public-chat

[covert nimbus]

yeah some cheap cases that use old tooling still have them

[manic torrent]

A USB card reader is not a dongle.

[rustic crown]

also I have 1 open port in my usb hub as it is

Not getting a second one

[rustic crown]

I have way less space

[covert nimbus]

you clearly dont live in a NY Apt

[rustic crown]

Like not even one desk

[manic torrent]

Huh? A decent motherboard has at least 6 USB ports

[vapid smelt]

why would someone live in NY

[rustic crown]

My tower doesn't sit close enough for most items to reach

[covert nimbus]

technically i live in NJ

[manic torrent]

If they are a hipster who demands 5.25 bays

[covert nimbus]

cheaper

[candid terrace]

Is that a custom loop Pc

[covert nimbus]

you see i have this thing called WORK

[manic torrent]

Yes, as per my profile pic

[tough lance]

how long did u spend on that

[covert nimbus]

that makes me come into the office twice a week for CBT

[tough lance]

hard line... respect dude

[vapid smelt]

its almost 2023 what uses 5.25 bays

[manic torrent]

C*ck and ball torture?

[candid terrace]

That’s sick !

[covert nimbus]

yeah

[manic torrent]

I dunno, a good few hours?

[rustic crown]

my USB is a mess as it is, I have plugged in, mouse, mic, gamepad, microscope, eprom programmer, ide bridge. With one open port

[covert nimbus]

also known as in person meetings

[tough lance]

i used that for soft tubing lmao... sick pc

[rustic crown]

My kbd is ps/2 so thats not an issue

My 5.25 has, bdrom, multicard, hotswap sata, 3in diskette

[covert nimbus]

trust me id live at the beach house full time if my job let me

lol

[rustic crown]

Yes my threadripper pc has a 1.44mb drive

[manic torrent]

I was able to simplify what plugged into my PC by having the kB/mouse go off the monitor, and by doing audio on a different pc

[rustic crown]

Kb is ps/2

[tough lance]

why

[covert nimbus]

i have a USB one i keep in a drawer

[rustic crown]

My monitor ports aren't accessable

They are coverved by the 2 other lcds

[covert nimbus]

i enjoy messing with some legacy hardware as a hobby

ez way to move files

[rustic crown]

alps keyboards dont age

Still solid mechanical kb nowadays

[covert nimbus]

IBM Model M chads rise up

[rustic crown]

Its 104key

At101w

W adds 3 extra keys

2 windows and menu

[tough lance]

oh ma gad thank god... numpad is awesome

[covert nimbus]

i need to find a mouse that matches my desk aesthetic

the Razer looks so out of place

[rustic crown]

I got a g502

[covert nimbus]

but its comfy

[rustic crown]

Its hard to beat a 502

[covert nimbus]

i hate Logitech shapes

dont work for me

[manic torrent]

It's easy, because micro USB is absolutely dogshit

[rustic crown]

Razors sw is a literally a security threat

[manic torrent]

G502x is acceptable

[covert nimbus]

i set my DPI and uninstalled it lol

[rustic crown]

You can use a razor mouse to get admin on a windows pc

[covert nimbus]

its dog shit

[manic torrent]

I use a Corsair mouse because qi charging

[rustic crown]

I used a Linux tool to set my settings

[covert nimbus]

beige lightweight ambi shape gaming mouse when

[rustic crown]

logi made one a while back

[covert nimbus]

or at least something that doesnt look like a toy

would be nice

god i hate razer branding

[manic torrent]

MX master 3 with gaming sensor??????

[covert nimbus]

bad shape

[manic torrent]

Yeah but it works for me. I'd just like a higher poll rate soemtimes

[covert nimbus]

looking for something that glorious model O or Razer Viper shape

[jaunty compass]

Gaming mouse that's just a fucking power glove when

[covert nimbus]

under 80 grams

[brisk stone]

Hiii

[jaunty compass]

It's literally just the power glove

[covert nimbus]

did zowie ever fix their super stiff clicks?

and latency?

[sweet forum]

🥺

[covert nimbus]

the FK1-C looks decent but i dont want it if it has the same clicks as my Zowie AM did back in the day

[sweet forum]

Anyone know how to fix your system doesment meat the minimum requirements for windows 11 when at least hardware wise ik it does

[covert nimbus]

why do you want 11?

if you MUST use windows 10 LTSC is the only true path

[sweet forum]

Just trying to install windows man

[covert nimbus]

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-requirement

if you insist on 11

or you can just enable TPM

lol

[rustic crown]

windows 11 is a pain

[covert nimbus]

even more of a buggy shitfest than 10

[rustic crown]

It's more nag wear then 10

And does more dumb stuff

[covert nimbus]

windows just continues to get worse

id still be on 7 if i wasnt forced to

[rustic crown]

I should look into just moving to some Linux

7 has issues

Modded w8.1>7

[covert nimbus]

my main install is Manjaro

[rustic crown]

I will probably go netrunner

Debian spin

[covert nimbus]

i WOULD run 10 sandbox'd instead of native but FUCKING NVIDIA

[rustic crown]

[covert nimbus]

doesnt let you run GPU passthrough on non quadro cards

[rustic crown]

I got a mi25

I could do multiple vms easily

[sweet forum]

I dont get why it rather leave you with no windows install at all gotta get another install entirely

Some how lol

Actual pain

[rustic crown]

You can pass a existing windows install

I have done it before

[balmy lotus]

anyone done a hackintosh

[covert nimbus]

god i hate Nvidia

[balmy lotus]

very fun

you should try

[rustic crown]

Me sense 2007

[covert nimbus]

i hope AMD gets it's shit together in ML soon

[rustic crown]

Nvidia go f yourself

[sweet forum]

I dont have no install tho just a pc with no windows and a usb stick

[covert nimbus]

so i can go back to them

had no problems with my Vegas

[rustic crown]

I could probably bios flash my mi25 to a vega and cfx with it

[sweet forum]

What whatever just go back to console

Lmao tired of this stupid stuff

[covert nimbus]

my Vega 64s where painless

these 3090s

i swear

[rustic crown]

3090 was never good

[covert nimbus]

Nvidia drivers on Nix

[vapid smelt]

just get radeon viis

[covert nimbus]

are trash

[rustic crown]

The 3080ti was a better value

[manic torrent]

Just put your balls in a vice

[covert nimbus]

need the Vram

[manic torrent]

You're going to whinge anyway

[covert nimbus]

ML stuff

[sweet forum]

Will put the pc in a vice and snap it in half

[covert nimbus]

the Nvidia user experience

[rustic crown]

I have only payed more than 400 for 1 nvidia

And that was a es card

My gtx 2080sm

[neon mesa]

Probably dead memory LuL

[manic torrent]

I just bought a 3080 ti

[covert nimbus]

i ONLY use them because they are the ONLY option for ML short of building a Radeon Instinct server cluster lol

[sweet forum]

The install windows expierence you get a windows 11 install just to need to go through 10 hoops gotta find another pc that someone will let me use lol actual pain

[rustic crown]

I will probably snipe a 6800/900

Or get a vaporx 7800

[covert nimbus]

im thinking of picking one up for GPU passthrough

so i can delete my native 10 install

[sweet forum]

[manic torrent]

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5173/~/geforce-gpu-passthrough-for-windows-virtual-machine-(beta)

NVIDIA has enabled GPU passthrough for some time now

[rustic crown]

I passed a 750ti

But that was hacky

[covert nimbus]

took long enough

[sweet forum]

Better than my old gpu

[median idol]

I do happen to have one lying around. Might try it out sometime and have the Nvidia card for the windows VM

[manic torrent]

..... It's been well over a year

[manic torrent]

I passed a kidney stone once.

[covert nimbus]

i built this 3 years ago

[sweet forum]

Hope this pc can run something newer then vesta

Lol

[covert nimbus]

bruh

10 LTSC

[sweet forum]

My old pc had a athlon 64 x2

[manic torrent]

Ok children I cannot stand this garbage fire any longer. I shall return anon.

[covert nimbus]

ran a 12 core Xeon ES before this

[sweet forum]

But I cant make a winsows 10 creation tool

Says I needed a valid verison of windows or something

[covert nimbus]

bruh

just DL the ISO and use RUFUS

you dork

https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11

https://rufus.ie/en/

now stop crying before i bully you

[sweet forum]

I will when I can

Also anyone wanna reccomend a cheap small pc just for email and youtube

Want to get one for my grandparents lol

[covert nimbus]

https://www.newegg.com/silver-hp-14-mainstream/p/1TS-000D-0XPF3

[ocean pawn]

A chrome book?

[covert nimbus]

chrome books arnt any cheaper if you want something that wont be annoyingly slow

[ocean pawn]

Hey shut up!

Just kidding you might be right

[covert nimbus]

you can also get a used Elitebook if you dont mind used

great laptops

got one myself

[ocean pawn]

Hey what if you buy a raspberry pi and a small monitor for it

You could use that to surf the internet

[past egret]

get a cyberdeck

[ocean pawn]

The fuck is that

[past egret]

pi with monitor and keyboard

[covert nimbus]

pis are expensive now lol

[ocean pawn]

Are they?

[stable totem]

All of my noise complaints with my pc have disappeared because of the hard drives. I'm all ssd now

It's amazing. My case and hdds never liked each other. They made weird vibration noises.

[past egret]

they are a bit pricey for what they do

but not for me!!!!

[covert nimbus]

i have loud AF HDDs (Toshiba x300 <3) and my fans are way more noticeable than the HDDs

did your case have no HDD vibration mounts?

[stable totem]

No it's the fractal design define r6 and it never came with that

[covert nimbus]

weird cause my R5 did

[stable totem]

Fantastic case. I just got make sure I tape in drives or something now

[covert nimbus]

case should have came with rubber spacers for mounting the drives into the trays

contact fractal

[past egret]

vibrations ruin hdd performance

[ocean pawn]

What if someone with Parkinson has a laptop on his lap with an hdd inside

[full fossil]

can agree, found that out the hard way

[past egret]

good luck

[ocean pawn]

[full fossil]

I wouldn't expect the laptop to be on his lap for a long

[ocean pawn]

Poor uncle Tom he's getting mediocre performance because of his Parkinson

[upper storm]

my laptop is so thin and hot and white 🥵 just like the girl of my dreams ( this is a joke don't ban me or mute me please)

lol

ahh but theres so much damn dust in this country

it already has dust buildup in a week

[full fossil]

[upper storm]

[dull granite]

acknowledging you made an unfunny joke doesn't make it funny

[small zephyr]

can it be that steam is kinda bugged on windows 11?

it literally installs directX every single launch of an game even if already launched it before

[past egret]

pretty sure it does that for regular win 10 too

[small zephyr]

nope

[past egret]

it shouldnt really matter, if you already have it, its not gonna break

[small zephyr]

its been years since steam did it usualy they do it before you launch the game in a kinda bundled all games stuff thing

but not installing direct x on a single game every time i launch it

[dreamy rose]

SaxABoom

[small zephyr]

ooof the game seems to have sound problems

[pearl marten]

nope, never had this issue on W10 or 11

[small zephyr]

i didnt had it on windows 10 as well

[wanton glade]

don't get win11 kids, it's trash

good ol win10 will do the job

or linux lol

[small zephyr]

🤨 i think windows 11 is fighting my amd drivers

[full fossil]

agreed, I used windows 11 for 3 months and I hate it.

[wanton glade]

I saw it for 5 minutes on my bro's pc, I hate it

[fast parrot]

Linux is awesome

[small zephyr]

im was kinda forced to update since my drivers on win10 kept destructing emselfs

[wanton glade]

I was like "wow I want win11 in the future" now I'm like "wtf is this shit bro

[fast parrot]

I am losing hope in Microsoft tbh

[full fossil]

Go try and tell me how long it takes you to turn down your volume lmao

[fast parrot]

Same as nvidia

[wanton glade]

Never used it, but if it could get as optimized as windows in terms of gaming/softwares, and that I knew how to personalise the gui, I would go for it

[wanton glade]

around 3 secs, but in general I just mute

[fast parrot]

Gnome/plasma

[small zephyr]

i wish geforce now wouldnt be such garbage

[wanton glade]

so, half a sec lol, with shortcuts

[fast parrot]

Also software on Linux is a non-problem

[wanton glade]

oh ok

[full fossil]

No I mean I was trying to turn down volume for separate apps Took me a whole 8 minutes to figure out, before I gave up and went to Google

[wanton glade]

nah coz I saw some softwares that only work on windows

[fast parrot]

but games could be a bit of a problem, though most games work with proton just fine

[wanton glade]

lmao yeah that fucking sucks. Just download eartrumpet

[fast parrot]

Use wine and if it doesn't work, look for alternatives

[wanton glade]

very useful, very nice

[full fossil]

I would rather use linux than windows 11 tbh

[wanton glade]

what's wine

[wanton glade]

yeah me too bru

[full fossil]

Wine is an application that allows you to run Windows programs on a Linux system

[wanton glade]

the other day I saw "The coming back of UwUntu" Linux kinda shit that popped up on youtube 💀

[wanton glade]

this is fucking black magic, where do I sign

[full fossil]

behind applebee's

Or wingstop

[wanton glade]

but yeah, tbh, one I figure out how to make it work (on my 120gb + 30gb storage laptop), I'll install it

[full fossil]

linux?

[manic torrent]

lololololloloololl

[full fossil]

hello bob

[manic torrent]

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/windows-11-usage-climbs-to-24-in-steams-august-hardware-and-software-survey

[wanton glade]

yeah bro

[manic torrent]

24% of steam installs don't work

[manic torrent]

yo

[fast parrot]

Windows compatibility layer for Linux

[full fossil]

Kali Linux is nice

[full fossil]

could you let me out of your basement?

[manic torrent]

plus you can pretend you're a hacker

[full fossil]

ohh yes

[manic torrent]

negative, the locks are broken, I am fixing them now

[full fossil]

alright

[wanton glade]

Yes I heard

[wanton glade]

wdym

[full fossil]

and when u download wine, u can have fun for hours trying to get it to work

[wanton glade]

Bro you guys are so skilled at improvising sick jokes

[fast parrot]

emerge --update --deep --newuse -j1 @\world

[wanton glade]

yes 😄 || 💀 ||

[full fossil]

ohhh u should try using roblox on wine :))

[fast parrot]

Grapejuice

[full fossil]

better

[wanton glade]

no I won't

[full fossil]

good choice

[wanton glade]

I'll be using blender

[full fossil]

shit

[wanton glade]

💀 💀 💀

I'm doomed

[fast parrot]

Nvidia on Linux 😭

[wanton glade]

Oh, and I have an nvidia gpu

Eye Am Fucked.

it appears

[fast parrot]

Well, I am using Nvidia GPU on Linux

[wanton glade]

is it fine ?

[fast parrot]

And it performs fine, however I cannot use Wayland

[full fossil]

still can't get amd drivers to work on Linux

[manic torrent]

time to update home assistant

[wanton glade]

good thing I don't use that

[fast parrot]

xf86-video-radeon

[wanton glade]

skull issue

Linux looks cool, but it's gonna be a hell to set up

[fast parrot]

It's not

[full fossil]

[wanton glade]

especially when I do 3D modelling and nvidia gpu 💀

[full fossil]

Not really

[fast parrot]

Nvidia on Linux isn't that bad but it is bad when it comes to drivers compared to AMD and Intel

[wanton glade]

🤨

[full fossil]

not that hard to setup

[wanton glade]

cool

teach me

[full fossil]

Ehh 46$ usd a minute

[wanton glade]

ok, if I have a ryzen cpu and an nvidia gpu, will it be fine ? (5950x 3090)

[manic torrent]

christmas lights, can turn them on and off via the internet 😮

[wanton glade]

oh yes thank you 😄
💀 💀 💀

[fast parrot]

The deal with Nvidia drivers is that you gotta install them yourself, since most distros don't allow installation of closed-source software during the installation.

[wanton glade]

gamers when they want to celebrate christams

[fast parrot]

Should be great

[manic torrent]

oh no, like 5 minutes of following a howto

[wanton glade]

oh ok cool

[full fossil]

I'm going to hack Santa

[wanton glade]

what the hell would that mean ?

[full fossil]

Don't worry it's not really that hard,

[wanton glade]

I'mma blackmail him to give me the new 7900xtx

[wanton glade]

Explain

[full fossil]

Ohhh do it

[fast parrot]

You will have to download the drivers from Nvidia's website

[manic torrent]

Fri Dec 16 21:54:10 2022
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 510.108.03   Driver Version: 510.108.03   CUDA Version: 11.6     |
|-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
| GPU  Name        Persistence-M| Bus-Id        Disp.A | Volatile Uncorr. ECC |
| Fan  Temp  Perf  Pwr:Usage/Cap|         Memory-Usage | GPU-Util  Compute M. |
|                               |                      |               MIG M. |
|===============================+======================+======================|
|   0  NVIDIA T400         Off  | 00000000:27:00.0  On |                  N/A |
| 38%   48C    P0    N/A /  31W |   1264MiB /  2048MiB |     28%      Default |
|                               |                      |                  N/A |
+-------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Processes:                                                                  |
|  GPU   GI   CI        PID   Type   Process name                  GPU Memory |
|        ID   ID                                                   Usage      |
|=============================================================================|
|    0   N/A  N/A      1756      G   /usr/lib/xorg/Xorg                172MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      1929      G   /usr/bin/gnome-shell               26MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      6309      C   frigate.detector.cuda             467MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      6332      C   ffmpeg                            145MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      6336      C   ffmpeg                            145MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A      6349      C   ffmpeg                            145MiB |
|    0   N/A  N/A    489879      G   obs                                90MiB |

[full fossil]

You just need to do a couple commands to install it

[wanton glade]

you gonna get muted bro

[wanton glade]

oh, then it's simple

I already do that

[wanton glade]

💀

[fast parrot]

You gotta do one more thing before installing them but it isn't that hard

[full fossil]

tbh you can find a video on YouTube

on how to do it

[wanton glade]

Yeah man, I'll threaten to send a photo of him burning a church, mf will be giving me anything I want

[wanton glade]

ok

[fast parrot]

Since proprietary usually don't get installed ootb, you will be using nouveau, the open-source implementation of Nvidia drivers, which do not perform as good as proprietary ones do

[full fossil]

"bet l'll do it to"

[fast parrot]

You will have to blacklist nouveau in order to install proprietary drivers

[wanton glade]

bet

[full fossil]

bet

[wanton glade]

what's nouveau

[wanton glade]

bet

[full fossil]

[wanton glade]

💀

[full fossil]

[wanton glade]

🤨

[full fossil]

Elmo has seen some things

[wanton glade]

?

[full fossil]

look at my pfp

[wanton glade]

oh yeah that mf be staring at my soul ong

[full fossil]

He knows what you did

[wanton glade]

💀

n-n-noo h-he didn't...

No i didn't put crack in my brother's ramen

[wooden dove]

guys im messed up

[wanton glade]

check out quandale dingle lore you'll know

[wanton glade]

? what's goin on

[full fossil]

What did u do

[wooden dove]

i cant send pic?

[full fossil]

#screenshots

[wooden dove]

my lil bro downloaded damn

virus on family pc

i know some stuffs and deleted it but

[full fossil]

Tf did he download

[wooden dove]

windows antivirus keep showing there is VIRUS

[wanton glade]

💀

[wanton glade]

mcAfee 💀

[wooden dove]

from fake DOWNLOAD BUTTON AD

[wanton glade]

💀 oh shit

[full fossil]

ahhh that 30s ad

[wooden dove]

i already tried

[wanton glade]

goofy ahh ads, only amateurs get bamboozled by these

[wooden dove]

sfc /scannow but its looks it cant be helped

i also checked taskmanager process nothing sus

[full fossil]

Download malware bites, go in safe mode and run a full scan

[wooden dove]

ok bro

[full fossil]

go change your passwords as well maybe add 2 step to your emails and accs

[wooden dove]

blue logo one right?

[full fossil]

https://www.malwarebytes.com/

[wanton glade]

imagine he clicks the fake ad button while trying to fix his pc 💀

[full fossil]

..

[wanton glade]

lmao

I'm just jokin bro dw

[full fossil]

Change your password on a different device by the way

[wanton glade]

yea

imagine some hacker is watching you change all your passwords one by one, while he's drinking some tea

chillin

and once you're done he hacks you again 💀

[wooden dove]

ohh man dont say spmething cruel

[full fossil]

so what did he download?

[wooden dove]

idk

something Upload.exe

and bat file

i hate damn bat files

[wanton glade]

?

[wooden dove]

omg my antivirus disapeared

im ded rel

[past egret]

your window defender is out?

[wooden dove]

i think its ok malwarebytes really is good

[wanton glade]

oh shit

[wooden dove]

found some registry changes damn

[wanton glade]

well, good luck homie, gotta go eat

seeya

[wooden dove]

cya

[full fossil]

eye care to add me?

[wanton glade]

Ye

[full fossil]

bruh I am dumb, is a that yes I will add you or a no I don't want to

[ocean pawn]

I think he said yeah I care to add you

In other words : fuck you

[wanton glade]

I will add you

[full fossil]

ahhh

[wanton glade]

Yo nah bro, I ain't arrogant

[full fossil]

Lmao

[ocean pawn]

[manic torrent]

That would be me

[wanton glade]

Yes

[full fossil]

yes

[acoustic pond]

Morning

[fossil dirge]

Good morning

[acoustic pond]

How goes everyone at 6:35AM CST

[twin raptor]

Sleepy

[full fossil]

Why is Germany so cold rn like dam dude

Even alaska warmer rn

[candid terrace]

Guys

I got a question

[twin raptor]

What

[candid terrace]

I dropped my GPU from like 40 cm, I don’t see any scratches or cracks or anything, will it be okay?

[twin raptor]

Try it

Then u know

[manic torrent]

climate change

[manic torrent]

almost certainly fine

[candid terrace]

Dropped it cooler first and it’s also alright so idk

[twin raptor]

Fine

Spin fans with ur finger

[candid terrace]

Yeah it looks good from the outside it wasn’t even high

[candid terrace]

It spins fine

[twin raptor]

Ur all good

[candid terrace]

I’d send a picture but no perms

[hollow zealot]

I'm up at 5 am for a work review this morning

Help me

[candid terrace]

RIP

[hollow zealot]

Hopefully I'll be getting a raise today

[elfin musk]

Hi

[past fjord]

Are there any doctors in chat

If so, what would happen if your own saliva goes into your eye

I didnt have anywhere else to aks this question

I drooled on my pillow while sleeping and turned my head on the drooled part

And some of it went in my eye

[hearty spear]

Goes to LTTCord looking for a Doctor
ROFLMAO

But realistically? Nothing's going to happen, unless you've been gargling hot sauce or something weird.

[covert plover]

how do i explain my dad his pc getting older and slow i can not fix that?

[past fjord]

Alright thanks, google said something along the lines of “permanent blindness”

[hearty spear]

and if you WebMD almost any set of symptoms, you'll probably have cancer.
Google is not for medical opinions

[past fjord]

In most of the top results its not ur own spit

[hearty spear]

I mean, if you start dumping saliva in your eyes regularly? You'll probably fuck something up.

[past fjord]

So yeah thanks

[past fjord]

Lmfao

[hearty spear]

But the human body does have plenty of ways to flush out contaminants without falling apart

[past egret]

?

dont spit in your eye thanks

[muted relic]

https://twitter.com/ForeverEversley/status/1603612770892918784

So Elon forced himself into a Twitter spaces meeting between journalists, and when he got called out he left and has now disabled the spaces feature site wide.

And all meta data and information on that specific spaces was also completely wiped.

Honestly, I am shocked that Twitter is still up after 7 weeks of this

[finite cloud]

When the engineers left they predicted a week until it died

But god damn Elon

[hearty spear]

some of the journalists involved were also "somehow" banned

[muted relic]

Like how people mysterisouly die in russia from two bullets to the back of the head.

"Natural causes"

[hearty spear]

Polonium in your tea?
that's an odd contaminant. "Natural Causes"

[muted relic]

I would have used another term that starts with an S there for the joke, but that word is banned here.

[past egret]

cyanide poisoning? mustve ate apple seed

[hearty spear]

self un-alived?

[muted relic]

Yeah that.

[past egret]

must be Sudden Unknown Death Syndrome

[muted relic]

Twitter is staving off it's terminal illness for a while though

[past egret]

happens in adults, sometimes

[quasi trellis]

Twitter, under Elon Musk's control, does not allow linking to mastodon

[mint yacht]

That would be SIDS

[muted relic]

Of course not.

[ocean pawn]

sudden cardiac arrest

[sonic barn]

Fur e

[past egret]

mkay

[junior forge]

where can i get help with troubleshooting a mouse :D

[hearty spear]

#1027757333117415424

[full fossil]

Guys help, i just build my first pc and it worked first time, but after enabling xmp profile, the fans spin, but the mobo lights dont go on and i get a black screen

Oh sorry, didn't see the tech support channel

[sonic barn]

Beans vs fur?

[full fossil]

hi

[unreal thorn]

I wish more video games had guns like the battle rifle from halo

I love the 3 round burst but game developers seem to think everyone wants fully automatic and nothing more

I like that the burst is means something like a shot from a semi automatic gun but it's more forgiving in that you have 3 shots in a half of a second to keep your cursor centered

[mild elm]

Valorant bulldog and stinger

[unreal thorn]

I might be entirely wrong by the way, I haven't exposed myself to many games

I just have this gut feeling that's telling me they aren't that common

The battle rifle is my favorite gun in halo, I always pick it up if I can find one

[fossil frost]

it gets thought about, but then gets thrown in the bin because of 1 of 2 reasons. 1. game difficulty balance. 2. their core demographic is brain dead mouth breathers who just want to spray bullets everywhere and pretend they are in the army

[unreal thorn]

The army uses semi and burst rounds. I heard they only give fully automatic rifles to the most highly trained soldiers whom they know will not be wasteful

[fossil frost]

you are looking at this from somebody who knows things. rather than a brain dead mouth breather who just wants to pretend

[unreal thorn]

As for game difficulty balance, that sounds like bs. If the rifle isn't effective, give it more damage. It's a game

I don't use semi automatic because that's what the military does. I do it because my magazines last a lot longer that way

even in halo, most of the guns are just different types of automatic rifles.

So for a significant portion of the time I'm forced to use one because there are no battle rifles in sight

[fossil frost]

again, because the average moron just wants more bullets to come out of the dangerous end, because their way of thinking is more bullets == more better

[unreal thorn]

yeah and then you have to focus fire while another enemy is shooting you because otherwise it takes ten minutes to kill them

In DOOM, you get a ballista, but it runs out of ammo almost immediately, because apparently that's good game design

God forbid I want to use well-placed shots. I end up defaulting to the explosive rounds on the shotgun because that's the closest thing

[fossil frost]

there are more stupid people in the world than there are people who want things done properly... and stupid people are easier to take money from...

[unreal thorn]

😠

Do you think it will ever change?

It partially ruins the experience for me

[fossil frost]

we get the odd game here and there that is for smart people, but that is mostly by accident, or by a new developer who has spent years in their spare time building it... anybody who is signed on by a publisher is driven by publisher deadlines and budgets and is all about making as much money as they can as quickly as they can

[unreal thorn]

It's not even like I can vote with my wallet, because I seem to be a small minority of players. They don't care whether or not five people out of a hundred buy their game

It's a first world problem for sure, but it's irritating

[hollow zealot]

Sound is also a pretty interesting factor for whether or not people will use something

If it sounds like it does more, they're more likely to try and use it

[unreal thorn]

But they don't sound like they do more. Logically if you have to shoot more, each bullet does less

[small bolt]

Can confirm I like big loud guns in games

[unreal thorn]

So to me, a gun with a high rate of fire in a game sounds weak

[small bolt]

Unless it's like an endgame weapon that's extremely OP, I'm inclined to agree with that based on weapon stats in many of the games I play.

Faster firing weapons usually have lower damage, accuracy, and range

[unreal thorn]

actually infuriating

[hollow zealot]

https://youtu.be/RDxiuHdR_T4 (a good example about how sounds affect perception)

[unreal thorn]

I feel like I'm being punished for my playstyle

[hollow zealot]

Play halo with a controller lol
Bullet magnetism is absurd on the AR

[unreal thorn]

AR?

Assault rifle?

[hollow zealot]

Yes

[small bolt]

That sounds like an interesting way to implement aim assist

[unreal thorn]

I don't want bullet magnetism. I want to place my shots like a person with a functioning brain

[hollow zealot]

But halo infinite has it's own issues in balancing

[past egret]

maws

[unreal thorn]

haha I'm not even allowed to say what you are

[hollow zealot]

A good example is most of the chain guns in the Bungie halo games
They have a huge reticle, but bullet magnetism makes them usable from a pretty significant distance

My qualm with halo infinite right now is the way they went about trying to close the 15% different in accuracy between mouse and controller

They added (technically just increased a ton because it already existed) rotational aim assist for kbm players

It annoys the hell out of me, it feels like you're mousing through mush

[unreal thorn]

It's almost like controllers are fucking stupid

Now YOU are put at a disadvantage because people can't just use what works for them

[small bolt]

I only like controllers in racing games, platformers and fighting games, and single player FPS games because the triggers feel more immersive

[unreal thorn]

Rather than artificially increase people's accuracy, maybe people need to either learn what the fuck they're doing or use something that allows them to actually aim properly

Reminds me of fortnite

Pandering to the unskilled

[hollow zealot]

I don't agree with that opinion
I like it when people have a choice to use what they want
It's just difficult to balance an apple and an orange, so to speak

[unreal thorn]

Like with the fully automatic rifles we were talking about earlier

[unreal thorn]

Yes, right, they should have a choice

the part that pisses me off is the artificial assistance

[small bolt]

I don't think that's the argument that's being made, the argument is that the implementation of balancing is stupid

[unreal thorn]

If you can't use a controller you shouldn't use a controller

[hollow zealot]

Yes, thank you

[unreal thorn]

they're forcing something to be able to work for people. If it doesn't work for people, maybe it's not a very good form of interface

[hollow zealot]

Controllers have inherit drawbacks due to how they operate
They have to have some form of modification in game to be able to contest kbm
The issue I have is that they exceeded how much modification there should be
Instead of focusing on making the game balanced and fun, they're focusing on player retention, which in turn makes the game "easier" to play to keep people playing

[unreal thorn]

Rather than make something better, they are shoehorning ai to fix the problem that lies within the hardware itself

Maybe the joystick is just obsolete, and they're clinging to it because they're scared of change.

Which maybe they ought to be. People don't want to think about what works better. They just want to do what everyone else does.

Pandering, all around

[hollow zealot]

I'm not trying to challenge the validity of controllers
I don't know why you keep going back to that

[unreal thorn]

If you want to use a controller, I don't fault you for that

The part that annoys me is the artificial help

There are drawbacks to everything and to artificially eliminate them is to take away from the competition

[sonic barn]

Smh paws > maws

Beans

[hollow zealot]

Mouse and Keyboard cannot be compared to Controller because of how different they are
Controllers are inherently worse for these games by default due to the degree of accuracy you can have with a mouse
Controller cannot compete with m&k without some form of modification

[past egret]

misinformation

[unreal thorn]

If they're worse, maybe they shouldn't be used

[hollow zealot]

??

[unreal thorn]

Why would you intentionally use something that's worse

[past egret]

aim assist

[hollow zealot]

Because it's what you enjoy
Gaming is based on preference

Some people like the feeling of a controller, some people like the feeling of a mouse

[past egret]

controllers on mw2 is way better than mnk

[small bolt]

I'm in a really good mood today

Project Gutenberg is the only one I can legally recommend I think

[fossil frost]

yep, piracy ones, ones that are against the TOS of discord and against the rules of LTT to discuss

[small bolt]

The internet archive might also have some public domain stuff but yeah otherwise I can't advocate for anything else

[full fossil]

Sorry 👍

[fossil frost]

dont say sorry, you agreed to the rules to come in here, and broke them anyway

[unreal thorn]

hah

[small bolt]

I just got an interview at a school for an IT Support Specialist position with only a B.S. degree and 2 years of retail customer service experience, I feel really lucky I'm even being considered

Granted I also have tinkered with computers for years and I think they played into that a bit

And I tailored a cover letter to them

[fossil frost]

i have no degree, at all, yet i get an interview any time i ask for one, always have, and always get the job too

suppose thats what comes with having been a professional developer for 22 years now, and been messing with computers since i was about 12, so 25 years

[small bolt]

Maybe you're also a likable person

Being conversational yet professional has gotten me several jobs that I didn't formally apply to

it definitely helps

[fossil frost]

if anybody who knows me who read that, would laugh at you 😄

[acoustic hawk]

hey guys

do you guys know the laptop dell vostro 5620

if yes then do you also know that if its keys can be removed

[simple oracle]

should i buy the rx7900xtx tuf version or the sapphire with the vapor chamber

[night heron]

whatever you like the look of more

[silver sandal]

I personally would go with tuf but that's just me

[small bolt]

Most laptops with standard scissor switches have removable keycaps, but I don't recommend removing them unless you absolutely have to because the cross-arms and retaining clips under the keycaps are very fragile

It's better to use a soft brush with an air duster or handheld vacuum if you're trying to clean a keyboard.

In my experience at least

[acoustic hawk]

kk bro

but even if it breaks i think so i can buy new ones

from china

[lethal copper]

I feel like my next PC could very well be in a fractal design ridge

I currently have "old-gen" Fractal Design Meshify 2 or something like that which is one of the biggest "mainstream" cases afaik

And clearing my desk by having a tiny PC sounds super cool

The downside I am seeing is I would have to replace literally every single component from old PC since it was made specifically with giant case in mind: enormous cooler, 3 slot GPU, ATX PSU etc.

[graceful burrow]

Hi

[wind pulsar]

Hi

[full fossil]

Does anyone have chair recommendations? I need something that goes higher than usual, not because I'm short but the desk I'm wanting to build is kinda tall. My current dxracer only goes max height of like 20 inches and I like to situate my arms in a certain way at the desk

[unreal thorn]

You could just get a desk that fits

[full fossil]

I mean that's what I would want lol

[true igloo]

Hey guys I have a favor to ask

What's the best pc I can build for 800

I need help

[misty scarab]

is threadripper considered HEDT?

[graceful burrow]

It's workstation

[misty scarab]

Someone told me if I want to use my 128gb of ram effectivly I should have bought a HEDT CPU
People on reddit say in personal experience, Ryzen 5000 can run 4x32 at 3200 CL16
AMD only confirms 4 dimms up to 2666

so idk who to belive anymore

[fossil frost]

AMD have validated up to 2666, doesnt mean 3200 wont run

[misty scarab]

So when I run it on my 5000 series, ill either be stuck at 2666, or I can get 3200 running

the dimms are rated at 3200 CL16-18-18-38

[humble salmon]

Does anyone know why my output device is not displayed at sounds?

[fossil frost]

depends on the individual dimms and cpu.. it will definitely be able to run at 2666, it will probably run at 3200, but it MIGHT not run at 3200

[misty scarab]

5800X3D, G.Skill Ripjaws V Series (Samsung C Dies)

[fossil frost]

brand and range doesnt matter

its the actual individual dimms and cpu in your hand

silicone lottery

[misty scarab]

Hmm

so I could either get extremely lucky c dies

or be unlucky

[fossil frost]

good brand with good dies... you are more likely to be lucky

shit brand with shit dies, you are more likely to be unlucky

[misty scarab]

is g.skill and samsung c die a good die/brand?

[fossil frost]

g.skill doesnt matter... its the samsung c-die that matters.. and thats something you wanna google

[misty scarab]

i can look at the label on my ram, what number do I need to send

actually

[fossil frost]

google "samsung c die"...

[vapid smelt]

5800x3d barley benefits from better ram

[stray ice]

can someone who knows about tech help me in #1053407142515847349

[vapid smelt]

No

[vapid smelt]

-75 social credit score for crost posting

[misty scarab]

but I benefit from having ram instead of paging 80gb

benefits my SSD life at least

[fossil frost]

hes saying tha the difference between 2666 and 3200 on an X3D is almost fuck all

[misty scarab]

ah

so it wont really matter if my 128gb runs at 2666 or 3200?

[fossil frost]

it wont matter in a way that matters to you, because if it was the sort of thing that made a difference to how you use it, you would already know the answer and would already be using ECC ram on an epyc cpu

[vapid smelt]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/381193783296917507/1024438815303159839/Screenshot_20220927-155314.png

[misty scarab]

hows ryzen 7000 handelling in general,.

[candid terrace]

I got it !! And it’s excellent, payed 50 under MSRP

[mint yacht]

Samsung C die is unfortunately mostly garbage outside of just running it at XMP

[misty scarab]

i dont plan on manual OC anyway, just xmp and let it go

[night heron]

thats the way

[mint yacht]

Well I hope your motherboard's auto timings work out for the rest of them

Wish XMP set those nicely but, that would take too long to test at the factory

[misty scarab]

So 100% the 128gb will run,

but its just a matter of what speed I can get it at

[mint yacht]

Yep

[covert nimbus]

seems like this makes it a amazing upgrade option for those on earlier boards with less robust memory support

[hollow zealot]

I just think it's wild how much of a performance boost it can give to some games

[misty scarab]

iS 2666 A bad speed?

[mint yacht]

It's a bit slow but it'll be fine

[misty scarab]

thats what AMD validates 4X2R at

[mint yacht]

Since you've an X3D anyway it doesn't exactly matter

[misty scarab]

ah alr

so next upgrade for me would be a GPu upgrade? 3060 ti still good or is it mid now

[small zephyr]

realy microsoft? you try to force some bing search bar on me while trying to manually install directx drivers?

[full fossil]

My calves hurt

[fossil frost]

yeah feel free, i dont care really

[alpine gale]

👀 It's highly-suggested you guys use this Discord to talk about tech and LTT. Everything else that doesn't have a channel doesn't belong here. Addressing moderative action, including deleted messages or automated bot actions, is a direct violation of rule 14 and is not allowed. If you're here to misbehave, shitpost, troll, or otherwise post things unrelated to this Discord's purpose, it's requested that you leave now.

[alpine gale]

Typical Microsoft. 😄 And here I am still struggling with all the taskbar changes they made to Windows 11. Please, for the love of my sanity Microsoft, let me display application window titles in the taskbar!

[small zephyr]

🤔 i think i found the cuase of my games issues with windows 11

i installed the pro n version without the media pack im picking it up and hopefully it lets me game

and wf tf did windows just randomly chinese language pack lmao

[alpine gale]

Interesting. I wouldn't think games would require the media pack, but I guess if they utilize any of the missing libraries to run their code it might make sense that they won't work without it.
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/download-and-install-media-feature-pack-for-windows-11-n-editions.9082/

[hollow zealot]

I think the most painful thing W11 did to me is not let me put my taskbar at the top of the screen
Other than that I've not ever had an issue

[small zephyr]

its fucking did it....

jeez microsoft just because i dont want your stupid media player i cant game?

🤔 well it was either the media pack or the graphicstools but somehow it fixed my problems finaly

[dull violet]

Using qemu in wsl

Its so slow

[fossil frost]

so you are using an emulator within what is essentially, an emulated layer

[dull violet]

And since its on windows 11 the ran hog my PC is probably using the page file

Yes

[fossil frost]

thats gonna be slow no matter what

[dull violet]

Performance is crap

[fossil frost]

use native windows qemu

[dull violet]

I wonder why

No that don't work for me

Its actually speeding up

[fossil frost]

it being slow has got nothing to do with windows, its to do with the fact that you are emulating within an emulator, you are asking a LOT from your system

[dull violet]

My computer is actually quite decemt

[fossil frost]

that doesnt matter..

[dull violet]

Its using the page file rn

[fossil frost]

you know what, you clearly dont understand what it is you are doing, and dont care to listen to an explanation, so im not even going to try

[dull violet]

Its literally working

I'm not looking for performance

Thats why im not Listening

[near wharf]

What was the LTT video with the fancy rendering techniquie called again

was it on ltt ?

[vapid smelt]

The low fps that felt like high fps?

[near wharf]

ye

the VR derived thingy

cant find it

[vapid smelt]

https://youtu.be/IvqrlgKuowE

[near wharf]

thank very much

[vapid smelt]

Np

[full fossil]

what’s the best pc case

[vapid smelt]

No case

No case infinity ♾️ airflow

[full fossil]

very funny

what’s the best pc case

[graceful burrow]

Best is subjective

[full fossil]

(someone else)

[graceful burrow]

Right now the buzz is around the fractal north

[full fossil]

sold out

[graceful burrow]

Oh well

[full fossil]

I mean like a normal metal case that’ll last me a while in terms of upgrades

[graceful burrow]

No case

[full fossil]

k I guess I’m gonna wait for the fractal north. y’all incredibly helpful 😃 👍

[graceful burrow]

Ye anytime

[vapid smelt]

I'm debating between the north and torrent for when I get the 7900xtx

The meshifyc is great but I need that extra airflow

[celest barn]

Can anyone run me through installing a cpu fan

The manual doesn't make sense

[full fossil]

torrent expensive asf rn

[celest barn]

What

[vapid smelt]

YouTube can

[sonic spruce]

Screws or clips?

[celest barn]

Can't find a tutorial

Really useless and tired rn

Mars Gaming MCPUARGB

[fossil frost]

turns out that man-baby made up the whole stalker jumping on his car thing https://twitter.com/nickmartin/status/1603721524447350784

[celest barn]

Cheap cooler since my amd one just decided not to work

[vapid smelt]

Elon lying and breaking promises?! That's not like him!

[celest barn]

I think i know why my stock fan decided to die

It was so dusty

[sonic barn]

?

[sonic spruce]

Use compressed air or something

How do I transfer stuff from my hdd to my ssd and vice versa using file explorer?????

Or impossible

[polar pine]

Hey babe wake up

New Mark Rober glitterbomb just dropped

[sonic spruce]

Yes?

[polar pine]

https://youtu.be/iWeu2dxHRDg

[sonic spruce]

That doesn’t help me tho

[graceful burrow]

It wasn't meant to

[graceful burrow]

Will consume tonight, thanks for the heads up, rober's stuff is always interesting

[ocean pawn]

...

[graceful burrow]

Don't bother, it's just gonna spiral like last night

[ocean pawn]

I saw you get angry today

Kinda made me chuckle

[graceful burrow]

Where
I wanna chuckle too

[ocean pawn]

Idk some dude has his head in his ass and you were repeating yourself with caps

[graceful burrow]

Many such cases lmao

[mint yacht]

For those with custom loops, did you stick to a single brand when buying all of your fittings?

[agile dagger]

Anyone know any good and decent mixer, but not like the super high end ones

[gilded quest]

KitchenAid Professional 5 Plus

[agile dagger]

Planning to pair it with a shure sm7b or an mv7x

🤡

[manic torrent]

Mostly, but sometimes you need specific fittings to do somewhere. Also harder in Australia where stock can be spotty.

[manic torrent]

Voicemeeter banana

[manic torrent]

Idiots gonna id.

[rich pulsar]

anyone know how to fully close out of discord??

[graceful burrow]

On what device

[rich pulsar]

pc

[manic torrent]

Right click the little logo on the task bar and quit

[graceful burrow]

Windows, Mac, Linux?

[rich pulsar]

windows

[graceful burrow]

This basically

[rich pulsar]

it only says close window

[graceful burrow]

On the right side

[manic torrent]

No, it doesn't

[rich pulsar]

ahh I gotchu

[graceful burrow]

It does if you aren't clicking the right thing

[manic torrent]

Exactly

[mint yacht]

Cool cool
EK is expensive but their fittings are so pretty, so, worth it

[fluid ridge]

i need a dash cam

[loud glacier]

they are pretty good

[manic torrent]

Yeah. Basically... Don't be afraid to cheap out when you're just making it work. But for V2 where you know more about what you want, get the good fittings.

[fluid ridge]

i just watched linus' dash cam video and i got no words man

[manic torrent]

You could order one and literally have it tomorrow. Stop talking and take action

[fluid ridge]

yeah but the problem is all dash cams are made by these random chinese dropshipping companies who cant even avoid spelling mistakes on the product page

[fossil frost]

doesnt matter, they work... i have one in my car, and i have one when i go out riding the bike too

[fluid ridge]

LTT's dash cam video also discouraged the fuck out of me because the 300 dollar dash cam was just as bad as the 100 dollar dash cam

[manic torrent]

That's a lot of words for someone who has no words

[mint yacht]

Yeah lol
Going to do hardline for the first time so I'm making sure that my fittings aint shit and I'm getting all the right tools for bending acrylic (And I'm buying a whole bunch of extra tubing)

[fluid ridge]

aight

im going to buy that VIOFO V3 linus recommended

[manic torrent]

Wtf would you use acrylic.

[mint yacht]

I've also seen PETG tubes, are those better? Is there a noticeable difference?

[fossil frost]

linus wants you to have broadcast quality video from your dashcam... you want just enough to recognise that something happened, and have it be identifiable enough... any quality beyond that is meaningless to an insurance company or the police

[manic torrent]

Wayyyyyy easier to use and cut.

[fluid ridge]

i just want a dash cam that can see license plate #s

from at least 300 meters away

[fossil frost]

one of those shitty chinese cameras has been plenty for me to have had somebody disqualified from driving for almost killing me on my bike, and have 3 other people charged with driving without due care, and getting points on their licence...

[manic torrent]

Acrylic shatters, PETG you can cut.

[mint yacht]

Ok, neat, will swap to that
I've seen that EK does these little inserts that go into the ends of PETG tubing, are those necessary or just a little gimmick for EK to get a bit more money?

[fluid ridge]

sheesh

[fossil frost]

doesnt need to be 300 metres away... if they are 300 metres away... they are a safe distance away from you... you want it to be visible from 3-5 metres away, because accidents usually happen in close quarters

[manic torrent]

It's never been a problem for me

[fossil frost]

if somebody is 300m down the road... they arent in any danger of hitting you... if they are 1m to the side of you, or 1m behind you, or 1m in front of you... they are about to hit you, or just have hit you

[fluid ridge]

i want to be able to catch other accidents that happen too so i can be that guy that stops at the scene to provide dash cam footage

[fossil frost]

you arent the police, you have a dashcam to protect yourself, its not your job to protect everyone else

[full fossil]

Is CL that important with ram

[mint yacht]

Not gigantically

[fluid ridge]

[manic torrent]

Oh, also, if you setup a drain point and a tap, you can easily dump and change it.

[mint yacht]

There are some secondary/tertiary timings that are more important but, it can be a good indicator of what to expect

[full fossil]

Like CL30 5600 vs CL36 6000? Which would I pick

[mint yacht]

CL36 6000 cause you can probably tune that to CL32 6000 anyway lol

[fluid ridge]

bigger number = better

[full fossil]

ok the 36@6k one is rgb too lol

[mint yacht]

Oh, you mean for the whole loop lol
Thought you meant specifically for tubing
I'm thinking of setting up a combo fill/drain port, since my case is so small I can just turn the thing upside down to drain it lmao

[fossil frost]

if you are getting one to capture other stuff happening around you, you are getting it because you are nosey, not because you want to protect yourself in the case of an accident. if you are just doing it to be nosey, mount a proper broadcast camera to your dashboard. if you are doing it for yourself.. a cheapo $40/£40 camera is plenty

[full fossil]

not with cl lol

[fluid ridge]

true

do you have a rear dashcam?

[manic torrent]

Bearing in mind it will be heavy AF and you don't want to have to hold it

[fluid ridge]

is front enough or do you need one for the back of the car too

i feel like you can extrapolate what happens if you have a dash in the front (ie getting rear ended)

[fossil frost]

i dont, but usually, if you get hit from behind, you are usually not the one who did something stupid... also, on the bike, when i have just the front camera... when you see road.. road... road... fuck... sky sky sky upside down car... upside down road... grass... usually that is a sign that you didnt ride your bike into the car behind you

[fluid ridge]

I have a phone mount on my bike

i use it so i can watch youtube videos as i cycle along

i could probably shift it vertically and use my phone as a camera

[fossil frost]

i have cheapo chinese cctv... unbelievable quality 4k video during the day... utter dogshit FIR that can pick up almost fuck all at night 😄

[fossil frost]

vertical is fine, police have accepted virt footage from me in the past before i got my camera

[fluid ridge]

good stuff to know

dashcam order placed

monday i will see if linus' recommendations are worth following

[fossil frost]

i added a dashcam to my ex-wifes car (because my kids ride in that car) last year... literally day 1 of the camera being in... some woman driving the wrong way down a 1 way road... drove head on into them (at low speed), and ruined the front of both cars... and then tried to claim it was my ex-wifes fault... now.. there are many things that are her fault... but... that 100% is not 1 of them... and when presented with the camera footage... the other woman tried to say the footage was fake

it went to court... because she refused to back down.... and the second it got to a judge, the judge said she was taking the piss... wasting court time... said she was at fault... and also charged her with wasting police time

[jaunty compass]

sounds like a skill issue on the other woman's part

[hollow zealot]

I just clocked out, my last call was a nightmare
Diagnosis was that the gas valve in the furnace was bad
Customer asked if I could go a new one, and I was more than happy to find out if I could

Turns out the stupid manufacturer refuses to open up after hours so now this guy is stuck with no heat for the weekend because the proprietary bs this company makes won't be available till Monday for will call

[manic torrent]

uuugh, asshats.

[hollow zealot]

This is theonly thing I hate about this job

[manic torrent]

I am considering a stream deck plus

because I like shiny things.

[teal estuary]

was the customer an ass to you about it?

[manic torrent]

tbh I would actually like it if it didn't have buttons at all

[soft trellis]

Am i allowed to send a picture of my pc in this channel?

I just added a window to it

[manic torrent]

#1019713714968088586 or #tech-chat-1 or #tech-chat-2 or whatver

[soft trellis]

Ok thanks

[hollow zealot]

They were understanding and unhappy

[teal estuary]

that is understandable, but at least they weren't angry at you specifically

[hollow zealot]

But in the situation they were in, they were nice to me

[graceful burrow]

Steam deck > stream deck

Oh
Aus
Sorry

[manic torrent]

indeed, but steam deck is not a good choice for control of an AV router

[graceful burrow]

I forgor 💀

[graceful burrow]

It could do it

[manic torrent]

nah shitloads of people are reselling them

[manic torrent]

oh, it could actually BE the AV router.

but aesthetically it wouldn't really fit the bill.

[graceful burrow]

Just shuck the shell and do it with the bare mobo

[winter coral]

Hello

[graceful burrow]

Hi

[soft trellis]

Hello

[winter coral]

Float plane chat?

[soft trellis]

?

[winter coral]

is there a specific room for floatplane?

[soft trellis]

I dont think so

[winter coral]

I read something in the rules.

[hollow zealot]

Connect your discord account to your floatplane account

[winter coral]

Cool thank you.

[manic torrent]

Then you get to be blue, flex on plebs, and post images in public chat

[indigo plume]

need a new phone what android should I get

[full fossil]

Ash is leaving the Pokémon anime

https://youtu.be/w-c_oqE-mB8

[indigo plume]

about time

its been 25 years

[full fossil]

Yea, I have mixed emotions on it

[manic torrent]

I got a pixel 6. It does it

[indigo plume]

how is s21 fe

[ocean pawn]

Ye I think there is

[grand sapphire]

Guys what's plouffe's twitch???

[full fossil]

what

[hollow zealot]

Hold on I'll grab it, I follow him

fresh_fisher_fred

[upper cove]

Are Kailh brown switches any good? Casual consumer

[indigo plume]

what about the 6a

[manic torrent]

I was going to get a 6a but a 6 came up super cheap so I grabbed it. Wireless charging is great in the car.

[indigo plume]

all i see is 6a or 7 at my local stores

[manic torrent]

Yeah, the 6a is perfectly fine

[indigo plume]

6a is 100 dollars off 7 is 150 off

[manic torrent]

I got it second hand for $475aud.

[woeful minnow]

the pixel 7 is great

if your budget fits it its well worth the price

[indigo plume]

does the pixel have good battery life

[keen edge]

Strim is down

[woeful minnow]

i get through a day of fairly heavy use of discord and reddit with the always on display on with ~40-50% remaining

[fluid ridge]

google's phones backdoor to the FBI btw

[woeful minnow]

unlike everyone else's?

[manic torrent]

ok thanks for that, citation needed.

[fluid ridge]

the FBI

[manic torrent]

that's not a citation

[indigo plume]

ive also thought about getting the samusung s21 fe

but its a bit more expensive

[fluid ridge]

apple's phones have industry leading AES 256 encryption that prevents any federal authority from unauthorized access to the phone

the only way the CIA gains access to your iOS device is if they ask apple

[manic torrent]

ok, thanks Tim Apple.

[fluid ridge]

https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/6/4403868/nsa-fbi-mine-data-apple-google-facebook-microsoft-others-prism (ignore the apple part it's probably misinformation)

[manic torrent]

from 2013

also that's not about phones

[fluid ridge]

i have a hunch they still do it

my hunches are never wrong

[manic torrent]

Nobody needs your phone. Your data is all on the cloud

[umbral igloo]

can anyone help me? my fido security key doesnt work with windows hello and i wanna bypass it

[graceful burrow]

We can't help you break into windows

[full fossil]

i second the no

[obtuse spindle]

Hi

[neon mesa]

Reinstall windows trol

[regal tinsel]

anyone else watching on facebook?

[jagged dune]

It isn't wrong

Altho same could be said for a lot of drinks, usally they just spike you

[valid siren]

Drink beer
Do stupid things faster with more energy

[jagged dune]

[icy prism]

Does anyone own their phone number?

[jagged dune]

Wouldn't anyone with their own phone have one

[icy prism]

Not necessarily

[jagged dune]

[icy prism]

You have a licensable right to your phone number by your carrier

as well as certain legal protections that may allow you to transfer it to any carrier you wish to

[jagged dune]

True

[fluid ridge]

it's like a domain name

[icy prism]

To pay for, and have control of a phone number, is more like a rental... a contract of sorts

[jagged dune]

You are renting out 10 funny digets

[icy prism]

Also, I'd like to note the difference between a physical phone handset and the service that's provided to it

[jagged dune]

Anyways, Yea I have my own phone number

[icy prism]

Physical handsets may be your property... but also maybe not, depending on whether your name is on it, and if it's a lease/rental/rent-to-own

The physical SIM card is also your physical property I think in all cases where you have paid for it, your name is on it, and it has not been sold to any other party (but if a SIM card was sold, you might be breaking your carrier's TOS tbh)

The service that is provided through the SIM card, to the phone, however, is a separate thing

Think of it in terms of products vs. services

A phone is a product, while the service provided to it is... well... a service

[icy prism]

Yeah, the company is renting out those 10 funny digits basically, and you're just a tenant

[jagged dune]

Idek why I have it, Not like I have any friends to talk to

Seems like a waste

[icy prism]

Sometimes good for 2FA assuming you and your carrier practice good security

Like Google account verification and stuff like that

[jagged dune]

True

[icy prism]

A phone number is like a house number now that I think about it

...kinda

[jagged dune]

Well tbf, ur phone number is just ur house number but you bring it with you

[icy prism]

Yeah, more like a house number on the web

or on the internet and on papers and documents and stuff

[jagged dune]

There isn't much of any difference between the two besides, it's mobile, You can text, and basic shit

[icy prism]

Yeah

not many people change addresses very often tho, nor phone numbers either, so changing either is pretty much a no go for some people

[jagged dune]

True

[icy prism]

It's two of the top unchanging variables that people often keep

Some people live in the same house for years on end, and keep the same phone number for years on end as well

[jagged dune]

Well moving houses is expensive as hell

[icy prism]

Think about how mentally expensive it is to go through every single website and company and agency that has your number and telling them your new one

[jagged dune]

Fr

[icy prism]

it's just as hard to change your phone number everywhere as it is to change your address

[jagged dune]

Being why my phone number isn't connected to anything besides discord and google

Easy to change,

[hollow pulsar]

As you grow older, at least in the US. You have to give out your number

[jagged dune]

Yea, I'm in the US rn (am 18) I plan to leave and live overseas tho so.. idk how thas gonna really effect me

Where I work rn they have my number

[icy prism]

You can keep your same number, but it's gonna take a long time for calls to connect

[jagged dune]

Yea

[icy prism]

Because in the U.S., your phone number is hosted at your home tower

and so it's gotta be at least 5 hops internationally to get the right subscriber ID and stuff

while at home, it's only like... 1 or 2 hops depending if you live in the region where your area code and prefix is

[jagged dune]

Yea

[icy prism]

complicated techy stuff

[jagged dune]

True lol

[icy prism]

but basically, a call would take at least like 5 seconds to connect in some cases

like 5-7 seconds, which would be a pain

just so you can identify as your number that is still in your home country

better to park your number in the U.S. or bring the SIM with you, and just mainly use a local country's cell provider and get a new number there

would be expensive paying for two numbers, but even more expensive having just one, and that one being a long-distance number lmao

[jagged dune]

Hmm

[icy prism]

the rates would be through the roof, and don't even get me started on data rates LOL

[jagged dune]

Yea, Tbf I havent looked much into how my phone's gonna transfer when I move

That's a problem for future me to deal with

[icy prism]

You can probably keep your phone if it's unlocked, just... maybe consider parking or releasing your U.S. number once you settle down with an international one

[jagged dune]

True, Would prolly be best.. If I even need to contact anyone anyways (I doubt I will)

[icy prism]

You can also get a Google Voice number while you're in the U.S.

and just use that over data to call people at home

OOOH, I had an idea

just port your real number to Google voice once you get to your new country... maybe

[jagged dune]

Yes that could work, again tho.. If I even needs call anyone

[icy prism]

true

[jagged dune]

Witch I doubt

[icy prism]

Welp, whatever works best for you I guess

[jagged dune]

I'll figure it out as it goes tbf, It's not gonna be for at least another year or two before I finally move.. maybe 3-4

[icy prism]

Yeah, hope everything works out for you

[jagged dune]

Indeed

[dim badger]

H/\_ nerds