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[small bolt]

My 12th Gen i7 has all the power I need

[polar fern]

For a long time I only used portables. Miss it

[vestal island]

It’s really good, I would say above average

But there are a few windows laptops better than it

[small bolt]

I had looked at the LG Gram as well

[vestal island]

The Gram battery life is amazing

[small bolt]

I've been looking at mid-range to high end tablets and I'm wondering if since I don't objectively need a touch screen if I'd be better off with a used gram or mb air

Because most of the stuff I do on my tablet I use an external keyboard and sometimes a mouse for

I do still want a tablet though but I'd probably get something budget, I like being able to throw my Galaxy Tab A7 into my bag with a few notebooks and stuff and a small bluetooth keyboard, though I'm looking at a different keyboard because I'm dealing with issues with my Logitech K380

[still violet]

always wondered I have seen so many computers use kms activation for windows. is there any risk of personal data being stolen to those users ( talking about manually entering it through cmd prompt )

[manic shard]

woo they added amoled dark mode to iphone

[modest sierra]

i don't understand how people live like this bruh

why u got 3 mice and 2 webcams

[small bolt]

lol you should see my room

shit looks like neo's apartment at the beginning of the matrix

[worldly olive]

Normally when I do crap with the stuff I have it’s normal for you to see at least 4 laptops on my desk 💀💀💀

[small bolt]

✋ 2 laptops, a tablet, and a phone here

Though my secondary laptop is shortly being replaced

[worldly olive]

Damn I mean ngl I have way too many laptops and desktops

[small bolt]

hopefully with something smaller

I split my time between my family's house and my girlfriend's family's house so a desktop is really just not a great option for me, maybe in a year or so when I'm working full time and have the money to finally move out.

Luckily if you do your research you can find pretty powerful, well built laptops as long as you pay attention to the cooling mechanisms

[worldly olive]

I would say that this is still pretty good lmao https://i.imgur.com/NB9qufJ.jpg

[rotund burrow]

bru i need help im new to overclocking and i accidentally turned my core clock to 500 instead of 50 and now after starting up my pc and logging in i get a blue screen. please help!!

[small bolt]

Is that a Gen 1 or 2 Magic Mouse?

[vestal island]

The zephyrus duo 16🥶

[worldly olive]

This is after cleaning and a GPU upgrade https://i.imgur.com/EqSA65n.jpg

[vestal island]

Go into bios

[worldly olive]

Gen 1 I got it for free

[rotund burrow]

Alright and what do i tweak from there

[vestal island]

Turn the clock down

[small bolt]

Gen 1 is better anyway

[vestal island]

In cpu

[worldly olive]

Yeah

[night heron]

i don’t see the option

[small bolt]

My dad's coworker was huge into Apple and when he retired he left like 7 in his desk so I got one from there

[night heron]

i’m on the latest ios and discord version

[brave lodge]

Same

@night heron isn’t there a way to make ur pfp spin or some shit with nitro

[worldly olive]

I got a 3070 for some money I saved up on the thing my but dumb a** didn’t realize is that now there is a CPU bottleneck lmao because I have a R5 1600 12nm (refresh model)

[brave lodge]

It’s in the beta

Kek

[small bolt]

Hey at least new CPUs are probably cheaper

[rotund burrow]

can i dm you private i cant send pictures here

[brave lodge]

What’s the difference between 12 and 16 cores

[worldly olive]

Yeah they are but I’m still a little pissed because right after I got it the price of it went down by at least 60€

[brave lodge]

I’m kinda dumb but what’s the difference

[small bolt]

You probably aren't going to notice too much of a difference between 12 and 16 cores unless you're doing insanely complex shit

[brave lodge]

What’s the difference supposed to be tho

[worldly olive]

I mean sure it’s not a lot of money but that money could have gone to a new cpu obv I would save up and not get a cpu for 60€

[brave lodge]

Like speed or what

[mint rampart]

Intel Core I5 - 12400F (processor)
Gigabyte H610M-H Motherboard
Rx 580 8gb (Graphics Card)
Crucial Ram 16gb DDR4
Seagate barracuda 1TB Internal Hard Drive HDD
512gb SDD Nvme card

I was wondering how much fps this can get in these games:

Minecraft, Valorant & Fortnite

[small bolt]

Well, speed, and more cores & threads means better multitasking

[night heron]

i was gonna answer that in tech chat and you deleted it

[worldly olive]

With the 580 I’m not sure I know that my old 570 8GB had at least 900FPS using fabric mods for better performance

[brave lodge]

24 cores

[mint rampart]

Aww I'm so sorry!! <33

[small bolt]

I have 10 cores and no desire to upgrade lol

[mint rampart]

Ooh W

[worldly olive]

Valorant can run on legit anything and I’m not kidding I got it running on a underperforming Vega 3 gpu

[night heron]

you can easily break 240 in all of those games using lower settings

[mint rampart]

Wonderful!

[night heron]

valorant will get around 500

[brave lodge]

:kek

[mint rampart]

optifine would break 400s in Minecraft I'm guessing?

[small bolt]

isn't vega 3 an igpu as well?

[worldly olive]

And on Fortnite I got at least 160FPS using performance mode with everything set to low and the view distance set to epic

[night heron]

there are better things to use than optify now but yeah

[worldly olive]

Yes it is

[mint rampart]

Or sodium, yeah

[rotund burrow]

some1 please help!!!

[mint rampart]

W

[rotund burrow]

im currently in bios but idfk what to select

[worldly olive]

Yeah I used sodium on my RX 570 and got 900FPS stable and when looking up I got 2000 and I mean yeah it was nice

[polar steeple]

[mint rampart]

God damn

That's.. Awesome

[worldly olive]

Sec I’ll pull up a pic

[mint rampart]

I currently play on a laptop with 60fps so ik that'll be amazing lol

[polar steeple]

Honestly was just doing it because of your pfp

[night heron]

the jump from 60 to 120 makes you wonder how you were ever happy with 60

[mint rampart]

lool

[worldly olive]

Yeah I realized lmao

[mint rampart]

it gets the job done 👍 but I need an upgrade lol

[small bolt]

I went from 60 to 144 and then tried to play a game on my switch and that was painful, let me tell you

[manic shard]

tap dark mode 10 or 11 times

[mint rampart]

Minecraft on my phone is better then my laptop bro smh

[small bolt]

Although sometimes I cap my fps at 60 to reduce the strain on my hardware

just depends

[finite wigeon]

Yo, why is #ltt-releases dead and not announcing new vidoes?

[worldly olive]

Here it is https://i.imgur.com/3WRBMZP.png

1969FPS in Minecraft

[small bolt]

I've never really dealt with thermal throttling despite playing on a laptop with a 12th gen i7 and 3050ti because I opted for good cooling over top of the line specs

[worldly olive]

On a RX 570 8GB

[mint rampart]

God damn

[brave lodge]

NZXT Kraken X63

is this good

[worldly olive]

I do keep it locked at 144hz as ngl I really don’t see a reason to keep it unlocked if I’m playing survival 💀

[novel geyser]

1969 fps? Rookie numbers

[mint rampart]

On a RX 570 bro

[worldly olive]

RTX 3070 will do better lmao but I didn’t have the time to test it lmao

[mint rampart]

lool

[small bolt]

When I bought my laptop I didn't even notice it had a 144hz display because I just wanted to play at 1080p 60fps without frame drops so it was a nice surprise

[mint rampart]

Is ebay a good place to get parts or should I consider offline over ebay?

[worldly olive]

Nice

[small bolt]

I am thinking about setting it to limit the refresh rate to 60hz when on battery power because it saves a lot of energy to do so and I do use this laptop for things other than gaming

I am paranoid and always choose offline if possible but ebay is usually okay especially if the seller can provide good photos

you can also reverse image search any of the photos to make sure they didn't just grab them off of google images

[mint rampart]

Alright

Which is cheaped compared to the both?

[slim creek]

should I get 32gb of ram or 16gb

[mint rampart]

Cheaper*

[small bolt]

It really just depends on where you are and the cost of shipping

[mint rampart]

Ah okay

I'm from India soo... Offline is probably the best. O_o

shipping probably costs a ton

[small bolt]

@slim creek I would say 32 simply because some games are starting to recommend 16gb, so 16gb is probably the bare minimum nowadays and you'd wanna go higher for future proofing

[slim creek]

yeah my 16gb gets maxed out while playing games so

plus the 32gb ram is $100 CAD

[small bolt]

I tend to play games that are a few years old and I only do light 1080p video editing so I am able to get by with 16GB

100 CAD is quite good, no?

[normal cargo]

The only games that swallow 16gb for me is stuff like 4x games

[hollow zealot]

Not horrible

[slim creek]

yes its good

[small bolt]

oh yeah that's like $75 USD for 32gb that's pretty good at least where I am

I've seen 2x 8gb go for only a little bit less than that

[slim creek]

its 3600mhz ram too

[small bolt]

but prices are continuously changing and that was when I checked in the middle of the chip shortage

[slim creek]

I can buy ddr5 32gb for the same price too lol

[small bolt]

The reason I went with my current laptop over a cheaper one is because the cheaper laptop had the same specs except for 8gb of ram and it would have cost even more to upgrade it so it was cheaper to just buy the one with 16gb of ram

plus the cheaper one was an MSI with known thermal issues 😬

[slim creek]

bro the geeksquad in my area is awesome

you can trust the people in there

[small bolt]

I almost bought the MSI though because the laptop I wanted was actually behind me and I thought they didn't have it

dodged a bullet with that one

[slim creek]

bro I got sick of my laptop’s 8gb ram so I added 16gb and now I have 24gb of ram

[small bolt]

yeah best buy tries to hire people with genuine PC knowledge, I considered going that route for my entry level tech job but i think help desk is slightly more marketable

[slim creek]

I asked them if they could change my fans cpu cooler and ram they said yes

[small bolt]

fuck dude i don't know if they even do that sort of repair where i am

it depends on the area i guess

and that store is in a strip mall so they're probably a bit understaffed

[polar steeple]

In a laptop?

[small bolt]

fans and cpu cooler are the only things I might pay to have done, RAM is like a 2 minute fix and I'm comfortable doing that on my own

I've never had to repaste or anything

clearing the dust out of my fans does all i need

[slim creek]

for my pc

[polar steeple]

Why would you pay someone to do that in a desktop

[small bolt]

granted it probably helps that my CPU is powerful enough that I never max it out so the thermal paste probably stays good for longer

[slim creek]

my friend had his ram die and they replaced it for him with 32gb

[small bolt]

I've known several people who have had RAM fail but I've used computers that had the same RAM for over a decade with no issues and I guess it's just luck of the draw

I guess that's the case with any component

[slim creek]

ram burning out is probably a chance thing

[small bolt]

An HDD can fail after 6 months or a decade

[slim creek]

bro their cpus in bestbuy are all on sale

like everything is on sale lol

[small bolt]

I think other than HDDs, GPUs are really only the other thing that I've seen fail semi regularly and even then it's more likely that your GPU will be obsolete before that happens

[mint rampart]

What's a good graphics card if I were to replace the rx 580? (Ton of people told me to get a different graphics card so looking for suggestions around that same price tag)

[slim creek]

how much money

[mint rampart]

Around 100$

[slim creek]

you okay with used cards

[mint rampart]

Well depends

idk about ebay since

[slim creek]

also what cpu

[mint rampart]

I'm not from the US and shipping probably costs a ton but I can probably check offline for them, let's hear it

[mint rampart]

Intel Core I5 - 12400F (processor)
Gigabyte H610M-H Motherboard
Rx 580 8gb (Graphics Card)
Crucial Ram 16gb DDR4
Seagate barracuda 1TB Internal Hard Drive HDD
512gb SDD Nvme card

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[slim creek]

oh

you can go up to a 3060 ti lol

hmm

[full fossil]

How hard would it be to find an entry level IT job without actual on paper work experience, or any certs or anything

I just want to get my foot in the door before I go back to school or study for the A+

[knotty lodge]

Its called customer service 🤣

[slim creek]

@mint rampart go for a 1070 or vega 56

[full fossil]

Like I just want to at least work a help desk or something

[small bolt]

What's your current education level

[full fossil]

I can repair a lot of hardware or software stuff but it's personal experience so it's not worth anything on a resume

[full fossil]

High school and a bit of college before I dropped out

[small bolt]

You can put it in your skills section

[full fossil]

I did, I just doubt employers really care about it

I've been building computers and fixing tech stuff for years but it's not actual work experience

I'm just sick of healthcare and want to career change

[polar steeple]

Listen

What you have to do is get the interview

Then explain your hobby background in the interview

[mint rampart]

ok

[polar fern]

@modest sierra live like what?

[polar steeple]

Articulate the skills you've learned

The online application doesn't care about your hobby skills

[slim creek]

vega 56 is better but if you want 1070 go ahead

[polar steeple]

The person who interviews you, likely the person you work for, will care though

[full fossil]

I'll try this, what I worry about is that without experience or any certs they won't even read my application

[polar steeple]

Fake it

Honestly

[small bolt]

You should set up a home lab on a PC or laptop with a windows server trial version and teach yourself active directory functions. But yes getting interviews is a good first step. Worry about specifics when they ask

[polar steeple]

They're never going to ask for proof

[full fossil]

I mean I can't just straight up lie about having certs

[polar steeple]

Straight up lie about it

[polar fern]

Dark mode on iPhone? That’s an old feature.

[slim creek]

they go in detail

[polar steeple]

Yes you can

[full fossil]

That's going to screw me

[polar steeple]

Whatever you say

[slim creek]

dont lie

[small bolt]

You don't have to lie just say you're studying for them and sometimes they'll actually pay for you to take the exam if you're serious about it

[full fossil]

Because they're going to ask me about something that I might not know and I'll be outed

[slim creek]

you get caught and they can put that in your record

[polar steeple]

Or this

[oak goblet]

what cert are they asking for

[full fossil]

This is what I was trying, I have on my resume that I'm studying for the A+ and the my path is to Network and Security afterwards

[polar fern]

Record of what?

[polar steeple]

Online applications are all run through OCR and they look for keywords to prioritize applicants

[full fossil]

Most places seem to ask for A+ at a minimum

[polar fern]

Vinyl record?

[full fossil]

Which despite my knowledge still seems like a difficult test

[small bolt]

I wouldn't get Network+ unless for whatever reason CCNA is too hard for you

[polar steeple]

You are correct without the right certs they won't look at your app because it's all automated

That's why you lie

Lying on job applications for jobs you aren't qualified for is how you advance in life

[full fossil]

Has anyone here taken the A+?

[polar steeple]

I'm not even trolling

[small bolt]

If you say you're studying for those certs in my experience the applicant tracking system still sees the certs and passes you on

[oak goblet]

https://www.professormesser.com/free-a-plus-training/220-1101/220-1101-video/220-1101-training-course/ this is a great free course to study for your A+

[full fossil]

It's pretty expensive so I don't want to have to take it twice if you get me

[oak goblet]

just say you don't have it yet but you're ready to take the exam

[polar fern]

@modest sierra still waiting on a response

[full fossil]

messer is awesome, I've been using his videos for a bit

[small bolt]

Professor messer is widely respected yes

[polar fern]

Thicc with respect?

[full fossil]

NetworkChuck is another great channel for cyber sec and networking stuff

[polar fern]

Y’all should check out the infosec instances on mastadon

[small bolt]

Oh and also @full fossil I do have a bachelor's degree but no certs or tech experience other than personal/hobby stuff and my customer service experience has landed me a few interviews, I actually passed a phone screening last Monday and had an in person interview on Friday. It's not impossible, and I think sometimes my degree makes it harder because entry level jobs know I'll leave after six months as soon as I get a better offer

[full fossil]

I have plenty of customer service experience after working retail pharmacy for 7 years

[small bolt]

Emphasize that on your resume

[full fossil]

Did lots of phone stuff dealing with insurance etc

[small bolt]

And DEFINITELY emphasize the phone shit

[full fossil]

At least that is like verifiable, on paper experience

[small bolt]

Customer service takes longer to learn than the IT side of things

[full fossil]

Then afterwards I've been in hospital pharmacy for the last 2 odd years

[small bolt]

And a lot of employers look very well on customer service experience.

[polar fern]

Retail Pharmacy legit top 10 most stressful jobs.

[full fossil]

Yeah like from what I gather it seems a lot of IT people end up googling solutions when they're stumped

It's just that learning IT is all about knowing what information to Google

[small bolt]

They do. Even after decades in the field

IT is continually changing and good research skills are a must

[full fossil]

Like that's the difference between a professional and average Joe is both might not have a solution but the professional knows what to look for

[polar fern]

Professional just means you get paid to do something

[full fossil]

Which I can definitely do

[oak goblet]

I've been professionally googling since I was a child

[full fossil]

I'm currently trying to wrap my head around subnetting and IP stuff. Networking has always been my weak point

[small bolt]

You should be able to find a tier 1 help desk or desktop support position with your background

[full fossil]

Probably but the challenge is finding something that pays the same or close to what I make now so I don't fall behind on bills

[small bolt]

It might suck but you only have to stay there 6 months to a year or until a better position picks you up. Just try not to hop too much.

[full fossil]

After shift differentials and everything my hourly comes to around $22/hr give or take

[oak goblet]

do you have any capacity to save money right now, or is it paycheck-to-paycheck?

[small bolt]

And yeah I'm looking into TCP/IP and subnetting as well I looked at some of NetworkChuck's stuff and read some PowerPoint slides online, I'm going to be picking up some switches and routers soon so hopefully having hands on experience will help

[oak goblet]

if you can put any money away, you can build up a buffer for while you're at a tier 1 position to cover the wage difference

[full fossil]

With my credit card debt saving isnt really viable rn

My girlfriend did just move in which will help now that I have someone to split rent and stuff but I still have a lot on my credit card

[oak goblet]

yeah then I wouldn't recommend studying for an exam that will get you a job that's less than you're making right now

[small bolt]

Networking isn't going to be a huge part of tier 1 but it might help to know it to get hired initially

[full fossil]

I know enough networking to get by but not enough to get like an admin position or anything

[small bolt]

You'll mostly be doing active directory stuff more than likely

[full fossil]

That's what I need to learn is AD, I have next to no knowledge on it

[oak goblet]

hell, I wasn't even in an IT position at my last job and I was doing active directory stuff all the time

[small bolt]

Yeah contrary to the name Jr sysadmin is actually a lot of people's second or third step in their career

After help desk

Do you have a PC with a decent CPU and RAM? Because you can set up a trial version of windows server and teach yourself the fundamentals of active directory and group policy

That's what I'm doing

Plenty of tutorials online on how to do it in virtualbox and you can always clone the vm to create a spare in case you fuck it up

[hollow pulsar]

For networking, I recommend taking a CCNA course. It goes over networking basics, subnetting, etc…

[full fossil]

Like a separate PC from my main one? If so then no but I have a 9900k/2060/32 gb of ram and I know how to set up a VM on virtual box

[small bolt]

Doesn't have to be a separate PC

And those specs are fine I would say

[hollow pulsar]

You can probably spin up Server and another windows VM to play with. I believe MS allows a 90-day trial

[small bolt]

It's 180 day but you can technically renew it a few times for free iirc

[full fossil]

I'll have to give that a shot

[hollow pulsar]

It’ll be a fantastic learning opportunity.

[full fossil]

I know this is place to place, but How much do they teach you as a new hire in an IT role? Like do they help you or do they just throw you to the wolves and expect you to know what you're doing

[small bolt]

And yeah I've got a virtualized server 2022 instance using 4 cores and 4gb of RAM and a virtualized win 10 machine with 2 cores and 4gb of RAM

[full fossil]

Like how much training do you usually get

[small bolt]

It's gonna depend on the company probably

If they're expecting you to know everything as an entry level worker that's not somewhere you want to be

[oak goblet]

if your computer isn't powerful enough for a VM, you can also try setting up an Azure VM

I have a free one

[small bolt]

Usually you have access to knowledge bases and past tickets

[full fossil]

Nah mine can definitely run a VM easily I've done it before for Kali

[hollow pulsar]

I got no training aside from on-the-job… and CCNA course I took when switching careers

[full fossil]

Did you just take the course or was there an exam/cert

[hollow pulsar]

I only took the course. No certs.

[full fossil]

Word, that sounds promising then

[small bolt]

Yeah even if you don't take the exam and get the cert for real it REAAAALLY helps to know what you're talking about in interviews

[full fossil]

Let me ask y'all this, my local community college is offering free tuition again this year, would it be worth enrolling in their computer science progra? Maybe at a low course load since I work full time

[hollow pulsar]

A cert will open doors though.

I think computer science is different than administration?

[small bolt]

A+ and the entry level Microsoft stuff seem to get people a lot of calls back

You can get waivers for the costs of Microsoft exams if you attend their free virtual training days I think

[full fossil]

Well my path of interest is into Pentesting after everything is said and done, possibly something to do with coding as well since those kinda mesh

I'm very much interested in bug bounties

[small bolt]

Most people with a computer science background go into software development and engineering, usually information systems or information technology degrees are adequate for support and administration

But you don't NEED a degree

[hollow pulsar]

Computer science might be up your alley then.

[full fossil]

Like I just want something technology related to get my career experience started but beyond that I'm not sure where to go

[small bolt]

And for bug bounties and shit you can definitely learn on your own but you'd be doing more freelance work

[full fossil]

All I know is that my current job as a pharmacy tech is getting me nowhere

[small bolt]

I initially went into my information systems degree with the intent of learning programming on my own but I kinda like the idea of being a sysadmin so I haven't decided what my career endgame will be

[full fossil]

Yeah that's ultimately what I want to end up doing, there's major money involved if you work for high profile clients and you're on your own schedule

[oak goblet]

if you're interested in coding, is there anything you wish there was a program for at your current job?

that's how I got into programming

building shit I needed for myself

[small bolt]

I would love to do cyber security but so does everybody else and I need to start at the beginning anyway so we'll see what things are like in a few years

Or contribute to open source initiatives

[hollow pulsar]

No. Programming for medical is another beast entirely. You’d want to spin up your own company, build your software for regulations, then sell it to medical practices.

[full fossil]

Yeah I'm trying to get away from anything healthcare related tbh

It's just not for me

[hollow pulsar]

But Flynn does have a point. If you can find a need, and meet it. It’s likely other companies have aa similar need.

[full fossil]

What would be a valuable language to teach myself as far as cybersec goes? Iirc a lot of malware is coded in python but I'm not sure what else is standard

[small bolt]

Actually, a lot of help desk jobs I've applied to at hospitals and doctor's offices have asked if I have any prior healthcare experience so if you can suffer through another few months to a year you might be able to get hired there more easily than in other settings since you have the background. Once you have help desk experience you'll have much better opportunities.

[oak goblet]

Corewyyn is right, HIPPA and PIPEDA compliance are a big hassle but very, very necessary

[small bolt]

Python is a decent beginner language regardless

[oak goblet]

I would argue that C# has come a very long way to be beginner accessible

[small bolt]

I'm not proficient in any languages but I know the basics of a few, mainly C#

[oak goblet]

it's also much easier to use C# for GUI apps than Python

with stuff like XAML

[small bolt]

Visual Studio is powerful software

And there's also Visual Studio Code, which I've used for HTML/CSS

But it also has plugins for dozens of languages

[full fossil]

I'm interested in freelance Pentesting because my actual actual career goal, and you guys are gonna clown on me and say it's not realistic, is content creation. I stream on Twitch and make yt content, and I'm actually really good at it. But I want a real world job to fall back on where I can set my own schedule until that really takes off, or for when I get older and don't want to do it anymore

[oak goblet]

I literally hadn't used C# or visual studio in like 10 years but just like a week ago I rebuilt one of my python apps in C# pretty quickly

[small bolt]

I still wanna be a content creator but I am not doing it for money

[oak goblet]

and .NET is open-source and runs on pretty much every OS consumers use, even Linux

[full fossil]

I'm doing it for money and because it's still fun for me. But I'm doing it for money only to the extent of being able to pay bills. I never had any intention to get rich rich off it

[small bolt]

I should really start filming editing and uploading more because I bought this laptop and hundreds of dollars of camera equipment with content creation in mind

[full fossil]

If I can just make enough to have it as my only job I'll feel like I succeeded

[small bolt]

But it was disposable income and I didn't expect to have a return on it

IT was initially my fallback because I had the same mindset but now I just actually want to do IT and film stuff related to that

[full fossil]

But I need a real world job in the mean time that isn't pharmacy tech, because it's dead end

Like I am interested in cyber sec stuff too, it's just that it's not my dream job so to speak

Like I'm paying the bills rn but I'm very far from being happy with my job

[small bolt]

I get it

[full fossil]

I guess I'll start applying for entry stuff on Indeed and keep studying in the mean time

Seems to be my best recourse

[small bolt]

And becoming a content creator isn't impossible, per se, but it is pretty hard to do it for a living. It's good that you're working on a backup in the meantime because not everyone does that and it's easy to get yourself stuck.

Most successful creators had a traditional career before making it big, and I think that's for a reason.

[full fossil]

Yeah I'm trying to keep expectations realistic. I have no doubt I can be successful making content, it's not really a matter of "if", just "when". I need something that makes me happy until then

I'm only 25 too, I'm still young enough to still be figuring all this out I think

[cunning yoke]

My airpod gen 2's are starting to lose their ooph. anyone have any recommendations for wireless earbuds with a similar form-factor to the Airpods gen 2? NOT Pro. My stupid ears do not like using the silicone buds for long periods or for daily use.

The only ones I've found are like $50 (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09PMYG2WX) or just knock-offs. I just want a nice alternative if I don't wanna keep wrestling with Apple products on my android.

I'm also open to using gen 3's but I remember reading pretty mixed reviews of those when they first came out

[small bolt]

Oh hell yeah you've got plenty of time

[slim creek]

bro wtf I just got coffee from timhortons and the next day I woke up sick

[full fossil]

I appreciate all the advice you guys are great

[small bolt]

People switch to IT in their 40s

And there are tons of older creators too

Jerma's like 37 lol

We have the benefit of growing up with rapid technological change as well

We're used to it

Linus was a normal tech guy before YouTube as well

[normal cargo]

Doing the quals for pharmacist not worthwhile?

[cunning yoke]

you mean that PSYCHO?

[full fossil]

I'd need to go to college, a pharmacist is pretty close to a doctor in terms of school

Like 6 or 8 years something like that

[normal cargo]

Aye but it gets paid for where I live

[small bolt]

It probably depends on what you're looking for

[normal cargo]

And can do it p/time

[full fossil]

I'd be miserable, pharmacist is not a good job if you're not very passionate

I have zero interest in healthcare, this might sound harsh but I couldn't give two sh*ts about a single patient in this hospital

[normal cargo]

Fair does, decent monies though with progression n all

[small bolt]

Pharmacy tech is pretty dead end but it does pay a living wage

[normal cargo]

Imo every job becomes a drag after a while

[full fossil]

I can pay my bills, nothing more and nothing less

[small bolt]

So it depends on what you want out of work

I couldn't do it

Because I'm in the same boat working retail

[full fossil]

I live paycheck to paycheck doing something I actually hate

[normal cargo]

Welcome to the job sector lol

[small bolt]

This isn't exclusive to pharmaceutical work either

[full fossil]

I mean I don't really have a dream job because I don't dream of labor but I'd at least like to work in a field I have interest in

[small bolt]

A lot of healthcare professionals have burned out because of how much everything has sucked in recent years

[full fossil]

Not everyone has to be consigned to hating their job, you might not love it but you also shouldn't be miserable. That's a pretty bleak outlook

[normal cargo]

Aye, what I'm saying is even things you're passionate about becomes a drag, a did a comp sci degree cos computers is my interest but hated the jobs I was in, I've switched to electrical engineer now

[small bolt]

Every job sucks for me unless I get to continually learn new things and I align with the company's values

[full fossil]

I guarantee I'd be happier in tech than I am now, and far enough along into Cybersec I'd be making more money than anyone in this pharmacy

[full fossil]

Ah I get you

[small bolt]

I burned out on tech in college but I got drawn back in lol

[normal cargo]

Grass isn't always greener, is what I'm saying. No doubt I'll get fed up of what I'm doing now but atleast I get a change of environment

[small bolt]

Idk why

[full fossil]

If I got skilled enough in bug hunting, I'd have a liveable yearly wage after like 3 high profile contracts

Then not have to work for months

That's very idealistic but also doable

[lucid echo]

Every music professor I had never listens to music in their free time. You don't always hate your career, but it will inevitably become an obligation rather than a voluntary activity.

[normal cargo]

Yarp

[full fossil]

Yeah that's a good way to see it

[normal cargo]

Might even detract from your passion n all

[full fossil]

I had that happen with streaming even. When I started doing it every day and training on competitive games it started to feel like a job/obligation and I got burned out

Which I why I say I don't have a dream job

Because I've even gotten burnt out on what I love doing the most

[small bolt]

I will say that this depends on the reason you're burning out. Most people in tech don't burn out because of tech.

They burn out because of shitty management or the customer service aspects

[full fossil]

Which tbh could be attributed to my mental health issues also but still

[golden talon]

that’s why i always jump jobs

[small bolt]

So you'll just want to carefully evaluate where you want to work as much as you want to evaluate what you want to do.

[golden talon]

life is never boring

[normal cargo]

Well it depends what you're doing, cos I bloody hated trouble shooting and programming after a pretty short time, simply because of the routine

[full fossil]

My crippling anxiety and inability to handle stress made me get sick of streaming and training on Apex/Overwatch every day so I just stopped for the last like 4 months now

[golden talon]

limiting yourself to one job is stupid

[small bolt]

I need some routine but it needs to have a little bit of variation in it

[full fossil]

Fortunately I'm getting medicated for that starting tomorrow which is pretty pog

[normal cargo]

Basically yea, but that's the issue, it's like office work with added steps

[full fossil]

Hopefully that helps me stay on track with studying

[molten drift]

My old professor did. He was great

[small bolt]

Yeah I'm also medicated for anxiety and was taught coping skills

[normal cargo]

Atleast being a sparky I get around to new places, meet new people etc

[small bolt]

It gets better I promise

[full fossil]

I envy people that actually like going to work every day

I wish I knew what that felt like

[normal cargo]

Imo anyone who does is lying

[golden talon]

no

[normal cargo]

Unless you're musk lol

[golden talon]

going to work is fun

[normal cargo]

Lies

[full fossil]

Are there any free CCNA courses

Or cheap at least

[golden talon]

“which dumbasses will i meet at work today”

that kinda thing

never a boring day

[normal cargo]

Which dumbass will I want to strangle*

[golden talon]

well nah cuz the dumbasses make me money

the more of them the better

[normal cargo]

They cost me time

[small bolt]

I realized recently that I don't actually hate retail, I hate certain aspects of retail but the places that I hate the most are the only ones that pay enough to live off of

My current job is the best job I've ever had but it's close to the worst paid I've ever been and I do need to get a proper job soon

I think with any job there are trade-offs

Usually the less enjoyable jobs are better paid than the enjoyable ones, and the ones that offer both are usually for people in the mid to late stages of their career and they are dangled in front of entry level workers

Like a carrot on a stick

"If you suffer now maybe when you're 70 and too old to enjoy your money you'll get to be a millionaire"

I think that's why so many billionaires spend their money on "dumb" shit, because they've burned out

Like yeah if I ran a huge corporation and the entire world hated me I'd probably want a really big boat where I can be alone too

[polar steeple]

[small bolt]

Granted, I would not be happy like that

[worldly olive]

I don’t really have a job because I’m 16 💀💀 but I have done some stuff that I could call work for example translating data sheets for my dads work or adding captions to his videos for pretty good prices ngl but I’m not sure if I could categorize it as an actual job even though I did those during summer idk really

[small bolt]

I'd be overjoyed to make 70k-90k and live an eventful life with my friends and family

Nah if you got paid I'd call that work and otherwise I'd call it volunteer experience

[full fossil]

In regards to this application question "how many years of help desk experience do you have?", Could I consider my retail pharmacy stuff as help desk? I had to deal with insurance issues between companies and patients a lot

It wasn't tech related but it was service

[small bolt]

I hate those questions because if you answer anything other than 1 or more years I'm pretty sure they trash your application but I also don't like lying

[worldly olive]

I mean I’m looking for stuff to do because cash does come in handy for example paying for my gym pass once in a while

[worldly olive]

Ok I guess it was work

[normal cargo]

I would, it's not asking for it help desk and you've got experience with it

[small bolt]

I think if you think it's close enough to help desk experience, especially with the phones and stuff, you could put it down and at least try and explain your pharmacy tech experience

[worldly olive]

Because there are situations where my parents can’t afford it so I pay it with what I have

[small bolt]

Worst thing that happens is you get into the interview and they say no after you explain that

I just haven't done much of anything that could be considered help desk because I do answer phones at work but it's not my primary duty

[normal cargo]

You work in retail ?, You deal with customer queries and complaints on a daily basis

Even if you don't, you do 🙂

[plush rivet]

welcome to hell ^

[small bolt]

That's true and I do put that on my resume I just don't consider it help desk

And to be fair I do get calls back just from submitting my resume

[plush rivet]

if you have certs those help a ton

Plenty of people get IT jobs from certs alone

[small bolt]

I don't do a lot of easy apply stuff it's better to apply directly on company websites

Usually actual company sites give you an opportunity to explain your work experience better than indeed or Glassdoor or LinkedIn easy apply

Indeed I know puts prescreening questions like the ones you're talking about and if you don't answer them the way the employer wants they basically sideline your application

Plus a lot of scammers tend to scrape resumes from there and spam whatever phone number you have on there with inquiries about jobs that are onsite but halfway across the country or are shitty commissions based sales jobs

Indeed has only gotten me spam calls from recruiters in fields I have no interest in

ZipRecruiter was a little better and LinkedIn is okay but Indeed and Glassdoor have given me poor results

[normal cargo]

A lot of these places, dependant on the question, aren't actually totally interested in the experience, they're more interested in how you would perform / react in those situations. So just relate your experience to that and think of examples, for the interview, it doesn't need to be 1:1 like. Obviously if they want experience in electrical design it's no good in trying to relate it to your burger flipping job or someshit tho

[small bolt]

Right

And that has worked for me in passing a few phone screenings

At this point it's a numbers game

Right now a lot of tech workers are unemployed so I'm up against people who have more qualifications on paper

I did get an in person interview finally but I won't know how I did until the end of this week

[normal cargo]

Yea, it's dependant on the field n all, I know in my area software devs are in high demand

[small bolt]

I'm not sure if I'm technically qualified for this position but I think I can learn

It's help desk but I think it's tier 2

Which was not in the job title but the responsibilities are doable

[normal cargo]

Shoot for it, they may have a position for lower down if they like you enough. If there's anything you feel under qualified then you're a quick and eager learner.

[small bolt]

They weren't making an effort to hide their evaluation sheet and I seemed to be doing pretty well lol

They do sound like theyre pretty big on giving people room for growth within the company so there's that

And they said I'd rarely be on my own but not in like a micromanaging way

Just that I'd have the ability to ask for help

[dull granite]

i forgot my password to my 7z archive :C

[vapid smelt]

its (Co0pa1sThEbest859person)

[fossil frost]

wtf... why is the i7 7700 still so expensive... its 6 years old and still £140 second hand for the non-k

[vapid smelt]

i blame the Ryzen 7700

[fossil frost]

its been like that for a while, it seems to have hit £120-140 as a floor a couple of years ago, and has just stopped there

[vapid smelt]

funny enough the i3 10100 is basically the 7700k

[fossil frost]

expected to be able to find one for about £40 now

[night heron]

intel resale value go brrrr

[fossil frost]

yep, and the i3 10100 is £50 second hand

[vestal island]

The intel core i7 4770k🥵

[vapid smelt]

....$60

[fossil frost]

my sons pc has a i5 7500, was hoping to find a cheapo 7700 or 7700k for him to give him some extra performance without having to do much else... but that idea has been shat all over now

urgh... its because they are in the fucking intel mac's and they are keeping their value to keep those fuckers alive

[vapid smelt]

ffs even teh 3.8ghz i7 7700T is $100

[polar steeple]

Dead intel sockets be like

LGA 1337

1337 is not an actual socket

As far as I know

[worldly olive]

Same in a older PC but it’s a C2Q I don’t use it I just have it

[polar steeple]

Yall don't know bout leetspeak

[worldly olive]

The thing is just so bad I can’t really use it for anything nowadays

Damn that Mac must really suck then

I do have a 1,1 that I upgraded from a core duo to a core 2 duo and flashed a 2,1 bios for nothing because the thing still runs bad

How does it being a Mac make it worse?

[polar steeple]

MacOS

Apple logo

Silver

White

[worldly olive]

Ngl I do main a Mac for travelling and it’s not really bad

[polar steeple]

Lol

[worldly olive]

It’s a laptop meant for productivity not gaming so obv it’s not going to be great

[polar steeple]

Could do both

MacOS blows

Fisher price ass OS

[vapid smelt]

brand new you could get the r3 4100 (4c8t) and a A520m mbo for £119 total

[plush rivet]

Warn you that’s considered advertising/ against the rules

Just looking out

I don’t auto report unless they’re idiots

[fossil frost]

thats far more than i was willing to spend on a "small" upgrade... tbh, he doesnt need it, i was just looking for an excuse 😄

hes getting my 6600xt in a few months when the 7700xt comes out

[vapid smelt]

maybe some buiness is throwing out old i7 7700t/7700 dell prebuilts near you

[worldly olive]

I mean you can use Parsec if you want to game that’s what I do once in a while I mainly use mine for editing

[fossil frost]

his motherboard, existing i5 7500 and 16gb of ddr4 2666 is from a 5yo workstation pc i bought for £100 before xmas 🙂

[vapid smelt]

now thats a deal

[worldly olive]

GPU drivers for me were shit I have years of experience using them but the CPUs are great

[worldly olive]

Damn that’s decent

[fossil frost]

thats cheaper than the cpu that is inside it

[small bolt]

They're a bit better now with drivers but I had the same experience

[worldly olive]

Nice Proxmox server there at least that’s what I would use it for

[vapid smelt]

over powered router right there

[worldly olive]

Like trust me it wasn’t a day for me without a crash in some software or BSODs for no reason even when idling on the desktop

[worldly olive]

Lmao

[vapid smelt]

my rx 5700xt drivers have been smooth sailing since 2019

[small bolt]

My Radeon software would crash if I put my laptop to sleep

[fossil frost]

ive used both nvidia and amd gpus, found the amd drivers to be far smoother than nvidia's drivers

[vapid smelt]

for a whole pc yes not just the cpu

[fossil frost]

old amd drivers sucked nuts

[small bolt]

Post 2020 adrenalin is okay

[worldly olive]

I mean I had a RX570 and when I used newer drivers it would get unstable as crap and even screen sharing in discord would break but using older drivers was better in my case

[small bolt]

In my personal experience

That said I've got an Intel and Nvidia machine now

[worldly olive]

I’ve recently upgraded to NVIDIA and so far I’ve had one crash but that was when the gpu driver decided to just randomly update because GeForce Experience

[worldly olive]

I’ve got AMD,Nvidia in my main a laptop with Intel,Nvidia I also do have a older desktop with Intel,AMD

[fossil frost]

i have a 3070 mobile gpu in my work laptop... i have the screen flip out daily, with loads of driver errors and driver reload events in event viewer.. and constantly losing connection to the external monitors...

@vapid smelt cheapest one on uk ebay

[small bolt]

Most of my AMD specific issues went away when I stopped using windows on that machine

[vapid smelt]

are yall on crack ?

[full fossil]

What are our thoughts on Corsairs build kits? They seem like a good deal on the surface

[worldly olive]

I have the Desktop version and so far I haven’t had an actual crash or any issues I don’t really count the gpu drivers updating

[fossil frost]

driver reloads are not the drivers updating.. they are the drivers crashing, and windows being able to recover from it, unload them from the kernel, and reload them back in, with a screen flicker

[worldly olive]

No I’m not talking about reloads GeForce Experience decided that it was a good time to update my driver mid game 🤦‍♂️

[small zephyr]

🤔 i swear wifi can be so dumb sometimes

[small bolt]

My GeForce experience has never done anything without my permission

But I think I changed a setting

[small zephyr]

every time i chanmge the room i manually need to change the conected wifi on my phone/tablet or i will have super bad reception

[worldly olive]

It did that once and now it’s not doing anything so idk what really happened

But all I know is that it did update

[full fossil]

I don't use GeForce experience personally

Just more bloat/auto updater running in the background

[worldly olive]

I don’t really care it doesn’t use much so it’s fine for me

[small bolt]

@full fossil Do you just update the bare GPU drivers through device manager?

Because that's adequate if you don't use any of the features of GeForce Experience

[full fossil]

I download the Nvidia update from their website

And I run the updater just without installing gfe

[small bolt]

Oh yeah I forgot there's a barebones installation option

[full fossil]

And tick the clean install option every time

[small bolt]

gotcha

[full fossil]

I have enough crap running the background with ICue, GHub, MSI afterburner etc. If I can cut down on stuff I try

I just check their website for my card every couple weeks

[small bolt]

The only things I have in the background are like Steam and my drivers and I have steam configured to not launch on startup

I don't use any RGB controller programs I just plug and play and use the presets because there was that whole RCE vulnerability with Razer Synapse and potentially iCue

Granted I'm sure it's been patched but it wasn't something that should have been overlooked in the first place

[young bloom]

no rgb

[small bolt]

I don't care that much about RGB but I do like a backlit keyboard

[summer folio]

Same, I think less than half of the LEDs still works on my Keyboard tho

[small bolt]

My first mechanical board wasn't backlit but it had a ton of other features

I think it was called the Azio Levetron Mech5

[full fossil]

I have ICue to control cooler speed, GHub for my mouse DPI, hwinfo for monitoring in my tray, and afterburner for gpu fan control

I think that's everything off the top

[small bolt]

gotcha

makes sense

[summer folio]

Mine was/is CM Storm QuickFire TK MX Blue

Ratatatattatatata it goes when typing

[past egret]

yuck

[manic torrent]

I am using a keychrone K1 low profile today, because I'm in the office

that was not what I wanted to reply to !

but I use iris xe in my laptop (using it right now) and egpu AMD when I'm at home and nvidia on my desktop - it all mostly works, most of the time

egpus can be annoying, but when it works, it's great

[paper glen]

can you buy ltt store gift cards and pay with a giftcard? if so would you not have infinite merch messages?

[ebon otter]

Will pc building simulator every be on steam? Because I don’t really trust epic because of there fortnite privacy Violation
So I don’t really want to give them my data because if they did it once, they’ll do it again. So will it be on steam?

[heady flicker]

take one for the team

[neon mesa]

Epic owns the dev lol good luck

[vapid smelt]

taxes so no

[winged ferry]

what monitor arm should i get

[vapid smelt]

GAMING

[strong kettle]

🥶🥶🥶

[winged ferry]

also im planning on getting the amazon $75 sceptre monitor to use a second monitor on the side for when im playing and i wanna watch something on the side or for when i need more space of for when i wanna use pc and console at once

so im not gonna use it for high performance stuff since i have a good 165hz asus monitor

[vapid smelt]

i like my two vivo monitor mounts

[winged ferry]

is it worth doing that?

[winged ferry]

https://www.amazon.com/VIVO-Monitor-Adjustable-Screens-STAND-V002/dp/B009S750LA/ref=sr_1_5?crid=LSNSK6PUBNQO&keywords=monitor+arm&qid=1678146662&s=electronics&sprefix=monitor+ar%2Celectronics%2C187&sr=1-5

this one?

im pretty skeptical since its $35

is it even gonna support 2 monitors weight?

[vapid smelt]

they cost $8 to buy if you get them in bulk

[winged ferry]

lmao what

[vapid smelt]

cheap chines labor

[summer folio]

what about sales tax, shipping, import tax, decleration fee, shipping from border control to adress?

[winged ferry]

so which one should i get

send the link to it

[vapid smelt]

you want to buy 100? for $8.90 per and wait a few months for them to ship to your place?

[winged ferry]

bro i just want a good monitor stand that will support the monitor and not break

[vapid smelt]

the vivio you sent

[molten drift]

Is it bad I like it purely on the color scheming.

[vapid smelt]

yes

[molten drift]

Well then...

I'm trying to figure out what series of coupons to use for ordering dinner tonight.

I think I'm either going with the 30% off.. coupon and order two mc crispy sandwiches. Or... Get a free quarter pounder and buy a mccrispy... I don't know which to use.

[white siren]

https://www.techpowerup.com/305528/intels-new-agilex-7-fpgas-deliver-industrys-fastest-transceivers

[winged ferry]

or you could eat healthy and not put that poison in you

[vapid smelt]

i hate MC

[molten drift]

It's not posion.

[winged ferry]

no shit

[white siren]

116 gigabits per second (Gbps) and hardened 400 gigabit Ethernet (GbE)

[winged ferry]

im not speaking literally

its called figurative language

what im saying is that its terrible for you and you shouldnt eat it

[molten drift]

I mean I really want a chicken sandwich and I have Burger King as one option or drive a half hour to Wendy's or chic FIL. Or go 3 buildings down the road to McDonald's....

[molten drift]

It's really not that bad based on how I order it.

[winged ferry]

how do you order it

[molten drift]

Well the quarter pounder would be no bun no onion no lettuce no ketchup no mustard and extra pickles.

Cause. I need potassium.

[winged ferry]

oh ok thats not bad actually

[vapid smelt]

NO ONION?

[molten drift]

So literally meat cheese and pickles

And it's free...

[winged ferry]

especially the no bun part because even though you might not think its bad, they put so much damn butter on it

[molten drift]

I don't like onions. I'm a rather picky eater.

[winged ferry]

fuck onions

they are only good if they are grilled

[molten drift]

They don't butter that bun. And over worked at McDonald's. The bun comes in on a pallet.

The only bun they butter is a mccrispy.

[winged ferry]

oh i thought they did because most fast food places do

[molten drift]

Which I don't get that bun

No McDonald's steams and toasts buns and for the mccrispy they butter and toast it

Literally I have them give me the lower calorie bun on the mc crispy and get a packet of mayo and just chicken cheese and pickles..

Good job Amazon my package was delivered 8 hours ago but your just now sending me a notification that my package is out for delivery.

[vapid smelt]

no fucka you

[polar fern]

Now served fresh from the pallet: the McBun

[unkempt widget]

onions are fine

[wary summit]

going to WuHan lol

[last solstice]

https://www.youtube.com/live/YvKFVBudeSo

Sad linus 2 just dropped

Wait why no embed

[wary summit]

which hole?

[wary summit]

https://www.youtube.com/live/YvKFVBudeSo

[last solstice]

O

Sad glarses

[manic torrent]

one thaty is rated to more than the weight of your monitor

[manic torrent]

https://tenor.com/view/embed-no-no-embed-megamind-megamind-meme-gif-25261934

[inland oracle]

who wants xbox game pass ultimate code

[neat gull]

mememe

[fluid ridge]

do you still want one

[inland oracle]

i dmd it to him but no reply

[fluid ridge]

honestly im not sure if you should share that

since codes are unique it might link his microsoft account to your discord account somehow

but then again it could be like a 1 time use thing, IDK

[hearty steppe]

@wanton jewel

[wanton jewel]

???

why did you ping me for no reason

[vapid smelt]

he sure got you!

[wanton jewel]

@hearty steppe what do you want?

[heady topaz]

Yo anyone wanna help me trouble shoot booting up pc with flash drive with windows on it, it’s not new, my old windows is so bugged with the blue screen that I’m just resetting at this point

Damn nvm there’s no vc in this discord rio

[hearty steppe]

How do I fix my laptop? The thread got deleted

[heady topaz]

Anyone know how pc won’t boot with flash drive despite doing the correct media installation on flash drive and making the boot priority floppy usb

[wanton jewel]

do you have a drive at least to install it to?

[heady topaz]

Yes an ssd

I had windows on it before

[wanton jewel]

btw go to #tech-chat-1 lots of people will answer there

[heady topaz]

I’m just reinstalling it, so you think I have to delete old windows before trying to replace with new installation?

Ok thanks man

[wanton jewel]

of course, your ssd has to have nothing on it

format your ssd then install

[rugged bridge]

🤔

[finite cloud]

do you get any kind of error?

my guesses would be secure boot, bad install of iso, bad usb drive, or something bios related

[heady topaz]

The usb showed up on the blue screen once and now it’s not there anymore

So sad

I’ll try a diff usb port if it was there I could bring it back

[rugged bridge]

i had a pc which just refuses to boot from usb drives, but works with the DVD ROM.
the bios just outright didnt support it haha

[finite cloud]

try spamming F8 on restart. that gives you a boot selector

[heady topaz]

Do you think I should turn off secure boot?

I did all the boot priority stuff

[finite cloud]

yeah try that first

[heady topaz]

Ok

W Linus community

[rugged bridge]

yea well depending on if you burned the iso to the usb as mbr or uefi

[heady topaz]

Yeah true

[west sage]

I have a 32” curved monitor and I want to get another monitor to put in verticacallh next to my monitor what size would look the best?

[rugged bridge]

dont post the same question in multiple channels

[west sage]

How do I get an answer?

[plush rivet]

Wait for a response

Cross posting making ti where 2 people are working in 1 channel

[west sage]

who said I can’t??

[plush rivet]

it’s just very annoying and less likely to get help

if people see you cross posting your less likely to get help

[rugged bridge]

@west sagei gave you an answer in #tech-chat-1 via the help of bing

[rugged bridge]

funny but also concerning at the same time

[west sage]

Oh sorry 27”?

Thanks bro btw do u think it should be a 27” curved or not curved

[rugged bridge]

not curved probs

it'll look weird

imo

[west sage]

Thank you

[wary summit]

like a 14 💀

[graceful burrow]

Slow bullet

[neon valley]

Good moning people" can i have tips here about how many cooling fan i can only put in just 700w power suply

[tiny ermine]

I thought fans used barely any power

[neon valley]

Oh

[tiny ermine]

yeah

[neon valley]

Soo its okay i connect 7 cooling fan in 700w power suply?

[graceful burrow]

As long as you don't overload the fan headers

[neon valley]

@graceful burrow what is that?

[graceful burrow]

I wouldn't connect more than 2 fans per fan header

[graceful burrow]

Ports
On the motherboard

[neon valley]

@graceful burrow its direct to power suply

[lilac sage]

so its molex fans?

[neon valley]

Nothing from mother board

Yeah molex

[finite cloud]

do you want a big one or a small one? i have a 27" as a main and a 20" as a vertical

[graceful burrow]

As many as you have molex connectors to connect them to

[neon valley]

Soo how many can i put in 700w power suply true molex conector

[graceful burrow]

I've seen some absurd molex chains

[finite cloud]

Like this but the right one isn’t there anymore

although for some reason those two look way bigger than they actually are

[neon valley]

@graceful burrow this molex where have one header conector but in behind is female

[graceful burrow]

I'm aware

[west sage]

I’m not sure what will look good

[gilded quest]

left wallpaper is 10/10

[west sage]

I have a curved 32”what monitor size do you recommend I want to put it on my left side on vertical

Should I be curved or not curved

[vapid smelt]

damn you only have 2 fingers

[gilded quest]

go convex

[neon valley]

Why the top is off

[west sage]

How do I send pictures

[vapid smelt]

credit card

[gilded quest]

sub 2 floatplane

[west sage]

where

[weary moon]

Imagine cosplaying as ZOTAC to try and get love

[gilded quest]

or post in #off-topic

[neon valley]

Hahaha did someone cosplay a gpu before lol?

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/gpu-rtx-3080-gif-19640317

[gilded quest]

of course it's MSI

[neon valley]

Damn bro hahhahaha

[weary moon]

MSI... also unfortunate but at least not ZOTAC

[vapid smelt]

look at her curves 🥵

fan curves*

[neon valley]

At list its RBG hahaha

[gilded quest]

that dance looks like a scream for help

[weary moon]

I'ma make a cosplay outfit for my wife for her to be an EVGA GPU.

[neon valley]

Well looking forward to see it @weary moon hahaha

[weary moon]

Unfortunate then that I was lying

[neon valley]

Im just cleaning this big stock black cooling fans i salvage from junk shops

[native crag]

And when it falls like a domino ...

[finite cloud]

its okay im not human

[finite cloud]

das my tv

[vapid smelt]

is it 4k?

[finite cloud]

1080p

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/plebeian-venture-brothers-venture-brothers-monarch-gif-12986561

[rugged bridge]

[neon valley]

@finite cloud does it not make your neck hurt bro?

[finite cloud]

thats why i dont use it

[neon valley]

Lmao

[young root]

ima be 100, i don't like the new tech linked

host

[neon valley]

@finite cloud how about use it as the center of your set because it more bigger than you center square monitor

[graceful burrow]

Who

[rugged bridge]

haven't watched it yet but seen the thumbnail..
but i reckon riley is more thumbnailable

but, don't judge a book by its cover! they say

here's another opinion, @young root

[young root]

i've seen what like 2 or 3 with him hosting?

[vapid smelt]

i hate how they spelt Jacob

[young root]

just not great

[hybrid shell]

🥵🤤

[vapid smelt]

your just jealous of his beard

[finite cloud]

Cuz it’s not a very good TV

[vapid smelt]

Why would you get a not very good tv

[neon valley]

Oh i see

[wispy marsh]

This is amazing

[full fossil]

Anyone know a software to move files from hard drive to ssd?

[fluid ridge]

windows file explorer

[vapid smelt]

mail man

[graceful burrow]

Damn you beat me

[fluid ridge]

best part about is that it's already installed on your computer

[rugged bridge]

like to clone it?

[full fossil]

Do I legit just drag the files?

[fluid ridge]

fastest typer here (i can type 43wpm)

[fluid ridge]

it will make a copy yes

[full fossil]

Ok

[wispy marsh]

Nope

[fluid ridge]

if you want to move it, delete the old file

[wispy marsh]

Dragging will move it

[fluid ridge]

not if it's a seperate drive

[wispy marsh]

ctrl+dragging will copy it

[full fossil]

I wanna move it not copy

[fluid ridge]

for me it copies regardless

[wispy marsh]

ah

[fluid ridge]

I have a D: drive and a C: drive as well as a USB, it never deletes the old file

[graceful burrow]

Are you talking about moving an operating system or just random files

[fluid ridge]

it just says "copy"

[full fossil]

Random files

Where would things like discord be I’m so bad with file manager

[vapid smelt]

im talking about you and me

[wispy marsh]

That'll be alright

[graceful burrow]

Literally just drag em

[wispy marsh]

Discord doesn't install itself in the regular directories

You'll have to find it in %APPDATA%/roaming

You might find other things there too, like teamviewer

[full fossil]

So from there

I just drag it to the new ssd?

[fluid ridge]

why not just reinstall discord

[full fossil]

True

[wispy marsh]

Use ninite

[graceful burrow]

If it's a program installation, moving it will likely break it

[wispy marsh]

If you've booted off a new drive, and mounted your old drive, COPY the entire %APPDATA% folder over

then use winget or ninite to reinstall it

[graceful burrow]

In the time you've been chatting about this you could have just Uninstalled and reinstalled discord

[rugged bridge]

or if you want to completely copy the HDD to your SSD you can use macrium reflect

lol

prob just a rock roll in that zip folder

[vapid smelt]

even better

[rugged bridge]

a virus?
no way

[wispy marsh]

lol

[fluid ridge]

OOOPS! your files have been encryoted!!!

[vapid smelt]

a thumbnail !

[rugged bridge]

lmao yea just say that myself

nice one

[fluid ridge]

if i had attachment permissions i would post an actual viru

lucky i dont

[rugged bridge]

how to get banned from discord server speedrun any %

[graceful burrow]

You do
You just don't have embed permissions
Different

[fluid ridge]

i straihgt up dont have file attachment perms

[vapid smelt]

i'll just remove my very real zip ransomware file

[fluid ridge]

no images no embeds

[fluid ridge]

WR

[rugged bridge]

idk how it works but ik some discord servers will just instantly ban you no questions asked if you say the n word or other racial slurs

[graceful burrow]

Based

[fluid ridge]

warship doesnt ban but it will censor if you say a no no word

[lilac sage]

like bruh

[vapid smelt]

ahhh poop it will?

[fluid ridge]

you cant say the funny reproduction word

a 3 letter word beginning with S and ending with X and it's not spacex

[vapid smelt]

coitus

[young valley]

So.. im sure thisnhas been asked already but... Anyone know if/when LTT is going to review the X3D chips?

Ive seen alot of conflicting reviews and Im really awaiting LTTs take

[fluid ridge]

not a question of if

[lilac sage]

you used to not be able to say the name of the largest country in the world

[fluid ridge]

a question of when

[fluid ridge]

yeah idk why they removed it

[vapid smelt]

your mom

[fluid ridge]

mokotowski are you really going to let this slide

[lilac sage]

LTT's take is usually meh imo

[lilac sage]

yes because she's not a country therefore its factually incorrect

[fluid ridge]

what a goofy goober

[lilac sage]

if I asked for a person then maybe

[vapid smelt]

but so many people can fit inside of her

[young valley]

Yeah Im sure they will, in sure the lab is doing all kinds of sweet scenario testing.

Im really interested in VR performance, since one review touched on that and showed that the X3D chips did seem to give a solid benefit to VR

[lilac sage]

yea so can the earth

and the earth isnt a country

[vapid smelt]

that more GPU taxing

[young valley]

Yeah.. unfortunately my plan was to buy a 7900xtx for it.. specifically the liquid devil...

But AMD has a known VR issue woth 7000 series saying the performance isnt wherw it should be and theyre working on it

[lilac sage]

has ltt even reviewed cpus in vr yet?

maybe half life alyx?

[plush rivet]

I don’t think so

They usually just do games

[young valley]

Im sad they dont include VR in their benchmarks...

Especially since Linus himself is a VR guy

[vapid smelt]

VR is such a small market

[lilac sage]

no relevant vr games since half life alyx

or rather game breaking

[plush rivet]

They’re isn’t a big market for vr that’s why

like nobody does VR seriously yet

[fluid ridge]

except for meta

[plush rivet]

They’re trying to

[fluid ridge]

have you seen the metaverse its absolutely poggers

[plush rivet]

but we don’t got the tech yet to make it relevant

[vapid smelt]

at 4k the benefit of the 5800x3d is barley anything so i doubt it would help VR

[plush rivet]

Yeha we need a lot more years for VR to even scratch gaming

[lilac sage]

isnt VR equivalent to like 4k resolution?

oh nvm that was answered

[fluid ridge]

please look in #off-topic

there is a hidden message inside that file

whoever dms me the secret i give free xbox pass to

[vapid smelt]

Thats a big folder

[fluid ridge]

yeah

virus

[plush rivet]

Why would you ask the people who know tech to open an unknown folder

[fluid ridge]

i know it so it's not unknown

[plush rivet]

That’s like saw the homework so it’s known you did it when you dont have it

[fluid ridge]

you know that cicada 3301 puzzle

[vapid smelt]

have you seen the questions in #1027757333117415424 ?

[fluid ridge]

this is my version of the cicada 3301 puzzle

except it bricks your comput (just kidding, open the folder and change the file extension to png or jpg)

[plush rivet]

Don’t get me started

[indigo plume]

my keychron came in

was worth the wait

[past egret]

mk

[wind pulsar]

More

Most decent headsets (so the 2x 4K headsets) sit at around 5K in terms of amount of pixels, the 2x 1080p headsets are roughly at 75% of 1440p

[lucid echo]

The valve index is a touch over 1/4 the total pixel count of a 4K monitor

[wind pulsar]

Oh yeah, at that res then no wonder

I assumed it's the same resolution and amount of pixels as 4K 16:9

[wind pulsar]

So about 1080p 16:9

[vapid smelt]

valve index is only 1440 x 1600 per eye

[lucid echo]

Google's calculator lied to me

It's half the res of 4K

[wind pulsar]

Huh, nah

[vapid smelt]

i though the index had a higher res then that

[wind pulsar]

2,304,000 vs 8,294,400

Which is roughly 3.6 times less than 16:9 4K

So one fourth was a pretty good guess

[lucid echo]

2,304,000
times two

4,608,000

[wind pulsar]

Wait, what kind of 4K are we talking about

[lucid echo]

1440 x 1600 x 2 is 4,608,000

[wind pulsar]

Oh ffs

[lucid echo]

Google fucked up when I put in the 4K resolution, didn't multiply right, gave me a smaller number

[wind pulsar]

I specifically mentioned 16:9, I was talking about 3840x2160 the entire time lmao

[lucid echo]

I'm aware

That's the math I used. When I put in the first time, it messed up the x vs *

[lucid echo]

The GPU is processing two 1440x1600 outputs separately, so you can't count only one of their pixels

So, about half the pixel count of 4K

[vapid smelt]

the pico g2 4k headset is 2448 x 2448 pixels per eye

[wind pulsar]

And funfact, that's about 69% more than 16:9 4K

[indigo plume]

is there a way to disable cortana

[full fossil]

this goddamn computer just started working for no reason and I hate it

[shut saddle]

Does anybody play apex

[past egret]

you say that and next time it wont be

[shut saddle]

Delete windows

[shut saddle]

Oh u r here

[past egret]

debloat or hide it

[full fossil]

most likely

I did just torture it with 7100 hours of continuous runtime

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-really-uh-huh-if-you-say-so-sure-ltt-gif-24741182

[median idol]

https://tenor.com/view/noice-nice-click-gif-8843762

[full fossil]

man i just tried to ssh into this computer and some random device on my network responded

i am so out of my depth

[manic torrent]

that's... not really how it works

[full fossil]

i entered the ip address this computer told me it had

and a completely different device conncted

[manic torrent]

skill issue

[full fossil]

so somebodys lying

[vapid smelt]

i think its you

[full fossil]

how do I find my ip on linux

[vapid smelt]

i find mine in the bathroom

[young root]

i've been trying to drop my transmission for a week

i'm embarrassed at my lack of haste

[vapid smelt]

you mean your lack of skills?

[young root]

it's not a lack of skill, i've just been so unmotivated

go drop a truck trans rn

[vapid smelt]

i will never own a truck so its ez pz

step 1 uhaul step 2 no maintenance

step 3 saving

[young root]

i'd be out like 4-5000 if i paid to have this done

[vapid smelt]

in a normal market you could get a shitty running truck for that much

[young root]

i'm sure you can, but i don't want that truck lmao

find me a mint 2007 dodge dakota for under 8000

[vapid smelt]

why not a 1997 volvo 850r wagon

[young root]

i already have a car

[vapid smelt]

but this wagon can tow up to 3,300 pounds and has plenty of room in the back

[young root]

i have a truck

with 4 doors

[manic torrent]

like this.

[vapid smelt]

crew cab and suvs are just worse station wagons

[native crag]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/proof-of-concept-released-for-critical-microsoft-word-rce-bug/

Block RTF files.

`[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\Security\FileBlock]
"RtfFiles"=dword:00000002
"OpenInProtectedView"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Security\FileBlock]
"RtfFiles"=dword:00000002
"OpenInProtectedView"=dword:00000000`

[manic torrent]

who the fuck is using rtf in 2023

[native crag]

It's a bad-nasty. 9.8 rating. Read link

[manic torrent]

oh, no I get that

[native crag]

Yeah, having to block those file attachments via email too

[manic torrent]

but even my dead grandparents wouldn't be sending an rtf

[native crag]

Yeah, but she might receive via malware

It's an exploit mechanism. Hence block

[manic torrent]

I understand how exploits work, thank you

[native crag]

Cool. Anyways. just a friendly PA. I'm out for the night.

[indigo plume]

finally disabled cortana

[vapid smelt]

https://tenor.com/view/cortana-halo-promise-gif-20067630

[indigo plume]

Now i just need to order some key caps

[indigo plume]

execute oder 66

order*

[past egret]

wow you did not just make the wrong reference

[wispy marsh]

That's commander shepard

[dull granite]

did she really said that

in any halo game

[vapid smelt]

idk

[elfin jetty]