: bell and telus Canada does not peer with torix wtaf

[sonic spruce]

Do I have to do XMP to run my ram at 1600mhz?

[wheat solstice]

[sonic spruce]

And my cpu to run all the way to max speed?

[full fossil]

i dont think your board supports 1600

cpu should be fine

[sonic spruce]

It does

It goes to 1600

I know for a fact it does

[full fossil]

I saw a dell optiplex with i5-6500 and 16gb ram for $200. I wonder how a gtx 1080 would run with it

probably jst fine

[full fossil]

oh ight

hp bios is bare

[full fossil]

Shii i might get that and a used 1080. Ez $400 build

idk how that woukld work

fr

just gotta watch out for psu

Oh ya

id even reccomend a 6600

I’ll go look at the listing and see if they put the psu

their cheap asf rn

Bet

lower power draw

they go for 190 brand new

probably bargain for 150 on fbm

[manic torrent]

I loved gamers nexus review into the 4090 adapters. basically: plug in your shit properly. Admittedly the design makes it more likely, but yeah. also it's a super low like .01% occurence

[full fossil]

Wow wtf. And it’s about the same as a 1080 right?

yeah it is

[full fossil]

nvidia design moment

nvidia fixing something that aint broke moment

nvidia moment

as i say that i get a reminder to update drivers

[sonic spruce]

@full fossil

https://support.hp.com/rs-en/document/c03517380

That’s my pc

Ok I’m trying to find it

[wheat solstice]

More like "quadruple check that it's plugged in properly because the connector is deceptive trash"

[sonic spruce]

That’s as close to it as you can get

@full fossil here it is

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GH4Y78

More or less the same

[manic torrent]

I mean, I think it's fucking weird. why isn't it something more like an XT60 RC power plug

[wheat solstice]

Right
It's not like high amperage 12v is a new thing

Dozens of really good options