public-chat

[sonic barn]

The laptop was just 4650u 16gb 512gb

Only use it for CSGO

[opal pulsar]

🗿

[sonic barn]

I have VR too

[opal pulsar]

ah pavlov?

[sonic barn]

But haven't used it in awhile

[sonic barn]

VR chat mostly

[opal pulsar]

thats csgo vr

[full fossil]

@pliant karma jerry

[opal pulsar]

im gonna build a pc this year, quite excited.

used this laptop for 14 years at this point.

[full fossil]

vrchat is a hellhole, I love it

[opal pulsar]

i hear so

[sonic barn]

Nice

[pliant karma]

lol

[sonic barn]

I haven't played it in awhile since the update broke my avatar

[full fossil]

do you have a headset for flight sim?

[pliant karma]

I get sick with VR

[full fossil]

sadness

[pliant karma]

well I can play for 20 min but after I have searing headache/eyes hurting cause yea I bad vision hehe

[sonic barn]

That's because of your eye position thing

You gotta adjust it

Take a ruler and measure the distance then put it in the headset

[pliant karma]

I don't own VR yea though I have no plans to use VR ever

but an IR tracker that is on my list of things I want for flight sim

and also with flight sim I need like an external display for looking up charts/metar data for my destination so

[sonic barn]

Also I'm back to using windows on both computers, don't like intellij

[full fossil]

fun!

get a neo g8 for charts and metar

no, odyssey ark

[pliant karma]

kinda take it semi serious so it is fun lol

reminds me I have to update a bunch of addons for flight sim lol

[whole lake]

The kids of LTT employees are lucky

[opal pulsar]

indeed

[wise flame]

its a matter of getting your "vr legs"/getting the right settings

does anyone here know anything about shipping from the USA to europe

im hella confused there are too many taxes n fees n shit

[pliant karma]

tru then again I never was a VR guy so my interest in playing with it remains low priority.

[wise flame]

fair nuff

[clear creek]

I'm about to buy euro truck simulator off cdkeys I feel bad

Technically pirating but idk

[echo ridge]

Just don't be

[echo ridge]

Did someone say jerry

[full fossil]

no

[full fossil]

rat

[echo ridge]

Like you

[full fossil]

:[

[green ginkgo]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/935989994735169546/1042550566909382656/8F424D75-823C-42BB-A4A7-12C97C157BA7.gif

[full fossil]

i recommend allkeyshop, it basically scans all shops and finds lowest price :V really cool

[fossil frost]

i use all keys all the time, never been robbed from a sale

[full fossil]

i only buy games i really like myself xD

and i dont like most games TwT

it has to be a combination of sandbox/horror/mp/coop/fps/rpg

[gilded quest]

So...not tetris

[full fossil]

tetris 🚫

[muted relic]

Firefox doesn't support HDR

Oh no

[gilded quest]

Rip

[full fossil]

my os doesn't support hdr :[

[full fossil]

skyrim, minecraft, battlefield and gtfo are my favs :V

[dusty rune]

its not really pirating

[tawdry rapids]

Tarkov checks most of those boxes

definitely checks horror lmfao

[clear creek]

Is it better than cdkeys

[clear creek]

Well I'm not buying the game directly from the dev

Unless cdkeys got permission

[dusty rune]

they gotta get those keys somehow to give

[clear creek]

Ik but it still feels bad to buy it for like 10x lower I'll pay them back later

[dusty rune]

i dont see why you would feel bad about a big company losing 10$

[clear creek]

Theyll send police to me

[dusty rune]

u wont get police sent for buying game keys

[clear creek]

They'll be like u cannot pirate 20 dollar game you fool that's illegal

And take me in

[dusty rune]

not really pirating but sure

whatever makes you sleep at night

[fossil frost]

cdkeys and all keys use legit shops, legit ways of selling the game, but games and software sell for different prices in different regions, so all you are doing is exploiting globalisation and going around a geofence

[clear creek]

That thought makes me awake though

[gilded quest]

A decent mattress and closed doors

[clear creek]

Oh W

Thanks man

[fossil frost]

its not pirating at all...

the dev still gets paid

[clear creek]

I thought cdkeys was sketchy I never heard of them

That's all

[dusty rune]

ill never forgive microsoft for the pain theyre putting me through

why are they geolocking romania

[clear creek]

Damn

Isn't Romania got the damn Malaria 🦟

[dusty rune]

what?

[clear creek]

Nothing

[sonic barn]

damn windows 11 looks good on my thinkpad since I last used it

before everything wasn't dark mode

[gilded quest]

Light mode is best mode

[whole talon]

Does anyone know when GPU prices are gonna go down in the UK?

[fossil frost]

they have, just not by enough

[sonic barn]

cursed

[gilded quest]

Gracias

[sly field]

hey having trouble adding my monitor to my pc part picker list

?

he has birds

thats awesome been thinking about getting a bird '

yea thatd be awesome

intel funded bird cage

lol they have a i9 auto feeder

they should make a video of them making a auto feeder

[paper dawn]

Hey guys just a silly Question Ryzen 5 5500 (2022.) vs XEON E5 2690 (2012) just for Gaming and General life stuff

[stray apex]

ryzen

[leaden gale]

5500, though why you wouldn't just buy a 5600 (non-X) is beyond me

[stray apex]

improvements to IPC and such are so vast that they're not at all comparable

[sly field]

ryzen'

[idle skiff]

2070, 5800x3D, quite a bit of RGB, running a 650 PSU with a fan that's starting to get a little wonky (bought it off a friend from their build they were upgrading), later this year if I upgrade GPU, what level PSU should I go with? 850 sounds good to me because it provides a bit of wiggle room

[leaden gale]

Just buy a Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 850, it's like $125 rn

[idle skiff]

Idk how much RGB really effects things. Some people say it's basically no impact and some people will breathe down your shirt collar How much RGB? Can your PSU handle? Hmmm?

[idle skiff]

:0 I'll check it out thanks for the recc

[leaden gale]

I don't remember asking you a goddamn thing

[idle skiff]

I've got EVGA 650

BQ rn lol

[sly field]

anyone know how to use pc part picker?

[fossil frost]

if you are genuinely looking at a PSU for how much RGB it can handle, you would probably be better off getting what it is you really want, and just buying the dick enhancement surgery

[leaden gale]

That's insanely misleading. Corsair isn't infallible, they make good shit and they make bad shit, just like every other manufacturer

[idle skiff]

That's too much effort I'd rather start a fire in the LTT server

Unless it's for a video

That's it. I'm buying the cheapest, highest power PSU on Alibaba

[leaden gale]

Then go tell the psucultists guys to remove the GF1 from Tier A, because you clearly know far more than they do

[native crag]

You really hate the person you're repairing the PC for?

[idle skiff]

Myself? Yeah

[native crag]

lol

[idle skiff]

I'm that meme of the girl in front of the burning house

[leaden gale]

I'm not the one falling prey to blind brand loyalty, or brand hatred as the case may be.

[fossil frost]

fanboys are always gonna fanboy

[quick ferry]

Follow the buttons LOL

[leaden gale]

I will continue to say this until the day I die: NEVER buy a product for the brand. Buy it for the model itself.

[sly field]

having trouble finding my monitor in the monitor list

[native crag]

Brand reputation does carry weight though

[quick ferry]

Then it’s not there

[idle skiff]

ngl right now I'm a bit of a Thermalright fanboy. Their products are not that great, but for the price they offer them for, I don't really care. Good looking 120 ARGB white fans, 3 pack for 18 bucks? Frickin schweet lois

[fossil frost]

takes a long time to gain, and can be lost very very quickly

[quick ferry]

They won’t have everything listed

[leaden gale]

Which it shouldn't. I mean, look at Seasonic, everyone praises them because of the PRIME series, but they've made some really bad shit as well.

So Linus is now the infallible source for what PSUs you should use?

Then go exclusively buy Seasonic PRIME units

Or Corsair RMx units

[native crag]

It shouldn't, but it does. But what @fossil frost said was also correct, that loyalty can fall fast

[idle skiff]

if I'm trusting anyone on hard data for components as of now it's Gamers Nexus lol he doesn't care how you feel or who you're loyal to he can and will benchmark your wife

[clever matrix]

[fossil frost]

thats not what hes doing, hes saying that linus isnt the ONLY source.. and just because linus is paid to advertise seasonic, shouldnt mean that that is your only choice

[idle skiff]

"Gamers Nexus will benchmark your wife" merch when

[native crag]

I didn't know he reviewed Real Dolls

[leaden gale]

"I had bad experience with brand once, therefore brand bad and no one should ever buy anything from them ever again"

• said no reasonable consumer ever

[fossil frost]

so a single psu died for a single youtuber, and thats why you make your choices? seems like you have trouble thinking for yourself

[leaden gale]

That's like me saying "I had a bad experience with Corsair Vengeance LPX, therefore all their products are bad and you should never buy from them"

[native crag]

Corsair does make some good PSUs. But you do get what you pay for

[fossil frost]

i doubt it, because anybody who had actually used 1000s of psu's, wouldnt be in here asking about PSUs

[idle skiff]

until Labs is fully up and running I see LTT for my tech entertainment over hard data

It needs to be in that formal-package for me to take the data as THE data

[fossil frost]

ok fair enough, in what capacity have you used 1000s of psus?

[idle skiff]

ok one of you just ask Linus at LTX and we can settle it

[leaden gale]

Literally anyone can make that claim, why don't you back it up with a source?

Nice story, still don't feel inclined to believe you

[idle skiff]

I'm an award winning producer, former child actor, and McDonald's worker with a PhD in Archeology and I'm working on 3 Master's degrees in Dance

[leaden gale]

Nor do I care for your senseless generalizations because "I'm a technician"

[native crag]

It doesn't matter if he's a technician. The fact is vendors sub-contract out the design and manufacturing of PSUs. They can, and often do, undergo component substitution due to supply chain issues.

So when looking at PSU failures, it's not always about the design, but the batch run within a given year.

[fossil frost]

exactly... people slam gigabyte for their psus now... but it was 1 line of psus, from a very particular batch... and it only came to light because SOMEBODY ELSE, forced them on to people when they were buying GPUs

[manic torrent]

Yeahhhh it doesn't work like that

Vendors work with retailers

[native crag]

Dell is the perfect example. They sell you a product to perform, but they can use many different SSDs and PSUs. They're a JIT (Just In Time) delivery due to the nature of build to order of their business.

[manic torrent]

The retailer literally can't fix the problem. Don't get me wrong they are still culpable, but eh

[leaden gale]

I make one recommendation - one. I made it because it's a known good PSU model that's very well priced compared to some others right now. And that alone makes me biased?

[native crag]

Disclaimer, I've worked at Dell and refurbished many of their machines. It was a year job, hated it...

[fossil frost]

i didnt assume the retailer could fix the problem, i said that the problem with gigabyte psus only became apparent once that particular batch was forced people into a very short amount of time

[leaden gale]

You injected yourself into the conversation, not with advice, but with two sweeping generalizations that no one asked for and are innacurate. When confronted, you simply wrote me off as "a toxic little boy", and continued to label me as "acting like a child." I've done no such thing towards you, and yet here we are.

[manic torrent]

@quick mica ... it's ok. You have intrinsic worth. You don't need to justify yourself like this

[leaden gale]

You didn't answer the question. You write off my recommendation as bad, then made a generalization that doesn't answer the question directly.

[fossil frost]

but you didnt answer the question, you just made a shitty comment about the previous recommendation... rather than giving any sort of constructive answer

[manic torrent]

The details don't really matter - you're picking a fight. I should know 🙂

[fossil frost]

but you first gave a snarky, and uninformed, shitty comment...

[manic torrent]

see my comments are at least clever snarky comments 😄

[leaden gale]

Where's the answer? I literally put your "answer" in the screenshot, which was "just get a cheap Corsair 850 way better"

[idle skiff]

Did you just call me a kid ?? !!111!1!11 wow wowwww ok buddy woww

[manic torrent]

dang kids.

[fossil frost]

if you are accusing somebody of acting like a child.... allow me to point out... in full school ground fashion... you started it

[leaden gale]

Do you know how many PSU lines Corsair makes?

proven*

[idle skiff]

Ahh this brings me back to high middle school

[manic torrent]

He would've gotten away with it too! If it wasn't for you meddling kids!

[fossil frost]

regardless.. this whole childish spat... you started it... doesnt matter if you THEN answered the question... you are accusing people of being something you are acting like y ourself

[idle skiff]

Ermm hrmm the conversation imploded when the twitch sub came in coincidence hrhmm

[manic torrent]

again, it's ok. I know you don't have power in your life and you're lashing out online because it gives you some power back, but it's ok, we are all friends here.

[idle skiff]

I don't have a side in this

[fossil frost]

i honestly dont give a fuck about either side... i just get annoyed when somebody gets all high and mighty and wont back down when they are clearly wrong

then why carry on? clearly you do care or you wouldnt carry on

[leaden gale]

This is leading up to and including the question. These are two completely separate questions.

[wind pulsar]

@leaden gale So what's up

[leaden gale]

Read from here, if you please: #public-chat message

For someone accusing others of being childish, you're very fond of name-calling, which is inherently a childish trait.

[idle skiff]

so what kind of sticker should I put on the back of my case fan to cover up the hardware info

[fossil frost]

not really, 2 words next to each other rather than a single word... doesnt stop you from acting like a petulant child and trying to carry things on though does it

[wind pulsar]

You'd have to go then, since you're not helping for shit

[dusty rune]

one with lightning mcqueen if u can

[wind pulsar]

Congrats, you overloaded a PSU, proud of you, but surprise, Corsair can do the same

[idle skiff]

Does that give my PC more horsepower

[fossil frost]

why are you using queen as an insult?

[wind pulsar]

Corsair loyalty do be kinda cringe

[dusty rune]

it gives you the power of zeus

[wind pulsar]

Who gives a fuck what Linus uses, Linus also uses a lot of shit from Noctua, which next to nobody recommends here

[manic torrent]

The best power supply is the one you have that isn't on fire

[fossil frost]

dont deflect.. i asked a simple question, but you cant answer because you will show your prejudices to everyone

[wind pulsar]

You radiate what we smol women call 'Loner energy

[idle skiff]

I would use noctua if you're using a case that doesn't display the fans jk there's a lot of cheaper alternatives to them

[wind pulsar]

You haven't done shit, neither did Linus deal with 'a 1000 plus PSUs'

[manic torrent]

they don't have RGB, dealbreaker 😄

[fossil frost]

i use noctua because they were on sale when i wanted to get some high pressure, low noise fans

[idle skiff]

deadass my reasoning but I don't want to admit it

[manic torrent]

I am not ashamed.

[idle skiff]

Don't need to worry about noise if you have a loud ass heater or AC in your house

[wind pulsar]

I'm not a boy though :O

[idle skiff]

As long as it's quieter than those

[wind pulsar]

tans? What?

[fossil frost]

my office/gaming corner... is a corner of my bedroom, where my fiance sleeps... so noise is priority #1 🙂

[manic torrent]

if we're going to go through and correct all his grammar/spelling, this is going to take a looooong time 🙂

[wind pulsar]

Did you just try to spell trans and failed at it?

[dusty rune]

mx blue switches

[wind pulsar]

Do you not know what a woman is?

[jaunty compass]

Aren't noctua fans and coolers top tier
Just overpriced

[idle skiff]

I've got 2 noctuas in the bottom intake and then a bunch of white 120 argb Thermalright fans inside the case. Waiting for 140mm white argb Arctic fans to come out because I don't want to spend $30 per fan to get Corsair ones or god forbid Lian Li

[fossil frost]

they have acted like a child the entire time they have been here, makes sense they cant spell simple words too

[manic torrent]

I have 9 SP120 fans 😄

[wind pulsar]

I definitely do, I just can't decipher your shitty spelling ig

[dusty rune]

theyre good, not the best though

[wind pulsar]

I meaaan, Noctuas are probably the best overall package you will get oob when you buy fans

[sonic bison]

No video today?

[jaunty compass]

Gonna be real
I just buy eBay packs of 120 mil Garbo fans because I don't build any thermally restrictive builds

h

[manic torrent]

what is a real woman, my brother in christ.

[wind pulsar]

Oh dear.

[fossil frost]

<@&750150305383186585> pretty sure this oversteps some sort of line

[dusty rune]

ltt server member finds out what women are

[jaunty compass]

💀

[dusty rune]

(shocking)

[wind pulsar]

I mean all he can do is use 'Anime trans' as an insult

[idle skiff]

Waiting for nice (and cheap) 140's for that side intake, then I'll take the 2 that are there and slap them on top as exhausts

Picture didn't do RGB any justice

[dusty rune]

aand now the ban is kind of assured

[manic torrent]

damn this makes me want a Y60... but I really need slightly bigger.

[fossil frost]

attacking somebody because of their personal identity is against discord rules, nevermind ltt rules

[full fossil]

Glass box

[wind pulsar]

I know that, that's not the point though

[jaunty compass]

.

[dusty rune]

why do you need bigger

isnt the o11 huge enough??

[manic torrent]

I have 2x360 rads atm and don't want to have to buy smaller

[idle skiff]

Hell yeah got it on sale but the new Y40 looks good too

[manic torrent]

nono, I mean the Y60 is smaller than the O11

I am going to get the new O11 XL evo when it comes out

[wind pulsar]

What, do I have to behave like what you think a typical women should be like in order to be a 'real woman'?

Shit, I guess I'm a man after all, time to get wasted with the bois

[jaunty compass]

Are there any 3d printable steam deck mods that go on the inside?
I saw a mod for dual stage triggers using gateron switches I might do later, but I'd have to buy those first

[leaden gale]

Nah, you just have to rise above his personal standard of what is and isn't "A little boy"

[jade prawn]

i have that funny GPU by Palit and thats all the RGB im getting

[wind pulsar]

@leaden gale For dragging me into this you deserve to hit your funny bone on a door frame

[jaunty compass]

RGB is fine, I just don't personally like it in my systems that much

[full fossil]

Looks very epic, don't let it become a dust box xP

[jaunty compass]

I have one RGB component

[manic torrent]

siezure warning

[jaunty compass]

The only RGB component I have is my aio

[leaden gale]

Seeing the end result become a ban, I think I can live with that

[jade prawn]

my previous build didnt even had a window

[wind pulsar]

This setup is so utterly pointless and such a waste of money, I love it

[full fossil]

That's my coding music xD

[jaunty compass]

My cheap case happened to come with a tempered glass side panel and still have decent airflow

The deepcool matrexx 40, good budget matx case

I have two of them

I built a living room VR rig in the second one but I just sold the 1070 that was in it yesterday

[idle skiff]

I got my first warning from the LMG bot for using all caps lol

[manic torrent]

on the contrary! it is not a waste of money at all, it brings me joy

[jaunty compass]

I've gotten warnings from the bot for censored words a few times but it doesn't look like they actually do anything other than delete the message

[wind pulsar]

Throw out what doesn't give you joy!

[idle skiff]

Here's my quarter-life-crisis

[full fossil]

I hate that bot, nothing but trouble

[jaunty compass]

I concur

[idle skiff]

I got the GPU mount and didn't have a use for the RGB GPU support so I just slapped it at the end for decoration

[full fossil]

That wallpaper is too white

[manic torrent]

... also you should see what I'm doing now and what I'm planning...

[jade prawn]

depicted on the video is also a cooler which came with a cpu (bought used).

I didnt look at it until i brought it home and boi it was DIRTY

[idle skiff]

Yes it's impossible to read file names

[full fossil]

Lol

[wind pulsar]

Kazu is reading too, he just went 'Go on.. 😏'

[leaden gale]

Sometimes I wonder if I should just leave this server, might give me stomach ulcers after too long

[jaunty compass]

I've been thinking about making some custom steam deck mods but I don't really know what I'd even need to do

[wind pulsar]

Wtf is this

[manic torrent]

monitor lift, and winch mounted PC

[wind pulsar]

The monitor lift I can dig, actually

[fossil frost]

super messy right now... but... its work + play 😄

[idle skiff]

I'm going to be working with a friend to make a mATX PokeBall PC, solid on the bottom and transparent red on the top, intake from the bottom and exhaust out the back. Argb along the PokeBall seam and the power button hooked up to the front button

[wind pulsar]

The winch mounted pc.. not so much. xD

[idle skiff]

IO out the back obv

[jaunty compass]

I've seen an entire pc suspended from a ceiling by strings before

[manic torrent]

yeah, it will have a cross bar that will support the 48 and two side monitors

[jaunty compass]

The picture is kinda 💀

[manic torrent]

That is what I am doing.

Except "strings" are stainless steel rope

[wind pulsar]

You could suspend an entire pc off of a single steel wire if you really wanted to tbh

[jade prawn]

the owner was smoking indoors

[manic torrent]

rated to 85kg per 1mm^2 strand, so two is plenty, and means it doesn't spin around

[wind pulsar]

Said it wrong, a 'single steel wire' not really, but a small steel rope for sure

[idle skiff]

People with their full case PC on a shelf on their wall scare me.

[manic torrent]

how so? Just need to understand how to mount stuff.

[idle skiff]

My house shakes a lot (built 1820's) so within a week that shit would be on the floor and irreparably broken

[wind pulsar]

They should finally make use of spider webs, which ironically is stronger than steel wire is

[jaunty compass]

That's not really ironic in any way

[fossil frost]

mine is mounted on a shelf... but... on the inside of my desk, about 2 inches above the floor 😄

[manic torrent]

oh you can get stronger stuff, but steel is so cheap

[manic torrent]

uhhhh, what?

[fossil frost]

that sounds like you need some structural improvements

[wind pulsar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbDDhycZ2uM Cool stuff

[mild elm]

Action lab❤️

[cold jacinth]

Zowie gsr or gsr se?

[fossil frost]

is action lab worth the sub?

[idle skiff]

It's built good (they don make um let they used tuh) but I don't trust the wall mounting strength of anything in my house that's not like

A framed painting or something

[fossil frost]

i need a new youtube channel

[mild elm]

I like it

[wind pulsar]

Kinda yes and no, they often have videos posted that say pretty much nothing

At least with the shorts

[idle skiff]

My wall is plaster it's not even drywall my side room has 100 year old lead paint

[gilded quest]

Scott the Woz

[idle skiff]

The closet has a small hole outside

Holy shit it's Scott the Woz where

[jade prawn]

cyriak

[mild elm]

Dragoon

[idle skiff]

Wait oh my god

https://youtu.be/mIMVqsV13XA how timely is this

hahahaha I wish I sent this when people were arguing about PSUs

[wind pulsar]

I mean sure, but a single unit smoking doesn't really say much, lol

A lot of units do that at some point, even those widely known to be of high quality

[gilded quest]

yeah seemed like a random failure

[wind pulsar]

Yeah, the guy specifically said that it's been in use for a long time and that it's not a 'Many NZXT PSUs are dying'

[mild elm]

People will still take it too far

[idle skiff]

Oh the video is interesting but moreso is that it's fantastic fuel for what people were saying earlier

[wind pulsar]

Would be surprised if the NZXT E-series are just randomly dying, because it's their highest end series of psus

NZXT E-series is A-Tier
NZXT C Gold-series is A-Tier
NZXT C Bronze-series is C-Tier

[leaden gale]

The E-series is EoL though, no longer being produced

Which is why it's in Tier A Low Priority now

So any failures would be mostly related to age and ultra-long-term use, not a QC issue

[wind pulsar]

They aren't? Sadge

E-series was great

[leaden gale]

Footnote 10 on Tier A of the Tier List right now

[wind pulsar]

Ic

[wind pulsar]

I genuinely wonder why manufacturers won't make psus out of plastic if they're gonna protect the internals by surrounding it in non-conductive material anyway

But I'm also dumb, so

[leaden gale]

Pretty sure the outer casing for PSUs grounds the case it's installed in

[gilded quest]

i'd take flagship phones moving back to plastic from glass

[wind pulsar]

Right, that makes a lot of sense

[manic torrent]

also shielding.

[leaden gale]

Oh, 100%, for as nice as glass backs look, I'm going to be putting a case on the thing anyway and it's just another unnecessary point of failure

[gilded quest]

back soft touch plastic would feel so nice too

Some of my favorite feeling phones were the pixel 4a/5a

[manic torrent]

and it might not slide off a surface that's 0.00001 degrees not flat

[leaden gale]

Do you remember when Samsung's flagship Galaxy S phones had polycarbonate backs? Pepperidge Farm remembers

[gilded quest]

i still have my note4

[wind pulsar]

The S5 was great

[gilded quest]

I do prefer soft touch to sleek polycarb

My droid DNA was a delight to hold

[leaden gale]

My mom had a Note Edge, fucker broke because AT&T, replaced the board with a T-Mobile unlocked model, works fine again

[gilded quest]

rip

note edge was kinda cool

[manic torrent]

These days I just buy the previous gen pixel outright

[leaden gale]

The S5 was goated with the sauce, my dad's still functions just fine. Shame I can't flash some never Android versions because FUCKING AT&T

[gilded quest]

but costco had note4 for $100 + a $100 costco giftcard + $100 verizon bill credit + accessory bundle

mid 2010s deals were something else

[wind pulsar]

I'm pretty sure I still have a global S5 lying around somewhere

I'd have to repair it though

[leaden gale]

What's wrong with it?

[wind pulsar]

Back camera and back camera glass is gone and the back cover is disgusting and covered in a substance I don't know how to get rid of

So nothing major

[gilded quest]

....gross

[fossil frost]

friend of mine is a semi-pro guitarist.. and wants to start doing self-recording... he can also play bass and sort of do some drums.. hes got all the music equipment to do whatever he needs... but... has been looking at a mac studio... but... his wife veto-ed it... hes asked me to find something half the price... is it still true that windows based audio still has really high input latency compared to macos?

[mild elm]

Is my wifi acting up or is this video very choppy

[wind pulsar]

It's true yes. I actually talked to a FF14 DJ about that just yesterday

That's also the reason why he's using Mac, even though the driver for his software doesn't get updates anymore

[wind pulsar]

Probably your wifi

[summer folio]

[manic torrent]

it really isn't the case

as long as you're not using a shitty setup.

[fossil frost]

im looking at getting a hardware monitor for him. guitar/bass will go straight into the monitor... headphones will come out of the monitor... and then the monitor also connects to the pc via usb... so... technically... any latency within windows should be irrelevant shouldnt it?

[wind pulsar]

Conflicting stuff then, the guy I talked to about it yesterday does his DJ stuff for like 40 years now, so I usually lean to the guy with more experience

[manic torrent]

oh 100%

[wind pulsar]

Oh yeah, lol

[manic torrent]

yes, but I doubt he has recent experience with windows. I have an extremely complicated audio environment, and audio delay in windows WITH A CORRECT SETUP is fine

[wind pulsar]

I don't actually know about that, he does regularly stream on twitch for his gigs in ff14, so I assume he does have at least some

[manic torrent]

the main thing is that with macos... it's much harder to screw up

I use pipewire on linux for my audio routing, it's basically magic

[manic torrent]

plenty of pro recording being done on windows though. The latency issues in windows are quite literally a thing of 10 years+ ago.

If you're not using ASIO, then of course all bets are off, but hey

[fossil frost]

my mate uses windows and audio stuff within windows that has been recorded on other systems, all the time, hes very very acutely aware of how to work with the software within windows... but he wants to set up a mini-studio at home for himself and friends to play with.. so im just gonna recommend him a basic 16gb + 5800 or 12th gen i5 or something like that... doesnt need to be massively powerful... and match up a semi-decent hardware monitor with it

[manic torrent]

I would lean towards intel for this stuff.

[fossil frost]

tbh, he wants whatever is going to do the job, and meet a strict-wife-approved-budget

[manic torrent]

https://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/38466/focusrite-latency-drivers-win-vs-mac this sums it up well, and is from 2016, and windows hasn't got worse since then (I'd argue it's better, but it makes my point regardless)

[wind pulsar]

I'm quite the opposite truthfully

Whenever I try to buy something my fiancee literally what I feel like just teleports behind me and checks wtf I am doing

Otherwise you'd see me just spend hundreds of thousands of yen to buy useless things

[fossil frost]

if it was for myself.. i would buy whatever is best... but... hes stuck with getting approval

[wind pulsar]

I paid roughly $18,000 for a gasgrill kitchen we've barely used outside of winter

[fossil frost]

i mean... i blew a bunch of money on some jewellery for my GF a few weeks ago... and... she was more delighted than she was annoyed... although... she stopped being my GF because of it.. .and started being my fiance

[wind pulsar]

(BBQ is better in winter, no debate needed )

[native crag]

A Weber is all I've ever used/needed. Gets the job done

[leaden gale]

This was a bit of a rollercoaster lmao

[gilded quest]

cool

i have 250 free games on EGS

ikr

[sonic barn]

I have 500 or something

[gilded quest]

i was somewhat late to the free game train

but I try to remember every week now

epic has never made a cent off of me lol

why

wtf is windows 7 lite

[sonic barn]

microsoft should put c++, java, node and all that on the microsoft store

so then it updates for you

[fossil frost]

windows 7 that some children fucked about wiith and removed a bunch of stuff that they deemed "unneeded"

[gilded quest]

for once, an interesting thought from @sonic barn

[gilded quest]

isn't windows 7 pretty slim by "modern" standards?

[fossil frost]

yep

[gilded quest]

valorant doesn't even support Windows 7 afaik

[fossil frost]

its also a huge security risk too

[gilded quest]

just Win 10/11

[finite rain]

Can I @ Linus to roast my setup

[gilded quest]

all these games came out long after windows 7 was relevant...

just use windows 10
its *free

[fossil frost]

you can try... but... it wont end well

[gilded quest]

he won't answer so don't bother

[finite rain]

Guessing I’ll get banned

But go check in off topic channel

[gilded quest]

download the ISO and burn it with a different tool

[drowsy berry]

I currently use the mic on my arctis 7x. If I can get a razer seiren x for $30 is it worth it

[gilded quest]

no

[native crag]

RUFUS - will let you download the ISO in addition to writing to a USB for boot install media

[sonic barn]

you could also just launch windows recovery and update through terminal

[gilded quest]

im a fan of nuking and fresh install

[finite rain]

I date you roast my set up before and after it’s in #off-topic

[gilded quest]

you're gonna date me? @finite rain

[finite rain]

No

I’ve got someone else that I’m interested in

[gilded quest]

[sonic barn]

linus?

[finite rain]

And I don’t swing that way also I’m a minor

[gilded quest]

go to wallmart and get a 16GB thumb drive

[finite rain]

Nope a friend that I’ve been through hell and back mutiple times

[sonic barn]

aliexpress has them for like 1$

[gilded quest]

free space or raw space

[gilded quest]

walmart is faster, but not wrong

[native crag]

Don't let the other drag you through hell. That's all I'm going to say

[gilded quest]

dingus
how much capacity does it have

[sonic barn]

there's also the crack dealers on fb marketplace

[finite rain]

No We’ve helped eachother go through that together

[gilded quest]

I found a crack pipe at the store I used to work at once

[native crag]

Good luck 🫡

[finite rain]

Not wrong on that

[gilded quest]

put linux on it

you can game on linux

[sonic barn]

on the crackpipe?

[gilded quest]

you do that and report back

[native crag]

What are you trying to do exactly?

[sonic barn]

instructions unclear, accidently put linux on the samsung fridge at walmart

[fossil frost]

really? "sudo apt install google-chrome" seems pretty basic to me

[native crag]

Why?

[gilded quest]

bruh do you have a concussion or something

[native crag]

Upgrade what to what?

[manic torrent]

Have you considered buying a new computer

[native crag]

There might be a way, but it's risky. I'll explain...

[manic torrent]

You bought a computer with windows 7....

[native crag]

@half elm First you download the WIndows 10 ISO. Then you open the ISO and copy all files and folders to a new folder at the root of your existing C drive. Say for example "C:\Windows_Install"

Then you run setup from C:\Windows_Install.

In theory, should do an in-place upgrade. I know factually it works updating an older build of Windows 10 to newer. So...should work from 7

Of course, back up your data first incase the upgrade process gets hosed

[manic torrent]

the part where you have to do it all while standing on one leg

[summer folio]

7->8->8.1->9->10->11

[fossil frost]

the part where you do it under water to make it work properly

[summer folio]

it's easy, just like that

[native crag]

No prob, just throwing that out there as an option.

FYI, I learned that little trick as it was an official Microsoft method to get around known USB issues updating prior builds of Windows a long time ago.

Now it's basically irrelevant if you're already on 20H2 as 22H2 "upgrades" as with any update. Prior to 20H2, it would be a full blow OS in-place upgrade which could take an hour or longer

That means 1909 and older is a reinstall

BIOS probably needs to be set for UEFI boot

[hoary scarab]

My PC has no cable management

[hoary scarab]

I'm not joking btw.

[native crag]

Then reformat and generate new USB media with the ISO using RUFUS. works every time

[sonic barn]

there's no windows 9 since 7 ate 9

[orchid kestrel]

*because 7 8 9

[sonic barn]

https://tenor.com/view/violent-cat-cat-death-murder-mobs-gif-dont-steal-gif-25677493

[native crag]

https://rufus.ie/en/

https://pureinfotech.com/download-windows-10-iso-create-bootable-usb-rufus/

[vivid jungle]

how can I screw in am4 stock heatsink if the backplate keeps falling off?

[inland valley]

Yo I have a rx 6600 and a Ryazan 5 3600. You tho k Im finna get more fps by use directx 12 on Fortnite

[teal estuary]

hold backplate

[ionic flame]

Anyone know if Lenovo vendor locks their Intel CPU's?

[native crag]

To my knowledge, only AMD Pro CPUs have e-Fuses that can be blown by the OEM vendor (Lenovo or HP for example). I'm not sure Intel CPU support a similar function

Once an AMD Pro CPU fuse is blown, it's effectively married to that MB make/model, if not the vendor at the very least

[ionic flame]

That's reassuring to hear.

[native crag]

Security function for hardware attestation is the rational behind it

[ionic flame]

I can't find anything on Lenovo vendor locking their memory to Lenovo motherboards on Google though

But I know that's what is happening

[teal estuary]

afaik, HP does it w/ an onboard chip, instead of the CPU, for similar functionality

HP is the one that does it with an onboard chip, Lenovo used the CPU fuses

[native crag]

Does HP do this to Intel CPUs though, or only AMD Pro?

[ionic flame]

I was on Google, couldn't find any evidence of Intel supporting vendor locking.

[teal estuary]

afaik, HP uses the same chip on the board w/ intel CPUs because its not CPU specific

[native crag]

https://www.servethehome.com/lenovo-vendor-locking-ryzen-based-systems-with-amd-psb/

[native crag]

Yeah, I don't think Intel does this

[ionic flame]

This whole Lenovo based PC is absolute shit, worst purchase of my computing career 0/10 don't recommend

[native crag]

Lenovo based PCs are fine for office use. But I would never own one as my daily PC at home.

That said, those Lenovo, HPE, or Dell Micro computers make for great bare metal Linux boxes

Purchased used / refurbished that is.

Better than a Raspberry Pi as you can have 16GB of RAM or greater (depending on SODIMM slot config). Plus the micro PCs are x86 and not ARM

[ionic flame]

I bought a new motherboard, because the Lenovo one doesn't have XMP profiles, or any overclocking capability. Also can't disable CSM.

Well wouldn't ya know, the Lenovo case is DESIGNED for the motherboard. You can't use another motherboard in that case. The damn thing isn't wired properly for it.

So I use my old case, with new motherboard, using the Lenovo RAM+CPU+GPU.

Well i'm 2 for 2 on getting bent over. The Lenovo ram doesn't work in a non-lenovo board. I get Q-Code 55 or something (Memory not detected)

Oh, and the backing plate for the AIO cooler is super glued to the MF motherboard.

[native crag]

Dell and HP do the same shit. They often use their own PSUs which are proprietary.

[ionic flame]

Bro, this PSU in a $1900 PC is a "Lite-On" bring

brand*

[native crag]

Yup, very common. Delta is another brand

[ionic flame]

It doesn't even have a On/Off switch

Really hope whoever designed this PC stubs their toe on their bed post.

[native crag]

Nope, doesn't need one frankly. It's desirable to have, but not required.

OEMs shave pennies where they can

[ionic flame]

I'm surprised Lenovo allows me to use a non lenovo branded monitor/mouse/keyboard/headset

I think i'mma chat them up and ask if they have a Lenovo brand printer I can buy, because i'm scared that a HP one won't be compatible and don't wanna take the chance.

[native crag]

That might change lol. DRM end-to-end encryption.

I'm joking, but if they through they could get away with it without losing market share or customer backlash, they totally would do it

[ionic flame]

Maybe I should ask for a Lenovo mousepad too, because the Lenovo mouse I have won't work on a Hyper-X mousepad

[native crag]

It might be too late, but you should have just sold the Lenovo unit as-is and took the money received and built a new computer with it

[ionic flame]

God I hate them, I couldn't be more sarcastic if I wanted to be

[dim lava]

And for a lenovo camera too to have better quality than the integrated one

[native crag]

It's a hard lesson to learn for sure. It sucks

[ionic flame]

Yes, Lenovo webcam because my Logitech webcam isn't compatible

Yeah I think i'mma repackage the PC and sell it on hardware swap for $1500, if it's $1900 retail should be a decent buy for someone who doesn't care about XMP/OverClocking just wants to plug it in and go

[native crag]

What kind of Lenovo PC is this?

[ionic flame]

Legion 7i or something

[native crag]

T7?

[spark wolf]

just went into a best buy & they had just one rtx 3050 in stock

[dim lava]

Tbh i never had an issue with thinkpads or my previous lenovo laptop worked okish for wat they were

[ionic flame]

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/desktops/legion-desktops/legion-t-series-towers/legion-tower-7i-gen-7-(intel)/90s10005us?orgRef=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F

It's this PC, but a 3080ti

Well, it isn't that PC, it has a 12900KF, 64GB DDR5, 2TB SSD, and a 2080ti, and an AIO cooler

[native crag]

@ionic flame Though back to your original issue, you couldn't disable CSM on that Lenovo MB? That's crazy if true. Enabling Secure Boot should force to UEFI thus turning off CSM

[ionic flame]

You can't disable CSM... you disable Secure Boot & CSM turns on. You enable secure boot, and CSM turns off

[native crag]

Secure Boot and CSM are incompatible with each other. Can only choose or the other

[ionic flame]

If you want to run certain softwares that require Secure Boot being disabled. Then you ain't running them softwares

[native crag]

If you're running Windows 10 / 11 anyways, just leave Secure Boot on

[ionic flame]

Certain software meaning unsigned drivers for Windows 10

[native crag]

True, but that should be rare unless you've got some old hardware or program that has to be a driver running in kernel space, in which case the drivers need to be signed for Secure Boot

Windows 11 requires Secure Boot anyways, and Windows 10 will be EOLed on Oct 14, 2025.

[ionic flame]

Let's assume it's something like that. 😛

It's for programming reasons

[fossil frost]

weird, because i do ALL SORTS of low level programming, and have NEVER needed to disable secure boot, even when developing custom drivers

[native crag]

I guess it depends on the type of driver?

[fossil frost]

usermode and kernelmode drivers... not needed it for either

[native crag]

I know that all drivers have to be signed for Core Isolation / Memory Integrity (VBS / HVCI)

Did Microsoft drop Pluton, or will that be in ZEN 5 / Intel 14 gen?

[fossil frost]

people got annoyed about it... if it is coming, its getting phased in, in small bits, over a very long time

[native crag]

My understanding is that Pluton is basically the x86 equivalent (adopted by both Intel and AMD at the request of MS) of secure enclave.

It's not TPM by the spec, but I believe it supersedes it

[ionic flame]

It's for bypassing EAC

[summer folio]

Babe wake up, new hardware Backdoor just dropped

[native crag]

Well, basically it's a CPU within your CPU...managed by Microsoft

[ionic flame]

What's the latest and greatest GPU from AMD? The 7900XTX?

[fossil frost]

yeah, but certain models have a... issue... 😄

[ionic flame]

Which issue would that be?

[fossil frost]

hitting 110c at the junction and throttling back so hard that they get whiplash

[ionic flame]

That's what liquid nitrogen is for

[fossil frost]

a select few with "made by amd" on them... not all

[ionic flame]

Seriously though that stinks, not something i'd wanna spend $1500 on and just have to constantly RMA the card

[fossil frost]

AMD claim its a small number from a specific production run

[ionic flame]

I think i'd rather save my moneys and go with a $1300 AMD card vs a $2000+ Nvidia card

[native crag]

The issue is lack of fluid in the vapor chamber. "Vapor lock" is the term I've heard describe the phenomenon.

Basically AMD's vendor screwed up in the QA/QC department. They will have to issue RMAs for it

[ionic flame]

That sounds lovely

[fossil frost]

XFX didnt put enough water in the vapor chamber

[jaunty compass]

Damn

[ionic flame]

Sounds like they work with Ford

[native crag]

Yeah, it sucks 😦

[ionic flame]

So does the 3.5 Ecoboost engine.

[native crag]

There's no replacement for displacement.

I refused to buy a car with a Turbo on a 4 banger, let alone require premium fuel

[ionic flame]

That leaves you with little options haha

[native crag]

V6

[coarse comet]

How is everyone's day

[ionic flame]

Do any brand new vehicles come with V6's?

[fossil frost]

odd, because my 2ltr twin turbo, that runs on any hydrocarbon you can get into the tank... puts out far more HP and torque than the american equivalent model that has a 3.5l with no turbo

[coarse comet]

My new jag xe s sport comes with a suoercharged v6

[ionic flame]

Well, the RAM do, some Chrysler options. But their 3.6 V6 Penastar engine is very bad so i'd stay away from that

[native crag]

Toyota Tacoma

[ionic flame]

They're 3.5 twinturbo'd

[native crag]

Toyota or go home

[ionic flame]

the 2023 Tundra is

Not sure about the Taco

[fossil frost]

north americans are straight up in the stone age when it comes to cars... absolutely no idea at all

[neon mesa]

Until you put turbo on the 3.5l

[fossil frost]

after market? because the stock engine i got with my car, is a 2l twin turbo, the stock engine in the american version of the same car as a 3l NA...

[ionic flame]

True... the 3.5 Twin Turbo F150 is the 2nd fastest production truck in the Quarter mile that isn't electric I believe

[native crag]

WTF you talking about?

[fossil frost]

yep, because trucks are meant to be fast... and have no torque...

[ionic flame]

3rd fastest* I believe the Raptor-R will be the fastest, then the TRX, then the F-150

[fossil frost]

american cars are big, lazy and fat... and americans want that... and wont accept the same power from a much more efficient, smaller engine... that will actually make the car go faster, because its lighter... thats what i mean

[ionic flame]

Bro, have you heard of the Hellcat?

[native crag]

Plug-in hybrid is the way to go.

Supply chain and high voltage transmission lines can't keep up with everyone going pure electric. Will take about 25 years for a full transition...at best.

[ionic flame]

It's a boat, with 700hp

You press the gas pedal, and it says "i'm fast as FK boiiiiiiii" and disappears

[native crag]

California had to tell people not to charge their cars due to the brownouts they have.
Texas is growing, and the infrastructure can't keep up.

No way those two states alone (the largest) is ready to adopt EVs. The grid isn't ready

[ionic flame]

Yes, plug-in hybrid is the way to go... i agree

Wish we had plugin hybrid diesel.. 40+ MPG for everyone

[native crag]

Electric is insta-torque. Just expensive

[fossil frost]

700bhp.. needs what? 6.8L... merc has 700bhp from 4.0, nissan do 700bhp on 3.8, audo, 700bhp from 4.0. mitsubishi 3.5l... see the trend?

[ionic flame]

Don't think a battery engine would work very well in like a F250/F350 though towing 15,000+LB I think the battery wouldn't last long at all

[native crag]

IMHO, my next car will be plug-in hybrid if I can afford it

[tawdry rapids]

its more of a bunch of traction loss with shitty correction by the 40 year old midlife crisis driving it, and by the time literally every single german sports car gas finished the quarter mile it gains traction

[tribal compass]

How necessary is the 16gb ram instead of 8 on a MacBook Air? I’m using this for research papers only really

[tawdry rapids]

or every single sports car with half its power

[ionic flame]

It's a 6.4HP supercharged V8

6.4L*

[fossil frost]

so not 4L, or 3.8L or 3.5L like european and japanese manufacturers do, on 6 cylinders?

[native crag]

8GB should be fine. But here's the thing, you can't upgrade the RAM. It's soldered to the board. So choose wisely

[ionic flame]

Depends on the tires.. the launch control in a hellcat is actually really impressive

[tribal compass]

I know dude and I need it to last at least 3 years basically

[tawdry rapids]

still, a porsche 911 turbo with the same tires will basically beat it every single drag

and have better traction arond bends

and be more comfortable

[ionic flame]

A Porsche 911 Turbo also cost $120,00+ a Hellcat is $60-70k

[tawdry rapids]

but for silly fun, hellcats nice

thats US prices tho

the opposite goes for EU

[ionic flame]

And Porsche charges something like $300/hr to work on your car here in St Louis

A oil change runs like $350 on that car lmao

[vapid smelt]

hellcats are designed to crash into crowds of people and walls

[ionic flame]

Bro that's Mustangs

But the Hellcat will take it's place. You right, lots of unexperienced drivers buying them.

[native crag]

The industry is evolving like crazy. EVs will be able to make 1,000 HP easily. In fact, I suspect regulation all over the world to gimp the power profile because it's cheap enough.

Give it 20 years

[ionic flame]

My boss has a Tesla Plaid... that MF rips

[fossil frost]

F1 cars have a 1.6L V6 with a turbo and a hybrid system, ALL engines on the grid top 1000bhp now, and 1 or 2 are topping 1100bhp

[native crag]

Yeah, they do. Those electric motors are nothing to scoff at. It launches like a rail gun on wheels

[ionic flame]

Beat a 1300HP twin turbo single cab F-150 (2nd fastest F-150 in north america) at the local drag race 5-6 months ago

[ocean narwhal]

Is the tesla plaid the one that comes with the silly little airplane steering wheel

[ionic flame]

Yes

[tawdry rapids]

yea no wonder, a car with essentially no gearbox and helltons of torque beating a car with the fraction of the torque that utilizes a gearbox to make up for it

[native crag]

The Plaid is a play on the Space Balls movie BTW

[orchid kestrel]

F1 cars powered by newtons 3rd Law and Rail guns

[tribal compass]

Would y’all go with m1 16gb ram 256gb storage or m2 16gb ram 256 gb storage price difference = m1 $1143.7 m2= $1376

[ionic flame]

It's more like, my boss paid $130,000 MSRP for a car to beat a truck that has maybe $60,000 total into it

[manic torrent]

that gets beat by a $3k civi with $10k in it

[tawdry rapids]

yeah, $ wins for drag races, this is a known thing...

[ionic flame]

They just race for trophys, no money

[tawdry rapids]

i dont think you understand what i said

[fossil frost]

stop asking people to justify your decision, or make your decision for you... you know your budget, you know your needs, its your money, you decide

[ionic flame]

I misread, I gotchu now

[native crag]

How many runs though? You can do impressive HP with a Honda, but you'll plasma bore a hole into the piston with nitrous

[tawdry rapids]

the person who spends more $ wins the drag race

ye

[ionic flame]

Depends on how big the jet engine is

Think I can find a used jet engine in good condition on marketplace for my civic?

[native crag]

I've seen plenty of ricers put on a good show, then the engine blown

[fossil frost]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodhound_LSR <<< this is up for sale at the minute

[ionic flame]

Only cost like $200/pass at the drag race because you used 30gallons of jet fuel and that stuff is like $9/gallon

[native crag]

So, reliability isn't their strong point when you're running on the ragged edges

[fossil frost]

estimated top speed of 1200mph... and uses a F1 engine as its oil pump....

[ionic flame]

Bro my F-250 can go that fast. Just needs bigger injectors and another turbo. trust

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TPZ5R6B?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_RKMY1E20EYE7WDQQBF4H&th=1

Why does this case look like a MF fishbowl? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TPZ5R6B?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_RKMY1E20EYE7WDQQBF4H&th=1

[glad merlin]

whats a good led light strip i dont wanna buy these like off brand ones idk if they are good or even worth it'

[vapid smelt]

what do you haul with your 250

[ionic flame]

Probably all them LED strips made in the same factory in China

[fossil frost]

branded ones are the same as the off brand ones, all made in the same factory, its just that some company buys a load and puts a sticker on the box

[ionic flame]

a 6x12 TA enclosed trailer with 4000lb of equipment in it. But I live in the hills and get tired of all the downshifting crap from a gasser

[native crag]

I dislike Turbos though. Peak HP sure, but they hit hard at the end of the RPM range to the point of grenading the engine.

For daily driving, I much prefer a super charger. More linear HP throughout the RPM range.

[glad merlin]

i just need like 8ft for my desk honeslty but like some 16ft are way more expensive then th 100ft ones i see lol

[vapid smelt]

im happy you use your truck as a truck and not a mall crawler

[fossil frost]

or... buy a car that has an engine where the turbo is actually tuned to the engine, and it delivers power linearly throughout the whole range?

[ionic flame]

Bro, shit is $4.09/gallon cost me $130 to fill up. I gotta use it lmao

[tribal compass]

I’m genuinely split and trying to see if the m2 is worth the price

[vapid smelt]

its $3.15 a gallon for 85 octane here

[native crag]

Dual turbos of differing sizes can do that. But there's trade offs between small, medium, and large turbos. Small is instant boost but less HP, where large has big turbo lag, but lots of HP at the end of the RPM range

[ionic flame]

Diesel is $4.09, 87 is $2.99

[vapid smelt]

just buy a rivian

[ionic flame]

I don't think a Rivian would make it a full day towing 6000lb and not needing to stop and charge... and I only use it maybe 100mile round trip lol

My boss has the new F-150 Lightning.. and he's lucky to tow 100miles lmao

[native crag]

https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap

[vapid smelt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8zDGN2Fdt4 10,000 pounds at 32F it got 110 miles till it was completely dead

[ionic flame]

Shit, I wouldn't trust it

I live in the hills too. so i know that mileage/range would be bad.

[fossil frost]

Any size turbo with a small electric motor to keep the turbo spun up high at all times...

[vapid smelt]

down hill charging

[manic torrent]

that's not QUITE how it works... but close enough, yes

[neon mesa]

This is like supercharger with extra steps, except with more loss of energy

[frosty spear]

any1 knows any good websites to get some high-res wallpapers?

[ionic flame]

hahahaha would have to be 20miles down hill to charge for 5miles

[native crag]

See, that's complex. Turbo plumbing and the tuning always is.

I prefer a super charger. yes, it's not as efficient due to the parasitic nature of needing power to make power, but it's simple, easy to work on, and safe.

[manic torrent]

digitalblasphemy.com

[fossil frost]

Its exactly how F1 cars work

[manic torrent]

"safe" ?

[glad merlin]

steam wallpapers

[vapid smelt]

hopefully in a few more years electric trucks become the best and towing

[native crag]

As in less likely to grenade the engine

[manic torrent]

also - you can say the same things about a carburetor

[manic torrent]

... not really

[native crag]

You don't need high compression ratios. You just need higher octane fuel for bolt-on mods

[fossil frost]

I've driven plenty of ford transit vans with blown turbos... If you blow up a turbo, engine will still run fine (by fine, I mean it runs like dog shit, but it still runs)

[native crag]

Turbos make engine maintenance way more expensive. I wouldn't want to own one if I plan on keeping the vehicle longer than 8 years

[manic torrent]

no, you want engine that will run on any old garbage effeciently and use direct injection so you don't get knock, and port injection to keep the valves clean

[fossil frost]

My car is 10 years old, turbo is the most solid thing on it

[native crag]

It's a moot point now. Plug-in Hybrid will be what I'll look at.

[manic torrent]

also, a decent plug in hybrid gets you basically all the benefits of a full electric car with none of the downsides

[native crag]

Exactly

No range worries too. Can always gas up if needed

And the EV portion gives instant torque

[fossil frost]

Ev portion makes it cost £0 to drive local journeys too

[native crag]

I wouldn't trust an EV lasting well in northern climate anyways. And in the south, Air-conditioning is a must.

[manic torrent]

forget that, it gives you smooth and easy take offs, and no idle shaking, so the whole thing is just more pleasant

If your only priority is going fast? eh, do whatever the hell you want.

[fossil frost]

I want a plugin hybrid with energy recovery, so slamming on the brakes for some arsehole that pulls out in front of you, gains you some range

[native crag]

I'm just tired of paying close to 3 bucks a gal

[manic torrent]

likely you won't recover much from that, it far exceeds the ability to take in power and would end up using the brakes

[native crag]

Regenerative breaking is for slowing down. The abrupt stop requires throwing the energy off via friction..that means pads

[fossil frost]

Try paying $7.80 per gallon (£1.72/L)

[ionic flame]

Ford's turbo's leak coolant very commonly, and have to remove the cab from the vehicle in order to service them

And the new Tundra is having turbo issuses as well

[native crag]

Yeah, no. No turbo for me. Just hear so many horror stories of reliability.

Turbo in a sports car for fun? Sure. Daily driver? Not if I plan on keeping the car over 8 years or 150k miles

[ionic flame]

Bro these things take a shit before 80,000miles

[native crag]

Yeah, oil changes (must use synthetic) is crucial to keep the turbo bearings healthy

[manic torrent]

"I demand my stuff lasts forever"

[sonic barn]

then companies would be broke

[native crag]

I do have high standards for reliability, yes

Reliability over features. Always

[native crag]

Doesn't bankrupt VW or Chrysler.

They make crap

India is now the 3rd largest automotive market. Tata motors will be getting larger.

[sonic barn]

anyone have any good drawing tablets that are portable

I want it to be rechargeable

and have actually good drivers that work with stuff like endlesspaper

[vapid smelt]

i love seeing tatas on the road

[boreal token]

chocolate milk or strawberry milk

[vapid smelt]

chocolate

[limpid hamlet]

Hi

[heady flicker]

coconut milk with banana blend

could put some chocolate powder on top and a strawberry for decor

[boreal token]

and amarula

at parties I usually make amarula day dream

kinda strange for the midwest but it's great

hard to get bottles of the stuff tho

[past crow]

Bruh I feel a cold coming on
but I have a drivers exam and an orthodontist appointment tomorrow
AHHHHHHHHHH

[vapid smelt]

hot people dont get colds

[boreal token]

time to begin the bloodletting

[vapid smelt]

yeah just put some leaches on your face

[eager notch]

Okay, so Linus sends a team to CES and for 2 days in a row, they only make videos of laptops?

I wanna see the weird shit at CES, not a laptop

[boreal token]

I prescribe you tea made of hemlock with poppy milk and goat entrails hung on your mantle to ward off evil spirits

[ocean narwhal]

Welcome to corporlinus

[vapid smelt]

then just go yourself xD

[vapid smelt]

AND MONITORS

and a case

[manic torrent]

They make videos of .. what's at CES

[boreal token]

I wanna see what kind of soap they use in the convention center bathrooms

[eager notch]

So, they should go to Silverstone's booth

[vapid smelt]

only 2 / half are laptops

[eager notch]

Well at Disney World they use ecolab soap

[eager notch]

Two main channel videos about laptops though?

[boreal token]

what about universal studios

[vapid smelt]

idk i dont look at their youtube

[vapid smelt]

universal studios > Disney land

[eager notch]

No clue, I only worked at Disney World

[boreal token]

i'm sorry

[echo ridge]

I mean some of the laptops were weird

[eager notch]

Not as weird as this

https://youtu.be/MWg0ZoJcD0A

Or this

https://youtu.be/nVPHX-San0I

[heady flicker]

please give us a normal laptop

[jaunty compass]

You don't understand what CES is for, do you

[obsidian field]

CES is for showing off technologies not finished products.

[gilded quest]

this was peak crazy laptop

[full fossil]

Holy shit

Surprised I never saw that one

[orchid kestrel]

flexing stuff that may never come....

[summer folio]

Haha, no beard Linus

[obsidian field]

Exactly.

[obsidian field]

Just call it YoungLinus

[summer folio]

:Clueless

[sonic barn]

bingusLinus

[orchid kestrel]

it should be :younglinussmirk:

[ruby bloom]

Lab 2 > Universal Studios

[orchid kestrel]

lab 1000 wen?

i wonder if LMG will go bankrupt....

i hope not

[night heron]

eventually

nothing lasts forever

but not for a very long time

[orchid kestrel]

well, nothing in this universe can because this universe will come to an end

[night heron]

in this form it well yes

[orchid kestrel]

or when currency no longer exists/is used

[night heron]

the universe is a forever constant but it expands, then compresses, then explodes and expands again on a loop

everything that is made within that expansion is more or less erased and the material is reused for a new universe expansion

[orchid kestrel]

we need to figure out how to get to other universes before this happens...

or survive in the quantum quark

[night heron]

the amount of the universe that we've observed is equivalent to a lightbulb on the planet pluto

we dont really know how or why anything works we just observe it

[orchid kestrel]

really?

[night heron]

yeah

everything we've seen is called the observable universe

but using math we can estimate how much the universe has expanded since the big bang

and we've observed roughly an amount that is equivalent to a lightbulb, and the full universe is the planet pluto

[orchid kestrel]

well, were hopeless at getting to other galaxies outside the visible universe because the universe is expanding to fast, we would have to go faster than the speed of light
(random fact)

[manic torrent]

ehhh, it's not really like that

[night heron]

due to the universe expanding faster than light we will never be able to observe all that exists

[orchid kestrel]

unless we can figure out wormholes!

[night heron]

but we can travel faster than light by moving space itself, instead of moving ourselves through space

well it's possible that we could, we can't right now obviously

[orchid kestrel]

i think thats even more work that just going faster than light by moving yourself...

[night heron]

you cant go faster than light as far as our current knowledge is concerned

the only way to go faster would be to move space instead of ourselves

[orchid kestrel]

i dont like to follow rules, unless they get me banned if i break them

[night heron]

all of these hypotheticals are things that wont happen in our lifetime anyway

the greatest achievement we'll see within our lifetime is putting a man on mars, and perhaps one of jupiter's moons

[orchid kestrel]

cryonics 🧠

if we want to see every single achievement, we just have to figure out cryonics

[night heron]

what happens when youre frozen and society collapses while youre frozen and you just never wake up

[orchid kestrel]

ill put on an alarm clock

[night heron]

the theoretical maximum on a human's lifespan is 125-150

depending on height, gender, activity level, nutrition etc

you just have to accept that we must die so that future generations can learn

we're not gonna get ironman nanotech to the general population any time remotely soon

the only other solutions that we know of that could extend life are genetic modification and using infantile stem cells, which are both extremely controversial

philosophy and science hour in LTT lmao

i guess medicine and science is very much tech so it's not that off topic

[orchid kestrel]

one day this stuff may feature on LTT

freezing LMG employee
unfreezing 1 hour later

[night heron]

linus popsicle

[orchid kestrel]

ooh

actually, it would count as cannibalism

to eat it

[night heron]

no we do not consume the linus popsicle

[orchid kestrel]

we stare at it?

we ask it for tech tips?

[night heron]

yeah we just keep it as memorabilia

[analog shuttle]

[spring scaffold]

heyheyheyyyy

[fading rapids]

anyone know why linus holds that small 8bitdo controller in some videos? its been bugging me im very curious lmao

[quartz marsh]

heard diffusers can be dangerous if near a pc, would i be safe to use one or not rlly

[vapid smelt]

for the teleprompter

[red breach]

diffusers of what?

light? obviously not a problem

oils? smoke? yeah, not something you want near a PC you want to stay clean

[fading rapids]

OHHHHH that makes sense, thank you lmao

[jaunty compass]

He clearly memorizes the entire script before every video

[echo ridge]

I've been wondering

How much more do hall effect joysticks cost to make

Compared to normal analog ones

[manic torrent]

they are not horribly expensive, but they are like... 20x the price or something

basically a pot joystick costs 3/5 of fuck all

[graceful burrow]

and typically will last long enough for you to lose interest in the console

[vapid smelt]

Lol

ltt is on his list

[graceful burrow]

imagine not just installing sponsorblock kek

[manic torrent]

"bypass" youtube ads? what the shitting fuck

[vapid smelt]

they are made because they shill $300 yearly to youtbe/google for YouTube premium and gets mad over baked in ads

all you have to do is tap ⏩ 2 or 3 times

[burnt bone]

"You just can't wait for me to die, can you?"

"Chocolates? I always hated it!"

[vapid smelt]

$6 a hour youtube pays so much you dont need baked in ads

[jaunty compass]

not that much more, the real cost is because the sticks are patented

[burnt bone]

Also like, I use ReVanced on my phone and ublock on my web browser. No issues here.

Strangely enough I don't use sponsorblock. I don't see a need for it

[jaunty compass]

I don't use sponsorblock because it kept skipping actual content in LTT videos

and I don't mind sponsor spots that much for the most part

[burnt bone]

Yeah some user submitted sponsor block segments can be overly fucking stupid

[vapid smelt]

i like to see what the sponsor is then skip it if i heard about it before or not interested in it

[burnt bone]

I can understand using it for those clickbait low quality channels that do gambling and such .etc

But using it for LTT and other good channels makes no sense.

Though it's kinda funny, how War Thunder sponsored them. And then LTT covered a news story of like four instances of people committing state espionage to prove that the tanks in War Thunder are not accurate.

[vapid smelt]

one British man and one china man

[jaunty compass]

honestly based

my tank should get a buff because leaks military secrets

[burnt bone]

Like god damn forget about competitive CSGO. War Thunder players straight up just do state espionage revealing confidential military documents

[jaunty compass]

💀

[vapid smelt]

its not even old tanks its new modern currently in uses tanks too its great

[burnt bone]

There was also the French Leclerc tank incident, where a tank commander spotted some discrepancies in armour thickness and then complained to War Thunder like he did not just leaked military secrets

[vapid smelt]

lol

[burnt bone]

Yeah that's the fucking funny part lmao. The China incident IIRC was an engineer leaking information about penetration values of some new Chinese APFSDS tank shell.

[vapid smelt]

the US would have paid him handsomely for that information, but he gave it out for free because his tank wasnt strong enough in a video game

i wonder if he is still alive.....

[vital elm]

#laptop

Wait, we talking military tech in here?

The Leclerc sucks because it is French.

[echo ridge]

Hes not wrong...

[manic torrent]

they wouldn't have, it wasn't a super super secret. If the US didn't know it already, then they are shit at their job

[rare gull]

[echo ridge]

The British one happened twice

And the tiger uht

[manic torrent]

the thing is - of course they aren't accurate. It has to be adjusted for balance

The reality of modern tanks - it's all about target acquisition and battlefield awareness.

and integration.

[echo ridge]

Nah russian biae

[past egret]

the end goal is making all the tanks faster, lighter and smarter

[burnt bone]

Spookston when he sees an unguarded High Survivability Test Vehicle Lightweight

[echo ridge]

No

[hearty spear]

wtf is with people and posting stupid, unfunny shit and then saying "But it was a joke!"

No, it wasn't funny. So either you suck ass at jokes, or you're only saying that cuz you got called out.

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/white-board-its-just-a-prank-bro-gif-15722068

[echo ridge]

What is fun

[finite cloud]

well thats gonna be a long list

[hearty spear]

anyone worth a damn has sponsors lol

[finite cloud]

i meant the youtubers actually but that too

[vapid smelt]

anyone that does yt has a job has sponsors

[tiny root]

sponsors fine just make easy to skip (which most do)

bar filling at bottom, timer, obvious different scene, etc all acceptable

[echo ridge]

Or get floatplane

[full fossil]

@vapid smelt can you say dingus, I need it before I go I to cardiac arrest

[tribal arch]

Some Glasswire news: #networking message

[lethal peak]

Does Anyone have TOPOLOGY software ?

[manic torrent]

to what end?

[lethal peak]

Network TOPO

[manic torrent]

what are you trying to do, what do you want.

[lethal peak]

I can't sent pictures here

[manic torrent]

No you can't. You can send them in any other channel.

like #networking

[lethal peak]

#networking message

I want make an picture like that

Thanks

😍

[fluid ridge]

why would you ever pay for surveillance on your own network

smh you cant even stop the cia from doing it and you have mfs who do it voluntarily 💀

[tribal arch]

Network data is not sent back to Glasswire but ok 👍

[manic torrent]

hurrrrrrrrr

[hearty nexus]

So, I've just gotten a chance to sit in a Secret Labs chair for the first time. My office bought a bunch of them. Am I missing something? Why are these so popular? They're about as comfortable as an awkwardly shaped piece of wood.

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/liilmini-lilminichair-lil-mini-chair-gif-25631470

[hearty nexus]

I didn't look into the savings they might get from bulk buying these, but I know that bulk buying Steelcase chairs would put even the Gesture pretty close in price to this thing and that chair is WAY more comfortable.

[simple quail]

I think I saw another War Thunder spot recently, meaning they didn't completely shut the door, though I might be misremembering

[manic torrent]

everyone has a different ass 🙂

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/marvel-captain-american-america-ass-endgame-funny-gif-14823903

[simple quail]

might be more comfortable for people who have already spent all their life sitting in gaming chairs

I'm just speculating, to be clear

[hearty nexus]

Maybe. I've spent the majority of my life sitting in seats designed to be reasonably ergonomic.

[simple quail]

I have a couple of really nice office chairs, I got them from my grandma

[jaunty compass]

Elon musk's gamer chair

This is where he does his Deus ex 1 speedruns

[simple quail]

it's hard to take them anywhere (they're flippin big and heavy), but they've served me really well for the last 6 years I've had them

[hearty nexus]

Yep. I remember being shocked when my Steelcase showed up and I could barely lift it.

But it's built like a tank and has an awesome warranty so I know that there shouldn't be any issues with it for quite a while.

The combination of being an awkward shape, and weighing around 90 pounds makes it a pretty difficult thing to lift and move on your own.

[simple quail]

my chair is somewhere in that ballpark as well

[vapid smelt]

you just carry it by the arms pretty easy

[sonic barn]

windows sucks, gonna go back to linux

I realized how bad installing frameworks is

[hearty nexus]

Because of how I needed to maneuver it when I got it, just going by the arms wasn't a viable option. I needed to basically lift it over my desk.

Ehh, Windows sucks for what you're trying to use it for. Might be better to use a VM with the least used option.

Or, if you went to Windows for gaming, run a Linux VM the majority of the time since there are a lot of games that don't play nice being a VM.

[simple quail]

I don't know if it's just luck (or because I don't really care about AAA games), but pretty much all of my games work on Linux

[hearty nexus]

Most of the games I've encountered that don't like being on a VM were MMOs.

Anti-cheat stuff and all that.

[simple quail]

none of my machines run Windows anymore, except for a couple of Windows XP machines, as it feels like the newer Windows versions don't give me the flexibility to fully optimise my workflow, like KDE Plasma and fish do

this is the reason I also use Linux at work

[fluid ridge]

linux is great until it's incapable of playing an mp4 file natively

[full fossil]

minetest?

[sonic barn]

wdym

[simple quail]

I tried it at some point like 4–5 years ago, but I have a copy of Minecraft which works just fine

[sonic barn]

you can play an mp4 in linux

[fluid ridge]

not with ubuntu out of the box you cant

i had to install VLC to play mp4 files

[simple quail]

aren't licences and patents quite fun to deal with

[fluid ridge]

it actually happened today

[sonic barn]

vlc ftw

[full fossil]

lol, i refuse to pay 20 eur for cubes xD

[sonic barn]

firefox also supports mp4

however the default youtube one sucks for linux

[fluid ridge]

it is what it is

[simple quail]

you need to check the install additional proprietary software or whatever checkbox to install the codecs OOTB

[sonic barn]

there's an extension to fix it though so rendering is done on youtube's side a bit

[fluid ridge]

ah

ill keep that in mind next time

[simple quail]

my parents bought it to me back in like 2013 or smth

[full fossil]

my parents have no idea what internet is xD

or how to turn on a pc

[simple quail]

that'll be my grandparents (though they know enough to browse Facebook....barely)

[full fossil]

lol

[simple quail]

my parents are actually reasonably tech savvy

[full fossil]

very good xP

[simple quail]

though they're quite useless at setting up networks (which is what I do for a living)

[full fossil]

like connecting routers, switches and repeaters? OwO

[simple quail]

I've studied that, but I mostly work with clusters and the networks within them

[full fossil]

cool xP

[burnt bone]

I mean like. Yeah? You have to install VLC or a media player to...play... media

I know Linux sucks ass for a lot of things but cmon now lol

[simple quail]

installing VLC probably also installed some proprietary / licensed codecs

[fluid ridge]

native support for video seems like an important part of any operating system, but hey that's just my 2 cents

[burnt bone]

What do you mean "native support"?

[sonic barn]

https://financialpost.com/real-estate/investors-own-nearly-a-third-of-homes-in-major-canadian-markets-2/wcm/45dc7b1a-a141-4436-807d-c5f98bdda0fb/amp/

[simple quail]

Linux is a very modular operating system, which can be taken apart into a million different pieces, e.g. you can remove the GUI completely and just deal with command-line

[fluid ridge]

yeah

[sonic barn]

VLC 4.0 has been in development for a long time and it looks so much better

[burnt bone]

You play media, on a media player. Doesn't matter if its Android or macOS

[fluid ridge]

i guess you could say it's a feature

[simple quail]

you can choose whether you want to support video or not

[fluid ridge]

some utilize the barebones easy to run aspect of linux i guess

[burnt bone]

I'm just confused what "play videos natively" means