public-chat

[fierce moth]

Fuck I have like 3 different projects to do

One of them is actually pretty cool

It involves usb C modding my gamecube for power, done with a step down converter as the usb pd module I'm using is 20 volts while the gamecube only takes 12 volts

[manic torrent]

only three!? amazing

[fierce moth]

Ik ik

Not a lot

[fossil frost]

yeah, 3 seems low... i think i started 3 this week 😄

[fierce moth]

https://github.com/LOLYsk/Gamecube-USB-C-PD-MOD

Gotta love usb pd

[near nymph]

USB PD FTW

[white ruin]

anyone know if i should buy the glorious model o? im upgrading from a g502 hero

[wise tundra]

I managed to loose my other earbud and they've been lost for 8ish months

Found em yesterday and oh boy stereo is so much better

[wispy marsh]

Where's the subwoofer?

[naive light]

i feel like average woman would hate this getup

[obsidian ore]

Has anyone worked on steganography on images ... dm me

[plush rivet]

I have a little

[next dove]

My router gave 255.255.255.255 ip to the device
, why (rhetorical question)

[plush rivet]

That’s not an IP, that’s more of a subnet mask

[next dove]

yep, it looks like a mask, it seems like a some kind of bug

the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 and ip address 192.168.1.1

[plush rivet]

That’s fine

it’s a private address

[next dove]

I just found it weird, router gave all devices ips like 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2, ..., 192.168.1.13 and the next one had got 255.255.255.255

[undone inlet]

ip mask

255.255.255.255 is a mask for the ip

[full fossil]

Question: I’m about to build a PC when the parts arrive in the next hour. Which way should I mount my PSU? The case has good ground clearance but it’s being kept on the floor so I’m thinking it would be bad to intake air from the bottom

[undone inlet]

if you host a webserver on a phone

[undone inlet]

from the top then ig

[mint yacht]

Please don't crosspost

[full fossil]

And that wouldn’t cause any issues?

[undone inlet]

maybe

[full fossil]

Well I was ignored on the the tech chat so I figured I’d ask these guys instead

[full fossil]

In theory I think my airflow will be fine. The case is ~70L and I’ve got 2 Noctua NF-P12 redux fans as intakes

[undone inlet]

once arrives send pic

with details

[full fossil]

K, I’ll post a pic of all the components and tag u

[undone inlet]

ight

[next dove]

I know it is supposed to be an IP mask, but my router for some reason gave it to my PC 🤷

[languid wind]

We know Linus' opinion on framework, but, what's your opinion on framework laptops?

[mint yacht]

Cool concept too expensive

[languid wind]

not more than apple

And it's a small company, they cant actually do mass production

[mint yacht]

Does not excuse $1000 for a laptop with an i5 and no dGPU

[languid wind]

Ok to be honest yeah

That's the price of an m1 MacBook at the moment

[manic torrent]

Pretty much in the middle of the picture?

[next dove]

any laptop is upgradable if you are brave enough (joke)

[languid wind]

Not a joke

[next dove]

I know, I'm waiting for a new 240hz panel for my laptop

[near nymph]

I cant wait to see it at LTX

Well... The Framework

[undone inlet]

send pic

[next dove]

#networking message

[south gulch]

computers

[wispy marsh]

Looks like a chair mate

[near nymph]

Someone somehow hacked my apple id

[wispy marsh]

A stool, a big black stool

[manic torrent]

yes

that's what subwoofers look like

[wispy marsh]

Yeah

Is that a 5.1 or 2.1?

[ashen zodiac]

that sucks

[near nymph]

Good news is...

[ashen zodiac]

holy nerdcave batman

[near nymph]

I caught it in time because I got a random 2FA request

[manic torrent]

aliexpress 7" 1920x1200 touch screen - it's custom mounted to a behringer X touch one

[manic torrent]

5.1 - there's a reciever to the right.

[full fossil]

@undone inlet I can’t post images on here

[ashen zodiac]

green

[toxic needle]

Good now all 🙂

Just wondering if anyone has ever heard of a amd ryzen 7 5600?

[ashen zodiac]

demon slayer pfp, based

[toxic needle]

google seems to think it doesnt exist....

[ashen zodiac]

https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-5-5600

[toxic needle]

ah sorry 5700

yeah i typo'd

[ashen zodiac]

i can find the 5700x but not a regular 5700 from a quick google

[toxic needle]

yeah, i had same result which is very odd to me

does this mean my cpu is ..counterfeit ?

[ashen zodiac]

what does cpu-z think it is?

[toxic needle]

https://i.imgur.com/LzGsAFd.png

oh does this not let us post screenshots until we hit a certain level or something?

it says ryzen 7 5700 (no x)

[manic torrent]

only special people get to post pictures

[ashen zodiac]

you can post it in #tech-chat-1

[manic torrent]

yeah, which is straight garbage, and not at all like a 5700X

[toxic needle]

T_T i see

i dont..wanna say D:

its too late now ... i havent had any problems with it to be fair...

oh well. as long as its not counterfeit and gonna catch my rig on fire i can handle it

[ashen zodiac]

are you in the EU? cuz in the EU you have like a week to return something from the internet no matter the reason, by law

[toxic needle]

I got it in january and i am in the US

[ashen zodiac]

2 weeks actually

[toxic needle]

i just been getting this issue with TPM and what not and it apparently not working for some reason so i tried looking into if its even supported by my cpu and couldnt even find my cpu online

[ashen zodiac]

oof

[ashen zodiac]

are you trying to install Windows 11? there's an easy bypass for that.

[toxic needle]

computer already has windows 11

[ashen zodiac]

yeah by law you have 2 weeks to return but obv postage takes a while

[ashen zodiac]

what are you needing the TPM for then?

[fierce moth]

So I've done some thinking, usb pd runs at 20 volts @ 5 amps, I need to bump that down to 12 volts @ 3.25 amps to get 39 watts so I was thinking of using a xl4015 module

[toxic needle]

.... >_< android apps on windows requires it

[ashen zodiac]

ah. stupid question but why do you need that? android apps are shit on a desktop.

[tired glade]

Just use emulator

[fierce moth]

But a lot of them are quite slow in terms of switching

[manic torrent]

does it need to be 12V? you can get 9 or 15 out of PD

[fierce moth]

It has to be 12v

[ashen zodiac]

@toxic needle there's always https://www.bluestacks.com/ if you must use an android app on Windows.

[fierce moth]

As it's what the original psu took

[manic torrent]

also 15V regulated to 12V is more effecient

yes, but it will have a range of inputs.

[toxic needle]

idk i just wanted a certain android app to run on my pc but i have since already found a comparable app on teh windows store that does the job better anyways

[fierce moth]

Isn't 15 volts optional?

[ashen zodiac]

idk i don't use it lmao, if i need a mobile app i just use my phone

[hearty spear]

If anyone's got a bunch of $$$ burning a hole in their pocketses, and wants to build a stupid powerful server/workstation grade box:
https://www.newegg.com/gigabyte-9hmc62g41mr-hn8-supports-amd-ryzen-threadripper-pro-series-3000wx/p/N82E16813145389

[fierce moth]

I was thinking 20 volts cause it's mandatory for the usb pd spec

[toxic needle]

my phone is too small to read manga properly

[manic torrent]

all of my USB PD power bricks do 15V

[toxic needle]

i wanted to read them on my big phat thicc pc monitor

[hearty spear]

USB PD is a number of output voltages.

[fierce moth]

There's optional voltages on the spec

Specificly 12 volt so that's why I'm gonna get a higher voltage and bump it down

[tired glade]

Why you app for that?

[ashen zodiac]

there's tons of shady apps for that on android

basically pirate manga libraries

i just buy Manga books, like actual old school paper books, much nicer than using a phone to read imo

[tired glade]

You never interacted with those apps, right?

[hearty spear]

I can't read paper manga at work

[toxic needle]

thing is desktop crunchyroll app doesnt have manga section but mobile version does ...

[hearty spear]

or at least, that would get some very very very odd looks

[ashen zodiac]

Actual proof I buy paper copies

[toxic needle]

but on my phone reading manga is a pain bedcause its so dang tiny T_T

[tired glade]

I am about app ui

[ashen zodiac]

not a pirate confirmed

[tired glade]

Just go to website and read there, it's same link anyway

[ashen zodiac]

what?

right there lmao

[toxic needle]

thats the website i just wanted to try the app

[ashen zodiac]

...? the website is better anyway

[toxic needle]

it wasnt a necessity or anything it just lead me to find out my cpu doesnt really seem to be official

[ashen zodiac]

buy it on paper and scan it in? idk? there's ways to read it on phone without pirating

[toxic needle]

i only buy manga if they arent on cr

like yotsuba

Crunchyroll Manga app available on your iPhone or Android!
Download Crunchyroll Manga app on your phone and enjoy latest simulpubs! >:D SEE they got a special app for just manga!

things would be easier if i had a good sized tablet

[broken folio]

In theory colour e-ink would be perfect for comics. Unfortuately the cost is too prohibitive.

[ashen zodiac]

i don't mind buying Manga on paper, since i like collecting physical stuff like cd's anyway

[outer walrus]

Same

[sick coral]

is selling used ddr4 ram still worth it

[broken folio]

Me either, though not comics/manga in my case, but rather books. But carrying them around when you want to go anywhere can get heavy fast. So a convienient digital way to consume them on the go is helpful and keeps the collection more pristine.

[ashen zodiac]

i mean, you can scan paper copies to pdf's

[broken folio]

Yes, but it is more the medium of consumption rather than the format. Ie a good quality e-ink screen will be heaps better than an OLED in sunlight and have much better battery life. But the cost would be stupid sadly.

[toxic needle]

well i find that i never need paper copies of books thanks to a little app called libby

but its a lot easier to read a ebook than a digital manga... 😛

[hearty spear]

selling it gets you more than 0 dollars, so yes?

[minor shoal]

Does anyone know of a cheap case that supports at least 6 HDD bays, but 4 is acceptable as well (preferably 6 or more though)?

[sick coral]

well i need 2x16 sticks and i currently have 4x8 sticks so im asking if itll help me recoup the costs a lil bit

[minor shoal]

So far people have suggested fractal Define 7 and Haf 700, which are $350 and $400 respectively. Waaaaay too expensive.

[hearty spear]

selling stuff gets you money, so yes? I'm confused about the question

[hearty spear]

what're the requirements?

[sick coral]

given how cheap ram prices are, should i sell the ram or am i better off paying more and having spare sticks

[hearty spear]

that's up to you, not someone else

[broken folio]

An older fractal design define r5 if you can find one would probably be quite cheap second hand.

[minor shoal]

I want it to act like a NAS (sort of). It's mainly for cheap storage as I want to add 20TB HDDs that I want to be accessible over my WiFi. So the only requirement is that is has at least 6 HDD bays. It doesn't matter what it looks like.

[minor shoal]

How many bays does it have? I'll check it out - thanks

[hearty spear]

6 is fairly easy. (Some people go asking for like 12+ which is stupid rare)
Phanteks has a number of cases that support 7 drives.

[broken folio]

It can vary. Can be anywhere from 3 to 14 IIRC. Depends what cages you install

[sweet jetty]

heyhey lttcord

[minor shoal]

I love Phanteks cases! My current build uses Phanteks NV7

Which phanteks case would you recommend for this?

[hearty spear]

if I rebuild my system, that's on the short list of cases I wanna get

[minor shoal]

It looks so good. It was a lot bigger than I expected though, almost reaches the top of my desk lol.

[hearty spear]

the NV7 ain't small lol, that I do know lol

[broken folio]

My server uses a Define R5 with 6 HDDs plus 1 SSD in it. Room for at least 3-4 more HDDs and another SSD at least, possibly more depending upon where you put various parts.

[outer walrus]

Some people struggle with the concept that value is subjective. Humanity hasn’t recovered from this misconception

[minor shoal]

The Define R5 might actually be just what I'm looking for. It only costs $120. I think this is what I will go with. Thank you.

[hearty spear]

Enthoo Evolv X supports up to 10 3.5's. (You need to buy a few extra sleds tho, it only comes with 4 drives worth, but the sleds are cheap.)

[broken folio]

NP. I've got 4 of them and they are great cases.

[hearty spear]

The R5 is also a bitchin' case

[minor shoal]

4? Damn do you have a room full of PCs or what

I barely have room for 1 more case, not even sure where I'm gonna put just one R5

[hearty spear]

If you can live with 5 drives? The Jonsbo N1 is a beautiful NAS mITX case
And is literally the size of a shoebox

[broken folio]

2 servers, 2 desktops. Though I replaced one with a Thermaltake Core V21 to make it smaller and lighter due to back problems. The servers were originally in different locations so the plan is to reduce those down to one at some point.

[minor shoal]

Absolutely stunning. Love it. 5 is more than enough. That's 100 TB right there with 5x20TB drives. More than enough. https://i.imgur.com/YKZdVol.png

[broken folio]

one of the desktops is my other halfs PC too.

[minor shoal]

A little more expensive than the R5, but worth it due to the size

[hearty spear]

I have one, and it's gorgeous. It has optional feet to use, so it can run standing up, too, instead of laying down.

[minor shoal]

Even better

Hmm out of stock right now 💀 of course

[indigo void]

Hello what are your best recommendation for OS that can save old laptop?

[minor shoal]

hope pricerunner can help

[hearty spear]

https://c1.neweggimages.com/itemreivewimages/reviewimg1920/56eab3118c1341b4a06f3b3f75eaf45e.jpg

in stock at newegg - 140$

[minor shoal]

Remember im in eu tho, I know for a fact i'd pay MINIMUM half of it's total price as an import fee + tax

[hearty spear]

how old is old?

[minor shoal]

I will try pricerunner.dk

[hearty spear]

check AliExpress, jonsbo sells there

[broken folio]

Thats a nice looking case. I kinda wish it wasn't miniITX as that really limits options for server usage, ie if you want to add 10GBps networking or something like a HBA.

[minor shoal]

i don't trust the chinese

I found it in my country!!

[indigo void]

For sony vaio 2012

[hearty spear]

you realize most case manuf's are chinese, right?

[minor shoal]

I was just messing around, most things these days are made in china

Found it. In stock. Yay! https://www.proshop.dk/Kabinet/Jonsbo-N1-Grey-mini-itx-Kabinet-Graa/3166172

[indigo void]

It has 16gig of memory ram and 960ssd

[hearty spear]

dope! Enjoy the case, it's awesome 😄

[hearty spear]

you can get itx cases with 10gb networking. Do you need the HBA, tho? It only supports 5 drives, and hardware RAID is bad.

[minor shoal]

Thanks man, I appreciate the help. This truly is the perfect case for me.

[broken folio]

No, the HBA isn't really required tbh.

[tired glade]

Lol

[minor shoal]

Not sure how to turn it into a server as I haven't built one before, but I can imagine that after building it like you would a normal PC you just set some specific settings on Windows and let it run 24/7. I will probably not use Windows for this machine though most likely going with Linux

[broken folio]

5 drives would be plenty though really to replace the two servers (running on i7 6700Ks with 4x4Tb+1Tb+120Gb SSD/4x3Tb+1Tb+240Gb SSD)

[hearty spear]

If you're building a NAS? TrueNAS Scale is a great starting point, with plenty of flexibility, and tutorials

[minor shoal]

What is a cheap configuration for this machine? I need the cheapest possible GPU + cheapest possible CPU that won't hinder performance. I will simply use it as cold storage from which I should be able to upload/download files on my main machine

[minor shoal]

I'll check it out

[hearty spear]

What do you need a GPU For?
Get a CPU that has onboard graphics.

[minor shoal]

Oh right, I forgot they existed lol

I bet AMD has a nice Ryzen CPU with integrated graphics

[hearty spear]

most intel, and ryzen 7000's have onboard.

[neon mesa]

2200Gs go for like 40 bucks

[hearty spear]

if you go Ryzen 5000, tho, you need a G-sku for graphics

[neon mesa]

and older intel goes even cheaper since it's only cold storage you won't need beefy GPU

[minor shoal]

G-Sku?

I'll check it out real quick @neon mesa thanks for suggestion

[hearty spear]

IE: 5600G or 5700G (the 5700 or 5700X do not have iGPUs)

[minor shoal]

All the ones with G have integrated graphics?

[hearty spear]

for AMD, yes.

[minor shoal]

I will try and find the cheapest one then

[hearty spear]

on Intel: Anything Non-F sku has an iGPU

[broken folio]

Unfortuately until such time as I move away from Plex I'm pretty much stuck with using Intel CPUs unless I want to add an nVidia GPU.

[minor shoal]

What if I want Plex as well as just using it for cold storage? would ryzen 2200G still suffice?

I will mostly be storing movies/series but also photos

[fierce moth]

I mean, pms can run on a potato

[minor shoal]

PMS?

[fierce moth]

So I don't see why not

Plex media server

[minor shoal]

Ahh

Alright well the AMD Ryzen 3 3200G is pretty cheap

4 core/4 thread only tho, but if what you're saying is true I guess it's alright

only $80

Do the G variants come with the ryzen stock "wraith" cooler or do you need to buy that separately?

Why is a 450W PSU more expensive than a 750W PSU? https://i.imgur.com/pnGQqB6.png

[broken folio]

The reason for needing an Intel CPU with iGPU is Plex on Linux only supports QuickSync or nVidia NVENC.

[wispy marsh]

You know how reheating cold cooked food is faster than cooking up a new meal?

Reheating cold boiled water is faster than freshly boiling water

[broken folio]

They seem to have no interest in supporting AMD iGPU or dGPUs

[minor shoal]

So I'm basically forced to use Intel if I want plex as well? @broken folio

[broken folio]

Only if you want hardware accelerated transcoding. Which you need to pay for Plex Pass for anyway.

[minor shoal]

You pay for plex?

[fierce moth]

Yes

[minor shoal]

Monthly?

[fierce moth]

It's a solid service

You don't have to pay for plex pass

But you get more features if you do

[fierce moth]

Monthly, yearly and lifetime

[broken folio]

I have a lifetime PlexPass as it was on offer for a ridiculous price one year.

I have been trialing jellyfin, but so far it just isn't quite there for me.

[fierce moth]

I'll probs upgrade to lifetime eventually

[outer walrus]

W

[fierce moth]

I can't stand jellyfin

Plexamp is a really decent piece of software

[broken folio]

It currently is about the best Open Source alternative with no payment requirements or 'phone home' things.

[fierce moth]

Eh, pi hole blocks analytics anyways

Lol

[broken folio]

Yeah, setting one up is on my to do list

[fierce moth]

My pihole is set up with a display

[wispy marsh]

Wow what is that aspect ratio

[fierce moth]

So I don't even need to bring up the page if I'm checking status

[fierce moth]

It's a scrolling screenshot

[wispy marsh]

I thought you were using those cadbury chocolate bar phones

[fierce moth]

Nah it's just a s22u

[wispy marsh]

[fierce moth]

Plus it's rarely broken anyways and it's my dhcp server so my parents don't have to worry about dns settings

[outer walrus]

Does it just use a regex for the domain?

[fierce moth]

I just use public lists

[minor shoal]

I'll just try the free version of plex but first things first, I have to somehow find a good deal on 5x20TB HDDs 💀

wtf are these prices https://i.imgur.com/P9azQAK.png

[fierce moth]

https://firebog.net/
Go to for any pihole install

[outer walrus]

I wonder what percentage of analytics it catches

I’ll probably get a pi hole at some point

[broken folio]

Yeah, it is best to try it for free at first. You might find you don't need the plex pass features (which are mostly to do with transcoding on demand using hardware (Intel iGPU/Quicksync or nVidia NVENC) and a few things related to music)). You could try plex pass if you needed for a month and see if you need the features as well. You can get around the transcoding by creating optimised versions for different devices too.

[minor shoal]

5x20TB Seagate X20 costs $1903 in my country... Man that shit is expensive.

I'll just start with 1 lol

[broken folio]

Yeah, HDDs have gotten quite expensive

[minor shoal]

I thought HDDs were supposed to be cheap. They were cheap last time I checked (a few years ago)

[plush rivet]

Not really
HDD are cheap

[fierce moth]

I love plexamp as I have a massive ass music library

[broken folio]

SSDs have gotten cheap

[plush rivet]

They are
SSDs are stupid cheap now

[broken folio]

depends what you're looking at, large capacity HDDs for NAS use are not cheap

[minor shoal]

I think $300 for one 20TB HDD isn't cheap

[outer walrus]

What genres are you most into?

[broken folio]

Likewise.

[timid meadow]

Hdds are cheaper in bulk. Ssds are the better option rn if you only need a couple tb in a gaming machine

[plush rivet]

Well no shit
That hasn’t changed
HDD by gigabyte are much cheaper than SSDs

[manic torrent]

I mean, cheap per tb, just not cheap per item

[fierce moth]

Classical, jazz, vgm

[outer walrus]

Nice! What instruments do you play?

[fierce moth]

How big is ya library?

[fierce moth]

None, but I hope to learn piano eventually

Or organ...

[timid meadow]

Some think hdds are dead. Far from it. Plenty of people not ready to move 40+TB to ssds. And those people will keep buying hdds as they die untill the bulk upgrade path is cheap enough

[broken folio]

Currently not very big as I removed a lot to go through it and tidy up the tags etc. But prior to that it was 2Tb.

[manic torrent]

hdds are dead from a desktop computing perspective

[fierce moth]

Jeepers, mines only about 70gb

[minor shoal]

Thoughts on Ryzen 5 3400G for a NAS? It costs 90$

Very cheap

[hearty spear]

plenty powerful

[fierce moth]

I mean it's gonna be faster than a pi

[timid meadow]

5700g can be found for 110 used on ebay if your US

[hearty spear]

a NAS doesn't need a lot of horsepower

[broken folio]

I have a large music library, and eclectic tastes, plus my other half added his tastes which are eclectic to the library.

[outer walrus]

Dang. I think it’s pretty rare for people who don’t play to be into classical and jazz

[wispy marsh]

But how are you gonna watch "cartoons" and "live action films" when the internet goes down?

[minor shoal]

I'm in EU

[outer walrus]

What kind of discussion did you think it was?

[hearty spear]

in regular home desktops, HDDs should be dead. Given the price, there's no reason for 2TB or less to be a HDD.

[broken folio]

You want some CPU grunt for RAID rebuilding as the CPU has to do all that calculation work unless you offload to a hardware raid setup, which isn't worth it these days.

[hearty spear]

for large-scale storage? HDDs are alive and well, when using 8TB+ Drives

[wispy marsh]

I have 4TB HDDs in use

[outer walrus]

Why would the internet go down?

[fierce moth]

I just enjoyed the music, mainly cause I liked the sound of it and I never liked rap music unlike the rest of my generation

[hearty spear]

and a 3400 is fine for that

[wispy marsh]

Because people do live in developing and underdeveloped countries

[fierce moth]

Have u tried that gpt search thing that's in plexamp?

[broken folio]

I use a 6700k mostly because it became redundant after upgrading.

[fierce moth]

I tried it once with some trial credits and it didn't really work out

[broken folio]

Didn't even realise it was a feature, I've not looked at Plexamp in a while.

[minor shoal]

Does the Ryzen 5 3700G work with a B450 chipset board?

[hearty spear]

the 3400 will only be marginally slower than the 6700k

[timid meadow]

Yep

[minor shoal]

ASrock has a nice one for like $40

[hearty spear]

yep

[minor shoal]

Cool thanks

[hearty spear]

ITX, right?

[outer walrus]

Gotcha. There was a time I was into classical and rap at the same time lol

[minor shoal]

It says "micro-ATX" not sure if that's the same as ITX tbh. I've only worked with full-size ATX

[royal vigil]

bro why is the default eq settings of the sony xm5 so bad?

[hearty spear]

no, mATX is bigger than ITX

[minor shoal]

https://i.imgur.com/eMyF09W.png

[outer walrus]

How would that cause the internet to go down?

[broken folio]

Metal, Rock, Blues typically is what most of my music is. But theres a fair amount of electronic, goth and other genres thrown in the mix.

[minor shoal]

Does the Jonsbo N1 require ITX?

[hearty spear]

yes

[fierce moth]

Ngl organ is gotta be one of my favourite instruments

[royal vigil]

Anyone, the best EQ settings for the sony wh1000xm5?

[hearty spear]

#audio-tech

[royal vigil]

k

[wispy marsh]

This and that happening at where and when

[fierce moth]

Pipe organ

[minor shoal]

Alright well, almost twice as expensive but it's ok still. https://i.imgur.com/GC5miNM.png

Mini-ITX = ITX right? they're the same, no? or is mini-itx an even smaller ITX?

[fierce moth]

It's just so otherworldly about it

[wispy marsh]

You know, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

[hearty spear]

sub-100 bucks for an ITX board is pretty cheap

[fierce moth]

Heavenly so to speak, or dreadful

[minor shoal]

Wait I forgot something. How am I supposed to connect more than 4x SATA components if most PSUs only have like a few inputs for SATA drives?

For now I will be buying one 20 TB HDD, but in the future i'd want to fill the Jonsbo N1 completely

[manic torrent]

just... get a power supply with more connections

[outer walrus]

Oh. I thought you meant something like public key cryptography breaking

[minor shoal]

Anyone know any good NAS specific PSUs with lots of SATA inputs?

[hearty spear]

you don't need 5 connectors, the backplane uses 2

[manic torrent]

dude. PKI is fine. large prime PKI not so much.

[minor shoal]

What do you mean?

[hearty spear]

youtube a review of the case: There's a SATA Backplane to make it easier to work on/with.

[minor shoal]

So it's like a "hub" of some sorts?

Meaning a normal PSU would be fine?

[manic torrent]

... yes. except it's a backplane.

[hearty spear]

not a hub, a backplane. They're quasi similar, but not really

[minor shoal]

I see, thanks. First time I've heard the term

[fierce moth]

I wanna rackmount my server but it's not really necessary atm

[manic torrent]

it's a backplane because it's a plane that goes at the back

[broken folio]

If you get one drive you won't be able to use RAID of course, and if you get more drives later and wish to create a RAID array you'll need to create a new array, transfer from the single drive and then add that drive to the array and rebuild it. If you want to use RAID5 you need to use a minimum of 3 drives.

[fierce moth]

Plus it's 4th gen Intel lol

[manic torrent]

you don't 😉

you can raid5 2 drives.

[minor shoal]

How much RAM would you recommend for this system? 8 seems like more than enough if it's just going to act like cold storage or possibly run plex in the future. @hearty spear

[broken folio]

Yes, but not recommended really!

[fierce moth]

8gb will be fine

[hearty spear]

Just a note people: Don't take random strangers advice on the internet as gospel.
People fuck things up regularly, intentionally or not.
Listen, but verify what you're told about things.

[fierce moth]

16 if you wanna run mc servers

[broken folio]

Plex can get memory hoggish with large libraries.

[outer walrus]

Is there PKI that isn’t susceptible to quantum computation?

[hearty spear]

8 or 16 is plenty. 16gb is pretty cheap now.

[minor shoal]

Yeah might just go for the 16GB honestly - It is very cheap

[hearty spear]

DDR4 is really inexpensive

[broken folio]

It is almost throw away cheap, especially for a server/NAS where you don't need the highest speed memory.

[minor shoal]

$60 for 16 GB of 3200MHz ram

very cheap

Found 16GB for 45

[broken folio]

I threw 48Gb in one of the 6700K servers and it cost about £30

for a NAS imo, 2400mhz ram is plenty fast enough

[minor shoal]

let me check out the price

[broken folio]

hell even 2133mhz ram is probably perfectly fine for a nas.

[minor shoal]

Eh price difference is like 5-10 USD I'll stick with the 3200MHz i think

[fierce moth]

Sometimes when I listen to music, I get this feeling that everything is incredibly stupid and nonsensical, it feels like humans have survived for too long

[minor shoal]

I get this feeling just being in public

Lots of idiots out there

[fierce moth]

Like I've seen some videos that make me incredibly disappointed in my generation

Gen z is terrible

Cause we had access to the internet

[outer walrus]

The internet definitely has its drawbacks

[broken folio]

Gen Z confuse me lol

[fierce moth]

The internet gave impressionable gen z's access to Twitter and politics

And vaping is very common as well

[broken folio]

Tbh, that was true for Gen X too, just it was things like IRC instead.

[fierce moth]

It's heart wrenching

[fierce moth]

It's not as worse, trust me

[broken folio]

Vaping is a bit of a timebomb. Its great for getting peoople off of smoking cigarettes.

[hearty spear]

GenZ is not. Gen X and other groups were just as stupid. It just wasn't documented for the world to see.

[minor shoal]

Anyway, so I have the following:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3400G (comes with cooler) - $122
Mobo: ASRock Fatal1ty B450 - $130
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB 3200 MHz - $46
Case: Jonsbo N1 - $165
Storage: 1x20 TB SeaGate X20 - $381
Total: $844

Did I forget to include anything here?

[manic torrent]

why not

[fierce moth]

It kinda is

[hearty spear]

SFX PSU

[fierce moth]

In my personal opinion

[minor shoal]

Oh shit yeah the PSU

[broken folio]

because the whole point of RAID5 is parity/redundancy, running it with 2 drives removes that.

[manic torrent]

it doesn't though

[minor shoal]

Any recommendations?

[hearty spear]

it is not. I'm gen x, We did more than our fair share of stupid.
We just didn't have cameras with us to record it.

(Or if Gen X did have a camera, it involved film and paying to get it developed)

[manic torrent]

RAID5 two drives is basically raid1, but it's much easier to expand, because it's "RAID5"

[spring socket]

You mean ryzen 7 5700g?

[minor shoal]

Whoops I actually meant Ryzen 5 3400G

[manic torrent]

RAID5 three drives is A1 XOR B1 = C1 , A2 XOR C12= B2
Two drives is just A1 = B1, B2= A2

[broken folio]

Ah. I guess you could create a RAID1 array and convert it to RAID5 too, similarly you could in theory convert a RAID5 to a RAID6 array. Though I wouldn't really recommend either if theres no data backup already in place (remembering of course that RAID != backup)

[fierce moth]

Well you probably do know more than me

[manic torrent]

you shouldn't do ANYTHING without a backup 🙂

[broken folio]

Yeah, film was fairly cheap by the 80s and 90s, but it was a chore to send it off an get it developed.

[hearty spear]

That's the main difference:
Back in the day we didn't have any way to share our dumbassery with the world.
What were we gonna do? Rotary Dial a phone and tell everyone? lololol

[fierce moth]

It's just, that from tide pods to other nonsense it makes me incredibly sorry about my generation

[broken folio]

Of course!

[hearty spear]

Dude, snorting smarties was a trend for a while.
Kids are fucking STUPID. it's not a new thing.

[broken folio]

in the early-mid 90s you could post it on a BBS or something like Compuserve/AOL I guess.

[minor shoal]

Would a 500W PSU suffice for this? I could probably maybe even do 450W, no?

[hearty spear]

do you know how few people had BBS access lol?

[hearty spear]

with a ton of room to spare. That whole system will be under 200w max

[manic torrent]

I mean, I did. And my experience is universal 😄

[fierce moth]

Well what's worse, snorting smarties or eating tide pods

[broken folio]

yes. I had Compuserve access in the early-mid 90s. But BBS access was not common, though my fathers work meant that it could be accessed when required (he worked for Sun).

[manic torrent]

but the awesome thing about the internet from the late 90s/early 2000s is that most of it is lost to the sands of time

[outer walrus]

I speak for everyone when I say I agree

[hearty spear]

Chemical Pneumonia or Puking?

[minor shoal]

Ah I see. Perfect. So uhh this might be a dumb question, but I would love to hear it from you as you have this exact case and experience with ITX systems whereas I don't.

Does a normal size PSU fit in this case or do I need some kind of... ITX type PSU?

[fierce moth]

I'm probs rambling so I'll stop now

[hearty spear]

you need a SFX PSU

[minor shoal]

Oh right you mentioend that earlier - my bad

[neon mesa]

let's not forget the fact that we can make documentation easier is also why many stupid things happen, aka clout chasers

maybe Gen Z do act more stupid

[broken folio]

Kids in the 80s and 90s were recreating wrestling moves in the school playgrounds. Kids are dumb in general, regardless of generation. Hell, kids in the 40s in places like London were playing in bombsites where there could be an unexploded german bomb under the rubble.

[hearty spear]

Very true:
Kids today can make BANK on their stupidity.
Unlike in the 80's where we did it for the lulz

[spring socket]

Gen Z's issue is not accepting different opinions well

[neon mesa]

tiktok pay jackshit

[fierce moth]

New idea, get rid of kids

[hearty spear]

Have you met any boomers?

[spring socket]

Twitter gen zs give boomers a run for their money lol

[broken folio]

Kids that weren't send to places like Wales would use the various bombed out buildings as play areas during the war years in London and the home counties.

[minor shoal]

all generations suck balls and always will

[outer walrus]

Decriminalize front yard landmines

[minor shoal]

generations arent as different as people think, it's just a cycle of the same shit, but in a new way

[hearty spear]

scratch kids: Make it humans

[broken folio]

look up on youtube sometime some of the banned toys that were sold to kids throughout the years

[hearty spear]

What's that about lawn darts?

[broken folio]

some of them are truely bonkers how they thought they'd be workable as kids toys.

[fierce moth]

There is a odd feeling of peace thinking about getting destroyed under nuclear fire but yet fear

[broken folio]

lawn darts, radioactive toys etc

[fierce moth]

It's a weird feeling imo

[outer walrus]

Less effective than front yard landmines

[hearty spear]

I live within blast radiius of boston, I don't need to worry, I'ma just be dead.

[broken folio]

Watch the BBC series Threads sometime. Thats how kids in the 70s and earlier were being taught what would happen.

[minor shoal]

I didn't know be quiet! made PSUs. Are they reliable? Found this, but it's bronze cert only lol. Not sure if that makes any difference in the simple NAS i am building. https://i.imgur.com/CLyBcIL.png

[broken folio]

by the 80s it wasn't as prevailent thankfully, so nuclear drills were no longer a thing.

[minor shoal]

It's only $87

[hearty spear]

BeQuiet is generally solid, and for a NAS it's great/

[minor shoal]

Which one are you using?

[hearty spear]

EVGA something

[fierce moth]

I'm already prepped for a nuclear apocalyptic scenario

[minor shoal]

RIP EVGA 🙏

[fierce moth]

Got that fallout music

[broken folio]

Bequiet, Seasonic, EVGA generally all decent for most uses

[outer walrus]

Nice

[hearty spear]

they still make PSUs

[minor shoal]

I don't think they will be around for much longer

but i have no evidence to back that claim

[hearty spear]

We shall see. Their PSU business is fairly lucrative.

NVidia made more money off the GPUs than EVGA did.

[fierce moth]

I've checked and I'm in the blast radius for a nuke from china

[minor shoal]

I'm sick of Nvidias shitty prices, my newest build is all AMD

6950 XT is more than enough for my needs and cost faaaaaar less than the nvidia equivalent (in my country at least)

[hearty spear]

AMDs gpu's are great buys, unless you need NVidia tech specifically

[dense coral]

Almost everyone in the world is.

[wispy marsh]

I think the dementia's setting in...

[minor shoal]

Yeah I love my 6950 XT ❤️

[broken folio]

Our best hope against nVidia and their shitty practices and pricing is Intel coming out with a semi-good card to compete with the 4080 class cards. I think 4090 class cards is unrealistic to hope for from Intel's Battlemage, maybe Celestial will give it a run.

[undone inlet]

i am making windows malware what should i add
educational purposes

i am too bored

[minor shoal]

add a function that sends people's credit card info to me so i can buy a better NAS setup

[undone inlet]

🔥

[sick coral]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/jZybnt is this a good build

[minor shoal]

and put that malware on other people's PC (for educational purposes)

[broken folio]

The trouble is AMD is very much focused on the iGPU range as they make so much money from SoCS using their GPU tech.

[undone inlet]

🔥

[fierce moth]

I should be sleeping, but I can't

[broken folio]

And make them all purchase a dozen screwdrivers and a few backpacks each.

[fierce moth]

I'm vibing to dreadful music

[minor shoal]

yes make sure when they open a browser it opens ltt store dot com

[dense coral]

A good starting place is probably to get off your phone my friend...

[outer walrus]

I meant when you originally said that the internet was gonna break. Not with with the added information that it was gonna be related to underdeveloped places

[minor shoal]

What I like to do is put a video about space or nature on and just listen to that. I highly recommend "the history of the universe" channel on YT. their videos are incredibly interesting, but the guy speaking has such a soothing voice that they can also be used for sleeping. Works flawlessly every time for me

And of course stop writing here

[undone inlet]

My idea

• Steals token (My alt)
• Keylogger
• File encryptor

Destructive one

• Runs on start
• Fills mem
• Fills Disk
• Removes boot image after 2 tries of booting or if Windows S mode
• Changes Wallpaper

[fierce moth]

Do memz

But modern

[minor shoal]

Change wallpaper to LTT store screwdriver advertisement from LTT store dot com!!!

[undone inlet]

YES!!!

[undone inlet]

my first tought

linux is op so now i can't brick my pc accidenly

[fierce moth]

Just delete /boot

[undone inlet]

sudo rm -rf -f /

[undone inlet]

This works -f forces it

That will legit break your system if linux

[fierce moth]

My server does not want to execute that command

[undone inlet]

-f allows it to

i once made a aws vps with ubuntu just to run it

[fierce moth]

I want a working server lol

[minor shoal]

@hearty spear thank you for all the help. I got a really solid system for just $940 (a single 20TB HDD is ~41% of the total 💀 - that is fucking nuts but whatever)

That single HDD is almost half the god damn system

[hearty spear]

my box cost me a bit over 1 grand in drives. (5x12TB)

[minor shoal]

Man I wish computersalg store was near me so I could rob them, but it's like 6 hour drive

[fierce moth]

Hopefully I'll be working next year so I can save up for a upgrade to my nas

[wispy marsh]

Nice

[hearty spear]

RAID Z2, so it's only about 30TB of usable space, but I really don't wanna have to fix shit if it breaks later.

[sick coral]

????

[hearty spear]

#1106613567966429224

[undone inlet]

My idea

• Steals token (My alt) (Might be imposible)
• Keylogger
• File encryptor
• BotNet
• Crypto Miner

Destructive one

• Runs on start
• Fills mem
• Fills Disk
  - Removes boot image after 2 tries of booting or if Windows S mode (Imposible on nodejs)
• Changes Wallpaper

named it executioner

[bright cloud]

hey i need some help

i have a high internet speed but i am downloading a file through utorrent and the download speed there is very slow like 500 KBps, how do i fix this issue?

[elfin solar]

Just not true. Generationas are meaningless. Poeple are people no matter when they were born. Some are great some are complete.... well you get the idea.

[hearty spear]

get the peers you're downloading from faster internet 😛

[undone inlet]

i shall make op pc thats 5000$

[hearty spear]

which is stupid, but you do you

[bright cloud]

can you reframe this sentence? I couldn't understand

[hearty spear]

do you know what a peer is in torrenting?

[fierce moth]

I can easily spec out a pc that costs 10k+

[bright cloud]

nope

[hearty spear]

then you shouldn't be torrenting

cuz you're prolly gonna get nasty letters sent to your ISP, and then to you.

[bright cloud]

what

i am just using torrent to download gta 5

[hearty spear]

you realize that torrenting is illegal, right? And also against server rules.

Talking about generic stuff is allowed, but that's it.

[bright cloud]

damn i didn't know sorry

[minor shoal]

On my main system I paid more for fans than I did for my CPU 👁️ 👄 👁️ (300 for CPU vs 350 for fans)

[bright cloud]

am i gonna get banned now or smth?

[spring socket]

Torrentting itself is not illegal btw

[bright cloud]

watching pirated movies for free is also illegal but almost everyone does it

[spring socket]

Legal stuff can be distributed via torrent

[hearty spear]

technically it's not, but the vast majority of use cases are lol

Such as my large collection of linux ISOs

[minor shoal]

nah bro I download movies for educational purposes dont worry about it

it's to educate myself on whether the movie is good or not - it's totally legit

[fierce moth]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3WQ3zf
Ima buy this /j

[minor shoal]

what do you need a threadripper for

[fierce moth]

It's a joke build

[minor shoal]

just clicked the link, 24k USD?

[fierce moth]

It's supposed to cost as much as a new car

[minor shoal]

yeah holy shit. 4k monitor?

[fierce moth]

Nah that's kangaroo dollars

[minor shoal]

still expensive

[fierce moth]

8k

[minor shoal]

https://i.imgur.com/tPZfL84.png

[bright cloud]

lmao my laptop was just 700 dollars and i can play a lotta games

[hearty spear]

terrible buy, get this:
https://slickdeals.net/f/16798859-gigabyte-mc62-g40-motherboard-amd-threadripper-pro-3955wx-cpu-1198-free-shipping

[minor shoal]

honestly even if i had the money for that shit, i'd rather save it and buy a nice car

[bright cloud]

same

[fierce moth]

What is that a deal?

No can do mate

[bright cloud]

and no use spending that much money on pc unless ur like professionally gaming or stuff

[hearty spear]

That's actually a super shitty PC for gaming

[bright cloud]

no i mean why would you spend 24k on a pc

[hearty spear]

for the memes

it's a joke build, not anything serious.

[fierce moth]

I could probs build something similar in pc building simulator 2

[formal plank]

Is there any point in upgrading to the Ryzen 9 7940hs with the framework 16 rather than using the ryzen 7 7840hs?

[hearty spear]

if you really need the extra CPU power for work tasks, maybe?
But for general use, not at all

if you do somethign that involves a heavily-threaded workload that takes time, the 9 might be worth it. Otherwise, it's a waste

[formal plank]

Okay thank you

[fierce moth]

That actually looks cool

[undone inlet]

Cool

[formal plank]

I mean ig i can always upgrade it down the line

[fierce moth]

Man running Android on the switch is cool

[desert ivy]

https://youtu.be/C8WDtejRJ0E Currently on Holiday

[jolly sonnet]

morning boys

[bright cloud]

what the hell is seeding?

[bronze hatch]

whats the difference between a patch cable and a cat5 cable?

[solemn valley]

Anyone knowing about TVs? I want to buy a new one but i am a total noob on that field

[chrome vector]

https://tenor.com/view/will-smith-chris-rock-jada-pinkett-smith-oscars2022-smack-gif-25234614

It has been scientifically proven that everyone, does infact, hate Chris

https://tenor.com/view/angry-furious-mad-upset-disturbed-gif-22917044

[pure olive]

i dont

[glad canopy]

old account delted

[outer walrus]

*Everybody

[full fossil]

Question: its 32c outside and while gaming my gpu hits 75 to 85 is that safe?

[tired glade]

It's in spec

[full fossil]

in normal temps gpu almost never crossed 65

[full fossil]

wdym?

[tired glade]

That temperature is still in specs of manufacturer tolerance

[full fossil]

so its safe?

[tired glade]

Yes

[full fossil]

how long can the gpu indure such temps?

[tired glade]

Be sure to have air flow

Gpus rated for 2+ year at 95C,that manufacturer spec

[full fossil]

how do i know i have airflow?

[tired glade]

Air moves, you know, you can feel it

Just have any air flow and you fine

[full fossil]

like fans?

[tired glade]

Yes

[full fossil]

yeah i have 4 fans

but my pc is hot ash

[tired glade]

You fine, just don't put pc under direct sun light

And get ready, because+40 is coming to all of Europe

[full fossil]

im dying

rn

[tired glade]

It will get worse, before it gets better

[full fossil]

when will these temps go away

[tired glade]

August at best, Sahara is very hot this time around

And it will repeat next year

[polar fern]

We are facing a crisis right now with global weather patterns changing. They will continue to change over time. All you can do is prepare for higher temperatures and potentially more flooding rains and so on. Try to learn about the risks your region faces and go from there.

[tired glade]

Adapter to weather

[polar fern]

Someone I know who lives in Arizona had their air conditioner stop working during the dangerous heatwave they’re currently experiencing. I had to advise them that they should get a temporary window unit because there could be a large demand for replacement parts, and it could be some time before the air conditioning is working again depending on the cause of failure. They can’t just not have air conditioning, as temperatures are dangerously high.

this also argues the question of where people should be living & where we should be building things

[tired glade]

Suggest them to get a lot of big lifs plants

[polar fern]

My suggestion is to not live in a hot & arid place where the water has to be pumped in

[gilded quest]

Arizona is in a heat wave from April to October lol

[polar fern]

And they want to put a chip fab in this place

[gilded quest]

Uh
There already is a big ass chip fab there

[polar fern]

Kay

[gilded quest]

Intel Chandler facility is pretty big

Last time I was there I saw all the cranes for their new addition

[polar fern]

Yes, I’m sure the amount of water available will definitely increase as global temperatures climb

[gilded quest]

All the Colorado River states are fucked

[low rain]

“Lmaooo

Copy 🐈” idk why but that tweet from Elon was kinda funny

[undone inlet]

My virus us almost done

[hasty needle]

What are some good domain name generators? I forgot the one I used before and it worked pretty well. It showed if there were good prefix's or suffix's to add.

[languid wind]

Just today I tried out power toys, why the f aren't they build in these stuff are awesome

[stray apex]

they do get built in

the window manager from powertoys is in windows 11 by default, and they've also added an automation tool

powertoys is just experimental windows features

[safe dagger]

yo could someone help me im so confused

So i cleaned my cpu heatsink and fan a bit ago but now that i got everything set up my cpu speeds are going as low at 0.6 ghz and back up to around 4.4 ghz and would appreciate some help

[elfin solar]

Are they dropping when under full load?

[safe dagger]

its just randomly fluctuating

i dont know if i fucked something up

[elfin solar]

CPUs clocks will drop down when not in use. If it clocks down when it should be running max clocks (say a run of cinebench) then you have an issue.

[safe dagger]

Yeah that’s what is happening right now why is why I’m kinda scared lol

[ionic abyss]

Check this out on @Newegg:Mushkin Tempest 2TB PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe 1.4 M.2 (2280) Internal SSD - Up to 3,250MBs - MKNSSDTS2TB-D8 https://www.newegg.com/mushkin-enhanced-2tb-tempest/p/N82E16820226969?Item=N82E16820226969&Source=socialshare&cm_mmc=snc-social-_-sr-_-20-226-969-_-07182023

Is that a good drive

If so I'll buy soon

[safe dagger]

do you know why this would happen?

[ionic abyss]

It's power savings right

[polar fern]

And temperature etc

Higher temps = lower mtbf

[ionic abyss]

Lol shouldn't worry about Temps

[indigo plume]

is it safe to is it safe to pigtail the power connector for the 7900xt since I only have 2 pcie power cables

[ionic abyss]

But this comes from a guy who runs a system with a phase change cpu cooler rated for 3000watts of coolimg

[kind reef]

I'm wondering, is there any decent 8TB HDDs in a 2.5" form factor that are NOT a SSD?

[polar fern]

All electronics wear through heat. Affects the molecular structure.

Not really.

[ionic abyss]

By my standards all your cpus run hot

[polar fern]

Cool story

[pliant karma]

lol

[ionic abyss]

-60c when not averclocking

[polar fern]

Did you catch my pun there?

[kind reef]

In the end I might still settle with a 2.5" 8TB SSD

[polar fern]

Reliable 8 tb 2.5 inch hdd 🤔

I wouldn’t do it.

The 2.5 inch SMR drives honestly not worth it

[kind reef]

I'm not planning for speed here, also doing daily backups of it anyways

[lucid echo]

No

[kind reef]

then it'll be a 8TB SSD.

[lucid echo]

What's the use case?

[kind reef]

energy saving home server,
we have the worlds highest electricity prices here and my current server can not make it thru the day when being powered by my solar panels alone + LiFePO4 battery
so I'ma set up that Intel NUC I have with two SSDs inside (system and VMs) and one external drive for data storage

[lucid echo]

HDD's consume much more energy than SSDs

I just saw a great video of an 18W home server, I'll send it

[kind reef]

people from the US of A usually don't have those problems, your electricity is dirt cheap compared to our prices here (>50cents per kWh)

[lucid echo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjDoQA4C22c

This is a guy in europe facing the same problem. Check out the hardware he uses here, may be more viable than a NUC

[kind reef]

I have that video in my "water later" queue on YouTube, haven't watched it yet

[lucid echo]

It's solid

[kind reef]

will do that very soon, looks fancy too but I would like a 1U or 2U 19" rack form factor, so it fits in my network rack

[lucid echo]

You very much could fit this in a rack, the motherboard is extremely low profile

plus it has four 2.5gb NICs built into the board

[full fossil]

I have spent 6 hours building a PC and I’ve only just started the windows installation. I want to kms

[kind reef]

that sounds expensive

[full fossil]

Building a PC or killing myself?

[kind reef]

either I guess

[lucid echo]

Hehe, ironically KMS (Key Management Services) is a great way to activate windows for freee

Double entendre on accident

[lucid echo]

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804575183967.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt
Surprisingly cheap, under $200 USD including the onboard intel SOC

[kind reef]

holy Dodo

I mean it shows 210 Euros for me

[full fossil]

The only reason it took 6 hours is cuz it’s my first PC. I nearly broke the motherboard but all good

[full fossil]

Actually I paid full price for a license

[lucid echo]

Rookie mistake, homie

[full fossil]

Actually it was very deliberate

[lucid echo]

Oh really?

[lucid echo]

I'm very curious what was so deliberate about it

[full fossil]

I just wanted to do it the legal way

[lucid echo]

KMS is very much legal

[pliant karma]

KMS lol I resorted to that tactic too cause yea it works and using MS documents against them hehe

[lucid echo]

To clarify, there are sketchy services that do illegal things involving KMS, but doing it yourself is not illegal, and it is not necessary to use those sketchy services

[lilac pollen]

hello

[full fossil]

Windows 11 has been achieved

“Find my device” how tf does windows expect me to misplace a desktop tower

I’m glad it’s pretty chill in the netherlands

Question: I used a 64GB stick to install windows. It’s now FAT32 and thinks it’s 32GB in file explorer. Now that I’m done, how to I make it 64GB again?

[lucid echo]

Search "Format disk" in windows start menu
Find the disk, delete its existing volumes, format to NTFS, create new simple volume

[little shoal]

What’s happening to YouTube subscription why I get refunded About start of July?

[lucid echo]

YT Premium, or specific channel subscription?

[full fossil]

Did it, thanks

[lucid echo]

You're welcome!
Three other things I'd recommend for a fresh windows install:
https://ninite.com/
https://www.startallback.com/ (If you're on Win 11)
https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

[kind reef]

O&O is still around?
I remember using their defrag tool back in 2001 or so

[full fossil]

I have no clue how to use any of these or what they do

[kind reef]

startallback.com triggered my firewall, because I GEO block russia

[full fossil]

I’ve been using windows 11 since launch without any of these apps, I don’t know if I need them

[kind reef]

I dont use Windows 11 at all, because in my opinion (!!) it is a step back with its new GUI

[full fossil]

Also, how do I control my fan RGB?

Oh nvm, I figured it out

[fiery cipher]

installing games from epic onto an smb share because all my portable drives are borked

[full fossil]

13900k down to $409, what a deal.

[kind reef]

add another $200 for the cooling

(warning: may contain humor/sarcasm)

[full fossil]

you get a cheaper 13900k and a very quality liquid cooler for the price of a normal 13900k

[kind reef]

I'm still on my old Ryzen 5 3600X, don't need anything newer and/or faster. Does everything well that I need

[polar fern]

I love how you can clearly see the air quality around roads is worse.

[modern terrace]

you should be okay for most games

that thing has several more years left

[kind reef]

I dont really play games anymore either

also: I absolutely hate when windows says ... blahblah Im rebooting... with its rotating thingie, but nothing happens, not even Windows update, nothing and it will stay like that until all eternity

[crystal pike]

Should i pull the dumbest decision ever sell the xr and get a p20 pro

[fossil frost]

my 8yo has a huawai p20 pro

he loves it, as did his mum before she upgraded

[crystal pike]

Or an a34 or an a54

[crystal pike]

The p20 pro is dirt cheap atm ahere i live
And theyre all in a great shape

Software security is what scares me
Otherwise id 100% buy one

Should i do it? Im actually down for doing it
Because i wont have to spend any extra money

[fossil frost]

p20pro has a HUGE following on xda-developers, can get plenty of custom roms built with latest security updates

[crystal pike]

Actually ill have some extra cash when i do
I can use it to buy a new strap for my wTch

[crystal pike]

Youre kidding. There is no fucking way it has an unlocked bootloader.

[kind reef]

hmm for some extremely strange reason I can't access a windows SMB share, the service is running, even with disabled firewall cant access the share.
User isn't locked
share is even set for "everyone"
what could it be

[crystal pike]

If it does im fucking getting it tomorrow

THAMK YOU FOR ENLIGHTENING ME

[fossil frost]

https://forum.xda-developers.com/f/huawei-p20-pro-roms-kernels-recoveries-other.7599/

theres a LineageOS build for it

[crystal pike]

Im doing it. Im fucking doing it.

I’m a huge sucker for lineageos
Im also sorry for using fuck

I only use it when i get excited

[fossil frost]

you will be fucking sorry.... 😄

[sturdy dune]

very interesting but not suprising

[polar fern]

Mhm

Darkly ironic how even if there wasn’t a pandemic going on, we would still really want to wear an N95 or similar respiratory protection, because the air quality is so drastically horrible

Speaking of air quality, I do think it’s worth people getting filters for their computer cases and consoles

Dust buildup inside of things can definitely lead to premature component failure and degradation of performance over time and also it’s just really gross to have all the crap accumulated in there

[sturdy dune]

you would hate my pc then

[polar fern]

I don’t care about your computer

And I don’t hate

[sturdy dune]

[polar fern]

🫠

My computers get thoroughly dusted out at least once a month.

Smoky

[fossil frost]

i set mine up in a way where dust is minimised, its easier than bothering to clean them

[kind reef]

🏜️

[fossil frost]

is Android Wear still a thing?

like, i know google still has the pages up, but does anybody actually use it

[barren rover]

yo

[sweet jetty]

nini lttcord

[sweet jetty]

some of my friends do

[white wren]

is it worth to get the asus rog strix g15 2022 laptop?

[stoic beacon]

It's amazing how many stores only sell garbage in person, but sell nice stuff online...I can buy so many different flash drives here in town, but if I want a SanDisk or Samsung one, it's 6 day shipping.

I'm guessing it's because they can trick more people into buying e-waste that way, but it's such a bummer

[digital smelt]

A guy selling a cheap PC claiming because his son died so that's why it's cheap, but dude has a america phone number in Canada do I trust?

[south stone]

Sorry, both tech chats are a bit fast for me atm.

I'm giving a 2060 super strix + 2x16 kingston fury 3200mhz (brand new) and I'm getting a Xfx 6800. Is it a good deal?

[south stone]

Only if you can meet him in a public place to buy it (and test it) obviously.

[digital smelt]

@south stone shipping only

[gilded forge]

So. Printers. what's the least crap wireless printer? I fucing hate this piece of shit i swear. this HP DeskPrint thing requires an app to function, have the device printing from connected to its weird WAN signal thing..idk it's shit.

[stoic beacon]

I've had the best luck with Brother and Canon

[lucid echo]

6800 is almost double the performance of the 2060S, and RAM is dirt cheap right now, so if you're not in need of the RAM I'd say yeah that's a great fucking deal

[lucid echo]

2060S sold for ~$180 on ebay, that RAM ~$80, so $260 total best-case
6800 sold for $400+

[south stone]

Only only downside is that the 6800 (non xt) doesnt have the box

Which isn't really a deal breaker, but I've kept all my boxes since I started the upgrade path in 2006-ish. 😛

[neon mesa]

boxes are trophies

[south stone]

They are nice to have because when you sell something people kind of want the box as if it was "a brand new card".

[stoic beacon]

Ah. I run my hardware until it breaks, so that's why I find it weird

[lucid echo]

I'm certain you can find someone online with the same GPU who's willing to part with their box

[south stone]

I looked on ebay with no luck so far, i'll keep looking lol

[ionic carbon]

anyone know how to use PiP while playing a game and it not messing everything up

[long briar]

Wait really

I think it might be a skill issue-

there's a store around here that carries almost exclusively Kingston products at really good prices

might be worth looking at smaller stores

[lucid echo]

I'd ask in AMD/Hardware subreddits, I doubt anyone is actively selling that specific model

[novel turtle]

hi

[round bridge]

Anyone wanna hear a joke

What do you call it when one seasoning hits another seasoning…

A Salt

🤣🤣🤣

[sturdy dune]

man ive taken precalc for the past week and i have a test tomorrow. im so glad im starting to understand it doing this study guide

[long briar]

what's precalc...?

Just algebra?

[sturdy dune]

no

[ivory prairie]

Hello are European shipping costs for lttstore.com ever go down? It's so expensive but I want a water bottle

[long briar]

Blame the gov't, probably not.

[sturdy dune]

whats crazy is shipping is 20$ for US

[ivory prairie]

Rip

[sturdy dune]

tbh wouldve bought some stuff if i knew lime day cycled items every day

wouldve bought something on mousepad day

[full fossil]

Question about case fans: I’ve got 2 noctua intakes at the front. Should I slot in a low profile fan below them? (There’s not enough room for another noctua) would it be good to also add cheap 2 exhausts to the roof? There’s currently only one at the back

[ivory prairie]

They are probably taking a margin on the shipping costs, because their product prices are pretty attractive

[long briar]

I was gonna get the shortcircuit hoodie but decided I've spent too much on clothing this year already

[lucid echo]

Depends on the product, some of them have high handling costs

[ionic carbon]

anyone know how to use PiP while playing a game and it not messing everything up

[long briar]

you don't, grab a 2nd monitor

[quick spindle]

what's a good way to sell an old computer if I'm upgrading, or at least its parts?

[ionic carbon]

i don have 200$

[long briar]

Unless you're ok with increased input latencies from not playing the game at fullscreen

woah woah who said it had to be a nice monitor?

[ionic carbon]

thats fine its not that much

[quick spindle]

used 1080p monitors ftw

[ionic carbon]

I did Im not buyign a square monitor

[long briar]

hit alt enter in the game, normally it should force the game in or out of fullscreen

[long briar]

bruh I've gotten 1080p thin bezels for 20 cad

[ionic carbon]

no like when Im moving it clicks on the Pip windows and its not playble

[graceful burrow]

Square monitors are actually really expensive my guy

[long briar]

oh that's just kinda how it is

[long briar]

it can be very expensive**

[ionic carbon]

where from temu or some shti

[long briar]

no, used

[lucid echo]

Borderless fullscreen + firefox PiP has always worked for me

[ivory prairie]

Was shipping to Europe free last Friday?!

[gilded forge]

a 4:3 old Dell monitor can be had for like $5 nowdays

[ivory prairie]

Rip

[lucid echo]

I find old 16:9 1080p monitors by my apartment dumpster all the time

[long briar]

Some games cursor isolate (???) just doesn't work lmao

[ionic carbon]

Im not tryna use firefox

[graceful burrow]

Sounds like you're shit outta luck then

[gilded forge]

well having chrome open with a game running seems counterintuitive

[lucid echo]

Not for the games I play, I suppose. I do it almost every time I play

[long briar]

Your options are either a cheap 2nd monitor (doesn't need to be garbage to be cheap), or just don't

[gilded forge]

also can you not like prop up your phone with a small redbull can and just play a video that way, sitting beside you?

[lucid echo]

Or do what I described, seems to depend on the game

[long briar]

I have my old ultrawide mounted to the wall above my main monitor

it's basically a glorified clock

[ionic carbon]

If I get the audio coming from my pc then its fine

[long briar]

but I can throw text and other stuff on it

or if I'm gaming, discord

[ionic carbon]

most people use ultra wide as the main monitor

[gilded forge]

hold on discord on an ultrawide? thats a lot of grey

[quick spindle]

ultrawide vertical

[sturdy dune]

in case you are still wondering, these are the type of problems im working on.
Given 𝑡𝑎𝑛θ = 2/3, find 𝑐𝑠𝑐𝜃, cosθ, secθ, cotθ, 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 if θ is in Quadrant III.

[lucid echo]

Hey how do I do XYZ?

Several options provided
Okay no but I don't wanna do any of those

Classic pub chat

[quick spindle]

WHY IS NOBODY HELPING ME

[long briar]

nah it's half screen

[lucid echo]

I did something similar when my ultrawide starting pooping out
I replaced it and had them stacked on top each other
Eventually traded the broken one for a 4K TV

[long briar]

the other half is spotify or a vc or smth

[gilded forge]

ah that makes much more sense

[long briar]

yea so that's what I'm thinking, once this UW (it's a 2015 unit) craps itself I'll replace it with an actual TV for the fun of it

[sturdy dune]

i went from 4k tv to ultrawide because i moved into a place with much less wall space

[lucid echo]

Oh yeah I still use ultrawide at the desk, just one instead of two

TV is in the bedroom now

[sturdy dune]

ill post a photo of both setups in screenshots

posted

[fossil frost]

yes, constantly

[full fossil]

hi chat

[full geyser]

is there a chat for product rcomendations/comaprisons?

[sturdy dune]

not specifically really

[lucid echo]

#1106613567966429224 is the closest thing if you're seeking advice on what to buy

[full geyser]

Are questions about laptop recomendations allowed in there?

[lucid echo]

Absolutely!

[muted hazel]

Hey. I have a question about my pc and wondering if anyone can help

[full fossil]

LF recommendations for a monitor arm that easily support 32 inch displays

[lucid echo]

#1027757333117415424 for a computer you already built, #1106613567966429224 for one you haven’t

[rigid gate]

sup guys

[polar fern]

Nah, I prefer to sup tea.

[past egret]

guys gals and nonbinary pals

[south stone]

what about non binary gals

[past egret]

then they wouldnt be nonbinary would they

[timber rivet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PryatK8bpQ

[dreamy rose]

Framework 16 up for preorder. AMD only

[lucid echo]

...when Framework came calling, AMD picked up the phone immediately.
The Area-51m was Alienware co-founder Frank Azor’s last big launch before he became AMD’s gaming chief. Framework’s CEO says he partnered with AMD on the Framework 16 because Azor personally got excited and started pushing internally. “He said this is how it should have been done,” Patel tells me.

from The Verge hands on

[dreamy rose]

Whoever said AMD was as bad as Nvidia? Nvidia wouldnt jump on it like that for sure.

i mean i specced it out reasonably for my use case and it was 3000 AUD

[lucid echo]

Don't make everything about AMD vs Nvidia challenge (impossible)

I'm guessing it's mostly because they can't ramp up factory capacity the same as the big-name laptop brands
At least you can get a barebones model (i.e. no GPU) and add more in later

[dreamy rose]

again. preorder, probably more expensive. and i go for gaming. just the usual, 16GB RAM, 250GB Boot drive, 7840HS, 7700S, 3 USB As 2USB Cs and a 3.5 MM Headphone jack cause they didnt include one as standard.

[lucid echo]

I was really hoping for portable a CUDA-capable laptop, I'm gonna hold out and see if more GPU module options show up later on

[calm kindle]

Can someone help me 😭the screw i need to unscrew to insert my ssd is not unscrewing im not sure if it is bc the screw is too small or if its bc im doing something wrong

[dreamy rose]

which if you ask me is bullshit considering that they don't need to make it a modular port to have it be replacable/upgradable. but i guess people are fine with it.

and its DIY

[lucid echo]

#1027757333117415424

[dreamy rose]

so you gotta assemble it yourself

[lucid echo]

Seems like AMD played a big part

[dreamy rose]

well AUD is worthless. its the price we pay, and added onto the premium.

[lucid echo]

That'll come in time. Just gotta ramp up production

[dreamy rose]

i didnt get to check the shipping but Australia. yeah shipping is normally pretty rough.

[dreamy rose]

they are pretty small at the moment hopefully they can expand and get everything to be nice and cheap.

[lucid echo]

Basically a boutique laptop company at this point

[dreamy rose]

they are embracing linux so that's the extra mile

[untold schooner]

anyone have good ideas on how to create a believable airline ticket, this is obviously not for nefarious purposes.

[graceful burrow]

No lmao
No absolutely not

[untold schooner]

lmao, my boss called me on my lie so I could go to my friends wedding

[dreamy rose]

go to police
ask them

[untold schooner]

he asked for an airline ticket

im probably on a watchlist now considering my searches in the last 30 min smh

[past egret]

depends if international or domestic

domestic is obviously going to be easier needing much fewer security checks

[untold schooner]

I haven't told them location but told them it was out of country

[past egret]

ok then that involves immigration services which complicates things

[calm kindle]

i think im losing my mind ive been trying to unscrew this damn screw for an hour

[past egret]

visa, border control, passports all that

[untold schooner]

all I need is the airline ticket that looks semi-real

[past egret]

lefty loosey, righty tighty

[untold schooner]

so my boss will get off my a$$

[dreamy rose]

what are you even trying to do? remove an SSD?

[past egret]

oh i thought you were trying to

nevermind, you can just photoshop one

for realism do a mockup like you holding it

[dreamy rose]

if so you might need to push a little hard or get a smaller screwdriver.

[untold schooner]

im assuming theres a decent template online or smth, if not im trying to search for my old ones rn

[dreamy rose]

they could just put a little plastic clip but that limits sizes.

[untold schooner]

I think that'll probably pass, was just wondering if anyone knew of decent templates posted somewhere I could start with

[past egret]

google it

[lucid echo]

Find a previous airline receipt in your Gmail, inspect element, change all the dates & flight number to one on the day you said you'd leave

Screenshot that, cover up the confirmation number with lil scribbles (because that would show you're lying) and send that screenshot

[untold schooner]

thats perfect thx

[lucid echo]

To reiterate, boss man could use the flight number + confirmation number to see that you're lying. Make sure the conf number is covered up. Say it's for privacy, don't want the screenshot leaking and someone messing with your flight plans

[lucid echo]

[gilded forge]

goddamn it. webp should be abolished. i went looking for stuff on google and saved like 3 images and they're all webp.

[past egret]

except webp is great for videos

[lucid echo]

that's webm

[past egret]

oh right.

carry on.

[near nymph]

Planet fitness seems SUS

[calm kindle]

im trying to put in one

[calm kindle]

i keep doing that and it doesnt unscrew

[lucid echo]

Take pic of screw ( #screenshots )
Don't strip it

I see @calm kindle , make a #1027757333117415424 thread so we don't muddy up public chat

[hasty needle]

Does anyone have a preferred standing desk legs?

[graceful burrow]

I just use the ones I got when I was born

[hasty needle]

Those hold up your desk 24/7?

[calm kindle]

okay i made it

[graceful burrow]

They hold me up when I'm at the desk

[agile dagger]

Its crap

[near nymph]

My friend was telling me that lmfao

[dreamy rose]

no. Windows is in the wrong here

the casusal deserved "Fuck Microsoft" post

[manic torrent]

I hate to agree with you, but in this case, you're correct

[dreamy rose]

and google with Jpeg XL. perfectly cromulent format but Google hates it for some reason

[green tiger]

good morning

[rough birch]

At this point Idc what format is where I'd rather save all my images in Raw/.dng cause there's too many formats and I don't wanna bother having every damn extension just to see 1 imahe

Also I don't like that quality slider from Jpeg. Raw data I can fuck around with more too.

[past egret]

except raw is massive and not everyone can effort 10tbs for 10 images

[neon mesa]

no reason you need raw

unless you're a big production company

[graceful burrow]

Or a photographer

[neon mesa]

and low compression is just curbing duplicate data anyway so there's basically minimal visual fidelity loss

[dreamy rose]

.png is fine

[graceful burrow]

I bought my own scanner so I can get tiff files out of my photos

For better editing

They're absolutely massive in file size

[neon mesa]

anyone else here use topaz upscaler?

is it just me or does it suck now compared to a year ago

[graceful burrow]

I've used it but don't actively use it

[pliant karma]

I shoot raw photos from my canon 5d and m50 too. Well use to do both jpg and raw but just moved to fully raw now unless I know I have to send out jpg photos to friends fast then I do both.

downside well sd card I go through them if I am not careful lol

[rough birch]

Ik that's possibly a hyperbole but my Moto really didn't use that much. 乁⁠(⁠ ⁠•⁠_⁠•⁠ ⁠)⁠ㄏ

Idk I just hate the compression rates for some reason. I'd rather have too much data than be missing half the words on a slightly distanced sheet of paper in a photo.

Also half my devices don't hold 64GB of storage so I have many accounts just for unimportant data idrc about.

[past egret]

you might as well be using film at this point and develop it on your own

[graceful burrow]

I shoot and scan film but I don't home develop

[fiery cipher]

home developing seems like a pain, its cool but seems like allot of stuff to go through when you could probably just scan and print

[polar fern]

@graceful burrow https://youtu.be/Vhh_GeBPOhs

[quasi fossil]

One thing i think alot of people seek are ways to improve gaming performance. I found this today & i take everything with a grain of salt. Curious if anyone disagrees with any of the suggestions listed here. https://jv16powertools.com/blog/windows-services-safe-to-disable-for-gaming/

[prime portal]

when will the PC windows can accept photos from iPhone directly ??

[gilded quest]

it can right now

onedrive

[graceful burrow]

No I think they mean mount it as a regular storage device

[gilded quest]

itunes????

[fierce moth]

Good afternoon people

[full fossil]

Good afternoon bruh

homicide homicide homicide homicide homicide

[iron sundial]

Does anyone know of an office chair similar to the Jarvfjallet from IKEA but is a bit cheaper. Currently using a Markus chair from IKEA but its internals broke and IKEA won't warranty it because I lost my receipt